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Tuesday, December 3rd at 7:00 p.m.
Nicholas Dawidoff, author of Collision Low Crossers: A Year Inside the Turbulent World of NFL Football, will be our featured speaker.
Football is the country's most popular pastime, and yet most of what happens in today's NFL is a mystery. The New York Jets gave Nicholas Dawidoff a security code, a locker, an office in the scouting department, and for an entire year he lived with the team. He has written a vivid, funny, and moving narrative about an emblematic NFL season that deepens the way we know the game.
Praise for Collision Low Crossers
"Dawidoff is a crack writer, saturating the book with the best of a year's worth of anecdotes and lacing it with the backgrounds of coaches and players with an intimacy that begs the question how he got all this sharp and often moving material.... Dawidoff has a sure hand with the nature of passion, the rancor and weeping joy that characterizes every season in the most popular sport in the country. Insightful, immediate sportswriting. Readers will feel every bit of the team's frustration and elation." -- Kirkus (starred review)
About the Author
Nicholas Dawidoff is the author of four previous critically-acclaimed books, including the bestselling The Catcher Was a Spy and The Crowd Sounds Happy. He has been a Guggenheim Fellow, a Civitella Ranieri Fellow, a Berlin Prize Fellow of the American Academy, and an Anschutz Distinguished Fellow at Princeton University, and is now a Branford Fellow at Yale University. A Pulitzer Prize finalist for The Fly Swatter, Dawidoff is a contributor to The New Yorker, the New York Times Magazine, and Rolling Stone. He lives in New Haven, Connecticut, with his family.
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Tony Hawk's Proving Ground (Wii)
Tony Hawk's Proving Ground for the Wii feels like a lot of other third-party Wii games: unfinished. The graphics fall short, the controls are uninspired, there's no online component, and as a sequel it breaks little ground. Fortunately, the core gameplay is still a good time, and new environments extend an otherwise mediocre port.
It?s been eight years since Tony Hawk?s Pro Skater first released in 1999, and the remnant gameplay found here shows. Stringing together exaggerated tricks and absurd combos is still entertaining, but I would have expected Activision to innovate with more than just new surroundings, despite the groovy gameplay.
One area of noticeable improvement, however, is a much deeper career mode. As opposed to a linear starting path, players are allowed to select from three different skating styles, all with different objectives and side-quests. Career skaters, including Tony Hawk, Bob Burnquist and Arto Saari, teach you Nail the Trick and Nail the Grab moves and help you get sponsored (Nail the Manual is exclusive to PS3 and Xbox 360). Rigger skaters like Bam Margera encourage you to build custom ramps, rails, and whatnot using the Rig-A-Kit level editor, and hardcore skaters, who ride merely for the love of the sport, teach Aggro Kicks and Pushes for greater speed and bigger air.
While the distinct styles are refreshing, the effect merely isolates tricks for tutorial purposes. As the game progresses, you'll largely end up doing the same stuff while striving for the same goal: skater awesomeness.
In terms of controls, long-time fans will immediately feel at home upon getting their mitts on Proving Ground. The game plays the same as its predecessors save only some minor additions. You'll control forward movement by holding down the A button (release it to initiate an ollie), perform grinds and slides with B, nail kick flips and board variations with C, and do grabs using Z. Returning from Tony Hawk?s Project 8 is the bullet-time Nail the Trick mode mentioned above, which can be initiated by pressing B and Z in tandem. Overall, button controls are responsive and familiar. Sadly, the same cannot be said of the motion controls.
The Wii remote and Nunchuck motion don?t comprise a deal-breaker, but they fail to enhance gameplay, and even disrupt the flow where Aggro kicks and Nail the Trick moves are involved. Aggro kicks, performed using a hammer motion with the Wii remote, feel awkward and unconvincing. Nail the Trick controls using both the remote and Nunchuck don?t feel much better. The motion is just negligible. What's worse, Activision failed to include the one area where Wii motion typically shines: using the pointer for text input. Its exclusion just reeks of lazy porting.
As the case with any sequel (and at the very least), Proving Ground features fresh turf to grind. New levels include nine unlockable areas across three East Coast locations -- Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, D.C. -- all with varying degrees of terrain and objects. They?re not my favorite locales (here?s looking at you, Pro Skater 3), but they get the job done.
Regarding presentation, Proving Ground on the Wii looks like a dull PlayStation 2 game. Visuals were sloppily ported, dingy menus are difficult to read, and choppy animations will be seen from time to time. The graphics hardly get in the way, but it?s obvious the developers didn?t even attempt to take advantage of Wii?s graphical capabilities, however limited they may be.
Like previous Hawk games, players will be treated to a stellar and eclectic soundtrack, including some tasty classic rock. But where the music shines, the professional voice work from actual skaters is laughably half-hearted. The same can be said of the writing, which is unevenly balanced.
To prolong replayability, Activision has included some supplemental features in addition to new levels. Sadly, the Wii version gets the shaft when compared to next-gen contemporaries. Only the skater editor, two-player mode and standard unlockables are on tap. The video editor, customizable skate lounge, Nail the Manual and online multiplayer are all absent from the Wii version, though included on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions. Proving Ground on the Wii also lacks the Create-a-Park feature, instead using a preset park with customizable pieces, similar to Tony Hawk's Project 8.
Given the increasing number of Wii games going online, there?s no excuse not to exclude the functionality here, especially when the 360 and PS3 versions, from which the Wii version was ported, include the service. Long combos, hard-to-get objects and level idiosyncrasies are sure to keep you entertained for hours, but the lack of the additional content found in other versions is disappointing and further devalues an already imperfect port.
Despite its flaws, Tony Hawk?s Proving Ground on Wii is still a fun time, even if EA?s Skate is more realistic. Though casual fans may be better served picking up an older version of the game (assuming you missed one) for less money on legacy platforms, Wii owners still have something to hold onto. Let?s just hope for a better effort next time.
This review was based on a retail copy of the game purchased by Crispy Gamer.

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The EECS department, UC Berkeley, will celebrate Computer Science Education Week with a special one-day program for local high school teachers and their students on Tuesday, December 10, 2013, 8:30am-3:00pm. Faculty, students and staff in UC Berkeley's computer science community have planned very exciting activities, to inform and inspire all participants about the possibilities of computing for students and teachers. After a personal welcome by our Dean, the day will include demonstrations and interactive labs.
The day's activities are ideally suited for students who are at an introductory programming level and did not attend the previous year's event (since many of the activities are similar to those we offered in previous years). Registration is now closed. Please check back next year for CS Education Day 2014!


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Fifty things absolutely bound to happen, maybe not, in Saturday's BYU-Utah rivalry game …
1. The Cougars won't be able to run the football.
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2. Star Lotulelei will be a beast.
3. Brandon Doman will counter those two things with a short-passing game.
4. A special-teams play will be huge.
5. BYU will hurry up its offense.
6. Utah will hurry up its defense.
7. Two Ute tight ends will catch balls, maybe three.
8. Three Cougar tight ends will catch balls, maybe four.
9. Desperate to get off to a better start, for the first time this season, Utah will score points in the first quarter.
10. Jon Hays will throw for more than 200 yards.
11. Riley Nelson will throw for more than 200 yards.
12. Each quarterback will get picked off once, maybe twice.
13. Both offenses will be blessed with and benefit from a minimum of one short field.
14. Both defenses' strategy, in order of importance, will be to 1) stop the run, 2) keep the short passes in front of them, perhaps even concede them, and then make sure to make tackles, and 3) force the other team's quarterback to beat them with his arm.
