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Work detailsA Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan (2010)
Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Published: 2010 Pages: 274 Genre: fiction, Punk Rock Music, Psychological Fiction My copy: Library book A series of interconnected stories of a wide cast of characters who all have some kind of connection to each other, covering five decades with the backdrop of the music industry and covering locales such as New York, San Francisco, Africa and Naples. I loved this book because it is about time. I like stories about time. The title, A Visit From the Goon Squad, is a reference to time. Time is a goon and it beats you up. This is a work of originality. Not that interconnected stories have never been done but all the elements of this story; the interconnects, time as a theme, shifts in communications, use of texting and slide shows all come together to make this a unique work deserving of a Pulitzer Prize. There are many characters but they are all connected on some level, they don't even know how connected they are or how much they have impacted each other. I liked many of them and the way Egan developed them was very different and fun. The language was fresh and changed over time and with various characters and finally progressing to texting and to power point. There was a lot of emotional impact for me. The passing of time is emotional, the hurts, the tragedies and the victories. I liked these quotes; Ms Egan uses a passage from Marcel Proust, In Search of Lost Time to introduce the book "Poets claim that we recapture for a moment the self that we were long ago when we enter some house or garden in which we used to live in our youth. But these are most hazardous pilgrimages, which end as often in disappointment as in success. It is in ourselvs that we should rather seek to find those fixed places, contemporaneous with different years." and "The unknown element in the lives of other people is like that of nature, which each fresh scientific discovery merely reduces but does not abolish." Pg 174, "...she'd felt the passage of time." The slide show of Pauses (wonderful), pg 269, "times a goon", and page 259 gives a most wonderful (probabably exaggerated for effect) description of today's relativism. Het is niet helemaal duidelijk hoe je dit boek moet karakteriseren: Is het nu een verzameling losse verhalen of een roman ? Het heeft de kenmerken van beide. De verhalen gaan losjes over mensen rond de muziek-producent Bennie Salazar en zijn medewerkster Sasha. Mensen die in het ene verhaal een bijrolletje spelen zijn in het volgende verhaal de hoofdpersoon. Daarnaast verspringen de verhalen in tijd, alleen uit de context kun je afleiden of een verhaal zich eerder of later afspeelt dan de andere verhalen. Het laatste verhaal speelt zelfs in de toekomst. Jennifer Egan experimenteert in dit boek met verschillende schrijfstijlen. Een heel hoofdstuk is zelfs geschreven in de vorm van een Powerpoint presentatie en het is ook nog eens een bijzonder indrukwekkend hoofdstuk. Sommige verhalen zijn geschreven in de ik-vorm, anderen in de tweede of derde persoon. Kortom een geweldig boek om te lezen. Jennifer Egan won met dit boek de Pulitzer Prize voor Fictie in 2012 en nog een hele rij andere prijzen. Het centrale thema (voor zover je daarvan kunt spreken) is de teloorgang van een destructieve generatie. Hoewel na alle extreme experimenten met drugs en seks, de meesten nog wel aardig terechtkomen realiseren ze geen van allen de dromen uit hun jeugd. De titel lijkt er op te wijzen dat de tijd fungeert als een "goon souad", een groep straatcriminelen die je een klap op je kop geven waarna je nooit meer dezelfde bent. Je zou ook kunnen zeggen dat het op een dieper niveau gaat het over teloorgang van universele dromen en idealen in een wereld die is opgebouwd uit glamour, reclame en PR mensen maar waar de menselijke waarden verloren zijn geraakt. Alles álles draait om de kick en om de beeldvorming van het eigen "ik", wat is dan je ankerpunt in het leven ? Het laatste hoofdstuk is misschien het mooist met ook de grootste uitersten. Andy komt in dienst van Bennie om een oude rockster te "papegaaien". Hij is een spindoctor die niet eens tegen zijn vrouw durft te zeggen wat hij doet, zo schaamt hij zich. Samen met het jonge meisje Lulu werkt hij een plan uit en dat plan werkt wonderwel. Er komt een concert waar duizenden mensen op af komen. Het contrast tussen het steile PR jargon van Lulu aan de ene kant en het rauwe, ongepolijste optreden van de eenvoudige gitarist aan de andere kant geeft de essentie van het boek weer. De bezoekers krijgen tranen in hun ogen en worden in hun hart geraakt. Later beweert iedereen dat hij bij dit concert is geweest hoewel de zaal (symbolisch: op de plaats waar het WTC stond) helemaal niet zoveel ruimte heeft. I did not realize "A Visit From the Goon Squad" is a commentary on who we were and where we're headed until the last few chapters. As a member of the generation which can remember life before Google, but only just barely (I believe I'm regarded as a member of Gen Y), I am wary of the power of Facebook, smartphones, and GPS, but powerless to their omnipresence. I usually shy away from (post)modern books set in the future, because I read their ubiquitous and invasive gadgets as a promise of what life will be not twenty years from now (and that scares me). But I did not realize that "Goon Squad" would end up in that world, starting as it did in what I assumed to be present day. The future world isn't even the focus of the book, but I felt it influenced the theme, which has something to do with time, regrets, and the indifference (or perhaps blindness) in which the world progresses as a whole, while people as individuals grow weary and nostalgic. I only finished the book a few minutes ago; my brain is still attempting to form conclusions, and I'm digressing from the actual reviewing, which I haven't even begun. I liked "Goon Squad" and officially rate it a 3.5, but that's not an option on Goodreads. The book follows multiple characters (I disagree with its claims that there are two main protagonists) and employs multiple viewpoints (first, both thirds, and