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Actress Julianna Margulies is glad she waited until the age of 41 to marry for the first time, as she made sure she found the right partner.
"The Good Wife" star married attorney Keith Lieberthal in 2007 and they became parents to a son, Kieran, two months after exchanging vows.
Margulies admits she spent years convinced she was "not the marrying kind", but meeting Lieberthal changed her mind.
She tells Good Housekeeping magazine, "I feel very grateful that I had the courage to say no when I did and say yes when I could, that I waited to find the right mate and to have this little family. There's something about this time in my life where I feel like it's never going to get better."
Margulies met her husband at a friend's birthday party in 2006, and reveals she initially dismissed him because she thought he was an actor.
She adds, "I said to him, 'Listen, I'm going to be leaving in 10 minutes because I'm sure you're an actor and I have sworn off (your type).' And he said, 'Well, that's good. I'm a lawyer.' Then he poured me a big glass of red wine, I stayed the entire dinner – and that was it. … I married a rock, who understands what I do without any resentment. And I've got a joyful, easy kid."


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There's a special AAA election occurring now. The election is for a seat on the AAA Executive Board that represents the Section Assembly. Two years ago the membership elected the first holders of two new positions on the AAA Executive Board. These positions were created to provide two additional Section Assembly representatives on the Executive Board who, along with the Section Assembly Convenor, would increase sections' voice and participation in AAA governance and decision-making. In order to create staggered positions, we elected one seat for a two-year position. This position now needs to be filled by a new member for a 3-year term.
There are two candidates running for this position. Below are the candidates and their platform statements:
One of the challenges facing AAA is generating a vision of one anthropology that transcends our current professional differences. The profession of anthropology is experiencing difficult transitions on many fronts. The future of publication, retention of membership, tenure and promotion guidelines and support of employment outreach are issues that may have greater or lesser importance to some of us. Yet we must seek solutions around these questions if we are to remain viable. Under the leadership of the AAA Executive Board, we can combine the best that we have from the creativity and insight of academics and the skills of practitioners in translating research to real world problems. Toward this end, the Executive Board must direct strategies to making AAA a comfortable professional home that addresses the needs of both academics and non-academics. We can build toward the future in a concerted way that wastes as little energy as possible on the dimensions that can divide us I will bring to the EB many years of experience in both non-academic and academic anthropology and a record of leadership in AAA that gives me a judicious perspective on the many sides of problems that confront AAA and anthropology.
For Butler's biographical information, please log-in to your Account/Member Profile via the AAA website and click on the "Vote Now" icon.
The newly invigorated Section Assembly represents one of the most positive changes in governance in the AAA in recent history. The AAA is recognizing that many if not most of the membership find their primary affiliation and support in topical, theoretical, and regional sections. In the fifteen years that I've been a AAA member, I've been proud to have served in numerous capacities both at the section level (co-chair of SOLGA now AQA; and the boards of AQA and SVA) as well as national AAA committees (Long Range Planning; Commission on Minority Affairs in Anthropology; COLGIA liaison to the Ethics Committee; and the editorial board of the American Anthropologist). From this, I have gained a good sense of the view from both the periphery of the smaller sections as well as from the 'core' of the AAA.
By serving as one of the Section Assembly representatives on the Executive Board, I hope to serve as a vital conduit between the EB and the sections, especially the smaller sections that are currently struggling with membership and finance issues. The smaller sections are the site of the most potential growth for the AAA, so I believe that it is critical to pay particular attention to their ideas, concerns, and needs in charting the future of the AAA.
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AAA members can cast their vote now by logging-in to their member profile via the AAA website. Once logged-in, click on the "Vote Now" icon to view candidate information and select the candidate you would like to see represent the Section Assembly on the AAA Executive Board. Voting is open to all AAA members within voting privileged membership categories. Members will have the opportunity to vote in this special election until 5pm EST on Thursday, September 6, 2012. Please note that Non-Anthropologist Associate Members do maintain a nonvoting status in the Association.


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MCAT Testing Change to Reflect Liberal Artsby Howard Hewitt • April 24, 2012 Share:
Changes in the Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT) will soon reflect the power and desirability of a liberal arts education.
The new MCAT test, taken by all pre-med students for medical school acceptance, will place a new emphasis on an understanding of how socio cultural factors affect health. The new test includes two sections on life sciences, a section on behavioral and social sciences and a section on critical analysis and reasoning. The new test will be in place by 2015.
"I've advised dozens of Wabash men in their journey to medical school. Without question, scoring well on the MCAT exam is their biggest concern," said Jill Rogers, Admissions Counselor and Pre-Med Advisor. "The test is designed to assess a student's problem solving and critical thinking skills, and to evaluate their knowledge of science concepts necessary for the study of medicine. But as the study of medicine evolves so must the MCAT.
"Today's doctors not only need to understand medical science, but they need to appreciate diverse and aging populations. They need to value the role social and behavioral qualities play in treating and healing, and work in a healthcare delivery system that is in flux."
Darrell Kirch, president and CEO of the medical colleges association, which administers the MCAT said more diverse physicians are needed. "The signal we are trying to send is while medical school requires this solid grounding in the life sciences, it also requires a broader, more humanistic, social-oriented perspective."
"I find these changes rather interesting and long overdue," Dr. Kris Gunn '02 said. Gunn is a general surgeon at Barnes Jewish Hospital, St. Louis. "What does this really mean? Simply that the AAMC and medical school administrators have finally realized what most of us have known since we started our residency: your MCAT score and where you went to medical school doesn't really matter. Critical thinking, analytical skills, perseverance and creativity are so important to success, however so poorly assessed by the MCAT and medical school admission teams."
Gunn, biology major, said Wabash men should be pleased with the new test. "You will be very well prepared to be the kind of doctors that the medical college admission folks are looking to develop," he said. "Ten years ago, I thought taking MCAT was a pinnacle life moment. Happily, it is not. Going to Wabash, having children, graduating medical school and then residency... these were the big moments. I promise that in 10 years you may even forget what your MCAT score was, but you'll remember every second of your Senior Comps."
Wassim Labaki '08 just completed medical school at Georgetown University and is about to start a residency at John Hopkins. Labaki, also biology major, said the change was long overdue. He noted the importance of understanding the natural sciences remains a key, but that it's not enough to become a good doctor.
"A thorough understanding of the social, cultural, economic and behavioral aspects of medicine is becoming increasingly important to take good care of patients," Labaki said. "This is particularly true today when the patient population in the US is more diverse than ever and when regular access to care has become a challenge for many.
"As a senior medical student, I cannot emphasize enough the importance of critical thinking in learning and applying the vast amount of medical knowledge. Patients often come to the ER or to clinic with non-specific symptoms. Furthermore, many diseases and conditions can present in an atypical fashion that might be different from what is described in textbooks. Here is where the physician's analytical reasoning comes into play to rule out life-threatening conditions and build a solid differential diagnosis.'
Labaki, a magna cum laude grad, said the critical thinking skills learned at Wabash are ideal for a career in medicine. "The strong and broad liberal arts education I received at Wabash helped me tremendously to overcome the challenges I faced during the pre-clinical and clinical years of medical school." The Lebanon native said. "My courses at Wabash taught me to never be satisfied of answering only the "what", "where" and "when" questions, but to always probe into the "why", "how" and "what if" scenarios."
For Rogers, it's gratifying to watch Wabash men graduate well prepared not just for the new MCAT but to become physicians who can make a difference in society.
