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The 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger has had a lasting influence[1][2] as it remains both a bestseller[3] and a frequently challenged book.[4][5][3] Numerous works in popular culture have referenced the novel.[6][7] Factors contributing to the novel's mystique and impact include its portrayal of protagonist Holden Caulfield;[1] its tone of sincerity;[1] its themes of familial neglect,[8] tension between teens and society,[8][3] and rebellion;[8] its previous banned status;[9] and Salinger's reclusiveness.[1]
The Catcher in the Rye has inspired "rewrites" which have been said to form their own genre.[10] On the other hand, there are examples of similarities between the novel and other works that were not intended by their authors,[8][11][12] which suggests that the novel is "present, at least spiritually, in ... any story line that involves quirky young people struggling to find their places in a society prone to reward conformity and condemn individuality."[3]
While the novel is linked to several murders and murder attempts, it has been claimed that the novel's overall effect on society is "far more positive than negative."[3]
The novel also helped popularize the slang verb "screw up".[13]
The most well-known event associated with The Catcher in the Rye is arguably Mark David Chapman's shooting of John Lennon.[14] Chapman identified with the novel's narrator to the extent that he wanted to change his name to Holden Caulfield. On the night he shot Lennon, Chapman was found with a copy of the book in which he had written "This is my statement" and signed Holden's name.[15] Later, he read a passage from the novel to address the court during his sentencing.[16] Daniel Stashower speculated that Chapman had wanted Lennon's innocence to be preserved by death, inspired by Holden's wish to preserve children's innocence despite Holden's later realization that children should be left alone.[16]
After John Hinckley, Jr.'s assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan in 1981, police found The Catcher in the Rye among half a dozen other books in his hotel room.[17]
Robert John Bardo, who murdered Rebecca Schaeffer, was carrying the book when he visited Schaeffer's apartment in Hollywood on July 18, 1989.[18]
As numerous murders have been speculated to be connected to the novel, the main character of the film Conspiracy Theory is a paranoid skeptic with an uncontrollable urge to purchase it.[15]
Although Salinger had refused a film adaptation, many Hollywood films have based characters on Holden Caulfield.[8][19] Holden has been identified as "one of the most reproduced characters on film." Furthermore, many such films reference each other.[20]
Anthony Caputi, a specialist in dramatic literature at Cornell University, claims that the novel inspires both "variations" and "imitations", comparing it with several coming-of-age films.[8]
While screenwriter Mike White thought the influence of the novel may rise in Hollywood,[8] former CEO of The WB Jordan Levin said that the Academies behind the Emmys have lost touch with public tastes like Catcher in the Rye.[21]
- Rebel Without a Cause (1955) is widely regarded as one of the first American films to delve into teenage psyche, and there are several similarities to 'Catcher in the Rye', such as both works being told from the perspective of an aimless teenage boy with a troubled family life who is struggling with growing up. Other similarities include doomed teenage romance, living in a metropolitan area, and homosexual interpretations.
- In The Collector (1965), which is based on the John Fowles novel (see below), Clegg cannot understand why Miranda likes the novel among her other tastes.[22]
- In Annie Hall (1977), Woody Allen says that he only has books with the word "death" or "dying" in them. Diane Keaton holds a copy of The Catcher in the Rye and says, "What about this one?"
- The film Taxi Driver (1976) follows Travis Bickle, who seems to be a representation of Holden Caulfield, only older and more confrontational. The list of similarities is long, from analyzing the fact that both of them obsess over women and try to protect the innocence of children, to the fact that both of them purchase a prostitute without actually having sex with her. They both live in New York City, and though they only see all of the filth in the city (as they are incredibly pessimistic), and vow to leave, neither of them actually departs. Mark David Chapman named The Catcher in the Rye as the reason for his assassination of John Lennon, and the man who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan, John Hinckley Jr., said that he was obsessed with Taxi Driver, and he owned a copy of Catcher among other books.
- In The Shining (1980), Wendy is seen reading the novel, a foreshadowing of alienation similar to that of Holden.[23]
- The 1989 film Field of Dreams is based on the W. P. Kinsella book Shoeless Joe. In the film, one key subplot involves the main character, Ray Kinsella (played by Kevin Costner), kidnapping noted radical book author Terence Mann (played by James Earl Jones). The Mann character is described as having written some of the most controversial books of the 1960s, including The Boat Rocker. In the original book that this film is based on, the Kinsella character actually kidnaps Salinger. According to the DVD extras, the author and the film producers acknowledge the fact that Salinger begrudgingly allowed his namesake to be used as a character in the book, but asked that he not be portrayed on film in Field of Dreams. So the producers and screenwriter Phil Alden Robinson, in consultation with the author Kinsella, changed the Salinger role to that of the fictional Mann. In a direct homage to the book, the Mann character initially denies, then admits, about using the name John Kinsella in one of his short stories, and that John Kinsella is the name of Ray's father. Salinger used both the name Ray Kinsella in a short story, and later the name Richard Kinsella as one of Holden Caulfield's classmates in The Catcher in the Rye.
- In the 1990 play and 1993 film Six Degrees of Separation, the impostor Paul gives an analysis on the novel in a monologue.[24][25][26][27] According to him, the novel, a "manifesto of hate" against phonies, would have been the excuse[28] or defense[29] for Chapman and Hinckley's shootings.
- In Conspiracy Theory (1997), Mel Gibson's character is programmed to buy the novel whenever he sees it, though he never actually reads it.[15]
- In Chasing Amy (1997), Holden McNeil is named after Holden Caufield and Banky Edwards is named after Ed Banky, the basketball coach at Pencey.
- In Finding Forrester (2000), William Forrester is the reclusive writer from New England who wrote 1 great book "Avalon Landing" and left the public wanting more and wanting answers. The plot has been used many times but references about youth and loss of Forrester's book can clearly be paralleled to Salinger's work. Also being Set in NYC and a very well known prep school are both main settings for CIR.
- Chasing Holden (2001) is named after Holden Caulfield.[30] The protagonist Neil relates his life to Holden's, skips class to go to New York City, goes on a road trip to New Hampshire to find J. D. Salinger, and contemplates killing Salinger with a gun.[31]
- Screenwriter Mike White regards the novel as "part of a literary trend that goes back to Goethe's 'The Sorrows of Werther' (1774) ... I don't think Salinger discovered it. He just did the quintessential American version."[8] He thought the influence of the novel may rise in Hollywood,[8] and two of his 2002 films reflect this. In Orange County, protagonist Shaun searches for the professor who wrote the book that changed his life.[8]
- In The Good Girl, protagonist Thomas Worther calls himself Holden and is seen reading the novel.[8][19] Worther is portrayed by actor Jake Gyllenhaal, whose production company, Nine Stories Productions, is named after Nine Stories by Salinger.[8]
- Igby Goes Down (2002), originally intended to be a novel, has been interpreted as being inspired by The Catcher in the Rye,[20][19][32][33] but director and screenwriter Burr Steers said it is not a direct influence and the story is more of an autobiography.[8] On the influence of The Catcher in the Rye, Steers "liken[s] it to being a musician and being influenced by the music ingrained in you, like the Beatles."[8]
- In season two of Aqua Teen Hunger Force, featured an episode titled "Frat Aliens". In it one of the aliens asked about Holden Caulfield.
- In the Boy Meets World episode "Poetic License: An Ode to Holden Caulfield", Shawn has written a poem called "An Unpublished Manuscript for J.D. Salinger". Without knowing the author, Cory asks, "And haven't we had just about enough of Catcher in the Rye? I mean, what's [Salinger] written lately?"
- The anime series Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex makes several references to the novel. The main story arc (the "Complex" episodes) involves the case of a cyber-terrorist known as the Laughing Man, named after Salinger's short story "The Laughing Man".[34] The Laughing Man's logo reads, "I thought what I'd do was, I'd pretend I was one of those deaf-mutes," a quote from The Catcher in the Rye.[35][36][37] The logo resembles a baseball cap, inspired by the baseball team in the short story.[34]
- The anime FLCL is often compared to Catcher in the Rye.
- Catcher in the Rye was mentioned three times on the FOX sitcom, Family Guy:
- On the episode, "The Kiss Seen Around the World," a blond guy keeps following Peter around and calling him a "phony" after being tricked into believing that Peter can play a keyboard at a toy store.
- On the DVD version of the episode, "Peterotica," one of the erotic novels Peter writes is called "Catcher in the Eye."
- On the season eight episode, "Jerome is the New Black," during Quagmire's rant about everything he hates about Brian, Quagmire brings up the fact that Brian buys women copies of Catcher in the Rye, then lectures them on how deep and complex Holden Caufield was, when in reality (according to Quagmire), Caufield was a spoiled brat whom Brian foolishly idolizes.
- The Dilbert episode "The Return", the telephone operator for the "Comp-U-Comp" computer company uses the pseudonyms "Holden Caulfielder" and "Caulden Holdenphone" when Dilbert calls him to ask about the delivery of an incorrect item.
- The South Park episode "The Tale of Scrotie McBoogerballs" is centered on Catcher in the Rye's controversial reputation (particularly when Butters becomes brainwashed into killing John Lennon and Ronald Reagan after reading it), how its place in literature as a "banned book" is called into question in modern times (Stan, Kyle, Cartman, and Kenny read the book and don't see what's so shocking about it), and how the story has been analyzed and interpreted by critics and readers.