second), which I found impressively well done, for the most part. I had difficulty orientating myself to its style at first (the book jumps from one character to another each chapter, all characters being distantly and/or closely connected), attempting to figure out the story Egan was trying to tell. But you have to get used to the fact that she's not telling one story, and that you will learn deep, often depressing details concerning characters who may or may not be mentioned again. Each chapter can (and from my understanding, filched from other reviews, do) stand alone as a short story, a detailed glimpse into certain characters. Initially I found this off-putting; if I liked a character I could not stay with them for more than twenty pages. Initially I felt the narration style was a cop-out, an entire novel of information dumps, where stories and characters are told and not shown, never given a chance to develop, but begun and ended in one chapter. But the book does have a sort of wholeness to it, through its connected characters and circular narrative. Egan sometimes focuses on characters whom I found unimportant, and did not remember clearly by the end, but I believe that adds to the books commentary on life and time (our lives are filled with people who lead elaborate lives of their own, and who drift in and out of our focus). And, I'm often disappointed by endings, but Egan's use of the circular narrative (one of my favorite writing styles) pleased me; oh, how oddly and closely we are all connected. Since this seems to be an important topic to other reviewers, I'll mention that I actually enjoyed the entire chapter done in PowerPoint (a 12-year-old's "slide journal"). I thought it was an important example of how the world and people are changing, how information is received in bursts, how our attention spans have shortened (not that this character's journal was not revealing, detailed, and contemplative, but her journal is a series of slides - she's clearly a kid of computers). Although the characters are often unlikeable and the reader knows too much about them, "Goon Squad" is well-written and well-thought out. A book that merits a second reading, which I believe would reveal information and details I didn't quite catch the first time. I loved the way the author moves rapidly through time as well as space in this series of interconnected plots. Almost feels like the days when music albums used to be themed--so that the different tracks talk to each other. Also, plenty of surprises and lots of creativity. Who else would attempt an entire chapter composed of power point slides? I didn't see what the big fuss was about, even the powerpoint chapter. A little too gimmicky yet bland for my taste.
It is neither a novel nor a collection of short stories, but something in between: a series of chapters featuring interlocking characters at different points in their lives, whose individual voices combine to a create a symphonic work that uses its interconnected form to explore ideas about human interconnectedness. This is a difficult book to summarise, but a delight to read, gradually distilling a medley out of its polyphonic, sometimes deliberately cacophonous voices. Readers will be pleased to discover that the star-crossed marriage of lucid prose and expertly deployed postmodern switcheroos that helped shoot Egan to the top of the genre-bending new school is alive in well in this graceful yet wild novel. We begin in contemporaryish New York with kleptomaniac Sasha and her boss, rising music producer Bennie Salazar, before flashing back, with Bennie, to the glory days of Bay Area punk rock, and eventually forward, with Sasha, to a settled life. By then, Egan has accrued tertiary characters, like Scotty Hausmann, Bennie's one-time bandmate who all but dropped out of society, and Alex, who goes on a date with Sasha and later witnesses the future of the music industry. Egan's overarching concerns are about how rebellion ages, influence corrupts, habits turn to addictions, and lifelong friendships fluctuate and turn. Or as one character asks, How did I go from being a rock star to being a fat fuck no one cares about? Egan answers the question elegantly, though not straight on, as this powerful novel chronicles how and why we change, even as the song stays the same. Jennifer Egan's new novel is a moving humanistic saga, an enormous nineteenth-century-style epic brilliantly disguised as ironic postmodern pastiche. It has thirteen chapters, each an accomplished short story in its own right; characters who meander in and out of these chapters, brushing up against one another's lives in unexpected ways; a time frame that runs from 1979 to the near, but still sci-fi, future; jolting shifts in time and points of view—first person, second person, third person, Powerpoint person; and a social background of careless and brutal sex, careless and brutal drugs, and carefully brutal punk rock. All of this might be expected to depict the broken, alienated angst of modern life as viewed through the postmodern lens of broken, alienated irony. Instead, Egan gives us a great, gasping, sighing, breathing whole. Although shredded with loss, "A Visit From the Goon Squad" is often darkly, rippingly funny. Egan possesses a satirist's eye and a romance novelist's heart. If Jennifer Egan is our reward for living through the self-conscious gimmicks and ironic claptrap of postmodernism, then it was all worthwhile. Her new novel, "A Visit From the Goon Squad," is a medley of voices -- in first, second and third person -- scrambled through time and across the globe with a 70-page PowerPoint presentation reproduced toward the end. I know that sounds like the headache-inducing, aren't-I-brilliant tedium that sends readers running to nonfiction, but Egan uses all these stylistic and formal shenanigans to produce a deeply humane story about growing up and growing old in a culture corroded by technology and marketing. And what's best, every movement of this symphony of boomer life plays out through the modern music scene, a white-knuckle trajectory of cool, from punk to junk to whatever might lie beyond. My only complaint is that "A Visit From the Goon Squad" doesn't come with a CD.
