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Award-winning author, narrator, and screenwriter Neil Gaiman personally selected this book, and, using the tools of the Audiobook Creation Exchange (ACX), cast the narrator and produced this work for his audiobook label, Neil Gaiman Presents.
A few words from Neil on The Land of Laughs: "I chose The Land of Laughs for Neil Gaiman Presents because I love Jonathan Carroll's books and want to bring them to as wide an audience as possible. I suspected the character of Thomas Abbey would be both a challenge and an opportunity for the right narrator. Edoardo Ballerini conveys a certain wistfulness and vulnerability underneath Abbey's grumpiness."
Thomas Abbey is a man stuck in a rut. An English teacher in a small Connecticut prep school, Abbey is in a crisis. His career is unfulfilling, he has no social or love life to speak of, and he cannot break out of the shadow of his famous father, the actor Stephen Abbey. To kick-start his life, he takes a sabbatical to work on a biography of his favorite writer, Marshall France. France's books were the only thing that kept Abbey sane during his childhood, and though he was renowned for his lyrical and imaginative children's books, nearly nothing was known about the writer's life.
Although Abbey has been warned that France's daughter, Anna, has blocked all previous attempts at her father's biography, he and Saxony Garder - an intense woman also obsessed with France's life - head to Galen, Missouri, with high hopes of breaking down Anna's resistance. They are surprised to find Anna the soul of small-town hospitality and quite excited about Abbey's proposal - even eager to get the project finished as soon as possible.
Even stranger than Anna's behavior is the town of Galen itself. On the surface, all is as a small Midwestern town should be. But the people of the town seem to know what their future holds - freak accidents and all - down to the hour and are as eager for Abbey to finish the biography as Anna is.
To hear more from Neil Gaiman on The Land of Laughs, click here, or listen to the introduction at the beginning of the book itself.
Learn more about Neil Gaiman Presents and Audiobook Creation Exchange (ACX).
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"Edoardo Ballerini perfectly captures the hesitant and faltering Thomas Abbey, a schoolteacher who wants to write the biography of his favorite children's author, the mysterious Marshall France. Thomas's story starts out realistically enough, but when he and his girlfriend take a research trip to France's hometown in Missouri, things begin to veer into the bizarre. Ballerini makes the listener sympathize with Thomas, even as he begins an affair with France's daughter, Anna, a woman obsessed with her dead father. Ballerini's command of Thomas's character and his spot-on voices for the secondary characters ground the story as it becomes more fantastical and the listener learns that either things aren't what they seem or Thomas is not entirely sane. An unsettling examination of obsession." (AudioFile)
"It's Not You - It's Me"
I got half way through this book and was so. intrigued. Here we had this utterly delectable little novel with a great premise, wonderful characters, and an completely unique perspective, and by the time I got right smack dab in the middle of it I was tearing my hair out trying to figure out what diabolical mystery it could all be building up to. And then I found out and all I could think was "oh, is that all? well I can tell where this is headed".
And the book rolled on. And it ended just like I thought it would (I really loved the closing lines though) which afforded me the opportunity to nod sagely to myself while listening to my ipod between classes and ruminate on the inadvisability of trying to predict plot twists. For a long time after I sat and mulled over why I thought it was that I didn't enjoy the latter half of this book as much as the former. I think its because I've just read, if at all possible, too much fantasy. If you know your tropes you can spot this one from a mile away.
But I still liked everything else about it. And obviously I am in the minority in my opinion about not being so hot on it. I don't mean to seem self congratulatory for having figured it out, that's not my intention. I was just hoping for something different. That being said I do not consider this to have been a waste of a credit - I still enjoyed the story, I'm still utterly fascinated by the characters and Ballerini did a fantastic job in bringing it all to life. Quibbles aside, I still recommend it.
In the end I think this book did what it was supposed to do - it introduced me to an author I never would have heard about otherwise, and it made me want to listen to his other works (I've added everything else he offers through Neil Gaiman Presents to my wish list). While this might not have been a strong entry into his cannon for me personally, I can tell he's someone whose work will appeal to me and I look foreword to listening to more first chance I get.
"Pretty Rockin'"
I got this because I was looking for horror. Turns out it's really more interested in exploring what happens when you live for your art rather than living for actual life.
Fans of metaphor and hyperbole will love this book. See, the way Jonathan Carroll rolls is to describe things using biting quips that echo what pops into our heads day-to-day -- for example, your lover doesn't "cling so tightly to you that you have to peel yourself away in the morning"; instead, she "scotch-tapes herself to you".
