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Period Art & Design Sale to feature fine paintings and large array of snuff bottles
A Vienna cold painted erotic bronze of a metamorphic owl. Franz Bergman, early 20th century. Perched on a book, hinging open to reveal a female nude depicted bathing, marked on spine Nam-Greb and B on wax seal. height 3 1/4in. Est. $800 - 1,200. Photo: Courtesy of Bonhams.
Period Art & Design auction, October 14, will present a strong selection of offerings from an artistically curated Private San Francisco Estate Collection, whose residuary beneficiaries include the California Pacific Medical Center Foundation. Special highlights from this estate will include an oil on board, Continental School of The lion hunt (est. $2,000-3,000) and an early 20th century, Vienna, cold painted erotic bronze of a metamorphic owl by Franz Bergman (est. $800-1,200). The owl is perched on a book and hinges open to reveal a female nude, depicted bathing. Also of note from the collection will come a pair of 20th century Burmese giltwood heraldic rampant lions (est. $600-800); as well as paintings, additional Continental items, dresser boxes, glasswear, stemware and porcelains.
A broad selection of Fine Art will appear in the sale, including European paintings and works on paper, with such examples as A portrait of a young woman, an oil on canvas in the Manner of François Hubert Drouais (est. $4,000-6,000) and Ecce Homo, an oil on canvas After Orazio de Ferrari (est. $3,000-5,000). There will also be American works of art, including Ellen Francis Burpee Farrs oil on canvas, Portrait of Falling Star, 1897 (est. $2,000-3,000); Joseph Antonio Hekkings oil on canvas, Wooded landscape with a stream, 1859 (est. $3,000-5,000); and Hayley Levers oil on panel pair, Views of St. Ives, Cornwall (est. $3,000-5,000), among many others. In addition, there will be more than two dozen prints on offer, by such artists as Stuart Davis, Yozo Hamaguchi, Gene Kloss, Claes Oldenburg and Doel Reed.
Modern and contemporary works of art will be represented in the sale with Wade Hoefers oil and collage on canvas of Eden East/West, 1988-89 (est. $3,000-5,000); Tim Stoners oil on linen of The Dead, 2004 (est. $3,000-5,000); and Francisco Farreras oil and paper on panel of Number 61, 1960 (est. $2,000-4,000). There will also be modern and contemporary furnishings and décor, including a Verner Panton acrylic and aluminum pendant globe light, designed in 1969 (est. $2,000-3,000); a yellow vinyl tubular bed, circa 1970, with a custom mattress (est. $1,000-1,500); and a mahogany dresser with silvered pulls by the Hickory Furniture Company (est. $900-1,200).
The sale will go on to include a large selection of snuff bottles, from the Collection of Mrs. Fay Plohn, a West Coast Collection, and various owners. Highlights will include two agate snuff bottles: one in the form of a Buddha's hand citron hanging from a leafy branch, and the second of flattened rectangular form, with one side displaying a luohan seated on a tiger beneath a tree (est. $800-1,200) and three inside painted snuff bottles one of a squirrel and pine, reversed by a lotus, the second with a landscape reversed by a figure with a fishing pole and the third of rock crystal painted with figures in a landscape (est. $750-1,200), among many other examples.
Many Chinese ceramics and Chinese Jade, Hardstone, & Soapstone Carvings will also be represented in the sale. One of the examples that will be on offer is a jade beast-form toggle, rendered in the Ming style, depicting a forward facing recumbent tiger, in stone of greenish gray with mottled icy inclusions and black colored striations (est. $700-1,000).
There will also be Property from the Collection of Joseph Klein (1899-1987), New York, New York, including bronze figures, portrait miniatures and majolica of varying estimates; Property from the Conner Prairie Museum, including an assembled Rose Medallion export porcelain partial dinner service of the Late Qing and Republic period ($1,200-1,800); and Property from the Estate of Elinor Majors Carlisle, San Francisco, including a pair of late 20th century, Neoclassical style brass and glass twelve light chandeliers (est. $400-600).
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RIO GRANDE — A group of students, staff and community members converged on the campus of the University of Rio Grande yesterday to remember not only the thousands of men, women and children who tragically lost their lives 11 years ago during the 9-11 attacks on the World Trade Center towers, but also the countless Americans left to try to make sense of that unthinkable tragedy.
The 11th Annual 9-11 Memorial Ceremony, arranged by the unified efforts of the URG Veterans Association and the URG Student Senate, was held at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday morning.
The ceremony began with a greeting by Student Senate President and Veterans Association Vice President Tony Burnette. Two uniformed men, one being Veterans Association President Todd Foley, raised the American flag to half-mast while university alum and current employee Ashley Horsley sang a heartwarming a cappella version of "The Star Spangled Banner".
Recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance was led by Foley with participation from the audience. A gentle prayer was delivered by an area pastor followed by URG Admissions Counselor Courtney Lively's respectful introduction of keynote speaker and Professor of Political Science Judith Thompson.
Thompson is credited with organizing the first event on the Rio campus starting in 2002. At previous memorial events, the group has read each of the victim's names at the university bell tower. It was stated that just reading the names took over five hours with volunteer support and encouragement from university staff and faculty. The list of names is now a digital presentation and can be used in a public forum.
Thompson's Tuesday morning speech was described by some as "poignant, well-written and delivered with the grace of a veteran professor".
URG student Ali Sullivan of Oak Hill attended the event, and like nearly every American who was old enough to remember that day, she knew exactly where she was on September 11, 2001. She was in second grade.
Editor's note: On behalf of the Gallipolis Daily Tribune and the many communities within Gallia County, we extend sincere gratitude for the organizers and participants of this important annual event.

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everytime I try to emerge compiz fusion I get this reply
localhost / # KEYWORDS='amd64' emerge compiz-fusion
Calculating dependencies -
!!! All ebuilds that could satisfy "compiz-fusion" have been masked.
!!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request:
- x11-wm/compiz-fusion-9999 (masked by: missing keyword)
For more information, see MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge man page or
refer to the Gentoo Handbook.
I tried emerge compiz-fusion and KEYWORDS='amd64' emerge compiz-fusion. all I get is this as an output.
I'm I really gonna have to edit the ebuilds to have a keyword in it??


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I think there's a very strong case to be made that almost all humans currently practicing caloric restriction are doing so in a way that fundamentally and significantly differs from how caloric restriction is implemented in and affects rodents. Here is my argument:
The overwhelming majority of caloric restriction(CR) experiments in rodents, whether studying lifespan, longevity or health effects, involve rodents on CR being served a single ration of food per day(with a few exceptions, which are addressed in detail below.)
This delivery of a single ration of food per day is usually used in CR'ed animals simply because it is the easiest way to implement a calorie-restricted diet. All the food for the day is measured out and then delivered to the feeding area of the animal all at once, which is much easier than delivering multiple precisely measured batches of food throughout the day.
In comparison, the "control" ad-libitum(free-feeding) rodents in these experiments usually have a constant supply of food available to them.
It is sparsely mentioned or dealt with in the CR literature, but this difference in feeding regimes is known to result in dramatic differences in feeding behaviours between CR'ed and ad-libitum fed rodents.
Ad-libitum rodents engage in a natural "nibbling" feeding pattern, eating many meals throughout the day. Ad-libitum fed rats rarely go for longer than 3 or 4 hours at at time without feeding(1) and ad-libitum mice rarely go for longer than 1 hour without feeding(11.)
