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The boy loves to sing. "You are my Sunshine" is the cutest and "Viva Las Vegas" is the most amusing. He thinks he's a rockstar.
He reads me stories about counting and ABC's
We have lots of fun together. It amazes me how much he remembers. He knows where I keep his toys, snacks, and towels for the pool. The best part is he fully remembered uncle Frank, grandma and me. Past visits it took a little time for him to warm up to us. This time he took our hands and said let's go! They didn't even get their bags yet. I know this month will fly by so I'm doing my best to cherish every moment.
Frank and Jeff gambled at Sahara and with my mom at the Plaza. They played blackjack and Frank introduced Jeff to craps. No wins, though. My mom had two rooms comped for two nights at the Plaza. So, they stayed downtown on Saturday and Sunday nights. Sunday we had brunch at Siena Bistro, aside from that we've grilled the rest of our meals at the house.
Vacation is near for me, only four hours of work left. Unfortunately, I have dentist appointment at 3:00. I need to have my temporary crown removed and replaced with permanent crowns. I'm hopeful that it will be quick and painless. I'm sure it'll take time to get used to my new bite, but as long as I don't have pain like I did two weeks ago. I'll be pleased.
Since I 'm not sure how I'll be feeling I won't be seeing the family today, they left for my mom's last night. Nicky will have fun with all the animals. Tomorrow they'll come back to Vegas and they'll stay with us until Thursday. Then, it's back to Pahrump, Frank and I will spend Friday out there. Pahrump has a great firework display each year on the 3rd. We'll check that out again. We'll celebrate the 4th back at our place and Sunday is up in the air. Jeff goes home on Monday. So, they'll be in Vegas to see him off. We have no firm plans for the rest of the week. However, if the weather isn't too hot, there are two or three parks I'd like to take Nicky to see, and I think he'd really enjoy the airplane viewing area on Sunset. We'll definitely have to check that out. We'll play the rest by ear.
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As Classic Car Week and the Concourse d'Elegance once again transform the Monterey Peninsula into the greatest car show on earth, we at the Old Monterey Inn are fortunate to be right in the mix of things! We feel extremely honored to play host to several very prominent guests who return to us year after year to enjoy our beautiful location and all that the week has to offer throughout the area. Our guests range from experts from the show "American Pickers" to classic race car drivers, some of which have been staying at the Old Monterey Inn for decades to enjoy the festivities! Breakfast is always an interesting time to listen to our knowledgeable guests chat about their daily activities.
This year, one of our notable return guests has a fabulous car to be featured at the actual Concourse event at Pebble Beach! Known as "Chrysler's Chrysler," the immaculately restored 1937 Chrysler Imperial C-15 Town Car will make its show debut this week! The seven passenger limousine was built for Walter Chrysler himself as a gift for his wife. Proud owners Mr. and Mrs. Howard Kroplick have had the automobile painstakingly restored to mint condition. After well over a year, and countless labor hours of work, this historically significant Town Car is ready to show! You can check it out for yourself at its' very own website at www.vanderbiltcupraces.com and you can check out all of the events and results at www.pebblebeachconcours.net
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Road trips with kids can be some of the most memorable occasions for families. Of course, the memories aren't always good ones if the kids are kicking each other in the backseat, and driving mom and dad insane upfront. From the right snacks to planning restroom breaks there's a lot to plan before you hit the road, but almost nothing is more important than a strategy to keep everyone from getting bored, which is just a recipe for disaster.
So what to plan? Car games and lots of them. I'm not going to lie to you and say that being prepared with a slew of games is going to magically stop the refrain of "Are we there yet?!" It will, however, help cut it down significantly, and make everyone's trip that much more enjoyable. Here are 10 of the best car games for kids:
1. I Spy -- A classic for good reason -- you can play it anywhere with absolutely no equipment necessary. The younger the kid, the more hilarious the things they spy.
2. The License Plate Game -- Give one person a pen and paper to do the recording, then see how many states you can find. Ice cream for everyone if you find all 50!
3. Car Bingo -- Fun for everyone, and there are lots of free game cards you can find online and print ahead of time.
4. The Alphabet Game -- "I went to the store, and I bought an ..." Start with "A" and continue through the alphabet. Each player has to recite everything that's been said before in order and then add his or her own to the end. If they can't they're out.
5. Tic Tac Toe -- This works especially well if you have an erasable board.
6. Hangman -- On paper or an erasable board.
7. 20 Questions -- An oldie but goodie. One person picks a subject and gives the other players a general category it's in (animals, movies, etc.), then the other players take turns asking questions. Whoever guesses correctly picks next. If no one does after 20 questions then the person reveals his choice and chooses another subject.
8. Mad Libs -- Make your own or buy a book. They always prove to be a good time.
9. Rock, Paper, Scissors -- Why not?
10. The Geography Game -- One person starts with any place in the world -- city, state, or country. Then the next person has to pick one that starts with the last letter of that place. And so on.
What games would you add to the list?
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Krampus and St. Nicholas meet the Snowboard World Cup and Gondola Dinners. No contradiction in Gastein whatsoever. Rather, a winter season filled with exciting moments.
Ever so gently, those thick, white flakes float down from the sky, the winter sunshine glimmers on the snow, illuminating billions of sparkling diamonds. People in the valley slowly get in the mood for Advent. They say, this is the most peaceful time of year. In some ways yes, in others no. Not least because, as in many Alpine valleys, centuries-old traditions are deeply rooted here in Gastein. And those traditions are not always calm and subdued. At the beginning of December, for example, Saint Nick and his companions roam the valley. The loud bells and scary masks are said to drive away evil. Later, other heroes have their turn, when Gastein kicks off the New Year with a major sporting event. The FIS Snowboard World Cup guarantees hot duels at the foot of the Stubnerkogel. And culinarily, too, winter in Gastein has so much to offer.
So, what are those Gondola Dinners all about? Find out for yourself, during your holiday in Gastein. You will quickly see: When winter arrives in Gastein Valley, things are only just getting started!


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CNN: Boy killed in Boston blast wrote, 'No more hurting people'
-By Ashley Fantz
April 17, 2013- Almost a year ago, 8-year-old Martin Richard wrote four simple words on a sign at school.
"No more hurting people," it said.
For the camera, he held up the bright blue sign decorated with hearts framing the word "Peace."
It's a photograph that many find difficult to look at Tuesday as they struggle to comprehend the violence that took Martin's life. On Monday, the boy and his family were watching the Boston Marathon near the finish line when two bombs exploded just off Copley Square in the heart of the city.
The grade-schooler was killed, authorities said.
Martin's mother, Denise, and his sister were grievously injured, The Boston Globe reported.
CNN: Boy, 8, one of 3 killed in bombings at Boston Marathon; scores wounded
-By Josh Levs and Monte Plott
April 15, 2013- Two bombs struck near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday, turning a celebration into a bloody scene of destruction.
Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis said Monday night that the death toll had risen to three. Scores were injured at the scene.
