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Get those taste buds and appointment books ready.
Starting Sunday, locals will have one week to enjoy the best bang for their restaurant buck as OC Restaurant Week rolls back into town.
This year 100 restaurants from throughout the county will participate, encompassing an astronomical range of cuisines and ambiances — from Thai to tot-friendly. Fixed-price, multi-course menus will run $10, $15 or $20 per person for lunch, or $20, $30 or $40 for dinner.
The event's website, in addition to offering the ability to view each restaurant's prix-fixe menu in advance and to search restaurants by name, city or price point, also features Q&As with top chefs and an interactive map showing all participating restaurants.
"We are really excited about spotlighting the excellent chefs and restaurants in the cities of Newport Beach and Costa Mesa, and give the residents of these two cities the opportunity to try the best that the rest of the county has to offer," said Pamela Waitt, president of the OC Restaurant Assn., which produces OC Restaurant Week.
"This has become a true foodie celebration, and it's fantastic to see the entire community come together and enjoy great food."
Chef David Fune of the Hotel Hanford's Savoy Restaurant & Lounge at 3131 Bristol St., Costa Mesa, will showcase a European-Californian pairing of ingredients, aromas and textures, the restaurant said.
Its $20-lunch includes a first-course choice of a hydroponic bibb lettuce salad or soup du jour and a second-course choice of caviar Bonneville, Wagyu beef burger or 3131 Pappardelle, followed by a gratis organic chocolate gelato from San Francisco.
Dinner, set at $40, includes a first-course choice of local grapefruit and shaved octopus or soup du jour; second-course selections like a hydroponic bibb lettuce salad or bacon-wrapped gorgonzola and dates; a main course of California sea bass, Meyers Ranch filet mignon, 3131 Pappardelle or Duroc pork tasting; and a "Kids Flight" of an artisan Kit-Kat, Snickers cake and cake pop.
Other participating Costa Mesa restaurants include 118 Degrees; AnQi; Antonello Ristorante; Avanti Café; Capital Grille; Charlie Palmer; Maggiano's; Marrakesh; Nello Cucina; Pinot Provence; Pizzeria Ortica; Savoy Restaurant and Lounge; Scott's; Seasons 52 and Signature Kitchen.
In Newport Beach, selections include Bluewater Grill; Brasserie Pascal; Canaletto by Il Fornaio; Crow Burger Kitchen; Great Maple; Harborside Restaurant; Newport Landing; Palm Terrace Restaurant; Rockin Baja; Rusty Pelican; Sage Eastbluff; SOL Cocina; The Ritz Restaurant and Garden; Tommy Bahama's Island Grille; True Food Kitchen; as well as the Crow Bar and Kitchen in Corona del Mar.
Participating Irvine restaurants include 6ix Park Grill; Andrei's Conscious Cuisine; Crystal Jade; Cucina Enoteca; Il Fornaio; Irvine Improv; LUCCA; Opah; Prego; Ruth's Chris Steak House; SWSH Shabu Shabu; and the Melting Pot.
For more information, visit OrangeCountyRestaurantWeek.com.
If You Go
What: OC Restaurant Week
When: Sunday through March 3
Where: 100 restaurants throughout Orange County
Cost: $10 to $40 per person
Information: OrangeCountyRestaurantWeek.com


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Three cheers for the read, white and blue
In honor of Independence Day, our local history librarian Carl White shares his picks to explore the origins of our nation.
"Declaration: The Nine Tumultuous Weeks When America Became Independent," by William Hogeland
Hogeland brings to vibrant life both the day-to-day excitement and the profound importance of those nine fast-paced weeks essential to the American founding, yet little known today. He focuses on the circumstances in Colonial life that led Americans to fight for their independence from Britain and provides interesting background information on the key players.
"American Ideals: Founding a `Republic of Virtue,' " by Daniel N. Robinson
Robinson explores the principles that guided the founding of the United States, the conditions that led to the break with Great Britain and the creation of such founding documents as the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. He also discusses our connection to French and Greek forms of government. The library owns this book in audiobook format.
"Our Lives, Our Fortunes and Our Sacred Honor: the Forging of American Independence, 1774-1776," by Richard R. Beeman
Beeman, an American historian and professor at the University of Pennsylvania, describes the political, diplomatic and military challenges faced by the delegates from the 13 original colonies at the Continental Congress and how they came together to agree to free themselves from British rule and forge independence for America. He also presents portraits of the many personalities involved.
"Signing Their Lives Away: The Fame and Misfortune of the Men Who Signed the Declaration of Independence," by Denise Kiernan
This book examines the Declaration of Independence from a different angle. In the summer of 1776, 56 men risked their lives and livelihood to defy King George III and sign the Declaration of Independence, yet how many of them do we actually remember? "Signing Their Lives Away" introduces readers to the eclectic group of statesmen, soldiers, slaveholders and scoundrels who signed this historic document and the many strange fates that awaited them. Some prospered and rose to the highest levels of the United States government, while others had their homes and farms seized by British soldiers. Signer George Wythe was poisoned by his nephew; Button Gwinnett was killed in a duel; Robert Morris went to prison and Thomas Lynch was lost at sea. Complete with portraits of the signers, as well as a facsimile of the Declaration of Independence, "Signing Their Lives Away" provides an entertaining and enlightening narrative for history buffs of all ages.
"American Scripture: Making the Declaration of Independence," by Pauline Maier
Historian Maier shows us the Declaration as both the defining statement of our national identity and the moral standard by which we live as a nation. She discloses the origins of key ideas and phrases in the Declaration and unravels the complex story of its drafting and of the group editing that angered Thomas Jefferson. She also reveals what happened after the signing and celebration -- how it was largely forgotten and then revived to buttress political arguments of the 19th century, and how Abraham Lincoln ensured its persistence as a living force in American society.
"The Declaration of Independence," by Elizabeth Raum
This is a great book for young children who want to learn more about the Declaration. It also provides portraits of the Founding Fathers.
"Declaration of Independence"
This downloadable video is available instantly through Hoopla, the library's digital media provider. Explore the political forces that existed before 1776 and the socioeconomic realities that made it necessary to declare to the world our independence from Great Britain. Examine the body of knowledge that contributed to the Declaration of Independence, such as the Magna Carta of 1215. Fresh meaning to this extraordinary document is presented and these questions are answered: Why is John Hancock's signature so prominent? Considering it was adopted on July 2, 1776, why do we celebrate our independence on the Fourth of July? Who is generally credited as the principal author of the Declaration of Independence? Great American thinkers, political leaders and presidents have reflected on this document long after it was written. Noted educators and elected officials share their thoughts and insights on one of America's most important manuscripts.
Carl White is the local history librarian at the Greenwich Library.


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Quickies: Sphinx for KMail, Rosegarden, KDE/GNOME@ALS
Jan-Oliver Wagner writes:
Guillaume Laurent wrote in to tip us off to the first
dotsphinx wrote in to point out that we are scheduled to interoperate with the Gnomes at ALS, November 7th. Follow this link to Gnotices for more information.
Many, many of you wrote in with this link to an interview of Linus. There is some putative relevance to KDE.
Finally, dep at LinuxPlanet discovers that KDE3 is alpha. The most serious claim is that
ALS tuturial
Just found this in the ALS tuturial list:
KDE "Hidden Features" for Power Users
Sounds interesting. Will there be a video and/or an online-presentation?
