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For YA Contemporary Thursday, I'm reviewing Great by Sara Benincasa. I thought that this new adaptation of The Great Gatsby was GREAT, and I can't wait for all of you to read it.
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Hardcover, 272 pages
Published April 8th 2014 by Harper Teen
Format read: E-ARC via Edelweiss
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Synopsis via Goodreads:
Naomi Rye usually dreads spending the summer with her socialite mother in East Hampton. This year is no different. She sticks out like a sore thumb among the teenagers who have been summering (a verb only the very rich use) together for years. But Naomi finds herself captivated by her mysterious next-door neighbor, Jacinta. Jacinta has her own reason for drawing close to Naomi-to meet the beautiful and untouchable Delilah Fairweather. But Jacinta's carefully constructed world is hiding something huge, a secret that could undo everything. And Naomi must decide how far she is willing to be pulled into this web of lies and deception before she is unable to escape.
Based on a beloved classic and steeped in Sara Benincasa's darkly comic voice, Great has all the drama, glitz, and romance with a terrific modern (and scandalous) twist to enthrall readers.
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With that being said, I generally don't expect all that much from these adaptations. The story's already been told, it's just in a different genre/outfit/whatever. So when I heard about Great, and how it was an adaptation of The Great Gatsby, I figured I'd like it, but wouldn't be blown away by it.
I was wrong. Great is a fantastic, timely adaptation that is not only a great spin on a classic tale, but also the sign of a fantastic new voice to the YA world. (Yes, I'm talking about you, Sara!)
Naomi Rye is the daughter of a divorced high school coach father, and a famous Food Network star mother. As a part of their divorce settlement, Naomi is forced to spend time with her mom in the Hamptons each summer, which typically means hanging out with rich, monied people that she has nothing in common with.
However, Naomi just happens to make the acquaintance of elusive fashion blogger Jacinta, who quickly takes Naomi into her fold. While Naomi is initially intimated (and awed) by the amount of money that Jacinta lavishes on her parties and the people around her, she quickly realizes that Jacinta actually has a past and secrets to hide.
It's not that easy creating an original character when you're reinterpreting a classic tale, but Naomi is absolutely original in her own right. Benincasa has made her smart and thoughtful, but also snarky and self-depricating about a world that she clearly isn't going out of her way to fit into.
However, she's also adaptable. When Naomi does make the acquaintance of the elusive, highly-sought after Jacinta, she doesn't go out of her way to befriend her or impress her. Instead, Naomi shows Jacinta genuine friendship and compassion. In turn, Jacinta shows her a vulnerability that not only wins over Naomi, but will likely win over readers as well.
Benincasa remains fairly loyal to Fizgerald's original story throughout Great - down to the inclusion of a very famous scene where Jacinta shows Delilah just what she's been able to afford now, and Delilah reacts accordingly - but doesn't also fail to put her own spin on the classic tale. She also includes probing and thoughtful questions on wealth, societal pressures like drinking and bullying, and the difficulties of growing up in such a monied, high-stakes world, all of which I think readers will absolutely be fascinated by, and relate to.
All in all, Great pulled me into the story from the very first page, and kept me riveted until the final denouement. Even though I already knew how the story was going to end - I figured that Beninancasa wouldn't stray from the source enough to change it - I was still surprised to realize just how moved I was by that ending. That, in my mind, is a clear sign that Benincasa has written an adaptation that should be regarded in its own right.
Of special note: I highly, highly appreciated the fact that Benincasa does incorporate several LGBT romances into Great, without any specific emphasis on the fact that they're LGBT. It's not only extremely true and reflective of the real world, but also just made my reading experience richer in general. I can only hope that more YA writers will follow in her footsteps.
Final verdict:
I highly recommend Great for fans of contemporary YA fiction, but also for fans who are looking for something new in their reading habits. As for me, I'll absolutely be back for anything else that Benincasa may write.


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There are two items that come to mind when you realize you should no longer consume gluten: bread and noodles. Americans have a love affair with both of them (I know I did!), so there's a real sense of loss when you think you can no longer eat some of your favorite dishes.
Fear no more. There are some beautiful gluten-free noodle options that will give you back the freedom to enjoy a wide variety of pasta dishes again.
Black bean spaghetti: Noodles can be made out of a wide variety of ingredients, so let's start with one of the more unusual noodle options. While Asians have long used bean-based noodles, this type of noodle is just starting to get wide acceptance in America. One of the happy results of that trend is that you can now find black bean spaghetti in a wide variety of stores. I've seen it locally at a high-end grocery store, and others have mentioned seeing it at Costco. This spaghetti has a good texture, is made only with black beans and is high in protein! You can use it in Asian-style dishes, but it's versatile enough to be used in Italian-styled dishes as well.
Mung bean noodles: Another common bean-based noodle is mung bean noodles. I typically find these only at Asian stores, and they are very pale, often thin noodles that work especially well in Asian dishes.
Rice noodles: Probably the most common gluten-free noodles are rice based noodles. There are Asian-style rice noodles easily found at Asian stores and many grocery stores made from white rice, and many different brands are making Italian-style noodles from brown and white rice. I can find these at almost any grocery store. Some brands tend to fall part or are fragile if overcooked in the least, so be careful to watch them closely. They have a mild flavor and will pair well with your favorite marinara sauce.
Buckwheat noodles: My family loves Japanese food, and buckwheat noodles are a favorite. You have to watch out for gluten in buckwheat noodles, however, as most brands use a mix of buckwheat and wheat. However, there are several brands of gluten-free buckwheat noodles that are perfect for Japanese soups and cold salads. Just make sure you read the package ingredients (and you can also read specific brand recommendations here).
Quinoa and corn noodles: Another favorite gluten-free noodle that I enjoy is Ancient Harvest's quinoa noodles. They have a mild flavor, taste very much like a regular noodle, and hold up well. I prefer these quinoa noodles when I'm making an Italian dishes.
Vegetable noodles: Did you know that you can make your own "noodles" out of vegetables? They are a fun way to get your vegetables in, are often low-carb and make a perfect vehicle for rich sauces. Using a spiralizer will make this process simple and fast (I talk about that here), but you can also use a vegetable peeler, and then slice the peeled vegetables into thin threads for "noodles." Vegetables commonly used include zucchini, carrots and root vegetables.
Those are some of my favorite gluten-free noodle options. I'd love to hear about yours!
