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Right-Wing Media Blast Chris Christie For Signing "Ex-Gay" Therapy Ban
August 20, 2013 10:52 am ET by Luke Brinker
Right-wing media erupted in outrage over New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's decision on August 19 to "reluctantly" sign into law a bill banning "conversion therapy" for gay, lesbian, and bisexual minors, attacking Christie's decision as an affront to religious freedom, the epitome of government overreach, and a boon to child molesters.
As Christie noted in signing the law, the American Psychological Association (APA) opposes "ex-gay" therapy as harmful and scientifically unsound. Reports have exposed the cruel, degrading, and disturbing tactics employed by "ex-gay" therapy organizations, and a staggering 92 percent of former "ex-gay" patients report that they experienced harm as a result of the treatment.
On his radio program, Sean Hannity ignored the fraudulent quackery of "ex-gay" therapy to frame the debate as a matter of religious freedom. "Is there freedom of religion anymore, or is that banned in New Jersey?" Hannity asked, before concluding that it "sounds like" the answer is the latter:
In fact, the law does not prohibit religious institutions from preaching against homosexuality. It simply ensures that psychologists adhere to the standards of their profession by not providing discredited and demeaning treatments.
The American Family Association's Bryan Fischer - displaying a newfound concern for the welfare of gay adolescents - tweeted on August 19 that Christie's decision "condemns gay teens to [a] lifetime of depression and disease":
Liberty Counsel Action Vice President Matt Barber also came unhinged, calling the law "NJ's Jerry Sandusky bill":
In a story posted on August 19, the right-wing Washington Times quoted Liberty Counsel's founder and chairman Matt Staver, who also used the bill's signing to invoke a Sandusky comparison:
"The bill is so broad that parents would be prohibited from seeking help for their son who developed unwanted same-sex attractions after being molested by the likes of Jerry Sandusky," Mr. Staver said, referring to the former Penn State football coach convicted of child molestation. Mr. Staver added that the bill provides a "slippery slope of government infringing upon the First Amendment rights of counselors to provide, and patients to receive, counseling consistent with their religious beliefs."
The Times also quoted Arthur Goldberg, co-founder of the "ex-gay" organization Jews Offering New Alternatives for Healing (JONAH), without noting the demeaning "therapy" tactics JONAH uses. Goldberg asserted that banning "ex-gay" therapy deprived gay adolescents of "help."
Meanwhile, BuzzFeed's Chris Geidner reported that National Organization for Marriage (NOM) co-founder and National Review Online contributor Maggie Gallagher - who has repeatedly lied about her support for "ex-gay" therapy - lambasted Christie for "shut[ting] down" gay adolescents' "right of self-determination."
RedState.com's Dan Spencer denounced the new law as "abhorrent," all but accusing Christie of being a bad Catholic by signing it:
According to CNN, Christie, a Catholic, Christie has stated his opposition to gay conversion therapy and in an interview on CNN's "Piers Morgan Tonight" said he did not think homosexuality is a sin:
Well, my religion says it's a sin. But for me, I don't. I've always believed that people are born with the predisposition to be homosexual. And so, I think if someone is born that way, it's very difficult to say then that that's a sin. But I understand that my church says that.
Christie is as wrong about the teachings of his own religion as he is about signing the abhorrent legislation. Catholicism teaches that homosexual acts are a sin, not homosexuality.
The Blaze's Meredith Jessup professed little interest in whether "ex-gay" therapy "may or may not have merit," but defended the right of "ex-gay" organizations to peddle damaging treatments, wondering if the government "should be allowed to ban therapists from using "conversion therapy" in their practices." She concluded by asking who Chris Christie is "to tell them they can't."
Even pioneers of "ex-gay" therapy like psychiatrist Dr. Robert Spitzer and the recently shuttered evangelical group Exodus International have recanted their past support for the practice, stating that it's ineffective and exacerbates social stigma toward the LGBT community.
UPDATE: In an August 20 post for National Review Online, Maggie Gallagher stated that the press release attributed to her in response to Gov. Christie's decision to sign the bill into law had been released without her "knowledge or approval," writing:
A press release attributed to Maggie Gallagher was released by staff error yesterday without my knowledge or approval. These are not my words nor my sentiments. I will read the bill Chris Christie signed carefully before I issue any statement, if I do.
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She's definitely not afraid to flaunt her fabulous figure, and LeAnn Rimes turned heads on the beach in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico on Wednesday (January 2).
Sporting a flirty pink bikini, the "Can't Fight the Moonlight" songstress hung out in the tropical paradise with her husband Eddie Cibrian and gal pal Liz.And according to an inside source, Rimes is getting taken to the cleaners by Cibrian, who is only with her to spend her money.
The snitch told press, "Eddie spends LeAnn's money at an alarming rate! He acts like it's unlimited; he doesn't even care. He buys whatever he wants, no matter how extravagant it is. The way he sees it is, he supports LeAnn in everything she does, so it's only fair that he gets to buy himself treats."
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The construction market has a new standard for measuring job productivity. The American Society of Testing and Materials International (ASTM) recently adopted a new standard for measuring construction productivity at task, project, and industry levels. The new standard (ASTM E2691-09) is a fast-paced and real time measurement of productivity, which relies on true input from the field for measuring construction put in place — and reflects on any gains or losses of productivity instantaneously. The new standard is called job productivity measurement, or JPM. In addition to the rate of productivity, JPM also measures the change of rate of productivity at the same time it measures job progress.
The motivation for the standard is linked to a widely recognized need for productivity improvement in construction. What gets measured gets managed, and without a standard and correct measurement, the industry has suffered for decades. Overall, the United States has enjoyed one of the highest productivity increases of workforce as compared with all other nations. The national increase in productivity of all industries, however, is not mirrored in the construction industry (Fig. 1). According to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the construction industry is a major contributor to the U.S. economy; however, its contribution to the national productivity level lags by 10 times the national average. Construction productivity cannot be improved unless it is correctly measured — and that measurement is acted upon for improvement.
Fig. 1. Construction productivity levels
have not grown as strongly as those in
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JPM identifies productivity trends of the total job as well as the field response to individual cost codes. The graphed productivity trends model the job, enabling you to visualize, monitor, and root-cause the labor productivity variation from the field's perspective. This insight into the job provides you with a way to manage the causes of labor productivity variation and, ultimately, to manage the relationship between labor productivity and job profitability.
Once a baseline construction budget has been established, the work is tracked with regular frequent updates from the field. While current information comes with every update, productivity trends can be seen in just a few update cycles. JPM projects the productivity through the end of the job based on individual cost codes, giving early warning signals regarding the outcome of the job.
Figure 2 (click here to see Fig. 2) shows a sample of the commercial application of JPM. With the graph line positioning above the baseline, one can clearly see this project is proceeding more productively than planned. If the graph line fell below the baseline, this would indicate the project was proceeding less productively than planned. Even more important than the actual positioning of the line is the trend — is the job or cost code becoming more or less productive as the work proceeds?
Let's take a look at another example. The overall job in Fig. 3 (click here to see Fig. 3) is showing a special cause variation evident in the downward trend of five consecutive data points, each lower than the last (the difference from expected productivity is lower and lower each week). To further identify the causes of variation in a job, the job can be segregated into cost codes. By separately evaluating the individual components of the job (click here to see Fig. 4), it becomes clear that most of the job is progressing as expected, with the exception of one cost code.
