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But during the season, crisis strikes: Fidel Castro is taken ill, and many of Cuba's Olympic boxing champions defect to the USA, leaving Cuba at a crossroads, and the boys contemplating a changing world.
Director Andrew Lang joins Amanda Palmer, al Jazeera's head of entertainment, and the FPS audience for a thought-provoking Q&A session about a country where the concept of professional sportsmen is alien and at odds with a fading ideology that drives its sportsmen to be intensely competitive. www.sonsofcuba.com
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Police say the niece of Nashville Mayor Karl Dean was killed when her father ran over her while backing out of his driveway.
Joe Davis, the brother of Dean's wife, Anne Davis, was backing up Thursday evening out of his driveway in the Belle Meade neighborhood and did not realize that his 2-year-old daughter, Dugan Davis, was behind his vehicle in her scooter.
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Luol Deng could be the brace of the Bulls as Derrick Rose sits
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Bulls forward Luol Deng drives by Kings forward John Salmons in the first quarter as the Chicago Bulls host the Sacramento Kings Tuesday February 14, 2012 at the United Center. | TOM CRUZE~Sun-Times
Updated: March 16, 2012 8:22AM
There he was, just before the game started, standing in his sweats with the rest of the bench-warming Bulls, hugging the starters one by one as they walked past.
Ah, that's not the role for Derrick Rose!
The reigning MVP of the league shouldn't be cheerleading with benchies like Jimmy Butler and the ever-enthusiastic ''White Mamba'' himself, Brian Scalabrine.
But a bad back can turn a man into anything, even a bit of pregame fluff.
''I really can't explain it,'' Rose said of the injury that has scared Bulls fans halfway back to the
Tim Floyd Era of Darkness. ''Unless you have back problems, you don't know.''
Most people have had a spine issue at some point, and they may recall that sneezing can be like taking a sword to the liver.
''Having back problems, you can't do anything,'' Rose said, refreshing our memories. ''You can't jump, or run. I know you all saw some of my games out there. I could barely attack or go to the hole.''
And the truly frightening thing is that Rose has a bad left big toe, his launching pad, if you will, for all major takeoffs, and that injury may have led to the imbalance that created this back problem.
Word is the big toe is arthritic, which means it will be a chronic issue, which means . . .
Can you see where this injury thing is leading?
Painful realization
Rose, so young, so fresh, so focused, so talented, abruptly has looked into the deep pool of clear water under his gliding boat and seen mortality staring back.
As have we.
If Rose is going to be in and out and never fully healed this season, the Bulls' 2012 title hopes are through.
Guards C.J. Watson and tiny gunslinger John Lucas III are nice fill-ins. But that's all they are. Not their fault. By definition, nobody can replace the best.
As the sub-average Sacramento Kings hung around Tuesday night at the United Center, I wondered how this Bulls team without Rose would progress. With every timeout, I watched Rose lift himself gingerly from his padded bench chair, stand just outside the strategy circle, then slowly retake his seat with a grimace.
The Bulls looked like a good team, but not a great one. Certainly not one that could put away the Miami Heat in a seven-game series, which seems to be the benchmark for getting to the NBA Finals.
What will be needed is for the team to play more cohesively and feverishly than ever, and for someone — let us say, forward Luol Deng — to play like a superstar.
Isn't that what an All-Star should do?
The lanky, long-armed, 6-9, 220-pound swingman can do a little bit of everything, and now would be the time to do a lot.
''Yes, he needs to step it up,'' general manager Gar Forman said. ''But they all do. All of them.''
Turning up the volume
Deng can look awkward at times and can have dull games, such as in the recent loss to the Boston Celtics on national TV, when he had only 10 points and five assists to go with two turnovers in 43 minutes of play.
But against the Kings, he seemed to sense the void and ratcheted his court presence up to about 81/2 on the 10-scale.
He finished with 23 points, 11 assists, seven rebounds and was 9-for-9 on his free throws, a key stat because of how such accuracy could figure into a playoff run.
