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Hi -- recently, I've started to help maintain a website geared towards helping recently-arrived immigrants (ESL classes, social service referrals, etc.).
The website is scattered with links that say 'click here' -- normally, I would remove those and try to incorporate links directly into the text, but some of the potential users are at a very basic computer level (as in, "how do I use a mouse" and "how do I use Microsoft Word" level) and might be unfamiliar with the internet.
I was wondering if removing the "click here" links might confuse part of our user base -- is it better to keep them, or is there a better way of writing links that isn't as clunky but is equally clear?
Are there any accessibility guidelines available about writing websites for absolute beginners? All the ones I've encountered seem to assume that the user has at least a nominal understanding of how to use the internet.
I also highly recommend the links Stomme posted (Poested? )
poested would kinda mean "polished" : )
Hah, as I was writing that it reminded me of this tongue-twister: "De koetsier poetst de postkoets met postkoetsenpoets"
Man... the amount of times I stuffed that one up when I was young
I like how it sounds like I'm swearing in English when I mention Assepoester... not butt polisher, but basically Cinderella (cleans up where the ashes are in the hearth).[/ot]
I'll throw my 2c in here as well.
"Click here" links are a particular pet-hate of mine. If I had a dollar for every time I had to go tell a project manager/copywriter/client that someone, somewhere down the line failed in their understanding of basic usability and teh internets by putting "click here" in their copy somewhere.
There is a nice article on Build Internet, Don't Click Here! – Placing Links in Context which is worth a read.
The main argument I generally use is that when a user reads text on a website, they are often scanning for information and links that will get them to the information they seek. "Click here" is not a good indication of where that link goes and what information it might contain. What's worse is that the user now needs to read the content around the "click here" link to get an idea of the context. It seems trivial, but the difference between a happy user and a frustrated user can be measured in milliseconds. However if someone would read "Discount coupons for your local widget shop" they'll know exactly where that link goes and what information they're about to find on that page.
I'm pretty sure I've argued about this for hours with some the copywriters and clients I've dealt with over the years.
^^ Couldn't agree more.
Normally, what I do with my websites is incorporate the link into the text somehow, i.e "Check out my [link]awesome product[/link]" instead of "Check out my awesome product. Click here" or "Click here to check out my awesome product". And most of the time, if it looks like a link and acts like a link, people will think its a link and click it and wont be confused by it (except maybe my 90 year old grandma :p). Moreover, I find the first approach to be much clearer then the latter two.
SitePoint has a really good book on accessibility and such here: Thinking Web: Voices of the Community » SitePoint.
Click here is mouse centric and makes no sense out of context so even if English is not their first language or they are Luddite, it is still a poor choice of wording for a link.
Especially when they progress; if they cannot read all the other text; a link saying 'click here' won't help much either. Once they learn what a link is even if they cannot follow the full paragraph of surrounding text they'll still learn a 'good link' is self descriptive and go mainly by that whereas 'click here' itself means nothing of value.
I read recently someone's account of meeting someone who had no idea how to use a computer (for whatever reason, he was a middle-aged westerner who was always afraid to try to use one).
The usability person who wrote the article noticed he had no idea how anything worked. Not how to use a mouse (I've seen this myself with seniors learning Windows; the concept of moving something below with your hand while something else moves along-with is not easy to get a normal brain around). Not what links meant, how to use a browser, where to get help (and even if he did get help, he didn't know what the help meant).
Frankly, when building a web page, you have to make some minimal assumptions, no matter who the users are:
-they have an internet connection. Yes, if you don't have a computer or access to the internet, then your web page is inaccessible. There is no reasonable solution to this, so don't waste your time.
-they know how to use a computer. Now here, your users don't. That's fine: they will have to learn to use the basic hardware before anything else makes any sense to them anyway. You wouldn't "dumb-down" all the books in the library because someone might enter who was just learning the alphabet, nor would you demand all the books therein were super large-print because some users have bad eyesight. Your users are diverse and when you know your site is targeted to new, ESL, or fragile users, then you do take them into account and build things with them specifically in mind... but your site is also teaching them computer and web site conventions, remember. They will have to learn what a hyperlink is whether it says click here or look at my vacation pictures!. So let your site be a great place for them to learn those conventions.
Are there any accessibility guidelines available about writing websites for absolute beginners? All the ones I've encountered seem to assume that the user has at least a nominal understanding of how to use the internet.
They have to make that assumption just as they have to make the other assumptions (the user knows what a mouse is, the user speaks English, the user is literate), though the best guides will have tips for when your users don't fit those assumptions: can't use a mouse, uses a screen reader, doesn't have popular software or popular 3rd-party plugins.
I read Jakob Nielsen's [alertbox, older articles from [url=http://uxmovement.com/]UXMovement, and books like Steve Krug's [url=http://www.bookdepository.com/Dont-Make-Me-Think-Steve-Krug/9780321344755]Don't Make Me Think!](http://www.useit.com/alertbox/).None of those assume the users are absolute beginners, because the majority of users usually aren't for most sites. Kinda like there aren't how-to-use-roads for people who don't know how to work cars. They have to assume you know how to shift, steer, etc.
When people are learning something for the first time, esp if they are not children, it's the hardest part of using anything for them. This is why we use conventions: they are learned by people and then allow people to auto-pilot those things and concentrate on the subjects or tasks at hand that they came to do.
So I'm saying: give them good conventions to learn. They will encounter bad pages as well, and be confused probably, but they'll learn those as well.


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the top" appears to be taking over. A recent survey
released by Credit
Suisse indicates that over-the-top TV and content delivery
options like Netflix,
along with Hulu and the Microsoft
Xbox 360 are becoming strong contenders in the television
viewership market. After surveying an
estimated 250 Netflix subscribers, Credit Suisse found that nearly 40
percent of Netflix subscribers between the ages of 25 and 34, and
almost 30 percent of subscribers between 18 and 24 used Netflix
streaming services instead of cable or satellite television. At
a media conference this week, Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg predicted
that cable is headed in the same direction as the wire line telephone
business, according to All
Things Digital. "Young
people are pretty smart. They're not going to pay for something
they don't need to," he said. Seidenburg added that "Over the
top" is going to be a big issue in the future for the cable
industry. I think cable has some life left in its model… but
that it is going to get disintermediated over the next several
years."Comcast CFO Michael Angelakis obviously
disagrees. "When
people say there's cord cutting, we really just don't see it,"
said Angelakis. "And when we think about cord cutting or the
flavor of the day, we look at that as primarily competition to our
VOD business, not to our core business."
addition to the rise of over the top play options like Netflix and
Hulu, Google TV and Apple's revamped TV service are expected later
this year. It is rumored that Amazon may also have plans for a
similar product coming soon.

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Celebrate Michelle Williams's Birthday With Her Happiest Moments!
Michelle Williams turns 33 today, and we're highlighting some of her happiest personal and professional moments in celebration. Michelle has had a fantastic year; she's about to make her Broadway debut in Cabaret, shortly after her role as Glinda in Oz The Great and Powerful. Michelle's also been hitting it big in the fashion world, gracing the cover of Vogue and kicking off a new campaign for Louis Vuitton.
Michelle made it big on TV in the '90s with a role on Dawson's Creek, and has since gone on to star in numerous films like Brokeback Mountain, Blue Valentine, and many more. It was through work that Michelle met her best friend, Busy Philipps, and her longtime love, the late Heath Ledger. More recently, Michelle has been romantically involved with Jason Segel, and though their relationship ended in February, Michelle has seemingly moved on to new beau, Dustin Yellin. In any event, we're celebrating another year with Michelle by looking back at some of her happiest moments!


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Tri-City Medical Center's future looked to be the picture of health after more than 600 community and business leaders gave of their hearts and checkbooks at the Tri-City Hospital Foundation's 2012 Diamond Ball, held Nov. 10 at the Park Hyatt Aviara Resort in Carlsbad.
The event raised nearly $368,000 to support the hospital.
Planning Chairs Dawn Hall Cunneen and Ellen Stotmeister welcomed guests in bow ties and ball gowns to the cocktail reception and silent auction, which included gift items such as beach getaways, winery tours, golf outings, museum passes and an upscale restaurant dinner with hospital CEO Larry Anderson and his wife, Shirley.
In keeping with the evening's theme, an opportunity drawing invited attendees to win a 1-carat diamond worth $8,000, with the purchase of a glass of champagne. Also sparkling were the silver tablecloths and chairs, as well as the wine, poured for the dinner service by special gala guests, Carlsbad firefighters Joey Gallucchi and Josh Clark.
Serving as emcee was money adviser for NBC San Diego and "Money in the Morning" radio host George Chamberlin, who kicked off the festivities by announcing 18 new sponsors of the gala.
His acknowledgements included the Diamond Society, which was established to explore the needs of the hospital; the 237th anniversary of the U.S. Marine Corps; the Tri-City Board of Trustees and area notables in the crowd such as Carlsbad City Councilwoman Farrah Douglas, Cal State San Marcos President Karen Haynes and 76th Assembly District Rep. Rocky Chavez.