One of the dead was an 8-year-old boy, according to a state law enforcement source.
Hospitals reported at least 144 people are being treated, with at least 17 of them in critical condition and 25 in serious condition. At least eight of the patients are children.
At least 10 people injured had limbs amputated, according to a terrorism expert briefed on the investigation.
SPLC: New Report: Radical antigovernment movement continues explosive growth; SPLC urges government to review resources devoted to domestic terrorism
March 5, 2013- The number of conspiracy-minded antigovernment "Patriot" groups on the American radical right reached an all-time high in 2012, the fourth consecutive year of powerful growth by a movement that is becoming increasingly militant as President Obama enters his second term and Congress debates gun control measures, according to a report issued today by the SPLC.
In a letter today to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, the SPLC warned of the potential for domestic terrorism and urged the creation of a new interagency task force to assess the adequacy of federal resources devoted to the threat.
Colorado TEApublican Threatens To Kill Democratic Lawmaker, Daughter
Blogged by Jason on Americans Against the Tea Party
February 26, 2013- Here we go again, with another "isolated" incident of violent Tea Party threats against a liberal public official who is trying to reduce gun violence in her state. Colorado's state legislature adopted four gun-control measures earlier this month, two of which were sponsored by Representative Fields. One requires universal background checks on all firearms purchases in the state, and the other limits ammunition magazines to 8 rounds for handguns and 15 rounds for larger firearms.
Truthout: Shooters Transformed by a New Era of Virtual Dehumanization?
-By Michael Meurer
February 22, 2013- After the mass murder of 20 children and 6 teachers at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, by a disturbed 20-year-old on December 14, 2012, the dominant media narrative quickly turned into a national debate about gun control. As necessary and important as this debate is in a nation with over 270 million guns in private hands, we need to dig deeper for root causes. In the avalanche of reporting aimed at understanding the Newtown killer's motive, little attention has been paid to the idea that the killer may be a harbinger of the corrosive effects of new underlying changes in human nature, and that these changes may be shaped by the dehumanizing tendencies of advanced capitalism in an age of abstract financialization and social media.


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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Andrew Delbanco will give the public presentation "What Is College For?" from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 30, in Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library. It will also be broadcast online at http://live.libraries.psu.edu. Delbanco is currently the Mendelson Family Chair of American Studies and Julian Clarence Levi Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University.
A high-profile speaker and prolific author, Delbanco was awarded the 2011 National Humanities Medal by President Barack Obama "for his writing that spans the literature of Melville and Emerson to contemporary issues in higher education." His most recent books are "College: What It Was, Is and Should Be," (Princeton University Press, 2012) and "The Abolitionist Imagination," (Harvard University Press, 2012).
In 2001, he was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and named by Time Magazine as America's Best Social Critic. In 2003, the New York Council for the Humanities named him New York State Scholar of the Year; in 2006, he received the Great Teacher Award from the Society of Columbia Graduates; and in 2013, he was elected to membership in the American Philosophical Society.
The presentation is free, does not require pre-registration and is sponsored by Penn State's Center for the Study of Higher Education, Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence and University Libraries. It is also the opening keynote address for the Schreyer Conference 2013 on Oct. 31. For more details on the conference, see www.schreyerinstitute.psu.edu/SchreyerConference2013/keynote.
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text: Banking The salary is transferred in CHF into a Swiss bank account to be opened before the start of work. It is easy to begin a banking relationship in person once you arrive. The banking industry in Switzerland is very diverse. Although the principle of universal banking (all banks offer all the services) is common, some banks have specialized in whole or in part. The interest paid on a bank account denominated in Swiss francs (CHF) can be different from bank to bank. The interest on a private account (checking account) is generally lower than on a savings account. As banking secrecy applies in Switzerland, a withholding tax of 35% is deducted from the interest earned in an account. The account holder can recover this amount by filing an annual tax return. Opening an account Unlike attempting to open an account before moving to Switzerland, which is bound by strict rules, it is much easier to begin a banking relationship in person once you arrive, because identification is done directly by presenting an official form of ID (valid passport, identity card or residence permit). Private account / Payroll account The private account / payroll account is the most basic account needed for the direct deposit or payment of salary and the processing of payment transactions. Maestro / Credit card As cashless purchases and ATM withdrawals not made in a currency other than the card or account currency are subject foreign exchange fees, you should consider signing up for a new Maestro/credit card denominated in CHF. The annual fees, as well as other fees, such as for withdrawals at foreign ATMs, vary depending on the financial institution. Online banking All major Swiss banks offer online banking. This easy and convenient way to pay bills is very popular and widespread in Switzerland. Some banks in St.Gallen acrevis Bank AG Marktplatz 1 +41 58 122 75 55 Bank Coop Vadianstrasse 13 +41 71 227 65 65 Credit Suisse St.Leonhardstrasse 3 +41 71 226 31 11 Migros Bank Bahnhofstrasse 4 +41 848 845 400 Raiffeisen Bank St.Gallen Vadianstrasse 17 +41 71 225 88 88 St.Galler Kantonalbank St.Leonhardstrasse 25 +41 71 231 31 31 UBS AG Multertor +41 71 225 25 25 Vadian Bank St.Gallen Webergasse 8 +41 71 228 84 84


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Homeless man, hero in California attack, arrested in N.J. killing
A homeless man who achieved brief Internet fame for disrupting a California attack with his hatchet was arrested and charged with homicide on Thursday in the killing of a New Jersey attorney found bludgeoned to death in his home, officials said.
Police arrested Caleb Lawrence McGillvary, 24, known as "Kai the Hitchhiker," at a bus terminal in Philadelphia, Union County Prosecutor Theodore Romankow said.
Prosecutors allege McGillvary killed Joseph Galfy Jr., a 73-year-old attorney, in his Clark, New Jersey, home on Sunday.
"I am grateful for the overwhelming response and dedicated effort by the public and law enforcement that led to this arrest," Romankow said in a statement. "I believe that everyone is a little safer with this person off the streets."
Galfy's body was found Monday after he didn't show up for work at his law firm. An autopsy determined that he died from blunt force trauma, Romankow said.
A spokesman for the prosecutor's office said there was a host of evidence that led police to McGillvary including video of him with the victim at a New Jersey train station.
Investigators believe the two men met recently in New York City, but it was unclear how they linked up.
The day after the killing, McGillvary met up with "fans" in southern New Jersey and told them he was on his way to Philadelphia, the prosecutor's office said.
He is expected to be moved to a jail in New Jersey in the coming days.
Long-haired McGillvary catapulted to Internet fame in February after using a hatchet pulled from his backpack to attack a man who drove over a California utility worker and then threatened a woman in Fresno, California.
McGillvary's heroics and animated personality made him a viral video sensation and earned him a mention on "The Colbert Report."
Reporting by Victoria Cavaliere in New York; Editing by Barbara Goldberg, Cynthia Osterman, Kevin Gray and Lisa Shumaker)


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The wonders of Revlimid continue. It has been 17 cycles, 70 weeks, of response. Stable is grand.