On the other hand, rodents subjected to CR gorge on their single food ration and finish it all in a very short period of time(2). This feeding pattern, unlike in the ad-libitum animals, thus results in long periods of complete food deprivation(fasting) in the CR'ed rodents until the next day's meal is supplied to them.
It has been shown that 50% of rats on a conventional CR feeding regime finish their entire daily food ration within 3.5 hours, and 90% of rats finish it all in under 5 hours(2). This means that 50% of CR'ed rats are going for more than 20.5 hours per day without any food at all, and 90% of the CR'ed rats are going for more than 19 hours without any food per day.
CR'ed mice eat their entire food ration within just an hour(11) and are thus subjected to a full 23 hours without food per day with conventional CR feeding regimes.
This major difference in fasting duration between ad-libitum and CR rodents results in a raft of very significant physiological differences(3.) When subjected to only 16 hours without food(considerably less than that experienced by the average CR'ed rodent), rats lose an average of 6.9% body weight, their serum glucose concentrations drop by an average of 34.9%, triglycerides drop by 48.4% and cholesterol drops by 21.7%(3). CR'ed rats deplete their glycogen stores during the period of fasting between meals and transition into a daily state of ketosis, as well as experiencing hypothermia during this period(11). Mice rapidly switch to fatty acid oxidation(and ketosis) for fuel after just 6 hours without food(12).
The time scale for many aspects of rodent metabolism is radically different to that of humans, so what seems like a short period of time for a human may actually represent a very long period by rodent standards.
How might this translate and scale into human terms? Here are some comparisons: when subjected to complete food deprivation(fasting) it takes humans about 10 days to lose 10% body weigh(6), it takes rats about 24 hours to lose 10% body weight(3) and it takes mice less than 24 hours to lose 10% body weight(7).
Non-obese humans can survive about 60 days of complete starvation(8), rats can survive about 10 days of starvation(9), mice can only survive about 6 days of starvation(10).
By these measures, which arguably seem very relevant to the matters being discussed, there is from a 6:1 to 10:1 ratio between humans and rodents in terms of speed and duration of these particular metabolic processes.
Taking into consideration these ratios, along with the known feeding patterns of rodents on CR, it could be suggested that the approximately 20 hours of fasting that regular CR'ed rodents experience on a daily basis, is equivalent to 120 to 200 hours of fasting for a human(5 to 8 days.) The approximately 4 hours of food gorging in CR'ed rodents might be the equivalent of a human eating about a normal week's worth of food within a period of one to two days. For a human male of 70kg, the daily weight-cycling of about 7% that rodents experience on CR would be equivalent to continuously rapidly losing and then gaining 5kg of body weight.
Could these long periods of fasting, short periods of food gorging and the associated major impacts on physiology be the source of some or all of the beneficial effects seen in CR rodent experiments?
So far, there have been a very small number of studies that have attempted to answer these questions. These studies reported that the life-extending properties of CR still occur when more frequent feeding regimes are used in CR'ed rodents. But I think there are some real problems with these studies.
The two studies(that I am aware of) that increased feeding frequency and reduced fasting duration the most, still left rats with a daily 16 hour gap between food rations(4), and left mice for a 12 hour daily gap between food rations(5). As noted above, ad libitum rats normally experience a maximum of just 3 to 4 hours between meals, and ad libitum mice just 1 hour gap.
Were these studies sufficient to rule out the effects of long periods of fasting? As shown above, even just 16 hours of food deprivation in rats results in very significant physiological effects. Mice likely experience even quicker alteration in physiology due to food deprivation, such that 12 hours without food may still be a significant period for them to go without food. These rodents were quite likely still undergoing ketosis, for instance.
To give a comparison: using the best-case scenario, based on the feeding regimes used in the small number of studies that attempted to limit the periods between feedings, and the human:rodent metabolic ratios described above, a human-scaled equivalent feeding regime would still lead to somewhere between about 72 and 160 hours between meals. That's a minimum of three days without eating in human terms, and that's given the best case scenario currently available from studies into rodents.
So where does this leave human caloric restriction? Should humans be engaging in multi-day fasts, interspersed with short periods of food gorging, if they want to mimic the rodent experiments? Others have suggested that a regime like this may in fact be necessary to reproduce the effects seen in rodents(13). Several tantalizing hypotheses and pieces of evidence lend support for this view. Some of the most popular and promising theories explaining the effects of CR, including modulation of autophagy, apoptosis, lipolysis and protein turnover, seem likely to require longer-term fasting in humans to be effectively activated(14,15.) Changes in gene expression have also shown that fasting seems to regulate the genes that respond to CR(16.)
In short, I believe that there is a very strong argument to be made, that the conventional caloric restriction regimes that are currently used by most human CR practitioners(ie eating at least one or more meals every day or two), are not suitably replicating the regimes or many of the major physiological effects of CR seen and used in any CR rodent studies to date.
(1) "Meal patterns in the genetically obese Zucker rat: a reexamination"
Castonguay TW, Upton DE, Leung PM, Stern JS. PMID: 7100292
(2) "Methods for Inducing and Monitoring Liver Autophagy Relative to Aging and Antiaging Caloric Restriction in Rats"
Donati A, Cavallini G, Bergamini E. PMID: 19200897
(3) "Effect of fasting duration on clinical pathology results in Wistar rats"
Kale VP, Joshi GS, Gohil PB, Jain MR. PMID: 19351329
(4) "Temporal Pattern of Food Intake Not a Factor in the Retardation of Aging Processes by Dietary Restriction"
Masoro EJ, Shimokawa I, Higami Y, McMahan CA, Yu BP. PMID: 7814779
(5) "Meal-timing, circadian rhythms and life span of mice"
Nelson W, Halberg F. PMID: 3794831
(6) "Metabolic Aspects of Acute Starvation in Normal Humans (10 Days)"
Consolazio CF, Matoush LO, Johnson HL, Nelson RA, Krzywicki HJ - PMID: 6036255
(7) "Acute Starvation Protects Mice Against Listeria monocytogenes"
Wing EJ, Young JB. - PMID: 6772566
(8) "Fasting - the ultimate diet?"
Johnstone AM. PMID: 17444963
(9) "Factors influencing survival of rats in fasting; metabolic rate and body weight loss"
(10) "Response of germfree, conventional, conventionalized and E. coli monocontaminated mice to starvation"
Tennant B, Malm OJ, Horowitz RE, Levenson SM. PMID: 4866341
(11) "Effect of chronic caloric restriction on physiological variables related to energy metabolism in the male Fischer 344 rat"
Duffy PH, Feuers RJ, Leakey JA, Nakamura K, Turturro A, Hart RW. PMID: 2661930
(12) "Calorie restriction increases fatty acid synthesis and whole body fat oxidation rates"
Bruss MD, Khambatta CF, Ruby MA, Aggarwal I, Hellerstein MK. PMID: 19887594
(13) "Caloric restriction in C57BL/6J mice mimics therapeutic fasting in humans"
Mahoney LB, Denny CA, Seyfried TN. PMID: 16709251
(14) "Proteolytic and lipolytic responses to starvation"
Finn PF, Dice JF. PMID: 16815497
(15) "The role of autophagy in aging: its essential part in the anti-aging mechanism of caloric restriction"
Bergamini E, Cavallini G, Donati A, Gori Z. PMID: 16709251
(16) "Starvation response in mouse liver shows strong correlation with life-span-prolonging processes"
Bauer M, Hamm AC, Bonaus M, Jacob A, Jaekel J, Schorle H, Pankratz MJ, Katzenberger JD. PMID: 14762175


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bladerunner or do androids count electric sheep
philip k. dick
While stoop shopping with my neighbors, Chris and Christina, they would always look for Philip K. Dick books. I asked who he was and they said "only the best science fiction writer ever". At my friend, Matt Johnson's house, I saw a copy of this book and asked to borrow it. It was a very good world. I greatly enjoyed it. Very quick read (for me three days). Now I'm looking for my second book of his to read.
