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- Transparency, mixing and reflection of initial flows in relativistic nuclear collisions (2006)
- We propose to use the hadron number fluctuations in the limited momentum regions to study the evolution of initial flows in high energy nuclear collisions. In this method by a proper preparation of a collision sample the projectile and target initial flows are marked in fluctuations in the number of colliding nucleons. We discuss three limiting cases of the evolution of flows, transparency, mixing and reflection, and present for them quantitative predictions obtained within several models. Finally, we apply the method to the NA49 results on fluctuations of the negatively charged hadron multiplicity in Pb+Pb interactions at 158A GeV and conclude that the data favor a hydrodynamical model with a significant degree of mixing of the initial flows at the early stage of collisions.
- Energy and system size dependence of chemical freeze-out in relativistic nuclear collisions (2005)
- We present a detailed study of chemical freeze-out in p-p, C-C, Si-Si and Pb-Pb collisions at beam momenta of 158A GeV as well as Pb-Pb collisions at beam momenta of 20A, 30A, 40A and 80A GeV. By analyzing hadronic multiplicities within the statistical hadronization model, we have studied the parameters of the source as a function of the number of the participating nucleons and the beam energy. We observe a nice smooth behaviour of temperature, baryon chemical potential and strangeness under-saturation parameter as a function of energy and nucleus size. Interpolating formulas are provided which allow to predict the chemical freeze-out parameters in central collisions at centre-of-mass energies > 4.5 GeV and for any colliding ions. Specific discrepancies between data and model emerge in particle ratios in Pb-Pb collisions at SPS between 20A and 40A GeV of beam energy which cannot be accounted for in the considered model schemes.
- Eksperimental'nye dannye po srednemu cislu provzaimodejstvovavšich protonov v neuprugich i zentral'nych jadro-jadernych vzaimodejstvijach pri energij 3.6 GeV/nuklon (1986)
- Comment on 'Strangeness enhancement in p+A and S+A interactions at energies near 200 A GeV" (1996)
- We argue that the recent analysis of strangeness production in nuclear collisions at 200 A GeV/c performed by Topor Pop et al. is flawed. The conclusions are based on an erroneous interpretation of the data and the numerical model results. The term "strangeness enhancement" is used in a misleading way.
- Pion and strangeness puzzles (1996)
- The dependence of pion and strangeness production on the number of participant nucleons and collision energy is discussed for central A+A collisions. A possible interpretation of the experimental results assuming transition to QGP is sketched within a simple statistical approach.
- Strangeness in Nuclear Collisions (1996)
- Data on the mean multiplicity of strange hadrons produced in minimum bias proton--proton and central nucleus--nucleus collisions at momenta between 2.8 and 400 GeV/c per nucleon have been compiled. The multiplicities for nucleon--nucleon interactions were constructed. The ratios of strange particle multiplicity to participant nucleon as well as to pion multiplicity are larger for central nucleus--nucleus collisions than for nucleon--nucleon interactions at all studied energies. The data at AGS energies suggest that the latter ratio saturates with increasing masses of the colliding nuclei. The strangeness to pion multiplicity ratio observed in nucleon--nucleon interactions increases with collision energy in the whole energy range studied. A qualitatively different behaviour is observed for central nucleus--nucleus collisions: the ratio rapidly increases when going from Dubna to AGS energies and changes little between AGS and SPS energies. This change in the behaviour can be related to the increase in the entropy production observed in central nucleus-nucleus collisions at the same energy range. The results are interpreted within a statistical approach. They are consistent with the hypothesis that the Quark Gluon Plasma is created at SPS energies, the critical collision energy being between AGS and SPS energies.
- Observation of deconfinement phase transition in nucleus-nucleus collisions (2004)
- The main results obtained within the energy scan program at the CERN SPS are presented. The anomalies in energy dependence of hadron production indicate that the onset of deconfinement phase transition is located at about 30 A GeV. For the first time we seem to have clear evidence for the existence of a deconfined state of matter in nature. PACS numbers: 24.85.+p
- Pion Suppression in Nuclear Collisions (1997)
- The pion multiplicity per participating nucleon in central nucleus-nucleus collisions at the energies 2-15 A GeV is significantly smaller than in nucleon-nucleon interactions at the same collision energy. This effect of pion suppression is argued to appear due to the evolution of the system produced at the early stage of heavy-ion collisions towards a local thermodynamic equilibrium and further isentropic expansion.
- Pion and Strangeness Production as Signals of QCD Phase Transition (1997)
- It is shown that data on pion and strangeness production in central nucleus-nucleus collisions are consistent with the hypothesis of a Quark Gluon Plasma formation between 15 A GeV/c (BNL AGS) and 160 A GeV/c (CERN SPS) collision energies. The experimental results interpreted in the framework of a statistical approach indicate that the effective number of degrees of freedom increases by a factor of about 3 in the course of the phase transition and that the plasma created at CERN SPS energy may have a temperature of about 280 MeV (energy density $\approx$ 10 GeV/fm^3). Experimental studies of central Pb+Pb collisions in the energy range 20-160 A GeV/c are urgently needed in order to localize the threshold energy, and study the properties of the QCD phase transition.
- On chemical equilibrium in nuclear collisions (1997)
- The data on average hadron multiplicities in central A+A collisions measured at CERN SPS are analysed with the ideal hadron gas model. It is shown that the full chemical equilibrium version of the model fails to describe the experimental results. The agreement of the data with the off-equilibrium version allowing for partial strangeness saturation is significantly better. The freeze-out temperature of about 180 MeV seems to be independent of the system size (from S+S to Pb+Pb) and in agreement with that extracted in e+e-, pp and p{\bar p} collisions. The strangeness suppression is discussed at both hadron and valence quark level. It is found that the hadronic strangeness saturation factor gamma_S increases from about 0.45 for pp interactions to about 0.7 for central A+A collisions with no significant change from S+S to Pb+Pb collisions. The quark strangeness suppression factor lambda_S is found to be about 0.2 for elementary collisions and about 0.4 for heavy ion collisions independently of collision energy and type of colliding system


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Of Mice and Woman
This is not funny.
I have mice. Not a mouse. Mice. Plural. Hiding under my house. The bird-feeder hangs at the porch where Mom can easily see the birds. The seeds that they throw all over the porch picking out the sunflower seeds fall through the cracks of the porch straight into the crawl space. I am surrounded by woods and big trees with lots and lots of leaves. And I had plumbing leaks I inherited and didn't know about and so all the insulation under the house got wet and weary. Mix in the scent of dog food wafting from the house and apparently, these things create the perfect storm of calling all mice to micedom come.
I had to have my oil changed. When the mechanic came out and said - I need to show you something, follow me I told him -
Don't show me anything that cost more money because I don't have it. It's better for me to drive in ignorance.
