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Other Scots making a worthwhile journey south included Adam Lawson, who secured the reserve breed championship in the Friesian section with the home-bred third calver, Lismulligan Priscilla 41, one of 120 milkers in the family's herd at North Cassingray, Largoward, Fife.
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Sandy, you are wrong.
Very few people agree with the Tea Party stance of cutting without any increase in revenues.
Oh, and about that stimulus, most economists feel that it should have been bigger. In fact, much of the stimulus money was spent bailing out state governments to help keep police, fire, and school departments afloat.
I just love how so many conservatives love to talk about the stimulus package and declare it a failure. In reality, Keynesian economics haven't even been employed. Had we of actually built up our infrastructure, energy, and education, we'd have much better employment and a recovering economy. Instead, we get this conservative junk heap, of a few rich while everyone else is struggling.
- 12:09 a.m. Aug. 12, 2011
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The Republicans control one half of one branch of the federal government. Why do some people think that that should give them dictatorial powers over everyone else?
- 12:19 a.m. Aug. 12, 2011
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You are so right when you say "The tea party is founded on all those things everyone enjoyed and perhaps took for granted for years." They enjoyed tax cuts, a long list of government services that were not paid for, pursuing two unfunded wars to satisfying their international swagger. When their enjoyment of all the spending caused a huge deficit and the worst recession since the Great Depression, they go mad at the guy who was handed a country in disaster. The tea party is based on narcissism and worse, and now they want to take away the freedom of the majority who don't submit to the will of this minority. The tea party is rooted in selfishness and tyranny.
- 6:08 a.m. Aug. 12, 2011
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"compromise, why?"
Because you are a significant but minority opinion living in a representative democracy. The minority doesn't get to dictate public policy, and your belief that you have the moral imperative does not change this reality. You Tea Partiers really need to get over the belief that you are waging a holy struggle and come back down to planet earth where compromise, negotiation, and rational debate can actually get things done.
- 6:29 a.m. Aug. 12, 2011
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it's only compromise of the repubs give in to the dems - it doesn't work the other way around
But let me guess, since you stuck up for the tea party you MUST be (according to the dems) racist - oops, no, that charge has been totally debunked; wealthy, elitist, and want to kill everyone and everything that isn't exactly like you. That is, of course, the inaccurate lie the dems are trying to paint in their attempt to minimize the tea party and hold onto power despite their dismal record of the last few years.
- 7:00 a.m. Aug. 12, 2011
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tea partiers want everyone elses freebees cut.
except for their own.
They do not want money spent on anything
except for their own pork projects.
they want welfare for the wealthy
but not for the poor.
- 7:20 a.m. Aug. 12, 2011
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I have news for you tea party haters, They don't hold any office in congress, they don't vote on any legislation and they don't spend money we don't have. Guess who does? If you want to blame anyone, try to be honest with yourself and figure out who had control of both houses of congress everytime the debt ceiling was raised, both "bailout" debacles were passed, when Obamacare was passed and when both wars were funded! The tea party was not even in existance then! Barking up the wrong tree again are you?
- 7:35 a.m. Aug. 12, 2011
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The Tea Party's selective memory, short-sightedness and inability think beyond
simplistic, selfish feel-good soundbites is acid on the fabric of our society.
If it were possible to isolate the Tea Party into their own little world where their self-destructive fantasies could play out I'd say fine, let them enjoy their fantasies. However, because we all must share this one world we can't afford to let their irrational chest-thumping go unchallenged.
The Tea Party is dangerously nuts. They believe things that are demonstrably untrue, and deny things that are demonstrably true.
- 7:42 a.m. Aug. 12, 2011
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Took for granted for years is the key here. There's a whole generation who
thinks the world comes with equality and fairness, clean air, clean water, safe
food, drugs to cure everything imaginable, the right to vote, the right for
women to play college sports, the right to success if you work hard, etc. etc.
The world doesn't come this way it was built this way by our grandparents, and
parents at a cost. Some times that cost was blood much of the time money. The
problem is the ilk who takes all this for granted thinks taxes are evil and it's
their money. Their money to keep and spend as they wish, and when they do that
the air will stay clean, all will still have the opportunity to go to college,
if they work hard they will be successful, and they will magicly create a
paradise based on their consumer spending. Wrong!
This doesn't mean current society is perfect, efficient or effective all the time, but it was built and didn't happen because that's the way the world is. It was built on sacrafice. The sacrifice of blood and dollars.
- 7:47 a.m. Aug. 12, 2011
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The Democrats are very good at playing the 'blame' game. The last Congress,
totally controlled by Democrats, wouldn't even pass a budget. They gave us $4
TRILLION in additional deficit spending in just two years. The Congress before
that, also totally controlled by the Democrats wanted us to believe that Mr.
Bush's powers of persuasion were just too much for them and that they just
couldn't resist him.
Mr. Obama still fails to take responsibility for anything. He probable blames his overcooked breakfast on Mr. Bush. Mr. Obama has acted like a spoiled child, pointing his finger at everyone else, throwing under the bus anyone who crosses their eyes at him. He stomped his feet and threw a public tantrum when the House would not give him 'carte blanche' to spend another $2.6 trillion before he leaves office. He threatened our seniors and our vets.
Now he, and the rest of the Democrats are telling us that the Big Bad Tea Party is to blame for our Country's woes.
Are there no mirrors in Washington? Can the Democrats not see themselves as they are seen?
- 7:57 a.m. Aug. 12, 2011
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The tea party is founded on all those things everyone enjoyed and perhaps took
for granted for years.
Even the writer only gives a vague description of what the tea partiers stand for.
I think pragmatistferlife listed them above quite well.
Scared by or hate the tea partiers, no, I feel sorry that they believe they stand for anything but a distraction, bought and paid for by the corps they readily worship.
- 8:10 a.m. Aug. 12, 2011
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Americanwithnohyphen, the tea party has proven to be full of SS and Medicaid
recipients that are wealthy and use thier SS check for thier motorhome payment
and vacations.
The republicans keep telling them that SS is in trouble (motorhome payment).
I glad I can give them a free motorhome arn't you? The tea party is just the me-party that loves thier government handouts and doesn't like competing with poor people for it.