reviewed by:
September 2000 [link]
recommend 1 thumbs up
banana yoshimoto
What I haven't added this book to my reviews? Stupid me. It's set in Nippon and is very dry and urbane and so oddly touching... like hearing "One of These Days" by Neil Young blaring out of a Japanese male's headphones on the Tokyo subway.
reviewed by:
January 2001 [link]
recommend 1 thumbs up
barrel fever
david sedaris
What more can I say? This is some funny stuff. I especially like the Christmas letter short story as I have of late become titillated with the Christmas letter phenom (as in, Mark and I have painted the bedroom this year and oh yes...we have a new addition to our family: Stripey kitty blah boring blah). Mr. Sedaris' writings are like a Vic Chestnut album (whom I just love especially that song that goes..."Dannnyyy, doesn't give a damn about the contras....he would rather dreeeeaammm than f#ck")
reviewed by:
January 2000 [link]
bastard out of carolina
dorothy allison
Published in 1992 to much critical acclaim, BOOC was turned into a movie directed by Anjelica Houston. The classic story of good women marrying bad men, the ending of this book made my heartache and it still haunts me. Set in Greenville, SC and told from the point of view of a pre-teen girl nicknamed "Bone", we follow her and her mother through the death of one husband and the marriage to another. If you aren't already depressed, read this one. It'll do it for you.
reviewed by:
lisa may
February 2004 [link]
recommend 3 thumbs up
bell jar, the
sylvia plath
Read this as I was in the depths of depression and desperately wanted some company. I really loved the parallels that it had to my life, but it just wasn't biting enough for me. As has been my meter for books read in the past, this book didn't stay with me. Unlike, Confederacy of Dunces (which granted I JUST read last year) this book has no retention value with me. I DO remember how she thought all the girls around her (wait it's coming back to me) were silly, and she/them slutted around, but in the end it just wasn't the depressing companion I wanted (I later found out the "Rituals" or Bukowski book were [see earlier review]). People tell me that she put her head in an oven - how's that for depressing - but I guess I wanted more.
reviewed by:
April 2000 [link]
bergdorf blondes
plum sykes
BB is a silly little snippet of a read about "those" type of woman that roam the four corners of the earth - you know, the type on the look out for the perfect second husband (while still married to the perfect first husband), the perfect chloe jeans, the perfect valentino dress and just about a million other things that only the money of their trust funds or rich boyfriends can buy. Set in lovely NYC in all the hippest places, the main character "Moi" and her best friend, Julie Bergdorf (heiress to Bergdorf Goodman department stores) sleep-in until 11am, jet off to Cannes with Prospective Husband du jour and stress about their social calendar.
This is a great summer beach read, especially since your hair will emerge just the teensiest bit blonder.
reviewed by:
lisa may
June 2004 [link]
best food writing 2003
holly hughes
This is a compliation of essays from various magazine and newspapers with what is considered the "best" in food writing. The 51 essays are about everything from sustainable farming, to stinky cheeses to soups. A book to be read all at once or skipping around whenever your appetite needs to be tempted.
(The new Best Food Writing 2004 was published 10/10/04)
reviewed by:
lisa may
October 2004 [link]
best ghost stories of algernon blackwood
algernon blackwood
Algernon Blackwood had an amazing, complex and creepy imagination. These stories are haunting, not exactly gross-out-loud Steven King blood-and-guts-and-shit-spewing-everywhere, but more in like an am-i-imagining-things-or-is-this-place-out-to-kill-me way. The absolute best stories in the collection are "The Willows" (often viewed as the quintissential man vs. nature horror story, but really even scarier than that), "The Transfer", and "Accessory Before the Fact" (which actually gave me goosebumps reading it--you would never guess that it was originally published in 1914!). For only $8.21 at amazon.com, this book is a steal and Algernon Blackwood writes some amazing fiction.
reviewed by:
May 2005 [link]
recommend 1 thumbs up
big bad love : stories
larry brown
Everyone should read Larry Brown. He's a Raymond Carver re-incarnation in the blue-collar country. I adored his style and his isolationism. His characters were very rugged and real. I'm a sucker for drop out of life, sorrow-filled with wryness stories, and this was right up my alley
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September 2000 [link]
biography of empress josephine
carolly erickson
This book is a nice glimpse at women's roles and babymaking pressure on women, etc. It's also an interesting look at France and Napoleon, etc.
reviewed by:
September 2000 [link]
bladerunner or do androids count electric sheep
philip k. dick
While stoop shopping with my neighbors, Chris and Christina, they would always look for Philip K. Dick books. I asked who he was and they said "only the best science fiction writer ever". At my friend, Matt Johnson's house, I saw a copy of this book and asked to borrow it. It was a very good world. I greatly enjoyed it. Very quick read (for me three days). Now I'm looking for my second book of his to read.
reviewed by:
September 2000 [link]
recommend 1 thumbs up
jose saramago
I must say I was so very excited to read this book as I found it on a weird website. (well weird in that I wasnt expecting to go there. I was doing one of my things where I type in concepts I care about and see what comes up i.e. "truth, astrology, hypocrisy, honor"). This book seemed to embrace the concept which I recently discovered John Lennon espoused. I had always wondered what would happen if everyone were blind and whether then all the bias that is conferred on the beautiful, the black, the tacky, the tall, etc. would dissolve when shielded from the sight. John Lennon called this bagism which is a more beautiful concept as it lets YOU choose to shield your appearance from others by placing a bag over your body.
Anyhoo hooo hooo, this book wasnt like that at all. It was about a disease that rabidly and rapidly affects a whole world. One falls blind infects the other blah blah blah. The first group of blind people get interred and chaos ensues and sub-animal acts go on. The trouble with this book as that I never really felt anything. It was anestithized oddly even with all the graphic depictions. I was also a bit clueless about the theme of the book. There was supposed to be some significance that the blindness was a white blindness instead of a black blindness (as in the victims saw white). I suppose this book was good in making you appreciate the things you take for granted, but beyond that? Hmmmmm. The book ended with someone ruminating that they werent really blind ever. I didnt get that either.