But he said -
You have a nest being built in your engine under the cover and mice have chewed on all of your wires.
The evidence was obvious. A healthy little nest nearing completion. I am just a few days of house building chewing from 1000 dollar replacement charge.
You'll know when they get it all because your car just won't start.
I look at him numbly. No connection.
I have never considered myself a girlie-girl no matter how much I love the smell of strange perfume. In another life I would have been a bush pilot which I guess would require a certain degree of toughness so I try to stay tough just in case a piper cub is given to me as a gift. And - I love luxury. I sure could use some luxury right about now. Room service. For days. Three days of room service would just about fix what ails me. Just about.
Back to the mice and killing creatures.
I was born to create things not kill them. It is my nature to help soothe to take the pain away, to say soft little things like - there, there and everything's gonna be alright.
I also loved the movie Rataouille where the cute, little rat discovers that he can cook like nobody's business. So sweet. My grandmothers old house had rats. Wharf-rats. Huge gangster rats. They are not cute. They cannot cook. I killed them. With poison. It was horrible. I'll spare you the details.
Have you ever watched Cinderella? Well, without those mice she'd still be there today scrubbing up after her mean stepmother and horrid stepsisters. The mice saved her and sewed her a beautiful dress while they sang happy songs. My mice are not singing. I do not believe they are trying to help me have a great night out of dancing till dawn. Matter of fact they don't care about me at all.
I came home and took down the bird-feeder. Momma said,
I wouldn't let some mice keep her from seeing the birds.
I just saw a bird. He was blue. Just beautiful.
That's cause he was hungry cause it's winter and he was looking for the feeder.
I'm standing my ground. No birdseed until this situation is under control.
Soooo, hi ho hi ho it's off to buy some poison that I go. But not the sticky feet paper thing. I can't listen to mice scream because they are stuck to paper. I just. can't. do. it. Thankfully a mouse-slayer is flying in this week to come tackle this issue but I must make certain they don't return.
If anyone has any all natural surefire way to rid me of this problem and protect my engine I'll buy you lunch. It will not be ratatouille.
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During our first year of marriage, I was very difficult to get along with. I know Erick would never say so, but it was a tough year for him. I was overbearing and emotional. The reason? I believed that my way of doing things was always the best. The problem? Erick didn't believe that my way of doing things was always the best. Of course it was best most of the time... but not always. (ha ha)
For example, we had heated discussions about Sabbath day observance. I was very opinionated about what we should and should not do on Sunday. The problem? Football. Erick loves football. It is a true passion of his. He played in high school and in college. He has followed college and professional football most of his life. When his team plays on Sunday, he wants to watch it. I struggled with this. I felt like watching football on Sunday was a far cry from "keeping the Sabbath Day holy." Whenever he turned on the TV to watch a game or even check the score, I felt anger and bitterness toward him. (See? I told you I was difficult.)
During one of our discussions regarding this issue, Erick read me the eleventh Article of Faith, which states, "We claim the privilege of worshiping Almighty God according to the dictates of our own conscience, and allow all men the same privilege, let them worship how, where, or what they may." Erick taught me that this does not only refer to people outside of our own faith, but people who share our faith. We know the commandments. We have the counsel from our prophet. Now it is up to us to obey those commandments in the way that we see fit. His counsel has stayed with me.
Which of us was at greater fault? The one who turned on a television or the one who cast judgement and had anger in her heart? I realized that my anger was the cause of contention, not the football game. I love Erick very much. He is a good, honest, and kind man. He doesn't drink, smoke, cuss, or abuse. He serves others. He is tender and loving. He is an amazing, supportive husband and father. He does so much good. Why should I dwell on such an insignificant difference of opinion?
There have been other (fairly minor) things in life that we don't agree on. We are aware of our differing viewpoints, and we respect each other's opinions. But instead of judging one another, we strive be loving and tolerant. We have learned to agree to disagree. And I believe we are both better for it.
Instead of spending a lot of time together, we looked for ways to serve each other. I would make him a special lunch and take it to him at his job site. I would make sure to have the house clean and stress free and have a good meal waiting for him when he got home. It was in the fridge and had to be reheated, but it was ready on a plate for him. Occasionally, Erick found the energy to do the dishes that I had left in the sink at the end of an exhausting day. These little things seemed huge at the time. I loved him more during this time than I ever had before.
I know that Erick and I still have many challenges ahead, but I'm sure that with a positive outlook and good communication, we will continue to grow closer every year.
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The Golden Girls' Miles Opens in 'Tuesdays' Tuesday Night!
I love fun theater facts. Valerie Harper/> starring in Golda's Balcony at the Parker Playhouse was disrupted by Hurricane Wilma. Following Ms. Harper's star turn at the Parker is the man who played Harper's father when she was T.V.'s Rhoda. Harold Gould appeared as Martin Morgenstern on The Mary Tyler Moore/> Show and later on the spinoff, Rhoda. Years later, he regularly visited our homes as part of the Golden Girls' extended family. Mr. Gould played longtime Rose boyfriend, Miles. Now it has been announced that Ms. Harper will be returning to the Parker in Golda's Balcony! Tonight, Tuesday night, Mr. Gould opens at the Parker in "Tuesdays." This is the final South Florida appearance of this tour. Get your tickets now!
Harold Gould, and Dominic Fumusa, return to South Florida in the Jeffrey Hatcher/Mitch Albom dramatization of Albom's runaway best-seller, TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE. The National Tour was launched at the Coconut Grove Playhouse in September to critical acclaim and will be the third production of the subscription series of Broadway in Fort Lauderdale. Directed by Michael Montel, TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE will play a limited 3-week engagement November 29-December 18 at the Parker Playhouse, 707 N.E. 8th Street.
Tickets ranging from $15.00 - $58.00 and can be purchased in person at the Parker Playhouse Box Office and by phone and internet at 954-462-0222 or www.parkerplayhouse.com, and TicketMaster phones at 954-523-3309 in Broward, 305-358-5885 in Dade, and 561-966-3309 in Palm Beach or at www.ticketmaster.com Tickets are also available through TicketMaster outlets. Orders for groups of 20 or more may be placed by calling the Broward Center at 954-462-0222 or Broadway Across America at 1-800-6GROUPS (647-6877).
Albom's book, "Tuesdays With Morrie," became a major hit when it was first published in 1997 and was on The New York Times hardcover Best Seller list 205 weeks. Having since been published in 31 languages in 36 countries, the book remains at number #9 after 139 weeks on The New York Times Paperback Best Seller list.
TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE is the heart-warming and profoundly moving recounting of the relationship between award-winning sportswriter Mitch Albom and his former sociology professor Morrie Schwartz who has been stricken with ALS (Lou Gherig's Disease). After years without contact, Albom recalled a forgotten promise to stay in touch and, as he once he did as a student, reclaimed his visits with Morrie every Tuesday. In the stage adaptation, the role of the gentle, aging college professor who once loved to dance with the same passion he had for teaching his students, is played by Harold Gould who brings the brilliant craftsmanship which has defined his performances since he first hit New York winning an Obie Award for the Off-Broadway production of DIFFICULTY OF CONCENTRATION. From that point on, Gould's career went non-stop making his first film "Two for the Seesaw" in 1962, with such memorable feature follow-ups as "The Sting," Woody Allen/>'s "Love and Death," and Mel Brooks' "Silent Movie."
On television, where he reigned for three decades as one of its most active stars, Gould co-starred with Daniel J. Travanti in the American Playhouse production of "I Never Sang for My Father" opposite Katharine Hepburn in "Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry," and went on to such unforgettable roles as Rhoda's father in "Rhoda" and as Rose's mobster boyfriend in "The Golden Girls." Gould has recently been seen on the big screen as Grandpa in Disney's remake of "Freaky Friday" with Jamie Lee Curtis.
Dominic Fumusa, most recently of Broadway's WAIT UNTIL DARK opposite Marisa Tomei/> and of the Roundabout Theatre's A FLEA IN HER EAR, will be seen in the role of author/journalist Mitch Albom. An alumnus of the Off-Broadway production of Joe Montello's TAKE ME OUT, Fumusa will be coming direct from New York's 42nd Street Theater Row where he has been starring as Vince in TAPE, a role written for him by Stephen Belber/>. The film version debuted at the Sundance Film Festival starring Ethan Hawke/>.
On television, Fumusa guest starred in "Sex and the City," "The Sopranos," "Law and Order," and "Law and Order: SVU." The voice of Doberman in the film of the same name, he was seen in the role of Waldo Hernandez opposite Heather Graham in the film "The Guru."
Author and journalist Mitch Albom is a nationally syndicated columnist for the Detroit Free Press and a nationally syndicated radio host of his own radio show. Named the top sports columnist in the nation 13 times by the Associated Sports Editors of America, the highest honor in his field, Albom is the founder of The Dream Fund, a charity which helps underprivileged youth study art, and also a volunteer program, A Time to Help. In addition to "Tuesdays With Morrie," Albom has also authored the #1 international best seller "The Five People You Meet in Heaven."
Co-author Jeffrey Hatcher is fast becoming one of the most prolific and frequently produced playwrights in the U.S. His many award-winning plays include A PICASSO, THREE VIEWINGS, SCOTLAND ROAD and KORCZAK'S CHILDREN which have been performed on and Off-Broadway and regionally across the U.S. and abroad. Others stage adaptations include HENRY JAMES: THE TURN OF THE SCREW, Anouilh's LEOCADIA: TO FOOL THE EYE, Kaufman and Hart's THE FABULOUS INVALID and PIERRE, based on George Bernard Shaw's novel AN UNSOCIAL SOCIALIST.
Having adapted his acclaimed stage play COMPLEAT FEMALE STAGE BEAUTY for the screen, Hatcher is currently working on the screenplay of "Casanova" for director Lasse Hallstrom as well as screenplays for directors Steven Shainberg ("Secretary"), and Kim Peirce ("Boys Don't Cry"). Hatcher is the author of "The Art and Craft of Playwriting."
Director Michael Montel will guide the production of TUESDAY WITH MORRIE. Mr. Montel's Broadway credits include William Inge's SUMMER BRAVE, starring Alexis Smith, Jill Eikenberry/> and Ernest Thompson/> and the revival of Carson McCullers's THE MEMBER OF THE WEDDING, starring Mary Beth Hurt; and Philip Barry's HOLIDAY, starring John Glover/>, David Dukes/> and Charlotte Moore/>. He serves as Artistic Director for the new Performance series he created for The Museum of the City of New York, featuring such stars as Phyllis Newman/>, Judy Kaye/> and Daphne Rubin-Vega/>. This past year he directed Marian Seldes/> in Lovely to Look At.
Scenic designer is Michael Anania whose most recent Broadway production was LAUGHING ROOM ONLY, starring Jackie Mason. Among other Broadway credits, Anania counts A CHANGE IN THE HEIR, RUN FOR YOUR WIFE, CANTERBURY TALES, THE VIEWS FROM HERE and THE GATHERING starring Hal Linden. Off-Broadway Anania designed THE SPITFIRE GRILL for Playwrights Horizon, Tommy Tune/>'s production of BACK ON THE BOULEVARD starring Liliane Montevecchi, and the City Centre Theatre's DESIRE UNDER THE ELMS – THE OPERA. National tours include APPLAUSE starring Stefanie Powers/>, and THE WIZARD OF OZ starring Mickey Rooney and Eartha Kitt/>.
Ellis Tillman, a 25-year veteran of more than 60 productions for Miami's famed Coconut Grove Playhouse, will design the costumes. Nominated nine times for a Carbonell Award, South Florida's version of the Tonys, Tillman scored three as the winner for BLUES IN THE NIGHT, THE DISPUTATION and for his work with Edward Albee/>'s SEASCAPE. Tillman was also named Best Costume Designer in Philadelphia and by Miami's New Times publication for last season's THE CONSTANT WIFE.
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Plessy v. Ferguson: Williamjames Hull Hoffer
Homer Plessy—a man of seven-eighths Caucasian descent and one-eighth African descent who was nevertheless considered black under Louisiana law—boarded a train car reserved for whites and was promptly arrested. Hearing the appeal of his conviction, the U.S. Supreme Court in 1896 upheld the Louisiana statute, thus ushering in a half-century of legally sanctioned segregation under the "separate but equal" doctrine.
Williamjames Hull Hoffer examines that controversial decision and its repercussions in a discussion of his book about the landmark case. Hoffer is associate professor of history at Seton Hall University.
Legal Landmarks is co-presented by the Kansas City Public Library, the Truman Library Institute, and the Federal Court Historical Society. The series is funded by grants from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Legacy Fund with additional support provided by Spencer Fane Britt & Browne LLP and co-sponsored by the University Press of Kansas and the University of Kansas School of Law.


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2016 is just about over (did I hear a "Thank Ghod!" out there?), so the time is right to compile a list of some of the best new film books on the market, so that you can follow my pretty blue links and lavish some of your hard-earned holiday gift money on them. Support your favorite writers, critics and historians! They are all that stand between you and a blank slate.