Chamberlin then shared the story of his daughter Sara's recent brush with cancer, which was treated by Tri-City's da Vinci Robotic Surgical System, new state-of-the-art technology allowing surgeons to perform minimally invasive procedures that promote speedy patient recovery. Thanks to the da Vinci system, Sara now enjoys a clean bill of health.
Tri-City Hospital Foundation Board Chairman Kevin Stotmeister next spoke, praising foundation members, beginning with President Tobi Ferguson, as "the philanthropic heart and soul of the hospital." He then asked Board of Trustee members to stand and be acknowledged for their dedication to the health and well-being of the community.
Stotmeister also bestowed the foundation's esteemed 2012 Legacy Award upon Carlsbad-based Life Technologies for that global biotechnology company's humanitarian work in finding long-term solutions for cancer treatment. The award was accepted by Ron A. Andrews, Life Technologies' President of Medical Sciences.
In an instructive bar-and-graph presentation, Anderson cited a story by a hospital-review publication recognizing Tri-City as the sixth best hospital in the nation for having one of the lowest readmission rates for heart-attack patients.
"We're first in San Diego County (in heart care), but you ain't seen nothin' yet," he said, vowing to push the hospital's top-performance levels to new areas while maintaining its status in patient-care quality and leadership in new surgical technologies development.
With that, auctioneer Clint Bell revved up the audience with exciting live-auction items, including sailing in San Francisco, a Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, vacation and a trip to Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky.
The Diamond Ball Committee was led by Cunneen and Stotmeister and auction chair Valerie Lindholm.
Honorary Committee members supporting the foundation's vision included Sandee and Bob Carter, Terry and George Chamberlin, Angela and Al Colucci, Carmela and Ernie Follis, Diane and John Haedrich, Barbara Mannino and Syd Harris, Sandy and Carlton Lund, Rear Admiral Richard and Cindy Lyon, Billie and Tom Nunan, Colleen and Larry O'Hara, Sandy and John Todd, Elizabeth and Rudy Van Hunnick and Hap L'Heureux and Beth Hulsart.
Sponsors included Datron Communications, Sandee and Bob Carter and Family, North County Radiology, UT-San Diego and many more. Special thanks were extended to the Issa Family Foundation for helping to underwrite the evening.
To learn more about the foundation's work, visit
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A Massachusetts highway resembled an old Stetson cologne commercial on Tuesday when two cows escaped from their trailer on Interstate-91 near the Connecticut border.
Luckily, there was a cowboy stuck in traffic nearby.
Decked out in a Western-style hat and boots, the mystery man came to the heifers' rescue. The cowboy lassoed each cow and helped load them back into their trailer.
The 500-pound cows were on their way to Enfield, Conn., when a latch opened on their trailer near exit 8 and the pair wandered onto the highway.
The highway was shut down for about 30 minutes for the impromptu rodeo.
The mystery cowboy did not want to be identified, the Associated Press reports.


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September Call Ups Part 1
I know a few names might be missing off the suspected roster call ups on September 1st, but you got to remember that two of our farm teams have playoff aspirations and might not have their players brought up until mid September of this year.
With the success of the Triple-A Durham Bulls, and the playoff push by the Montgomery Biscuits, the two teams will have to haorde a few players until their playoff aspirations are completed, or they win the whole thing. With that in mind, the Rays did a great bit of foresight by protecting at least two spots on the post season roster for players still involved in the farm system playoff races.
With the Rays bringing up injured reliever Jae Kuk Ryu to the major league disabled list, it makes him and injured reliever Chad Orvella the two guys who could be dropped off the roster due to injury, and two other guys inserted into their spots. Most people have opinions on whose those two players should be, and who should see the playoffs from the stands.
I can tell you this, the addition of Fernando Perez to the roster is a great additon based on speed and ability to play any outfield position. If he can get us a few extra runs down the stretch as a pinch-runner, all the better. But if he can give us more depth and give the guys in the outfield a few days off, it will help refresh a few of these guys and get their minds sharp for the post season.
Now I have already heard a few grumbles about David Price or Wade Davis not being here right now, but think about it, they are getting valuable experience playing in the Triple-A playoffs right now. That is the kind of education you can not buy or substitute. It will give them a taste of what will be October right now. So iof either of them are put on the Post Season Roster, they will be mentally prepared for the excitement and the adrenaline rush that comes with the call up.
I am a bit upset not to see two of the Rays' veterans not get a shot up here this September. I am a huge fan of thinking that Mike DiFelice has done everything asked of him this year, and did not get rewarded with even a call up. I know he is entering the twi-light of his career, but name another player who has sweated and been there for the Rays since 1998.
Even though he was not with the franchsie for a few years, you know he watched and wanted those guys to have the excitement and the dream of a playoff berth. And now he is not even invited to be up here just for the September run. Pity, he deserves better from the Rays.
And, this might not a popular pick, but I feel Jonny Gomes needs to be here as soon as the Durham playoffs are over. People have been knocking him all year, but as soon as he got some extra at bats in Durham, he exploded and is hitting with more power and even placing the ball into the oppositie fields.
I am not asking that Gomes be put on the post season roster unless he shows his bat is alive and deserving of a shot, but that he is the heart and soul of more than the players here in Tampa Bay. I think the crowd will aslo feed off Jonny's vibe and get into this playoff push with more vigor and enegry. He has been the poster boy for a few years of the confidience and the energy of this team. It would be a shame if he can not even come up and help them get to October 1st without even picking up a bat.
I understand the bringing up of John Jaso is a call up to get him some familiarity with the major leagues. Jaso is our future catcher, and might even be a back-up in 2009 for the Rays. He has improved alot at Triple-A, and with a teacher like DeFelice, you can go wrong. His increased awareness behind and at the plate will work in his favor when he is up here with the Rays. He can also get a few spot starts and get the feel for the type of abilities he will have to display and improve on to be here next year.
We have a young team in many areas, and it will just get better with a maturation process in the next few years. Players will be added and subtracted to make this team stronger and more flexible in the near future. I know a few familiar faces might not even be here next season for the Rays, and that might just be a true sign of the level of competition we have finally reached on this team.
This team is about to hit a stretch run from hell, but with the pitching starting to click on all 8 cylinders, and the hitting supporting itself, we might just see a push for 100 wins this year. I am not counting on that total, but it might be a fun sight to see the drive for it this year. I am still stuck on my number of 95 wins will be needed to secure a playoff spot.
The great bit about the playoffs is that we can beat every team that is fighting for the positons. The Angels, White Sox and Red Sox all know we can beat them.
The Twins have not been around us enough yet, but you know they do believe they will have to make a statement in the next homestand against us here at the Trop. That series might be one of the best played series in the Trop. this year, with a playoff spot as the reward for both teams.
Hopefully we can pop the champagne before they leave for Baltimore or Detroit, but that will take alot of help from other team for that to happen at the Trop before that 8-game roadtrip to end the season.
And do not forget, besides the Detroit 4 games, we have a makeup contest from the first week of the season against the Orioles. That game will be made up as part of a day-night doubleheader on September 23rd, with game 1 presently being telecasted on FSN at 5:05 P.M.
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Mike Difelice has anger issues (a major reason he's had trouble sticking with any team the past several years) and he's now thirty-nine years old. I've seen him have two major blowups, once on the tube and once in person in K.C., where he got himself ejected and then proceeded to toss half the dugout's contents out onto the field.
Dioner Navarro is nearly six months younger than John Jaso, already has parts of five seasons under his belt, is hitting this year the way the Yankees, Dodgers and Rays thought he eventually would, and has shown himself to be the sort of field general behind the plate that the club needs.
Having Jaso in reserve would be ideal but I suspect that unless he's willing to accept that role for the near term, he's probably going to be dealt.
I have seen a few DeFelice blow-ups in his times in Tampa Bay, but I always attribute that to the firey competitive edge he has in his belly. I used to have a temper on the fooltball field because I believed we were better than our record said we were at the time.
Mike is actually a great catcher, and I was hoping more than anything he would get to catch maybe the last game in Detroit, before our playoff opponent was announced, so he could retire a Rays starter. But that might just be sentimental thinking on my part.
Who knows, he might have an excellient catching instructor next year with a franchise that is in need of a competitive spirit like him. He did some pretty amazing work with the guys this Spring out at the Namoli Complex during Spring Training before the March games began this year.
Jaso will be fighting for Riggan's spot next year, and that would be a shame for Shawn. He has battled this year and is having a blast finally seeing that he belongs on this level. If Navarro had not had this breakout year, the Rays might have looked more in Shawn's direction. Maybe in the Winter he can get traded or resign with a team on the rise like the Florida Marlins. They will always need a great backstop.


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Comments by Deputy Attorney General
Buffalo Arrests
Press Conference
September 14, 2002
Good afternoon. Today I am joined by New York Governor George Pataki, FBI Director Bob Mueller and other federal and state officials to announce that United States law enforcement has identified, investigated, and disrupted an al Qaeda-trained terrorist cell on American soil.
In the past twenty-four hours, federal authorities have arrested five United States citizens who reside near Buffalo, New York on charges of providing material support to al Qaeda.
In custody of federal authorities this afternoon are Faysal Galab, Sahim A. Alwan, Yahya A. Goba, Shafel Mosed, and Yasein Taher, all native born citizens of the United States and residents of Lackawanna, New York.
