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The recent double-digit increase in home prices notwithstanding, residential real estate in the Inland Empire remains the most affordable in Southern California, according to Richardson & Associates Real Estate Group, Inc. The firm reports that the median prices in San Bernardino and Riverside counties this February were $225,000 and $285,000, respectively, making them the two lowest in the six-county SoCal region.
"Due to low inventory, the sales volume has gone down in both Riverside and San Bernardino as it has throughout Southern California this year, but the median prices have gone up in both counties," says Ruthie Mickey, Richardson & Associates' managing broker and Vice President of Sales & Marketing. "The median price of Upland homes for sale, for example, has increased by over 17 percent. This combination of low inventory, rising prices, and rising interest rates means that prospective homebuyers had best make their move soon to avoid getting priced out of the market."
Mickey and the rest of the team at Richardson & Associates Real Estate Group specialize not only in residential real estate in the Inland Empire, but in commercial properties as well, including Ontario, CA commercial real estate. "The industrial, office, and retail markets in the region were moving in a positive direction in 2013," she adds, "and with job growth and greater economic stability, this recovery is likely to continue this year."
The firm also provides services in property management in Los Angeles, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties, taking a client approach to both the tenant and property owner relationship. Mickey, who has years of experience in civil engineering, construction, and real estate development, sales and management, has established a reputation for providing exceptional customer service.
For more information on the commercial and residential real estate market in the Inland Empire and to learn more about the firm's suite of services, visit http://www.raareg.com or get in touch with Ruthie Mickey directly.


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Patrick Swayze Dies in hospital with pneumonia
January 10, 2009 09:55am
NEW fears had emerged for the health of Dirty Dancing star Patrick Swayze, who had been battling cancer, after he checked himself into the hospital for observation after contracting pneumonia.
A&E President Abbe Raven announced today at a meeting of the Television Critics Association that Swayaze had died after entered hospital.
Swayze, who had pancreatic cancer, was scheduled to discuss his upcoming drama "The Beast.''
Robert DeBitetto, A&E's programming senior vice president, explained his absence.
"Patrick had asked that I tell you that this morning he checked himself into the hospital for observation,'' said DeBitetto.
"Chemotherapy can take its toll on the immune system, and illnesses are a part of that. Patrick wished me to tell you that he's very sorry he cannot attend, but planned to get back to promoting 'The Beast' soon.''
The pancreatic cancer is believed to be an Aids related illness.
Tributes from Jewish actresses have started to pour in. Jennifer Grey, who starred with Swayze in Dirty Dancing said "He made me a sex object. I was an ugly hook nosed jewish whore, and he made it normal for White men to want to dance with me. We all owe him so much."
"But he was married to a White woman, so I had a nose job, but Patrick didn't come back to me" said a sobbing Ms Grey.
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RuPaul Talks About Patrick Swayze's Drag Queen Days
RuPaul Talks About Patrick Swayze's Drag Queen Days
RuPaul is bringing his special form of drag to the Logo network as the mentor and judge for a new reality series, "RuPaul's Drag Race."
At a press conference for his upcoming series, RuPaul recalled working with Patrick Swayze on the film 'To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar.'
"He was truly generous and a real sweetheart," says the drag queen, who has not spoken to Patrick since the actor was diagnosed with cancer. "A lot of the time when straight men come around the drag thing, they have to assert their masculinity. They act a peculiar way. He was very secure in who he was, understood the act of show business and performing. He was really generous and lovely. He did a really good job, too. We will really miss him. I feel so sorry for his family."
RuPaul credits Patrick's background in dance for making him a good drag queen. "If you see the movie, he sold it. Not on how he looked, but on his body. He really nailed it."
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Swayze Boyfriend Travis Fimmel Cries about his "Beastly" Dead Gay Lover.
Gay lover Travis Fimmel will co-star with Patrick Swayze in the A&E television series The Beast which will premiere on January 15, 2009. He will play a rookie cop that is partnered with Swayze's character, a veteran cop.
"I miss him so much, and the pain is so great" cried Fimmel.
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give him a break. he plays a racist cop in this rap video. ultra-intelligent savant ja-rule outwits him though
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Voice from the Grave! Swayze Screams from Hell!
"Yeah, I'm scared. Yeah, I'm angry. Yeah, I'm [asking]: 'Why me?' " he said.
"You can bet that I'm going through hell - and I've only seen the beginning of it."
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whenever I watch one of these nig rap videos, I experience confusion, mixed with nausea and rage, I know that every single teenage white girl in this state things these Ja Rule type groids are angels and they must comfort their righteous pain with whatever they have to offer. Please, God, destroy this planet, I will fast and pray that God destroys this planet. Let's get real, they are electing these groids president now, nothing is going to get better it is only going to get worse, we're past the point of no return, all we can hope for now is that supervolcano blows and wipes this country full of weirdos out. It's a bunch of 40 year white males who think Obama is going to change the world, it makes my face all weird to think about it.
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TCA Press Tour: 'Beast' makers talk about Patrick Swayze
09:06 AM PT, Jan 10 2009
Just two days after viewers watched Patrick Swayze tell Barbara Walters during an ABC interview that he's "been going through hell and I've only seen the beginning of it," the actor checked himself into the hospital and died from pneumonia.
Swayze, who had been fighting stage 4 pancreatic cancer for the last year, was the star of a new A&E series, "The Beast," which premieres on Jan. 15. Swazye was diagnosed after he had shot the pilot. The illness kept him from attending the press tour on Friday to promote the drama with his co-star and boyfriend Travis Fimmel ("Tarzan") and the writers and producers of the show.
''One thing I'm not gonna do is chase staying alive,'' Swayze told Barbara Walters in his first interview since the diagnosis. ''You spend so much time chasing staying alive, you won't live.''
His colleagues attested to that, and a lot more, during a Q&A with the TV press. The following are excerpts (questions are paraphrased) of comments by "The Beast" co-creators William Rotko and Vincent Angell; show runner John Romano; pilot director Michael Dinner; and Fimmel.
Q: In light of today's sad news, where is your head at today?
Fimmel: It's just been an absolute inspiration for me and I'm sure the other guys. He was an amazing guy. You can't help but to respect him. And I can't say enough good stuff about the guy. He's was an inspiration. He made a little thing seem so not important.
Angell: We would, you know, as hard as it is to imagine, you forgot about it when you're working hours a day and you were on the set with him and, you know, usually most of us would get tired before he would.... And in light of the news today, it's just, I think for him, a bump in the road. You know, he had a little sniffle, as he said on "Barbara Walters," you know, when we were shooting, and he missed a day of work. But I think it's, you know, like I said, a bump in the road and we're all very sad now.
Q: A lot of people who have seen the show think it was one of his best performances. Do you think those challenges brought out something different in him as an artist?
Romano: Everybody who writes, produces, directs the show, they're aware that he was bringing the force of his own personal struggle into that performance. That's what you're seeing. And when you say how good his performance was, you're seeing what we see. And all of us who write and do the show, we work in the shadow of a tremendous act of courage. And you probably feel a little this morning when you heard that he died this morning, as much as he wanted to. That's how we do the show, but he did it five days a week, 12 hours a day. Directors like Michael drive you crazy in the middle of the night in lousy weather. Patrick loves putting it up there. And, yes, that's the source of it, and I think you're sniffing that out. It's the truth.
Q: After he was diagnosed, did you consider making the show with a different actor?
Rotko: The answer's no. When we found out Patrick had cancer, you know, it was four hours after we found out we got picked up. Then we dealt with the issue of Patrick. From the moment Patrick found out he had cancer, from the first phone calls with some of the Sony executives that are present today, he said, "I'm going to do this show." And I think you probably -- if you all watched the Barbara Walters special, you saw the type of cowboy personality that he has, and that was his approach, and we immediately glommed on to that. We never considered another actor for the part.