DOC ARMSTRONG: SUBURB AT THE EDGE OF NEVER by Larry Blamire (Bookaroonie Press)
Though a film book only by association, Larry Blamire's mind-boggling first novel is a direct sequel to his beloved cult comedies THE LOST SKELETON OF CADAVRA, THE LOST SKELETON RETURNS AGAIN, and the as-yet-unproduced script THE LOST SKELETON WALKS AMONG US. Set in 1963, it pits Dr. Paul Armstrong ("the pre-eminent scientist who came before all the eminent ones"), his chipper snack-serving wife Betty, Kro-Bar and Lattis (their alien next-door neighbors from the planet Marva), City Brad and Paul's ancient mentor Dr. Atroppasmirki, against an evil genius with a very large (but actually normal-sized) head, his army of toupeed zombies, and gobbling creatures from another dimension - all of them heck-bent on claiming the peaceful suburbia of Blendview for their own nefarious purposes. Accurately described on its back cover as an "absurdist mash-up of pulp adventure, B-movies, and surrealism," it's like nothing else I've read: it's like the slap-happy love child of Lester Dent (DOC SAVAGE), Raymond Queneau (ZAZIE DANS LE METRO) and Nigel Kneale (QUATERMASS AND THE PIT), packed with action and the kind of skillful silliness that, after prolonged exposure, begins to tweak away at the way you think. There are also some special winks included for the cine-literate, like a passage where the novel turns to black-and-white for a stock footage battle of the cheap dinosaurs as Doc looks on through the fissure of a cave shelter. A book of this level of imagination and literary quality actually gives me hope for the future of self-publishing.
FILMS OF THE NEW FRENCH EXTREMITY: VISCERAL HORROR AND NATIONAL IDENTITY by Alexandra West (McFarland) One of the most exciting things for me, as a reader of books pertaining to horror cinema, is when a fresh name appears on the scene with a new handle on things. This book by Canadian author-critic Alexandra West does precisely that, gathering an assortment of similarly violent yet otherwise seemingly unconnected films - HIGH TENSION, MARTYRS and IRREVERSIBLE, to name a few - and presenting them as a plausible subgenre of socio-political substance. West's persuasive text makes you want to go back and revisit this body of work from her perspective.
GUILLERMO DEL TORO: AT HOME WITH MONSTERS, INSIDE HIS FILMS, NOTEBOOKS AND COLLECTIONS by Britt Salvesen, Jim Shedden and others (Insight Editions)
A splendid word-and-image companion to the dazzling Guillermo del Toro Collection exhibit launched earlier this year at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and now on tour. At less than 160 pages, one wishes the book was a bit more lavishly illustrated but it contains some choice material, including an interview with del Toro that explores in detail his creative imagination, his sources of inspiration, and his curator's eye as a collector of macabre and fantastic memorabilia for his pied-a-terreur, Bleak House.
GUILLERMO DEL TORO'S PAN'S LABYRINTH: INSIDE THE CREATION OF A MODERN FAIRY TALE by Mark Cotta Vaz and Nick Nunziata (Harper Design)
On the occasion of its 10th anniversary, Guillermo del Toro has lent his sponsorship and authority (and foreword) to this marvelous, full-access production history of his finest film to date. With its rich assortment of illustrations, including reproductions of del Toro's fascinating production designs and a wealth of production photography, this is very much a hardcover version of the CINEFANTASTIQUE double issue that might have been, were CFQ still publishing. One might wish that a book like this had been released when the film was still new, but it coincides well with Criterion's TRILOGIA DI GUILLERMO DEL TORO Blu-ray box set (including CRONOS, THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE and PAN'S LABYRINTH), stakes a valid claim on the film's enduring classic status, and proves del Toro as vital a curator of his own creations as well as those creators whose works have inspired him.
GUILLERMO DEL TORO'S THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE and PAN'S LABYRINTH: STUDIES IN THE HORROR FILM, Edited by Danel Olson (Centipede Press)
For those readers who still crave a more in-depth appreciation of del Toro's work, Jerad Walters' "Studies in the Horror Film" series has served up just the book for you with this compendium of 10 critical essays and 21 cast-and-crew interviews. It's twice the length of the aforementioned, authorized book on PAN'S LABYRINTH and also more academic, but indispensible reference for anyone delving into the deep end of del Toro's political fantasy fables.
MARTIN by Jez Winship / THEATRE OF BLOOD by John Llewellyn Probert (PS Publishing)
These first two releases in Neil Snowdon's "Midnight Movie Monographs" series - issued in limited hardcover jacketed editions of only 500 copies - throw down a pretty impressive gauntlet. Monograph series propose a challenge as significant to most writers and critics as the form's temptation is irresistible: it's generally not part of one's education to sustain discussion of a single film for a hundred pages or more. The authors of these two attractively-designed books meet the challenge head-on and in highly individual form, giving us as sense of the spread likely to be encompassed by later entries in the series. In writing about the Vincent Price dark revenge comedy, John Probert takes a more personal, subjective approach that allows for a measure of nostalgia and personal reminiscence in his overview, whereas Jez Winship takes a more impersonal, objective route to an appreciation of George A. Romero's highly original vampire story and why it was so groundbreaking for vampire cinema in particular and the horror genre in general. Despite their differences in approach, passion is evident in both books, which I found more substantial than books I've read in other monograph series. A promising start.
THE TURN TO GRUESOMENESS IN AMERICAN HORROR FILMS, 1931-1936 by Jon Towlson (McFarland)
This may well be the book on "classic horror" to beat this year. Jon Towlson's thesis is that, despite the common perception that Hollywood's Golden Age horror classics offer a milder, safer brand of terror than contemporary slasher fare, the pre-code years were, if anything, just as grisly and deranged - at least in their raw conception. Naturally, this book details the nastier minutia of such films as MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE (1932, pictured on its cover), THE MASK OF FU MANCHU, MURDERS IN THE ZOO, THE BLACK CAT, MAD LOVE and THE RAVEN (1935, whose cold British reception in particular led to the curtailing of this unwholesome trend), but it also delves into how some original screenplays had to be toned-down to pass the censors, and why some particularly decadent scripts (such as James Whale's proposed DRACULA'S DAUGHTER) never reached a soundstage. Not all of the information is new, of course, but it's good to have it all in one place, fortified by additional readings of unproduced scripts, especially as bolstered here by Towlson's fine writing.
UNSUNG HORRORS Edited by Eric McNaughton and Darrell Buxton (Buzzy Krotik Productions, www.webelongdead.co.uk)
I believe that what separates the real horror fan from the weekend hipsters is a passion that extends to the genre's most deeply buried treasure. Anyone can talk up a love for ALIEN, but when you find someone who swoons at the mention of LIPS OF BLOOD or THE HOUSE WITH THE LAUGHING WINDOWS, you know you've found a friend for life. This lavish new oversized softcover from the publishers of the British magazine WE BELONG DEAD (who brought you last year's '70s MONSTER MEMORIES) embodies this idea - and like their previous, it's all-color, packed with love letters to obscure monster minutiae, and it's surprisingly hefty. There is no Table of Contents or Index; the idea is to dip in wherever you like and continue till you're worn out or just can't wait to watch one of these championed underdogs. It starts with SEVEN DEATHS IN THE CAT'S EYE and goes from there. Foreword by Joe Dante, no less, and the delightful cover art by Paul Garner makes the package literally irresistible.