"I frequently think to myself, 'I'm glad I know this man, because some day, if I ever need a [fill in the blank for appropriate specialist], I will know whom to consult,' she said. "And when I think this, it's not just because they scored well on their MCAT. It's because I see in that man leadership, flexibility, and humanistic qualities that I want in my physician. In short, these are men that live up to the Wabash mission statement."
The MCAT has been updated periodically since its inception in 1928. The new test will take 6.5 hours to complete compared to 4 hours previously. Approximately 75,000 students nationwide took the MCAT last year.


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I play different maps. My favorite right now is age of merchants. But this Doodle Earth isn't much. It looks like my sisiter drew it and it doesn't have many territories. It seems like anybody can make a map now, no matter how pointless it is. I counted the territories yesterday but I forget how many there are, 18? Come on!
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the.killing.44 wrote:Whyever would it need a revamp?!
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Audie Award Finalist, Solo Narration - Female, 2014
Joe Hill, the acclaimed, award-winning author of the New York Times best sellers Heart-Shaped Box and Horns, plunges you into the dark side of imagination with a thrilling novel of supernatural suspense that will have you flinching at shadows and checking the rearview mirror again and again....
Don't slow down
Victoria McQueen has an uncanny knack for finding things: a misplaced bracelet, a missing photograph, answers to unanswerable questions. When she rides her bicycle over the rickety old covered bridge in the woods near her house, she always emerges in the places she needs to be. Vic doesn't tell anyone about her unusual ability, because she knows no one will believe her. She has trouble understanding it herself.
Charles Talent Manx has a gift of his own. He likes to take children for rides in his 1938 Rolls-Royce Wraith with the vanity plate NOS4A2. In the Wraith, he and his innocent guests can slip out of the everyday world and onto hidden roads that lead to an astonishing playground of amusements he calls Christmasland. Mile by mile, the journey across the highway of Charlie's twisted imagination transforms his precious passengers, leaving them as terrifying and unstoppable as their benefactor.
And then comes the day when Vic goes looking for trouble...and finds her way, inevitably, to Charlie.
That was a lifetime ago. Now, the only kid ever to escape Charlie's unmitigated evil is all grown up and desperate to forget.
But Charlie Manx hasn't stopped thinking about the exceptional Victoria McQueen. On the road again, he won't slow down until he's taken his revenge. He's after something very special - something Vic can never replace.
As a life-and-death battle of wills builds her magic pitted against his - Vic McQueen prepares to destroy Charlie once and for all...or die trying....
Joe Hill's acclaimed works of fiction, Horns, Heart-Shaped Box, and 20th Century Ghosts, have already earned him international acclaim. With NOS4A2, this outstanding novelist - "one of America's finest horror writers" (Time magazine); "a major player in 21st-century fantastic fiction" (Washington Post) - crafts his finest work yet. Disturbing, mesmerizing, and full of twisting thrills, Hill's phantasmagoric, devilishly playful masterpiece is a terrifying high-octane ride.
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- Leslie
- 06/05/2013
Gripping performance by Kate Mulgrew....
I'm a visual designer. I listen to audiobooks throughout my day while I work. So, to me, a "good" audio book is one that keeps my interest even while I am not focused on it 100%.
Once I started this ride, I couldn't turn it off. I listeneded in the car, at the gym, and as I went to sleep. Stayed awake until 4am on the 3rd day- just to finish.
I have sampled ( and rejected) so many audiobooks that promise a "kick-a$$" heroine, but deliver a shrill and unconvincing performance by the narrator. Mulgrew was perfection! I believed every word as Vic, and her performance of Charlie Manx struck just the right creepy chords.
I'll look for more from Joe Hill. But I think my next purchase may be anything narrated by Mulgrew.
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- Jim "The Impatient"
- 05/05/2013
And Gold Doesn't Come Off
I usually don't rush out to buy the newest hot book to come out. I let those I am following read first before I chance my money. Having loved Heart Shaped Box and Horns, I knew I did not need to wait on someone else to tell me this would be good. In my humble opinion this is the best Joe Hill has written yet.
I am sure JH gets tired of being compared to his dad, but having recently read "IT" by Stephen King I can not resist. I mentioned in that review that even though King throws a lot weird stuff and mean monsters at you, it's all just cover, to introduce you to some great flawed characters that you fall in love with. Hill has lots of weird things and mean scary monsters, but he mostly builds characters. You are scared, not because of the monsters, but because you don't want anything bad to happen to the people you have fallen in love with. All though I am not sure that I like the fact that in the book "It" you learn to hate clowns and then Hill ruins Christmas in this novel.
The bad guy is described as a bald Keith Richards with big blue veins covering his bald head. You learn in this book that: The blood of a red headed woman is three degrees colder then a normal woman. A cop does not want to pin a murder on the Gingerbread Man, cause word on the street is "You can't catch the gingerbread man".
Warning: The main difference between Hill and King, is that Hill uses very foul language, a lot worse then his dad would think of and if you read Heart-Shaped Box then you know that Hill is fixated on Blow J@@s. I hate to sound chauvinistic, but the stuff that comes out of the mouths of the women in this book made me cringe. I grew up around foul language and have worked around over the road truck drivers most of my life. If you were alright with Heart-Shaped box then you will be okay with this. Like I said I loved both books.
I hate nepotism, so I am in the position to dislike this author, but the talent of Joe Hill can not be denied. I have all his books in First Edition and plan on collecting everything he writes.
Now if you are not tired of me gushing like a little girl, let me remark on the narrator. I am in total awe of Kate Mulgrew. If you have read the hardback, you still want to get this audio. Nobody could have done a better job. She even does male voices better then some males. I am hoping like Muller and King were, so will be the team of Hill and Mulgrew. I don't know what they paid her but it was not enough.
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- Jacqueline
- 04/05/2013
Finish to Start Excellent is Novel This
When you read this novel, it will become clear why my headline is written as it is.
NOS4A2 is a story you won't want to miss. Well written, with a fresh, compelling storyline. A chilling start, and then it slows a little, but that is just necessary for information gathering, and character building--which all comes together with dizzying speed. I literally could not stop listening - everytime I put the ipod down to do something else, I couldn't wait to get back to it.
At times I completely forgot I wasn't listening to a Stephen King novel, but I guess it is only normal that his son would have picked up some of his style over the years. Joe Hill is an excellent author, as shown by his many publications so far. This one is my favorite.
Charlie Manx is a really bad man of 100+ years old, who loves Christmas, and claims he has to "save" children from bad parents by kidnapping them and taking them to his Christmas Land to live. Unfortunately, most of the parents are killed or maimed in the process, unless they are saved to be used for "fun" games by the children in Christmas Land. One of the children who Manx kidnapped, escapes. Known as Vic (Victoria), she was a scrappy, tough kid who had a knack for "finding" things that were lost -in a way that even she didn't understand. Her gift becomes more clear to her as she grows into the strong and determined adult who fights the evil Manx to protect those she loves. It's hard to write a review without divulging too much information, but I haven't given anything away here, as this is all information you get quite quickly.
This is the first novel I've listened to narrated by Kate Mulgrew--and what a talent. She has a real grasp on what each character should sound like, and puts her heart and soul into it. I will definitely check out other works by her.
I feel lucky that so many King horror stories seem to primarily take place in my state of Colorado (Misery, The Shining, the Stand, etc) as does this one. I can picture where all the action takes place, as they are loosely based on actual locations or structures, which makes them deliciously creepy to read.