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I realize, as an adult, how much a spouse affects your marriage, ministry and life. The choice of a good spouse is extremely vital.
I waited 28 years to meet the right spouse and marry him, but, though that was longer than I planned, it was such a blessed wait and fruition. My spouse is a godly, encouraging, sacrificial and loving leader. Because of him, I can be busy in ministry with joy, rearing boys in a Biblical manner and grow in my own spiritual maturity. He protects me from worldly influences that will harm me and slow down my sanctification, and he cheers me on when I am obeying God--all with a huge dose of love and humility.
Of course God has a perfect plan for both my boys--including their choice of spouse, but, even in His sovereignty, He wants me to pray about my requests, instruct my boys in Biblical wisdom and do my best, with the strength and direction of the Holy Spirit, to model righteous behavior of a wife in marriage.
You might ask, "What can I do as a mom?" Mine are almost 4 and 7. Isn't it a little early to be thinking about their marriages and spouses?
Not at all! They are watching and taking mental notes! How am I modeling how a Christian wife should act and speak? My boys are at home a lot, and they constantly see how I interact with my husband. Do I want them to find a wife who acts like I act? That is a powerful question, and a very important indicator of what they will consider "normal".
If I am submitting to my husband, helping him in life and ministry, and encouraging him as a helpmate, my sons will see this as the "norm" for what a wife does. Later in life, if they find themselves spending time with girls who argue constantly, girls who assert prideful authority over them, and girls who concern themselves with her own interests over God's or my boys', they should bristle with the sense that this is not right. They will realize they need to end that kind of relationship. That kind of girl should feel "off" and "uncomfortable" to them.
Most importantly, I pray they find it very normal and familiar to find a girl who loves God more than anything--putting her love into action and obedience to Him. May they seek a Christian not just in title and church attendance, but a Christian in reality--having a changed heart, loving God with her all, bearing fruit in her life, including in how she is interacting with anyone courting or dating her.
I want them to be blessed by finding a girl who behaves like their mom. Am I living up to the description I list above? How do I know?
Well, first I need to inspect my time. Most importantly, is God the center of my life? Is this apparent in the time I spend in Bible study, prayer, devotions, serving at church, fellowshipping and training my children in the Word? I KNOW I want my sons to find a wife who puts importance and priority on God and the pursuits of His kingdom. Am I training them that this is how she should behave and spend her time?
Also, regarding time, am I spending a majority of my time on selfish pursuits--participating in pasttimes often for my own glory or selfish pleasure, spending time with friends to the detriment of my duties and family's needs, shopping excessively to please my vanity, being obsessed with my appearance, or making an idol of my beauty routines--or, rather, am I spending a majority of my time serving God and my family? Am I counting others more significant as myself as Philippians 2:3-4 commands?
Is my time spent helping my husband with a happy heart? Do I clean without complaining? Do I make meals with love, often considering what meal will bless my husband with health and enjoyment? Do I ask him how I can help him that day with a sincere hope that there is a way I can, even if it means an extra errand? Do I demonstrate joy in my role as a homemaker and wife?
Second, I need to inspect my speech. Am I building up my husband? Do I portray him as the leader and decision maker to my son? Do I say things such as, "Daddy works so hard for us. What a blessing to us! Let's pray for his day." "This is a big purchase. Mommy needs to ask daddy if this is something he wants our family to buy." Do I apologize when I make a mistake? "Mommy did not speak the way God wants her to speak. I should not have complained, or have gossiped, or have lost my temper. Please forgive me for sinning in my words and actions."
We all fall short. Of course, when we do, we repent and confess our sin before God. Then we trust He has given us all we need for life and godliness and we pick up tools we need in scripture to make progress, all with the help of the Holy Spirit. Then our aim is to grow in these areas.
We have to have a plan--we battle against sin with the help of the Holy Spirit and effort. Put off any sin and PUT ON righteousness--this is work! The work doesn't bring us salvation, but it is a natural behavior when one is a new creation in Christ. Stop watching the questionable TV show and spend the time doing devotions with your boys. Stop spending the money your husband would rather you didn't spend, and instead of the time you used shopping/spending, serve others with a specific, planned service. Come up with a specific plan and PRAY about it.
Realize that you are daily contributing to painting the picture of what your son will consider normal and good in a wife. If you have girls, you are helping to paint the picture of how they will behave in their own role as a wife.
May the brush strokes I add to the picture today be glorifying to God and a powerful influence in bringing a good and godly wife into my son's life someday.


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This week, Mercola Healthy Pets is partnering with the team at DogRisk, a Finnish research project to learn more about how nutritional, environmental and genetic factors influence disease in dogs.
Today's guest is Dr. Johanna Anturaniemi, who joins me from the University of Helsinki in Finland. Dr. Johanna's background is in animal breeding and nutrition. She's also currently a veterinary student, works at the nutrition clinic at the university and is a member of Helsinki Animal Hospital.
Dr. Johanna's work with DogRisk involves the field of nutrigenomics, which is the study of the relationship between diet and genes.
"Every time a dog eats food it affects the genes and how the genes are expressed," explains Dr. Johanna. "This means that the genes can be more active or inactive because of the diet or the nutrients in the diet. At the end, this means that the proteins that are produced from those genes, the amount of proteins can be either increased or decreased in the body.
Those proteins are used as enzymes in different kinds of metabolic events in the body, or they can be used in cell membranes as a transporter for the nutrients, or they can be proteins that activate some genes or inactivate others. They are very important to the functioning of the body.
Dietary nutrients change gene expression and I'm interested in which diets change the expression in a good way and which change it in a bad way. So which are healthy for the dog and on the other hand, which can be unhealthy for the dog."
Dr. Johanna extracts RNA from tissues in blood and skin to study gene expression.
"This is a pretty expensive method to use," she explains, "but it is essential in our study because there hasn't been much research on the effects of different kinds of diets (e.g., raw or kibble) on dogs.
We don't really have previous studies to use as a starting point for our studies. We don't know which genes we should be looking at. By using RNA, we can sequence the whole genome and the genes that are active in the body at that moment. We don't have to have any candidate genes. We can just sequence them and see what we can find."
When I visited the DogRisk team last spring, Dr. Johanna and her colleagues were doing some great research on atopy (allergic conditions), and were also planning to study epilepsy along with several other diseases. I asked her what they've learned so far.
