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Finally, here is a sgf file with the solution to the previously-published endgame problem! The sequence takes 17 moves in total, including difficult-to-spot tesuji such as white 11, 13 and 15.
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Finally, here is a sgf file with the solution to the previously-published endgame problem! The sequence takes 17 moves in total, including difficult-to-spot tesuji such as white 11, 13 and 15.
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Continuing from the previous tsumego post, here is a sample wrong attempt for white, and a part of the correct answer. Don't expect the tsumego still to be all too easy, however!
Jeff recently returned to China for a short period of time, and brought several tsumego books as a souvenir. One of them turned out to be excellent practice, with a lot of the problems being Igo Hatsuyo-ron level, but with relatively uncommon shapes.
In general, classic tsumego collections don't give me too big of a challenge anymore, because I'm more or less familiar with the shapes—there's only a limited amount of those, and once you've seen a big portion of them, remembering them also gets fairly easy. This book, however, still regularly confounds me with tesuji that I haven't seen before, or at least the way of application seems novel. Below is the front cover of the book.
This time I'm presenting (likely) the last 30-minute tsumego test I'll do at the Mimura go dojo. I'm still going there one more time, on next week's Wednesday, but it's not sure if we'll have a test then or not. This time around the tsumego were fairly easy, relatively speaking, and kyu players should have a fair chance at getting them right as well. Some five-six students (myself included) got a perfect result, and even the rest got something in the range of 15-22 correct (23 was maximum).
As usual, expect the answers to the tsumego later on in the comments section. All problems are black first, but remember to look for the best result for both sides.
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Here comes the latest 30-minute tsumego test we did at the Ichikawa go dojo. I got the highest score out of all the students, but still made a simple misread in the last problem. The problems aren't actually all that difficult, but a hint may come in handy: remember, search for the best result for both players. That's what tsumego is all about.
Black goes first in all problems. Sometime later I'll add the answers as a comment to this post!
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I felt like putting some tsumego up after I stated I won't be scribing the 80-tsumego test. Here are my two favorite problems from the last collection I worked through, 求真詰碁2. Finding the answers needs some out-of-the-box thinking! Target audience is dan-level players.
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The last week's been usually busy again. Around last week's Wednesday I caught a cold, although for a Finn, the temperature's been really high for this time of the year. During daytime, it's something like 5°C here in Tokyo, while it's been -30°C in my hometown of Oulu for the last week or so. That's the kind of temperature that you cannot be sure whether you're able to start your car or not!
While I did catch the cold, it wasn't luckily too big of a deal. I probably had a temperature, but nothing past 37.5°C — not enough to prevent me from participating in the weekend's insei games. The headache that came with the cold made playing slightly difficult though, and I noted an interesting shift in my play: playing the opening game was easy, as I wasn't able to over-think things, but I lost control further into the games. In the end, I did manage to win three of the six games, which is a fine defense.
For the past week, I've been continuing my professional game memorizing plan, although at a slower rate of new games. In addition, I've done something like a whopping 1000 tsumego just this week. When I yesterday returned to the Ichikawa dojo from about one week's absence, I scored both three wins out of three games (including a win against Mimura Kenta, insei B class), and also got the top score at a 30-minute tsumego test we had. Usually I would have trouble even solving all the tsumego in time, but somehow this time around I finished five minutes early — and while I did miss two solutions, I still got the top score out of the students. As we didn't hold our English class this week, and the last weekend's games weren't of too high quality in the end, I thought to include the afore-mentioned tsumego test this time for the readers' interest. All the 15 tsumego are in the following sgf file!
edit February 9 20:55: Whoops, forgot two key stones from the very first problem. Sorry! Fixed now.
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For this week's Weekly go, they'd asked 130 Japanese professionals about the best tsumego; this research appears to have been conducted in a poll-like manner, giving the professionals a larger set of famous tsumego and then the pros picking their favorites. The ten most popular problems were then published in the newspaper, in an article named "Fundamentals are important". The problems aren't of exceptionally high level, but very important to know — which is why I'm posting them all here. I would imagine stronger kyu players can get most of them right even without initially knowing them, and dan players should know them all by heart — if not, here's a chance to correct that!
As with tsumego normally, the objective is to find the best result for both sides. That's why, this time around, I won't be telling which side is to go first. In most problems, though, it's still fairly obvious. All diagrams have again been made with jGoBoard.
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Thank you to everyone who helped me raise $1,000 to fight multiple sclerosis. I'm honored to have been part of this effort, and it was inspiring to see so many New Yorkers riding in the rain to fight a terrible disease. And best of all, twice during the ride, we passed the Walk For Breast Cancer twice. I didn't se rosiebird but she was in there.

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Getting to the Bottom of 'Grubergate'
I don't know how or why Jonathan Gruber has gotten so much wrong about the Affordable Care Act. But as someone who worked on health reform for the Obama administration, I'd like to clear up a few things:
Mr. Gruber was not, as many claim, the architect of the health-care law. He is an MIT economist who, as a consultant to the Department of Health and Human Services, modeled the impact of various subsidy levels and rules. He did not make policy, nor did he work for the White House, HHS, or any congressional committee. Earlier, he advised the Massachusetts legislature when it created the health-care reforms that were a model for the ACA.


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Research Opportunities
A number of opportunities are made available, during the summer as well as in regular academic terms, for students to pursue original research projects in collaboration with professors or with faculty guidance. Many such investigations are showcased at an annual poster event held each spring. As Director of Undergraduate Research, Professor of Chemistry Ron Pongdee coordinates access to these opportunities. Consult him and the research website for further information.
Service-Learning and Community Engagement
The Community Engaged Learning (CEL) program connects the classroom to local, national, and international communities and rests on a commitment to the involvement of faculty, students, and community partners in service projects, community-based dialogue, problem-solving, and personal reflection informed by academic study. Pursued in this way, community engagement encourages self-knowledge, a deepened understanding of place, and intellectual development.
Courses with the CE (Community Engagement) designation can be found online through the registrar's schedule of classes, and further information is available from the CE Director, Professor of Philosophy James Peterman. Service-learning opportunities are also available through study abroad.
Yale Directed Research Program
The Yale Directed Research Program enables select junior or senior students—usually psychology or biology majors—to pursue directed research during a semester plus a summer at Yale. In the medical school setting of the Yale Child Study Center, these students conduct research with one or more faculty members on a topic of mutual interest, participate in weekly research meetings, and take a research methods seminar as well as at least one upper-level seminar. Students earn academic credit for their semester of study at Yale. Summer-only research opportunities at Yale's Child Study Center are also available to Sewanee students.
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Sewanee offers vocational exploration during the summer in the form of discernment and reflection retreats and in internship funding. The process includes a 6-8 week internship in the fields of either ordained ministry or work with service or non-profit organizations.
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The Sewanee Environmental Institute, or SEI, under the directorship of Sarah Sherwood, is a center for environmental education and research that promotes the use of the University of the South's ecologically and culturally diverse 13,000-acre campus as a living laboratory for the interdisciplinary study of people and the land. SEI offers field-based educational programs at the undergraduate and pre-college level, particularly during the summer months, and fosters faculty-mentored student research on the Cumberland Plateau.
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Theatre Arts majors or minors in their junior year may apply to spend a semester in intensive theatre study in New York City. The program is based at the Michael Howard Studio, a small professional theatre school. Participants generally take courses in acting, voice and speech, and movement. The program is flexible and can accommodate students with diverse interests, such as playwriting, directing, design, dance, or stage management. Students, as part of their study, may also arrange internships with professional theatre organizations in New York.