- In the episode of American Dad, "Irregarding Steve", Steve is seen wearing a red hunting cap when he's about to leave for New York with Roger, an allusion to Holden Caulfield.
Video gamesEdit
- In the action-adventure game Bully (2006), the main protagonist, Jimmy Hopkins, shares a lot of traits with Holden Caulfield.[38]
- In the action game Postal 2, one of the errands is to return a library book titled Catch Her in the Eye.
- In the game Love Plus, bookish high-school student Rinko Kobayakawa quotes from The Catcher in the Rye" at one point, referring to the relationship between Holden Caulfield and his sister Phoebe. It is noteworthy that Kobayakawa herself resembles Holden Caulfield in her contemptuous attitude towards society and those around her.
- In the video game Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood, there is an Achievement/Trophy named 'Catcher in the Rye.'
- John Fowles's 1963 novel The Collector uses The Catcher in the Rye as "one of the most brilliant examples of adolescence" in popular culture, possibly under a moral light.[39] In it, Miranda encourages her kidnapper Clegg to read Catcher, thinking he might relate to Holden Caulfield's alienation.[15] However, Clegg finds Holden's actions unrealistic given Holden's wealth and status, and "[doesn't] see much point in it." In the film adaptation of The Collector, this conversation and Clegg's attitude toward the novel and popular culture is subdued.[40] The Collector novel has itself been linked to several serial killers.[15]
- Lawrence Block wrote a novel called Burglar in the Rye (1999) in his series on burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr. The plot focuses on an auction of a reclusive writer's letters,[41] and Bernie works to track down the character based on J. D. Salinger.
- In The Realm of Possibility by David Levithan, there is a chapter called "My Girlfriend Is In Love With Holden Caulfield" in which the narrator's girlfriend compares him to Holden.
- The Frank Portman novel King Dork is centered around 'life-changing' books, The Catcher in the Rye most prominently. The protagonist is arguably a Holden Caulfield-esque outcast, but at the same time hates The Catcher in the Rye. The protagonist criticises fans of the book, calling them the Catcher Cult, and says that pretending to love The Catcher in the Rye is a surefire way to get better grades. However, in the end he says that he likes the novel. An obvious reference to the book is King Dork's jacket cover, which is a 1985 Bantam copy of The Catcher in the Rye, ripped to shreds and scribbled over with the actual title of the book.
- In W.P. Kinsella's 1982 novel Shoeless Joe, the main character discusses the significance of The Catcher in the Rye and later kidnaps J. D. Salinger.
- In Galt Niederhoffer's novel A Taxonomy of Barnacles (2005), Bridget and Billy think about Holden's question as to the whereabouts of ducks during winter.[42]
- Bob Uecker, who was a catcher in Major League Baseball and known for his sense of humor, titled his autobiography Catcher in the Wry.
- Author Megan McCafferty admits to drawing many similarities between the protagonist of her novel Sloppy Firsts, Jessica Darling, and Holden Caulfield. Like Holden, Jessica is very alienated and critical of society.
- Robert Rosen's biography Nowhere Man: The Final Days of John Lennon contains a description of Mark David Chapman's sentencing hearing, in which the murderer reads from The Catcher in the Rye. The section is called "Chapter 27," a reference to Chapman's belief that by killing Lennon he'd write the missing chapter of The Catcher in the Rye in Lennon's blood.
- John David California wrote 60 Years Later: Coming Through the Rye (2009), an unauthorized sequel in which 76-year-old Holden escapes a retirement home for a journey in New York.[43]
- John Green's novel Looking for Alaska is narrated by Miles "Pudge" Halter, a character who is frequently compared to Holden.
- Ulrich Plenzdorf has numerous references to The Catcher in the Rye, in his novel Die neuen Leiden des jungen W.
Comic stripsEdit
- In St. Swithin's Day, the teenage protagonist shoplifts a copy of The Catcher in the Rye from a bookshop so it can be found in his pocket "when this is all over."
- In Mike Allred's graphic novel The Oddity Odyssey, his character Madman can be seen reading a copy of The Catcher in the Rye.
- In Eyeshield 21, Taka Honjou of the Teikoku Gakuen Alexanders is seen reading the book. He is the ace wide receiver/cornerback of Teikoku and has never had to use his true ability.
- In Bill Amend's FoxTrot, Jason claims his iguana Quincy ate Paige's copy of the book. In a separate strip, Peter is seen reading "Pitcher in the Wheat."
- Ace of Base's single Life Is a Flower contains the line "No catcher in the rye, can help you from yourself."
- Aesop Rock's song "Save Yourself" contains the line "Naw man it wasn't me, it was Holden Caulfield, brother / I just read and pulled the trigger."
- The Ataris' song "If You Really Want to Hear About It" from their album End is Forever takes its title from the novel's opening sentence. The final lines paraphrase those of the book with "Don't ever tell anyone anything or else you'll wind up missing everybody." Several other specific references are made within the lyrics.[45]
- The Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution's song "Here's to Life" on their debut EP A Call to Arms references Holden Caulfield by stating: "Holden Caulfield is a friend of mine, we go drinking from time to time", and later addresses Caulfield's author, J.D. Salinger: "Hey there, Salinger, what did you do? Just when the world was looking to you to write anything that meant anything, you told us you were through. And it's been years since you passed away, but I see no plaque and I see no grave, and I can't help believing you wanted it that way."
- Beastie Boys's song "Shadrach" contains the rhyme "Got more stories than J. D. got Salinger, I hold the title and you are the challenger."
- Belle and Sebastian's song "Le Pastie de la Bourgeoisie" contains the line "give yourself up to the allure of Catcher in the Rye."
- Bloodhound Gang's song "Magna Cum Nada (Most Likely To Suck)" begins with "Why try? I'm that guy Holden Caulfield from Catcher in the Rye, put away 'cause he wasn't all there."
- Bring Me The Horizon's song "Who Wants Flowers When They're Dead? Nobody." on their album This Is What The Edge Of Your Seat Was Made For is a quotation from the novel.
- Canibus's song "Box Cutter Blade Runner" includes the lines "Have you ever read a book called 'The Catcher and the Rye'? / It so happens I'm looking for a copy I could buy"
- The Caulfields was an alternative rock band in the 1990s.
- Clem Snide's song "End of Love" references the book in the line "And the first thing every killer reads / is Catcher in the Rye."
- Down By Law's song "Superheros Wanted."
- The Divine Comedy's song "Gin Soaked Boy" contains the line "I'm the catcher in the rye."
- Epik High's instrumental album "Soundtrack to a Lost Film" has a song titled "Holden Caulfield".
- Everclear At the end of the video for "the boys are back in town" the main cast of the film "detroit rock city" (from the movie soundtrack from which the song is taken, burst into a dressing room where art alexis is reading aloud an exert from the final page
- Everlast's song "So Long" contains the line "So with a tear in his eye, he's gonna catch 'em in the rye."
- Five Iron Frenzy's song "Superpowers" on their album Our Newest Album Ever! contains the line "Sometimes I feel I'm Holden Caulfield, sometimes Jack Kerouac."
- The Jonas Brothers' song "Six Minutes" contains the line "Sometimes I feel like I'm a catcher in the rye / Sometimes I just wanna catch her eye."
- Matthew Good's song "Waiting for the Great Destruction" from his album Left of Normal contains the chorus "Maybe at my funeral they'll say i found the answers / they'll say i had it coming / they'll say i was just sittin' around. Waiting for the Great destruction, I am waiting for Holden Caulfield to call."
- Green Day's song "Who Wrote Holden Caulfield?" on their album Kerplunk! is based on how frontman Billie Joe Armstrong could relate to Holden Caulfield as an outcast. Screeching Weasel responded to this with the song "I Wrote Holden Caulfield". "Basket Case", one of their most popular songs, is considered to be related to the likeness of Caulfield. The Catcher in the Rye is Billie Joe's favorite book.
- Guns N' Roses released a song on their 2008 album, Chinese Democracy called Catcher in the Rye. It originally featured Brian May on guitar, but his parts were replaced for the final version. The song is said to be about Mark David Chapman.
- Indochine's song "Des Fleurs Pour Salinger" (French for "Flowers For Salinger") portrays Salinger as a hermit trying to get away from the world's stupidity, and about the singer wanting to meet him. Near the end of the song, the following quote from the novel is whispered in French: "I thought what I'd do was, I'd pretend I was one of those deaf-mutes. I'd marry this girl, that was also deaf and mute [...] I'd live near the woods but not in the woods." ("Je ferais semblant d'être sourd-muet /Et j'épouserais cette fille /Sourde et muette /On vivra près d'un ruisseau, près des bois /Mais pas dans les bois...")
- Jedi Mind Tricks's song "Trinity" contains the line "The one who's seated, on the throne within in a forcefield/You'll get tossed and feel lost like Holden Caulfield/Raw deal..." Their song "Put Em In The Grave" contains the line "I'm like Mark David Chapman with a Salinger book/Stalk my enemy and let the fuckin' silencer cook."
- Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire" mentions the novel as a historic item of note during his lifetime.[46][47]
- Paul Kotheimer's 2007 album, "Song About Everything -- Songs 1-50," contains the song "Holden Caulfield."