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0307477479, Paperback)Bennie is an aging former punk rocker and record executive. Sasha is the passionate, troubled young woman he employs. Here Jennifer Egan brilliantly reveals their pasts, along with the inner lives of a host of other characters whose paths intersect with theirs. With music pulsing on every page, A Visit from the Goon Squad is a startling, exhilarating novel of self-destruction and redemption.National Bestseller (retrieved from Amazon Mon, 30 Sep 2013 14:04:49 -0400) Working side-by-side for a record label, former punk rocker Bennie Salazar and the passionate Sasha hide illicit secrets from one another while interacting with a motley assortment of equally troubled people from 1970s San Francisco to the post-war future.… (more) (summary from another edition) |
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16 comments:
- Corinne said...
AWESOMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!! Absolutely my favorite!!! WOW oh WOW!!!
Hugs - June 17, 2012 at 6:50 PM
- Sharman said...
This is so awesome. I love the fact that you have a real live Rockin Rio... She is just a little dollie. Love it......
- June 17, 2012 at 7:03 PM
- Mary said...
Love it!!
- June 17, 2012 at 8:24 PM
- Janine Vegter said...
oooo love the photo!!!
thanks for the prize - June 17, 2012 at 11:48 PM
- DK Spins said...
Egads, I love both of these the best! Rio is such a beautiful inspiration for you. You totally rocked it, Betty!
- June 18, 2012 at 12:50 AM
- Regan said...
Yup, I think these two are my favorites! I mean, how couldn't they be?! Look at that awesome photo of Rio and Rio! lol Love it! Fabulously awesome cards too! Your coloring is just breath-taking! These are so much fun! :)
Regan - June 18, 2012 at 5:11 AM
- Olivia said...
Such a great job...definitely love these two and the way you did the cards and coloring are Fantastic! great job on the whole release. Rock on Betty!
- June 18, 2012 at 5:26 AM
- irene.sherman said...
Wow, Betty! Great job. Yes, Rio is a GREAT inspiration and they do look just like twins! Love it.
- June 18, 2012 at 5:57 AM
- Jasmine said...
Your daughter is adorable! I love her punk-rock style. These new digis are like, totally awesome. I am in total awe of your mad coloring skillz. Seriously. WOW. Rock on, indeed!
- June 18, 2012 at 6:21 AM
- Chelle (PhotoArt/MaybeCreative) said...
Love the cards and images. Love the photo of your daughter.
- June 18, 2012 at 6:50 AM
- Sara said...
OMG... I love Rio and her stamp! You did a Rockin' Awesome job with these images too! Wow... You are wonderful! Hugs and Have a fantastic week!!!
- June 18, 2012 at 7:14 AM
- MammasScrappin said...
Oh these are the faves. Your daughter is darling!!!! Thanks for all the great inspiration and stamps!!! Your rock Betty!!!!
- June 18, 2012 at 8:18 AM
- Jenn Borjeson said...
LOL Betty, the stamps are awesome and Rio is beautiful. Love the photos! :)
- June 18, 2012 at 10:28 AM
- Bonnie said...
Terrific images! So glad you included the photo of your daughter Rio & her paper twin
- June 18, 2012 at 10:40 AM
- Trina said...
That pic of real and digi Rio is so cute!
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- DistinctiveLMNts said...
What a cutie, your digis aren't so bad either. :) the whole band is terrific.
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So props to whoever made a tribute to one of the least-recognized members of the team: the ball boy. Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you Florida State ballboy Frankie. They call him Red Lightning, and after you watch the video, you'll see exactly why. Watch the sidelines.


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Wreck-It Ralph Wins PGA Award
LOS ANGELES, CA -- The Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced this year's winning motion picture and television productions at the 24th Annual Producers Guild Awards ceremony held Sunday night at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles.
In addition to the competitive awards, the PGA recognized several producers with honorary awards including Bob and Harvey Weinstein (Milestone Award), Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner (David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures), J.J. Abrams (Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television), Russell Simmons (Visionary Award), and BULLY (Stanley Kramer Award). The 2013 Producers Guild Awards were chaired by Michael De Luca.
The 2013 Producers Guild nominated films and television programs are listed below in alphabetical order by category, along with producers. The producers' names for each nominated production are listed in alphabetical order and may not reflect the order of screen credits. The winners are indicated in bold and with an asterisk (*).
The theatrical motion picture nominees and winners are:
The Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures:
* Argo (Warner Bros.)
