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Argania is a flowering plant genus in which Argania spinosa otherwise called argana or argan belongs to. This tree is found in the calcareous Sous valley, a semi-desert environment in southwestern Morocco and Tindouf Algeria. The tree itself, grows to about 35 feet and has a gnarled thorny trunk (thus, spinosa). It bears a fruit with a thick and bitter peel. Within it is the sweet-smelling yet unpleasantly flavored pulp that houses two or three oil-rich seeds.
The seeds make up 25% of the weight of the entire fruit, and are packed with fatty acids. The oil extracted from them and yields between 30 to 55%, depending on the method of extraction.
The fatty acids within make it perfect for moisturizing purposes, as it contains 42.8% oleic acid, 36.8% linoleic acid, 12% palmitic acid, 6% stearic acid and roughly 0.5% linolenic acid.
Argan oil is often coined as liquid gold. This organic product is beneficial for the hair and skin. Please note that it can also ingested. In the past, argan oil was hard to attain, as it is sourced from far off locations, so only the rich could use this product. However, in the lands where this tree grows, women and men have used it for centuries to protect their skin and hair from harsh elements.
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All Over Moisturizer
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To help it become absorbed even faster, it would be best if you applied it with gentle circular motions. This will make it easier for the fatty acids to penetrate your pores.
Hair Conditioner And Styling Agent
Argan oil has been used in the Middle East and parts of Europe for centuries to make hair, soft, silky and shiny. It treats frizzy and damaged hair, bringing back the luster and shine. However, people who would like to maintain their soft and manageable hair can use this product as well. This is a great treatment for people who love to go to the beach and for those whose hair are constantly exposed to the elements.
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You can massage it onto your hair before or after blow-drying. People with damaged hair would benefit best by putting in a generous amount of it before they use a blow-dryer or straightening iron, as it will help protect hair from thermal damage.
Anti Stretch Mark
If you have recently lost weight or are pregnant, stretch marks can be an aesthetic problem. Stretch marks are areas of skin that have lost their elasticity due to rapidly gaining or loosing weight. In pregnancy, they start out as red, dry and itchy areas, which you might be tempted to scratch. Put argan oil on the area instead. It will soothe the discomfort and keep the skin moisturized to prevent the development of stretch marks.
Your skin needs a boost of hydration to stay in good shape. Fatty acids help boost elasticity and improve firmness. By using this product under your make up and massaging some on your face and neck at night, you can help your skin fight off aging with its antioxidant effect. You get to enjoy skin that improves daily. This is ideal for people who want to prevent or treat wrinkles and sun damage.
Most people with acne have problematic skin. It may be either too dry or too oily. LT Organics 100% Pure Argan Oil is perfect for all skin types. Its non-greasy formula will help loosen dead skin cells, blackheads, whiteheads and other imperfections. It contains anti-oxidant properties, to heal the inflamed areas faster. This can help balance combination skin as well.
Skin Healing
If you have skin problems that cause irritated skin, or just the occasional scratch or inflamed area, argan oil will help decrease the healing time. The anti-oxidant properties of argan oil helps speed up the healing process. So whether you have cracked, sore or dry areas, like those found on the heels, lips, elbows and knees, argan oil will minimize scarring and get your skin back in shape. Please note that it makes a great lip balm as well.
Unsightly Nails
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I have started Heartstone by bestselling author C. J. Sansom. It is the fifth of the Matthew Shardlake mystery series. The setting is 16th century England. King Henry VIII has now married wife number six, Catherine Parr, and is preparing England for war with France.
As usual Matthew Shardlake, the narrator, has several mysteries to solve. The main one has to do with an assignment from the caring Queen Catherine who has Matthew representing the legal interests of the son of her retired maid. Michael Calfill, the son of the retired maid died, presumably at his own hands, just before laying a Bill of Information before the Court of Wards in which he alleged some monstrous injustice against a former student, Hugh Curteys by his caregiver. I am anxious to find out what the "monstrous injustice" really is. I can guess that Michael's death was no suicide because he would not have killed himself just before the hearing. The second mystery has to do with Ellen Fettiplace who suffers from agoraphobia and has been living for years in Bedlam, a place for the mentally ill. Who exactly has been paying her bills at the Bedlam for nineteen years and where is her family? Ellen was a character in the fourth book, Revelation. The third and minor mystery has to do with Matthew's steward, Coldiron. He is a new character in the series. Is Josephine his daughter? Why is she really afraid of Coldiron? Will Matthew be able to dismiss him and keep Josephine as an employee. Finally, will Jack Barak, Matthew's law clerk and a recurring character from the previous series, really be conscripted in the military? I am only on page 90 and I am loving all these mysteries.

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Katie always had a passion for the arts. She has a talent for drawing and has been dancing since she was 2.
She started with playing the Violin in 2008; perform at school concerts, holiday events at her local mall and fundraisers at Pet Smart to raise money for the ASPCA.
Katie always enjoyed singing but was shy to sing out. She joined her school choir in 2011, keeping her voice hidden.
In 2015 she left her school choir, to explore her love of pop and rock. In 2016, Katie gained the courage to post a video of herself singing "She Will Be Loved" by Maroon 5 and discovered Rock And Roll After School (RARAS).
In 2017 Katie was accepted into The University of The Arts's Pre College program where she studied vocal performance in Jazz and Contemporary music along with many other talented students around the world.
Katie's musical inspirations are usually her favorite bands with strong female vocalists like Paramore, Little Mix, We Are The In Crowd, and Tonight Alive as well as other bands like The Struts, The Arctic Monkeys, All Time Low, and more.
During her free time she enjoys being a hip hop dancer at Premiere Dance Studio, Drawing and other arts, Jumping up and down and singing along to her favorite songs in her basement, Speaking out about Psoriasis with the National Psoriasis Foundation, and helping out kids with Autism, Asthma, Sickle Cell, Hemophilia and other diagnosis at Dragonfly Forest.


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The Kearney Concert Association season will amaze you with the wide variety of entertainment for you and your family. This dazzling concert series will continue the rich tradition of bringing premier performances to our community.
Thursday, October 25, 2018
Charlie Albright
Monday, Marchh 4, 2019
Kearney Concert Association Youth Concerts, reaching out to our youth year after year.


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Rep. Guy Vander Jagt of Michigan is chairman of the House of Representatives committee that advises and supports Republican candidates for the House. On Tuesday he was defeated in a Republican primary. He got only 41 percent of the vote. On the same day, Republican Rep. Dick Nichols of Kansas lost his renomination bid, getting only 34 percent of the vote.
Those two outcomes bring to 15 the number of House incumbents who have lost in primaries this year. That is almost double the most recent record -- eight primary losers in 1974 -- and close to the modern era record of 18 in 1946. And it is by no means over yet: 20 states have yet to hold congressional primaries.
The authoritative and non-partisan Congressional Quarterly predicted last February that "public anger at scandals, the redistricting process and the creation of more minority districts will mean close to 100 new faces in 1993." That conventional wisdom turns out to have been far too cautious and conservative. In the House alone, 85 new faces are already assured (some defeated, some seeking other office, but most retiring -- many out of fear). There are still those remaining primaries -- and then the general election, where the casualty rate among incumbents is expected to be high. (The Democratic campaign counterpart of Representative Vander Jagt, Rep. Vic Fazio of California, for example, is in a very tough race.)