- 8:14 a.m. Aug. 12, 2011
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The tea party advocates in Utah will be in a dilemma when the tea evangelicals take over the no compromise party. Then it will be no compromise on religion. One of the leading first amendment recent cases in where an LDS family went to Court to stop a Baptist prayer at a texas school.
- 8:28 a.m. Aug. 12, 2011
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Screwdriver. I don't own a motorhome because I pay too much of my income in taxes funding liberal entitlements! Incidently, I paid into my S.S fund all my life and guess who stole it and spent it all on the War on Poverty?
- 8:34 a.m. Aug. 12, 2011
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Somebody stole your SS? Who George Bush?
What are you talking about? Nobody stole your SS check. So are you saying you do or do not take Social Security?
LBJ introduced the "war on poverty" 45 years ago.
- 8:46 a.m. Aug. 12, 2011
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Mike, you are a prime example of the problem. You blame the Democrats for finger pointing and passing the blame, but you are guilty of the same thing. When the Republicans ran everything what good came of that? Two wars not paid for, Medicare part D, not paid for, Tax cuts that weren't paid for. BOTH parties stink on ice. We need to be more grown up than our representatives and admit that BOTH parties have failed us and have for years. NOT just the last 3. And I agree with you that it's time Obama stop blaming Bush and just start fixing things. But that will take cooperation from everyone. And no one seems willing ot do that. That means that we the people need to have the guts to make the changes needed and get people in office who WILL work together for the country and not their party.
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Tea Party are terrorists
The US isn't merely double-dipping back into recession, but worse it's in the early stages of a depression that will strangle the economy possibly for years to come, just how bad is it, well, a ex-inmate captured breaking back into prison to put a roof over his head, 3 squares and a flop, and medical help, that's how bad it is. That means investors need to stock up on cash and other funds whose strategy is to succeed in a bear market. We're in a Depression that will last for years. Excessive debt burdens will take years to shake off, and the problem is that many economists underestimate how long a debt-saddled contraction can last, especially when negative social moods, Koch Brothers and Grover Norquist, in their "Field Of Dreams" of corn and sugar cane, called "Ethanol Subsidies" entitlements that hamper economic activity even more. We're in the early stages, so we don't have the severe unemployment, the severe bread lines and that sort of thing yet. It means they should prepare for a bear market to last for about five years and look for opportunities in such a scenario.
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Why was there a financial crisis in the first place?. Because of runaway spending that sent the national debt up against the legal limit. But when all the big spending bills were being rushed through Congress. The GOP created the crisis, the Tea Party helped it along, so now, President Obama gets all the blame, because it's Congress that spends, he just signs the check. The US isn't merely double-dipping back into recession, but worse it's in the early stages of a depression that will strangle the economy possibly for years to come, just how bad is it, well, a ex-inmate captured breaking back into prison to put a roof over his head, 3 squares and a flop, and medical help, that's how bad it is. Excessive debt burdens will take years to shake off, and the problem is that many economists underestimate how long a debt-saddled contraction can last, especially when negative social moods, Koch Brothers and Grover Norquist, in their "Field Of Dreams" of corn and sugar cane, called "Ethanol Subsidies" entitlements that hamper economic activity even more. We're in the early stages, and don't have yet severe unemployment, the severe bread lines.
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The Tea Party insisted that the debt limit not be raised (Michelle Bachman is
still spewing that nonsense today). They favor defaulting on our debts. That
would harm America.
Once I realized that the Tea Party was so willing and eager to harm America, I tuned them out. It's kind of like Timothy McVeigh. He may have had a valid point to make, but he chose a bomb-laden rental truck to deliver his message, and nobody is going to listen to a lunatic.
Maybe that less-radical "Coffee Party" will take hold as we tune the loonies out.
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Just because they have the money to talk very loud, the Tea Party people think
they are speaking for all Americans. It ain't necessarily so.
The Tea Party represents the upper class business community who is funding their agenda. The reason for the agenda is to provide more freedom to business and take it away from people. The most flagrant and onerous part of their agenda is to oppose government interference in private enterprise.
Thinking people involved with the daily struggle to survive realize that it is the regulations rules that give us freedom. And taking away those regulations and rules will destroy the freedom of the people.
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The Last Time The Market Was This Short, Stocks Crashed
It is common knowledge among those that prefer to see the glass of aggregate demand always half-full (in need of fiscal or monetary stimulus and thus always time to BTFD) that stocks "climb a wall of worry" and that stocks can't drop if so many people are negative. However, while we are sorry to steal the jam from their exuberant 'cash on the sidelines' donut, the truth is that eventually 'strong hand' short positions build to a point where they dominate and provide the tipping point of weakness in stocks. As Goldman Sachs highlights in the following two charts of short interest ratio (days to cover) and aggregate short interest (dollars), the last time there was this much money short was mid-2007... and that didn't end well.
Short interest ratio is at pre-crisis high levels...
and aggregate dollars short is now at levels just before the market crashed...
Yet another market meme broken by the facts of the data...
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The Big Short, Part Deux.
It's never going to happen. The next time the market collapses, after it vaporizes they will just shut off the lights and that will be the end of it. But hey... we will still have a MyRa.
it's just in time to whip out another one of those charts where the "most shorted stocks" are kicking the pants off the rest of the market
Actually the Russell 2000 is in a decline:
Did I see the VIX index hit 11.68 today? It hasn't been that low in more than a year (March 2013). Historically it doesn't stay low, it bounces hard from these levels. S&P could be in trouble here.
If by "crashing" the author means grinding ever higher on no volume, I agree.
Yes, it's amazing how the fed was able to pop that little bubble without collapsing the broader markets.
Short sales will be banned at the first moment of any REAL danger.
Only if the wrong people are short.
give it up ZH......the only way this crashes is when the entire government explodes. there is no way out.
that's the story being chronicled live as we speak... how bout them VA death lists, is that good for morale or what?
What are the "VA death lists"? Link please. Thanks!
Silver was at this same price point in early 2008 when all hell broke loose. Silver went to 10 bucks an ounce before it rocketed to 49 over the next 2 years.
Could another major market crash give the E.vil E.mpire one last hurrah opportunity to short the ever-lovin' shit outta paper silver and gold to crush the weak longs and attempt to smash the unsmashable hard-core stacker's will?