15. Under pressure, Nelson will chuck up multiple jump balls to Cody Hoffman.
16. Hoffman will catch most of those jump balls, leading BYU in receiving yards with more than 100.
17. Hays will look better than he did in most of his starts last season.
18. Somebody's going to fumble, somewhere, somehow, sometime, and it's going to hurt.
19. Utah's offensive line will have its problems.
20. BYU's offensive line will have its problems.
21. Michael Alisa will rush for no more than 50 yards.
22. Trevor Reilly will make plays all over the field.
23. Nelson will miss at least one play due to a hard hit.
24. The Utes will miss Brian Blechen and Eric Rowe in the back of the defense.
25. Four quarterbacks will see action, maybe five.
26. Max Hall will be lustily booed on BYU's sideline.
27. Max Hall won't care.
28. Kyle Van Noy will pick up a couple of sacks, maybe three.
29. Kyle Whittingham will pick up a couple of technicals. … Wait, what?
30. Coleman Petersen will make a field goal, maybe two.
31. Coleman Petersen will miss a field goal, maybe two.
32. Bronco Mendenhall will suffer from the dreaded, redundant logo overload, wearing a "Y" on his cap and on his shirt.
33. Hays will get the ball to playmakers DeVonte Christopher, Dres Anderson and Kenneth Scott on the outside.
34. Riley Stephenson and Sean Sellwood will combine for some 15 punts.
35. Dave Fagergren will lead the Utes in tackles.
36. Brandon Ogletree will lead the Cougars in tackles.
37. Joe Kruger will not punch anyone, at least not according to the Utah game film.
38. If Utah's game film crew had been on hand for and shot the Thrilla In Manila, it would have missed all of Muhammad Ali's punches, too. (Not a prediction, just a convenient fact.)
39. Anderson will get at least one rushing attempt, maybe two.Next Page >
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Christopher M. Cock, director of choral and vocal activities at Valparaiso University, holds the Phyllis and Richard Duesenberg Chair in Lutheran Music, and is director of the Bach Institute. Through his activities as a choral music educator and as a distinguished solo artist, Cock has forged a unique career path combining the roles of conductor and performer. He frequently brings his focus on outstanding repertoire, vocal technique and polished musicality to high school ensembles throughout the country. For six years he served as director of choirs for Lutheran Summer Music, the national Lutheran high school music camp. In 2006 he led the International Choral Invitational in Hong Kong, and was conductor of the Spivey Hall High School Honor Choir, a festival begun by Robert Shaw. He has also conducted All-State Choirs in Minnesota, Georgia and Ohio and the Collegiate Honor Choir in Pennsylvania. He has appeared at Carnegie Hall as guest conductor of the New England Symphonic Ensemble and has now made appearances as both conductor and soloist at this legendary venue.
At Valparaiso University, Cock founded the Bach Institute in 2004. The Institute performs the major works of Bach triennially and in the years since its formation has devoted scholarship and performances to studying Bach's professional years prior to his appointment in Leipzig (1723). His leadership of the Valparaiso University Chorale has led to numerous recordings and extensive concert tours in the United States and Europe. The Chorale has served four performance residencies at the St. Thomas Church in Leipzig – the only American choir to enjoy such a strong relationship with the church of J.S. Bach.
As a solo artist Cock's extensive range and communicative performances have established him as a premier lyric tenor. Appearances as a Bach Evangelist are taking him to concert venues throughout the United States. In April of 2001, he appeared as Evangelist in the St. Matthew Passion with The Los Angeles Philharmonic. The Los Angeles Times praised his performance for its "illuminating freshness." He has, for numerous seasons, appeared as a guest artist with the Oregon Bach Festival, led by German conductor, Helmuth Rilling. In recent seasons he has sung with the Florida Orchestra, the Los Angeles Master Chorale, the Miami Bach Society, the American Sinfonietta, the Grand Rapids Symphony, and the Seattle Chamber Singers (with Orchestra Seattle). He frequently appeared as a soloist with Maestro Robert Shaw and the Robert Shaw Festival Singers. His performances with the Festival Singers can be heard on recordings released by Telarc International. He has sung the role of the Evangelist in both Bach Passions with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and is tenor soloist on their recording of hymns (2001). In 2002 he made his solo debut at Carnegie Hall and appearances with the Bach Choir of Berlin. He returned to Carnegie Hall for performances of Messiah with the Masterwork Chorus and Orchestra in 2008. Cock studied at the University of Southern California and completed his undergraduate study at Pacific Lutheran University. He holds the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Arizona (Tucson), where he was a student of Maurice Skones.
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The Valparaiso University Chorale is among the top Lutheran collegiate choirs in the United States, upholding the highest standard of choral art through performance of the greatest choral literature of all eras. Dedicated to performing works that celebrate the University's Lutheran tradition, the choir is also noted for the performance of significant contemporary works in their original languages and for the performance of music expressing multicultural perspectives.
The Chorale has served four residencies at the St. Thomas Church in Leipzig — the only collegiate American choir to enjoy such a strong relationship with the church of Johann Sebastian Bach. Their fourth residency, in June 2012, marked the 800th anniversary of the St. Thomas Church and its choir, the Thomanerchor.
Under the direction of Christopher M. Cock, this 48-voice ensemble maintains an active annual schedule of touring, performing, and recording. Their recordings include: "Traditions: Hymns, Motets and Folk Songs" (1998); "The Lutheran Chorale with Paul Manz" (2000); "Christ Child: Songs of the Nativity" (2001); "In Paradisum" (2003); "As it is in Heaven" (2006); "amazing day" (2008); "O My Soul" (2010); and "Star Still Guiding" (2011).
The Thüringer Allgemeine reviewed the Chorale's concert in 2007: "a first class ensemble…such a high degree of tonal unity, such sure intonation in the most complex and dissonant groups of chords, and such a precise feeling for dynamic shadings…" In 2010 the Schwarzwälder Bote exclaimed, "Their heavenly and virtuosic performance enthused the audience," and the Schwäbisches Tagblatt hailed the performance as "masterful."
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During the last decade, Valparaiso University has developed a strong relationship with St. Thomas Church in Leipzig, Germany, and the Chorale is the only collegiate American choir to serve four residencies at the church. Because of the close partnership between the two institutions, Valpo offers a rare opportunity for music enthusiasts in the Midwest region to see the choir of Johann Sebastian Bach's home church.Throughout its history, the church and its St. Thomas Boys' Choir have played a significant role in shaping Lutheran church music. In 1723, Bach was installed as St. Thomas' director of music, a position he served for 27 years.
In June 2012, to commemorate the 800th anniversary of the church, the Valparaiso University Chorale and University President Mark A. Heckler, Ph.D., visited Leipzig for the annual Bach fest celebration. During this visit, Heckler signed an agreement with the church resolving to continue the cultural, educational and theological exchanges for many years to come. As part of this agreement, the Chorale will continue to perform at the St. Thomas Church, the Bach Institute at Valparaiso University will conduct scholarly endeavors in Leipzig, and St. Thomas clergy and cantors will contribute theologically and musically to Valpo's campus.


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East Carolina University Police have arrested two suspects following a string of bicycle thefts on campus.
Thomas Hardy, 35, of Greenville is charged with five counts of misdemeanor larceny. His bond was set at $6,000.
Lori Ann Little, 30, of Washington, N.C., faces a felony count of identity theft, five misdemeanor larceny charges, one count each of resisting a public officer, failure to appear for obtaining property by false pretenses, and failure to appear for driving while license revoked. Her bond was set at $13,000.
Lt. Chris Sutton with the ECU Police Department said additional charges may be filed as the investigation continues into other unsolved bicycle thefts on campus.