In this example, we can see the installation of conduit is the underlying source of the productivity decline.
This job productivity measurement process begins with the development of a common language — a defined cost codes system of high level "activity codes." These cost codes should be used consistently across all projects on a company-wide (or division-wide) basis. If your company has different divisions doing other types of work, you may need to use a different set of cost codes. However, you should limit each division to about 15 to 20. Of this total, only seven to 10 different codes should generally be used to break down any one job.
JPM begins at the job planning stage of a project with the development of the work breakdown structure (WBS), which translates a job from the estimate to the field baseline labor hour budget. Initially, your project planning team segregates the job into the cost codes according to the type of work being performed, creating a very high level work breakdown structure of the major activities on the job. This work breakdown structure also includes activities from the field's perspective, which are more than likely not thought of during the estimate. For example, activities such as layout, labeling, cleanup, and commissioning are all identified up-front, so their contribution to the final installation can be measured and tracked.
On the job, the electrician reports the "Observed Percent Complete" for each of the tasks he has worked on during the update period. These completed percentages are compared with the high level cost code labor hours submitted weekly for payroll. If the observed completion is outpacing the planned hours, the job is deemed to be ahead of schedule and therefore more productive.
On any job, two to four cost codes will generally be the "driving cost codes" that encompass the majority of the work and are weighted accordingly in the graph reporting.
As noted in ASTM Standard E2691, 2009, "JPM is a new standard practice for measuring construction productivity by measuring work performed compared to construction put in place. JPM measures quality of the construction outcome by measuring observed completion of the project as accepted by the customer. Use of this practice will reduce the need for end-of-the-job inspection on construction projects by providing ongoing and periodic feedback on errors, repairs, and rework. These issues will be resolved as they are identified with JPM as the job progresses."
By measuring productivity and its changes during construction projects, you can identify problem areas and resolve them more quickly, resulting in better productivity on job sites. Contractors who apply JPM tracking will be able to improve their cash flow and profitability.
Daneshgari is president and CEO of MCA, Inc., Flint, Mich. Moore is an associate implementer. They can be reached at [email protected] and [email protected].


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The Descent of Man
Charles Darwin wrote The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex in 1871, a work that chronicled his theory of evolution. This work discusses the lineage of man, rather than a fall from grace.
A quote from the work reads:
"Civilized races of man will almost certainly exterminate the savage races throughout the world ... The break between man and his nearest allies will then be wider, for it will intervene between man in a more civilized state, as we may hope, even than the Caucasian, and some ape as low as a baboon, instead of as now between the negro or Australian and the gorilla."
The evolutionary ideas presented by Darwin have contributed to or justified racism.[1][2]
In The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Darwin proposes that his theory of evolution proposed in On the Origin of Species applies to humans, and considers the implications of this for science and society. He advocates the improvement of the human genetic population by eugenics, particularly the extermination of the 'inferior' races. Darwin did not propose active extermination: He predicted that this would occur given sufficient time with or without deliberate attempt, as a consequence of natural selection. Darwin discussed the notion of an active Eugenics program, but considered it to be counter to the "noble" part of our nature.
Today anthropologists reject any true distinguishing characteristics between different races of humans. It has been noted that many people were racist in Darwin's sociological background, and that was not necessarily a defining feature that was unique to Darwin himself.


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British designed Derby-based bike brand Forme have quickly established themselves on the scene in the two years since inception, so much so their Thorpe Comp 1.0 road bike features on the long list of Cycling Plus's Bike of the Year award.
Tuesday saw the launch of their hugely expanded, 39-strong 2012 bike range, which includes a shift towards higher spec models in the Dura Ace-equipped Thorpe Elite and Winscar Carbon hardtail, plus 'cross and time trial bikes in the shape of the Calver X Race and ATT 1.0.
Kicking things off is the modestly priced ATT 1.0 time trial bike. From a distance we were fooled into thinking it was a carbon frame, but it's in fact made from 7005 aluminium (plus a carbon fork) with cunning welds. The model on display was built with Shimano Tiagra bits but the £1,499 bike actually comes with 105. It also includes Vision's alloy Trimax Team bars and Pro TT chainset, plus Easton's EA50 rims and Schwalbe Lugano tyres.
Forme ATT 1.0
Possibly signalling the intentions of its makers, the Thorpe Elite (£2,999.99) road bike ranks as Forme's most expensive model, made with a higher grade carbon than the Comp 1.0. It's fitted predominantly with Shimano Dura-Ace with FSA's BB30-compatible SLK Carbon crankset, plus Easton's lightweight alloy EA90 SLX wheels and cockpit parts, and Schwalbe Ultremo rubber. As with many of Forme's 2012 models, the Thorpe is named after famous climbs and landmarks from the neighbouring Peak District National Park.
Forme Thorpe Elite
Taking care of cyclo-cross are a couple of models; the Calver X Sport (Shimano Tiagra groupset, £949.99) and the version shown below, the Calver X Race (£1,399.99). Spec details on the alloy cantilever brake-equipped bike includes a carbon fork, Shimano 105 front and rear mech, Easton EA50 rims and finishing kit and Schwalbe Racing Ralph tyres.
Forme Calver X Race
Topping the mountain bike range is the Winscar Carbon hardtail (£1,999.99). Tech details include RockShox's 100mm travel Reba RL fork, Shimano XT front and rear mech, FSA V-Drive BB30 crankset, Easton EA70XC rims and EA50 finishing kit and Schwalbe Rapid Rob rubber. An alloy framed version, the Winscar AL, is available for £500 less and is shown in the gallery.
Forme Winscar Carbon
Forme's range isn't all about bikes that'll cost you north of £1,000 – far from it. You'll get change from a grand with more than half their bikes, including the two shown below. For the tarmac comes the Longcliffe 2.0 (£849.99), with its aluminium frame, Shimano Tiagra 10-speed groupset, Mavic CXP22 rims and Forme's own Ergofit finishing kit.
Forme Longcliffe 2.0
For the dirt is the Stag (£899.99) aluminium hardtail. Featuring race orientated geometry, it comes with Rock Shox Recon 100mm travel fork, Shimano XT derailleurs, hydraulic disc brakes, and One23 SL finishing kit and rims.
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saw is correct because action is not going on. And we use yesterday in past simple tense.
The past simple is definitely the correct tense in the above situation. But why isn't present perfect right?
With these time indicators: yesterday, the day before yesterday, when I was a child, last Tuesday, a fortnight ago etc. we must use the past simple.
I saw them yesterday, this is right sentence.
bcoz here is mantion yesterday, thts why we use Past Simple..
I have selected the first one
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yesterday must be removed .
Past simple, indeed. because there a specific time. But, present perfect is used to emphasis the action and with no specific time. I hope I helped you.
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Official PA daily cartoon depicts Israeli soldier aiming gun while standing on scales of justice
Cartoon published on the official PA daily's website, in response to Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon's appointment as chairman of the UN Legal Committee, the first time an Israeli was elected to be head of a permanent UN Committee
Headline: "Israel is the president of the UN Legal Committee"
The same text is written in Arabic on the cartoon, as well as in English: "Israel… head of Legal Committee at the United Nations"
The cartoon shows an Israeli soldier looking through the sights of a machine gun while standing on the scales of justice.