As for the narrator, Ballerini does a great job with the male leads but it gets hard to tell the voices of the main female leads apart.
63 y/o psychologist with two sons, living in SF Bay Area. I absolutely love all the feedback I've been getting for my reviews. It's very gratifying. Thanks to all of you.
"Odd. A writer's grandiose fable."
This book begins well enough. It is the story of a teacher and writer named Thomas Abbey and his girlfriend Saxony. Tom takes a sabbatical year in which he decides to write a biography of his favorite author, a man named Marshall France. For the first half or so, the book is a well-written story, narrated by the always wonderful Edoardo Ballerini, which makes it a delightful experience just for that. However...(isn't there always a however?)... our heroes drive to the town of Galen, Missouri, and this is where the story escalates into a fable of delusional proportions. If you knew that this was going to be some variety of science fictionish work, that would be one thing. But, not having known that, the book becomes pretty preposterous. I can't help revealing the spoiler here, as it takes up almost half the book, and is, I suppose, the grand idea of Mr. Carroll's. The conceit here is that Marshall France has written a magnum opus in which he has created the entire town: all the people who live in it, precisely what they do, when they die, etc. He (France) also has the superpowers available to himself that he can make people die at his whim, or turn into dogs, etc. At first Tom and Saxony do not believe the tale, but they are fiercely sold on it by Anna, the author's daughter. Soon Tom is sleeping with Anna as well as Saxony. Since science fiction requires us to suspend our usual assumptions about life, the only way to enjoy this experience, I think, is to just not try to think too carefully about the entire conceit, as it will fall down like a house of cards on the briefest examination. France becomes a version of God. He apparently has written so voluminously into the past and the future of Galen that ordinary mortals would have taken lifetimes to do this alone, not to speak of writing work that will be marketed and sold to the public. (France's writing about Galen is a Big Secret.) Some of it has a Wizard of Oz quality: children might be mystified, but the outfits are made of cardboard, and pay no attention to that man...
I love Edoardo Ballerini as I love no other narrator. He does the absolute maximum with this material that he can. However, nothing can protect Tom from being the wimpy, passive academic that he is. He bounces from Saxony to Anna, begging each of them to make the decisions in his life that he is too paralyzed by OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder) to make. By the end, you really are considering the possibility that it all really WAS a dream, a thing which worked in literature about 100 years ago.
I would only cautiously recommend this book, primarily for fellow lovers of Ballerini. His skills are so marvelous that they can elevate a lot of writing way above where it actually "deserves" to be. What a guy.
"Enchanting story, exellent reader"
Land of Laughs was mystical and surprising story and there are lot's of things going beneath. Now, when I know the story and how it ends I certainly gonna listen it again, maybe there are more surprises..
It reminded me a little bit of Ray Bradbury stories. Nothing is like it seems.
I loved his female characters, but the Italian undertaker was my favorite. Overall Edoardo Ballerini was my one of my favorite narrators and I surely gonna find is there more books narrated by him.
"Written with intelligence and humor"
An usual book. It's a page turner and yet you really don't know where the plot is taking you. The characters are original and richly developed. Both enjoyable and intelligent.
"Thank you Neil Gaiman"
I decided to buy this title because it was selected by Neil Gaiman, and I am so glad that I did. I love the fact that even though the main character is flawed, he is still likeable, and draws the reader deeper into the story. I love the twists that the plot takes, many totally unexpected. Thank you again, Neil Gaiman, for introducing me to this author.
"Better off as a short-story?"
This is a tale with great ideas, and reasonably well-written, but lacks pace. Most of the characters are not particularly likeable, and the performance is average; little more. I feel that it would have been better off as a short story.
"Clever plot, well performed"
This is a very entertaining mix of the mystery and fantasy genres, and translates well to audio format.
The most memorable moment comes when the protagonist, Thomas Abbey, realizes that the small town of Galen, Missouri, is not as it appears. The plot, which had been developing in an apparently predictable course, as Abbey struggles to write his first book, the biography of his favorite childhood author, suddenly takes on unexpected
This is the first of Edoardo Ballerini's performances I have heard. I was deeply impressed. None of his characters are annoying, they are all clearly identified as he read his way along. It reminded me of an old radio play more than listening to someone read a book out loud.
I love reading and listening to books, especially fantasy, science fiction, children's, historical, and classics.