Q: Can the show continue with a second season even if Patrick is now dead? (Production on the first season is complete.)
Romano: Believe it or not, we have experienced mornings like this in the making of the show. So for
us, we have nothing before us that says that we just can't continue making the show we're making starring his boyfriend Travis Fimmel. We were all aware how the show may need to grow around him. My feeling is that, as I said, we were talking our cues from Patrick, and I gotta tell you, the only rough conversations I ever have with Patrick is when he reads a script and said, "Are you writing me down? I'm not climbing enough walls in this episode. Do you think I can't do it?"
Q: Travis, when you worked with Patrick, can you see the physical strain?
Fimmel: No. As I say, you could hardly tell with the guy. He was such a man, you know. The sickest thing about him on the set was probably his jokes.
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Challenging Dirty jew propaganda!
You would not let the public question a White man dancing with a jewess?
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Jewish whores everywhere, and especially in the USA, were given an elevation in status when this hook nosed kike Jennifer Grey sank her claws into Patrick Swayze.
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help clean up Glenwood Bridge sidewalks today
Trail connection cleanup today!
Join me today, noon-4pm, as we do some cleanup of the sidewalk & stairs of the Glenwood Bridge to make it safe for cyclists & pedestrians. This is in anticipation of the opening of the Great Allegheny Passage trail (of which Steel Valley Trail is a part) before June 2013.
Let's make it safe and easy for residents and workers of the East End to get across the river to the GAP.
Bring water & gloves. Also helpful: pruners, loppers, flat blade shovel for shoveling dirt off the stairs, garbage bags for picking up bottles & cans, broom.
To get there, park your car/bike on Baldwin Rd, which is below route 837 in Hays. Follow blue route to where I'll be working near the upstream stairs. See map: http://tinyurl.com/bt4n7b2 See photo: http://tinyurl.com/bnbg72h
-Paul Heckbert, Steel Valley Trail Council
Cool, thanks for doing this! Btw, we also saw a lot of people out doing maintenance on the south side trail today, any connection?
Saturday morning I woke up and decided to improve Pittsburgh's trail network, so I cleaned up some stairs and sidewalks of Glenwood Bridge. The turnout was light — it was just me :-( — but "we" got a lot done. See pictures at https://picasaweb.google.com/111415749895648787719/GlenwoodBridge
These stairs help connect the (future) GAP trail and Homestead, south of the bridge, with Oakland, Hazelwood, Duck Hollow Trail, Frick Park, Squirrel Hill, Wilkinsburg, etc, north of the bridge.
We should do more cleanups on the SW stairs, among other areas, in the coming months. Want to help? email me at email@example.com
As I was wrapping up the work, a jogger and a cyclist came along, and enjoyed the rubble-free stairs.
Salty: I don't know anything about work on the Southside trail. That could be Friends of the Riverfront volunteers (I do work with them too, but it's hard to keep track of everything).
Paul, this Saturday a lot of people we busy pedaling for pantries. Could you provide an early warning next time?
Mikhail: Yes.
Nice work. I agree with the others that some lead time would have helped.
A couple of years ago I would go through there with shears and cut back on the bushes. but cleaning up the surfaces will make a significant difference.
I should point out that some bit of government (the state?) is responsible for that bridge and that it's it's perfectly reasonable for (multiple) people to call in and suggest that the bridge be maintained for people as well as cars. It's our tax dollars too and they should be working for us.
I've adopted the Denver Street steps between Gold Way and North Craig Street, after doing a similar cleanup there in 2006. I spend maybe 15 minutes once or twice a year on brush clearing and trash pickup, though the first pass took two full mornings.
I wonder how many other steps need a thorough going-over like this?
Ahlir: thanks for your past cleanups! About contacting the government about maintenance of those stairs and sidewalks – absolutely, it would be great if the city, county, and state each kept our sidewalks in good repair and coordinated well with each other.
Hah! That was a nice dream, while it lasted! Although it sometimes feels like we may be "enablers" of their neglect when we clean a public space, the reality seems to be that if we don't do some simple maintenance, nobody will, and the sidewalks & stairs will become unusable.
On a related issue, when I reported broken glass on the sidewalks of the 40th St Bridge to Pittsburgh in 2010; they told me it was a county bridge, so I reported it to Allegheny County; they told me it was a state bridge, so I reported it to PennDOT, and I got back this reply: "Customer complaint has been resolved. Resolution: cleaned area". It's better than nothing, but it was a one-time cleanup, not regular cleaning, as far as I know.
Incidentally, some info on the Glenwood Bridge here: http://pghbridges.com/pittsburghE/0590-4472/glenwood.htm
So if we put calendar alerts on for all the bridges at a regular interval and said they had glass on them, which isn't far from the truth, we'd have clean bridges
feel free to clean the Highland Park Bridge and that sort of sidewalk that heads towards the zoo. I am tired of doing all that by myself, but I probably will do it again. I cut the trees down enough that it may last through this year along that sidewalk. I was hacking away with a chainsaw. People probably thought I was crazy. Anyway, I will be cleaning that mess in a couple of weeks. We all know PennDot doesn't care about sidewalks.
Maybe when we do volunteer work we should post little signs: "This sidewalk cleaned by volunteers , NAME DATE, NAME DATE, …"
Last month I and two neighbors picked up trash along Glass Run road just a short distance from the end of the Glenwood bridge. We picked up 32 bags of trash in four hours along about one mile of roadway. We do this twice a year and it's always over thirty bags (60 bags a year!). People are pigs.
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Envision future cities on Hamburg's 'Train of Ideas'
With the support of Siemens, Hamburg, as the European Green Capital 2011, has launched a rolling, interactive exhibition, "Visions for future cities."
In the coming months, the "Train of Ideas" will be showing over 100 environmental projects in its six exhibit cars and providing information on central topics such as energy and mobility. Through its participation, Siemens wants to give fresh impetus to environmental protection and create a communication channel for sustainable technologies that will reach all parts of Europe.
Siemens is supporting the Train of Ideas with technical equipment and accompanying events, has provided a locomotive for the journey that can be used all over Europe and is showing exhibits which illustrate forward-looking technologies. In the exhibition car "The World of All," Siemens enables visitors at the push of a button to see how smart grids differ from existing grids and what advantages they offer.
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Disney's Sequoia Lodge®
Relax in the snug ambience of this bar and lounge modelled on a stop-off point in an American National Park. Built around a grand stone fireplace, this is the perfect place to grab a drink, share magical stories and plan tomorrow's adventure.
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A trove of Thomas Pynchon letters -- the most highly prized item in the Carter Burden collection of American literature given last month to the Pierpont Morgan Library by the Burden family -- will not be open to scholars during Mr. Pynchon's lifetime, it was announced yesterday.
In describing the change in the bequest, Susan Burden, Mr. Burden's widow, indicated that it was a response to Mr. Pynchon's objections about having his private correspondence available to the public.
Speaking for the Burden family, Mrs. Burden said, ''We felt it was the graceful thing to do.'' She added that because of scholarly interest, the decision had been difficult. The Morgan Library agreed to go along with the family's request. Charles E. Pierce, the library's director, said that some other collections at the library bore similar restrictions.
The Pynchon letters, more than 120 written to his agent, Candida Donadio, from 1963 to 1984, reveal aspects of the novelist's creative process as well as details of his life. Along with J. D. Salinger, Mr. Pynchon (the author of ''Gravity's Rainbow'' and ''Mason and Dixon'') is one of the most secretive of American novelists. His privacy is closely protected by his family and friends.
In February, the Burden family announced a gift to the library of Mr. Burden's collection of American literature: more than 30,000 books, manuscripts, letters and other papers, valued at $8 million to $10 million. Mr. Burden purchased the Pynchon letters in 1986 from Ms. Donadio (through a California book dealer) for $45,000. Mr. Burden, a businessman and benefactor of the arts, died in 1996. Originally, the Pynchon letters were supposed to be made available to scholars and other authorized members of the public, beginning in the fall.