A special treat at the end of this novel is Joe Hill speaking about his writing, some favorite authors, and a little about growing up in the King household. Very interesting.
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- Christopher Barnes
- 26/05/2013
D*mn near flawless
WOW! NOS4A2 puts Heart-Shaped Box to shame, no question. This is a phenomenal book made all the better by Kate Mulgrew's superb narration. We all know that a bad narrator can made an otherwise-great book unlistenable; believe me, no danger of that here! Mulgrew is pitch-perfect with every single character. Her interpretation of Manx in particular is skin-crawlingly good. I will certainly be purchasing any other projects to which she lends her vocal talents! Out of the 100+ audiobooks I've downloaded from Audible, I'd say I've had about a 50/50 success rate. Some have been sublime, others downright unlistenable. NOS4A2 definitely falls in the former category!
NOTE: This one starts off with a terrific bang then slows down for just a little bit to do some set-up. Don't be thrown off by the momentary lull---by the time you hit the two-hour-mark, things are revving up again and they never slow down for the rest of this incredible ride!
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- 6catz
- 05/05/2013
Terrific from beginning to end
What made the experience of listening to NOS4A2 the most enjoyable?
The wonderful characters and rich descriptions. And the "can't stop listening" level of suspense.
Any additional comments?
Very early on in this book I wondered "WOW, who the heck is this guy and why haven't I heard of him before? He could give Stephen King a solid run for his money" having no idea in the world that he was, in fact, a chip off the old King block until I looked him up online. As an author Joe Hill stands firmly on his own even though this acorn didn't fall far from the tree. Hill's style is in no way a lesser imitation of his fathers' work, although the writing is clearly influenced by it in all of the best possible ways. If you loved "It" or any of King's best, you really must read this one. Personally I can't wait to read more of his work.
Also: be sure to listen right through the credits where Hill sneaks in a creepy little plot epilogue, followed by an interesting author's commentary on audiobooks, the wonderful Kate Mulgrew, and his experience of growing up in a family of writers.
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- Dawnde W.
- 31/12/2017
Am I crazy?
Man, when I saw the reviews of this book I was super excited. The reviews are what got me to stick with it.... until with 5 hours left, I simply couldn't take it anymore. It just goes on and on and on. I hated the narrator. I didn't like the characters. The story could have been 8 hours if he had just left out all of the stuff that Just didn't matter. Every time I stopped listening, I actually had to give myself a pep talk to start up again. Then cringe my way through the 5 minutes it took to get used to the narrator's voice. After listening for over 10 hours, I was going to just skip to the last half hour so I could at least know what happened. So I did... but once she started in with Lou's voice... I just turned it off. It just wasn't worth listening to that terrible narration for one more minute. Again.... for ALL of the praise given to Ms. Mulgrew, maybe it is me. I would suggest listening to the excerpt first, if it bothers you AT ALL don't do it. It only gets worse.
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- Paul
- 25/05/2013
A Great Story - Until The Wheels Came Off
I enjoyed the opening sections of this work. The author did a good job setting up the plot and outlining the characters and their respective roles in the action. As the story lumbered on, however, it seemed as if Mr. Hill had no idea where he was taking this tale when he first put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard) in Chapter 1. As Mr. Hill lost his compass heading, the story line unraveled under the weight of a poorly organized work of fiction. A good story has a beginning, a middle and an end; Mr. Hill's work was just endless middle.
The characters were the saving grace of this book, more due to the excellent performance of Ms.Kate Mulgrew than creative portrayals by Mr. Hill. I've not yet been inclined in my 10-year membership to listen to other works based on the performance of the reader alone. For Ms. Mulgrew, I plan to make an exception and will soon look to see what else she has done. She did a great job.
My advice: Save your money and look for Kate Mulgrew to read something else.
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- Mel
- 03/05/2013
I'm Dreaming of a Fright Christmas
"You better watch out, you better not pout...Charlie Manx is coming 2 town." Don't be surprised if this coming Christmas, when the snowflakes start to fall, the colored lights brighten the night, and Christmas songs tinkle from every speaker everywhere, you find yourself reluctant to trim the tree, refusing to let your children sit on Santa's lap, acting horrified when the kids want to build a snowman, and definitely throwing your Christmas CD's through the air like clay pigeons. Halloween will become the new jolly holiday, jumping next to New Year's Eve, because Joe Hill obliterates everything warm and cozy about the holiday no-longer-to-be-mentioned, including the once delicious homey smell of gingerbread, and choirs of *angelic* children singing carols....it's giving me bad goose bumps just thinking about their innocent toothy-smiling faces.
I have always said that a good scary book is my favorite guilty pleasure, and what I think is one of the hardest kinds of book to find...Merry Christmas to me...I found one, (but almost ruined Christmas in the process)! Hill has a jolly time here, visions of psychologically damaged children grown-up, bearing the weight of their injustices, acting on the misdeeds hard-wired into their little heads. Victoria McQueen (Vic the Brat) we meet during her troubled childhood. On her beloved banana seated bike, she can escape her quarreling parents, or just get away to another world by crossing a magical bridge that she can imagine, or conjure. It takes her to her *inscape*, a place where she finds things that are lost, or where she can stay lost, but a toll is taken out of her, no free ride. She grows into a tattooed, bad-ass, motor cycle mama that's not so good at the mama part to her son, Bruce Wayne -- haunted through the years by her memories of a specific trip across that bridge where she met Charlie Manx -- the Grinch's mean and ugly older brother.
Charlie Manx is no Nosferatu, sucking the blood from his victims; he is more like part Transformer, part chi-vampire, part Mr. Burns as a giant gangly giggly mortician that drives a vintage Rolls Royce Wraith that is connected to him psychically--and he/the Wraith is powered by the goodness and joy of children. He is aided by a demonic, sadistic oaf of an elf, the gas-mask wearing (literally Mo-Fo'er) Mr. Bing Partridge, and his ever present canister of gingerbread-scented sevoflurane (that gas that puts you out on the operating table while you count backwards from 100...and get to 96). The very naughty team do away with the pesky parents, then whisk the cherubic children off to Christmasland, where there are no rules, everyday is Christmas, and no parent can tell them what to do. Christmasland is Charlie Manx's inscape--his off the map destination to keep his hoard of children and stay away from people that want to stop his murderous ways.
Bing is a character that will be remembered (and dismembered?). Belittled and badgered one time too many by his cruel parents, he puts them to sleep for good, and takes over his dad's collection of porn. He is oafish and slow, and fond of childish demented rhyming. Charlie Manx was nagged by a wife that felt he was never good enough, and claimed he was *sucking the life out of his daughters,* (now residents of Christmas land themselves...so what exactly happened to Mrs. Manx?..). There is lots of fun here, so much so that it is hard to look at this as just horror--can we say delicious horror? The puns, the metonymy, the tropes, the references to King's books (Salem's Lot, Christine, It, etc., the movie Psycho? The White Christmas song crooner? Batman? Maxwell's Silver Hammer?...) could make this a great ghoulish game of Bingo, or even better, a wild drinking game..."I found Pennywise!!" down the hatch...
Downside, I'd have to put Kate Mulgrew on the naughty list, her over exuberance did mellow, but jeez, it was painful in the beginning, and I think she herself mixed up the voice of whom was whom. Did an obsessively nagging wife turn Charlie into an energy-sucking fiend, did Santa miss him the year he wished for a puppy to dissect, or what is his black-back story, and how did he hook up with the Wraith? Some etiology or info would have been helpful to understanding his motivation. But then, I guess a monster's motivation is...he's a monster!
