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this movie is one of my yêu thích Disney films so here's my ranking of the characters I like hoặc dont like, please enjoy! =)
this guy is a jerk but honestly i cant blame him entirely, he spent his life being put down and used bởi others so i kinda understand his anger and I'm sorry he made bad decisions but yeah, he wasnt a good friend to naveen of course.
*waits for torches and pitch forks from tumblr tiana fans* yea guess what, I'm not a big tiana fan. at one point I was, I thought she was pretty and classy and...
"Naveen, what are bạn doing?" she asked turning around. "well well well, look who's messing with the Voodoo man's daughter." Tiana đã đưa ý kiến frowning. "lemme fix that Naveen." He looked up at her. "But eatch out for the mucus, no?" Tiana sighed. "Ok Ok i know." she đã đưa ý kiến kissing him. Sparkles were everywhere. "How did this happen? I mean- I-I" Tiana đã đưa ý kiến confused. Her hands were once again green, and she was slimy with mucus again. "But i'm a princess though... Mama Odie said..." Tiana đã đưa ý kiến thinking. Naveen looked at her. She was so beautiful.... But how can he tell her about... "Naveen, it's back...
I recently purchased the DVD for this movie and let me tell bạn that it was a pleasure to see a hand drawn animated film for a change instead of all this stupid 3D phim hoạt hình that Disney does now instead of what they are really good at. Here is my highs and lows of PATF.
Great animation
The relationship were cute and funny especially Tiana & Naveen's relationship.
The âm nhạc is jazzy although I don't like jazz âm nhạc whatsoever .
Here is an bài viết on my favourite characters from PATF.
Tiana: The first African American Princess from Disney Tiana is a hardworking waitress in 1920's New Orleans. She dreams of opening up her own restaurant out of her tips that she gets from her current place as a waitress. She is a vượt qua, cross between Lọ lem and Belle (well I think anyway) because she's hardworking like the two princesses I mentioned below.
Naveen: He has to be my favourite prince because his so witty and a real charmer(aka a womanizer). He gets transformed into a frog by...
The Princess & the Frog tells the story about a hardworking waitress who dreams of opening up her own restaurant. Meanwhile a womanizing Prince named Naveen and his sidekick Lawerence meet a vodoo magician named Dr Facifier transforms Naveen into a frog and Lawerance as Naveen. At the ball Tiana dreams upon a ngôi sao when suddenly Naveen convinces her to Kiss him . But when she kisses him she changes into a frog........
Set in 1930s New Orleans ,PATF is an enjoyable musical comedy that makes bạn wanna wish upon a star.
Ok I never seen this movie as its not out yet in Ireland but I did see some clips and I would like to point out some things on the movie:
1. The prince sounds like Antonio Banderas yet he reminds me of Jean Bob from The thiên nga Princess meets Dimtri in human form from Anastasia.
2. The small little man who poses as the prince later in the film is so like Nathanial from Chuyện thần tiên ở New York aka Timothy Spall.
3. The story i'd say could be another deja vu like Chuyện thần tiên ở New York which is my fav film.
bạn go on IMDB, comingsoon.net, youtube.com, and all bạn find is a bunch of pathetic growups- non-the less, arguing over the color of a Disney Princess. Who has come to make a milestone for not only happy little black girls but for white little girls as well. And not only for kids but for kids of all ages. I grew up in the 90's. I was born the năm The Little Mermaid came out. She has been my yêu thích princess ever since. It was a coincidence that my yêu thích Princess was the one I never saw in the theatre. Ariel is half-fish. I dont think I ever complained about her having the rear-end of a...
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I think you've described quite clearly why "The Secret" (aka the law of attraction) is complete garbage.
The Secret Really Does Have A Secret (or Ten Tenets for Arranging Your Rich - Part 3)
There's been a ton of debate over whether or not The Secret is worth your time, so let's put it to rest right now: The Secret really does have a "secret", but most of us are missing it.
For those of you that aren't familiar with The Secret, its message isn't really new. In fact, there's some world-renowned self-help gurus that have been preaching about manifestation for years.
And this is where the debate begins: are we really to believe that we can simply manifest things into our lives? That if we "desire" wealth, then wealth we shall have? That everything that happens to us is the result of our own thoughts, whether conscious or otherwise?
Well, yes and no.
See, some people read this and say, "ok, so all I have to do is meditate on money and I'll get rich".
And yet others read this and say, "oh, please... I didn't ask for the flat tire. I didn't ask to have the flu and I certainly didn't ask to work a crappy job for minimum wage."
And I see your point. I wouldn't ask for those things either.
But the secret to manifesting money (or anything else for that matter) isn't some magic mojo that makes good things just "appear" in your lap.
Quite the contrary, the idea behind positive thought is that it motivates you into positive action. And with positive actions, you're much more likely to see some positive results.
Years ago, my husband and I went to the West End in downtown Dallas to enjoy a leisurely lunch and just walk around. If you've never been to the West End, it was a little self-contained area full of retail shops, bars, restaurants and even a movie theater. The roads were brick and cars weren't allowed on the main street so you could just walk up and down without worrying about getting ran over by some guy trying to make the light.
Anyway, as we were coming out of the restaurant, we noticed a large group of people standing in the street cheering and clapping. Curious, we ventured over to see what was going on.
At one end of the crowd was a stack of cardboard boxes and I mean, they were stacked - maybe 8 foot high. At the other end of the crowd was this guy - shorter than me (I'm 5'6"), hunched down like a runner might be while waiting for the race to start.
Everyone's yelling and we're standing there trying to figure out why. And then it hits me:
He's going to try and jump those boxes.
No way, I'm thinking. There's just no way.
The guy jumps up and down a few times then takes off running. About halfway, he launches into a couple of flip-flops (head over feet over head), hits the ground hard with his feet and jumps into the air, somersaulting over the boxes.
The boxes never moved.
My point? Well, besides the fact that it makes for a really good story, the only difference between me and that guy was that I looked at the boxes and said "no way". But he looked at them and said, "yeah, I can do that."