These charges are the result of an intensive investigation conducted by agents of the FBI in coordination with the Joint Terrorism Task Force, other federal, state and local law enforcement and intelligence agencies. The investigation was initiated as the result of information indicating that a number of individuals from the Lackawanna, New York area had participated in weapons training in the early summer of 2001 at a terrorist training camp in Afghanistan. This camp, al-Farooq, is known to be used by al Qaeda. It is the same camp at which John Walker Lindh received terrorist training.
According to the complaint, two members of the al Qaeda-trained Buffalo cell have confirmed that they and six of their associates attended the al-Farooq training camp near Kandahar in June, 2001. At the al Farooq camp, the complaint charges, these individuals received weapons training, including training in the use of Kalashnikov assault rifles, handguns and long range rifles. While they were at the camp, Usama Bin Laden visited and delivered a speech instructing the approximately 200 trainees in anti-American and anti-Israeli sentiment as well as al Qaeda doctrine. All of the individuals charged left the camp prior to September 11, 2001.
If convicted of the crimes with which they are charged in today's complaint, these five defendants could face a maximum penalty of fifteen years in prison. I want to emphasize, however, that the investigation of the Buffalo cell is ongoing. We are working to develop additional evidence and information about the activities of this cell and the defendants named today. In addition, efforts to apprehend the associates of today's defendants are ongoing.
Today's action is the latest in a series of material support for terrorist charges that have been brought in the past three weeks against individuals residing in the United States. Ernest James Ujaama of Seattle, Washington and several other U.S. residents were indicted late in August for conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists. Although the facts of these cases differ, together they demonstrate the commitment of the Department of Justice to aggressively pursue terrorists and those who aid terrorists, wherever they reside. Terrorism and support of terrorists is not confined to the large cities and metropolitan areas of America; it lurks in small towns and rural areas as well. Today's arrests send an unambiguous message that we will track down terrorists wherever they hide. American citizens who see fit to aid and abet America's enemies will face the full force of America's justice.
We are a nation at war and a citizenry on alert. I thank Governor Pataki, who in this case and so many others has proved to be an invaluable partner in the campaign against terrorism. I thank and acknowledge Director Mueller, for his unparalleled leadership in this time of national challenge and institutional change.
I am also grateful to Mike Battle, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of New York, and FBI Special Agent in Charge Peter Ahearn for their outstanding contribution to the cause of justice in this case. I am grateful, as well, to the many agents of the FBI and other law enforcement agencies who played a critical role in these arrests. [In addition, I thank the Muslim community of Buffalo for their extraordinary cooperation. The assistance of Muslim-Americans in this case has helped make the Buffalo community and the nation safer, and we are indeed grateful.]
Thank you. Director Mueller and Governor Pataki now have a few remarks, after which we will take any questions you might have.


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Driven: Mercedes C63 AMG Coupe
Mercedes adds a new gearbox and a new bodystyle to a familiar recipe - and it still tastes very good
But then that's no major surprise, because the saloon and estate version of the C63 AMG are pretty brilliant already.
In this case, to the already proven mix of plain ol' rear-wheel drive and monumental power from that 6208cc V8 you can add the new, rakish (if somewhat conservative) body of the C-class coupe, as well as all the various improvements recently bestowed upon the humble C-class saloon and coupe (including a much fresher dashboard). Perhaps most crucially of all, Mercedes' new (ish) MCT-7 automatic transmission is also installed, bringing with it a wet start-up clutch in lieu of a torque converter, faster shift times and a rotary knob which provides no fewer than four gearbox settings.
No such accusation could be levelled at the C63 coupe. As we've pretty much come to expect from AMG's 6.2-litre V8, the 451bhp mill (478bhp with the optional performance pack) serves up a relentless wall of forward thrust accompanied by a gargling wail to warm the cockles of any muscle car fan's heart. AMG's engineers can't actually fit the firm's new 5.5-litre twin-turbo V8 into the engine bay of the C-class, so C63 AMG coupe buyers have to 'put up' with the 'old' naturally aspirated engine. But believe us when we say that it really doesn't feel like a compromise.
In manual mode, instead of reluctantly reaching for a ratio seemingly seconds after you've requested it from the wheel-mounted paddles, the transmission obliges with the apparent pace of a twin-clutch gearbox - and high-rev upchanges are accompanied by a sharp crack from the quad exhausts that leaves you in no doubt that this car really is trying its darnedest to change gear for you as rapidly as possible.
It's a fairly accomplished drivetrain, then. The good news is that this is complemented by an equally appealing chassis. The saloon and estate variants can hardly be described as having poorly resolved chassis, but the sheer size of them (despite being loosely pigeon-holed as 'compact' executives, there's still a lot of mass to be controlled in a C63 saloon or wagon) means that they' are more hot rod than pin-point sports car.
Get the big coupe onto a circuit, however and you'll quickly come to realise that the C63 AMG isn't the sort of car to hoon around a track with every weekend. Rock up to the odd track day in it and you'll have a hoot, barrelling down the straights and enjoying the pleasantly loose rear end. But you'll cook the brakes and tyres pretty quickly, and you may find the constant battle for rear-end traction a mite frustrating, although provided you specify the optional limited-slip differential you can indulge yourself (and your local tyre supplier) with all manner of smoky silliness.
|C 63 AMG Coupé
|6208 cc
|Bore x stroke
|102.2 x 94.6 mm
|Compression ratio
|11.3 : 1
|457 hp at 6800 rpm
487 hp at 6800 rpm*
|Max. torque
|600 Nm at 5000 rpm
|Engine weight (dry)
|195 kg
192 kg*
|Fuel consumption NEDC combined
|23.5 mpg
|CO2 emissions
|280 g/km
Acceleration 0 – 62 mph
4.5 s
4.4 s*
|Top speed
|155 mph**
* with AMG performance package; ** electronically limited
The only other option is to do what Audi did with the A5 and have a flat shoulder line rather than a raked one, which makes the whole car look rather slab sided. Personally, I think Audi's approach works best of the three, but none of them are ideal.
Much as I love the E9x M3s, this knocks them into a cocked hat IMO. The sound alone is stroke worthy
Dont take it personally that I dont agree with you.............but look at past history.........has there ever been an AMG that has been a better 'all round' car than an M? Dont think so. Even those 3 t*ts on Top Gear said so!
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FWIW, Benchmark Maps makes what may be the best road atlases around and they published a Wyoming atlas last year.
FWIW, Benchmark Maps makes what may be the best road atlases around and they published a Wyoming atlas last year.
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If someone has gone to the trouble of creating a couple of day trips around Gillette on Mapsource, would they consider posting them for use ?
Thanks in advance, beer in exchange
Anyone coming up from the south through Nebraska should look at Hiway 61 north out of Ogallala. Lots of hills and curves, yes hills and curves. We once made the 165 miles to Martin South Dakota in just over one and a half hours, saw 4 cars. The Nebraska Sand Hills are HOT so mornings or evenings are best. Some livestock and ranch trucks and very few gas stops. If you are in the touring mode keep going north to Kadoka, South Dakota then west through Badlands National Park. Did I mention it will be HOT! If you haven't traveled west remember that gas stops are often 30 to 50 miles apart so watch the reserve light.
Early design for a day ride from Gillette > I 90 hoof it on the slab to Sturgis, and come back the scenic way. Approx 280 miles on the route + slab Gillette > Sturgis early am
More accomplished Mapsourcers and those who know the area, would appreciate your thoughts.
If you wish I can email the Mapsource file
Apologies for pic size/definition, not an expert in these matters
From Sundance take 585 to Four Corners, 385 to Cheyene Crossing then 14A down Spearfish Canyon. Take the slab to Sturgis and then Vanocker Canyon, it starts right at the BMW dealer. When you get to Nemo go about a mile south, take 208 back to 385 south into Hill City. 244, Mount Rushmore road to Keystone, 16A, you'll get hit up to pay a park entrance fee, then 87, Needles Hiway, to Sylvan Lake. 89 down into Custer, west on 16. Best Roads the Black Hills have to offer. Lots of tourists, RV's, etc. but great roads and scenery.
+1 Twoslowwheels
I did 2/3 of those roads last year during my very first extended bike trip. Amazing scenery.
I would have been heading back there this summer even if the rally wasn't in the area.
Thanks, I will work with this
If you decide to venture over to Mt. Rushmore, DO NOT ( I repeat ) DO NOT miss the Needles Highway. When you come down the Mountain from Rushmore, turn left and go aprox 1/2 mile and turn left onto Needles Hwy. keep your camera handy. those of you that have ridden this road, know what I'm talking about
I plotted in 2slowwheels route into Mapsource and it lists Vanocker as a dirt road, yet the road is listed on the Sturgis Rally page as a good ride and the photos show pavement. I can't see many Harleys venturing down a dirt road and I will ride on dirt for a bit but not too far.
Is the road paved, and Mapsource has old info? The photos don't look like new pavement.
I have version 6.13.7 and the latest data - City Navigator 2008.
That said, I have no idea how to tell if a road is dirt or see photos.....
I plotted the BMW dealer from their coordinates which I looked up on the web and they are on Vanocker Canyon Rd.
