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This is very basic hotel. Rooms are standard european size. The family room is good enough for 2 adults with one kid. There is no space to sleep for the other kid and no space for the crib. It's says non smoking hotel, but it smells like somebody smoked in the room before or on the floor. It's 3 star hotel by the US standard. Not very clean, curtains are dirty. How difficult to wash it from time to time? Bathroom is basic, TV is small and old, bed is clean, pillows are good. Internet is extra, busness room has it for free, but only one computer is connected to internet. Restaurant is overpriced for the quality of food. Gas station next to hotel has small cafe with same quality of sandwitches, but cheap prices. Hotel convinient for onernight sleep before the flight.Just 15 minutes from airport, but far from the city.
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Issue #243
(See another piece your correspondent wrote about why including these incentives in the stimulus plan is both good policy and smart politics.)
Hold on a second you say -- some quick cipherin' reveals that the total number of votes in December's heartbreaking loss was only 99. But there's 100 senators you say. Precisely! And when it came time to vote on clean energy and it lost by a single vote, one Senator didn't show up to vote. That Senator was John McCain.
But then in January, McCain said "Of course we want renewable energy. Of course we want better standards. I want to do everything I can to see that wind, solar, hydrogen, ethanol ... and all of these, including nuclear power, [are put to better use]."
Confused? Me too. It seems "everything" does not include showing up to vote.
So back to the economic stimulus package. Just this Wednesday the Senate was voting to expand the House version to include the clean energy incentives and other goodies. Clean energy lost again -- and again by a single vote: 59-40. And again there was one Senator who didn't show up to vote, even though he was in Washington, and even though two Senators traveling on the same plane managed to make the vote: John McCain.
When 99 other Senators showed up to vote and clean energy lost by a single vote, where was John McCain? Call and ask him yourself!
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Salina is seeing more job opportunities.
The new Kohl's department store in Salina will employ about 130 workers when it opens in March.
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Pat, this is an outstanding recipe! It is so easy and quick to make and tastes lovely!
The pumpkin (I used hokkaido squash) goes great with the rosemary and parmesan cheese and the walnuts add such a great crunch on top.
I loved the flavour of this savoury loaf and will surely make this often again during this fall.
I only had dried rosemary on hand, so I used 2 ts of that, but will only use 1 1/2 ts next time as I found it a little too prominent.
Also I would suggest adding the topping after half the baking time or covering the loaf with the topping already applied as mine got quite dark and I had to scrape some off.
Other than that though I really enjoyed this recipe and so did my family! :)
THANK YOU SO MUCH for sharing another winner with us, Pat!
Made and reviewed for PRMR September 2010.
Wow Pat you have out done yourself with this one! This is fantastic and will be making often this winter. The tasty combo of rosemary, parmesan, walnuts mixed into a savory squash bread makes this the tastiest of treats all on its own, but pairs beautifully with other foods such as soup or roasted veggie dinner. Made using butternut squash which I did not mash to much as want to be able to see pieces in the bread and used the olive oil option. Would not change a thing. Thanks for the post.
Thank you for a really outstanding recipe. I joined Food.com just to be able to rate it! My second loaf is in the oven as I type!
This is wonderful! I have been on the search for a savory pumpkin bread recipe for years after enjoying one in Santa Fe, NM. This one does not disappoint! We enjoyed this alongside our soup for dinner yesterday. This recipe will be a great inspiration for other savory combinations. Thanks for posting!
STUNNING! I love savoury scones and breads and this was a winner! The combo was SPOT on and my parents loved it! Made it whilst back in the UK on holiday, sorry for being late! Made for Recipe Swap in OZ/NZ forum.
This was excellent. I love cooking and baking with pumpkin. It's so nice to find wonderful savory pumpkin recipes like this one.
Very nice flavor! For the pumpkin I used leftover roasted butternut squash that had been seasoned with a bit of garlic and red pepper flakes, and I added some chopped toasted walnuts to the batter. Most of my cheese cracked off the loaf when I sliced it, but it made a great topping for my salad! Tagged under the 24-hour rule for 1,2,3 Hit Wonders ~
I have never been great at following rules and this was no exception! Instead of pumpkin, I used acorn squash because I happened to have one here (doesn't everyone?) and bought a bag of walnuts that ended up being pecans! Even with these changes, this was a wonderful loaf! A very delicious and savoury loaf! You could use the basic recipe and change the herb to another one or use a different kind of cheese - it's very change-friendly. Made for Went to the Market tag game. Thanks I'mPat! :)


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I've been having a bit of a nightmare installing Mingle Forum and have still not resolved the problems I have in posting to forum threads. However, in my attempts to "start afresh" I decided to remove all the database tables related to Mingle in the hope that re-installing the plug-in would re-create them - wrong!!!
Can anyone tell me how I can re-create those table, or, better still, create a condition where Mingle will re-create them as it must have done when the plug-in was installed in the first place.
I did find one post reporting the same issue but it apparently resolved itself - which it hasn't done in my case.
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Firstly I love your plugin - by far the best breadcrumb trail plugin for WP. I am, however, developing a site with multilingual functionality and for that I'm using WPML.
There's a minor issue with how the categories display in the breadcrumb when a language with the same translation is displayed though. That is when the same category name exists in two or more languages then WPML has to add a @es (language code) suffix to the category to create a unique name for WordPress. On their own breadcrumb trail plugin (which isn't that good as it doesn't have many options compared to yours) the suffix is filtered from the front end but on the NavXT plugin it remains in place.
I added a post to the WPML forum here http://wpml.org/forums/topic/it-es-etc-etc-in-categories/#post-64474 and they mentioned that it would be good if you could get in touch with them to help resolve the issue. Here's what they said…
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We have just exactly the thing that you need
whenever you've way too much homework to read.
The Marvelous Homework & Housework Machine
will always make sure that your bedroom is clean.
It loves to write book reports ten pages long,
then put all your toys away where they belong.
This wonderful gadget will do all your math,
then mop up your messes and go take your bath.
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is truly like no other gizmo you've seen.
It hangs up your clothes on their hangers and hooks,
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It brings you a pillow to give you a rest,
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This thing is amazing. I'm sure you'll agree.
It feeds you dessert while you're watching T.V.
There's only one thing this device will not do.
It won't eat your Brussels sprouts; they're, like, P.U.
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The Witch's Daughter (Mass Market Paperbound)
With the bold adventure and brilliant magic that have made him one of fantasy's bestselling authors, R. A. Salvatore continues the epic series that began with Echoes of the Fourth Magic. Join him for a spellbinding tale of darkness, fantasia, and unbridled imagination.
