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MPAA Rating: PG-13
A working class lad (Freddie Prinze Jr.) from Cape Cod
aspires to becoming a major league baseball player, but has to compete with college
athletes who descend on his town every summer, playing for free and hoping they'll be
discovered by major league scouts. Pulled this way by his blue-collar local friends, and
that way by his wealthy teammates, he's also distracted when he falls in love with a rich
girl (Jessica Biel) whose father objects to their dating. All is resolved on the baseball
diamond. Also with Matthew Lillard, Fred Ward, Jason Gedrick, Brittany Murphy, Gabriel
Mann, Bruce Davison, Brian Dennehy, Zena Grey, Corey Pearson, Wilmer Valderrama and
Beverly D'Angelo. [2:03]
SEX/NUDITY 5 - A young woman dances over a young man lying down; she holds a
beer bottle between her knees and as she wiggles the beer pours into the young man's mouth
(we see a similar scene a few more times). A young couple in a sleeping bag are covered to
the shoulders (presumably after having had sex) and we see part of her bra; they talk
about exchanging underwear and the young man is shown running around in her thong exposing
his buttocks. A young man waits in bed (under sheets but presumably nude) for a woman; we
see the woman in fishnet stockings, a lace bra and panties (when she jumps on him we see
she's wearing a thong and see her buttocks). A woman is in bed in a lace bustier and
stockings and she talks to a young man about what she can do for him (sexually) and she
grabs a cucumber suggestively (we see this again during the credits). A young man and
woman kiss passionately and lie back on a blanket while caressing each other. A young man
and woman strip to their underwear (he's in boxers and she's in panties and a T-shirt) and
jump in a pool. Two young men are seen in thong underwear, one from the front and one from
behind. A young man strips on a beach to go skinny dipping; we see his bare chest and then
his bare behind briefly. A young man remarks about other men's behinds (in a non-sexual
context). A young man and woman flirt a few times, they kiss romantically many times, and
kiss passionately a couple of times. A young woman in a bikini walks around a pool as a
young man admires her. Young women are dressed in tight-fitting clothing (tube tops, tank
tops, mini skirts, etc.) throughout the film which expose cleavage, thighs and midriffs.
We see a young man take off his shirt to change and he is bare-chested, we see a
bare-chested young man mowing a lawn, and we see a young man in his boxer shorts. A young
man and woman hug affectionately. There are several sexual references and some sexual
innuendo: an older woman propositions a young man several times, a young man remarks about
having had sex with an older woman, a young woman asks a young man for her underwear back.
There are a few crotch adjustments on the baseball field.
VIOLENCE/GORE 2 - A building catches on fire with four people trapped inside
(they do escape uninjured). A bar fight breaks out and there's some shoving and verbal
threats. A ball player breaks a bat over his knee in anger. A batter gets hit in the back
with a wild pitch. A man threatens a young man's father with financial ruin. A ball player
jumps a fence to catch a ball and lands hard on the ground. Three young men (ball players)
spit on the ground (we assume they are chewing tobacco).
PROFANITY 5 - 1 F-word, 1 profane hand gesture, 12 scatological terms, 7
anatomical terms, 9 sexual references, 13 mild obscenities, 2 religious profanities, 5
religious exclamations. [profanity glossary]
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Last chances, failure, pride, the death of a mother,
jealousy, self-destructive behavior, being a disappointment to your parents, friendship,
love, parental plans for their children, class distinctions.
MESSAGE - Allow yourself to be great; believe in yourself. Have pride in
what you do.
(Note: There are several references to and many crude jokes about overweight women.
The young men and women routinely drink alcohol, and one young man's father gets drunk
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RSS Investors — the newly-formed venture capital firm that is investing in all things related to really simple syndication — has placed its first bet on a Pacific Northwest company. It joined with SmartForest Ventures to invest $9 million in Portland-based Attensa, according to this press release.
The folks at RSS Investors, which reportedly was looking to raise a $100 million fund, are obviously big believers in the Attensa technology. Here is what John Palfrey had to say about the company and RSS.
"A new wave of Internet technologies including RSS, Attention data analysis, collaborative publishing and social networks are transforming the way people access, create and share information. Soon every citizen on this planet will serve as an editor accessing and sharing highly relevant information with anyone, anywhere. This tremendously powerful concept is being advanced by the technologies and services Attensa is pioneering."
UPDATE: TechCrunch reported that Second Avenue Partners of Seattle also invested in the deal, but I just spoke to Mike Slade who said that he — along with Pete Higgins and Nick Hanauer — invested as individuals not as a firm. That's a bit strange since Second Avenue consists of the personal funds of the four partners. So what is the big difference? Slade — who invested in the company when it was known as You Software — said there is a "subtle" difference. Furthermore, Slade said he planned to leave the company's board — partly because it was located in Portland and he could not devote as much time to it. He also said that partners from Cedar Grove Investments sunk some money into the project.
So where is Slade spending his time? The former CEO of Starwave said he is excited about the firm's most recent investment in Newsvine — a stealth startup I covered in this story.

