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There is a very good reason why some public libraries have separate shelves for literary and genre fiction: The average reader—along with many librarians, booksellers, publishers, critics, scholars, and fiction writers—tends to think of these categories as binary opposites, separated by a gulf of taste and ambition. One is high culture, the other low. One is respectable and serious (or, depending on your point of view, elitist and pompous), the other disreputable and shallow (or democratic and entertaining). The general—if somewhat unexamined—feeling is that ne'er the twain shall meet.
Aspects of detective and crime novels, thrillers, science fiction and fantasy, horror, westerns, comics, and other subgenres are increasingly showing up in variously transmogrified forms, with and without ironic quotation marks, in works of literary fiction.
But the twain are meeting, more and more, in the books of some of America's most celebrated novelists. Aspects of detective and crime novels, thrillers, science fiction and fantasy, horror, westerns, comics, and other subgenres are increasingly showing up in variously transmogrified forms, with and without ironic quotation marks, in works of literary fiction. Michael Chabon's The Yiddish Policeman's Union, published by HarperCollins last year, is both an alternate history—a favorite trope of sci-fi/fantasy—and an homage to hard-boiled detective fiction and film noir. Jonathan Lethem's National Book Critics Circle Award-winning Motherless Brooklyn (Doubleday, 1999) takes its tonal cues from Raymond Chandler, while his novel The Fortress of Solitude (Doubleday, 2003) features a pair of comic-book-loving boys who are granted superpowers. And after being categorized as a "literary" novelist early in his career, Richard Price has, beginning with Clockers (Houghton Mifflin, 1992), produced a series of richly imagined, highly regarded police procedurals that continues with Lush Life, published in March by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Even eminences such as Philip Roth (The Plot Against America, published by Houghton Mifflin in 2004, is an alternate history) and Cormac McCarthy (The Road, published by Knopf in 2006, is a Pulitzer Prize-winning postapocalyptic thriller complete with zombie-like cannibals) have joined the genre-raiding party, expanding on previous sorties by Margaret Atwood, Don DeLillo, Joyce Carol Oates, Richard Powers, Alice Sebold, Jeanette Winterson, and others.
"I'm just embracing stuff—modes, styles, strategies, plot mechanics—that I admire, that give energy to my work," says Lethem, whose entire oeuvre is an exercise in genre bending. "Sure, people project these quarantines, or worse, a sort of literary caste system, on the genre materials I'm drawing on. But to the extent that I ever understood or perceived those limits, I was always flagrantly in defiance of them. There are lots of received hierarchies, absolutely, but aren't they constantly being exploded by writing that demands to be judged by its excellence or originality? They're in a state of permanent susceptibility to the boldness of writers taking up different modes and materials and forms."
Lethem insists that when he takes advantage of genre conventions for his own purposes—some of which are clearly subversive—he does so in a spirit of affection, not condescension. "I always loved 'literary' fiction and genre fiction and comic books and movies and rock and roll, and I found it less than useless—distracting at best—to always be reminded that everything was supposed to divide into high and low, legitimate and illegitimate," he says. "I never felt I was making some kind of loaded or risky move, because I'm embracing materials that thrill me. Pretty much anyone who reads Raymond Chandler's The Long Goodbye thinks it is one of the great American novels, right up there with The Great Gatsby."
And anyway, Lethem says, the novel didn't always carry the weight of high seriousness that it acquired in the age of modernism. "It was originally a suspicious, popular, lowbrow entertainment, and it still happily bears within its compass the sense that it's supposed to be full of life and fun, something you can get absorbed in. Fiction is a polyglot, mongrel activity, and there's no limit to what it can contain."
Eileen Favorite, author of The Heroines, published by Simon & Schuster in January, agrees. "That whole high-art, low-art thing is being thrown out the window and replaced with the postmodern idea of incorporating lots of techniques into your work," says Favorite, in whose novel the female protagonists of Madame Bovary, Wuthering Heights, Gone With the Wind, and other classics of women's literature make tumultuous real-life appearances at a rambling bed and breakfast. "Writing my book was an absolute loosening for me, a giving up of complete control of the text and just letting everything I'd ever read—whether it was 'Rapunzel' or Flann O'Brien—go into it."
The increasing porosity of the boundary between genre and literary fiction can also be seen in the curricula of writing programs around the country. At Columbia College Chicago, for example, students are encouraged to read widely across various genres for inspiration. "We're trying to break down those barriers—not in the sense of teaching people to use genre conventions in literary fiction or vice versa, but to teach them the conventions of excellent writing, which doesn't privilege any one kind of voice," says Randall Albers, director of the school's creative writing program. "We emphasize story, theme, dramatic interaction, and forward movement in fiction, and our students use whatever works to boost their stories forward." As an example, he points to Columbia College graduate (and now faculty member) Joe Meno, whose The Boy Detective Fails (Akashic Books, 2006) is in some measure an homage to the Hardy Boys mysteries.
The pace of this literary eclecticism seems to be quickening, perhaps because it has reached the topmost rungs of the literary ladder. "There's been a burst, I think, with people like Roth and McCarthy, who are making use of the saturation of the popular culture by television, movies, science fiction, and other things," Lethem says. "Roth can use an alternate history idea because it's at hand. Twenty-five years ago, it's possible that he wouldn't seize on that idea, or wouldn't commit to it, because it wasn't familiar enough to be done casually." In turn, the examples of these literary giants may be inspiring young writers to take the genre plunge. "If you're asserting that some forms are less literary than others," Lethem says, "it's really gotten very difficult to put that forward when a McCarthy or a Roth is doing it."
Favorite identifies another factor driving increased experimentation: nostalgia. "Growing up, I loved the Nancy Drew books, which are part of what taught me to love reading, the way comic books did for other writers," she says. "And so you have warm feelings for these things. It's nostalgia for that era in your life when books took you away, let you imagine, dream, escape. They're a part of our consciousness, and a lot of writers are letting those things float up and settle. We're not worrying about categories. We're writing what we want to write."
Kevin Nance is a Chicago-based writer, editor, and critic.


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New Treaty Could Protect Jewish Sites in Kosovo
Crossposted from Samuel Gruber's Jewish Art & Monuments
The fate of long-neglected Jewish sites in the small, poor and newly independent country of Kosovo has recently received some attention from the United States. On December 14, 2011, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Kosovo's President Atifete Jahjaga signed the Agreement on the Protection and Preservation of Certain Cultural Properties between the U.S. and Kosovo, in Washington, D.C.
At the signing, Clinton said: "This is a really important agreement that we are signing today, because the United States has a special interest in helping to preserve cultural heritage sites in countries around the world, because the vast majority of Americans are immigrants and descendants of immigrants. So the work of this commission is of great importance to us." (You can read all of Clinton's remarks here.)
The agreement, one of many originating over the past two decades from the U.S. Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad, sets commitments and procedures for each side to protect cultural heritage sites, especially of religious and ethnic minorities. In the past two decades the Commission has given special attention to the documentation and protection of Jewish and Holocaust-related sites, mostly through sponsorship of site surveys and by encouraging U.S. donors to support conservation, restoration and commemoration projects.
Ivan Ceresnjes, former head of the Bosnia Jewish Community and now a researcher at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, has been visiting Kosovo regularly for the past few decade and reporting on the continued deterioration of Jewish sites. Ceresnjes, who has organized surveys of Jewish sites in Bosnia and Serbia for the U.S. Commission, is particularly concerned about the fate of the "New" Jewish cemetery in the capital city Pristina. He feels this would an ideal project for international protection and conservation in the wake of the new treaty.
In 2008, Ceresnjes wrote at length about the difficulty of protecting Jewish heritage sites — and the memory of Jewish history — in the former Yugoslavia. Of Kosovo he wrote:
There were about 500 Jews before the Second World War, of whom 250 were handed over to the Germans by Kosovar Albanians. There were also a few examples where Kosovars killed Jews, and there was also a Kosovar SS unit. About twenty righteous gentiles helped the other 250 Jews escape to Albania where the Jews were protected. After the war, in Kosovo's capital, Pristina, a huge memorial was erected for all victims of Nazism including the partisans and the Jews. When the Serbian-Albanian fighting broke out in Kosovoin 1999, almost all names were removed, also including most of the Albanians who were considered communists. Kosovo is such a tightly knit society that everyone knows who was or wasn't a communist.