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December 2000 [link]
recommend 1 thumbs up
amy greene
The plant bloodroot is a gorgeous white flower with toxic root sap that runs red, hence the name bloodroot. The book "Bloodroot" is about toxic family roots and relationships and couldn't have a more apt name. This is one of my favorites books so far of 2010. Set in rural and poor Appalachia, the book is broken up into sections told from the view of different characters. The first set of characters give you the back story of their own lives. The next set of characters gives you a little more back story and then a little bit more of the story to chew on. Wonderfully written and heartbreaking, the story revolves around the wild and spirited Myra Odom and her life with her Granny on Bloodroot Mountain. She then meets and marries the crazy and mean John Odom and life changes forever for her as well as her kin. Full of great southern writing you gotta love a novel that mentions buying a Coke and a packet of peanuts to pour into it!
reviewed by:
lisa may
March 2010 [link]
blow fly
patricia cornwell
The bazillionith book (really, the eighth or ninth) in Cornwell's Kay Scarpetta mystery series, it was by far the worst hunk of words ever. I really liked all the other Scarpetta stories. I wish I'd read the Amazon.com reviews before wasting an afternoon reading it. Poo.
reviewed by:
lisa may
February 2004 [link]
blue girl
charles de lint
This is one of Charles de Lint's most fun books in years. It's largely a departure from his usual style–it's a young adult novel, and doesn't feature any of his Native-American-style-spirit characters in it, but that doesn't mean it's not really good. Our protagonist, Imogene, is a down-to-earth wild girl who moves to a new highschool and decides to make one new friend. She chooses Maxine, her exact opposite (tame and polite), and it turns out that being friends enables them to balance each other out. But the course of true friendship never did run smooth, and things get majorly messy when (at Halloween, no less) some spirits get hungry for Imogene's soul. Add in a ghostly love triangle, five cranky ex-hobbs, and the usual highschool drama, and you get a fast-paced read told from several points of view. I highly recommend it.
reviewed by:
October 2005 [link]
blue sword, the
robin mckinley
This was my ALL TIME favorite book as a K-8 student. (I can't remember many books to write about today, so I am grasping at childhood.) It tells about the classic "late bloomer" on a world far far away. I love the magic and feudalistic world.
reviewed by:
August 2000 [link]
recommend 2 thumbs up
bonjour laziness: why hard work doesn't pay
corinne maier
If you work in a cubicle hell and shudder with disgust every time your crap spewing asshole middle manager boss opens his/her mouth, this is the book for you. It's a fast read, so you can go to one of those book superstores, find a quiet corner, and read the whole thing. This book reinforced many things I have experienced in the business world.
For example, if you are an individualist capable of thinking and writing coherently, the corporate world is soo definitely not for you. If you think you can move up and advance, think again. The only people who do the work are the temps. Besides, the whole purpose of the corporate environment is to have tasks in order to have meetings in order to have tasks that lead to meetings. Thus, the cycle of life continues.
This book was a big hit in France and now has been translated into English. The French are really a lot more like Americans than either country can probably admit, and I really appreciated her fantasy of launching a revolution against CEOs and chopping off their heads. But alas, I think no such revolution will come soon. Realizing that you can't rebel against ideas clouded by gibberish, many intelligent people now do as little work as possible while playing as many computer games as possible. Fight the good fight, man. Fight the good fight.
reviewed by:
July 2005 [link]
boy proof
cecil castellucci
when i picked up this book, it was because I felt an instant connection with the title: "boy proof" was me in middleschool and highschool, there was no joking about it. When I started to actually *read* this book, the synchronicity of it all almost scared me. The main character is named Victoria, although she prefers to be called "egg" after her favorite sci-fi character.
Some notable quotes: "Boy proof. I have never been asked out. No boy has ever flirted with me. I am invisible to the opposite sex." (pg.6)
"During the trigonometry quiz, instead of solving any of the problems, I notice that the whole world is made up of angles and arcs. If I squint just the right way, I can make anything look like an angle...the bird in the air, outside the window, flying to the tree is unconciously measuring the arcs and angles. I can see the math all around me. But when it comes to putting it down on paper, I draw a blank. One thing I can answer for sure. I'm going to fail another quiz." (pg. 57)
"'Victoria, do you want to make some money for yourself?'
'Money is power in this corrupt world,' I say. 'What do I have to do?'
'You would be an Awkwardly Tall Elf,' Mom says. 'There are a lot of tall elves at the North Pole, and Santa is beginning to worry. It's only for one Saturday.' (pg. 69)
"That puts me right in my place. Pretty on the outside wins over pretty on the inside. I want to go home and leave them alone, but I'm downtown and I don't want to take the bus home. I wouldn't even know which bus to take from here." (pg. 99)
"Don't pull me out of the running yet, Dr. Gellar. I'm full of surprises."
"I know you are, Victoria," she says." (pg. 119)
"You know, Max. I've always been perceived as strange for one reason or another. I guess it's because of my overflowing amount of knowledge. Nobody seems to get what I'm talking about, so I just don't talk," i say.
"I know about that," Max says. "I call it loneliness." (pg. 137)
"There are more alien and monster doodles than notes and homework assignments written in my loose-leaf binder." (pg. 151)
"Max shoots his head forward and kisses my cheek roughly with his slightly dry lips. "See you" he says. He runs back to his car. He does see me. Because I'm not invisible anymore."
(pg. 196)
This book,as you may have gathered, seems to be slightly autobiographical (as in, of me). Which is really weird. But I really enjoyed it. And I dedicate it to my highschool self!
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brave new world
adolphus huxley
I had seen this book in my sisters gift to me. She gave me
for Christmas a couple of years ago some playing cards with
52 great books described. This one was about the future.
Then, I recently saw the book referenced in some article I
was reading: the whole idea had a decidedly brave new
world-ish cast. I mentioned it at some party-talk, and got I
cant believe you havent read it so I did. This is the
first hard science fiction book Ive read in my cognizant
adult life. I read the authors preface, and it piqued my
interest a bit as he described how he would have improved
the book blah blah blah. At the end, someone who had
checked out the book before me had penciled in beyond
prophet after the introduction. This sincerely interested me
as Ive only penciled in on one book (the Blond Baboon) and
I had done it on the inside cover in hopes that someone
would read the book. The book was quite engaging. Very
interesting and well thought out. I can completely say that it
ironed out my recent philosophy that all this horror and greed
and shit in society is only present because we must have a
good story for ourselves. The author presents us with a
futuristic society that has eliminated all negative things from
our society and has made us efficient, happy, and stratified
human beings. We are all content in our place. We take
drugs to pacify us. We worship Ford with his efficiency and
his vanguard-ness at delivering us from immobility. It was a
beautiful case of be careful what you wish for. It features
three characters who are beginning to come out of their
haze. What happens to them is moralistic and final. This
book was an excellent and detailed look at a bizarre and
philosophical future. It wasnt really so much a novel as a
very long essay. Mr. Huxley seems more a philosopher than
a novelist, and I never got involved in the action. I felt merely
a tourist in a protective bubble visiting the future. Its certainly
not a frou frou book, but rather one that tugged at my soul
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breakfast with tiffany
edwin wintle
Wintle, at 40 and gay, decides to take in his sister's troubled 13-year-old daughter and and gets more than he bargained for - hello, she's a teenage girl! EEK! Tiffany arrives in NYC from Connecticut (yeah, it's the first time I ever heard of someone moving FROM Connecticut TO NYC, but there are bad parts of CT, too.) with failing grades, boy trouble and an attitude to rival all teenage girls. Despite some initial school troubles, more failing grades and running with the wrong crowd AGAIN, Tiffany's life improves with Uncle Eddy. Interspersed in the Tiffany saga is Eddy's own reflections on growing up gay, his own teenage years, his OCD issues and, the surprising fact that he's been HIV-positive and healthy for over 15 years. While not the most engaging book, it's endearing and sweet and you'll find yourself finishing the book rooting for Uncle Eddy the Saint.
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lisa may
October 2005 [link]
bridge of sighs
richard russo
The only thing Russo didn't touch upon in this giant book is murder (the calculated kind, there is a drunk driving accident that kills people). Every other life event is in this book birth, death, marriage, illness, homosexuality, alcoholism, child abuse, cancer you name it, this book encompasses all of it. Just like Russo's "Empire Falls", he has woven this unbelievably intricate portrait of family-life in a small town and has not left out any details. You finish his books knowing more about the characters than you do yourself. At times the narrative falters but surprising and tender developments will engross you through the final page.