Yes, he probably had quite a bit of practice but he had to have that positive perspective in order to even attempt it. I've wanted to do an aerial (cartwheel with no hands) since I was in grade school yet I never really put any effort into making that little wish a reality for me. Obviously, visualizing myself doing such an impressive feat is nice but if I really want to add this little trick to my resume, I'll need to go outside and physical practice until I get it right.
And the same is true here.
Manifesting wealth doesn't stop with a little meditation or a money-oriented mantra. The idea of "drawing wealth to you" doesn't necessarily mean that a million bucks will just magically appear in your bank account. And if it does, you might wait on spending it... I hear the banks are pretty good about finding those kinds of errors lickity split.
What it does mean however, is that maybe you begin to attract new opportunities to increase your income and thereby grow your overall wealth. Maybe you get a new job offer. Maybe you make the leap and launch that online store you've been talking about. Or maybe you just get really committed to saving and paying off your debts. In any case, you're going to see some positive results.
Yes, to manifest wealth or anything else for that matter, you must first believe that you deserve it. Why? Because if you don't stop that nagging little voice in your head that can't stop whining about how bad everything is, you're never going to be able to approach life with a fresh perspective. This is where the meditation and positive thinking comes in. You are literally "opening" yourself up to new possibilities. You are saying to yourself and the Universe that you're ready to start living again instead of just going through the motions.
But this is where most people stop.
They've meditated. They've practiced some positive self-talk and then they wait. Anyday now... money is just going to start falling out of the sky. It will... I visualized it so it will happen.
Unfortunately, when it doesn't rain money, they get discouraged and one of two things happens: either they meditate harder (I'm just not doing it right) or they throw in the towel and come away with an even poorer outlook than they had going in (see? even the Universe is screwing me over!)
What they should do instead is start looking for ways to turn those visualizations into real actions.
This is what our greatest mentors have meant when they said "I make my own luck".
You make things happen. You look for new ways of doing things and new ideas that could put you a little further along on your metaphorical path. You open yourself up to the notion that "anything is possible" and at some point you realize that anything is.
And that is when things will start to happen.
Not because you visualized them in your head but because you put yourself in a position to take advantage of new things when they come along.
So, what does all this have to do with "living large on a small budget"?
Well, maybe the budget doesn't have to be so small after all. Maybe "living large" also includes getting the most out of life which would certainly be achieved by taking new risks and opening yourself up to new opportunities.
Or maybe, just maybe, it really is an essential step in arranging your rich. After all, how many millionaires do you know who got that way by thinking "I can't"?
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I am a avid believer in "The Secret" and there are so many that roll their eyes when I try to explain it to them. My very religious friend was told by her pastor that it was a bunch of nonsense and she promptly handed the book back to me.
Your article was right on target. It is not only to believe but to move forward with your own action as well. You cannot become a hermit and expect someone to come to your door without lifting a finger. You need to move yourself in the direction of what you want... but first you must believe that nothing can stand in your way of that goal. Once you release the mind, the body follows and your goals are attained.
Well done!
You're right, money doesn't just appear b/c you meditate everyday and I don't think that's the core "belief" of "the Secret" anyway...but, if you keep telling yourself you can't get a better paying job, can't save money, can't get out of debt, etc. Guess what? You can't and you won't.
Sometimes, a book like "The Secret" might lead or help a person get to a book like "Your Money or Your Life." You never know!
Well put and great post. Thanks!
Thanks for your comment Prufock. Actually, while The Secret does introduce some principles of LOA, it doesn't go into enough detail which was the point of this post. I didn't really intend to bash The Secret or LOA - quite the contrary, I wanted to point out that "thinking" isn't enough - you have to participate in the future you want to create. I hope that clarifies things a bit more... I don't see LOA as garbage - I actually think it works but I also believe that action is a key component of effecting any kind of change.
I'm glad you enjoyed the post and your comment is exactly what I was saying... positive thinking is great - it puts you in the right emotional state of mind to succeed - but you have to act or you won't see any results. Thanks for reading and sharing your thoughts!
Books like The Secret serve as a great introduction to the law of attraction and other books such as the one you mentioned, so I applaude thier ability to "break the metaphysical ice"... I do a lot of writing in the law of attraction community and I've found that the number one thing people want to manifest is money. I've also found that most of the people who are frustrated with LOA are those that are meditating and visualizing like crazy but ignoring the opportunities for change. And that was the point I wanted to make here.
I agree with you - attitude is everything. Thanks for reading and keep those comments coming :)
It requires effort and more than just positive thinking or sending positive vibrations out into the world..
I am a firm believer in the Law of Attraction and I think you've hit the nail on the head here. The most important part is keeping positive and having an open mind. I think one of the hardest thing for people to get over when trying to apply the LOA is while they don't genuinely believe that they deserve what it is they're thinking on and miss the opportunities that arise. Nothing is going to fall into any one's lap, but truly believing you're deserving and keeping an open and positive mind, it's absolutely incredible what will come your way.
Great post, thank you!
Positive thinking that leads to positive action is dramatically valuable.
Believing in vibes that you send out to the universe and receive back good or bad depending is a load of fluff of nonsense for people with nothing more to believe in, and often little desire to take positive actions, to rest their hope upon.
The Secret is a joke. The real secret is as posted by the author, to believe and let that belief move you to achieve.
I have been using the law of attraction for about a year now. I was in a dead end job and had two small children to look after. My mind was so focused on the debt I had to pay and the dead end job. Then I changed all that. I have been living in a state of positive thinking for the better part of this past year. That is not to say I don't have negative thoughts ever, but that I channel my energy to be positive and I work hard to see the good in all situations. And, guess what, I have things falling in my lap left and right. I started by visualizing a white feather, that I desearved it. When I found the exact feather sitting on my car, I saved it as a reminder that I can do this. Now, I am starting a business with two other women and I am watching the universe bend over backwards to keep it coming. I am working harder now than I ever worked, the difference is, I am doing something that I want to do, not because of the money but because of my passion. I am meeting contacts from so many angles and I just keep on keeping myself open!