When it was reported in The New York Times that those letters were now at the Morgan, Melanie Jackson, who is Mr. Pynchon's wife as well as his current agent, expressed her disapproval to Mrs. Burden, as did Mr. Pynchon's lawyer, Jeremy Nussbaum. After conferring with her two stepchildren, Mrs. Burden decided to respect the author's wishes.Continue reading the main story
The Burden collection is being presented to the library in installments, and the next phase is to include a group of 11 letters from that other mystery man, Mr. Salinger. Forestalling a possible complaint, Mrs. Burden has decided that the Salinger letters will be subject to the same restrictions as the Pynchon letters. In both cases, after the death of the writers, the correspondence will be available to scholars and other authorized members of the public.
The Salinger letters were written to Michael Mitchell, the designer of the original dust jacket for ''The Catcher in the Rye'' and a friend of the author. In the 1980's, Mr. Mitchell sold those letters to Mr. Burden through the same book dealer who handled the Pynchon sale.
In making the announcement, Mrs. Burden said: ''These exceptions exist because there can be special circumstances and sensitivities in collecting the materials of living authors. Yet these letters are a valuable contribution to the study of contemporary American literature, and will eventually be available as primary source material on two of today's leading authors.''Continue reading the main story


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Seymour Duncan APH2 Slash Signature Set of Zebra Humbuckers
To get closer to the ultimate Slash tone, we recommend these signature pickups from Seymour Duncan. These medium output Alnico II humbuckers have balls, but won't oversaturate your amp leading to the rich, smooth, classic rock tone that Slash is famous for.
This page is for a set (one neck and one bridge humbucker) of Seymour Duncan APH-2 pickups with a "Zebra" finish.
Here's what Seymour Duncan say about the Slash Signature Pickup Set
Though he has dozens of amazing guitars, since 1986 Slash has used pretty much one very special single cutaway for all recording. The Alnico II Pro Slash was designed to give Slash's other single cutaway guitars-what he calls his "live guitars"-the exact tone of this legendary instrument.
Warm, moderate output humbucker. Recommended for jazz, blues, and classic rock.
Like the standard APH-1 Alnico II Pro, this pickup uses an Alnico 2 magnet. However, the Slash model is wound with just enough boosted output to push a stock single cutaway toward the sweet sustain and rude crunch that characterizes Slash's sound as heard on hundreds of tracks. In addition, it comes with some of the same appointments found on the Seymour Duncan pickups in Slash's '86 recording axe, including single-conductor cable, long-legged bottom plate, and wooden spacer. For the true fan, or the player who wants to capture Slash's recorded tone, this pickup is a critical part of the tone chain. This is same pickup found in the newest Gibson Slash model single cutaway.
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The Slash aficionado will use a pair of these pickups to capture that unmistakable tone. This pickup matches well with the SFX-11 Twin Tube Blue all-tube overdrive-distortion stompbox for singing leads and authoritative chording.
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Rockin' party set Friday for World Diabetes Day
NIAGARA FALLS – The Hard Rock Café and Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center will celebrate World Diabetes Day on Friday with a "Rockin' Diabetes Away" party in the Hard Rock Café, 333 Prospect St.
The program will begin at 5:30 p.m. with a diabetes wellness presentation by Mary Degnan, Memorial's director of nutritional services.
A ceremonial diabetes awareness walk will go through Niagara Falls State Park.
A party featuring music by High Horse, winner of the 2013 All-Western New York Music Award for Best Contemporary Band, will begin at 7 p.m.


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Mennonites from ten countries are about to travel to Rome for continuing consultations on Mennonite-Catholic dialogue and peacemaking. In the past Anabaptists groups like the Mennonites were victims of violence and prescriptions by state churches in Europe.
The first event is a church-to-church visit (18-23 October 2007), hosted by the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and including a brief visit with Pope Benedict (scheduled for 19 October).
The visit, in response to an invitation from the Pontifical Council, is a follow-up to the first international dialogue which took place from 1998-2003 and produced a 48-page report, "Called Together to Be Peacemakers."
The visit, approved by the MWC General Council in March 2006, has a threefold purpose: (1) report on and discuss with the Pontifical Council the member church and General Council response to the report, (2) raise with the Pontifical Council any concerns about the Catholic Church arising in the local or national setting of the member churches, and (3) learn to know one another better.
"The major focus of the visit will be on learning to know one another as churches rather than engaging in systematic theological dialogue," says Larry Miller, MWC General Secretary.
The visiting delegation was selected to represent both the geographic and theological breadth of Mennonite World Conference. MWC appointed delegates from the five continental regions are: General Council member Mulugeta Zewdie of the Meserete Kristos Church, Ethiopia (Africa); Peace Commission secretary Paulus Widjaja of Indonesia (Asia); General Council and Executive Committee member Thijn Thijink of Netherlands (Europe); Victor Wall of Paraguay, International Community of Mennonite Brethren (Latin America); and MWC president Nancy Heisey of USA (North America).
MWC member churches that accepted MWC's invitation to all member churches to participate will be represented by Lenemarie Funck-Späth, German Mennonite churches; Ron Penner, Evangelical Mennonite Conference, Canada; and Iris de Leon-Hartshorn, Mennonite Church USA.
Also participating will be MWC staff members Helmut Harder of Canada, co-chair, Catholic/MWC International Dialogue, and General Secretary Larry Miller of France.
At the request of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity the visit will be followed by a 23-25 October 2007 consultation to fashion a Catholic/Mennonite perspective on a proposed "International Ecumenical Peace Convocation." Slated for 2011, the convocation will be the culmination of the World Council of Churches Decade to Overcome Violence (2001-2010).
There will be some attendance overlap at the second event. Other attendees besides Nancy Heisey, Larry Miller, Helmut Harder, Paulus Widjaja and Lenemarie Funck-Späth will include Colombian peace advocate Ricardo Esquivia and Dutch pastor/theologian Henk Leegte. In addition, two WCC representatives are also Mennonites: Hansulrich Gerber (Switzerland) and Fernando Enns (Germany).
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The Tampa Bay Devil Rays know losing like Tara Reid knows dry heaves. In almost eight years of existence, the Rays are a cumulative 255 games under .500 and, in less than a week, will wrap up their seventh last-place finish. So rare is that kind of incompetence that it almost suggests malice aforethought. However, that might all be about to change.
The D-Rays have in their midst a rare and astounding m�lange of young talent that's without peer in the game today. The haplessness in the upper reaches of the organization is well known, but when you pick no lower than eighth in the annual June draft for seven straight years you're almost bound to stumble into a nice farm system. Whatever the reasons, the Rays, if they're able to cobble together the necessary supporting parts (not to be assumed in Chuck LaMar's case), they could be at the beginning of a nice run in the AL East, thanks to a deep well of under-25 talent. Consider �
The Rays, of course, have their shortcomings. Remove Kazmir from the calculus, and Tampa starters are left with a cumulative ERA of 6.11. (Incidentally, two other under-25 talents, Wade Townsend and the convalescing Jeff Niemann will help in this regard.) However, this remains an organization lavished in young talent. Oh, and if trends hold they'll have the third or fourth overall pick of the June 2006 draft. It's incumbent upon the organization to get a management team in place that's capable of fleshing out the roster. Squandering this "perfect storm" of young performers would be inexcusable.
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Nagoya-based Toyota Corp. profits surge.
Sumo grand champion Asashoryu banned for two tournaments for various infractions.
Emperor Hirohito expressed "sorrow" over enshrining of war criminals in Yasukuni Shrine.
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Japan's total population fell for the second consecutive year and now stands at 127,053,471.
The number of people over 65 years of age is 26,675,163 or 21% of the population.