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THE curlers of Team GB got back to winning ways with a morale-boosting win over Norway.
After a heavy defeat to Finland earlier today, the British rink beat Norway 7-3.
The teams were tied 1-1 after two ends but a run of successive shots in the next three ends put Team GB 4-1 ahead.
Norway hit back with a double on the sixth end to peg them back to a single shot.
The seventh end proved decisive and Team GB notched three shots to move 7-3 ahead.
Norway conceded early in the final end when it became clear they could not get the four shots to draw level.
Team GB are back on the ice on Wednesday morning at 5.30am British time for a game against Russia.
The team currently sit third in the round robin league table after six games, and have three games left to play.
The top four finishers qualify for the semi-finals later in the week.


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Zacks Investment Research downgraded Identiv Inc (NASDAQ:INVE) to Hold in a report released today.
- Updated: October 12, 2016
Zacks Investment Research has downgraded Identiv Inc (NASDAQ:INVE) to Hold in a report released on Wednesday October 12, 2016.
Previously on 8/16/2016, Zacks Investment Research reported about Identiv Inc (NASDAQ:INVE) raised the target price from $0.00 to $2.50. At the time, this indicated a possible upside of 0.23%.
Yesterday Identiv Inc (NASDAQ:INVE) traded 0.47% higher at $2.12. The company's 50-day moving average is $2.13 and its 200-day moving average is $2.14. The last stock close price is down -0.41% from the 200-day moving average, compared to the S&P 500 which has decreased -0.01% over the same time. 16,586 shares of the stock were exchanged, down from an average trading volume of 31,492
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Identiv Inc has a 52 week low of $1.39 and a 52 week high of $3.80 The company's market cap is currently $0.
In addition to Zacks Investment Research reporting its target price, a total of 2 firms have reported on the stock. The consensus target price is $4.50 with 0 firms rating the stock a strong buy, 0 firms rating the stock a buy, 0 firms rating the stock a hold, 0 firms rating the stock a underperform, and finally 0 firms rating the stock a sell.
About Identiv Inc (NASDAQ:INVE)
Identiv, Inc. is a global security technology company. The Company operates through four segments: Physical access control systems (PACS), Identity, Credentials and All Other. PACS segment provides solutions and services that enable the issuance, management and use of secure identity credentials in diverse markets. PACS business offers Hirsch line of controllers, including the advanced MX line, Hirsch's Velocity management software and its Identiv connected physical access manager software, EDGE controller and reader package. Identity segment offers products to secure enterprise information, including login and printers through delivery of smart card reader products and identity management through its idOnDemand service. Credentials segment offers access cards, radio frequency identification (RFID) and near field communication products, including cards, labels, tags and stickers, as well as RF components. All Other segment includes products, such as Chipdrive and Digital Media readers.
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Mumbai Diary page: Wednesday Whispers
THE handheld camera shot of oneself, alone or with friends, is now immortalised as the "selfie", and is all the rage.
Selfie with Shilpa
THE handheld camera shot of oneself, alone or with friends, is now immortalised as the "selfie", and is all the rage. Social media platforms are inundated with people posting pictures of themselves, and this craze has not left kids untouched.
Zoya Jan Shariff's selfie with Shilpa Shetty
And, of course, the desire to have the best selfie knows no age. Recently, this diarist came across an instance of a nine-year-old girl whose enterprising ways got her a cool selfie.
Zoya Jan Shariff was at a popular toy store with her parents when she spotted actress Shilpa Shetty. She then asked her dad for his mobile, calmly and confidently approached the Bollywood diva, and asked if she could pose for a selfie with her. The little one's poise and initiative floored the actress, who gladly posed with Zoya.
Why tempt with stunts?
IN OUR vast talent pool of creativity, surely ad film makers could have come up with something better to show a motorcycle's capabilities, than the tired old routine of a rider performing stunts? The only thing that changes in these series of campaigns is the kind of stunts that are shown.
The latest is one in which the "hero" has no time to put on his clothes, and does so on the bike — pulling on his trousers and even tying his shoes while doing a wheelie. Of course, there is the usual disclaimer in the tiny lettering at the bottom, "Extreme actions performed by experts on empty roads. Please do not copy." Even if the viewer can tear his eyes away from the stuntastic visuals, the warning words are so small that they can barely be seen. In the corporate world's quest to grab more and more eyeballs, surely some restraint can be exercised? We are sure there are enough creative and attention-getting ways to showcase a bike, without luring viewers into potentially dangerous manoeuvres. Because, let's face it, no matter how many disclaimers one includes, there will always be people who imitate what they see on screen. And even one casualty is too much.
Sunny heads to Brazil
FORMER India cricket captain Sunil Gavaskar is all set to witness some live football action in Sambaland. The former India opener has been invited to witness some of the second round action at the ongoing FIFA World Cup in Brazil, and needless to say, he's all excited about watching football's mega event from the stands. "I have been invited by FIFA through their India broadcasters Sony for the event. Two round-of-16 matches and one of the quarter-finals is what I'm hoping to catch. I can only stay till the first quarter-final as I have to return to England for the India Test series," Gavaskar told mid-day.
So, whom will the Little Master be rooting for? "I am a huge fan of Brazil, so I'm hoping they win the World Cup, just like India won the cricket cup in 2011," added Gavaskar.
Where spelling takes a flying leap
ON THE road to the airport, this is a sign that could leave you flummoxed. For one thing, the direction to the Domestic Airport is a little convoluted. It would be better to ask a local shopkeeper how to get there unless you want to end up in a tangle.
MASTIC-ATE THIS: Signs of the spell-challenged times. Pic/Satyajit Desai
Moreover, Domestic itself is spelt in a rather creative way. Maybe the reasoning (we always believe there is a thought process that leads to these things) was that since most other words end with "-astic", such as plastic, fantastic and, um, bombastic, well why should the poor airport be spelt with an "e"? It must be "-astic" too, like the rest. Remember, some time ago we had spotted the signboards leading to the University, spelt as Univercity? Logic at work there too, we are sure.