- Komeda's song "Catcher" on their album Kokomemedada refers to Holden Caulfield's fantasy. Lyrics include "Who will catch your fall? Who will do it all?" and "There ain't no catcher in the rye."
- Lyte Funky Ones' (LFO) song "6 Minutes" contains the line "Sometimes I feel like the Catcher in the Rye/ Sometimes I wish that I could catch her eye/ Sometimes I wish that I could be that guy".
- The Lawrence Arms's song "The Disaster March" on their album The Greatest Story Ever Told contains the lyrics "There was a time and a place that was all full of mistakes. And a face that was all full of shit. I was frustrated and angry. I was more than alive. A catcher in the rye."
- Local H's song "Mayonnaise and Malaise" contains the line "the catcher in the rye caught a catch-22"
- The Max Levine Ensemble's song "Love, Capital L" contains the line "and that's how I came to see how Holden Caulfield was your prophet."
- Nothingface's song "Machination" contains the line "Read 'Catcher In The Rye' a million and one fucking times."
- The Offspring's song "Get It Right" contains the line "Like Holden Caulfield, I tell myself; There's got to be a better way."
- The Old 97's has a song called "Rollerskate Skinny" on their album Satellite Rides.
- Amanda Palmer's song "1.1.94" contains the line "It's very difficult when no one's there to catch you in the rye".
- Pencey Prep is named after the Holden's school. Several of their songs reference the novel.
- Piebald's song "Holden Caulfield" contains the lines "where do the ducks go in the wintertime" and "put my hat on and get out of here."
- Quarashi's song "Weirdo" references both the novel and the anime Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, which references the novel (see above).
- John Ralston's song "No Catcher in the Rye" on his album Needle Bed contains the line "Maybe there's no catcher in the rye."
- The Refreshments song "Good Year" states "I gave my Catcher in the Rye for your Cat's Cradle" The Bottle and Fresh Horses.
- Rollerskate Skinny, an Irish band who enjoyed success on Beggars Banquet and Warner Music Group in the 1990s, took their name from Holden's observation, "She's quite skinny, like me, but nice skinny, rollerskate skinny."
- Ruth Ruth's song "I Killed Meg the Prom Queen" contains the line "She read The Catcher in the Rye."
- Sarah Slean's song John XXIII contains the line "A plate of stars/Could never take the place of the Boy who swore to catch me/As I run through the rye."
- Snapcase's song "Lookinglasself" on the album of the same name contains the lines "Tomorrow's world can't die, we've got to be the catchers in the rye."
- Rick Springfield's song "3 Warning Shots" on Venus in Overdrive was written as an open letter to Mark David Chapman, "Holden Caulfield's stable boy". Springfield, a longtime Beatles fan, said the song was an inspiration that came from seeing the film The Killing of John Lennon.
- Spandau Ballet's song Code of Love on the album True contains the line, "And when love comes along its just a catcher in the rye. Its hard to make those long term plans.".
- Streetlight Manifesto's reworking of the Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution song "Here's to Life" makes the same aforementioned references to Holden Caulfield and J.D. Salinger.
- Sundowner's song "Jackson Underground" contains the line "I was lost in the rye, so lost in the rye, I was lost in the rye."
- Third Eye Blind's song "Why Can't You Be" contains the line "Like J.D. Salinger/Why Do I Challenge-her."
- Too Much Joy's song "William Holden Caulfield" on their album Cereal Killers conflates the name of Holden Caulfield with the name of actor William Holden. It contains the lines "I'm afraid of people who like Catcher in the Rye / Yeah, I like it too, but someone tell me why / People he'd despise say, 'I feel like that guy' / I don't wanna grow up, 'cause I don't wanna die."
- Hailey Wojcik's LP, "Diorama," contains the song, "Holden Caulfield", which she also performs live. It contains the line, "You made me feel like Holden Caulfield, and you acted like such a phony, still I wish that you'd phone me."
- The comedy duo Adam and Andrew references the novel in their song, "Emo Kid" with the lyrics: "I'm just a bad, cheap imitation of goth/You can read me Catcher in the Rye, and watch me jack off"
- Your Vegas references the novel in their eponymous song, "Your Vegas" with the lyrics: "The Catcher in the Rye / and the children on the ground / We're all in the lost and found."
- In the Tony Award winning and Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway musical, Next to Normal, the character Gabe reads a paperback copy of The Catcher in the Rye on the top level of the stage. It remains on the floor of the top level until the end of Act I. Kyle Dean Massey, who played Gabe during the summer of 2009 and is currently in the role, said, "I read about a page a night." The musical, like Salinger's novel, deals with grieving with death as well as suicide. After his April 23, 2010 performance, Massey declared on Twitter that he has finally finished the book.
- In the Terrence McNally play, Where Has Tommy Flowers Gone, the main character has a speech where he recollects being asked who the "ten most admired men in America" are. The character (Tommy Flowers) responds by answering "Holden Caulfield" ten times. The character Tommy is loosely reflective of Holden Caulfield.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Jonathan Yardley (2004-10-19). "J.D. Salinger's Holden Caulfield, Aging Gracelessly". The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43680-2004Oct18.html. Retrieved 2007-05-21. ""The Catcher in the Rye" is a maladroit, mawkish novel, but there can be no question about its popularity or influence."
- ↑ Barry Roth (1964-01-05). "Brooklyn College". The New York Times. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0C17FD345912738DDDAC0894D9405B848AF1D3. Retrieved 2007-05-21. "...the "do you think you'll ever feel about me the way you used to feel about 'Catcher in the Rye'?" influence of the theater and movies often stimulates collegians to read these and other writers."
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Jeff Guinn (2001-08-10). "'Catcher in the Rye' still influences 50 years later" (fee required). Erie Times-News. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=ET&p_theme=et&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EDCAD301800C85B&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D. Retrieved 2007-12-18. Alternate URL.
- ↑ "100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990–2000". American Library Association. http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/bbwlinks/100mostfrequently.htm. Retrieved 2007-01-21.
- ↑ List of most commonly challenged books from the list of the one hundred most important books of the 20th century by Radcliffe Publishing Course.
- ↑ "'Rye' misfit's rugged spirit inspires works" (fee required). The Sacramento Bee. 2001-06-07. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SB&p_theme=sb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EC831DF2A54202C&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D. Retrieved 2007-05-21. ""The Catcher in the Rye" has influenced the work of many writers, filmmakers and musicians. Here's a look at some of the more notable entries..."
- ↑ "Sixties to Howl Once Again in College Literature Course" (fee required). Telegram & Gazette. 2001-04-08. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=WO&p_theme=wo&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB9EAB0A95F7BFF&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D. Retrieved 2007-05-21. "Mr. Patterson explained his inclusion of a 1952 novel in his "Literature of the Sixties" course this way: "I kept seeing references to Holden Caulfield..."
- ↑ 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 8.11 8.12 8.13 Nancy Mills (2002-08-25). "Holden Caulfield's many pretenders". San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2002/08/25/PK45441.DTL&type=movies. Retrieved 2007-05-21. ""Most young male characters in the movies are based on the character of Holden Caulfield," says Raymond Haberski... "It's been a very steady influence in the last 30 years."
- ↑ "Banned Books Offer Classic Opportunities" (fee required). Sarasota Herald-Tribune. 1996-10-23. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=HT&p_theme=ht&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAFEA3BF023F923&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D. Retrieved 2007-05-21. "[...] one of the controversial books that has been censored in the past is J.D. Salinger's ``The Catcher in the Rye.' [...] all through his life he'd hear references to Holden Caulfield and his crazy red hunting hat, and if he wanted to understand those references, [...]"
- ↑ Louis Menand (2001-09-27). "Holden at fifty". The New Yorker.
- ↑ Joy Karugu (2005-11-09). "Novelist Sittenfeld chronicles 'Prep' life". The Daily Princetonian. Archived from the original on 2013-01-10. https://archive.is/4tB2q. Retrieved 2007-12-19. "That's an easy comparison people often make — because of its setting and general topic."
- ↑ Dale Peck (2007-09-23). "'The Outsiders': 40 Years Later". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/23/books/review/Peck-t.html?pagewanted=print. Retrieved 2007-12-19. "...it's likely that Hinton's echo of the testimonial frame Salinger used in "The Catcher in the Rye" ("If you really want to hear about it") wasn't consciously intended..."
- ↑ William Safire (1990-04-08). "Screwing Up". The New York Times: pp. 2. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE2DF1138F93BA35757C0A966958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=2. Retrieved 2007-12-20. "Screw up, in this sense, is first found in a December 1942 issue of Yank, and was further popularized in the 1951 Catcher in the Rye, the famed novel by J. D. Salinger: Boy, it really screws up my sex life something awful."
- ↑ Leslie Miller, Susan Wlosczyczna, Joh Chetwynd, Gary Levin, Claudia Puig, Mike Snider, Kevin V. Johnson (1999-04-22). "Kids, online and off, feast on violence". USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/news/index/colo/colo22.htm. Retrieved 2007-05-21. "Lindsay Doran, president of United Artists, says, "[...] You can't not like Catcher in the Rye because someone read it and killed John Lennon.""
