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Prepare for a double double-take with this photo of Kate Moss. Not only does the teensy Brit look as if she stepped straight off the set of one of her many shirtless Calvin Klein ads, but check out that clunky "What a Surprise!" tagline just below her (ironic) profession that "the waif look is out." Launched in 1995 by branding titans Bozell, the celebrity milk mustache ad campaign was a hit from the start, but it wasn't until two years and two not-quite-right slogan iterations later—the second being 1996's "Where's your mustache?"—the firm hit marketing gold with the super simple and super successful "Got Milk?" (March)
A month shy of her 30th birthday, Canadian supermodel (and recently-named face of Talbots) Linda Evangelista was still going strong at an age when most models were full-phased into their second career. Seen here in a Geoffery Beene slip dress and matching lace bolero, Evangelista, who that year made rare runway appearances at Chanel and Versace and whose face graced spring campaigns for Chloé, Jil Sander, and YSL's Opium fragrance, more than earned her title as ELLE's #5 model of 1995. (April)
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A federal crackdown on marijuana dispensaries operating on a for-profit basis in violation of California law is now targeting establishments in 11 Los Angeles County cities - including Paramount, authorities say.
"As part of the ongoing federal enforcement actions against the commercial marijuana industry in California," federal authorities this week filed a pair of asset forfeiture lawsuits against two Santa Fe Springs properties that house three dispensaries, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Los Angeles.
Officials also sent out warning letters to property owners and operators of 34 other dispensaries doing business or recently closed in Santa Fe Springs, Whittier, South El Monte, La Mirada, Diamond Bar, Artesia, Paramount, South Gate, Commerce, Agoura Hills and Malibu, U.S. Attorney Andre Birotte said in a statement.
Search warrants were served on Santa Fe Springs on Wednesday at the Tri-City Patients Association and the Canna-America Collective, at a Rosecrans Avenue property named in one of the lawsuits, Birotte said.
The other lawsuit targets the owner of a Telegraph Road property where a dispensary continues to operate after receiving a cease-and-desist order from the city, he said. It is operated by a man with a prior state court conviction for possessing marijuana for sale, according to Birotte.
According to federal officials, the targeted establishments are not just violating federal law, which generally does not recognize the use of pot for any reason, but they also have been flouting California law.
"Under federal law, the distribution of marijuana ... is prohibited except under very limited circumstances not applicable here. The government is informed and believes that at all times relevant to this complaint, the operation of the marijuana stores on the defendant property was not (and is not) permitted under California law," according to the lawsuits filed in Los Angeles federal court Tuesday.
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Louisville, KY (Sports Network) - Race favorite Orb took the lead midway through the stretch to win the 139th running of the Kentucky Derby on a sloppy track at Churchill Downs.
Sent off at 5-1, Orb passed Normandy Invasion in the stretch and held off longshot Golden Soul to give veteran trainer Shug McGaughey his first victory in the Run for the Roses. Ridden by Joel Rosario, the 2013 Florida Derby champion finished in 2:02.89.
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Billy Bob Thornton thinks he's Tom Petty
Like a two-year-old who didn't get a Happy Meal, Billy Bob Thornton pouted his way through an interview yesterday on Canadian public radio where he was promoting his band The Boxmasters. The host Jian Ghomeshi apparently made the mistake of introducing Billy Bob as an actor when THE ACTOR only wanted to be introduced as a musician. He became an immediate joy after that. The AP reports:
When the host, Jian Ghomeshi, asked Thornton when the band formed, Thornton said "I don't know what you're talking about."
Thornton mostly gave monosyllabic answers and took offense at questions about his influences. Said the actor: "Would you ask Tom Petty that?"
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Arson investigators released surveillance video of the arsonist that was captured early Oct. 28.
The series of arsons began a week earlier, Oct. 21, said Brian Humphrey, an L.A. Fire Department spokesman.
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When USC student Spencer Nelson heard the news about the houses burning in Breezy Point, N.Y., in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, he decided he had to take action.
"When I found out about the hundred homes that had been destroyed, I felt completely useless and helpless and I could no longer sit down and not do anything to help," said Nelson, a sophomore business major.
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HiCan anyone give me some general advice on how to keep css style sheets more organised?
I bought a reputable book on css about 4 years ago and after a while found that my css would get totally unorganised. This mean't that if I started a new web-site then I was afraid to use the same css style sheets in case I found it too difficult to alter the styling or layout.
I've now just picked a beginners book at my local library (published in 2009) on css which explains about how to use css style sheet and then use the @import directives in order to use multiple external style sheets.
Does anyone else use the @import directive to help organise their websites or is there an even better way now that I should know about?
Kind RegardsMatt.
p.s I'm going to experiment with the @import directive at the weekend but I'm feeling a lot more confident already about laying out a website now.
I don't use @import. Seems like a waste of time to me, but maybe that's just me. There's no rule for how you should organize your styles. Just find a system that works for you. I prefer to have everything in one style sheet, and then it's just one call to the server, but there are differing preferences.
Usually, a web page will have various sections, so you might consider grouping your styles by section. You might also decide to group color styles, font font styles etc.
Hi RalphGrouping elements together seems like a good way to organise but if you css style sheet becomes more than 20 screens long, I find that it can become tedious to find the bits you are looking for and even worse if you have to try and figure out how someone else has coded the css.
I've just seen this idea. What do you think to this idea :-
<link href="AreaA.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /><link href="AreaB.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /><link href="AreaC.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
I'm not a fan of import either - personally, I'm not a fan of having multiple files to load - organizing one file into appropriate sections makes more sense to me as I only have to go to one place to work on css. Works better for me, but there are differing opinions.
There's an interesting series running here at SP right now which you might be interested in. I don't completely agree with all the recommendations, but for the most part it's been and interesting reading.
IMNSHO, if your stylesheet is more than 20 screens long (assuming a decent window size, that's roughly 1,000 lines), then you might need to re-look at how your styles are defined and see if you can simplify. Look at shorthand for styles, combining styles and/or look where you can apply classes to similar elements vs defined by id. Even if you can't, the more files you have, the greater the chance for conflicting styles, and the more maintenance that's going to be required.
I rarely search in the stylesheet anymore but instead just use Firebug to locate the exact line number to which the code you are altering refers and then just go straight to it in the stylesheet. Its so much quicker and you find the element instantly and doesn't really matter how the stylesheet has been organised.