Those interested in the program may apply, usually in the second semester of their sophomore year, by writing to the program director, who can supply further information about the program's character and criteria for selection.
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A certain number of students are accepted as residents in the Italian, French, German, Spanish, and Russian houses each year. Students enter at the beginning of the semester and agree to speak only the language of the house to enrich their language experience. Cultural and social events are also scheduled in each house.
Center for Religion and Environment
Supported by the University's commitment to sustainability and by its extensive course offerings in environmental studies, the Center for Religion and Environment at Sewanee seeks to transform individuals and society by helping both to integrate their faith with care for the natural environment. All students are invited to participate in Center activities, including its "Earthkeepers" gatherings and "Opening the Book of Nature" program. On occasion, the Earthkeepers group takes observational field trips accompanied by interested faculty members. The group also meets regularly to discuss major themes related to the environment, Christian scripture and theology, as well as how these themes bear on concepts in the natural and social sciences. The character of this university-wide Center for Religion and Environment, directed by Economics Professor Emeritus Robin Gottfried and associated also with The School of Theology, is virtually unique in American higher education.
The Babson Center
At Sewanee, we believe that the best preparation for a career in business is a broad-based liberal arts education. Many of today's leaders in commerce attribute their success to the critical thinking skills, writing and speaking skills, and study of the human experience that are the core of the liberal arts tradition. An important part of human experience is the world of business and commerce: At the Babson Center for Global Commerce, the University and the business world come together to assist students in preparing for successful careers as business leaders.
Academic Technology Center
The Academic Technology Center features the main computer lab and multimedia workstations, which are equipped with multimedia software, scanners, CD burners, and other equipment. The Writing Center is also located in the ATC lab, and tutors there are available to assist students with writing assignments.
Special (Student-Initiated) Majors
Certain interdisciplinary majors, individualized to meet a student's needs and goals, may be initiated by students. Such majors must provide benefits not obtainable through an established major. After consultation with the associate dean of the college, a student may complete a form designed for special majors and submit this for consideration by the curriculum committee. If the proposal is accepted by the curriculum committee, it goes on to the faculty for approval.
A specified faculty coordinator, with other participating faculty (usually two additional), is responsible for advising students and administering comprehensive exams in each independent major. These majors adhere to the rules of other majors. No pass/fail courses can be included in the interdisciplinary major, and major courses cannot be counted toward a major or minor in another field.
Student-Initiated Courses
During the second semester, as many as three special courses may be offered based on student proposals. Proposals must be submitted during the first month of the preceding semester to the Dean of the College.
If such a course is offered, all students who request/propose it are expected to register for it except under exceptional circumstances. All courses must have the approval of the faculty. More information can be found here.
Landscape Analysis Lab
In the Landscape Analysis Lab, students participate in interdisciplinary environmental research, education, outreach, internships, and independent study while making use of the Lab's geographic information systems computer network.
Language Laboratory
The E. L. Kellerman Language Resource Center provides audio, video, and computer equipment for enhanced language study.
Cordell-Lorenz Observatory
The University Observatory offers numerous telescopes of various sizes for public use, research, and academic and enrichment activities.


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Parabens - Avoid or use? You must decide
Parabens are widely used preservatives, used as food additives, in cosmetics and certain pharmaceuticals.
They are an effective preservative with bactericidal and fungicidal properties.
Parabens are commonly found in many day to day products that we use, such as toothpaste, shampoo, moisturizers, skin care products, etc.
For many years, parabens have been considered safe and are legally used both in the UK and overseas, as they are virtually non-toxic. However, several studies in recent years have suggested that parabens might be more harmful than we think, although many results are inconclusive.
We need to be aware and keep informed about Parabens and decide for ourselves.


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Moment UK-bound migrants breaks into lorry with a KNIFE as crisis spirals out of control
A BRITAIN-BOUND migrant was pictured using a KNIFE to hack his way into a lorry at Calais as Europe's migrant crisis continued to spiral out of control today.
A migrant uses a knife to break into a lorry at Calais
The truck was trapped in a traffic jam at the notorious French port town when the opportunistic migrant climbed on top and started to slash away at the roof.
Drivers watched on in astonishment as the brazen man sauntered through the standing traffic before clambering up the side of the lorry and bringing out the blade.
British truckers are forced to run the gauntlet of desperate migrants daily as thousands swarm the streets trying to break into their vehicles and smuggle themselves into the UK.
The migrant disappears through the roof after cutting into the lorry
Thousands of migrants are camped out at Calais
The migrant climbed aboard the lorry at Calais
The shocking pictures are the latest example of the growing migrant chaos gripping Calais and large parts of Europe which is spiralling out of control.
Passengers were stranded aboard a Eurostar train in disgusting conditions for 16 hours after migrants blockaded the tracks and forced it to stop.
In a sign of their growing desperation, migrants around Calais have stopped trying to break into the entrance to the Channel Tunnel, which is now heavily guarded by fences and sniffer dogs funded by Britain.
Instead they have started risking their lives by breaking onto tracks outside the port town, forcing trains to stop so that they can then climb aboard and stowaway.
Eurotunnel has vowed not to let any trains through the tunnel if it suspects that there may be illegal immigrants on board.
Thousands of migrants stormed Budapest station this morning
A migrant leaps aboard a train bound for Germany
Yesterday, heartbreaking images showing the body of a young boy being retrieved from a Turkish beach shocked the world.
Photos of the drowned toddler lying face-down on the sand and then being cradled by a rescue worker came to encapsulate the misery and danger being suffered by thousands of migrants trying to move to Europe to start a better life.
This morning thousands of migrants fought to get on trains to Germany after storming Budapest's central station, which had been closed by police for two days.
Thousands of migrants on the Greece-Macedonian border
Migrants hike the last few miles to the Macedonia border
Europe's free-movement rules were on the brink of collapse as countries scrambled to reimpose border controls in a desperate bid to control the flow.
Hand-wringing EU leaders have been accused of standing by and doing nothing to avert a crisis which has exposed the factions and petty divisions within the 28-nation bloc.
Thousands of migrants have drowned trying to make their way across the Mediterranean this year, with unprecedented numbers landing on the shores of southern European countries like Italy and Greece.
Last month the liquefying bodies of more than 70 migrants who had suffocated in the back of a lorry were discovered abandoned on the hard shoulder of an Austrian motorway.
More than 4,000 people are camped out in an around Calais desperately trying to make their way to Britain.
The migrants have been breaking into the Channel Tunnel and smuggling themselves onto lorries trying to make the crossing.
Today David Cameron came under fierce criticism over Britain's reluctance to take on more of the migrants arriving in Europe.
But the Government fought back and said European countries should be focussing on tackling the problems including war and poverty which are driving people to leave their home countries in the first place.
Britain has given £900 million in aid to Syria over the last three years, far more than any other EU state.


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The bouncer attempted to hail a cab for the 47-year-old, but Brolin eventually broke loose and ran away.
Update: Josh Brolin Enters Rehab
This isn't Brolin's first incident of this ilk. He was arrested two other times, most notably on New Year's Day.
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Truck drivers are especially susceptible to fatigue. The long hours, boredom and seemingly endless roads are all contributors to tiredness. Add into the mix sleep disorders and not following the body's natural biological clock by driving at night and it could be the combination needed for a deadly accident caused by truck driver fatigue.