Also Worth Mentioning (But I Haven't Personally Seen a Copy Yet): DARIO ARGENTO: THE MAN, THE MYTH & THE MAGIC by Alan Jones (FAB Press); EURO GOTHIC: CLASSICS OF CONTINENTAL HORROR CINEMA by Jonathan Rigby (Signum), INTERVIEWS TOO SHOCKING TO PRINT: CONVERSATIONS WITH HORROR FILMMAKERS AND THEIR ACCOMPLICES by Justin Humphreys (Bear Manor), ITALIAN HORROR CINEMA Edited by Stefano Baschiera and Russ Hunter (Edinburgh University Press), RICHARD MATHESON'S MONSTERS: GENDER IN THE STORIES, SCRIPTS, NOVELS AND TWILIGHT ZONE EPISODES by June M. Pulliam and Anthony J. Fonseca (Rowman & Littlefield), the biography SOMETHING IN THE BLOOD: THE UNTOLD STORY OF BRAM STOKER, THE MAN WHO WROTE DRACULA by David J. Skal (Liveright), and SUSPIRIA by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas (Devil's Advocate) and A THOUSAND CUTS: THE BIZARRE UNDERGROUND WORLD OF COLLECTORS AND DEALERS WHO SAVED THE MOVIES by Dennis Bartok and Jeff Joseph (University Press of Mississippi).
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Loot, Legitimacy and Ownership: The Ethical Crisis in Archaeology
Bloomsbury Academic, Oct 20, 2000 - History - 160 pages
Colin Renfrew argues that what is most precious in archaeology is the information that excavations can shed on our human past. Yet the clandestine and unpublished digging of archaeological sites for gain - looting - is destroying the context in which archaeological findings can be understood, as well as sabotaging the most valuable information. It is the source of most of the antiquities that appear on the art market today - unprovenanced antiquities, the product of illicit traffic financed, knowingly or not by the collectors and museums that buy them on a no-questions-asked basis. This trade has turned London as well as other international centres into a 'thieves kitchen' where greed triumphs over serious appreciation of the past. Unless a solution is found to this ethical crisis in archaeology, Renfrew argues that our record of the past will be vastly diminished, and his book lays bare the misunderstanding and hypocrisy that underlies that crisis.
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These socks were created in those two weeks. When dad was awake he would watch me, he would hold the ball of wool in his hands and feel the yarn slip through his fingers. I guess he wasnt really holding the wool, it was laying on the bed where his hands lay. I would show him my progress and he would smile with his eyes.
As the days went on and dad started slipping away, my needles flew faster. It was as if should I finish them before the time came, he would get better. I dont know where that thought came from, tiredness, exhaustion, making deals with God. So I finished the socks ... look dad theyre done! But by that stage he wasnt watching any more, he was just sleeping, he never did see them finished. And yet they are a connection to him that I will always have. So I will never part with these socks, because dad and I made them together.


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You won't find a more intense movie than Michael Caine's latest revenge thriller "Harry Brown" in which the iconic actor shoots and stabs his way through gritty London -- but his most destructive weapon was apparently his on-set giggling, according to co-star Emily Mortimer.
"He's a giggler, which is fatal to me," Mortimer told PopcornBiz, "because the minute I saw that little twinkle in his eye it was just curtains."
The laugh attacks were at their worst once filming reached the movie's climax and Mortimer's police inspector character becomes involved in a serious car wreck, she said.
In the week shooting the scene, Mortimer said she kept her hand on her throat to remind herself that she suffered a serious neck injury in the screen crash. "Michael would see me and say, 'Would you please take your bloody hand off your neck?' " Mortimer recalled.
Mortimer had to play unconscious when shooting the accident scene. "It was the most intense moment, and I am coming to in the car. Michael opens the door and I am sitting there with my hand on my neck. ... It was all over for me," she said.
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Gear Review: KEEN Alamosa WP Hiking Boots
I'm really impressed with KEEN's waterproof Alamosa hiking boot. You can watch my short video review here and/or read the text below:
This is a review of the KEEN Alamosa hiking boot that you see right here in front of you. I've owned this boot for about 6 months now. I've done a number of mid-length hikes in them: Grand Canyon (down and up) Mount Baldy in the San Antonio range in California, and some shorter ones in cooler weather up in Ontario and the Canadian Shield, which is where I live.
The construction of this boot is all very soft, very pliable leather. Very lightweight. I want to emphasize that... it's a lightweight hiking boot. It's probably not going to give you the support of a full, heavier hiking boot. But for what you're getting it's amazing. Amazing support for this lightweight hiking boot.
Together they weigh less than 1 kg. About 990 g, that's about 2.2 or 2.3 lbs for he pair, together. So, nice and lightweight.
Being a KEEN, it's got the nice toe-stop here, and a very generous toebox, which is what I like. This is a size 11, which is a European 44.5. It fits me perfectly, my first pair of KEEN's actually but probably not my last. Lots of room in the toebox which is what I like and then you can cinch up the ankle with the lacing.
One lace, lots of little pulls that are adjustable. So if you see here, this will give if you want. It's connected down here and around the back and it comes out again on the other side. So you can alce it up and get a really snug feeling all the way around your heel and that's really handy when you're going downhill, or encountering some difficult terrain, or carrying a heavy backpack.
IT's got the quick lace-up here, all plastic, no metal on this boot. Nice plastic quick lace. They've got a really nice eye in there so the lace grabs right in there and holds it really well, really tight.
It's a waterproof boot, and I can attest to that. I've hiked through water that's probably up to about here. At least ankle-deep water, and my feet have remained largely dry. Maybe a little bit, you know, where it's crept in around the tongue, a little bit wet there. But that's just a function of the water going too high. It's got the KEENDry system. What you can see is that it's brown up here and inside it gets a little silver lining. The lining goes all the way around and that's what they call the KeenDry lining. I'm not sure if it's a GoreTex or something like that but basically from this point all the way around it's covering down, so you stay nice and dry in there.
Good ventilation. All of this is mesh, so very pliable, very breathable in the hot weather. It was about maybe 30 C in the Grand Canyon and my feet didn't sweat too much. And then the hikes I've done around here I've gone down to about 10 C below 0, in the snow and they've been nice and toasty, as long as I'm moving. Great hiking boot as far as I'm concerned.