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lisa may
February 2009 [link]
bridges of madison county
robert james waller
(Bridges of Madison County and The Letter) Yeah I read them. People told me that I would love love love the Letter so much more than Bridges of Madison County. It may have something to do with the fact that my life was unraveling after college and I had just been rejected by a great man and adored by a mediocre one, but I bawled at Bridges of Madison County and constantly rolled my eyes at The Letter. I could see the maudlin quality in Bridges of Madison County, but something about the bitter, aching want of something so unattainable struck a chord with me. I don't think I'd recommend either of these unless you were feeling rejected. They are quick reads.
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September 2000 [link]
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bridget jones ii diary, the
helen fielding
I liked the first one. I liked the second one. It was like listening to your hipper British big/little sister talking about her cosmopolitan life. Im sure this book lost a bit of the "surprise" value, but quite nice.
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September 2000 [link]
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bridget jones's diary : a novel
helen fielding
Hey we women ARE shallow. This is an actual glimpse into actual doings of actual women. I wish I were this interestingly shallow though.
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September 2000 [link]
recommend 1 thumbs up
bringing down the house: the inside story of six mit students who took vegas for millions
ben mezrich
starts off a little slowly but once you get to vegas, it's all money, baby. of course, i hated vegas when i was there but apparently you have to be a high-roller to have any sort of glamorous time there.
anyhow, an excellent look into card counting and gambling. wish i could learn how to count cards since these cats make bazillions and somehow, the more money they make, the more free stuff vegas gives them.
percent chance this is going to be made into a movie starring j. lo and ben? 82% (except most of the people in the book are of asian descent)
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lisa may
February 2003 [link]
recommend 1 thumbs up
bringing home the birkin
michael tonello
Tonello's infectious memoir is about his turn as an Hermes re-seller and his obsession with the illustrious Birkin bag. After relocating to Barcelona, Tonello sells a few of his possessions on eBay, noticing that his Hermes items were the hottest things to go. As he schools himself in the art of Hermes collecting (some women go bonkers for the scarves and HAVE to have every one ever issued), he starts shopping the European boutiques and launches a very successful business online. His most devoted clients want the Birkin bag (these illustrious bags start at $7500 and sometimes fetch six digits with the most exotic being made of crocodile) supposedly only 100 are made every year and there's a two year waiting list. On a whim, Tonello asks for one at a store in Spain and is surprised to get one. He makes a tidy profit on the bags and off he goes, sometimes scoring several bags a day at different shops. His story is so fun, his writing witty and by the end of the book, I wanted a Birkin, too.
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lisa may
August 2008 [link]
brothel: mustang ranch and its women
alexa albert
After years of badgering the owner of the Mustang Ranch, Alexa Albert is finally granted permission to visit the Ranch and conduct a study for her public health degree. She wants to research why the instances of STDs and HIV are so low in brothels. Not only does she interview prostitutes and pay them for their used condoms (eww!), she gets to live at the brothel (awesome!) The interviews and dinner table discussions provide us all the nitty gritty we could want about a brothel. Alexa is actually invited into a room with "Baby" to watch her "party" with a client - a disturbing but necessary addition to the ride. We also meet some of the clients -one guy visits five times a week! The author also includes historical and political information on brothels and is there when the IRS eventually closes the brothel down. While the book left me with much to think about, I'm still not sure why women sell their bodies. I now know far more about sexual fetishes than I thought possible - I probably could've lived my life just fine not knowing what a "load licker" was but, somehow, I feel enriched.
This book is available in paperback and may not be at your public library - I found it at the university library because it's considered a "sociology book". Also, you probably don't want to read it in front of your granny since the word "BROTHEL" is emblazoned across the front and spine.
Read an excerpt at Amazon
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lisa may
April 2002 [link]
christmas humphreys
God. I thought I'd never get through this book. This is the third Buddhism book I've read. It's far better of an overview than the second one, but less explicit and approachable than "The Empty Mirror". It's taken me almost two months to read "Buddhism". I've been busy with school, AND this book is quite a headtrip - very involved and complicated (but not in a smug jerk way).
Hmmmmmmmm. Greg says I can now talk about buddhism now that I've read this book. That I'm informed enough.
I feel I could have foregone reading it a bit. In fact, I feel a bit less pure from reading it - as in now I may be "falling in the mahavinya line" or something. It was basically just a history of buddhism and an explanation of the various sects. It defined terms and explained actions.
I suppose you're going to have to read an overview of Buddhism in order to go further in your studies. This was good for that.
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September 2001 [link]
robin merrow maccready
While classified as a "young adult" book, this is another situation where I wonder if it's YA just because the narrator is a teen as the story is actually quite disturbing. Claudine has spent the whole of her 17 years caring for her alcoholic mother who at varying times manages to sober up but always ends up falling off the wagon. While there hasn't been any physical abuse, Claudine has suffered emotionally and it shows through her OCD of making lists and obsessive cleaning. One night her mother goes on a drinking binge and disappears. Claudine assumes she's run off with her trucker boyfriend but tells everyone her mother is finally in rehab. The thrill of having the trailer all to herself and it being kept clean quickly wears off as Claudine falls into a mania of OCD and faint memories of the night her mother disappeared eventually come into view. A strange rust-colored stain near the front door and a garden in disarray give readers a hint that her mother hasn't gone that far and emotions, relationships and other things have been buried along the way.
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lisa may
June 2009 [link]
but enough about me: a jersey girl's unlikely adventures among the absurdly famous
jancee dunn
Jancee Dunn chronicles her rise from lowly editorial assistant at Rolling Stone to kick-ass writer taking inventory in Madonna's office bathroom's medicine cabinet in this funny and charming memoir. From her humble roots in New Jersey to hanging out with rock stars who try to persuade her to do heroin (Scott Weiland and yes, Dunn happily mentioned names every chance she gets in an refreshingly unpretentious way), Dunn is completely in awe of the path that led her to her dream job. Between each chapter, Dunn gives tips of the trade on connecting with her writing subjects including bringing up unusual topics such as Dolly Parton's love of Velveeta cheese which resulted in Dunn being invited to Dolly's private apartment adjoining her office for a processed cheese snack. Dolly also gave her a hunk to take home which Dunn stashed in her freezer as a souvenir. Dunn also writes about her family the world's sweetest family, really and lovingly reminisces about growing up in the 80s. I'm looking forward to her recently published memoir "Why Is My Mother Getting a Tattoo?"