Recently, in Chicago, a state trooper was killed in a truck accident. According to a report obtained by the Sun-Times, the truck driver had fallen asleep, veered to the left and crashed into a patrol car that was parked on the left shoulder of Interstate 294.
The 28-year-old state trooper inside of the patrol car was killed. At this point, an investigation into the crash is still ongoing and the driver of the truck is yet to be charged.
In Illinois, trucks are supposed to stay in the far two right lanes on interstates. However, if it is true the driver fell asleep behind the wheel, this would explain how he ended up on the left side.
In looking at this accident, there are many questions that need to be answered. For example, the accident happened shortly after 11 p.m., was the driver on the road too long? Were his log books up-to-date? What about the driver? Does he have a sleep disorder? Did the company he works for know about this sleep disorder yet continue to let him drive anyway?
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Source: CBS Chicago, "Trucker Fell Asleep In Crash That Killed Trooper: Report," April 26, 2013


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Organisations globally have looked to design to help them innovate, differentiate and compete in a changing economic climate; majority of these design innovation approaches have to date yielded viable product or project outcomes and are well documented in the literature. One example of this is the extensive exploration of designs contribution to new product development cycles and in turn R&D departments worldwide. More recently the shift towards strategic design within organisations has gained momentum however there is a lack of understanding in its strategic application to industries of various construct and context.
Therefore, the aim of this track is to facilitate and encourage discussion surrounding the implementation of strategic design within businesses – success and failures alike. Considering this, the question is raised:
- How can the specific knowledge and skills of designers be better articulated, understood, implemented and valued as core components of strategic innovation in businesses?
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Dong, A. (2015). Design × innovation: Perspective or evidence-based practices. International Journal of Design Creativity and Innovation, 3(3–4), 148–163. doi: 10.1080/21650349.2014.943294
Junginger, S. (2008). Product development as a vehicle for organizational change. Design Issues, 24(1), 26–35. doi:10.1162/desi.2008.24.1.26
Junginger, S. (2015). Organizational design legacies and service design. The Design Journal, 18(2), 209–226. http://dx.doi.org/10.2752/175630615X14212498964277
Kyffin, S., & Gardien, P. (2009). Navigating the innovation matrix: An approach to design-led innovation. International Journal of Design, 3(1), 57–69
Leong, B. D., & Clark, H. (2003). Culture-based knowledge towards new design thinking and practice—A dialogue. Design Issues, 19(3), 48–58. doi:10.1162/074793603768290838
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Gaming is our business, and during Responsible Gaming Education Week (August 6-10), Caesars Entertainment is celebrating our commitment to conduct our business with the highest degree of integrity.
Although the American Gaming Association has been leading this effort for two decades, Caesars Entertainment created responsible gaming initiatives that set the industry standard nearly 30 years ago. Caesars' Responsible Gaming program is built on science-based research and supported by innovative technology, practical tools, and comprehensive training for our team members.
This year Caesars Entertainment is celebrating the 15thyear of our Responsible Gaming Ambassador program! The first in our industry, this program is a best practice that is being adopted by many other gaming companies. Our Responsible Gaming Chairs & Ambassadors are the key to helping our team members continue to inspire grown-ups to play, while offering help to guests if the fun stops.
Caesars Entertainment has 895 Responsible Gaming Ambassadors who are specially trained to have conversations with guests or someone close to a guest to offer assistance when there is a concern that they may not be gambling responsibly. These leaders are selected after achieving supervisor status and usually have several years of gaming job experience under their belts.
In addition to completing basic Responsible Gaming Awareness training modules, Responsible Gaming Ambassadors must undergo additional dedicated Responsible Gaming Ambassadors training. They are taught to carefully listen to conversations and alert their supervisors when they hear comments that cause concern such as:
Caesars Entertainment continues to build upon our legacy of leading the industry with best-in-class Responsible Gaming practices and is committed to a Caring Culture and Inspiring Grown Ups to Play responsibly.


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Yes, you heard it right, another movie of Salman on Eid day reaching milestone of 100 crore in just 5 days, the fastest to reach this figure in 2014. With this record, Salman is the only Bollywood star to have 7 movies in 100 crore elite club. Kick being the latest with Jai Ho, Ek Tha Tiger, Dabangg 2, Bodyguard, Dabangg and Ready.
Let's see if Kick can beat Chennai Express and Dhoom 3 with Box office Collection of 226 crore and 280 crore respectively.
Here is the day-wise break-up of domestic box office collection of Kick.
- Kick Movie Friday (25 July 2014) Box office collection: Rs. 26 crore
- Kick Movie Saturday (26 July 2014) Box office collection: Rs. 27 Crore
- Kick Movie Sunday (27 July 2014) Box office collection: Rs. 30 Crore
- Kick Movie Monday (28 July 2014) Box office collection: Rs. 14 crore
- Kick Movie Tuesday (29 July 2014 -Eid Day) Box office collection: Rs. 20 crore
Kick Total 5 days Box Collection Till Eid Day: Rs 117 Crore. Expected total box office collection of Kick Movie – 200 crore.
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Following Angelina Jolie's filing for divorce, an article falsified to look like it was published by Fox News has started making the rounds on Facebook with the extremely clickable headline "R.I.P Brad Pitt."
Fortunately, Pitt is not dead. The post is merely a hoax that has been created by a savvy hacker to trick vulnerable users into handing over their email address, password and other personal details.
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Back in the day—a phrase that ensures you're in for a nostalgia trip—outboard engine power ruled the offshore racing world. In 1985, for example, it was common to have as many as 15 outboard-powered 24-foot Skater catamarans in the Stock class of an offshore race. For anyone who has followed the sport during the past 20 years, that's hard to imagine.
And still, in a sport currently littered with one- to three-boat classes with ever-changing rules and specifications, the Stock/Super Stock class in Super Boat International, Offshore Powerboat Association and Offshore Super Series competition consistently fields five- to seven-boat catamaran fleets with deck-to-deck racing.
"Basically, we have been running the same motor-and-hull figuration since 1998," said Ryan Beckley, who has been racing offshore for 19 years, ran his first Stock class race in 2000 and throttles his own cat, the 30-foot Skater DoubleEdge Motorsports, with rotating drivers Ryan Slater and Chris Schoenbohm. "We've been just about the most consistent class [in terms of fleet size]this year. Super V Light has been pretty consistent, but they allow two different motors and there has been some disagreement [among the class competitors]around that. Our class and Super V Light also support all the racing organizations."
Stock class is simple, canopied (SBI allows open cockpits in Stock but "no one runs them," said Beckley) catamarans from 28 to 32 feet powered by twin 280-hp Mercury Racing 2.5-litre two-stroke outboards. Under OSS and OPA rules, the engines have to remain completely stock. SBI rules allow competitors to change the rev limiters in their engines.
"Mercury put a whole lot of development into that motor and limited it at 8,200 rpm," said Beckley. "Some guys turn up the rev limiter, but that's when stuff starts to break. I have always run the stock rev limiter."
The perception that 2.5-litre engines frequently break down is, according to Beckley, incorrect. Of course, as with all engines used in racing applications, failures happen. But in Stock class, at least they are not economically catastrophic.
"They don't blow up all that often, but when they do it costs between $8,000 and $10,000 for a new powerhead," said Beckley. "What does it cost to replace a Sterling [engine], $50,000, $60,000?
"The Stock class is pretty economical," he added. "For what it costs to build one turbine boat, you could build five Stock class boats."