After one cycle of Revlimid my dear "strange attractor" friend shared some lab results with me this morning. I quote:
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Webcast: Climate science featured at CryoSat-2 launch event
ESA's CryoSat-2 launch programme included addresses and panel discussions with some of the world's top climate researchers. Click to watch a replay of ESA TV coverage including the launch itself.
The CryoSat-2 launch event featured keynote addresses and panel discussions with top climate scientists, including the UK's Professor Duncan Wingham, lead investigator for CryoSat; Prof. Ghassem Asrar, Director of the World Climate Research Programme; Prof. Mojib Latif of Germany's Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences (IFM-GEOMAR) and Thierry Touchais, Executive Director of the International Polar Foundation (IPF).
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Hillel's annual Shoshana Rudnick Inch-a-thon will be all day Wednesday, November 14th in the North Foyer of the Campus Center 10" or more - free haircut!! Donate your hair to make wigs for kids with cancer - all hair collected will go to Pantene Beautiful Lengths. All other haircuts are $10 and all money collected also gets donated to charity. Professional barbers & stylists cutting hair from 9am-6pm. So save that haircut until then!
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A tubby suburban dad watching hunting and adventure shows
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This is the chronicle of my adventures as I learn to learn to Forage,
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Support information(BL-C2xx/C1xx,BB-HCM7xx/HCM5xx)
- New firmware
- The procedure to install the G.726codec on your PC
- Uninstalling the MPEG-4 viewer program
- Information is about MPEG-4 image capacity
- Network Camera SD Viewer
- Status Information Description Page
Setup Procedure(Port Fowarding)
[ Port Forwarding ]
- [ About Port Forwarding ]
The following information explains how to allow you to access the camera via the internet.
- [ Configuring your router for Port Forwarding ]
It connects with the Internet using a broadband router.
Port Forwarding feature translates a global IP address to a private IP address and assign a unique port no. for each Network Camera.
[ Setup ]
- [ Updating a camera's firmware ]
Sample Model: BB-HCM5xx
- [ Optional Stand Ceiling Installation ]
BL-Cxx Series Information
Camera model: BL-C10/C30
Optional stand: Service Parts No.PQZMBLC10A.
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Cameras Conditions(Status)
[ Network Cameras Status Information ]
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Can I access my panasonic network camera from my mobile phone?
The latest version of the camera firmware enables you to access your Panasonic Network Camera from compatible mobile phone. You can view still images over the Internet as well as control the motion and zoom settings of the camera (depends on model).
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Information about the operation of Panasonic Network Cameras when connected to selected UPnP-compatible routers.
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Using a Mobile Phone to Access Cameras Connected to a BL-WV10.
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Obtaining of "SD Memory Card Formatting Software". The Formatting Software is needed for the use of the SD/SDHC memory card.
Please download and install software to "Procedure to Install" on the support page.
Sample and Demonstration(Calculator)
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*Network Camera Bandwidth Calculator.
*RecordSize Bandwidth Calculator.
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The image of a camera is scaled up 10 times (area ratio) by operation of a mouse.
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My ISP(Internet Service Provider) gives me a dynamic global IP address, not fixed IP address. So the global IP address for my network camera changes very often. How can I tell my friends what my network camera's web address is? Do I need to change my ISP?
The Viewnetcam service allows you to create a personal web address (e.g.,http://bob.viewnetcam.com) at which your camera's live image can be found on the Internet. With Viewnetcam, there is no need to worry about Dynamic IP addresses, or even changing Internet service providers. It's FREE of charge! Please access www.viewnetcam.com for more information.
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I want to import motion image of Network Camera to my Web page.
Motion images can easily be imported to your Web page by using the following sample program.
You need to have a certain level of HTML editing to use this.
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I don't understand how to install the Network Camera.
The Network Camera can easily be installed using the included Setup CD-ROM.
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I want to display a Multi-Camera screen from WAN side and LAN side.
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Showing examples to transfer images via FTP.
I want to open the Network Camera images to the public. But I don't want to access my Network Camera directly.
Transfer images to a Web page directory from the Network Camera via FTP. By doing this, you can display images on your Web pages without accessing the Network Camera. When transfer images in the specified frequency in the Timer mode, the images are updated automatically.
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An anatomy of a successful retrospective
It had been a while since I last facilitated a retrospective. So, I wanted to make sure that I can deliver and prepared properly. I had a few ideas of my own and few based on short discussions I had had what the retrospective should address. The scope was quite large so I couldn't use
The Zone Considered Dangerous
Most programmers know what is "The Zone". It is a very focused state of mind where you feel that there are no problems that you cannot solve. You know, the state where your surroundings disappear and you feel almost omnipotent. You are very productive, take great leaps and progress fast. I posit that this is
Demanding transparency?
What if someone demands transparency from you? What do you do? What does transparency mean? It can mean that we should keep things in the open, no secrets or that our doings are audited and we can back-trace them every time we need or want to. In other words, saying that there is not enough
I will be speaking at Tampere Goes Agile 2011!
Wow! :) I'd like give huge thanks to the organising posse for trusting me with a slot! This will be the first time for me to speak in a conference. It's quite funny since I have participated in exactly one conference, the one that I was organizing. My presentation is still very much in its
Trying to see the big picture with Kanban
Awesome start at work! I'm in a team of four very experienced and smart people, we have a product owner who is tech-savvy, knows what he wants and sits in our team room! On top of that we have an excellent room where single every wall is covered with material that you can pin stuff
My new job – first two days
Lovin' it already. And today was my second day at Nitor Creations. I got a new laptop (Lenovo W510/12GB mem, i7 quad-core!) with win7. Well, I have very little knowledge how to work effectively with windows so the inevitable happened and Kubuntu 11.04 stole the boot sector. Some issues with stability though,
A New Job
Spring (duh! the season, not that friggin' ugly framework) has brought change. I got an irresistible offer, resigned and will be joining the ranks of Nitor Creations starting on the 2nd of May! Oh the joy! I will continue my language journey as soon as possible, but there are some administrative things to be taken
7 languages – is now 7 languaes and one framework
7 languages – Derailing with Ruby on Rails 3
I was supposed to continue my 7 languages journey, but I didn't get Io installed as fast as I had been hoping for. I've seen too many C compiler errors in my life that I felt slightly annoyed that the tool chain for Io compilation requires some effort and new tools have to be installed
7 Languages – Ruby pt.3
I have now waded through the Ruby chapters and exercises of the 7lang7weeks -book. A sparkle has been lit I must say. Ruby does seem to be a very productive programming language, ideal for quick development, prototypes and for situations where time-to-market is essential. Just like Perl. Although I would not compare these two languages


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1. make a good deck..for Type2 (less than 30stars) there are lots of players playing highly evolved cards there..(more Battle Points) for Type1,I advice you not to use too much high level cards and use the quick kill method (2turn kill method)
2. start to challenge, or accept challenges when the time remaining for a tourney to start is 5mins. or less to get a good head start (points immediately at the start of the tourney)
3. I let people challenge me..(they are likely more willing to play), coz sometimes opponents I challenge just time out..(I advice also not to challenge or accept people with red sad smileys, they are prone to time-outs)
4. If you see that you can win easily, never knock your opponent out ASAP..the best thing to do would be, let your weaker cards win (or all your cards if possible)
5. remember who you challenge..you can only fight a player twice in an hour..no more points after that
6. when you fight a player which you think is an easy win for you, try to challenge the player again after your match ends or later..if the player accepts, another easy point for you
7. remember strong players, you don't want to fight them again because you don't want to risk losing, as much as possible, don't challenge or accept challenge from them
8. when opponent plays slow..KO him/her ASAP..2 rounds if possible
9. if you can, leave at least 1pill until the match ends..it'll be added to your points
10. let at least two of your weak cards win if you know you can't win a match
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Reading logs: Our own hot topic
I've written twice before about reading logs: back in August 2007 with "Reading logs, reading blahs" and then again in April 2008 with "Should reading with parents count?"