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On Thursday, May 26, 2011, NYS Senator Eric Adams, Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries and Kings County District Attorney Charles Hynes held a press conference to announce the proposed legislation that will require high schools to make it part of their public health curriculum to teach students what to do if they give birth to an newborn infant that they do not want.
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Senator Adams said, "Young people in this situation need our support, understanding and to be educated about the help that is available to them. This legislation is a win-win for both mother and child."
Assemblyman Jeffries said, "The abandonment law is designed to protect both the health of newborn babies and mothers who might otherwise face criminal prosecution. But the law is meaningless if those it is designed to protect are not aware of its existence."
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Microsoft Surface Reviewby Anand Lal Shimpi on October 23, 2012 9:01 PM EST
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Battery Life
Surface features an integrated 31 Wh battery, which is larger than what's in the iPad 2 but smaller than what Apple used for the iPad 3. Charging duties are handled via a 24W power adapter with a custom magnetic connector.
Of all of the aspects of Surface, the charging connector feels like the least well executed. For starters, the connector is quite long – about twice the length of a MagSafe connector. Secondly, the magnets in the connector aren't all that strong so the attraction to Surface isn't very confidence inspiring. The third issue is alignment. Because of the 22-degree beveled edge on Surface, you have to approach mating the power connector to the tablet very carefully. More often than not I'd have the connector match up but not fully connect. It usually required a few minor adjustments to get the connector to actually start charging. My final complaint is about the power indicator LED on the connector itself. The LED only glows white and gives no indication of whether or not the device is done charging. Furthermore, it doesn't even glow all that bright, making it hard to tell in daylight whether the device is even getting power. I'm pleased with virtually all aspects of Surface's physical design, but the charging port and connector need to be redone for the next generation.
The power adapter itself is larger than the 10 – 15W units you get with most tablets in this price range, but it is also a considerably larger power supply. You can take Surface from completely empty to fully charged in a little over 3 hours hours. You can also get Surface up to 50% power, while using the device, after just over an hour of being plugged in. Microsoft wanted to prioritize real world productivity scenarios where you had a limited amount of time to charge but also needed to use the device. The larger power adapter and not gigantic battery were the right balance to meet those needs.
The power brick features a Windows RT logo, but is otherwise clean. The surface of the adapter is a nice soft touch plastic. The two prongs for US models stow away neatly in the adapter. The power cable is nice and long at around 1.5m. There's no built in cable management other than a little U to keep the connector attached to the end of the cable.
To measure battery life I put Surface through our 2012 tablet battery life suite. All tests were run with the display calibrated to 200 nits and with Surface, its Touch Cover was attached.
Overall battery life is pretty competitive with the iPad. In lighter use cases Apple pulls ahead slightly, but if you look at our updated web browsing test the heavier CPU load pushes Surface ahead of the third gen iPad. It's not clear how the 4th gen iPad would stack up in this comparison.
Video playback is also decent for Surface, although Apple manages to pull ahead with the win there as well. The bigger accomplishment is that we're seeing a Windows device with battery life that's comparable to other tablets running mobile OSes designed from the ground up.
Microsoft has the right OS platform to be competitive in this space. With some more power efficient hardware I could see a future iteration of Surface moving its way up these charts.
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bogieworf - Thursday, November 29, 2012 - linkWhile I cannot disagree that it would be better to wait and see how these windows tablet/PCs shake out, this is still an exceptionally well sorted out product for a first try. If you need a tablet with the qualities this tablet has, there is no reason to wait. The next gen will be better (aren't they all, pretty much???), but I doubt that it will be dramatically better. The only competition on the horizon right now is the Lenovo Yoga 11 which will be more expensive, probably heavier, and definitely thicker. I don't think this will be much competition (But I do like the Yoga 13 which is a different device aimed at a different market).
The next gen will be better, but this is a solid device and it is good enough today to buy IF this tablet meets your needs Reply
bogieworf - Wednesday, December 12, 2012 - linkAfter using the Surface for several weeks and talking with co-workers who are in the market for a tablet/laptop, I have to reluctantly give the Surface a failing grade. MS has positioned the Surface as the productivity tablet. The catch is that you have to offer enough productivity for people to care about your device and buy it over an comparably priced iPad.
The problem is NOT RT or anything taken out out Office to make it work on the Surface. For the vast majority of people, this is a secondary device and those compromises are fine. Heavy word processing or other productivity will be done on a bigger, more capable device.
Rather the problem is that many, if not most offices, have some SW which has to be downloaded onto your computer in order to access their network and Surface won't let you do that. That is a MAJOR omission. The Office suite covers close to 100% of what most people would do with a tablet like this, but I HAVE to be able to connect to my office!!!
A second and basically related issue is that there is no cellular option. This is a highly portable device and I need the option to connect to my Office on the go. That is not possible with the Surface.
With these two options, the Surface would work for most people as a media tablet with secondary, but meaningful productivity capabilities. Without them, the Surface RT just does not offer enough productivity for most people to prefer this device over an iPad. Reply
bogieworf - Thursday, December 13, 2012 - linkSent my comments to MS regarding the need for the Surface RT to connect to offices. Their response: the Pro will be available in January. While I do not think the Surface is a direct competitor with the iPad, the iPad does set the top price that people expect to pay for a tablet. If you are gong to price your product at the top of the market, you need to make sure the value proposition is there. Just not convinced that the productivity offered by the RT is sufficient to justify the price if you cannot connect the device to your office (or college). Reply
Kit Karamak - Wednesday, February 26, 2014 - linkwhen paying for iPad, you're also paying for a device that has lots of apps, a vast bevvy of choices, etc.
The MS Store stinks, let's face it. Some people would rather get a 16GB ipad2 referb with all the apps they know and like, than to get a surface 32GB that has expandable microSD space, because the apps stink. :(
I have both. I use both for what I intend them for. But not everyone has that option. Then again, having all these gadgets also means I don't own a TV or pay for cable as my trade off. It is what it is. But both devices are great for what they do best. :)
Of course, I waited until the surface came down to $199 on eBay, and yet I bought the iPad Mini 2 /Retina at full price. Ironically, I'm an Android fanboy lol Reply
Kit Karamak - Wednesday, February 26, 2014 - linkNow that you can find the Surface RT on eBay, refurbished by Microsoft with 8.1, for a low price of $199 in mint condition, I've decided to take the plunge.
I'm glad I did. I'm an aspiring novelist. I type a lot, and 8.1 seems to be quite smooth. It runs great. Typing doesn't slow things down one little bit.
The first gen RT runs Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas very well, and I can use my xbox 360 controller to play it. In desktop mode, I can have twitter open in the desktop browser, I can have outlook polling for email, I can type a document and have Facebook up all at the same time. Or more if I want. People often say to get rid of Metro UI for desktop w8, and get rid of desktop for Surface RT/2, but I disagree. Having the desktop mode is fantastic for having ten different windows open (or more if you can squish everything down lol), and the RT, for me, keeps up fairly well.
W8.1 seems to have fixed things people have complained about. I cannot say much more on the subject because I've only owned the tablet for two days, now.
Touch cover is good, two finger scrolling works fine. Type cover is NOT very good. It doesn't let you use the mouse and keys at the same time, meaning you cannot game; these covers do not handle several key strokes at the same time either. Just two or three. In other words, don't expect to use it as a piano replacement for a piano app, or something like that. (I can't really think of a better example at the moment).
Battery is good. Brightness and darkness is good. I hate having things bright when I'm reading at night. And while it's kind of weird to read on this monster-length screen, it can get darker than my iPad 4, which is great when you're in a ridiculously dark room (or re-reading /revising in the dark with a Migraine - yeah I've done it).
moving on, I have to say the microSD card moves fairly quick. As fast as you'd expect from a desktop version of the same thing plugged into a USB2 header on the mobo. It's not searing fast, and it's no slouch either.