Still, like the high-performance powerboat world itself, offshore racing has continued to head in the big-block-and-stern-drive direction. That makes sense given that recreational go-fast offshore boat owners today are more familiar with big-block/stern-drive propulsion packages, and present and future offshore powerboat racers most often come from the recreational ranks. Still, the Stock class continues to hold its own and has consistently seen double-digit fleet sizes overseas in its X-Cat counterpart under the Union Internationale Motonautique umbrella.
Beckley, who lives in Sarasota, Fla., has competed in two X-Cat races as a driver with Stock-class throttling legend, and multi-time world champion, Gary Ballough. Yet he has no aspirations of jumping domestic ship and heading abroad to try his luck. He says he is committed to helping solve the problems of offshore racing at home.
"There are too many classes, and too many organizations willing to make new classes for people with a lot of money," said Beckley. "And there are too many races scheduled on top of one another. There will always be more than one racing organization. They just have to work harder to schedule races on top of each other."
By the time the 2012 SBI Key West Offshore World Championships come around in mid-November, Beckley will have competed in ten events this season. Though he describes it as "a lot" of races, his passion for the sport and particularly the Stock class never wanes.
"It's kind of a diehard, non-conformist class, sort of with the Motocross or Supercross, two-stroke mentality if you know what I mean," he said. "Once you get in one of these boats, you're hooked.
"And the camaraderie of our class—it's a really great bunch of guys," he adds. "You need a powerhead? Someone to go with you to Skater for repairs because you flipped your boat? Any one of them will bend over backward to help the next guy."
Matt Trulio is an award-winning journalist who has covered the high-performance powerboat world since 1995. He wrote for Powerboat magazine for 17 years and was the magazine's editor at large until it ceased publication in 2011. Trulio is the founder, editor-in-chief and publisher of speedonthewater.com, a daily news site that covers the high-performance powerboat realm. He's also the editor of Sportboat magazine.


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● 1 onion, chopped
● 1 small sweet red pepper,diced
● 2 tbsp olive oil
● 1 garlic clove, crushed
● 1 tsp honey
● 1 tsp dried oregano (or mixed dried herbs)
● 400g can Chopped Tomatoes
● 2 x 300g can cannellini beans, dried and rinsed
● 12 pitted olives
● 300g fusilli pasta
● 500g cod, divided into 4 portions
1. Pre-heat the grill, fry the onion and pepper in 1 tbsp oil. Do this over a medium heat for 5 minutes, stirring often. Add the garlic and cook for another minute.
2. Add the honey, herbs and tomatoes and simmer uncovered for 5 minutes.
3. Purée until almost smooth. Add the beans, olives and 150ml water. Simmer, covered, for another 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
4. Cook the pasta in a pan of boiling water, uncovered, for 10-12 minutes or until just tender. Drain.
5. Brush the fish with the rest of the oil and season. Transfer the fish on to a lightly greased baking tray. Cook under the grill for 8-10 minutes or until the fish flakes easily.
6. Mix the fusilli pasta with the tomato sauce and serve in bowls with a slice of fish on top. Season with black pepper.
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- Must download the app: Customers can access SurePay only after downloading the Wells Fargo app — it is not a standalone app that anyone can use.
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If you're a Wells Fargo customer, you'll likely find SurePay worth downloading. It takes just seconds to install and enables you to send money to someone, even if you forgot your wallet or can't find a Wells Fargo ATM.
If you don't bank with Wells Fargo, you might find the service isn't worth your time. You would have to register with SurePay and connect a bank account to receive money, which could be more than you're willing to do when there are other apps available that anyone can use.
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November 14. 2020. Porter, TX (near H-town /Kingwood)
Time: 8AM Start
- 26452 Sorters McClellan Rd, Porter, TX 77365
- $40 Through 10-14
- $50 Through 10-31
- $60 After that
- $65 on Race day
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This event starts and finishes at the brewery and runs a well supported, flat and fast out and back course through a beautiful and shady neighborhood.
- Strollers are WELCOME on the course!
- Pets welcome! Please keep to the back. Runners with pets not eligible for awards
- Finisher pint glass with event logo.
- All runners receive 4 x 8oz beer tastings at the finish line with an event FINISHER pint glass.
- Tech shirts to everyone.
- Beer Tasting!
- Brewery Tours
- Food Trucks
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Gildan Tech shirt. Upon finishing each runner recieve a custom event "Finisher" pint glass and 4 x 8oz tastings. You will also have an opportunity to win a very nice custom award for running faster than your age group. There will be food for sale for anyone wishing to purchase breakfast tacos or other delicious food cooked on site. FOOD IS NOT INCLUDED IN ENTRY FEE.
Top overall Male and Female and top overall master (40 and up) will receive unique award, also, we will issue very unique awards for top three in the following age groups (male and female): 29 and under, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69 and 70 and up.
The Course
Starts and finishes at Back Pew Brewery, runs rural neighborhood roads and finishes at the Brewery. We will have one water stop hit twice on the course.
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A Year in Review
I think I jinxed myself when last year I said that 2017 had a lot riding on it... because it decided to turn into the biggest dumpster fire you can imagine. Yes, suck it 2017, may I NEVER have a year like you ever again for as long as I live. I know a lot of you probably feel this way as well, but after multiple family deaths and all the chaos and cleaning that followed, I felt like most of my time wasn't my own, except when I could escape into books. Therefore once again I have to say thank you to literature, without you I wouldn't have kept my sanity, or at least kept a small sliver of sanity. So now let's look back on what I read in 2017 and see if I remember any of it!
1) No Wind of Blame by Georgette Heyer: I read this book solely so I could read the sequel which is supposedly a really great Christmas murder mystery. This was NOT a great murder mystery and in fact I was rage reading near the end, which is when the murder finally happened and sadly was only one of the many unlikeable characters.
2) Creature Comforts by Charles Addams: It's Charles Addams, he's my go-to happy place. Don't judge me that my happy place is dark and macabre, because it also has a wicked sense of humor.
3) The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde: Interesting fact, I still haven't finished this series. Could it be because the first book is the best and it's all downhill from there? Yes. Yes it is.
4) Monstress, Vol. 1: Awakening by Marjorie Liu: I can totally see why everyone is talking about this series. Not only is the art amazing with the anthropomorphized animals, but the mythology is wicked cool. Can't wait to read more because I have a feeling once I'm more in the world I won't be as confused as I was on this first reading.
5) The Pirates!: In an Adventure with the Romantics by Gideon Defoe: It's the Pirate Captain! It's Mary Shelley and her obsession with monsters! It's just awesome. Read it. READ ALL OF THEM! PS, Gideon Defoe, I need more.
6) The Pirates! In an Adventure with Ahab by Gideon Defoe: This was a re-read to write a review because this second adventure was all about whales and seafaring jokes and I loved it so much it was one of my top books of 2016!
7) Murder is Easy by Agatha Christie: Don't trust old ladies. Except Miss Marple. But Miss Marple isn't supposed to be in this one, grumble stupid TV adaptation, so read the book don't watch the TV movie, and don't trust old ladies!
8) Lumberjanes, Vol. 5: Band Together by Noelle Stevenson: Who knows what happened in this one, hijinks and bad spelling and grammar errors is my guess.
9) We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson: I had MEANT to finish this re-read back in October, but I kept forgetting, so this wonderfully atmospheric re-read didn't get finished until 2017.
10) A Treasury of XXth Century Murder: The Lindbergh Child by Rick Geary: This was the first and SO not the last of the crime graphic novels written by Rick Geary which I just fell in love with this year. While I don't agree with his conclusions, I really liked HOW he told the tale.