"Funny and Disturbing Metafictional American Gothic"
Thomas Abbey is a burnt out prep-school English teacher (who's heard one too many vapid book reports about ???The Fall of the House of Usher???) with an extensive collection of well-oiled masks but no lover. And don???t ask him about his deceased movie star father! Since childhood, the one thing that he has unreservedly loved is the work of Marshall France, a mysterious author of popular children???s fantasy books, of which Thomas??? favorite is The Land of Laughs. As Jonathan Carroll???s novel opens, Thomas has decided to go on a leave of absence, during which he plans to write the first biography of France. Will he succeed? Will Saxony Gardner, a young woman who also loves the books of France, be able to help him? Will France???s eccentric daughter Anna hinder them? How did France create such real characters and wonderful stories? Why do the people of Galen, Missouri remind one of The Wicker Man and Inkheart?
I chucklingly enjoyed the first third of the novel! It is quirky and funny, and I care a great deal about Thomas and Saxony and their biographical quest. But by the last third it becomes disturbing and by the ending disappointing, perhaps because Carroll abandons the attraction of children???s fantasy books for the creepiness of creation, and because the d??nouement is abrupt and unpleasant. Though The Land of Laughs is largely about the life and work of an author of children???s books, Carroll???s novel is not for children.
The reading by Edoardo Ballerini is well paced and varied for the different characters and situations (though a few times I confused his Saxony and Anna) and balances emotion and restraint.
Carroll???s novel is about many things: America (popular culture, gothic, small towns, big cities, etc.), writing, reading, biography, fame, fans, love, family, fantasy, reality, and the relationships between them. Is it a horror novel? An urban fantasy? A metafiction? A romance? A father and son novel? It???s a little of all of those. It is surely unpredictable and memorable.
"Fictional Reality"
The best books, both fiction and non-fiction, create a world in the mind of the reader that is as real as the world in which the reader actually lives. If that is the case for the reader, it can only be more so for the author who has become totally immersed in the world he/she is creating.
Neil Gaiman is a connoisseur of literature that skirts along the edge separating the world of the mind and the world around us. While I haven't been thrilled with every NGP selection, this one does not disappoint, as it follows the career of a young aspiring writer, Tom Abbey, who wants to write a biography of the author whose books created an imaginary world into which Abbey retreated as a child. That author's adopted home town turns out to be a very strange place, indeed, a place existing on the border between reality and fiction. A story that is both fun and thought-provoking.


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05/24/2013 -- The region of Northern Ireland has a long history of violence between the two major political beliefs –Unionists (who want to remain a part of the United Kingdom and are mostly Protestant) and the minority Nationalist (who want to become a part of the Rep... - Prayer Calendar Reflection: April 2013
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12/07/2012 -- The large-scale acquisition of land traditionally used by local communities, "land grabbing," has accelerated exponentially, resulting in record levels of hunger, displacement and environmental degradation. - The Right to Food
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11/01/2011 -- In observance of International Day of Rural Women and World Food Day, United Methodist Women co-organized two panel discussions highlighting issues important to rural women around the world at the Church Center for the United Nations, Oct. 14, 2011. - International Day of Rural Women and World Food Day Event
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A common type of fever that at times needs very little drug treatment, and yet recurrent is hay fever. The cause of this disease relates to the way the body adjust itself and responds to various external elements. The body's immune system fails to control these elements resulting to things like allergies and a feverish reaction. Irregular function of the nerves, poor nutritional habits, and diminished health status is some of the things said to contribute to the problem. However, while modern medicine has a solution to the disease, chiropractic treatment stands to be the most effective option, if you judge the underlying cause of the disease.
Therefore, we can conclusively say that an effective way to treat hay fever and completely do away with a recurrence of it or allergies, one has to seek a way to increase and strengthen the immune system. What better way is there then if not in settling for chiropractic therapy? This method of treatment is a naturally effective drug free treatment for many aliments. It focuses on the body's ability to heal and fight illnesses through assertive therapeutic attention on certain areas of the body, which in turn wakes the body's defensive mechanism that fight diseases.
The main body part that chiropractic therapy will focus on is the spine. It is the source of the nervous system and other vital function rudiments within the body such as cell regeneration. For a good immune system as well as the ability to deal with allergic reactions, the body has to function as a unit. From good blood content and flow, heart and liver function, proper neurological response and other functions will all play an important part in giving the body a robust immune system. A chiropractor will focus on the spine, doing spinal adjustments that will push the body to change on all important functions that are low. This ideally reflects through the entire body having it at an excellent performance.