There's so much more I'd like to say (oh, the kiddies at Christmasland!) but I don't want to give away even one eye-popping detail. More like a 3.5 star, but like I always say, it's a hard genre to get a good book out of, and this was a lot of creepy scary fun. It could have been whittled down a couple of hours-but the time didn't bother me because I didn't want my trip to Christmasland to be over. Only my second book by the genetically gifted Joe Hill, I had read Heart Shaped Box, but I found this one the better package under the tree! If you are a fan of the genre, get out a tally sheet, or line up a couple of six packs, and definitely download, but remember, when your family is crying because you won't make a snowman with them -- I warned you...NOS4A2 is COMN4U.
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- Ninjachinchin
- 02/05/2013
If you have the right 'equipment' you can travel imaginary roads and experience supernatural wonders...but you must pay the price.
This is a good horror story (strike that)...This is a REALLY GOOD horror story and Stephen King should be proud of his son who is most definitely a chip off the old block. At the start the listener/reader is enticed by the creepy title hinting at vampires, blood and gore but this is not precisely the case. The listener/reader is introduced to Charles Manx, an old man of +110 years, whose peculiarity is to be alive. After spending almost a decade in a coma and after being officially declared as dead, Charlie 'wakes up'. This unnerving scene is the first of many. We learn that Charlie drives a 1938 Rolls Royce Wraith…that is also 'alive'. He and his minion (Bing) go looking for kids that are 'brutalized', taking them to Christmasland…a place where all the kids are happy and never want to leave. We also meet Victoria 'Vic' McQueen (also the 'Brat') who is the strong, complicated and far from flawless heroine. She discovers she has a rather special power as she is able to transport herself to different physical locations by pedaling her bike (her Raleigh Tuff Burner) and riding through a covered bridge. She can find lost things but is 'costs' her. Sometimes the things she finds are tangible, like her mother's bracelet a lost picture, etc. but sometimes she encounters things that are less tangible; such as her meeting with a stuttering librarian (Maggie) and Maggie's special scrabble letters. It's when Vic goes looking for trouble that her story gets entangled with that of the malevolent and uniquely nasty villain, Charlie.
This supernatural suspense story is fused with well-developed characters that are complex in their own ways and the plot is interesting and moves quickly. Whilst being edgy, dark, scary and at times uncomfortable, the novel is also a book about family and the contentious relationships that exist between parents/children and husbands/wives. There are numerous scenes and characters that are memorable but of course Vic and Charlie are particularly unforgettable. NOS4A2 kept me up at night because I just could not stop listening. I definitely recommend this to any horror or suspense loving fan and to all who are on the hunt for a truly spellbinding listen.
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- PlantCrone
- 11/05/2013
Don't fall asleep to this listen-You been warned!
Joe Hill really writes an awful (in a good way) novel..this was ucky creepy and I'm still thinking about it a week and another good listen later. It was truly not a fun listen and really got to me but I still am glad I listened. Made to be listened to rather than read, Kate Mulgrew of Star Trek "Voyager" fame shows her narrating ability in Hills' iconic horror novel..she has a flexible voice that can do many registers from high to low and displays an excellent ability to put the creep into creepy. Don't fall asleep to this novel..it will bring on BAD dreams......garenteed!
This is the kind of plot that makes the horror genre honk its horn in excitement. While there are some reminiscent scenes similar to Hills more famous dad's iconic novel "Christine", Joe Hill doesn't stand on literary parents productivity with this example of his work.
This book may wreck Christmas for some of you..I'm glad I listened to it in the spring as I don't want to hear "Holly Jolly Christmas" for a long time.
I'm quite serious about listening to it while falling asleep. I did and my brain was full of the monstrosity of the Rolls "Wraith" trapping ME and taking me for a ride while I slept.
I need to find a NICE book to listen to while I fall asleep I guess.
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- Frau M.
- 11/05/2019
Absolut hervorragend!
Das zweite Buch von Joe Hill, das ich gelesen von Kate Mulgrew gehört habe. Und was soll ich sagen? Die beiden sind in dream team!
Joe Hill schreibt hervorragend, kombiniert den subtilen Horror, für den sin Vater berühmt ist mit der liebevollen und positiven Einstellung von Becky Chambers. Und Kate Mulgrew liest absolut umwerfend, tut unglaubliche Dinge mit ihrer wundervollen Stimme und hat jeden Charakter auf den Punkt.
Höchste Empfehlung und ich hoffe auch mehr audiobooks in dieser Kombination ..


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July 15, 2008
By Paul Feinberg
There was a time when some of your most important business meetings took place after a round of golf at the country club, while quaffing Cosmopolitans and club sandwiches at the 19th Green. Forget the office; the club was where the real deals went down.
But, times change. Nowadays, a couple of duffers who met in b-school can set a deal in motion while three-putting their way around some beaten up public course. At least, that's the way it went down for Maneesh Goyal ('06) and classmate Dan Henderson ('06), when a chance conversation led to Goyal's company, Miramar Venture Partners, funding Henderson's firm Fastsoft, Inc.
Henderson the entrepreneur met Goyal the venture capitalist at UCLA Anderson. They became friends, taking many of the same courses and working on the same Applied Management Research (AMR) team. As AMR teammates, they (along with two other classmates) chose the Business Creation Option (BCO), creating an Internet video company that was the first to receive funding from Anderson, as both the Center for International Business Research (CIBER) and the Harold and Pauline Price Center for Entrepreneurial Studies invested.
They also took up golf together.
"Maneesh and I both started learning golf while at Anderson," Henderson said. "We played a bunch together badly at first, then we got to the point where (maybe) we were okay." After graduation, the pair went their separate ways, keeping in touch with an occasional round.
Sitting with Henderson and Goyal in a Pasadena Starbucks not far from Fastsoft's corporate home, it's clear the two have developed a close, trusting relationship. They pick up on one another's stories, adding details, occasionally finishing each other's thoughts. It's Henderson who politely interrupts an interviewer's question to point out that Goyal was a Kaufman Fellowship finalist and a Venture Fellow at Anderson.
After Anderson, Henderson went looking for a position with an early stage technology company -- "That's my world, that's what I do and love" -- and in the fall after graduation he landed a vice-president's position with Fastsoft. At the time, the company was basically just the two Cal Tech scientists who founded the company, a couple of engineers and an admin. Henderson was the first "business person" to join the company and he considered it a perfect opportunity.
Fastsoft's proprietary technology allows companies to accelerate the transfer of video and other large files out into the world. Their customers are companies in media and entertainment. Disney, Technicolor and ESPN are among their first clients. Fastsoft is not the only technology to enable faster file transfer, but they are the only company in a crowded field that does not require both the sender and receiver to use the technology. With Fastsoft, only the sender needs to be a client, anyone with a computer on the other end can receive the benefit of faster downloads.
While Henderson was getting started at Fastsoft, Goyal was considering positions with VC firms, eventually landing a position at Miramar. "We're a traditional venture capital firm," Goyal said. "We invest in early stage companies, typically product companies in technology ... broadly speaking, (it's) software and hardware."
It was a cold and blustery day in January 2007 that the pair found themselves on the course. They suspect Goyal was winning, crediting the extra month or so it took him to find his post-Anderson job.