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 Aidan Doyle (2003-12-15). "When books kill". Salon.com. pp. 2. http://dir.salon.com/story/books/feature/2003/12/15/books_kill/index1.html. Retrieved 2007-05-21.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Whitfield, 571–572.
- ↑ Whitfield, 572.
- ↑ Linton Weeks (2000-09-10). "Telling on Dad". Amarillo Globe-News. http://www.amarillo.com/stories/091000/boo_tellingondad.shtml. Retrieved 2009-01-13.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 Robert Wilonsky (2002-09-19). "Burr, Not Chilly". Phoenix New Times. http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2002-09-19/film/burr-not-chilly/. Retrieved 2007-12-19. "Salinger would never allow such a thing, and it's a moot point, to boot. Catcher has been made and remade for decades under various noms de crap..."
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 Katrina Onstad (2008-02-22). "Beholden to Holden". CBC News. Archived from the original on 2008-02-25. http://web.archive.org/web/20080225165543/http://www.cbc.ca/arts/film/bartlett.html.
- ↑ Michael Schneider (2001-07-12). "Snubbed WB huffy over "uffy"". Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117802726.html?categoryid=14&cs=1. Retrieved 2007-12-19. "If 'Catcher in the Rye' were released today, Academy members would look at the book and consider it a dime-store paperback."
- ↑ Kirsten Markson (2002-11-03). "The Collector". PopMatters. http://www.popmatters.com/film/reviews/c/collector.shtml. Retrieved 2007-12-19.
- ↑ Tom Dirks. "The Shining (1980)". Filmsite.org. http://www.filmsite.org/shin.html. Retrieved 2007-12-18. "... "Wendy" ... who is reading The Catcher in the Rye. [There's a very subtle connection signaled here: the main protagonist in J. D. Salinger's novel Holden Caulfield, is an alienated and haunted teen, similar to Jack Torrance as an adult. Both experience sleep deprivation and dementia as a result.]"
- ↑ Rita Kempley (1993-12-22). "Six Degrees of Separation". The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/sixdegreesofseparationrkempley_a0a3dd.htm. Retrieved 2007-12-19. "Guare ... expounds upon ... the violent subtext of "The Catcher in the Rye" ..."
- ↑ Colin Van Hook (2002-04-16). "BC Professor Directs Six Degrees at Tufts". The Heights. http://media.www.bcheights.com/media/storage/paper144/news/2002/04/16/ArtsReview/Bc.Professor.Directs.Six.Degrees.At.Tufts-237080.shtml. Retrieved 2007-12-19. "...he communicates the play's similar themes of the loss of imagination to something outside daily life..."
- ↑ William A. Henry III (1990-06-25). "Six Degrees of Separation". Time. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,970446,00.html. Retrieved 2007-12-19. "When the intruder starts to analyze The Catcher in the Rye in scholarly jargon, the hosts are spellbound by his vocabulary and miss the fact that his rap becomes comic nonsense."
- ↑ Lauren Phillips (2002-04-01). "Color without structure". The Tufts Daily. http://media.www.tuftsdaily.com/media/storage/paper856/news/2002/04/01/UndefinedSection/Color.Without.Structure-1484266.shtml. Retrieved 2007-12-19. "...Paul's frequent references to Holden Caufield's struggles in Catcher in the Rye."
- ↑ Frank Rich (1990-07-01). "Stage View; A Guidebook to the Soul Of a City in Confusion". New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE3D9173DF932A35754C0A966958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all. Retrieved 2007-12-19. "...in Paul's view, that J. D. Salinger's touching, beautiful, sensitive story has been turned into a manifesto of hate by assassins like Mark David Chapman and John Hinckley who use Holden Caulfield's social estrangement as an excuse to commit murder."
- ↑ Whitfield, 573.
- ↑ Michael Speier (2001-03-28). "'Holden' catches cast". Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117795994.html?categoryid=13&cs=1. Retrieved 2007-05-21. "Title is a reference to "The Catcher in the Rye" protag Holden Caulfield, around whom Kanan's script is based."
- ↑ Christopher Null (2002). "Chasing Holden Movie Review". Filmcritic.com. http://www.filmcritic.com/misc/emporium.nsf/84dbbfa4d710144986256c290016f76e/c313d5eea351d56a88256bcc00699931?OpenDocument. Retrieved 2007-05-21.
- ↑ J.J. Duncan (2002-11-04). "Film Review: Stellar performers, quirky characters make Salinger rip-off worth seeing". Kansas State Collegian, University Wire. Archived from the original on 2013-01-11. https://archive.is/5kG4C. Retrieved 2007-12-19. "Screenwriting 101: Ripping off Salinger is a quick way of writing a decent movie about teen-age disillusionment."
- ↑ Terry Lawson (2002-11-14). "Reviews and ratings of feature films". Detroit Free Press. Archived from the original on 2013-01-10. https://archive.is/gpstD. Retrieved 2007-12-19. ""Catcher in the Rye" gone awry, this angst-filled dark comedy finds a prep-school dropout set adrift in New York City."
- ↑ 34.0 34.1 Joe (2004-11-29). "The Laughing Man - Ghost In The Shell: Standalone Complex's Hacker Logo". Otaku News. http://www.otakunews.com/article.php?story=201. Retrieved 2007-12-20. "The brief was very interesting in that I was simply asked to read a short story by J D Salinger 'The Laughing Man' and base a logo around that."
- ↑ Lawrence Person (2006-01-15). "DVD Review of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex". Locus Online. http://www.locusmag.com/2006/Features/Person_GhostInTheShell.html. Retrieved 2007-12-19.
- ↑ Sharon Mizota (2004-10-18). "Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Vol. 02". PopMatters. http://www.popmatters.com/film/reviews/g/ghosts-in-the-shell-2-dvd.shtml. Retrieved 2007-12-19.
- ↑ Sharon Mizota (2004-12-22). "Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Vol. 03". PopMatters. http://www.popmatters.com/film/reviews/g/ghost-in-the-shell-3-dvd.shtml. Retrieved 2007-12-19.
- ↑ "Publisher: 'Bully' Video Game Has Positive Message". Fox News (Associated Press). 2006-10-17. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,221759,00.html. Retrieved 2007-05-21. ""Bully" influences came from Hollywood movies [...] and novels like J.D. Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye" — a coming-of-age book that has been one of the most banned since it was first published more than 50 years ago."
- ↑ Whitfield, 570.
- ↑ Whitfield, 571.
- ↑ Harry Levins, Susan C. Hegger, Judith Evans (1999-07-04). "Thrillers". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SL&p_theme=sl&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB0519F0B8A5A62&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D. Retrieved 2007-05-21. ""Burglar in the Rye" -- referring to whiskey, in a wry twist -- centers on the planned auction of letters from a reclusive writer who authored a seminal..."
- ↑ Ashley Simpson Shires (2005-12-30). "'Barnacles' gets tangled". Rocky Mountain News. http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/books/article/0,2792,DRMN_63_4349766,00.html. Retrieved 2007-05-21. "Niederhoffer nods to Salinger in a reference to The Catcher in the Rye: Bridget and Billy pause on 72nd Street, near the Boat Pond, "pondering Holden's question: where on earth did the ducks go during the winter months?""
- ↑ Alison Flood (2009-05-14). "Catcher in the Rye sequel published – but not by Salinger". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/may/14/catcher-in-the-rye-sequel.
- ↑ Pat Hathcock (2003-05-05). "New comic strip debuts in today's Advocate". Victoria Advocate. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=VA&p_theme=va&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0FAD78EC6E0A4009&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D. Retrieved 2008-01-04.
- ↑ Jung Lah (2001-04-12). "Ataris: End is Forever". The Stanford Daily. http://daily.stanford.edu/article/2001/4/12/atarisEndIsForever. Retrieved 2007-06-08. "The pop culture saturation of the Ataris' lyrics could get annoying if you're not into that sort of thing, but, to me, it's what makes this album stand out. "If You Really Want To Hear About It" references J.D. Salinger's "Catcher in the Rye"..."
- ↑ Chris Heim (1990-02-09). "Billy Joel and the `We Didn't Start the Fire' quiz" (fee required). Chicago Tribune. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/28797913.html?dids=28797913:28797913&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Feb+09%2C+1990&author=Chris+Heim&pub=Chicago+Tribune+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Billy+Joel+and+the+%60We+Didn%27t+Start+the+Fire%27+quiz.
- ↑ "Rock 'n' roll lessons" (fee required). Batesville Daily Guard. 2005-03-28. http://www.guardonline.com/?q=node/30895.
- Stephen J. Whitfield (December 1997). "Cherished and Cursed: Toward a Social History of The Catcher in the Rye". The New England Quarterly 70 (4): 567–600. doi:10.2307/366646. http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0028-4866(199712)70%3A4%3C567%3ACACTAS%3E2.0.CO%3B2-B. Retrieved 2007-12-22.


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Last week in review
September 29, 2008 § Leave a comment
Ok, that's a week of employment official over… and I'm certainly not regretting it 😀 As an added bonus of more mb_server hackage, you guys will also be seeing an increase in blog posts – with at least one a week of this nature (i'm hoping to do Sundays, but was too busy yesterday).