11) Agatha: The Real Life of Agatha Christie by Anne Martinetti: All I really remember about this is that a young Agatha was reading The Hound of the Baskervilles at the same time I was, so it was neat synchronicity.
12) Serenity: No Power in the 'Verse #4 by Chris Roberson: A whole comic "season" of Firefly that could have easily been one episode.
13) Buffy the Vampire Slayer: A House Divided (Season 11, #3) by Christos Gage: Dragons, government, blah blah blah.
14) Squirrel Power (The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, #1) by Ryan North: Squirrel Girl is AWESOME! Mainly because she deals with baddies with psychology and only slightly kicking butts, but with eating LOTS of nuts.
15) Squirrel You Know It's True (The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, #2) by Ryan North: But THE BEST thing about Squirrel Girl is how she trolls Tony Stark on Twitter.
16) The Hound of the Baskervilles by Artur Conan Doyle: Really, if you read one Sherlock Holmes story ever, make it this one. It's a classic for a reason.
17) Angel: Out of the Past, Part 1 (Season 11, #1) by Corinna Bechko: Bugs, Fred, Angel, traveling through the past, whatever. Season 11 has been pretty lame.
18) The Carter Family: Don't Forget This Song by Frank M. Young: While a great grounding in the Carter family, I felt that it didn't do a proper job of showcasing their legacy. So in other words, a second volume is needed STAT!
19) Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré: I think this is easily the most overrated spy novel of all time. It's dense and oblique and confusing, and seriously, not much happens. Maybe for my next le Carré I'll try The Night Manager. I loved that adaptation, so who knows... but if that book sucks to I don't think I'll ever read le Carré again.
20) The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Volume 3: Squirrel, You Really Got Me Now by Ryan North: Is anyone else just really annoyed with the fan mail being included? It's just so intrusive to the narrative AND just seems to be too self-congratulatory.
21) Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen: It's amazing that, given how many times I've read this book that it still hooks me and makes me totally worried that Catherine and Henry won't get their happily ever after.
22) Sunny, Vol. 1 by Taiyo Matsumoto: Bleak graphic novel about kids in foster care. I'm glad the library didn't have any more volumes because I might have felt obliged to read them.
23) Tony and Susan by Austin Wright: Ugh, how did this book get published? Just bleak death and more death. Also, it was weird in how the book wasn't a hit in the US but was in the UK so when it was republished here to coincide with the movie based on it that they kept all the Anglicizations in.
24) Silence Fallen (Mercy Thompson, #10) by Patricia Briggs: OK, who else was totally psyched that Mercy got out of the US AND got to meet the Golem of Prague!?!
25) The Uninvited by Cat Winters: Weird WWI tale about a small town where basically everyone died but they didn't know they died so they're going about still trying to live their lives. I didn't like it.
26) Clean Room, Vol. 1: Immaculate Conception by Gail Simone: I literally have no idea what I read here, it was weird and dreamlike and I think I need to read the next volume to even get a grasp on it.
27) DC Comics: Bombshells, Vol. 2: Allies by Marguerite Bennett: Yeah, the Bombshells aren't doing much and it's just all jumbled. Shows you can't write a series based on pinups of Superheroes...
28) Angel: Out of the Past, Part 2 (Season 11, #2) by Corinna Bechko: Angel has sucked (haha) ever sense the writing team that made season 9 so good left to write Buffy.
29) Serenity: No Power in the 'Verse #5 by Chris Roberson: Again, this could have easily been told in a far more concise manner.
30) Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Desperate Times (Season 11, #4) by Christos Gage: Interment camps, magic is dangerous, too much politics, it's like The Initiative in season four, just too much real stupid shit, I read comics to escape.
31) Angel: Out of the Past, Part 3 (Season 11, #3) by Corinna Bechko: More blah Angel.
32) A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic, #1) by V.E. Schwab: Regency England and magic!?! You KNOW I'm down for this!
33) The Saga of the Bloody Benders by Rick Geary: Oddly enough I had heard about these murderous innkeepers before... what I didn't know is how their "inn" was basically a spare bed in their house or that they literally just disappeared.
34) The Mystery of Mary Rogers by Rick Geary: The murder of a young New Yorker and how it grabbed people's attention. This sure grabbed mine.
35) Lovers' Lane: the Hall-Mills Mystery by Rick Geary: There was something about this murder of an adulterous couple in New Jersey that seemed so familiar to me. What really struck me was the destruction of the bibles in the church.
36) The Case of Madeleine Smith by Rick Geary: IF you're going to poison someone, be a little more clever about how you get your poison OK?
37) The Borden Tragedy: A Memoir of the Infamous Double Murder at Fall River, Mass., 1892 by Rick Geary: What I have found interesting is that in the last year or so there's been a real shift toward Lizzie Borden being innocent. This graphic novel makes a compelling argument for a different killer.
38) A Gathering of Shadows (Shades of Magic, #2) by V.E. Schwab: And this series went downhill fast. I feel like she was told only trilogies sold and just made up this very long and boring magical duel to fulfill her contract.
39) Tehanu (Earthsea Cycle, #4) by Ursula K. Le Guin: Yes, I got sucked into Earthsea this past year... of the back end of the cycle this was easily my favorite focusing on Tenar's new life, but the ending was too rushed and sloppy for me to give it my full seal of approval.
40) Tales from Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #5) by Ursula K. Le Guin: Ah, short stories, what a mixed bag... as in some I liked and some were just WTF did I just read.
41) The Murder of Abraham Lincoln by Rick Geary: I totally didn't know that Lincoln had a dream that he was going to die. In fact this graphic novel would be great for schools, because I learned more about Lincoln's assassination than I knew before.
42) The Other Wind (Earthsea Cycle, #6) by Ursula K. Le Guin: Time for magic to change, women to get power, and people to turn into dragons... OK...
43) Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen: Again, how can I become so invested in Austen knowing the outcome? What's interesting to me is how each time something else strikes me, this time it was that the "old man" Colonel Brandon was about my age!
44) Giant Days, Vol. 4 by John Allison: College trials, blah blah blah. Giant Days is amusing in the moment but easily forgettable.
45) Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen: What's interesting about Pride and Prejudice is that I think the book entirely hangs on Mr. Collins. He is the humorous glue that holds the whole book together.
46) Baltimore, Vol. 2: The Curse Bells (Baltimore, #2) by Mike Mignola: I don't remember how many Baltimore comics I read this year... so this might have been the one with vampire nuns, but I can't be sure...
47) A Treasury of Victorian Murder Compendium: Including: Jack the Ripper, The Beast of Chicago, Fatal Bullet by Rick Geary: Oh look, proof that H.H. Holmes IS everywhere. Though oddly it was the assassination of Garfield and the creation of air conditioning that I found most fascinating.
48) Mansfield Park by Jane Austen: Seriously, I don't know why this is Austen's most maligned novel. It's seriously one of my favorites and I related to it on a whole new level as I'm suffering from Caregivers Syndrome.
49) The Circle by Dave Eggers: If Google had more nefarious plans... the parody of tech was spot on, and that ending packed a punch, but that doesn't save it from being a very uneven book.
50) Serenity: No Power in the 'Verse #6 by Chris Roberson: Again, this story is going on too long.
51) Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Desperate Measures (Season 11, #5) by Christos Gage: I believe this is in the camp for magical people...
52) Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Back to the Wall (Season 11, #6) by Christos Gage: And this is Buffy being a cop in that camp...
53) Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Disempowered (Season 11, #7) by Christos Gage: And then having her power removed so that she could get out...