In addition to the continuing process of destruction by neglect at the New Cemetery and other sites, there has been vandalism against Jewish sites. In December 2011, shortly before the cultural heritage treaty was signed, the Old Jewish Cemetery in Pristina, which had been cleaned last June by a group of students from Dartmouth College in New Hampshire and their peers from the American University in Kosovo, was vandalized and swastikas and anti-Semitic slogans were spray painted on old gravestones.
This month Ceresnjes made his fifth visit since 2002 to the cemetery, which is located on Dragodan Hill, next to a Serbian Orthodox cemetery. From Kosovo, Ceresnjes emailed the International Survey of Jewish Monuments (ISJM), writing:
Last time, a year ago… I tried to see what is going on with the New Cemetery since I have seen from afar the huge infrastructural works being held around it but it was impossible to approach due to flooding of the area of both cemeteries (Jewish and Serbian) with sewage. [Now] in light of recent signing of the agreement between government of USA and present government of Kosovo I am just informing all of you about the sad reality on the ground — the quick and merciless destruction and disappearance of the heritage of one of the smallest and maybe the most endangered minority in Kosovo — the Jewish one.

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Hope that you all have a great week and happy holidays! I hope everyone has a great Christmas if you celebrate it :) I still have not read any books, but I have been listening to I Hunt Killers on audio.And I got my Mom to read Hush, Hush :) And she's liking it so far even though and I quote "Nora is a ditsy" lol
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Hope that you all have a great week and happy holidays! I hope everyone has a great Christmas if you celebrate it :) I still have not read any books, but I have been listening to I Hunt Killers on audio.And I got my Mom to read Hush, Hush :) And she's liking it so far even though and I quote "Nora is a ditsy" lol
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Ruby Red is a great light read! The writing style reminds me of Hex Hall and it's really fun. Though it does feel like it ends RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BOOK AJKHDSLJKHDSKLHDReplyDelete
The Hunt I own but still haven't read.... Need to get to that.
I hope you enjoy your books (and get more for xmas if that's a holiday you celebrate idk...)Replies
I'm really curious about Ruby Red, especially because I haven't really read any books in the time travel 'genre'. And I've been curious about The Hunt since it released!Delete
- AnonymousDecember 21, 2013 at 3:33 AM
Oooh they look briiliant. Loving the covers on the books. I hope you enjoy them. :-)ReplyDelete
Nice haul! I own both of those titles but still haven't read them, maybe next year!ReplyDelete
Enjoy your new books and happy holidays :)Replies
I know :) There are so many books I want to read!Delete
ooooh, Ruby Red looks good. happy reading.ReplyDeleteReplies
I haven't seen many reviews on it, but I hope its good!Delete
Great haul! Ruby Red looks awesome, and The Hunt looks pretty scare. I hope you'll enjoy both of them. LOL Nora is ditsy :)ReplyDelete
Have a great weekend, and Merry Christmas to you, too.
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When she said Nora was ditsy, I died of laughter!Delete
Your pic isn't showing for me. :( But from comments I see you at least got The Hunt and Ruby Red! I still need to read Ruby Red myself! Have had it since it released some time ago! Hope you enjoy all these mystery books! ;)ReplyDelete
My STS will be up tomorrow, so be sure to stop by then!
Have a GREAT day!
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Sorry, I don't know why it isn't showing! But yes, those are the two I have. When every we both read Ruby Red I hope we both enjoy it :)Delete
Ruby Red has such a pretty cover. I hope you enjoy the covers. Hope you enjoy your new books.ReplyDelete
Ahh! Great haul like always Janina! I really want to pick up Ruby Red and I can't wait for the review!ReplyDelete
I'll stop by tomorrow again! Happy Reading and Happy Holidays!Replies
Thanks Patrick and happy holidays to you too :)!Delete
I haven't heard of these but happy reading!ReplyDelete
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aww I wish my mom would read YA books with me! I also bought the Hunt in the summer, but of course, haven't had the chance to read it! Hope you enjoy both of them!ReplyDelete
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lol It took me awhile to get her to start. I hope we both like the Hunt :)Delete
Both of these look good and you did get a great deal. I'll be looking forward to hearing what you think.ReplyDeleteReplies
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Great haul!! I got Ruby Red a while ago, but haven't read it yet. Although I really want to get to it soon because I've heard so many amazing things about it!!ReplyDelete
I hope you like your new books :D
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I hope we both enjoy Ruby Red :)!Delete
I haven't heard of these but they have nice covers, I hope you enjoy them! :) Have a good xmas too!ReplyDelete
Here is my weekly haul
Hope you enjoy your books! And I love getting my mom to read something. :)ReplyDelete
I have heard of Hunt and it sounds like a really interesting read. I love the cover of Ruby Red and I cannot wait to see what you think of both :) Great haul :)ReplyDelete
Ruby red looks great. Merry Christmas and happy reading!ReplyDelete
Haven't heard of these but I do hope you love them! The Ruby Red cover is pretty <3 Thanks for stopping by :)ReplyDelete
Thanks for stopping by my STS! I tried to get into Ruby Red, but couldn't. I was thinking of giving it another go though because I thought the premise sounded really great. Happy reading!ReplyDelete
I haven't read either of these but Ruby Red sounds great and the dress on the cover it gorgeous! It's so cool that you've got your Mom reading, I can't get mine to even try to read an of my books lolReplyDelete
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Walkers are now welcome to enjoy a number of improvements at the Scottish Wildlife Trust's reserves within the Clyde Valley National Nature Reserve.
Resurfaced paths and new interpretation at the Falls of Clyde Wildlife Reserve on the edge of New Lanark will give easier access to the area's spectacular views and provide new information on its nature and history.
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Steve Blow, Reserve Manager said: "Re-surfacing the paths using recycled stone helps maintain the Falls of Clyde as one of the best places to visit and explore in Scotland. The new information panels give everyone hints on what to look out for and why these places have become such fantastic havens for wildlife.
"The view of Nethan Gorge from the new viewpoint is amazing, especially when you think that 100 years ago there was a busy coal mine at the foot of the steep slopes that have since been reclaimed by woodland."
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Andrey Zaikin, Head of Information Security at CROC, explained that people are not used to the use of robots by scammers, this increases the credibility of hackers.
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Washington Post:
How the rioters who stormed the Capitol came dangerously close to Pence — The violent mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 came perilously close to Vice President Pence, who was not evacuated from the Senate chamber for about 14 minutes after the Capitol Police reported …
Discussion: Axios, CNN, Business Insider, NewsHounds blog, Forbes, CNBC, The Guardian, Associated Press, Mock Paper Scissors, Raw Story and Mediaite
Zachary Cohen / CNN: 275 cases open in Capitol riot investigation, US prosecutors say
Sonam Sheth / Business Insider: Pro-Trump rioters who stormed the Capitol came within seconds of seeing Pence and his family, report says
Tommy Beer / Forbes: Report: Capitol Mob Came Within 100 Feet Of Pence
Victoria Bekiempis / The Guardian: Washington and state capitols brace for violence from armed Trump supporters
Tengrain / Mock Paper Scissors: Turn, Turn, Turn — The WaPo tells us VP and walking termite Buffet Mike Pence was closer to becoming saw dust than we thought:
Bob Brigham / Raw Story: GOP senator warns 'rage-peddlers' will try to 'whitewash' the plot to assassinate Pence
Leia Idliby / Mediaite: Stunning Report Says Capitol Mob Who Wanted to Hang Pence Was ONE MINUTE AWAY From Finding Him
U.S. says Capitol rioters meant to 'capture and assassinate' officials-filing — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors offered an ominous new assessment of last week's siege of the U.S. Capitol by President Donald Trump's supporters on Thursday, saying in a court filing that rioters intended …
Jacob Shamsian / Business Insider: Prosecutors said the QAnon Shaman was one of the rioters who meant to 'capture and assassinate elected officials' before walking back the claim
Abigail Tracy / Vanity Fair: "They Simply Can't Treat This as a Normal Inauguration": Counterterrorism Professionals Warn Violence Could Plague the Country for Months
Josh Kovensky / Talking Points Memo: DOJ: Hundreds Of Capitol Insurrection Cases Opened, Months Of Investigation Ahead
Kaylee Greenlee / The Daily Caller: Capitol Rioters Planned To 'Capture And Assassinate' Elected Officials, Prosecutors Say
Jamie Ross / The Daily Beast: Capitol MAGA Rioters Planned to Capture and Kill Lawmakers, Federal Prosecutors Say
Molly Blackall / The Guardian: First Thing: Capitol rioters intended 'to capture and assassinate' lawmakers
Harold Maass / The Week: 10 things you need to know today: January 15, 2021
Sarah Taylor / TheBlaze: DOJ says Capitol rioters intended to 'capture and assassinate' elected officials
Nick Niedzwiadek / Politico: FBI director says 100 arrests to date from Capitol riots
Ophelia Benson / Butterflies and Wheels: The murder beat — What was the plan? — Capitol rioters intended "to capture …
The Intellectualist: DOJ: Pro-Trump Terrorists Sought "To Capture And Assassinate Elected Officials" At Capitol
Jake Bleiberg / Associated Press: Prosecutor: Capitol rioter aimed 'to take hostages'
Teo Armus / Washington Post:
Rioters wanted to 'capture and assassinate' lawmakers, prosecutors say. A note left by the 'QAnon Shaman' is evidence.