Though many perished in the dark times past, a precious few survivors escaped, fleeing certain doom to find a dazzling, dangerous land of wonder. Here wizards and witches inhabited forests spun from enchantment and towers of celestial beauty. But in this place of promised safety, the Black Warlock was rising from the ashes of defeat--with an insatiable lust to dominate the world.
Square in the path of peril was Rhiannon, the gently reared daughter of the Emerald Witch. As hamlets from the Crystal Mountains to Avalon fell before the fury of the Black Warlock, the young witch sensed a sudden call; strange, terrifying powers tingled within her body. Now Rhiannon had to summon these new, untested abilities to stop the ancient warlock, an enemy who had long since mastered the forces of the universe and bent them to his diabolical will. . .
About the Author
R.A. Salvatore was born in Massachusetts in 1959. His love affair with fantasy, and with literature in general, began during his sophomore year of college when he was given a copy of J.R.R. Tolkien s The Lord of the Rings as a Christmas gift. He promptly changed his major from computer science to journalism. He received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Communications in 1981, then returned for the degree he always cherished, the Bachelor of Arts in English. He began writing seriously in 1982, penning the manuscript that would become Echoes of the Fourth Magic. His first published novel was The Crystal Shard from TSR in 1988 and he is still best known as the creator of the dark elf Drizzt, one of fantasy s most beloved characters. His novel The Silent Blade won the Origins Award, and in the fall of 1997, his letters, manuscripts, and other professional papers were donated to the R.A. Salvatore Library at his alma mater, Fitchburg State College in Fitchburg, Massachusetts.


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Rock of Ages, the `insanely fun` (Time Out New York) worldwide smash hit that features a raucous mix of 28 eyebrow-scorching tunes, performs at The Venetian. Set in L.A.`s infamous Sunset Strip in 1987, Rock of Ages tells the story of Drew, a boy from South Detroit and Sherrie, a small-town girl, both in L.A. to chase their dreams of making it big and falling in love. Rock of Ages takes you back to the times of big bands with big egos playing big guitar solos and sporting even bigger hair! This hilarious, feel-good love story celebrates the great rock songs of the 80s including such sing-out-loud songs as `Every Rose Has Its Thorn,` `I Wanna Know What Love Is,` `Here I Go Again,` `Don't Stop Believin` and more!
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Carrot Raisin Salad
Total Time
Prep 10 mins
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This is very good. It came from an old pamphlet from Hellmann's Mayonnaise. You can use Real, Light or Cholesterol Free Reduced Fat Mayonnaise. count chill time as cook time
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- 1 cup Hellmann's mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 4 cups coarsely shredded carrots
- 1⁄2 cup raisins
- In medium bowl combine mayonnaise and lemon juice.
- Add carrots and raisins.
- Toss to coat well.
- Cover.
- Chill for 2hrs.
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This salad does not have sweetener in the sauce, so what you get is the burst of sweet raisin against the saltiness of the mayonnaise. It's good! Different than other carrot salads I've tired, but I like this one just as well. I used Hellman's lowfat mayo.
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'Are We Alone?' Hawking considers one of the most important mysteries facing humankind - the possibility of alien, intelligent life. He leads us on a journey rendered in eye-popping detail, from the moons of Jupiter to a galaxy maybe not so far, far away. We will meet possible aliens and wonder at their form, we will delve into the very principles of what it is to call something alive, and we will calculate the likelihood of 'contact' being made.
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The promise of time travel has long been one of the world's favorite scientific "what-ifs?" Hawking explores all the possibilities, warping the very fabric of time and space as he goes. From killing your grandfather to riding a black hole, we learn the pitfalls and the prospects for a technology that could quite literally, change everything.
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In two mind-blowing hours, Hawking reveals the wonders of the cosmos to a new generation. Delve into the mind of the world's most famous living scientist and reveal the splendor and majesty of the universe as never seen before. See how the universe began, how it creates stars, black holes and life - and how everything will end.
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Like two jet fighters in formation, Justin Dumais and his younger brother, Troy, perfectly executed their turns and spins in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
As competitors in the men's synchronized 3-meter springboard diving event, they were in second place going into the final round. A misstep landed them in sixth place overall.
"It was not quite what I had expected, but Athens was an awesome time," Justin said. "You have to focus on the journey."
This year, Air Force 1st Lt. Justin Dumais is an F-16 student in the Night Systems Training Course at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., and his younger brother was in Beijing competing solo.
"Our disappointment in 2004 has really given him a lot of motivation to continue," Justin said about his brother. "He looks fantastic."
"I went to watch him compete at the Olympic trials, and it was definitely bittersweet," Justin said. "I certainly miss competing."
Justin decided to retire from diving after the 2004 Olympics. "I got to go to the Olympics. I got to dive with my brother. Not many people get a chance to do that," he said. "The Olympics is - I don't want to say a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, because people can go more than once. But it was definitely a lifelong goal."
Dumais devoted 20 years to diving. "It was a great run. Not sure I was quite ready to give it up, but when my Guard unit offered me the opportunity to come to pilot training, I could not turn that down. How many folks get to fly F-16s?"
He joined 169th Fighter Wing at McEntire Joint National Guard Base in Columbia, S.C., in 2005.
Dumais said his diving experience has helped in his current position as a fighter pilot. "I spent my entire life getting ready for seven seconds of competition. That is pretty much what we do every day here flying F-16s.
"You never know when you will be called to go do your job," he continued. "Generally, it is in a split second when you need to pickle off a bomb or strafe a target. [Diving] definitely lends itself to what I'm doing now."
As the oldest of five children who have all been members of U.S. national diving teams, Dumais attributed much of his success to the support of his parents. "They probably sacrificed just as much as I did," he said.
He also credited his parents with helping him along in his current path as a fighter pilot. When Dumais was 4, his parents took him to an air show at Edwards Air Force Base, in California, where he saw the Thunderbirds perform. "I kind of just of knew that is what I really wanted to do," he said. "But I got really sidetracked over the next 15 to 20 years."
During that time, Dumais attended the University of Texas, where he claimed back-to-back silver medals on the platform at the NCAA Championships. He also competed for the University of Southern California, where he was twice named the PAC-10 Male Diver of the Year.
Dumais, who became a member of the senior national team in 1996, competed all over the world and represented the United States at the World Cup in Sevilla, Spain, in 2002. He and his brother won a bronze medal at the 2005 World Championships in Montreal.
He placed fifth in the Olympic Trials in 2000. "It was not making the team in 2000 — I just missed it — that made me really sit back and reevaluate what I wanted to do with my life," Dumais said. "That itch to be a fighter pilot had never gone away, so I started taking private flying lessons."