54) Angel: Out of the Past, Part 4 (Season 11, #4) by Corinna Bechko: I can only justify buying these comics for their amazing covers, because what's between the covers is barely worth reading.
55) Angel: Time and Tide, Part 1 (Season 11, #5) by Corinna Bechko: Cover lust, that is all.
56) Haddon Hall: When David Invented Bowie by Néjib: While I take issue with the title, because David was already calling himself Bowie at this point, there were things I loved, like the house being the narrator and how David took care of his mentally ill brother, the one who eventually killed himself. I'd actually like to read more of this, as in follow the house, not the people. Though I did read a book like that once and the house lacking a voice made it a slog.
57) Lumberjanes, Vol. 6: Sink or Swim by Shannon Watters: I'm assuming this is when they went to sea and it was all selkies and seafaring and rather meh.
58) Harrow County, Vol. 4: Family Tree by Cullen Bunn: OMG! Emmy's family has totally taken this series to another level. Their "home" is like some Twin Peaks Black Lodge that comes and goes and they are all freakin' insane and evil! I. AM. LOVING. THIS!
59) Emma by Jane Austen: Huh. Last time I read Emma I wanted to beat her to death, this time I enjoyed it... which is why people should always re-read books! They change depending on who we are and our circumstances at the time.
60) Angel: Time and Tide, Part 2 (Season 11, #6) by Corinna Bechko: Angel/Angelus, I bought it for the cover.
61) Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Ordinary People (Season 11, #8) by Christos Gage: Buffy is powerless and yet I still think she'd have a little more power than this... she's been trained to fight almost all her life and even without the magical strength she still has her training!
62) The Daughter of Odren (Earthsea Cycle, #6.5) by Ursula K. Le Guin: I can literally remember NOTHING of this short story...
63) Tales of H.P. Lovecraft by H.P. Lovecraft: OK, I get why he's considered a master now. While the more famous stories didn't grip me, At the Mountain of Madness kind of left me cold, some of his shorter stories are so memorable I think I'll never forget them. Especially The Rats in the Walls and The Shunned House. Though they do get a little repetitive.
64) Black Dahlia by Rick Geary: While I thought I knew about the Black Dahlia from various things I've seen or read over the years, this added a lot of new detail I didn't know, such as her having different military men to lean on...
65) Persuasion by Jane Austen: Seriously, so good. How was Austen able to balance the truth of love and life with such humor. Again it's these humorous characters, AKA ALL Anne's family that make this book so perfect.
66) Angel: Time and Tide, Part 3 (Season 11, #7) by Corinna Bechko: Blurg, more Angel that I basically feel compelled to read at this point.
67) Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Great Escape (Season 11, #9) by Christos Gage: I think this was Buffy and Willow going to get their powers back...
68) The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog! by Mo Willems: Pigeon is kind of a dick who doesn't want to share now does he? The best part of the Pigeon books are the front and end papers are different showing how he has progressed through the story.
69) The Pigeon Needs a Bath! by Mo Willems: The best part here is when Pigeon finally gets in the bath we have a montage of how he never leaves it and all the fun he has.
70) The Duckling Gets a Cookie!? by Mo Willems: Duckling annoys me with the over cute and sweet disposition. Maybe Duckling is secretly a serial killer? One can hope.
71) The Pigeon Wants a Puppy! by Mo Willems: This is the one I related to the most. Because my cat LOVED horses, but I think he thought they were like an inch tall. The scene where Pigeon meets a puppy is EXACTLY how I always thought Spot meeting a horse would go.
72) Nanette's Baguette by Mo Willems: It all rhymes! Also it's 3-D with the drawings and assemblages, but in the end it felt too try-hard.
73) A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1) by Madeleine L'Engle: God, this book really has no plot. The preview for the movie made me basically go, "I know I've read this book many times and yet I have no idea what happens." So I picked up the book and realized how shit it is. What annoyed me the most you ask? Aside from there being no ending? That Meg's stupid ass little brother would NEVER talk like that. I spent July hanging out with my friends kids who are that age and he's too unrealistic to bear.
74) There is a Bird on Your Head! by Mo Willems: I'm guessing there was a bird on Gerald's head?
75) We Are in a Book by Mo Willems: I love the meta nature of this one with breaking the fourth wall and talking to the readers. Too cute.
76) Should I Share My Ice Cream? by Mo Willems: I might relate a little too strongly to Gerald who spends so much time debating sharing his treat that it melts and he has no treat to even share.
77) I'm a Frog! by Mo Willems: Piggie thinks she's a frog... and that's about all I remember, what I can gather from the front cover.
78) Waiting is Not Easy! by Mo Willems: Yes, waiting isn't easy. At all.
79) The Thank You Book by Mo Willems: Why did the Piggie and Elephant books ever have to end?
80) The Last Days of New Paris by China Miéville: Yeah, this wasn't a good book to introduce me to Miéville. He came across as so smug with how he knows so much about abstract expressionism and art and then humble brags later that he doesn't really. It could make a wonderful little animated film with the two leads wandering through a shelled out Paris with their artwork come alive. But as for a book it's a fail.
81) Snotgirl, Vol. 1: Green Hair Don't Care by Bryan Lee O'Malley: Trying too hard to be woke. Also, I'm missing Bryan's drawings. It doesn't feel like his voice is coming through with just the writing. It's making me question if I really like his writing...
82) Snotgirl #6 by Bryan Lee O'Malley: Starting to like the characters, but still, more forward momentum needed, less just wasting time. Especially as this comic only comes out every other month they should at least try to make an effort at advancing the narrative.
83) The English Wife by Lauren Willig: Best part of this blog? Getting to read books, like Lauren's latest months early! It's twisty, it's turny, it has shades of Du Maurier, and this January when it comes out is the PERFECT time to read it!
84) Harrow County, Vol. 5: Abandoned by Cullen Bunn: The best stories are when things happen that you didn't in the least expect. Holy shit! She's had family nearby all along!?!
85) Wylding Hall by Elizabeth Hand: I didn't expect to like this little Gothic tale about 70s folk artists so much. Yes, it ended abruptly and awkwardly, but it was the perfect book to read in the waning days of summer.
86) Angel: Time and Tide Part 4 (Season 11, #8) by Corinna Bechko: Eh, more Angel.
87) Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Crimes Against Nature (Season 11, #10) by Christos Gage: Was this when Buffy took her power back from the other slayers? Because that is easily my most favorite part of this season!
88) The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood: I hate Offred. Really, she's not a nice person. BUT I find the story itself about women losing all their rights eerily relevant and I just keep thinking about it more and more.
89) The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1) by Philip Pullman: The best of the original trilogy. Full of snow and magic and armored bears! You can see why this book captured so many peoples imaginations. There's something about it that made it an instant classic.
90) Kill or Be Killed, Vol. 1 by Ed Brubaker: Guy kills other bad guys in order live because otherwise a demon that saved him will destroy him. But is the demon real? Now THAT is what I'm most interested in at the moment. Our antihero's mental state.
91) Giant Days, Vol. 5 by John Allison: Is this the one where they move off campus? Because having never lived in a dorm, this is more the college life I can relate to!
92) Once Upon a Time in the North (His Dark Materials, #0.5) by Philip Pullman: Lee Scorsby's first meeting with Iorek! But that doesn't happen until the end of the story. Before that we have manipulative politicians, interesting characters, and the true gentleman that is Lee Scorsby!