Official PA daily, Al-Hayat Al-Jadida
June 16, 2016
Fatah cartoon: Israel pees on international law
Dec. 29, 2016
PA daily cartoon: Israel shoots Santa, claims he was trying to carry out a stabbing attack
Dec. 28, 2016
PA daily cartoon: Israel threatens Santa Claus, plants knife on him to create pretext of "stabbing attack"
Dec. 26, 2016
PA daily cartoon: Large-nosed Israeli soldier sets fire to Christmas tree
Dec. 25, 2016
Fatah cartoon shows that movement still adheres to "armed struggle" as an option
Nov. 29, 2016
Fatah cartoon: Israel, depicted as an Orthodox Jew, murders innocent Palestinians and complains to a sympathetic world that it's being attacked
Nov. 28, 2016
Cartoon criticizes bickering on Arab social media over using terms "Israel" or "the Zionist entity" in celebrating Palestinian arson wave, while Arab world burns in background
Nov. 26, 2016
Cartoon shown on PA TV depicts "light" emanating from Martyrs' (i.e., terrorists) corpses blinding long-nosed Israeli soldier
Nov. 21, 2016
Cartoon shown on PA TV depicts Israeli soldier being blinded by light from "Martyrs' corpses," i.e., killed terrorists' bodies
Nov. 21, 2016
Fatah cartoon depicts UNESCO revealing naked Jew, denying Jewish connection to the Temple Mount
Oct. 27, 2016
PA cartoon shows Palestinian clutching rock and Molotov cocktail as he hurdles Fatah-Hamas divide
Oct. 27, 2016
PA cartoon: Israel executes prisoners through medical neglect
Oct. 23, 2016
Fatah cartoon: Long-nosed Jew explodes Muslim world
Oct. 18, 2016
PA Security Forces cartoon: Israeli soldiers hunt and murder Palestinians using their rifles as hunting dogs
Oct. 17, 2016
PA Security Forces cartoon: Netanyahu's hands drip with blood
Oct. 14, 2016
Fatah cartoon depicts machine gun waving from Dome of Rock above pool of blood representing 2 murdered Israelis
Oct. 10, 2016
PA National Security Forces posts on Facebook cartoon depicting Star of David imprisoning the Al-Aqsa Mosque
Oct. 8, 2016
PA National Security Forces posts on Facebook a cartoon depicting an Israeli soldier 'boxing' the Al-Aqsa Mosque
Oct. 6, 2016
Cartoon in PA daily: Israel controls the US which controls the world
Oct. 4, 2016
Fatah cartoon presents Former Israeli President Shimon Peres as destined for Hell
Sept. 29, 2016
Cartoon promotes violence to "clean" Jerusalem of Jews
Sept. 29, 2016
Fatah cartoon shows Netanyahu holding a bleeding peace dove
Sept. 25, 2016
PA daily cartoon shows Israeli soldier arresting naked baby
Sept. 24, 2016
Fatah reposts controversial cartoon implying Jews are behind world terror
Sept. 20, 2016
PA cartoon: Jew fantasizes about blood and demolition, Palestinian fantasizes about peace
Sept. 20, 2016
PA cartoon: Israel abuses prisoners
Sept. 17, 2016
Fatah cartoon shows Bibi flanked by Grim Reapers
Sept. 15, 2016
Israeli soldier eats ancient archaeological site
Sept. 6, 2016
Fatah cartoon: Israeli PM Netanyahu and Defense Minister Liberman are butchers slaughtering peace dove
Aug. 21, 2016
Fatah cartoon: Netanyahu outwardly promotes peace while secretly planning Palestinian destruction
Aug. 14, 2016
Religious Jew as IS fighter
Aug. 10, 2016
Fatah cartoon: Netanyahu bulldozing foundations of Al-Aqsa Mosque
Aug. 7, 2016
Fatah cartoon compares Israeli soldier to ISIS
July 12, 2016
Fatah cartoon shows Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's hands dripping blood and UN endorsing Israel's "killing" of Palestinians
June 24, 2016
Fatah cartoon depicts Israeli PM Netanyahu as a Nazi with a swastika tattoo
June 23, 2016
Fatah cartoon shows Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu having murdered 'Lady Justice'
June 17, 2016
Official PA daily cartoon depicts Israeli soldier aiming gun while standing on scales of justice
June 16, 2016
Fatah Facebook posts cartoon of Netanyahu walking on graph of rising popularity made of dead Palestinian babies
May 12, 2016
Fatah cartoon criticizes Hamas and Israel, depicts Gaza as a woman being decapitated by Israel and Hamas
May 9, 2016
PA daily cartoon: US presidential candidate "beheads" Statue of Liberty`s torch
Apr. 14, 2016
PA daily cartoon shows Palestinian boy inside Israeli meat grinder
Apr. 6, 2016
Israeli soldier as stabber and executor
Mar. 26, 2016
Official PA daily cartoon: Western world brought terror attacks upon itself
Mar. 23, 2016
Fatah cartoon: US presidential candidate executes world like ISIS executes hostages
Mar. 5, 2016
Cartoon in official PA daily criticizes use of children in terror wave
Feb. 25, 2016
Israel as snake with the head of rifle targeting Muslim and Christian holy sites
Feb. 1, 2016
Fatah cartoon depicts Netanyahu as dinosaur
Jan. 19, 2016
Fatah website publishes cartoon of bleeding Palestinian armed with rifle
Jan. 10, 2016
Cartoon on Fatah website: Israel is destroying Palestinian holy sites
Jan. 4, 2016
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britxo said …
Love this show. Kinda already knew who G.G was by the 2nd season Posted over a year ago
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There are many theories as to why it makes no sense for Dan to be Gossip Girl, from feigning shock for the walls of his bedroom, to spreading rumers about Jenny's sex life and sabotaging his own relationship with Serena multiple times and even making split decisions based on posts that he just saw on gossip girl.
I could rationalize all of these theories, but so far in my rewatching there is one reason that stands above all and makes it actually completely physically IMPOSSIBLE for Dan to be gossip girl. SEASON 2 EPISODE 15!!!!! First of all, Nelly Yuki steals Dans phone!! Right...
I mean, obviously. Chuck/Blair has been a near-constant battle. Games were part of the foundation of their relationship ("You and I bonded over a mutual love of scheming"), games were part of their undoing. Season 2 is inundated with dialogue about games and stakes, winning and losing. Games + Chuck and Blair's king and queen pretensions = every chess and war cliche reference in the history of ever.
Also obviously, games aren't the point. S2's sabotage, schemes, wagers, and ~seductions are just a way for Chuck and Blair to channel their feelings for...
Today begins the end of gossip girl and I'm gonna miss THE guy who made us fall in love with ?
" And you ARE?
CHUCK BASS the love of her life …
anyone else is just a waste of time"
chuck and blair. 5 years of epic love.
iheartchuckandblair :
?"You were amazing up there" "You sure?" "Do you like me?" "Define Like" "So you said you loved her." "You don't belong with Nate. Never have never will." "Three words, eight letters, say it and I'm yours" "I…I..""We're...
Ill give Serena the credit for being one of the most kind and good-hearted characters in gossip girl. She doesnt judge anyone or put herself in front of others. But i cant help but notice how incredibly annoying she is. Not all the time obviously but 90% of the time. She constantly makes the dumbest decisions and never makes any sense when she speaks. Shes always confused and thinks shes the cutest thing in the world. Like seriously, im trying to re watch gossip girl from the beginning to catch up and im on the second season and i cant stand any scenes with Serena anymore. And Dan is just...