Starting back at Monday not too much interesting stuff happened – I just spent time fixing some minor issues in the code and getting it up and running on my new dev system. This had a nice bonus of allowing me to refresh myself with the code, and make a mental roadmap, if you will, of what I need to be doing.
Tuesday saw some changes to make the codebase more consistant in some areas, which makes certain things in templates much easier (like
[% track.artist.name %]).
Wednesday saw the first new feature additions, and added: verification of user registration via emails, conflicting artists are detected by the add/edit artist form, and the data quality changing form was created; this is modular, so I should be able to support other entity types using it easily; and finally I quickly added some code for artist subscriptions (no links to unsubscribe, but the code is still there!)
On Thursday I reworked the authentication system and thus removed one more wrapper module. Now Catalyst's authentication system interacts directly with our MusicBrainz user model – again, cleaner code. I added the remove track form, along with merge artists (which was more complex than I expected – as I had to write code for searching).
After working with the form system (which I'm generally really happy with), I decided it needed a bit of refactoring. I re-wrote the system for compound fields first. Compound fields are parts of forms that require multiple user inputs, but should be treated as one data value. Examples include dates, and I also wrote tracks as compound inputs (track number, track title and duration). This allowed me to create the Add Non Album track form quickly, and then I made a final change to the form presentation layer (ooo, look at how businessy I sound) – just something a little more modular.
So, I'm happy with the weeks progress, and have no large concerns about moving forward. The immediate next steps will be to continue working through the huge amount of forms to implement – but I'm aiming to get 2-3 a day done.
In lighter, more general news – check out the up-and-coming flamewar in mb-devel 😉 I joke of course, but choosing a new VCS (if that's what we do) is a tricky topic – so if you are a developer, or are interesting in becoming one, we could really do with your feedback!
Oliver Charles, professional computer programming consultant, signing off! 😀
September 23, 2008 § Leave a comment
Ok, time for an update I think!
Since my last entry I have removed facades from my codebase (hurrah!) – this means that internal we now through one object around, which reduces complexity quite a bit (no more checking if something was exported to the template or not). Because I've been enjoying working with objects like this so much, I'm slowly changing a few subroutines that returned "derived data" (eg, a track returning artist name) to return that data through the correct object. Let's return to the track, for a better example.
In the old code, if you needed to find the artist for a track, you'd do
$track->artist_name. This stinks though, because there's more than just the artist name, so now we do
$track->artist->name – which is better, because it's what we actually meant (and thought about in our heads). Furthermore, this makes it dead easy to get other artist information:
$track->artist->LoadFromID; # Load everything we can from the database about artists. my $sort_name = $track->artist->sort_name;
I've considered making that LoadFromID implicit (that is, if something is
undef, then the artist will load itself and try and again) – but I think I like this explicit form more. Thoughts?
In other news… I've introduced some slight changes to the templates, mainly exporting a few "prettifying" subroutines that map integers to names (ie, the release type and status names) – but still have some thoughts about how to make this a bit more organised.
Now, as for the future. I'm going to make a few more changes to make our system act more like a relational system should (ala the above changes), and then I can finally resume work on the editing interfaces! This work should be pretty fast – I've already worked out the details with the edit artist page, so I just need to extend that over different edits.
And… there's some quite exciting news that you'll hear about soon… but I'm not quite ready to mention it yet 🙂 Stay tuned!

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1951 BentleyMK VI H J Mulliner Lightweight Saloon B193HP
The H.J. Mulliner 'Lightweight' design is particularly interesting, being in many ways several years ahead of the trend, having a mid-fifties appearance rather than its 1951 date, but at the same time having a delightful vertically divided windscreen, reminiscent of a slightly earlier era perhaps. This example is a good, sound one, benefitting from recent expenditure of about £30,000 with the previous owner who bought the car from us four years ago. Mechanically and structurally good, very useable, smart externally but ideally needing some attention to the interior. The front seat cushions have recently been nicely re-upholstered, but the remainder of the leather is original, some of which needs improvement or replacement. Upgraded to a twin exhaust system (as fitted to the later 'big bore' versions) in stainless steel, including tubular stainless manifolds and the car comes with a comprehensive history file which includes, amongst various documents, letters, invoices, etc, the original logbook from 1951. Offered with a new set of tyres and MoT tested until November 2019.
Chassis No. B193HP Reg No. LXU 595
Supplied by Brooklands of Bond Street – founded in 1931 by Billy Bates & initially located at Great Portland St but by 1937 they had moved to 103 Bond St. During the '30s & '40s Brooklands were agents for Ferrari, Invictas, Isotta-Franschini, Alvis, Healey, Aston-Martin, Lagonda & Bentley. In March 1951 B193HP was delivered to the firm of Carrington & Dewhurst, Eccleston – the company was set up at Grove Mill in 1885 by Mr A Carrington & Mr J M Dewhurst, the introduction of artificial silk in 1925 meant that weaving cotton was no longer viable. During WWII the firm produced millions of yards of fabric which were used for parachutes & balloons. Various subsidiaries of Carringtons (Bomford Pollard, YEWCO) took over ownership of the Bentley until September 1965 when it became the possession of Stanley North who was a local bandleader. In 1990 the Bentley had relocated to Black Mill Farm, Headcorn near Ashford – between 1769 & 1910 this was the site of a Smock Mill (a 6 or 7 sided building), the name is taken from their resemblance to a farmer's smock!
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Model: MK VI H J Mulliner Lightweight Saloon B193HP
Year: 1951
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Friday, October 14, 2011
Splash of Colour
It's pretty easy to get stuck in the old reliable 'neutral' palette in interiors. But it is a tad boring, no? I'm a huge fan of a pop of colour. It makes you feel better, it's whimsical and unique...See where you could paint a wall or piece of furniture and watch your home become more of an art installation of sorts! I love this deep blue wall...
Paint something bright! I'm in the process of painting an old white chest of drawers a deep cherry red to store the new baby's clothes. Add a flock of deer and birds at your leisure!
As most of you will know, I am a devotee of gallery walls, but what I love about this one is the mix of colour and styles (including kids art) and the yellow chair with matching stripe in the rug. Lovely stuff!
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- siberja said...
I really like the armchair in the first picture.. nice shape and colour :)
- October 14, 2011 at 10:26 AM
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Chapter 4781-10 Dispute Resolution
(A) Definitions. For purposes of this rule:
(1) "Defect" means any problem in the performance, construction, components, or material of the home that renders the home or any part of it not fit for the ordinary use for which it was intended including but not limited to a defect in the construction, safety, or installation of the home, or which does not meet accepted engineering practice, or acceptable workmanship reflecting journeyman quality of work in the various trades, or the norms and tolerances of the industry. A defect is not a minor cosmetic item.
(2) "Date of installation" for a new manufactured home means the date the manufactured home has passed inspection and is ready for occupancy, and the first person purchasing the home in good faith for purposes other than resale takes possession. The date of installation for a used manufactured home means the date the manufactured home has passed inspection and is ready for occupancy and the person purchasing the home in good faith for purposes other than resale takes possession. For a relocated manufactured home, that has not changed hands, the date of installation means the date the manufactured home has passed inspection and is ready for occupancy.
(3) "Warranty issue" for the purposes of dispute resolution, means any item covered by the original written warranty offered by the manufacturer, retailer, or installer related to the original purchase agreement or sales contract, but does not include any extended warranty on an item whether the extended warranty was offered by the manufacturer, installer or retailer, or others.
(B) Initiation of dispute resolution process.
(1) The consumer, retailer, manufacturer, or installer may initiate the dispute resolution process regarding a new manufactured home that is one year or less from the date of installation of the home. A defect, or warranty issue may be considered appropriate for dispute resolution if a record exists that the defect, or warranty issue was reported to the manufacturer, retailer, installer, HUD, the better business bureau, or similar party, or this commission within one year from the date of installation, even if that year has now passed.
(2) Requests for dispute resolution program services shall be made in writing and on the form provided by the commission.
(3) Participation in mediation services is voluntary.
(4) A used manufactured home is only eligible for dispute resolution in regard to its installation.
(C) Voluntary compliance.
If the commission staff reviewer determines that the complaint is appropriate for dispute resolution the staff reviewer shall:
(1) Notify the parties that they have fifteen calendar days from the date of the notice for voluntary compliance to resolve the dispute,
(2) If the dispute is not resolved, an inspection by a staff member or agent of the commission may be scheduled. The commission shall notify all parties of the date and time of inspection by regular mail postmarked no later than ten days before the inspection.
(3) For complaints that involve an unreasonable risk of death or injury, the parties shall be notified that they shall have five days from the date of the notice in which to reach a settlement or an inspection shall be immediately scheduled.
(D) Mediation.
(1) Upon referral for mediation, all the parties shall receive notice that the matter must be resolved within thirty days from the date of referral to mediation. The notice shall include a copy of the original complaint. Notice of the time period for resolving the matter through mediation may be included in the original notice of complaint sent to all parties.
(2) Mediator selection.
(a) The commission shall approve any mediator before the mediator can be used in the dispute resolution process.
(b) The commission's approval of a person to mediate shall be based upon the person's experience and training in mediation.
(c) The commission may refer the matter to any mediator who is a member of the commission's mediation staff, a mediator from the state of Ohio commission on dispute resolution and conflict management, or any mediator that has previously been approved by the commission and maintained on a list of approved mediators.