93) The Collectors (His Dark Materials, #0.6) by Philip Pullman: Two cursed artifacts in our world from another. I liked how this shed light on the differing timelines between worlds, but more importantly, while Mrs. Coulter was evil, with her daemon she had an everlasting bond that is almost sweet in how sinister it is.
94) Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Revelations (Season 11, #11) by Christos Gage: Buffy now fighting the baddies? I think that's what is going on now... also, the Big Bad as what, secretary of state? Lame.
95) Angel: Dark Refelections, Part 1 (Season 11, #9) by Corinna Bechko: Angel tries to change his past. Don't be stupid Angel. But then again, Angel was always kind of dumb, Angelus was the smarter of the two.
96) Clean Room, Vol. 2: Exile (Clean Room, #2) by Gail Simone: Confusing, jumbled, bad people trying to take over the world, but is there redemption, it's very muddled, and yet I can't stop reading it!
97) Truths, Half Truths and Little White Lies by Nick Frost: I NEVER want to read about a kibbutz EVER again. Because while Frost's stories about his family are great as are his later stories about meeting Simon Pegg and how they shot to stardom together, there's just so much boring routines on a kibbutz in between that it drags down the narrative. Though his ghost story is top notch and makes up for a lot of failings. In fact can we get a book of just him and Simon ghost hunting? Or maybe a TV show!
98) In The Pines by Erik Kriek: Taking old murder ballads and making them into a graphic novel? I would have been like, I don't think it will work, and I would have been wrong. This was just so well done, and dark, and showing that grim glimpse of Americana. Everyone should read this. EVERYONE.
99) Jessica Jones, Vol. 1: Uncaged! by Brian Michael Bendis: So Jessica is now being dragged into that whole stupid Hydra/Captain America thing? No thanks. This is where I and the Jessica Jones comics forever part ways. They're nowhere near as good as the TV show anyway. And not just because of David Tennant.
100) Nightlights by Lorena Alvarez Gomez: A girl's drawings come to life as nightmares who want her to draw more? Seriously, I am not joking that if I had read this as a young kid I would NEVER have drawn again. It's nightmare inducing, that's for sure.
101) Harrow County, Vol. 6: Hedge Magic by Cullen Bunn: OK, so I read this after getting my flu shot, so my memory might be even more fuzzy, but this was more about Emmy's friend and how she balances Emmy in Harrow County. Just please, let them stay friends and fight evil together, not each other!
102) Harrow County #25 by Cullen Bunn: Read the same day as the TPB so not quite sure what part of the narrative this covered...
103) Harrow County #26 by Cullen Bunn: But I know this covered that bitch Kammi coming in and deciding to kick Emmy's ass for killing her.
104) How to Talk to Girls at Parties by Neil Gaiman: The drawings in this were so weird. The characters looked like overly garish glam rock stars who don't know how to pluck their eyebrows. As for the story... I haven't read the original short, but there was hardly any dialogue. Exactly how did they make this into a film?
105) The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, #2) by Philip Pullman: I don't like how Will kind of forces his way into being the protagonist with Lyra taking a backseat. But there are so many moments that are amazing that I am able to forgive a lot. Though Lee Scorsby's death STILL haunts me.
106) Thornhill by Pam Smy: Half the story is diary entries and half the story is drawings and all the story is lame. It's too obvious what's happening, the foreshadowing is so heavy handed that I felt like Smy was bashing me over the head with that Susan Hill poster. Those who are bullied can become bullies and become evil. Thanks for that uplifting message Smy.
107) The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, #3) by Philip Pullman: And so, for now, Lyra's journey comes to an end with most of the story being about Wheeler like creatures, and I HATE Wheelers.
108) Lyra's Oxford (His Dark Materials, #3.5) by Philip Pullman: What I love SO MUCH about this little short story is how Oxford as a city looks to protect Lyra from whatever harm might come her way.
109) La Belle Sauvage (The Book of Dust, #1) by Philip Pullman: I tried to rein in my expectations for this book and I really didn't need to. Pullman has delivered the BEST book he has written about Lyra yet. It was so perfect, from Malcolm and his lovely life with his boat, to the spycraft of those working against the Magesterium. If it wasn't for all the Austen I read this year this book had a chance at the best read of the year. Though it is still totally on my longer list!
110) Buffy the Vampire Slayer: One Girl in All the World (Season 11, #12) by Christos Gage: And Buffy gave the other slayers their power back!?! NO! ALL THE NO IN THE WORLD! One Girl! ONE GIRL! They had finally got it aligned back up with Fray and now this!?! NO! PS, I am OK with Faith having her powers because she has really redeemed herself in the comics, probably because I don't have to actually listen to Eliza Dushku.
111) Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Vol. 1: The Crucible by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa: This was just odd. It wasn't really spooky or weird and had lots of random cannibalism. I will be interested to see how Netflix makes it into a series though.
112) Angel: Dark Refelections, Part 2 (Season 11, #10) by Corinna Bechko: Angel and Ilyria!?! NO! NO! NOPE! She would never. NO!!!!!
113) Monstress, Vol. 2: The Blood (Monstress, #2) by Marjorie Liu: Oh, the story is getting more interesting. Off to a mysterious island to learn the truth about gods!?! Yes, it's coming together nicely, though not so nice for me is that I've caught up! There's no more to read until the end of January!!!
114) Monty Python's Book of Silly Walks by David Merveille: Pointless book. A drawing of John Cleese in one of his silly walks poses in different situations. Also there was a MAJOR typo in the sparse text.
115) Snotgirl #7 by Bryan Lee O'Malley: It's always difficult merging different groups of friends, sometimes they hate each other, sometimes they get along, and sometimes they use their very embarrassing nickname for you in front of everyone and then you're forever screwed.
116) The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter: The main story, a retelling of Bluebeard was spot on, and was obviously such a source of inspiration for the movie Crimson Peak, the rest... the rest fell pretty flat. Again, why I usually don't like to read books of short stories, they are too uneven, and here kind of repetitive.
117) The Secret History of Twin Peaks by Mark Frost: I HAVE ANSWERS! I know things now that the Twin Peaks cliffhanger left up in the air! Annie! Ed and Norma! Also, Laura really didn't die now! WTH, I SO want another season, but so many of the cast died and I don't think they can all be teapots.
118) Harrow County #27 by Cullen Bunn: Just fucking kill Kammi. KILL HER!!!
119) The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick: A true science fiction classic. Such a wonderful way to explore an alternate ending to WWII through the eyes of a few characters we grow to love. Plus the wonderful TV series that was based on it. Seriously, so much awesome has come into my life with this book.*
120) The Bedlam Stacks by Natasha Pulley: The blurb doesn't do this book justice. It makes it sound stolid and boring, when it's about magic and myths still existing when you get off the beaten track. While I've never really wanted to go to Peru, this made me for sure never want to go, altitude sickness would kill me. I am not joking.
121) The Supernatural Enhancements by Edgar Cantero: I read this book in three sittings, and at each sitting the book got worse. It became less Gothic, more stupid secret society, until the ending was basically a whimper not a bang. Start strong, end strong, that's how a book should be. Also I was really looking forward to this author's new book, now... not so much.
122) Snotgirl #8 by Bryan Lee O'Malley: Time for the "girl" or in this case, "girls" to take a break and let the guys have an issue, wherein not much happened, but that's kind of the slow way this series is playing out...
123) Angel: Dark Refelections, Part 3 (Season 11, #11) by Corinna Bechko: And they're back from all the time traveling and everything is still fucked. Stupid season eleven. Oh, can I send Eleven after the writers to kick their asses?