Dumais said he doesn't regret the time he spent pursuing his Olympic dream. "It took me 20 years to make it to the Olympics. It's just one of those sports that generally takes a long time to get good at. But I stuck with it, and I wound up making it to the Games. I get to fly F-16s now. This is stuff that's not easy to do. I would just say, 'Don't ever give up on your dream.'"
Dumais said he would like to participate in the military's World Class Athlete Program. "It might give me a chance to dive with my brother again. I would really enjoy that," he said.
Until then, Dumais said, he will continue his career in the Air National Guard.
"The Olympics was fantastic, but I'm not disappointed that I gave up the opportunity to go again in 2008 to do this. I would say that this might even be better."
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With enemies like these, who needs friends, right? The final Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice trailer shows Batman (Ben Affleck) basically preparing to go to war with Superman (Henry Cavill). And to be sure, Batman makes a pretty solid argument in favor of taking down the Man of Steel. "He has the power to wipe out the entire human race," says Bruce. "If we believe there is even a 1% chance that he is our enemy, we have to take it as an absolute certainty."
What we know that they don't, however, is that this is just a prelude a long and beautiful friendship, or at least frenemy-ship. As the part after the colon in the title suggests, they're eventually going to wind up on the same team against the real villains. But as the Batman v Superman final trailer shows, it's gonna take a whole lot of action and fistfights and big shiny explosions to get there. Watch it after the jump. Read More »


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Didn't see "I Yust Go Nuts at Christmas" and "Yingle Bells" by Jorgie Jorgenson. Those are favorites from my childhood in the '50's growing up in a Swedish family in northern Wisconsin.
At least "My Favorite Things" isn't on the list. It's NOT a Christmas song and I wish stations would stop playing it.
My favorite CHRISTMAS song is Bruce Springstein's Santa Claus is coming to town.Hide replies
Let It Snow is on the list; one of several that aren't actually Christmas songs.
Winter Wonderland is another.
...and Frosty the Snowman.
no songs by the Yoopers?
No Mele Kalikimaka? Are you kidding me?
Is there any song that conjures up the magic and wonder of Christmas more than Chuck Berry's Run, Run Rudolph?
I just don't get "Feliz Navidad." It's the same words over and over and over and over again. Come up with a new verse or two. Maybe I'll be interested.
2 I think are wonderful but missing:
Santa Looked A Lot Like Daddy by Buck Owens & the Buckaroos
Is Zat You Santa Claus by Louis Armstrong
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Creamy Asparagus and Mushroom Risotto
|Fresh mushrooms
|1 Pound, sliced
|Dried mushroom
|1 Ounce
|1 Bunch (100 gm), trimmed
|Olive oil
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|Olive oil
|1 Tablespoon
|1 Clove (5 gm), minced
|1 , finely chopped
|Arborio rice
|2 1⁄2 Cup (40 tbs), cooked al dente
|Dry white wine
|1 Cup (16 tbs)
|To Taste
|To Taste
|Unsalted butter
|6 Tablespoon
|6 Tablespoon
|Grated parmesan cheese
|1 Cup (16 tbs)
|Warm water
|1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs)
|1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs) (As Required)
1) In a cup, Place the dried mushroom and cover it with warm water.
2) Allow the mushroom to soak for 15 minutes.
3) Cut and discard the bottom thick stem of asparagus, about 1 inch from bottom.
4) In a pot, blanch the asparagus for 2 minutes in salted boiling water or until just cooked.
5) Rinse the asparagus in ice-cold water.
6) Slice the asparagus diagonally in ½ inch diamonds.
7) In a skillet, heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil, simmer and sauté the sliced mushrooms for 5 minutes or until dry.
8) Season to taste, remove and set aside.
9) In the same skillet, heat 3 tablespoon of olive oil and sauté garlic and onions for 5 minutes or until translucent.
10) Add wine and allow evaporating for 1 minute.
11) Stir in the risotto, salt to taste and liquid from soaked mushrooms.
12) Cook over medium heat for 2 minutes or until the liquid reduces to half.
13) Stir in the sautéed and soaked mushrooms, cream, asparagus reserving few spears and pepper to taste.
14) Reduce the heat to simmer and add cheese, butter and remaining olive oil.
15) Stir until the oil is well blended and risotto is tender, for about 3 to 5 minutes.
16) Serve hot in a deep bowl plate, garnished with reserve asparagus spears and drizzle with 1 tablespoon of olive oil.
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Nutrition Facts
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Calories 749 Calories from Fat 349
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 40 g60.8%
Saturated Fat 14.7 g73.6%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 51.6 mg17.2%
Sodium 421.8 mg17.6%
Total Carbohydrates 81 g27.1%
Dietary Fiber 2.1 g8.2%
Sugars 13.3 g
Protein 12 g24.3%
Vitamin A 12.4% Vitamin C 7.7%
Calcium 28.4% Iron 7.2%
*Based on a 2000 Calorie diet


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Straight Outta Compton will be screened at 7 pm tonight, 408 Zankel Hall, Teacher's College, as part of the Black History Month Film Festival. RSVP on Facebook and bring all your pals, whether or not you caught this one in theaters a few months ago (it's supposed to be good). Free refreshments will be served.
The event is hosted by TC Student Senate, The Office for Diversity & Community, SEAS Office of Graduate Student Affairs, and The Black Student Network. TC will also screen Dear White People, next Thursday same time and place.
Film poster via TC Student Senate FB event page
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Columbia, Barnard, and Teacher's College support staff are protesting today, right now, just north of the gates. UAW 2110's contracts come up for review this year, and the University is asking for cuts, which the unions do not wish to grant.
A mix of union workers and OccupyCU are walking around, drumming, and shouting things like, "What do we want? Contract! When do we want it? Now!" Signs say things like, "Hands off my pension!" and "CU is the 1%" and "Health care is a right!"
You can see their respective current contracts on the union site, which is pretty cool.