I think they could do it...theoretically they could smash it to zero...but that won't happen of course. Phyzz prices would take over so fast that the rebound would give us all whiplash. We wouldn't even have time to bitch about the epic dip because it would recover so fast.
I'm sure supply would absolutely disappear and premiums would skyrocket for whatever phyzz there might be available during the brief dip.
But that would be the last dying gasps of rotten stenchy air from the diseased lungs of the Crimex and phyzz values would then explode to new record highs making 50 look like 10 before things settled down again.
The new norm would be 50 as a low baseline in phyzz silver and we'd probably be pushing 100+ after a couple years of steady climbing.
That'll be an interesting fucking world whenever it finally happens.
Not if...but when. And those days are so much more closer than they've ever been in the history of the world, folks!
Stack the fuck outta silver and be ready to swap some into gold as the GSR eventually starts dropping south of 50:1, 40:1, 30:1 etc. Swap your way into gold as that ratio drops so that you can balance out your stack (if your almost all Ag, like me), and use that cheap silver to get what is also going to be some amazingly expensive gold!
flacon - this ain't Argentina. The Veterans Administration list of deaths due to clueless beaurocratic bull tripe.
Oh, I thought "VA" was "Virginia". I thought it was a new Alex Jones-ish thing, like the 500 million coffins.
It's cool. When you think about that FEMA thing with all the coffins....if there were any such plan 'Z' it would send CAT stocks soaring as they sure as hell wouldn't be housing a billion bodies - they'd be mass plowing them into the closest available alley.
They're not coffins.
.gov decided shipping containers were too luxurious for the peeps.
They're the new micro apartments.
Nothing lasts forever, a phase change will happen, but no backwards looking analysis is going to correctly predict when.
Outlying events are simply unpredictable by nature.
"Phase Change".. I love it.
But, why are you bringing the truth that physics offers into a subject on economics?
With the exception of gold and silver of course
Big investors are betting against housing
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Some of Wall Street's most vocal investors are betting against housing, saying the recovery has fizzled out.
Are you saying that the markets are in some sort of trouble?
Was Pogo a green alligator?
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These shorts must be in weak hands as every little pop over technical levels results in big up days. I see a lot of down day intraday reversals but hardly ever an upday reversal
I thought it was too much margin debt that was going to make the market crash? Which is it, Tyler, are people too long or too short?
Meet my little friend, "Shorty Long."
My gf stole my shorts.
isn't goldman sachs doing god's work?
11th commandment: thou shalt smite thy muppet.
and on the seventh day blankfein bought the fucking dip. amen.
The last three words of the GS employee manual: "Get the money!"
Only to be crushed again..
Max Pain, still alive and well, especially on the short side...
But in 2007 there wasn't the pump protection injection.
Stocks are due for a yearly low cycle in early June.
There will still be a drop, but only to mid-April levels, thanks to the Ponzi Munchkin, prolonging the inevitable.
You could save time and energy by just pulling money out of the ATM and burning it.
That said, these low-volume ramp days are kind of strange. The NASDAQ up .75 percent on low volume pumps. You get the feeling a lot of people are short, not buying, just waiting for this fucker to crash.
Power to the people. Waiting in hopes that the NWO will allow them a stronger voice? It won't.
they banned short selling of banks in 2008, for a month or so... im sure they'll do it again if it comes down to it.
The first chart shows this can go on for years in a bull market.
The aggreagate $$ is meaningless becasue the % shows how much room is left to catch up.
Chucky Hagel saying we are entering a new world order....
Agree with Doc as usual. No way the market can crash when you have the PTB all in agreement that the dollar is to be destroyed and debt is to be ramped up to beyond imagination.
Sorry but Detroit is our "model City" folks. The Chickens have indeed Come Home to Roost (tm. GM?)
They will only crash it when the table is set for the feast. One more green bean to grow before the stew is ready.
I would love to see a chart not of the Dow 30, S&P 500, or the Russell 2000, but rather the Mom and Pop 1,000,000 - that was the market to short
NYU grads asked, "Who is Janet Yellen?"
And what is GS's angle on pointing this out???
Maybe in 2008 the WS banks could tip over the market and cash in at the lows.
With the Fed a player on the opposite side of the trade they need to recruit more privates to help create the tipping point.
So lemme git dis str8
the stupids are long
the smarts are short
CNBS is pumping
GS, JPM, and every other dirtbag outfit is dumping
And I'm in cash
Wow - me smart
We could wake up one morning, and see that the market has crashed. We could also see the S&P500 shoot up to 200,000 in nominal terms, ala Zimbabwe. But I think that it should be recognized that the market is only one component of the general economy, and I see a couple of dynamics with the general economy that I think people should think about.
Let's pretend that there is an exotic food that, no matter how carefully prepared it is, every time you eat it, you have a 1% chance of getting sick. It's supposed to be really good, good enough in fact, that people are willing to risk it. I mean, what's 1%, right? So, you find a restaurant right around the corner that serves this exotic food, and you go try it. You don't get sick, and you're hooked. Hereinafter, you decide that, like clockwork, you're going to show up and eat it for lunch on Tuesdays and Thursdays, except for the couple of weeks that you are out of town. So, you can ask two different questions:
On any given Tuesday or Thursday, what are the chances that you are going to get sick from eating this exotic dish? The answer to that is simple. 1%. Your risk on any given day is minimal.
What are the chances that you will get sick from eating this exotic dish over the next year? Well, now you're asking about how the risk has compounded, and the answer is 63%. But maybe you can afford to get sick every once in a while and you think the risk is worth it. Or maybe it will put you in the hospital and nearly kill you. Or maybe it will kill you.
The point being, seemingly minimal risk can compound over time in such a way that seemingly small risk will eventually come back to bite you if you continually do something over and over again.
The next dynamic that I see is that, while I cannot tell you what the risk is for each individual action of the Fed, of Congress, etc... I will guarantee that for each action or "event," the probability that something will go south is different. There is real-world complexity to the problem that makes things a lot harder to predict than in the simplistic example above. The actions taken may be more or less wise than others, external forces can come into play, etc... There is also the continuing additions to the distortions that we are seeing, meaning that, on average, the risks associated with each "event" are increasing. With each level that is added to the house of cards, the more unstable it becomes and the more likely trying to add another level will bring it down. Just look at the moves that China and Russia are making against the USD. That is increasing the risks.