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The Estancia
Long ago, in the days of Cacique Sayhueque, the lands of what is now Estancia quemquemtreu were part of Pais de las Manzanas (The Land of Apples). Perito Moreno explored the area during his travels through the mountains, and it became one of the Patagonian frontiers across which sheep and cattle raising expanded. Trout spawn was introduced a century ago, turning the rivers and lakes in the area into some of the best fly-fishing sites in the world.
Today, Estancia Quemquemtreu is a unique environment where southern country customs and traditional live on in the midst of surroundings protected as a natural reserve. Guests will enjoy friendly, personalized attention and every comfort during an unforgettable stay in the Patagonian mountains.
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Chrome Apps: Angry Birds Review
Today we are going to take a look at one of my favorite chrome application games called "Angry Birds" This is a fun to play crush the castle type of game that can have you sitting in your chair for hours enjoying every moment the game has to offer. Angry Birds did originate on the mobile market only at one point and time, however when Google chrome was released I noticed that Angry Birds made an exclusive game for the chrome browser. So when noticing this I got excited and downloaded it immediately. It was at this point I was able to start and enjoy Angry Birds for the first time. Let's dive into the game and see if you might like it as well.
So what's the point to Angry Birds? It's pretty simple really. The pigs came and stole all of the birds eggs and the birds become angry wanting to get them back. In order to get the eggs back they must go through each level destroying the pig's base and progress further However if you fail to get all of the pigs you have to restart the level. It's not the most intriguing story plot out there, but it does get the job in making you play the game. So how do we destroy the pigs and their base? By throwing birds of course! All you have to do is pull the sling shot which is holding your bird and toss your bird at the base knocking pieces of their base on top of them or hitting them dead on to destroy them. But don't worry; there is a variety of birds to help this painstaking task seem like nothing.
You have several birds to use once you progress further down the road. The first bird you start off with is the red bird. Essentially he is just a rock. He doesn't have any special ability other than producing a war cry or a fart when you left click your mouse while he is in the air. The next bird you get is the blue bird, which what he does is split into three when you left click when he is in the air. What this does is making the range wider for hitting the pigs, and bigger objects are easier to his. The next bird you get is the yellow bird. All he does is speed up and plows through wood with no hassle. However once he hits stone he comes to a dead stop. This is where these next two birds come in handy. The last two (At least for this plotline) is the black and white bird. The black bird is shaped like a bomb, and he is a bomb. Once you launch him in the air you can left click and make him explode. Or let him hit the object and become a time bomb. The white bird however you have to write click to make him do anything. What the white bird does is poop out an egg which is a bomb. Which… I won't lie. If you are trying to save the eggs, why use the eggs to blow up things? The logic goes over my head.
Okay, once you reach the end of the game all you have to do is destroy the king and the castle. This isn't a hard task to do since you have been doing it the entire game. But once you do this the game is over. This game can be really short or long depending on how you play it. If you are playing the Google chrome version of the game you get the extra games for free just by logging into gmail. But if you don't want that, you can always try to get a perfect three stars on each and every level. It isn't impossible but it is pretty hard to do. So if you have some free time and want to do a bit of gaming and have fun with all of this, give Angry Birds a try. It will keep you entertained with the entire cuteness and fun factor it has to offer.