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March 26, 201111:36 am 2 Comments
Judith Scott-Clayton, assistant professor at Teachers College, suggests that offering college students too many choices leads to frustration and procrastination and proposes instead giving college students more structure. Because no one ever procrastinates in Core classes! (NYT)
Some schools pay their commencement speakers tons of money. Maybe POTUS should start having some bake sales? (NYT)
If you've got a million dollars, you can buy a 212 phone number so you seem like you lived in Manhattan before it was cool, even if the closest you came in the '90s was watching Seinfeld. (NYDN)
Advice to liberal arts majors who can't find a job: Start tweeting! (NYT)
Oh no, the Conservative Canadian government has collapsed! But those hoping for an Egyptian-style revolution will be disappointed; it's just a parliamentary procedure. (Reuters)
After a botched drug sting yesterday, US Immigration officials opened fire on an SUV outside a McDonald's in midtown. Reported one bystander, "I thought it was a movie being filmed." (NYP)
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Today's Times has an article on how New York Governor David Paterson (CC '77) has managed to reach amazingly low poll numbers in part through being perceived as "increasingly remote." Included as an example of this remoteness is a section telling of how Paterson canceled his scheduled commencement address at Teachers College last Spring two hours before he was supposed to speak–for the second year in a row:
Last May, Mr. Paterson was lined up to speak in Manhattan at the evening graduation ceremony for Teachers College, Columbia University. It was kind of a makeup: he had agreed in 2008 to be the speaker at the same ceremony but canceled at the last minute because he needed emergency eye surgery. University officials were surprised last year when Mr. Paterson canceled again, with just two hours' notice.
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This afternoon, Teachers College students received an email from the offices of President Susan Furman and Provost Tom James announcing that "earlier today, several faculty members received envelopes containing hate mail."
"We have alerted the Hate Crimes Unit of the New York City Police Department," the email continues, "which is still investigating the October 2007 hate crime incidents.We anticipate that the New York City Police Department will be at Teachers College to investigate this matter. We encourage all members of the community to cooperate fully." Full email after the jump. (more…)
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The trek to the Gottesman Library at Teacher's College was arduous, and TC itself a seemingly impenetrable maze. Initially arriving at the wrong entrance, Bwog stood for several moments at an automatic door that refused to open. The bells at Riverside Church chimed ominously. Bwog eventually sheepishly located the entrance to the building, perhaps 15 feet to our left.
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Bwog's Teachers College tipster has forwarded us an email saying that on October 21st Obama and McCain's education advisors will debate over "Education and the Next President" at Teachers College and will be moderated by TC President Susan Fuhrman.
Don't expect any heartbreaking lotteries this time: only TC faculty, students and staff are allowed. But Bwog is hopeful that there will be alternative viewing arrangements for the rest of us. Stay tuned, we will update as more information comes in. Until then, the full email is after the jump. (more…)
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Good morning, Columbia, hope you're all set for some more Madonna Constantine updates. Oh good, let's get started. First, according to last night's AP report, Constantine has decided to appeal her termination, claiming that she was fired because of the noose incident and that the plagiarism charges are "baseless."
And speaking of nooses, it's finally time for the Village Voice's sequel to its exciting series on "Knotty Noose Problems". When we last left off, a bunch of people accussed Madonna Constantine of plagiarism, so she made one of them organize some stuff in her office over winter break, which was mean. Meanwhile, Darlene Bailey, VP of Academic Affairs at TC, launched counter-investigations against a women who wanted to look into the allegations against Constantine.
So now that we're all caught up, on to this week's article, and we've once again distilled everything you need to know in reader-friendly bulletpoints.
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Today, the Village Voice ran the first part of a billion part article that's something like the definitive account of everything that happened surrounding Madonna Constantine. You might recall October's noose-hanging incident and the whole multiple charges of plagiarism thing, for example. Anyway, we've distilled everything that's new and important in the article in easy-to-digest bullet points below (Spoiler Alert: She plagiarized.)
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Boo dearth of housing for GS kids. Hooray Manhattanville!
Boo hateful speech on Juicy Campus. Hooray censorship!
Boo unclear CUIT back up policies. Hooray transparency on the Information Super Highway!
Boo rigid Physics major requirements. Hooray to superficial study of sciences through opinion columns!
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Peter Gordon probably isn't travelling to West Virginia any time soon. While being interviewed about his research on the Piraha, a tribe in the Amazon, for The New Yorker, the Teachers College Speech and Pathology prof made an unfortunate reference to one of America's most persistent regional stereotypes. "If there is some kind of Appalachian inbreeding or retardation going on," he said, defending the tribe from such charges, "you'd see it in hairlines, facial features, motor ability. It bleeds all over. They [the Piraha] don't show any of that."
Now, Gordon is under fire, and Columbia has been targeted as well. "The quote splattered against academic computer screens in Appalachia this week like a large cud of chewing tobacco," wrote the Lexington Herald-Leader (we're not quite sure if they were trying to be ironic or not). A professor at Daemen College had this to say to Gordon: "Shame on you and on the institution you represent for perpetuating such ugly and untrue stereotypes". Ohio University prof Jack Wright compared the gaffe to "cultural strip-mining".
For his part, Gordon has apologized, and called the experience "humbling". After receiving complaints, Provost Brinkley said that he disagreed with Gordon's sentiments, but that the prof would not be censored.
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Patent application title: PRODUCTION OF HIGH-PURITY TITANIUM MONOXIDE AND CAPACITOR PRODUCTION THEREFROM
Colin G. Mccracken (Sinking Spring, PA, US)
Scott M. Hawkins (Fleetwood, PA, US)
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Class name: Metal containing group ivb metal (ti, zr, or hf) titanium monoxide or sesquioxide
Publication date: 2008-10-16
Patent application number: 20080253958
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The present invention relates to high-purity titanium monoxide powder
(TiO) produced by a process of combining a mixture of titanium suboxides
and titanium metal powder or granules; reacting the mixture at a
temperature above about 1200° C.; and fragmenting the body to form
TiO particles suitable for application as e.g., capacitors. The TiO
product is unusually pure in composition and crystallography, highly
dense, and can be used for capacitors and for other electronic
applications. The method of production of the TiO is robust, does not
require high-purity feedstock, and can reclaim value from waste streams
associated with the processing of TiO electronic components.
1. A high-purity titanium monoxide (TiO) powder, produced by a process
comprising:a) combining a mixture of (1) a titanium suboxide selected
from Ti2O3, TinO.sub.(2n-1), and TiO2, or mixtures
thereof, wherein n is 1-5; and (2) metallic titanium, titanium hydride or
mixtures thereof, wherein (1) and (2) are present in powder or granular
form;b) forming a compact of the mixture;c) reacting the mixture at a
temperature above about 1200.degree. C.; andd) fragmenting the body of
material to form the TiO powder.
2. The titanium monoxide powder as recited in claim 1, wherein the weight ratio of TiO2 to metallic titanium in the mixture is about 12/3:1.
3. The titanium monoxide powder as recited in claim 1, wherein the weight ratio of Ti2O3 to metallic titanium in the mixture is about 21/3:1.