"We did a diet intervention study with atopic and healthy dogs," says Dr. Johanna. "We got some interesting results with the RNA sequencing. We used just [eight] dogs because the funding needed for this type of analysis didn't allow us to use a larger sample.
Half the dogs ate raw food and half ate dry food. We found several genes that were upregulated in the raw food fed dogs, and it appears those genes are related to immunity and antioxidants.
The raw food may enhance and activate the immune system in the skin, which is really interesting and makes me wonder if raw food might be beneficial at a young age when the immune system is developing. Perhaps it needs something to do so it's not just hanging around in a really clean environment with nothing to do.
We know in humans that the risk for atopy and allergies increases when children are raised in really clean environments. This is really interesting I think."
There are so many dogs in the U.S., and probably worldwide, that suffer from terrible allergies. Holistic and integrative veterinarians know from experience that allergic dogs switched to fresh food diets often have dramatic improvement in their symptoms. That's why the DogRisk research is so exciting.
I asked Dr. Johanna what types of studies she would do if she had the funding.
"Well, regarding the atopy study, we still have about 20 skin samples we need to analyze but we need money for those so we can validate the results we already have," she answered. "One sample costs about 1000 to 2000 euros with all analyzing steps included, so this one thing is already very expensive.
In addition, we have blood samples from all those dogs and it would be really good to also do the RNA sequencing on those samples to see if we get the same effect in the blood as we see in the skin. And in the future, of course, we'd like to do studies on epilepsy and other conditions.
RNA sequencing is a very expensive method of testing, but as I said, it is a good starting point because we don't have to have any candidate genes and we really don't have any candidate genes because nobody has studied this."
Traditionally, university studies are indeed expensive, but relatively speaking, the DogRisk team can do a lot for a reasonable cost. In fact, it's some of the least costly research out there. This is mainly because the big job is done already. They have data from the Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ) and from the diet intervention study Dr. Johanna has been working on.
Many of the lab analyses are also already done, so now the costs mainly come from the work needed to analyze the results that have come back from the labs and to write the studies. The researchers must analyze the data, then write a manuscript and submit it for peer review to a journal.
When the comments come back the study is rewritten. When it's accepted by the journal, it's published. The whole process can take a year or longer. For example, analyses of the difference in blood values between raw and dry food fed dogs have already been done and are awaiting comments from the reviewers.
Dr. Johanna and her colleagues are doing a great job developing solid, unbiased research and have whittled their costs down to a bare bones minimum. All the funding must come from outside the university since the DogRisk researchers work independently. There are no big pet food, or big pharma sponsors.
I could not be more excited to partner with the DogRisk group to help them raise enough money to complete their studies. I appreciate Dr. Johanna joining me today and explaining a little bit about the very complex but exciting research she and her colleagues are undertaking.
Dr. Johanna has published a study on the non-food related variables in the DogRisk Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ), as well as a study on the nondiet related risk factors for atopy/allergy in dogs from the FFQ data. Dr. Johanna, along with Dr. Anna Hielm-Björkman and others have also published articles on fish oil and oxidative stress in dogs with osteoarthritis, and campylobacter in the feces after diet intervention.
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The original Mario's began in Baguio some thirty years ago. It became synonymous with fine dining and the place to go for the country's best Caesar salad and good paella and lengua (ox tongue). Today, the only fine dining Mario's is located on Tomas Morato.
I visited Mario's Kitchen in late 2001 when it opened its first branch at Greenbelt 1 near the cinemas. It was a move to make Mario's Restaurant food available to a larger market. The dishes served here are practically the same as that served in the original Mario's, with some pleasant changes and additions.
Four years later, the four Mario's Kitchen branches have been whittled down to two. There is a branch at the Metrowalk in Ortigas, where I was at today. Metrowalk itself is quite bland "" there is not much to do or see, although I hear the tenants upstairs are doing brisk business selling pirated DVD's. Some of the bigger names in the restaurant industry are here "" Dencio's, Coffee Beanery, the ever-ubiquitous Starbucks, and Mario's Kitchen.
Walking into the non-descript place, the first thing that greets me is the lighted up chiller displaying the desserts. I just love blatant displays of dessert. Anyway, Bin and Boo started off with sopa de mariscos (tomato-based Spanish seafood soup) this version had noodles, while we all nibbled at the famous Caesar salad, which was still good and distinctly Mario's.
Our main meal consisted of gambas (a Spanish appetizer of shrimps cooked in olive oil, garlic, and chili); garlic rice; a T-bone steak (medium, please) with mashed potatoes; and for Boo, an order of arroz a la cubana (rice topped with a fried egg and eaten with ground beef and bananas). As you've noticed, Mario's serves plenty of Spanish dishes, and they do them quite well. Good food with sizable portions that don't leave you feeling bitin (lacking). I admit to sneaking a few spoonfuls of Boo's arroz a la cubana. I'd forgotten how comforting this dish is for me, and how good saba bananas (plaintains) and ketchup are together. Mario's Kitchen is also the only place I know that serves its rice in a pyramid-like mold. Check out the photo above.
Mario's Kitchen serves plenty of tapas, Spanish side dishes, so that you can have a happy tasting meal. The soups are good here, try the French Onion or the Clam Chowder served in a bread bowl. Of course you can't go wrong with their paellas or their callos (Spanish tomato-based tripe stew with garbanzos and green peppers), and their wealth of Filipino favorites. I used to have a favorite pasta dish here which I don't see anymore on the menu. It was called maccarones con chorizo, a truly tasty dish of noodles doused in a spicy tomato-olive oil sauce with lots of chorizo sausages. Truly lip-smacking good. It you come to Mario's Kitchen, ask for this pasta dish and don't hesitate to order it if they say they still make it.
Dessert at Mario's usually comes down to cheesecakes and their peach flambé, if I'm not mistaken. Me, Bin, and Boo shared the toffee sansrival and the butter sylvannas, which are both meringue based desserts loaded with buttercream. I never say no to a banana cream pie, this one had a coconut crust and its filling was very light and creamy. Very good and very different from mine. Their other sweet offerings include tiramisu and leche flan (Spanish egg custard).
Mario's Kitchen
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Meralco Ave., Ortigas Center
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March 22, 2000
By Dave Good
Shepard Fairey On Graffiti, Breaking the Law, and the Meaningless of Meaning.