He was the glue for the Bulls in the 121-115 win, but again, these were the Kings, now 10-18, not the Heat, Thunder, Spurs, 76ers or Lakers.
Don't lay it all on Deng's shoulders, Forman implores.
''Remember, he's always been this kind of player,'' the GM said. Forman explained that Deng has never had over-the-top stats.
Indeed, until this game, the most points he had scored in a game this season was 22; the most assists he had given out was five.
It's likely Deng was named an All-Star as a nod to the Bulls' amazing record with Rose. Somebody had to be helping out, right? And the Bulls are quite good even without their star point. But they're not great.
This would be a sweet time for Deng to step up all the way to 91/2, maybe 10.
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Nice article about Ubuntu phone's interface.
The Inside Story Of Ubuntu's Gesture-Centric Smartphone | Co.Design: business + innovation + design
Six days to go!
Ubuntu Phone developer preview will arrive on February 21st « Ars Technica
Whether you're a Ubuntu fan or you're just not happy with any of the current mobile operating systems, this is good news for you: Canonical has announced that it will be releasing the first public preview for its Ubuntu Phone operating system on February 21. The software, intended both for developers and adventurous end-users, will be made available as images for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus handset as well as LG's Nexus 4. Source code will also be released for those who would like to port the operating system to other phones.
This fulfils the company's promise to release the preview in late February, and is the first step toward getting actual phones in stores—something that Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth wants to do by October of this year. While Canonical's press release is careful to point out that this software is intended primarily for development use on "spare handsets" (as opposed to your primary smartphone), it should give us a good idea of how the software will stack up to current offerings.
How nice, they're releasing it on my birthday! :)
Happy birthday @nephilim! :)
Only a few hours to go until tablet time.
2 days to go :P
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And there you have it!
And, YES, I have given them my email address, so they can let me know when it's released!
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Since it is pure Ubuntu, the tablet can be managed via Landscape, giving enterprises complete control over the users, apps, updated and access using the same tool they
use for Ubuntu servers and desktops today.
The Amazon tie-in, though, now that's a different matter. I'm uneasy about this. I understand that Mark Shuttleworth has put a huge amount of his personal fortune into Ubuntu, and Canonical is the business arm that offers commercial support much the same as Redhat. I have looked, but I've can't find out if it makes any money. If it doesn't, I can't see a working business model.
Yeh not impressed with the final polished version with the phone ROM. Will keep it on an SD card for now, but will see how things go.
For smartphones you need to wait until Ubuntu 13.10 is released, and for tablets, 14.04.
...there's really not much going on for regular smartphone users in the Ubuntu Touch Developer Preview, and you certainly can't get much "real work" done with it ... which is pretty much what Canonical told us to expect. So why would anyone even an Ubuntu enthusiast want to download it, especially when you have to wipe a perfectly good phone or tablet to do so?
Naturally, the primary audience for the Preview is developers who want to build apps for it. But even then, the Ubuntu SDK is still in alpha, and the initial release only supports building apps for phones, not tablets. (Source)
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Ubuntu for tablets is rather limited right now, and the preview that will be made available this week is really aimed solely at enthusiasts and developers. You'll be able to flash a ROM to various Nexus devices, but Canonical isn't providing a dual-boot method so you'll have to flash back to Android once you're done playing around. This operating system shows a lot of promise, and the general performance and available features seem solid for such an early stage. Canonical has a year left until it plans to bring this to market the company is aiming to get hardware into the hands of users in Q1 2014. (Source)


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In a bit of a puzzling move, Facebook has apparently extended its structured status updates to pages.
Facebook Marketing
5 People Who Should Quit Facebook
We all have those people in our Facebook News Feeds where we can't help but snicker at their posts and roll our eyes every time we scroll through. We so desperately want to delete them because they are annoying, but we can't get ourselves to do it because as much as we don't want to admit, they are entertaining (sometimes). However, there comes a time where enough is enough, and some people, like the five kinds detailed below, should just quit Facebook. Please?
