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The Donn Handicap (gr. I) and Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap (gr. IT) have been moved to Sunday, Feb. 9 to help kick off The Jockey Club Tour on Fox Television, Gulfstream Park.
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Twirling Candy, considered the best of a so-so group of older handicap horses nationally in 2011, will have an opportunity to dazzle his critics as the favorite in the $500,000 Hollywood Gold Cup (gr. I) July 9.
Twirling Candy, a stylish winner of the $150,000 Californian (gr. II) June 4, was assigned top weight of 122 pounds for the upcoming $500,000 Hollywood Gold Cup (gr. I).
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Trainer Jerry Hollendorfer is hoping his champion filly Blind Luck can give him the perfect 65th birthday present June 18 -- a victory in Hollywood Park's $250,000 Vanity Handicap (gr. I).
Havre de Grace will try to solidify her status as a division leader when she goes for her first grade I win against a short field in the $500,000 Apple Blossom Handicap (gr. I) in Hot Springs, Ark.
Miss Match ran down a weary Switch in the final couple of strides to register a 45-1 upset in the $300,000 Santa Margarita Invitational Stakes (gr. IT) at Santa Anita March 12.
Switch goes for her third grade I victory of the Santa Anita meet when she faces Always a Princess and five others in the $300,000 Santa Margarita Invitational Stakes (gr. I) March 12.
St Trinians will return off a lengthy layoff to face six fillies and mares in the $150,000 Santa Maria Stakes (gr. II) Feb. 12 at Santa Anita.
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Aaroness | Michael R. Matz |
Astrologie (FR) | Christophe Clement |
Cable | Christophe Clement |
Crawford County | Jake Secor |
Good Time Sally | Patrick L. Biancone |
In My Glory | Chuck Peery |
Indigo North | Eric Coatrieux |
Lady Shakespeare | Roger L. Attfield |
Lemonette | Eric R. Reed |
Long Approach | Jonathan E. Sheppard |
Miss Match (ARG) | Neil D. Drysdale |
Sweet and Flawless | Eric R. Reed |
Tottie (GB) | Chad C. Brown |
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H.R. 50 (95th): Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act
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95th Congress, 1977–1978- Status:
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on Oct 27, 1978This bill was enacted after being signed by the President on October 27, 1978.
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An Act to translate into practical reality the right of all Americans who are able, willing, and seeking to work to full opportunity for useful paid employment at fair rates of compensation; to assert the responsibility of the Federal Government to use all practicable programs and policies to promote full employment, production, and real income, balanced growth, adequate productivity growth, proper attention to national priorities, and reasonable price stability; to require the President each year to set forther explicit short-term and medium-term economic goals; to achieve a better integration of general and structural economic policies; and to improve the coordination of economic policymaking within the Federal Government.
Legislative action may be ocurring on one of these bills in lieu of or in parallel to action on this bill.
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Joe McGann has taken over from Matthew Kelly as Lennie, the slow-witted giant who doesn't know his strength. Not having seen the original, I can't comment on my colleagues' appraisal of Kelly's excitability, but McGann gives a performance of quiet dignity, his face a mark of doltish trust – as wide-eyed and innocent as the animals he inadvertently kills. Still, if Kelly's facial tics have, by and large, disappeared, there remains an abundance of bodily mannerisms that do seem rather overdone.
But there's an excellent performance by Andrew Schofield as the resilient George, world-weary and with few illusions about the sad life lying ahead of him and the disappointments to come. He captures the real loneliness of Steinbeck's text.
What strikes me most about this pair are the echoes of Laurel and Hardy in their relationship. When Schofield's George despairingly cries that he'd be better off on his own, we can hear the self-deluded tones of Oliver Hardy. I suspect that these similarities are accidental, but the association imbues some lines with unintended comic resonance. Lennie's gut-wrenching cry of "I done a bad thing", after killing Curly's wife, elicits a gale of laughter, which disastrously undermines the poignancy of the moment.
I agree with my colleague's appraisal that some of the other themes of the play have been overwhelmed. There's no real sense of the despair and desperation that motivates so many of Steinbeck's characters - the ranch where they work is seen almost as a rural idyll rather than a place of back-breaking work and shattered dreams.
This is a well-crafted, generally well-acted production – with special mention due to Oscar James for his nice cameo as the crippled black worker, Crooks - but perhaps it's too slick for its own good. Still, on the night I attended, it raised a hearty cheer from its young audience who sat engrossed throughout and that's a recommendation in itself.
- Maxwell Cooter
NOTE: The following review dates from October 2003 and this production's initial West End season at the Savoy Theatre.
As timings go, it couldn't have been much worse. Just before Matthew Kelly was due to open in this Birmingham Rep touring production of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men this past February (See News, 11 Feb 2003), his name hit the tabloid headlines amidst accusations of child sex abuse. Despite the scandal, Kelly stuck to his guns and the show did indeed go on, with the groundless charges later dropped.
For such fortitude alone, Kelly seems fully deserving of this West End transfer and of the opening night standing ovation - and four curtain calls - that have now come his way. Even without external pressures, his decision to play Steinbeck's anti-hero Lennie Small - a simpleton who, while a gentle giant, is by no means a harmless one - is courageous. It's a challenging part, especially for a man best known as the affable presenter of Stars in Their Eyes.
Kelly rises to that challenge with gusto, and there are moments when his portrayal is deeply affecting - the delicacy with which he tucks himself into his sleeping blanket at the end of a long day's tramping, for instance. But elsewhere, he veers towards frenzied overstatement, with a too-full catalogue of facial tics.