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Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Color Throwdown # 257
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The colorscheme is not simple to work with, in my opinion. But I think you did a very good job on both cards! Ik think I like the second one best, but love that sentiment strip on the first!ReplyDelete
Lovely cards with gorgeous flowers...well done!ReplyDelete
Love them both! I haven't had time to stop by anyone's blogs for awhile. I took a look at what you've been working on. You've been busy. Great cards my friend :)ReplyDelete
I think both versions are beautiful! Great layouts, too. Thanks for joining us for this week's Color Throwdown!ReplyDelete
They are both so pretty even the pink! Since its a card I think we can make it any color....lol. Beautiful layout Colleen !ReplyDelete
What beautiful cards...I just love that PTI set!!!! Thanks for joining us for the Color Throwdown Challenge!!!ReplyDelete
I think both are pretty!! Yes, in the world of card making.....anything goes!! Love the layout!! Thxs forjonng us at CTD!!ReplyDelete


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State police yesterday released the results of their investigation into an accident that killed an Allentown woman and her fiance last Feb. 26 on Route 329 in East Allen Township.
Although the report gives a new account of the accident, it states that no criminal charges were filed.
Mariann Bostick, 25, of 431 N. 31st., Allentown, and David Yarko, 28, of 138 Atlas Road, Northampton, were pronounced dead at the scene of the 2:50 p.m. accident involving a Northampton school bus, Yarko's car and a pickup truck.


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text: I'm going to buy a 20 inch imac for myself. It will cost me $1300. This is how much it would cost me to buy a PC at that price (software isn't included because tons of people don't pay for it) : 300 dollar LCD monitor: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1293263&CatId=1410 Webcam: 65 bucks http://www.amazon.com/gp/amabot/?pf..._m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=148WNFZMZR7QHMZBNXTM There, we've spent 365 bucks and we have NOTHING yet. That leaves us only 935 dollars to buy a kickass pc. I configured a Dell similar to the iMac that I'm looking at. In some ways, the iMac kills the Dell (most ways). However, the Dell includes 1gb ram. Nonetheless, the specs are fairly similar..... PROCESSOR Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E6300 (1.86GHz, 1066 FSB) edit OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® XP Professional with re-installation CD edit MEMORY 1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz- 2DIMMs edit HARD DRIVE DataSafe 250GB (Includes main hard drive plus a hidden reserve hard drive) edit OPTICAL DRIVE Single Drive: 16X CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) w/double layer write capability edit MONITORS Video Ready w/o Monitor edit VIDEO CARD 256MB nVidia Geforce 7300LE TurboCache edit SOUND CARD Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio edit Accessories SPEAKERS Dell AS501PA 10W Flat Panel Attached Spkrs for Analog Flat Panels edit KEYBOARD LOGITECH MX 3000 Laser Mouse/Keyboard Combo edit MOUSE Mouse included in Wireless, Laser or Bluetooth Package edit FLOPPY & MEDIA READER No Floppy Drive Included edit MODEM No Modem Requested edit OPTIONAL PORTS IEEE 1394 Adapter edit Software PRODUCTIVITY Microsoft Office Basic - Includes Word, Excel and Outlook email edit ANTI-VIRUS & SECURITY PC-cillin Internet Security with AntiVirus and Spyware removal 15-months edit Dell Recommends Help Protect Your New PC! PC-cillin™ Security Software, 24 months! Help Me Choose Upgrade to PC-cillin Internet Security with AntiVirus and Spyware removal 24-months [add $20 or $1/month1] DELL DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT Starter pack- Basic and trial products from Corel and Yahoo edit Service HARDWARE WARRANTY 1Yr Ltd Warranty, 1Yr At-Home Service, and 1Yr HW Warranty Support edit Dell Recommends An Additional Year of Service! Upgrade Your Years of Service. Choose 2 Years of Service and protect your investment! (If Complete Care selected, number of years must match warranty term) Help Me Choose Upgrade to 2Yr Ltd Warranty, 2Yr At-Home Service, and 2Yr HW Warranty Support [add $100 or $3/month1] DIAL-UP INTERNET ACCESS 6 Months of America Online Membership Included Bottom line: this dell does not include a monitor and is STILL more expensive. It's also big, loud, clunky, and ugly. The iMac is INSIDE THE FREAKIN LCD! It doesn't include ilife, iphoto, garageband, or ANYTHING useful. The iMac is a steal.... throw away your thoughts about it being too expensive. The PC was nowhere near worth competing against the imac. The imac kicks ass at 1300 bucks, while this pc will be slow as hell in a year or sow at around 1800 bucks.