4. The titanium monoxide powder as recited in claim 1, wherein the temperature is about 1200-1300.degree. C.
5. The titanium monoxide powder as recited in claim 1, wherein the process takes place in vacuum.
6. The titanium monoxide powder as recited in claim 1, wherein the process takes place in inert atmosphere.
7. The titanium monoxide powder as recited in claim 1, wherein the process takes place in an atmosphere that promotes oxygen transfer.
8. The titanium monoxide powder as recited in claim 7, wherein the atmosphere includes hydrogen.
9. The titanium monoxide powder as recited in claim 7, wherein the atmosphere includes ammonia gas.
10. A method of producing titanium monoxide (TiO) powder which comprises:a) combining a mixture of (1) a titanium suboxide selected from Ti2O3, TinO.sub.(2n-1), and TiO2, or mixtures thereof, wherein n is 1-5; and (2) metallic titanium hydride or mixtures thereof, wherein (1) and (2) are present in powder or granular form;b) forming a compact of the mixture;c) reacting the mixture at a temperature above about 1200.degree. C.; andd) fragmenting the body of material to form the TiO powder.
11. The method as recited in claim 10, wherein the weight ratio of TiO2 to metallic titanium in the mixture is about 12/3:1.
12. The method as recited in claim 10, wherein the weight ratio of Ti2O3 to metallic titanium in the mixture is about 21/3:1.
13. The method as recited in claim 10, wherein the temperature is about 1200-1300.degree. C.
14. The method as recited in claim 10, wherein the process takes place in vacuum.
15. The method as recited in claim 10, wherein the process takes place in inert atmosphere.
16. The method as recited in claim 10, wherein the process takes place in an atmosphere that promotes oxygen transfer.
17. The method as recited in claim 16, wherein the atmosphere includes hydrogen.
18. The method as recited in claim 16, wherein the atmosphere includes ammonia gas.
[0001]This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 11/560,213, filed Nov. 15, 2006.
[0002]The present invention relates to methods of producing titanium monoxide powders of high purity, and the use of such titanium monoxide powders in the production of valve devices, i.e., capacitors.
[0003]Electrical devices, such as power supplies, switching regulators, motor control-regulators, computer electronics, audio amplifiers, surge protectors, and resistance spot welders often need substantial bursts of energy in their operation. Capacitors are energy storage devices that are commonly used to supply these energy bursts by storing energy in a circuit and delivering the energy upon timed demand. Typically, capacitors contain two electrically conducting plates, referred to as the anode and the cathode, which are separated by a dielectric film.
[0004]Commercial capacitors attain large surface areas by one of two methods. The first method uses a large area of thin foil as the anode and cathode. The foil is either rolled or stacked in layers. In the second method, a fine powder is sintered to form a single slug with many open pores, giving the structure a large surface area. Both of these methods need considerable processing in order to obtain the desired large surface area. In addition, the sintering method results in many of the pores being fully enclosed, and thus inaccessible to the dielectric.
[0005]In order to be effective as an energy storage device, a capacitor should have a high energy density (watt-hours per unit mass), and to be effective as a power delivering device a capacitor should have a high power density (watts per unit mass). Conventional energy storage devices tend to have one, but not both, of these properties. For example, lithium ion batteries have energy densities as high as 100 Wh/kg, but relatively low power densities (1-100 W/kg). Examples of energy storage devices with high power density are RF ceramic capacitors. Their power densities are high, but energy densities are less than 0.001 Wh/kg. The highest energy capacitors available commercially are the electrochemical supercapacitors. Their energy and power densities are as high as 1 Wh/kg and 1,000 W/kg, respectively.
[0006]A good capacitor geometry is one in which the dielectric is readily accessed electrically, that is, it has a low equivalent series resistance that allows rapid charging and discharging. High electrical resistance of the dielectric prevents leakage current. A good dielectric, therefore, has a high electrical resistance which is uniform at all locations. Additionally, long-term stability (many charging-discharging cycles) is desired. Conventionally, dielectrics tend to become damaged during use.
[0007]Titanium (Ti) metal can be anodized to create a dielectric (TiO2) layer on its surface. This TiO2 layer offers a high dielectric constant, and therefore an opportunity to be used to make solid electrolytic capacitors, similar to tantalum, aluminum, niobium, and more recently niobium (II) oxide (NbO). However, the resulting TiO2 dielectric layer is relatively unstable, leading to high leakage current and making the Ti-TiO2 system unsuitable for capacitor applications.
[0008]Titanium monoxide (TiO) has been used in the sputtering target industry to make thin film conductive coatings. If the conductivity of this TiO material could be anodized to produce a TiO2 dielectric surface layer, it may have improved leakage current stability compared to the Ti-TiO2 system by virtue of the reduced oxygen gradient between TiO2 and the stable TiO sub-oxide.
[0009]An object of the present invention is to produce titanium monoxide powder of high purity and sufficient surface area to meet the requirements of TiO capacitors, and further to the use of such powders in the production of capacitors.
[0010]The present invention relates to a high-purity titanium monoxide powder, produced by a process ("liquid phase reaction") comprising:
[0011](a) combining a mixture of e.g., TiO2,Ti2O3 and/or Ti3O5 and titanium metal in effective amounts stoichiometrically calculated to yield a product with a fixed atomic ratio of titanium to oxygen, the ratio being preferably close to 1:1;
[0012](b) forming a compact of the mixture by cold isostatic pressing or other appropriate techniques;
[0013](c) exposing the compact to a heat source sufficient to elevate the surface temperature above the melting point of the product titanium monoxide, i.e., greater than about 1885° C. in an atmosphere suitable to prevent uncontrolled oxidation;
[0014](d) allowing the mixture to react exothermically to produce the desired titanium monoxide;
[0015](e) solidifying the mixture to form a solid body of titanium monoxide; and
[0016](f) fragmenting the body to form the desired particle size of titanium monoxide.
[0017]In an alternative embodiment, the present invention relates to a high-purity titanium monoxide powder, produced by a solid-state reaction between two titanium-containing compounds. A solid-state reaction involves atomic transfer between two (or possibly more) components, intimately blended together in the correct stoichiometric ratio. Thus, the present invention further relates to a high-purity titanium monoxide (TiO) powder, produced by a process comprising:
[0018]a) combining a mixture of (1) a titanium suboxide selected from Ti2O3, TinO.sub.(2n-1), and TiO2, or mixtures thereof, wherein n is 1-5; and (2) metallic titanium, titanium hydride or mixtures thereof, wherein (1) and (2) are present in powder or granular form;
[0019]b) forming a compact of the mixture;
[0020]c) reacting the mixture at a temperature above about 1200° C.; and
[0021]d) fragmenting the body of material to form the TiO powder.