And (I find myself in agreement with my colleague below) Kelly's excitability infects the rest of the cast and skews the pace of proceedings. The result is an accelerated production in which nothing much seems to happen because none of the piece's real emotions - longing, loneliness, loyalty - are given enough time to rise fully to the surface.
The sense of quiet desperation that made Steinbeck's 1937 novel such a classic - a tale of Depression that relates to much more than the economic state of the nation - is captured only fleetingly, mainly by George Costigan as a sturdy but world-weary George and by Joanne Moseley as Curley's wife, harbouring dreams of Hollywood.
Simon Higlett's dusty ranch set, with its warm hues of orange and brown, evokes sweat and sunsets and John Tams' musical compositions add to the wistful mood. But overall, you're left strangely unsatisfied by Jonathan Church's production. It shows a degree of mastery but still falls short of magic.
NOTE: The following review dates from March 2003 and an earlier tour stop for this production.
Justice is seen to be done as George Costigan and Matthew Kelly star as George and Lennie in Birmingham Rep's able, but flawed, touring production of Of Mice and Men.
Powerful, cruel and complex, John Steinbeck's tragedy resonates way beyond its setting of rural California in the Depression years of the 1930s. But it needs a production and performances that can find the depth within the writing. Not just from the leads, but right through the cast of ten. It is, however, the portrayal of George and Lennie, on which the play succeeds or fails.
Costigan is absolutely spot on as George, the little guy with the big heart and even bigger imagination. Stuck in a system where the only work is labouring on the farms, he knows how to dream and take his pleasure in the simple things of life. His friendship with Lennie is a clear, compassionate one, as he tries to protect the lunk from his own strength and the dire consequences of his actions.
Kelly is a revelation as Lennie. He has a real presence on stage, authoritative and alluring. There is, however, too much of the method in the way he goes about it. Having decided to be Lennie, he never lets up and, consequently, his characterisation gets more and more overblown. The problem leaks out into the rest of the production, which is generally played at such a pitch that, when it needs to increase the emotion, it has nowhere to go and becomes distorted.
The only point of calm is Julian Protheroe's Slim, the trusted team hand on the farm where George and Lennie wind up. He has enough presence to indicate the depth of his character without having too many lines to say.
And in its few silences the true potential of the piece is found. Particularly when, in the first act of humane cruelty, the old man Candy's dog is taken outside and shot, the silence becomes intense and oppressive, thanks to some brilliantly conceived sound design.
Part of the play's greatness is that it allows Lennie's innocent eye to show up the inhumanity of men's attitudes to race and sex. Joanne Moseley as the tragic Curley's wife and Tyrone Huggins as Crooks, the black farmhand, both put in strong supporting performances that allow the main characters to fully explore their roles.
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[–][deleted] 9 points10 points11 points 1 year ago (0 children)
Would love to see Richard Dawkins wearing one.
[–]JustAnotherQueer 8 points9 points10 points 1 year ago (0 children)
"In its favour, if Google Glass didn't exist, all these Silicon Valley guys would be having affairs or buying unsuitable motorbikes"
[–]SRS-SRSLY 17 points18 points19 points 1 year ago (5 children)
I want to wear google glasses. But I don't want to be the person who wears google glasses.
[–]AllanWolf 10 points11 points12 points 1 year ago (3 children)
As a black dude I feel like I'm missing something; why are they already the new fedora? Just because Google?
[–]SRS-SRSLY 10 points11 points12 points 1 year ago (0 children)
No, they the new Bluetooth headset.
I mean, I assume.
[–]anniedesu 5 points6 points7 points 1 year ago (1 child)
Yeah idk. I mean, this tumblr does make me laugh at these guys, but I'm not sure it's fair. I thinks it's a very "They theink they're sooooo cool," when they look pretty silly. Like being on a Segway.
I mean, there's some element of a lack of self-awareness of how not cool it looks, even if it is a cool gadget. Looking cool isn't actually important, and I like geekiness, and I want geeks to geek out in public, but I also kind of still want to giggle at this tumblr (mainly the guy in the blue pullover sweater posing on the office desk).
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Geeks should stay in the closet
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Catch 22!
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They look like they go well with khaki shorts and a saucer of hummus
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And this guy, who started it all: http://spectrum.ieee.org/img/01WGoogleGlassMannQA-1356556093068.jpg
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Is this guy a conehead?
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Well, most of the people tweeting about it (that's how I found it) seem to be white males, I guess you could ask them... I suppose it's a lighthearted way to raise awareness about the lack of women and ethnic minorities in the tech world.