On the bottom, not amazing traction but you've got at least 4-5 mm in the tread depth. I don't know how they come up with these patterns but it feels pretty good. It's a little slippery on ice or frozen rock as you would expect. But if you have any kind of dirt or wood on a hiking trail it feels really nice, really good.
Maybe I'll just show you here, you can see on the left foot there's a little fold on the leather, a compression. No one's two feet are the same, so when you cinch it up you can really, you just gotta pull on the top and the whole thing, even down here ill really nicely cinch up. You can bring the soft leather in and it really feels like it conforms around your foot. Your heel really stays back here very nicely.
So, I don't know if they sell them any more actually. I was looking online, I got these at Atmosphere, which is a Sport Expert knockoff. But they're also on OutdoorGear, Amazon, etc. but I can't seem to find any recently. So I'm not sure if they stopped manufacturing them.
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Sometimes a summary of a conference leads to the loss of its immediacy. Therefore, Storify can tell the story of Media Trust's Spring Conference better than I do, so I will let it do the talking. Follow the narration through tweets and pictures taken on the day and get a taste of what took place at the Museum of London on the 29th of March.
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July 4th Celebration Honors LBJ's Vision, Future of Education
NEW ORLEANS – There was no denying that it was Independence Day when delegates gathered for the second day of the 89th Representative Assembly. With colorful garb, face paint and signs, they turned the convention floor into an undulating sea of red, white and blue.
Central to NEA's July 4 celebration was a tribute to President Lyndon B. Johnson, who 45 years ago signed into law a number of bills that would comprise his Great Society legacy. NEA Executive Director John Wilson spoke about Johnson's "powerful vision for equality and democracy" which he brought to fruition through laws that "changed the American landscape," by bringing civil rights, health care, the arts and education to the disenfranchised.
Delegates were moved hearing NEA Executive Committee members read portions of speeches Johnson delivered while signing the legislation.
That included the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which Wilson noted brought "a massive infusion of dollars to nation's schools," to help educate children – especially those who were economically disadvantaged.
"It was a law that we embraced, we supported, and we fought in partnership with President Johnson," Wilson said. He issued a challenge to current politicians, saying he hopes they can be inspired by Johnson to ensure "every student has an opportunity to attend a great public school."
To that end, the NEA is similarly committed to taking action to ensure all students receive a quality public education. As Johnson put pen to paper in 1965, the delegates of the 89th RA put pen to paper for a giant petition calling for educators' voices to be heard in the impending reform of ESEA. That position will be carried to the steps of the U.S. Capitol.
Some delegates even managed to combine patriotism with fundraising.
Chris Guinther of Missouri – a recent past president of the Missouri Education Association – agreed to dress in a full-length American flag gown if her fellow delegates hit a fundraising goal for the NEA Fund for Children and Public Education (NEA's political action committee) and sure enough, the association found itself on the leader board for per-delegate fundraising after the first day of the RA.
"It's fun and we'd do just about anything for the PAC," Guinther said with a smile.
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Challenge: Engineering a $300 House
Thayer School is offering engineering design expertise to the $300 House challenge to develop new housing solutions for the world's poorest.
The challenge began with a Harvard Business Review blog post by Tuck School of Business Professor Vijay Govindarajan proposing that the world's poorest population centers could be rebuilt into safe and dignified communities for only $300 a house. The post went viral, and the resulting Open Design Challenge generated more than 300 entries.
The six winning teams were invited to a design workshop, organized by Thayer Professor Vicki May and studio art senior lecturer Jack Wilson, at Thayer in January to collaborate on prototypes for the first houses.
May and Wilson, who have been consulting with Govindarajan, spent a week in earthquake-damaged Haiti in September searching for rural and urban sites for the first houses—and talking with Haitians to find out what they want in a home. "Other organizations have come in and built houses," says May, "but nobody wants to live in them" because they are too close to each other and lack features that Haitians prefer, such as separate cooking structures and large porches. According to May, people welcomed the prospect of houses built with local materials and according to community specifications. "They said, 'we will build the houses ourselves if you can tell us how,'" she says.
For the rural site, May and Wilson settled on Fond-des-Blancs, a community in the mountains outside Port-au-Prince. GHESKIO, a Haitian humanitarian organization, helped May and Wilson select an urban site in Port-au-Prince. The goal is to build a prototype in each setting in June.
May has found several ways for Thayer students to help with the $300 House project, including having them assist workshop attendees in the CAD lab and machine shop. May and Wilson are covering the $300 House in their course ENGS 2: "Integrated Design: Engineering, Architecture, and Building Technology." During spring term, students in May's course ENGS 71: "Structural Analysis" will test house prototypes. In addition, a group of Bachelor of Engineering students has devoted its ENGS 89/90 design course project to developing a composting latrine for the Haitian houses—an effort sponsored by the Dartmouth Class of 1980.
Can each house really be built for just $300? Probably not, says May, but the target focuses effort on the real challenge: developing clean, safe, and appealing houses that Haitians can afford.
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If you're feeling inspired by yesterday's montage of rooms with blue velvet sofas, here are some options of blue velvet sofas you can buy. Some are aqua velvet sofas and others are teal velvet sofas. Many are in modern silhouettes, though there are also some tufted velvet sofas and settees. I'm pretty sure they're all velvet, but it's possible that a few are actually microfiber; it was hard to discern. [NOTE: This post was updated with new styles and links on February 7, 2016.]
Shop blue velvet sofas from StyleCarrot partners and others.
1 Anna Navy Blue Velvet Sofa, $1,499 at One Kings Lane.
2 Dandy Sofa, £1,292 at Maisons Du Monde.
3 Elton Settee in Performance Velvet, $799 at West Elm.
4 Sherlock Blue Velvet Sofa, $1,999 at One Kings Lane.
5 Edie Chaise, $729 at Urban Outfitters.
6 Bliss Down-Filled Sofa, starting at $1,149 at West Elm.
7 Kravet Clapton Sofa, $3,816 at My Two Designers.
8 Annette Sofa by Plum & Bow, $798 at Urban Outfitters.
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The daily lowdown on books, publishing, and the occasional author behaving badly.
- The nation's biggest comic book convention has issued a cease-and-desist letter to the nation's third-biggest comic book convention over the use of the name "Comic Con," The Associated Press reports. A lawyer for San Diego's Comic-Con wrote to the Salt Lake City Comic Con (whose name doesn't have a hyphen): "Attendees, exhibitors and fans seeing use of 'Comic Con' in connection with your convention will incorrectly assume that your convention is in some way affiliated with [ours]." In a statement quoted by the AP, Salt Lake Comic Con co-founder Dan Farr said, "We're puzzled why Salt Lake Comic Con was apparently singled out amongst the hundreds of Comic Cons around the country and the world." And the story notes that Salt Lake event co-founder Bryan Brandenburg says San Diego Comic-Con tried and failed to trademark "Comic Con" in 1995. [On a related note, check out this report on cosplay from NPR's Petra Mayer from San Diego's Comic-Con.]