I close my notepad and turn to go. The detective rises slowly, snaps off his desk lamp, relights his cigar, and opens the door.
"Oh — just one more thing," I say before I leave his putrid office. "That guy — the paper hanger who's been putting up those 'Giant' posters all over town. . .""Go on," says the cop.
"I think I might have a lead for you."
"Shepard Fairey."
The name rolls out of his mouth on a giant cloud of smoke.
"I talked to him last night outside of the Royal Liquor on 14th."
"Wait a minute." The cop leans toward me. Suddenly, I feel the eyes of the other cops in the precinct on me, too.
"You mean to tell me — you know that punk?"
It takes just under two minutes to put up a 24″ by 36″ poster, about half an hour to cover a whole wall with them. It's a little like hanging wallpaper. First, the surface gets a coating of paste, a good thick layer of it that goes on with a brush. Then, the backside of the poster gets pasted, sized onto the wall, and, finally, the front side gets brushed down with the paste. The result, when dried, is artwork that is nearly impossible to peel off.
Posters have been around for centuries. They are one of the earliest forms of organized communication. Circuses at the turn of the century, politicians, and public hangings have all been advertised via poster art; movie, show, and record promoters still use posters to motivate consumers today. Posters are cheap, colorful, semi-permanent, and, ultimately, disposable.
But along with semi-permanence, time is an important concept to an outlaw poster hanger like Shepard Fairey. Every tick of every second that it takes to hang his black, white, and red screen prints of obey giant, with the simple message, 'Giant,' or the ominous 'Obey,' means exposure to the risk of arrest. It is an act of vandalism to paste posters on the kinds of public property that appeal to Fairey: traffic lights, power boxes, foundations, retaining walls, abandoned buildings. Without permission, it is against the law for Fairey to paste any posters anywhere.
"Last weekend at Balboa and Genesee — it's a real busy intersection," says Fairey, "I can see three out of the four corners. I was just finishing hanging a poster, and up pulls two cops. They get out and they go, 'What are you doin'?' And I say, 'I was just putting up a poster to advertise my friend's band [not true],' and they say, 'Oh really uh, what band is it?' I say, 'Oh, they're called Giant.' The cop says, 'Looks like some kind of Communist stuff.' I say, 'Really? I don't see that at all.'
"And he goes, 'Yeah, looks like Lenin, that Communist guy.' 'Lenin?' I say, 'I dunno who it is. It looks more like a mixture of Donald Sutherland and Michael Stipe to me.' And then he says, 'Yeah, that's true. It does look kinda like those guys.'
"'Then they say, 'Well, did you know that it's a misdemeanor and a $150 dollar fine to put posters on public property?' I say, 'No, there are already posters on this box, so I figured it doesn't matter.' They just say, 'Well, you got your choice. You can take it down, or you can pay $150 dollars.' I say, 'No problem, I'll take it down."
He laughs when he tells the story, but Shepard Fairey's been to jail several times for illegally posting his art in cities like Seattle, New York, Providence, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. An insulin-dependant diabetic, Fairey nearly died in a New York jail when a guard denied him the use of his medications. "After two days without insulin, I started throwing up something that looked like radiator fluid," he says. "It's not legal [to withhold medications], but you don't have any rights in jail. When they finally realized that I was going down, they took me to a hospital. My blood sugar was over 800 [as opposed to a normal reading of 120]. I never felt so bad in my life.
"I never get fined very much," he says. "In Long Beach, I got fined $250 dollars, in Charleston, I got fined $165 dollars, and here, it was $150. "In Philadelphia," he says, "I knew I wasn't going to be in town, so I just never showed up for the court date, so there's probably a warrant out for my arrest there. It's not all that much money — it's sort of more the whole principal of it. You get treated so badly for going out and hanging a poster on an electrical box. I kinda look at it like, that's just the intense side of what I'm reacting against anyway. If anybody could go out and put posters up without punishment, I probably wouldn't be trying to point out the contradictions in the fact that someone can put a billboard up but it's illegal to put up a poster."
Taken as a whole, the images do project the possibility of a hidden, darker meaning: "Giant! — bigger than you!" "Obey! — or be punished!" Fairey's obey giant and other menacing faces glare at traffic from vantage points throughout the city.
GIANT, they proclaim. OBEY, they order.
They are like the first posters in a sequence of weird advertisements that never come, and their lack of explanation implies that if one were truly hip, one would know what they meant. But no one but Fairey knows, and in the absence of an explanation, people create answers of their own.
One such interpretation was supplied by Bob Dingeman, "Mr Scripps Ranch," writing in SCRA, a newsletter: "Over the past month or so, hate signs have appeared in a few places in the ranch. The signs, which have been pasted on utility boxes and schools, are somewhat innocuous (sic), sometimes having a face and the phrase, 'Obey.'"
Hate signs? Far from it, says the 29-year-old graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design and partner in the graphics firm Black Market. In his Giant Manifesto, Fairey writes, "Because people are used to seeing advertisements or propaganda for which the product motive is not obvious, encounters with the poster provoke thought, possibly frustration, nevertheless revitalizing the viewer's perception and attention to detail. The posters have no meaning, but exist only to cause people to react, to contemplate and search for meaning in the sticker. . . the various reactions and interpretations of those who view it reflect their personality and the nature of their sensibilities."
"Some people say, 'Oh you just think you're a bad-ass, going out and doing all this illegal stuff, because you think it's cool that you get busted, that you're a rebel.
"No," says Fairey. "That's not the motivation at all. I definitely have a mischievous side, and I enjoy that, but that's not the motivation. It's more of just a way to get my art out there. If somebody just donated a billboard to me, a lotta graffiti guys would say, 'Dude, that's legal, so it ain't real.' But for me, it's about the exposure, not whether it's legal or illegal." Obey! See Shepard Fairey's artwork on display — legally — this month at Superfly West, 610 Broadway, San Diego.


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Even though the goal of improving educational outcomes may be universal, teaching and learning styles are not – there is no better example of this than on the African continent.
From country to country and region to region, the progress made in improving student learning outcomes varies greatly. Therefore the way in which each educational model is devised must take into account local context if it is going to work effectively.
Over the last decade, the statistical improvements that have been assessed in the African education sector have mostly been centered on student attendance, participation and basic adult literacy rates. Not only do these figures fail to outline any progress that has been made on student outcomes, but they also intrinsically suggest that attendance guarantees learning.