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HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. - Four Northern Kentucky University softball players have been named NCAA Division II All-Great Lakes Region, the National Fastpitch Coaches Association has announced. Sophomore pitcher Krystal Lewallen, junior first baseman Angie Lindeman, sophomore second baseman Ricki Rothbauer and junior center fielder Stephanie Leimbach each earned first team All-Great Lakes Region accolades. In addition, NKU junior pitcher Emily Breitholle was named second team All-Great Lakes Region. Lewallen, a native of Crestwood, Ky., and a graduate of South Oldham High School, is 31-3 this season. Lewallen enters the NCAA Division II national finals having set school records for strikeouts (293), innings pitched (242.2), earned run average (0.26 ERA), shutouts (18), complete games (30) and wins (31). She was also named the Great Lakes Valley Conference Player of the Year this spring and earned NFCA Division II National Player of the Week honors in March. Rothbauer, from Louisville, Ky., and a graduate of DuPont Manual High School, is hitting .348 with a team-leading eight triples. She has also scored a school-record 46 runs and ranks second on the team with 71 hits. Leimbach, a native of Hilliard, Ohio, and a graduate of Hilliard Darby High School, leads the team in hitting with a .381 average. She also has an NKU single-season record 74 hits and ranks second on the squad with 42 runs scored. Leimbach was named to the Great Lakes Region All-Tournament Team last week. Lindeman, a native of North Canton, Ohio, and a graduate of Hoover High School, has knocked in a Norse single-season record 50 runs this spring. She also has a team-leading four home runs and is batting .298. Breitholle, from Hamilton, Ohio, and a graduate of Fairfield High School, owns a 16-2 record with a 1.10 ERA. She also has six shutouts this spring for NKU, which is 54-5 entering the national finals. |


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Originally posted by blueviolet I'm a little confused as to how this works. It seems to me, from what I've read on the hypnobirthing site, that it works by eliminating fear and tension. But what if the pain is not a result of fear and tension? |
Originally posted by blueviolet So you can see where I'm going with this. Does hypnobirthing work only by ridding your head of thoughts/attitudes that create a physical environment that is painful, or does it work also by making you somehow interpret your body's pain signals as not painful, as they are being sent? I mean, does it work only preventatively, or also by transforming your normal perception of the pain sensation to something else? |
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Originally posted by blueviolet It's also long been my suspicion that with the intrusion of an unwanted person into my labor space, the hormonal choreography was somehow set awry so that my uterus pushed the baby down too soon, before she had rotated. And I did in fact respond by changing positions, rapidly! The pain did not cease until just before the birth, but I do think that my movements helped the descent of the baby and hastened 2nd stage (which was itself quick and complication-free.) |
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I hope Dalkey is on top of this one: Alfaguara is bringing out Carlos Fuentes' Federico en su balcón (see their publicity page).
Never mind the blurb-praise from local favourites Sergio Ramírez and Juan Goytisolo -- this sounds pretty promising; see also the EFE report at Fox News Latino, Alfaguara to publish novel by late Mexican author Carlos Fuentes.
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I'd like to share with you a little something I'm going to call "the sidle-up effect." Here's how it happens.
I'm outside having a picnic with my family, including two rambunctious little boys, E and O. Editor that I am, I'm excited to give them a "haven't seen you guys in a while" present. It's a book.
Now, this book happens to be a particular new favorite of mine: THE OBSTINATE PEN by Frank Dormer. However, it's a beautiful day, we're in the park, and I'm up against some formidable opponents: scooters, sticks, dirt, and peanut butter & jelly. As you can imagine, despite two extremely polite thank you's, this gift does not receive the desired effect of elation and awe.
Well, fine. I should have anticipated this. But I still want to show this story a little love. So I sit down and begin to read the book aloud to myself. "Uncle Flood unwrapped his new pen and laid it on the desk…"
Barely perceptibly at first, the effect starts to take effect. First comes the quiet patter of sticks dropping to the ground. Then the faint squeak of scooter wheels coming to a halt. Next, two small figures edge into my peripheral vision. And then, all of the sudden, as I approach the part where the pen sticks to the wheel of Mrs. Norkham Pigeon-Smythe's automobile, O is in my lap, and E is draped uncomfortably over my shoulders.
We proceed to read the book four more times.
I love enthusiastic young readers as much as the next editor/agent/writer/illustrator/reader/person (and for their mother's sake, I should add that E and O are among that group—I just caught them on an afternoon ripe with distractions). But if a book promises to both captivate the eager crowd and achieve the sidle-up effect among the more stick-and-dirt-inclined, that book is an automatic winner to me.
THE OBSTINATE PEN is the perfect example of such a winner because it has something for everyone. It's wildly creative and uproariously funny. It features dimwitted adults and a shrewd, worldly young hero. And it's totally unique: it makes me think, "Now how in the world did he come up with that?"
The books that wow editors are the books that bring something new to the table—that wriggle their way into your head so you can't stop thinking about them for days. You might grab my attention with a real and endearing character; striking, lyrical language; a hilariously honest voice.
Maybe it's a creative, fiery little girl who brings the spark to a classic tale of friendship, like Kelly DiPucchio's CRAFTY CHLOE. Or a text so simple, beautiful and poetic that it leaves room for a whole new world to unfold in the illustrations, like Mary Lyn Ray's STARS (illustrated by Marla Frazee). Or a soft song about eggs filled with so much personality ("I do not like the way you slide, / I do not like your soft inside, / I do not like you lots of ways, / And I could do for many days / Without eggs") that it sticks with you straight through from childhood to adulthood, like Russell Hoban's BREAD AND JAM FOR FRANCES. Ok, maybe that last example is a little specific, but you get the gist (it's one of my all-time favorites).
And maybe it's because I work in children's publishing, but in my opinion, there's nothing in the world that sticks with you like a picture book. Think about your favorite book when you were little. Why do you still remember it? The most special of special characters, voices, stories—they all contribute to this warm little nugget of childhood that you'll carry around with you forever. You can't create that by hitching a ride on the big, flashy, commercial, book-selling train of the moment. You create that by pulling your inspiration directly from that spot, by reigniting that spark from your childhood and writing from your heart.
As an editor, I'm looking for a picture book that I want to sidle up to. One that, if you caught me playing with sticks in the park, would have me—well, maybe not in your lap, but at least draped uncomfortably over your shoulders.
Achieve that, and I promise you, those sticks won't stand a chance.