Facebook Is Not Responsible For Your Stupidity
Social media gets the blame for a lot of things — cyber-bullying, the rise of the selfie, hashtag-shaped potato snacks (really, Birds Eye? Really?), and the popularity of Justin Bieber. When something happens that embarrasses or concerns today's society, Facebook is often the scapegoat.
INFOGRAPHIC: Don't Drink And Facebook
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Facebook Confirms Addition Of Emoticons, Actions To Status Updates
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BlackRock Kelso Capital Corporation Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend Of $0.26 Per Share, Announces June 30, 2012 Quarterly Financial Results
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BlackRock Kelso Capital also announced financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2012.
|Investment Portfolio: $1,177.0 million
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The bus will be traveling to the Wichita Uptown Dinner Theatre to see "Steel Magnolias" on Thursday Feb. 2. The bus will leave HAC at 8:30 a.m. and stop at Great Bend Library at 8:45 a.m.
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Veteran Telugu filmmaker Bapu aka Sattiraju Lakshmi Narayana, known for movies like "Sakshi", "Mutyala Muggu" and "Sri Rama Rajyam", says he was touched after watching the recently released Telugu family-drama "Mithunam".
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"Mithunam", directed by Tanikella Bharani, stars S.P. Balasubramanyam and Lakshmi in the lead. The entire story revolves around two elderly characters.
"I personally wrote a letter to Bharani appreciating his work as the director of the film," added the 79-year-old.
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Steve Jobs considered building their own network before he died. Because, the current networks significantly limit the true performance of an iPhone or iPad over a data network. Don't think it is out of the question for Apple or Google (or Microsoft) to consider (or actually) build their own networks. Or buy a RIMM that has an existing network. Technology always improves and the same goes for networks. Starting new (and bypassing existing legacy network infrastructure) could have some advantages moving forward.
They are making a lot of mistakes with their long-time users and fans since the first Apple in 1976.
Amazing news today! After a few of my tweets and posts on various sites about this problem with Apple cutting off users mac.com email if we don't move up to Lion and/or iO5, I received an email that they decided to let users with older boxes and iPhones keep our email accounts and they'll be on the same iCloud that we were supposed to be locked out of. Wonder what came over them? ;)
Your comment is liked heavily so I don't know if I should open my mouth. This is just for clarification- you have e-mail service through Apple and Apple is forcing new service? Reminds me of COMCAST, when they started Xfinity, I saw the bill go higher, and when I reported that my land line does not work Verizon came and without my knowledge converted all my services ( landline, internet ) to FIOS and when I called them and reported that I did not order FIOS , they rescinded the higher rates. I am sorry about your experience with Apple but I take latitude to suggest that we should always communicate with each other ( don't jump into fire from frying pan ).
Apple wrote me to say my mac.com email account would be ended unless I bought a new box with Lion OS (I have OS10.4.11 and Snow Leopard on 2 older Macs) and a new iPhone 4 (I have iPhone3), so they could all be up in Apple's iCloud with my email.
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I agree, and thank you for putting your finger on what is wrong with those boots.
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That's a definite no for me! $110 for good leather boots isn't bad, but I'd like them to look nice. Maybe with different laces these would look better, but to me, the contrast between the boot and the laces just looks horrendous. Like I was in a pinch and borrowed the laces from my kids tennies!


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This isn't exactly about home improvement but I'm not sure where else to ask this: who is responsible for maintaining a hedge or tree that hangs into a neighbor's yard? The owner of the plant, or the person in whose yard the foliage needs to be trimmed? Are there any general guidelines about this, or does it vary by state or city etc? No HOA etc in this case.
|Fri, 09-13-2013 - 11:21am
I think it's usually a city/county thing but basically, your tree, your responsibility, especially if said tree poses a hazard to the neighbor's life and property (like a huge dead tree about to topple onto his house, KWIM?)...
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Thanks Carol. I guess I'll have to investigate the city website to see if I can find anything about it. I know a local real estate agent, I was thinking that she might know the answer or be able to tell me how to find out, but I rarely see her.