This is not to criticise the UN's Millennium Develop Goals for universal primary education, but rather to highlight the need for a greater focus on student centered performance and learning.
This article briefly examines three areas of education and technology in the African context:
- How can we 'disrupt' the current education situation by blending education, economics and technology?
- Can digital education localise, personalise, scaffold and monitor a student's learning more effectively than the current practices?
- What does this disruption mean for teachers and educators?
The lessons learnt from Africa are important, especially when discussing the relationship between technology, economics and education – this is because the assumed positive relationship between increased government expenditure and improved educational outcomes has been invalidated on a number of occasions.
While charities and NGOs have historically dominated the education sector (especially in the Central and East African context) there has been a recent boom in low cost private schools throughout countries such as Tanzania and Kenya. These countries are achieving top results, above those in Southern African and in particular South Africa.
Technology has been around in education for two decades, but why has it not led to improved outcomes globally?
While the South African government expenditure on education is higher than most African countries, the results are near the bottom compared to its African peers, particularly in Science and Mathematics. This is in part because they have struggled to nurture the same entrepreneurial environment as those countries that have had little government funding or influence. It is for this reason that our private Tanzanian primary school has capitalised on the financial sustainability of low cost, fee-paying education to afford better teachers and educational resources.
There is a strong demand from parents and students for quality private education – this supports a commercial model that can more easily provide and implement digital education resources, with training and oversight. The low income private school model leads to a bottom up and top down movement toward educational innovation – this means educational entrepreneurs can dare to disrupt rather than accept the current teaching and learning practices, especially those present in public education institutions. Without creating this solid commercial foundation in African schools, changing the ways in which schools or educational entrepreneurs can innovate will fail.
Technology has been around in education for two decades, but why has it not led to improved outcomes globally? While technology is a catalyst for change as a tool, the infrastructure, in itself, is not enough.
World Bank data in 2012 claimed that students in East Africa are using one textbook between 5 students and the impact of this means students do not have access to adequate resources to enable them to teach themselves, particularly where teachers are overstretched and under trained.
But while there has been a move to provide more books for students, this also has not led to significantly improved outcomes. The same applies to technology.
Technological infrastructure, whether it is mobile devices, tablets or computers, has led to disrupting the way we think about communication and delivery. But while the time for digital education is now, the focus must be about what the technology is delivering rather than simply how.
Technology itself is just the vehicle, sophisticated and personalised curriculum is the disruptive innovation. Because of this, our company is currently working on two digital education products, IDEA STEM (for grades 7-10 across Science, Mathematics and English) and IDEA Foundation (early development literacy and numeracy) written and localised for each country in East and Southern Africa. The IDEA platform allows for an interactive, self-paced, personalised and 'scaffolded' learning experience taking into account a variety of learning needs and paces - remedial, core and extension.
...the assumed positive relationship between increased government expenditure and improved educational outcomes has been invalidated on a number of occasions.
We have also considered the current structural limitations in energy access, cost and connectivity, present across the continent by creating a product that is light, made for low cost tablet technology and available in an offline mode. IDEA's goal is to harness disruptive innovation through our software with the key aim being to create student focused materials that leads to a mastery of learning rather than just learning by attendance.
The IDEA Foundation product is on target to be submitted to the XPrize Global Learning competition in 2016, which will be tested in low-income communities across Tanzania. It is experimental programs such as the XPrize that give digital education businesses such as ours opportunities, both financially and educationally, to truly innovate with student centered software and technology. This raises the bar in terms of what is defined and expected when we discuss student achievement.
Teachers in Africa have long taken the blame for the poor results in learning outcomes. But where the majority of the population only possesses basic literacy skills, there is a smaller pool of individuals who can or want to become teachers.
There is such a dearth of trained and resourced teachers across Africa that we cannot be surprised that schools are struggling to perform. As Professor John Hattie argues, structural and financial improvements, extra-curricular programs and technology in schools can not, in and of themselves, lead to significant shifts in effect size of student outcomes.
He argues that expertise, training and teacher competence is the key to truly changing the performance of students. We cannot afford to underestimate the importance of teachers even as digital education becomes ever more available. Rather, we must provide the relevant training and resources especially where digital content such as IDEA is provided.
Teachers in Africa can then evolve from being expected to be subject experts to facilitators of the learning by using the software and technology. By reaching out to teachers first we want to empower rather than disenfranchise them as technology takes hold in the classroom.
In conclusion, we must continue to push a model of disruptive innovation using digital education, but within a supportive financial and training model. The three areas of economics, technology and training must work in parallel if any change is to occur in the long term. Our goals must evolve from building more schools and making sure students attend to concentrating on what teachers and students are able to achieve. An offering of teacher training, innovative digital content and technological infrastructure can lead to disrupting the educational context only if there are positive investment incentives for educational entrepreneurs and, most importantly, evidence of improved student outcomes.
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Anne M. La Dow
Ms. La Dow, a great-great-granddaughter of the company's founder, has served on Scripps' board of directors since 2012.
"Anne's insights in the area of human resources are especially relevant as the company continues to invest in talent and leadership for the future," said Nackey Scagliotti, former board chair. "Her familiarity with both our history and with today's rapidly changing media landscape assure that her guidance will add value for our company and for its shareholders."
In addition to being a member of the Scripps family, La Dow is a former employee of the company. In the 1990s, she worked in the human resources functions at Scripps newspapers in the California markets of Ventura and San Luis Obispo. She most recently worked in the legal field in Minnesota.


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So I made it through March, a very difficult month indeed, and it is now April 1st, which also happens to be April Fools Day. You know who got me with a joke? My beloved band, Nine Inch Nails. Yes Trent Reznor, clever and funny guy that he is, played us all today on Twitter.
Aside from that, still sitting under 10k for "the" novel/story/whattheeffever, and I believe it's because I'm taking in, instead of the general putting out.
Shush you.
The two characters have been speaking quite clearly but now that I've gotten all mean and serious about doing it, I want to be sure I have my ducks, erm, vampires in a row. No previews are available unless you count M and Xanox's blog. I'll give away a general gist of the story, but most definitely not the whole story.
Enough about me. Well wait. It is my blog after all.
Car is getting repairs done next week. Thank goodness for parents that have extra cars (because they simply cannot stop buying them!) laying around. I lowered my comprehensive deductible, especially since we've had such a moody month of mayhem. Go ahead and hail again—but do it fast. Like before this weekend. =/
Sushi and Weller make up a satisfying evening of absolute slackerdom...after doing the dishes of course.