Since hay fever is more or less because of poor body function, chiropractic therapy is thus the best medicine over the use of modern drugs. A sound defense to allergies, a good function of the nerves and high immunity boosts, all of which vital in dealing with hay fever, are achievable through chiropractic treatment as well as a good nutrition. The best part is the therapy will give you a better solution doing away with all possible instances of a recurrence of hay fever or allergies.
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About power
To attain proficiency in Taekwondo, students must learn to use the full potential of their bodies using basic scientific principles. Everyone instinctively knows how to kick and punch, an infant will make fists and punch and kick when upset. However, it may take years of dedicated training and practice to deliver a punch or kick instinctively with devastating speed and power.
Power is a combination of strength and explosiveness. Power is generated releasing maximum muscular force at maximum speed, so, to increase power, you must increase both strength and speed. By exerting strength with speed, you take advantage of both the force generated by the muscles and the momentum created through the speed.
Power may be described in three ways
- Static Power. Static power is the maximum force a person may exert for a short period, such as lifting an opponent for a throw.
- Dynamic Power. Dynamic power is the ability to exert muscular force repeatedly or continuously over time, such as numerous rounds of continuous sparring.
- Explosive Power. Explosive power is the ability to exert maximum force in one or a series of dynamic acts, such as breaking a board with a punch.
Since Taekwondo is a basically a competition between opposing forces, increased power will give a competitor an advantage. Everything else being equal, the one with the most power wins. The ability to strike with power is basic to all Taekwondo training.
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Jee, J. M. (unk.). Introduction to Hapkido. Pasadena, California: International Hapkido Association.
Kim, S. H. (2002). Martial Arts Instructor's Desk Reference: A Complete Guide to Martial Arts Administration. Wethersfield Connecticut: Turtle Press.
Shim, S. K. (1974). Promise and Fulfillment in the Art of Taekwondo. Detroit, MI: S. K. Shim.
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By: Chris Whited, KRBC News
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State Senator Troy Frasier, who represents Abilene and Brownwood has proposed a bill in the senate to create a rebate program for those who install solar on their homes and businesses. Two other lawmakers from the Dallas-Fort Worth area have introduced bills to would require the state's electric utilities to support the development of solar technologies by offering direct incentives to consumers and businesses. There are at least eighteen bills already filed to support the development of solar technologies, by legislators in both chambers.
Stephen Grace with Environment Texas told KRBC News "West Texas and going into the other southwestern states have the highest amount of solar radiation in the country and the most potential for solar power anywhere. Grace went on to say that there's tons of sun out here and you have the wind right at your doorstep that is being harnessed. You can harness them together even more effectively than you can harness them separately. So we have potential opportunity here in Abilene to generate solar that will help really offset several problems from electricity as common electricity prices."
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Scott Barnes (RNZYS) stole the lead from his previous first equal place holder Sam Gilmour (RFBYC) after 4 impressive wins today to take the top spot with 12 wins and only 1 loss at the completion of the Round Robin.
Second overall Gilmour added 2 more wins taking his total to 10 wins and 3 losses. One of Gilmour's losses came at the hands of the all-female crew helmed by Claudia Pierce (KIYC); Pierce led the race until after the top mark rounding, jibing and sailing into a big hole which Gilmour sailed around. Pierce managed to salvage the lead to cross the line by just 1 second. This result boosts Pierce to third equal and fourth on count back.
Gilmour's only other loss of the day was to Adam Middleton (RPNYC). Middleton also has 9 wins placing him equal to Pierce, but third on count back as Middleton beat Pierce in Flight 16 by 1 minute 37 seconds. Middleton commented, 'We were more confident with the increase in pressure from yesterday'. 'The crew really stepped up and rose to the conditions; particularly with today's tougher competition.'
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Malcolm Parker (RPAYC) had a hard afternoon on the water with 3 losses to top ranked Barnes, Hannah Osbourne (RNZYS) and George Anyon (BBYC), sliding him down the leader board to sixth spot overall. His win over fellow club mate Stephanie Doyle gives him the point he needed to take him one point clear ahead of the next four teams that are locked on 6 wins overall.
With only the top 8 teams going through to tomorrow's quarter finals, the 4 skippers tied on 6 wins are Christophe Killian (BYC), Osbourne, Anyon and Will Holz (CYC). The four way tie is broken in favour of Killian who took wins over all the other three tied skippers.