Again, I don't know what the probabilities that any given action will be a fatal error, the world is too complex for that. But, putting those two dynamics together tells you why I do not expect any given event to cause the house of cards to collapse, but I do expect that there will be an event, or a series of events that cause it to come down. It's a finite world and we expect exponential growth. It is mathematically certain that, so long as we stay on this planet, nature will eventually trump that growth. It's just a matter of how far along the curve we can push the scam.
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Pacific Horticulture releases spring tours: Pacific Horticulture Society has announced its spring 2012 tour schedule. Go to www.pacifichorticulture.com/tours or call 800-976-9497.
• March: "Garden & Historic Houses of Savannah & Charleston"
• April: "Mallorca & Menorca: Gardens, Art & Cuisine"
• May: "Kyoto: More than Gardens"
• June: California's Channel Islands
Bromeliads show: The San Diego Botanical Garden Society's free show features a tropical American plant that is grouped in the same category as pineapples and Spanish moss. Several varieties of bromeliads will be on display. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 30. The show is in Room 101 of Casa del Prado at Balboa Park. Visit www.sdfloral.org or call 619-234-8901.
Temecula Home Improvement & Remodeling Show: Learn about the latest ideas in home improvement, remodeling, decorating and green technology at this three-day show: Nov. 4, 5 and 6 at the Promenade Mall, 40820 Winchester Road in Temecula. There will be seminars on topics such as green gardening and cooking. Exhibit subjects include kitchens, bathrooms, barbecues and pools. The first 300 people on Nov. 3 receive a kitchen slicing knife. Early arrivals on Nov. 5 and 6 ---- the first 100 people ---- receive a food chopper. Hours are noon to 6 p.m. Nov. 4 and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Nov. 5 and 6. Admission is free. Visit www.homeshowconsultants.com or 800-358-7469.
Lake Hodges Native Plant Club sale: The club's annual sale is at 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 5 in front of the Vons at 11986 Bernardo Center Drive in Rancho Bernardo. It will feature California native plants and other varieties. The sale will have plants not found at garden centers. Proceeds benefit the Nativescapes Garden at San Diego Zoo Safari Park. Call 858-679-7383.
Fall Garden & Home Festival: The Water Conservation Garden's event from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 5 is themed "The Art of Conservation." The garden is at 12122 Cuyamaca College Drive West in El Cajon. Visit gardenandhomefest.org or call 619-660-0614.
All about macadamias: The UC Cooperative Extension, California Macadamia Society and Gold Crown Macadamia Association are holding their annual Field Day from 8:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Nov. 19 at Thomas & Bobbi Rastle's, 1115 Valencia Drive, Escondido. Classes will address topics relevant to the macadamia industry, with plenty of time for attendees ---- from macadamia novices to experienced growers ---- to ask questions. Macadamia trees are native to Australia but have been grown in California for about 220 years. Continental breakfast and lunch will be served. There is a $20 fee. Visit www.macnuts.org/fieldday.htm or call 760-726-8081.
H20 Exhibit: The Water Conservation Garden in El Cajon has a new exhibition called "H20: The Art of Conservation," running through Nov. 12. The exhibit has 14 pieces from area artists who were challenged to reflect on water conservation, consider the natural context in which the art is being created, and explore working with recycled, repurposed or nontraditional materials. Go to www.thegarden.org .
Bonsai and Beyond Club: Meets at 6 p.m. Nov. 15 in the Ecke Building at San Diego Botanic Garden, 230 Quail Gardens Drive in Encinitas. The club's activities include tray landscapes, hon non bo , bonsai, viewing stones and other Asian art.
Dos Valles Garden Club: Meets at 10 a.m. to noon Nov. 8 in St. Stephen Catholics Church's Community Hall, 31020 Cole Grade Road in Valley Center. Eric Larson, executive director of the San Diego County Farm Bureau, speaks on "The Future of San Diego County Agriculture and How It Affects Small Rural Communities." Visit dosvallesgardenclub.org or call 760-742-0290.
Mabel Corwin Branch of American Begonia Society: Meets at 1:30 p.m. Nov. 13 at the Olivenhain Town Hall, 423 Rancho Santa Fe Road in Encinitas. Members will talk about successfully raising begonias. Bring begonias and companion plants to show. There will be an opportunity drawing. Call 760-753-3077.


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Posted 2009-06-13 23:14:46 and read 22795 times.
I have never posted a trip report, and I will like to do my first one referring back to one of my favorite trips, I did not see a limiting time frame that will not allow me to go back to November of 2008...But I do notice that all posted reports fall in (recent) chronological order, hopefully it is ok...
Business Class (middle upper level)
@ DXB heading back from DXB to JFK
Final to JFK, massive flaps, seat row seventy....
Massive Engines. Picture taken @ JFK
After spending a few days in beautiful Dubai we continued on to Cape Town, South Africa. the flight lasted 9 hours, 777-200 (DXB-CPT), and 777-300 (CPT-DXB). Great service, we had the opportunity to speak in our native language to Bolivian and Spaniard flight attendants who were extremely nice. the only bad part about our trip was the turbulent weather we encountered, I had never experienced such strong upward forces. approach into Cape Town was beautiful. I switched to the live camera that show the (what appeared to be) a short runway at CPT. Upon arrival there were several European planes getting ready for their late pm departures.
At the rear of the 777-300
Arriving in Cape Town
time to head back home, 33 hours from boarding in Cape Town, to final arrival in Fort Lauderdale. Long trip, but deffinitively worth it!
boarding, I love airports that provide the opportunity to board without the use of jet ways
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Username: Directorguy
Posted 2009-06-14 08:47:44 and read 21307 times.
Really nice TR, thanks very much for your efforts. Well done !
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Username: BA319-131
Posted 2009-06-14 11:05:50 and read 20903 times.
Nice 1st report, lacks details such as meals, but shows promise for future TR's.
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Username: Aces727
Posted 2009-06-19 16:38:39 and read 18851 times.
thanks for the feedback!
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Posted 2009-06-20 02:52:32 and read 18345 times.
Great photos of the A380.