Those two posts have sparked lots of comments, all of which carried valid points about the purposes and pitfalls of reading logs.
"Mom in super school district" wrote that her daughter's class reading log turned reading from "reading for pleasure" to "reading-for-words-until-I-read-long-enough" (which is exactly what was happening with Molly).
Jen and A.M., both teachers, feel that reading logs help families recognize the value of reading every day; the log is little more than a reminder to read. And thankfully, many commented that at their school, being read to and reading with a family member "counts" toward their time.
Both Jen P and Mark H took issue with the way I handled our own reading log situation, which was to just stop doing it. They reasoned that by doing so, I am teaching Molly to defy her teacher's expectations, implying that it's okay to "opt out" of assignments you don't want to do.
First, let me say THANK YOU for commenting. I read every comment that comes in, and I love your differing perspectives and opinions. It's one of the things I hope this blog encourages.
Second, it's clear that reading logs are as different as the teachers who assign them (and the kids who have to use them). And maybe that's the way they should be used (when they're used) — individually. It's clear within my own family that kids are individuals. What motivates Molly is clearly NOT what motivates Anna.
Here's an idea: What about differentiated reading logs? Thoughts or comments? What would they look like?
great post! by any chance, does anyone know of any hard statistics about just how prevalent reading logs are? we have reading logs in our district, but I'm just curious if there have been any empirical studies on reading logs.
As a middle school teacher and parent,I have a really hard time getting my avid reader sons to fill out the log that we try to keep track of. As a teacher, I had reading log bookmarks for several months, but I'm not tired of readying poor quality responses. Now I'm trying to make or find a bookmark where they can just record the pages read. I think if the record is kept IN the book, there's a better chance of actually filling it out. Having to respond to every reading is a sure way to kill the love of reading for SOME kids.
Here's an interesting idea about reading logs on a site for reading coaches, but I think it could work with all kids as a way to see what they're reading at home: http://www.choiceliteracy.com/public/646.cfm
This is to Nancy.. Nancy,I too teach 3-5 gifted and would love to get your ideas on your reflections for student responses and hear more how you run your reading log. I only get my kids 3 hours a day 2 times a week. They all get bussed to me at one particular school. My main subjects iare science/math for them but would love to integrate a way to hold them accountable with their reading and have them learn about good books from each other..
I have taught 3-5 grade classes for highly gifted students for several years and have always required reading logs. I feel that differentiation is present because my students have the freedom to choose their own books, magazines or newspapers. This fall I will be experimenting with reading logs that involve students emailing or using our district's "gaggle" to send in their reading reflection. My students do not seem to complain much about the reading log. I do read the logs and comment on the books my students read and mention interesting books in class so other students will find out about them. At the beginning of the year I model filling out the reading log and send home a list of prompts to help with the reflection. They only need to write 2-3 sentences each night. I think if parents approach reading logs positively, then students will be positive as well. I would be concerned about a student who did not complete this homework assignment. Also, I would be somewhat disappointed in the parent that supported just not doing the work because the student did not like the assignment. What is the student really learning from this approach?
Thanks for the comment, Kerry! I like the model you use for family signatures and your recognition that it's the bigger picture of reading that matters!
As a teacher and a parent, I fully understand the value of reading at home. BUT when it comes to documenting evidence on a Reading Log I had to combine what I liked and disliked about a Reading log as a parent and as a teacher. My fifth graders only have to get ONE signature a week. (As a parent, I thought it was overwhelming to sign my son's log every night.) IF they manage to get five authorized family signatures (5 weeks) and turned in on the first day they are due, they have shown responsibility and are no longer required to get a signature. My students are 'requested' to read 30 minutes a night but with busy schedules, interruptions, and emergencys that can happen sometimes no reading can be done so they are asked to put in some extra minutes the following day or when they can. I do not expect the reading log to be filled every day. This leads to non-truths about reading which leads to not reading at all. This works much better for my students who are not pressured and for me!
I am going to have to go back and read those two blog enteries. I am so with you. I was so bad at keeping up my sons reading journal that I did stop them...yes, probably bad example but my son loves to read and be read to too! I never knew if I should record the time he read out loud to us to work on fluency and the time he read silently and the time we read to him...because these were activities we do nightly and spend 1-2 hours on nightly...Part of our bedtime ritual...better than watching TV.Thank you for letting me know I am not alone. I was told that I as a parent shouldn't be the one recording it...it should be the student recording it. Well I think it is a bit excessive since and difficult to do since he has DEAR (drop everything and read time at school) and just the reading they do outloud at class and at tudoring. I think it is a bit hard to keep track and really what is the point? The child is clearly a reader. Also, the setting goals is fine for a child who doesn't like to read and has to force themselves to read.


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The USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline talked to about 350 people on Thanksgiving Day about thawing, preparing and storing turkey. Most people were right on track and just needed some reassuring about handling the big bird. Some people, however, called about situations that could be disastrous – or even deadly.
Even though these problems involved turkey, the same food safety principles apply if you're cooking ham, duck, goose or any another holiday meat.
Don't Leave the Turkey Out for More Than Two Hours!
One concerned caller put a turkey into the oven at 5:00 p.m. and didn't turn the oven on until 2:00 a.m. Some asked about thawing a frozen turkey on the counter for several hours. Others wondered about leaving cooked turkey on the buffet all day long.
Unfortunately, we had to tell the concerned caller that she should throw the turkey away. That's because it spent more than two hours in The Danger Zone (temperature range of 40 to 140 ° F). And we told other callers to never thaw a turkey on the counter or leave cooked turkey out for more than two hours.
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This year, a number of callers asked about roasting a turkey overnight at 200 to 250° F. We explained that this cooking method is just not safe. USDA does not recommend cooking meat and poultry at oven temperatures lower than 325 °F. Anything below that runs the risk of leaving turkey in The Danger Zone for too long.