I think it is also important to remember to be grateful. I always say thank you when I get a green light or when I meet a new person that has something to offer. I am always givign thanks to the universe and being grateful for all it has offered me.


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Cromwell earned third place out of 21 teams at the Section 7A Speech Tournament held on Friday, April 5, at Hibbing Community College. Blackduck was the section champion and Duluth Marshall was the runner-up.
Cromwell qualified five people to State: Jennifer Koenig (second place) and Vanessa Dickey (third place) in Drama, Ann Collman in Creative Expression (first place), Hunter Rauvola in Extemporaneous Speaking (third place), and Emily Warpula in Storytelling (second place).
Warpula is making her third appearance at State. She also qualified for the National Individual Events Tournament of Champions (NIETOC) in San Antonio, Texas, on May 9 with her Drama piece.
Koenig is performing a woman on the brink of sanity in "The Care and Feeding of Baby Birds." Dickey is performing a woman artist who reveals a shocking moment of her life in "Sarah's Red." Collman is performing a self-written story about a woman's escape from bondage called "Hand in Hand." Warpula will be performing stories from the book "Grimm's Tales for the Young and Old." Rauvola will be researching and answering questions from current domestic events.
Cromwell entered 23 speakers at sections and qualified eight to the finals. Lenore Collman and Kayle Johnson earned fourth place in Duo Interpretation, missing State by one spot and Olivia Warpula earned sixth place in Humor.
Brian Schilling is the head coach of the speech team, along with assistant coach Jeanne Weimer. "It was a bittersweet section contest as we witnessed new stars rise on the team and final performances from our seniors. We commend our seniors for paving a path for future generations of talented speakers at Cromwell. Our program is strong and will continue with a strong group of underclassmen. We have over 30 speech members in a high school of 131 students," stated Schilling.
The State Speech Tournament will be held on Saturday, April 20, at Blaine High School in Blaine. It is free and open to the public.
The Cromwell Speech Team will hold a community performance on Friday, April 12, at 6:30 p.m. in the school auditorium. An additional performance is set for Wednesday, April 17, starting 6 p.m. at the Villa Vista in Cromwell. A school performance for students and a send off for the team to State will also be held.
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The 2013 NHL Dress Rehearsal is over, and now it's time to play for keeps. The Vancouver Canucks will open up the 1st Round of the playoffs against the San Jose Sharks, a familiar post season foe, and the most famous Stanchion goal in NHL History as Kevin Bieksa sent Canuck Nation into a frenzy and a Stanley Cup Final appearance just two seasons ago, dispatching the Sharks in five games in the Western Conference Final.
On the final day of the Western Conference NHL season, it was yet to be determined if the Canucks first round match up would be against the San Jose Sharks, LA Kings or St. Louis Blues. While all three teams are formidable opponents, it is my opinion that Vancouver could not have asked for a better draw than San Jose. Not only have they had recent post season success against San Jose, but both clubs mirror each other's strengths and weaknesses this season.
Without question, the Sharks have what on paper should be a formidable offensive attack, with the likes of Joe Thornton, Logan Couture, Devon Setoguchi, Joe Pavelski, Patrick Marleau and Martin Havlat. Their blue line is solid with Dan Boyle, Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Brad Stuart, and not to mention Brent Burns, who has transformed his game from being a solid Defenceman into a power forward for this Sharks club, chipping in key points for San Jose as the season has moved along. Yet, with all the weapons the Sharks have at their disposal, offensive production has escaped them this year, as they finished 24th in the NHL in scoring.
If not for the Vezina caliber season of goaltender Antti Niemi, the Sharks would find themselves on the outside looking in this post season. Niemi has been fantastic all year long, stealing many much needed points for San Jose allowing this team to play a lower scoring; low risk system that almost played itself into home ice advantage in the first round? Sound familiar, Canucks fans?
The Canucks, on paper, can go toe-to-toe with San Jose offensively. Although Henrik and Daniel Sedin are far from having a career best offensive year, their two-way game is as good as it's ever been. Having a healthy Ryan Kesler at this time of year is as good as any NHL Trade Deadline acquisition could be, as to me; this series will go as Kesler goes. If he is healthy, he will cause havoc for the Sharks. It is for Wednesday and beyond why GM Mike Gillis went out and got Derek Roy as a deadline rental, as what he can provide offensively for the Canucks from the 3rd line and 2nd Power play makes Vancouver a dangerous team forwards one through nine, and he has shown that he knows where the other end of the ice is as well and will not be a defensive detriment to this team. The Canucks goaltending from Cory Schneider has been almost as good as what Niemi has produced in San Jose. Schneider has had to steal victory from the jaws of defeat more than should have been required. I feel that goaltending is awash in this series.
To me, the series will be won or lost not on goaltending and offensive production. It will be won on defence and Special Teams. The Canucks blue line has been an enigma all season. The two constants have been Dan Hamhuis and Jason Garrison. Garrison, who struggled mightily finding his niche the first quarter of the season has found his game and not only is contributing on the score sheet, but has been more than dependable in his own end. Alex Edler could be the key to the whole series, in my eyes. Edler is capable of being the best d-man on either club this round, and maybe should be. Yet his game has been consistently inconsistent this year, with poor decisions on the power play, bad first passes out of his own end which have led to many quality shots against, and poor reads in all zones of the ice, which have bade him a liability more than an asset on too many occasions. The health to Kevin Bieksa is crucial for this team in the playoffs. He is a riverboat gambler, but plays with a mean streak, can chip in with timely offensive production, and be a royal pain for the Sharks top forwards. The loss of Chris 'Cool' Tanev hurts, but it appears the Canucks are willing to roll the dice on young Frank Corrado, who did not look out of his element in his first week in the NHL.