Hardy and Little were arrested last Thursday when ECU police officers stopped the pair and found two bikes in their possession that had just been taken from near the Brewster Building.
Officers also recognized the pair from campus surveillance photos.
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Useful tips on the correct way to take a heating diesel delivery
The most reliable method that you can apply and check yourselves involves measuring the level of diesel in you tank before and after delivery, in accordance with the following instructions:
Measuring the level of diesel in the tank by using a metre
- Use your own metallic metre or measuring bar or a metre provided by the ELIN driver, which must be correctly calibrated, to measure the quantity of fuel in your tank prior to delivery.
- Ensure that the metre touches the bottom of the tank during measurement.
- To perform the post delivery measurement, wait 2 or 3 minutes after completion of the delivery so that the surface of the diesel is "calm" and has no foam.
- Place the metre in the same place for both pre and post delivery measurements.
- Make sure the metre is rigid and placed vertically in the tank during post delivery measurement.
- You must be aware of the exact dimensions of your tank, so that you are able to calculate correctly the volume of fuel per centimetre of height for your tank.
Quantity (per centimetre of height, in litres) = Length (in centimetres) x Width (in centimetres): 1000
Measurement by using the tank gauge
- Use the tank gauge only as a complementary measurement method. Using a measuring metre as described above is more accurate.
- Make sure that the level pipe contains the same fuel as the tank and not a lighter liquid such as a mixture of petrol and iodine, which might show a higher level than the actual level of the tank.
Measurement by using the tank truck gauge
- Make sure that all the content of the hose is emptied into your tank. This is normally done by supplying pressurized air at the end of the delivery.
- At the end of the delivery, when emptying the hose, make sure that the gauge is not still "counting".
- Use the tank truck gauge only as an auxiliary measurement aid and apply the pre and post delivery measurements by using a metre.
- Be present during both pre and post delivery measurement procedures. The results of these measurements must be written on the consignment note (in accordance with relevant provisions of the market inspection authority), after they are agreed upon by the customer and transport operator.
Tank cleaning
There is no way to estimate the quantity of sediment at the bottom of a tank during cleaning. Monitor the tank cleaning procedure as closely as possible.
Delivery control system by the diesel supplier
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Common Filing Errors on Income Tax Returns
How to Reduce Filing Errors on Income Tax Returns
The Department of Revenue cannot process a return unless all fields are complete and all supporting documentation is submitted. Be sure to carefully review the line-by-line guide for the 104 form and any FYI Publications referenced therein.
We highly recommend that you file your return electronically using Revenue Online, with specialized software or through a tax preparer. Generally, electronic returns reduce errors that can delay processing. The Direct Deposit option for refunds is also recommended to expedite your refund.
If the department is unable to process your return for any reason, a letter will be sent to request the missing information or documentation. Please note the following common errors:
1. Read publications and instructions. Before completing a return, taxpayers should read and follow each instruction that pertains to their tax situation. Additional information is available in the Tax Index and the FYI Publications. Both electronic and paper return filers should familiarize themselves with this information.
2. Use the correct form version. Individual Income Tax Return versions are available to download from the Taxation Web site. Be certain that the year of the return matches the year for which you are filing. Do not use the current year return to file for a previous tax year. Older years can be found on the Prior Version Web page.
3. Verify Social Security numbers and names. Be sure the nine-digit number and name exactly matches the social security card. If married, be sure each taxpayer is listed in the same order as your federal income tax return. Taxpayers who are new to Colorado income tax must be verified by the federal government. The verification process can take several weeks.
4. Paying with your return. We strongly recommend that you submit your payment using Revenue Online. This method reduces processing errors and provides you with a confirmation code to keep with your records. You can utilize Revenue Online to pay even if you file a traditional paper return. Revenue Online allows you to pre-schedule your payment via electronic funds transfer (EFT) before it is due, so you can file your return early and delay your payment until April 15th. However, if you file your return electronically and wish to remit your payment with a check or money order, submit form DR 0900 with your payment. DO NOT send a copy of your electronically-filed return with your payment, or you may receive a bill. If you file a traditional paper return, you may remit your payment in the same envelope as the return. Make sure the Social Security number and the tax year of the payment are clearly written or typed on the check.
5. Submit the required documentation. Proper documentation must accompany each return you file (original or amendment). Submit electronically using E-filer Attachment on Revenue Online, as an attachment to your e-filed return if your software allows (or with DR 1778 if it does not), or attached to your paper return.
DO NOT assume that the documentation is not required because a credit has been taken before, that a credit is being carried forward from a prior year, or that your 104X amended return is not changing the credit already allowed.. Keep your records for tax credits established in prior years and carried forward for at least four years past the due date of any return claiming the credit. Submit all relevant documentation for the credit, including documentation from prior years to support any credit carried forward.
6. Complete required schedules. Be sure to complete all fields on any related schedules, and that all information is descriptive. For example, the capital gains subtraction can be delayed or denied because form DR 1316 is not complete, the property description is too vague, or the acquisition date is omitted.
7. Guidance for amending a return –
Use the correct form. To change or correct a return that has already been filed, be sure to use the Amended Return (form 104X) for the specific tax year. DO NOT file another 104 form. Each return has different lines from year to year. Using the correct year's form is very important.
File electronically. For tax years 2009 and later individuals can file amended returns electronically through Revenue Online to reduce errors and problems. Corporations, partnerships and trusts can amend returns on Revenue Online for tax years 2010 and later. Certain information from your original return is pre-populated to eliminate potential confusion.
Form structure. Prior to 2005, the department used a 3-column method to report amended income tax. However, we now use a method that looks quite similar to the original income tax form. This means that the 104X should report figures "as amended". This revised form also eliminates the need to submit copies of the return "as originally filed" or "as amended" that can cause confusion if not properly submitted.
Check the correct boxes. For example, if the amended return is carrying back a net operating loss, be sure to properly indicate this at the top of the amended form.
Make sure schedules are attached. Be sure to submit all schedules used to compute your amended tax, such as th 104CR or 104PN. It is also important to attach any documentation that is required for many credits and subtractions. You must submit these attachments even if you the credit was already approved and you are not amending it.
8. Injured spouse claims. DO NOT mail an injured spouse claim with the return because it will likely be overlooked during processing. Injured spouse claims must be mailed separately to: Injured Spouse Desk, Room 238, 1375 Sherman Street, Denver, CO 80261.
9. Other subtractions. Everything usually has a specific place on the Colorado income tax form. It is a rare exception to have a tax situation that is not already covered by the line-by-line instructions or an FYI Publication. Therefore, "miscellaneous subtractions" should not be made on the Other Subtractions line. Doing so or making a deduction without an explanation will cause your return to be delayed or adjusted.
10. Submitting documentation. Submit required attachments to your electronically-filed return via Revenue Online regardless of whether you submitted your return via Revenue Online, specialty tax software, or through a tax preparer or accountant. Find the E-Filer Attachments icon, read the provided instructions, and attach as many documents as required. This is the preferred method of submitting the documentation because the electronic files will go directly to the taxpayer's account. If your return is filed using software that supports the attachment of the required documentation, this is also an excellent method to submit attachments. If for some reason Revenue Online cannot be used, the e-filer Attachment Form (DR 1778) should be completed and mailed with any paper supporting documentation. If you cannot Efile, attach your paper documentation to your paper return.
11. Taxes paid to another state. Proper calculation of this credit can be confusing and we therefore highly recommend that the return be filed electronically. Revenue Online in particular can be very helpful if your tax situation requires this credit. If supporting documents must be included with the filing and the tax software you are using does not allow for attachments, see item 10 above for assistance.