Emma Ledbetter is an editorial assistant at Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster. She sidles up to picture books, chapter books, and middle grade novels with fresh, sincere voices, humor and heart. Upcoming projects she has edited include THE BACKWARDS BIRTHDAY PARTY, a picture book by John Forster and legendary singer/songwriter Tom Chapin, and the fantastically wacky middle grade novel THE CONTAGIOUS COLORS OF MUMPLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL by Fowler DeWitt. Follow her on Twitter @brdnjamforemma.
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I'm starting a new series about what rattles readers in fiction. I've read a ton of books, and I would like to mention that only a select few of these books rattle me. So words aren't enough, and characters aren't enough, and plot isn't enough to rattle me. I'm going to write around this idea in my brain about what makes most excellent fiction, and hopefully I will uncover something.
A great book suspends me. The words on the page fill my brain and I'm there. The real world disappears and I'm lost in the fictive dream. The fictive dream idea comes from John Gardner's book THE ART OF FICTION. Many writers understand the mechanics of story and can adequately sustain a story over thousands of words, but few writers can send me into a fictive dream state and keep me there. So here goes some thoughts about how to rattle readers: what works, what doesn't, how do you know you are creating that dream?
I search for stories that rattle my bones. I feel myself pacing inside when I can't find a book that really stirs me up. One way authors hook me is by uncovering something I call shocks: you know, unexpected revelations (plot, character, theme, setting, etc.) that change the shape of the whole story. Don't get me wrong, I'd don't like lazy shock value pushing the story forward. The problem shock comes when the author begins to flounder in their fictive dream and then slaps down a shocking twist that does not naturally rise out of the plot of the story. As a reader I feel frustrated. As a writer I'm shoving my story in the direction I want it to go. So annoying. Some writers slap down too many shocks for the reader to care. (Guilty!) Some don't even offer one shock. (Boring!)
When a shock is spot on, as a reader, I feel excessively nervous or I'm totally relaxed (no inbetween); the shock hits and I can't breathe. I shut the book and try to get my emotions under control. I go back a few pages and read up to the shock again. I'm that immersed in the fictive dream. As a writer, I know I'm in the sweet spot when I'm laughing out loud and falling off the couch when I'm reading my story back to myself, or I start crying when I've read the scene a hundred times, or I have to put my manuscript down because I'm so angry again. Yes, if you are participating in your own dream, this is a good thing. You think you have written the greatest thing ever. It may not be there yet, but if you able to enter into the dream and stay there, you are on the right track and will succeed.
Hope you place some shocks on the page this week. I will dig around more in this subject next week. Short post though because I am off to the SCBWI New Mexico Fall Retreat. I'm excited. Seize the day.
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How often do you complain about daily chores like delivering the kids to or from school, making the afterschool activity run, commuting long distances to work, paying the rent or mortgage? How often do you take the time to appreciate the car in which you haul those kids? How often do you appreciate having the job to which you commute? How often do you enjoy the comforts of the house or apartment which you pay bills on? Too often it isn't until we lose something we suddenly appreciate having had it. That was and still is, abundantly clear with the recent housing foreclosures and job loses. So have you taken stock lately in what you HAVE in your life? Have you considered how your life might change if a loved one became desperately ill or injured or even died? Read this news story and consider your life in a new light. Continue reading
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Recently I was hit really hard from Hurricane Sandy. A year ago, we were told to evacuate during Hurricane Irene of 2011. We went to family and came back to peace and tranquility as that hurricane did not affect us at all. When we heard about Hurricane Sandy coming, we were not advised to evacuate and so we decided to stay. Little did we know that our lives would never be the same and we would all be in danger. Sunday, October 28th, we were informed that there would be no school on Monday for teachers and students. My husband and I were elated by the news. However, looking back we would much rather be in school than deal with such a treacherous storm. Monday, October 29th we were surprised during the day that nothing seemed to be happening besides gusts of wind and rain. We never expected what was to come. Around 5:00 in the evening, my husband noticed that a lake formed in my backyard. It looked placid, but unreal. We hoped that it would not go any further than that. Around 7:00, my husband noticed that the water in the backyard was moving towards our porch. Around 7:30, we saw the water coming slowly, seaping its way into the kitchen. We knew we had to evacuate. My dog, Lucky ran upstairs when she saw the water. She sat on my bed and watched my husband and I pack as fast as we could. We knew time was of the essence before our power would go. Our lights flickered as it teased us that any minute we would be left in the dark. Around 8:00, I was on the phone with my mother who lives down the block from me. Her side of the street does not usually flood. However, behind my house we have a creek. I told her we would be on our way and our conversation ended as the power shut off. My husband, Lucky and I were left in the dark. Lucky looked petrified. I held Lucky and went down the stairs where my ankles were greeted buy cold water that decided to conquer my home. We opened the front door and a river started to pour in, forcing its way through the front door. I screamed to my husband to shut the door and he had a difficult time closing it. My block was covered in water. Without thinking, we ran to the back door and more water entered my home like an endless waterfall. As fast as I could, we closed the door. It was a stuggle between the water forcing its way in and myself pushing it out. I told my husband that it would be too dangerous to leave and ran back upstairs. While we were upstairs, I started to envision the water climbing its way up the stairs and slowly drowning us. At this point, Lucky was crying and I wanted to join her in a good cry. However, I knew I had to be strong. I then told my husband that we had to try to escape. We dashed down the