[b]"The Upper East Side was like something from Fitzgerald or Thackeray. Teenagers acting like adults. Adults acting like teenagers, guarding secrets, writing gossip all with the trappings of truly opulent wealth. And membership in this community was so elite, you couldn't even buy your way in. It was a birth right. A birth right I didn't have, and my greatest achievements would never earn me.
All I had to compare to this world was what I read in books, but that gave me the idea. I wasn't born into this world – maybe I...
WARNING: SPOILERS for 6x08
This is just my opinion, so Derena fans, please don't bite my head off. I had to let out my feelings.
Dan and Serena have broken up and gotten back together for like a million times. And each time they get back together, they only last 2 or 3 episodes before they decide to break up again. This shows that don't work, as everytime they get back together, 2 or 3 episodes later, something comes up that makes them fight and break up.
Nate handles a Serena episode better than Dan. Nate went through a similar situation wtih Serena in season 3,...
After Watching 16 episodes Back to back of Gossip Girl season 5, I'v come to the conclusion I no long choose Blair as my favorite Character. Her uncertainty decision of who she wants to be with, has grown to be unfair, crewel, and childish. If there are two men willing to take care of another mans baby to be with you then you are one lucky girl. Making Chuck Bass wait for her to divorce with Louii is one thing, however, developing feelings for Dan is another. Over the corse of 5 seasons she has a pattern of not being able to stay away from Chuck. Therefore, Chuck is where she should stay. Dan...
"People DON'T write sonatas about being compatible or novels about shared life goals and stimulating conversation, the GREAT LOVES are the crazy ones" 4x22
so what happned?? where's the real blair waldorf?? where's this balir waldorf?? the blair that loved Challenges, the blair who didn't care/needd/want the a approve people for her relationship.
why is all of sudden seedling for (being compatible, shared life goals and stimulating conversation) why isn't she looking for the GRAT LOVE?
I chose to respond to link article via another article because the comment would be too long. I suggest you read that one before reading this one unless you intentionally don't want it to make sense.
You do realize that Blair is the one who always called Dan for help right? He didn't pull her away from anyone. She distanced herself from her other friends because the only person whom she felt could help her in any way was Dan. She could be herself with him. "You were the...
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Best Selling Author Turns Down Half A Million Dollar Publishing Contract To Self-Publish
from the leaping-into-the-future deptJoe Konrath, who we've written about numerous times, and Barry Eisler (who we haven't...), contacted me late last week to pass on the fascinating news that Eisler, who has been a NY Times Best Selling author of a variety of thrillers, has turned down a $500,000 publishing deal from a mainstream publisher, in order to self-publish his next book. That's a lot of money to give up. The link is to a (long, but fascinating) dialog between Konrath and Eisler, discussing the thinking behind passing up that kind of money to go the self-publishing route. The key takeaway: the $500,000 comes with strings (as does any publishing deal), and in this case, Eisler feels he's likely to be better off on his own.
Konrath, of course, has spent a lot of time sharing real world data on why the math works for people to self-publish digitally, pricing the book cheaply, but making much, much higher royalties per book sold. I'm still not convinced this move is right for everyone yet, but if you can handle the key functions that a publisher provides (things like editing, marketing, etc.) it can work out quite well. Publishers used to also be key for distribution, but that's less and less an issue these days, when physical book stores are less and less important, and online/digital is key. But you don't need a publisher for those things. Marketing is still the big issue for many, so this depends on how well you can market yourself, or work with someone else (perhaps the person who used to be your "agent") to market the work. And, of course, it's entirely possible that even if you went with a publisher, they'd do an awful job of marketing your book anyway (happens more times than you'd like to believe).
And, of course, the money in that deal is really an advance, that needs to be earned back. As we've discussed with RIAA accounting, earning that back is a lot more complex than it may sound -- and the gatekeeper (the publisher or the label) gets to reach a level of profits way, way, way before the content creator ever does (if they ever do). This part of Eisler and Konrath's discussion is instructive:
Joe: What was the ultimate basis for your decision? Did it come down to pure dollars and cents?Of course, the conversation doesn't just focus on Eisler and his decision to turn down half a million dollars up-front. It talks about the publishing industry as a whole, and how it -- like so many other industries -- is struggling to recognize that it's moving away from being a gatekeeper business, and needs to start becoming an enabler business. Instead, it's trying to hang onto the gatekeeper side of things for as long as possible (again, like some other industries we're familiar with).
Barry: Financial considerations were a big part of it, yes. You and I have discussed various models to understand what a publisher's advance represents: a loan, an insurance policy, a bet. On the loan model, the first place I heard the concept articulated was in an extremely ballsy and persuasive blog post by Terrill Lee Lankford.
Joe: I like that analogy. I also believe signing with a big publisher is like signing a life insurance policy, where the payments keep getting larger while the payoff gets smaller as time goes on.
Barry: Yes. Now, of course there are numbers where the loan, the insurance, or the bet would make sense. If the loan is so big that you don't think you'd ever be able to make that much on your own, plus you won't have to pay it back, then sure, take it. If the insurance payout is so big that it eclipses the event it's supposed to protect against, okay. And if you find a publisher willing to put down so much money upfront that you feel they must be stoned because no one could ever earn that much back, then by all means, take the bet.
But short of that, you have to wonder if the person you're betting against isn't yourself.
Anyway, yes, much of this was financial. A lot of people don't realize--and I probably wouldn't have realized myself if you hadn't pointed it out--that the appropriate measure for determining how much your books can earn you in digital is forever. In paper, with rare exceptions, there's a big upfront sales push, followed by either total evaporation or by years of low backlist sales. Digital isn't like that.
Joe: Time is the ultimate long tail. Even with a big wad of money upfront, if something sells forever, the back end is what ultimately counts.
Barry: Right. So if you think you're going to die on Tuesday, for sure take the advance on Monday. If you think you're going to stick around for a while, though, and you have resources to draw on such that you don't need that expensive loan, don't take it. You'll be better off without.
Joe: Or to put it another way, getting half a million bucks and 14.9% royalties, forever, isn't as lucrative as no money up front and 70% royalties, forever.
Barry: Yes. Especially because you first have to earn out the half million at 14.9% per book. That could take a while. After which, as you note, you're still only earning 14.9% rather than 70%. You need to move five times the volume at 14.9%.
Joe: I also love print books. I have 5000 of them. But print is just a delivery system. It gets a story from the writer to the reader. For centuries, publishers controlled this system, because they did the printing, and they were plugged into distribution. But with retailers like Amazon, B&N, and Smashwords, the story can get to the reader in a faster, cheaper way. And publishers aren't needed.Now, I know we have some publishing folks among the readership here, and I'm sure they'll disagree, but there's clearly some truth to this. And, in fact, there may be many individuals within the various publishing companies who do get this. But institutionally, they seem to be reacting to try to hold back the tide, rather than embrace the tide. This is a pretty standard reaction, and we've seen it in other industries before. One typical response that we hear when pointing this out is that these publishers don't want to make that "leap" to really embrace the new until they know that it's sustainable and that it can work. But the key lesson that we've learned over and over and over again in other industries is that if you wait for such things, it's too late. In ceding that leadership position, you give up on being the enabler, and what's left for you is often... not much.
Do you think publishers are aware of that?
Barry: I think they�re extremely aware of it, but they don't understand what it really means.