"We were just comparing notes, asking each other 'how is your job going,'" Henderson said. "And I said, 'We're really looking to raise some venture capital.' And I told him a bit more about the company and as I recall he said, 'You know, why aren't you talking to us? We do very early stage technology (companies.)"
"After we left, I just said 'Dan, send me over a standard pitch deck.' And he sent that over and I handed it over to one of our partners, telling him that it was a company I knew about and asking if he was interested in talking to them," said Goyal. "We predominantly invest in Southern California so it was really in our wheelhouse in terms of technology, stage, location ... and one of the partners agreed to take a look."
Miramar looked and liked what they saw. Fastsoft's technology had made a huge splash in the scientific and research realm prior to forming the company and set records at the Supercomputing Bandwidth Challenge four years running. The intellectual property, a key point for Miramar, is owned by Caltech, whose prestige in the community offered the desired defensibility of the product in both the scientific and business communities.
They must have seen the business potential, as it goes without saying that a VC firm doesn't do a deal because a couple of b-school buddies had a conversation. After the initial meeting, Goyal continued to provide research and diligence support. "What I did do was vouch for Dan, in terms of management," Goyal said. "Dan was the business guy there so I said, 'He's somebody I trust.' That counts for something and removes some risk."
"In terms of our personal relationship, you are absolutely right, it wasn't a deal because we knew each other," Henderson confirmed. "But (our relationship), at least from my perspective, it oiled it. When we were going through the due diligence and doing the specs, because Maneesh and I worked together and had developed a working relationship, it was very easy for us to communicate back and forth. So, I felt that the diligence went fairly quickly (as a result)."
Ultimately, Fastsoft raised 4.3 million dollars in Series A money. Roughly half was from angel investors and the rest from Miramar. Henderson reports that 2007 was a very good year for the company in terms of revenue and they are now back on the road looking for Series B funding. Miramar supports Fastsoft, introducing them to potential customers and helping them find appropriate personnel to staff the growing company. Goyal continues to work at Miramar supporting portfolio companies, identifying growth drivers and evaluating prospective investment opportunities.
For his part, Henderson describes his role as "the company evangelist." He says, "There are two functions to my role. One is the strategic side and one is the tactical side. On the strategic side, I work with the founders to set the company direction, figuring out what markets we're going after and why. On the tactical side, I (strive) to get the word out, working on the message and value proposition. Wherever I go, whether it's a trade show or a golf tournament, I'm always telling people, 'Hey, this is what my company does.'"


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- September 23, 2007 at 4:22 PM
Hmmm.. I'm glad you seperated your images, so I can love your bent objects with simple naive affection and then visit your really bent objects for a spot of fun and naughtiness - good to keep these things segregated sometimes.
Oh and Aussies know what teabagging is - or at least this Aussie knew anyways.
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Hi there,
Another hit! I was actually wondering if it would be okay to use this image for a blog post of my own (obviously with a photo/artist credit and a link back to this or your other blog). I am doing a post on shapes entitled "Apple? Pear? Bananas. I was wroking on it and your image popped into my head. Seems strangeley appropriate.
The blog is http://fatandfeminineintoronto.blogspot.com
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- October 10, 2007 at 6:06 PM
- Terry said...
Rachel- With a link, I don't mind at all.
- October 11, 2007 at 5:26 PM
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great, thanks. I wanted to be sure it was okay first. Link to here or to the main blog?
- October 11, 2007 at 9:34 PM
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here you go, complete with links backs to both sites. Thanks so much. The picture was just strangely appropriate!
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The top is finished in orange metalflake with Sunset Pearl scallops, 'striped in white. The look is enhanced by leaving the yellow basecoat around the pillars and edge of the roof, instead of covering the whole top with a second color. As a final touch, pinstriper Ron Beam stepped in and added some decorative details to the nose, deck, and C-pillars, saving enough in his brush to add some 'striping to the dash. The orange is carried over onto the 15-inch steel rims, to which Chris added polished Packard hubcaps with Moon center caps.
The days before the Hot August nights event included some 10- and 12-hour shifts in Chris' shop to make sure the car was perfect and ready to go. When it was, he jumped in and drove it to the show. now, Chris and his wife, Bette, go for rides weekly, sometimes around Bakersfield, sometimes on long trips. Chris' dream, remember, was "to build a 'sled that could drive anywhere and look cool." The 400-mile inaugural road trip to Reno in the just-finished Merc, and the 400-mile trip home with an award for Best Paint were just the beginning of that dream coming true.


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For a devotion years ago, here is how I worded Matthew 5:3-13.
"Deliver those who are being taken away to death,
and those who are staggering to slaughter, oh hold them back," Proverbs 24:11.
I was walking down the hall to my office when I heard someone call my name. I turned and saw a young couple coming quickly toward me. As they came closer, I recognized them.
Something I write about, from time to time, is how the Bible is a book of oneness.
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Lipscomb University golf coach Buddy Harston won the 2009 City of Crossville State Team Championship over the weekend at Lake Tansi Country Club.
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The analysts initiating sector coverage over the last several weeks include Andrew Cash, Amit Hazan, Will Stein, and Eric Wasserstrom. Additionally, John Boris and Pamela Quintiliano joined the firm in early 2013.
Mr. Boris recently joined STRH as a Managing Director and will be covering major, specialty and generic pharmaceuticals. His pharmaceutical industry experience spans more than 27 years, including the last 15 years as a cited equity research analyst at institutions including Citi, Bear Stearns, Bank of Montreal, Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley. Mr. Boris has ranked #2 in the Institutional Investor All-America Research Team and #1 in the Hedge Fund poll in Major Pharmaceuticals.
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Mr. Stein recently began covering the semiconductor industry as a Managing Director. He joined STRH last year from Credit Suisse where he covered the electronics supply chain sector. While there, he earned Institutional Investor All-America Research Team recognition as well as a #1 ranking in his sector in the Greenwich poll. Prior to that, Mr. Stein held various executive roles in the electronic components industry. Earlier in his career, Mr. Stein covered enterprise software companies at Smith Barney.
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The Washington, D.C., university will announce the launch of its new School of Business and Economics on Tuesday, infusing an education in strategy, accounting and marketing with instruction in morals, character and religious values.
Created in response to rising demand for business education, the program's virtues-based approach hinges on the idea that business is meant to foment social good and not just financial success; that's a departure from a traditional business education, which focuses mainly on how to maximize profits.
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It is hard to measure whether any business school, secular or religious, successfully instills a moral compass in its students. While institutions can count the CEOs or millionaires in their alumni ranks, there are few metrics for determining graduates' ethical acumen.
Mr. Abela admits he doesn't have proof that Catholic's approach will work better than the ones found at other schools. However, he says, "at least we are attempting to deal with the root cause" of ethical lapses.
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I've typed this article up on an Apple laptop - and had to google to find out how to type the hash symbol. How lame is that? Jobs had some strange ideas about what people use - what was it with Java support in the iPhone/iPad default browser? Noone uses Java? What a load of rubbish.
Anyhow, it has been some time since I posted here on this subject (i.e. my far too big collection of games that I will never get around to playing to the level of commitment that the games probably deserve) and here are two I've been putting some time into recently and keep going back to - Gunbird 2 and Raiden III.
My last post in this blog was about a shmup (Darius Gaiden) and I make no apologies for following up with another two - because I'm going to rant a little bit about high scores again. Look at Darius Gaiden on the Sega Saturn - a lovely game that is tarnished because it doesn't save high scores (boo!)- taking a big chunk out of the reason to own it which is a crying shame as its an excellent shooter with a lot going for it. But a shmup with no high score is bordering on pointless. Gunbird 2 and Raiden III both do it right - though the OCD part of me thinks that Gunbird 2 could have gone a bit further with how it supports high scores.