Special Teams has been a strength of the Sharks all season long, boasting a top 10 record both Shorthanded and on the Power play this season. It is well chronicled just how anemic the Canucks power play has been this season, yet it showed serious signs of life the last quarter of the season, with the return of Ryan Kesler to the lineup and the addition of Derek Roy. I feel that Jason Garrison has earned his way onto that first unit, yet he has not been able to find himself in that spot. To me, this is a mistake. You have to use your best weapons at this time of the year, and to me, Garrison is a much better fit than Alex Edler at this stage. The Canucks penalty kill has been fantastic down the homestretch. It will need to continue to be so. If it can, it will stifle a Sharks offense that struggled in a big way at 5 on 5 this season.
Prediction? I say the Canucks in 5. Not because San Jose is a weak team and I feel they should be taken lightly. I just feel that this club has shown more consistent success in May hockey than San Jose. (and there is not many teams you can say that about) The goaltending is a wash, in my opinion and I feel the Canucks feel they have just as much to prove as San Jose does. And I'm maybe in the minority, but I am not worried for a second about the health of Cory Schneider when Wednesday rolls around. If there was true fear from the management and coaching staff as to his health, do you really think Roberto Luongo would have even started the last game of the regular season against the Oilers, for fear of losing him to injury and running to the playoffs with Joe Cannata as your #1? I think not. I see many 2-1 or 3-2 games in this series future. Maybe two in OT. But past success, and an equal drive to win when it matters most, along with home ice tells me the Canucks find a way to close this series out in five.
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Well I finally started watching this...Caught eps 4 5 and 6 of season one since they are all that's on demand. I guess I can find the other three online somewhere. Will watch the season 2 stuff tonight, probably. Good stuff...interesting storytelling.
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Monsters are real. They lurk in the dark, but there's an ancient force that even they fear. She works at the local coffee shop.


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The '70s were a tough time to be a chimpanzee in America. Sure, some costarred with Clint Eastwood in movies and on TV in the inexplicable "BJ and the Bear," but the relationship between humans and primates was not a kind one in the scientific world, as shown in Deborah Blum's "Monkey Wars" and Elizabeth Hess' "Nim Chimpsky: The Chimp Who Would Be Human," which became the affecting 2011 documentary "Project Nim."
"Project Nim" told the story of a Columbia University study that attempted to teach language to a chimp raised as if it were part of a human family; the tale turned tragic after the study ended and Nim was lost between two species. That's the conflict explored by Karen Joy Fowler in her latest novel, "We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves," which imagines the impact such research also would have on the host family after research has concluded — particularly if that family had children of its own.
At the center of Fowler's story is Rosemary Cooke, who narrates with a bit of a barbed edge while looking at her past, first as a precocious toddler and most prominently as a troubled, introverted twentysomething at UC Davis in 1996. Telling her story from the safe distance of her early forties in 2012, Rosemary is the daughter of two scientists who grew up in what seems a typical if emotionally repressed Midwestern family (at least from a modern literary standpoint). Her father drinks too much, her estranged older brother, Lowell, is an animal rights activist who ran away as a teenager, and her twin sister, Fern, was lost when Rosie was only 5.
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The loss of both children has left the Cooke family shattered, particularly with regard to Fern — who happens to be a chimpanzee. Fowler takes her time revealing that rather key detail in a way even Rosemary describes as "irritatingly coy," but the choice points toward her hazy feelings about her family that slowly come to a boil as the novel continues.
Fowler makes reference to multiple studies in cross-fostering chimps with human families, including psychology researcher Maurice Temerlin's experience raising a chimp as a human infant in the 1970s. But her novel hinges upon Rosemary's sharp voice, which at its best includes funny, self-aware asides such as an early reference to a character at a holiday dinner where she flippantly advises the reader, "Don't get attached to him; he's not really part of this story."
When she was 5, Rosemary was told Fern went to live on a farm, which is no more true than the stories most parents tell children about a lost pet. While this deception eats away at Rosemary, she's also haunted by a sense of culpability for her role in Fern's dismissal from the family. Did Fern's behavior grow more unmanageable as she went from a sign language-capable chimp in diapers to a maturing adult? Or was a vengeful Rosemary to blame for splitting the family by spinning a story that revealed Fern's wild nature as a threat to the family's safety?
The truth begins to seep out in a reunion with her brother, Lowell. Running from the FBI as part of the Animal Liberation Front, Lowell tells Rosemary the reality of her father's research and Fern's sad later life. The feverish details of Rosemary confronting both her past and Fern's present feel particularly vivid, especially as she reveals the many ways the two "sisters" communicated in a manner that blurred the differences between the species.
But Rosemary has her failings as a narrator: Lowell's voice hardly distinguishes itself from hers — a fact later explained when Rosemary admits she retold her brother's story so he sounded more lucid. The admission sheds light on her own damaged character even as it robs us from truly knowing his.
Although Fowler is perhaps most known for the bestselling "Jane Austen Book Club," she has often flirted with fantasy, most recently in parts of the story collection "What I Didn't See." Here, however, her efforts remain grounded, even somewhat matter-of-fact as the book goes on with anecdotes taken from the research that surrounded Rosemary's upbringing.
Still, it's perhaps fitting that Fowler leans on the reader to infer so much from her characters in a book whose deepest impact is in forcing the reader to reconsider the divide between humans and animals. Rosemary undercuts the emotional impact of an eventual reunion with Fern, admitting, "I can't tell you what I felt; no words are sufficient. You'd need to have been in my body to understand all that." But the line just as easily could come from Fern as the lesson remains that some divides are just too painful to bridge.
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
Karen Joy Fowler
Marian Wood/Putnam: 320 pp., $26.95


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Founded on November 10, 1775 by the Continental Congress and disbanded after the Revolution, the Marine Corps was reestablished in 1798 and headquartered in Philadelphia, the nation's capital at that time. In 1800, the headquarters moved to Washington, DC first in Georgetown and later on E Street until Commandant William Ward Burrows chose an appropriate site. Burrows chose the current location of the Barracks and chose English architect George Hadfield, who also designed Arlington House, as the architect of the Barracks and the Commandant's House.