KDE is so much fun: Last weekend I played with a notebook, KPresenter, Dcop, Lirc and an ir-remote-control: Sooo cooool (and useful :-)
By Thorsten Schnebeck at Thu, 2001/10/11 - 5:00am
clever gouvernment
"We are happy to announce that the German Federal Agency for IT Security, BSI, has contracted us (Intevation, Klarälvdalens Datakonsult and g10 Code) to ensure Free Software support for their email security standard, Sphinx"
By try at Thu, 2001/10/11 - 5:00am
Re: clever gouvernment
Well, there are two not-too-seperate reasons why they are doing this.
(1) From a security/secrecety (?) point of view, open source is always better than closed source, because you know what's happening. If you're talking about computers being used in intelligence agencies (and Sphinx is part of a project for a new IT framework to be used by the european intelligence), this is a real issue.
(2) More currently, after Sep. 11, there are serious considerations about the U.S. issuing laws to have a backdoor into security programs. Neither the European Union itself nor european companies want the US sniffing about in their confidential mail, so see (1)
(3) If the U.S. really do go ahead with their plans, the fact that there is a sofware which is guaranteed-backdoor-free is going to be a major selling point for solutions/services focusing around Sphinx and its Open Source Implementation. And these services will most likely come from european companies (not from U.S., for sure), so there's money there, too.
(4) There's more, but you get the idea.
All in all, it's not some ideology thing, but proves that there are some very valid reasons why one should choose to develop something as an open source project.
By anno at Thu, 2001/10/11 - 5:00am
Re: clever gouvernment
>security/secrecety (?)
I think the word you're looking for is secrecy.
IMO, that backdoor idea won't go anywhere. Congress is stupid, but they aren't stupid enough to initaite something that widespread without at least getting the opinion of someone who actually understands the technology.
Come on, how are they gonna parse all that data, and how will they tell if a message is encrypted in a way they can't read? "Why, Officer, that's not encryption, I just have a perl script set to send out random data at random intervals, to check my network."
Also, wasn't Sphinx also the name of some sort of OSS speech-recognition project?
By Carbon at Fri, 2001/10/12 - 5:00am
Re: clever gouvernment
"Congress is stupid, but they aren't stupid enough to initaite something that widespread without at least getting the opinion of someone who actually understands the technology."
By try at Sat, 2001/10/13 - 5:00am
Yet another idiotic Reviewer
At least the Register claims to be a sarcastic flame source - they are proud of it and intentionally rip on anything that they "review". LinuxPlanet is apparantly taking after them, reviewing alpha software on anything but a "roadmap" basis. After awhile, my eyes glazed over... the first page is a complaint about how hard it is to compile and install the first alpha release, and that there are so many bugs, it's not ready for primetime.
Well, what the hell does he think "alpha" means?
By Evan "JabberWok... at Thu, 2001/10/11 - 5:00am
Re: Yet another idiotic Reviewer
Yes, any reviewer must not review any alpha or beta release of any software. And Alphas are the most unstable, i agree.
By Asif Ali Rizwaan at Thu, 2001/10/11 - 5:00am
Re: Yet another idiotic Reviewer
: Yes, any reviewer must not review any alpha or beta release of any software.
Oh, no... I'm not saying that. Just that the reviewer must take into account that large portions of the alpha software may not work, and that it's an early work in progress. The ethical thing is to make statements like "when finished", or "this is intended to", and at the end like "These features may or may not be in the finished version". For Beta software, you generally judge the features, and ignore bugs, generally making a note as to if it's a useful beta ("Although this is beta, it is very stable, and can be used in daily use").
I felt bad when Gnome got nailed on their alpha of 2.0, but it was in a site that intentionally goes overboard and flames stuff just for the heck of it. It's almost a humor site. LinuxPlanet tried to do a serious review, as if this were final release software. Ridiculous.
By Evan "JabberWok... at Thu, 2001/10/11 - 5:00am
Perhaps you shouldn't glaze over so quickly...
From the article:
Now. Please do not think for even a second that the above is any criticism of either the alpha or of those putting it together, because it isn't. It's not just an alpha, it's the very first alpha, and the fact that it built uneventfully is itself a remarkable accomplishment. Instead, my observations are merely to let you know before you go out and build it that it has not yet achieved a level of working new stuff to justify tolerating the stuff that's broken. It's important -- very important -- for us mere users to grab early versions and actually use them, day in and day out, for we then provide that many more eyes and that many more test machines. My point is that the KDE3 alpha isn't yet where that's likely to be a useful exercise.
By scott haug at Thu, 2001/10/11 - 5:00am
Re: Perhaps you shouldn't glaze over so quickly...
Yes well, he could have found a way to tell people that 'this is a work in progress' without spending an entire page moaning about how hard it is to install...
A casual reader could easily glance through the article, miss that paragraph and come away with a very bad impression. Given that he's trying to give a serious review (or preview) it was a seriously poor article.
By Jon at Thu, 2001/10/11 - 5:00am
Re: Yet another idiotic Reviewer
Well, he does mention in the end that you can't expect more from an alpha.
By Marvin at Fri, 2001/10/12 - 5:00am
KMail folder relocation [OT]
I use RedHat 7.1 and KDE 2.2, I wish to place the default KMail's "mail" folder into "~/.kde/mail" instead of "~/mail". Is it possible? Please advise.
By Asif Ali Rizwaan at Thu, 2001/10/11 - 5:00am
Re: KMail folder relocation [OT]
http://kmail.kde.org/manual/faq.html#id2792815" says:
6.4 Can I configure the location of my mail directory?
Exit KMail, make a backup of ~/.kde/share/config/kmailrc, then open it with an editor and add e.g. folders=/home/username/.mail to the ?[General]? section. Then move all your existing folders (including the hidden index files) to the new location. The next time you start KMail it will use /home/username/.mail instead of /home/username/Mail. Note that KMail will lose its filters if you change the mail directory's location but forget to move your existing folders.
By Oliver Strutynski at Thu, 2001/10/11 - 5:00am
Re: KMail folder relocation [OT]
Thanks, I could not locate that thing in the FAQ's. It worked.
By Asif Ali Rizwaan at Fri, 2001/10/12 - 5:00am
OT: Mosfet??
What's up with Mosfet? Have you recently looked at his site?!?!?
By AC at Fri, 2001/10/12 - 5:00am
Re: OT: Mosfet??
Looks like he's sick of Linux again (but I could be wrong and he just might have got a different job). It happened before. It's a pitty.
By Marko Samastur at Fri, 2001/10/12 - 5:00am
Re: OT: Mosfet??
But this time he seems to be sick of Linux as a whole and not just the KDE developping policy... sorry, I really like the Liquid style.
Nevertheless I have a certain understanding that the rest of the KDE team had some difficulties with him ;)
By AC at Fri, 2001/10/12 - 5:00am
Re: OT: Mosfet??
Briefly, he was hired by a company (Future Technology?) that never paid him. He turned out the last version of Liquid without their name on it, and wrote a warning that he'd have to get a job doing Windows application development to pay the bills. I guess he's one of those "100% or 0%" kinda guys - he certainly was a "we play by my rules, or I'm leaving and taking my ball with me" kinda person. Good coder, from what people say, a good fellow, but a bit hard to work with.