Vanocker Canyon has very nice pavement, so nice you tend to ride it a bit faster than you should if you don't know where the real tight curves are.
Needles Hiway (87) and Iron Mountain Road (16A) are two roads not to miss, as well as 85 from the S. Dak./Wyo. border down through Spearfish Canyon (14A).
Jim Puckett
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OCEAN CITY — After markets plunged in 2008 and early 2009, nearly half of respondents ages 51 to 64 surveyed in Merrill Lynch Wealth Management's Affluent Insights Quarterly said they were most worried about accessing the cash they needed to cover monthly living expenses. As investment income declined sharply, anxiety about losing jobs or business revenue shot up, pushing concerns about security and liquidity to the fore.
While liquidity is a crucial component of any big-picture financial strategy, there is more to achieving it than simply setting aside a cash safety net. Allocating too much to cash can be almost as problematic as not keeping enough on hand, particularly with yields on savings accounts and other cashlike holdings as low as they are now. To strike the right balance, it's prudent to resist the urge to make allocations based on reactions to market turbulence, and instead thoughtfully consider what you really need cash for and in what form. "People have three basic needs for cash. How much you should allocate to each 'basket' depends on your risk tolerance, the amount you need to meet your goals, and the time horizon of your expenses or purchases," explains Anil Suri, Managing Director of Investment Management and Guidance, Global Wealth Management for Merrill Lynch.
The first of these cash baskets, says Suri, is for operational cash — the money you need to meet monthly living expenses. This should be kept easily accessible, in forms such as a checking, savings or money market account. Of course, you give up yield on this cash in exchange for real-time accessibility.
The second basket is for precautionary cash, held in reserve in case of an emergency such as a job loss, a medical problem or a family crisis. .
The third basket holds cash for big-ticket discretionary items, like a new house, a child's or grandchild's wedding, or a private-school tuition. As the date for such a purchase approaches, it becomes more likely that you will want to keep this basket too in relatively safe near-cash investments like CDs, says Suri.
"The cash you hold serves many different purposes, from supporting your lifestyle to coping with emergencies, fulfilling a dream purchase or taking advantage of investment opportunities," says Suri. "And for many people, cash also provides a critical sense of comfort and security. That's why it's so important to optimize your liquidity with the appropriate strategies for each goal and purpose that cash serves in your financial life."
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The Tony eligibility cutoff date for the 2009-2010 Broadway season was April 29 — nominations were announced May 4 and prizes will be awarded June 13 — so the last few weeks have been packed with the eleventh-hour openings of high-profile Tony hopefuls like La Cage aux Folles, The Addams Family, and Promises, Promises. Some gay favorites fared better than others, but yours truly deserves an award for seeing 20 shows, especially under the threat of car bombs in the theater district!
Despite the embarrassment of Broadway riches, one of the most entertaining evenings I had in April was at My Trip Down the Pink Carpet, Leslie Jordan's dishy one-man marvel based on his memoir of the same name, which ends its poignant and painfully funny journey July 3 at off-Broadway's Midtown Theater. Produced by partners Lily Tomlin and Jane Wagner, the solo show invites us on Jordan's bumpy ride from Chattanooga, where he grew up "fascinated but deeply repulsed" by celebrities like Paul Lynde, to Hollywood, where Jordan now craves that center square spotlight. Whether it's about his Emmy win for playing Beverley Leslie on Will & Grace, substance abuse, bride doll envy, or the sake commercial — YouTube it! — he filmed with Boy George, our ribald raconteur spins a tale like he's at a cocktail party with his best friends.
When Megan Mullally jumped ship and shuttered the Broadway revival of Terrence McNally's Lips Together, Teeth Apart, a void was left in Roundabout's subscriber season. Enter Everyday Rapture, a remarkable semiautobiographical and semisolo mix-tape musical by self-professed "semistar" Sherie Rene Scott, which ran off-Broadway last year and now soars through July 11 at the American Airlines Theatre. Directed by American Idiot's Michael Mayer, Scott, who accrued many gay fans with deliciously showy stage roles in Aida and The Little Mermaid, details her "half-Mennonite" upbringing in Kansas — she calls her backup singers the Mennonettes — where she was "torn between two lovers: Jesus and Judy." Fred Phelps and Mister Rogers feature prominently in her journey, as does her late gay cousin, Jerome, and a flaming YouTube fan.


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What the Worcester County plans to do in regard to the new fees imposed on its schools in Berlin is going to be interesting. Additionally, the same goes for Atlantic General Hospital. As of now, their plans appear uncertain.
Last month Berlin agreed to form a stormwater utility to carry out improvement projects for its aging infrastructure with the goal to lessen the flooding woes the town often experiences. The goal is worthwhile, but the details of how the utility is going to be funded have divided the community. The fact is the utility and the projects it will be charged with carrying out are going to be largely funded on the back of commercial properties, such as small businesses, schools and health care facilities. Working off the assumption all properties pay the fees and a reasonable interest rate is obtained to finance the projects, approximately 80 percent of the utility's cost will come from the commercial sector.
Consequently, there are some major concerns. How is the school system going to find the estimated annual fee of $14,825? That's how much it's going to be asked to pay under the town's rate structure. How is AGH, a non-profit that operates under a cap fee system for the services it offers, going to come up with the annual cost $5,025? That's how much it's estimated to pay.
Attorney Hugh Cropper, a member of the AGH Board who represented the hospital during last month's public hearing on the stormwater utility, said yesterday the hospital has not decided what it's going to do as far as the new fees. Worcester County is also reportedly weighing its options, including a proposal that has been reportedly floated to deduct the fees from what the county gives to Berlin in annual grants.
Two of my predictions for 2013 at the end of last year hit close to home for Worcester County Commissioner Virgil Shockley, who was quick to point out this week one of them has already been proven to be wrong.
One of the predictions in question was that the state would not erect a stop light at the troubled intersection of Routes 113 and 12. The other was that the county would not include funding for Snow Hill High School in its next budget. While the fate of the high school will be decided later this spring, word came down from the state this week that a stop light should be in place at the deadly intersection along Route 113 by July or so. It was reported public concerns as well as new crash data at the intersection led to the state's change of heart.
That is one prediction I was glad to see turned out to be inaccurate. For what it's worth, I hope I'm wrong on Snow Hill High as well. Maybe then Shockley will take my list down off his wall.
Job creation is always touted as a major benefit when big construction projects that come with controversy are being considered.
I remember last year when state and local officials said the expansion of Ocean City's convention center was going to lead to 400 new jobs. The problem is that may be accurate in the shortest of terms in the form of contract construction work and the like, but there were not 400 local positions created as a result of that expanded facility, which by all accounts is a tremendous addition to the town of Ocean City. I am not aware of any town jobs being created by the expansion actually, but the benefits of the project will be felt elsewhere throughout the town in the years to come.
Similar sort of general talk is now surrounding the Offshore Wind Energy Act of 2013, which appears to be on its way to approval in Annapolis this year.
During committee testimony this week, Gov. Martin O'Malley said, "Offshore wind would support 850 jobs during the construction period and it would allow us to create 160 permanent, good, local jobs once the turbines start spinning. And if we succeed in establishing Maryland as the regional manufacturing hub for wind turbines, we will create and sustain even more good jobs."
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Spring Fling
The annual Four Corners Fling Square Dance and Round Dance Festival will be held on Friday, March 15 and Saturday, March 16 at the Cortez Middle School. On Friday there will be a dance from 7:30 to 10 p.m. On Saturday there will be an informal dance from 1 to 5 p.m. and a grand march at 7:45 p.m. The public is welcome to come and watch professional square dancers perform free of charge. Refreshments will be provided. Enter through the east entrance of CMS and go down the ramp. For more information contact Vonnie at 749-9682.
4-H Western Swing
Come dance with the 4-H Western Swing on March 16 from 7 to 11 p.m. at the Montezuma County Annex building on 103 N. Chestnut. DJ Mr. Soul will be providing the entertainment and refreshments will be available for purchase. The cost is $5 for singles and $8 for couples. Tickets will be available at the door. Contact Sherry at 529-6174.
Amateur photo contest
The Cortez, Dolores and Mancos Area Chambers of Commerce are hosting an amateur photo contest for budding photographers. The purpose of the contest is to generate a photo library for use by the local Chambers for the promotion of the Montezuma County Area. Photos should capture the beauty of the people, scenery, personality, history or natural elements which contribute to the profile of our quality of life here in Montezuma County. Three photographs will be selected as first, second and third place with two honorable mention entries. There will be cash prizes for the top three photos and they will be placed on the chamber websites and in locations around the county for all to see. Submissions to be juried will be accepted through June 21 and winners will be decided in July. A signed release form must be submitted to the Cortez Area Chamber of Commerce at 928 E. Main St. Only original photos taken by a photographer in Montezuma County will be accepted. To obtain a release form and additional contest information contact Dena Guttridge at 565-3414 or come by the Cortez chamber.


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Moving Library Cooperation to Web Scale: Indiana State Library
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Move from server serfdom to the cooperative cloud
Everyone seems to be throwing around phrases like, "in the cloud," or "paradigm shifts of Web-scale proportion." But do you have the knowledge to formulate how you will elevate your library's critical services—including acquisition, circulation and license management—to the cooperative cloud?