Early in the 20th century, the Marine Barracks underwent extensive renovation. The 2 1/2-story, brick Commandant's House, completed in 1806, is the only structure remaining of the original barracks complex. The oldest public building with the exception of the White House, it served as home for men like Archbald Henderson, Charles Heywood, and John A. Lejeune, all of whom played vital roles in the development of the modern Marine Corps. Other structures on the old post grounds include a barracks building, a band hall, and a row of five officers' quarters. All of these brick structures were erected between 1904 and 1907.
The Marine Corps Museum is at 9th and M Sts., SE. It is open Monday through saturday from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm and on Sundays and holidays for noon until 5:00 pm. It is closed January 1st and December 25th.


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Edgar Rice Burroughs
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Look up, laugh loud, talk big, keep the color in your cheek and the fire in your eye, adorn your person, maintain your health, your beauty and your animal spirits.William Hazlitt
Edgar Rice Burroughs (1 September 1875 – 19 March 1950) was an American author of science-fiction and adventure stories, most famous for the creation of the jungle-born hero Tarzan.
Tarzan of the Apes (1912)
- I had this story from one who had no business to tell it to me, or to any other. I may credit the seductive influence of an old vintage upon the narrator for the beginning of it, and my own skeptical incredulity during the days that followed for the balance of the strange tale.
- First lines, Ch. 1 : Out to Sea
- I do not say the story is true, for I did not witness the happenings which it portrays, but the fact that in the telling of it to you I have taken fictitious names for the principal characters quite sufficiently evidences the sincerity of my own belief that it may be true.
The yellow, mildewed pages of the diary of a man long dead, and the records of the Colonial Office dovetail perfectly with the narrative of my convivial host, and so I give you the story as I painstakingly pieced it out from these several various agencies.
If you do not find it credible you will at least be as one with me in acknowledging that it is unique, remarkable, and interesting.
- Ch. 1 : Out to Sea
- There were mothers and brothers and sisters, and aunts and cousins to express various opinions on the subject, but as to what they severally advised history is silent.
We know only that on a bright May morning in 1888, John, Lord Greystoke, and Lady Alice sailed from Dover on their way to Africa.
A month later they arrived at Freetown where they chartered a small sailing vessel, the Fuwalda, which was to bear them to their final destination.
And here John, Lord Greystoke, and Lady Alice, his wife, vanished from the eyes and from the knowledge of men.
- Ch. 1 : Out to Sea
- On the fifth day following the murder of the ship's officers, land was sighted by the lookout. Whether island or mainland, Black Michael did not know, but he announced to Clayton that if investigation showed that the place was habitable he and Lady Greystoke were to be put ashore with their belongings.
- Ch. 2 : The Savage Home
- That night a little son was born in the tiny cabin beside the primeval forest, while a leopard screamed before the door, and the deep notes of a lion's roar sounded from beyond the ridge.
Lady Greystoke never recovered from the shock of the great ape's attack, and, though she lived for a year after her baby was born, she was never again outside the cabin, nor did she ever fully realize that she was not in England.
- Ch. 3 : Life and Death
- In his leisure Clayton read, often aloud to his wife, from the store of books he had brought for their new home. Among these were many for little children — picture books, primers, readers — for they had known that their little child would be old enough for such before they might hope to return to England.
- Ch. 3 : Life and Death
- Kala was the youngest mate of a male called Tublat, meaning broken nose, and the child she had seen dashed to death was her first; for she was but nine or ten years old.
- Ch. 4 : The Apes
- Noiselessly Kerchak entered, crouching for the charge; and then John Clayton rose with a sudden start and faced them.
The sight that met his eyes must have frozen him with horror, for there, within the door, stood three great bull apes, while behind them crowded many more; how many he never knew, for his revolvers were hanging on the far wall beside his rifle, and Kerchak was charging.
When the king ape released the limp form which had been John Clayton, Lord Greystoke, he turned his attention toward the little cradle; but Kala was there before him, and when he would have grasped the child she snatched it herself, and before he could intercept her she had bolted through the door and taken refuge in a high tree.
- High up among the branches of a mighty tree she hugged the shrieking infant to her bosom, and soon the instinct that was as dominant in this fierce female as it had been in the breast of his tender and beautiful mother — the instinct of mother love — reached out to the tiny man-child's half-formed understanding, and he became quiet.
Then hunger closed the gap between them, and the son of an English lord and an English lady nursed at the breast of Kala, the great ape.
- Ch. 4 : The Apes
- Tenderly Kala nursed her little waif, wondering silently why it did not gain strength and agility as did the little apes of other mothers. It was nearly a year from the time the little fellow came into her possession before he would walk alone, and as for climbing — my, but how stupid he was!
- Ch. 5 : The White Ape
- As Tarzan grew he made more rapid strides, so that by the time he was ten years old he was an excellent climber, and on the ground could do many wonderful things which were beyond the powers of his little brothers and sisters.
In many ways did he differ from them, and they often marveled at his superior cunning, but in strength and size he was deficient; for at ten the great anthropoids were fully grown, some of them towering over six feet in height, while little Tarzan was still but a half-grown boy.
- Ch. 5 : The White Ape
- Though but ten years old he was fully as strong as the average man of thirty, and far more agile than the most practiced athlete ever becomes. And day by day his strength was increasing.
His life among these fierce apes had been happy; for his recollection held no other life, nor did he know that there existed within the universe aught else than his little forest and the wild jungle animals with which he was familiar.
He was nearly ten before he commenced to realize that a great difference existed between himself and his fellows. His little body, burned brown by exposure, suddenly caused him feelings of intense shame, for he realized that it was entirely hairless, like some low snake, or other reptile.
- Ch. 5 : The White Ape
- In Tarzan's clever little mind many thoughts revolved, and back of these was his divine power of reason.
If he could catch his fellow apes with his long arm of many grasses, why not Sabor, the lioness?
- Ch. 5 : The White Ape
- The story of his own connection with the cabin had never been told him. The language of the apes had so few words that they could talk but little of what they had seen in the cabin, having no words to accurately describe either the strange people or their belongings, and so, long before Tarzan was old enough to understand, the subject had been forgotten by the tribe.