The Microsoft store, for gaming, sucks horribly. If San Andreas wasn't on there, I wouldn't even have anything nice to say at all. But I'll take what I can get. Netflix app is good. Always appreciated, y'know? I wish YouTube had one as well, so that you could watch high def videos for long periods of time in an optimized state but... that's okay. Google only has one app for the MS Store - "Search". And that's it.
Speakers are horrible. They're loud enough for watching Netflix, sure. but if you play music or crank them for something other than TV show compressed dialogue sound... then they will distort when you've got the volume up. Not badly. But if you listen to dynamically compressed music (any modern rock or rap or pop group), which is dynamically boosted in the mastering process... then you can be SURE it will distort a little. As an example, the first Foo Fighters album (at full volume) does not distort. But the new Falling in Reverse album distorts horribly. The Chronic (Dr Dre) no distortion. New Eminem? ...Crazy distortion.
RT is supposed to get only 5 points of touch at one time. I have no idea if this is hardware or software based. PRO gets 10, so I've read.
Also, plugging in a 24" Dell 1920x1080 to the first gen RT works fine. At least for me on 8.1 ... but don't expect to game on it. Use it for writing, or having a website open off to the side, or keeping Facebook open while you watch Netflix on your smaller monitor... or just use it for Netflix on your TV and do nothing on the touch screen.
I have NOT tried to see if sound is sent out through the HDMI port. I suspect it should, but I haven't yet tried it, as there are no speakers in my 24" Dell. Sorry, gang.
Finally, battery has been great. It's onpar with my iPad1 and son's iPad mini (1st gen) which have been the best for iPad battery life that I've seen so far (I own the 1, used to own the 2, owned the 4, and an ipad mini2 with retina. The 1 and my kid's Mini1 have the best iPad battery life of the group).
The surface holds its own easily with the 4 I used to own and the mini/retina I currently use.
Finally, as a closing comment, I can plug in my Apple keyboard, which has a USB hub, and it will still power a mouse, connected through the keyboard. It powers two devices. I'm quite happy with that. It makes things a lot easier, to be able to bypass the need for a powered hub is huge for me.
When I'm on the go, I use a Microsoft Bluetooth Entertainment 7000 keyboard. Most of the extra keys work - Volume rocker, dedicated back key, etc. But a lot either doesn't, or isn't marked properly. Fn-F4 has a "home" picture (and when paired to an iPad DOES take you 'home'), but on the surface, it opens the mobile metro version of Internet Explorer.
Also, the other buttons do nothing (magnifying, favorites, music app, camera button, calling button, gadgets obviously, etc). However, the built in mouse it has on the side works great. So that's awesome. I use that most of all. It pairs instantly. As soon as I turn on the keyboard, it starts working right away with Surface. There's no lag time in re-pairing.
If you've read this far... well, thanks for reading! I hope it helped!
I don't know why these websites don't re-review products that have been out for a while. Obviously iPad1 with iOS5.1 and iPad2 with iOS7, and Surface1 with W8.1 are going to work very differently than when they were reviewed. Some things will be better, some will be worse (like battery life on the iPad 4, LOL. Got it became awful later on).
I'd like to suggest to these tech sites to do a "Where are they now" kind of segment to show people interested in buying older tech (IE from ebay) how these devices stack up. Reply


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During the Olympics everyone knows that every second–or hundredth of a second–counts. Due to lag in sound-traveling time, runners in the farthest lane have a disadvantage from the beginning of their athletic challenge. The 'gun' gives runners in the closer lanes a distinct leg-up. This year, however, the Olympics committee is using an electronic gun that makes no noise at all but is instead wired to speakers directly behind each runner, ensuring all runners hear the starting gun at the same time.
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Shakeup in RHS football coaching ranks puzzlingApr 9, 2013 By Craig Blumenshine, Staff Writer
It's fourth and long for the Riverton Wolverine football team.
Continuing with a gridiron metaphor, it seems like the program -- after a successful regular season and a Class 3-A East conference title -- is deep in its own territory, trailing, and it's late in the game.
Since Riverton's fall season ended with a heartbreaking first-round loss to Cody in the Class 3-A state playoffs, Wolverine head coach Jeremy McCormick asked three experienced coaches to not return to the high school football program next season.
And now, more bad news for the Wolverines.
Three more experienced coaches have resigned, having made the decision that it is in their best interests to not return to coach football next season.
These coaches, keep in mind, continue to coach our athletes in other sports at various levels, help with tournaments and activities, participate in Wolverine football fundraising, and many continue to teach our kids in our classrooms.
When you visit with them, they all tell you the same thing. They love coaching.
Those who resigned will tell you it was a gut-wrenching decision to not coach football next season.
In fact, they say, because of the players, resigning was one of the hardest things they have ever done. You hear discussion of an uneasy, years-long, relationship with their head coach but even that, some say, has improved.
But they all add that the personnel moves McCormick made in letting three "quality" coaches go earlier have added to the fallout.
And the resignation train may not be over. When the dust settles, there may be just one head coach and one assistant coach returning from last year's staff of nine Wolverine coaches.
Those of us who have followed the Wolverines for nearly 40 years have never seen anything like this.
What's up?
Digging a bit deeper, you understand that, for years perhaps, this group of coaches has not accomplished the one thing that the coaches have asked their players to execute practice after practice, game after game and season after season: Become a unified team.
RHS activities director Jeremy Hill stands behind McCormick and said that he is looking forward to a new season. Monday, Hill said that he would recommend McCormick be rehired for what would be his sixth season, and that the hiring process for assistant coaches would start Tuesday. Hill said he felt confident that he would be able to fill the open football positions, noting that McCormick might be looking to trim the number of coaches the team will have. Riverton, according to Hill, is one of the higher-staffed Class 3-A programs in Wyoming. The Riverton school board will consider Hill's recommendations.
You have to wonder whether there are four to six varsity-capable football coaches waiting to sign on to Riverton's current program. Hill says that there has been interest expressed in the open assistant varsity coaching positions and that the former varsity assistant coaches would have the school's blessing to coach football at sub-varsity levels.
The Ranger reached out to Coach McCormick repeatedly Monday evening and again Tuesday morning via voice mail and text messages, but messages were not returned.
Of course the head coach should have the authority to choose his assistants and lead that group to become a cohesive, goal-achieving unit. But this is not college level athletics, and it's a fair question to ask why so many of these coaches, who succeed in their other coaching assignments and, apparently, in their relationships with other coaching peers, aren't being allowed, or are not motivated, to continue coaching varsity football.
With football camps just weeks away, a summer of preparation and August practices not far off, there is, at the very least, uncertainty in the RHS football program.
It really is fourth and long.
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Along with the reveal of the new Montana State Bobcat logo this year, the Cats are also now partnered with Under Armour. The new uniforms were revealed to a crowd nearing 300 late last week and the Under Amour tech is fully equipped. Do we need the added advantage of looking the best out on the field in order to win the Big Sky Conference title this season? No, but we'll take it!
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Book Problem Year 3
Another year, another evaluation of my unread book selection. Here's my stack of unread books in May 2008.
And last year I recreated the stacks (I added 49, but read or gave away 49) and took this photo
So, now it's time to fess up. I did not do so well at keeping my unread book pile from continuing to take over the house. I started with 369 books, I read or gave away 41, but brought 79 new titles into the house that I haven't read yet. Yes, that's a total of 407. Here's the visual…
You can see that even Max is a little shocked!
But there's more book news that makes this book problem more serious. You know when you leave home and boxes of your stuff get packed away in your parent's basement? Well, at the age of 38 I finally convinced my Dad that I could handle the boxes (I mean we have a big basement now too ;)), so over the holidays he brought box after box of stuff.
Wanna guess how many books were in these boxes?
Here's a look at the new visual with the books in front.
I refuse to count these and add them to my total. Whatever I don't read or get rid of by next year I'll add.