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In August 2016, we had the crazy idea, to drive from Copenhagen to Oslo – by bicycle! The countries, we drove though were Denmark, Sweden and Norway. This post is about day 5 of our tour – from Träslövsläge to Åsa.
Going by bicycle from Copenhagen to Oslo was a fantastic 12-days-drive, in total about 790 km, with many ups and downs (literally, physically and mentally 😉 ). But I don´t regret not even one single moment of it. And a trip like that is feasible and possible, if you really want it. With my journey, I want to demonstrate this!
Google maps shows a lesser amount of km, but that´s not really accurate, since we usually used the signed bicycle routes. In Denmark the Route 9, in Sweden Kattegattleden until Gøteborg. Then we usually used our Garmin GPS and the Cyclespåret (an older route), and in Norway we followed the Route 7.
The route, that google proposes is a bit different, since it just found the big streets, and we wanted to avoid them as much as possible.
Below the map with the complete route:
What you need for a long bicycle trip like this:
I prepared a packing list for long bicycle trips. Based on own experiences and recommendations.
I will write a short post about every day (stage) of the trip, in total 12 days (and posts) – including some of our stories behind, a short description of the stage, and a map.
Day 1 – Copenhagen to Ödåkra
Day 2 – Ödåkra to Båstad
Day 3 – Båstad to Haverdal
Day 4 – Haverdal to Träslövsläge
Day 5 – Träslövsläge to Åsa
Day 6 – Åsa to Särö
Day 7 – Särö to Romelanda
Day 8 – Romelanda to Ellös
Day 9 – Ellös to Dingle
Day 10 – Dingle to Ned Färingen
Day 11 – Ned Färingen to Moss
Day 12 – Moss to Oslo
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Day 5 – Träslövsläge to Åsa
From the small commune, where we camped last night, we continued our way, after a small breakfast, composed by bread and the hazelnut cream (Nötter cream) that we found so delicious.
The weather was very nice today – pure sun, not too windy and temperatures of about 20 C degrees.
The landscape around us changed now more and more obvious to the famous "Scandinavian landscape" – it was in general hillier and rockier.
We drove on small streets through the landscapes, and later again directly along the coastline.
We came by Varberg, a famous wellness village directly at the coast. The weather was great and the trail along the coast just a dream
There was even a fort. But we didn´t have enough time to enter and to explore, because we still had quite a long way in front of us.
The hunger was possessing us more and more, and we started looking for a restaurant, or at least a supermarket or something like that. But the area was quite unpopulated here, between Varberg and Åsa, and so it turned out, that it was not so easy, to get something to eat. Our provisions were also almost completely consumed.
But luckily, we found a little kiosk at a camping place, and we decided, to buy something there, and eat it directly at a table in from of the kiosk.
We bought bread, fish and potato salad, and it tasted really delicious. Maybe just because we were starving
After getting the new energy in form of carbohydrates and proteins, we headed further in direction North.
Again along the coast, and passing by some little harbours.
There are harbours everywhere in Sweden and it seems, like everybody has his/her own boat and own Swedish house
Also everybody is very friendly and relaxed, and people are greeting with "Hej", like everybody is a close friend. We felt really welcome in Sweden!
Later we drove again more inland, passing by some traditional villages, agricultural and pasture land.
The wind began now to blow stronger, as we drove again along the coast.
The evening came closer and closer, and looking for a place to sleep that night, we meet many wild goose in a bay, which were relaxing and eating there. It looked very beautiful!
In a commune called Åsa, directly at a rocky bay, we found our place to sleep tonight.
But before, we set up our tent and started preparing our dinner: noodles with fish and tomato sauce. For the perfect complement, a beer, of course. A Swedish one, called Falcon.
As we were sitting there, enjoying our meal, a wonderful sunset emerged, dunking the sky into deep red, purple, orange, pink and yellow colours!
Thanks for reading!
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"I hear and read about it being hard to figure just where a bottom might be in the current downmove. how do you see this?"
I'll be writing my usual market review (my Index Wrap) tomorrow (Saturday, 2/1/14) but I'll take up a general look at the principles of charting/technical analysis that I find occur over and over at market bottoms. I would emphasize here that bottoms in a bull market trend will have a different pattern than tops in a bull market.
Major Index TOPS are PROLONGED and are often form over weeks. Trader sentiment gets, and stays, very bullish for a lengthily period also. Technical indicators of overbought/oversold like the RSI or Stochastics will usually get to a high (overbought) extremes and STAY that way or repeated or prolonged periods. Rallies to the upper trendline of an uptrend price channel will tend to just mark an area where upside momentum SLOWS and prices often thereafter continue higher 'hugging' such an upper trendline.
BOTTOMS are not always accompanied by extreme bearishness, but I anticipate generally that an intermediate-term bottom is made with SOME degree of bearishness. Bull market sell offs tend to END (and rebound from) AT or near major up trendlines. Oversold EXTREMES, such as measured by a 13-day Relative Strength Index (RSI); pertaining to a low 8-week (or 13-week) RSI oversold reading, these are often seen just ONCE or TWICE, rarely for prolonged periods.
I'll illustrate some of the technical elements that are associated with bottoms by using charts of the S&P 500 (SPX), the Dow 30 (INDU), the big cap Nasdaq 100 as seen via the QQQ tracking stock, and with the Russell 2000 (RUT), which, like the Dow, often trades very 'technically' or with a certain chart consistency.
You can see below in both the daily and weekly charts below how the last peak in SPX occurred very near (daily chart) or AT (weekly chart) resistance implied by the upper uptrend channel line.
The recent SPX daily price lows have occurred at SPX's long-standing up trendline, dating from the mid-November low of 2012. This has been accompanied by a 'fully' oversold RSI extreme. The recent cluster of lows could also be a bear flag or consolidation ahead of another drop of 50-70 points.
I lean to an interpretation of at least an interim bottom forming or having formed in the 1780 area in SPX. Since a decisive downside penetration of the up trendline would suggest the aforementioned bearish scenario, if I buy SPX calls or sell the index puts for example, I won't risk much of a penetration of the up trendline. If prices snap back, I can get back in.
What suggests to me above that this market may make a secondary bottom further on is that bullishness is stubbornly high in my view per my CPRATIO model. Bearish 'sentiment' hasn't gotten anywhere NEAR an extreme on even a 1-day basis. I figure that bearishness and the fear of the market so to speak will come back in. This as opposed to an "oh well, prices will just go back up soon (like they have for months)!" Great traders I've known have always a healthy fear of downside RISK and complacency.
On the weekly SPX chart seen next, I've highlighted the levels that would retrace a VERY minimal 25 per cent retracement of the last big upswing, a minimal Fibonacci 38% retracement and a deeper (but not expected by me currently) one-half/50% retracement. Note the up trendline, suggesting that a decisive downside penetration of this past week's low at 1770, would suggest that SPX was headed to a retracement that could carry into the 1725-1657 price zone. Moreover, it would most likely take such a retracement to get the 13-week RSI close to an oversold reading. Such a reading could also occur if the Index went more or less sideways for a few weeks, such as in the more seasonally weak Feb-March period.
There's another aspect I look for in most substantial downside corrections and I illustrate in the Dow 30 (INDU). Seen below: the first leg (noted as 'a') down was relatively short, as traders/investors remained quite bullish and selling was not pronounced. The rebound back up to 'b' fell short of the prior high; it could as well have hit the SAME high but not climbed above it or much above it. The second down leg 'c', in a typical a-b-c correction, is typically substantially longer than the first decline. As seen with the INDU daily chart, the first downleg (a) was 348 points from peak to trough and the second longer downleg (b) has carried (TO DATE) 902 points as measured to today's intraday INDU low.
There is a principle that suggests that down legs 'a' and 'c' will have a Fibonacci relationship; e.g., the first down leg is 38% of the second. The second downleg ('c') will be fibonacci 1.6 or 2.6 times the point distance carried on the first sell off.
In the case of the Dow, at least to date, down leg 'a' is a fibonacci 38% of down leg 'b' and the second decline is (also, so far) a fibonacci 2.6 times down the first sell off in INDU.
This study of the relative size of the first and second declines suggests that the Dow's correction may have run its course as the decline 'fulfills' a key relationship of the two down legs.
MOREOVER: the fact that the recent low has reached INDU's long-standing support/up trendline makes the foregoing comparison of the two declines, more relevant or more 'potent' we could say as pointing to a downside conclusion. Adding more credence to a possible bottom: INDU has reached an oversold RSI extreme.
Looking at the QQQ tracking stock for the big cap Nasdaq 100 Index (NDX) the recent low came down to the low end of QQQ's up trendline or the low end of QQQ's uptrend price channel. Since sharply higher daily trade volume or daily or weekly volume spikes often suggest a possible bottom as highlighted below; i.e., "Volume 'precedes' Price" or high volume often marks a volume-climax low in stocks and indices. Stay tuned on this!
The Russell 2000 (RUT) daily chart below is another example of recent lows stopping at a longstanding up trendline. This pattern is noteworthy in that RUT, like the Dow, often trades very 'technically'; meaning that the Russell Index often traces out patterns that are textbook examples of where and how upside or downside reversals form. RUT can at times be a bellwether index for the overall Market.
A rebound from the area of a long-standing up trendline, coupled with an oversold extreme in the RSI, lends weight to the idea of the formation of at least an interim if not 'final' bottom; even if such a low(s) gets re-tested later on.