I try to group my styles logically from top to bottom (header to footer) and then page by page where differences apply. However on large sites and after the 1000th revision the styles can still end up in a mess when the client decides to change the logic of everything you have defined.:(
On a large site you may have to split the css files because you don't want to hit the user with the css for all 1000 pages when they may only view one or two.
I don't use @import either as I don't see a need for it and because of the legacy issues and odd bugs.
Hi PaulI'll take a look at Firebug (http://getfirebug.com/). At the moment, I'm trying to learn using MS Web Matrix but have to do a Ctrl F to find various elements in any code
The styslesheet I'm working on at the moment is 8000 lines long so even if I knew roughly where the rules were it would take to long to scroll through and pinpoint them so i just point the mouse at the element and firebug tells me which file and which line number instantly.
Another useful tool for testing (not organising) is CSS terminal which allows you to try out new styles on a live (or local) site and saves the new rules in the browsers cookie so you don't lose them like Firebug.
Hi PaulI might just still to Firebug until I'm better will css - it looks super-cool I must admit!!!CheersMatt
Maybe try some TLA classes which reduce repetition considerably and can be impremented by:
<div class='w88 mga tac bdr bgf p42'
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.bdr {border:solid 1px #f93}
.bgt{background-color: transparent}
.bg3{background-color:#f93} .bg5{background-color:#f60; color:#fff}
.bt0 {margin:0.25em 0 0 0.5em; padding:0.125em 0.33em;border:outset 0.25em #fed; color:#333}
.bt1 {margin:0.25em 0 0 0.5em; padding:0.125em 0.33em;border: inset 0.25em #f60; color:#333}
.btn {padding:0 0.75em; border:outset 5px #f60}
.btn {background-color:#fff; color:#333;}
.clb {clear:both} .cll {clear:left} .clr{clear:right}
.dil {display:inline} .dib{display:inline-block}
.fll {float:left} .flr {float:right}
.fs2 {font-size:large} .fss {font-size:small} .fsi {font-style:italic}
.fwb {font-weight:700}
.lh12 {line-height:1.4em} .lh18 {line-height:1.185em}
.lsn {list-style:none}
.mga {margin:0 auto} .mg1a {margin:1em auto } .mg3a0 {margin:3em auto 0} .mg1011 {margin:1em 0 1em 1em} .mg1210{margin:1em 2em 1em 0}
.mg5 {margin: 0.0em 0em 0.1em 0em}
.p42 {padding:0.42em} .p12 {padding:1.2em}
.por {position:relative} .poa {position:absolute} .pof {position:fixed}
.rnd {border-radius:0.77em}
.tab {border:solid 0.25em #333}
.tal {text-align:left} .tac {text-align:center} .tar{text-align:right}
.tdn {text-decoration:none} .tdu {text-decoration:underline}
.v100 {width:1px; height:4.75em}
.w08 {width:8%} .w16{width:16%} .w33{width:33%} .w66{width:66%} .w88{width:88%} .w98{width:98%}
Sorry John - you've lost me but I'm intrigued by what you mean and what are the TLA classes?CheersMatt
TLA is Three Letter Acronym.
In lengthy CSS files statements are repeated so declare a class once as shown in the previous example.
Just noticed a missing closing div bracket in my previous post/example and editing has expired.
John's TLS approach looks a lot like the 'object oriented' approach to CSS. I don't really use that approach, except in small doses where there are lots of similarly styled elements.
In terms of Firebug, I've switched to Chrome and its native dev tools (right click on an element and Inspect Element). It's just as good as, and often better than, Firebug. Anyhow, like Paul, using that tool I always just jump straight to the relevant spot in the style sheet.
I also like to write my CSS rules on one line, which I know a lot of people hate, but it works for me. The style sheet is much shorter, and I have no trouble finding my place in it. But it means far less scrolling—and often none at all, as I tend to work on one section at a time.
Interesting article also similar to "https://github.com/stubbornella/csslint/wiki/Rules".
I developed a site and the style-sheet rapidly became like spaghetti so decided to reduce the repetition. My approach was similar to Database Normalization which only uses unique elements.
An online program similar to "http://www.wordcounter.net/" was used to count all duplicates.
Next task was to remove duplicates and replace with a single TLA (Three Letter Acronym).
Each change was validated and eventually the style-sheet shrank to less than 4k and still handled ten different pages styles.
A bonus was the colour scheme was reduced to about five colours easily changed.
Introducing Responsive Design has increased the style-sheet to 6k and just over 100 lines.
Like Ralph I prefer using a single line and endeavour to list the elements alphabetically.
Thanks everyone - I picked up a lot of hints and tips here. However, I'm still confused - also I'm sorry as I should have informed you that I'm a beginner to css.Is TLA the same as Object Orientated CSS?Three letter accroynm usually means abbreviated something into just 3 letters which a) I don't know how to convert to three lettersb) Not sure if OOP CSS is the same thing as TLA
You choose your own class names. So all those 3-letter classes in John's example he made up himself, such as .bdr for border styles.
Further to @ralph's post and to answer your queries:
>>> Is TLA the same as Object Orientated CSS?No
>>> Three letter accroynm usually means abbreviated something into just 3 letters which Yes because it is easier to remember and to prevent mis-spellings
>>> a) I don't know how to convert to three lettersMake up your own and start using them, maybe in a separate style-tla.css file.
>>> b) Not sure if OOP CSS is the same thing as TLANo it is not the same
The following script is an example of how you can use TLAs, notice how the CSS script is nearly half the size:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"

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A simple machine consisting of a bar that pivots on a fixed support, or fulcrum, and is used to transmit torque. A force applied by pushing down on one end of the lever results in a force pushing up at the other end. If the fulcrum is not positioned in the middle of the lever, then the force applied to one end will not yield the same force on the other, since the torque must be the same on either side of the fulcrum. Levers, like gears, can thus be used to increase the force available from a mechanical power source. See more at fulcrum, See also mechanical advantage.


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Great light set!
By BicycleMan
from Memphis
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Comments about Nashbar Beacon Combo Light Set:
Great value - super visible (higher output than some sets costing 2x more) and batteries included! Easy to install and the mounts seem solid.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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Really Bright
By Mark
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Both the front and back light are really bright. I can see the road and cars can see me. Both have a flashing mode that conserves energy and provides additional visibility. I looked at other lights that were more than twice the cost and these appear to be better. The mounts are solid and easy to install.
Flashy and Bright
By No Nickname
from Malden, Ma
This is a nice enough set. It lights up my street as I ride to work so I can safely say everyone sees me in the dark.