Rioters wanted to 'capture and assassinate' lawmakers, prosecutors say. A note left by the 'QAnon Shaman' is evidence.
Discussion: Washington Examiner, New York Post, COURIER, New York Magazine, The Daily Beast, Daily Kos, Meduza.io, Raw Story and Outside the Beltway
Jerry Dunleavy / Washington Examiner: DOJ 'disconnect' over evidence Capitol rioters were trying to capture or kill lawmakers
Joshua Rhett Miller / New York Post: Capitol rioter dubbed 'QAnon Shaman' allegedly sought to kill officials, left Pence a note
New York Magazine: Capitol Rioters Aimed to 'Capture and Assassinate' Lawmakers, Feds Say: Live Updates
Pilar Melendez / The Daily Beast: Peyote-Loving 'QAnon Shaman' Vowed to Attend Inauguration, Left Chilling Note for Pence: Docs
Mark Sumner / Daily Kos: Assault on Capitol included horrifying violence, coordinated attacks, and police on both sides
Travis Gettys / Raw Story: QAnon shaman accidentally unravels GOP impeachment defense: 'He came at the request of the president'
USA Today:
Feds walk back claims Capitol rioters meant to 'capture and assassinate' elected officials
Feds walk back claims Capitol rioters meant to 'capture and assassinate' elected officials
Discussion: CNBC, WRIC-TV, CBS Baltimore, Axios and Lucianne
Dan Mangan / CNBC: 'Strong evidence' pro-Trump rioters intended to kill Pence, members of Congress, federal prosecutors say
CBS Baltimore: 'QAnon Shaman' Jacob Anthony Chansley's Attorney Says 'He Felt Like He Was Answering The Call Of Our President'
Ursula Perano / Axios: Feds walk back DOJ memo saying Capitol rioters sought to "capture and assassinate"
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
US says Capitol rioters intended to 'capture and assassinate' elected officials
US says Capitol rioters intended to 'capture and assassinate' elected officials
Discussion: Business Insider, Mock Paper Scissors, Lawyers, Guns & Money and KVIA-TV
Eliza Relman / Business Insider: Tucker Carlson mocks Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for thinking she might die during the Capitol riot in which 5 people died
Feds edge closer to sedition charge in Capitol riot aftermath
Feds edge closer to sedition charge in Capitol riot aftermath
Discussion: Washington Post, HotAir, Daily Kos and The Week
Philip Bump / Washington Post: The false comparison between last summer's protests and what happened at the Capitol
Ed Morrissey / HotAir: Attorney: "QAnon Shaman" Wants Presidential Pardon — For Fulfilling Trump's Request
Mark Sumner / Daily Kos: For first time, federal prosecutors label Jan. 6 'violent insurrection,' and 'armed revolution'
Quint Forgey / Politico:
'He has an obligation to them': Attorney for 'QAnon shaman' asks Trump to pardon rioters
'He has an obligation to them': Attorney for 'QAnon shaman' asks Trump to pardon rioters
Discussion: BuzzFeed News, The American Independent, The Root, National Review, DNyuz and Talking Points Memo
Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed News: Prosecutors Said The Trump Mob Was Trying To "Capture And Assassinate Elected Officials"
Emily Singer / The American Independent: Insurrectionists who attacked Capitol say Trump invited them
Stephen A. Crockett Jr / The Root: 'QAnon Shaman' Lawyer Wants Trump to Pardon His Grass-Fed Client
Brittany Bernstein / National Review: Lawyer for 'Q Shaman' Urges Trump to Pardon Rioters
Huffington Post / DNyuz: Horned Capitol Rioter Wants Pardon From Trump: Only There At 'Invitation Of President'
Washington Post:
Vaccine reserve was already exhausted when Trump administration vowed to release it, dashing hopes of expanded access — States were anticipating a windfall after federal officials said they would stop holding back second doses. But the approach had already changed, and no stockpile exists.
Discussion: CNN, Washington Examiner, Los Angeles Times, Common Dreams, Virginia Mercury, WCCO | CBS Minnesota, Rolling Stone, NBC News, Bring Me The News, Business Insider, Bangor Daily News, Mediaite, The Colorado Sun, Gothamist, Daily Camera, Forbes, HotAir, The Week, KOIN-TV, VTDigger, The Hill, New York Times, CBS News, Balloon Juice and Denver Post
CNN: Despite Trump administration promise, there appear to be no more 'reserve' 2nd vaccine doses to release
Cassidy Morrison / Washington Examiner: Governor says there's no stockpile of vaccines after Trump administration promised to release doses
Mariel Garza / Los Angeles Times: The final COVID lie
Kenny Stancil / Common Dreams: Promised Vaccine Stockpile Doesn't Even Exist? Governors Demand Trump 'Answer Immediately for This Deception'
Kate Masters / Virginia Mercury: Exhausted vaccine reserve could unravel plans for Phase 1b expansion in Virginia
WCCO | CBS Minnesota: 'This Is Appalling': Gov. Walz Reacts To Report On Federal Reserve Of Vaccines Being Exhausted
Peter Wade / Rolling Stone: States Thought Trump Administration Was Releasing Extra Vaccine Doses, But It Isn't
Adam Uren / Bring Me The News: Walz furious after report fed government's COVID vaccine reserve is nonexistent
Andrew Dunn / Business Insider: Oregon's governor blasts Operation Warp Speed, accusing the Trump administration of 'deception on a national scale' over lack of coronavirus vaccine reserve
Caitlin Andrews / Bangor Daily News: Maine may see slower COVID-19 vaccine expansion amid federal supply problems
Leia Idliby / Mediaite: Trump Reportedly Promised Health Officials Vaccine Doses From a Reserve That Didn't Exist
Jesse Paul / The Colorado Sun: Colorado governor says "we were lied to" after federal plans to speed up vaccine didn't prove up
Meg Wingerter / Daily Camera: Polis "shocked we were lied to" following report that promised COVID-19 vaccine stockpile doesn't exist
Joe Walsh / Forbes: U.S. Has No Covid-19 Vaccine Reserve Despite Trump Administration's Claims, Report Says
Ed Morrissey / HotAir: About Those Reserve Doses Of COVID-19 Vaccines? Never Mind
Kathryn Krawczyk / The Week: The White House said it was unlocking a vaccine reserve — but it was reportedly already empty
Jordan Williams / The Hill: Texas is first state to administer 1 million coronavirus vaccine doses, Gov. Abbott says
Audrey McNamara / CBS News: Watch Live: Biden outlines vaccination and economic rescue legislative package
Jessica Seaman / Denver Post: Colorado prepares for significant increase in COVID-19 vaccine supply after federal changes to rollout
Wall Street Journal:
Covid-19 Vaccine Leaders Waited Months to Approve Distribution Plans — Holdup left states with little time to develop mass-vaccination plan; U.S. says it needed time for interagency clearance — Operation Warp Speed leaders waited more than two months to approve a plan to distribute …
Merrit Kennedy / NPR:
Biden Administration Will Rename 'Operation Warp Speed,' Citing Trump 'Failures'
Biden Administration Will Rename 'Operation Warp Speed,' Citing Trump 'Failures'
Discussion: Bloomberg, The Daily Caller and Politico
Pew Research Center:
Biden Begins Presidency With Positive Ratings; Trump Departs With Lowest-Ever Job Mark — 68% of public does not want Trump to remain a major political figure in the future — Pew Research Center conducted this study to examine the public's reactions to the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election …
Discussion: Fox News, The Hill, Washington Examiner, WAFF-TV, Washington Post, TheGrio, Business Insider, FiveThirtyEight, Vox, The Lid, USA Today, The Wrap, Daily Kos, Mother Jones, HotAir, The Week, Mediaite, The Daily Caller, wabe.org, Los Angeles Times and Townhall
Chris Stirewalt / Fox News: GOP sours on Trump, but many cling to election hoax
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner: House Democrats build first 2022 ad campaign around GOP opposition to impeachment
Paul Waldman / Washington Post: Imagine if Trump's influence over the GOP faded away