Its not my hedge, I'd like to think that I'd be conscientious enough to sometimes think about if my hedge was impacting my neighbor. What brought it to mind is that the neighbor just had the hedges trimmed on their side. Unfortunately we do not get along due to a disagreement several years ago, so no friendly discussions about these types of issues like with the neighbor on the other side.
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Ah, I misunderstood. And I see the problem. I see no reason why you can't trim siad hedge up to your property line but with disagreements with the neighbor could complicate that. And getting teh city or county to enforce a code could make that situation even worse. Is there any way to defuse the issue and ask permission to trim on your side?
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Its at the point where its so big that it needs to be done by a landscaper. I probably couldn't trim it--don't have the right tools (probably need a small chainsaw for some of the limbs). And there will be a lot of foliage to dispose of, more than would fit in the greenery recycling containers. The previous disagreement was over a different, pre-existing property-line hedge that I can trim but they insisted that the top be trimmed by their landscaper at my expense. So I think there's at least a 50% chance that they don't want me to touch this hedge either. They planted this hedge on their side of the fence and I think they should be responsible for maintaining it....if I wanted to maintain a hedge I could have planted one on my side!


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Ashleigh has been living in Charlotte since 2008 with her oversized yellow lab. She is a communications professional, grad student, runner, and lover of all things wedding! After attending 13 weddings in three years, it's now Ashleigh's turn to be at the altar. Join her as she blogs about her adventures in step-by-step wedding planning and tips for other brides-to-be!
If youre getting married this year, then youre probably at least familiar with social media platforms and apps for smartphones or tablets. Both of these can help you capture photos that your guests take at your wedding. There are plenty of apps that charge for their services, but youre in luck, there are also some free options!Facebook now allows you to create an album and add contributors. While you cant add your entire guest list, you can add your wedding party and any friends who you know will be snapping shots throughout the night. Post wedding, you can add anyone who may have tagged you in a photo but wasnt already a Instagram is another popular option. If youve created a hashtag for your wedding, you can have guests hashtag any photos that they post and youll be able to look back at them after the wedding. (Tip: be sure to have the hashtag posted somewhere at the reception so guests know what it is and dont create their own!).Wedsocial, WedPics, and Capsule are free apps that your guests can download and share photos. With some of these, there are options to upgrade for more services. By using an app, youll have all of the photos in one location. Its best to be proactive and let your guests know in advance of the wedding to download the app. This way you wont run into service issues or have people downloading apps during your vows. Consider including a card with your save the dates or invitations, a chalkboard at the reception or framed directions on each table. GuestShots is an interesting option. Your guests can share their photos and then post wedding, you can pay a price to copy the photos into Facebook or you can design an album or video with the pictures. As much as I loved seeing our guests photos from our wedding, I almost wish we had an unplugged wedding. Looking at our wedding photos that we paid good money for, I couldnt help but notice cell phones in almost every single one. Its okay to tell your guests to put down the phones, instead of encouraging them to play iPhone photographer on your big day.Wedsocial CapsuleWedPics GuestShots
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Romance writing legend Loretta Chase brings readers Scandal Wears Satin, the second novel in her Dressmakers series. Sophy Noirot's family's dressmaking business is suffering. Her sister recently caused a scandal by marrying a duke, and the mother of his former flame has decided to take her revenge by having the elite of society boycott Maison Noirot. Sophy, the family's born salesperson/shark, must find a way to use the scandal to her advantage and bring the business back from the brink of disaster. Always resourceful, Sophy devises a plan that hinges on Lady Clara, her best customer, marrying well. When Clara runs away, Sophy steps in to help the girl's brother the Earl of Longmore, a rake who Sophy has always considered dimwitted, find her. Sophy and Longmore fight their attraction while trying to rescue Clara. Chase has a legion of fans for a reason. Her steamy romance and excellent storytelling make her a must-read for historical romance fans.