(d) A mediator shall not mediate a matter if the mediator has:
(i) Reviewed the complaint to determine if the complaint is appropriate for dispute resolution;
(ii) A primary interest in the matter being mediated; or
(iii) A business or personal relationship with any of the parties to the dispute resolution.
(3) The mediator shall facilitate a settlement. A party to the mediation may request OMHC staff to inspect, or delegate an inspection, of the property and alleged defect(s), and provide a report to the parties. In the event that the mediator determines that such additional information is necessary, the mediation may be extended an additional thirty days, except where there is an unreasonable risk of death or injury involved.
(4) Mediation agreements.
(a) If the parties reach a mediation agreement, the mediator shall issue a written notice to the commission that the issue was resolved. The written notice shall include the apportionment of the commission fees for mediation and inspection services.
(b) If the parties are unable to reach a settlement through mediation, then within fifteen days of the issuance of written notice by the mediator that the matter was not resolved, any party may request that the commission arrange for non-binding arbitration.
(c) Arbitration is not available to those disputes which do not meet the requirements of paragraphs (A) and (B) of this rule, even if inspection or mediation services were offered as a courtesy by the commission.
(d) Following the mediator's written notice to the commission that the issue was resolved, the home owner may elect that the mediation agreement be made binding on the parties by executing a written acknowledgement, provided by the commission. The written acknowledgement shall be received by the commission within ten days from the date of the mediator's notice that the issue was resolved.
(E) Arbitration.
(1) A request for arbitration shall be made in writing to the commission on a form provided by the commission. Following the request for arbitration:
(a) The commission shall arrange for an approved arbitrator.
(b) All parties shall receive notice of the arbitration. The notice shall indicate that the matter must be resolved within forty-five days from the date of the request for arbitration.
(2) The arbitrator shall be approved in advance by the commission unless the arbitrator is approved by the American arbitration association. The arbitrator may not have an interest in the outcome of the dispute or a business or personal relationship to any party to the arbitration.
(3) Arbitrator's duties.
(a) The arbitrator may issue orders to compel the completion of the record, require onsite inspections, dismiss frivolous allegations, set hearing dates and deadlines, and may subpoena witnesses.
(b) Within forty-five days, the arbitrator shall issue a written recommendation setting forth the findings of fact, and the apportionment of commission fees for inspection, mediation, and arbitration services. If there is a determination that a defect, or warranty issue exists the written recommendation shall include:
(i) What action shall be taken;
(ii) The time period in which the defect, or warranty issue, shall be corrected;
(iii) Which party or parties are determined to have likely caused the defect or warranty issue; and
(iv) Which party or parties are responsible to pay for or to perform the correction.
(4) Following an arbitrator's written non-binding decision, the home owner may elect that the arbitrator's non-binding decision be made binding on the parties by executing a written acknowledgement, provided by the commission. The written acknowledgement shall be received by the commission within ten days from the date of the arbitrator's decision.
(F) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as prohibiting a homeowner from pursuing any legal action.
(G) This rule shall not be applicable to resolve disputes regarding the licensing of an installer which is governed exclusively by the procedures set forth in rule 4781-8-03 of the Administrative Code. Information gathered from investigation inspections and during arbitration may be used by the commission to investigate disciplinary action against a licensee.
(H) Authority to charge fees.
(1) The commission may charge a fee to the parties involved in dispute resolution for the costs of administering the program and providing dispute resolution services through fees.
(2) Fees charged to the parties involved in dispute resolution shall be apportioned among the parties as stated in the mediation agreement, or as determined by the arbitrator's written recommendation.
(3) Fees may be charged for investigation inspection(s), mediation, and arbitration in amounts as determined by the commission.
(4) The first investigation inspection as part of dispute resolution shall not be charged to the homeowner, unless costs to the homeowner are apportioned in the mediation agreement or the arbitrator's written recommendation.
(I) Investigation inspection or mediation services may be offered for a fee by the commission, at the request of the parties, to assist in the resolution of disputes with regard to manufactured homes that are not covered by the dispute resolution program.
(J) Fees for dispute resolution services shall be:
(1) Investigation inspection. Actual direct cost of the inspection to the commission plus twenty-five per cent for administrative overhead.
(2) Mediation. Actual direct cost of mediation plus twenty-five per cent for administrative overhead.
(3) Arbitration. Actual direct cost of arbitration plus twenty-five per cent for administrative overhead.
(4) All fees shall be by check or money order payable to "Treasurer, State of Ohio" or by credit card. Any online credit card payment may be subject to an additional convenience fee in an amount charged to the commission.
Effective: 09/15/2006
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 10/16/2009 and 10/16/2014
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: R.C. 4781.04, R.C. 4781.06
Rule Amplifies: R.C. 4781.04, R.C. 4781.06


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When Netflix rolled out its "Characters" half-hour specials in March, there was a good reason the streaming network put Lauren Lapkus' episode first.
Most people may not know her name, but it's increasingly hard to miss Lapkus' elastic expressions and stick-figure frame in shows like "Orange Is the New Black," "House of Lies" and modern-classic sketch comedies "Key & Peele" and "Kroll Show."
The 30-year-old Evanston, Ill., native also provided comic relief in a little film called "Jurassic World," which last year grossed more than $1 billion worldwide.
But like Longmont native Kristen Schaal ("Flight of the Conchords," "Bob's Burgers") Lapkus isn't simply funny because she looks and speaks unlike anyone else on television.
Lapkus disappears into her characters in a way that might scare many actors.
"You can't really get as much done when you're worried about looking gross," said Lapkus, who makes her Denver debut at the "Comedy Bang ! Bang!" podcast tour at the Paramount Theatre on May 22. "I also realized it's not as much fun."
Since moving to Los Angeles in 2010, Lapkus has endeared herself to comedy nerds and casting directors as a master of emotional burlesque, teasing grotesque humor out of brilliantly improvised bits on podcasts.
Her Netflix "Characters" special includes a few she introduced on the popular "Comedy Bang! Bang!" podcast, including reality-TV disaster Whitney Peeps, who spans Paris Hilton and the Kardashians in her awful, whiny, hilariously oblivious persona.
"I definitely get inspired by people who are disgusting on some level," said Lapkus, who also plays the dead-eyed stripper Bamanda and psychotic meth-addict Pamela from Big Bear in "Characters."
"A lot of my characters are born out of a small grain in a person that I heighten and take to that next level. They're not based on anyone I've ever met, but they are these extreme versions of something. And since I'm often playing kind of meek, sweet characters in other shows, it's awesome to do these much bigger and crazier versions."
Lapkus' range is part of what has made her so indispensable lately. Her role as a prison guard on "Orange Is the New Black" contributed to a 2015 Screen Actors Guild award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series.
But for diehard fans of that drama, it also downplayed Lapkus' comedic potential.
"It's such a widely-seen show, even though my role was relatively small and I was cast as the lovable idiot," Lapkus said. "But I think many people who know of me still don't know that I'm a comedian, so it's really exciting to have the (Netflix) special, because it's what I do all the time on my podcast and at the UCB (Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre) in L.A."
As a well-integrated member of L.A.'s comedy scene, Lapkus has welcomed dozens of guests to her Earwolf network podcast, "With Special Guest Lauren Lapkus," which cleverly imagines her as the guest on someone else's show — including Paul F. Tompkins, her "Comedy Bang! Bang!" tour mate, "Saturday Night Live" veteran Horatio Sanz and a who's-who of rising comics.
As such Lapkus comes off as a performer with multi-tasking hustle, and one very much of this decade — not simply in the chronology of her credits but in roles that swing wildly between quietly composed and utterly unhinged.
"You have to go as hard as you possibly can or it's going to be weak," she said. "Whenever I find myself not committing fully to a character, it's not as funny. It doesn't have that clear point of view and you find yourself wandering all over the place, whereas committed characters make strong choices that are clear to the audience."
The philosophy extends to her voice work, one of Lapkus' podcast-honed specialities. Her recent visibility has led to a number of off-camera roles in animated series including Fox's "Bob's Burgers," HBO's "Animals" and Disney's "Penn Zero: Part Time Hero."
And she hopes for more.
"I have a couple of fun roles coming out that might break me out of the mold a little bit," Lapkus said. "There's this HBO show 'Crashing' (produced by Judd Apatow) where I get to play a stoner character — a woman leaving her husband who's very strong-willed and a little bit less meek."
Whether it comes off that way or not, viewers can be sure Lapkus gave it everything she had.