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By Aaron
from Denver, CO
Just a quick review for someone looking at this. I purchased this light to be seen while riding, it does that job better than nothing. The taillight does the job and is bright.That being said, if you are purchasing this light for any type of cycling, I probably would not recommend it anywhere dark. While cycling or mountain biking after sun down, this light is definitely not bright enough for you to see the trail/road. This would be adequate for walking, but nothing that is faster or required more visibility. My two cents.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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Great light set
By Gunk
from Lees Summit MO
I bought this light set to be seen, not to see. I do not ride in the dark so I can't speak to how well the head lamp would work at night. The lights are very bright, especially in the dawn, at dusk, or in shaded areas. The head lamp is bright enough to alert oncoming drivers of your presence and the tail light allows drivers to see you when approaching from behind. This light is much brighter than the first one I purchased from Road ID.
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By Long, Slow, Distance, Freak
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BUT THIS SET!! It is ALL you need!! I just bought my 2nd set to have extras. I've been told that the tail light can be seen 2 miles away. The headlight beats those fancy headlights, (one of which I have, and replaced), by it's simplicity. Another great Nashbar brand item that beats the more expensive, name brand items, completely!! I'm TOTALLY satisfied with this purchase!!
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Good value, works as described. beware the bracket for handlebars is not big enough for fat handle bar mounting.
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By Big Wave Dave
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Purchased this after a near miss. It's not getting any safer out there. The thinking is to be seen as much as possible, both the front and near light have a strobe setting. Use it on every ride. Could make rides safer.
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By dRey
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Recreational riding in town and on the trails. Purchased this light combo so I could be seen and also to illuminate my path when it starts to get dark or on early mornings. But I feel that the front light isn't bright enough for illuminating my path. Also, would have liked for it to be able to recharge the batteries via USB or an outlet.
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I bought this so cars would be able to see me, not for me to be able to see the road.....but I was suprised that the front light is very bright, and I imagine if I was out late on a summer evening, it may actually help me see any potholes in the road. I feel safe with this lights on my road bike.I clipped the near light on my saddle bag. I attached the front light on my handlebar along with a bike computer. I had to remove the reflectors that came with the bike.
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'"He's doing a lot of little things better," Ruff told Sporting News Today. "Away from the puck, his game has been better. He's creating opportunities by taking pucks away from people and he's beating guys one-on-one with his speed."'
A year later, Buffalo's Vanek is living up to lofty expectations
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Hissing link? asks Nature, vol 446, p473 29 Mar 2007. Palaeontologist Michael Caldwell of the University of Alberta and Alessandro Palci of the University of Modena, Italy have studied a fossil lizard found in Slovenia and claim they have found clues as to how lizards evolved into snakes. The creature has been namedAdriosaurus microbrachis and has a small head and a long neck and body. Its forelimbs are "greatly reduced", i.e. it does not have forearm bones, hands or digits.
In an article from the Eureka Alert news service Caldwell comments: "For some oddball reason the forelimbs were lost before the rear limbs when you would think it would be the opposite. The front limbs would be useful for holding onto dinner or digging a hole but it must be developmentally easier to get rid of the forelimbs."
Dr. Martin Cohn, from the Department of Zoology and University of Florida Genetics Institute commented: "This is a terrifically important discovery because it shows, in a group of animals thought to be closely related to snakes, that forelimb reduction and trunk elongation were well underway before the onset of hindlimb reduction. By uncovering the sequence of the morphological changes that occurred during evolution of a snake-like body plan, Palci and Caldwell's study provides important clues as to which developmental mechanisms could have been involved." The Eureka alert article also comments: "Living lizards also show almost every variation in limb reduction from a perfectly formed back limb with no forelimb, or a spike for a forelimb and one or two toes on the rear limb, to total limblessness. This degree of variation makes it very difficult to understand the pattern of evolutionary limb loss in these animals."
Editorial Comment: The best explanation for the fossil described above is that genes for lizard limb formation have been damaged and some lizards no longer develop normal limbs. This is not evolution, it is degeneration. Loss of structures in both fossil and living creatures is good evidence for the Biblical history of life. Genesis tells us that God made fully functioning creatures in separate kinds to live and reproduce in a very good world. Since then the world's environment has degenerated because of human sin and God's judgement, and radiation and chemicals have damaged the genes of many animals. In addition we can add, If living lizards show "almost every variation in limb reduction," then finding a fossil lizard showing one of these variations cannot be considered evidence that lizards turned into snakes millions of years ago. (Ref. reptiles, herpetology, serpents)
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DWP Billing Problems
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The Los Angeles City Council today ordered a halt on utility shutoff notices until the Department of Water and Power fixes inaccurate and late billing problems in its $162 million customer information system, which went online in September.
The council voted 12-0 to place a moratorium on disconnection notices. DWP officials estimate about 70,000 of the utility's 1.4 million customers have received late bills or been charged inaccurate utility fees since the system was put into use.
The motion, introduced by Councilman Mitchell Englander, also requires the DWP to provide an update every 30 days on steps taken to remedy the billing issues.
The utility on Tuesday implemented a virtual hold phone system that allows customers to hang up after five minutes of waiting for a DWP customer service representative to pick up, and receive a call back.
DWP officials on Monday also moved to halt the issuance of shutoff notices and disconnection activity.
DWP General Manager Ron Nichols told the council that despite ``numerous dress rehearsals'' prior to the system rollout, problems were inevitable. He said the complexity of the transition from an antiquated, 39-year-old system to the new system meant that meter information was unavailable for many customers.
``All utilities estimate bills when they can't read a meter,'' he said. ``We've had a higher number of them because of the changeover.''
Englander, who dubbed the rollout problems ``billing-gate,'' told Nichols that he was ``not comforted in hearing all the excuses with where we're at.''
Englander shared ``nightmare stories'' from ``families, seniors on fixed incomes,'' who said they were put on hold for 10 hours, and whose bank accounts were ``instantly pillaged'' when incorrect bill amounts were automatically drawn out.
Councilman Mitch O'Farrell said he has received complaints from customers who said they owed $40 but were charged more than $1,700.
He urged the DWP to take greater care with its customers, especially with families preparing to cook Thanksgiving meals.
Councilman Paul Krekorian criticized DWP officials for not giving the public enough notice about expected hiccups in the rollout, such as the ``wildly varying estimated bills.''
Because of prolonged customer service wait times -- over the phone and at physical service centers -- customers ``couldn't reach a human being to resolve what was clearly incorrect,'' he said.