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Many callers made the mistake of buying their fresh holiday turkeys too early. USDA recommends buying a fresh turkey no more than two days before you plan to cook it. Also, be sure to plan ahead when thawing a frozen turkey so it is not thawed too far in advance.
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Along with a new batch of release dates comes a title change to a significant picture. Check out the details below:
- Jack the Giant Killer will be formally retitled to Jack the Giant Slayer (because it's more family-friendly…) and will now open March 1st, 2013. Pic stars Nicholas Hoult, Stanley Tucci and Ewan McGregor.
- Malavita, Luc Besson's comedic actioner, gets a new release date, opening almost a year to the day on October 18th, 2013. Relativity pic stars Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer and Dianna Agron.
- Also from Relativity, 21 and Over will move up two weeks to open opposite Jack the Giant
KillerSlayer on March 1st, 2013. The picture stars Justin Chon, Skyler Astin and Miles Teller.
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Killer[Slayer]" tells the story of an ancient war that is reignited when a young farmhand unwittingly opens a gateway between our world and a fearsome race of giants. Unleashed on the Earth for the first time in centuries, the giants strive to reclaim the land they once lost, forcing the young man, Jack, into the battle of his life to stop them. Fighting for a kingdom, its people, and the love of a brave princess, he comes face to face with the unstoppable warriors he thought only existed in legend—and gets the chance to become a legend himself.
Here's the synopsis for Besson's Malavita:
The darkly comedic action film Malavita is the story of the Manzonis, a notorious mafia family who gets relocated to Normandy, France under the witness protection program. While they do their best to fit in, old habits die hard and they soon find themselves handling things the "family" way.
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[21 and Over] follows two childhood friends who drag their straight-arrow buddy out to celebrate his 21st birthday the night before an all-important med school interview. As one beer leads to another, the evening spirals into an epic misadventure of debauchery and mayhem.


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Developer WayForward seems to have a knack for creating nice, little retro-inspired titles and modernizing them enough to make them feel relevant. A Boy and His Blob, for example, is one of the most visually charming games on the Wii, and its gameplay is satisfying and challenging in a retro sort of way. I haven't played much from WayForward since that lovely 2009 puzzle platformer, but I was really interested to see how the developer would attempt to reinvent the Centipede franchise with Centipede: Infestation.
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You can control your character using either the Wii Remote and Nunchuk combo or the Classic Controller. Using the Wii Remote/Nunchuk control scheme, you move around with the analog stick, select ammo power-ups in one of four slots using the D-Pad, and shoot baddies by aiming at them with the Wii Remote and pressing the B button. Alternatively, if you use the Classic Controller, you guide your character with the left stick, select from your collected ammo pick-ups with the face buttons, and shoot in different directions with the right stick, making the whole thing play out like a twin-stick shooter. Both control schemes work incredibly well, and I would definitely recommend trying out both to see which one fits your play style best. As a fan of twin-stick shooters, I ended up playing the majority of the game using the Classic Controller.
Infestation isn't a very long game. You can get through the entire campaign–which consists of 35 levels and five boss battles–in under five hours. There are Normal and Hard difficulties, though, as well as an unlockable Insane difficulty. There are also hidden characters to unlock and in-game achievements, but what really gives Infestation some replay value is the addition of local co-op. Two players can take on the entire campaign together, making for a much more enjoyable experience. At $30, it would be difficult to expect too much more out of this package.
Though Infestation is a fun romp overall, it's incredibly simple. There's not much variety in the gameplay, and this translates over to the visuals and audio. Though the game is by no means ugly, it's overly simple and a bit uninspired. As far as the soundtrack goes, you won't hear any memorable themes here, but a few of them may get stuck in your head after listening to them a few times.
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X-Men: Days of Future Past is turning out to be one big reunion movie for the original X-Men crew. Hugh Jackman (Wolverine) has hinted about returning and both Ian McKellen (Magneto) and Patrick Stewart (Charles Xavier) are confirmed. Now we can add 3 more names to the list thanks to director Bryan Singer: Anna Paquin (Rogue), Shawn Ashmore (Iceman), and Ellen Page (Kitty Pryde).
Are you happy to see these characters from the original trilogy return and is there anyone else you'd want to see come back? I'm rooting for Colossus. It's fitting since he was in the source material and barely had any screen time in the original trilogy. Also, what new characters would you want to see in this one?
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Recently I connected with Jonathan Borge, an email expert who has mastered the art of getting emails answered. Through an email conversation, (how else would you communicate with an email expert, right?), he shared with me seven great tips on how you can ensure that your emails will get noticed.
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As today is officially the first day of autumn, I thought we'd say farewell to summer with this great end-of-summer pasta. It uses lots of fresh garden veges, includes a bit of melty cheese, and reminds us just how great the summer produce is.
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P.S. I'm so excited, though. Autumn is my favorite (!!!) season. Bring on the pumpkins, crispy leaves, and corn mazes!
Notes: I've adjusted the proportions in this recipe from the original because 1) it didn't make enough for us, 2) we like tomatoes and garlic, and 3) we also like cheese. Mmmm....
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A new Illinois State Water Survey study says what a multitude of studies before it have concluded – McHenry County's groundwater supply could become a big problem over the next decades.
In a 242-page report released Tuesday, the survey team led by hydrogeologist Scott Meyer concluded that, if left unchecked, groundwater resources by 2050 could be strained to the point of water shortages and adverse effects on rivers, streams and wetlands.
"How much groundwater is available to users in McHenry County long-term – that is, the sustainable pumping rate – depends on how groundwater withdrawals affect the environment and what the public considers to be acceptable environmental impacts," the report states.
McHenry County is entirely dependent on groundwater for its water supply. Existing limits on how much water can be drawn from Lake Michigan, to say nothing of the cost, make the avenue taken by municipalities in Cook and the other collar counties highly improbable.
County wells pumped an average of 24.7 million gallons a day in 2009, according to the report. Depending on growth and use practices, that amount could increase by 2050 to between 31.5 and 67.9 million gallons a day – an increase of 6.8 percent in the best-case scenario to 175 percent in the worst.
Meyer and his colleagues mapped water levels from 329 county wells in 1994 and again in 2011, and built a computer model to simulate groundwater flow from more than 8,700 wells. Some of that data came from a network of 40 or so monitoring wells the county had drilled in 2008 for exactly this purpose. The county and the federal government split the $590,000 cost.
Simulations in the report suggest that problems could arise as soon as 2030, particularly in the county's heavily-populated southeast. By then, drawdown in deep-aquifer wells could be significant enough to prevent those wells from providing the amounts of water expected if they are not drilled deep enough. But wells in shallow aquifers, which provide more than 70 percent of the county's water supplies, also could suffer shortages.
"Our models also suggest that there could be significant additional drawdown in the vicinities of shallow well fields supplying public water systems of Woodstock and several other communities in southeastern McHenry County," Meyer said.
The report also singles out Algonquin, Crystal Lake, Cary and Carpentersville as at-risk locations.