Only in a dim, vague way had Kala explained to him that his father had been a strange white ape, but he did not know that Kala was not his own mother.
- Ch. 6 : Jungle Battles
- In the middle of the floor lay a skeleton, every vestige of flesh gone from the bones to which still clung the mildewed and moldered remnants of what had once been clothing. Upon the bed lay a similar gruesome thing, but smaller, while in a tiny cradle near-by was a third, a wee mite of a skeleton.
To none of these evidences of a fearful tragedy of a long dead day did little Tarzan give but passing heed. His wild jungle life had inured him to the sight of dead and dying animals, and had he known that he was looking upon the remains of his own father and mother he would have been no more greatly moved.
- Ch. 6 : Jungle Battles
- Among other things he found a sharp hunting knife, on the keen blade of which he immediately proceeded to cut his finger. Undaunted he continued his experiments, finding that he could hack and hew splinters of wood from the table and chairs with this new toy.
- Ch. 6 : Jungle Battles
- In a cupboard filled with books he came across one with brightly colored pictures — it was a child's illustrated alphabet — A is for Archer Who shoots with a bow. B is for Boy, His first name is Joe. The pictures interested him greatly.
There were many apes with faces similar to his own, and further over in the book he found, under "M," some little monkeys such as he saw daily flitting through the trees of his primeval forest. But nowhere was pictured any of his own people; in all the book was none that resembled Kerchak, or Tublat, or Kala.
- Ch. 6 : Jungle Battles
- The boats, and trains, and cows and horses were quite meaningless to him, but not quite so baffling as the odd little figures which appeared beneath and between the colored pictures — some strange kind of bug he thought they might be, for many of them had legs though nowhere could he find one with eyes and a mouth. It was his first introduction to the letters of the alphabet, and he was over ten years old.
- Ch. 6 : Jungle Battles
- He commenced a systematic search of the cabin; but his attention was soon riveted by the books which seemed to exert a strange and powerful influence over him, so that he could scarce attend to aught else for the lure of the wondrous puzzle which their purpose presented to him.
Among the other books were a primer, some child's readers, numerous picture books, and a great dictionary. All of these he examined, but the pictures caught his fancy most, though the strange little bugs which covered the pages where there were no pictures excited his wonder and deepest thought.
- Ch. 7 : The Light of Knowledge
- His little face was tense in study, for he had partially grasped, in a hazy, nebulous way, the rudiments of a thought which was destined to prove the key and the solution to the puzzling problem of the strange little bugs.
In his hands was a primer opened at a picture of a little ape similar to himself, but covered, except for hands and face, with strange, colored fur, for such he thought the jacket and trousers to be. Beneath the picture were three little bugs — BOY.
- Ch. 7 : The Light of Knowledge
- Slowly he turned the pages, scanning the pictures and the text for a repetition of the combination B-O-Y. Presently he found it beneath a picture of another little ape and a strange animal which went upon four legs like the jackal and resembled him not a little. Beneath this picture the bugs appeared as: A BOY AND A DOG There they were, the three little bugs which always accompanied the little ape.
And so he progressed very, very slowly, for it was a hard and laborious task which he had set himself without knowing it — a task which might seem to you or me impossible — learning to read without having the slightest knowledge of letters or written language, or the faintest idea that such things existed.
He did not accomplish it in a day, or in a week, or in a month, or in a year; but slowly, very slowly, he learned after he had grasped the possibilities which lay in those little bugs, so that by the time he was fifteen he knew the various combinations of letters which stood for every pictured figure in the little primer and in one or two of the picture books.
- Ch. 7 : The Light of Knowledge
- Tarzan held a peculiar position in the tribe. They seemed to consider him one of them and yet in some way different. The older males either ignored him entirely or else hated him so vindictively that but for his wondrous agility and speed and the fierce protection of the huge Kala he would have been dispatched at an early age.
- Ch. 7 : The Light of Knowledge
- One by one the tribe swung down from their arboreal retreats and formed a circle about Tarzan and his vanquished foe. When they had all come Tarzan turned toward them.
"I am Tarzan," he cried. "I am a great killer. Let all respect Tarzan of the Apes and Kala, his mother. There be none among you as mighty as Tarzan. Let his enemies beware."
- Ch. 7 : The Light of Knowledge
- Tarzan of the Apes lived on in his wild, jungle existence with little change for several years, only that he grew stronger and wiser, and learned from his books more and more of the strange worlds which lay somewhere outside his primeval forest.
- Ch. 9 : Man and Man
- To him life was never monotonous or stale. There was always Pisah, the fish, to be caught in the many streams and the little lakes, and Sabor, with her ferocious cousins to keep one ever on the alert and give zest to every instant that one spent upon the ground.
Often they hunted him, and more often he hunted them, but though they never quite reached him with those cruel, sharp claws of theirs, yet there were times when one could scarce have passed a thick leaf between their talons and his smooth hide.
Quick was Sabor, the lioness, and quick were Numa and Sheeta, but Tarzan of the Apes was lightning.
- Thus, at eighteen, we find him, an English lordling, who could speak no English, and yet who could read and write his native language. Never had he seen a human being other than himself, for the little area traversed by his tribe was watered by no greater river to bring down the savage natives of the interior.
High hills shut it off on three sides, the ocean on the fourth. It was alive with lions and leopards and poisonous snakes. Its untouched mazes of matted jungle had as yet invited no hardy pioneer from the human beasts beyond its frontier.
- Ch. 9 : Man and Man
- Tarzan was an interested spectator. His desire to kill burned fiercely in his wild breast, but his desire to learn was even greater. He would follow this savage creature for a while and know from whence he came. He could kill him at his leisure later, when the bow and deadly arrows were laid aside.
- Ch. 9 : Man and Man
- He had seen fire, but only when Ara, the lightning, had destroyed some great tree. That any creature of the jungle could produce the red-and-yellow fangs which devoured wood and left nothing but fine dust surprised Tarzan greatly, and why the black warrior had ruined his delicious repast by plunging it into the blighting heat was quite beyond him. Possibly Ara was a friend with whom the Archer was sharing his food.