Joe: I believe they've gotten their business model mixed-up. They should be connecting readers with the written word. Instead, they're insisting on selling paper.
Barry: Yes. There's a saying about the railroads: they thought they were in the railroad business, when in fact they were in the transportation business. So when the interstate highway system was built and trucking became an alternative, they were hit hard. Likewise, publishers have naturally conflated the specifics of their business model with the generalities of the industry they're in. As you say, they're not in the business of delivering books by paper--they're in the business of delivering books. And if someone can do the latter faster and cheaper than they can, they're in trouble.
Joe: You say they're aware of it, and some evidence points to that being true. The agency model is an attempt to slow the transition from paper to digital. Windowing titles is another one. So are insanely high ebook prices.
Barry: All signs that publishers are aware of the potential for digital disintermediation, but that they don't understand what it really means.
Joe: Because they still believe they're essential to the process.
Barry: I would phrase it a little differently. They recognize they're becoming non-essential, and are trying to keep themselves essential--but are going about it in the wrong way.
Joe: You and I and our peers are essential. We're the writers. We provide the content that is printed and distributed. For hundreds of years, writers couldn't reach readers without publishers. We needed them.
Now, suddenly, we don't. But publishers don't seem to be taking this Very Important Fact into account.
Barry: Well, again, I think they're taking it into account, but they're drawing the wrong conclusions. The wrong conclusion is: I'm in the paper business, paper keeps me essential, therefore I must do all I can to retard the transition from paper to digital. The right conclusion would be: digital offers huge cost, time-to-market, and other advantages over paper. How can I leverage those advantages to make my business even stronger?
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Ellie Goulding
Ellie Goulding
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If the singing voice is merely a vehicle for a melody, a means of putting across a verse, a bridge, a chorus, well, somebody forgot to tell Ellie Goulding. As her debut album, Lights, made so thrillingly clear, Ellie uses her voice as a texture in much the same way that a skilled instrumentalist would. It is, in other words, a sound – in Ellie's case, an utterly distinctive and unforgettable one – that can play as important a role in her songs as any other musical detail. Cascading, dovetailing, soaring, swooping, Ellie's layered vocal parts bring a haunting complexity to songs that often come from relatively uncomplicated origins: observations, memories and emotions that trigger a melody, a lyric, bare bones around which Ellie will then build musical and verbal narratives that are at once ornate and austere, passionate and enigmatic. Never likely to be one of those singers who is content just to turn up, lay down a main vocal part and leave, Ellie's approach to writing and recording is, she admits, borderline obsessive – but then, anything less, she says, would be a waste of time.
Not even the most ardent fan or keenest student of Lights is going to be prepared for the shock of Ellie's new album Halcyon, however. A musical, vocal and lyrical tempest, the new record describes a journey out of heartache and towards hope, from desolation to renewed faith in the future, set to music that is alternately strident and stunned, emphatic and tentative. It is almost as if you can hear Ellie's psyche shrinking and then renewing, rebooting itself. From the opening vocal chanting of "Don't Say a Word" to the last bars of "Dead In the Water," Halcyon is the product of two-and-a-half tumultuous years in Ellie's life: a Brit award, the release of Lights, love, loss, writer's block, a new relationship, singing at the White House and at a certain spring wedding, a number one pop single that has done nearly 3m in America, confronting her doubts and fears, digging deep and locating her artistry again, returning to the countryside she grew up in and, in a converted barn, making a record that confirms her as one of this country's most singular and compelling songwriters.
Not surprisingly (and as Halcyon makes plain), that journey wasn't an easy one. "There was a period where everything felt stale," Ellie says. "I wasn't writing, I wasn't reading, I wasn't taking anything from the experiences I was having. Usually I can walk down the street and just absorb everything; but there will also be times where there is this complete block, and that's how I felt. And then when my relationship broke up, that all suddenly changed, I went to the countryside and just wrote and wrote. I had to make a decision in my head to close off one thing and open another. Once I did that, I realised how much I had to write about."
Recorded just down the road from the Herefordshire village where Ellie spent her childhood, and co-produced by Ellie with Jim Eliot (Kish Mauve, Kylie, Ladyhawke), Halcyon is an album whose title belies much of its content. "Giving it that name does seem a bit ironic," Ellie concedes, "because it's quite a sad album. But then the songs that are joyous are so joyous. And it's such a beautiful word."
Talking in the comfort of her flat in central London, Ellie is able to have more perspective now about events in her life since the release of Lights. But it wasn't always thus. "When someone goes away for a long time and travels far and wide, if someone says, 'How was it?' you tend to just go, 'Yeah, great'. You couldn't possibly go into everything you've seen and done. And my life recently has been like that, I can sit here now in this lovely flat, but I've been through the best times and the worst times in my life, ever; so many strange things have happened."
If Ellie addresses this period both directly and obliquely on Halcyon, on tracks such as "My Blood," "Joy," "Figure 8," "Explosions," "Don't Say a Word," the almost unbearably tender "I Know You Care" and the breathtaking "Atlantis", she also ventures outside her own experiences, most powerfully on the closer, "Dead in the Water," a song inspired by reading a tragic account of a couple walking peacefully by the sea, only for the husband to be swept away on the tide. "I'm there in the water," Ellie sings, "still looking for you." Admitting that "Dead in the Water" inevitably ended up channelling some of her own heartache, Ellie is also able to joke: "I couldn't have called the album that, because I know exactly what would happen."
As doubting and crushed as she felt when she first started writing for the album, Ellie found the process incredibly empowering. "The biggest change that has happened is that I don't feel that I need to impress people or justify the things I do. It would be mental if now, at this point, I was still apologising for myself, which is something my manager used to tell me off for doing. I've got to the stage where I see that I can believe in myself, and that I can have a feeling of self-worth about my music."
Halcyon's lead single, "Anything Could Happen," is classic Ellie: as well as being a song of irresistible propulsion and ferocious, hook-filled power, it is a track whose euphoric optimism is stalked by doubt and ambiguity. When she sings, repeatedly, "I know it's gonna be", you can hear Ellie clinging tenaciously to confidence even as uncertainty snaps at her heels, striding towards the future but with a glance over her shoulder at the pain in her past – at war with herself, with the opposing instincts that have always informed her songwriting. If, ultimately, hope triumphs over fatalism, hers is a victory that seems hard-won. It is perhaps this duality, above all other facets in her work, that makes Ellie's music so riveting, and that so ensnared fans from the start.
Two such fans are a young couple who, 17 months ago, were married in London and, for one of the few private moments the world allowed them on the day, approached Ellie and asked her to sing at the party they were holding following the wedding reception. It isn't every day, of course, that a musician will stand on a stage as a pair of giant doors open, and watch pretty much the entire Royal Family advance into the room, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge at their head, ready to be entertained. But that is exactly what happened to Ellie and her band at Buckingham Palace in April 2011 when, after months of secret negotiations during which Ellie was sworn to – and maintained – her silence, she sang a selection of her own songs and cover versions (including tracks by Michael Jackson, Tina Turner and, inevitably, Elton John's Your Song) for the newly-wed royals, and afterwards mingled with their guests. An enduring sense of loyalty and discretion prevents her from going into too much detail, but Ellie clearly found the experience surreal. "We'd gone for a rehearsal the day before. I'd driven past the palace so often, I'd stood outside it as a child and thought, 'I wonder what it's like in there'. And all of a sudden, I'm driving in. Mental."