To help you get the knowledge you need, OCLC and LYRASIS partnered to present Moving Library Cooperation to Web Scale. This event took place on April 13 at the Indiana State Library. Participants discovered how Web scale is revitalizing traditional services through shared workflows, activities and data.
Resources from this presentation:
- Manage your library, not your technology [PDF, 8.9MB]
Matt Goldner, Product and Technology Advocate, OCLC
- Moving Library Cooperation to Web Scale [PDF, 722K]
Russell Palmer, Supervisor, Professional Development, LYRASIS
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The specific aim of this subgroup on Employment and Financial Issues (EFI) is to improve conditions and rights for the cancer patient in the workplace, by evaluating the current climate of cancer patients in order to provide suggestions on supporting cancer patients in the workplace.
The Chair of this Subgroup is provided by the Danish Cancer Society.
The short ECL report on findings from an ECL employment issues questionnaire surveyed over Summer 2009 is available here.
The report found that two main issues brought to the leagues by cancer patients are:
1. The need for special considerations at the work place when returning to work, and
2. Acceptance and acknowledgement by both the companies and the legal authorities that a cancer disease can last longer than one year.
The most common response from the leagues is to offer information and advice as well as to use advocacy and lobbying strategies in order to improve conditions for cancer sick employees.
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Discussion in 'Doctor Who' started by StCoop, Jun 1, 2013.
But isn't the horror (or rather monsters) part of the show?
Yes but they don't have to be in every episode. I'm not advocating mundante villains every week (not that they need to be mundane) but it'd be nice to see the occasional episode where aliens/monsters weren't the blame.
Not only that, but a historical is by definition a science-fiction story, since it involves time travel.
Can't agree with you more.
I fell for Smiths doctor in the first few moments of his 'Eleventh Doctor' confidential special. The way he talked with his hands and looked at the camera was just note perfect. Then the Eleventh Hour struck, and I was asking who RTD and Tennant were.
Smith just does it so well. The old man finds himself young again, what wouldn't you do? He balances humour, drama, tragedy and mad scientist so well, it's as if we're watching the actual guy and not an actor. Where as with Tennant he was just acting, smith is just natural and doesn't come of as if he's trying too hard or forced in the slightest.
I among everyone else assumed we had at least one more season with Smith, but Ill be sad to see Smith go, distraught is too weak a word. i feel like i am losing a close friend, and this abruptly just 6months after the announcement. But, I am excited to see the show evolve and change once more as it should.
I totally agree with the above poster. I was always amazed at how he can make himself look old and weary one moment and then young in the next.
I'm a huge, very long-term Doctor Who fan. However, I have to say that I'm just fine with the lack of pure historicals. One of the reasons I love Doctor Who is because I enjoy SF. And, yeah, I know DW isn't pure or hard SF, but I do enjoy those elements.
Also, the pure historicals tend to be about simply getting away from a tough situation. I saw Reign of Terror and it was mostly about getting themselves free, reunited, and back to the TARDIS. They can't really change and fix things. They're also less rationale. If history is unfolding naturally, why would the Doctor interfere? He pretty much lets history unfold naturally unless there is outside interference.
So, they tend to have their hands tied storywise and they lack the SF elements that I personally enjoy.
That's my take in a nutshell!
Mr Awe
Why on Earth are their hands tied? I'm not suggesting they actually fight Hitler, I'm suggesting that they could fight a human, but still dangerous, bad guy who happens to be set in the past (and actually I see no reason why you can't project this into the future. I'd count a futuristic story that still didn't have "monsters" in it the same.
I'm not advocating making the whole show like this, but maybe just one episode a year, or even one episode every couple of years.
Please show us on the doll where the mean lady touched you.
So what Smith is really saying here is that he's quit Doctor Who because he really needs to go and take a dump, and he's just been holding it in for the last four years?
All the best to him for the future. He's been a great Doctor. Better than David Tennant by a considerable distance IMO.
Please don't add any more fuel to the fire.
Typically, the Doctor doesn't interfere in Earth's history when there wasn't outside interference. He didn't change the Aztecs, he didn't try to stop the Reign of Terror. That's how their hands are tied.
Besides, if I wanted a pure historical, I'd probably just read/see a story set in that time. The Scarlet Pimpernel is a far better story than Reign of Terror. But, I tend to prefer SF, which is one reason why I'm interested in DW.
I wouldn't be opposed to one every couple of years. I'm just glad that they dropped the pure historicals as a common story type long ago.
Mr Awe
I've just realized that since I've heard about Matt Smith's departure, I find it hard to be excited about the anniversary special. It's as if it were starring two former Doctors, two actors who'd rather be somewhere else doing something else.
That's really not at all true, or neither one of them would have signed up at all. I'm sad that Smith is leaving at the end of the year, but he's never given the impression that he "didn't want to be there." The reality is that, as an actor, his earning potential is much higher in the US and he'd be a fool not to try and capitalize on his success in Who. I hope he does well.
I think doing an episode set in the past without a villian\monster isn't as easy. The Doctor knows Earth's history quite well so unless some outside for is trying to alter it what does he have to do?
As for episodes that have been set in the past (or scenes set in the past) from the current run of DW.
The Unquiet Dead
Father's Day
The Empty Child
The Doctor Dances
The Girl In The Fireplace
The Idiot's Lantern
The Shakespeare Code
Daleks In Manhatten
Evolution Of The Daleks
Human Nature
The Family Of Blood
The Fires Of Pompeii
The Unicorn And The Wasp
Victory Of The Daleks
The Vampires of Venice
Vincent And The Doctor
The Impossible Astronaut
Day Of The Moon
Let's Kill Hitler
A Town Called Mercy
The Angels Take Manhatten
Cold War
The Crimson Horror
The other way to look at it is, that we will be getting a regeneration (presumable in the Christmas specail). And regenreations can certainly spice things up.
I know, I know, and yes, you're right, but it's still how I feel, and hey, sue me, but Matt Smith leaving the show means that I'm no longer excited about the anniversary special.
I feel the same way. It kind of feels like a dark cloud has moved over the proverbial sunny afternoon picnic. Sometimes there is a downside to serialized television and it's that you get used to seeing the same actor or actors week after week. So when something changes, it can be very unsettling. However, I felt the same way when Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant left the show. I have no doubt who ever follows Matt Smith will be just good if not better.
That's just because he's got a weird face. All this old man in a young man's body thing is nonsense. I have yet to see an old man flap around like a cretin the way Smudger mugs it up. Just because he'll occasionally go quiet and have a big weird face does not make an old man.
Yes, Troughton in a nutshell.
New actor for The Doctor could be announced next month
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Regular price: $24.50
Here is Steinbeck's tough yet charming portrait of people on the margins of society, dependent on one another for both physical and emotional survival.
Published in 1945, Cannery Row focuses on the acceptance of life as it is: both the exuberance of community and the loneliness of the individual. Drawing on his memories of the real inhabitants of Monterey, California, Steinbeck interweaves the stories of Doc, Henri, Mack and his boys, and the other characters in this world, where only the fittest survive, to create a novel that is at once one of his most humorous and most poignant works.
Cannery Row is one of my favorite books of all time. I have read and reread it more times than I can recall. I bought this audiobook out of curiosity, I wanted to hear the words for a change. Jerry Farden's narrative perfectly captures not only Steinbeck's love of his Cannery Row characters and sense of community, but his lyrical language as well.
Which is the reason I recommend reading Cannery Row before listening to it. No narrator can show you the odd punctuation and mystifying strings of words Steinbeck so lovingly assembled in this book, which I think of as his 'ode to the English language'. It quite simply deserves a leisurely reading.
Once read, I do recommend listening to Mr. Farden's joyful interpretation of this wonderful story.
15 of 16 people found this review helpful
I was really excited to listen to Steinbeck's Cannery Row and I was not disappointed; albeit, I am a bit conflicted. Previously I listened to Of Mice and Men and comparing the two (especially with Gary Sinese as narrator of the later) I enjoyed Of Mice and Men so much more. However, Steinbeck's words in both are invigorating and descriptive; I didn't want to stop hearing from the characters and their respective points of view.
Cannery Row, as far as a captivating story, isn't really that much to praise. But I enjoyed every bit of it and just like Of Mice and Men, the character's follies and environmental descriptions are where Steinbeck rules. It's really a simple and sweet story, yet is still emotionally impacting for the listener.
I was able to listen at 3x speed without any problem.
5 of 5 people found this review helpful
Steinbeck builds characters that you fall in love with and then struggle to support as they drift into trouble; usually of their own making. The story is about respect and how people on Cannery Row have lives devoid of meaning apart from place and time. They are not people like me, yet they are every part of my life experience. Doc is the main character, a man with a solid education, job and place in the world of marine biology. Yet he is empty in places that Steinbeck is able to reveal and describe.
Mack and the Boys are everywhere and add spice to the community on Cannery Row. They want to express gratitude for Doc and make a mess of things. Steinbeck takes us through the slow motion disaster of a party and builds tension as we wait for Doc to return home to the destruction Mack and the Boys created.