``We have some work to do,'' said DWP Assistant General Manager of Customer Relations Sharon Groves, who added that the utility will now manually examine any bill of more than $100 to check for accuracy.
The average service call wait time has also climbed to 40 minutes, up from the usual 10-15 minutes, because customers were calling in to dispute inaccurate bills, utility officials said last week.


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Happy Birthday, Kate Middleton! Duchess Catherine's 12 Best Looks of 2011
Kate Middleton turns 30 today. Happy birthday, Kate! Here are our 12 favorite looks of yours from 2011.
-Lucia Peters
Today is special. Royally special, one might say. You know why? That's right: Today is a royal birthday. Kate Middleton—er, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge—turns 30 today. Happy birthday, Kate! You have not only successfully survived three decades on this crazy planet we call Earth, but even better, you've managed to become a member of a royal family. And, it seems, you did not do so for fame or glory—you did it because you're ridiculously in love, and you're taking the whole thing in stride. Good for you!
And if that wasn't enough, while you've been at it, you've also become major style icon. So in honor of your birthday, we've assembled our favorite looks of yours from 2011. We hope you celebrate in style!
1. The Wedding Dress
Of course this one would be on the list. Kate looked stunning in her now-famous Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen gown, a satin and lace confection with a fitted bodice, full skirt, and extra-long train. Wedding dresses with long sleeves can be a little bit of a risk—when they go wrong, they go really, really wrong—but this? This is how it's done. It's also a nice nod to Grace Kelly's fabulous 1956 wedding gown. A dress fit for a princess, indeed!
2. The Reception Outfit
Kate swapped out the long, elegant wedding dress for an equally elegant, though somewhat more manageable, dress for her and William's wedding reception at Buckingham palace. With a jeweled waist belt and a fuzzy crop jacket to cover her shoulders, she still looks every inch the princess. (And yes, I realize she's not actually a princess, but work with me, here.)
3. Lady in Red
Duchess Catherine is usually noted for her fabulous hats and fascinators, but she's also got quite an eye for coats—like this one here. When she and William visited their alma mater, Saint Andrews, she donned a lovely peplum jacket and skirt combo by Luisa Spagnoli in a gorgeous shade of red. She tied the look together by using the jacket's black buttons and belt as a bouncing off point, layering a black turtleneck, tights, boots, and gloves.
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4. Royal Blue
We already knew that royal blue was a great color for her—how about that engagement dress?—but just in case we had forgotten, Kate donned this little beauty to remind us during her and William's North American tour this summer. The fitted Erdem dress has a lovely 3/4 length sleeve, and its color matches her sapphire engagement ring. Gorgeous!
5. O Canada!
As luck would have it, William and Kate were in Canada for Canada Day, and Kate definitely dressed for the occasion. Here, she pulled off another of those white dresses she does so well, this one by Reiss, and topped it off with a red fascinator—making herself into a subtle but stylish Canadian flag. The maple leaves on the fascinator are a nice touch.
6. Casual Friday
Even dressed down, Duchess Catherine looks nicely pulled together. During her North American tour, she coupled her J Brand jeans with a ruffled, ladylike blouse and layered a navy blazer by Smythe, a Canadian label, on top. Cool, casual, and chic!
More of Kate's best looks, including our favorite formal gown of the year, up next!


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13-year-old girl fatally shot on Miami school bus
Published: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 at 12:20 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 at 3:17 p.m.
MIAMI — A 13-year-old girl was shot to death in front of her sister and several other students while riding the bus to a charter school Tuesday, Miami-Dade police said.
A male student was in custody but authorities did not release his name or age and said they are still interviewing him. A gun was also recovered at the scene in Homestead, south of Miami, but authorities didn't say where or how many times the victim was shot.
"We still don't know what the motive may have been," said police spokesman Det. Alvaro Zabaleta.
Eight other children, including the victim's 7-year-old sister, were on the bus but were not harmed. Authorities took the children and the bus driver to a police station to be interviewed.
The victim, who has not been identified, attended charter middle school Palm Glades Preparatory Academy. The victim's sister went to nearby Summerville Advantage Academy.
Concerned parents gathered at the shooting site, which was cordoned off by crime scene tape as authorities combed the bus for evidence and gathered children's backpacks and belongings. The shooting occurred about seven minutes away from the school.
Fabian Otero said he was relieved his son Christian, an eighth-grader at Palm Glades, rode to school with his wife. He said he and his wife have been shaken by the killing and are going to discuss enrolling their son in a different school or possibly homeschooling him.
"I was stunned! I was stunned!" he said. "That hits really close to home. That's just scary."
About a dozen parents picked up their children early, said Lynn Norman-Teck, a spokeswoman for Florida Consortium of Public Charter School. Only a throng of TV news crews camped outside signaled the violence from earlier in the morning.
The school principal walked through every classroom shortly after hearing about the shooting to make sure the students were safe.
The school bus was not equipped with video surveillance equipment.
A phone message left for the private school bus company was not immediately returned.
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Re: Ravens will win Super Bowl XLVII
The Ravens of this year look a lot like last year's Giants team. They are clicking right now, and look like a very hungry team. I think they are going to win the Super Bowl as well, and it might not be close.
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I get why we are underdogs. The Niners are damned good. We cannot take this game for granted. We have to play lights out. The Niners are very capable of applying the smackdown on anybody (see what they did to the Patriots in Foxboro).
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As a Steeler fan I would be rooting 100% for a Raven loss VS anyone in the playoffs except the 49ers. I hope we retain the only Lombardi six pack.
It is hard for me to say it but "Go RA...." . Sorry I can't do it.
Re: Ravens will win Super Bowl XLVII
Coming from the AFC north...we face tough defenses consistently so going against the 49ers will be no different. Joe and company will do what they always do...move the ball and score points.
...and back to disciplined defense against the "squirt gun" offense. The 49ers will have issues against our defense...they only practice against their own defense but game time is another story!
Yes...the Ravens will win Super Bowl XLVII !!!
Re: Ravens will win Super Bowl XLVII
I really love the story line of this year. Start off strong. Star player loses a brother, put on amazing performance. Stumble, lose to worst rival in your own house with their back-up quarter back. Make miraculous comeback in improbable and lucky play. Get beaten by the team that blocked football from coming back to your city for so many years. Fire the most controversial figure on the team, replace him with the mentor to one of the greatest players ever. Get blown out the next week. Then blow out the reigning champions.