- "One Saturday night, Tsukuru and Haida were up talking late as usual when they turned to the subject of death." — Slate has an excerpt of Haruki Murakami's upcoming book, Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage.
- Alice Bolin writes about Joan Didion, Los Angeles and sensationalism in an essay in The Believer: "It seems that murder stories inspire Didion with a special dread: attempting to lay thematic order over dumb chaos and cruelty starkly and distastefully reveals the cheapness of narrative."
Notable Books Coming Out This Week:
- Yelena Akhtiorskaya's messy, charming debut novel Panic in a Suitcase follows a Ukrainian Jewish immigrant family in their journey from the cramped apartments and grey beaches of Odessa all the way to the cramped apartments and grey beaches of Brighton Beach in Brooklyn, N.Y. The Nasmertovs try to leave Odessa behind but find that they "hadn't ventured bravely into a new land, they'd borrowed a tiny nook at the very rear of someone else's crumbling estate to make a tidy replication of the messy, imperfect original they'd gone through so many hurdles to escape, imprisoning themselves in their own lack of imagination."
- Sgt. Lester Ferris is stationed on the fictional island of Mancreu, trying to keep a semblance of order while island society disintegrates around him. After meeting a comics-obsessed teenager, he decides to try to turn things around in the guise of Tigerman. For NPR, Jason Sheehan calls Tigerman the "kind of good that makes you wonder why every book isn't this smart and joyous and beautiful and heartbreaking; that makes you a little bit pissed off that you ever gave away bits of your life to reading worse books, and sad that so many trees get wasted on authors with less grace, less surety, less confidence than this man who can throw comic books, video games, post-colonial guilt, the longing ache of the childless, murder, tea drinking and mystical tigers all together in a big hat, shake it vigorously, and draw from the resultant, jumbled mess something so beautiful."
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Team Grades: Late Touchdown Redeems Broncos Offense In Tough Divisional Round WinThe Broncos offense finally gets going late and the defense limits the Steelers to field goals, but it the special teams shine brightest in Denver's win.
Steelers Fought Hard In Tough Loss To Broncos, 23-16The Pittsburgh Steelers did just enough to stay in the divisional playoff game against the Denver Broncos, earning good grades despite a tough loss to end their season.
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CBS Sports' Dan Fouts: Brady May Be Having His "Best Season Ever"CBS is covering both AFC playoff games this weekend and the Divisional Round has two great match-ups that are rather hard to call.
Broncos Look For Revenge Over Steelers In Divisional RoundThe Denver Broncos have seen the Pittsburgh Steelers hand them painful losses in the past, but look to reclaim glory with a win in the AFC Divisional round game on Saturday.
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Jason Whitlock: Rev. Jackson 'wants to wet his beak' on LeBron
Yes, this is an attention grab by Rev. Jackson. He heard about ESPN's impressive ratings for "The Decision" and, like a mafia don, wants to wet his beak. Why let Jim Gray and ESPN executives have all the fun exploiting LeBron's naivete?
There's enough of LeBron's carcass for Jesse to feast, too. And Gilbert's childish letter to Cavaliers fans in the wake of LeBron's departure gave Jackson the opening he needed to break out his knives and forks.
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WASHINGTON (CBSNewYork/AP) — If all Syracuse point guard Michael Carter-Williams needed to worry about lately was basketball, that would have been plenty.
Could he generate enough offense to help the defense-first Orange get to the Final Four?
Could he take advantage of the NCAA tournament spotlight to improve NBA teams' opinions of him?
There also was this on Carter-Williams' mind, though: His family home in Massachusetts was hit by a fire last weekend.
"When I'm on the court, or when I'm in practice, all my focus is on my teammates and the team," the sophomore said. "Outside of basketball, I think I can just be there for my family as much as I can. But when it comes time for basketball, everything else is kind of irrelevant. I'm just focused on the team."
Carter-Williams did a terrific job of dealing with one thing at a time, so much so that he was chosen as the top player in the East Regional for helping No. 4 seed Syracuse beat No. 1 seed Indiana, then No. 3 seed Marquette, to make it to the Final Four for the first time since winning the 2003 NCAA championship.
After a dismal 1-4 stretch to end the Big East regular season, Syracuse (30-9) has won seven of its last eight games and will play Michigan (30-7) — the South Regional's No. 4 seed — in the national semifinals at Atlanta next Saturday. Michigan beat Florida 79-59 Sunday to reach the Final Four.
"We're starting off the games real well. Once we get a lead, we try to build on it. We don't look back. We don't get comfortable. We always put the pressure on the other team," Carter-Williams said. "If they're going to come back, they're going to have to do something spectacular."
That is thanks to him, in many ways.
For as much attention and praise as Syracuse's 2-3 zone defense has received lately — and rightly so, especially after holding both Indiana and Marquette to season-low point totals — the Orange might not be where they are if it weren't for Carter-Williams' all-around game.
"He's a tremendous, tremendous point guard. He really is," said Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim, who is 3-0 in national semifinal games and 1-2 in national title games. "He keys it for our team."
In the East Regional final Saturday, Carter-Williams did a little bit of everything, finishing with 12 points, eight rebounds, six assists, five steals and only one turnover as Syracuse beat Marquette 55-39. On Thursday, he scored 24 points in a 61-50 victory over Indiana in the regional semifinals.
"I think Michael Carter-Williams, over the last couple of weeks, may be playing the best he's ever played," Marquette coach Buzz Williams said, "and that says a lot, because he's always been really good."
Didn't really get a chance to prove that last season, though.
As a freshman, Carter-Williams did not start a single game, averaging 2.7 points and 2.1 assists while stuck as Boeheim's fourth choice at guard, behind Scoop Jardine, Brandon Triche and Dion Waiters, who was the No. 4 overall pick in the first round of the NBA draft.
"He struggled at times in practice last year, playing against those guys. What you would figure would be normal. But he showed that he could be a good player last year. There was no doubt about that. This year, once he got his opportunity, from Day 1, he was really good," Boeheim said.
"When his shooting gets better, he will be a great player," Boeheim added. "He understands the game. He sees the game. He's got a great feel for the game of basketball."
All spindly arms and legs while out front of Syracuse's zone, the 6-foot-6 Carter-Williams really blossomed this season, ranking third in Division I by averaging 7.6 assists and fourth with 2.7 steals. He also averaged 11.8 points.