When filing a paper tax return, attach the 104CR credit schedule to the 104 along with copies of the returns for each state. The other state's return must include all schedules needed to identify the gross income sourced to the other state along with the calculation of the other state's tax. If tax was paid to more than one state, a separate 104CR credit schedule must be completed for each state. Attaching a spreadsheet or worksheet in lieu of the 104CR is not acceptable. If returns are filed on paper, there is no need to use the DR 1778.
Common errors in computing this credit that should be avoided to prevent delays and adjustments:
not including losses from other states in the overall credit computation
including income from the other state that was not taxed by Colorado, the most common example being bonus depreciation that is added into AGI in the other state but not in Colorado
not using the lesser of the combined limitation and the total of the individual state calculations.
12. Enterprise Zone credits. Colorado has various Enterprise Zone credits available, each with their own requirements and paperwork. Review all instructions and publications when claiming these credits. Visit www.AdvanceColorado.com/EZ for more information about the Colorado Enterprise Zone program. Be sure to identify names and account numbers of any pass-through entities. Some credits have maximum amounts that can be claimed, and no EZ credit can exceed the tax liability (non-refundable credits). All supporting documentation should be submitted with the return – see item 10 above. Identify any credit amount to be carried forward to a subsequent tax year where indicated on the return.
13. Child Care Contribution credit. Only 50% of the qualifying donation may be claimed as a credit on the return. Submit form DR 1317, Child Care Contribution Tax Credit Certification when claiming this credit. Donation confirmation letters alone will not fulfill the documentation requirement. Be sure to see the Tax Index and FYI Income 35 for the latest information including conditional availability of this credit.
14. Alternative Fuel Tax credit. Submit a copy of the bill of sale showing the vehicle is registered in the primary income tax filer's or spouse's name. Only vehicles listed in our FYI publications are eligible for the credit.
E-85 vehicles are NOT eligible for the credit.
the credit must be claimed in the tax year that it was purchased (if purchased in 2011, it cannot be claimed on the 2012 tax return).
leased vehicle must have documentation that indicates the lessor has passed the credit to you (the lessee). The lessor often claims this credit on leased vehicles.
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To the people in Seattle, to all the people in Seattle that trust me, that believe in me I will not disappoint anybody, Hernandez said, his voice cracking.
Word of Hernandez and the Mariners working on the mega-contract first leaked late last week. Reportedly, a medical exam revealed some concerns about the 26-year-old's elbow in the future, but Zduriencik said Hernandez got a clear bill of health from Mariners physicians before finalizing the deal.
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Hernandez's total dollars would top CC Sabathia's original $161 million, seven-year contract with the Yankees. His new money would average $26.9 million over five years. The $25 million-a-year average would surpass Zack Greinke's $24.5 million under his new contract with the Dodgers
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The candidates for the Montreal Canadiens' next general manager are beginning to emerge.
Sources told TSN Hockey Insider Pierre LeBrun on Tuesday that the Canadiens have reached out to Chicago Blackhawks assistant GM Marc Bergevin and player agent Pat Brisson to discuss their vacant post.
La Presse columnist and TSN contributor Francois Gagnon also reported Tuesday that the team has also contacted Tampa Bay Lightning assistant GM and former Canadiens executive Julien BriseBois, while TSN Hockey Insider Darren Dreger adds that the Toronto Maple Leafs are expected to grant permission to the Canadiens to speak to assistant GM Claude Loiselle.
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7 ways to get your way on customer service calls
I've sat on both sides of the customer service line -- taking abuse from callers and getting angry at unmotivated CS reps too. Here are some lessons I've learned.
This post comes from Kentin Waits at partner site Money Talks News.
We've all had that sinking feeling that comes with the realization that a customer service call is inevitable. The printer stops working, the laptop flickers with the blue screen of death, or the cellphone company sneaks a new cryptic fee onto your bill.
These are all foreboding circumstances that gird us to begin the long descent into Dante's Fifth Circle of Hell (anger) -- making the dreaded call to a nameless, faceless and likely outsourced customer service department.
Does it sound like I'm inclined to exaggeration or being unfair? Maybe so. But I've sat on both sides of that customer service line and I'm intimately familiar with unmotivated CS reps, language barriers, and quick-to-rage callers. I've had to calm down customers who seemed not only ready, but entirely able to climb through the phone line to strangle me. And, as a caller, I've had to be calmed down a time or two, as well.
But with a bit of planning, some Zen-like preparation, and a few basic ground rules, a customer service call can be -- if certainly not the highlight of your day -- at least sufferable and productive. Here are seven strategies that can stack the odds in your favor:
1. Collect yourself
Before you ever pick up the phone, take a moment to clarify what the problem is and what you want to get from the call. Do you want someone to explain a charge on your gas bill? Help you troubleshoot an issue with your smartphone? Or, if this is just the latest in a long string of issues, do you want to speak with a decision maker who can replace an item or get to the bottom of a persistent problem?
Take five minutes to cool down before those lightning-fast fingers start dialing, and you'll likely get a lot more out of the call.
2. Be nice (or fake it)
Though it might be difficult to see through the blue flame of your indignation, customer service reps are people too. And though they typically have no responsibility for causing the problem you're calling about, they often have the power to solve it.
A kind greeting, a civil tone, using the rep's name, and thanking them for their help can go miles toward shaping a successful outcome. If you just can't muster genuine civility, channel your inner performer and fake it.
3. Bottom-line it
CS reps are often evaluated on how many calls they take within a finite period, how closely they follow the company's call script, and how well callers' issues are resolved. Remember that reps have an interest in tending to your issue, but they're also mindful of their time. Avoid long diatribes and drawn-out explanations; get to the point and then get focused on the solution.
4. Suggest a solution
Reps are not mind readers (thank goodness!). After you outline the issue, it helps to offer a potential solution when appropriate. State your goal clearly and concisely. Do you want that late fee waived since a snowstorm slowed mail delivery? Is a credit on your cable bill warranted because service was out for three days?
Is your request fair and reasonable based on the situation? What's your ideal resolution and what would you settle for?
5. Demonstrate your value as a customer
Sometimes it's important to sell yourself and defend your value as a loyal customer. If the occasion called for it, I wouldn't hesitate to remind my cellphone company that I've been a customer for nine years and have never made a late payment.
Sure, it may not work 100 percent of the time -- and I'm certain my photo doesn't grace any break room walls with the caption "Best Customer Ever" -- but at least I'm giving the person on the other end of the line a reason to pay a bit more attention to my request.
6. Don't hyperventilate. Escalate.
Sometimes calmly escalating an issue is necessary if we encounter an inexperienced customer service rep or don't feel like we're being heard or understood.
When these situations happen, politely ask to speak with a supervisor or someone who has decision-making authority.
Remember, escalation doesn't have to mean confrontation. A phrase such as "I appreciate your time, but feel like it might be more constructive for me to speak with a supervisor" can usually get the job done with minimal awkwardness.
Though the "supervisor" you're transferred to may often be just another rep who's drawn the short straw to take problem calls, another set of ears can help. If it doesn't, ask to receive a call back from a manager who can work through higher-level issues.
7. Quickly recap and document
Wrapping up the call by restating the issue, the solution, and the timing can help avoid confusion and the need for more calls later. If the rep doesn't recap, take a moment to restate the gist of the call and the agreed-upon next steps yourself.
And while you're at it, log a few quick notes to document the conversation. Specify whom you spoke with (by name or employee number), the date, and pertinent facts, etc. If the issue lingers, you'll have all the essential information at your fingertips for follow-up.