Playoffs start. Your icon, the GOD of your team, announces that this will be his last battle through the gantlet.
Play the team that left you in the middle of the night and their new leader of the future. Destroy them.
Everyone says you will lose to the next opponent.
Face the one who blew you out in your house, one of the legendary greatest to ever play. Steal his dreams from him.
Everyone says that it is impossible to defeat the next ones, the masters.
Go back into the lion's lair, face the ones who denied you the year before, took the thing you deserved most. Face off against the most intimidating dynasty ever. Abuse them.
Now, the final test. An opponent in mirrors. Two brothers, two defenses, two ground attacks. Matching on nearly every facet, from opposing coasts, and of the same father. But one team is beginning their dynasty, launched forth by a new component, new techniques and technology. The other has slowly ground away, chipped through hardships, and been in the arena many times before.
What happens?
They have to win. It can't be written any other way.
John will get his vindication, finally proving that he is worthy of the same praise and admiration his brother receives. Joe will finally prove himself and attain the level of mastery he has been working for all these years. Caldwell and Pees's reputations will see a re-birth.
Ray will ride into the sunset, having successfully handed the rod of leadership off to Joe. Ed will part from the team amicably, finally gaining the ring he so deserves, and taking a lucrative contract somewhere warm were he doesn't have to tackle. Birk can give his battered body the rest it so needs. Anquan has his redemption for what the Steelers took from him. Torrey dedicates his ring to his brother.
It's too important to not win.
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Looking briefly at the 49ers forum, they apparently think Kaepernick is going to be running all over the field. I have confidence in our defense being able to stop him. Let him meet Pollard in the open field once and we'll see how much running he does.
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The buzzword in the auto industry today is "smart." Automakers are busily developing technology destined to change the way we drive and park, making driving easier and safer. Slowly, the advances are becoming more affordable, too, and no longer the exclusive province of the ultra-rich.
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GERM-111 Intensive Advanced German: Stories and Histories
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In the intensive track, the two-course sequence of Level III is taught in one semester. The course is designed to provide students thorough exposure to contemporary historical and social issues in Germany from 1945 to the present. In Intensive Advanced, the students explore the following four themes:
• Germany after 1945: end of war, division of Germany, rebuilding the country
• Two German states (1949-1989)
• Fall of the wall and its consequences
• Germany: en route to a multi-cultural society
Drawing on the dual meaning of the German word Geschichte (i.e., history and story), the theme-oriented instructional units in Level III emphasize personal and public stories in German history, while connecting oral narratives with written narratives. Students improve their ability to narrate, compare and contrast and establish causal relationships in speaking and writing. Through the integration of all modalities, this course promotes accuracy, fluency and complexity in language use. The development of advanced reading and writing is considered the primary means for expanding students' language abilities at this level of language instruction.
By the end of Level III, students will
• have an understanding of post-war historical events and of contemporary life in Germany;
• know how to approach authentic materials (television, news programs; videos) and use acquired knowledge to discuss and understand related issues;
• produce paragraph-length dialogue, moving from the personal to the public narrative and to the formulation of argument and critical analysis in a formal setting;
• possess knowledge of phrases necessary to engage in meaningful interactive discussion;
• read non-fiction and literary texts independently;
• improve their writing abilities through regular composition assignments
• possess strategies for vocabulary building and reading.
Credits: 6
Prerequisites: completion of 032 or 022 or equivalent
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He really enjoyed camp! The best story was about his distractible and kind of stubborn horse who would not follow directions at first… when I asked what he did, he explained that as they got to know each other better, he started to do what I wanted him to… but he still kept looking over there because he has a short attention span…. when I asked why over there? he said come here and i will show you…. well, over there is where the donkeys and a couple of other animals were housed and his horse was more interested in them than what he was supposed to be doing…what a lesson for him in the car, on the way home he also shared about some of the talks and activities they participated in, the other boys, he considered basically all the boys in his dorm group as friends, vs. being the kid who only wants one or two good friends and insists on keeping a distance with all others….
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Horse Facts-Learn the history of each horse and how that plays into their personality and how horses are similar to people. Students will compare socialization with horses with people and will learn how to pick up on non-verbals of horses, proper boundaries, how to connect with the horse, communicate and approach their horse.
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WMSE is excited to announce MSOE Student and Faculty/Staff pricing for the 12th Annual Rockabilly Chili Fundraiser at the Kern Center on March 2nd. Chili Pepper Races in the mold of the Klements Racing Sausages, live band, Milwaukee Fire Department partnership and chili from 60 area restaurants.
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Topic: Miracle Momma
No, we didn't get a miracle that took away my mother's cancer.
No, we didn't even get the 6 months the oncologist predicted she might have with chemo--just 6 weeks.
We did get the most wonderful mother any family could hope to have. A mother worthy of envy for her loving kindness, gentle spirit, and generous heart. She was all about "you." Mom listened and Mom cared whether it was good news or bad news or even boring news; she was an active listener. Her dreams were your dreams and she hoped they would come true for you as if they were her own. It didn't matter if she was family or friend, she wanted the best for you and thought the best of you even at your worst. Don't worry, she'd set you straight if you were "out of line" because she cared. She expected you to be respectful to others and that "doing unto others as you would have them do unto you" was without question the "golden rule" to live by. If you needed box tops, she collected them. If you needed soup labels or soda tabs for a cause, she was pulling them off and collecting them for you. It didn't matter if "nothing was in it for her." It only mattered that you asked for them. Need a ride? Need a volunteer? Need a friend? What can I do to help? Yes, Mom helped and did so much for others that she made the world a better place. She was a devoted wife in love with a devoted husband for 52 years, mother of 3 children, 2 grandchildren, 3 grand-dogs and 1 grand-cat. Oh yes! Pets are family, too!
All of her family surrounded her the day and night before she died and she had her loving husband holding her hand telling her "it is going to be all right and it's okay to go if you want to" just minutes before she took her last breath the next morning. She left peacefully (without jaundice by the way). Although my prayer for a healing of cancer did not come, my prayer for God to take her gently without suffering was answered.
So what was the miracle you might wonder? Well, the miracle is the fact that this woman was born on this earth to face the up and down hardships of life for 71 years and through it all maintained the ability to love others unconditionally.
Mom, I will miss you more than words can possibly express. Though I can no longer touch you, I will always hold you in my heart.