By Evan "JabberWok... at Fri, 2001/10/12 - 5:00am
little question about the screenshot section
in the http://www.kde.org/screenshots/index.html, there are only screenshots of the 2.0 version. Why not 2.2 ?
By Anonymous at Fri, 2001/10/12 - 5:00am
About quickies on the Dot
This is strange. Navindra, you often say that you would put up more stories if more people would submit more. Yet it seems that you very much like posting quickies, where several stories are presented together... A contradiction?
Perhaps you try harder to separate your quickies. For example, I have no doubt that the Sphinx thing would have deserved its own story. It means more stories on the site and a more focused discussion. Until you get to the point where you have several stories per day, I would basically hold off on quickies as much as you can.
Just my opinion.
By Jérôme Loisel at Fri, 2001/10/12 - 5:00am
Re: About quickies on the Dot
Quite right, unfortunately these articles had lingered in the queue for a while before I got to them and noone else had time to take care of them either. Instead of publishing a ton of new articles with outdated content, I thought I'd group them. Mostly our fault for not taking care of the news in a timely manner.
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HLEBMF needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 188 designs submitted by 39 freelance designers.
Hawai`i Lions Eye Bank & Makana Foundation
The basics….
Our organization: Hawai`i Lions Eye Bank & Makana Foundation. We are a nonprofit organization. Our primary mission is to provide sight restoring eye tissue (corneas and sclera) for transplant with the focus of serving our community, the people of Hawai`i.
Our secondary mission is public awareness / education on the need for eye, organ, & tissue in Hawai`i and throughout the world.
To learn more about our organization you may visit our outdated website (one of our next projects) at http://www.hlebmf.org
We are in the initial stages of reworking our PR / public outreach program so will most likely ask the winner if they could perform other projects for us as well.
Our target is the people living, working and visiting in Hawai`i. Little vast!? Yes, it may be simpler to say what were looking for. We need an identity that can we can work into office stationary, public outreach material in both print and web based, as well as our forms that are sent to doctors around the world with our tissue.
Two issue for us. One: our name is way too long but because of a merger agreement back in the 80's we cannot change our name. So please try to work it in some way shape or form. Two: We're an Eye Bank. Most people have no idea what an eye bank is AND most logo's that are based around an "eye" or "vision" look sophomoric or flat out cheesy. So a more "local" theme would work best.
Primary use will be in color and occasionally in B/W print (letterhead, business cards, brochures, etc.). So design will need to work in b/w as well.
Resolution: needs to be high enough so logo can be enlarged for printing on banners and signs.
Electronic Format: adobie vector or equivalent format that can be easily incorporated into MS office PC programs and given to other graphic designers for use in future publications.
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Historically our base color is green – for donation, life, & the islands. Secondary (and even tertiary) color we will leave up to you for some creative freedom.
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Editor's Note: This article on the National Firearms Museum is an excerpt from Gun Digest 2013.
The NRA's National Firearms Museum, established in 1935, proudly boasts a collection of nearly 6,000 firearms and twice that number of accoutrements and related items. The overwhelming majority of the National Firearms Museum's holdings have come from the more than generous contributions of members, friends, and industry.
Recently, a gift from the estate of Robert E. Petersen, of Los Angeles, to the National Firearms Museum set a record in philanthropy to the National Rifle Association (NRA), with a nearly $20 million gift, the largest in the 140-year history of the NRA.
Through the generosity of Mr. Petersen's widow, Margie Petersen, 425 firearms from his lifelong collection of historic, rare, and extraordinary sporting arms were given to the National Firearms Museum, with the only requirement being that anything gifted to the museum must be displayed. The National Firearms Museum staff proudly opened its newest exhibit, The Robert E. Petersen Gallery, to the general public on October 8, 2010. The opening marked the culmination of Petersen's dream of sharing his extraordinary collection of firearms with the world. The collection is on permanent display at the National Firearms Museum, where it will be preserved for the education and enjoyment of future generations.
Husband, father, veteran, publisher, restaurateur, outdoorsman, automobile enthusiast, philanthropist, and friend are all words that partially describe Robert E. Petersen. Born in 1926, in Barstow, California, he proudly served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. Following his service in the war, he started a hobbyist magazine for car racing enthusiasts titled Hot Rod. From that initial venture he built the Petersen Publishing empire that included 39 monthly periodicals by the time he sold the company, in 1996.
Petersen published a number of iconic American magazines including Hot Rod, Guns & Ammo, Sports Afield, Petersen's Hunting, and Motor Trend, just to name a few. He hunted on nearly every continent and was credited with being the first person to ever take a polar bear with a .44 Magnum handgun. (Both the revolver and the bear are on exhibit in the National Firearms Museum.) He also served as Commissioner of Shooting Sports for the XXIII Olympiad, held in 1984, in Los Angeles.
Pete, as he was called by his friends and his wife, Margie (1936- 2011), first established a relationship with the NRA's National Firearms Museum in the early 1990s, when they loaned a substantial part of his antique Colt's collection for display. Since that time, the National Firearms Museum has always been fortunate to exhibit priceless treasures from Pete's personal collection.
It was through Margie's vision and generosity that the National Firearms Museum's 2,000 square-foot Petersen Gallery was made possible. While every firearm selected for exhibit is exceptional in its own way, notable highlights include:
• Largest collection of fine double rifles on display to the public.
• Exceptional collection of high-end double barrel shotguns.
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Of special inclusion in the Petersen gift are the world-renowned Parker Invincibles—considered by many to be the finest and most valuable set of American-made guns in existence—a "baby" Paterson revolver, and the Grover Cleveland 8-gauge Colt's double-barrel shotgun. The Parkers and the Colt 8-gauge have been on loan to the museum since 2001.
Ken Elliott, a personal friend of the Petersens for over 45 years and an employee for 35 of those years, was Vice President and Executive Publisher of Petersen Publishing's Outdoor Division at the time the company was sold in 1996. After attending the gala opening of the museum gallery, he remarked that, "The Petersen Gallery is indicative of the man. It is what he was all about, from showing the guns he loved to shoot to the finest guns ever created. The gallery is about the man and his passions."


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This speaks to D'Antoni's inability to cultivate an identity for these Lakers. Bryant wouldn't come right out and declare D'Antoni's system a failure, but he did speak to a need for the coach to find ways to flex everyone's strengths. D'Antoni has a long, stubborn history of forcing talent to fit into his system, and right now that is clearly playing a part in the unraveling of this season.
"We need to go back to basics," Bryant said. "We need to put guys in positions to do what they do best. We need to strip it down. Steve is best in pick-and-roll. Pau is best in the post. I'm best from the free-throw line extended down. Let's go back to basics.
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I'm fairly certain they'll trade Gasol & bring in players to fit D'Antoni's system. They'll run, they'll win a couple, perhaps even make the playoffs..then their tired, beat legs will let teams score all over them because they've spent all their energy on the offensive end. Everyone claims D'Antoni can't teach defense and then they try it all over again next year. Hah.


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Do I have access to my daughter's or son's disciplinary records?
If a student completes a FERPA waiver form, parents can have limited to full access to student educational records. Without the signed form, information cannot be released to anyone but the student.
What behavior is expected of DU students?