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lisa may
August 2009 [link]
recommend 1 thumbs up
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The civil war that erupted in Libya in February 2011 and the turmoil that ensued have created a situation of instability and insecurity that has put at serious risk the numerous investments made or held by Italian companies. On December 13, 2000, Italy and Libya concluded a bilateral agreement for the promotion and protection of investments, which entered into force on October 20, 2004 ("Italy-Libya BIT" or "BIT"). If their investments are impaired or lost as a result of actions and omissions of or attributable to Libya, Italian investors may avail themselves of the substantive protections and procedural remedies afforded by the Italy-Libya BIT. Likewise, Italy entered into bilateral investment treaties with Egypt and Tunisia, which offer Italian investors similar protections and remedies. The Italy-Libya BIT protects Italian citizens and juridical persons having their principal seat in Italy (Article 1(3)). The broad definition of the term "investment" contained in the Italy-Libya BIT protects most types of investments made by Italian companies in Libya. The Italy-Libya BIT defines "investments" to include "all kinds of assets" invested, before or after the entry into force of the BIT, by an Italian investor in Libya, including "movable and immovable property," "shares, bonds and interests in companies," "claims to money or other rights having economic value," intellectual property rights, and concessions (Article 1(1)). The Italy-Libya BIT grants traditional substantive investment treaty protections to Italian investors. Under the Italy-Libya BIT, Italian investors are entitled to "full and complete protection and security" in conformity with Libyan legislation (provided that it is not inconsistent with the BIT and international law, Article 2(3)), compensation for losses due to civil war, state of emergency, insurrection and similar events (Article 4),¹ free transfer of capital (Article 5), and payment of prompt and effective compensation in case of direct or indirect expropriation (Article 6). In addition, Italian investors may invoke the substantive protections granted by Libya to investors of other States by invoking the most-favored-nation clause in Article 3 of the Italy-Libya BIT. Libya has for example entered into bilateral investment agreements with Austria, Switzerland and France, which provide for additional protections such as fair and equitable treatment. The Italy-Libya BIT provides Italian investors with access to an international forum to remedy treaty violations (Article 9). After a period of six months during which the parties should seek to settle the dispute amicably, Italian investors are entitled to commence UNCITRAL arbitration to enforce their rights under the Italy-Libya BIT.
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HeadlinesWorthington Appoints Next President- 4/26/2012Worthington Industries, Inc. announced that Mark A. Russell will become the next president and chief operating officer of the Company, effective Aug. 1, 2012, replacing George P. Stoe who is stepping down into a semi-retirement role. Geoff G. Gilmore will replace Russell becoming the next president of Worthington Steel also on Aug. 1. "George has made significant contributions to the Company in his roles as president of our Cylinders business and in his current position, and we will continue to benefit from his leadership, as he transitions from day-to-day to special projects," says Chairman and CEO John McConnell. Stoe is 66 years old. "As president, Mark will be able to apply his leadership and experience across all of our businesses. He has done an excellent job leading our largest business segment through the greatest downturn in our history. His reshaping of our Steel Processing business has produced great results from operations, sales and inventory management," says McConnell. "He has also led the development and strategic direction of our Centers of Excellence as we continually find ways to improve across all of our businesses." Russell, 49, joined Worthington Steel in 2007 as president. Early in his career he was an attorney and in 1994, he began his work in the aluminum industry holding several key leadership positions at Alumax, Inc., Alcoa, Inc. and in 2002 was named CEO of aluminum extruder Indalex, Inc. "Geoff is a proven leader. He has made a positive impact in all of his roles with the Company for nearly 14 years," says McConnell. "His experience and industry knowledge will serve us well as we continue to optimize and grow our Steel business." Gilmore, 40, began his career with Worthington Steel in 1998 as an inside sales representative. He later became a sales territory manager and then commercial lead for all automotive sales. In 2010, Gilmore was named general manager of the Company's Delta, Ohio facility responsible for overseeing its manufacturing and sales operations. In July 2011, he was named vice president of purchasing for Worthington Industries, responsible for all purchasing efforts across the Company including steel, commodity and OEM purchasing, logistics and outside processing. Pictured: Mark A. Russell


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Introducing our new, innovative tote, Gilian! Crafted for a classic silhouette and enhanced with multiple compartments including an EXTRA zipped compartment at the base of the bag ready to protect and carry your gym shoes or heels! A practical tote with a stylish mission. 20.25" x 13" x 8.25" in
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I bought it for the gym & was not disappointed.... Even with all my gym stuff and daily essentials- the bag is still light!


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Recreational Monofins
Kids Wave Monofin
The Wave is a youth size recreational monofin that teaches younger swimmers the undulation needed for a proper dolphin kick. Safe to use in a pool, lake or ocean, the Wave will build a child's leg strength and make them a more confident swimmer. The Wave has a built in stability ridge for proper flexion and comes with an adjustable heel strap that can be fitted to men's US shoe sizes 1 to 7 or women's 2-8, making it a great product for beginning competitive swimmers. The Wave comes with quick-release foot straps for added safety and easy adjusting. Plastic protection inserts are included in order to keep the shape of the foot pocket during storage. The Wave is a great swim toy and comes with a signature of approval from Olympic gold medalist and FINIS founder, Pablo Morales. Use only with adult supervision.
Adult Rapid Monofin
The Rapid is a recreational monofin designed for teenagers and adults. Using a large single-blade, swimmers will learn a proper undulation in the water and obtain a great core and leg workout. The Rapid's flexible blade makes swimming more enjoyable as users can swim at greater speeds and depths. A versatile monofin, the Rapid can be used in a pool, lake or ocean and comes with an adjustable heel straps that can be fitted to men's US shoe sizes 8 to 12 or women's 9-13. The Rapid also comes with quick release foot straps that provide added safety in the water. A great product for swimmers looking for fun or a healthy workout, the Rapid comes with a signature of approval from Olympic gold medalist, Pablo Morales.
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Our Angelina Turtleneck is a much more refined, flattering take on this traditional shape, and a must on chilly days. This shiny stand-out is woven in an ultra-soft mix of delicate yarns shot through with fine metallic threads. Heavy bouclé at the neck and cuffs add a cozy feel and emphasize the waist-defining shape. Wear it to add some textured contrast to an all-black ensemble or to top off the season's tweed pencil skirts and trousers.
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Alpaca blend.
Oversize collar & cuffs with heavy bouclé and lurex.
24 1/2" long sleeve.
26" in length.
Body: 47% nylon, 31% alpaca, 22% wool.
Collar & cuffs: 24% acrylic, 26% wool, 20% alpaca, 13% nylon, 4% polyester, 2% metallic, 1% spandex.
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Tt eSPORTS Theron is highly recommended by Zhan "Softball" Zhenyu, a SC II professional gamer. It's time to see what this gaming mouse can do for the average Joe.
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Razer announces a new ambidextrous mouse featuring an 8,200DPI sensor
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Never seeing anything previously from Genius, we have no real expectations. Come have a look as we find out what Genius is all about with the Death Taker mouse.
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If First Person Shooters are your game of choice, have a look at the latest from Corsair; the Vengeance K60 Performance FPS laser gaming mouse.
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We just saw the K90 from Corsair, now meet its compatriot in battle, the Vengeance M90 laser gaming mouse.
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Meet the Kana Black's little brother, the Kinzu V2 Pro Edition in Special Black Edition attire!
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Environmental Management
KDDI has prepared the "KDDI Environmental Charter" and "Midium-term Environmental Conservation Plan" to serve as the KDDI basic policy and plan on environmental preservation activities. In order to execute activities in an ever more effective way throughout the entire company, KDDI is constructing an "Environmental Management System" for checks on and improvements of the creation and action status of specific planning.
Low-Carbon Society
While the expansion of ICT use results in an increase in CO2 emissions in some aspects, greater utilization of ICT could contribute to CO2 emissions reduction by reducing the use of materials and transport. KDDI is promoting ICT-based energy conservation solutions to help bring about a low-carbon society.
Recycling-Oriented Society
KDDI promotes the 3Rs (reduce, reuse, recycle) with the aim of bringing about a recycling society. We make particular efforts to reduce landfill waste generated by our office operations, and set aggressive materials recycling ratio targets.