Ellie's success in America – her single, "Lights," has sold 3 million copies and spent two consecutive weeks at #1 on the Top 40 radio chart while securing the upper reaches of the Billboard Hot 100 chart – has been another experience she finds hard to describe.
America has clearly got under her skin. "They embrace everything," Ellie says. "They'll take your biggest fault and turn it into something positive. And the work ethic in music over there isn't like anything I've ever known. You get back to your hotel at one in the morning and someone will contact you and go, 'Do you want to come over to the studio?' So over you go. Everyone's just hanging out, making music."
Capturing a period of profound change and transition in Ellie's life, Halcyon is, despite the mournful nature of much of its inspiration, ultimately a redemptive album. Above all, it communicates the sense of a young musician poised on the cusp of new adventures, the war won (although, this being Ellie, it may turn out to be only a temporary truce), lessons learnt. When she says, "Loneliness has been the biggest influence on this record; I feel like what I do is lonely", you want to give her a reassuring hug. But then Ellie will follow this with: "I still feel like there's this force, pushing me to do this." And you are reminded of precisely what it is that makes her so special: honest and self-aware enough to endure and acknowledge her propensity for what she herself calls "over-thinking"; brave enough to confront this and go into battle again; and possessed of a talent, and a voice, of such extraordinary power that, for all her vulnerability, you sense that, deep down, Ellie Goulding knows she is impregnable.


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MedTouch brings digital transformation to healthcare. Clients select us because our depth of experience brings clear vision to complex projects. Our solutions empower you to connect with patients and members, provide successful user experiences, and leverage dynamic, real-time, and responsive personalization.
45Local Employees
Fintech • Payments
Plastiq is bill pay with benefits, enabling business owners and consumers to use a credit card for virtually any expense, even ones that normally require a check. With Plastiq, it's easier to earn credit card rewards, tap early-payment discounts, and use your cash in ways that make the most sense for you.
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Vestmark, Inc.
Fintech • Software
Vestmark enables financial advisors and institutions to efficiently manage and trade their clients' portfolios through an innovative SaaS ecosystem. Our client list includes blue chip financial institutions, with over $1+ trillion in assets and 3+ million investor accounts on our platform.
290Local Employees
Fintech • Software
Intralinks is a leading tech company making financial deals and transactions safer, simpler and smarter. How do we do it? We help people spend less time making better financial deals, from mergers & acquisitions to banking and securities transactions, fund reporting and fundraising. We are the Flux Capacitor for financial services! #JoinIN
300Local Employees
Carbon Black
Information Technology • Security
Carbon Black is a leader in cloud endpoint protection that keeps the world safe from cyberattacks. With more than 5,600 customers—including 1/3 of the Fortune 100—the opportunities here are massive and exciting. Headquartered in Waltham, Mass., and with offices in the USA, EMEA, and APJ, our growing team now comprises more than 1,200 people.
500Local Employees
Evolv Technology
Artificial Intelligence • Security
Evolv is a venture backed startup developing technology to detect and prevent active shooters and terrorists from attacking the places we expect to be safe. Evolv's technology is being used to seamlessly screen millions of people around the globe in stadiums, entertainment venues, performing arts centers, airports, office buildings and hotels.
33Local Employees
Catalant Technologies
Catalant's technology platform and programs enable companies to get mission critical work done faster. More than 30 percent of the Fortune 100 use Catalant's best practices and platform to frictionlessly access and deploy talent, ranging from employees to over 50,000 independent consultants and 1,000 boutique firms in Catalant's Expert Marketplace....
eCommerce • Travel
Founded in 2016 and located in the heart of Boston, PlacePass is building a world-class tours, activities, and events marketplace to transform the way people discover the world. In addition to the placepass.com consumer brand, our white label platform powers co-branded websites for the world's top travel companies across hotel, air, and car sectors...
30Local Employees
Cloud • Software
Acquia is the open source digital experience company. We provide the world's most ambitious brands with technology (built around Drupal) that allows them to embrace innovation and create customer moments that matter. At Acquia we believe in the power of community and collaboration - giving our customers the freedom to build tomorrow on their terms.
350Local Employees
Hopper is the smart way to book travel on your phone. Combining massive amounts of data and advanced machine learning algorithms, Hopper predicts and analyzes airfare and accommodation to save users money and enable them to travel more often.
62Local Employees
Datadog is a monitoring service for hybrid cloud applications, assisting organizations in improving agility, increasing efficiency, and providing end-to-end visibility across the application and organization. Since launching in 2010, Datadog has been adopted by more than 9,000 enterprises.
200Local Employees
Hardware • Internet of Things
We're disrupting the beverage supply chain by using intuitive, user-centered design to provide customizable, healthy beverages at the point of use - and to save the waste generated by over 65 million plastic bottles, and counting.
80Local Employees
Beacon Interactive Systems
Internet of Things • Software
Beacon is a rapidly growing small business providing digital solutions to Fortune 500 companies, critical infrastructure facilities, and government/military organizations. Beacon specializes in the delivery of software systems in the areas of Decision Support, Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence, and Cyber Security.
15Local Employees
Food • Greentech
Indigo improves grower profitability, environmental sustainability, and consumer health through the use of natural microbiology and digital technologies. Utilizing beneficial plant microbes and agronomic insights and working across the supply chain, Indigo is forwarding its mission of harnessing nature to help farmers sustainably feed the planet.
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Featuring designs by some of the major California poster artists of the 1960s, this exhibition explores the American counterculture through a popular visual medium that vividly evokes a particular place and time.
In their attempts to target disaffected youth in the Bay Area, the artists responsible for the posters in the exhibition graphically captured life in San Francisco during the late 1960s through the lens of the era's rock concerts, drug use, and cultural gatherings. The psychedelic aesthetic, which features bright, often clashing colors, freely drawn lettering styles, and dream-like imagery, was meant to mimic and capture the visual experience of mind-altering drugs.
During the 1960s poster art underwent a radical transformation, emerging as an important means of communication. The time period saw a crucial shift from the mass-produced poster as an advertising vehicle to an art form whose goal was to spark social and political change.
Psychedelic posters served as a kind of visual social media of their time, attracting and linking their main audience: young people in San Francisco. At the same time—with their provocative imagery and messages, inventive typography, and distinctive palette—the posters gained attention far beyond San Francisco where they were first posted or distributed.
Summer of Love showcases posters from the SCMA collection that were created to promote a diverse range of cultural pursuits, including dance-concerts at iconic Bay Area venues such as the Fillmore Auditorium and Avalon Ballroom, art shows, "Human Be-Ins," and the legalization of so-called consciousness-expanding drugs. Most of the works in the exhibition date to 1967, the pivotal year known as the "Summer of Love."
Several posters in the installation are displayed under black light, as they would have been shown in teenagers' bedrooms. The installation also features footage of live music performances and cultural events, allowing viewers to experience the sounds and sights of San Francisco around 1967.


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Football fever is spreading across the world thanks to a certain tournament, but those seeking tranquility in South America should look no further than Peru: the perfect destination to escape the hype.
No doubt Brazil will be the busiest country in South America this summer with heaps of football fanatics heading over to support their teams. Peru on the other hand, will be a place of ambient serenity – perfect for those who want to avoid the commotion of The World Cup. It's also a go-to place for those that would like to enjoy the football from a not so busy part of South America. That way, fans can still say that they were in South America for the time of The World Cup.