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In the same way that living things require oxygen and CO2 in order to survive, they also need nitrogen (N2) to grow. Nitrogen is present at a level of roughly 15% in the structure of the nucleic acids, proteins and vitamins in the body. It represents one of the ba sic building blocks of life. Around 78% of the atmosphere consists of nitrogen gas, but living things cannot absorb this nitrogen in the air, despite their need of it. It must somehow be turned into a form that living things can use, and then be recycled into the atmosphere so that it does not run out.
This need too is met by microscopic bacteria.
Plants need to absorb nitrogen from the atmosphere, since they are unable to use it in gas form. Nitrogen is transformed into nitrite by bacteria, and nitrite into nitrates by different bacteria, thus making it capable of being used by plants. But how does this cycle begin?
Nitrogen reaches the Earth in various forms. Atmospheric nitrogen returns to Earth in the form of nitric acid in rain, as the result of phenomena such as lightning. Nitric acid is turned into nitrates by bacteria in the soil, and plants are able to absorb it in that form.
Another cycle is the direct absorption of nitrogen from the air into the soil. Bacteria in the roots of certain plants such as peas and beans, and other legumes take the nitrogen in the air into the soil. At this stage, we encounter a most superior Creation. Proteins, nucleic acid and the majority of organelles all need nitrogen, the most important element in the development of living organisms.. One of the world's most beneficial partnerships exists between plants, which need nitrogen in order to grow, and the bacteria that meet that need. Plants' roots give off special nutrients to attract bacteria. Later, the bacteria enter through special gaps that open in the roots, settle there, and establish nodules by multiplying to enormous levels.
We are indebted to the nitrogen cycle, essential for the maintenance of ecological equilibrium, for the greater part of the vegetables, plants and cereals we eat. As bacteria, described as "simple" by evolutionists, implement the nitrogen cycle, they work like living chemistry factories, and ever since the day they were first created have been performing chemical reactions that may not mean very much to those not closely involved with chemistry. The resolution of the nitrogen fixing reaction summarized below in chemical terms represented a major success for scientists:
N2 + 8H+ + 8e- + 16 ATP = 2NH3 + H2 + 16ADP + 16 Pi
But for this reaction to take place, there needs to be a second support reaction like photosynthesis, respiration or fermentation. These formulae, so baffling to most people, are ordinary everyday work for bacteria. Of course they have undergone no specialized chemical training in order to carry out these chemical processes. Every new bacterium that enters the world is equipped with knowledge and materials that could only belong to a specially trained chemist. In addition, these processes are not limited to bacteria in plant roots. Despite being found in very different places and having very different structures, nitrobacteria, beijerinckia, klebsiella, cyanobacteria, clostridium, desulfovibrio, purple sulphur bacteria, non-purple sulphur bacteria, green sulphur bacteria, rhizobium frankia, azospirillum and a great many more carry out the same reaction, with the same data and programming, in a prefect manner. Furthermore, with the different systems and reactions inside them, these bacteria exhibit structures that are not simple at all.
For example, the nitrogenase enzyme complex that bacteria use during this process is exceptionally sensitive to oxygen. When deprived of oxygen, it stops its activity, for which reason proteins enter into reactions with iron compounds. This represents no problem for anaerobic bacteria, which are capable of living without oxygen, but a major hurdle for bacteria such as cyanobacteria that produce oxygen by photosynthesis. and azotobacter that live freely in the soil. However, these other bacteria have been equipped with various mechanisms to resolve this difficulty. For example, azotobacter species possess metabolisms with the highest known respiratory rate among all organisms, thus keeping oxygen levels in the cells low and protecting the enzyme. In addition, azotobacter species produce high levels of extracellular polysaccharide, compounds consisting of multiple sugars and especially starch used in the formation of the cell wall. Bacteria preserve water in the sticky fluid formed by these compounds and restrict the level at which oxygen is disseminated in the cell. Bacteria like Rhizobium that fix nitrogen in plant roots, possess molecules such as leghemoglobin that consume oxygen. Leghemoglobin serves the same purpose as hemoglobin in animals, regulating oxygen for the node tissues. Interestingly, leghemoglobin is found only in the root nodes and produced only after a plant-bacterium relationship is established. Bacteria that live alone or plants that live without bacteria are unable to manufacture it.
The enzyme nitrogenase, responsible of preserving the nitrogen cycle, breaks down when deprived of oxygen. In that case, the systems that prevent oxygen from reaching the enzyme, and the organisms that produce them must have come into being at the same time as that enzyme. Otherwise, the moment that the enzyme nitrogenase formed, oxygen would have broken it down. The theory of evolution is unable to admit this, because it holds that organisms can form only through gradual mutations. Again according to that theory, either the enzyme nitrogenase or the systems that consume oxygen must have appeared first—yet that illogical sequence that permits no system at all to form. No system can control oxygen in the absence of the enzyme nitrogenase.
When these bacteria die and are broken down, ammonia is released. At the same time, saprophyte bacteria break down proteins in animal and plant remains and turn them into ammonia. The ammonia, formed in the soil in this way, is converted in the same way into nitrite by nitrite bacteria, and then into nitrate by nitrate bacteria. By this process, known as nitrification, the nitrogen cycle is completed. Nitrate is a form of nitrogen that plants can absorb. This nitrate also reaches human beings and the animals that consume plants for food. By these means, therefore, the needs of all living things are met.
Bacteria have possessed secrets that have guaranteed life on Earth for billions of years. The reason is that they are the flawless work of Allah, with His superior intellect. Allah displays His astonishing artistry in such a magnificent ways so that human beings may witness it, and reflect on what they see.


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Controlling enzyme activity in ovarian cancer may lead to effective antitumor drugs
New research findings suggest that drugs which specifically inhibit enzyme activity could limit the lifespan of ovarian cancer cells and most significantly, have little or no toxic drug side-effects on other major organ systems in the body, including the digestive tract. National Institute on Aging (NIA) grantee Dr. Calvin B. Harley, currently at Geron Corporation, and his colleagues at McMaster University in Ontario, Canada, examined ovarian cancer cells in both the petri dish and in living organisms and found that the end regions of cancer cell DNA (the telomeres) were being stabilized with the aid of an enzyme called telomerase, which helped the tumor cells multiply out of control. The researchers hypothesize that if this enzyme activity could be inhibited through drugs or other mechanisms, then the tumors will cease to grow.