Gunbird 2 saves high scores (hooray!) but it saves separate tables for the different difficulty levels (double hooray!); as does Raiden III. Gunbird 2 adds 1pt onto your score when you continue. I'm glad it shows a score as one that involves using continues but I'd rather it copy Raiden III which lets you continue but before resetting your score it auto enters it on the table with the name =C= - so you get to save the score but you are denied the pleasure of having your name against it - a pretty good compromise. Gunbird 2 should really have a separate table for each character too as they play really differently. However the game compromises by showing which character you used on the high score table.
Gunbird 2 still gets attention in shmupping circles such as shmups.com and with good reason. It has loads of replay value - one of the reasons being the opportunity to build large scores by chaining coins left behind by enemies. Such chains are made by grabbing coins only while they glint - so making for quite a challenge to keep chains going as you have to time when you pick up a coin to coincide with the little glint animation. I'm nowhere near good enough to even think about this - the game is murderously tough and I've heard the second loop, accessible by 1CCing the game at easy level or above, is legendary for its difficulty even among the hard core. I've only been able to 1CC the game at its lowest difficulty (several notches below easy!) so it will be some time until I see the 2nd loop.
You have several weapons at your disposal; each differing greatly between characters. One is used for close quarter kills that have greater power but are high risk because you need to get in close to enemies to use them, while another is activated by holding down the fire button for a couple of seconds - another risky undertaking.
I'm using the Dreamcast's arcade stick which is a delight - responsive and clicky - it really adds to the game and makes it feel like the arcade at home. For PAL people Gunbird 2 has a 60Hz option but unfortunately isn't compatible with the VGA box. You can force the game into VGA mode by using a boot disc but it will glitch which is a pity as I recently picked up a rotatable monitor which would have taken full advantage of the TATE mode that the game also offers.
Raiden III on PS2 also offers TATE and 60Hz - a big deal for those of us in PAL land but it tends to not get as much attention in shmupping circles. Its quite old-school - there isn't much to the scoring scheme - but it's pretty tough as well and has a some extra modes like a boss rush and a very odd double mode that lets you control two ships with one controller - i'm unlikely to get anywhere with that.
Raiden III also lets you record and playback your games which is nice to have - but what really makes that feature is the fact that there is an expert play through to watch which is quite eye-opening. Raiden III serves high score support very well - all modes and difficulty levels have their own tables and it's a comfort to see that developers care about things like that. Raiden III even has a score attack mode that saves different tables for each level - excellent. I understand the PAL version is quite rare so it might be hard to pick up in Europe if you aren't importing.
Both games support 2 player simultaneous modes which is always very welcome.....and Gunbird 2 has an unusual mode that lets you pick 2 characters in one player mode so that you see the very odd little cut scenes between levels that tell what passes for a story for 2 characters - so I guess completists who are into this will get a kick out of that. In this mode you change character after each life loss so it introduces some variety into things and I don't recall seeing this in any other shmup.
Both these games come over as bit generic on first inspection but they reveal their charms after a couple of games - particularly Gunbird 2 which really is a class act. I recommend both of these but I'd be prepared for a challenge - especially if you are going to play them right and avoid continuing too often - as they are both pretty tough. They both have several difficulty levels though so they can be tamed quite a bit and if you are looking to get into shmups then I could think of far worse places to start.
STOP PRESS: Good old Bill L has been kind enough to stick my jabber on the AA front page and has even gone to the effort to pasting an image in. Not sure if the image he selected was purposeful - but the character in that image - Morrigan from Capcom's Darkstalkers 2D fighting series - is an exclusive character in the Dreamcast version of Gunbird 2 - another nice little extra that Capcom threw in. They provided sterling support for the old DC with a decent selection of 2D fighters too - I may well cover these in my next posting.
I'm curious what you and Mark think would be the best shmup for a noob. Great post!
Noob- none of the ones he is talking about above :) I would start on something that inst a Bullet Hell one.. but something can be said for jumping into the deep end of the pool first.. sink or swim. As Im not that great at um, but love to play um my opinion is not from a good player. I grew up with the classics, 1942 (and all the clones/copies/remakes) Tiger Heli, Flying Shark..
If it was me I would start with some easier ones Raiden, Twin Cobra, even 1942 or 1943.. most the bullet hell ones require you to decide the path of least Damage along with trying to shoot enemies so you can power up.. the early games where far simpler in you could pretty much hammer the fire button, you could focus on avoiding shots and less on enemies. MOST (not all) if you hung onto bombs would let you deal with Boss fights easier as a few bombs would do 75% on a boss so you just had to do clean up.. New games don't let you avoid bullets, you have to eat some.. there are simply to many.. then they expand on that buy dropping hundreds of "points" in coins, stars or other flashy stuff, weapons are no longer small bullets but huge streams of sprites, yet further covering the screen. They basically try to overwhelm your eyes with crap on the screen, which can often hide, or just simple y overwelm your view so bullets and damage is much easier to hit . the .. to take it a step farther they use colors.. and shield swaps.. need white shield to absorb white bullets... man they are FUN! if you can manage it.. I could 10 years ago.. i cant today..
there is a great satisfaction with snaking around a barrage, killing a boss and having a ship with max firepower.. BUT one place Shooters fail (in my eyes) is one mistake.. you still have 5-7 ships.. but 6 levels in the enemies are ramped up so much with that stone stock ship its almost impossible to ramp it up again.. Hence you are limited to a single life run.. If you die in a later stage and have to start stock.. its just to much. Which is one of the reasons i prefer the older game (Twin Cobra being my personal favorite common one)... dying 6 levels in .. i can still build up..
I too am interested in davy ideas on this.. he is far more a shooter lover then me..
here is my personal all time favorite
I agree with clock1966 in that a starter should look at an old school shmup first - Raiden III is quite old school and if you crank the difficulty way down it is quite approachable. Going for an earlier Raiden may be a better way to start though.
1942 is pretty approachable too but it's actually quite tough and the old-school visuals are a bit dull now (and the music is awful) so that can be a bit off-putting. 1943 would be a better one to start on.
There is the whole horizontal and vertical shmup question too - hori shmups are easier to get into - Gradius V is brilliant - if again very tough - even on the lowest setting - but it's so good it demands to be played. I'd avoid the earlier Gradius games - they are really tough and suffer from the power-down on life loss problem. The Parodius series are parody Gradius games and they avoid quite a few of the Gradius problems (though Parodius 1 doesn't - go for the 2nd or 3rd in the series).
Good shmups deal with the problem of power down on life loss by leaving power ups lying around when your ship gets blasted - Raiden and Gradius V both do this. Gradius V leaves your options on-screen when you lose a life so that they can be picked up straight away. This means these games don't have restart points - when you lose a life you keep playing instead of being moved back to the last checkpoint. Avoid shmups with restart points - they will only increase frustration. It may be worthwhile checking out shmups from the 16bit era with no restart points - Super Aleste on SNES or Thunderforce IV on Megadrive for example would probably get you off to a good start - and they will be easy to get hold of via emulation.
MAME is your friend though - and there is a special build of MAME (google shmup MAME) that is optimised for shmups.