[0022]Capacitors can thereby be produced from titanium suboxide particles, by techniques common to the capacitor industry.
[0023]As to the liquid phase reaction route, in preferred embodiments, the weight ratio of TiO2 to metallic titanium in the mixture is about 12/3:1, the weight ratio of Ti2O3 to metallic titanium in the mixture is about 21/3:1; and the weight ratio of Ti3O5 to metallic titanium in the mixture is about 3:1. The heat source is preferably an electron beam furnace, a plasma-arc furnace, an induction furnace, or an electric resistance furnace.
[0024]The accompanying drawings illustrate preferred embodiments of the invention as well as other information pertinent to the disclosure, in which:
[0025]FIG. 1 is a graph of x-ray diffraction patterns for TiO produced by the liquid phase reaction route;
[0026]FIG. 2 is an illustration of an ingot produced by the liquid phase reaction route, reduced to sharp, angular, substantially non-porous individual pieces; and
[0027]FIGS. 3-5 are scanning electron micrograph (SEM) images of the reacted materials by solid state reaction.
Liquid Phase Reaction
[0028]The present invention relates to a method of producing titanium monoxide powder, which includes combining a mixture of e.g., TiO2, Ti2O3 and/or Ti3O5 and titanium metal; forming a compacted bar of the mixture; reacting the mixture at a temperature greater than about 1885° C.; solidifying the reaction products; and fragmenting the solidified body to form the titanium monoxide powder. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the weight ratio of TiO2 to titanium metal is about 12/3:1.
[0029]The present invention also relates to the production of a high-purity titanium monoxide powder produced by this process from excess TiO2 and titanium metal, with the titanium metal in the form of magnesium or sodium reduced Ti-sponge, or commercially pure titanium powder. In the present invention, the high processing temperature, controlled atmosphere and presence of a liquid state may be exploited to remove major impurities, including iron, aluminum, and various other elements other than oxygen and refractory metals.
[0030]The following formula may be useful in identifying possible combinations of stable equilibrium materials anticipated to be effective for the purposes of the present invention: A+B =TiO, where A is Ti, Ti3O, Ti2O or Ti3O2, or mixtures thereof, and B is Ti2O3, TinO.sub.(2n-1), and TiO2, or mixtures thereof, wherein n=1-5. In addition, the following formula may be useful in identifying possible combinations of metastable materials anticipated to be effective for the purposes of the present invention: Ti(a)O(b)+Ti(x)O(y)=TiO, where 0(zero)≦b<a and 0(zero)<x<y.
[0031]In the testing of the present invention, a mixture of commercially available Ti-sponge and commercially available TiO2 was blended and formed into a bar by cold isostatic pressing, although other means of compaction and resultant physical forms would also be effective. A 16 pound compact of 37.5% Ti-sponge and 62.5% TiO2 was prepared.
[0032]The compact of TiO2 and Ti sponge (weight ratio 12/3:1 ) was fed into the melting region of an electron beam vacuum furnace, where the compact reacted and liquefied when heated by the electron beam, with the liquid product dripping into a cylindrical, water-cooled copper mold. When the electron beam initially struck the compact, melting immediately took place, with only a small increase in chamber pressure. A production rate of 20 pounds an hour was established.
[0033]While an electron-beam furnace was used in this experiment, it is anticipated that other energy sources capable of heating the materials to at least 1885° C. could also be used, including, but not limited to, cold crucible vacuum induction melting, plasma inert gas melting, and electrical impulse resistance heating.
[0034]The resultant ingot was allowed to cool under vacuum, and the apparatus was vented to atmosphere. Samples were taken from the top one inch of the ingot (the "top" samples), while "edge" samples were taken from lower mid-radius locations in the ingot.
[0035]Subsequent analysis of the product TiO samples by x-ray diffraction showed a "clean" pattern for TiO, with no additional lines attributable to titanium metal or TiO2. In FIG. 1 the x-ray diffraction pattern is shown for TiO produced by the present invention. No peaks other than TiO were seen in the 2-Θ 25-80° range, which represents a successful creation of TiO via liquid-phase reaction in the electron beam furnace.
[0036]The ingot was then degraded to powder by conventional crushing, grinding and milling techniques. The resultant TiO powder is solid and angular, with an irregular shape (see FIG. 2).
[0037]The process of the present invention also serves to recover TiO values from waste streams associated with production of powder-based TiO products, since the refining action of the present invention can effectively remove most contaminants, even when such contaminants are present as fine or micro-fine powders or particles.
[0038]The formation of titanium monoxide by melt phase processing lends itself to the recovery and remelting of titanium monoxide solids, including but not limited to powders, chips, solids, swarf (fine metallic filings or shavings) and sludges. Off-grade powder, recycled capacitors and powder production waste are among the materials that can be reverted to full value titanium monoxide by this process.
Solid State Reaction
[0039]In experiments, one component contains excess oxygen, while the other component has a net oxygen deficiency. The reaction was carried out at an elevated temperature but below the melting point of the components. Solid-state reactions can be carried out in vacuum, inert atmosphere, or an atmosphere that promotes oxygen transfer such as hydrogen or ammonia gas. The advantages of this type of reaction are tight control over the final stoichiometry and density changes that result from phase transformations. For capacitor applications, high surface area is a desired result. Densification during reaction results in a net gain in the material's surface area.
[0040]In order to reduce operating costs, solid-state reactions are usually performed at the lowest possible temperature and the shortest possible time that ensures complete reaction of the components. Additional time results in densification of the sample. Since solid-state reactions rely on atomic mobility, particle size is critical in determining the reaction rate. The smaller the average particle size, the less energy is required to complete the reaction.
[0041]Crystallography was tested by X-Ray diffraction (XRD) on a Phillips XRG 3100 retrofitted with an Inel XRG 3000, 3.0 kW single-phase x-ray generator, copper x-ray tube and Norelco goniometer with detector. Powder was adhered to a glass slide with vacuum grease. Theoretical XRD patterns were generated utilizing data from Pearson's Handbook of Crystallographic Data for Intermetallic Phases. Diffraction patterns were recorded on a paper chart recorder and scanned for use in scientific graphing and analysis software. Imaging was performed on an ISI-SR-50 scanning electron microscope (SEM). All solid-state reactions were performed in a Brew furnace under vacuum. This furnace is capable of high temperature (+1600° C.) and high vacuum.