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Just got REALLY freaked out by google maps
You know the new version they#ve got? Seen what happens when you zoom all the way out? Nearly blew my mind. Very much looking forward to the obvious next step of Google Solar System
- badmanreturns this'd this
i saw the whole world
which is pretty much what i expected before this thread
- badmanreturns, plasticniki, meths, and ma0sm this'd this
type Birmingham into the search field and click the magnifying glass
- zxcvbnm- this'd this
you mean satellite?
so it looks like I'm playing civ?
- Antelope this'd this
only joking
this is as far as it goes:badmanreturns this'd this
so have you guys got the new google maps?
don't think they've turned it on or whatever for everyone. but if you have and you zoom out you get to look at the whole planet from space, it's 3d and you see the sun (not the moon disappointingly) and where it is shining on the earth and you can make the earth spin about and stuff.
those links don't work
i'm disappointed it only goes that far.
google galaxy please.


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Yup. I've taken on another blog. As I start this new venture, I wonder how I'll fair at keeping it up. Considering I don't do much with my other blog, my expectations of this one aren't very high but hey, who's reading, right?
I've decided to chronicle my experience in writing my first novel. Let me give you some background on my literary experience: I have none. Okay, so I read a lot. A whole lot. I wrote a lot in high school but life kinda got in the way, it slowly dwindled to not writing much and then not writing at all. I still had ideas popping into my head but no motivation to follow through.
I take that back. I did have some motivation on a novel once. It was a disaster. At that point, I hadn't written in a very long time and I was getting the itch. Unfortunately, I worked in the film industry at the time and I was reading a lot of scripts. No, I wasn't doing anything glamorous in film, I was a set painter - there's little glamour in being covered in paint. I started my novel and believe me, it wasn't pretty.
Tolstoy, I am not but even still, this was bad.
It read exactly like a script. Not so good for a novel.
So I put it away. Years later, I'm getting the itch again. And this time, thankfully, it doesn't read like a script. It's not the same book; that one is dead, never to be resurrected. Apparently I wasn't the only one with the brilliant idea and now it's been done. Several times.
This is a whole new adventure.
It's an Urban Fantasy novel and while there won't be many details, let's face it, I would like to try to get an agent and published when I'm done, it'll be interesting to see my thoughts during the process. Call it a diary for me.
Before I set words to paper I joined a writing group. The fact is, there are a lot of us creative writer types that start novels, very few finish them. I wanted to make sure I finished so I joined the group in an effort to be accountable to someone and deadlines. So far, it's working. Although I missed my first deadline.
Since I didn't think about journaling this before I started writing, I'm already on chapter 3. Lucky for you, as there are no pages and pages of rants as I started. A good opening is hard to get right. I will sum it up for you, though.
If you don't use it, you lose it. It took me a while just to start writing to my satisfaction and a lot of red ink. Lots and lots of red ink. I had to tame that beast. I had to find my inner tale spinner again. I had to separate myself from the authors I had been reading to get my voice back. The last thing I wanted to do was write someone else's book.
That brings me to now. I'm in the middle of chapter 3. I am getting my groove back and writing is starting to move a little faster for me. Of course, as you can probably guess, starting this blog in the middle of chapter 3 is basically a procrastination tactic. Clearly, I'm not always going to move along in a clip. I can't get my head into it right this second so I'm finding distractions. There are worse distractions...
This blog has moved to Cheryl Murphy Writes: Chronicles of an Ink Slinger. It became too hard to mirror to this site. Lots of glitches and such. I don't do much to maintain this site anymore so if you're wondering why things might look a bit wonky, that would be it.
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Well, finally made it to the Museum of Modern Art; first, went to the press screening of Catherine Breillat's "Brief Crossing" (which i liked quite a lot) and then went through and saw the Martin Puryear exhibition, the Georges Seurat drawings, the Lucien Freud etchings, and the Latin American "multiples". And... i loved it. It was wonderful, and made me remember how much i used to love MoMA. I have to say that all the work was just so interesting....
What i liked was the differences in the different exhibits: the very precise and exquisite craft of Martin Puryear, the evocative quality of the charcoal drawings of Seurat... i'm not that crazy about Lucien Freud's work, but certainly his etchings were personal and professional. But the fact that MoMA could encompass these different aesthetics is pretty amazing.
I'm starting to get curious about the upcoming Whitney Biennial. They've released the list of artists about a month ago. William E. Jones is one of the artists, and so he'll be staying here with us during the week of the opening(s) of the Biennial.
I feel like this cold is finally lifting... but (of course) i went out today on the coldest day of the year (so far).


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Beginning in the Yucat n--and moving south through Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama--Wood's journey takes him from sleepy barrios to glamorous cities to Mayan ruins lying unexcavated in the wilderness. Wood encounters indigenous tribes in Mexico, revolutionaries in a Nicaraguan refugee camp, fellow explorers, and migrants heading toward the United States. The relationships he forges along the way are at the heart of his travels--and the personal histories, cultures, and popular legends he discovers paint a riveting history of Mexico and Central America. While contending with the region's natural obstacles like quicksand, flashfloods, and dangerous wildlife, he also partakes in family meals with local hosts, learns to build an emergency shelter, negotiates awkward run-ins with policemen, and witnesses the surreal beauty of Central America's landscapes, from cascading waterfalls and sunny beaches to the spectacular ridgelines of the Honduran highlands. Finally, Wood attempts to cross one of the world's most impenetrable borders: the Dari n Gap route from Panama into South America, a notorious smuggling passage and the wildest jungle he has ever navigated.
One of the rawest and most exciting journeys of his life, this expedition required every ounce of Wood's strength and guile to survive. Walking the Americas is a thrilling personal tale, an accomplished piece of cultural reportage, and a breathtaking journey across some of the most diverse and unpredictable regions on earth.