Dr. Huber Warner, deputy associate director for the NIA Biology of Aging program says, "These findings arose from basic research and give us a better understanding of the control of cell doubling and its relevance to aging. To me, the excitement here is finding a way to develop a cancer treatment that avoids the dreadful side-effects of many of the drugs we have now. In any drug therapy, targeting is an important issue. Since this enzyme activity is seen only in cancerous and reproductive cells, noncancerous cells in the body, such as those normally found in the liver or kidney, would not be affected by a possible therapy that could inhibit ovarian cancer cell growth."
Cancerous cells are capable of many more doublings than normal cells, and their doubling limit is regulated by the cell's DNA. The end regions of DNA are called telomeres, and normally function in maintaining the structural stability of the DNA double helix. As a person ages, their telomeres shorten, leading to lessened cell doubling. In cancerous ovarian cells, this telomere shortening occurs, but an enzyme called telomerase is activated which blocks further telomere shortening, thus allowing the cancer cells to continue to grow and multiply, leading to ovarian tumors.
Dr. Harley's co-researchers were Christopher M. Counter, Dr. Hal W. Hirte, and Dr. Silvia A. Bacchetti. Their findings appear in the April, 1994 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 91. Dr. Warner will be available to explain these latest findings and give a broad perspective on the research.
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There are a number of titles you could give Maggie Malik, Wallace Crosby and any of the other 18 house directors in the Greek Village. Sometimes they are policemen, chefs, landscapers, managers, counselors.
"Today, I'm a vacuum repairman," Crosby says, testing a vacuum cleaner in the house's expansive dining room.
Mostly, though, Malik and Crosby would describe what they do as being parents, or brothers or sisters to the students living and spending time in their homes. It's all about family.
"This is my house and these are my kids," says Crosby, the house director for Pi Kappa Phi. "At 50, I had no kids at all. Then I went out and adopted 38 of them."
Malik, now in her sixth year as house director for Chi Omega, says people have the wrong idea about what her job entails.
"Some people say we sit here all day, eat bonbons and watch TV," she says with a laugh. "I don't think so."
The house directors in the Greek Village have a very different kind of work environment. They are employees of the university and the individual sororities and fraternities. They live in the house alongside their students. And they're on-call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
"My responsibility here is to see that they stay healthy and happy, and graduate," she says.
Crosby, who will have completed four years in the house in December, says his job is part dad, part medic, part plumber and part handyman. The house and everything in it is his responsibility.
"A lot of my personal life is here," he says. "This is my family."
Unexpected but perfect fit
Neither Crosby nor Malik thought their career path would lead them to the Greek Village at USC. But both have been able to incorporate their former careers into their current positions.
Malik, who worked in diagnostic ultrasound and was a radiology administrator, has drawn on her background in health care, especially her experience with the chaotic emergency room, in caring for the girls in her house.
"There are so many aspects of it that you can pretty much across the board utilize all that information here in some manner," she says.
Malik's friend, a former Chi Omega, approached her about becoming the house director. Her husband had died seven years before taking on her role at the house so there was "nothing keeping me from doing it," she says.
Although, it's tough to have a social life outside of the house, Malik spends her vacations in Pennsylvania with her six grandchildren and has a boyfriend who the girls in the house love, she says.
Crosby, who comes from a career in the hotel and restaurant business, describes his job as a manager of a small hotel.
"This is my little hotel. I'm the general manager and the executive chef," he says. "My guests check-in in August, go on vacation for Christmas, come home in January, and then I kick them out in May."
When his elderly mother and grandmother he was caring for both passed away, Crosby reached a darker point in his life. He began searching and praying for what to do with his life after retiring at 40 from the restaurant industry.
Then he discovered the job at Pi Kappa Phi. It was divine intervention, he says.
"This is the best job I've ever had," he says. "It's the only one I've actually liked."
Calm in chaos
Malik has a staff of six that she oversees and a house of 35 live-in Chi Omegas with more than 200 members coming in and out throughout the day.
Her job will be a lot tougher in January when the chapter initiates the 113 new members. Malik says size is one of the biggest challenges. The small staff must prepare lunch and dinner for the sorority and that time crunch can be a bit much. She says her prior career experience helps her stay calm in the chaos.
"Sometimes you just can't get away from it" she says. "The chaos is always around you, but it's a good kind of chaos. It's happy and it's motivating."
Despite the chaos, Malik keeps her door open 24-hours; it's never locked. She's had girls come in to her room in the early morning hours to cry on her shoulder. And, she says, she's always there to listen.
Her desk is full of wedding or postgraduate degree ceremony invitations. She gets letters, Facebook messages and emails from former girls and their families.
Fraternity living is a little different, Crosby says. Crosby doesn't have too many boys crying on his shoulder, although, it happens on occasion.
He may have to get up at 4 a.m. if the boys are rowdy, but Crosby loves having the opportunity to cook in the gourmet kitchen.
In the afternoons, when he gets a minute to himself, he tends to his garden on the front porch. Then he runs off to help unload the day's food delivery for the 72 members.
The busy schedule is worth it, Crosby says. "It keeps me young," he says.
Insider view
Before moving into the Greek Village, Malik and Crosby didn't have experience with fraternities or sororities. Now, both say they see the benefits of USC's Greek system.
A graduate of the USC's Hospitality, Retail and Sport Management College and native of Columbia, Crosby knew about Greek Life at the university but had never participated; he was fiercely independent in college, he says.
As an adult, he says he remembers driving into town over Blossom Street as the Pi Kappa Phi house was being built.
"I never thought there would be a job here for me and who would want to live so close to the railroad tracks?" he says.
Shortly after moving into the house, though, the fraternity's alumni initiated him into the organization. He is the only house director to have become a member of the fraternity he watches over.
For him, the most rewarding part is watching the boys grow up, see the "light come on" as graduation approaches and being a positive role model.
"If I can keep some of these kids from making the same mistakes I made when I was in college, maybe they'll have a chance," he says. "I was just like them. I see that it does make a difference for some of them."
Malik says seeing the students move out into the world is a great part of the job.
"We all want to see these kids really show the world the wonderful men and women that they really are," she says. "These are great human beings. They have a lot of offer, they work hard. And to see how they go out in the world and keep progressing is always incredible."
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Karin Tidbeck Interviewed by Charles Tan (Author Week #5)
First off, what made you decide to pursue writing?
I've always made up stories, and I couldn't imagine not writing. I did make a decision to work towards getting published when I was about 20, although actually getting published felt very distant at the time. I made another decision to start a new life with less money and more time when I was 29, and left my hometown to spend two years at one of the best creative writing workshops in the country. But I don't think I ever made a decision to pursue writing. There just was no question about where I was going – it was a matter of how hard I was going to work for it.