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text: Two children are lost in a blizzard while they are on their way home on Christmas Eve in early 20th-century England. They try to take a shortcut through the heath but fall into a large hole where they are found by a strange woman, Wee Mary Fever, and her red fire-cat. Wee Mary is a reddle-seller, who digs up the deep red clay from the heaths and peddles it to sheep farmers. The children have heard frightening stories about the strange old woman, but they come to trust her, and Wee Mary uses her magic to get the children home. She blows red dust into the night and casts a spell that causes the dust to become a bright red moon. The moon attracts St. Nicholas who comes to Wee Mary's door and agrees to carry the sleeping children home. When they awaken the next morning their parents tell them they dreamed the whole thing, but the red stockings hanging on the mantle tell another story. Lewis's (The Frog Princess, p. 1132, etc.) tale is hauntingly evocative of the mysterious heaths and an age when magic was closer to Earth than it is now. (Fiction/Picture book. 5+)


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Welcome to The Kiwanis Club of Norton
Serving the Children of the City of Norton, the County of Wise and the World.
|Back-to-School Pancake Breakfast
|Saturday, August 11, 2007
|Applebees. Norton, Va
|Annual Spaghetti Supper
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|Sunday, September 23, 2007
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While very few of you may be shedding tears over the demise of Google Wave, or even knew what it was, we probably haven't seen the last of this service, PC World reports. The search giant says the technology behind its ill-fated collaboration tool will live on in new products that have not yet been announced. Google isn't giving any hints about what new those new products might be or how they would benefit from Wave features. But company CEO Eric Schmidt recently said the Wave team would be moving over to other products that are "like Wave but applied in some other areas," according to a YouTube video posted by TechCrunch's MG Siegler. So what might those other areas be that could benefit from Wave technology? The most likely candidate could be Google's rumored Facebook competitor, Google Me. It's unclear at this point what Google Me would be like or how it would differ from Buzz and Orkut, Google's other two social applications.
Google Wave is dead: Now what?
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August 5th, 2010


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Through CART-WHEEL we are building a registry for patients diagnosed with rare tumors or rare subtypes of common tumors.
As people from all over the world are invited to submit information about their tumor we will be able to pool together records from many different people with the same tumor type. This will help us better understand these conditions and aid with developing more effective treatments. In order to increase the research being performed in the laboratory as well as in clinical trials, we are making it easier for patients to find appropriate research studies and clinical trials. Please find out more from our home page.
In order for you to understand what information we are asking for please look at the current tumor/rare cancer type list below.
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Rushe, T M, Morris, R G, Miotto, E C, Feigenbaum, J D, Woodruff, P W and Murray, R M (1999) Problem-solving and spatial working memory in patients with schizophrenia and with focal frontal and temporal lobe lesions. Schizophrenia research, 37 (1). pp. 21-33. [Journal article]
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Problem-solving ability was investigated in 25 DSM-IIIR schizophrenic (SC) patients using the Tower of Hanoi (TOH) task. Their performance was compared to that of: (1) 22 patients with neurosurgical unilateral prefrontal lesions, 11 left (LF) and 10 right hemisphere (RF); (2) 38 patients with unilateral temporal lobectomies, 19 left (LT) and 19 right (RT); and (3) 44 matched control subjects. Like the RT and LF group, the schizophrenics were significantly impaired on the TOH. The deficit shown by the schizophrenic group was equivalent whether or not the problems to be solved included goal-subgoal conflicts, unlike the LF group who were impaired specifically on these problems. The nature of the SC deficit was also distinct from that of the RT group, in that the problem-solving deficit remained after controlling for the effects of spatial memory performance. This study indicates, therefore, that neither focal frontal nor temporal lobe damage sustained in adult life is a sufficient explanation for the problem-solving deficits found in patients with schizophrenia.
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A second week of clearance sales gave the department chain John Lewis a double digit increase it has today been announced.
For the week ending June 30th the store saw an overall increase in total sales of 17 per cent.
Home achieved the best result of over 11.9 per cent due to its discounted items and in this department the demand for cooking and dining utilities went up by 13 per cent.
Clearance accessories in Gift and Home outperformed others with a 23.2 per cent rise.
Shoppers wanting to commemorate London 2012 meant there was a strong interest in Olympic merchandise making sales of 12.8 per cent.
Due to the poor weather more and more people were shopping from home as sales improved again in this area.
The best performing stores were Cribbs Causeway and Cheadle that saw 18.4 and 20.9 per cent rises respectively.
Ed Connolly, Buying Director, EHT, John Lewis saw a particularly strong rise in sales of television sets despite England no longer competing in Euro 2012.
He commented: "Electricals and Home Technology kept up its momentum with year-on-year growth of +30.8 per cent.
"All buying offices here are in positive territory, with TV sales in Vision not suffering after England's exit from the European Championships, and terrific demand seen right across our technology offering, especially in tablet computing and laptops.
He added:"The balance across retail was also very pleasing, with all our channels complementing one another's growth and a positive figure online of +28.4 per cent sitting alongside all but one of our LFL shops in positive figures, with 16 of them showing double-digit growth and excellent scores from the 'at home' format, too. "


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George Will: Barbara Boxer's Position on Abortion
As Ronald Reagan prepared for his presidential debate with Jimmy Carter in October 1980, some Reagan aides pondered how their candidate should respond if Carter unearthed some of the at-times-too-colorful things Reagan had said over the years. For example, when in 1974 Patty Hearst's kidnappers demanded the distribution of free canned goods, Reagan reportedly quipped that this would be a good time for an outbreak of botulism. What, an aide wondered, should Reagan say about that? After a long pause, a wit suggested: "He should say it was taken out of context."
In a letter in last week's NEWSWEEK, Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) said that, in the previous issue, this columnist got her position on late-term abortion "wrong" by "taking my words out of context." Well.
C-Span recorded her words in the Oct. 20, 1999, Senate colloquy that can be seen today on YouTube. The colloquy concerned the procedure commonly called "partial-birth" abortion. Boxer and other maximalists regarding the "right to choose" prefer the more anodyne but less descriptive phrase "late-term" abortion. Readers can decide which is the more candid denotation of this: The baby is about 80 percent delivered, feet first, until a portion of the skull is exposed. Then the skull is punctured and collapsed as its contents are sucked out.
In the 1999 colloquy, Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) said: Suppose during this procedure the baby slips entirely from the mother's birth canal. "You agree, once a child is born, is separated from the mother, that that child is protected by the Constitution and cannot be killed? Do you agree with that?" Boxer: "I think when you bring your baby home, when your baby is born … the baby belongs to your family and has all the rights." Santorum persisted: "Obviously, you don't mean they have to take the baby out of the hospital for it to be protected by the Constitution. Once the baby is separated from the mother, you would agree—completely separated from the mother—you would agree that the baby is entitled to constitutional protection?" She would not say "yes." Instead, she said, understandably: "I don't want to engage in this."
Two issues ago, this column said, "It is theoretically impossible to fashion an abortion position significantly more extreme than Boxer's, which is slightly modified infanticide." Her "when you bring your baby home" criterion means that a born baby acquires a right to life only when a mother or family decides to confer that right.
She also says she opposes partial-birth abortion "except in cases to save the life or health of the mother." But the "health" exception is widely recognized as a loophole designed to, and large enough to, vitiate any law banning the procedure: An abortion-providing doctor can say that a mother's mental health is threatened by depression or anxiety about being denied an abortion, however late in the third trimester of gestation.
Boxer is caught in the intellectual chaos created by the Supreme Court's slipshod 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling. In it the court was squeamish about a stark fact: Abortion kills. Flinching from that, the court called a fetus "potential life." But it is elementary biology that when the chromosomes of sperm fuse with those of an ovum, a new DNA complex is formed that directs the organism's subsequent development. The serious argument about abortion, concerning which decent people differ, is about the moral significance and proper legal status of fetal life at various stages of the gestational continuum.
The court, having flaunted its faux modesty by refusing to say what every high-school biology student knows—when life begins—then immodestly dismissed a deep philosophic mystery by decreeing when "meaningful" life begins. It said it begins at viability—the point at which life can be lived outside the womb.
In a colloquy on Sept. 26, 1996, Santorum asked two senators, Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) and Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.)—both opponents of actually banning partial-birth abortion, both still serving—if killing a baby that had slipped entirely from the birth canal would still be a "choice" that the mother (which she indisputably would then be) had a constitutionally protected right to make. Neither senator said "no." Feingold said it would be up to the woman and her doctor. Lautenberg agreed.
We have a record of this 1996 exchange only because of C-Span. Congressional Record, supposedly a transcript of what is said on the Senate floor, was altered. One can understand why.


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By Kate McGuinness | January 25, 2012
Cross-posted with permission from Role/Reboot
At the beginning of each year, most of us consider changes we would like to make in our personal lives. I decided to bypass the usual weight and fitness resolutions and focus on institutions I'd like to change. The list is long, but I have prioritized mass-market advertisements because they are pervasive and have the power to shape viewers' attitudes toward much more than the products they are promoting.
I hope after reading this piece, you will join me in a campaign to improve advertisers' practices.
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A Luton-born designer who created the artwork for David Bowie's final four albums has said that he has been left 'devastated' by the legendary musician's death.
Former Barnfield College student Jonathan Barnbrook first collaborated with Bowie on the artwork for his 2002 album, Heathen.
He then went on to design the covers for Reality, The Next Day and Blackstar– Bowie's final album which was released just two days before his death from cancer.
The passing of the internationally renowned musician has sent shockwaves across the country.
In a tribute, Mr Barnbrook said: "David changed my life in so many ways, he was one of the most positive, gracious, inspirational creative people I have met or worked with.
"Despite all of the pressure of such a big project he made it fun– it was just me and him, trying something new."
He added: "There are some people who are famous and end up taking themselves incredibly seriously, he however had a brilliant sense of humour and was first to make fun of himself.
"Imagine the most charming person you have met, then times it by 10 that was what it was like working with Bowie– truly a generous human being."