stairs and at this time the water had risen and was up to my knees. I treaded through the water in my own home towards the door. I opened the door. Again, the massive heavy water entered into our home with such force that it seemed like a river flowing beyond our control. When we opened the door, my mirrored podium and dog statue swam right by me and floated towards the living room. It was a scene from Titanic. I made my husband lock the door which was very difficult to do under the circumstances. We walked towards the middle of the street. I did not want to be on the sidewalk in case a tree was to fall down. The cold, water was up to my waist. Lucky held on tight in my arms while my husband carried a bag with some of our clothes in it. When I reached my mother's home, I landed in her arms hysterically crying. I thought I was going to vomit. My mother was also in tears. About twenty minutes later, we noticed that her first floor was starting to flood as well. It reached about a foot high. We ran up the stairs in the gloomy, dark. When we looked out the window, we noticed a strange blue light that seemed to light up the sky. We wondered if that light was a warning from the town to evacuate or was it an effect from the storm. I believe the light might have come from a force from the unknown, warning us that the storm was far from over. We stayed in my old bedroom. The bed was so small that my husband and I had difficulty sleeping. Lucky, however, was up most of the night. The howling winds frightened her. The next day, things had calmed down. We went to my house to check things out. Debris was all over the place. Vases lay flat on the floor. My wooden floor was picked up and was decaying from the water it was emersed in. When I looked at my home, it was unrecognizable to me. My couch was saturated with water. My area rug lifted up and was turned over, drenched. Smells of nasty fish and mildew filled my home. My home; this was the place where I would go to in order to feel safe. As I glanced at my deformed couch, I thought of the prior night to the storm, when my husband and I sat on that very sofa and watched television. People tell me that I should be thankful that my family and I are ok. I am thankful, however, part of my inner soul is crushed and lingering in a deep, dark depressed black hole that it cannot escape. I am now searching for a hotel; one that is pet friendly. Currently, I am staying with family. However, next week I really do need to find a place where we all can stay with Lucky. This entire situation is unreal. When one sees an unfortunate sight, it is easy to slip into a coma of unhappiness. To have your home taken from you in a split second is so unbearable and unbelievable that I want to yell at Mother Nature and ask her why this had to happen? For those that lost their homes as well during this hurrifcane or any other storm, I know how you feel. For those that lost a loved one during a storm or natural disaster, I am truly sorry for your loss. After the storm, I witnessed the sun shining bright the next day in the sky and realized that we are only visitors in the Eternal's universe. At times, life can be very scary. However, we need to stay strong in order to be part of this questionable world.
Lake forming in my backyard Debris in home(the day after the storm)
Today Escape Into Life dedicates an entire page to Figures and Landscapes, my upcoming solo exhibition at 6 Senso Art Gallery Rome ( 10 Nov. - 6 Dec. 2012)
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Celebrity sightings are often newsworthy events.
Someone sees George Clooney eating in a restaurant or Katy Perry purchasing toilet paper and pictures or anecdotes immediately pop up on the Internet.
Part of what makes celebrity sightings newsworthy is that famous folks are often elusive. It's hard to tell when or where they might appear.
Margi Preus didn't have that problem when she wrote Celebritrees: Historic and Famous Trees of the World (Christy Ottaviano Books, 2010). She knew exactly where most of her subjects were. And, she was fairly confident they weren't going anywhere.
This delightful book looks at 14 famous trees — most of which are still standing. Some are famous for their height or width. Others are famous for cool things that happened to them or near them. Most are very old, and many can be visited, if you have a big enough travel budget.
The book tells highlights from each tree's history, where it's located, what type of tree it is and about how old it is. Fun comparisons put everything into context. One tree is taller than the Statue of Liberty. Another is older than any other living thing on earth. And yet another weighs more than a town of 20,000 peoople.
Whether you read this book intently, which I would recommend, or merely flip through it, you will come away with a new appreciation for the trees all around you.
As the author says: "Each tree has a story to tell."
Today, Sonia joins us to share her thoughts. She's shown in the photo with a turtle made out of a tree trunk.
Take it away, Sonia!
Today's reviewer: Sonia
Age: 10
I like: Playing piano and clarinet. Having sleepovers with my friends. Playing on my iPod. Reading books.
This book was about: All these different kinds of trees and how they got their names.
My favorite tree was: The Post Office Tree. I thought it was cool that people would pin a whole bunch of letters on it, and then travelers who would pass by would pick up their letters.
The most interesting tree was: The Scythe Tree. Because the soldier left his scythe in the tree and said he would come back, but he didn't, and then two soldiers after him saw what he did and did the exact same thing. And, you can still see their blades in the tree.
The tree I'd most like to visit is: Hyperion. Because it's taller than the tallest skyscraper and the Statue of Liberty.
The tree that surprised me the most was: General Sherman. Because it weighs more than lots of dinosauers put together.
The most unusual tree was: Methuselah. Because it looks like one tree with a whole bunch of other trees attached to it.
The most memorable tree was: The Tree of One Hundred Horses. Because it had a queen under it along with 100 horses. That's a really big tree.
The most impressive tree was: The Major Oak. It looks like you can go inside of it. And Robin Hood met his men there and hid there.
The neatest tree I've ever seen is: A small little pine that's almost as tall as me. My dad calls it "Sonia's tree." Even though it's really not mine.
Thank you, Sonia!
If you'd like to learn more about author Margi Preus, you can visit her website. You also can read this kid review of her book Heart of a Samurai.
If you'd like to learn more about illustrator Rebecca Gibbon, you can view more of her artwork.
If you've seen one of these trees — or if you'd like to share a story about your favorite tree — please do so in the comments below.