Rounding off the top 8 a success story of the day is Osbourne and her all-female crew who were successful in winning their all their 3 races today. One of the races was a real nail biter against Richard Minielly (RVYC), with Osbourne taking the win by just 2 seconds. Osbourne commented 'We had a much better day today; we knew we had to win the 3 races and I'm really happy with my team and looking forward to racing tomorrow'. Despite the loss and unable to secure a win throughout the series, Minielly commented that this race with Osbourne was his closest of the day and the best yet.
Narrowly missing out on the top 8 is Anyon, Holz and Nick Howe (RSYS), who was yesterday deducted half a point for the damage caused by catching his keel on the anchor chain of the RNZYS Committee Boat.
Hampus Appelgren (KSSS) had 2 wins from 2 losses today, bringing his total to 4 points and 12th place overall for the series.
The second RPAYC team helmed by Stephanie Doyle had 3 losses and 1 win today. When commenting about her day on the water and with a smile on her face, Doyle said 'In my race against Barnes, I led in the pre-start and across the line, and then we sailed into a massive hole left by a cruise ship!'
Due to lack of wind this morning, racing was again delayed. The Race Committee and competitors headed down to the Mechanics Bay area, nearer the harbour entrance, in search of breeze. PRO Megan Kensington said 'Once the sea breeze filled in we completed Flight 14, then the breeze died and did a 60 degree shift. It was great though to complete the Round Robin and we look forward to a great day tomorrow'.
Racing is scheduled to commence at 10am tomorrow with the top 8 teams into the Quarter Finals and Prizegiving is scheduled for approximately 4pm at the conclusion of racing.
At the conclusion of Day 3 and 19 flights completed the point's table looks like this:
Points Table (wins/losses/sailed)
Scott Barnes – Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron (RNZYS) 12/1/13
Sam Gilmour – Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club (RFBYC) 10/3/13
Adam Middleton – Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club (RPNYC) 9/4/13
Claudia Pierce – Kawau Island Yacht Club (KIYC) 9/4/13
Charlie Lalumiere – Portland Yacht Club (PYC) 8/5/13
Malcolm Parker – Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club (RPAYC) 7/6/13
Christophe Killian – Balboa Yacht Club BYC) 6/7/13
Hannah Osborne – Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron (RNZYS) 6/7/13
George Anyon – Bucklands Beach Yacht Club (BBYC) 6/7/13
Will Holz – Chicago Yacht Club (CYC) 6/7/13
Nick Howe – Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron (RSYS) 4.5/8/13
Hampus Appelgren – Royal Swedish Yacht Club (KSSS) 4/9/13
Stephanie Doyle – Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club (RPAYC) 3/10/13
Richard Minielly – Royal Vancouver Yacht Club (RVYC) 0/13/13
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Today's Results
Flight Fourteen
Doyle beat Anyon 26s
Appelgren beat Minielly by 1m 36s
Holz beat Howe by 17s
Pierce beat Gilmour by 1s
Barnes beat Parker by 2m9s
Flight Fifteen
Killian beat Doyle by 40s
Middleton beat Holz by 23s
Barnes beat Minielly by 1m39s
Pierce beat Lalumiere by 51s
Gilmour beat Howe by 49s
Flight Sixteen
Anyon beat Appelgren by 22s
Osborne beat Parker by 1m
Middleton beat Pierce by 1m 37s
Barnes beat Killian by 24s
Gilmour beat Holz by 2 s
Flight Seventeen
Parker beat Doyle by 4s
Howe beat Appelgren by 1s
Lalumiere beat Minielly by 53s
Osborne beat Anyon by 10s
Pierce by Holz by 1m 41s
Flight Eighteen
Anyon beat Parker by 10s
Appelgren beat Killian by 40s
Lalumiere beat Howe by 10s
Osborne beat Minielly by 2s
Barnes beat Doyle by 54s
Flight Nineteen
Middleton beat Gilmour by 2m 9s
Sam Gilmour (RFBYC) v Will Holz (CYC) -
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George Anyon (BBYC) v Hampus Appelgren (KSSS) -
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Charlotte Moss - Hannah Osbourne (RNZYS) -
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Adam Middleton (RPNYC) v Claudia Pierce (KIYC) -
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With the United States and much ofEurope buried in public debt, many wonder how world governments will solve their impending budgetary crises. The economics profession has split into two camps: those who promote more spending; and their opponents, the "deficit hawks." The spenders have been the more vocal, largely due to their dominance in mainstream academia.