The narrator does a nice job of giving voice to people who we can only try to imagine from the words on the page as they share their story of respect, loneliness and community.
If you like Steinbeck this short book will not disappoint. It isn't Grapes Of Wrath, but it is still a fine work by an author who knows how to build characters that are irresistible.
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I never read CANNERY ROW in school and was well into my 30s the first time I read it. The book is almost a poem. The way the humanity of the characters--none of having very much in the way of material possessions--is gently revealed through the subtle building of the plot is a joy to read. They are very rich. It is Steinbeck at his best. I waited a long time for Audible to have Steinbeck available and I'm so glad I can re-live this book in this form.
The performance by Narrator Jerry Farden is adequate. He gives voice to the inhabitants of Cannery Row in a way that adds depth to this audio version. The only negative being the book is to short.
I can't wait to download the rest of the Steinbeck collection.
5 of 6 people found this review helpful
The book is great, and I thought the narration was really good too. The narrator sounds like someone who could've been there watching the whole thing from an upstairs window in one of the shops. Fantastic.
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I've been looking for a place exactly like cannery row in all its simplistic beauty complete with all its character and characters since I was born.. so you can imagine my joy in finding all those elements in this book and its sequel sweet thursday.
a community of that time that's reasonably Simple,honest and, caring,excepting ,thoughtful and,un-poisoned by money, bureaucracy,greed,status and voracious land,development,
I love how that old boiler was fixed up twice as a place to live lol- and how the palace flophouse and the whorehouse where also excepted parts of the community.Its a time and place where People were judged by who they were rather than what they did for a living or how they dressed.
Needles to say the above is but 1 element of this story. Steinbeck knows how to write of this sphere because he lived it . I wish he had written more in this series,It seems to me it was his intention, because theres quite a gap in years.. There should have been a book between cannery row and sweet thursday, Wish there was!! maybe Ill write it lol .I wish I had that ability
.late last night I finished his last book-winter of our discontent-it put me into an immediate depression the instant I finished it. the shallow will think oh I wont read that, and the wise will know that a work that can move you so much is defiantly worth reading.
Ive been compelled to read all of steinbecks major works in a row, since my first steinbeck book, the stunning EAST OF EDEN.
When an author brings so much pain,pleasure and emotionally cutting fodder to the deepest part of you- for you to sort out and digest-and it also manages to bypasses your defenses to your soul, thats an artist still lives and is immortal.
4 of 5 people found this review helpful
Not at all what I expected from the book. It was deep, poignant, symbolic and fun at the same time. Somehow I had missed reading this classic and bought it only to fill in my missing knowlege void. I'd buy it again in a heatbeat for the joy of it and will read again soon. Heck, I'd pay 35 frogs for it... maybe even 75.
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Read this for the first time in my early teens. revisited on audio. Originally the story was powerful enough to propel itself to a permanent spot in my top five, and place its author in sole command of the distinction of "best fiction author, classic or modern," in my limited scope. This narration, however, took it to a whole new level. I cannot, nor shall attempt to, say enough as eloquently as the sentiment deserves, how fully the narration captures and amplifies the tone and feel of this book. Done.
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Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
Yes, I like this meandering story and think others will. I don't think it is as good as Of Mice and Men, though.
What other book might you compare Cannery Row to and why?
Well, Mice and Men comes to mind because of the author. But this is much different - it is more about the characters in a town.
Have you listened to any of Jerry Farden's other performances before? How does this one compare?
No, but he does a superb job here.
If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
Cannery Row, a collection of characters
Any additional comments?
Worth reading. I enjoyed. It just kind of ends without a clearcut ending. Reads almost like a few short stories put together.
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What did you love best about Cannery Row?
The colorful characters and the fun story that made me smile through the whole book.
Who was your favorite character and why?
All are good.
Have you listened to any of Jerry Farden's other performances before? How does this one compare?
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Any additional comments?
I read this book in high school and loved it then, the audio book brought me back to that time.
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Philip Hanson sought his release in a detention hearing Thursday. But after hearing testimony and reviewing evidence, a judge ordered Hanson held until his trial, which is scheduled for July 9 in Fayetteville.
Hanson has pleaded not guilty to charges of mailing threatening communications. Authorities say he sent threatening letters and white powder to some of his former co-workers at a Christian greeting card company.
No one was injured by the nontoxic powder, some of which was identified as baking soda, but its arrival prompted several evacuations last year.
That scare in northwest Arkansas came about a decade after a number of envelopes containing a white powder that turned out to be anthrax were mailed to news organizations and other locations.
Hanson's attorney, Ken Osborne, said Friday that Hanson is innocent, but he declined to comment further.
A number of employees at DaySpring and elsewhere received letters last fall, along with white power, an FBI agent wrote in a complaint filed in federal court.
"Make sure you have a will made out and it is updated," one letter read. "You might want to upgrade your security at work and home."
Hanson lost his job at DaySpring in 2009 after he had worked there for nearly three decades.


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Ken Butigan writes on Waging Nonviolence about the emergence of a new anti-nuclear weapons movement. The Washington Post recently reported that the U.S. government is planning to refurbish its nuclear weapons complex over the next 10 years at a cost of $352 million. In response, writes Butigan:
"So we are in the midst of the next phase of the movement for nuclear disarmament, where a series of campaigns across the U.S. are pumping life into the seven-decade struggle. … For those of us who first came to political activism by tackling the nuclear arms race in the early 1980s, the announcement that the U.S. is online to refurbish and reassert its nuclear might far into the future has a glumly déjà vu feel. At the same time, we know the power of people power movements to change history. Together we can build on this emerging next phase to take action, to stoke alternatives and to prompt a powerful nationwide debate…"
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Gray Peak Climber's Log
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|Gray, Skylight, Marcy
Date Climbed: Jul 30, 2016
|Hiked up from the Loj, took the Lake Arnold trail up and across to the other side. Then up to Gray Peak, then Mt Skylight and finished with Mt Marcy. Gray Peak herd path was easy to find and follow with a couple short scrambles. Very small summit area and it seemed a lot of people were doing these 3 peaks today. It got crowded very quick, but nice, friendly people to chat with. Headed back to the Loj via the Vanhovenburg trail. 11 hrs, 19 miles loop...I slept very well this night when I got home!
|Posted Jul 31, 2016 12:53 pm
|Gray, Skylight, & Marcy
Date Climbed: Jun 14, 2015
|Combined Gray, Skylight, and Marcy. My girlfriend's first trip to the Dacks!!
|Posted Nov 2, 2015 4:33 pm
|This is happiness
Date Climbed: Feb 16, 2014
|Started from the lean to at the base of Mt.Marshall. A long beautiful gradual incline practically to the base of Mt.Marcy. When you get to the lake, take a left into the woods. The trail is a little hard to find. Windswept drifts from there so we broke trail. Gorgeous summit views. A perfect day!!!!! We went off to bag Skylight then hiked out in the dark to the parking lot (15.5 mile hike!) Long day but spectacular. enjoy!!
|Posted Feb 20, 2014 9:11 am
|Fogged in
Date Climbed: May 11, 2013
|Wet day , didn't really see much up there that day. Left from the LOJ, nice hike in...I'll just have to do it again :)
|Posted Nov 17, 2013 9:29 pm
|Nice lil' climb
Date Climbed: Nov 3, 2013
|Summited Gray Peak during a Saturday through Monday backpacking trip. We backpacked in the rain Saturday night to one of the Avalanche Lean-Tos from the ADK Loj, spent the night, woke up late on Sunday morning and hit the trail to Feldspar via Lake Arnold. There is one section on the way to Feldspar that is currently flooded and requires balancing on the many floating logs on the trail. We then took the trail to Lake Tear of the Clouds and followed the herd path up to the summit of Gray Peak. Wasn't a particularly difficult hike up, but was steep in certain sections. Good view of Marcy on the summit! We then continued onto Mount Skylight, our last 46er!
|Posted Nov 4, 2013 1:20 pm
|Winter and Summer
Date Climbed: Nov 10, 2008
|Succesffuly tagged Skylight and Gray from Upper Works with Don, bob, and Roman. #2 Winter ascent with Dan on 02/15/2009 from the LOJ. Successfully tagged Skylight, Gray and Marcy.
|Posted Sep 1, 2013 10:29 pm
|Gray, Redfield and Cliff from Lake Colden
Date Climbed: Oct 8, 2011
|Canadian thanksgiving weekend. Summer weather throughout. We left Montreal at 3 pm and started hiking at 7 pm in the dark from South Meadows. We camped at avalanche lake tent site. Next morning we dropped our stuff at Lake Colden and hiked Gray from Lake Tear. First unmaintained trail to summit.The day after, we hiked Redfield from Uphill lean-to and met a lady 46er and her son. Desccended to the fork with the trail to Cliff Mt. An a propos name for that mountain. On the 10th we hiked back to the car and stopped at the Mountaineers in Keene.