You know what? Life is damn good. Even if there are road hazards.
That sounded like a tire commercial. Heh.


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This week I'm taking part in the My Writing Process blog hop, which was recommended to me by Dave Sivers. I interviewed Dave about his crime fantasy novels here, but he also writes crime novels too. He wrote about his writing process last week, so be sure to check out Dave's blog.
So this hop consists of four questions about my work:
1) What am I working on?
Most writers have a number of different projects on the go, so I've always got a few short stories and a dozen novel ideas I'm tinkering with. However my main project is an epic fantasy. The story had its genesis in the Ballad of Thomas Rymour, a Scottish folktale of a man who is spirited away to the realm of Faerie. I imagined Tom would develop a sort of Stockholm Syndrome so he would want to go back once he was forced to leave Faerie.
So I'm writing an epic fantasy in which the world is embroiled in a war between elfs and men, where dragons are enslaved and turned into weapons of mass destruction, and all Thomas Rymour wants to do is get back to his beloved Queen of Faerie. Obviously it's not going to be easy for him.
2) How does my work differ from others of its genre?
Legends and myths often play a large role in epic fantasy, but I wanted folklore and fairy tales to influence mine. It gives the world a different flavour, as the rhythm of folklore is very different to that of mythology.
The fay themselves are different, too. I wanted to do something new with them, so their personalities are tied into the time of year. For one half they are light and fey, for the other they are dark and dangerous. A fay in summer will play a harmless prank and laugh. The same fay in winter might maim you and react the same way.
3) Why do I write what I do?
That's a tough question. I suppose a lot of it comes from reading other books and thinking "but what about this?" So what does Thomas Rymour do and feel after he leaves Faerie? What if the "good" fay and the "bad" fay are different sides of the same coin? What would really happen when a messiah came back to us? I sit and decide what I think the answers to those questions are and then I write down what I think would happen.
4) How does my writing process work?
The process itself doesn't begin with writing. It begins years before with random thoughts and ideas that conglomerate into a "what-if?" question that interests me. That question usually prompts more thoughts, which turn into ideas and probably some research.
But the process of writing is pretty straightforward. Each morning I sit down for an hour before work and pick up where I left off yesterday. That's it. I don't revise or rewrite unless I feel it's crucial; I just write the next thousand or so words. Sometimes if the hour doesn't go well I'll write in snatches throughout the day. But, if I'm lucky, the hour produced some good work and I'm free to spend my time thinking about the next hour or about future projects.
I find the routine helpful; as time has gone on it needs less time to change gears and be ready to write. Doing it first thing also means that, no matter what the rest of the day is like, my writing is in the bag. It also can't be affected by the detritus of the day!
Anyway you've probably heard enough from me. Time to hand over. I'm passing the hop to two fantastic authors: Ginny Lurcock and M. Latimer-Ridley!
Ginny Lurcock lives in New Hampshire with her husband whom she adores, her daughter whom she also adores, and their cat who she likes alright. Her father and his two cats also inhabit the space.
When not writing, she enjoys playing games (of the board and video variety) or reading to the point of obsession (she's not an addict, she can quit whenever she wants), watching intelligent television, mindless television, sports, movies and listening to music.
Basically, she likes all the things.
And somehow, she still manages to find the time to be bored.
You can check out Ginny's blog next week to read about her writing process. Check out Bad Blood in the meantime. It's excellent.
Latimer (Karen) and Ridley (Rachel) are two eccentric best friends with far too many obsessions and a frightening addiction to tea. When they aren't reading stories filled with magic, passion and adventure, they're writing them. A writing duo for the last nine years, they've always dreamed of sharing their imaginary worlds and quirky characters with others.
While they live in Ireland, they would love to spend their lives travelling the world. But for now, they can be found happily wandering the internet.
Check out M. Latimer-Ridley's blog next week to see their take on this blog hop.
In the meantime, tell me how your writing process works or about your WIP in the comments below!


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Item Pipeline¶
After an item has been scraped by a spider, it is sent to the Item Pipeline which process it through several components that are executed sequentially.
Each item pipeline component (sometimes referred as just "Item Pipeline") is a Python class that implements a simple method. They receive an Item and perform an action over it, also deciding if the Item should continue through the pipeline or be dropped and no longer processed.
Typical use for item pipelines are:
- cleansing HTML data
- validating scraped data (checking that the items contain certain fields)
- checking for duplicates (and dropping them)
- storing the scraped item in a database
Writing your own item pipeline¶
Writing your own item pipeline is easy. Each item pipeline component is a single Python class that must implement the following method:
process_item(item, spider)¶
This method is called for every item pipeline component and must either return a
Item(or any descendant class) object or raise a
DropItemexception. Dropped items are no longer processed by further pipeline components.
- item (
Itemobject) – the item scraped
- spider (
BaseSpiderobject) – the spider which scraped the item
- item (
Additionally, they may also implement the following methods:
This method is called when the spider is opened.
Parameters: spider (
BaseSpiderobject) – the spider which was opened
This method is called when the spider is closed.
Parameters: spider (
BaseSpiderobject) – the spider which was closed
Item pipeline example¶
Price validation and dropping items with no prices¶
Let's take a look at the following hypothetic pipeline that adjusts the
attribute for those items that do not include VAT (
attribute), and drops those items which don't contain a price:
from scrapy.exceptions import DropItem
class PricePipeline(object):
vat_factor = 1.15
def process_item(self, item, spider):
if item['price']:
if item['price_excludes_vat']:
item['price'] = item['price'] * self.vat_factor
return item
raise DropItem("Missing price in %s" % item)
Write items to a JSON file¶
The following pipeline stores all scraped items (from all spiders) into a a
items.jl file, containing one item per line serialized in JSON
import json
class JsonWriterPipeline(object):
def __init__(self):
self.file = open('items.jl', 'wb')
def process_item(self, item, spider):
line = json.dumps(dict(item)) + "\n"
return item
The purpose of JsonWriterPipeline is just to introduce how to write item pipelines. If you really want to store all scraped items into a JSON file you should use the Feed exports.