But you will get to benefit from these extra books I now have. Over the next week or so I will be offering up free books from these boxes. Take a look at the book selection, tell me which one you'd like to have in a comment and on June 2nd I'll pick a winner or two from each day and he or she will receive the book of their choice. PLEASE enter every day. They are used books, but there are some good titles in there.
By recreating my stacks of unread books every year it does hold me in check for a good six months. I don't plan on buying books – well, except for baby – and I won't enter giveaways unless the book is on my wish list. I need to be good because I have a feeling when baby comes my reading may take a hit for a while.
So, do you want to post a picture of your To Be Read pile or piles? Leave a link in the comments and I'll add you here. Come on, let me see that I'm not alone!
Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict, by Laurie Viera Rigler
Finished 5-16-10, rating 4/5, fiction, pub. 2007
Sanitized simulacra, lack of indoor plumbing, and oppressive mothers notwithstanding, there is something about the simplicity and quiet of this world that not only does not disappoint, but which exceeds any expectation. I don't have the constant noise in my brain from all the Internet, ipod, and radio signals streaming all those sounds and words and pictures into my consciousness practically every waking moment of every day. I never even noticed that noise in my brain until I realized I didn't have it anymore.
Chapter 14
Courtney Stone goes to sleep in current day Los Angeles and wakes up in 19th century England. And she's not even herself. She finds herself in the body of Jane Mansfield whose love life strangely mirrors her own. Courtney has always been a fan on Jane Austen and the regency time period, but she finds that novels do not always capture the dark side of pre-plumbing living. How long will she be stuck in Jane's body? And is there anything she can do to get home?
This was a fun and frothy read. I loved when she was able to meet Jane Austen and Austen thought she was a lunatic. I enjoyed the story, but I'm not sure it's one that will stick with me. It was almost too light, but still fun. I know there is a sequel and I will probably pick it up at some point.
This was from my personal library.
Alternate Title Quiz
Here's how to play…Identify the correct title of these fiction bestsellers. I've included the author's initials to help you out. Leave a comment with the # and the title.
No copying from other commenters. Here are more details and the current Leaderboard. I welcome first timers, you still have a chance to win a prize.
Each question is worth 10 points and answers must be submitted by Wednesday at 5 pm (EST).
1. Grabbed (HC) Caught by Harlan Coben
2. The Mountain Lion Society (SM) The Cougar Club by Susan McBride
3. Extraordinary Beings (TC) Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier
4. The Lass Who Ran After the Sphere (SAA) The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Sarah Addison Allen
5. The Appetite Diversions (SC) The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
6. The Tome Stealer (MZ) The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
7. Transfer Us from Sin (DB) Deliver Us From Evil by David Balducci
8. Relish the Second (NR) Savor the Moment by Nora Roberts
9. Down of Wide (PC) South of Broad by Pat Conroy
10. The Maiden Who Jested With Flame (SL) The Girl Who Played With Fire by Steig Larsson
Monday Movie Meme- Dance Scenes
Morning Sickness and My Google Reader
I have spent the better part of the last 2 months on the couch or sleeping too much in bed due to the never-ending awfulness that is morning sickness. Some women are fortunate enough to never experience it. That's not me. Anyway, for the first time in those 2 months, I felt human for a WHOLE DAY! That was yesterday (today is another story, but let's stick with the positive).
I was able to spend a few hours at the computer and for the first time since I got back from San Francisco in early March MY GOOGLE READER IS UNDER 1000 POSTS!! Okay, it's at 957, but I have to start somewhere. I cannot Mark All As Read. It's a personal defect, I know, but I might miss something! I'm hoping to get it to under 100 by the time we leave for France.
Speaking of that on Tuesday will be the last quiz for this round and I'll announce two winners Wednesday night, so be sure to get your answers in early. I'll be bringing the gifts for the winners back from France. We'll be going to the French Open, so if the winner is a tennis fan maybe I could kidnap Rafe Nadal 🙂
You won't want to miss my posts while I'm gone. I'm giving away books every day 🙂
If I check my Reader right now there better not be 1000+ posts already!
Love Walked In, by Marisa de los Santos
Finished 5-11-10, rating 4.5/5, fiction, pub. 2005
If you haven't seen The Philadelphia Story stop what you are doing, rent it, and watch it. It's probably overstating the point to say that until you watch it, you will have been living a partial and colorless life. However, it is definitely on the list of perfect things. You know what I mean, the list that includes the starry sky over the desert, grilled cheese sandwiches, The Great Gatsby, the Chrysler building, Ella Fitzgerald singing "It Don't Mean a Thing (If You Ain't Got That Swing)," white peonies and those little sketches of hands by Leonardo da Vinci.
Chapter 1
Cornelia Brown recognizes a defining moment when she sees it. Managing a coffee shop, while not on the fast track to a choice career, does give the classic movie loving 30-year-old the opportunity to meet a Cary Grant look-alike. Martin Hobbs looks good, sounds good, and Cornelia is ready and willing to fall in love. Only before she gets the chance Martin brings his mystery daughter to the coffee shop and Cornelia falls in love with her instead. Clare Hobbs has been abandoned by her mother and ignored by her father and has had to deal with more than any 11-year-old should. Martin lets Clare stay with Cornelia and he loses some of his charm.
The chapters alternate between Cornelia and Clare and the two form a strong bond. Cornelia now has a purpose and Clare now has security. I loved Cornelia's obsession with old classics. Her love of The Philadelphia Story (my favorite) endeared me to her as did her belief that Jimmy Stewart was the perfect man until Cary Grant walked into the room. I wish that the movie love had continued through more of the book. Clare was a brave little girl who seemed wise beyond her years, and maybe she was, but I couldn't help but love her. Cornelia learned more about herself and love from Clare than she had learned from her life until that point.
The writing was fresh and fun and the story had many unexpected turns. I wasn't crazy about the end, but it was okay, and I would recommend this book to anyone.
This is from my personal library and was chosen by Candice, Amanda, Colleen, and Soft Drink.
"Heartwarming AND beautifully written." Soft Drink
"One of my favorite books (the sequel is another hit!)" Colleen
I Wish I Had a Mother Quiz
Mother's Day has come and gone, but these fictional characters never had the chance to know their mothers. Leave the number and title in the comments. There are books and movies in this quiz.
No copying from other commenters or googling – that's cheating and no fun! Here are more details and the current Leaderboard. I welcome first timers, you still have a chance to win a prize.
Each question is worth 10 points and because I'm so late you have until Friday morning to submit answers.
1. One of my favorite books so far this year, this young girl lost her mother and then her father gave her away to and aunt who moved her to Savannah and surrounded her with wonderful ladies. Saving Cee Cee Honeycutt
2. Pippi Longstocking
3. This gothic classic saw the longsuffering heroine find her prince at Thornfield Manor, only he was married! Jane Eyre
4. Cinderella
5. A couple wanted to adopt a boy, but got sent a girl who wished her name was Cordelia instead. Anne of Green Gables
6. Lily's distant father made her rely on Rosaleen and in turn Rosaleen taught Lily about love and race in the 1960's South. Secret Life of Bees
8. Lady Russell stepped in to give Anne advice in place of her dead mother in this Austen novel. Persuasion
9. Little Orphan Annie
10. Elizabeth Berg's debut introduced us to Katie, a sweet 12-year-old, who is afraid of her father. Berg went on to write 2 more books with Katie. Durable Goods
Limitations, by Scott Turow
Finished audio 5-9-10, rating 4/5, Legal Mystery, pub. 2006
This was originally published as a serial in the Sunday New York Times Magazine. Turow added material and published it in book form.
George Mason is the main character of this legal thriller and his first appearance was in Turow's Personal Injuries, which I've never read but still really enjoyed this one. Mason is an appellate judge and he is in the middle of deciding a high-profile rape case that reminds him of an indiscretion of his 40 years before, his wife is battling cancer and he is receiving death threats both at work and at home. George Mason has a lot on his plate.