I'd sound like a Pollyanna if I suggested that customer service calls weren't often maddening experiences. But approaching them in a spirit of collaboration can make all the difference in the world. Take a moment to prep, set aside frustration, and identify what you'd really like to accomplish. It just might help you get what you want.
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Unfortunately, we live in a "do-it-yourself" society in which service is the exception, rather than the norm. Just this week a major hospital in Washington, DC advised me they had no record of the bloodwork they performed TWICE, which was necessary before I could have an MRI and CT.
Then, it got worse. I have called one of the nation's largest banks four times, without success, to set up an account for me and my wife after my mother-in-law died and left the assets in her account to my wife and my brother-in-law. The first time, the customer rep stated that my wife's presence on the phone was required and that he could not set up an account without her. Since the notice the bank sent said we could call 24 hours a day, both of us called again last evening at 9PM. A representative answered, but said no one was there who could assist and that we should call between 7AM and 8PM. We called this morning at 7:55 AM and were advised the bank was closed. Finally, we called at 8:05 AM and were connected to a representative. Unfortunately he could not assist because he needed my late mother-in-law's information. The bank had sent a notice with a reference number and the last four numbers of my mother-in-law's account number. All of this plus my mother-in-law's name were not sufficient for the bank to retrieve the necessary information. The rep said we need my mother-in-law's full account number plus her Social Security number. We will try a fifth time this evening, but I expect more of a run around. The sixth time will be a letter written to the chairman of the bank. All of the above despite being extremely pleasant to all of the reps involved.
I too, have been on both sides of this one, and work as a manager in a call center during the Christmas season.
Being polite, calm, respectful and reasonable will actually get you better service than being a jerk will. I know that when you're frustrated it's easier to act the part of jerk than listener.
But stopping to listen to what options are available to resolve the situation or what requirements are necessary to achieve the outcome you are looking for is productive instead of destructive.
When you start out, right away, with rude and aggressive behavior, CSR's feel much less motivated to help you.
If you've gotten your way by being mean and aggressive over 30 minutes or more of your time, you might want to pause to consider how much faster it might have been to "get your way" by being calm and listening....."more flies with honey, than with vinegar", and that sort of thing
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There are some stocks where you look at their charts and you just wonder why would anyone buy it? You look at negative earnings per share, no yield, and a very troubled history. Just how is this zombie still walking?
I look at Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU) with a sense of wonder, wondering how they are managing to stay upright. A year ago it was hit with the tragic death of their CEO in a small plane crash, sad, but the stock was already cut off at the knees by low prices for its DRAM (dynamic random access memory) chips.
Once upon a time Micron was an $80 stock. It dipped below $2.00 in late 2008. This is almost in line with the decline in chip prices from $8 to under a dollar. If you bought at that bottom you would have had more than a quadruple but is it going anywhere from here?
Micron currently has -$1.12 EPS but a 14.92 forward P/E. The latest loss for Q1 2013 of $275 million reported on December 20 makes for a string of six consecutive quarterly losses. It also marked a worse than expected loss of -$0.27 per share. The company reports again on March 18.
- Despite the sudden death of CEO Steve Appleton, current CEO Mark Durcan stayed on for a seamless transition although he had already announced plans to retire.
- The company was able to acquire Japanese DRAM maker Elpida Memory and the Elpida gross margins had risen 26% by Q4 causing Jefferies to reiterate Micron a Buy on February 8. Elpida doubles Micron's share of the memory market when the deal finally closes the first half of this year.
- The company just priced a $270 million convertible senior note offering coming due in 2033 and with corporate debt so cheap, this can be seen as a positive for the company.
- Prices for DRAM have increased significantly since last fall and as the 2nd largest DRAM manufacturer in the world after Samsung, Micron is poised to profit at the same time as the cost of manufacturing is going down.
- The successful resolution of the Rambus lawsuit in Micron's favor ends multiyear legal wrangling over DDR memory chip royalties which Micron does not have to pay to Rambus.
- Corporate governance risks are low for all metrics: Board, Audit, Compensation, and Shareholders' Rights.
- Analysts expect a 198.10% EPS growth rate over the coming year to average out to a 14.04% growth rate over the next five years.
- The DRAM and NAND markets are volatile with wild swings on price and supply. Just like the dry bulk shipping index chip prices are updated daily on an exchange.
- The company's multi-year billion dollar losses and the purchase of Elpida for $2.2 billion have stretched the Boise based company thin. Hopefully, the senior note offering and delays in payment on the Elpida deal while the yen goes lower will help ease these stresses.
- The demand for PCs gets weaker and weaker and Micron has already suffered due to this trend. Microsoft's Windows 8 and Surface hybrid should improve demand somewhat and should provide a small lift for Micron.
- Return on equity (-12.51%) and net income have decreased over the last year and the company is underperforming its semiconductor peers and the S&P 500.
- Elpida is now their ace in the hole with Apple switching to Elpida as its mobile DRAM supplier and this one deal alone should be immediately accretive with $470 million in possible profits. Similar deals with other smartphone makers should be pursued relentlessly.
- Micron needs to continue growing NAND flash while gradually de-emphasizing DRAM for PCs. NAND flash is in most smartphone and tablets as a memory component. Mobile DRAM markets have been growing by double digits annually with increasing need for DRAMs in ultrabooks, tablets, and smartphones. In particular, IHS iSuppli predicts DRAMs in tablets will have grown almost 100% from 2011 to 2016.
- The company has a joint venture with Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) on a high bandwidth low power DRAM stacking solution for supercomputing called the Hybrid Memory Cube resulting in 90% less space usage and 70% less power needed while improving memory bandwidth 15 times. Supercomputing has commercial applications for many industries with the most understandable being the driver assistance features in new cars. More joint ventures in the future would bode well for Micron.
- Competition from Samsung is expected to grow fiercer. Samsung and Micron are in a heated race on TLC NAND chips and that's just one chip. South Korean competitor Hynix just posted a profit and they are gaining on Micron as well.
- So far, everything is looking good for the Elpida deal going through but a risk would be any last minute Hail Mary legal passes by US bondholders in Elpida. The Elpida deal needs final approval from Delaware Bankruptcy Court and creditors of Elpida's still have until the end of February to vote on the planned sale.
- Any slowdown in tablets, smartphone, and ultrabook sales will impact Micron. As PC sales continue to decline revenues from the former need to offset DRAM losses from PCs.
- Value investors prefer partner Intel's 9.89 P/E and 4.30% yield, one of the best deals in big tech. Intel's PEG is 1.01 so it's priced for perfection right now. The maker of digital technology platforms is expected to grow EPS by 12.33% annually over 5 years and has a mean price target of $23.00 for some 10% upside.
Things Have Got To Go Right
Several very important things have to go very right for Micron like the closing of the Elpida deal after which investors should be able to heave a long deserved sigh of relief. But then Elpida and Micron have to integrate seamlessly and keep major client Apple very happy. There are some signs that Micron's juju may have turned around and then it will definitely have some good momo. This stock could go a lot higher if Elpida turns out to be everything they hoped for and more. Micron could have a speculative spot in a portfolio but a big tech like Intel on any pullback is a better bet long term.
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NINE MILE FALLS, Wash.--A local man was getting worldwide recognition for his one of a kind art style in April. A carpenter from Nine Mile Falls was honored for his wood floor designs.
Tom Ourada sees floors as a work of art.
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Ourada does not use traditional wood.
"I've figured out how to cut curved logs. And it really distinguishes one floor to the next if you see something curved in it versus straight wood. You can do an infinite amount of things with it. Interest wise, it's invaluable," said Ourada.