Each student accepts the following responsibilities: Students are expected to respect and value the rights of others, support the academic environment, and encourage the proper use of University facilities. Students are also expected to observe federal, state, and local laws, as well as University rules, regulations, and policies, including the use of existing procedures to resolve disputes. Students are expected to make themselves aware of the regulations governing them as members of the University community. Students are expected to conduct themselves as mature individuals at all times consistent with the institution's values, beliefs, and highest standards of ethics. This encompasses all conduct while on campus, off campus, and during all University-related endeavors including, but not limited to, internships, practicums, clinicals, or other University-related experiences.
Does DU have an alcohol and drug use policy?
The use or possession of alcoholic beverages is prohibited by Davenport University on all University property regardless of age. The following actions are prohibited according to law: Use or possession of any drug or controlled substance, or of drug paraphernalia, contrary to law or without a valid and legal prescription for such drugs or controlled substances. Production, manufacture, distribution or use of any drug, controlled substance or any substance used as a drug contrary to law. Sale, gift or transfer of drugs, controlled substances, or drug paraphernalia, whether or not such sale, gift, or transfer occurs on or off campus.
Are services available to help students locate jobs?
Career Services will show students where to find the open positions available on campus. We can help critique their resume and give them examples so they can apply for positions. For job searching we show them effective techniques such as what search engines to use on the internet. Additionally, we send job leads on a weekly bases for employers to any student who has used or services and fits the requirement the employer is seeking. We also forward job leads to professors by major and tell them to inform their faculty and students of the position. Career Services also recommends students to network, join linkedin.com, ask parents, family, and friends about job opportunities. Moreover, we suggest targeting specific company websites on a weekly basis to see what they have available.
Should students work during their first year? Won't employment interfere with studies and adjustment to college?
This is a difficult question to answer because it really depends on the student. Working is a great way to get on-the-job experience and earn money for college at the same time. However, we realize that many students may need some time to adjust to college life while learning to balance athletic and class schedules, as well as social activities. We want our students to be successful and since Davenport University has so much to offer, not all students have the ability to make a student job a priority, especially during their first year.
Davenport University participates in the Federal work study program. Students who wish to participate must submit a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and apply for a job. Employment, just like in the "real world," is not guaranteed. Students need to apply and be interviewed. This is a great way to learn skills that will help in your future career. On-campus positions as well as local community service positions are available. To learn more about the work-study program, contact your career services representative. Although limited, positions that do not require work-study eligibility are also available throughout the school year.
What advice can I give my son or daughter when he or she is unsure of what to major in?
Students should be encouraged to visit the Career Services Office where they can assist the student in identifying areas of interest as it relates to a chosen career path.
Work-study employment - if a student is interested, do we first refer them to the financial aid office to see if they qualify for it?
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What can I do to get my student involved with Davenport University, so that he or she can enhance their college experience?
Encourage your student to attend Davenport events on campus. At the beginning of the academic year, there are several opportunities for students to find out about different registered student organizations, events on campus and job opportunities on campus. For example, students can come to PantherPalooza in September of each year and find out what is happening on campus. Several community organizations, departments and restaurants come to this event to recruit students to become involved at Davenport and in the Grand Rapids community. You can find out more information about volunteering on campus, joining a student organization or start a student organization with friends.
What types of activities can my student participate in on the weekends?
Students have the opportunity to attend athletic events which take place all throughout the year. In addition, students can join registered student organizations to meet new people and get involved. The Student Life Office additionally offers programming throughout the year such as Homecoming, Family Weekend, Sibs and Kids Weekend, Spring Fling, Stressbusters, weekly programming and more. Moreover, Panther Recreation plans fun recreational activities such as bowling, skating and intramural sports. Stop by the Student Life office and we can help you get involved!
What opportunities are available at Davenport and in the surrounding community for students to become involved?
The Volunteer Center at Davenport University offers a wide variety of opportunities for student to become engaged in the community. From one day service events to long-term volunteer commitments, the opportunities offered by the Volunteer Center allow students to donate as much time and effort as they can afford. Ongoing volunteer programs include the HEROES program, in which DU students mentor local middle school students one hour a week, and Alternative Spring Break, in which DU students travel to a community in need to tackle a specific social issue such as poverty. For a full list of programs and events, visit the Volunteer Center Website!
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Where are the different fields for athletic events?
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Can a parent purchase a pass for the Student Center?
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Who is the best person to call if my child has problems regarding financial aid, housing/roommates, their account, or classes?
If your student is experiencing problems with their account or classes, please have them contact their academic advisor to address the issue. If your son or daughter lives on campus and experiencing difficulties, please have them contact their Residence Hall Coordinator.
Where is the closest hospital, med center, etc.?
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The closest hospital to the downtown campus is Spectrum Health-Butterworth Hospital located in the city of Grand Rapids.
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If your student is having health issues, they can also visit a Spectrum Health Urgent Care Center. The closest Urgent Care location is Broadmoor Urgent Care.
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What type of transportation is available?
Davenport University provides a shuttle service for its students that runs Monday-Friday. To find out more information about the shuttle services and hours of operation, click here.
What kind of security presence do you have here?
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If classes are canceled, how are students notified?
Davenport University incorporates a service called DU Alerts. This is a mass notification system that utilizes cell phones, home phones, email, and text messages, to alert students to class cancellations or campus closings. This system started in Fall, 2009. You can log in to the student portal to sign up and choose up to 5 sources to receive the notice.
How safe is the campus for my student who lives here?
Security Services has random, roaming foot patrols of the buildings and property. We also provide escorts to/from buildings, to/from vehicles or other buildings on campus. Our residence halls are set up with a two fold key card access system that not only requires a programmed key card but also a 4 digit pin in order to access their rooms and some exterior doors. The campus also utilizes closed circuit TV around the grounds and around/inside buildings. Security Services Department also works closely with Kent County Sheriff's Department when the need arises to involve the presence of outside law enforcement.
Do students need a parking permit? Where should students park?
All students need to register for a free parking pass online. Students must park in the lot associated with their parking permit.
Where is Security office located on campus?
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Calling All Men's & Women's Lacrosse and Men's and Women's Soccer Players
The "Winning Goal" Campaign for Reese Stadium -- Help Us Close the Gap!
The next phase in the storied histories of Yale Soccer and Lacrosse starts now! Our programs have been built upon foundations of teamwork, loyalty, and hard work and it is these core values that will propel us into an even greater future. As you know, Phase I of Reese Stadium is complete and Phase II is well on its way, due to the generosity of many lacrosse and soccer alumni, but our help is still needed.
Below you can see some of the architectural renderings of this awesome facility. What you cannot see on those drawings is the names of every former soccer and lacrosse player that will be displayed on the archways leading into the stadium - the individuals who have shaped these programs will be proudly displayed for all fans and future Yale soccer and lacrosse players to see. However, it is the leadership donor plaque in the entryway of this facility that still has room for recognition.
Just as teamwork has built this program, so will it build this stadium.
We understand that these economic times might make it difficult for individuals to step up and make leadership gifts, but that does not mean your leadership cannot be reflected in this project. We are asking you to be creative and reach out to your former classmates, teammates and friends to partner together to make a leadership gift in honor of your experience of representing Yale on the field as a unit. Parents and friends can also be a part of this great project by honoring their children and their children's team.