It continues that the drawing down of shallow aquifers would have an adverse environmental impact on the levels of creeks, streams, wetlands and other habitats. Natural groundwater discharge during the study period dropped by about 11.5 percent, with the greatest reductions being found at the outlet of Crystal Lake and Silver Creek in Woodstock.
A number of studies have warned that McHenry County's explosive growth could one day outstrip nature's way of supplying it with water, but concerns have moved out of the spotlight in recent years since the popping of the housing bubble and the sluggish economy that followed put the brakes on development.
A number of local governments have taken some measures to ensure adequate water supplies.
Many, like Crystal Lake and Lakewood, implement even-odd lawn watering during warm weather months, and ban it outright if drought conditions persist. More proactive governments include the village of Algonquin, which sits in the middle of an area deemed high-risk for future shortages in numerous studies. Water rates in the summer for Algonquin residents triple once customers exceed 18,000 gallons a month.


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Amid the rumbling backdrop of incessant drumming in the 450-tent strong encampment here, Lisa Clapier is demonstrating the newest, high-tech tool that some in the Occupy Wall Street movement say may finally help them unify their message worldwide.
On her humming laptop in the media tent, Ms. Clapier navigates to StudioOccupy.org where activists have placed 17 pages (so far) of stamp-sized, clickable links, each taking the user to videos, images, or audio uploaded by participants. Some are of live demonstrations in New York or Los Angeles, others are personalized messages of solidarity by random supporters (or celebrities such as Deepak Chopra), others are merely photographs of protesters having fun.
Think YouTube, but better, say its fans.
"This is amazing," says Clapier, spokeswoman for the Los Angeles Occupiers. "Now every single person can become their own storyteller with their own cell phone or webcam. They can upload and edit their own content and have it be shared with all the other occupiers around the planet."
By placing all their own content on a "cloud" server – with unlimited storage space that all can access – various encampments can create a universal video, image, and audio database that all can use to create individual messages, using other's footage as well as their own. Users can create "call outs" – wish lists of footage needed with specific content and specific dates – and will eventually be able to find the return submissions by typing in key words such as "pepper spray," "chanting," or "police on horseback."
After three months of beta-testing, the new platform was unveiled Tuesday. Soon to come are complete editing banks and tutorials that teach users how to edit, splice, and mix images and sound.
"This is such an advance over the old way, it's hard to explain," says Lee Jon Taylor, considered one of Occupy L.A.'s best editors. "I used to have to call people and ask if they had any footage of this and that, and then get permission from them to access their hard drives. Some of them didn't want to do that, and the process was so cumbersome."
Mr. Taylor and Clapier say the advantages are a quantum leap over such current sites such as YouTube, because the clips can be longer, can be labeled and cross referenced more easily, and the individual shooter retains copyrights.
"This is the first, truly free media," says Taylor.
The new platform has been donated by Citizen Global, a Venice, Calif.-based firm that creates ways for businesses to communicate with their customers.
"[Citizen Global CEO] Steven Starr is betting his reputation on this as a true gift because he supports the movement politically, ideologically, and spiritually, " says Occupy L.A. project coordinator, Jeff Vander Clute.
One of Citizen Global's existing applications has long been used by Hollywood film studios to put out pleas for various kinds of content footage, such as home movies and old photographs for use in major motion pictures.
"We are looking to be of service and for the demonstration of co-creativity," says Mr. Starr, who has worked with musician activists such as Bob Marley and produced the film "Flow" about water rights.
Some sociologists and media analysts say the idea may have as much promise as the Occupy leadership hope.
"StudioOccupy has the potential of being a 'game changer' for the Occupy movement as a whole, by going beyond the neatly circumscribed political and media-driven categories prevalent in civic life," says Professor Catherine Wilson, who studies social movements at Villanova University. "This platform allows Occupy to engage American political culture on their own terms and in their own way. Occupy has prided itself on being an alternative movement – now they have an alternative media platform – that allows the movement to bypass a variety of intermediaries and take their message directly to the American people."
Fordham University communications professor, Paul Levinson, author of "New New Media," says the new platform gives the Occupy movement a boost at a key moment in its development that could be crucial to its future.
"The difference between today and protests of the past is that just about everyone with a cell phone can take a video, so little can be kept secret about demonstrations and the response of authorities. But what is still needed is a central place, where all of the videos and manifestos can be easily accessed. OccupyStudio looks an important development in this direction."
Other academics worry that the new idea could diffuse some of the live energy of the groups, generated by on-the-street protests, encampments, and marches by diverting attention to essentially passive, online viewing.
"StudioOccupy is proof positive that the Occupy Wall Street movement is on the verge of becoming a harmless pastime, as people post their 'narratives' on a web site that supposedly reflects and initiates social change," says Dr. Ben Agger, director of the Center for Theory at the University of Texas, Arlington's Sociology department, in an email . "This Facebook-ification of OWS will be easily absorbed, no longer possessing a transgressive and progressive potential. Instead, social change will become merely self-expression. The revolution cannot be blogged."
But his comment doesn't fly with many here at the Los Angeles encampment at City Hall.
"That doesn't sound like a very informed statement," says Alissa Kokkins, a screenwriter who has been with Occupy L.A. since it began here October 1. "Facebook is one of the keys to putting together activism, sharing information, and problem solving. Just the fact that we all come together online in addition to being out in the communities, doesn't halt or slow the revolution."


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Fuel Fix – by James MacPherson
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota officials are trying to determine if Tesoro Corp. knew about potential problems — including one deemed "serious" in documents obtained by The Associated Press — with a pipeline that leaked more than 20,000 barrels of crude oil in a wheat field in the northwestern part of the state.
Dave Glatt, chief of the state Department of Health's environmental health section, said Wednesday that regulators want to know more about inspections conducted before the spill reported by a farmer harvesting wheat on his farm near Tioga on Sept. 29.
"We have heard they may have found some anomalies in the metal but not necessarily holes," Glatt said. "We have heard there were some potential problems identified."
Delayed reaction: North Dakota waits 11 days to tell public about oil spill
Tesoro had not shared results of recent pipeline tests with health officials, Glatt said. Cleanup of the 7.3-acre spill area is priority with the state at present, he said.
"We want to know the integrity of the pipeline, what kind of monitoring was in place — and we will send a formalized letter asking that when we get a breather here," Glatt said.
Farmer Steve Jensen discovered the North Dakota oil spill the size of seven football fields while harvesting wheat Sept. 29. Tesoro Corp. first estimated the spill at its underground pipeline near Tioga at 750 barrels. About a week later, the San Antonio, Texas-based company increased the estimate to 20,600 barrels, making it one of the largest spills in North Dakota history.
In a statement to The Associated Press, Tesoro said it inspected the pipeline about two weeks before the spill was reported, using a robotic device called a "smart pig" that travels through a pipeline to search for corrosion and other problems.
"We were awaiting results of the analysis of that inspection when the leak was reported," Tesoro said.