Producers: Ben Affleck, George Clooney, Grant Heslov
Beasts of the Southern Wild (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Producers: Michael Gottwald, Dan Janvey, Josh Penn
Django Unchained (The Weinstein Company)
Producers: Reginald Hudlin, Pilar Savone, Stacey Sher
Les Misérables (Universal Pictures)
Producers: Tim Bevan & Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward, Cameron Mackintosh
Life of Pi (Fox 2000 Pictures)
Producers: Ang Lee, Gil Netter, David Womark
Lincoln (Touchstone Pictures)
Producers: Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg
Moonrise Kingdom (Focus Features)
Producers: Wes Anderson & Scott Rudin, Jeremy Dawson, Steven Rales
Silver Linings Playbook (The Weinstein Company)
Producers: Bruce Cohen, Donna Gigliotti, Jonathan Gordon
Skyfall (Columbia Pictures)
Producers: Barbara Broccoli, Michael G. Wilson
Zero Dark Thirty (Columbia Pictures)
Producers: Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Megan Ellison
The Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures:
Brave (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
Producer: Katherine Sarafian
Frankenweenie (Walt Disney Pictures)
Producers: Allison Abbate, Tim Burton
ParaNorman (Focus Features)
Producers: Travis Knight, Arianne Sutner
Rise of the Guardians (Paramount Pictures)
Producers: Nancy Bernstein, Christina Steinberg
* Wreck-It Ralph (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
Producer: Clark Spencer
The Award for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures:
A People Uncounted (Urbinder Films)
Producers: Marc Swenker, Aaron Yeger
The Gatekeepers (Sony Pictures Classics)
Producers: Estelle Fialon, Philippa Kowarsky, Dror Moreh
The Island President (Samuel Goldwyn Films)
Producers: Richard Berge, Bonni Cohen
The Other Dream Team (The Film Arcade)
Producers: Marius Markevicius, Jon Weinbach
* Searching For Sugar Man (Sony Pictures Classics)
Producers: Malik Bendjelloul, Simon Chinn
The television nominees and winners are:
The David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television:
"American Horror Story" (FX)
Producers: Brad Buecker, Dante Di Loreto, Brad Falchuk, Ryan Murphy, Chip Vucelich, Alexis Martin Woodall
"The Dust Bowl" (PBS)
Producers: Ken Burns, Dayton Duncan, Julie Dunfey
* "Game Change" (HBO)
Producers: Gary Goetzman, Tom Hanks, Jay Roach, Amy Sayres, Steven Shareshian, Danny Strong
"Hatfields & McCoys" (History)
Producers: Barry Berg, Kevin Costner, Darrell Fetty, Leslie Greif, Herb Nanas


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Meet Tom Head. This wingnut is a county judge from Lubbock. In Texas! And he is planning to "take up arms" against Obama and his UN minions.
Judge Head said he and the county must be prepared for many contingencies, one that he particularly fears, is if President Obama is reelected. "He's going to try to hand over the sovereignty of the United States to the UN, and what is going to happen when that happens?," Head asked. "I'm thinking the worst. Civil unrest, civil disobedience, civil war maybe. And we're not just talking a few riots here and demonstrations, we're talking Lexington, Concord, take up arms and get rid of the guy. "Now what's going to happen if we do that, if the public decides to do that? He's going to send in U.N. troops. I don't want 'em in Lubbock County. OK. So I'm going to stand in front of their armored personnel carrier and say 'you're not coming in here'. "And the sheriff, I've already asked him, I said 'you gonna back me' he said, 'yeah, I'll back you'. Well, I don't want a bunch of rookies back there. I want trained, equipped, seasoned veteran officers to back me."
Good Lord! This ain't the first time nutty Tom has gone off half-cocked. This guy needs to quit sniffin' rubber cement and step away from the bench.
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'The Thing'
- Saturday, July 5, 11PM;
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at Savoy Theater in Montpelier. $5.
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In this 1982 thriller directed by John Carpenter, Antarctic scientists try to escape from a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of the people it kills. Come into the cold at a screening that's part of the Savoy's "Sci-Fi July" series.


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Most of us will know about wikis from the huge site Wikipedia; the free, collaborative, multilingual internet encyclopaedia. Wikipedia is without a doubt the most successful wiki ever - with over 100,000 regular contributors and a total of 20 million articles written by volunteers around the world. According to Alexa, it's the 6th most popular website in existence.
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"The Modern Jewish Canon: A Journey Through Language and Culture" by Ruth R. Wisse (The Free Press, $28).
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50a USC Rule - National Defense Reserve Fleet
(Mar. 8, 1946, ch. 82, § 11,60 Stat. 49; June 28, 1947, ch. 161, § 1,61 Stat. 190; Feb. 27, 1948, ch. 78, § 1(a),62 Stat. 38; Feb. 28, 1949, ch. 12, 63 Stat. 9; June 29, 1949, ch. 281, § 1,63 Stat. 349; June 30, 1950, ch. 427, § 2,64 Stat. 308; Pub. L. 97–31, § 12(157),Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 167; Pub. L. 101–115, § 6,Oct. 13, 1989, 103 Stat. 693; Pub. L. 101–225, title III, § 307(12),Dec. 12, 1989, 103 Stat. 1925; Pub. L. 102–241, § 57,Dec. 19, 1991, 105 Stat. 2234; Pub. L. 102–587, title VI, § 6205(a),Nov. 4, 1992, 106 Stat. 5094; Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title X, § 1014(b),Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 424; Pub. L. 104–239, § 9,Oct. 8, 1996, 110 Stat. 3133; Pub. L. 109–364, div. C, title XXXV, § 3503,Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2516; Pub. L. 110–181, div. C, title XXXV, §§ 3513,
3516,Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 594, 595.)