We need 40 groups or individuals on both the men's and women's sides of our Soccer and Lacrosse Associations to step forward with $25,000 gifts/pledges - $1,000,000 in total from former soccer and lacrosse players (or 10 from each team - payable over 5 years)!
Just as Ivy Championships cannot be won alone - we will not reach this goal as individuals.
We are all a part of this program's past - we cannot put on our Yale jerseys and take the field but we have left an indelible mark. Who is to say that our time in influencing the future of this program is over? Reese Stadium is the greatest recruiting tool Coach Tompkins, Coach Meredith, Coach Shay and Coach Phillips could have to bring the next generation of Ivy Champions to Yale. By coming together, we ensure that all of our legacies will not only be etched in the record books, but also on the walls of the new home of Yale Soccer and Lacrosse.
This project offers us an amazing opportunity to be teammates again and work towards a common goal in the name of Yale.
Now is the time to make this happen - this is a once in a lifetime opportunity to make a tremendous impact on Yale Soccer and Lacrosse! Once Reese Stadium is built, the moment will have passed and you do not want to walk into this amazing facility and be the only class or team missing from the leadership plaque! You will be hearing from your former captains and teammates in the near future and they will be calling upon you to give what you can towards the common goal. If we strive for 100% participation from every class and every team, we will achieve our goals.
It is our hope that the legacy of Reese Stadium will be that it was built by ALL of the men and women of Yale soccer and lacrosse !
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Graphic novel, in American and British usage, a type of text combining words and images—essentially a comic, although the term most commonly refers to a complete story presented as a book rather than a periodical.
Comic versus graphic novel
The term graphic novel is contentious. From the 1970s, as the field of comic studies was first emerging as an academic discipline, scholars and others have attempted to define the word comics and to generate a critical terminology appropriate to support that definition. The debate over so-called graphic novels touches upon this complex situation. For many, the word comics denotes a periodical for children, published on a weekly or monthly basis, sold at newsstands or in speciality comic book stores, often with pages devoted to advertising and, when intended for younger readers, competitions and puzzles. In contrast, graphic novel is usually taken to mean a long comic narrative for a mature audience, published in hardback or paperback and sold in bookstores, with serious literary themes and sophisticated artwork.
However, these distinctions are somewhat spurious, as comics are found in all shapes and formats, appeal to many different groups and age ranges, and encompass a huge variety of genres and styles. Moreover, graphic novels are often not original publications but rather repackaged collections of serially published comics. While some material is produced especially for the graphic novel market, bookshops and libraries make no real distinction, so the term graphic novel often serves no serious descriptive purpose. It may perhaps be more properly understood as a marketing term intended to resituate comics for an audience uncomfortable with or embarrassed by the associations that surround them (i.e., that a reader of comics is juvenile and subliterate). The extent to which the term signifies a difference in style or form from comics is negligible, but it must be noted that texts that are originally intended for publication in book form sometimes take advantage of the possibilities for a longer narrative, different formats, and superior paper quality, which can be seen as an argument for preserving the distinction between comics and graphic novels.
The argument is further complicated by the fact that the supposed need for the term graphic novel grows out of what might be considered American and British cultural prejudices. No equivalent term is required in continental Europe or in Japan, where the acceptance of comics as both an art form and a literary mode is unproblematic. In Europe, and especially in France, comics, or bande dessinée ("drawn strips"), have long been collected in high-quality albums, with themes and styles appropriate to a mature audience. This adult comic culture has coexisted very comfortably with comics for children, with no supposed contradiction in terms. In Japan a huge proportion of the population routinely reads comics (called manga), which achieve a dizzying variety of genres and themes. The emergence of the term graphic novel must therefore be understood in terms of the cultural attitudes that shaped it.
From comic strips to comic books
The term comics derives from the so-called funny pages that were found in late 19th- and early 20th-century newspapers. In the United States these comic strips were first published as separate entities when the modern-format comic book was born, in the 1930s. In Britain at about the same time, publications featuring illustrated text stories slowly gave way to comic strips and then to comic books in their own right. At that time the humour genre started to give way to action, crime, and fantasy books. These combined to create the superhero genre, which came to dominate the American market. In Britain war, sports, and science fiction were most popular. However, even though comic books diversified in terms of content, their association with humorous and juvenile entertainment persisted, so the term comics stuck (and is commonly used as a singular noun to refer to the medium). The appearance of underground comics by the likes of R. Crumb in the 1960s brought with it a new term—comix—denoting X-rated and taboo content that responded to the counterculture movement. Although such work was clearly adult-orientated, it was also distinguished from the mainstream by its distribution and its material quality. Underground comix circulated via "head shops" (stores that sold marijuana pipes and other drug paraphernalia) and independent bookstores, rather than via newspaper stands. The paper comix were printed on was sometimes cheaper, and the printing quality was variable.
The academic study of comics
In the 1970s there was a groundswell of academic interest in comics, and many of these commentators celebrated the work of Crumb alongside Winsor McCay and George Herriman, comic strip creators from the early 20th century. They also sought to validate the importance of comics by delving into the prehistory of the medium, finding a lineage of word-image texts that evolved from cave paintings, Egyptian hieroglyphs and Mayan carvings, illuminated manuscripts, the Bayeux Tapestry, early woodcut printing, the serial illustrations of William Hogarth and Rodolphe Töpffer, and the engravings of William Blake. Töpffer, a 19th-century Swiss artist, was particularly important, and he is often described as the father of the modern comic. Hogarth, an 18th-century English broadsheet satirist, anticipated the funny pages in the late 19th century with visual techniques that would become comic conventions. In the early 20th century, film was influenced by comics, and woodcut novels by the likes of Frans Masereel and Lynd Ward (themselves partially influenced by German Expressionist cinema, and perhaps vice versa) were precursors of the graphic novel.
Within this larger historical context, comics can be seen both as an ancient medium that combines words and images, two of the primal building blocks for communication, and as a modern medium that continues to develop and evolve. By the last quarter of the 20th century, the term comics had suddenly become anachronistic. In 1985 Will Eisner used the term sequential art to describe the medium in his influential book Comics and Sequential Art, and in 1993 critic Scott McCloud offered this definition in his book Understanding Comics: comics are "juxtaposed pictorial and other images in deliberate sequence, intended to convey information and/or produce an aesthetic response." This academic interest was paralleled by a growth in production of comics for adults in Britain and the United States. As cultural critic Roger Sabin explains in his book Adult Comics (1993), there had always been comics for adults, and adults had always gained enjoyment from comics regardless of the material's supposed audience, but in the late 1970s those children who had embraced the comics boom of the 1960s were now older and sought more realistic and mature comics. The major American comic publishers responded with more violent material and, sometimes, more intelligent comics—many of them in the form of books and albums, mimicking the marketing of comics in Europe. These were the immediate precursors of what would come to be known as graphic novels. The emergence of this format was supported by the birth of the direct-sales market (specialty comic shops), which helped to formalize a culture of fandom around comics and revealed the presence of an audience of readers with high disposable income who could therefore be relied upon to buy these new expensive books. This move away from the newsstands created new possibilities, not just in terms of format but with regard to content. The once strict censorship of the Comics Code Authority—an industry group that policed depictions of sex and violent content in mass-market comics—lessened and ultimately became irrelevant to most publishers and consumers.