Tesoro has said that the hole in the 20-year-old pipeline was a quarter-inch in diameter. Tesoro officials have not speculated on what caused the hole in the 6-inch-diameter steel pipeline that runs underground about 35 miles from Tioga to a rail facility outside of Columbus, near the Canadian border. State officials have said it may have been caused by corrosion.
Tesoro said it acquired the pipeline when it bought an oil refinery in Mandan in 2001. The company said it inspected the pipeline in 2005 and on Sept. 10-11 of this year. The company said the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration inspected the pipeline in late 2010.
The agency remains closed because of the ongoing federal government shutdown.
The company on Wednesday did not answer immediately answer questions about its inspection results and why it sent crude through the pipeline without knowing them.
Under scrutiny: Independent lab to study faulty Tesoro pipeline
According to documents obtained by the AP, the state's top oil regulator said in an email that Tesoro's "results show a serious problem where the leak occurred."
Department of Mineral Resources Director Lynn Helms has previously refused to comment on the spill, saying it wasn't part of his agency's jurisdiction. In an email to his daughter, a Penn State University student, Helms said the pipeline was not required to have "real time pressure monitoring and shut-down devices." He said the company was in the process of "installing them anyway but started the pipeline without them because they weren't required."
Helms was out of the office and could not be reached on Wednesday, his staff said.
Other documents obtained by the AP say one state inspector, in an email to top health officials, said that one Tesoro official had told him the company "had the results of the pipeline inspection for several months."
Scott Stockdill told his bosses in an email that his questions are "something that should be followed up on."
Scientists who helped calculate oil spilled from a broken BP well into the Gulf of Mexico are questioning the methodology used by Tesoro to estimate the amount of crude that spilled in North Dakota.
Tesoro said it came up with its spill estimate using ground analysis. But oil spill experts say a more accurate assessment likely would come from calculating how much crude went into the pipeline versus what was supposed to come out at its terminus.
Tesoro said its "investigation included a thorough examination of the site spill characteristics including factors such as surface area and depth of soil impacted, and soil porosity." The company would not elaborate.
Purdue University engineering professor Steve Wereley said Tesoro's calculation of how much oil it released likely is "at best, a guess."
Wereley, who along with other scientists helped estimate the amount of oil spilling into the Gulf in 2010, said he was unaware of any scientific studies that could back Tesoro's estimates. Wereley and Ian MacDonald, a Florida State University oceanographer who also worked on spill estimates in the Gulf, said detailed oil flow data from the pipeline would provide regulators with a better estimate of the amount of crude spilled.
MacDonald said properly estimating the size of an oil spill "is not trivial."
"Both the environmental impact and the liability of the company are directly related to the precise amount of the release," MacDonald said. "That is why it is critical to know."


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This is an easy one to answer: UNHOLY GHOSTS by Stacia Kane. Hands down. Before I dive into the "why's," here's the copy from the back cover:
The world is not the way it was. The dead have risen, and the living are under attack. The powerful Church of Real Truth, in charge since the government fell, has sworn to reimburse citizens being harassed by the deceased. Enter Chess Putnam, a fully tattooed witch and freewheeling ghost hunter. She's got a real talent for banishing the wicked dead. But Chess is keeping a dark secret: She owes a lot of money to a murderous drug lord named Bump, who wants immediate payback in the form of a dangerous job that involves black magic, human sacrifice, a nefarious demonic creature, and enough wicked energy to wipe out a city of souls. Toss in lust for a rival gang leader and a dangerous attraction to Bump's ruthless enforcer, and Chess begins to wonder if the rush is really worth it. Hell, yeah."
One more issue before I start up with my "why's" -- I have not yet finished reading the book. However, I can honestly say, it's one that needs to be read.
When I first read this description a few months ago after hearing about the book from Stacia Kane's Twitter feed, I knew I had to read it. The first reason being it's set in a sort of post-apocalyptic world in which the dead have risen. (Not like Night of the Living Dead risen, but more like Ghostbusters risen...minus the giant marshmallow man.) I've always had a soft spot for post-apoc fiction and this rang a lot of bells for me.
The second reason I wanted to read UNHOLY GHOSTS is that the protagonist, Chess, is a drug addict. While I don't condone the use of illegal substances (and neither does the author, if I understand her Twitter feed comments correctly), I thought the concept of a character with this big of a flaw being the central "good guy" for not only one book but a trilogy was worth a read. And I'm oh so happy I took the chance.
While I've read plenty of books in which the villains were using drugs, I think UNHOLY GHOSTS is the first I've read in which the protagonist is the addict. It's a unique twist that in Kane's world works to severely hamstring Chess and yet offers so much potential for character growth in the next two books. The world Kane has created is gritty, dark, and unvarnished of the normal spit-shine given to many worlds, even including some post-apoc fiction. The characters aren't fully heroes but neither are they villains. They are simply, in my mind, ordinary people trying to survive in extraordinary circumstances and whatever helps them survive the day is fair game. Chess's drug use is no exception.
I had much the same reaction to Chess in the beginning as I did to Jude in Joe Hill's HEART-SHAPED BOX. I liked her on one level -- she is a kick-ass kinda gal, as proven in the first exorcism scene -- but I also didn't want to fully like her because of her biggest flaw, the drugs. But Kane's writing has sucked me into this gritty world and I keep coming back to it. The more I read of Chess, the more I like her. Even though her drug usage is substantial, I must admit it's very realistic. Speaking as someone who has seen addicts both in and outside of treatment, Chess's need to get her next fix is believable, and I applaud Kane for taking on a potentially controversial subject matter and twisting it ever so deftly to create what I believe is a stand-out novel in a market filled with flawed characters.
I came to UNHOLY GHOSTS with a fairly high expectations based on the pre-release hype I'd heard. So far, it hasn't let me down...which is perhaps the biggest surprise of all.
Now go away. I'm want to finish reading. :)
-- Jeannie


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Eating Pretty
On the subway from Brooklyn to Manhattan I consider my lunch options. I could have a hot dog, but I had sausage for dinner last night. I could get pasta, but isn't it likely that I'll make pasta tonight? Maybe a Cuban sandwich, but that's too much meat. I knowI'll have a Caesar salad.
"But what about protein?"
That's my grandmother's voice in my head. My grandmother works for the National Protein Association of America, which proselytizes that for any meal to be a meal there must be protein.
And by protein, of course, she means meat.
"Grandma," I tell her psychically, "Didn't you read Michael Pollan's recent article in the New York Times about nutritionism ? He says eat less meat. More greens. Caesar salad is green."
"That's true," Michael Pollan says from the other corner of my brain.
"Oh, what does he know?" Grandma interjects. "You're a growing boy. You need more protein."
But I silence Grandma and go to Pearl Oyster Bar, where the Caesar salad is a work of art, each component separated to showcase its individuality. Pieces of anchovy, garlic, and Parmesan convene in clusters that are quickly sopped up with a crouton or a piece of lettuce. Because it's so cold out, I also order a bowl of clam chowder.
"Oh, Adam," says my mother's voice in my head. "That's like drinking a giant bowl of cream."