In subsec. (b)(1), "chapter
563 of title
46" substituted for "section 902 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46 App. U.S.C. 1242)" on authority of Pub. L. 109–304, § 18(c),Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1709, which Act enacted chapter
563 of Title
46, Shipping.
2008—Subsec. (b)(5). Pub. L. 110–181, § 3513, added par. (5).
Subsec. (c)(1)(B). Pub. L. 110–181, § 3516, amended subpar. (B) generally. Prior to amendment, subpar. (B) read as follows: "activate and conduct sea trials on each vessel at least once every twenty-four months;".
2006—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 109–364added subsec. (d).
1996—Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 104–239, § 9(1), substituted "of the Secretary of Defense" for "of the Secretary of the Navy".
Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 104–239, § 9(2), redesignatedsubsec. (d) as (c) and struck out former subsec. (c) which read as follows: "The Secretary of Transportation shall not require bid, payment, performance, payment and performance, or completion bonds from contractors for repair, alteration, or maintenance of vessels of the National Defense Reserve Fleet unless—
"(1) required by law; or
"(2) the Secretary determines, after investigation, that the imposition of such bonding requirements would not preclude any responsible potential bidder or offeror from competing for award of the contract."
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 104–106added subsec. (e).
1992—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102–587amended subsec. (b) to read as if it had not been repealed by Pub. L. 101–225. See 1989 Amendment note below.
1991—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 102–241added subsec. (d).
1989—Pub. L. 101–225struck out subsec. (b) as it appeared after a general amendment by Pub. L. 101–115, see below. See also 1992 Amendment note above.
Pub. L. 101–115amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows:
"(a) The Secretary of Transportation shall place in a national defense reserve (1) such vessels owned by the Department of Transportation as, after consultation with the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Navy, he deems should be retained for the national defense, and (2) all vessels owned by the Department of Transportation on June 30, 1950, for the sale of which a contract has not been made by that time, except those determined by the Secretary of Transportation to be of insufficient value for commercial and national defense purposes to warrant their maintenance and preservation, and except those vessels, the contracts for the construction of which are made after September 2, 1945, under the provisions of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended. A vessel under charter on March 1, 1948, shall not be placed in the reserve until the termination of such charter. Unless otherwise provided for by law, all vessels placed in such reserve shall be preserved and maintained by the Secretary of Transportation for the purpose of national defense. A vessel placed in such reserve shall in no case be used for any purpose whatsoever except that any such vessel may be used for account of any agency or department of the United States during any period in which vessels may be requisitioned under section 902 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, and that any such vessel may be used under a bare-boat charter entered into pursuant to authority vested in the Secretary of Transportation on July 1, 1950, or granted to the Secretary of Transportation after such date.
"(b) Any war-built vessel may be made available by the Secretary of Transportation to any State maintaining a marine school or nautical branch in accordance with the Act of July 29, 1941 (Public Law 191, Seventy-seventh Congress; 55 Stat. 607)."
1981—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 97–31substituted "Secretary of Transportation" first three times it appears for "Commission" and last two times it appears for "Secretary of Commerce"; "Department of Transportation" for "it"; and "he" for "it".
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 97–31substituted "Secretary of Transportation" for "Commission".
1950—Subsec. (a). Act June 30, 1950, amended subsec. (a) to provide that a vessel placed in reserve may not be used for any purpose whatsoever except (1) for the account of any Federal agency or department during the period in which vessels may be requisitioned under section
1242 of Title
46 and (2) and any such vessel may be used under a bare-boat charter entered into pursuant to the authority vested in the Secretary of Commerce.
1949—Subsec. (a). Joint Res. June 29, 1949, extended provisions of section from June 30, 1949, to June 30, 1950. Joint Res. Feb. 28, 1949, extended provisions of section from Mar. 1, 1949, to June 30, 1949.
1948—Subsec. (a). Act Feb. 27, 1948, extended provisions of section from Mar. 1, 1948, to Mar. 1, 1949.
1947—Subsec. (a). Act June 28, 1947, extended provisions of section from Dec. 31, 1947, to Mar. 1, 1948.
Effective Date of 1992 Amendment
Section 6205(a) ofPub. L. 102–587provided in part that: "The effective date of this subsection [amending this section] is December 12, 1989."
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of the Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the Secretary of Transportation relating thereto, to the Department of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see sections
(d), and
557 of Title
6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section
542 of Title
Vessel Repair and Maintenance Pilot Program
Section 16 ofPub. L. 104–239provided that:
"(a) In General.—The Secretary of Transportation shall conduct a pilot program to evaluate the feasibility of using renewable contracts for the maintenance and repair of outported vessels in the Ready Reserve Force to enhance the readiness of those vessels. Under the pilot program, the Secretary, subject to the availability of appropriations and within 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 8, 1996], shall award 9 contracts for this purpose.