|Posted Oct 13, 2011 12:58 pm
Date Climbed: Aug 21, 2011
|Not too impressed with this peak this day(overcast and drizzle).. only recommend it if you're going for the 46. It's hard to justify choosing this peak over Haystack, Skylight or Marcy.. Probably would be a nice winter climb when the snow is over the trees.. #21
|Posted Aug 22, 2011 7:32 pm
|First Winter Trip
Date Climbed: Mar 7, 2009
|Views were good because the snow was at least 6 feet deep. Had to dig down to the summit sign.
|Posted Jun 17, 2011 11:23 am
|Breaking Trail
Date Climbed: Jan 14, 2011
|First ones to the summit since the last snow. My friend Chris (already a 46er) broke trail.
|Posted Feb 6, 2011 2:53 pm
|Winter Ascent
Date Climbed: Mar 20, 2010
|This was beautiful on this day.All in part of a 6 summit 2 day adventure.With over 4ft of packed snow upon the summit raising us above the trees opened up some hidden secrets only visible in the heart of winter from this mountain.I raise my personal rankings 7 points for this baby...JW
|Posted Mar 23, 2010 11:22 pm
|Gray on a Sunny Day
Date Climbed: Jun 6, 2009
|This was part of a 4 mountain day.The ascent was easy,but the bushwhack back to marcy was the hardest mile I've ever done.Hidden drop offs,impenetrable cripplebrush and swarming blackflies add to the fun.The NYS DEC is stopping people from hiking across this direction now due to people getting hurt and damage to the alpine vegetation on the slopes of Marcy.I've done it and wouldn't try again anyhow...Jim w
|Posted Jan 6, 2010 10:52 pm
|From Lake Colden
Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2009
|Hiked from Lake Colden, there was one tricky spot, but overall a pretty easy hike.
|Posted Jul 23, 2009 8:11 am
|From Four Corners
Date Climbed: Feb 21, 2009
|Climbed from Four Corners. Broke trail to the summit for sunshine and great views of Marcy and Skylight.
|Posted Feb 22, 2009 6:54 pm
|Gray Peak
Date Climbed: Oct 7, 2006
|Climbed with Skylight via the Uphill Brook Trail from Tahawus. The path to the top was pretty easy going and the summit provided excellent views of Marcy, Skylight, Redfield and the other peaks in the surrounding area. Lake of the Clouds was a nice treat as well.
|Posted Aug 11, 2008 9:50 pm
|jun 1971 marcy-skylight-gray day
Date Climbed: Jun 7, 1971
|Exact day is a forgotten. Lots of snow, back when there were still registers.
|Posted Apr 3, 2008 8:50 pm
|Bark Eater
|Scramble from Marcy
Date Climbed: Jul 12, 1979
|Scrambled over from near treeline on Marcy above Lake Tear. I recall the spruce thicket being difficult but not impossible.
|Posted Aug 18, 2007 5:28 pm
|The edge
Date Climbed: Oct 16, 2005
|we really wanted this one...
the backpacking trip is almost done!!
|Posted Mar 14, 2007 6:30 pm
|The Ogre
|Gray (between Marcy and Skylight) March 2006
|Van Ho trail from the ADK Loj. Marcy, bushwhacked to Gray and down, back up to Four Corners and Skylight. Out via Lake Arnold. Solo. Bushwhack down Gray very hard; not on herd path. 7-8 feet (2 meters) snow on Gray that was melting in the midday sun. Horrible spruce traps; I needed 2 hours to go 1/2 mile downhill on Gray. (If you don't know what a "spruce trap" is, send a pm and I'll explain. I'm sure many of you do know, and many of you don't, or at least don't know the slang term "spruce trap.")
|Posted Jul 18, 2006 12:01 am
|Last but not least
Date Climbed: Sep 26, 2004
|Climbing up Gray Peak ended my quest to climb the ADK 46 and also the Northeastern 111's (115). Hiked with a great bunch of guys and had bad weather set in, preventing us from cracking open our bottle of champagne until we made a brief stop at Marcy Dam for just that purpose.
|Posted May 16, 2006 2:51 am


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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday submitted to the Majlis the 600-page rls 2,710 trillion (US$289 billion) budget bill for the next fiscal year of 1387 (March 21, 2008-March 20, 2009). In an address the president termed the bill "delicate and comprehensive."
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Stubbs settles marathon with two-run shot in 14th
ANAHEIM -- It was time to call it a night.
Drew Stubbs lifted a pitch from Angels pitcher Joe Blanton deep to left field, where the ball cleared the wall to cheers from the sparse crowd of the Tribe faithful that stuck this one out. In a contest that began Tuesday night and ended Wednesday morning, Stubbs' two-run home run propelled the Indians to a tiring 4-1 victory in 14 innings at Angel Stadium.Full Game Coverage
ANAHEIM -- It was time to call it a night.
Drew Stubbs lifted a pitch from Angels pitcher Joe Blanton deep to left field, where the ball cleared the wall to cheers from the sparse crowd of the Tribe faithful that stuck this one out. In a contest that began Tuesday night and ended Wednesday morning, Stubbs' two-run home run propelled the Indians to a tiring 4-1 victory in 14 innings at Angel Stadium.Full Game Coverage
"I think everybody kind of exhaled a sigh of relief," Stubbs said.
There were plenty of players who saved the Tribe from slipping to the loss column in a game that dragged through five hours and 17 minutes. Credit Carlos Santana's home run in the seventh inning and reliever Joe Smith critical pickoff play in the eighth. Look no further than the game-saving defensive plays made by shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera or center fielder Michael Bourn.
There was young starter Danny Salazar setting the tone with another strong entry into his brief big league resume, and the eight relievers who followed to keep the string of zeros going long into the night. Most notable was the bullpen's showing in the 10th inning, when Matt Albers, Rich Hill and Bryan Shaw got three straight outs to escape a bases-loaded jam that, at first, made an Angels win seem inevitable.
"It was a team win," said Bourn.
That is what had a tired Terry Francona smiling in the visiting manager's office after midnight on the West Coast.
"Both teams kept playing right down to the end," Francona said. "We had some guys dig pretty deep. That was a really fun game to be a part of. A lot of guys did a lot of good things."
The victory was satisfying, but it also proved timely.
With the win, which improved the Tribe's mark to 5-3 on its three-city road trip with one game to go, the Indians pulled to within 3 1/2 games of the A's for the American League's second Wild Card spot. Thanks to the Twins defeating the Tigers, Cleveland (68-58) also moved to within 5 1/2 games of first in the AL Central.
"Every game from here on out is equally important," Stubbs said. "We're trying to make the playoffs. A game like that, a real gut-wrencher on the field, that would've been a tough one to lose."
Just ask the Angels.
"This is crushing," Los Angeles lefty C.J. Wilson said.
Wilson gave the Angels 7 1/3 innings, in which his lone blemish was a game-tying solo home run to Santana in the seventh. The shot to straightaway center field -- Santana's 15th homer on the season -- eluded outfielder Peter Bourjos' glove, which came off his hand and fell over the wall on his leaping attempt to snare the ball from the air.
That home run answered the leadoff blast that J.B. Shuck provided for the Angels two pitches into Salazar's outing. Salazar carried on unfazed, navigating his way through 5 1/3 innings with three hits scattered and seven strikeouts tallied. Dating back to 1921, the rookie's 29 strikeouts are the second-most by an Indians pitcher in his first four career games, trailing only Herb Score's 40 in '55.
"He threw the ball really well," Francona said of Salazar. "He gave up a leadoff homer again, but other than that, he was really good."
The Indians and Angels combined to go 1-for-18 with runners in scoring position, stranding a total of 29 runners along the way. The bigger issue for Cleveland was simply getting a hit with runners on base. The Tribe went 1-for-21 through the first 13 innings in that regard. Fortunately for the Indians' struggling lineup, the pitching staff spun 13 shutout frames leading up to the game's finish.
Los Angeles threatened to spoil things for the Tribe, but Cleveland countered at every turn.
In the bottom of the eighth, the Angels had two runners aboard with one out, but Smith spun and fired to Cabrera, picking Josh Hamilton off at second base. That play proved critical at the time, considering Kole Calhoun followed with a single to right that would have easily plated Hamilton for the go-ahead run. Smith stopped the Halos' push by striking out Chris Nelson to end the frame.
"I saw Hamilton, he had a big lead off second," said Cabrera, who called for the play. "So I thought we had a chance to make the out. Joe made a good throw to second."
The Angels nearly had a walk-off win with two outs in the ninth inning, when Erick Aybar sent a sharp grounder up the middle that appeared destined for center field. With Hank Conger hustling home for the potential winning run, Cabrera came through again, making a slick sliding grab to rob Aybar of the hit and throwing to first base in time for the out.
"I knew I had to get the ball," Cabrera said. "If the ball goes through, we might've lost."
In the 12th inning, the Halos came close to tasting victory again when Conger crushed a pitch to right-center with two runners on and two outs. Bourn raced toward the wall and jumped for a highlight-reel grab that kept the contest alive.
"We weren't giving in," Bourn said. "It's easy to give in at that time, because it's the 14th inning. You're like, 'Oh, man.' But we really wanted to win. We were able to come through."
At 3:05 a.m. back home in Cleveland, Stubbs delivered his decisive shot.
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$20,000 RuneScape tournament ends with controversy and its winner disqualified
A cheater gets disqualified – and loses out on $20,000 as a result.