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In So Long, Holden at Slate, Jessica Roake argues that Catcher in the Rye is dated and of little interest to contemporary students and suggests a replacement. I'm totally with her assessment of Catcher in the Rye, but, then, I've never liked it. Where I break with her is in the need to replace it in high school classrooms with another so-called "coming of age" novel. With all the literature out there--YA and adult--why is it so urgent that schools hunt for a novel to replace one Roake describes as expressing the "fundamental teenage anguish" "that in life, phonies abound and beauty is a fragile, horrible thing we will forever chase and lose."
First off, I would argue that the fundamental teenage anguish is struggling to accept the passage of time and life and determining how they will live the life and time that they have in a way that will provide meaning and some kind of happiness for them. The last couple of generations have grown up on TV. They learned about phonies at Mom's knee. "...beauty is a fragile, horrible thing we will forever chase and lose?" That's a very particular life view that I don't think is necessarily universal.
I can't make any pretense of knowing what adolescents need to read or enjoy reading. But I do think coming-of-age novels, which tend to be ones, in my experience, that have as their theme introducing young characters to the adult world of death, sex, and general misery, are something adult readers embrace. It's as if the coming-of-age novel is a gateway to the adult world, a world that is oh, so important because of death, sex, and general misery. This is the real world and childhood and adolescence is some kind of fantasy that the young must pass out of to become adults, adulthood being what really matters. Young people may not be so enamored of that concept.
God knows, I am all too aware of the death and general misery aspects of adulthood. (Notice how I'm being coy about sex?) But let's get over ourselves and move on.
I would also like to point out that when essayists write about Catcher in the Rye and the universal experience of reading and loving it, they are talking about a subgroup of the population that experienced a particular college prep sort of education. Not everyone over the age of 40 has read Catcher in the Rye. Not even close. I would argue that there are a lot of people who haven't even heard of it.
Hey, in the world I grew up in, rye was just something people drank.
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Over at Jacket Copy, Carolyn Kellogg wrote an inspiring post called "The only advice you need for NaNoWriMo." While tantalizing readers with all the viral content and Facebook news they will be missing, her post urged all marathon writers to stop reading posts and write.
Check it out: "Get off the Internet. Stop looking at Twitter. Do you know how frequently people were tweeting about #nanowrimo on Nov. 1, Day One of NaNoWriMo? One about every five seconds. That's 720 tweets an hour, 17,280 tweets a day. If you took the time just to skim a portion of those, do you know how much writing time you will have lost? Get off the Internet."
This is our third NaNoWriMo Tip of the Day. As writers around the country join the writing marathon this month, we will share one piece of advice or writing tool to help you cope with this daunting project.
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My sketches are done and ready to go but I have no one to send them to…. thanks to hurricane Sandy!
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The annals of English history report that John Montagu was the 4th Earl of Sandwich. Among other things, the 4th Earl of Sandwich was a heavy gambler. Montagu often spent many long hours in London's gambling parlors. In 1762, he created the sandwich, by putting meat between two pieces of bread. This allowed him to remain at the gambling table for long periods of time. Obviously, the sandwich was named after him.
…. think I'll go make one!
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Way back in 2005, Wendy Mass published the first in her Twice Upon a Time series--Rapunzel: the One With All the Hair. The second book, Sleeping Beauty: the One Who Took a Really Long Nap, followed in 2006. And then Mass left fairy tales for the next few years (though she didn't leave off magic). This year Mass returned to Twice Upon a Time, with Beauty and the Beast: the Only One Who Didn't Run Away (Scholastic, middle-grade, June 2012).
And, um, it didn't work for me. Not in a horribly negative way--I have no hostile feelings at all toward it. I didn't mind reading it, and was diverted--all the things I like about the story as it exists in my mind (the bookish little sister who cares about important things, the Beast with a backstory--likable, even lovable, under the fur, the castle with books) are there. A younger reader might well enjoy it lots, what with its likable heroine, and its mix of humor and a serious, life-or-death, story.
But it felt a bit off to me. For one thing, Beauty doesn't arrive at the castle until page 212 of 282 pages, so Beauty and the Beast getting to know each other is a lot less important than it often is, and since that is my favorite part of the story, it was a disappointment. And what comes before The Meeting doesn't make up for it. Before we get there, we have lots of kind of inconsequential stuff, along with two main sub stories (told in the alternative perspectives of Beauty and the Beast), to wit:
1. A quest adventure that Beauty has on her own, the point of which doesn't become at all clear until quite close to the end of the book (and even when it's clear it doesn't seem like much point). It was a really implausible sort of quest too, involving a girl who is kind of fairy-like wanting to find something her mother lost years ago, and it doesn't have much umph to it and it beats me why anyone thought that Beauty, just cause she didn't have much else better to do and was reasonably bright and spunky, and had travelled a little, would be the perfect travelling companion for this mysterious little girl. But the baker's apprentice is going too, and pleasant, intelligent young bakers with no skills beyond baking are awfully useful on quests (?).
2. The story of how the Beast came to be a Beast, and how his invisible parents and older brother and him in Beast form all live together in the castle hoping for a girl to come marry him. This part made more sense, although the logistical details of the invisible family (they were keeping their presence secret) bothered me, and the older brother was incredibly annoying and the parents not much better.
So those two stories get the reader to page 212, when the Meeting happens, and then Beauty, being really special, manages to fall in love with the Beast at an unrealistic speed (though they share a keen interest in alchemy, which is nice for them). This disappointed me, because I like people to fall in love with slow, inexorable subtly. And then the bad witch who cursed the beast gets what she deserves.