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Kirstie Alley Reacts To Sabrina Bryan DWTS Elimination
October 31, 2012 01:40 PM by Stephanie Gustafson
Poor Sabrina Bryan. Despite being one of the best performers Dancing with the Stars has ever seen, the former Cheetah Girl has once again been cut from the competition far too early. The audience was obviously surprised, but it looks like Sabrina's fellow competitors were shocked as well. And none more so than Kirstie Alley.
As much as we love Kirstie Alley's antics, we were kinda hoping she'd be voted off Dancing with the Stars. Kirstie is certainly entertaining, but (in spite of her inflated 8.5 scores from the judges) still the weakest dancer on the show. Instead, Sabrina Bryan found herself once again cheated of a mirror ball and the bragging rights that come with the trophy.
Kirstie Alley was surprised that Sabrina didn't make the cut this week, especially given the fact that she ended two weeks of competition on the top of the leaderboard. After the surprising elimination, Kirstie told Access Hollywood that the only thing that didn't surprise her anymore was the constant presence of surprises on DWTS. "It's always shocking. It's the history of Dancing with the Stars that you're shocked."
Echoing our sentiments about the importance of a strong fan base, Kirstie added, "This game was created by ABC and the game is fan base and dancing, and sometimes the finale is filled with the best dancers and sometimes it's not. Fan base is a great thing, and being a great dancer is a great thing, but we each have our own story and we each have our own journey."
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Kirstie Alley Fan Says:
October 31st, 2012 at 4:09 pm
Well said Kirstie – this show is full of surprises. Well, I am glad we wll be seeing more of you in the show as I enjoy your performances a lot. You are not the best dancer in the world, we all know that, but you have 'that something' I can't express that you make it so fun. Go Kirstie go!
Gail Says:
October 31st, 2012 at 11:22 pm
Yes, it was heartbreaking to see Sabrina B let go again in week 6…..she is a phenomenal dancer and I really think it is WAY past time for Louie or Tony to win a season ! I have grown tired of the Kirstie lusts after Maks thing….(especially since he's dating Peta !)
You can see she has gained most of her weight back and she is exhausted from the practices and performances….After her, Emmet should go…he has so much charisma , but he the weakest male dancer still on right now….Apolo and , Gilles (who is really bugging me this season ! he wants it WAY too much this time around!) are much better. I have watched this show for so long now. I do like all the ways they are switching up the dance choices etc this season….wish they'd replace Brooke Burke Charvet though……although her dresses have been stunning this season….
Eve Says:
November 1st, 2012 at 8:09 am
Not surprised to see Sabrina leave as she clearly does not have a large enough fan base. Plus, many did not appreciate the judges shoving her down our throats!
Agree that there's something special and endearing about Kirstie. Love her sense of humour, her work ethics and entertainment qualities. Plus, Kirstie CAN dance, though it'd be true to say she's not the best dancer left. Certainly hope to see more of Kirstie and Maks and will be voting hard to keep them in.
Sandy Chavez Says:
November 1st, 2012 at 11:30 am
The fat cow (and actress) must go home!
Mary Ann Russo Says:
November 4th, 2012 at 12:03 pm
I think Kriste is an intelliegnt and charming person. She is correct is staing that this is not a dance contest, but a fan based rating counts for the program. My opinion of her has grown 10 fold after I found out what she did to help the people of New York. Kriste, keeping on being who you are. You are a beautiful and intelligent person. I whish there were more people in the wourld like you.
Jill Losee Says:
November 8th, 2012 at 6:58 pm
We were late comers to DWTS, but quickly became regular watchers. The issue that's reared it's head in the past few years shows the one weakness in the format. The fact that Audience call in is weighted as heavily as the judges scores has lead to the early and surprising dismissal of top contenders is damaging to the show.
I LOVE Kristi, and admire her work to dance on a competitive level. But being honest she wasn't as good as Sabrina…not even close. To have her win the week just because she's popular isn't fair to anyone. Kristi Love ya to pieces, and glad to see you there… but the rating system for the show's gotta change if it's to survive.


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Frank Zappa raised the bar on cool. A technical virtuoso, the Baltimore native composed complicated rock pieces dripping with satire, running jokes and child-like glee—and that was even before he got to the lyrics. His song "Porn Wars" lambasted Tipper Gore's music ratings proposal; he mashed together quotes from the infamous Senate hearings to point out their ridiculousness of the proceedings. His live shows came across as circus-like affairs, with poetry readings from random audience members, stuffed animals and admonitions to "put that down, it's bad for you." Zappa died of cancer in 1993, just shy of his 53rd birthday. A decade later, one of his sons, Dweezil, decided to bring his father's music to a new generation. He spent two years gaining the technical skills, then launched the Zappa Plays Zappa tour with Steve Vai, Napoleon Murphy Brock and Terry Bozzio, along with a handful of young musicians who could keep up with them. "Frank's music is very contemporary, even though some of it is close to 40 years old," Dweezil says. After a worldwide tour that's been enjoying monster ticket sales, Dweezil tells us ZPZ will become an annual tradition. I rang him up recently to chat about his upcoming show at Warner Theatre on Monday (Oct. 30) in D.C. —Christie Findlay
Q: When was the last time you were in D.C.?
DZ: I played with my former girlfiend, Lisa Loeb, about three years ago. But this will be the first time doing something like this. It's a strange town, really. Depending on your level of enthusiasm for whatever administration is in office, it really changes your perspective of the city. I really like the sort of history of the place, and I like the monuments, and I think there's good food. But I wouldn't say I'm so comfortable with the current climate there. But it'll be interesting, when we play Frank's music there it'll be a good contrast to the type of individuals who are running the show there. Frank's music has a lot of freedom in it. It's about not having boundaries, and blowing up the perception of certain things. There's a lot of fun in it and creativity in it. It'll be a good release.
Q: Although tribute shows are common, a tribute tour is fairly novel. Are you a man on a mission?
DZ: I don't view it as a tribute tour per se, because when a tribute band plays something, they don't always get all the details right. With the case of Frank's music, because it's so hard, if you're leaving out parts or not playing the rhythms correctly, you're not playing the music right. You can do that with other types of music, but it doesn't really work with Frank's music. I know there will be some people who will be hearing Frank's music for the first time, so I want them to experience it as closely to what it's like—obviously, without Frank—as possible.
My goal is to present Frank's music to an audience live on stage, because I think that's the best way for young people to connect to it … it will change their perception of music and move them beyond the boundaries of pop music.