"He's hopeless," my grandmother confirms.
Perhaps I should order a therapist, too, to get these voices out of my head. Why can't I eat guiltlessly? why must I constantly go to battle when I'm eating a meal? Several theories abound.
- I'm a Jew and as a Jew I'm particularly susceptible to the influence of my mother and grandmother
- I'm gay and as a gay man I'm particularly susceptible to the influence of my mother and grandmother
- Because of the above I'm also particularly susceptible to guilt
The real reason, though, is much more universal, a result not of my upbringing but of my environment: the cultural landscape I inhabit here in America.
In his article, Pollan talks about how confused Americans are when it comes to nutrition. He says journalists, scientists, and politicians all benefit from us not knowing what's going on. The more confused we are about what we should eat, the more likely we are to buy another magazine with a health-related headline or to support a politician who claims to have our best interests at heart. And this is partly why we're neuroticwe're never quite sure what we should eat because every time we make a choice another option presents itself as a healthier one.
I suspect, however, that when it comes to making these choices what worries us has nothing to do with health or longevity and everything to do with a subject that's much more complex and much more powerful, a subject that makes even the most stable people neurotic (and neurotic people stable once they make peace with it) and that's the subject of beauty.
We are a nation that loves beautiful people. We celebrate them on every newsstand, we launch them to stardom without requiring talent or underwear. All that we require is a solemn pact that the beautiful will remain beautiful for us to ogle and admire. When the beautiful slip and fall, we descend on them like vicious demons, eager to dissect what they did wrong. And there's nothing we love more than a celebrity who gets fat. Magazines fly off shelves when a celebrity gains weight, and there isn't a female celebrity alive who hasn't suffered the scrutiny of the media this way.
We accept weight mockery in this country in a way that we'd never accept race mockery or religious mockery. Look at the posters for Norbit. Look at the cartoons of Rosie O'Donnell that circulated after the Donald Trump fiasco. Fat people are fair game in America, and this affects how we eat much more than any study about which nutrient is most beneficial. We dread the mockery that we, ourselves, endorse with our remote control and box office dollars. Making our day-to-day meal decisions is a biblical struggle between that which we crave and that which we know we must eat so as not to invite scorn and ridicule.
You know those commercials where the women are talking about what they had for dinner? "I had yogurt." "I had a piece of fruit." And then the last woman says, "I had sautéed chicken in a creamy lemon sauce with fettuccine and Brussels sprouts," and her friends look extremely shocked, disgusted, and jealous? And then you find out it's a commercial for Lean Cuisine? That's the sort of judgment we experience every day from the jury in our heads when we decide what to eat. And that jury isn't populated by nutritionists, it's populated by the cast of Mean Girls.
If gluttony were healthy, it still wouldn't be acceptable because there's nothing beautiful about the gluttonous. Imagine Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's stuffing her face with a bacon, egg, and tomato sandwich, the yolk squirting on her pearls. Or Marilyn Monroe gorging on a bacon cheeseburger: "Hey some like it hot, but I like it medium-rare." The trick with beauty is that we think of it as something to attainthat there must be sacrifice to be beautiful. Self-discipline makes us attractive, and food provides the perfect arena in which to demonstrate our willingness to make ourselves suffer for others. And those of us who can't suffer the normal way (salad, no dressing, everything on the side) make ourselves suffer in other ways: Cue the parade of eating disorders. Being beautiful takes work.
Hence the boxes with "zero calories" and "zero fat," boldly announced as if this were the pathway to salvation we require. Health is our church and hotness is our hereafter. We castigate ourselves for cheating on a diet the way Catholics castigate themselves for lust, sloth, and all the other deadly sins. And that's precisely why so many hedonists (and I include myself in their number) rally against the madness of modern day nutritionism. A world without fat and carbs is a world without sex and drinking, it's a dry, colorless world of blind devotion without thought to pleasure in the here and now. Call me crazy, but I don't want to live in a world where I can't have a bowl of steaming clam chowder on a cold winter's day.
The voices of my mother and grandmother merely echo the popular sentiment: Do without, and you'll be rewarded later. Except for all the rewards you give up in the process. Michael Pollan gives us an outline for how to eat well without giving up that which makes eating pleasurable. He points us to the French, the Italians, and the Greeks for models: They live longer and eat better.
But living longer won't motivate most Americans. My hunch is that more Americans would rather do as Blondie sings: "Die young, stay pretty."
Health is a nice excuse, but here in America, beauty's what matters. Our dilemma isn't an omnivore's dilemma; it's a spinster's dilemma. How do we eat the food we want to eat and still find a mate? Once we answer that question, the country will be a healthier place.
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I knew the Spring was come. I knew it even Better than all by this, that through my chase In bush and stone and hill and sea and heaven I seem'd to see and follow still your face. Your face my quarry was. For it I rode, My horse a thing of wings, myself a god.
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Archive for the 'palm springs' Tag
Our Pink Martini Music Video Won 4th Place!
Our prizes?
Two guest list tickets for an upcoming Pink Martini show, as well as some "other gifts" (possibly P.M. schwag?!). We're contemplating one of the Hollywood Bowl Pink Martini shows in September. But, it's tempting to save up for a European concert locale.
What people are saying
Pink Martini's Business Manager shared this:
"We've been consistently amused by your video since its submission. In fact, it was the first video we received that we really loved, and at that time, unsure how the contest would go, we were relieved to know we had at least one gem. By far the best of the "home video" type entries we received.
We'd love to…post it permanently on our YouTube channel and on our website, and use it at other venues too. Thanks again for your video, and thank your fabulous cast for us as well!"
The creation of the video was a joy, but the contest announcements have brought it all to life again!
See their facebook page for fan's comments on our video and to follow the remaining contest, and click "Like" to keep up-to-date on their concerts and activities.
"Ohayoo Ohio" Music Video Contest Entry
Eleven months ago CJ and I launched the plans for my 40th Birthday celebration at the stylish, Mid-Century resort: The Century Palm Springs. Taking our favorite band's festive inspiration, and our plans to imbibe cocktails aplenty, we named the weekend "Pink Martini-Land!"
Fast forwarding to one week before our departure, CJ made the very happy discovery on facebook of the Pink Martini music video contest. When I saw that "Ohayoo Ohio" ("Hello Ohio") was one of the options, it was clearly kismet (I was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio). The stars had aligned, and we heeded their creative calling!
We hope you have even half as much fun as we did creating it! And now, we cross our fingers and hope that the judges get swept up into our world of muumuu runway shows, gleeful synchronized swimming, swingin' faux percussion, "Mrs. Groper" (CJ as a baked Mrs. Roper-type) and more!
My 40th Bday in Palm Springs: Pink Martini-Land!
My head is still a bit in the clouds, after an unforgettable 40th birthday celebration in Palm Springs, entitled "Pink Martini-Land!". It was our second time at The Century resort, and I already can't wait to go back. My friends made it so very special, *sigh*! Wanna stay there yourself, or see details, go to www.centurypalmsprings.com