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RuneScape has bid adieu to Java after 15 years and relaunched today looking spiffier than ever.
New continent launches in Old School RuneScape
Old School Runescape players have been rewarded for their faithfulness.
Beta sign up goes live for Runescape card game Chronicle
Hearthstone-like strategy card game based on popular MMORPG is accepting beta sign-ups.
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Developer Jagex is planning a new game set in the Runescape universe.
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Minecraft players have recreated the world of venerable free-to-play MMO Runescape inside Mojang's sandbox.
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RuneScape celebrates 13th anniversary by "going back to its roots"
RuneScape is celebrating its 13th anniversary today, and to help ring in the milestone, Jagex has released a video showing what's in store for players in 2014. According to the developer, the game is "going back to its roots," via a collaborative effort between developers and the community. "We want to give the power to […]
Runescape players raise $90,000 for charity
Runescape 3 players raised over $90,000 to various charities using the free-to-play MMO's Well of Goodwill during the month of November. Jagex said "many tens of thousands" of players chipped in in-game wealth and Bonds to secure $90,838 in donations for the Willow Foundation, SpecialEffect, Action For Kids, Games Aid, Internet Watch Foundation, HART and […]
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RuneScape's developer Jagex has launch a charity drive in which players can donate their in-game gold and bonds to the developers, who promise to donate $1 to charity for every 10 million gold pieces players donate for a month. The program has so far gathered more than $11,000 and according to Jagex, will serve as […]
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While Jagex launched RuneScape 3 this year, it also launched Old School RuneScape, an older version of the immensely popular browser-based MMORPG. It's now had over 1 million players, and to celebrate Jagex will release the God Wars Dungeon.
Runescape adds in-game Bonds as a 'pay-through-play' currency
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RuneScape players accumulate one million years worth of gameplay, other stats
RuneScape 3 launched last month, and to help celebrate the third iteration along with the MMO turning 13 years old in January 2014, Jagex as sent over an infographic detailing some rather impressive stats for the franchise.
RuneScape 3 will launch in Spanish
Jagex wants to do right by its Latin American fans, and has announced that RuneScape 3 will launch in Spanish when it comes to Argentina, Peru, Mexico, Chile, Colombia and Venezuela – among other territories. The localised release comes courtesy of axeso5, which will also provide support and community events. The Spanish-language announce follows on […]
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Runescape developer Jagex has posted sales of $50 million, marking its most successful year to date. The company now plans to invest its spoils back into its expansion, and to double the size of its development team.
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Jagex will opened its promised Old School Runescape servers on Friday after 450,000 players voted to get an old 2007 build up and running. Thanks to the outpouring of support, the server will be free to all members for six months, and Jagex will hold regular polls to determine how the it should be administered […]
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Faculty - Salita Bryant, Interim Associate Dean of Arts & Humanities
E-mail Address: email@example.com
Phone Number: 718-960-8506
Office: Carman Hall, Room 385
Office Hours: Appointment only
Rank: Assistant Professor
Degrees and Sources of Degrees: B.A., Georgia Southern University; M.F.A., New York University; M.A., M.Ed, Ph.D., University of Mississippi
Recent Awards and Honors
- Finalist, The Broad River Review, The Rash Award in Poetry, 2012.
- Finalist, Dogwood: A Journal of Poetry and Prose, Poetry Prize, 2012.
- "Featured Author," Finishing Line Press, www.finishinlinepress.com, 2011.
- "Spotlight on Research" feature, Lehman College Newsletter, 2011.
- Finalist, Palettes & Quills Chapbook Contest 2010.
- Finalist, Finishing Line Press Chapbook Contest 2010.
- First Place 2010 Connecticut Poetry Award.
- 2010 Pushcart Prize Nomination, "Three Poems," Boulevard.
- South Carolina Review 2010 Poetry Contest, Honorable Mention.
- First Place 2009 Emerging Poets Award, Boulevard.
- First runner-up New Letters Poetry Award, 2009.
- First runner-up 2009, Alimentum Poetry Contest.
- Atlanta Review's 2009 International Poetry Competition, Finalist.
- Cultural Center of Cape Cod National Poetry Competition, Finalist, 2009.
- The MacGuffin Poetry Contest, Finalist, 2009.
- Third Coast Poetry Contest, Finalist, Third Coast, 2009.
- 2006-2007 Starworks Fellow, Starworks Foundation, New York.
- 2005 Pushcart Prize Nomination, "First Spring in New York," Spoon River Poetry Review.
- Spoon River Poetry Review Editors' Prize, First Place & Honorable Mention. 2005.
- Nimrod/Hardman Pablo Neruda Prize, Finalist, Nimrod International Journal, 2005.
- 2005 Discovered Voices Award, First Place, Iron Horse Literary Review.
- Addie Bundren is Dead. Poetry Collection, Finishing Line Press, August 2011.
- Liberties Captives: Narratives of Confinement in the Print Culture of the Early Republic. June 2006. University of Georgia Press. Associate Editor.
Selected Poetry:
- "The Memory of Forgetting," Dogwood, Forthcoming, (2012).
- "Where They Were," Rio Grande Review," (2011).
- "Near Sleep," National Poetry Month Celebration JDB Records Blogspot (2011).
- "Asking for a Divorce," South Carolina Review, (2011).
- "The true scale of terror," Connecticut River Review, (2010).
- "The Country Cousin's House," The Village Pariah, (2010).
- "Before I tell him that I am leaving our home," Alimentum, (2010).
- "Cinderella Finally Speaks to her Analyst about her Mother," Boulevard, (2010).
- "In Strawberry Time," Boulevard, (2010).
- "The Art of Dying Well," Boulevard, (2010).
- "Ars Poetica." Agenda, UK, (2005).
- "First Spring in New York," Spoon River Poetry Review, (2005).
- "Lepisma Saccarina." Spoon River Poetry Review, (2005).
- "Fifth Grade Sex Ed," Nimrod International Journal of Prose & Poetry, (2005).
- "Aviary," Iron Horse Literary Review, (2005).
- "Prayer at nine and a half," Iron Horse Literary Review, (2005).
- "Monogamy Box." Iron Horse Literary Review, (2005).
- "Scheherazade," Wind, (2005).
- "Falling," Wind, (2005).
- "Mother and Pears." Wind, (2005).
"Well Water," Snake Nation Review, (2004).
- "On The Turning Away," Dogwood, (2002).
- "Torso," Enculturation, (2001).
- "Damage," The North American Review, (2001).
- "Bathsheba Spooner: The result of a wicked and licentious appetite on the life expectancy of husbands," Famous American Crimes and Trials: Volume I 1607-1859, Praeger-
Greenwood Press (2004).
- "Here she hangs a strangling/by her neck a dangling: Reading the Murderess in the New Republic." Literary Interpretation Theory, (2004).
Selected Critical Conference Presentations
Society of Early Americanists
- "Still Stranger Than Fiction: Historically Inspired Creative Writing," (2009).
- "Stranger Than Fiction: Historically Inspired Creative Writing, (2005).
- "Wicked Women: Sexual Murder Narratives in the Early Republic," (2003).
American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies
- "Parents Provoke Not Your Children: Plotting Murder and Familial Ideology in the New Republic," (2004).
- "Captive to Vice and Natural Wants: David Lewis' Noble Game of Highway Robbery," (2002).
South Central Society for Eighteenth Century Studies
- "'Putting my mouth in the dust': Criminals, Visible Saints and the Search For Miraculous Conversions in Patience Boston and Joseph Moody," (2002).
- "Good for the Soul: Confession in Criminal Narratives," (2001).
- "In the Dirt Like Hogs: Tristram Shandy and the Struggle for Gynecological Control," (2000).
American Literature Association
- "The Mythic-Self: autobiography and creation of self-image," (2001).
Popular Culture Association & American Studies Association
- "Inexplicability of Evil: Gothic Conventions of Horror and Mystery in Late Twentieth-Century American Reality-based Television," (2001).
- "And The Dust Returns to the Earth as it Was: Four Seasons in a Small Town Cemetery," (2000).
Society for the Study of Southern Literature
- "Autobiography of the Mythic-Self in Angelou's, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," (2000).
Conference on College Composition and Communication
- "Once Upon A Crime: Research and the Composition Student, Effects and Ethics," (1998).
National Council of Teachers of English
- "Once Upon a Crime: Language as Moral Action," (1997).
Selected Readings
Lehman College - City and the Humanities Reading Series, International Forum for Psychoanalytic Education, Happy Ending Lounge, Society of Early Americanists National Convention, Lehman Women's Studies Program, New York University, Mo Pitkins House of Satisfaction, Cornelia Street Cafe, Bowery Poetry Club, Greater Augusta Arts Council, American Literature Association, Association for the Study of Literature and Environment, College English Association, South Atlantic Modern Language Association, Sarah Isom Center for Women's Studies Brown Bag Lecture Series, Thacker Mountain Radio Show, Sigma Tau Delta International Convention, American Cancer Society, Twentieth Century Literature Conference, "An Evening of Poetry and Jazz in Mississippi," Conference on Southern Writers/Southern Writing, Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment, "Poetry at the Bistro," Conference on Southern Writers/Southern Writing.