The first graphic novels
While it is almost impossible to identify any one text as the original graphic novel, many hold Eisner's A Contract with God, and Other Tenement Stories (1978) to be one of the most important early examples of the graphic novel in the United States. Books like Eisner's made clear the demand for more sophisticated comics, and the result was something of a boom in so-called adult comics in the mid- to late 1980s, which was centred around three works: Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns (1986), Alan Moore's Watchmen (1986–87), and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Maus (1980–86) by Art Spiegelman. The defining attribute of each was a formal control of the medium—which is to say, a highly sophisticated degree of control over the use of panel transitions, layout, and so on to achieve certain narrative effects—coupled with artistic innovation and a literary quality in which the authors announced their individual style.
These factors alone made these books seem like something new and distinct from mainstream comics, but it is important to note that The Dark Knight Returns (which imagined an aging Batman emerging from retirement) and Watchmen (a Cold War-era commentary on the archetypal "super team") were firmly situated in the superhero genre and that Spiegelman's work was deeply indebted to R. Crumb and the underground comix of the 1960s. Other than the format and the media hype that grew up around them, there was very little that was new about these books. Indeed, it was the mainstream media that gave the term graphic novel such currency, with press attention focusing on the notion that these books were materially different from the comics that children read. In fact, all three of these books had originally appeared as serial publications in comic or magazine form. It was the assumption that comics were merely for children that created the confusion. From its inception, it may be argued, the term graphic novel has served less to elevate the medium of comics than to denigrate it further by enforcing a hierarchy based on format alone rather than one based on substance, form, or quality.
The graphic novel grows up
The turn of the 21st century proved to be a golden period for comics and graphic novels. Indeed, the production of comics in book form and the subsequent exploitation of the freedoms associated with the book market saw the emergence of a wealth of material, such as Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth (2000) by Chris Ware, Persepolis (2000) by Marjane Satrapi, From Hell (1991–98) and Lost Girls (1991–2006) by Alan Moore, with artwork by Eddie Campbell and Melinda Gebbie, respectively, and Y: The Last Man (2002–08) and Pride of Baghdad (2006) by Brian K. Vaughan, with artwork by Pia Guerra and Niko Henrichon, respectively. These comics, along with a host of other artful and literate publications, have gained recognition and awards well beyond the sometimes insular world of comic fandom. They have also achieved something comparable to the complexity and density that can be achieved in a novel while transcending the novel format's limitations with artwork that is an integral part of the medium rather than merely being illustrative of the plot. Other models are appropriate too. Brian Talbot's Alice in Sunderland (2007) attempts to draw closer association with theatre, with the text becoming a site of performance, whereas some of Alan Moore's comics, such as The Birth Caul (1999) and Snakes and Ladders (2001), explore psychogeography and take on a lyrical, poetic form in an oneric celebration of the power of interwoven words and images. There also has been a huge influx of creative talent from outside comics, from such fields as contemporary art and graphic design. Andrzej Klimowski's The Depository (1994) and The Secret (2002), for example, seem close to 21st-century versions of the woodcut novels of Masereel and Ward, and his Horace Dorlan (2007) sits somewhere between those woodcut novels, Franz Kafka's novels and stories, and Paul Auster's New York Trilogy (1985–86). These seem to be at once graphic novels, yet not quite comics, creating a further level of ambiguity.
The creation of the direct-sales market, the acceptance of comics and graphic novels into bookshops, and the expansion of academic debate sparked a period of huge creative innovation, but it is a period that might leave the term graphic novel behind. Moreover, the appearance of Web comics during this period presented a potential challenge to graphic novels. With Web publishing allowing more creative freedom than ever thought possible, comic creators were faced with options: would they still be drawn to the possibilities for longer narratives in book form presented by the graphic novel, or would Web comics, which tended toward shorter narratives, encourage a return to serialization, this time through the medium of the Internet rather than the comics page? Whatever the case, comics and graphic novels were in a state of flux in the first decade of the 21st century, with a rapidly changing marketplace and furious growth in critical and academic attention shaping the manner in which these terms were understood.
The future of the term
The misuse of the term graphic novel is evident, with journalists, libraries, and bookshops making firm distinctions between comics and graphic novels on a highly questionable basis. While recognizing that the term comics is a relatively new label applied to this most ancient and misunderstood of mediums, there is also much resonance and value in the name. While it might seem somewhat strange to label an entire medium on the basis of its association with one genre (humour strips), it should be borne in mind what an appropriate label it is, particularly given that the words comic and comedy are etymologically related to the Greek komos, a word associated with the Revels, a time of humorous and subversive transgression.
Comics are fundamentally about the coming together of word and image, as well as panels on a page, and, given their traits of exaggeration and links to caricature, they are well suited to parody and satire, giving them a subversive undercurrent. For this reason comics remains a rich term, while graphic novel contains the suggestion of distaste for the supposedly childish nature of comics and is a term that holds more significance for those marketing comics to bookstores that it does for comics readers and scholars.
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comic strip: The autobiographical graphic novelIn the 21st century the graphic novel came to occupy an entire section in major bookstores. The term
graphic novelwas first successfully claimed by Will Eisner for his semi-autobiographical A Contract with God(1978), which offers a melancholy perspective on the author's…
Alan Moore…
Watchmenhelped define the term graphic novelto many readers, and its mature story line, which sampled from the dystopian visions of both Marvelman and V for Vendetta, was unlike anything that had previously been seen in the superhero genre. Watchmen's characters were morally complex, and the climax of the…
comic book
Comic book, bound collection of comic strips, usually in chronological sequence, typically telling a single story or a series of different stories. The first true comic books were marketed in 1933 as giveaway advertising premiums. By 1935 reprints of newspaper strips and books with original stories were selling in large quantities.…
comic strip
Comic strip, series of adjacent drawn images, usually arranged horizontally, that are designed to be read as a narrative or a chronological sequence. The story is usually original in this form. Words may be introduced within or near each image, or they may be dispensed with altogether. If words functionally…
R. Crumb
R. Crumb, American counterculture comic book artist and social satirist, known for his distinctive artwork and excellent marriage of drawing and narrative and for creating such well-known characters as Fritz the Cat and Mr. Natural. Crumb's drawing style was…
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Travel Health: There are several health issues to consider for travel to Peru. Those entering the country from an infected area require a yellow fever certificate, and outbreaks of yellow fever do occur; vaccination is recommended for some regions but is not necessary for Lima, Cuzco, or Machu Picchu. No other vaccinations are officially required but visitors are advised to take precautions, especially if planning to travel to jungle regions. Immunisation against typhoid is sensible. Malaria is a risk all year round in the lowland areas, except for Lima and the coastal regions to the south, and dengue fever is on the increase. Vaccinations for hepatitis A and hepatitis B are recommended. There have been a number of incidents of rabies transmitted by bites from bats in the Madre de Dios and Puno provinces, and near the border with Ecuador; visitors are advised to have a course of rabies injections and not to sleep in the open if spending time in this area. The most common ailments for travellers are diarrhoea and altitude sickness. Drink only bottled water, avoid drinks with ice, and be wary of food bought from street vendors. Health care is good in the major cities (better at private clinics than at public hospitals) but is expensive; health insurance is essential. Screening for HIV is inadequate and visitors should avoid blood transfusions. Zika is a risk in Peru. Infection in a pregnant woman can cause serious birth defects, and women who are pregnant should not travel to Peru.