[0042]Raw materials (listed in Table 1, below) for the solid-state TiO reaction consisted of excess TiO2, titanium metal and titanium hydride (TiH2), and Ti2O3 produced in the EB furnace. The titanium metal was in the form of magnesium reduced Ti-sponge, or commercially pure (CP) titanium powder. Ti2O3 was reacted in the EB furnace using CP titanium and TiO2 and sized by mortar and pestle. Compacts were made with the hydraulic lab press and a 5 mm hand press.
[0043]The following equations (shown in Table 2, below) describe the theoretical reactions necessary to produce TiO with the starting materials listed in Table 1. When using titanium hydride, hydrogen gas is expelled at approximately 500° C., leaving titanium metal. There was essentially no difference in the reaction whether Ti or TiH2 was used. TiH2 was converted to Ti at a temperature below the solid-state reaction temperature. The advantage to using a hydride for the reaction was a lower starting density, which resulted in additional densification and more surface area in the TiO. The reduction in density was calculated based on the density and amounts of the starting material and the theoretical density of the finished product, assuming there is little change in the total volume of the compact. Theoretical density changes are calculated for the four reactions listed. Density values were obtained from the Handbook of Chemistry and Physics for most of these materials except for Ti2O3, which was obtained from PowderCell for Windows, V2.04.
TABLE-US-00001 TABLE 1 Density Material (g/cm3) Ti 4.50 TiH2 3.90 Ti2O3 4.57 TiO 4.93 TiO2 4.26
TABLE-US-00002 TABLE 2 Reduction in Equation Density TiH2 + TiO2→ 2 TiO + H2 19.6% Ti + TiO2→ 2 TiO 13.3% TiH2 + Ti2O3→ 3 TiO + H2 12.1% Ti + Ti2O3→ 3 TiO 8.3%
[0044]Several mixtures of TiH2 (-325 mesh) and TiO2(d50 of 14 μm) were made ranging from 25% to 45% TiH2by weight. These blends were dry mixed, compacted, and reacted in the Brew furnace under vacuum between 950° C. and 1300° C. for 10 minutes to 4 hours. Reactions were not complete at 950° C. up to 4 hours, comprising of Ti2O3, Ti2O and TiO, as seen by XRD analysis. At 1300° C., reaction to TiO was complete at 4 hours, but not 10 minutes. Mixtures of 35% and 45% TiH both produced only TiO as the finished material. The mixture containing 25% TiH2 included Ti2O3 and TiO in the final product, indicating that that excess oxygen is present. Since TiH2 dehydrides to Ti prior to reacting, these same parameters would work for a mixture of Ti metal and TiO2.
[0045]A similar result was seen for a mixture of 26% TiH and 74% Ti2O3. Reaction under vacuum at 1100° C. for 3 hours was incomplete to TiO, with large areas of under-reacted material. At 1300° C. for 3 hours, the reaction was complete with TiO being the only phase identified by XRD.
[0046]SEM images (FIGS. 3-5) show a mixture of TiH2 and TiO2, dry blended, compacted, and reacted under vacuum at different temperatures and times. Material reacted at 1200° C. for 3 hours (FIG. 3) is very similar in appearance to material reacted at 1400° C. for only 10 minutes (FIG. 5). The sample reacted at 950° C. for 3 hours (FIG. 4) shows areas where an intermediate reaction is occurring (Ti to Ti2O for example), but the bulk of the sample is still unreacted. All images are 2000 times magnification.
[0047]The small, white particles in FIG. 4 are TiO2, which is not electrically conductive and therefore would appear bright in the SEM. These bright non-conductive TiO2 particles are not visible in the other two images. The densification to TiO is evident in FIGS. 3 and 5, creating a sponge-like appearance and increasing porosity.
[0048]Thus, the sub-oxide titanium monoxide (TiO) was also successfully created in the solid-state phase. X-ray diffraction confirmed no other phases were present in the material. Solid-state reactions for TiO completed at around 1200-1300° C. in vacuum for 3-4 hours. Reactions at lower temperatures were incomplete, showing combinations of Ti2O3, Ti2O and TiO. The reaction was successfully performed using either Ti or TiH2 with TiO2 or Ti2O3. Based on the densities, the most desirable starting components to use are TiH2 and TiO2 since this will lead to the greatest densification to TiO. The larger the densification, the more porosity and surface area are created.
[0049]While the present invention has been described with respect to particular embodiment thereof, it is apparent that numerous other forms and modifications of the invention will be obvious to those skilled in the art. The appended claims and this invention generally should be construed to cover all such obvious forms and modifications, which are within the true spirit and scope of the present invention.
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"Write toward your fear. That memory or worry or idea buried inside, that truth about you that you hope no one discovers. The thing you wish you could forget about yourself. Write directly to that. Repression, sublimation, fear, denial. These are creative energies, but they feed only cruel creations: Writer's block, thin writing, clichéd ideas, and self-criticism. Hiding your painful truth is a wall without mortar. It takes work to maintain. Hold the stones in place, it might not fall. But good luck, and don't forget to worry worry worry. That effort saps all others. Let the wall go. Rush at the painful secret, write toward it, then through it. Rein the energy, direct it, feed yourself. Your work will show the vigor of it, and the revelation of the secret pain will turn into something better than simply a story. It will become acceptance and salvation."
—Sean Ferrell, author of Man in the Empty Suit (Soho Press, 2013)
posted 4.17.13
"Whenever I'm in a rut, there are a few women writers whose voices I return to: Lorrie Moore and Anne Lamott come to mind first, but I know there are others. It doesn't matter if it's fiction or nonfiction, the tone must be wry and honest, which in turn (hopefully) inspires me to be wry and honest. I find I am sharpest in the first two hours of the early morning after a strong cup of coffee. If I'm writing fiction and I've found myself in a plot cul-de-sac, the only way for me to get out of it is to go for a longish run outside. The treadmill just doesn't cut it."
—Jessica Grose, author of Sad Desk Salad (William Morrow, 2012)
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"Here are two things that have helped me when I feel depleted or confused, which is often. One: I find that ideas like to come when they're most inconvenient. So I daydream my way through situations where writing is impossible. In the shower. While dog-walking. On the subway. I don't rush out of that situation to write anything down—I just let my mind go, fabricating and wandering, until the end of the day, when I make a record of where my thoughts have gone. It gives me material to start with the next morning. Two: When I'm in direst need of inspiration, I do what I call 'sentence stealing.' I find a sentence from a writer I admire and write it down. 'In the beginning I left messages in the street.' Or, 'Mrs. Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself.' Then I write my own version of the sentence, focusing only on its rhythms: by which I mean, replacing a noun with a noun, a verb with a verb. What's left is a ghostly echo of the original sentence with no relationship to its actual content. And I follow that new sentence wherever it takes me, down the road to an unfolding story."