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What do you do when the thing you most feared is suddenly your reality?
Today we got the results of the pathology report, and it doesn't look good. Chase has an atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor (AT/RT), which is a very rare kind of cancer (rare = about 30 new cases per year). Did we really think that Chase was anything other than rare?
The neurosurgeon noticed, on Chase's original MRI scan, that there was some light-colored shading on his spinal column, which has now been interpreted as the tumor spreading.
It seems like the most likely course of action will be a 51-54 week regiment of chemotherapy and radiation, during which time he will have a treatment every 3 or so weeks in the hospital.
This is hard news to try to process. Am I ready to watch my child go through this? Do I trust that God is sovereign, even over an aggressive malignant tumor? The words (and melody) of a song by Mark Altrogge has been going through my mind today:
Whatever my God ordains is right
In His love I am abiding
I will be still in all He does
And follow where He is guiding
He is my God, though dark my road
He holds me that I shall not fall
And so to Him I leave it all.
Here's a clip of the song with this verse:
What this looks like, only God knows, but what we do know is that God IS sovereign, and while the tumor is a tragic physical manifestation of the fallenness of mankind, the child is a beautiful manifestation of the image of God, and in this child we have joy.


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I deal with two large groups of people – let's call these two groups "Natural Born" and "McTips!" – who seem unaware of the open secret to presentation power.
"Natural Born" and "McTips!" represent two extreme views of what it takes to become an especially powerful and superior business presenter.
Neither is remotely accurate.
Blind to the Open Secret to Presentation Power
And neither group is what might be called enlightened in these matters. Members of both groups are frustrating and irritating in their own ways and completely self-serving.
Here's why . . .
We often look for folks to excuse us from what, deep down, we know we ought to do, or what we can do. If we look hard enough, we find what we search for, and excuses are extremely easy to find.
This is true of business presentations as well, where the easy out is always available. Delivering a powerful presentation is within our reach, but . . .
Let's look at these two excuses that hold us back from fulfilling our potential as especially powerful presenters.
The First View
The first view would have us believe that great speakers are born with some arcane and unfathomable gift, combining talent and natural stage facility.
That Bill Clinton sprang from the womb declaiming that he feels our pain.
That Ronald Reagan was born orating on lower capital gains taxes.
That Oprah Winfrey began her talk show career in kindergarten.
If the first view holds that great speakers are born with a gift, then quite logically this view leaves the rest of us to strive with middling presentation skills.
It's an excuse for us not to persevere. Why bother to try? Why not, instead, hire some of these natural born speaker types with all that presentation power to do the heavy presentation lifting?
The rest of us can skate along and pretend that we're not actually lazy . . . or frightened . . . or disinterested . . . or unambitious.
The Second View
The second view is the opposite of the first.
This "McTips!" perspective would have us believe that delivering effective presentations is a snap. So easy, in fact, that one of my colleagues assured me confidently and with not a little hubris that he could teach his undergraduates "everything they need to know about presenting in 30 minutes."
He also assured me that "all that other stuff you talk about is B.S."
Has the presentation landscape changed so much that what was once taught as a fine skill is now mass-produced in 30-minute quickie sessions of speaking "tips"? I actually saw a headline on an article that offered 12 Tips to Become a Presentation God!
Have the demands of the presentation become so uninspired and limp that great presenting can be served up in McDonald's-style kid meals . . . "You want to super-size your speaking McTips?"
In the 1800s, public speaking was refined to an almost-art; "elocution" was the new science/art, and departments of elocution and public speaking flourished in universities throughout the land.
In Philadelphia, on Walnut Street in fact, the National School for Elocution and Oratory became a Mecca for would-be stars of the pulpit, the stage, the bar, and the political wars in the 1890s.
On into the first decades of next century, public speech was regarded with respect and a high-skill to be mastered with much study and practice.
You Must Deliver the Presentation Power