Tipping: Most restaurants add a service charge of 10 percent, which will be indicated by the words propina or servicio near the bottom of the bill. Even if a service charge has been added the waiter can be offered an additional 10 percent for exceptional service; this is also the going rate for tipping where a service charge has not been added. In hotels porters expect about US$1 per bag. Taxi drivers are not tipped (the fare should be set before departure). Tour guides are customarily tipped.
Safety Information: Safety in Peru is improving. Thieves are the biggest problem: be especially cautious in crowded areas, on public transport, in bus and train stations, and in the centre of Lima at night. Special care should be taken in the cities of Lima and Cuzco against street crime and violent crime. There have been attacks on foreigners trekking in the Huayhuash region near Huaraz and trekkers should be cautious and seek advice before setting out. Thieves and muggers also operate in Huaraz and Arequipa. Women should take particular care to only take taxis that have been pre-booked by a hotel or official company, and travellers arriving at Lima International Airport should be wary of thieves posing as taxi drivers or tour operators. There has been an increase in the number of crimes associated with taxis in the main cities. Visitors should avoid all political gatherings and demonstrations as these have the potential for violence. Most visits to Peru are trouble-free and the usual sensible precautions should be enough to keep travellers safe.
Local Customs: Do not take photographs of anything to do with the military. Many locals will ask for a tip in return for being the subject of a photograph: in some places, this is people's primary source of income. Homosexuality, although legal, is frowned upon: outside gay clubs, it is advisable to keep a low profile. Visitors should avoid wearing any native Indian clothing as this will be seen as insulting, regardless of intention.
Business: Business in Peru centres on the capital, Lima. Business is usually conducted in a formal and somewhat conservative manner, and it is worth noting that a business visa is needed from a local Peruvian Consulate. Dress should be formal, with suits and ties the norm. Titles and surnames are usually used upon greeting, and handshakes are standard for men and women. Business cards are usually exchanged and it is useful to have them printed in Spanish on one side. Although English is fairly common, it will be an advantage to have business materials translated into Spanish; an effort to speak Spanish will be well received. Women may encounter sexism. Punctuality is important, although meetings are not likely to begin on time. Business hours can vary but are usually from 9am to 6pm Monday to Friday. Some businesses close for siesta from 1pm to 3pm.
Communications: The international access code for Peru is +51. Peru is well connected to the internet, with many inexpensive internet kiosks (cabinas públicas) available in most towns and cities. Wifi access is available in most hotels, modern restaurants and cafés. Connecting a smartphone to wifi is an easy way to avoid international roaming fees, and free international calls can be made via the internet.
Duty Free: Travellers to Peru over 18 years old do not have to pay duty on 400 cigarettes, 50 cigars or 250g of tobacco; 3 litres of alcoholic beverages; and gifts to the value of US$500. Items such as sausages, salami, ham and cheese may only be brought in if accompanied by an original sanitary certificate. The import of ham from Italy and Portugal is prohibited. The export of cultural or artistic items from the country is not permitted.


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Got up at 5am to catch a flight to Phoenix. Made it here by noon.
FUN FACT ABOUT PHOENIX: It's really hot.
National Car Rental gave me a GPS, but a different kind than I was using in Colorado (that was a Nextel, this is a Navman.)
I'm no techneophyte, but the Navman made no sense at all. I was twenty miles away from the car rental place when I realized the problem wasn't me---it was my unit (insert genital joke here.)
Basically, the GPS was stuck in demo mode, and the little triangle I thought was me was actually a simulation, going down roads that I wasn't on, making turns that I didn't make.
So I'm stuck in the desert with a bum GPS, with no idea of how to get back to the car rental place, because, hey, no GPS.
I did eventaully make it back, and the National rep wasn't sympathetic at all to my plight (I spent twelve years in the service industry, and this girl was a waste of carbon.) I wrangled a new GPS, got it working, and finally made it to my hotel by 2pm.
Time to start the drive-bys.
Barnes & Noble in Phoenix on Camelback, signed 3 hardcovers, 4 paperbacks.
Barnes & Noble in Phoenix on Metro, signed 4 hardcovers, 5 paperbacks, sold 1.
Waldenbooks in Phoenix on Metro, signed 3 hardcovers, 5 paperbacks, sold 1.
Waldenbooks in Phoenix on Bell, signed 4 hardcovers, 11 paperbacks, sold 1.
Borders in Phoenix in Fashion Park, signed 3 hardcovers, 6 paperbacks.
Borders in Phoenix on Cactus, signed 3 hardcovers, 6 paperbacks, 2 CDs.
Borders in Glendale on Bell, signed 3 hardcovers, 2 paperbacks.
Borders in Scottsdale on Mayo, signed 1 hardcover, 7 paperbacks.
Barnes & Noble in Scottsdale on Indian Bend, signed 4 hardcover, 9 paperbacks.
Brentano's in Scottsdale on Cameback, signed 10 hardcovers, 10 paperbacks, and was told that a women came in ten minutes before I did and bought both books. Sorry I was late lady, but the store was in a mall, and as I mentioned before, fate rolls the dice and chooses to make me park as far away as humanly possible from the store location. And the malls in Arizona are even larger than the malls in Colorado. I swear, in one mall I walked at least 70 miles. I grew a beard in the time it took to go from Sears to JC Penny.
So ten signings today, for a total of 35 in three days. Someone call the Guinness people.
Better yet, some give me a pint of Guinness.
I have ten more tomorrow, which should be easy, since I have all day. I'm doing an event at 7pm at Poisoned Pen in Scottsdale, which should be fun.
Once again, my publisher has put me up at a nice hotel. And once again, I haven't had time to enjoy it. Speaking of publishers...
TOUR TIP #16---Let your publisher and agent know how the tour is going. Be upbeat and positive. My publicist told everyone at Hyperion how I was doing, which can't hurt their opinion of me. When you make an effort, don't make it in silence.
As for the recent comments pertaining to my sanity, I don't think working hard at something I love is crazy. Getting published is a tremendous opportunity, and the best way to acknowledge such a gift is to work hard to prove it wasn't all just luck.
Which is why I've given up sleep, and tattooed my publisher's name on my forehead. In reverse, so I can read it when I look into the mirror.
Until tomorrow...
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Crashes took 37,133 lives in the U.S. in 2017.
By far the largest number of motor vehicle crash deaths are occupants of passenger vehicles including cars, minivans, pickups, SUVs, and cargo/large passenger vans. The likelihood of crash death varies markedly among these vehicle types according to size. Small/light vehicles have less structure and size to absorb crash energy, so more injurious forces can reach their occupants in crashes. People in lighter vehicles are at a disadvantage in collisions with heavier vehicles. Kahane, C.J. 2003. Vehicle weight, fatality risk and crash compatibility of model year 1991-99 passenger cars and light trucks. Report no. DOT HS-809-662. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Transportation. Pickups and SUVs are proportionally more likely than cars to be in fatal single-vehicle crashes, especially rollovers. However, pickups and SUVs generally are heavier than cars, so occupant deaths in SUVs and pickups are less likely to occur in multiple-vehicle crashes.
The following facts are based on analysis of data from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) and The Polk Company's National Vehicle Population Profile.