Isabella Bradford, a pseudonym of historical fiction author Susan Holloway Scott, has created a new series follows the three unruly Wylder sisters who were raised in the country but are now joining London society. The series begins with When You Wish upon a Duke. Lady Charlotte Wylder is betrothed to the Duke of Marchbourne. When they finally meet, there is an instant attraction between them. Charlotte is not what March expected, and the two of them struggle as they fall in love and find their places in their marriage. When You Wish upon a Duke will leave readers anxiously awaiting the rest of the series!
When they are not writing fiction, both of these authors share their love of history on Two Nerdy History Girls, a blog that features all things Regency. Readers who want to know more about the historical details of the places, clothing, and society of Regency England will be delighted by their well-researched posts.
In 1992, the United States assembled an Olympic basketball team of NBA stars and created what was arguably the greatest team ever in any sport. On the twentieth anniversary of the Barcelona Olympics, and just in time for the London Games, Sports Illustrated writer Jack McCallum examines this legendary team and their place in history in Dream Team: How Michael, Magic, Larry, Charles, and the Greatest Team of All Time Conquered the World and Changed the Game of Basketball Forever.
McCallum had a front-row seat for the spectacle and covered the team from selection to medal ceremony. He was close to the players, and he hit the links, played cards, and drank with this disparate group of superstars. The personalities were huge, but the team put aside ego and worked together to create magic. The anecdotes from '92 are illuminated by the contemporary interviews with each of the players. One of the most riveting stories is the play-by-play narration of the legendary intra-squad scrimmage that pitted the Dream Teamers against one another. This pre-Olympics' contest was perhaps the most competitive game played, remembered as the greatest pickup game ever with the best display of trash talk in history.
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A rush to judgment was all it took to set in motion an unjust arrest, trial and imprisonment. In Anatomy of Injustice: A Murder Case Gone Wrong, Raymond Bonner walks readers through a little-known crime and its subsequent investigation which was marred by police blunders and mismanagement of the crime scene. Further, poor legal representation prevented anything close to a fair trial for the suspect.
In 1982, an elderly white woman in Greenwood, South Carolina was found brutally murdered in her home. The man eventually arrested and convicted for the crime was low-income and African-American. His only connections to the house were a single fingerprint and a few checks from the owner for maintenance work. Yet prosecutors persisted and Edward Lee Elmore was tried, convicted, and served 30 years in prison. Twenty-seven of those years were spent on death row.
The case is meticulously researched by Bonner, a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist. Investigation of the crime scene did not follow official procedures, and Elmore was represented by lawyers who did a shoddy job at best. It was not until 11 years later that Diana Holt, a lawyer working with the disenfranchised, took on his case. Her persistence eventually led to the overturning of Elmore's death sentence. But it wasn't until March 2012, just after this book was published, that he was actually released from prison. Anatomy of Injustice is as much a saga of an unsolved case as it is a look at what goes wrong when the justice system is compromised by politics, inefficient lawyers, and a desire to solve a crime at the cost of a fair investigation. A fascinating true crime read, it will also appeal to anyone interested in human rights and the legal process in the United States.
The world lost a special storyteller yesterday when bestselling Irish author Maeve Binchy died at age 72. Binchy's literary successes spanned the globe, as more than 40 million copies of her books have sold worldwide. Condolences poured in from readers, including Ireland's Prime Minister, Enda Kenny, who commented, "We have lost a national treasure."
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In "End Game" an extraordinarily gifted seventh-grade boy named Allen is carried screaming from math class. He has come to a revelation that will alter the focus of his world and the world of those around him, half a lifetime in the future. In "Images of Anna" photographer Ben is increasingly flummoxed when the glamor portrait shots he takes of his latest client turn out to be anything (and anyone) other than he'd expected. In "Laws of Survival" Jill, a shattered survivor of The War, finds the most unlikely means of healing while trapped aboard an extraterrestrial outpost with 19 dogs. In "By Fools Like Me" Hope's grandmother grapples with the morality of relinquishing a cache of sinful Pre-Crash artifacts to her society, which is hobbled as much by its ignorance of history as by its fear of repeating it.