"(b) Use of Various Contracting Arrangements.—In conducting a pilot program under this section, the Secretary of Transportation shall use contracting arrangements similar to those used by the Department of Defense for procuring maintenance and repair of its vessels.
"(c) Contract Requirements.—Each contract with a shipyard under this section shall—
"(1) subject to subsection (d), provide for the procurement from the shipyard of all repair and maintenance (including activation, deactivation, and drydocking) for 1 vessel in the Ready Reserve Force that is outported in the geographical vicinity of the shipyard;
"(2) be effective for 1 fiscal year; and
"(3) be renewable, subject to the availability of appropriations, for each subsequent fiscal year through fiscal year 1998.
"(d) Limitation of Work Under Contracts.—A contract under this section may not provide for the procurement of operation or manning for a vessel that may be procured under another contract for the vessel to which section 11(d)(2) of the Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946 (50 App. U.S.C. 1774
(d)(2)) applies.
"(e) Geographic Distribution.—The Secretary shall seek to distribute contract awards under this section to shipyards located throughout the United States.
"(f) Reports.—The Secretary shall submit to the Congress—
"(1) an interim report on the effectiveness of each contract under this section in providing for economic and efficient repair and maintenance of the vessel included in the contract, no later than 20 months after the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 8, 1996]; and
"(2) a final report on that effectiveness no later than 6 months after the termination of all contracts awarded pursuant to this section."
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Turn Your Carrier Bags into a Work of Art!
We need YOUR plastic bags to create a major installation at Lumiere Durham 2013.
Lumiere 2013 Trailer
Something extraordinary is happening this winter as LUMIERE brings a spectacular raft of installations and projections to illuminate the buildings, streets and bridges of Durham and Derry-Londonderry. Find out more: www.lumiere-festival.com.
@FestLumiere #durham #lumieredurham #wonderful #magical http://t.co/EwLaIeOFLj
With the end of our amazing Year of Culture in sight, relive the spectacle of #lumieredurham 2013 with our video! http://t.co/dNg5CCSEpe
Litre of Light
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By Tobie Langel
Bags of Fun! Volunteering at Lumiere Durham 2013
Volunteers Sue and Joan tell us why they are volunteering to help create a 9m tall Christmas Tree for #LumiereDurham by artists Luzinterruptus that will appear in Prince Bishops Shopping Centre.
BRILLIANT Artist Interview - Beth J Ross
Artichoke interviewed BRILLIANT artist, Beth J Ross, about her installation for Lumiere Durham 2013 - 'I haven't changed my mind in a thousand years'. For everything you need to know about our BRILLIANT artists, go to our BRILLIANT blog: https://brilliantdurham.wordpress.com/
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Sally Waterston
Sally is a founder and Director of Waterstons Ltd, a business and IT consultancy based in Durham. They supported Lumiere 2011 and we're really pleased that they've sponsored us again this year: in particular they wanted to support our work in prisons. As Sally says: 'I love the idea that this magical festival will be enhancing the lives not only of residents and visitors but also people who may be disadvantaged and forgotten."
Artichoke's Nikki Shaill tells us everything you need to know about volunteering at Lumiere in Durham or Derry-Londonderry.
#fish #phonebox #lumiere #lumieredurham #water #art #bestoftheday #photooftheday #canon #durham #goldfish #animal
@derry2013 We've been working w/ @artichoketrust so the info on this great art #LumiereDerry #LumiereDurham is here: http://t.co/pIc602QyeT
Wow! Our trailer for #LumiereDerry and #LumiereDurham has been watched over 30,000 times! Have you seen it yet? http://t.co/Y9Prl4YG6p
#lumiere #lumieredurham #elsol
The MUSEY fb page has the finalists from our #lumieredurham competition. The pic with the most likes wins http://on.fb.me/1beErn4
Metro centres Christmas lights are better than the #lumieredurham
BRILLIANT Artist Interview - Sarah Blood
Artichoke interviewed BRILLIANT artist, Sarah Blood, about her installation for Lumiere Durham 2013 - 'Sanctuary'. For everything you need to know about our BRILLIANT artists, go to our BRILLIANT development process blog: https://brilliantdurham.wordpress.com/
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Stained Glass Cars
By Twist Design
Which pic received the most votes from our Instagram @museyapp #Lumieredurham competition? http://t.co/6n4fD6bfPc #Lumierederry you're next!
#sun #lumieredurham
Tickets Released
A limited number of tickets have been released for Lumiere on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights.
With the end of our amazing Year of Culture in sight, relive the fun of #lumieredurham 2013 with our video! http://t.co/y91HZz6eHS
The Media Workshop
Meet The Media Workshop, who will bring the NS&I building to life, transforming it into a jukebox pulsing and 'dancing' to amplified music that the audience can request, part of Lumiere Durham 14 - 17 November.