The fact is that despite however much we might wish otherwise, today's PowerPoint high-tech software multi-media offerings cannot change the fundamental truth that it is still you who must deliver the presentation.
So no . . . you cannot learn "everything you need to know about presenting in 30 minutes."
You cannot become an especially powerful presenter at the fastfood drive-in window, unless you want to ply presenting at the lowest common denominator of mundane slide-readers that populate every business and law firm from New York to Nashville, from Boston to Baton Rouge, from Savannah to San Diego.
Ask yourself . . . if learning to deliver top-notch presentations is so doggoned easy, then why are 9 out of 10 presentations such awful forgettable bore-fests?
The Third View – The Presentation Power Zone
There is a third group, and it is destined to remain small.
This group is privy to the truth, and once you learn the truth about presenting, you can never go back to viewing presentations the same way. Consider this pop culture analogy from the 1999 film The Matrix.
In The Matrix, humans live in a world that is not what it seems. In fact, everything they believe about the world is false. Morpheus (Lawrence Fishburn) offers to reveal the truth to Neo (Keanu Reeves) about his existence.
Morpheus offers Neo a Blue Pill and a Red Pill. The Blue Pill returns him to his old state of ignorance. The Red Pill reveals the secret, and once he learns it, Neo cannot return to his old life.
The process of presentation discovery is much like the red-pill/blue-pill choice that Morpheus offers to the young computer hacker Neo . . .
You take the blue pill, the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill, you stay in Wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.
Blue Pill . . . Forget Presentation Power
Likewise, you can stop reading this article this instant – the blue pill – and return to the righteous and relaxing world of "Natural Born" or "McTips!" Both viewpoints allow the average presenter to remain mired in mediocrity with an excuse that sounds plausible.
One perspective means you don't try at all, other means you offer token effort as befits a low-level pedestrian task.
So, if you decide to take the Blue Pill, close this site and go your own way. Bon voyage! I wish you a hearty good-luck and Godspeed, and perhaps you will be happier for your choice.
And you abdicate the opportunity for presentation power that is within your grasp . . .
But if you are one of the few who thinks for a moment . . . "Hmm. What if the Professor is right?"
Then . . . Take the Red Pill
Then you can read on to the next brief paragraph – the red pill – and be forever stripped of the excuse for mediocrity.
For the truth is in the Presentation Power Zone, and once there, you will never be satisfied with your old presentation life again.
You cannot go back.
That's the paradox, the Curse of Freedom. It's completely within your power to seize the fruits of great presenting.
It's your choice.
You can launch an auspicious presentation career right now, right this minute. Or you can dismiss this site as yet another fraudulent claim to revealing secrets to you . . . only to have it exposed as a method that requires you to actually do something.
A method that transforms you.
Step boldly into the Presentation Power Zone
The Presentation Power Zone is the province of the privileged few who understand the truth that anyone can become a great presenter, with the right kind of hard work and the willingness to become a great presenter.
To join this third group requires you to take on a new state of mind. If you already carry this view, that's superb. If you don't . . . you can decide now to adopt it or forever be relegated to the other two groups – believing you're not good enough, or believing you are good enough when you're actually not.
Public presentations – great presentations – require study and practice and preparation and technique. A deep philosophical, academic, and professional history undergirds public speaking. This history informs the very best presenters and their work. You dismiss it only to your great loss.
No, you need not become a scholar of public speaking. In fact, few people have that deep an interest in the subject and even fewer can claim that kind of knowledge today.
But what you can and should do is this: Open your mind and heart to the possibilities of found treasure.
You actually can become a capable presenter. You can become a great presenter. When you enter the Presentation Power Zone, you are both cursed and blessed with knowledge. This knowledge represents two sides of the same coin.
You are cursed with the knowledge that the only limitation you have is you. You are blessed with the knowledge that you can become a good – even great – speaker.
An especially powerful presenter.
Now, you have no other real excuse. It's totally up to you.
For the ultimate guide to developing your personal brand as an especially powerful business presenter, CLICK HERE.