DeMicia Inman / TheGrio: Trump approval rating hits new low as he prepares to leave WH
John Haltiwanger / Business Insider: Trump's approval rating hits historic low of 29% after Capitol siege as his favorability with Republicans nosedives, new poll finds
Geoffrey Skelley / FiveThirtyEight: Since The Capitol Attack, Trump's Approval Rating Has Plummeted At A Record Rate
Ian Millhiser / Vox: New poll shows Trump's support dropping sharply among Republicans
Joey Garrison / USA Today: Trump leaves White House with his lowest-ever approval rating after Capitol riot, impeachment
J. Clara Chan / The Wrap: Trump Approval Rating Sinks to Record Low 29%
Kerry Eleveld / Daily Kos: Trump's support is plummeting in wake of his role in inciting violence at the Capitol
Brendan Morrow / The Week: Trump's approval rating plunges to all-time low of 29 percent in new Pew poll
Domenico Montanaro / wabe.org: Poll: Majority Of Americans Blame Trump For Violence At Capitol
David Lauter / Los Angeles Times: Essential Politics: As Trump splits the GOP, leaders hesitate to choose sides
New York Times:
Pence, occupying a leadership void, calls Harris to offer assistance — as Trump plans his Inauguration Day getaway. — Vice President Mike Pence telephoned Vice President-elect Kamala Harris Thursday to congratulate her and offer his belated assistance — filling a leadership role …
Discussion: Reuters, Associated Press, USA Today, CNBC, Politico, Slate, Washington Examiner, Metro.co.uk, National Review, Talking Points Memo, The Daily Caller, HotAir, CNN, The American Independent, The Week, Raw Story, Al Jazeera, Salon and Just Jared
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC: Pence calls Kamala Harris to offer assistance ahead of inauguration
Jeremy Stahl / Slate: Pence Breaks With His Party to Finally Concede the Election
Katherine Doyle / Washington Examiner: Pence calls Kamala Harris to offer congratulations and assistance
Jimmy McCloskey / Metro.co.uk: Donald Trump 'wants glitzy red carpet brass band farewell when he leaves White House on Wednesday'
Mairead McArdle / National Review: Pence Calls Harris to Congratulate Her on Election, Offer Assistance
Cristina Cabrera / Talking Points Memo: Pence Finally Called Harris To Offer Congratulations And Help With Transition
Anders Hagstrom / The Daily Caller: REPORT: Mike Pence Calls Kamala Harris, Congratulates Her On Victory
CNN: Washington Post: Pence closer than initially known to the violent mob during US Capitol storming
Donna Provencher / The American Independent: Mike Pence finally gets around to admitting Biden won the election
Brendan Morrow / The Week: Pence has reportedly called Harris to offer congratulations for the 1st time
Roger Sollenberger / Salon: Insurrection and impeachment, reports say, have rendered Trump's final days lonely and volatile
New York Times:
Live Updates: Police Investigating Whether Lawmakers Gave Mob Members Tour of Capitol Before Riot — The Capitol Police are looking into whether members of Congress inappropriately gave visitors access to the Capitol ahead of last week's assault. Vice President Mike Pence called Vice President-elect Kamala Harris to offer assistance.
Discussion: Washington Post, CNBC, Axios, Reason and Washington Times
Nicole Hemmer / Washington Post: The final mess — The election didn't repudiate Trump. After it was over, he brought that on himself.
Dan Mangan / CNBC: Capitol police probing claims GOP lawmakers gave tours to Trump supporters before riot
Robby Soave / Reason: There's Still No Evidence Antifa Was Significantly Involved in the Capitol Riots
Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Pence calls Harris while Trump continues to stew in denial
Pence calls Harris while Trump continues to stew in denial
Discussion: Raw Story, Bloomberg, CNBC, Fox News, The Atlantic, Palm Beach Post, The Guardian and Hamodia
Bob Brigham / Raw Story: 'Surly' Trump has 'voiced extreme self-pity' after scheme to overturn the election failed: CNN
Amanda Macias / CNBC: Trump to depart White House hours before Biden inauguration, flying Air Force One to Mar-a-Lago last time
Paul Steinhauser / Fox News: Pence front and center in Capitol siege aftermath
Peter Nicholas / The Atlantic: Mike Pence Has Nowhere to Go
Christine Stapleton / Palm Beach Post: Trump to arrive in Palm Beach County Wednesday, the morning of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration
Luke Harding / The Guardian: Donald Trump will fly to Florida hours before Biden inauguration, reports say
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump's GOP has an ugly authoritarian core. A new poll exposes it. — In the wake of President Trump's incitement of a violent insurrectionist assault on our seat of government, a new Post-ABC News poll offers perhaps the most detailed look yet at public attitudes about the attack …
Discussion: New York Magazine, Trending Politics and HotAir
Washington Post:
Post-ABC poll: Overwhelming opposition to Capitol attacks, majority support for preventing Trump from serving again — The vast majority of Americans say they oppose the actions of the rioters who stormed and ransacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, while smaller majorities say President Trump bears responsibility …
Discussion: The Hill, ABC News, NBC News, Zandar Versus The Stupid, Talking Points Memo, Breitbart, Fox News, Washington Examiner, Forbes, ABC13 and No More Mister Nice Blog
Gary Langer / ABC News: With partial blame for the Capitol attack, majority favors barring Trump from office
Kate Riga / Talking Points Memo: Beyond Trump's Dismal Approval Rating, Polls Show Some Troubling Republican Trends
Hannah Bleau / Breitbart: Poll: Majority Say GOP Leadership Should Take Party in Different Direction than Trump
Paul Steinhauser / Fox News: Trump impeachment supported by only 8% of Republicans: poll
Tyler Van Dyke / Washington Examiner: Majority wants Trump barred from future office: Poll
Alison Durkee / Forbes: Polls: Majority Of Americans Want Trump Criminally Charged, Removed From Office As Approval Rating Plummets
Ktrk / ABC13: Poll: Majority of Americans blame Trump for US Capitol attack, want him barred from office
New York Times:
The F.B.I. is investigating 37 in the killing of a Capitol Police officer by a pro-Trump mob. — The F.B.I. is investigating 37 people related to the killing of Officer Brian Sicknick, the Capitol Police officer who died after being injured during the pro-Trump riot on Jan. 6 …
Discussion: The Hill, Business Insider, The Week, HotAir and Raw Story
Cameron Jenkins / The Hill: FBI investigating 37 people in the killing of Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick: report
Ryan Pickrell / Business Insider: The FBI is investigating 37 people in connection with the killing of Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick
Kathryn Krawczyk / The Week: FBI reportedly investigating 37 suspects in killing of Capitol Police officer
Sky Palma / Raw Story: FBI investigating more than 30 suspects in killing of Capitol police officer Brian Sicknick: report
Associated Press:
Federal watchdogs open probe of response to Capitol riot
Federal watchdogs open probe of response to Capitol riot
Discussion: Fox News, The Hill, Washington Post, RedState, Politico, USA Today, New York Times, Twin Cities and The Root
Washington Post: Inspectors general of several federal agencies open sweeping review of security, intelligence surrounding Capitol attack
Mike Miller / RedState: DOJ Watchdog & Other IGs Launch Probes Into Response to Capitol Riot: Questions Abound
Nick Niedzwiadek / Politico: DOJ internal watchdog opens investigation into Capitol riots
Kevin Johnson / USA Today: Justice Department inspector general to review preparation, response to Capitol riots
New York Times: Federal watchdogs open a far-reaching investigation into failures in the lead-up to the Capitol riot.