In both these substories, the tone felt unbalanced to me--there was considerable humor, of an almost teetering on farce type, but then the reader was asked to take the story seriously regardless. Perhaps if the Beast hadn't been named Riley I would have liked it more, but Riley seems to me so 21st-century a name that from the moment I read it (page 6) I was distrustful, and it underscored the disjuncture I felt between the book's "relatable fun" and its moments of "serious historical fantasy." (The cover makes me similarly uneasy--that dress looks much more modern than I think it should, suggesting a contemporary romance).
In short, this re-telling didn't hang together in a cohesive way, but felt like piece-work, kind of randomly joined at the seams. Of course, for this fairy tale, Beauty, by Robin McKinley, set so very high a re-telling bar that nothing else really comes close for me....
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- At BookRiot: 10 Kick-Ass Secret Passage Bookshelves.
- At NPR: How 'Black Beauty' Changed The Way We See Horses.
- At My Modern Met: Recycled Books Transform Into Abstract Body Parts.
- At CBC Diversity: Do YA authors, editors, and librarians promote the idea that YA books have the power to do good, but reject the idea that they can do harm?
- As if we needed another reason to love Stephen King.
- Lots more items on the block for the Kid-Lit Cares auction.
- Not at the YA Symposium? Me, neither. But I've been following along at Twitter.
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Dear Gwen Stefani,
It is good that No Doubt released a statement today, stating that you never intended to offend, hurt, or trivialize Native American people, culture, or history. I understand that you consulted with Native friends and experts at the University of California. Unfortunately, your consultants didn't give you good advice.
It is good that you removed the video and posted the apology, but given your status, you could do a lot more that has the potential to prevent millions from making the sort of error you made.
Make another video. Not a music one, but one in which you speak directly to your fans, telling them that Americans have a long way to go in understanding what stereotypes of American Indians are, and the ignorance and racism they perpetuate.
Make that video right away. It doesn't need slick production values. Make it right away so that teachers across the nation can use it this month! November is Native American Heritage Month. Teachers and librarians could use it to teach teens about American Indians and stereotyping.
Thank you,
Debbie Reese
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For those who want background information, here's one photo that was used to promote the video. Regular readers of American Indians in Children's Literature will easily spot the stereotypical aspects of the photo.
Source: Daily Mail http://goo.gl/3r25F |
Regular readers will also spot multiple stereotypes in the article the photo came from:
"Yeehaw! Gwen Stefani dresses as a Native American, cavorts with a wolf, and ends up handcuffed in No Doubt's new Wild West themed music video." In the article, Eleanor Gower reports that Stefani "dresses as a Native American Squaw." There are lot of photos there, with many other stereotypes. See, for example, Stefani doing smoke signals.
Here's a background article from November 2, 2012:
"Gwen Stefani and No Doubt Release Latest Music Video, Its Stereotypical Native Theme Garners Criticism" in Indian Country Today Media Network.
And here's a blog post from Scott Andrews, a Native lit professor:
"Gwen Stefani, Cher, and "Indians"
And.... here's the apology from No Doubt:
In Regards to Our "Looking Hot" Music Video
Posted 11/3/2012 |As a multi-racial band our foundation is built upon both diversity and consideration for other cultures. Our intention with our new video was never to offend, hurt or trivialize Native American people, their culture or their history. Although we consulted with Native American friends and Native American studies experts at the University of California, we realize now that we have offended people. This is of great concern to us and we are removing the video immediately. The music that inspired us when we started the band, and the community of friends, family, and fans that surrounds us was built upon respect, unity and inclusiveness. We sincerely apologize to the Native American community and anyone else offended by this video. Being hurtful to anyone is simply not who we are.- No Doubt
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We were expecting a great seafood place.... Not so much!! The clams were ok, but the atmosphere was very cheesy, even for the Dells! Don't waste your $$!!!
We were expecting a great seafood place.... Not so much!! The clams were ok, but the atmosphere was very cheesy, even for the Dells! Don't waste your $$!!!
We were expecting a great seafood place.... Not so much!! The clams were ok, but the atmosphere was very cheesy, even for the Dells! Don't waste your $$!!!
Went to this restaurant for the advertised unlimited seafood, to find they dont really do that anymore; the restaurant itself just seems outdated and not keeping up with the times; especially given it's good location to everything.
They advertise a huge buffet with Prime Rib and seafood. We walked into the restaurant and we weren't allowed to sit inside if not ordering off the menu. If having the buffet, you must sit in the covered patio. We thought ok, let's see. The selection of food was pretty much just frozen deep fried junk. We never even sat... More
Average pirate themed Dells restaurant. My girls were scared of the cheesy mannequins. Food was average.