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I believe Colorado crime fiction is having a moment.
The writers?
That's not what I mean.
I'm talking about the dramatic setting.
I mean, right now.
In August, it was the release of Erik Storey's Nothing Short of Dying.
This month, it's Kevin Wolf's The Homeplace. (Today as a matter of fact; Sept. 6 is the official publication date.)
In October, it's Barbara Nickless' Blood on the Tracks.
What else is unusual?
All three are debuts.
And I mean, these three books make for a fascinating triple header.
And they take major advantage of the Colorado landscape. Storey's is all Western Slope—Grand Junction to Steamboat to Leadville and back to G.J.
Nickless is all Front Range—Denver, Fort Collins and a splash of the eastern plains (get ready for your close-up, Wiggins).
And then Wolf is all farm country, way out east in a fictional town in a fictional county but just as "real" as they come. Dry and windy, too.
I'll go west to east to give you a flavor.
Nothing Short of Dying is big. It's rough. It's tough. It's a full-throttle thriller led by a guy named Clyde Barr, who has his own moral code. He's a loner. He's a fighter. Yes, we hear the echoes of Jack Reacher (I'm dying to know if Storey is tired of hearing the comparisons between Barr and Reacher) but Barr's motivations, to me, are built on a stronger foundation.
The plot is less cartoony, too, than Lee Child's stuff (as addictive as those cartoons might be). Clyde Barr is a man who keeps his promises and he's made one to his sister, Jen. When she needs help, Barr goes looking for her. He teams up with a woman he meets along the way and calls on old friends including one guy named Zeke, a pal from his days in a Mexican prison.
Barr is not all bad boy. He's got his weapons, sure, but he's also got paperbacks by Friedrich Nietzsche and H. Rider Haggard. He can be sensitive when the time is right, but you do not want to piss him off.
The backdrop for all this action is pure Colorado. "Sandy escarpments rose up on the left and forested mesas hugged the right until we dropped off a hill and headed into the Rifle valley. The river was wider here, with waves shimmering in the sun. What were once hay fields in the flat floodplains were now natural gas pads, pipe yards, compressor stations, and gas plants. One of the latter spewed a flame sixty feet in to the air. Closer to town, the cattle pastured I'd known as a kid were buried forever under asphalt and pavement, with house and apartment complexes built on top."
Hey, Colorado ain't all beautiful.
(I already reviewed Storey's book on my book review blog, here. This includes an interview with Storey.)
Blood on the Tracks is just as tough and wild as Nothing Short of Dying.
I am really taken with this ambitious story, which starts out as a thriller, morphs into a mystery, and turns back again into a movie-ready action-packed finish.
Railroad Police Special Agent Sydney Rose Parnell is one complex and interesting character. She sees dead people, for one thing. But don't think paranormal. Uh, hardly. These are "skills" she doesn't necessarily want. She's haunted for many reasons, including the fact that she worked in corpse retrieval during the war in Iraq. She was also involved in a situation covering up atrocities. The past is chasing her down. (A common theme in all three of these books.)
The plot here involves the murder of young woman who was known for her kindness to hobos and drifters. She is murdered in vicious fashion. The killer scrawls bloody hobo symbols nearby so Sydney and her K9 partner Clyde (yes, again, Clyde) are pulled into the investigation. Clyde is a great character, too. He's got his own darkness. Something is broken inside him, too. Clyde is absolutely one of the best-developed dog characters I've ever met in a book. But he doesn't overshadow Sydney Rose.
After a big scene where they stop and search a freight train, they think they've got their man—or do they? The guy in custody seems like the obvious culprit but based on the number of pages left to read we know there are some problems coming and they start rushing at Sydney in waves. The hunt leads to big-picture conspiracies and into the deadly lair of white supremacists and ultimately into a terrifying confrontation with a predator during a snowstorm in, yes, Wiggins. In the end, there is blood on the tracks and many other places, too.
Cue the movie for this one. And don't just take my word for it, check the great advance blurbs from Vikki Pettersson, Jeffery Deaver, and Hank Philippi Ryan, among others.
Blood on the Tracks is already reaching readers ahead of its launch next month; check the reviews already rolling in from a Kindle promotion for early readers.
At the end of Blood on the Tracks, when Sydney Rose comes into Wiggins, Nickless writes:
"Barns and ranch houses gave over to businesses as I drove into town. A single traffic light swayed forlornly above the empty street. I drove past a dry goods store, a saddle shop and a single-marquee theater, all with Closed Please Come Again signs in the windows. Near the end of the block, red neon blinked through the snow. A grinning cowboy became visible, holding aloft a flashing beer stein."
That small-town flavor connects right over to The Homeplace.
Of the three books here, this is the quietest, the most serene. But it does not lack for suspense.
The Homeplace won the Tony Hillerman Prize in the fall of 2015 (the prize goes to an unpublished writer of a mystery that captures the southwest flavor of Hillerman's work).
What's hard to believe is that The Homeplace is the work of someone from the unpublished ranks. But those of us who have been around Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers know that's true—and also know that Kevin has long turned out beautiful stories with clear-eyed prose.
The Homeplace features Chase Ford, who is coming home to Comanche County, where there's "forty miles of dirt for every mile of blacktop." He's a former basketball star and he's also the first of four generations of Ford men to put Comanche County in the rearview mirror. At least, that is, until now. Ford is as deeply troubled as Clyde Barr and Sydney Rose Parnell. And all three of these folks share a strong streak of stoicism, too.
In addition to Ford, there's a full small-town ensemble cast. Wolf jumps easily from perspective to perspective. There's Birdie Hawkins, a game warden for the Department of Wildlife. There's Mercy Saylor, who works in the café in Brandon, and deputy sheriff Paco Martinez. There's also Ray-Ray Jackson, who lives on the edges of society.
The sky is big and the wind blows, but life in the small town has a trapped, closed-in feeling. Complexities abound. And Wolf's writing is uniformly calm and unsentimental, as when Chase and Mercy reconnect in the café for the first time since he disappeared over the horizon to play big-league basketball. "Quiet slipped into the room and took the empty chair at their table. Pans and pots clanged in the kitchen. Dishes loaded with eggs and bacon slid over the front counter, and the cash register drawer opened and shut. They both stared out the window, content in that minute to say nothing."
The Homeplace is billed a mystery—dead body in the first few pages and all of that. There is a "who done it?" But with its weight and depth, The Homeplace could easily be read as straight novel, characters and setting first.
"As the first spikes of orange painted the gray morning, Chase spotted a deer at the edge of the field. No chance it would scent him. Through the binoculars, Chase could tell it was a big deer. The broken tine on the buck's wide antlers and its graying muzzle meant it was an old bachelor, most likely run off from the herd by the younger bucks to live out what years it had left on its own."
Yes, this is Colorado, too—way out on the windblown plains where the inimitable Kent Haruf (Plainsong, Eventide, Benediction) set his novels.
I wish Haruf was still alive to read The Homeplace. He would recognize the setting.
This is also Gregory Hill country—East of Denver and the Lonesome Trials of Johnny Riles.
Congrats to Storey, Nickless and Wolf for putting some terrific new characters in motion against one of the best backdrops going—good old Colorado.