Kress works in the media of human emotions upon the surfaces of extraordinary situations with the subtlety and skill that Andrew Wyeth once applied egg tempera to panel. The stories contained with Fountain of Age are provocative, mildly disturbing, and at times oddly wistful. They represent a curious blend of styles, at one turn reminiscent of O. Henry, at another, Shirley Jackson, yet in every respect distinctly Kress' own.
Kress is recommended for readers who are short on time but crave well-crafted situational tales capable of fully absorbing the imagination. Those who have already read and enjoyed Fountain of Age may also enjoy Orson Scott Card's Shadow Puppets.
Author Ron Rash hails from the hills of North Carolina and is the chair of Appalachian studies at Western Carolina University so it is no surprise that his novels are steeped in the culture of the Smoky Mountains. Rash's star is on the rise; an earlier book, Serena, is being made into a movie starring Jennifer Lawrence and his latest book, The Cove, made the NYT bestsellers list.
In The Cove, Laurel Shelton and her brother Hank live in a gloomy cove outside rural Mars Hill, North Carolina. Their homestead is considered cursed after the untimely deaths of their parents and Laurel, born with a purple birthmark covering her shoulder, is marked as a witch and shunned by the superstitious townspeople. Laurel hopes Hank takes a wife, as a sister-in-law will ease her loneliness. Instead, Laurel finds an injured mute flutist named Walter in the woods and as the Sheltons shelter Walter, a relationship blossoms between the two. At the same time, the Mars Hill residents are infected by the prevailing anti-German sentiment generated by WWI and the hysteria threatens to spill over into the cove even as Laurel begins to suspect Walter of harboring a dangerous secret.
Rash's intimate knowledge of the Appalachian people shines through in this book and he often weaves fact and fiction together. Mars Hill and its college are real, as were the Vaterland cruise ship and the beautiful but hunted to extinction Carolina parakeet. The narrative is rich with colloquial speech, the main characters are well-developed with Laurel especially written well, and the story unfolds in Southern Gothic tradition as a stonecutter quoting Gray's Elegy says "the paths of glory lead but to the grave." Readers who appreciate books set in the mountains of the American south might also enjoy author Sharyn McCrumb.
Take two single parents, two teenagers, add a European vacation, and some misplaced luggage and you have a delightfully dreamy story: In the Bag by Kate Klise.
Daisy is a successful chef who just quit another restaurant. She travels to Paris to clear her head and brings along her daughter, Coco, who is getting ready to graduate from high school. Andrew is on the same flight in order to get to Madrid to oversee the installation of an art exhibit. His teenage son Webb joins him on the trip. Andrew spots Daisy on the flight and is instantly attracted to her. He slips a flirty note in her purse, gives her his email, and asks for a date. Daisy is distinctly unimpressed and fires off a scathing email rejecting Andrew's offer.
Meanwhile, Webb and Coco pick up each other's bag at the end of the flight. They find each other's contact information and start an email dalliance. This digital friendship progresses so much that the two arrange for Webb to travel to Paris to pick up his bag and meet Coco in person. Andrew and Daisy are also set to meet the same evening when Daisy is called in as a last-minute caterer for the grand opening of Andrew's exhibit.
The story unfolds from the unique viewpoints of the four main characters and readers see just how differently men, women, parents, and children think. While working for People magazine, Klise herself was the recipient of a secret admirer note in her carry-on which gave her the spark for this fun trading places story. As a bestselling children and teen author, Klise's adult debut is a fast-paced, humorous, and romantic gem which will leave readers waiting for a follow-up.
Have you ever wondered how your email travels all the way from your computer to your mother's laptop half way across the country in a few milliseconds? Or how a sports fan with a smartphone in LA can know the outcome of the World Cup in Spain moments before the live TV broadcast? Andrew Blum, author of Tubes: a Journey to the Center of the Internet, explores how the Internet works as a physical system, full of buried connections, rivers of wires, humming servers, and fiber optic transoceanic cables.