Now is your chance to explore South America with our 'escape the football packages', or 'embrace the football' for those of you who want to watch the football in a calm environment.
An Amazonian Jungle Escape
Guests at Inkaterra Reserva Amazonica can enjoy three nights in the exotic Amazon rainforest of Southern Peru, with not a football in sight. The package includes:
One night in the canopy tree house, 100ft above the jungle, with the only noisy neighbours being birds and other habitants of the jungle.
You'll have the chance to interact with the environment with a private bird watching trip, a visit to the Butterfly house and a wildlife excursion.
After experiencing the wilderness you'll have the chance to indulge in half bottle of sparking wine as well as a 50min spa treatment at the Hotel's Ena spa. Feeling deeply relaxed you'll return home feeling rejuvenated and revitalised – ready to get back to the football craze.
The Amazonian Jungle Escape package includes return road and river transfers from Puerto Maldonado to Inkaterra Reserva Amazónica. Prices for the 3-night package are from £727pp based on double occupancy and full board basis.
An Andean Mountain Adventure
Alternatively, guests can stay at Inkaterra Machu Picchu Pueblo Hotel on a mountain adventure. Instead of chanting and cheering, all you'll hear is the chirps of the sound of bird song. This Package includes:
A visit to Inkaterra's native orchid garden which features over 372 species of the delicate flowers, and a tour of the idyllic nature surrounding the Inkaterra grounds, including sightings of the 111 bird species that live in and around the hotel.
You'll venture to Inkaterra's very own organic tea plantation to see how it's all made (and drink a fair bit too), followed by half a days guided walk to the stunning Mandor waterfalls. A well-earned foot treatment awaits at the end of the day in the Unu Spa.
Additionally, you can embark on a private excursion to Apu Machu Picchu, which offers spectacular views across the famous Machu Picchu citadel, undoubtedly the jewel in South American's crown.
The three-night Andean Mountain Adventure package includes return transfers from Cusco with – prices from £777pp based on double occupancy and full board basis.
We promise to give you an authentic nature experience – football or with nature. The choice is yours.
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1. The Help
Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam
2. Solar, by Ian McEwan, Nan A. Talese
3. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand, by Helen Simonson, Random House
4. House Rules, by Jodi Picoult, Atria
5. Bite Me, by Christopher Moore, Morrow
6. Caught, by Harlan Coben, Dutton
7. Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter, by Seth Grahame-Smith, Grand Central
8. Matterhorn, by Karl Marlantes, Atlantic Monthly Press
9. The Three Weissmanns of Westport, by Cathleen Schine, Sarah Crichton Books/FSG
10. The Mapping of Love and Death, by Jacqueline Winspear, Harper
11. The Postmistress, by Sarah Blake, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam
12. Angelology, by Danielle Trussoni, Viking
13. Half Broke Horses, by Jeannette Walls, Scribner
14. The Lacuna, by Barbara Kingsolver, Harper
15. Wolf Hall, by Hilary Mantel, Holt
19. Anthill, by E.O. Wilson, Norton
Pulitzer Prize-winner Wilson's wonderful debut novel is an April Indie Next List Great Read.
1. The Big Short, by Michael Lewis, Norton
2. Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang, by Chelsea Handler, Grand Central
3. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot, Crown
4. Game Change, by John Heilemann, Mark Halperin, Harper
5. The Pacific, by Hugh Ambrose, NAL
6. Stones Into Schools, by Greg Mortenson, Viking
7. The Happiness Project, by Gretchen Craft Rubin, Harper
8. Women Food and God, by Geneen Roth, Scribner
9. Change Your Brain, Change Your Body, by Daniel G.Amen M.D., Harmony
10. Born to Run, by Christopher McDougall, Knopf
11. Ill Fares the Land, by Tony Judt, Penguin Press
12. Just Kids, by Patti Smith, Ecco
13. Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown
14. 13 Bankers: The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown, by James Kwak, Simon Johnson, Pantheon
15. Committed, by Elizabeth Gilbert, Viking
18. Giada at Home, by Giada de Laurentiis, Clarkson Potter
A new collection of delicious recipes by the bestselling author of "Giada's Kitchen"
1. The Girl Who Played With Fire, by Stieg Larsson, Vintage
2. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson, Vintage
3. Little Bee, by Chris Cleave, S&S
4. A Reliable Wife, by Robert Goolrick, Algonquin
5. Cutting for Stone, by Abraham Verghese, Vintage
6. Let the Great World Spin, by Colum McCann, Random House
7. The Elegance of the Hedgehog, by Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions
8. Olive Kitteridge, by Elizabeth Strout, Random House
9. The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein, Harper
10. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, by Jamie Ford, Ballantine
11. Brooklyn, by Colm Tóibín, Scribner
12. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial
13. Sarah's Key, by Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin
14. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, by Alan Bradley, Bantam
15. Shanghai Girls, by Lisa See, Random House
18. About Face, by Donna Leon, Penguin
Commissario Guido Brunetti investigates corruption and murder in this novel by the author of "The Girl of His Dreams"
1. Food Rules, by Michael Pollan, Penguin
2. The Lost City of Z, by David Grann, Vintage
3. Three Cups of Tea, by Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin
4. The Blind Side, by Michael Lewis, Norton
5. Eat, Pray, Love, by Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin
6. Conservative Victory: Defeating Obama's Radical Agenda by Sean Hannity, Harper
7. Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea, by Chelsea Handler, Simon Spotlight
8. The Omnivore's Dilemma, by Michael Pollan, Penguin
9. The Age of Wonder, by Richard Holmes, Vintage
10. In Defense of Food, by Michael Pollan, Penguin
11. A People's History of the United States, by Howard Zinn, Harper
12. Animals Make Us Human, by Temple Grandin, Catherine Johnson, Mariner
13. Mountains Beyond Mountains, by Tracy Kidder, Random House
14. Einstein's God, by Krista Tippett, Penguin
15. I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced, by Nujood Ali, Three Rivers
1. The Girl Who Played With Fire, by Stieg Larsson, Vintage
2. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson, Vintage
3. The Last Song, by Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central
4. Gone Tomorrow, by Lee Child, Dell
5. The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, Warner
6. Shutter Island, by Dennis Lehane, Harper
7. Dear John, by Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central
8. First Family, by David Baldacci, Vision
9. To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, Warner
10. Long Lost, by Harlan Coben, Signet
1. The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary, by Jeff Kinney, Amulet
2. The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak, Knopf
3. Savvy, by Ingrid Law, Puffin
4. When You Reach Me, by Rebecca Stead, Wendy Lamb
5. The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes: 70th Anniversary Edition, by Dubose Heyward, Marjorie Flack (Illus.), Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
6. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Ultimate Guide, by Rick Riordan, Hyperion
7. The Demigod Files, by Rick Riordan, Hyperion
8. Big Nate: In a Class by Himself, by Lincoln Peirce, Harper
9. Fantastic Mr. Fox, by Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illus.), Puffin
10. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown
11. Graceling, by Kristin Cashore, Graphia
12. Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 1, by Stephenie Meyer, Young Kim (Illus.), Yen Press
13. Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Journey to Change the World... One Child at a Time, by Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Puffin
14. Incarceron, by Catherine Fisher, Dial
15. The Batboy, by Mike Lupica, Philomel
1. The Easter Egg, by Jan Brett, Putnam
2. Goodnight Moon, by Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper
3. Pat the Bunny, by Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden
4. I Am a Bunny, by Ole Risom, Richard Scarry (Illus.), Golden
5. Happy Easter, Mouse!, by Laura Joffe Numeroff, Felicia Bond (Illus.), Balzer & Bray
6. Fancy Nancy's Elegant Easter, by Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper
7. Where the Wild Things Are, by Maurice Sendak, Harper
8. Ollie's Easter Eggs, by Olivier Dunrea, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
9. The Lion & the Mouse, by Jerry Pinkney, Little Brown
10. The Very Hungry Caterpillar, by Eric Carle, Putnam
11. My Garden, by Kevin Henkes, Greenwillow
12. Waddle!, by Rufus Butler Seder, Workman
13. The Runaway Bunny, by Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper
14. Make Way for Ducklings, by Robert McCloskey, Puffin
15. Fancy Nancy: Poet Extraordinaire!, by Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper
1. Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback), by Rick Riordan, Miramax
2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover and paperback), by Jeff Kinney, Amulet
3. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback), by Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
4. The 39 Clues (hardcover), by Jude Watson, et al, Scholastic
5. Twilight (hardcover and paperback), by Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown
6. Fancy Nancy I Can Read Series (paperback), by Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper
7. Hunger Games (hardcover), by Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
8. Alex Rider Adventures (hardcover and paperback), by Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
9. Ivy & Bean (hardcover and paperback), by Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
10. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback), by J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Book
*Published Thursday, April 8, 2010 (for the sales week ended Sunday, April 4, 2010). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. For information on more titles, please visit IndieBound.org


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We have lauded the folks over at The Noble Fir for some time. The rookie to the Ballard beer scene (and potentially the leader?!) is pouring impressive beer, serving tasty treats and providing an environmentally-conscious refuge for drinkers up in North Seattle.