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You can do this deal again, if you did it last week.
There is a new rebate period and number on this one. You can get a free 5-ream case of paper at Staples, after the Easy Rebate.
(You will have to pay tax.)
You will receive a $21 Visa card, by postal mail. (limit 2) You will need to print this coupon and head to Staples by 1/25/14.
You can submit for two rebates at the same time, getting a $42 Visa card. There is another coupon for 15% off your purchase, on that same coupon page.
Most stores will not allow you to use this with the other one.
(The coupon states that it can't be combined, but some may let you.)
My store did not let me and Nativemama's wouldn't (Thanks, Nativemama!) Do a separate transaction if you want to use the 15% off on anything else. Easy Rebates are really that . . . EASY!
You can submit them online and don't have to cut UPC's. This is not the same as their Staples Rewards, where you get store credit.
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If you're new to the gluten-free diet — or even if you've been eating gluten-free for a while — you need to know what terms mean "gluten" on food labels and on the labels of personal care products so you can avoid hidden gluten.

Unfortunately, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration does not require manufacturers to disclose gluten on food labels (only wheat), so determining if any given product contains gluten takes some detective work unless that product is specifically labeled "gluten-free."

To make it easier for you, I've compiled a list of the various ingredients in which gluten can hide. Some of these are straightforward — they mean wheat, barley or rye — while others may only contain gluten some of the time.

Use this list as a guide, but if in doubt, check with the manufacturer ... or just choose another product.

Terms That Mean Gluten On Food Labels

The following terms represent the most commonly used Latin terms for wheat, barley and rye. If you see any of these, the product contains gluten:

Triticum vulgare (wheat)

Triticale (cross between wheat and rye)

Hordeum vulgare (barley)

Secale cereale (rye)

Triticum spelta (spelt, a form of wheat)

Ingredients That Always Contain Gluten

The following terms represent ingredients that always contain gluten:

Wheat protein/hydrolyzed wheat protein

Wheat starch/hydrolyzed wheat starch

Wheat flour/bread flour/bleached flour

Bulgur (a form of wheat)

Malt (made from barley)

Couscous (made from wheat)

Farina (made from wheat)

Pasta (made from wheat unless otherwise indicated)

Seitan (made from wheat gluten and commonly used in vegetarian meals)

 Wheat or barley grass (will be cross contaminated)

Wheat germ oil or extract (will be cross contaminated)

Ingredients That May Contain Gluten

Depending on the source, all of these ingredients potentially can contain gluten. The FDA does require food manufacturers to declare wheat-containing ingredients on their labels. However, other gluten-containing grains potentially could be used to make some of these ingredients.

You'll need to check with the manufacturer to find out for certain whether or not a food that includes one or more of these ingredients is safe on a gluten-free diet.

Vegetable protein/hydrolyzed vegetable protein (can come from wheat, corn or soy)

Modified starch/modified food starch (can come from several sources, including wheat)

Natural flavor/natural flavoring (can come from barley)

Artificial flavor/artificial flavoring (can come from barley)

Caramel color (now considered a safe ingredient, but if you're in doubt, check with the manufacturer)

Modified food starch

Hydrolyzed plant protein/HPP

Hydrolyzed vegetable protein/HVP

Seasonings

Flavorings

Vegetable starch

 Dextrin and Maltodextrin (both sometimes made from wheat)

Remember, a food with no gluten-containing ingredients still can be cross contaminated with gluten during processing. If you react to a food, but it doesn't appear to have any gluten ingredients in it, that doesn't mean you're imagining a reaction. But importantly, trace gluten can have a wide variety of asymptomatic effects that can be more medically dangerous than the acute symptoms - which is why it's extra important to pay attention to labels and to discuss safe foods with others the celiac community.

People with celiac disease and non-celiac gluten sensitivity have wildly varying degrees of sensitivity to trace gluten. If you're getting gluten symptoms from something that appears to be gluten-free, there's obviously enough trace gluten in it to make you react, despite a safe list of ingredients.


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Welcome to the Historic Anson Wolcott House.
Come and take a look at the historic home of Anson Wolcott, the founder of Wolcott, Indiana. The house has been standing for over 140 years. It still has the same beauty as it did when it was completed in the late 1800's.