But, be that as it may, Tarzan would not ruin good meat in any such foolish manner, so he gobbled down a great quantity of the raw flesh, burying the balance of the carcass beside the trail where he could find it upon his return.
- Ch. 9 : Man and Man
- Tarzan must act quickly or his prey would be gone; but Tarzan's life training left so little space between decision and action when an emergency confronted him that there was not even room for the shadow of a thought between.
- Ch. 9 : Man and Man
- Tarzan of the Apes was no sentimentalist. He knew nothing of the brotherhood of man. All things outside his own tribe were his deadly enemies, with the few exceptions of which Tantor, the elephant, was a marked example.
And he realized all this without malice or hatred. To kill was the law of the wild world he knew. Few were his primitive pleasures, but the greatest of these was to hunt and kill, and so he accorded to others the right to cherish the same desires as he, even though he himself might be the object of their hunt.
His strange life had left him neither morose nor bloodthirsty. That he joyed in killing, and that he killed with a joyous laugh upon his handsome lips betokened no innate cruelty. He killed for food most often, but, being a man, he sometimes killed for pleasure, a thing which no other animal does; for it has remained for man alone among all creatures to kill senselessly and wantonly for the mere pleasure of inflicting suffering and death.
And when he killed for revenge, or in self-defense, he did that also without hysteria, for it was a very businesslike proceeding which admitted of no levity.
- Ch. 10 : The Fear-Phantom
- Tarzan of the Apes knew that they had found the body of his victim, but that interested him far less than the fact that no one remained in the village to prevent his taking a supply of the arrows which lay below him.
- Ch. 10 : The Fear-Phantom
- Tarzan of the Apes, young and savage beast of the jungle, wondered at the cruel brutality of his own kind.
Sheeta, the leopard, alone of all the jungle folk, tortured his prey. The ethics of all the others meted a quick and merciful death to their victims.
Tarzan had learned from his books but scattered fragments of the ways of human beings.
- Ch. 11 : "King of the Apes"
- Kerchak was dead.
Withdrawing the knife that had so often rendered him master of far mightier muscles than his own, Tarzan of the Apes placed his foot upon the neck of his vanquished enemy, and once again, loud through the forest rang the fierce, wild cry of the conqueror.
And thus came the young Lord Greystoke into the kingship of the Apes.
- Ch. 11 : "King of the Apes"
- For months the life of the little band went on much as it had before, except that Tarzan's greater intelligence and his ability as a hunter were the means of providing for them more bountifully than ever before. Most of them, therefore, were more than content with the change in rulers.
- Ch. 12 : Man's Reason
- Now was the quiet, fierce solitude of the primeval forest broken by new, strange cries. No longer was there safety for bird or beast. Man had come.
Other animals passed up and down the jungle by day and by night — fierce, cruel beasts — but their weaker neighbors only fled from their immediate vicinity to return again when the danger was past.
With man it is different. When he comes many of the larger animals instinctively leave the district entirely, seldom if ever to return; and thus it has always been with the great anthropoids. They flee man as man flees a pestilence.
- Ch. 12 : Man's Reason
- The duties of kingship among the anthropoids are not many or arduous. ... But Tarzan tired of it, as he found that kingship meant the curtailment of his liberty. He longed for the little cabin and the sun-kissed sea — for the cool interior of the well-built house, and for the never-ending wonders of the many books.
As he had grown older, he found that he had grown away from his people. Their interests and his were far removed. They had not kept pace with him, nor could they understand aught of the many strange and wonderful dreams that passed through the active brain of their human king. So limited was their vocabulary that Tarzan could not even talk with them of the many new truths, and the great fields of thought that his reading had opened up before his longing eyes, or make known ambitions which stirred his soul.
Among the tribe he no longer had friends as of old. A little child may find companionship in many strange and simple creatures, but to a grown man there must be some semblance of equality in intellect as the basis for agreeable association.
- Ch. 12 : Man's Reason
- Had Kala lived, Tarzan would have sacrificed all else to remain near her, but now that she was dead, and the playful friends of his childhood grown into fierce and surly brutes he felt that he much preferred the peace and solitude of his cabin to the irksome duties of leadership amongst a horde of wild beasts.
- Ch. 12 : Man's Reason
- Had there been no other personal attribute to influence the final outcome, Tarzan of the Apes, the young Lord Greystoke, would have died as he had lived — an unknown savage beast in equatorial Africa.
But there was that which had raised him far above his fellows of the jungle — that little spark which spells the whole vast difference between man and brute — Reason. This it was which saved him from death beneath the iron muscles and tearing fangs of Terkoz.
- Ch. 12 : Man's Reason
- I am Tarzan, King of the Apes, mighty hunter, mighty fighter. In all the jungle there is none so great.
- Ch. 12 : Man's Reason
- Tarzan let him up, and in a few minutes all were back at their vocations, as though naught had occurred to mar the tranquility of their primeval forest haunts.
But deep in the minds of the apes was rooted the conviction that Tarzan was a mighty fighter and a strange creature. Strange because he had had it in his power to kill his enemy, but had allowed him to live — unharmed.
- Ch. 12 : Man's Reason
- Tarzan of the Apes had decided to mark his evolution from the lower orders in every possible manner, and nothing seemed to him a more distinguishing badge of manhood than ornaments and clothing.
To this end, therefore, he collected the various arm and leg ornaments he had taken from the black warriors who had succumbed to his swift and silent noose, and donned them all after the way he had seen them worn.
About his neck hung the golden chain from which depended the diamond encrusted locket of his mother, the Lady Alice. At his back was a quiver of arrows slung from a leathern shoulder belt, another piece of loot from some vanquished black.
About his waist was a belt of tiny strips of rawhide fashioned by himself as a support for the home-made scabbard in which hung his father's hunting knife. The long bow which had been Kulonga's hung over his left shoulder.
The young Lord Greystoke was indeed a strange and war-like figure, his mass of black hair falling to his shoulders behind and cut with his hunting knife to a rude bang upon his forehead, that it might not fall before his eyes.