For me, your fiction could easily fall under several categories. How would you describe your writing, or what term are you comfortable with?
I don't consider genre when writing. Jagannath, like you say, is very diverse that way. I just published a novel in Swedish that's been classified as a dystopia, which isn't really true but was a solution for marketing purposes: fans of fantastic fiction will understand it has a fantastic or science fictional element, while readers who are put off by an sf label will accept a dystopia because it's classified as literary. But any genre term will inevitably create expectations that will colour the reader's experience – if they haven't dismissed the book because it's in the "wrong" genre. So I'm not really comfortable with any terms. The ones I'm the least uncomfortable with are weird or fantastic fiction. But, you know, someone will always complain that X is the wrong term and that my stories are easily classified as Y.
In several of your short stories, there's usually something that's dark, unsettling, or tragic. Is this a conscious decision on your part and what is it about that aspect that fascinates you?
I wrote about the melancholy tradition in the afterword for Jagannath. It's a kind of wistfulness that pervades much of our culture, and that became a natural element when I wrote the stories set in the fictional Swedish North. The themes or atmospheres aren't a conscious choice, though, just like I don't choose genre. Ideas show up and I write the stories in the way they need to be written. I don't find what I write unsettling, most of the time not particularly dark or tragic either. But maybe my weird-o-meter is off? Because even when I think I'm writing beautiful, happy, utopian froo-froo someone will come up and say it gave them nightmares.
I will say that I have a lifelong fascination with madness, and the idea that reality – on the inside and on the outside – is a very frail thing. And that I like trying on mindsets or ethics that are alien to me, to see what it looks like from the inside.
How did Cheeky Frawg Books end up publishing Jagannath?
Ann Vandermeer had bought two pieces from me – Jagannath and Augusta Prima – and she and Jeff knew I'd published a short story collection in Swedish. They asked to see the rest of it, so I translated it and sent it over, and they thought it'd work with some additional material. We collected the other stories I'd published in U.S. magazines and anthologies that year.
What is it about the short story format that appeals to you? How different was the experience writing short stories vs. Novels?
I'm usually interested in exploring an idea or a concept, and am not too keen on drawing it out or surrounding it with fluff. I like the sport of boiling a story down to its bare bones, and then seeing how much flesh it needs to walk around but still have that concentrated taste. And I just have too many ideas, I want to work with all of them.
The long form is a different beast altogether. Writing Amatka was grueling. An editor I'd sold two short stories to asked if I had a novel. I didn't. I did have an old, old project: a bunch of short texts and a poetry collection set in the same world, and which I'd begun trying to turn into a novel at some point. So like any sane person would, I told the editor "Certainly! Let me just do some edits", and finished the first draft in a blind panic. I'm very happy with the result, but I'm not sure I'll revisit the traditional novel format anytime soon. The idea of nested stories is appealing, though, or short stories with an overarcing narrative.
How did your experience at Clarion 2010 influenced the way you write, or the way you view the industry?
Clarion changed a lot of things. I knew little about the industry outside Sweden – only what I'd gleaned from working in a bookshop and reading the occasional issue of Locus – so that was a whole new world. I got the tools for breaking into the industry. As for writing, I started writing longer pieces, and it was a magnificent exercise in pushing mental boundaries: there's too little time for self-censorship, too little time to question what the hell you're on about. I wrote Jagannath (the short story) during the last week. People living inside a biomechanical centipede, sure. Who was I to argue? I'm a huge fan of Keith Johnstone, especially what he talks about the dangers of censoring your first impulse because you're afraid it's "obscene, psychotic or not original". This became a demonstration of the wonderful things that happen when you gag the censor. People wrote some incredible things during those final weeks.
At the end of your collection, you talk about translation and some of the nuances between English vs. Swedish. What was the most challenging and rewarding aspect of translation?
The main challenge is to bring nuances and atmosphere over to the other side. It became very clear over the course of translating from Swedish to English that there were more layers to my language than I'd been aware of. It's not just finding the right words, it's also about cultural shorthand and wordplay that doesn't even appear as such on the surface. Peeling those layers back was a huge learning experience. The same goes for English to Swedish, really. There are tones and built-in references in the English language that only carries over to Swedish with difficulty. I admire professional translators who can do this with other writers' works. At least I have myself right here for reference.
How different is your process when writing in Swedish? In English?
Writing in Swedish is very intuitive. I can sit back and just record what I see in my head. With English, there's always an extra language filter, so the process is slower – unless I've been speaking and writing in English for more than a few hours and my brain has had time to shift gears. (I've been wondering if my English and Swedish would score differently on a readability index, but I haven't found a calculator that can take both languages.) Other than that, I don't think the processes differ much.
What's the Swedish genre scene like?
It's perked up dramatically over the last few years. Not long ago it was near-impossible to publish fantastic fiction – there were two or three fanzines that published sf or fantasy short stories, and maybe a handful of indie publishers. Larger publishers were uninterested in fantastic fiction unless it could be marketed to children or sold as literary. But things are definitely looking up, both in that fantastic fiction has seeped into the mainstream market and is now much more visible in mainstream media, but also in that blogs, magazines and publishers are popping up everywhere. There are a bunch of very exciting new authors that I hope will get the international attention they deserve, like Mats Strandberg and Sara Bergmark Elfgren with their brilliant Engelsfors trilogy (the first installment, The Circle, was recently published in English); Nene Ormes and her unique urban fantasy novels set in Malmö (the second installment, Särskild ("particular" or "special", came out just a couple of months ago); Jenny Milewski's meta-novel Skalpelldansen (The Scalpel Dance) is one of the most exciting books to happen in the horror field lately. Add to this a HUGE surge in graphic novels and comics – I haven't seen anything like it since the late '80s. Artists like Lina Neidestam, Fabian Göransson, Kim W Andersson and Karl Johnsson will hopefully become internationally known before too long.
Who are some of your favorite writers?
I have many, but to mention just a few: China Miéville, Ursula K Le Guin, Elizabeth Hand, Tove Jansson, Caitlín Kiernan, Chip Delany and P C Jersild. On the graphic novel side, Neil Gaiman and Roman Dirge.
Anything else you want to plug?
Nothing other than that I'd ask everyone interested in Sweden to check out the names above. There's so much cool stuff happening on the Swedish scene right now, it deserves more attention.
November 14, 2012 - Posted by charlesatan | November 2012 | author week, interview, karin tidbeck, original content, sweden
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