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Thom Gunn
An English poet who has been a long-time resident of California, Thom Gunn combines a respect for traditional poetic forms with an interest in popular topics, such as the Hell's Angels, LSD, and homosexuality. While Gunn wrote most of his early verses in iambic pentameter—a phase when his ambition was "to be the John Donne of the twentieth century"—his more recent works assume a variety of forms, including syllabic stanzas and free verse. The course of Gunn's development is recorded in Selected Poems 1950-1975, in which "the language begins as English and progresses toward American," according to Nation reviewer Donald Hall.
Gunn has said that students of his work should read Paul Giles's article "Landscapes of Repetition" in Critical Quarterly. He explained, "I find it valuable because he reads me as I would want to be read, i.e. taking my later books for themselves rather than in light of the earlier books." Of his personal life, he wrote in 1983, "I am a completely anonymous person—my life contains no events, and I lack any visible personality. My books are so commonplace that I was once mistaken for an antique hat-stand (and I was wearing no hat). I lack motivation, circumstances, viewpoints on vital subjects, and illuminating personal data." As this comment reveals, Gunn is known for his reticence—and irony.
Gunn's personal life—that of the radical nonconformist—is far more interesting than he claims. His father was a journalist and his mother was a writer with socialist sympathies. Gunn's early life was peripatetic; after his parents' divorce when he was nine, he traveled with his father to various assignments and, as a consequence, attended a number of different schools. After completing his initial schooling, he served in the British Army for two years; then he lived in Paris, where he read Proust and wrote fiction. At Trinity College, Cambridge he concentrated on writing poetry and published the collection Fighting Terms in 1954. His early poetry—with its unembarrassed presentations of love as interpersonal combat and its focus on the upheavals of war and the freedom of life on the road—was considered violent compared to the tradition of gentility that existed in the 1940s.
The young Gunn felt more at home in California, where he studied poetry with Yvor Winters and lived with his homosexual lover. Village Voice contributor Mark Caldwell claimed that Gunn's experiences have been notably less tame than his poems might suggest. "If he belongs to a nation it is San Francisco; or perhaps homosexuality is his country—but I do not find him pledging allegiance to anything except his own alert, unforgiving, skeptical independence," Hall observed in a Los Angeles Times Book Review piece about Gunn. Gunn's characteristic understatement about his life resurfaces in The Occasions of Poetry: Essays in Criticism and Autobiography, according to Ian Hamilton in the Times Literary Supplement. "The book's effort is to present the author as reflective and benign," wrote Hamilton. "We see him as fond and skillful explicator of Hardy and Fulke Greville, and as awed apprentice to Robert Duncan and William Carlos Williams."
Gunn's masterful fusion of "modern" and "traditional" elements has brought him critical acclaim. Writing in the New York Times Book Review, M. L. Rosenthal praised Selected Poems 1950-1975, noting that "Gunn has developed his craft so that by now even his freest compositions have a disciplined music." Echoing this sentiment, New York Review of Books critic Stephen Spender suggested that the contradiction between the "conventional form" of Gunn's poems and their "often Californian 'with it' subject matter" is what distinguishes his work. Frank representations of violence, deviance, and the life of the counterculture based in San Francisco connect with "yesterday and tomorrow" in Gunn's art, remarked Charles Champlin in an article for the Los Angeles Times Book Review. "It is," Spender elaborated, "as though A. E. Housman were dealing with the subject matter of Howl, or Tennyson were on the side of the Lotus Eaters."
In a Poetry article, Robert B. Shaw speculated that Gunn's fluctuation between metrical poems and free verse reflects an internal struggle: "On the one hand, the poet feels the attraction of a life ruled by traditional, even elitist values, and by purely individual preferences a private life in the classic sense, the pursuit of happiness. On the other hand, he feels a visionary impulse to shed his isolated individuality and merge with a larger whole." Commenting on the same tension in Gunn's work, Jay Parini noted in the Massachusetts Review that rule and energy, the two forces Winters once advised Gunn to keep in view, "potentially counterdestructive principles, exist everywhere in [Gunn's] work, not sapping the poems of their strength but creating a tensed climate of balanced opposition. Any poet worth thinking twice about possesses at least an energetic mind; but it is the harnessing of this energy which makes for excellence. In Gunn's work an apparently unlimited energy of vision finds, variously, the natural boundaries which make expression—and clarity—possible."
Gunn's career has been marked by constant evolution in his poems. While the poet has said he considers Fighting Terms and The Sense of Movement to be apprentice pieces, according to Blake Morrison in the Dictionary of Literary Biography, his 1961 collection, My Sad Captains, and Other Poems "undoubtedly mark a turning point" in his poetry. His early poetry exhibited formal control of style to address modern subject matters and caused him to be lumped together with poets of "The Movement," a label Gunn has always despised as a convenient way for journalists and critics to classify poets. The first part of My Sad Captains reflects Gunn's earlier, metrical style, while the second part transitions into "the new phase of syllabics and 'tenderness,'" according to Morrison. "The braggarts and tough guys who stalk the book's pages seem seedier and less confident than their predecessors," Morrison also noted, "to be pitied rather than admired. . . . Human relationships generally are revalued, the selfishness and subterfuge Gunn formerly saw dominating them giving way to the possibility of gentleness." It is also with My Sad Captains that "Gunn is for the first time attentive to the natural world," according to Morrison.
Another change in course came after Gunn had experimented with LSD and the hippie counterculture during the 1960s, as can be seen in his 1971 collection, Moly. The title comes from the name of the herb Ulysses used to prevent Circe from turning him into a pig; and there are a number of poems in the collection that describe Gunn's LSD experiences, but the work is also notable for marking the poet's full transition into free verse. However, Gunn has noted that taking drugs during the 1960s did not influence his style. "I had already learned how to write free verse in America [before the publication of Molly]," he told Billy Lux in Gay and Lesbian Review. "I started out writing in meter and rhyme in England. But in dealing with the experience of the infinite, I needed to filter it through a finite form, otherwise the whole thing would just drift away. . . . It was very good for me to face the problem in composition of writing about untenable experiences, experiences beyond the ordinary, hallucinatory things."
In addition to moving from a classic, metrical style of poetry to free verse, in the 1970s Gunn moved from addressing love poems to women to frankly homosexual verses in Jack Straw's Castle. By the time of the 1982 publication of Passages of Joy, his poetry was unabashedly homoerotic, but was also tinged with a melancholy air. As Gay and Lesbian Literature contributor Michael Bronski wrote, "the sadness evident in some of Gunn's earlier poems—the poet's response to the human condition—has evolved to reflect an acceptance of life's difficulties—tragedy touches the lives, albeit in small ways, of almost everyone."
When the 1980s brought the AIDS epidemic to the gay community, Gunn lost many of his friends to the disease. His grief over these losses is, according to many critics, profoundly described in his award-winning book The Man with Night Sweats. An Interviews with Poets critic commented that while some critics had complained that Gunn had been "squandering his talent" by writing about his drug and gay experiences in the 1970s and 1980s, they were "obliged to reconsider" that assessment with the release of The Man with Night Sweats. While the verses contained here often describe heartbreaking personal loss, the poems are never self-indulgent and "never moralistic," asserted David Ferry in the Boston Review. Nation critic Robert Pinsky similarly wrote that "even when it has the power to make a reader weep, the writing itself is not dabbing righteously at its eyes. Celebrated poems like 'Lament,' 'In Time of Plague' and 'Courtesies of the Interregnum' have so much dignity along with their force that they do credit to the readers who have made them something like classics already." "Here is a poet without vanity," commented Henri Cole in another Nation review, "—the aberration afflicting so many of us—whose poems consider instead those lives that, like branches, crisscross his own. 'Writing poetry has in fact become a certain stage in my coping with the world,' he tells us, 'or in the way I try to understand what happens to me and inside me. Perhaps I could say that my poetry is an attempt to grasp, with grasp meaning both to take hold of in a first bid at possession, and also to understand.'"