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Volume Unit
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@alexwinterstv using up the left-overs from #lumieredurham great idea
Barclays Bank, Durham
The wonderful staff at the Barclays Durham branch will be volunteering to sell raffle tickets at our Gala dinner and also helping us out with donations that we receive during the festival. Everything raised from raffle tickets will be boosted by the bank, who support employee fundraising and match money raised pound-for-pound up to £750 as part of their Community Investment Programme. "We're thrilled to be supporting this event and look forward to seeing the breathtaking installations and projections illuminating the city!".
By B Bufalino & B Deseille
#colourful #colours #bags #lumiere #lumieredurham #lights #photooftheday #bestoftheday #canon #glow #bright
Souvenir Scenic Studio: The Technical Side of Art
Artichoke went to Souvenir Scenic Studio to see how Benedetto Bufalino and Benoit Deseille's aquarium phone booth was coming along, and to talk over technical details of its production. Souvenir Scenic Studios are an internationally renowned set and prop manufacturers, who have completed projects for some of the biggest names in theatre, fashion and art. Find out more on their website: http://www.souvenir.co.uk/
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@derry2013 We've been working w/ @artichoketrust to share the info on the gt art #LumiereDerry #LumiereDurham here: http://t.co/pIc602QyeT
#lumiere #lumieredurham #canon #lights #window #glow #art #bestoftheday #photooftheday #durham
A Place Beyond Belief
By Nathan Coley
#lumiere #durham #durhamlumiere #mono #monochrome #DurhamCathedral Durham Cathedral by night during the recent Lumiere festival of light
By Ron Haselden
By Top'la Design
#sign #lumiere #lumieredurham #lights #bright
Consumerist Christmas Tree
By Luzinterruptus
Karen Goldfinch, Made To Treasure
Made to Treasure, are an Event Management and Decor Services provider. They designed and created the table decor for the Gala Dinner, which they promise will be instantly recognisable and extremely unique! "Being in the creative industry, and having a young son, we strongly believe events should be accessible to everyone, and were keen to support Lumiere in any way we could. With so much going on, it's hard to choose which bit to see first! I'm hoping these installations will inspire the next generation, to develop the creative talent we have in the North East."
Lumiere Durham opens tonight!
LUMIERE kicks off tonight to light up Durham's historical streets for four dazzling winter evenings (Thursday 14th – Sunday 17th November). Following the success of the two previous LUMIERE festivals in 2009 and 2011, LUMIERE returns with even more captivating artworks twinkling across the city.
@NorthEastHour @lumieredurham @thisissunlun I have some videos too: http://t.co/I9sdgRrjsy #SunderlandHour #NorthAntsHour #lumieredurham
Thanks to everyone who entered! The finalists from the #LumiereDurham @museyapp Instagram competition: http://t.co/FipwgtlSrV Vote by tmrrw!
Lumiere 2013: Meet Benedetto Bufalino & Benoit Deseille
Artichoke interviewed Lumiere artists Benedetto Bufalino and Benoit Deseille about their artwork and involvement in Lumiere 2013. For all you need to know about Lumiere festival 2013, go to www.lumiere-festival.com For more information about Benedetto, see his website http://benedetto.new.fr/
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Saturday, August 24, 7:30PM at Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe Mountain Resort in Stowe. $20-25.
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Growing up in Hyde Park, singer-songwriter Gregory Douglass taught himself to play the piano and guitar by ear. He honed his musical chops at boarding school, where his headmaster encouraged him to forgo college in favor of pursuing his passion. The advice paid off. The internationally acclaimed independent musician NPR deems "one of New England's best-kept secrets" has released eight albums under his label, Emote Records. Having ventured into electronic arrangements and dream-themed songs with his 2011 concept album, Lucid, he continues to showcase evocative, alt-pop selections in the video and single series The Great Wide Project.


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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — There's a baby boom at the Little Rock Zoo.
Four tiger cubs were born earlier this month to 5-year-old Suhana and 9-year-old Liku. The two are Malayan tigers, which are critically endangered with fewer than 500 species remaining in the wild.
The zoo says the four new cubs are "a significant contribution" to the conservation of the Malayan tiger.
The cubs were born Nov. 12 and zoo staff say the animals appear to be growing strong. Workers are using video monitoring equipment to keep an eye on Suhana and her babies in their indoor section of the tiger habitat.
The Hot Spring County Sheriff's Department says the death of a 7 year-old Glen Rose boy is accidental. Chief Deputy Jeremy Bennett said rumors circulating that bullying was to blame for the boy's death are false. Rumors began because the boy had a fight with an 8-year-old boy on Nov. 19, Bennett said. "Our initial investigation shows no evidence of foul play," he said.
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The Student Chapter YouTube video contest returns for 2013 in time for ACE Pittsburgh! -Deadline quickly approaching.
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The AAPG Student Chapter Committee would like to announce that the 2013 AAPG Student Chapter YouTube competition is now underway and will award $1,000 for the top video, $300 for 2nd and $100 for 3rd place.