We were disappointed that the buffet offered in the last few years we have gone was no longer, and there was only a small buffet outside with flies all over and the food trays left open. A staff member was picking out the old squished cherry tomatoes of the bowl of cherry tomatoes in the salad area. That turned me... More
My husband and I decided to stop here on a date night. We are locals and were planning to go somewhere else - we should have! We had a coupon and thought we should put it to use. Mistake. As others have said, if you want the buffet - it's outdoors only. The seating is awful plastic furniture and the... More
We had four in our party and wanted the crab leg buffet. Upon sitting down and ordering drinks we found they no longer have this buffet, (the one they do have is corn dogs, fish sticks, for kids) so we ordered off the menu. I ordered the # of crab legs. They were good, however that is all I received... More
we were so excited to return to Crabby's after going last year and loving the food and atmosphere we went again Aug 3 2014 sat down and we were told we MUST eat outside if we were having buffet we wanted to eat inside not in the heat so they then said ok eat in the bar area aka with... More
We ate there for supper our first night in town. All around town you see ads for all you can eat crab legs and steak and prine rib. The buffet is on an outside covered patio. If you sit inside you can not get the buffet, the hostess did not tell us that when she asked where we wanted to... More
We, too, ate there after seeing a billboard in town for all you can eat crab legs and prime rib. Neither on buffet. Buffet was $17.99 each for a buffet that had mini corn dogs as a featured item. The waitress said she's worked there five years and never have had crab legs on buffet during those years. We got... More
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text: دکانـــــــــــو وزارت د افغانستان اسالمی جمهوریت وزا رت معـــــــــادن جمهوری اسالمی افغانســـــتان Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Ministry of Mines پروژه انکشاف متداوم منابع طبیعی SDNRP/PMU REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST Consultancy Services: Economic Geology Advisor (Minerals) Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Sustainable Development of Natural Resources Project Natural Resources Sector Consulting Services: Individual Consultant IDA Grant No.: H699-AF Project ID No.: P118925 Reference: MoM/PMU/SDNRP-ll/CT-60 Expressions of interest No. of positions: 1 The Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan has received a grant from the World Bank toward the cost of achieving Sustainable Development of Natural Resources in Afghanistan. The Project is being implemented through a Program Management Unit (PMU) within the Ministry of Mines; The PMU is now seeking a well qualified individual consultant for the position of Economic Geology Advisor (Minerals). Duties and Responsibilities: Responsible for developing mineral exploration and development programs in close coordination with DG AGS, AGS management and field technical teams in accordance with the priorities of the national government, Ministry of Mines, AGS and global commodity demand. The incumbent should be highly dynamic and visionary with the responsibility of enhancing the value of the mineral resources in Afghanistan through direct technical support and collaborations with other agencies supporting AGS. In close consultation with Director General AGS and AGS management, the incumbent shall Identify and review areas of interests for field work and recommend appropriate, cost- effective exploration approach. undertake field inspections, provide direct field mentoring, introduce new skills and guidance where necessary to AGS field teams, where deemed secure and fit. provide and seek for better coordination, collaboration and monitoring of agencies, consultants, and other partners supporting AGS related projects. initiate and develop new changes and must possesses the ability to make sound suggestions or recommendations at all stages of mineral resource assessment. audit field operations for technical and system evaluation to ensure good procedures and compliance with industry acceptable practices and standards. assist AGS management in reviewing AGS field data compilation and reporting provide general technical support and advice to AGS and MoM. Qualification Required: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Afghanistan Geological Survey (AGS) annex building room number 12th second floor Abdul Haq Circle Kabul Afghanistan: firstname.lastname@example.com, firstname.lastname@example.com Higher degree in geology, science, economic geology or postgraduate qualification in related field. An advanced degree in one of these fields is desirable Minimum of 15 years' hands-on experience in leading teams on large mineral exploration and development programs. Sound and analytical knowledge of major exploration and testing procedures, ore genesis ore deposit geology and models, up-to-date with global market trends. Relevant exposure, knowledge, skills and experience in:- 1. Geological and structural mapping 2. Geochemical and geophysical exploration techniques 3. Major ore deposit types relating to magmatic-hydrothermal and sedimentary process including porphyry Cu-Au- Mo, epithermal, mesothermal; Gold systems in orogenic, RIR, and OIR related systems; skarns, VMS, MVT, sedimentary copper and iron deposits and etc. Able to operate relevant soft wares including Arc Info, MapInfo, Surpac, Geosoft; other computer skills preferred are MS Office software such as Word, Excel and Power Point Ability to integrate pertinent data and define sound exploration targets and possess inherent ability to fast assessment. Reporting The Economic Geology Advisor shall report directly to the Director General, AGS for technical matters and Project Management Unit, World Bank for administrative matters. Submission Guidelines: The consultant will be selected in accordance with the procedures set out in the World Bank's Section V of Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants by World Bank Borrowers (revised Jan 2011). Expressions of interest (including CV and three referees) should be sent to the email address below by no later than 15:00 hours (local time) 16th April 2012 Reference MoM/PMU/SDNRP-ll/CT-60 must be quoted on all correspondence and the Expression of interest. Ministry of Mines, Program Management Unit (PMU) Attention: Mr. Abdul Moeen Zarif Afghanistan Geological Survey Building (AGS), 2nd floor, Annex, Close to Abdul Haq roundabout, 3rd Makrorayan, Kabul, Afghanistan. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com or email@example.com Cell phone Nos.: +93 (0) 777308051 or +93 (0) 788308051 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Afghanistan Geological Survey (AGS) annex building room number 12th second floor Abdul Haq Circle Kabul Afghanistan: firstname.lastname@example.com, firstname.lastname@example.com


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The parish of Mont Carmel serves the Italian community in St Leonard and vicinity and is located at 7645 du Mans Street in St Leonard, Quebec.
La parrocchia del Monte Carmelo serve la Comunità italiana in San Leonard e nelle vicinanze e si trova al 7645 du Mans Street in San Leonard, Quebec.
Office Hours/Orario Ufficio:
Monday to Friday: 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM
Evenings Monday to Thursday 6:30 to 8:30 PM
Tel: 514-256-3632
Fax: 514-251-9724
Website Sections updated April 24,2015:
Home Page, Parish Bulletin, Catechism


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