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- Uber's busiest day in the metro area occurred on Sept. 23 this year.
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Assigns minimal work but expects perfect work and nothing less. I barley passed a class I should have gotten honers in!
As a teacher, this man has refused to provide my child with any aid in social studies this year. In fact, he believes that telling students that they are failing in front of the whole class is more effective then actually teaching them to do better. If I were a parent of a student in his class, I would recommend you switch your child out before suffering inevitable failure due to the wrath of Van Doorn.
Great teacher, explains everything very well
The best teach out there! Doesnt give late marks, easy marks.
Talks the entire class, doesn't teach a lot gives notes the entire class,
Frank's work as an educator proves that he takes pride in his work, is supportive, and a kind hearted person. The logistics of his classroom while taking Social studies 30-1 were helpful and well designed despite what the rest of the SS department thought. Morover to describe his background the education and experience he made him sufficiently qualified for the work he was doing and he will continue to be one of my favorite teachers.
Good person, not such a great teacher. Often talks the ENTIRE class with the students just sitting there. Hard to stay concentrated with that teaching style. Also gets sidetracked with current events and stories.
Van Doorn is a good guy, generally. Hard marker, but if you can learn to write well (and he WILL teach you), you can find success. I enjoy being in his classes, first 10AP then going into 20AP/EuroHistory 30AP, etc. He can be sort of frustrating, he does go off on a LOT of tangential stories (even for Social teacher) and sometimes you wish he'd just teach you the bloody course material. But, if you pay attention, he's good.
Have him this sem for social 20-1, great teacher... (: Im passing his class so thats a good thing for sure. uses lots of current event stuff...
what breakdown are you guys talking about? hes an alright teacher but this year he has seemed to change from last year when i had him
Great teacher, great person. Make sure you get in his class!
Although in his class i didnt learn too much about social studies itself, I think hes a really interesting awesome guy! I love his stories although not always relating to social they are intriguing no
He is too much for high school, kids cant handle him but that doesnt mean he cant teach.He is the best teacher to have for the self taugh students, not a teacher for your avergae joe.
He needs to learn how to teach high school students. He thinks he is doing a good job based on the few students who like his teaching
I had van doorn for 2 years. Grade 12 was a bit of a struggle cause I found the class somewhat dull. There were way too many movies, and most of the handouts I didnt even look at. Very minimal things to hand in for marks. His tests are directly from the Key. Reviewing for tests wasnt really his cup of tea. He is very leniant to help you if you need more time to study for a test or if you want to clarify a topic. he goes off on rants about the olympics and his dogs, and brings them in regularly.
He is constantly off topic, constantly using his life as examples that don't help when it comes to the exam, and he relies too much on his movies and booklets, instead of actually teaching. It's obvious he wants to be a university professor and has no real interest in teaching in high schools.
It's been 5 years since my social class with Mr. Van Doorn and I still remember words of advice he gave me. He is an awesome, awesome, awesome teacher!
Awesome Social teach. Movies may be boring but they teach you a lot more painlessly than notes do. Even his notes are on the internet. Havent see a Teach. do more for his/her students.
Van Doorn is awesome, sure he has his weaknesses but hes an awesome teacher, i mean how many people teach you how to write a wicked essay by talking about the 1936 olympics and steriod use in sports.
Mr. Van Doorn is a GREAT teacher. I understood alot of what he taught us because of the stories relating to common day issues so I had something to relate to,
I loved Van Doorn. I had him before his breakdown. I learned alot. We had great discussions and the class was great.


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- Turn off Universal Plug and Play (UPnP). Sadly, UPnP can make routers, printers, cameras and other devices vulnerable to attack. It's designed to make it easier to network devices without configuration by helping them automatically discover each other. The problem is that hackers can also potentially discover them from beyond your local network because of vulnerabilities in the UPnP protocol. Is best to turn UPnP off completely.
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I have had a cup of Dandelion tea. Meh! No taste to speak of and yet perhaps if something is said to be good for you and its just like drinking hot water does it really matter? I think I have a good knowledge of what is good to eat/drink. How often/how much you should have. What's genuine advice and what is rubbish and often what is written in the press is subjective and specific points from a report are lifted and over emphasised.
So talking of tea you've perhaps seen all the publicity that is given to the health benefits of Green Tea. Well now we have a study suggesting the health benefits of Earl Grey Tea I am glad to see that the article I link to says that "It may" offer health benefits. Its years since I tasted that kind of tea and it really is an aquired taste.
The act last night at the bingo/social night yesterday was loud, glad I had ear plugs with me but my ears were still ringing a bit. It doesn't need to be for the size of the room.
I do need some cleaning products just for a little sprucing up of the house, I can't improve the carpets and furniture but later in the year if I can afford to I hope to decorate. At least the house is not cluttered. Not that it ever has been except when I was having a clear out and moving items out of cupboards. That was temporary.
I will have to decide my evening meal*...I ate most of the hotpot from the slow cooker at the weekend but with only approx one portion remaining and it looking quite sorry for itself I decided to sling it. I think that was still good value.
British Summer Time is here yay!...Its not particular cold indoors but it still looks quite miserable outside. But hey its still early days what should we expect?
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Sample the most delicious coffee cup and learn about the coffee cycle with a professional local guide who will show beyond touristy attractions on a fully narrated tour with flexible departure times any day of the week.
This Coffee Tour guides you through the gourmet coffee life cycle. Leaving Medellín, follow the grains through a careful collection and selection of the best. Learn how Colombia's unique climate and its diverse landscapes provide perfect cultivation conditions for gourmet coffee beans while leaving the Medellín mountains and entering the plantations. You will be delighted with the different roasting techniques where packing secrets allow local families to offer the best coffee from their plantations to the cup that comes to your house. Surrounded by coffee plantations and beautiful views of the village of Jardín. It contemplates the spectacular views of the Andes Mountains when climbing to the top of the mountain in a cable car that will allow you to take unforgettable postcard photos with the majestic Garden village in the middle of the coffee zone.
After your private bilingual guide picks you up at your hotel, you head southwest to Antioquia to embark on an experience of flavors with the most surprising coffee landscapes of our geography. The first stop is made halfway to 45 minutes from Medellin, more specifically in the Titiribí sector to appreciate majestic views of Mount Tusa, the only natural pyramid in the world. On arrival you can get comfortable: use restrooms and drink something while receiving Colombian gourmet coffee tastings 100% from your private guide. There is a cafeteria and restaurant and it is recommended to bring cash for additional expenses as it is not guaranteed that they receive credit or debit cards. Continuing on our way to the fascinating Garden Village, in the middle of the Andes Mountains, the tour continues to one of the most prominent coffee estates in the region with about 200,000 coffee trees, to be visited by an authentic native coffee grower About this hard work of sowing and gathering coffee. With your own hands you can recognize the most suitable grains and identify the critical aspects that make the ideal coffee rate. From the time of planting to the collection and subsequent selection of grains, you can learn interesting data from this fascinating universe of flavor that makes Colombia its main attraction, particularly this coffee section sells the vast majority of its annual production to the multinational Nestlé.
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Art Theft: One Of The Most Intriguing and Famous Cases in History
Art theft is an ancient and complex crime. When you look at the a few of the most well-known cases of art thefts in history, you see completely prepared operations that involve art dealerships, art fakers, mobsters, ransoms, and countless dollars. Here you can read about some of the most popular cases of art theft in the history.
The First Theft:
The first documented case of art theft remained in 1473, when two panels of altarpiece of the Last Judgment by the Dutch painter Hans Memling were stolen. While the triptych was being carried by ship from the Netherlands to Florence, the ship was attacked by pirates who took it to the Gdansk cathedral in Poland. Nowadays, the piece is shown at the National Museum in Gdansk where it was recently moved from the Basilica of the Presumption.
The A Lot Of Famous Theft:
The most popular story of art theft includes among the most famous paintings in the world and one of the most well-known artists in history as a suspect. In the night of August 21, 1911, the Mona Lisa was stolen out of the Louver. Soon after, Pablo Picasso was apprehended and questioned by the police, but was released quickly.
It turned out that the 30 × 21 inch painting was taken by one of the museum employees by the name of Vincenzo Peruggia, who merely carried it hidden under his coat. The criminal activity was thoroughly carried out by a notorious con male, Eduardo de Valfierno, who was sent by an art faker who intended to make copies and offer them as if they were the original painting.
While Yves Chaudron, the art faker, was busy producing copies for the famous work of art, Mona Lisa was still hidden at Peruggias home. After two years where Peruggia did not hear from Chaudron, he tried to make the very best out of his taken excellent. Ultimately, Peruggia was captured by the authorities while attempting to sell the painting to an art dealer from Florence, Italy. The Mona Lisa was gone back to the Louver in 1913.
The Most significant Theft in the U.S.A:
The biggest art theft in United States happened at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. On the night of March 18, 1990, a group of burglars using police uniforms broke into the museum and took thirteen paintings whose collective value was approximated at around 300 million dollars. The burglars took 2 paintings and one print by Rembrandt, and works of Vermeer, Manet, Degas, Govaert Flinck, as well as a French and a Chinese artifact.
As of yet, none of the paintings have been found and the case is still unsolved. According to recent reports, the FBI are examining the possibility that the Boston Mob along with French art dealers are linked to the criminal activity.
The Scream:
The painting by Edvard Munchs, The Scream, is most likely the most searched for painting by art thieves in history. It has been taken two times and was just just recently recovered. https://myspace.com/kurtcriter In 1994, during the Winter Season Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, The Scream was stolen from an Oslo gallery by 2 burglars who broke through an open window, triggered the alarm and left a note saying: thanks for the poor security.
3 months later, the holders of the painting approached the Norwegian Government with an deal: 1 million dollars ransom for Edvard Munchs The Scream. The Federal government declined the deal, however the Norwegian police teamed up with the British Authorities and the Getty Museum to organize a sting operation that revived the painting to where it belongs.
While Museum officials waiting for the burglars to request ransom loan, rumors claimed that both paintings were burned to conceal proof. Ultimately, the Norwegian cops found the two paintings on August 31, 2006 but the facts on how they were recovered are not known.
When you look at the some of the most popular cases of art thefts in history, you see completely prepared operations that include art dealerships, art fakers, mobsters, ransoms, and millions of dollars. The most famous story of art theft involves one of the most famous paintings in the world and one of the most well-known artists in history as a suspect. The criminal offense was thoroughly performed http://kurtcriter.brandyourself.com/Links by a notorious con male, Eduardo de Valfierno, who was sent out by an art faker who intended to make copies and sell them as if they were the original painting.
Ultimately, Peruggia was captured by the police while trying to offer the painting to an art dealership from Florence, Italy. The painting by Edvard Munchs, The Scream, is probably the most sought after painting by art thieves in history.