Triche, a senior guard, enjoys playing alongside Carter-Williams at both ends of the court.
"He's one of the most competitive guys that I've seen … going up as high as he can to get the rebounds, tough ones; getting steals and making every (play) possible to win the game," Triche said. "He makes the winning plays — loose balls, things like that. It's not all about points for him. It's all about winning."
So far, so good in that last category lately.
What do you make of Carter-Williams' performances at the NCAA Tourney? Share your thoughts below…
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Budding calypsonian, Chris "Chris B" Sylvester, of St Joseph has pleaded not guilty to four out of six charges filed against him in relation to a shooting incident in St. Joseph.
He appeared in court on Friday after it was alleged that he was involved in the incident which occurred in the community on July 8th.
Sylvester was charged with possession of a firearm, namely one .32 star Trademark Pistol, without a valid license, possession of a certain ammunition, namely one live round of .32 ammunition, without a valid license, possession a firearm with intent to endanger life and discharging five rounds of .32 ammunition in a public place, namely the St Joseph public road.
He pleaded not guilty to all four of these charges.
Sylvester was also charged with unlawfully and maliciously shooting Evalina Baptiste with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and unlawfully and maliciously shooting Laken Charles with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.
He was not allowed to enter a plea since both charges are indictable.
Magistrate Bernard Pacquette set bail of $60,000 after he refused a submission by Sylvester's attorney, Joshua Francis, to set it at $15,000.
Sylvester has been remanded at the Stockfarm State Prison since he did not have any proper sureties for bail.
The Magistrate gave the defendant until Monday 14th July, to secure proper sureties
The trial is expected to begin on December 9, 2014 at the St Joseph Magistrate Court.
The police say the incident occurred after an alleged argument over $2.
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We've been having withdrawal symptoms from Adam-Troy Castro's addictive Andrea Cort novels, so we're thrilled to discover there's a new Andrea Cort story in the April issue of Analog. This time, Andrea faces a murder suspect who has three bodies.
Andrea's own lover, the Porrinyards, has two bodies, so she's the perfect person to ferret out the truth. The Porrinyards are cy-linked, meaning their brains are connected cybernetically and these two former individuals have become a single person. In our review of the second Andrea Cort novel, we called Andrea's romance with the Porrinyards "one of the most fascinating romantic relationships in science fiction."
A lengthy extract from Castro's story "Hiding Place" is online at the Analog site, and it begins:
The only prisoner in the interrogation room consisted of two women and one man.
The women, Mi and Zi Diyamen, appeared to be identical twins of either the natural or cloned variety. White-haired despite their apparent youth, wispier in form and more delicate in appearance than any of the handful of cylinked people I'd met (who, starting with my lovers the Porrinyards and continuing through the various others I'd encountered in the last few years, had always tended toward the physically robust), they seemed to exist only as pale echoes of the man who sat between them. Their skin was so pale that it was possible to follow the thin trace of veins at their temples, and their eyes were a shade of blue transparent enough to disappear against their irises.
Ernest Harriman, who sat between them, was a bear: round shouldered, ruddy faced, massive without crossing the border into fat, either old enough or sufficiently well-removed from his most recent rejuvenation to look like he could have been father to the two women beside him. His impressive physical presence and the defiant cast of his smile belied the features of an otherwise weak man: watery eyes, flabby cheeks, and a chin that receded from his lower lip as if eager to join the thick curve of his neck.
The Diyamens bracketed Harriman at the table where all three sat, resting their delicate hands on his thicker wrists.
It was impossible to behold this cozy triptych without considering the women nothing more than Harriman's personal accessories, but I knew enough about the nature of the acquired condition the three shared to know that this was no more than an illusion, one that they might well have been cultivating for psychological advantage over their jailers.
In truth, the three were not only equals but parts of the same person: closer than lovers, closer than siblings, less like separate people than limbs of the same composite organism.
They were three. And they were one.
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Jessica Biel said she's "ready" to get hitched to Justin Timberlake and doesn't think "our marriage will change anything."
"It will be a challenge finding a balance between my private life, family and work, and I'm ready," she told the French entertainment magazine Gala, according to People.
Biel and Timberlake have not said when they plan to wed, though gossip sites speculate the nuptials could come this summer.
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In earlier interviews, Biel has talked about one day wanting to have kids. She told Gala that she's "someone who lets things happen naturally."
"For me, getting married doesn't mean we should limit ourselves to some pre-defined idea," she said. "Rather, it's an opportunity to explore new things in life."
Biel and Timberlake have been engaged since early January. The on-and-off couple had split in March of 2011 before reconnecting again the following September.
At the time of the couple's engagement, Timberlake told People that Biel was "the single-handedly most significant person in my life."
Biel told Gala that she admired Timberlake's "ability to communicate well" and express his feelings, as well as his loyalty and honesty.
On Saturday, the couple attended an engagement cocktail party hosted by Biel's stylist, Estee Stanley, a source told People.
Among the 100 guests who reportedly attended the party were Ellen DeGeneres, Timbaland and Amy Adams, as well as Biel's parents, Kimberly and Jonathan.
Former N*Sync members Lance Bass and JC Chasez were also there to support Timberlake, a former member of the late 90s boy band.


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Momma's Knitting Bag
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The loop to the right in the third picture is to keep her knitting needles up. She hates it when they fall over! I also finished my skirt but I'm kind of tragic right now so the pictures will have to wait. Yay for Friday!
Oh yeah–I busted a needle trying to sew through all the layers! ARGHHH! Thank goodness for my cat-like reflexes.
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Posted by Manish Panchmatia on Sunday, February 16, 2014 Labels: Gita, India, Sanskrit, Spiritual Science / Comments: (1) Full article...>>
Today let me share with you concept and unit of time, as per Hindu Mythology. This one I learnt in Gita Sopanam - 4.
After you read above table, we will feel like our life span is so small. No time to fight, complaint about, hate, argue. Just enjoy every moment on this beautiful planet earth.
Brahmanand Swami
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With the new year, brings new prices on certain things. We want to focus on where you'll save.
Oil analysts at Deutsche Bank are predicting oil prices will drop $30 dollars a barrel this year. Relief at the pump may not come immediately, but soon!
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If you scored an e-book over the holidays, dealnews.com says that you're going to love 2013. Amazon announced it will once again discount Kindle books. Other retailers are expected to compete with the new, lower pricing.
Something else that's getting slashed: Prices for 60 inch LCD HDTVs. They've been lower than what most consumer sites even predicted so far, and they're expected to drop even more in the next couple of months.
And finally, streaming video will likely cost less in 2013. Redbox is offering service for as low as $8 a month. Netflix and Amazon Instant Video are competitors and they will likely react to the new competition by offering lower prices or some sort of bonus for subscribers.