One thing I will say though is if a noob - set the difficulty level down as far as you can - these games cater for people with inhuman skills so to make them approachable and enjoyable you have to crank it down - you can always move back up if you get into them.
I quite liked a few of the Amiga SHMUPS that are quite playable for noobs. "Hybris" and "Battle Squadron" came (I think) with one of the editions of the "Amiga Forever" emulation package, and I quite enjoyed these back in the day. Even though they are by the same company, I think the older "Hybris" was actually more fun than "Battle Squadron," although both are great games.
"Project X - Special Edition (AGA)" was an excellent horizontal SHMUP, and perhaps the most beautiful one to be released for the Amiga.
A current "modern" SHMUP that is quite good, yet somewhat old-school and playable by noobs like me, is the indie game "Jamestown." It's available on Steam, and it also came with one of the Humble Bundle deals. It has versions for Windows, Mac, and Linux. It's reminiscent of "Battle Squadron," but it's borderline "bullet hell," but still playable for old fogeys like me. It has great old-school 2D graphics, an actually intriguing premise, and many upgrades and unlocks. I recommend it.
Battle Squadron was one of my absolute favorites back when I had my Amiga. It wasn't nearly as frenetic as the modern bullet-hell schmups, but had plenty of tricky sections in the "inner core" levels. I also much preferred its control scheme of a mouse, and the tracking it had.
The best part of it was being able to play side-by-side with a friend to tag-team levels. Just plug in a 2nd mouse and off we went.
If you have the Amiga Forever package, I'd suggest trying the game.
Aaahhhh... nostalgia-gasm.....
If you have the Amiga Forever package, I'd suggest trying the game.
I played "Battle Squadron" via "Amiga Forever" not too long ago, but.... I wasn't feeling it. It was a great game when I first experienced it. But nowadays, the fact that it's NOT a bullet hell shooter makes it look a bit pedestrian. Maybe it's because I played it so much that it's too familiar to the point of being "old hat."
Also, I think it was a bit glitchy on the "Amiga Forever" package, although I could be mistaken. Still, Battle Squadron is a great game for those who haven't played it!
Just had another thought about a good shmup to start with = Layer Section aka Galactic Attack is one of the best examples of the old school shmup. The Saturn got a great port and I guess MAME will let you try it too.
The sequel isn't so hot - stick with the first one.


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I just came from an interview in which they asked me several questions about programming and problem solving. Regarding the programming questions, I asked them to let me Google so I can see the code (I quoted that logic is the thing to learn, not the language). At the end of the interview they told me that my skills very good but what would I do if Google has been blocked around our country(It can happen in Pakistan, Youtube is yet blocked). Is it really that a programmer should know the code too?


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Information for family historians worldwide, including Australia, UK, Ireland, USA, Canada, New Zealand, Europe, South Africa etc. There are also links to my locality-specific genealogy blogs. Explore all the options in the tabs below, in the sidebar and at the bottom of the page, and on my main Web site.
08 January 2012
Blogs (52 Weeks of Abundant Genealogy, Week 1)
Week 1 - Blogs. Blogging is a great way for genealogists to share information with family members, potential cousins and each other. For which blog are you most thankful? What is special about the blog and why should others read it?
For blogs, the word 'abundant' is an understatement. The Genealogy Blog Roll lists over 2,000 genealogy blogs, with more being added each week. In addition to genealogy blogs, I also look for those about the history of places, occupations, health, education, religion, clothing, food and so on. To understand our ancestors, we need to study them in the context of local, national and world history.
I follow many of the blogs recommended by others this week, but I want to highlight two that receive less attention than they deserve.
Sassy Jane Genealogy:
Practical advice from Nancy Loe, a family historian who is also a librarian and archivist, includes 'Five Simple Things You Can Do Today to Preserve Your Family Papers', 'Step Away from the Laminator!' and 'Planning a Genealogical Research Trip'. Nancy's e-book, Sassy Jane's Guide to Organizing Your Genealogical Research Using Archival Principles, is also very helpful.
London Roots Research:
Rosemary Morgan shares information and tips on research in the Greater London area in England. My favourite posts in London Roots Research include 'London Parish Records Uncovered' (parts 1 & 2), 'A Place in the Sun - using Fire Insurance Records for London Genealogy Research', 'New FamilySearch - Some Tips for UK Genealogists' and 'Spotlight On: The Parish of St George The Martyr, Southwark'.
I learn so much by reading blogs, and I appreciate the time and effort that goes into writing them. On a personal note, I would also like to thank Pauleen Cass for mentioning my blogs in her post Blogs to Inspire.
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This is my contribution to 52 Weeks of Abundant Genealogy - Week 1. Each week's topic will be listed on Geneabloggers.
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Thank you for participating in the Abundant Genealogy Series, Judy. I hope you enjoy it.ReplyDelete
Thanks, Amy. I'm sure it will be lots of fun. When I have time I also want to write about more of the topics you suggested in the 2009, 2010 and 2011 series.ReplyDelete
- Jennifer Jones08 January, 2012
Thanks Judy for pointing out these lesser known blogs. Will check them out. Looking forward to following your 52 weeks postsReplyDelete
Jen, I'm off to a flying start, as my Week-2 post has been published already! It refers to freebies and discounts that expire at midnight (GMT) on Monday 9th (so Tuesday morning in Australia).ReplyDelete
Thanks for these tips Judy. I love the look of Sassy Jane's blog and bought her e-book!ReplyDelete
Alex, I'm so pleased that you found my recommendation helpful.ReplyDelete
I too like London Roots Research but I haven't seen Sassy Jane Genealogy...off to have a look.ReplyDelete
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Kanye West is calling Kim Kardashian his true love. And the only reason the rapper made appearances on her reality show "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" is strictly because of how he feels about his girlfriend.
"Oh, that's just all for love. It's simply that," the "I Am a God" rapper told W magazine. "At a certain point, or always, love is more important than any branding or any set of cool people, or attempting to impress anyone. Because true love is just the way you feel. ... Thoughts and feelings can disagree sometimes."
So are we to believe that the Grammy-winning rapper, who is constantly defining and redefining hip-hop, doesn't agree with her further showcasing her life?
West, 36, and Kardashian, 32, welcomed their baby girl North (yes, as in North West) on June 15. Kardashian's pregnancy was chronicled on her E! shows and in tabloids as soon as they made the announcement last December and was amplified by her then-pending divorce from NBA player Kris Humphries.
During the pregnancy, West was accused of cheating on his girlfriend and appeared absent and aloof, holing himself up in Paris to work on his newly released album "Yeezus" and to continue to learn the aesthetics of the city, the mag said. The flippant rapper's appearances on Kardashian's shows were minimal or would simply occur by way of speakerphone.
However, in earlier seasons, West was seen gleefully cleaning out his girlfriend's over-the-top closet -- a move that has steered the Kardashian Kollection designer toward higher-end brands and has further fueled rumors that he's been controlling her.
But Yeezy tells the mag that he hasn't been the mastermind behind Kardashian's high-end wardrobe choices, which have earned her both praise and panning.
"Nobody can tell my girl what to do," he said. "She just needed to be given some platforms of information to work from."
Platforms of information he suggested. Mind you, this is the same guy who interned at Fendi for four months in order to soak up the wealth of knowledge the brand had to offer before launching his own fashion line.
"For her to take that risk in front of the world, it just shows you how much she loves me. And how much she actually loves the opportunity to learn," West added. "You got, like, a million companies saying, 'This is impacting your brand! This is impacting your fans! And blah blah blah.' But she still sees this light of beauty," he said.