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And now..... Torchwood time!
December 28th, 2007 (11:19 am)
In short, I bring you the trailers for Torchwood.
The UK trailer in which poodles are appreciated.
And the slightly more revealing US trailer, featuring James Marsters without his shirt. Oh, they know their audience all right. :P
And apparently there's a rumour that Danni Minogue might do Torchwood. Bwahahahahaha! Please God, let this not be so.


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Tuesday, May 30, 2006
Okay, I know this is a book blog, and maybe a music list doesn't belong here. But I can't help but merge my loves now and again. They do oftentimes go hand in hand. Some novels remind me of the albums I was listening to over and over again while I read them. (Here's a sample: Tears For Fears' Songs from the Big Chair and Jesus & Mary Chain's Barbed Wire Kisses while reading the many tawdry "Flowers in the Attic" books; The Cure's Faith while reading Wolitzer's Sleepwalking; P J Harvey while reading Jane Austen in college, etc., etc.)
One more rationalization--I like many of the bands on this list for the same reasons I chose the books on the other top 50 list--for an amazing turn of phrase, for the mood they set or transport me to, for the naked truth of the emotion expressed.
So anyway--my husband, Stuart, and I made lists independent of one another, so I can't help but share his too. Lots of overlap (he influenced me, I influenced him, and we have simply long been fans of indie rock) between us--much like you know you've met a kindred spirit when you share a love for the same books or authors.
1. Fiona Apple: When The Pawn…
2. Arcade Fire: Funeral
3. The Bats: Daddy's Highway
4. The Beautiful South: Welcome to the Beautiful South
5. Belle & Sebastian: If You're Feeling Sinister
6. The Boo Radleys: Kingsize
7. David Bowie: Hunky Dory
8. Billy Bragg: Must I Paint You a Picture: The Essential Billy Bragg
9. John Cale: Paris 1919
10. Neko Case: Blacklisted
11. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Boatman's Call
12. The Church: Starfish
13. The Cure: The Head on the Door
14. Nick Drake: Bryter Layter
15. Echo & the Bunnymen: Ocean Rain
16. The Go-Betweens: 16 Lover's Lane
17. David Gray: The Century Ends
18. PJ Harvey: Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
19. Lauryn Hill: The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
20. Robyn Hitchcock: Eye
21. Ida: I Know About You
22. The Magnetic Fields: 69 Love Songs
23. Paul & Linda McCartney: Ram
24. Modest Mouse: The Moon & Antarctica
25. Mojave 3: Ask Me Tomorrow
26. Moloko: Statues
27. Sinead O'Connor: I do not want what I haven't got
28. The Pogues: If I Should Fall From Grace With God
29. Pulp: We Love Life
30. Radiohead: Kid A
31. REM: Life's Rich Pageant
32. Rolling Stones: Let It Bleed
33. Saint Etienne: Good Humor
34. Seam: The problem with me
35. The Smiths: Louder Than Bombs
36. Elliott Smith: Roman Candle
37. Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation
38. Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros: Global A Go-Go
39. The Sundays: Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic
40. Tears for Fears: Songs From the Big Chair
41. The The: Mind Bomb
42. Tompaulin: Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt
43. Trembling Blue Stars: Her Handwriting
44. U2: Joshua Tree
45. Unrest: Imperial
46. The Waterboys: Fisherman's Blues
47. The Wedding Present: Sea Monsters
48. Wilco: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
49. XTC: Skylarking
50. Yo La Tengo: And the Nothing Turned Itself Inside
1. Beach Boys Pet Sounds
2. Beck Sea Change
3. Beautiful South Welcome the Beautiful South
4. Belle & Sebastian If You're Feeling Sinister
5. David Bowie Ziggy Stardust
6. Neko Case Blacklisted
7. Nick Cave The Boatman's Call
8. The Charalambides Market Square
9. Leonard Cohen Songs of Leonard Cohen
10. Cornershop Woman's Gotta Have It
11. Bob Dylan Desire
12. Echo & the Bunnymen Heaven Up Here
13. The Fall Grotesque
14. Felt Me, a Monkey & the Moon
15. Gang of Four Entertainment
16. The Go-Betweens 16 Lovers Lane
17. PJ Harvey To Bring You My Love
18. Husker Du New Day Rising
19. Ida I Know About You
20. It's Jo and Danny Lank Haired Girl to Bearded Boy
21. The Jesus & Mary Chain Psychocandy
22. Low Christmas
23. Mark Kozelek Rock N Roll Singer
24. Marvin Gaye What's Goin' On
25. Massive Attack Blue Lines
26. Moloko Statues
27. My Bloody Valentine Loveless
28. New Order Power Corruption & Lies
29. Sinead O'Connor I Do Not Want What I Have Not
30. Prolapse Pointless Walks to Dismal Places
31. Pulp This Is Hardcore
32. REM Automatic for the People
33. The Replacements Let It Be
34. Saint Etienne Good Humor
35. Sleater-Kinney One Beat
36. Slowdive Pygmalion
37. Elliot Smith Figure 8
38. Sonic Youth Sister
39. Spacemen 3 The Perfect Prescription
40. Dusty Springfield Dusty in Memphis
41. Stereolab Peng! 33
42. The Stone Roses The Stone Roses
43. Throwing Muses Throwing Muses
44. Unrest Imperial FFRR
45. Rufus Wainwright Want One
46. The Waterboys Fisherman's Blues
47. The Wedding Present Sea Monsters
48. Whale We Care
49. The Wolfhounds Attitude
50. Young Marble Giants Colossal Youth
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
I got this idea from a Kevin Brockmeier reading--apparently he hands out his top 50 (which he explains includes few classics because he's being entirely honest) books to the audience. Which is just brilliant, really. How many times are authors asked to cite their influences?
Not that anyone's asking, but here are mine. This month, week, moment, anyway. But I will refrain from changing and adapting it for at least 24 hours.
Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
Flaubert's Parrot by Julian Barnes
Possession by A.S. Byatt
Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey
The Ramona books by Beverly Cleary
Happy All the Time by Laurie Colwin
The Fifth Business by Robertson Davies
Break It Down by Lydia Davis
Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Down a Dark Hall by Lois Duncan
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers
Anything by George Eliot, Middlemarch and Daniel Deronda in particular
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner
The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles
The Confessions of Max Tivoli by Andrew Sean Greer
China To Me by Emily Hahn
Stones from the River by Ursula Hegi
At the Gates of the Animal Kingdom by Amy Hempel
Oyster by Janette Turner Hospital
The Bone People by Keri Hulme
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
Obasan by Joy Kogawa
The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann
A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
Time Will Darken It by William Maxwell
Atonement by Ian McEwan
The Sisters: The Saga of the Mitford Sisters by Mary S. Lovell
The Pursuit of Love & Love in a Cold Climate by Nancy Mitford
Birds of America by Lorrie Moore
Hopeful Monsters by Nicholas Mosley
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
Iris Murdoch (everything I've read so far, which isn't much considering how prolific she was)
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
The His Dark Materials series by Philip Pullman
The Fact of a Doorframe: Poems Selected and New by Adrienne Rich
Empire Falls by Richard Russo
The Complete Poems by Anne Sexton
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
On Beauty by Zadie Smith
The Way It Is: Poems by William Stafford
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
Waterland by Graham Swift
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Slaughter-house 5 by Kurt Vonnegut
Sleepwalking by Meg Wolitzer
Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
Monday, May 22, 2006