Keynesian economists, like Paul Krugman, argue that growing debt will not be a problem given that large government debts are not unprecedented. For example, Krugman argues that the United States ran large debts during the Second World War and was able to pay them off after the war ended. This Princeton professor and Nobel laureate also argues that, because the United States is one of many countries piling up debt, its public debt is justifiable and tenable.
Paul Krugman conveniently leaves out, or fails to apply, some key details. Regarding the Second World War, he notes that the debt was paid off largely because of a cut in government spending. He fails to account for the fact that the most dangerous factors behind the current debt are "unfunded liabilities" — the future costs of welfare and social-insurance programs. As for those other countries building debt, they are also looking at political uncertainty and almost-certain economic collapse.[1]


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I'm just curious, what techniques do you use to stay on top of everything when you get busy with lots of projects?
Do you have calenders, reminders, daily word counts that must be written?
That all seems self-explanatory, but I just wondered if anybody had some good techniques or strategies for staying on top of it all?
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I plot things out on calendars in terms of due dates. I don't have a daily word limit, as I don't write on the 4 days I work (I have 13-hour days with my long commute). That leaves weekends for me to get things done, and I just give myself a general idea where I want to be by the end of each weekend. I'm one of those perceiver types on the Myers-Briggs type, so I kind of go with the flow rather than plot everything out to the nth degree. I need to learn to be more "J" (judging) than "P," though. Maybe when I grow up.
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I actually like have a minder myself.
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Short answer? Just. Keep. Going.
There are days when I know I have to knock out X number of words each day to not be behind on my projects, but Im just not feeling it. Ill sit down at the keyboard and cant even bring myself to open the document(s), but Ill find that if I get started, even if its a slog the first half hour, Ill be rolling along nicely in time.
Now, I tend to take on multiple projects at the same time, and that requires me to use a calendar and keep myself on point about each one of my responsibilities on a daily basis. In addition to using digital calendars (Google, my phone), I also keep a small card on my desk with each project and its deadline in order. All I have to do is glance off to the side of my keyboard to remind myself that someone needs something so I need to get to work.
I try to write every day, but sometimes that doesnt work out. Life comes up. My favorite times to write is either early after I wake up and no one else is stirring in the house or late at night, but neither of those are conducive to the 9-5 day job scene, so I get most of my work done on the weekends (or nights before I come into work looking like hammered poop.)
As I said above, I often take on more than one project at the same time. It requires a lot of honesty about myself to accurately judge what I can handle and what I cant. I enjoy having these multiple projects because if one night Im working on manuscript A and hit a creative dead end, I can always switch to manuscript B and get something accomplished for the night. I recently found my stress test limit this fall when I found myself with five projects at the same time, three of them due all within 10 days of each other. During the middle of that, I gave each project a dedicated day and worked one day on each of them in order until I got them all to a place where I either needed to focus on one for a few days in a row or wanted to focus on one for a few days in a row.
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The decision to only accept credit and debit cards was made in June 2009 by the owner, Tony Zazula, who was inspired by an American Airlines flight.
"They had just announced that it was the introduction to their cashless cabin. I thought 'how smart,' and we were doing 85 to 90 percent of our business in credit cards, in any case," Zazula explained to us. "We seemed to be spending a great deal of time on the remaining 10 to 15 percent that was being paid by cash. Accounting, record keeping, security and convenience were the main reasons that we made this decision."
According to a study done by MerchantExpress.com, there are many benefits to accepting credit and debit cards. It illustrates that when a small business displays credit card logos as a form of payment they accept, these logos create a sense of trust in the customer's mind- and if they trust the establishment, customers will frequently visit. For Zazula, the security and benefits of being credit-card-only outweigh the processing fee.
Commerce is the only restaurant in New York City that does not accept cash, according to The New York Times. It raises a lot of controversy and guests seem to take an interest in this unheard-of restaurant policy.
Even though on the dollar bill it states that the "note is legal tender for all debts, public and private," no Federal decree requires a private business, person or organization to accept cash or coins as payment for goods and services. The law affirms that private businesses are free to cultivate their own policies on whether to accept cash unless there is a state law which declares otherwise. This does not hold true in New York.
The regulars that stay loyal to their food and policy find it more convenient than dining at a cash only restaurant.
"I think it's a good approach to business," said Vincent Bandy, a regular at Commerce. "I'm sure for Tony it makes a lot of sense. He can account for everything, both behind the bar and on the restaurant floor. For a customer, I come here all the time and I have no problems with it at all. It works really well."
Other business owners did not agree with the trend that Zazula was trying to set.