Activating an Item Pipeline component¶
To activate an Item Pipeline component you must add its class to the
ITEM_PIPELINES list, like in the following example:
Item pipeline example with resources per spider¶
Sometimes you need to keep resources about the items processed grouped per spider, and delete those resource when a spider finishes.
An example is a filter that looks for duplicate items, and drops those items that were already processed. Let say that our items have an unique id, but our spider returns multiples items with the same id:
from scrapy.xlib.pydispatch import dispatcher
from scrapy import signals
from scrapy.exceptions import DropItem
class DuplicatesPipeline(object):
def __init__(self):
self.duplicates = {}
dispatcher.connect(self.spider_opened, signals.spider_opened)
dispatcher.connect(self.spider_closed, signals.spider_closed)
def spider_opened(self, spider):
self.duplicates[spider] = set()
def spider_closed(self, spider):
del self.duplicates[spider]
def process_item(self, item, spider):
if item['id'] in self.duplicates[spider]:
raise DropItem("Duplicate item found: %s" % item)
return item


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North Carolina laws require all motorcycle riders to wear helmets. North Carolina is also one of a small number of states that apply a strict contributory negligence standard in accident cases. Specifically, if your negligence contributed to or caused the accident and your injuries, then regardless of the other party's negligence you will not be awarded any damages in a negligence lawsuit against the other party. If you've been in a motorcycle accident in North Carolina and you were not wearing a helmet, you might conclude that the balance of the North Carolina helmet law and the state's contributory negligence standards will eliminate your opportunity to recover damages to compensate you for your injuries. Fortunately, this is not the case.
The North Carolina helmet law expressly states that a rider's failure to wear a helmet "shall not be considered negligence per se or contributory negligence per se in any civil action." This express statement only means that your failure to wear a helmet will not be deemed to be negligence in and of itself. The other driver in a motorcycle accident case can still argue that your failure to wear a helmet is evidence of your own negligence in an accident. Your motorcycle accident attorney will respond that you were not negligent and that you are entitled to recover damages. The success of that response will be a function of the nature of your injuries.
Generally accepted scientific evidence shows that a motorcycle helmet will significantly reduce head and neck injuries in a motorcycle accident. When this evidence is combined with the mandatory helmet law in North Carolina, you suddenly have two strikes against you if you suffered head and neck injuries in the motorcycle accident. Your motorcycle accident lawyer might argue that you would have suffered the same or similar head and neck injuries even if you had worn a helmet, but North Carolina's contributory negligence standards will come back at you to get the third strike.
Whether or not you were wearing a helmet should be irrelevant in a contributory negligence argument if you did not suffer a head or neck injury. Regardless, your opponent who caused the accident will probably raise the fact that you were not wearing a helmet in an attempt to show your acceptance of risk or to argue that you were careless.
Motorcycle riders face a natural bias from non-riders who do not understand or appreciate riding culture. If you ride in North Carolina, you will always be better off if you follow the law and wear a helmet. We understand motorcycle riders and the issues and biases they face when they seek damages to compensate them for injuries from motorcycle accidents. Please contact us as soon as you can after you've been in an accident. We can evaluate your case and assess your chances to recover damages no matter if you were wearing a helmet or otherwise.


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Sheerios, we hope you're in the mood for rap set to the moody strains of Ed Sheeran's acoustic guitar, because hey! You're getting more of it!
Earlier this week, Sheeran dropped "The Man" off his forthcoming X, a song in which the ginger/Taylor Swift BFF rhymes while getting dark about his dashed dreams of a life with a woman he loved. Now, more tracks from X have been released, including "Take It Back." In three minutes, Sheeran is still scorned, but he's spitting fire as vents about nine hundred million different things, from sleeping with movie stars to favoring dive bars to the major arenas he's headlining. He's "not a rapper, just a singer with a flow," and we'd tend to agree. (That line about being a "singer [we] never want to see shirtless" is a little mean though, Ed! Give yourself a break!)
MTV is easing into X by posting songs off the album this weekend, so dive into "Take It Back"--as well as "Even My Dad Sometimes" and "Shirtsleeves"--in the meantime.


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Stephen Sorokoff was on hand at 54 Below to document its Halloween Sondheim special "Into Sweeney Todd's Woods". The show featured Len Cariou (Sweeney Todd's original Sweeney), Sarah Rice (Sweeney Todd's original Johanna), Pamela Winslow Kashani (Into the Woods' original Rapunzel), as well as Kristy Cates, Scott Coulter, Claybourne Elder, Matt Farnsworth, Marquee Five, Trent Armand Kendall, Rob Maitner, Teri Ralston, T. Oliver Reid, Julie Reyburn, Lucia Spina, Jessica Vosk.
View photos from the event at Broadwayworld.com
Read an article and view photos, video and a slide show featuring Marquee Five's opening song "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" (below) at Times Square Chronicles.
Plus! Read an interview of Phil Geoffrey Bond by Jena Tesse Fox on BroadwayWorld.


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I think we can safely say 2010 will not be a big blogging year.
Anywho… I did finish off the next Mirabilia Round Robin. Well, mostly… but that story can wait until after the picture:
Click here for full picture. But be warned… it's pretty awesome. Might make you want to stitch a dozen Mirabilia bits.
I started this while I was sick. My first mistake, apparently.
The goal was to finish before the end of March, but it took me until April 4th. My first attempt at pulling all the floss failed miserably (fever, you know). I missed five colors and of course, I was missing two of those from the stash (and didn't want to dig thru other WIPs). Now, there are two colors of beads required as well. Somehow my fevered brain decided I had them. So I didn't bother getting any more at the LNS.
I'm sure you can see where this is headed.
On Sunday, after finishing all the backstitching, I hit the bead boxes for the beads. I had neither. No problem, I'll just sub some Delicas. Yeah. Not so much. Now, the colors aren't too crazy… a pale blue and a blue-green. But what looked close on the monitor looked like crap on the fabric, so rather than use the questionable substitutions, I decided to go ahead and mail the piece off to its next destination (Australia) and send the real beads on to the owner separately.
I've never sent off an incomplete RR piece. I'm not happy. Definitely won't be doing it again. (Sending incomplete… someday I'll do another RR, I'm sure).
Something to note: Wednesday, the 14th is my 45th birthday. I'm celebrating with a bit of stash….for me and for you 🙂 Yup, a giveaway is in the planning stages!


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Miracle Biotics Review
Watch this Miracle Biotics video to find out all about Ultralite Nutritions natural digestive supplement.