As Gunn has aged, his poems have turned increasingly to the subject of mortality. When he writes about love it is more often with a sense of irony, as in his 2000 publication, Boss Cupid. Gunn often wryly comments on how the god of love often aims his arrows at arbitrary targets, thus causing people to fall in love with unsuitable partners. The poet also writes about those things that get in the way of love, and a number of the poems touch on grim subjects, such as in "The Butcher's Son" in which a father dies believing, incorrectly, that his son has died in the war, or "Troubadour," about twentiety-century murderer and cannibal Jeffrey Dahmer. However, "in contrast to . . . The Man with Night Sweats," observed Phoebe Pettingell in New Leader, "which bleakly elegized the AIDS epidemic, Boss Cupid usually manages a laugh in the face of adversity. Gunn uses humor the way he uses rhyme and meter: to give form to fear and emptiness so dreadful that they threaten to overwhelm thought and emotion." As with The Man with Night Sweats, Boss Cupid was also highly praised by reviewers. Paul Gray wrote in Time that "almost all of Gunn's virtues are on display here: his playful metrical dexterity, his unflinching celebration both of beauty and of its transience." David Kippen concluded in the San Francisco Chronicle that "Gunn's a romantic at heart, but throughout [ Boss Cupid] . . . he's wise to the not always welcome ways and times that Cupid picks to boss us around."
Neither British nor American, Gunn has resolutely evaded easy classification throughout his career as a poet. "The point is not legalities of citizenship (Gunn remains a resident alien, fitting a poet both domestic and estranged)," Hall observed in the Los Angeles Times Book Review, "but that he may not be labeled by nationality or anything else. His identity is his resistance to the limitations of identity. He belongs to uncertainty, exploration, movement and ongoingness. . . . Here is the man without conventional supports who refuses title and easy chair, political party and national identity."
Poet and freelance writer, beginning 1966. University of California, Berkeley, lecturer then associate professor of English, 1958-66, visiting lecturer, 1975-90, senior lecturer, 1990-c. 2000.
- Thom Gunn (poetry), Fantasy Press (Oxford, England), 1953.
- Fighting Terms: A Selection, Fantasy Press (Oxford, England), 1954, revised edition, Faber, 1962, original edition reprinted, Bancroft Press, 1983.
- The Sense of Movement, Faber (London, England), 1957, University of Chicago Press (Chicago, IL), 1959.
- My Sad Captains, and Other Poems (also see below), University of Chicago Press (Chicago, IL), 1961.
- (With Ted Hughes) Selected Poems, Faber (London, England), 1962.
- A Geography, Stone Wall Press (Iowa City, IA), 1966.
- Positives, photographs by brother, Ander Gunn, Faber (London, England), 1966, University of Chicago Press (Chicago, IL), 1967.
- Touch, Faber (London, England), 1967, University of Chicago Press (Chicago, IL), 1968.
- The Garden of the Gods, Pym-Randall Press (Cambridge, MA), 1968.
- The Explorers, R. Gilbertson (Crediton, Devon, England), 1969.
- The Fair in the Woods, Sycamore Press (Oxford, England), 1969.
- Poems, 1950-1966: A Selection, Faber (London, England), 1969.
- Sunlight, Albondocani Press (New York, NY), 1969.
- Last Days at Teddington, Poem-of-the-Month Club (London, England), 1971.
- Moly (also see below), Faber (London, England), 1971.
- (With others) Corgi Modern Poets in Focus 5, edited by Dannie Abse, Corgi (London, England), 1971.
- Poem after Chaucer, Albondocani Press (New York, NY), 1971.
- Moly [and] My Sad Captains, Farrar, Straus (New York, NY), 1973.
- Mandrakes, Rainbow Press (London, England), 1973.
- Songbook, Albondocani Press (New York, NY), 1973.
- To the Air, David R. Godine (Boston, MA), 1974.
- Jack Straw's Castle, F. Hallman (New York, NY), 1975, expanded as Jack Straw's Castle and Other Poems, Farrar, Straus (New York, NY), 1976.
- The Missed Beat, Janus Press (West Burke, VT), 1976.
- Games of Chance, Abattoir (Omaha, NE), 1979.
- Selected Poems 1950-1975, Farrar, Straus (New York, NY), 1979.
- Bally Power Play, Massey Press (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1979.
- Talbot Road, Helikon Press (New York, NY), 1981.
- The Menace, ManRoot (San Francisco, CA), 1982.
- The Passages of Joy, Farrar, Straus (New York, NY), 1982.
- Lament, Doe Press (Champaign, IL), 1985.
- Sidewalks, Albondocani Press (New York, NY), 1985.
- The Hurtless Trees, Jordan Davies (New York, NY), 1986.
- Night Sweats, R. L. Barth (Florence, KY), 1987.
- Undesirables, Pig Iron Press (Youngstown, OH), 1988.
- At the Barriers, NADJA (New York, NY), 1989.
- Death's Door, Red Hydra, 1989.
- The Man with Night Sweats, Farrar, Straus (New York, NY), 1992.
- Unsought Intimacies: Poems of 1991, Peter Koch (Berkeley, CA), 1993.
- Collected Poems, Farrar, Straus (New York, NY), 1994.
- Boss Cupid, Faber (London, England), 2000.
- (Editor) Poetry from Cambridge 1951-52: A Selection of Verse by Members of the University, Fortune Press (London, England), 1953.
- (Editor with Ted Hughes) Five American Poets, Faber (London, England), 1963.
- (Editor and author of introduction) Fulke Greville Brooke, Selected Poems of Fulke Greville, University of Chicago Press (Chicago, IL), 1968.
- (Editor) Ben Jonson: Poems, Penguin (New York, NY), 1974.
- The Occasions of Poetry: Essays in Criticism and Autobiography, edited by Clive Wilmer, Farrar, Straus, 1982, expanded edition, North Point Press (San Francisco, CA), 1985.
- Shelf Life: Essays, Memoirs, and an Interview, University of Michigan Press (Ann Arbor, MI), 1993.
- (Editor) Ezra Pound, Faber (London, England), 2000.
- Thom Gunn in Conversation with James Campbell, Between the Lines (London, England), 2000.
- At the Barriers: On the Poetry of Thom Gunn, edited by Joshua Weiner, University of Chicago Press (Chicago, IL), 2009.
Also author of Games of Chance, 1982. Contributor of memoir to My Cambridge, 1977. Work represented in many anthologies, including: Springtime, edited by G. S. Fraser and I. Fletcher, Peter Owen, 1953, and Mark in Time, edited by R. Johnson and N. Harvey, Glide Publications, 1971. Poetry reviewer, Yale Review, 1958-64, and London Magazine. Contributor to Encounter, New Statesman, Poetry, Times Literary Supplement, and other publications.
Further Reading
- Bixby, George, and Jack W. C. Hagstrom, Thom Gunn: A Bibliography, 1940-78, Rota (London, England), 1979.
- Bold, Alan, Thom Gunn and Ted Hughes, Oliver & Boyd (Edinburgh, Scotland), 1976.
- Concise Dictionary of British Literary Biography, Gale (Detroit, MI), 1992.