KDDI is engaging in a variety of activities so as to make a diversified contribution to the preservation of biodiversity based upon the KDDI Action Guidelines on the Preservation of Diversity.
Compliance with the Green Purchasing Law
See information on KDDI's status of compliance with the standards required by the Law on Promoting Green Purchasing.
Eco ICT Mark
KDDI acquired the Eco ICT Mark established by the ICT Ecology Guidelines Council as part of our endeavor to further environmental conservation and the reduction of environment load.


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Short Sighted Comedy - NNJ Sketch Comedy group Have you been looking for a sketch comedy group in Northern New Jersey? We have, too! And we were tired of waiting for someone else to create one. Our plan: Get together every two weeks to collaborate, pitch ideas, write, and plot when, where, and what we are going to shoot. Then... we shoot and put the resulting videos online! Please note that we do not intend to do live shows, but we won't rule it out as a possibility for the future. Our goal: …
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The June Beauty Scopes are in! Read your sign for June's celestial pairings — and brace yourself for a wonderful, wild, and thoroughly memorable summer.
Whet your appetite for Scott's Pizza Tours, which highlights some of the best pies in the city known for its pizza!
Make your Disney trip a dream come true with these helpful hints.
Westchester's newest day trip destination: Legoland Discovery Center.
Last Thursday, fashion lovers and collectors gathered at the The Marianne Boesky Gallery for the Humane Society of New York's Fourth Benefit Photography Auction.
Recently launching a retrospective collection for Opening Ceremony, Donna Karan returned to the 90′s for DKNY's sporty Fall 2013 Collection.
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Our own BeautyNewsNYC.com fashion editor, presented her Spring/Summer 2012 Collection!
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Sometimes, I'll be sitting in one of those meetings and after the second hour of listening to sewer issues or contract renewals, my imagination starts to float around the room. I see someone speaking at the podium, but somewhere in the back of my mind all I can hear is Charlie Brown's teacher's voice…you know?
"Wah, wahwahhh, wahwahh wah." It's terrible.
If you're the same way, just bear with me. I'm going to talk about some political junk, but I have a really good reason and I'll try to make it quick and painless and a little entertaining.
A few weeks ago, during a local school board meeting, I got so sucked into the whole charter school amendment debate I was just plain mad by the time I left. Denia Reese, the superintendent, and chairman Don Dycus spent a good half-hour with me after the meeting, patiently answering every question I fired at them.
I googled and researched for days, trying to get a feel for both sides so I could be objective, but all the while, I kept getting that "déjà vu" sensation. I finally came to the conclusion that this whole situation is just "T-SPLOST" all over again. Same concept. Different avenue. Mega wealthy companies and politicians with personal agendas.
When you get to the polls, you're going to read an unassuming little "proposed amendment" on the ballot, containing an even more grossly unassuming little five letter word, so please... PAY ATTENTION. The ballot question reads like this:
"Shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended to allow state or local approval of public charter schools upon the request of local communities?"
Read it again. Seem vague, yet positive? Feel familiar? If you're slowly nodding in a puzzled daze, then I rest my case.
Somewhere down in Atlanta, there are some slippery little legislators hoping you'll casually glance at their generic little harmless "correction" and pull the "yes" lever. Please use caution. This is the Constitution of the state of Georgia you're changing, friends, not your Facebook status.
Charter schools are often innovative, "off the public beaten path" types of educational institutions that just need a little "wiggle room" to accommodate their needs. If your students are blind or deaf, you clearly have different needs than a typical public school. If a business wants to open a technical school and train local students to more quickly and efficiently enter their workforce, they need to make adjustments. A "virtual" school can host 100 students per session, rather than the typical classroom limit of 30 or 35. These are all wonderful ideas and a complete asset to the community.
More importantly, our local school board has ample intelligence and insight to determine which charter applicants would well serve Catoosa County and which ones might not be such a great idea. They live here. They serve here. They want the community to grow and have "educational options." They know when to make exceptions and when to restrain.
As it stands, if an applicant approaches the local school board about establishing a charter school and they are denied, they can appeal to the state board of education. The state has the authority to override the decision of the local board if no agreement can be made. So WHY do we need to amend by adding the word STATE? Why are they trying to fix something that isn't broken? Makes no sense. Makes you wonder what they're up to…
When I'm trying to get to the bottom of puzzles like this, I play a little game I like to call "Follow the money."
In 2008, some lawmakers down in Atlanta exposed a small "commissioned" group of people who were approving the start-up of charter schools all over Georgia, who had been denied establishment by their local school board. When the matter worked its way up to the top legal rank, the U.S. Supreme Court sided with the whistle-blowers and deemed the group's existence and actions as "unconstitutional." The issue was with the "commission," not with the state board's right to override a local board's decision. There was no need for a separate entity such as a "charter commission."
Stay with me. We're still following the money....
There's an international movement among giant for-profit businesses nowadays. They make a fortune by building charter schools in communities all over the place. Unfortunately, there's always that sticky issue of convincing the local school board that their school is necessary and beneficial to that particular community.
If only there was a way to sidestep the local board...
Here's a thought…dump a bunch of money into a political campaign. When the right foks are in office, they'll push really hard for a vague little amendment to get passed that will legalize the formation of a pet group of state people called a "charter commission."
Still following the money?
Did I mention the seven people on the "charter commission" are all nominated by elected officials? The Governor submits three names, the Lt. Governor and the House speaker would control two seats each. I'm not pointing fingers. I have no proof of anything. Just sharing an interesting little tidbit…
The way I see it, as soon as your yes vote passes, that word "STATE" will finally give that unconstitutional "commission" the legal right to scoot their chairs right back up to the state education table and pick up where they left off.
If you vote yes, you take the decision-making power out of the hands of your local school board members — the ones who actually KNOW what would be best for this community and our schools — and place it into the hands of seven complete strangers whose pockets are bulging with taxpayer dollars but have most likely never set foot in this county and don't even know your name.
Speaking of money, there's only one big pot labeled "education money" in the general assembly fund and every public school is scraping the bottom of that pathetic barrel to maintain our schools. I've been sitting in local budget meetings for two years, and I can tell you, it's an impossible and thankless task, but your local board members do their level best to pinch every penny they can to keep the coffers balanced. And they do it with a positive attitude. And they do it for you and your families.
The state can say all day long they aren't funneling money away from local schools when they build a charter school, and that's partially true. State charters don't depend on local property and sales taxes that support existing public schools. BUT.. rest assured, there will be a shiny new line item on next year's state budget entitled "STATE CHARTER SCHOOLS" with it's grubby little hand out. I still fed all my children after the fourth baby was born too, but we ate a lot more peanut butter than steak.
I can't tell you how to vote. Neither can the Catoosa County school board. I'm not some political analyst with an unbiased overview. I can't even stay awake during a 6 o'clock meeting sometimes, but please educate yourself before you vote. That's all we're asking. And if you start to waver at the polls, let me encourage you to stop and ponder the following questions….
Who picked her way through tornado rubble and wore a hard hat for a solid year to ensure YOUR child's educational facilities were not only restored, but updated and brought up to 21st century standards in a swift and efficient manner? Who knows your city and councilmen on a first name basis, and what they stand for, and how best to work in conjunction with them to improve public education? Whose faces do you see at Friday night football games, even though their children are no longer even in the school system?
Voting "yes" would be an emphatic insult to some of the finest people we have serving this community.
Voting "no" will send a unified "Thank you."