ABC News:
Longtime Trump advisers connected to groups behind rally that led to Capitol attack — Roger Stone, Steve Bannon and Michael Flynn all promoted the Jan. 6 rally. — US Capitol riots: Tracking the insurrection — On Jan. 6, rioters coming from a pro-Trump rally broke into the U.S. Capitol …
Discussion: Daily Kos, Crooks and Liars, WayneDupree.com, Mock Paper Scissors, Business Insider, The Hill, The Daily Caller and Bloomberg
Kerry Eleveld / Daily Kos: Election fraud provocateurs Flynn, Bannon, and Stone now claim they never endorsed violence
Sophie O'Hara / WayneDupree.com: Trump and a Powerful Former Friend Just Reconnected and Joined Forces
Business Insider: Trump is talking to Steve Bannon again as his presidency ends in chaos, with the former campaign adviser back in touch after their 2017 falling out
Celine Castronuovo / The Hill: Trump has sought Bannon's consultation to overturn election results: Bloomberg
Michael Ginsberg / The Daily Caller: REPORT: Steve Bannon And Trump Are Back Together
Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg: Trump Reconciles With Ex-Strategist Steve Bannon in Talks on Election
David Gilbert / VICE:
Steve Bannon Urged Facebook Followers to 'Take Action' on Eve of Capitol Riot
Steve Bannon Urged Facebook Followers to 'Take Action' on Eve of Capitol Riot
Discussion: Forbes, Wired, KVIA-TV, The Week, Sputnik News and Raw Story, more at Techmeme »
Siladitya Ray / Forbes: Steve Bannon Reportedly Encouraged Facebook Followers To 'Take Action' Day Before Capitol Riots
Steven Levy / Wired: Facebook Can't Fix What It Won't Admit To
James Pethokoukis / The Week: The conservative case for Trump's Twitter ban
Daria Bedenko. Sputnik / Sputnik News: Trump Reportedly Reconciles With Ex-Adviser Steve Bannon, Counsels on Election
Bob Brigham / Raw Story: Trump keeps calling Steve Bannon for advice on overturning the election: report
Biden to deploy FEMA, National Guard to set up Covid vaccine clinics across the U.S. — President-elect Joe Biden plans to use FEMA and the National Guard to build coronavirus vaccine clinics across the United States, according to new details of his Covid-19 vaccination plan released by his transition team on Friday.
Discussion: CNN and NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
Travis Caldwell / CNN: The US coronavirus death toll is projected to surpass 400,000 by Inauguration Day
Luke Mogelson / New Yorker:
Among the Insurrectionists — The Capitol was breached by Trump supporters who had been declaring, at rally after rally, that they would go to violent lengths to keep the President in power. A chronicle of an attack foretold. — By the end of President Donald Trump's crusade against American democracy …
Discussion: The American Conservative, Trending Politics, Politico, The Dispatch and Political Wire
Curt Mills / The American Conservative: Inside the Grim Impeachment Encore
Haley Byrd Wilt / The Dispatch: How Impeachment Could Hinder Biden's Agenda
Press Gaggle With Acting Secretary Miller En Route to Washington, D.C. — Acting Secretary of Defense Chris Miller — ACTING SECRETARY OF DEFENSE CHRISTOPHER C. MILLER: Okay, are you guys ready? My statement is just, I made some notes. I went out, you know, met with the General VanHerck today, and his team.
Oren Liebermann / CNN: Trump's Pentagon chief says he 'cannot wait to leave' his job
John Engel / KXAN-TV:
Sens. Ted Cruz, John Cornyn will attend President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration — AUSTIN (KXAN) — Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, will attend President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration on Jan. 20, sources tell KXAN. — Cruz defended President Donald Trump's claim that the 2020 presidential election …
Discussion: The American Independent, The Hill, Raw Story and KEYE
Josh Israel / The American Independent: Ted Cruz will attend Biden's inauguration after trying to overturn his victory
Jordan Williams / The Hill: Cruz, Cornyn to attend Biden inauguration
Bob Brigham / Raw Story: Ted Cruz to attend inauguration after months of lying that Biden didn't win: report
Greg Garrison / al.com:
Tuberville says delay inauguration, but date is set by Constitution
Tuberville says delay inauguration, but date is set by Constitution
Discussion: Mediaite, Raw Story, The Intellectualist, Twitchy, HuffPost and Mock Paper Scissors
Joe DePaolo / Mediaite: Prominent Reporters Spread Out of Context Quote Claiming Sen. Tommy Tuberville Wants to Delay Biden Administration
Matthew Chapman / Raw Story: Alabama senator suggests delaying the inauguration — not realizing the date is in the Constitution: report
Greg Pollowitz / Twitchy: We regret to inform you that the Tommy Tuberville quote on the inauguration being shared is wrong. Here is the accurate one [video]
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Pelosi says any lawmaker who helped insurrectionists could face criminal prosecution — The speaker also wouldn't comment on when she would transmit the article of impeachment to the Senate. — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 15, 2021 in Washington, D.C.
Discussion: Business Insider, The Hill, Fox News, CNN, Washington Examiner, Reuters, Washington Monthly, Daily Kos, Bloomberg and ABC News
Oma Seddiq / Business Insider: Pelosi says Congress members may face prosecution if an investigation shows they were accomplices in Capitol siege
Brittany De Lea / Fox News: Rep. Lauren Boebert says she's received death threats over perceived suggestion she had helped rioters
Emily Brooks / Washington Examiner: Pelosi says any Republicans who 'aided and abetted' rioters could face prosecution
Matthew Cooper / Washington Monthly: Impeach Trump But Not for What He Said on January 6th
Mark Sumner / Daily Kos: Federal prosecutors confirm insurgents intended to 'capture and assassinate elected officials'
Benjamin Siegel / ABC News: Pelosi declines to say when she will send impeachment article to Senate
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Pelosi tasks retired Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré with leading review of Capitol security
Pelosi tasks retired Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré with leading review of Capitol security
Alex Barker / Financial Times:
James Murdoch blasts US media for unleashing 'insidious forces' — Comments from Rupert's son are his strongest rebuke of industry practices since leaving the family business — James Murdoch has castigated the US media for the "toxic politics" threatening American democracy …
The Daily Beast:
Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott's Job Is in Jeopardy, Insiders Say
Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott's Job Is in Jeopardy, Insiders Say
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
CDC: More contagious COVID-19 variant could be dominant US strain by March — A more contagious variant of COVID-19 that originated in the United Kingdom could be the predominant strain in the U.S. by March, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned Friday.
Discussion: Boston Herald, The Week, Forbes and UPI
Lisa Kashinsky / Boston Herald: CDC warns more contagious COVID variant could become dominant U.S. strain in March
Kathryn Krawczyk / The Week: More transmissible coronavirus variant may be dominant strain by March — a bad sign for already overwhelmed hospitals
Rachel Sandler / Forbes: More Contagious UK Covid-19 Variant To Become Dominant Strain In U.S. By March, CDC Model Says
Brian P. Dunleavy / UPI: CDC: New COVID-19 strain could become 'predominant' in U.S. by March
Joel Achenbach / Washington Post:
CDC warns highly transmissible coronavirus variant to become dominant in U.S.
CDC warns highly transmissible coronavirus variant to become dominant in U.S.
Discussion: New York Times, Washington Examiner and LiveScience
Cassidy Morrison / Washington Examiner: Highly contagious UK coronavirus variant likely to become dominant strain in US by March
Courtney Linder / Popular Mechanics:
Why Joe Biden Can't Bring His Peloton to the White House — President-elect Joe Biden reportedly owns a Peloton bike, and it could become the — as his White House move-in day approaches. — The — stationary bikes — come equipped with cameras and microphones.
Randy Krehbiel / Tulsa World:
Sen. James Lankford apologizes to Black Tulsans for questioning presidential election results … U.S. Sen. James Lankford apologized to Black Tulsans on Thursday for not recognizing that his involvement in questioning presidential election results would offend them.
Discussion: Washington Post, The Hill, CNN, Trending Politics, Big League Politics, Axios, KFOR-TV, DNyuz, National Review, Politico, Breitbart, New York Times, Forbes, The Daily Caller, NBC News, HotAir, New York Post, Slate and Strangely Blogged
Morgan Gstalter / The Hill: GOP Sen. Lankford apologizes to Black constituents for opposing election results
Trending Politics: GOP Senator Cowers To The Left; Apologizes To Black Constituents For Challenging Electoral Votes
Shane Trejo / Big League Politics: COWARD: Sen. James Lankford Grovels to Black Constituents for Opposing Electoral Fraud
Oriana Gonzalez / Axios: GOP Sen. Lankford apologizes to Black Oklahomans for electoral challenge
DNyuz: A Republican senator from Oklahoma apologizes to Black constituents for seeking to disenfranchise them.