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I was pleasantly surprised by Prestige Apartments. The location is 5 minutes away from the Lake Jargun in case guests want to party there on weekends.The apartment is very spacious and is plenty of room for up to 4 guests. The staff is very friendly and is readily available for any questions guests might have. I would strongly recommend this apartment to anyone and everyone who comes to visit Zagreb for a day or a month.
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text: Another new Sportster? Did Harley-Davidson make a mistake by producing yet another 1200cc-powered bike simply called the Forty-Eight? Not in the slightest. The Forty-Eight was appropriately named to celebrate the year, 1948, in which the peanut tank made its debut on the S-125 model. Since then it's been the inspiration for many chopper enthusiasts and has been placed atop the backbone of almost every bike imaginable for the past 60-plus years. When the rumors started swirling that the Motor Company was to release a new motorcycle, the public wasn't sure what to expect. The Forty-Eight, however, wasn't really what some hungry Harley fans anticipated. After all the hype, especially after photos were leaked on blogs and forums, it seemed as though the majority of enthusiasts were disappointed, which was evident from posts on said forums and blogs. At first glance, it was just another Sportster. It's clear Harley is dangling the carrot in front of the new-to-the-Harley-world demographic as well as its core fans, and launching a motorcycle with a lower price tag than its big-twin brethren is what makes sense to the newer, less-experienced Harley guy/gal. We get it. And for HOT BIKE, the Forty-Eight makes perfect sense in this day and age and economic climate. The Forty-Eight's inspiration is this little baby right here: the peanut tank. For more than 60 years it's been the tank of choice for many chopper builds and still looks as cool today as it did when it was introduced. The Forty-Eight's inspiration is this little baby right here: the peanut tank. For more th First off, the Forty-Eight is compact at 88.6 inches in length, and the rugged stance is due in part to the dual black and silver two-tone 16-inch spoked wheels wrapped in beefy Dunlop rubber. For the frontend, the fatter front wheel is made possible by wider triple-trees but 39mm fork tubes still handle the bumps up front with a travel length of 2.63 inches. Covering the front wheel is a pretty trick fender/fork brace setup that allows you to remove the fender while retaining the fork brace if so desired. Two-tone, coil-over, preload-adjustable shocks handle the rear and aid in the Forty-Eight's seat height of 26 inches. And while we're on the subject, the seat is one thing Harley might want to rethink since most of the people we've talked to that had the opportunity to ride the Forty-Eight all said that their bums went numb after about 30 minutes on the bike. Simply put, it's not very comfortable. A cushier seat with more padding would be an easy fix. The under-slung mirrors are a departure from traditional Harley styling. They work aesthetically with the bike's theme, and functionally for the rider. The under-slung mirrors are a departure from traditional Harley styling. They work aesthet For stopping power, attached to the wheels are a dual-piston caliper and 11 1/2-inch rotor combination in the front, and single-piston caliper and 11 1/2-inch rotor out back. The front/rear brake setup does a nice job of halting the 567-pound Sportster. And for getting off the line, the rubber-mounted, air-cooled 1200cc engine features a 3.5-inch bore and 3.81-inch stroke with a 9.7:1 compression ratio to give you the mustard to pass those annoyingly slow Sunday drivers without a hitch. The one thing to be aware of is that with the 2.1-gallon tank full to the brim, you're only going to get about 60 miles out of it. Harley claims 42/57 mpg but if you're actually going to ride the thing, plan on less. Peeping those behind you is made possible by the under-slung mirrors. These are a nice feature and actually work. We were skeptical at first since other bikes we've ridden with under-hung mirrors had piss-poor visibility, but the rear view is pretty clear, and wider than expected, with these. In the ergonomics department, the low-profile handlebar positions the upper part of your body forward for a more aggressive feel. The forward controls are placed just right since they're just forward enough to get a comfortable footing while retaining the ability to apply the pressure in the turns. As for dipping into the corners, be prepared to scrape the pegs because of the low stance and a right lean angle of 29.5 degrees and a left lean angle of 32 degrees. The tank shown is Mirage Orange Pearl with "Sportster" strewn across the sides like the old days, but Vivid Black and Brilliant Silver Pearl schemes with the same insignia are also available. Overall, the Forty-Eight does the trick and then some. It's relatively inexpensive when compared to Dynas, Softails, etc., it's a blast to ride, and it looks cool as hell. 'Nuff said. 1 | 2 | » | View Full Article By Jordan Mastagni Enjoyed this Post? Subscribe to our RSS Feed, or use your favorite social media to recommend us to friends and colleagues!


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Researchers show that one group of bees likely suffered a mass extinction about 65 million years ago.


text: This is a unique place, hidden away and often overlooked by people visiting Muskoka. Lucky for those who do discover it. To arrive to this outdoor artist retreat filled with outdoor art displays, one has to walk a few kilometers on a winding and scenic road. It's worth it. The walk is through woods, hills and around ponds. The art... More


text: I've heard twice that "Londoners never walk along Oxford Street, but across it". Amin and I decided to be tourists, and went out take photos at around 6, "when the light is beautiful" (Amin). Here is what came out of it. Used a D7000 with 35mm f1.8. Back to digital.