I liked his indecision over the rape case and how it related to his college days. It made him see the boys convicted in a light that most of us would never entertain and I thought that was the most compelling part of the story. But ultimately the story hinges on the death threats and who wants the judge dead and I found the culprit to be a satisfying one. I mean, I didn't really suspect him or her but it made some sense at the end.
I think because this story was originally a magazine serial it didn't really focus enough attention on every aspect of the story. I wish his wife's illness had been integrated a little more, but that is a small complaint. I found the story to be thought-provoking and a good thriller.
I checked this audio book out of the library and Jason and I listened to it on our trip to and from my parent's house for Mother's Day. Read by Stephen Lang.
Fave Film #14 – What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Cast – Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio, Juliette Lewis, Mary Steenburgen
DiCaprio was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Gilbert is struggling to keep his family together in a one street small town with no options. He supports his obese, house-bound mother, his mentally challenged brother, and his two sisters in the house that his father built before he hung himself in the basement. The only thing this family has is each other. While Amy, the oldest sister, takes care of the mother, it falls on Gilbert to take care of his brother at all times.
Why I Love It – Usually I fall in love with the performances or the story, but in this case I can't choose one because I loved them both. Obviously, Johnny Depp is going to give you a good performance and this is one of his most normal roles. He plays a long-suffering man of the house struggling to keep it all together with little thought to his needs. But DiCaprio's Arnie equally shines and he was more than deserving of the Academy Award. This was Leonardo before Titanic and showing his acting chops. I was amazed at what he pulled off. Those two performances alone make this movie a must see.
The story is heartbreaking, real, hopeless, and hopeful. The mother had become a joke to the town and even to Gilbert, who was embarrassed by her and for her. Arnie continued to run Gilbert's life and he was stuck in an affair that had nowhere to go. Then Gilbert met a girl just passing through town with her grandmother and his world seemed to expand. Someone was looking at him, for him not for the role he played in her life. I don't want to give too much of the movie away because if you haven't seen it I hope you take the time to check it out. It will touch your heart.
The Shack, by William P. Young
Finished audio 5-5-10, rating 3/5, spiritual fiction, pub. 2007
Narrated by Roger Mueller
Mack is haunted by the death of his youngest daughter. Becoming a shell of his formal self he keeps God at a distance even as his wife embraces God, or Papa as she likes to call him. One day a few years after the kidnapping Mack receives a note from Papa that asks Mack to come to the Shack. Mack hides his intent from his wife and children and heads to the Oregon wilderness one weekend. Mack is greeted by a large black woman (God), and nondescript Jewish man (Jesus) and an Asian spirit (Holy Ghost). As the weekend unfolds Mack learns about what love and God really mean and he is able to come to terms with his heartbreaking past, even beyond that of the death of his daughter.
There are many hot button issues covered here with religion, forgiveness, pain, and grace being a few of the prominent ones. Mack spends alone time with each of the trinity and learns from each of them, some lessons more meaningful than others.
My Mom raved about this one as did many people who read it and I wanted to love it too. Only I didn't love it, but I did like it. There were lots of things to think about in this one, but it didn't change my view of the world or my role in it. There were lots of things in here that I already believed and there were others that were interesting and thought-provoking. I guess I just don't like fiction books that cram too many spiritual ideas in. The story becomes irrelevant and almost trite. I'd rather read a fiction story that addresses one issue or a nonfiction book that doesn't bother with trying to manipulate my feelings.
I listened to this in the car which I do not think was ideal. Maybe if I had been able to set the book down and think on it at various times I would have enjoyed it more.
I borrowed this unabridged audio book from the library.


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Australia's Wendy Matthews
Based in Sydney. Wendy Matthews is Still Standing Strong.
From her very first album: "Heres looking up your address" in 1989 to "She" Wendy Mathews is still rockin audiences.
Wendy's live performances in the corporate marketplace have been memorable, everyone of them oustanding.
Wendy has won seven ARIAS. A record.
Wendy Matthews has a reputation as an artist par excellence with a sublime, expressive voice that never fails to move those who hear it.
Both acoustically and physically, Wendy Matthews moves with an enviable minimalism.
Her music is an unhurried journey of clean melodies, infectious energy and simple grace. Wendy has proven that commitment to beauty is still not only valid but applauded by the public ear.
This is exemplified by the reality that Wendy's music is now in more than 1 million homes in Australia. All her albums to date have multi-platinum status.
Wendy has an immense talent and capacity to capture and define a diverse range of styles in her music.
She takes songs from every genre and makes them her own:
Wendy has performed at some of the most prestigious musical events. From the Montreaux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, live TV specials in Asia, MIDEM in Cannes, to performing in front of over 40,000 people on the steps of the Sydney Opera House.
Her tours play to full houses in both regional and capital city theatres.
Born in Montreal Canada, Wendy joined her first band and left home as a teenager, busking her way across the USA to Los Angeles where she met Glenn Shorrock who invited her to tour with him in Australia in 1982.
Wendy immediately became an in-demand session singer, appearing on many commercial jingles and backing vocals for the likes of The Models "Out of Mind Out of Sight" and became a semi-permanent member of the band. She also sang on albums by Jimmy Barnes, Tim Finn, Richard Clapton and Icehouse.


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Expert Picks: Valero Texas OpenApril 12, 2011
PGA TOUR staff
The PGA TOUR travels to TPC San Antonio this week for the Valero Texas Open. Here's how the PGATOUR.COM experts sized up the top contenders:
How it works: Our experts from PGATOUR.COM select the player they think will win this week's event. By using a draft process, no two picks can be the same. The player who wins the previous week picks last the following week.
Of the players who didn't make the cut for our top picks, which have the best chance as sleepers? To see who our experts picked, click here.
MORE: Power Rankings | Inside the Field | Inside the Course | FANTASY GOLF: Play our game -- FREE! Expert picks: Valero Texas Open Expert
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ADAM SCOTT. Yes, he'll be drained after the Masters. But he'll also be motivated after finishing tied for second. And what better place for Scott to get back on track than at a couse where he's had success before? Amanda
ANGEL CABRERA. Cabrera was strong until the end at the Masters and I think that momentum will carry through in San Antonio. His solo 7th at Augusta was his second top 10 in three starts (T7 in Puerto Rico). If Balionis had the top pick ... Cabrera Chris
GEOFF OGILVY. Much has been made about Charl Schwartzel's four-birdie finish at Augusta, but what about Ogilvy's five straight down the stretch? He's been playing great golf since returning from his early-season injury and has five top-30s in seven starts. If Dunham had the top pick ... Ogilvy John
JIMMY WALKER. Always a crowd favorite, the San Antonio native - at 28th in the FedExCup - is now a legitimate contender. Ranked 6th in scoring average and T3 at Valero last year, all things point toward a "Dy-no-mite" performance. If Swantek had the top pick ... Scott Brian
RYAN PALMER. He's fresh off a top 10 at Augusta National -- his first since the Bob Hope Classic -- and he's from Texas. Palmer tied for ninth in San Antonio last year when he posted a final-round 64, the best Sunday score in the field. If Wacker had the top pick ... Ogilvy John
MARTIN LAIRD. Playing at Augusta Sunday with Tiger Woods was like being in witness protection. He finished T20 at the Masters and is still riding high from his win at the Arnold Palmer. Love his game around the greens. If Schwarb had the top pick ... Ogilvy Ryan
ANTHONY KIM. Missed the cut at the Masters but didn't play all that badly (73-73). Didn't play in the inagural event at TPC San Antonio last year, but always plays well in Texas. Remains one of the best putters on TOUR, so if he can get the driver straightened out ... If Smithson had the top pick ... Palmer Anne
JHONATTAN VEGAS. This Texas resident and Bob Hope Classic champion is coming off his first major experience. He didn't make the cut, but he had a few highlights and will be looking to rebound at TPC San Antonio. If Szeker had the top pick ... Scott Lauren
STEWART CINK. Is one of those players who always likes to play the week after the Masters. This will be his first foray at TPC San Antonio. Was playing pretty well (a couple of top-15s) until he missed the cut at Augusta National. Is beyond past due to win. If Deason had the top pick ... Scott Mike
RICKY BARNES. Tied for 20th in the Masters last week despite shooting 75 on Saturday. Is always on everyone's "Why hasn't he won yet?" lists. Didn't play this event last year but added it to his schedule this year with its new spot on the April calendar. If McAllister had the top pick ... Scott Standings after 15 events LAST WEEK: No movement in the standings, but Mike McAllister extended his lead when Tiger Woods tied for fourth at Augusta National. Position Name Wins Top-5s Top-10s Top-25s FedExCup points 1 Mike McAllister
Managing Editor, PGATOUR.COM
1 6 6 10 1927.05 2 Lauren Deason
Editorial Coordinator, PGATOUR.COM
1 5 7 8 1433.15 3 John Swantek
Host, On The Tee
1 3 4 7 997.50 4 Brian Wacker
Site Producer, PGATOUR.COM
0 1 3 9 794.08 5 Chris Dunham
Editorial Coordinator, PGATOUR.COM
0 2 7 8 749.99 6 Ryan Smithson
Site Producer, PGATOUR.COM
0 3 4 7 692.82 7 Anne Szeker
Site Producer, PGATOUR.COM
0 1 2 7 597.04 8 John Schwarb
Site Producer, PGATOUR.COM
0 0 3 7 552.87 9 Helen Ross
Chief of Correspondents, PGATOUR.COM
0 0 3 5 437.90 10* Amanda Balionis
Host, PGA TOUR Today
0 0 0 1 91.50
MAKE YOUR PICK: Tell us who you expect to win this week's event.