I grew up watching frank doing all of this. At a certain point, it came out of fashion to be a virtuoso, and it became, "Let's do something that has attitude." I think there's a lot of honor in being really good at doing what you do, whatever it is.
Q: You mentioned that Frank's music is hard to play. But it also takes effort to listen to it. It's not background music.
DZ: It depends on why you're listening to music. Frank has a funny quote, where he said, "Music has become wallpaper for your lifestyle." A lot of people have music on in the background, maybe because it may indicate something about their personality: "Oh, I like this kind of wallpaper music." But with Frank's music, there's great repeat listening value because you can always find something new and interesting in it. I think people who are drawn to Frank's music … are content to just sit and listen to it, because that's the entertainment value.
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DZ: There's been a lot of emotional moments. Certain songs have been challenging to get through without having a tearful breakdown. And it means something to the audience, it's not just, "Here's this thing I'm doing for entertainment tonight," it's that they're here to show real support. Every show we did [on the first leg of the tour] ended with a tremendous standing ovation. It was wild.
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DZ: That's one of the most fun aspects of the show. The controlled chaos. In this world of music where everybody does the exact same show every time out, and the lights are all on a timer, you're seeing something that happens in every city. But with Frank's shows, there's musical happenings that are unique to each night.
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Asheville police are still trying to sort through problems in the department's evidence room with a new chief at the helm. Chief William Anderson took the position March 1st after serving nearly 6 years as chief for the Greenville, NC Police Department. He replaced Bill Hogan, who retired in May 2011 as the state was investigating the evidence room and missing items.
The Asheville-Citizen Times reports that the agency has spent $175,000 since the problems first came to light a year ago. Its current evidence room is sealed.
Problems include up to 14 boxes of cash with no clear ties to cases, items on shelves with no tags and piles of evidence left on floors and in doorways,
City leaders were stunned after seeing a report from a private company that inspected the sealed evidence room. Councilman Chris Pelly says it looked like his son's college dorm room.
The problems were first revealed in an April 2011 report, where inspectors couldn't find 115 of 1,097 items, including 27 guns and 54 containers of drugs.


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According to new research from NPD Group, hand-held consoles are still more popular than the iPad, despite Apple's popular tablet device making in-roads with children because of its ease-of-use and large library of games and apps. According to the data released by the retail research firm, children ages 4 – 14 still spend most of their gaming time with dedicated gaming machines. Tablet devices did have gains from 2012 usage though: according to NPD tablet usage was up 10 percent of 2011 numbers.
"Kids are using tablets to game, watch movies and TV shows, read books, and listen to music," said senior vice president of industry analysis for The NPD Group, Russ Crupnick."They have embraced the utility of these devices quite rapidly."
The data also reveals that older kids spend more of their time with computers and video games, while tablet use is higher among children in the lower age groups. Finally, NPD found that children are more likely to own a portable device than they are a tablet device such as the iPad. Cost probably plays a big part in that.
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Entrepreneur strikes oil in restaurants
When it comes to being an environmentalist, Brian Winslett walks the walk. Well, not exactly. I mostly try to ride a bicycle, says the 29-year-old general director and part owner of Asheville-based Blue Ridge Biofuels Cooperative. When he has to drive, he uses the nonpolluting biodiesel fuel that his company makes from used cooking oil.
Executive burnishes region's golden arches
Bob Jackson stays on the move, whether in his job as senior vice president and general manager of one of McDonalds largest operating regions or in his favorite sideline: running marathons. Jackson, 45, spends three to four nights a week traveling throughout the fast-food kings Raleigh Region, which stretches from Kentucky to Georgia and from Tennessee east to the Atlantic Ocean.
Far east
Leaders discuss how to orient the region's assets to promote growth.
He doesn't like races profiling his channel
For Hunter Nickell, it all came back to cars. He was born in Detroit, the center of the U.S. automotive-manufacturing universe. Now hes executive vice president and general manager of Speed Channel in Charlotte, a city that claims to be the center of the racing universe.
Headquarters get ahead of themselves
If Raymond Chandler had written a book about RBC Centura Banks Inc.s Aug. 30 announcement that it was moving its headquarters from Rocky Mount to Raleigh, he might have titled it The Long Hello. The first clue came in September 2002, about a year after Toronto-based Royal Bank of Canada bought Centura Banks. Thats when RBC Centura agreed to pay $80 million to rename the state capitals 21,500-seat arena the RBC Center.
No way out
Getting there, they say, is half the fun. Getting back can be no fun. Getting away, when you must but cant, is hell. The latter two are lessons I learned during three consecutive weeks in August.
Progress whitewashes telco's wrong number
Remember how Tom Sawyer tricked the neighborhood kids into paying him to let them whitewash his aunts fence? Tom got an apple, a kite, a dead rat and a string to swing it with, a key that didnt unlock anything, a kitten with one eye and several other treasures for allowing the boys to fulfill his obligation to Aunt Polly.
Show them no quarter
Its a long way from Wall Street in New York City to Lee Avenue in Sanford MapQuest says 561 miles. That doesnt stop some of the Streets best and brightest investment bankers from making regular calls on the headquarters of Static Control Components.
Study links ideas and taking risks to growth
The Cassopolis, Mich.-based Edward Lowe Foundation and the U.S. Small Business Administrations Office of Advocacy recently studied the link between innovation and entrepreneurship for 394 Census Labor Markets. Researchers found those rich in both traits were more likely to have strong economies. Raleigh ranked No. 2 and was the only North Carolina region in the top 20. (Lower rankings in the study were not made public.) But some other Tar Heel labor markets got high rankings for the number of business startups, says Washington-based Office of Advocacy economist Brian Headd.
This move might be a shore thing
Chuck Hayes, the fiery-tempered executive who wrenched Guilford Mills Inc. into the big time, must be rolling over in the grave at Lake Lure where they laid him three years ago.
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The European sovereign debt crisis has taken a back seat in the mind of financial markets to the debt-ceiling standoff in Washington, but Dennis Gartman says investors should start placing their bets against the euro.
In his Gartman Letter Thursday, the financial commentator writes that the very fabric of the European Union is coming undone and the shared currency will suffer.