Brittany Bernstein / National Review: Sen. Lankford Issues Apology to Black Constituents for Election Results Skepticism
Andrew Desiderio / Politico: Gaming out Trump's impeachment trial
Kyle Morris / Breitbart: GOP Sen. Lankford Apologizes to Black Tulsans for Questioning Election Results
Giovanni Russonello / New York Times: The Big Promises Biden Is Making
Alison Durkee / Forbes: GOP Senator Lankford Apologizes To Black Constituents For Challenging Election Results
Andrew Trunsky / The Daily Caller: Oklahoma Senator James Lankford Apologizes To Black Constituents For Challenging Electoral Votes
Ed Morrissey / HotAir: Lankford To Black Tulsans: I Apologize For Voting To Reject Electors Last Week
Ebony Bowden / New York Post: Sen. Lankford apologizes to black Tulsa voters for questioning election results
Elliot Hannon / Slate: Oklahoma GOP Senator Is Sorry His Effort to Delegitimize the Election Offended Black Constituents
Jim Turner / Creative Loafing:
As of now, Publix is only offering vaccine in Florida counties won by Republicans — DeSantis said the initial rollout has focused on areas where hospital systems might need assistance and where there are large senior populations. — Photo via DeSantis/Twitter
Letter from 68 Colorado elected officials requests investigation into Boebert's actions — The letter to House leaders says "there is deep concern about her actions leading up to and during the protests that turned into a violent and deadly mob." — COLORADO, USA — In a letter …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA, The Hill and The Intellectualist
Alan Ryland / POLITICUSUSA: Colorado Officials Urge Investigation into Rep. Lauren Boebert, Who Tweeted Pelosi's Location During Capitol Attack
Jordan Williams / The Hill: Colorado officials pen letter requesting probe into Boebert's actions
Wall Street Journal:
Officer in Pro-Trump Cap Claims He Rescued Endangered Colleagues — Capitol Police lieutenant was suspended for wearing MAGA hat during Jan. 6 riot — It was one of the images from the pro-Trump riot that shocked the country and outraged members of Congress: A police officer donning a red …
Discussion: Business Insider and New York Post
Corinne Ramey / Wall Street Journal:
Manhattan Prosecutors Seek Records About Trump's Seven Springs Estate — District attorney's office sends subpoenas to officials in Westchester, N.Y., marking expansion of criminal probe — Manhattan prosecutors have subpoenaed records relating to President Trump's sprawling Seven Springs estate north …
Discussion: CNN
Pilar Melendez / The Daily Beast:
Texas Real Estate Agent Who Took Private Jet to Capitol Riot Is Arrested — Texas broker and life coach Jenna Ryan boasted about "answering [Trump's] call" to head to the Capitol. — A Texas real estate agent who took a private jet to the Capitol last week to answer President Donald Trump's …
Discussion: Business Insider, The Hill, Dallas Morning News, UPROXX, The Intellectualist and Raw Story
Bre'Anna Grant / Business Insider: The Texas realtor who was pictured in the Capitol after taking a private plane to DC for Trump's rally has been arrested
Brandi Addison / Dallas Morning News: Criminal charges filed against Jenna Ryan, Frisco real estate broker who was part of Capitol mob
Ryan Nagelhout / UPROXX: The Texas Real Estate Agent Who Bragged On Social Media About Taking A Private Plane To The Capitol Riot Has Been Arrested For, Well, You Know
Susan M. Gordon / Washington Post:
A former president Trump won't 'need to know.' Cut off his intelligence. — Susan M. Gordon was the principal deputy director of national intelligence from 2017 to 2019. — Every former president in the modern era has benefited from a unique national security perk after leaving the White House …
Angie Jackson / Detroit Free Press:
Washtenaw County will no longer prosecute consensual sex work — Washtenaw County's new prosecutor says his office will no longer pursue charges against adults who engage in consensual sex work, a move that national advocates praised as a win for marginalized people.
Discussion: Detroit Metro Times
Dan McLaughlin / National Review:
Convict and Disqualify Trump — For the health of the Republican Party — and the nation — it is the right and just thing to do. — mpeaching Donald Trump a second time was a drastic step, but it was justified, no matter how shoddily and insincerely it was executed by House Democrats nor how selective was their outrage.
American Greatness: An Impeachment Incitement — What is this latest impeachment gambit really about?
Alex Isenstadt / Politico: Diminished Trump leaves a vacuum for 2024 hopefuls
Susan Ferrechio / Washington Examiner: The House impeached Trump again, but what about the trial?
Tia Mitchell / Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Georgia Senate Republicans back $2,000 stimulus checks under pressure from Trump, Democrats
USA Today: Trump allies and Republican lawmakers lost thousands of followers in Twitter purge after Capitol riots
Geoffrey Kabaservice / The Guardian: Republicans must repudiate Trump - or live with the consequences for ever
Paul Campos / Lawyers, Guns & Money:
Lauren Boebert wants you to know that she's totally NOT GUILTY of that thing that she definitely didn't do — QAnon conspiracy nut and gun fetishist Lauren Boebert went off half-cocked (snicker) at Rep. Sean Patrick Mahoney (D-Reality), claiming that Mahoney had slandered her in the most base and vile way:
Discussion: Washington Post, boebert.house.gov, The Intellectualist and Balloon Juice
Katie Shepherd / Washington Post: As Democrats push for probe of GOP ties to riots, Rep. Lauren Boebert denies involvement, says she's getting 'death threats'
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Q. I have a bunch of cool gadgets on my TV. Roku. Blu-ray player. And I have a Smart TV. But I've noticed that the television keeps stopping in mid-picutre, or it will sometimes flash the picture and then go to a black screen, and then it will go back to the picture again! I've just about had it and I think I will bring the TV to the dump and get a new one. It's a 32-inch set and it wasn't that expensive. But before I get rid of, do you have any tips on how to fix this problem? — Rod, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Rod, I get this type of question a lot from readers, friends and loved ones.
"The TV isn't working. The picture is frozen. What should I do? Should I get a new TV?"
Sometimes, the answer is yes. The television is old and long past its peak performance.
But often, the answer is no because you can do one simple thing that will solve your set's ills.
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Like personal computers, which often require re-setting, too, today's Smart TV devices include more sophisticated parts and internal workings than older DVD players. This enables them to perform more elaborate tasks such as streaming video over the Internet or allowing users to chat with other viewers online.
But the more complicated machinery also creates a greater likelihood that it will overheat, stall or simply stop working. This is why your Blu-ray player, streaming device, or satellite/cable box may suddenly freeze in the middle of a movie or even when you are just logging on to a streaming service. The more technically complex player is performing multiple tasks and sometimes they will essentially interfere with each other, causing the device to stop playing.
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That's why re-setting can fix the problem. By re-setting, you are allowing the player to stop all tasks and start clean, so to speak.
And sometimes, re-setting will stop a task that you didn't even know was operating in the background, such as a system update. By stopping the unnecessary procedure, it enables the device's primary functions to work more smoothly.
It may sound a bit complicated, but as many have said before, re-setting is your friend.
Now, how should you re-set? Most technicians will tell you to unplug your device for 15-20 seconds before re-plugging and that does seem to do the job. But some companies may first ask you to push the re-set button found on the face of the receiver. If you are uncertain how to re-set your device, consult your manual or call your device's customer service department.
Re-setting doesn't always work, but it should be your first attempt at solving the problem. If it works, it beats bringing the device into the shop for repairs, or throwing it away, doesn't it?
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I remember when I was young, I always liked to do bets on everything: " I bet I can do that " "Want to bet on it ? ", and I think most of did this. The thing is that, when we are young, we always like to compete, to push ourselves to the limit, see how far we can go, and gambling is a very good way to do this.
Allot of studies on the gambling habit, within USA and Canada, has shown that 60% to 90% of all young people at some time in their life they have gambled. Ok, so let's go back to the question "Why do young people like to gamble? ".Results from studies on what motivates young people gamble have shown that young people chose, or not chose to gamble because it offers the pleasure of winning, the social context and escapism. Both children and young people say that the main reason of gambling is that they want to win money. According to an experimental study, money has a particular value to children of pre-school age. When choosing between a game where you win points, one where you win sweets and one where you win money, children choose the one where you win money, thinking of a possible financial gain, also their motivated to play more.Gambling is exciting to young people and children.