I read this one really fast, but with much less enthusiasm and wonder than with My Sister's Keeper. It's about the Stone family in Maine: father Daniel is a stay-at-home dad who pens graphic novels, mother Laura is a college professor who specializes in Dante's Inferno, and 14-year-old daughter Trixie is nursing a broken heart after her popular, older boyfriend Jason breaks up with her. We learn early on that Laura is cheating in her husband with a student, Daniel has a dark, violent past, and Trixie isn't as sweet and innocent as her parents think she is. Everthing is up-ended when Trixie is raped by Jason at a party. The party also involves a lot of shock-value teen sex-play—the kind of stuff that may or may not actually be happening—"rainbow" and "daisy chain"—which felt like an of-the-moment, Oprah-session type of choice. The town blames Trixie and her family, because Jason is a beloved hockey star. While this isn't as devastating as Joyce Carol Oates' We Were the Mulvaneys, a novel in which a raped girl finds her family and the entire world turned against her (I wanted to throw this bleak, bleak book out the window), it's also not as powerful. There are some graphic novel sections in here, which are fun if a little hokey. If you want to see what Picoult can do, read My Sister's Keeper.
I don't generally read movie star biographies. Generally I get my fill from inane Entertainment Tonight-type programs and People magazine (well, and US Weekly and Entertainment Weekly). But Stuart's Dad was in town and he always stops into Cinema Books, which is this amazing little store crammed to the gills with film related books, magazines and photo glossies. The woman who runs it also has an encyclopedic knowledge of film and her own organization scheme for the layers and stacks of books in the entire place. Cinema Books is a veritable treasure trove and it's right down the street from Scarecrow Video. So when Stuart found the script for "The Apartment," I felt we should buy one other thing, and I picked up the Drew bio. I can't help but mention that I absolutely adore her; I can't help it. I buy nearly every magazine she appears in, and Stuart often kids that he wonders where the shrine is hidden. The biography was an exquisite guilty pleasure. I'm not sure how good it is, but I did enjoy it.
Monday, May 15, 2006
This book was exactly what I was looking for—a combination of two of my favorite novels, Dodie Smith's I Capture the Castle and Nancy Mitford's The Pursuit of Love. What I love about many British novels, like those by Smith and Mitford, is that everyone's just so proper—properly eccentric, that is. Rice's American debut is also host to many eccentric, witty, and intriguing characters.
It's 1954 in England, war rationing is still a reality, and life has yet to fully return to 'normal.' Penelope Wallace, whose father died in the war, lives at Milton Magna Hall, a once-grand mansion home that was requisitioned by soldiers during the war, with her beautiful mother and music-obsessed younger brother, Inigo. Penelope has lived a quiet, uneventful life in Magna until she meets a girl at the bus stop who invites her to hop in a cab with her and come to tea at her Aunt Clare's. Charlotte is a spark, a girl with "a great gift for circumnavigating normal behavior," with a winsome humor and style. Penelope has no idea why she has been called out: "She was the sort of person one reads about in novels yet rarely meets in real life, and if this was the beginning of the novel—well!" Charlotte brings Penelope out of her shell and opens her up to new experiences. Penelope and Charlotte form a real bond from their chance encounter, and Charlotte begins to bring Penelope out of her shell. As a result, Penelope gets quite mixed up with Aunt Clare's aspiring magician son, Harry. Harry is in love with a wealthy American and he ropes Penelope into his attempts to break off the engagement. Penelope just might be falling for Harry in the process, but her real heartthrob is American singer, Johnnie Ray. This is a delightful, utterly charming coming-of-age novel that's pure enjoyment. A perfect summer read.
Friday, May 12, 2006
This book starts out with the promise of John Crowley's Little, Big: a woman who could once commune with spirits walks down a path, gathering lilacs, talking with her townspeople, telling stories and strange asides. It begins with a rich sense of magic and foreboding. Set in Newfoundland in the small fishing village of Bareneed, it is about a town that has all but lost its main industry—fishing cod has been outlawed because of they have started to die off. A fisheries officer and recent divorcee, Joseph Blackwood, and his young daughter, Robin, come to Bareneed for a summer break. But things get strange and spooky straight away. A young woman living next door's dead daughter appears and disappears in windows and starts talking with and influencing Robin. And soon people of Bareneed become stricken with an illness that causes them to become violent and then stop breathing. And dead bodies from past generations start being pulled intact from the sea. Mythological sea creatures also start to appear.
I wanted to like this book, for its exquisite creepiness and for its writing—which is quite lush at times—but the story just got increasingly long and the premise just seemed too flimsy. It took me far too long to read and I was glad to be done with it when I finished. Somehow it can be more frustrating when you can see how much better a book could have been with some editing or more thought.
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
Rose and Ruby were born during a tornado in Canada in 1974. They were also born joined at the head, craniopagus twins. The nurse who assisted with their birth, Aunt Lovey, took them in as her own when their mother skipped town. Rose and Ruby are joined in such a way that they have never seen one another except through mirrors, but Rose says: "I know Ruby's gestures as my own, through the movement of her muscles and bone> I love my sister as I love myself. I hate her that way too."
Rose wants to be a writer and begins penning her memoir before their 30th birthday, with her sister, Ruby, adding her own chapters, when they are told they may not have long to live. Aunt Lovey and her husband, Uncle Stash, have always insisted that the girls have as normal a life as anyone else—Aunt Lovey never let anyone or anything stand in their way and made them both work through any physical limitations. She was also honest with Ruby and Rose about life and didn't over-protect—I really found her a compelling figure in the novel for her strength and her love. Alternating between Rose and Ruby's voices, in which they tell stories of their shared life, you realize how much they love each other and how very different they both are.
I didn't know what to expect when I picked up this book—I thought the girls might be sheltered wallflowers or that a novel about two girls joined at the head might be a mere curiosity or exercise is sheer voyeurism. But Lansens brings real depth and emotion to all of her characters in this surprising, touching novel.
Monday, May 01, 2006
Twelve-year-old Martha Boyle's life changes the moment she is given a page from Olive Barstow's diary before summer vacation. Martha didn't get to know Olive before she died, but it turns out they shared a secret: they both wanted to be writers. Martha's family head to the Cape to visit her grandmother, Godbee, but Martha just can't stop thinking about Olive, a girl she hardly knew. Martha and Godbee also have an agreement that they share something new about one another every day. (Godbee is such a cool grandma, too—I could have listened to her stories forever!) It's a summer filled with pondering life, death, friendship and love. This sweet, subtle book was recommended to me by a girl who likes "sad books" (I wanted to squeeze her when she said that—so sweet). While it's a little bit sad, it's also a find--like a ocean-washed glass in your pocket.