"The U.S. budgetary problems shall be resolving themselves in the interim, but the political/religious/philosophical differences that have torn Europe into pieces over the centuries will do their work again, tearing at the very fabric of the monetary and political union that so many have tried so hard over the past several decades to overcome," he said.
Gartman is calling the current situation for the euro a "watershed situation" in the currency market.
"The EUR can and very probably shall trade all the way back down toward the 1.2000 [€1.20 to the U.S. dollar] level, if not lower, over the course of the next several months and perhaps requiring more than a year to finish," he predicts.
As for how to proceed, Gartman says investors have a number of options.
"One of the truly stunning risk/reward trades of our time is setting up…being short of the EUR relative to the dollar, or short of the EUR relative to the non-US dollars, or short of the EUR relative to gold, or to the Yen or perhaps relative to almost any other 'currency' related entity shall be the proper and profitable course of action for a very, very long while."


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Nicholas Sparks, American writer (A Walk to Remember, Message in a Bottle, The Notebook)
I think that enduring, committed love between a married couple, along with raising children, is the most noble act anyone can aspire to. It is not written about very much.
I have certain moral parameters that I do not cross in writing; I don't write about adultery or kids having premarital sex.
I don't know that love changes. People change. Circumstances change.
Romance is thinking about your significant other, when you are supposed to be thinking about something else.
You hope for the success, you dream about it, but you never expect it.
I think that men know how to romance a woman and most do it well, at least for a time, otherwise women wouldn't marry them. The problem is that most of them begin to rest on their laurels.
I still live in a small town, my wife and children keep me grounded.
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Engineering aspirants have started registering online for JEE (Main) while aspiring teachers have submitted forms for this years second UGC-NET, part of an estimated 20 lakh who appear every year for a number of competitive exams. Year after year, for candidates left wondering which of the objective-type questions they got right, there has been little help from the authorities conducting the exams. Some put only the questions online, some dont do even that, and few upload both questions and answers. The result has been a number of RTI queries for answer keys, and the mushrooming of private publications and coaching centres.
A look at key competitive exams, and how much information on questions and answers is available after they have been taken:
UPSC exams
The countrys highest examination authority organises the Civil Services Exam, besides Combined Medical Service, Combined Defence Service, Indian Engineering Service, Indian Forest Service and various other exams. After a number of court cases, the UPSC has posted online the question papers for the 2009-12 exams except those for the Civil Services mains. And even for the Civil Services prelims (now called CSAT) and all the other UPSC exams, the answers are not yet being provided. This is despite repeated RTI applications, Central Information Commission orders and court cases. The UPSC is, in fact, fighting disclosure orders in higher courts.
UGC exams
The UGC is inconsistent between two key exams it conducts. For UGC-NET, held twice a year for aspiring university teachers, the UGC has put online all question papers since 2009, but the answer keys have not been provided. For CSIR-UGC NET, on the other hand, both the question papers and the answer keys for the June 2012 exam are on the website.
It is organised by Agricultural Science Recruitment Board. Neither the question papers nor the answer keys are available in the public domain. Close to 25,000 students candidates appear every year and many of them are fighting for this information under the RTI Act.
JEE (Main)
JEE (Main) has become the first-level eligibility test for admission to undergraduate courses at IITs, apart from NITs, IIITs, government-funded technical institutes, and several others. In its previous format, it was known was AIEEE. The CBSE is the authority and till last year it had not been providing either the question papers or the answer keys. The CBSE once informed an RTI applicant that it has made provision to provide the answer keys


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TUSCALOOSA – University of Alabama basketball coach Mark Gottfried announced at his weekly press conference on Wednesday that Alabama has awarded walkon guard Justin Jonus an athletic scholarship, beginning this January.
"This is something we talked about as a coaching staff and decided about a month ago," said Gottfried. "We've been one short of our limit all year, using only 12 of the 13 scholarships, and we liked how hard Justin works and felt like he deserved it."
Jonus, a 6-foot-5, 210 pound redshirt freshman from Boaz, walked on the team as a true freshman last season and was a redshirt. This season he has been Alabama's first player in the game off the bench, playing in eight of Alabama's nine games for an average of 11.3 minutes a game. He's averaging 3.6 points and 2.0 rebounds a game, and his 3-point shooting has been key at times in helping power Alabama, including last Saturday night when his two 3-point baskets helped Alabama to a 75-71 win against Temple. He came off the bench and scored 14 points and had six rebounds in Alabama's December 1 win against 2004 NCAA tournament team East Tennessee State, making four 3-point shots in that game.
He is a two-time 4A high school player of the year out of Douglas High School. He owns his high school's scoring record with 2,343 career points which ranks ninth all-time in the state and coupled that tally with 1,115 career rebounds and 540 career assists.
The last Alabama basketball walkon to be awarded a scholarship was also its most famous. Antoine Pettway came in as a walk-on his freshman year at Alabama in 2001 and was awarded a scholarship just before the start of his sophomore season.


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Shayla Witherwood: A Half-Faerie Tale
by Tamra Torero
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This book was cute. It's something I feel would make a good Disney Channel movie. I would recommend this for ages 11/12 & up.
The story was kind of slow, and drug out. I still enjoyed this book, but felt like it took too long to reach the crisis/peak of action. I like that you don't have a clear definition of who the bad guy is until later on.
I liked the characters. Daniel and Jace were my favorites. Daniel is nice and has a dry sense of humor which I love. Jace is just incredibly sweet. Josi, she's out there. She believes in the unbelievable, and doesn't have a spazz attack about being friends with a half-fairy. Every time Bree Zimmer came into the story I wanted to smack. She's the typical mean girl who thinks she's everything.
This is perfect for those tweens out there. It's not about impossible love or anything like that. It's about becoming yourself and having friends that are there for you. It's got some romance, but it's very PG; which I think parent's of young girl readers will be happy about.
NOTE: I received this book from Netgalley to review.
Well, what can I say? I didn't expect to give such a high rating to this novel, but it definitely earned it. The writing style was really nice, and except for a couple of places, there were no grammatical mistakes. Nothing that needed to be fixed.
It was a light and bright read with a really positive twist. It had been a while since I read a book that made me see pink in the world, so I really loved that. Most books leave me with an emotional overload that has me either depressed or exhilarated. This book left me with a calm, peaceful feeling in my heart. It's truly amazing.