Zazula knew this decision would, at first, receive more negative attention than positive. However, there are many people that think Zazula has jumped on the early train of restaurant fashions. He believes that Commerce will continue to set new customs in the West Village.
"We have been very successful at Commerce in creating a restaurant that did ride the zeitgeist and continues to," said Zazula. "We are established but we do that with our product in the style of the food's ingredients and new items that excite our regular patrons, who we treat as family. That is a trend that is actually experienced in France but Americans aren't use to that kind of restaurant being designed around the guests. We are sophisticated, hip, chic and exciting. Arriving is part of the experience and going past the history of this block. Not accepting cash has only added to that club-like feeling, where people could feel like they are a part of an exclusive club in the West Village."


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Yes, I know, Zumba is nothing new, but it is to me. I've been waiting a while now to find a class that wasn't packed (why go to a dance class when there's not enough room to, ya know, dance?) or wasn't at a time when I need to be at work.
My cousin told me about her friend who just got her Zumba teaching certificate, so I went to one of her classes last night.
Before we even started, though, I was perfectly and completely mortified. See, I was sitting on a bench, waiting on class to start, texting my best friend. Minding my own biz. All of the sudden I felt something move, so I got scared and jumped up – right as the bench crumbled beneath me. Yes, that's right – I killed the bench. The few folks who actually saw this swore it was already broken, but I was still embarrassed. At least I didn't get hurt – I jumped up before the bench fell, so I didn't fall – but my ego, well, that's another story.
So I went into Zumba already feeling super fat and bad about myself.
But Zumba itself was pretty awesome.
Because this is still a new class, it was just the instructor and one other woman in there with me. Lots of room to move!
Zumba is basically dancing for an hour, constantly moving and going, jumping and punching and shaking your hips. I'm the first to admit I cannot dance, not even a little, so I know I looked stupid (although not as stupid as I looked with the bench). But I love to dance, and I dance all the time. I decided I wouldn't care about my horrible moves: the point is to move, even if it's off the beat or not exactly the right step or whatever. So I just moved.
What I really liked was that a lot of the songs we danced to were ones that were already on my workout playlist, so I knew them well and could pick up on the choreography quickly. Some of the songs included LMFAO's "Party Rock Anthem," DJ Khaled's "All I Do Is Win," the Black Eyed Peas' "Boom Boom Pow," The Contours' "Do You Love Me" (you know, best known from "Dirty Dancing") and Ike & Tina Turner's "Proud Mary" (believe me when I say, that song, more than any others, kicked my butt! But at least I got to dance like Tina!).
I've heard your belly gets cold when you're burning belly fat – I still have no idea if this is true – and normally, in the gym, my belly doesn't start to get cold until after about 15 minutes and it's generally good and cold. But with Zumba, my belly started getting cold after about a song or two, and half-way through it was ice cold (and stayed that way until the end). Never felt my belly that cold before. Pretty awesome.
After Zumba I went to the gym to do a little strength training. Trust me when I say, excercising is addictive. I didn't really want to leave the gym when I did, even though I Zumba'd for an hour and then only worked on strength training for about 30 minutes.
The next Zumba class is Saturday morning, so I know where I'll be. I'll just stay away from any and all benches from now on, thank you very much.


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Chapter 2 Confronting Scarcity: Choices in Production
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Do you want safer air travel or not? While that question is seldom asked so bluntly, any person who travels by air can tell you that our collective answer has been "yes," and it has been accompanied by increases in security and its associated costs at airports all over the world. Why? In short, "9/11." Terrorists hijacked four U.S. commercial airliners on September 11, 2001, and the tragic results that followed led to a sharp tightening in airport security.
In an effort to prevent similar disasters, airport security officials scrutinize luggage and passengers more carefully than ever before. In the months following 9/11, delays of as much as three hours were common as agents tried to assure that no weapons or bombs could be smuggled onto another plane.
"What to produce?" is a fundamental economic question. Every economy must answer this question. Should it produce more education, better health care, improved transportation, a cleaner environment? There are limits to what a nation can produce; deciding to produce more of one thing inevitably means producing less of something else. Individuals in much of the world, after the tragedy of 9/11, clearly were willing to give up time, and a fair amount of individual privacy, in an effort to obtain greater security. Nations and individual cities also devoted additional resources to police and other forms of protection in an effort to prevent tragedies such as 9/11. People all over the world chose to produce less of other goods in order to devote more resources to the production of greater security. And, as of early 2009, the choice to devote more resources to security had paid off; there had been no similar hijackings in the United States.