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We already covered the announcement of the Yoga Book and the Yoga 910 yesterday, but since the Lenovo Yoga book is among the most distinctive hybrid laptops we have seen in a while, it was obvious that a standalone post about the Lenovo Yoga Book is necessary.
Now, Lenovo has introduced this 2-in-1 laptop with a bit of a twist. It comes with a familiar "watchband hinge" that you will find in many other Lenovo devices but there is one more thing that is very interesting. That is the secondary pressure sensitive screen that has been placed instead of a physical keyboard. The touch and pressure-sensitive screen is powered by Wacom and it shows a keyboard layout when you have to write.
Lenovo has made sure that you get the best typing experience on this thing and hence they have provided an adaptive typing experience on this laptop. The keyboard will learn from your typing pattern and then it will adapt itself to provide you the best results. Yes, you will miss the physical keys but then to do something new, changes are needed to be done.
The same pressure sensitive screen can turn into "Create Pad" and that is a name given to it by Lenovo. The Create Pad can easily accept inputs from fingers as well as a stylus. You can use it to take notes, draw or anything you want and the Yoga Book will reproduce the same on screen. In fact, you can use a real pen and paper and keep the paper on the Create Pad and the same things that you write on the paper will appear on screen which is really cool.
Lenovo is launching two versions of the Yoga Book. One of the versions will run Android 6.0 Marshmallow and it will cost you $499 while the Windows 10 version will cost you $549. You do get the stylus included which is cool. Both versions also have LTE connectivity and that will be useful for wireless networking.
As per Lenovo, the Android version of the Lenovo Yoga Book will provide a battery life of 15 hours on a single charge and the Windows 10 version is supposed to last 13 hours. Both versions will have 8,500mAh battery which is a good amount of battery juice but the battery life will ultimately depend on the usage.


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Avoid popup "Save changes?" when nothing was changed in Excel doc?
Whenever I open some Excel docs to have a look at the content table and want to close it afterwards WITHOUT CHANGING ANYTHING then Excel (2003/2007) asks me
if I want to save the changes.
I think Excel automatically re-calculates embedded formulas even if I did not type in manually stuff.
So Excel thinks I made some changes.
How can I tell Excel to NOT prompt me any more to save changes if the changes are only based on formula re-calculations ?
If this is not possible: How can I tell Excel to automatically save all changes without prompting me?
Is it possible to setup this preference for ALL excel docs at once rather than for each Excel doc individually ?
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|19 Oct 2010
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 RTM + SP1
I don't believe this is possible.
And plus, yes its annoying but without it, there will almost certainly be a time when you will close a document and you will lose everything if you forgot to hit the 'save' button.
Best thing i would say is live with it, it only gives you three option anyway and it only takes two seconds too choose 'yes' or 'no'
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|21 Oct 2010
Win7 Pro x64
Happens all the time in practically any MS Office app. Like I open a Word doc to print, then try to close it. "Save (Y/N)?" even though I didn't edit anything. Ditto Excel. Ditto PowerPoint.
I fully expect that on one fine day I'll hit N out of sheer reflex - and then realize a split second later I just nailed my ass to the wall.
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Five Harford County girls have advanced to the Knights of Columbus Free Throw Championships, scheduled to take place today at Good Counsel High School in Wheaton.
Erin Updegrove, 14, Kate Blaney, 13, Alison Healey, 12, Jennifer Westervelt, 11, and Page Heath, 10, each won an opening round of competition at Bel Air High and a district competition at Harford Technical High School last weekend to advance to today's event.
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* Under-10: The Edgewood Spirit, after trailing 2-1 at halftime, rallied to defeat St. Stephen's, 5-3, Thursday night at the Maryland Sports Arena.


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