Since our preview back in May and our 52 Weeks review back in July, we have heard amazing feedback from fans of the bar. The Noble Fir has become a regular stop on our trip down Ballard Avenue.
The folks over at the Fir have let us know that they are now pouring for a cause on Wednesday. "Pints for Parks" means that the Fir will donate $1 of every pint poured from 6:30 until close, on Wednesdays, to Seattle Parks. Their first week for the event was last Wednesday, when they poured this beer that you might have heard of, called Pliny the Elder!?
The Fir will be doing their very best to put something special on each Wednesday night. This Wednesday will be another treat from California's Russian River Brewing. The Fir will be pouring the brewery's Temptation, an amazing blonde sour ale. If you still haven't had a chance to try that beer — get to the Fir on Wednesday night!
Good to know that the Fir is pouring pints for Seattle Parks. Let us know if you stop in and have an opinion about the Noble Fir.
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Montage Series presents Jewels of the Baroque concert
May 4, 2012
The Montage Fine and Performing Arts Series at Loyola University New Orleans presents "Jewels of the Baroque," a classical chamber concert by the Lyrica Baroque ensemble, on Sunday, May 6 at 3 p.m. in Louis J. Roussel Performance Hall, located in the Communications/Music Complex on the corner of St. Charles Avenue and Calhoun Street.
Founded in New Orleans, Lyrica Baroque specializes in baroque repertoire performed on modern instruments and combines the drama of opera with the intimacy of chamber music. The ensemble features two principals of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, Jaren Philleo on oboe and Joseph Meyer on violin, along with Barrett Sills, principal cellist of the Houston Grand Opera, and harpsichordist Molly Hammond, who performs with various Houston ensembles, including the Houston Ballet.
The musicians will be joined by soprano Sarah Jane McMahon '02, an internationally acclaimed opera star and frequent guest artist at the New York City Opera who has also performed with The Munich Philharmonic, The Los Angeles Opera, Michigan Opera Theatre and Virginia Opera, among others.
The evening's program of 18th century vocal and orchestral music includes Johann Sebastian Bach's "Sonata No. 1 in b minor" and "Wedding Cantata," as well as George Frideric Handel's "Amor é qual vento" and "Sonata No. 2 in d minor," among others.
Tickets for the event are $25 for preferred seating, $15 for reserved seating and free for Loyola students, faculty and staff. For tickets and information, visit montage.loyno.edu or call 504-865-2074. Free parking is available in the West Road Garage, accessible from St. Charles Avenue.
This event is co-sponsored by the New Orleans Friends of Music and the New Orleans Opera Association.
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Understanding Your Child's Personality
By Gopi K. Patel, MSE.d
How can I tell what kind of personality my child has?
This is a question parents often ask me about their child. It is very important for parents to understand a child's personality in his or her toddler years. This makes it easier for parents to respond to the child's interest and needs. How do you understand this?
Below are some Do's and Don'ts that may help you to unravel your child's personality.
- Don't do the work (action) for your child.
- Don't speak for your child.
- Don't follow your own thoughts and leads.
- Do give appropriate responses to your child. Imitate your child at play.
- Do get animated with the child.
- Do follow your child's lead.
- Do wait for the child to speak for himself.
The more DO's you follow the more responsive your child will become, and the more you will understand your child's personality. It is likely that your toddler will also feel successful and will become more and more motivated to learn and communicate.
It is important to remember that each child's ability to express himself varies. Some children easily attempt conversations, while some are not inclined to do so. Some toddlers respond easily to your attempts, while some do not respond at all. Sociable and demanding children often initiate and attempt any form of conversation. Passive and shy children, on the other hand, rarely initiate and attempt any type of conversation. Knowing your child's personality will help you encourage your little ones when it comes to learning and communicating. Below are some characteristics that fit specific personality types and tips on how to engage with your child.
The SOCIABLE child: When your child is already sociable, she may still have a hard time expressing herself clearly. In order for successful communication to occur it is important to remember that it largely depends on how you respond to your child's attempts to communicate. Listen to what your child is saying and validate any attempt to communicate (repeat what he is saying then continue to communicate with simple statements about the topic, or simply nod your head). The sociable child is eager to join you, so remember to include her in your routines and activities. Also remember to really listen to your sociable child-especially if you have asked her questions.
The DEMANDING/ASSERTIVE child: The demanding and assertive child can ofter be challenging and exhausting, because this child is very sure of what he wants. Parents at times feel like they are being pushed away from these children. With the assertive or demanding child it is very important to set up situations designed to produce a successful exchange, with activities that are highly reinforcing for the child. Watch your child's body language, tone of voice, and facial expressions. Respond immediately to your child positively. Remember to set clear rules and limits with these children.
The PASSIVE child: When your child is passive she often doesn't initiate any form of conversation and may seem to not know, or even understand what is going on. She rarely connects socially with others.
The SHY child: When your child is shy he does not usually communicate with the skills he has developed. He usually only speaks when he is spoken to.
Be sure to join your passive or shy child when he or she attempts to initiate a conversation. Create opportunities for your little one through interesting and enjoyable activities. Make sure you create a comfortable, predictable environment and wait for your child to attempt any form of communication at his or her own pace. Be sure that when you are speaking with your passive or shy child you are also using consistent body language—establish eye contact, face your child and speak with an audible tone of voice.
A better knowledge of your child's personality will help you better understand how he or she learns and communicates. Once you identify your little one's predominant personality type, you will be able to make most communication experiences positive learning ones. Remember to have realistic expectations and BE POSITIVE.