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What it takes to be a student leader at the College at Florham
Campus Life Coordinators and all 50 resident assistants pose for a group picture in the gardens at the College of Florham.
By Jenny Connell
What were you doing the last two weeks of summer vacation? Many college students would say finishing up a summer job/internship, lounging by the pool, or going down the shore with friends. The same cannot be said for the new batch of Fairleigh Dickinson University resident assistants (RAs) at the College at Florham.
Instead, these RAs were back on campus sitting in on seminars, participating in mock encounters, volunteering in the community, and preparing for the 40 days of consecutive programming that was about to ensue.
Jorge Suarez, a senior psychology major, and Ashley DeSimone, a sophomore business administration major, are two RAs who survived summer training and explain the many obstacles of RA summer training.
Coming back two weeks early is definitely a sacrifice. While everyone is still enjoying the last weeks of summer were kind of forced back into reality of schoolwork, says Suarez. But, the campus life coordinators do a great job of entertaining us with different fun events such as camping and Dorney Park.
Suarez says, We pretty much start two weeks before school starts and go through all the rules and mock rounds to see how all the new RAs handle it. Its one thing to be told to break up a party, but when you actually have to do it its overwhelming. So, we try to throw you into the situation before to see how you might react. Then youll be evaluated, so that in the real situation you know how to handle it. We also get trained to know who to call, and what to do in each circumstance.
Andre Turner, campus life coordinator, organizes the summer training and the RAs as a whole. Turner explains how, RAs are one of the biggest role models on campus, and as leaders they are required to do community service projects as one of their program requirements. This years community service projects include volunteering with the Morris County Habitat for Humanity and the Community Food Bank of New Jersey in Hillside, N.J.
Resident assistants also visited the Morris County Fire Academy where they received fire safety training. At fire safety training we learned how to use fire extinguishers and were put into a simulated fire house. We went in and they set different parts of this house on fire and showed us how to react, says DeSimone.
Another aspect of RA training is the community service piece. Our goal is to create a well-rounded student. FDU focuses on global leaders, and global leaders dont just always sit in a classroom and get good grades, says Dean of Students Jas Verem. Being a global leader on a smaller scale is being a part of the community.
For DeSimone part of being part of the community consisted of helping out at the Community Food Bank of New Jersey. At the food bank, half of us sorted and the other half of us created boxes for other families to come and pick up that contained different types of food products including cereal, milk, and canned goods, says DeSimone. It helps us realize that we come from places that are privileged, and not everybody has that.
Co-RAs Jorge Suarez and Ashley DeSimone hang 50 feet up in the air for a team-building drill while at Indian Head Lake Camp.
The two weeks of training and service were not without their perks, however. On the last night everyone stayed overnight at the Indian Head Lake Camp in Pennsylvania. We also went to Dorney Park, which was new. We went for team building and for everyone to have a good time away from campus because the sessions can be draining, says Turner.
After all the training, Suarez had this to say about being an RA: We are students too. Its something we tend to forget. Even though we are the authority figure in the residence hall at the end of the day we are our residents classmates and colleagues. Whatever they go through, we also go through.


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Sven Groot said:vesuvius said:*snip*
But Java's not unmanaged code, so why did you include that on the list?
OK, I'll be honest.
I believe a CS student should learn C and C++ for imperative programming, and Python/Ruby as well for dynamic programming. That is the way I see it, with no balanced view, political correctness or anything of the sort.
I don't doubt that Java and C# are more than adequate, as they contain most if not everything good about C++, but you have to be more responsible without a garbage collector, and if you then need to work as a programmer you can go managed or unmanaged. Starting off managed with C# means it is difficult for most to then go unmanaged.
I think the most pertinent question is why the CS student does not use what is there already, be it C++ or Java books. Don Syme says this in a recent video. Instead of saying "where can I find a F# Math library", you should find a C# library (or whatever .NET langauge) and use that instead.


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Reaching Multicultural Audiences
Multicultural audiences are continuing to grow in size and influence. For example, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, there are 46.9 million Hispanics in the United States, which represents approximately one in six Americans. Further, a 2008 Pew Hispanic Center report said Hispanics have accounted for more than half of the overall population growth in the United States in the current decade, a significant pattern for the nation's largest minority group, which currently comprises 15 percent of the total U.S. citizenry. And The Selig Center for Economic Growth at the University of Georgia projects that U.S. Hispanic purchasing power will reach $1.2 trillion by 2012, nearly three times the growth of the overall national rate.
Clearly, it is becoming increasingly important to target multicultural communities. So as communicators – how are we going to speak with these audiences? How are your messages going to be adjusted to really resonate in the daily lives of multicultural consumers? Some companies are well grounded on this highway and have understood the importance of adjusting their messaging for years. Examples include P&G, General Mills, McDonalds and Verizon. But are most marketers really ready?
The investment in multicultural marketing and campaigns should not solely focus on special times of the year such as Black History and Hispanic Heritage months, but should be year-long, ongoing programs that address a community's needs. We have said- "dedicate dollars to these communities and the return will come with strong brand awareness and support." Now it seems that if marketers don't see that the mainstream is multicultural- your messages will fall short.
Will your brand speak to millions of Americans that have varying cultural nuances which impact their purchasing decisions? For example, how will your brand connect with recently arrived, soon-to-be Americans? Will they choose product X because they read about a new initiative in their local newspaper or read it online, in their native language? Or did X consumer see an ad online that connected with them?
One general overview we know most assuredly – people of all shapes, colors, origins, educational and financial levels are talking. Make your brand, initiative or organization take part in those discussions. Set aside dollars within your already constrained budget for research that may highlight areas of opportunity. Don't just sell to your target audience- engage them. Build a relationship with a community previously not considered in marketing, advertising or PR plans.
As marketing and communications professionals- invest in your own knowledge and development. There are many webinars and local events sponsored by key industry organizations that offer continued tactical learning. Take the time – it will be well worth it.
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