Blum journeys on a pilgrimage to the Internet's most important data centers and information hubs in an effort to find 'pieces of the Internet', and to view the Internet as both a virtual and physical place. Along the way, he meets with many of the Internet's unsung heroes and follows his nose to ferret out just where all our data goes when we press 'send'. Through his surprisingly personal trek across the world in search of the Internet, Blum grapples with conflicting definitions and perceptions of the Internet that in the end help illuminate its many facets. With the emergence of cloud storage and wireless everything, it's refreshing and relieving to realize that even something as amorphous as the Internet is grounded in the physical, real world.
A little bit history, a little bit philosophy, a little bit spiritual, Tubes is great for readers who are curious about the behind the scenes action of the largest connected interface in the world. Fans of James Gleick's The Information: a History, a Theory, a Flood and Tim Wu's The Master Switch will certainly enjoy this thought-provoking new title.
Bestselling Canadian author Catherine McKenzie's second novel, Arranged, is now available in the US, and it's one that chick lit readers will not want to miss.
Anne Shirley Blythe is named after the character from Anne of Green Gables because her mother is obsessed with the series. Anne reasons that because she is named after a romantic heroine, it's only natural that she would want her own happily ever after. She has a lot of great things going for her. She has good friends and a loving family. She's a successful writer who is about to have her first book published. Unfortunately, Anne has a history of disastrous relationships. She keeps getting involved with the wrong men, and she begins to see that they are a lot alike.
After another failed relationship, Anne finds a business card for Blythe & Company, which she thinks is a dating service. The card simply says "arrangements made." When her best friend gets engaged, Anne makes a momentous decision and calls the number on the card. That's when she learns that Blythe & Company is not a dating service as she had imagined. It's an arranged marriage service. Anne finds herself going through the process and is soon on her way to a resort in Mexico to marry a man named Jack who she will meet the day before their wedding. That's just the beginning of the story, though.
What follows is a story about learning the difference between what you think you want and what you truly need. McKenzie has a real talent for creating characters with depth. Arranged is by turns funny, honest, and heartbreaking. Just when you think you know where the story is going, a plot twist changes everything!
If you like American short stories, chances are you've read Flannery O'Connor, whose biting sense of humor, peculiar characters, and hauntingly redemptive tales have made her one of America's most celebrated writers. But did you know that before she wrote fiction, O'Connor had originally set out to be a cartoonist? The new book Flannery O'Connor: The Cartoons explores this iconic author's lesser-known talent and brings her illustrations together for the very first time.
O'Connor began drawing at the early age of five and went on to make cartoons for her high school and college newspapers. These cartoons, with their quirky, almost grotesque style and spot-on commentary about student life in the early 1940s, made O'Connor something of a local celebrity at her Georgia college. Those who have read O'Connor's classic short story collection A Good Man Is Hard to Find or her 1962 novel Wise Blood will love seeing her trademark humor on display in these early drawings. In one cartoon, two students dance joyfully hand-in-hand while the caption below reads, "These two express the universal feeling of heart-brokenness over school closing." In another, a lone bespectacled young woman (clearly meant to be the author herself) watches her popular classmates dance at a college social and says to the reader, "Oh well, I can always be a Ph.D." These speak to O'Connor's knack for carefully observing the world around her, a process she once described as the habit of art.
In addition to a handsomely presented gallery, Flannery O'Connor: The Cartoons also features an essay delving into the author's life and eventual transition to writing fiction. This interesting book has great appeal for O'Connor fans and anyone who enjoys satirical cartoons.
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Seek telecommunications information from the expertsIf you are seeking telecom information for an installation for your business, let the professionals in the field tell you all about the telecom reference information that you need to make an informed decision.
Read the latest telecommunications researchKeep up with the most up-to-date telecom information through trade publications such as magazines, newsletters and journals.
- When speaking to qualified professionals for your telecom information, seek out the expertise of at least three businesses before making a service contract or purchasing commitment.
- If price is a factor, consider year old technology for your next telecommunications tool. Prices drop rapidly after the initial introduction of a product, and being patient can save you tens if not hundreds of dollars.