The story was paced neither too fast, nor too slow... just the perfect in-between. There was some action, there was friendship, and sweet romantic twist that made my heart flutter.
Some real-life teen issues were touched - like popularity, jealousy, power hunger, cliques and so on. But the way the author dealt with it all was so subtle, so positive and powerful that it had a really sweet effect on the 'bad' (but not evil) characters.
Now let's talk characters:
*Shayla - well, when I started reading the book, I thought that I wouldn't love a girl who isn't comfortable in her own body. But the way she grew up into her skin was really awesome, and I just loved the changes. I loved her thought process, and how she didn't put herself as the most important. She was ready to sacrifice herself for the people she loved, and that was really altruistic.
*Josi - the ever curious friend, who made me laugh throughout the book with her sarcasm and observations. I wasn't at all surprised when she figured out what Shayla was all on her own.
*Jace - I can only say that I loved the transformation in him. He really turned into a sweet guy in Shayla's hands. For a second, when he learned what she was, I thought he'd freak out and run. But he didn't. Perhaps that was sort of unrealistic, but then again, she had kissed him by then and I think he was really pulled into her. In any case, I loved the guy :)
*Bree - popular girl numero uno, who fell off her cheerleading queen-of-everything thanks to Shayla. The change in her was just... smack awesome!
*Nadia - evil person with agenda, who played her game pretty well. I had no idea who she really was until the end though. But I was sure she was the one who 'observed' and caused trouble in Shayla's peace.
Shayla has had an interesting life so far. She got the chance to travel the country with her grandparents while she did homeschool. After her grandfather passes away though, Shayla's grandmother decides it's time to settle down. Settling into a new public school would be hard enough, but Shayla also has to contend with the fact that she is, in fact, a faerie. Well, half a faerie. Not only does she have to learn to work her way through the social structure of school, but she also has to learn how to deal with her faerie magic. This all may be harder said then done.
This is a very cute book. I really felt for Shayla and all the changes going on in her life. The teenage years are hard enough without having to worry about how to hide your pointed ears from the rest of the school. Luckily Shayla makes some good friends along the way, and she even manages to catch the eye of a handsome young man. I found Shayla's problems to be, for the most part, very relatable. We may not all be faeries, but I think we've all wanted to disappear for a bit. I just never realized the problems disappearing could make too.
I kind of saw where the plot was going, but I still had great fun reading it. Although the book still managed to give me a surprise or two in there too, so that was good. This is just an easy read that will let you escape for a bit into a world that may seem very familiar. Young girls will enjoy the book too, and they will probably see a lot of themselves in Shayla.
Step into a world where faerie's exist and high school is still the biggest obstacle.
This was a wonderful coming of age story with a magical twist to it. The beautiful imagery and descriptive wording transports readers into a world similar and yet different than their own.
Shayla is a young girl who not only has to deal with her unusual powers, but the pressures of high school. I really enjoyed getting to know her she was a sweet character and I understood much of what she was going through. I had a great time reading about Shayla's journey and seeing how she handled all of the new changes in her life as well as seeing how much she grew.
This is a fairy tale for all ages that fans of fantasy will really enjoy!
First of all, because I feel this is important, I'm going to point out that this story isn't in any way bad. It's very reminiscent of the stories I would read on FictionPress back in the day (the good ones, that is as anyone who's been on FictionPress will know that it has a very wide range of quality). It's enjoyable from start to finish. It's a high school tale with a paranormal (half-)faerie twist. The only problem is that there is very little by way of danger.
It stays in the fairly safe zone of the cliché high school story: new girl (albeit with a half-faerie twist); geeky guy best friend; unpopular girl best friend; popular cheerleader who's nasty to everyone and looks down on her 'followers'; good looking jock who takes an interest in the new girl; posse who surrounds evil cheerleader and romantic interest jock.
For a long time, the focus is on Shayla fitting in at public school after having spent her whole life moving around the country with her grandparents in their mobile home. Obviously, public school is very different to the home-schooling that she's used to. Not to mention that the faerie half of her can make things difficult – such as turning invisible or having to find a way to deal with her pointed ears when she's required to tie her hair back in science class.
I really didn't understand where the romantic interest came from. For Shayla, sure, he was good looking and she felt some form of attraction. For Jace, I am completely clueless. As of the very first day he shows interest in her and there's no explanation as to why he would. What was with him inviting her to be part of the student council or committee or whatever it was? It gets mentioned when he invites her to be a part of it and then it gets dropped. They never have a meeting or anything like that. In that way, the romance didn't really work for me. It was sweet, but it didn't have a foundation. I might have overlooked this a few years ago but as it is, I found I wasn't particularly interested in whether or not Shayla and Jace had a future together.
The other thing is that only one lesson is ever shown: first period science class. There are also plenty of scenes in the cafeteria, but we never see Shayla in any other class. Why not? Well, possibly to keep from boring the reader with passages where little happens, but it got to the point where it felt like science class was the only one that existed.
Eventually some sort of threat is introduced, but it doesn't actually becoming very threatening until the very end of the book. I think I just wanted more of a sense of danger from the book. As it was, it was mostly about day to day life in high school. I've done that once and it's not something I'm in a rush to get back to (though of course my lycée experience was very different to the typical American high school experience).
As for the ending itself, there were a lot of new, different ideas introduced very quickly that were never expanded on. Had they been introduced earlier on in the story, I might have cared about them, but as it was they only garnered some form of mild interest from me. The author had stuck me in a situation where (I think) she expected me to get caught up in the action but because all of this had had no lead up, I didn't really manage to get beyond a mild interest.
Mister Digby was an interesting character – possibly the most interesting. He was one of the few where the author managed to leave me unsure of where I stood with him. I went through phases with him. At first I thought he was another faerie, then I thought he was some form of troll, and then I just couldn't figure him out at all. The descriptions of him were good, though. I kept imagining something similar to Professor Flitwick form the Harry Potter books.
As I said at the start of the review, the book isn't bad. It's just slow and it should be taken as such. This is not the sort of story where the action keeps you on the edge of your seat. It's one to be enjoyed in a moment of calm. I think it'd appeal to younger female readers (maybe 12 or 13+) more than it will to older readers. There are loose ends and things that could have been improved but overall I enjoyed the story.
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