124) FukuFuku: Kitten Tales 2 by Kanata Konami: Oh, kitties! I love cats so much, but now the kitten is all grown up so there's no more adorable tales for me to read until Kanata Konami decides what to do in the post-Chi world!
125) Kill or Be Killed, Vol. 2 by Ed Brubaker: So, we're leaning towards crazy right? Right!?! Also, that new girlfriend had NO right to do that gallery show, even if it provided our antihero with his "oh shit" moment. Also, the whole manhunt seems to be played out IMO.
126) Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion, Vol. 1 by Ichirou Ohkouchi: Yeah, this was just so dumb I've basically forgotten everything and I literally just read it!
127) Herding Cats (Sarah's Scribbles, #3) by Sarah Andersen: Sarah Andersen is a genius, a national treasure, she somehow is able to read my mind and my soul and make it into art. How does she do that!?! So TOTALLY be sure to pick up this book when it comes out later this year.
128) Bandette, Volume 1: Presto! by Paul Tobin: Like French Adam West Batman with the soul of Amelie. I adored this slim volume about a master thief and can't wait to read the next two volumes!
129) Bellman and Black by Diane Setterfield: Why does this book have no plot!?! HOW WAS THIS BOOK PUBLISHED WITH NO PLOT!?! It's 100 pages of Bellman working in a mill, another 200 pages of him making his own "Mr. Selfridge's of Death" and then he dies. That isn't a book! No matter that it's bound and printed and all that, that isn't a book!!!
130) Harrow County #28 by Cullen Bunn: Kammi's dead let's do a dance of joy! Oh shit, Hester's back and I'm not getting a new issue for a few months!?! How will I survive!?!
131) The Silkworm (Cormoran Strike #2) by Robert Galbraith aka J.K. Rowling: After reading the first book I at least knew this series is more about the characters than the crimes, and I do genuinely care for Cormoran and Robin... the rest of it all? It dragged and in the end I couldn't care less who the killer was. But I still enjoyed reading it. Like the journey was better than the destination.
132) Bandette, Volume 2: Stealers Keepers! by Paul Tobin: Nice finish to the Finis storyline (see what I did there!) I'm seriously in love with this series I want it to last forever!
133) Bandette, Volume 3: The House of the Green Mask by Paul Tobin: If I thought the first two volumes were awesome, they were NOTHING compared to the awesomeness of this volume. Secret societies, art history, chocolate! Everything a girl could want.
134) Bandette #14 by Paul Tobin: Oh, a new adventure, and one involving art that was used to convey secret messages! It's like this series was written just for me. If only Pimento was a cat, not that I'd ever suggest to Pimento that he should be a cat!**
135) Bandette #15 by Paul Tobin: I don't really remember what happened here just because as I was about to write my review I found that Goodreads had removed my previous review for #14 and thrown down the "comics aren't books" gauntlet once again and I saw red.
136) Brian Kesinger's Inked Tales by Brian Kesinger: Oh, how I love Brian's art, but here, reading this book, I had totally forgotten how obsessed I used to be with mermaids. I think mermaids are FAR more of a universal phase girls go through than ponies... All the little jokes, all the amazing varieties! Brian you are a genius, I can't wait until I get my hardcover copy this year!
137) Brian Kesinger's Penned Dragons by Brian Kesinger: How funny that I backed this project for the Dragons and yet it's the mermaids I was drawn to reading first... But I still totally want a dragon. Maybe I want to be a dragon? One with a nice big book horde...
138) Angel: Dark Refelections, Part 4 (Season 11, #12) by Corinna Bechko: And THANK Illyria that's over with. I mean, seriously, this was a BAD season. Nothing redeeming it. And the fact that the stuff they brought back with them was needed to destroy the creature? Lame. So they HAD to go back in time to then destroy it? Nope. Doesn't make sense to me.
139) Burn Bright by Patrica Briggs: While I love me my Mercy Thompson, I just relate more to Anna and Charles. Their newest adventure might just be my favorite. Not just because it's thankfully almost horse free, but because it digs into pack politics and also works on healing Anna's wounds. Also art and magic and witches! Seriously, I adore this series.
140) Giant Days Vol. 6 by John Allison: Daisy gets the girl! Sigh, this makes me very happy. Even if the girl is a crazy German...
141) Giant Days #25 by John Allison: Christmas! Very timely no? Also, Susan makes SO MUCH MORE SENSE when seen through the lens of her family.
142) Giant Days #26 by John Allison: Dean Thomas (no, not that Dean Thomas) finds love in a MMORPG! Of course things don't go according to plan. Hehe.
143) Giant Days #27 by John Allison: Esther gets woke. Which, yeah, it kind of works, but still, kind of unbelievable...
144) Envious Casca by Georgette Heyer: Start the year with a shitty Heyer, end the year with a great Heyer! Just what I needed to fit my holiday mood. A humorous and snarky holiday murder, where yes, I did see who the murderer was from a long way off, but the banter kept the story going for the most part. Perhaps a wee bit of editing could have helped and maybe gotten the book into my top ten...
145) Clean Room, Vol. 3: Waiting for the Stars to Fall (Clean Room, #3) by Gail Simone: Huh. For a series which kind of prided themselves on being almost inscrutable this was oddly a clean and concise wrap up of the first arc. Though it oddly did give me nightmares. Literally.
*This is where my number count is off from Goodreads because The Man in the High Castle was in an omnibus where I didn't read the other three books.
**This is where my number count gets even more divergent from Goodreads due to our continued disagreement on comics being books. I believe they are, they believe they aren't. I'm hoping time will prove me the victor, like it did with our Terry Pratchett numbering fiasco.


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SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS – The military completed its questioning of freed U.S. prisoner of war Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl on Thursday and a U.S. Army general must now recommend whether he should face charges over the circumstances that led to his capture by the Taliban.
Bergdahl, who was released in May after five years of captivity in a controversial prisoner swap, was read his rights under military law, notifying him that he is a potential defendant in a criminal case.
The questioning was "cordial" over two days by Maj. Gen. Kenneth Dahl, who will now make a recommendation to the Pentagon on what punishment, if any, Bergdahl should face, Bergdahl's attorney, Eugene Fidell, said in an interview.
Some of his fellow soldiers in Afghanistan have said Bergdahl deserted his post and the Pentagon appointed Dahl to recommend whether the soldier from Hailey, Idaho, broke any military laws.
Bergdahl was released in exchange for five Taliban prisoners from the U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in a swap that triggered an outcry from critics of the Obama administration.
Fidell said Bergdahl answered every question posed to him openly and honestly though he could have refused to answer questions. Fidell did not say what questions were asked.
"He's made of pretty stern stuff," said Fidell, who would not disclose details of the questioning. "It was a piece of work that had to be done, and now it's done."
The appointment of a major general to investigate the case demonstrates the importance and sensitivity the military places on it, said retired Army Lt. Col. Jeffrey Addicott and Greg Rinckey, a former Army Judge Advocate General officer.
Dahl is charged with trying to find out how Bergdahl came to be away from his post when he was captured by the Taliban.
Addicott, a former senior legal adviser to U.S. Army Special Forces, said Dahl has many options, including recommending administrative punishment up to a general court martial.
"He can also recommend that he go through a medical disability retirement," Rinckey said, adding that he also could recommend Bergdahl leave the army.
Dahl has until the end of next week to issue recommendations and could ask for an extension. The Army also could reject the recommendations.
Bergdahl completed a course of counseling and reintegration after his release and has been assigned to administrative work at Fort Sam Houston.