"One beautiful thing is that as she discovers it, the world discovers it," he added, noting that Kardashian's wardrobe is frequently photographed. You don't say ...
The couple are working on making their newly purchased 9,000-square-foot mansion in a gated commuity kid-friendly. And new reports are saying the pair have warmly taken to parenthood.
"They are splitting duties," a family source told E! News. "Kanye is so hands-on. He's changing diapers."
"Kim always feared having a baby. She thought it would be so hard, but it's all coming so naturally to her," the source added. "Even [Kim's sister] Kourtney Kardashian, who thought it would be challenging, is shocked how well Kim is transitioning. She's loving motherhood and all her fears have gone away."
Perhaps they're using this as just another another platform of information? Speaking of which -- here are a few other Kanye-isms from the interview:
On why he moved to Paris: "In Paris, you're as far as possible from the land of pleasant smiles," West said of why he set up his studio in the French capital. "You can just trip on inspiration — there are so many people here who dedicate their lives to excellence."
On why he didn't release his sex tape: "For the most part, I'd rather people have one of those home videos than some of the paparazzi photos that get published," he said. "At least I recorded [it] myself. That tape couldn't have hurt me in any way if it came out — it could only have helped.
"Now, I just do exactly what I want, whenever I want, how ... I want," West added.
On purposely making his life more difficult: "I'm not comfortable with comfort," he said. "I'm only comfortable when I'm in a place where I'm constantly learning and growing."
On his narcissism: "On one end, I try to scale it back," he said. "Because I don't want to close any of the doors needed to create the best product possible. But my ego is my drug."
On why he wrote a track on "Yeezus" called "I Am a God," which coincidentally came to fruition because he wasn't allowed to attend a fashion show: "I made that song because I am a god," he laughed. "I don't think there's much more explanation. I'm not going to sit here and defend.... That ... is rock 'n' roll, man. That ... is rap music. I am a god. Now what?"
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The Harvard Crimson overpowered the Bulldogs at the Brady Squash Center, winning 7-2 in a contest that determined the Ivy League champion. The Cantabs jumped out to an early 4-0 lead after sweeping the even-numbered matches and did not look back, dropping only two matches to Yale's Julian Illingworth and Trevor Rees. The Elis will have a chance to avenge the loss in two weeks when they host the CSA Team Championships.
In the top position, Yale's Julian Illingworth, who is ranked second nationally, defeated No. 4 Will Broadbent in a 3-0 win in front of a standing-room only crowd at center court. Yale's other victory came from Trevor Rees' 3-0 defeat of Harvard's Andrew Pacelli.
On paper, the match looked to be extremely close, with Harvard having the edge in the even-numbered matches and the Bulldogs seeming stronger in the odd numbers. Yale hoped to grab some of the early even-numbered matches, but the Crimson came out to a 4-0 lead with victories in each one.
"They were strong at the even numbered matches, and we were hoping to get one or two," said Yale head coach Dave Talbott. "They were all over us today. They played very well, and there are no excuses. But it's disappointing."
Yale's Anshul Manchanda dropped his match at the No. 2 slot, falling 3-0 to Harvard's Siddharth Suchde. At No. 4, Gavin Cumberbatch jumped to an early 1-0 lead but surrendered the final three games to James Bullock, who won the match 3-1.
At the No. 6 and No. 8 positions, Asher Hochberg defeated Andrew Vinci and Isaac Whitman bested Terence Li. Vinci's loss was a hard-fought 3-2 match, while Li fell 3-0.
Going into the odd numbered matches down 4-0, the Elis needed a sweep to win the competition. But when captain Ryan Byrnes fell 3-0 at the No. 9 position, Harvard had clinched the win and the Ivy League crown.
In the rest of play, Josh Schwartz came back after dropping the first game to tie the match at a game apiece, and nearly took the lead in the third game. But he fell 3-1 to Ilan Oren in the tough match. Nick Chirls was defeated 3-0 at No. 5 by Mike Blumberg to seal the contest.
Despite losing out on the Ivy title they sought, Elis will have a chance to replay Harvard in two weeks when Yale hosts the CSA Team Championships.
report by Katie Baker '05, Yale Sports Publicity Department
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It may seem logical that if you price your home low, it will sell quickly. Some real estate agents believe everyone should price low.
The truth is, there are a lot of things to consider when pricing a home. And it helps sellers and buyers to understand clearly the factors that typically influence the asking and the actual selling price.
It's not an exact science
There's no exact science to pricing a home to sell. When working with a potential seller, the best an agent can do is provide them with a "range" of value. The range is based on timing, the competition and the most recent comparable sales (or "comps").
2 similar homes, 2 different prices
Unlike the local grocery store or big-box retailer, which set product prices based on such factors as inventory and past sales of the same product, every seller and every home is unique. In most cases, the seller has only one home to sell. Ultimately, the seller, who may or may not be as experienced as their agent or an active buyer in their local market, sets the selling price. So you could have two similar homes on the same block, yet there's a 10 percent price difference between them.
In Daly City, CA, not long ago, two single-family homes of similar designs and layout, and in a prime neighborhood, went on the market around the same time. Separately, the sellers' agents suggested that the value range of their homes was between $425,000 and $450,000. At that time, the market was strong, and inventory was low.
Seller A chose to list his home at $489,000, hoping a buyer would negotiate him down to a figure in the high end of the range. Seller B listed her home at $425,000, wanting a quick sale. She received multiple offers and sold her home quickly — at the top end of the range. Six weeks later, Seller A's property was sitting on the market … no offers.
The herd mentality
Why such different outcomes for essentially the same house? Answer: The herd mentality.
Buyers tend to flock to where other buyers are hovering. If three people seem serious about a property, then it must be a good value, location or both. Other potential buyers will likely become interested, too. In fact, the home will seem so desirable, or such a good value, to them that they'll compete for it, ultimately paying the top of the value range — or higher.
On the other hand, if they go to the open house of the overpriced home and don't see anyone there, they'll think there's something missing — or wrong. They don't want to be the only one at the party. They move on to another property or make a low offer, because they appear to be the only interested party.
Advice for sellers
The example of Seller B, who priced low and yet got top dollar, may seem to suggest that pricing low is indeed the way to go. But not so fast.
For one thing, it's not a good idea to market your home at a price you aren't willing to take. And in slower markets, it may make more sense to price at the higher end of the range so you don't leave money on the table. Is your home on a busy street, in a bad school district? Probably not worth the risk to price it low.
The point is, every seller and situation is different. You can't simply assume that in a strong market, if you price your home low, you'll receive multiple offers and it will sell for more than what you asked. The important thing is to work with an experienced local agent and to understand that, ultimately, the market will take the sale price where it needs to go.
Advice for buyers
If you've been in the market awhile, you likely have a good feel for values. If a price seems high, but there are still tons of people circling around, don't be afraid to go in with a full-price offer or even under asking. There have been hundreds of examples where it seems like there were going to be multiple offers. Then, on the "offer day" (the day the listing agent sets to review all offers), the seller gets zero bids. Or one offer comes in at the list price.
Look at overpriced homes that aren't getting any action. Some homes have languished on the market for six months with no offers. Then the seller makes a major price reduction and receives four offers, and the place ends up selling for more than the original list price. You want to be the one who makes an offer before the reduction.
Ultimately, look at the comps, talk to your agent, trust your gut and go in with your strongest, cleanest offer.