- Contemporary Literary Criticism, Gale (Detroit, MI), Volume 3, 1975, Volume 6, 1976, Volume 18, 1981, Volume 32, 1985, Volume 81, 1994.
- Contemporary Poets, seventh edition, St. James Press (Detroit, MI), 2001.
- Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 27: Poets of Great Britain and Ireland, 1945-1960, Gale (Detroit, MI), 1984.
- Dodsworth, Martin, editor, The Survival of Poetry, Faber & Faber, 1970, pp. 193-215.
- Gay and Lesbian Literature, St. James Press (Detroit, MI), 1994.
- Haffenden, John, editor, Viewpoints: Poets in Conversation, Faber (London, England), 1981.
- King, P. R., Nine Contemporary Poets: A Critical Introduction, Methuen, 1979, pp. 77-106.
- Mander, John, The Writer and Commitment, Secker & Warburg, 1961, pp. 153-178.
- Modern British Literature, second edition, St. James Press (Detroit, MI), 2000.
- Morriston, Blake, The Movement: English Poetry and Fiction of the 1950s, Oxford University Press, 1980.
- Press, John, Rule and Energy, Oxford University Press, 1963, pp. 191-201.
- Rosenthal, M. L., The New Poets, Oxford University Press, 1967, pp. 251-257.
- Advocate, August 10, 1993.
- Booklist, April 15, 1994, Ray Olson, review of Collected Poems, p. 1503; June 1, 2000, Ray Olson, review of Boss Cupid, p. 1808; March 15, 2001, Ray Olson, review of Boss Cupid, p. 1349.
- Book World, September 16, 1973.
- Boston Review, June-August, 1993, David Ferry, "The Rage of Understanding."
- British Book News, April, 1987.
- Chicago Review, spring, 2000, Devin Johnston, review of Boss Cupid, p. 91.
- Critical Quarterly, winter, 1961, pp. 359-367; autumn, 1971, pp. 219-227; summer, 1987.
- Economist, February 22, 1992, review of The Man with Night Sweats, p. 88.
- Encounter, January, 1983.
- Gay and Lesbian Review, summer, 2000, "Billy Lux Interviews a Poet of the Century," p. 41.
- Guardian, September 1, 1961; March 25, 2000, Robert Potts, "Erotic Balance."
- Iowa Review, winter, 1973, pp. 54-72.
- Lambda Book Report, July-August, 1992, Kenny Fries, review of The Man with Night Sweats, p. 16.
- Listener, August 12, 1982.
- London Magazine, March, 1963, pp. 45-52; November, 1964, pp. 64-70; December, 1977, pp. 5-15.
- London Review of Books, July 15, 1982.
- Los Angeles Times Book Review, November 6, 1988.
- Massachusetts Review, spring, 1982.
- Nation, November 10, 1979, Donald Hall, review of Selected Poems 1950-1975; August 31, 1992, Henri Cole, review of The Man with Night Sweats, p. 221; December 6, 1993, Robert Pinsky, review of The Man with Night Sweats, p. 70.
- New Leader, May, 2000, Phoebe Pettingell, "The Power of Laughter," p. 39.
- New Statesman, October 6, 1961; August 13, 1982.
- New Statesman and Society, March 6, 1992, Michael Horovitz, review of The Man with Night Sweats, p. 46.
- New Yorker, September 14, 1992, review of The Man with Night Sweats, p. 108.
- New York Review of Books, September 20, 1973; May 27, 1993, Michael Wood, review of The Man with Night Sweats, p. 32; June 15, 2000, James Fenton, review of Boss Cupid, p. 45.
- New York Times, August 6, 2000, William Deresiewicz, "Among the Bad Boys," Section 7, p. 25.
- New York Times Book Review, June 16, 1974; January 20, 1980; November 15, 1992, William Logan, review of The Man with Night Sweats, p. 15; May 27, 1993; May 29, 1994, Richard Tillinghast, review of Collected Poems, p. 10; August 6, 2000, William Deresiewicz, review of Boss Cupid, p. 25.
- Observer (London, England), July 10, 1988; December 13, 1992, Kate Kellaway, "A Poet Who's Still Firing on All Cylinders," p. 43.
- Poetry, August, 1958; May, 1974; September, 1975; February, 1993, Alfred Corn, review of The Man with Night Sweats, p. 291; February, 1995, David Spurr, review of Collected Poems, p. 289; March, 2001, David Orr, review of Boss Cupid, p. 391.
- Poetry Review, spring, 1966, pp. 32-35.
- Publishers Weekly, February 28, 1994, review of Collected Poems, p. 77; April 17, 2000, review of Boss Cupid, p. 71.
- Raritan, fall, 1993, Charles Berger, review of The Man with Night Sweats, p. 141; fall, 2000, Lagdon Hammer, "Thom Gunn and the Cool Queer Tales of Cupid," p. 114.
- San Francisco Chronicle, May 4, 2000, David Kipen, "Poet Knows Cupid's Aim Is Arbitrary," p. B1.
- Saturday Review, June 1, 1961.
- Sewanee Review, January, 1985.
- Spectator, September 1, 1961; March 7, 1992, William Scammell, review of The Man with Night Sweats, p. 32.
- Stand, spring, 1989.
- Time, April 24, 2000, Paul Gray, "Poems of Love and Death: Thom Gunn's Boss Cupid Portrays No Winged Angel," p. 80.
- Times Literary Supplement, September 29, 1961; January 1, 1967; October 5, 1967; April 24, 1969; April 16, 1971; August 30, 1974; July 23, 1982; May 1, 1992, Hugh Haughton, review of The Man with Night Sweats, p. 12; March 18, 1994, Glyn Maxwell, review of Shelf Life: Essays, Memoirs, and an Interview, p. 10; March 10, 2000, Sean O'Brien, review of Boss Cupid, p. 23.
- Village Voice, October 26, 1982, Mark Caldwell.
- Virginia Quarterly Review, autumn, 1992, review of The Man with Night Sweats, p. 136.
- World Literature Today, summer, 1986; summer, 1993, Bernard F. Dick, review of The Man with Night Sweats, p. 612; winter, 1995, James McElroy, review of Collected Poems, p. 147; autumn, 2000, Michael Leddy, review of Boss Cupid, p. 818.
- Yale Review, October, 1992, Phoebe Pettingell, review of The Man with Night Sweats, p. 115.
- Interviews with Poets, http://www.interviews-with-poets.com/ (July 23, 2002).
- Chicago Tribune, April 29, 2004, section 3, p. 9.
- Los Angeles Times, May 2, 2004, p. B14.
- New York Times, April 28, 2004, p. C14.
- San Francisco Chronicle, April 28, 2004, p. B7.
- Times (London, England), April 28, 2004, p. 26.
- Washington Post, May 11, 2004, p. B7.
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Poems By THOM GUNN
More poems by Thom Gunn (34 poems)
- During an Absence
- From the Wave
- High Fidelity
- Human Condition
- In Santa Maria del Popolo
- In the Tank
- In Trust
- Lament
- Legal Reform
- Lines for a Book
- Merlin in the Cave: He Speculates Without a Book
- Moly
- My Sad Captains
- No Speech from the Scaffold
- On the Move
- Patch Work
- Snowfall
- Tamer and Hawk
- Taylor Street
- The Annihilation of Nothing
- The Antagonism
- The Corridor
- The Hug
- The Man with Night Sweats
- The Old Man in the Britannia
- The Produce District
- The Unsettled Motorcyclist's Vision of His Death
- To Yvor Winters, 1955
- Waking in a Newly-Built House, Oakland
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