In this chapter we use our first model, the production possibilities model, to examine the nature of choices to produce more of some goods and less of others. As its name suggests, the production possibilities modelModel that shows the goods and services that an economy is capable of producing—its possibilities—given the factors of production and the technology it has available. shows the goods and services that an economy is capable of producing—its possibilities—given the factors of production and the technology it has available. The model specifies what it means to use resources fully and efficiently and suggests some important implications for international trade. We can also use the model to illustrate economic growth, a process that expands the set of production possibilities available to an economy.
We then turn to an examination of the type of economic system in which choices are made. An economic systemThe set of rules that define how an economy's resources are to be owned and how decisions about their use are to be made. is the set of rules that define how an economy's resources are to be owned and how decisions about their use are to be made. We will see that economic systems differ in terms of how they answer the fundamental economic questions. Many of the world's economic systems, including the systems that prevail in North America, Europe, and much of Asia and Central and South America, rely on individuals operating in a market economy to make those choices. Other economic systems, including those of Cuba and North Korea today and historically those of the former Soviet Union, Soviet bloc countries, and China, rely—or relied—on government to make these choices. Different economic systems result in different sets of choices and thus different outcomes; the fact that market economies generally outperform the others when it comes to providing more of the things that people want helps to explain the dramatic shift from government-dominated toward market-dominated economic systems that has occurred throughout the world in the past 25 years. The chapter concludes with an examination of the role of government in an economy that relies chiefly on markets to allocate goods and services.


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In the past, that meant a closer watch by a probation officer. But that can be tough. And when gas prices went up, new method was put into place which really helps the probation officers.
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The infamous luxury watch known for it's extremely high price, constant replication, and continuous second hand. Rolex's are often considered to be the mark of a nouveu-riche, or new money. These people often like to overspend and show off their money by buying flashy clothes and jewelry. People who have had money for a long time tend to buy watches that are much more expensive but look like ordinary watches. "Rolexes are for rappers and lottery winners."
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A Swiss made watch famous for its quality and price. Rolex watches are most famous for the "Oyster case" milled from a single piece of metal. The case has a screw-down back and a screw-down crown that makes it inpenetrable by the elements.
Most Rolex watches are automatic wind, meaning that a semi-circular disc inside the watch turns with the slightes movement of the wrist thus winding the watch. Older Rolexes are also manual wind. These mechanical watches tick five times per second thus giving the illusion of a sweeping seconds hand. This feature is often seen as the distinguishing mark of an authentic Rolex. There are, however, Oysterquartz Rolexes that are powered by batteries. These watches tick once per second but they are authentic Rolexes nonetheless. Rolexes come in various models. The lowest priced are "Air Kings" and the higher-priced Rolexes are Presidents, Daytona's and other exclusive models. Rolexes range in price from about $3,000 to more than $100,000. Rolex watches are made of stainless steel and solid 18k white or yellow gold, or a combination of both. While the mechanisms are virtually identical in both the lowest- and highest-priced Rolexes, the higher costs of the priciest Rolexes is due to features such as entirely gold cases and bracelets, meteorite dials and diamonds and other precious stones on the dials, bracelets and bezels. Authentic Rolexes are indeed a status symbol because of their price. They are recognized worldwide and considered the m... |
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Famously expensive watches. Most examples of such are actually fakes sold for less than 1% the price of a real Rolex. The tell-tale sign (other than the price) is that on a real rolex, the second hand has continous motion, instead fo ticking like an ordinary watch. fake rolex, cheapy cheap! Ten dolla! Also sucky sucky for ten dolla!
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A watch that poor people buy and have nothing to eat for months but they can go to their friends faces saying" OOH LOOK I HAVE A ROLEX IM RICH LIKE.. are you gonna eat that sandwich?" Guy 1: I HAVE A ROLEX
Guy 2: How much was it? Guy 1: £100.100 Guy 2: How did you afford it? Guy 1: Killed my family, sold their organs, BUT HEY I HAVE A ROLEX, THATS ALL I NEED TO BE HAPPY! Guy 2: Wtf? |
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a very pricy watch commonly given as an award for working at a company for 10-20 years also the watch on my wrist right now. jim, please report to my (your boss) office to recive your rolex as a 15 year award.
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A Watch that is sold for about a buck in China. If its a fake it will break.
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verb, The act of wrapping ones penis around the wrist like a watch in order to trick another person into looking at ones dong. Commonly used with a question to the intended victim. "have you seen my new rolex?"
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