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The moment when the wheels of a fruit machine showing three matches, the moment you scratch you lottery ticket are associated with immediate physiological excitement, witch leads to a "tingly feeling" in your body. As I said up there another thing that makes young people play, is the completion, the need to take control, many children say that they want to take control of the game, be good at it, or win over and over again. If they loose the money they prefer to not tell anyone, but if they win money they will happily tell everyone.Other gamblers put their minds only on the game and forget about things like home, how they feel. This children and adolescents prefer to play alone than with their friends and describe the gambling activity as repetitive behavior that helps them block reality and keep unpleasant thoughts at bay. Most young people think that if they gamble more they gain experience and won't loose so often after.
Gambling reminds them of other types of games such as computer games. This means that it's logical for them to think that gambling is the same.Another thing that attracts young people to gambling, is the illusion of control.
They think that they are in full control of the game. This means that they think they can throw a six with a dice by throwing it more softly rather than harder. Ok, so how much do young people gamble again ? Allot ! Studies from the Nordic countries indicate that games are a common phenomena, as in the rest of the Western world. Rossow and Hansen conducted a major study in Norway, with indicates that almost 80% of Norwegian adolescents, aged between 12 and 18 have gambled in the last year.Swedish adolescents gamble nearly as often according to the only Swedish population study that has been conducted, 75% of the Swedish adolescents aged between 15 and 17, said that they have gambled in the last year. According to Jacobs' review of studies conducted in the USA and Canada, gambling among young people in North America increased during the 1980s and 1990s.
At the beginning of the 1980s, 45 per cent of North American adolescents had gambled, while 66 per cent said that they had done so by the end of the 1990s (7).According to the CAN's studies, gambling has neither increased nor decreased among Swedish ninth graders during the period 2000–2004 (18, 19). Questions with regard to gambling on the Internet were included in the latest study from 2005, but it is still impossible to distinguish a change in how much ninth graders gamble (18). These results, however, do not mean to say that no changes have occurred as regards adolescent's gambling since young people who are younger or older than those in the ninth grade have not been included in these studies (only figures from 2004 and 2005 are available as concerns pupils at upper secondary school level).Children and adolescents, above all boys, tend to overestimate the possibility of winning. If the chance of winning a certain game is one in five hundred, younger children may think that this means that you can win five hundred times, or that you can win five hundred crowns. Children think that a reimbursement rate of 75 per cent, i.
e. that the gamblers on average lose 25 per cent of the stakes, means that you can win 75 times more money or that you can win 75 times. Younger children also seem to think that the chance of winning is greater if the winnings are high.


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Oregon State Senator has two bills left to pass before the maddening deadline
By Taxpayer Association of Oregon
Senator Brian Boquist (R-Dallas) is working hard as the legislative session grows more intense. "Nobody is safe until after July 11, 2015, the last day of the Legislature, as new bills are appearing and discarded bills are rising from the dead," said Boquist. Most committees have already shut down. In an effort to keep them alive, many bills from other committees were put into the Rules Committee and Revenue, two of the committees that are still functioning. Sen. Boquist serves on both of these committees, so he's working on a myriad of bills.
In the midst of the scramble, Sen. Boquist is carrying two bills in the Senate he hopes to get passed.
– House Bill 2465 modifies the requirements related to school enrollment a person under age 18 must meet before being issued driving privileges.
– House Bill 3125 exempts from property taxation qualified machinery and equipment used to process grain.
"Fast-paced changes [are] happening in the waning weeks of the Oregon State Senate," he said. "In the next three days, watch the papers or sign up for alerts on OLIS [the Oregon Legislative Information Site]."


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I was always in love with the idea of the human body, specifically the skin. It's something we all have but still so unique to everyone. From an early age I was intrigued with what products we put on our skin and the effects they have on us, externally and internally. Skin is the first thing people see. I knew a lot of people, including myself, were chasing that 'perfect skin' but were confiding in products that weren't honest.
After extensively learning about the big worded ingredients on the back of virtually all skincare labels, i realized just how harmful most of the brand and products we trusted were. Thats when I decided to make my own with ingredients that were natural and pure, organic and not tested on animals.
I mixed and tested different varieties of lotions and potions right in my college dorm room. I wore my creams daily and proudly. After some time of using my own products, my friends and family started to catch on and soon they were asking me where they could purchase them!
I was delighted others wanted to wear the products I had created. I took that concept, looked up how to get a business license and learned to code a website. Now I have a place where everyone can enjoy wholesome and honest skincare products, worry-free. I have the highest standards when it comes to what I put on my skin and I know others do too. A lot of times when you give skin the opportunity to soak up really good products, it flourishes and thanks you.
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Little ThingsBig Consequences
"And then He [Jesus] told them, 'Go into all the world and preach [communicate] the Good News to everyone, everywhere.'"1
Ron Clarke of Tasmania, Australia, asks, "Have you ever been to the south coast of England? If not, you may have seen pictures of it or can remember the wartime song 'There'll Be Bluebirds Over the White Cliffs of Dover.' These white cliffs are composed of chalk. Chalk is formed by the shells of very tiny animals called 'Foraminifera', meaning 'hole-bearers'. They are so called because their small shells are pierced with little holes. Thousands of years ago there were trillions of these little creatures in the sea. As they died, their shells fell to the sea floor and formed a layer that gradually became thicker and thicker. Then followed an earthquake and pushed the layer upwards to form chalk cliffs.
"These cliffs are being destroyed by another small shellfish called a 'Piddock'. This creature can twist its shell rather like an awl or drill bit to make holes in the chalk. They attack the cliffs just above high water, and as the seas pound against the cliffs, they are weakened and eventually collapse in a landslide. A naturalist, writing about Piddocks, said that Britain is an island because of the work of Piddocks. Britain was once joined to the continent of Europe, and over thousands of years Piddocks have destroyed the chalk cliffs to form the English Channel.
"This piece of trivia highlights what great things [or destructive things] can be achieved by very tiny creatures, and how much can result from very little. It would have cost billions to excavate the English Channel, but the humble Piddock did it alone."2
As we noted in yesterday's Daily Encounter, we all have a part to play in God's serviceno matter how small that may be. Your and my contribution is all a part of God's greater plan and a part of what He is doing in the world today. We can't improve on God's plan. The smartest thing to do is to get in on it. And a vital part of His plan, as Jesus commissioned each of us, is to "go into all the world and preach [communicate] the Good News to everyone, everywhere."
And that starts right where we are by being 'as Jesus' to every life we touch and by joining hands and hearts with those who are reaching the lost with the lifesaving gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Suggested prayer: "Dear God, I'm available. Please make me usable and use me to be 'as Jesus' in some way to every life I touch, and be ready and prepared to share Your plan of salvation as opportunities arise. And please help me to be sensitive to these opportunities. Thank You for hearing and answering my prayer. Gratefully, in Jesus's name, amen."
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1. Mark 16:15 (NASB).
2. Ron Clarke, www.pastornet.net.au/word4week.
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The first crawlers have been observed in Grey County! The timing for summer sprays aimed at crawlers has arrived for orchards with a history of scale infestations. Scales have also been identified on new growth in Norfolk County.
In 2014 the Cornell model was approximately a week ahead of crawler emergence- the Washington State (WA) model using the first adult catch as the biofix was more accurate in predicting emergence. Regarding Grey County, it appears the NY was approxiamtely 2 weeks ahead of crawler emergence. Summer insecticides Movento, Closer, and TwinGuard should target these crawlers. Movento is a slower acting insecticide and can be applied at the first sight of crawlers, if not earlier. This generation of crawlers can last for up to six weeks, so reapplication of Movento in 14 days is optimal. Using Closer or Twinguard, growers can wait for a week after the first crawlers are found to target a larger number of emerged crawlers. Keep in mind that Twinguard contains Delegate when planning product rotation. More information on insecticides can be found in Chapter 3 of Pub 360.


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If I wasn't an Anthropologie addict before, I certainly am now.
Customer service is everything in my opinion. Great companies, albeit many of them small such as Sea Milligan Designs and Alaina Marie, have won me over with their graciousness, helpfulness and of course the customer is always right philosophy.
Bigger companies are a little harder. It is that corporate feel. The fact you are one of thousands buying products. You really are the little person. You have a problem? They don't care. You are an ant they will happily squash and move on to the next person.
For me, that is a huge turn off. Yes I am looking at you Abercrombie.
Thankfully, my favorite clothing store has lived up to my sky-scraper expectations of great customer service.