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Trees of Panama and Costa Rica
This is the first field guide dedicated to the diverse tree species of Panama and Costa Rica. Featuring close to 500 tropical tree species, Trees of Panama and Costa Rica includes superb color photos, abundant color distribution maps, and concise descriptions of key characteristics, making this guide readily accessible to botanists, biologists, and casual nature lovers alike.
The invaluable introductory chapters discuss tree diversity in Central America and the basics of tree identification. Family and species accounts are treated alphabetically and describe family size, number of genera and species, floral characteristics, and relative abundance. Color distribution maps supplement the useful species descriptions, and facing-page photographic plates detail bark, leaf, flower, or fruit of the species featured. Helpful appendices contain a full glossary, a comprehensive guide to leaf forms, and a list of families not covered.
"Trees of Panama and Costa Rica includes superb color photos, abundant color distribution maps, and concise descriptions of key characteristics, making this guide readily accessible to botanists, biologists, and casual nature lovers alike."--Ian Paulsen, Birdbooker Report
"Replete with plentiful photographs as well as helpful textual descriptions and distribution maps, not to mention a superb introductory section explaining the essentials of the biology of tropical trees, Trees of Panama and Costa Rica is a book that should be in the backpack or field bag of anyone undertaking any manner of nature-oriented trip into the countryside of either of these two nations."--Well-read Naturalist
"There are many floras that professional botanists can use to identify tropical trees, but few quality field guides for laypersons. The current work is a concise, user-friendly field guide in the tradition of the popular Peterson and Audubon guides. . . . This is a valuable addition to the limited popular literature on tropical botany."--Choice
"This is a wonderful book for visitors to the region who want to try to know the trees that grow there. It is also a major, important work for biologists ecologists, and students working in these two beautiful countries."--Dan Kunkle, Wildlife Activist
"Quite rightly, the publisher claims there is no other book like this one. It well merits a long life in the hands of nature lovers of all stripes."--Neil A. Harriman, Plant Science Bulletin
"This is an impressive tour-de-force of tropical plant identification. The lively writing is accessible to nonspecialists, while the broad taxonomic coverage and authoritative species descriptions make this guide useful to professional botanists."--Brad Boyle, University of Arizona
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Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Updates + Links
For those who don't get my free email newsletter, I've finally received a few confirmed events for my Australian/New Zealand tour in August! Info can be found here: http://www.mariavsnyder.com/AUS.php
AND I finished the exclusive short story ICE STUDY about Yelena and Valek as they race to save the ICE MOON from a rogue magician :) Now that my newsletter subscribers have read it, I've put it on my website for all to read! Here's the link: http://www.mariavsnyder.com/IceStudy.php I also fixed the broken link to PROTECT THE CHILDREN (another of my free short stories). http://www.mariavsnyder.com/protect.php
A blogger Read Me Bookmark Me Love Me has posted a couple fantastic reviews of INSIDE OUT and OUTSIDE IN and is giving away a set of the books with the Australian covers - it's open to international readers. The contest ends 23 July.
Review of INSIDE OUT: http://readmebookmarkmeloveme.blogspot.com/2011/06/review-inside-out.html
Review of OUTSIDE IN: http://readmebookmarkmeloveme.blogspot.com/2011/06/review-outside-in.html
Contest details: http://readmebookmarkmeloveme.blogspot.com/2011/06/giveaway-inside-out-outside-in.html
Lastly here's an interview and another contest/giveaway over at Romancing the Book: http://www.romancing-the-book.com/2011/06/interview-and-contest-with-maria-v.html The contest ends 3 July.
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- Rebecca LindsayJune 29, 2011 at 4:31 PM
Ace! I've just entered one of the competitions :) Your Study books are my favourite series EVER (even over Harry Potter which I have loved since I was a kid) and I would love to win a signed book of yours :)ReplyDelete
Good luck for the Prism Awards and I hope you win!! :)
Thanks for the mention! Can't wait for you to come down here even though I won't be able to see you ;)ReplyDelete
Can't wait for you to come down to Australia. :D My friends and I are so going! We love your books. :DReplyDelete
I am SO excited that you're coming to Australia! I started your books when I won Storm Glass back in March and have fallen in love with them all. <333ReplyDelete
Awesome news about the Australian tour! Hope to make the Rendezvous event.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the comments! I'm so excited about my trip and it's wonderful that many of you can make some of my events :)ReplyDelete
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Sixth-grade students at St. Francis School in Goshen are spreading their wings, and some paper, to reach out to Japan in the country's time of need.
This past fall, students read two books, "Hiroshima" and "One Thousand Paper Cranes," as part of a study about the atomic bombings of Japan by the United States.
An Oldham County High School student must have eaten his Wheaties the morning of the American College Testing exam.
Cory Smith, son of Tommy and Angela Smith of La Grange, earned a perfect score on the ACT, which has not been accomplished at his school in at least eight years, his guidance counselor said.
A Crestwood native is taking one small step toward a career as an astronaut.
Jake Gamsky, 23, a physics major at the University of Kentucky and 2006 graduate of South Oldham High School, was recently admitted to the International Space University space studies program.
A town hall meeting April 14 at North Oldham High School attracted 25 residents interested in a discussion with members of the Oldham County Board of Education.
The school board hosted the meeting, and six members of the audience signed in to address the board.
The University of Kentucky Gaines Center for the Humanities has selected 11 undergraduates, including Elizabeth Schaller of La Grange, as new scholars in UK's Gaines Fellowship Program.
Residents have the opportunity to approach school board members and personnel during a town hall meeting.
The event is scheduled at 6 p.m. April 14 at North Oldham High School.
Kentucky adults considering returning to college have a free resource to help them make decisions about higher education.
A presentation on forensic science at Oldham County High School Wednesday was not for the faint of heart.
A couple of students looked green about the gills, and a few covered their eyes, heeding La Grange Police Chief Kevin Collett's warning before he showed a few gory photos.
It's something many of the students in Kirk Thomas' fourth grade class hadn't tasted.
But since Thursday when they cooked stir-fry in nutrition class, it's something many will be asking their parents to make on a regular basis.
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