Sherry Dee Allen is a staff writer for The Catoosa County News. She can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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That's when a North Abilene woman woke up to her estranged husband in her bedroom, with a gun.
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She called 911 and 49 year old Miguel Martinez went to the back yard. As APD responded to the call, they found him in the backyard shed.
"The suspect pointed his gun at the officers, and the officers responding by firing upon the suspect," Chief Standridge said. "The suspect was hit, and transported to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries."
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Polish-Hungarian low-cost carrier Wizz Air has joined the big leagues. With an impressive destination tally and many UK airports served, Wizz is one of Europe's first tier of budget airlines. On a fare by fare basis, Wizz offers among the very cheapest airfares in Europe.
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more...Departure: Prague, Czech Republic - Ruzyne (PRG)
In Brief: About 20 kilometers (13 miles) northwest of central Prague, Ruzyňe is a major base for Slovak low-cost airline SkyEurope, and several additional budget airlines (easyJet, Thomsonfly, Jet2, and Norwegian Air Shuttle) also fly in and out. Transportation: Express buses into Prague cost between CZK15 and CZK30. Some public buses connect to various Metro stations, charging a total of CZK20 for the one-way journey.
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Madrid's Barajas Airport, named after the adjacent town, is one of the busiest in Europe, is the busiest in Spain, and is the main international airport serving Madrid. The airport serves as the gateway to the Iberian Peninsula from Europe, and also acts as an important link between Europe and the Americas. Many low-cost airlines fly in and out of Madrid; among these, easyJet and Vueling fly to the most destinations. In 2006, the airport made news when it opened the beautiful new Terminal 4.
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LOS ANGELES -- Early arriving media and maintenance crews saw the Pirates revive a lost practice at Dodger Stadium on Wednesday: Infield.
Clint Hurdle's Bucs are one of the very few Major League teams that still regularly take infield practice, once a normal part of all clubs' tuneup routines, preempted in most places by grounds-crew work and large-scale pregame entertainment. "We take it every day at home, and we generally find time to jam one in during road series," Hurdle said. "I just think that repetition is needed. "We make sure everyone in the infield gets to make a ton of throws, to keep everything fresh. It's basic -- guys throwing balls to other guys -- but you've got to practice that." Although Hurdle has always maintained that philosophy, the reps are even more practical with the moving parts at the corners of the current Pittsburgh infield. Garrett Jones, Casey McGehee and Matt Hague have all seen considerable action at first base, and McGehee has alternated at third with Pedro Alvarez.McLouth breaks into Bucs' starting lineup
LOS ANGELES -- Nate McLouth, easily the most multitasking outfielder in the Majors, is getting his first start of the season on Wednesday night, replacing Jose Tabata in right field against the Dodgers and right-hander Chad Billingsley.
McLouth enters the game with only one at-bat off the bench, but manager Clint Hurdle's commitment to keep his reserves fresh made it inevitable that he would soon break into the starting lineup. "McLouth has to play also. He's a guy who can flex against Billingsley," Hurdle said. "It gave Tabata [a] chance to come out and get in some work early." McLouth enters the game lifetime 4-for-13 off Billingsley. "I know my job is to be ready when I'm called on," McLouth said. The once-again Pirate is not only the team's fourth outfielder, but also its fifth and sixth outfielder. Although Josh Harrison and Yamaico Navarro could both be used in a corner in a pinch, the Bucs are carrying only four outfielders. And neither of them is a fit for center, McLouth's original position. Conversely, he was starting in right for only the 27th time in his career, compared to 506 in center and 37 in left.Walker making strides defensively
LOS ANGELES -- People who have followed Neil Walker's vagabond defensive career -- a journey from behind the plate, to third base, to second base -- were shaking their heads in admiration by the time Tuesday afternoon's game had ended.
Somewhere, Bill Mazeroski may have even been allowing himself a little silent gloat. Walker, who still qualifies as a novice second baseman, made three exceptional plays, all strikingly different as further illustration of how far he has come at the position: In the second inning, he outran first baseman Garrett Jones for Juan Rivera's foul pop, winding up splattered face-first atop the tarp covering adjacent to the box seats after making the catch. Later in the second, with two outs and runners at the corners, he dove to smother Clayton Kershaw's grounder up the middle and flipped to short for the force. In the fourth, with a man on first and none out, Rivera hit a medium-strong grounder to third that seemed unlikely to result in a double play; however, Walker took Casey McGehee's feed and his hands-and-feet flashed the pivot quick enough to convert. "Neil's positioning is better. He knows his pitchers and the hitters better," said manager Clint Hurdle. "He's worked on his flexibility, and losing his rigidity when turning the double play. "I see big improvements. All the work in Spring Training with Mazeroski has helped him a great deal. He's just showing more athletic ability. He's learning the position at the Major League level, which is unheard of."Worth noting
A.J. Burnett hit the first bump on his comeback trail to the Pirates rotation, getting worked over on Wednesday night in his second rehab start for Class-A Bradenton. Pitching in Palm Beach against the Cardinals, Burnett worked a 1-2-3 first, but got hooked midway through a nine-run second and was charged with eight hits and five runs in 1 2/3 innings. He got four of the five outs on strikeouts.
Andrew McCutchen has bounced into three double plays in 15 at-bats through the season's fourth game. Last season, he grounded into seven DPs in 572 at-bats. Celebrate this: In Dodger Stadium's first 50 seasons, the leading hitter (minimum 120 plate appearances) is Roberto Clemente, who hit .377 in Chavez Ravine. The Last Word: "If you're thinking 'stinking,' you're not going to succeed." -- Clint Hurdle, on a positive mindset's role in success.Tom Singer is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog Change for a Nickel. He can also be found on Twitter @Tom_Singer. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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When Matt Bennett was forced into the hospital for an infection with two games left in his senior season, thoughts of never representing West High School on the gridiron turned into a sad reality.
That was until an e-mail he received Nov. 29 changed his fortunes. Bennett will be participating in the Schuman's National Upperclassmen All-American Game Dec. 22 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
"I was rather excited," Bennett said when it came to receiving the letter to play. "…It's nice to get to play again before college."
He will be one of eight players from the state of Ohio to participate in the weeklong festivities that lead up to Saturday's game. Of the eight, he is one of five to be playing on the North squad.
The 6-foot, 250-pound defensive lineman — a three-year starter at nose guard with 52 tackles, two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries during his senior year — has interest from school such as Akron, Ball State and Dayton and is considering studying engineering. The journey starts Sunday as he and his family will drive to Myrtle Beach and check-in Monday. Another check-in will take place Tuesday as a picture day, walk-through, meetings and dinner prepare Bennett and the rest of the participants for the rest of the week and Saturday's contest.
This is not the first time that Bennett has participated in an event in association with the NUC and the National Collegiate Souting Association. In March, he took part in the five-star junior showcase.
During that time, Bennett said he received a lot of instruction from the coaches who were present. He also mentioned a number of NFL players were on hand during the event.
The NUC has showcased players such as Cleveland Browns cornerback Joe Haden, Clemson quarterback Tajh Boyd, South Carolina running back Marcus Lattimore, Southern California receiver Robert Woods and Georgia quarterback Aaron Murray to name a few. With former teammates Trevon Pendleton and Levi Ratliff at Michigan State and Ohio State respectively, Bennett hopes to keep the recent trend of Senators playing in major college football.
"It makes me feel good," Bennett said. "It brings more attention to this part of the county."
The game will be available on YouTube and local area affiliates. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m.
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