For Bowie's penultimate album, The Next Day, Mr Barnbrook took the artwork from Heroes and obscured it with a large white square to "obliterate the past."
The work was kept under wraps for a long period as Bowie announced the album just two months before its release.
For Bowie's last album cover the designer opted for a minimalistic approach, setting a black star against a white backdrop.


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The decline in Los Angeles' crime rate over the last seven years makes the enormous increase during the first half of 2015 — 26.3% more aggravated assaults than in 2008, 20.6% more total violent crimes, 18.5% more shooting victims — even more startling than it might otherwise be. Increases over last year's very low numbers are disturbing. Clearly something is amiss.
The obvious question: What happened? Perhaps there was an outbreak of gang crime, which had for years been on the decline, or an epidemic of domestic violence. Or perhaps it was the result of the resurgent nationwide tension between police and the communities — especially African American communities — that they serve. Mayor Eric Garcetti and LAPD Chief Charlie Beck cited those issues as well as Proposition 47 — the ballot measure adopted by voters in November that turned six types of felonies into misdemeanors — as possible contributing factors.
It may indeed be the case that because police have chosen not to arrest people as often as before for those six crimes, the vast majority of which are drug offenses, there are more people living on the streets and committing property crimes to feed their habits. But it's hard to see the connection between the non-arrest of drug users and the uptick in domestic violence, rape and other violent crimes.
Asked at a news briefing Wednesday whether he believed Proposition 47 was a mistake, Garcetti answered only by saying that funding for treatment and other programs — which, under the ballot measure, is to be distributed to local governments only after a year's time — ought to be in place before penalty reductions.
In a perfect world that might well be the case. But as the state legislative analyst noted in February, the reduction of those six felonies offers immediate savings in reduced workload to counties — to prosecutors, to public defenders, to jailers. That's money that could be spent on treatment and other programs right away.
Garcetti's neighbors up the street, in the county Hall of Administration, also did a notoriously poor job of making use of new funding for treatment and anti-recidivism programs when it became available under a previous law change, AB 109's public safety realignment in 2011. They only now have begun readjusting their workload and budget to expand such programs. It would be a shame — in every sense of the word — if the increase in crime were due in part to inaction at the county level and poor coordination between the county and the city.
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Today John, Ana and Steve discuss a recent post from the No Meat Athlete, The Vegan Athlete's Guide to Surviving the Holidays, and add our two cents with regards to the subject matter. We also give updates to upcoming events, including the Annual General Meeting.
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Hit with the acting bug, Major wants to take it to the next level, but struggles with the focus it takes. When T.I. notices some of his older children are having trouble helping one another, he decides to intervene.
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The Meletos Café
We work closely with some of Victoria's finest producers, many of which are located literally next door. Our cheeses are made by our neighbours at the Yarra Valley Dairy – except for the Shaw River's perfect buffalo mozzarella from the Western District.
The Mt Zero olives we use grow in a biodynamic, self-sustaining grove. We bake our own bread every morning. The list goes on.
Beautiful produce that simply speaks for itself.
Open for lunch & dinner seven days a week
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Escape to the Yarra Valley with the Meletos Stay & Dine package. Enjoy luxury accommodation in The Farmhouse at Meletos,
three-course regional dinner for two in the Meletos' Cafe and complimentary breakfast.
Meletos was recently awarded an impressive ONE GLASS in the 2018 Gourmet Traveller WINE List of the Year Awards.
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Many companies believe employee referrals are the best way to discover new candidates—we agree. That's why we choose to recruit from the people who work with us every day. Staffing Inc. Referral Rewards creates a seamless user experience. Plus, it's powerful, easy, and incredibly rewarding.
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KANSAS CITY -- A few hours after Charley Marcuse
, the longtime hot-dog vendor at Comerica Park issued a statement to several members of the media.
Marcuse, largely recognized as the "Singing Hot Dog Man" to Tigers fans, expressed gratitude to his fans for their "loyalty and support" and remained hopeful he'd be able to serve them "again in the future."
A Berkley High graduate, Marcuse sold hot dogs at Tigers games since 1999, serving as hot-dog vendor at Tiger Stadium in its final year before shifting to Comerica Park. He was typically stationed in the lower bowl, serving franks between sections 128 and 133.
Marcuse was employed by Delaware North Companies Sportservice, the food vendor at Comerica Park, and wasn't considered a Tigers employee.
Here's the complete statement he emailed:
Since 1999, the final season played at Tiger Stadium, I have been selling hot dogs at Detroit Tigers games. What started as a part-time summer job quickly turned into a passion. For fifteen years I have tried to provide a unique, engaging, and fun experience for everyone. The vast majority of feedback and interactions have always been positive. Fans constantly tell me that I have added to their enjoyment of the ballgame. The Detroit Tigers and Sportservice, a Delaware North Company, see it differently. After so many years I am very sorry to see this day come.
I am deeply thankful to the fans for their loyalty and support. It has been an amazing experience serving you for the past fifteen years. All of you are the reason I keep coming back. I hope to have the opportunity to serve you again in the future.
Thank you,
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Experience the fun of the Escape from the Rock San Francisco Bay Cruise ! It's an hour and a half bay cruise journey that sails under the Golden Gate Bridge and then circles Alcatraz allowing you to see every angle of this mysterious island. You'll hear chilling accounts of harrowing escape attempts by Alcatraz's notorious criminals as well as their descriptions of the brutality of life on the island. This special San Francisco Bay Cruise "fully-loaded" with sound effects and intriguing stories about Capone, Billy Cook the Killer, and Clyde Johnson's escape attempt, will take you back to the days when this maximum-security prison was the most-feared institution in the American penal system.
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A new play for young audiences by Alan Scott Ferrall
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Join us for this world-premiere production of a play for young audiences — commissioned by Weathervane Playhouse!
This production will be geared to pre-school and early-elementary audiences!
In this charming and interactive comic play, we meet a 5-year-old named Beatrice, who doesn't see the need to spell! With the help of her mother and her tutor, Mr. Syllable, she learns that reading is the key to imagination and fun!
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I used to think that good things will happen to good people and bad things will happen to bad people. However, I was naive to think that way. Good things can happen to bad people and bad things can happen to good people. In fact, bad things can happen to anyone and everyone.
Let's face it. It's not always easy to remain optimistic and positive in every circumstances. But it is important that you're not constantly allowing negative thoughts invade your mind and bring your positive spirit down.
During the last two decades, positive thinking has been termed as 'positive psychology', emphasizing personal growth and happiness instead of the negative aspect of illness and heartaches. Positive thinking can also transform into positive beliefs, shaping our life, mind, heart, soul, character, health and emotions.
For those who tend to think that the glass is always half full are not only happier, but research suggest that they also have lower rates of cancer and mortality, improved immune function and cardiovascular health. There's even a study that discovered that an optimistic attitude helps women to fight breast cancer.
So, are you ready to take some positive strides in 2017? Here's 5 tips for a happier and balanced you!
#1 Start Each Day on a Good Note
Starting every day by reflecting on something good could greatly create positive emotions and vibes. Being grateful for something you've experienced the day before can enhance your mood almost immediately – and this is a very positive way to start a new day. Try repeating this exercise weekly and monthly, and you'll start to see a positive outlook from your compounding gratitude effect.
#2 A Healthy Mind in a Healthy Body
Just as thoughts can affect us physically, the reverse is also true! One of the essential components of positive living is the nurturing and taking care of the physical body. Without having regular exercise, fresh air or taking a short vacation, your energy levels can drop tremendously and generally reduce your motivation level. From today onwards, start taking charge of your physical health and it will soon help towards embracing a more positive way of living.
#3 Choose Your Words Wisely
Apart from reflection and exercise, the next power is our spoken word. Everyone have the key to open heaven or the gate of hell – and our words are that key. Believe it or not, our language pattern can affect our every thought and action – positively or negatively. Words can also affect the people around us, and it is the same effect on ourselves. Speaking positive statements can create positive moods and vibes, and vice versa. Therefore, choose your words wisely, because your subconscious mind is listening to your words all the time, and it will subconsciously respond accordingly to what you say.
#4 Develop a Positive Memory Bank
In this negative world, emotional stability and joy is vital for personal growth, development and health. They literally open our minds and hearts to live a positive life. No doubt we will experience challenges, difficulties, sufferings, etc. But when we learn to store positive emotions in our memory bank, they become powerful resources to draw positive feelings to help us deal with our present circumstances. The happier we are, the more productive we become. In turn, we are able to open ourselves to people, creating more confidence, creativity and improves our overall physical health.
#5 Smile with Enthusiasm!
Last but not least, research suggests that smiling, even when we don't feel like it (a.k.a fake smile) – can make situations to seem better. Enthusiasm is contagious, and it draws others to you like a magnet. We might not be enthusiastic 24/7, but you can always put on a smile which helps to rub off negative vibes.
There you go – the 5 tips on how to embrace a positive mindset in a negative world. Saying is easy, but doing is always the difficult part. Nevertheless, positivity is a precious asset especially in this chaotic, negative world. Those who knows how to cultivate it regularly will somehow end up being better off. Go ahead and use these tips as a starting point and look for a chance to infuse your day with happiness!
❤ xoxo