Watch this Miracle Biotics video to find out all about Ultralite Nutritions natural digestive supplement.
So I found this cool video review of Spartagen XT. The guy seems pretty legit and I trust he actually has it (especially since he shows the bottles in his hand).
While there are many other daily testosterone boosting supplements on the market, this one has proven to me to be the most effective.
With it's proprietary ingredients that all work in concert to increase energy levels, boost stamina, ramp up libido and help stimulate the body to produce it's own natural testosterone.
After taking it for a few months, I can say I feel younger and am back in the gym and feel great.
If you are looking to restore your energy and get back into shape, this is the perfect supplement to assist in your training.
I originally found out about Spartagen XT by clicking on this site: http://www.spartagen-xt.com/. You can read all about the ingredients, and even learn more about natural ways to increase energy levels with herbs and vitamins, and minerals. More articles with health tips can be found here: http://www.spartagen-xt.com/category/health-tips/. OK back to my thoughts on this amazing supplement.
With only two pills a day, the body will start responding to the nutrients in Spartagen XT after a couple of weeks and you will certainly begin feeling the effects.
I personally now play a lot of sports and even though I am in my mid 40's I am playing and keeping up with guys in their 20s and 30s. I have my energy back and am working on improving my core strength and my jumping height. I used to be able to dunk, and while I don't see that happening I can certainly see an increase in my athleticism.
If you are interested in restoring your energy and libido, then Spartagen XT is the perfect supplement for you. Give it a try, and you will enjoy the benefits like I am.
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Watch this video review of lean belly breakthrough:
If you have any questions about this product, feel free to leave me a comment on youtube, I try to respond to all of them.
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See you there!
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Alrighty, just under the wire, here's DZ's closing presentation from the OKC Conference (10/28-29):
A View From the Back Pew – Carrie Willard
Our next video from the OKC Conference comes to us from the remarkable Carrie Willard. We guarantee you'll never think of school uniforms the same again:
Falling Into Grace, Part Two – John Newton
Such a privilege to offer up the second half of John Newton's wonderful presentation in Oklahoma City on his (wonderful) book Falling Into Grace. Click here to watch part one.
Falling Into Grace, Part Two – John Newton from Mockingbird on Vimeo.
Lazaretto, or Where Is That Moral Progress I Was Promised? – Scott Johnson
Here comes the next video from Oklahoma, and the first of the breakout sessions. This one arrives courtesy of Dr. Scott Johnson, our resident expert in classical Greek and all things White Stripes-related:
Lazaretto, or Where is that Moral Progress I was Promised? – Scott Johnson from Mockingbird on Vimeo.
The Gospel Monday Through Friday – Alex Large
The second video from OKC is here! And it's a wonderful one, courtesy of Mbird stalwart Rev. Alex Large. Enjoy:
The Gospel Monday through Friday: Glimpses of Grace in Relationships – Alex Large from Mockingbird on Vimeo.
2016 OKC Conference Recordings: Grace in the Grind
An incredibly heartfelt thank you to everyone who helped put on our conference in Oklahoma City a few weeks ago, especially the good folks at All Souls Episcopal Church, The Anglican Foundation, and the indefatigable, ueber-gracious Carol Johnson. We're also supremely grateful to The Brothers Carr for running the book table and to Mark Babikow, our […]
Falling Into Grace, Part One – John Newton
If you weren't able to make it to our recent conference in Oklahoma City, fret not! Here is the first conference video featuring John Newton on his book Falling Into Grace. (The audio of all the talks will be available later this week–check the site regularly for more.)
Falling Into Grace, Part One – John Newton by Mockingbird on Vimeo.
This Friday and Saturday in Oklahoma City!
Very flattered to be interviewed by Carla Hinton of The Oklahoman about the *free* conference we're hosting in Oklahoma City this coming Friday and Saturday (10/28-29).
Click here to read the article, which I think does a nice job of explaining what we're trying to do. If you've got friends in the area who might be interested in dropping by, definitely forward it their way.
There's still/always room for last-minute walk-ins, but please, if you are planning to eat with us on Friday evening, we ask that you register over at mbirdokc2016.com ASAP.
P.S. The first one hundred people through the door will receive a complimentary copy of the mental health issue of The Mockingbird!
P.P.S. Deepest thanks to The Anglican Foundation and All Souls Episcopal Church for their supreme generosity in making it possible to keep the registration fees at zero.


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Suzy Solar (Florida, USA) shines as an internationally acclaimed trance music artist with hit records under her belt. This multi-talented DJ, music producer, vocalist and writer is becoming a legend since her start in 1997. Her track "Ocean of Love" is featured on Paul Oakenfold's Grammy nominated album "Creamfields," and was released on EsNtion Records with a music video. Suzy's mix albums, "The Perfect Trance" and "The Perfect Trance 2.0," on Neurodisc/Capitol Records topped Billboard's U.S. Electronica charts and have made noise globally. "Samurai," her collaboration with Arizona (aka Thomas Bronzwaer) has graced dance charts worldwide and is supported by the world's top DJs, including Armin Van Buuren and Ferry Corsten.
Currently, Suzy has a new release with Thomas DeColita titled "The Unsaid" on Elliptical Recordings. She is now producing several new tracks that will feature her vocals, and is busy with her international tour schedule. Music fans love Suzy for her intuitive ability to rock dance floors with her beautifully flowing DJ sets, harmonic mixing skills, magnetic stage presence, and uplifting energy.
Suzy hosts her own popular radio show "Solar Power Sessions," which is one of the longest running weekly trance shows in the world. Founded in 2001, her show broadcasts on danceradioglobal.com and is syndicated on more than a dozen stations. She's often featured on prestigious radio shows, some of which include BBC Radio's Dave Pearce "Trancecast," "Resident Nation" on Music Choice (digital cable television), VONYC Radio, "Mondo Vs Noys" on Ministry of Sound Radio, "Intuition Radio," and "Deep Blue Radio Show." She can also be heard on Sirius XM Satellite Radio, Digitally Imported Radio, Worldspace, and much more. Suzy continues to be one of the most sought after female DJs in the world. You are sure to hear much more from this mulit-facted artist for years to come.
Suzy Solar on the web: www.suzysolar.com
Myspace: myspace.com/djsuzysolar and myspace.com/suzysolar
Facebook: Suzy's facebook