A total of 30,476 passenger vehicle occupants died in 2006, nearly the same as in 1975. However, the distribution of vehicle types among these crashes has changed. Car occupant deaths have declined 26 percent since 1975, while pickup occupant deaths have risen 62 percent and SUV occupant deaths are more than 10 times as high.
Passenger vehicle occupant deaths by vehicle type, 1975-2006
A total of 21,497 passenger vehicle drivers died in 2006, 2 percent less than in 2005 but 11 percent more than in 1975. Sixty-one percent of passenger vehicle driver deaths in 2006 were car drivers. However, the proportion of deaths involving pickup and SUV drivers is growing as the popularity of these vehicles increases.
Passenger vehicle occupant deaths represented 71 percent of the 42,642 motor vehicle crash deaths in 2006.
Frontal impacts accounted for 49 percent of passenger vehicle occupant deaths in 2006. Side impacts accounted for another 29 percent of passenger vehicle occupant deaths.
Forty-three percent of car occupant deaths in 2006 occurred in single-vehicle crashes and 57 percent occurred in multiple-vehicle crashes. In contrast, single-vehicle crashes accounted for 65 percent of SUV occupant deaths and 62 percent of pickup occupant deaths.
Thirty-three percent of passenger vehicle occupants killed in 2006 were younger than 25.
Seventy-one percent of passenger vehicle occupants killed in 2006 were drivers; 70 percent of these drivers were males.
Computing driver death rates per million registered passenger vehicles allows for comparisons of fatal crash risk across vehicle groups. The computed rates reflect the influence of vehicle designs plus their patterns of use and the demographics of their drivers. Driver death rates are based on 1-3-year-old vehicles only so as to minimize the effects of vehicle aging. Rates based on fewer than 120,000 vehicle registrations are considered unreliable and are not included.
Since 1978, the overall rates of driver and occupant deaths per million registered vehicles have declined across all passenger vehicle types. Declines in death rates have been largest for SUV occupants.
For each vehicle type (car, pickup, SUV), the rates of driver deaths per million registered vehicles in 2006 were lowest for the largest and heaviest vehicles.
Driver deaths per million registered passenger vehicles 1-3 years old, 2006
Note: Pickups and SUVs are typically heavier than most passenger cars.
Multiple-vehicle crashes accounted for 36 driver deaths per million registered passenger vehicles in 2006, while there were 38 deaths per million in single-vehicle crashes. In single-vehicle crashes, pickups had the highest number of deaths per registered vehicle (66 per million) in 2006. In multiple-vehicle crashes, cars had the highest number of deaths per registered vehicle (44 per million), and SUVs had the lowest number of deaths per registered vehicle (18 per million).
Frontal impacts accounted for 20 driver deaths per million registered passenger vehicles in multiple-vehicle crashes in 2006 compared with 13 deaths per million in side impacts and 2 deaths per million in rear impacts.
Frontal impacts accounted for 17 driver deaths per million registered passenger vehicles in single-vehicle crashes in 2006 compared with 8 deaths per million in side impacts and fewer than 1 death per million in rear impacts.
A vehicle is classified as rolling over if it tips onto its side or roof at any time during the crash. The rollover may occur subsequent to a frontal or side impact with another vehicle or a fixed object. Many rollovers occur after a vehicle leaves the roadway and may lead to occupants being ejected from the vehicle, increasing the likelihood of a fatality.
A total of 10,682 passenger vehicle occupants died in rollover crashes in 2006. Twenty-three percent of these did not involve any other impact.
Crashes in which a vehicle rolled over accounted for 35 percent of passenger vehicle occupant deaths in 2006 (57 percent of single-vehicle occupant crash deaths and 13 percent of multiple-vehicle occupant crash deaths).
Since 1978 pickups and SUVs have a consistently higher percentage of rollover deaths than cars.
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A total of 8,765 passenger vehicle occupants died in single-vehicle rollover crashes in 2006, nearly the same as in 2005 but 12 percent more than in 1978.
Single-vehicle rollover crashes accounted for 47 percent of occupant deaths in SUVs in 2006, compared with 39 percent of occupant deaths in pickups and 21 percent in cars.
Since 1978, driver death rates for single-vehicle rollover crashes have declined across all passenger vehicle types, particularly for SUVs. Single-vehicle crashes involving rollover accounted for 21 driver deaths per million registered passenger vehicles in 2006.
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Since Jeremy and his friends now had more apples than they could possibly eat, they needed to find ways to use them up. So each friend hit the cookbooks and started busily baking (it's remarkable how many yummy recipes there are for apples!). As it happens, each friend did such a good job making one recipe, that it was forever after their specialty. Fortunately for them, each one had a different specialty. Determine the name of each friend's special recipe, the type of apples and special ingredient each dish used, and the number of apples each recipe used.
1. The recipes, in no particular order, were the recipe using cinnamon, the recipe using three apples, the apple tarts, the recipe using Macoun apples, and the apple crisp.
2. The recipe using the Cortland apples used one apple more than the apple bread but one apple less than the recipe using the raisins.
3. The muffins used one more apple than the recipe with the walnuts but two less apples than the recipe using the Red Delicious apples.
4. The nutmeg was used in the apple crisp, which used more than two apples but less than the apple pie used. The apple pie used more apples than the treat with the raisins.
5. The apple muffins, which weren't made with Macoun apples, used pecans.
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The Learned Helplessness of Windows
Where are the Pliers?
Sometimes large thoughts pop up from small events. While out for a walk the other day, I saw a neighbor struggling with a half-open garage door, and when I went over to help, she told me the motor had been noisy and finally quit. I could see that the drive arm was connected to the door with a cotter pin, so I said, "If you'll hand me your pliers I can free this up right away."
"We don't have any," she said.
No Pliers?! My astonishment must have shown, because she seemed embarrassed. She told me her husband was not at all mechanically talented and she was even worse. Her husband had told her they were probably safer with no tools in the house than running the risk of trying to fix something themselves.
I'll admit that by the time I turned 70 I'd gotten rid of most of my heavy power tools and I seldom crawl under the sink to fix the plumbing any more, but NO tools, not even pliers? This was an educated, middle-class couple in their 50's, utterly unaware of how their immediate surroundings operated, at the mercy of any handyman who felt like charging them exorbitant rates for trivial repairs.
Three minutes to walk home and back with my pliers, thirty seconds to pry the rusty cotter pin loose and get the door working manually, and a major calamity in their lives was ended. I'm a decent neighbor but not a great one, so I didn't offer to see what was wrong with the motor. But the whole thing got me wondering: are there more of me in the world, or more of them? More people who are careful to keep themselves well-armed, mentally as well as mechanically, for their daily survival in the material world, or are my neighbors in the majority?
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And then it hit me: what about computers? As little as a year ago, I had no software equivalent of pliers, and like my neighbor I thought I was better off without, lest I break what I meant to fix. Even now I'm scarcely more than an apprentice, but at least I've become as comfortable dealing with a program freeze as with a stuck garage door. It didn't take long, it just took a little effort and the will to learn.
The larger thought came naturally: how much of the market dominance of Windows over Linux is due to people who either cannot or do not want to use pliers, who are afraid that any attempt to alter their machine is doomed to failure?
Photo of pliers taken by Dori. Thank you, Dori!
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