Somehow the Gods must have known that Anthropologie would have their annual sale in June and decided it would be a perfect time for me to have a birthday. Armed with gift cards from great friends and family, who know to nourish my Anthro habit, I perused the site like a kid in a candy store. Finding great deals, I added to my shopping bag and once I fulfilled my fashionista heart, I hit buy.
I will say my one pet peeve – and I can not fault Anthropologie for this, because every company does it, Amazon being the biggest offender of them all – is that companies ship items in multiple packages, almost all arriving on the same day. I get it, they come from different factories, different stores etc. But it still gets annoying, especially if you have to juggle and carry packages up three flights of stairs.
Without fail that is what happened. I shrugged, lugged them up and giddily ripped my packages open, like it was Christmas day. The only package to ship together, was a dress and earrings. The dress was there, the earrings were not. I began to go through all the paper, positive that they must have gotten lost in the melee . They didn't. I double checked the packaging slip. They were suppose to be there. But they weren't.
I sighed realizing I wasn't having a blonde moment, they truly weren't there.
While many companies including my own bank thrive on making you listen to eighties songs and elevator music (not that there is anything wrong with those, but seriously for an hour?) Anthro does not. When I had a previous delivery issue, they had answered promptly and fixed the problem.
This time was no different. I didn't even hear the phone ring, before a friendly woman answered politely asking how she could help me. With-in five minutes, the problem was resolved. She was sending me the earrings, she had apologized profusely, and we had hung up. I looked at the phone feeling a bit like I had just left the Twilight Zone. The only confirmation the conversation had in fact occurred was from my caller ID.
No if ands or butts.
The Customer is always right.
I have had stores that have interrogated me so thoroughly, I could be in a CIA Black Site, and even after the grilling nothing would happen.
Not with Anthropologie. It was what can WE do to make it better. How can WE help you.
It is incredibly nice to see, that in a company that owns two hundred and sixteen stores through out North America as well as the UK, they care. They fix it.
That is a company that has made me a customer for life and to proudly say I am an Anthro Addict.


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Took an opportunity to fit the forward ends of two more stringers. The chamfers are very long and twisted now. Again the pull saw cuts most of it and a bit of sanding to fit it. All fiddly as each frame joint has to be glued, drilled, nailed and then surrounded in glue. Then the stem joint has to be copper riveted and bound with twine and glued all round.
Finished restaining the hardwood on Daisy G. She is looking a well used boat, with many dents and dings in her rubbing strips, but that is what they are there for. Quite a bit of paint came off with the masking tape, so there will be some touching up needed. Inside of cockpit still to do in cream before I tackle the green hull.
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Lynch Mob
Lynch Mob (1989-1993, 2000-present): a Hard Rock band from Los Angeles, California, USA.
ynch Mob was started by ex-Dokken members George Lynch (guitar) and Mick Brown (drums), along with ex-Cold Sweat man Oni Logan (vocals) and Anthony Esposito (ex-Beggars and Thieves; bass) to release Wicked Sensation in 1990 in a style not far off from their previous works, especially influenced by that of Dokken, not to mention retaining their old label 'Elektra'. The debut managed a US 46 chart spot, especially with the cover of the The Rolling Stones' Street Fightin' Man. Robert Mason would replace Logan for the follow-up, Lynch Mob (1992), a 56 US charter; the platter also boasting a cover of Queen's Tie Your Mother Down. But just as they were rising starts they called it quits when Lynch went on to a solo career, and George eventually returning to Dokken. In 1993 the posthumous album Sacred Groove then emerged. In 2000, however, the act re-formed with George, Richard Harper (vocals), David Rozenmeyer and Gerry McCarthy to release Smoke This (2000).
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A few great places for Adriatic Tours 2020
For Adriatic Tours, 2020 is going to be yet another great year. Tourism in the Adriatic region is going from strength to strength, and the number of great activities, luxury hotels, restaurants and world class services is ever increasing. So whether you're travelling for the first time, or you are regularly returning to Adriatic Tours, 2020 will prove to be yet another great year for tours in this region.
At 800kms long and 160km in width, The Adriatic may not be the largest sea but it certainly packs a punch when it comes to beauty. The upper arm of the Adriatic sits cosily between Slovenia, Croatia and Italy, running down the Balkan Peninsula along other beautiful countries such as Montenegro. There are some 1,300 islands scattered throughout its waters, most of which lie along the Croatian coast. Surface temperatures can reach 25 °C (77 °F) in August, so it's no surprise that for years people have been coming on our Adriatic Tours. 2020 will be no exception.
It's not only the Adriatic Sea that is alluring here though. Head inland away from the beautiful bays, inlets and harbours and you'll very soon find yourself in a mountainous world where the limestone peaks of the Dinaric Alps taper off into sparkling verdant valleys resplendent with shimmering lakes amid breathtaking canyons and gorges. Our Adriatic tours 2020 will show you the best of all of these, but for now here are a few of our favourite places.
Adriatic Tours 2020 in Istria
Situated right at the northern armpit of the Adriatic Sea, on the eastern side, the Istria Peninsula runs from Slovenia down into Croatia. The peninsula separates the main part of the Adriatic Sea and the Kvarnar Gulf. In this small gulf, lie the beautiful islands of Krk, Cres and Losinj. Further southwards along the peninsula there are numerous sights such as the fabulous fortified hilltop village of Motovun overlooking the lovely Mirna Valley. Known as the Istrian Fjord, Lim Bay and Channel is a beautiful sunken karst valley that stretches 13kms from inland to the sea.
At the far southern tip of the peninsula the town of Pula is the largest on the peninsula. Pula airport is served from numerous destinations, so it's the perfect starting point for your Adriatic Tours 2020. Pula is also a great location for an incentive trip, with its Roman amphitheatre being one of the best preserved in the world.
Dalmatia Adriatic Tours 2020
Dubrovnik, need we say more? The heart and unofficial capital of Croatian Dalmatia is a Mecca for regular, MICE and incentive tourism. Game of Throne fans will also love Dubrovnik, and we are offering many Game of Throne themed incentives on our Adriatic Tours 2020. The surrounding region of Dalmatia also offers unparalleled beauty with its numerous islands, and the nearby Konavale Valley will take you into a world of vineyards and orchards where you can sample some of the best of Dalmatia's local delicacies.
Montenegro Adriatic Tours 2020
Montenegro is truly a breath of fresh air, and a place seemingly right out of a fantasy world. Mountains meet the sea in spectacular fashion here, and there is so much to see. Montenegro is a country of world records. Lake Skadar is the largest and most beautiful lake on the Balkan Peninsula, Tara River Canyon is the longest canyon in Europe. The world's highest mausoleum sits atop Mount Lovcen.
Slovenian Istria Adriatic Tours 2020
While it may be the shortest coastline along the Adriatic, it is still a beautiful place to visit. The quaint harbour towns of Piran and Izola with their lovely Venetian architecture and interesting medieval churches are just one reason. You can stroll along the promenades and eat in one of the many waterfront restaurants, or try a spot of gambling in Portoroz. Or take a boat trip to Venice.
Just the tip of the mountain peak
Of course this list doesn't even touch on the amount of places there are to see on our Adriatic tours. 2020 is booking up fast, so make sure you get in touch quickly so we can plan your perfect incentive trip and get everything booked for the 2020 season.
Check the number of suggested itineraries on our web site, but also note that we can always prepare a personalized program according to your wishes, just for you.


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Here's Alex's entry for Power BI Challenge 14. @alexbadiu, would you like to share how you built this dashboard and what your inspiration is in building it?
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My computer battery ran out during the meeting such that I did not post this timely.
There are around 50 audiences. It is a huge turn out.
Resident speakout:
- Ken with around 10 pickle ball supporter with bats in hand among seniors. Howard County Pickle Ball Association (have 150 members). Look for CA's support to expand, possibly build an indoor facility. That is also recommended CA's Senior Advisory Committee, Fiscal Year 2018 Budget testimony.
- The rest speakers are Howard County Veteran Monument Supporters. There is Golden Start mom too. Very moving.
One lady talked about her navy/marine boyfriend encountering hostility in a bar because he was wearing a uniform. Her boyfriend said: My service to the country is to defend their freedom to say anything they want to say.
The board asked CA staff to prepare an exact easement term between CA and Howard County Veteran Foundation. Some board members had concerns that the memorial was proposed exactly at the location of the fountain.