—Alix Ohlin, author of Inside (Knopf, 2012)
posted 4.02.13
"There are all the usual catalytic suspects—music, especially—but once in a while I hit upon a new comedic genius who makes me want to duplicate his or her efforts somehow. Recently, I was tipped off to Comedy Central's Kroll Show. It's an intertextual sketch-comedy show in which comedian Nick Kroll plays a wide range of characters who star on different (fictional) reality shows, from the Jersey Shore-like Bobby Bottleservice to Liz, one of two publicists named Liz on "Publizity." His impersonations (and the production values of the fake shows) are pitch-perfect, but so is the insight into class and gender through the filter of one of our most vapid and addicting mainstream art forms, the reality show. I'm interested in literary ventriloquism, in articulating yourself—and a cultural critique—through wildly disparate voices, and Kroll does it as well as anyone. If there's any justice in the world, this show will get many more seasons and Nick Kroll will get to do whatever he wants creatively."
—Teddy Wayne, author of The Love Song of Jonny Valentine (Free Press, 2013)
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"I affectionately refer to my writer's-little-helper as 'the green book,' but it's actually called The Modern Library's Writer's Workshop. I've gifted this wonder of a book, which is less a writing manual and more of a spirit guide, to many of my writer friends and they've all been equally captivated and enriched by the author's wise, old soul voice. Written by Stephen Koch, former chair of Columbia University's graduate writing program, the book details the writing experiences of many of the greats—from Gustave Flaubert's one-draft manuscripts to Philip Roth's constant redrafting and tinkering style—in an effort to galvanize your own process. This book made me feel so much less alone and aided me through the darkest moments of writing Brain on Fire. In short, Stephen Koch is my hero."
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"I recommend dipping salted almonds (not smokehouse almonds, just dried, salted almonds) into Nutella hazelnut spread and eating them like that. I tried this for the first time yesterday, and it was delicious. My best friend from growing up is Sicilian, and his grandmother used to tell him that he should eat three almonds every day—exactly three, no-more-no-less—because it would make him smarter. (I picture her covering one eye and spitting at the ground.) I know it sounds nuts. (Sorry.) I would have liked to use this very writing exercise to try to test the theory scientifically, but there was no way, considering the addictive combination of salty and sweet and chocolate and umami, that I would have been able to eat only three. So here we are. I do think that inspiration can come from anything and everything in the world around us. So that good writing, or any kind of art, is as likely to be sparked by sensual perception as by other good writing or art. Jeez. That sounds like a boneheaded combination of Proust and Jim Morrison, doesn't it? I should have stopped at three."
—Dave Bry, author of Public Apology (Grand Central, 2013)
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"I keep going back to Flannery O'Connor's quote: 'The beginning of human knowledge is through the senses, and the fiction writer begins where the human perception begins. He appeals through the senses, and you cannot appeal through the senses with abstractions.' An exercise that I often give my fiction students (because it works for me) is to jot down the five senses on a piece of paper, then go for a walk and collect as many details as I can that correspond to sight, smell, taste, touch, and sound. The second part of the assignment is that during this walk, there's no talking allowed. Great writers are really great noticers of life. You can't come up with beautiful words and sentences if they aren't somehow rooted in the kind of detail that can only be gleaned from life by becoming incredibly still and focused. It's a state of being in the world that's become increasingly rare and hard to achieve, but not impossible."
—Aaron Hamburger, author of Faith for Beginners (Random House, 2006)
posted 3.07.13
"I write in the mornings. Pre-breakfast, post-sending kids off to school. Just me and my computer on the porch, a cup of instant coffee and sad to say, the odd cigarette. I'm very particular about the mug I choose for my coffee—it seems to forecast the writing mood I'm in that day. Some favorites are my 'Write Like a Motherfucker,' ordered from the Rumpus, or the mustard yellow one with 'Dagmara' painted on it, which I bought in Poland, or a ceramic one I made for my husband when we first started dating.
"No music. No people. Just me and my mug.
"Most other inspiration lies in my past, and, like most first-time novelists, I write what I know. Or what I remember. And when I'm stuck, when my own memory fails to ignite anything worthy, I mine old photographs. Black-and-white family photos. My grandmother leaning on a telephone pole next to a dapper gentleman who I know was not my grandfather, her wavy hair falling lazily over one eye. Cobblestones in the background. That kind of thing. Each photo becomes a mystery to unravel, a launching pad, a kernel of an idea. Sometimes I look at photos of myself as a kid, buckteeth and shy smile, the unfortunate zigzag set of my bangs across my forehead. I imagine that girl as someone other than myself, and sometimes if I'm lucky, a story unfolds."
—Dagmara Dominczyk, author of The Lullaby of Polish Girls (Spiegel & Grau, 2013)
posted 2.27.13
"This is going to sound very meta, but when I need a kick in the pants I like to read author interviews. There's nothing more inspiring to me than eavesdropping on another writer talking shop. Writing books is oftentimes a solitary, lonely process. Authors discussing their own processes gives me a sense of connectedness to a larger community that extends hundreds of years into the past. It's helpful to know you're not alone. I'm particularly fond of book-length conversations, such as David Lipsky's portrait of David Foster Wallace, Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself, and Lady Blessington's Conversations With Lord Byron. In fact, the longer the interview, the longer I can procrastinate from returning to my work-in-progress. Speaking of which…"
—Andrew Shaffer, author of Literary Rogues: A Scandalous History of Wayward Authors (Harper Perennial, 2013)
posted 2.20.13
"I feel very boring admitting that my biggest inspiration for writing novels is reading…novels. I spent four and a half years working on what will be my first published (and second completed) novel. During that time, I developed a habit of turning to Richard Yates's Revolutionary Road and The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen. I could flip to any page of either for evidence of what makes them so terrific—the sheer density of smart observations (ideas that another writer would hang a whole chapter on a single one, in these books, follow each other in crackling succession), the deft prose, the intelligence, perspective and humor that is brought to bear on almost every character, no matter how mercilessly dissected. (Well, humor is in short supply in Revolutionary Road, but that lack is counterbalanced by Yates's terrifically exacting eye for self-deception and affectation.) I keep both books on my desk always, along with Middlemarch."
—Adelle Waldman, author of The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P (Henry Holt, 2013)


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I am a teenage app developer from Virginia. I have been programming in various languages for approximately 7 years, with the last five year focusing on iOS. I found stackoverflow from googling my questions as I was learning and teaching myself programming. Now I try to help as much as I can by explaining things I've picked up along the way.
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