His straight and perfect figure, muscled as the best of the ancient Roman gladiators must have been muscled, and yet with the soft and sinuous curves of a Greek god, told at a glance the wondrous combination of enormous strength with suppleness and speed.
- Ch. 13 : His Own Kind
- A personification, was Tarzan of the Apes, of the primitive man, the hunter, the warrior.
With the noble poise of his handsome head upon those broad shoulders, and the fire of life and intelligence in those fine, clear eyes, he might readily have typified some demigod of a wild and warlike bygone people of his ancient forest.
But of these things Tarzan did not think. He was worried because he had not clothing to indicate to all the jungle folks that he was a man and not an ape, and grave doubt often entered his mind as to whether he might not yet become an ape.
- Ch. 13 : His Own Kind
- Only those who saw this terrible god of the jungle died; for was it not true that none left alive in the village had ever seen him? Therefore, those who had died at his hands must have seen him and paid the penalty with their lives.
As long as they supplied him with arrows and food he would not harm them unless they looked upon him, so it was ordered by Mbonga that in addition to the food offering there should also be laid out an offering of arrows for this Munan- go-Keewati, and this was done from then on.
- Ch. 13 : His Own Kind
- The conduct of the white strangers it was that caused him the greatest perturbation. He puckered his brows into a frown of deep thought. It was well, thought he, that he had not given way to his first impulse to rush forward and greet these white men as brothers.
They were evidently no different from the black men — no more civilized than the apes — no less cruel than Sabor.
- Ch. 13 : His Own Kind
- The last member of the party to disembark was a girl of about nineteen, and it was the young man who stood at the boat's prow to lift her high and dry upon land. She gave him a brave and pretty smile of thanks, but no words passed between them.
- Ch. 13 : His Own Kind
- Ch. 13 : His Own Kind
- Two keen eyes had watched every move of the party from the foliage of a nearby tree. Tarzan had seen the surprise caused by his notice, and while he could understand nothing of the spoken language of these strange people their gestures and facial expressions told him much.
- Ch. 13 : His Own Kind
- Tarzan sat in a brown study for a long time after he finished reading the letter. It was filled with so many new and wonderful things that his brain was in a whirl as he attempted to digest them all.
So they did not know that he was Tarzan of the Apes. He would tell them.
In his tree he had constructed a rude shelter of leaves and boughs, beneath which, protected from the rain, he had placed the few treasures brought from the cabin. Among these were some pencils.
He took one, and beneath Jane Porter's signature he wrote: I am Tarzan of the Apes
- Ch. 18 : The Jungle Toll
- Fingerprints prove you Greystoke. Congratulations. D'Arnot.
- Ch. 28 : Conclusion
- As Tarzan finished reading, Clayton entered and came toward him with extended hand.
Here was the man who had Tarzan's title, and Tarzan's estates, and was going to marry the woman whom Tarzan loved — the woman who loved Tarzan. A single word from Tarzan would make a great difference in this man's life.
It would take away his title and his lands and his castles, and — it would take them away from Jane Porter also. "I say, old man," cried Clayton, "I haven't had a chance to thank you for all you've done for us. It seems as though you had your hands full saving our lives in Africa and here.
"I'm awfully glad you came on here. We must get better acquainted. I often thought about you, you know, and the remarkable circumstances of your environment.
"If it's any of my business, how the devil did you ever get into that bally jungle?"
"I was born there," said Tarzan, quietly. "My mother was an Ape, and of course she couldn't tell me much about it. I never knew who my father was."
- Ch. 28 : Conclusion
How I Wrote the Tarzan Books (1929)
- I have often been asked how I came to write. The best answer is that I needed the money. When I started I was 35 and had failed in every enterprise I had ever attempted.
- I sold electric light bulbs to janitors, candy to drug stores, and Stoddard's Lectures from door to door. I had decided I was a total failure, when I saw an advertisement which indicated that somebody wanted an expert accountant. Not knowing anything about its I applied for the job and got it.
I am convinced that what are commonly known as "the breaks," good or bad, have fully as much to do with one's success or failure as ability. The break I got in this instance lay in the fact that my employer knew even less about the duties of an expert accountant than I did.
- I determined there was a great future in the mail-order business, and I landed a job that brought me to the head of a large department. About this time our daughter Joan was born.
Having a good job and every prospect for advancement, I decided to go into business for myself, with harrowing results. I had no capital when I started and less when I got through. At this time the mail-order company offered me an excellent position if I wanted to come back If I had accepted it, I would probably have been fixed for life with a good living salary. Yet the chances are that I would never have written a story, which proves that occasionally it is better to do the wrong thing than the right.
When my independent business sank without a trace, I approached as near financial nadir as one may reach. My son, Hulbert, had just been born. I had no job, and no money. I had to pawn Mrs, Burroughs' jewelry and my watch in order to buy food. I loathed poverty, and I should have liked to have put my hands on the man who said that poverty is an honorable estate. It is an indication of inefficiency and nothing more. There is nothing honorable or fine about it. To be poor is quite bad enough. But to be poor without hope ... well, the only way to understand it is to be it.
- I had gone thoroughly through some of the all-fiction magazines and I made up my mind that if people were paid for writing such rot as I read I could write stories just as rotten. Although I had never written a story, I knew absolutely that I could write stories just as entertaining and probably a lot more so than any I chanced to read in those magazines.
I knew nothing about the technique of story writing, and now, after eighteen years of writing, I still know nothing about the technique, although with the publication of my new novel, Tarzan and the Lost Empire, there are 31 books on my list. I had never met an editor, or an author or a publisher. l had no idea of how to submit a story or what I could expect in payment. Had I known anything about it at all I would never have thought of submitting half a novel; but that is what I did.
Thomas Newell Metcalf, who was then editor of The All-Story magazine, published by Munsey, wrote me that he liked the first half of a story I had sent him, and if the second half was as good he thought he might use it. Had he not given me this encouragement, I would never have finished the story, and my writing career would have been at an end, since l was not writing because of any urge to write, nor for any particular love of writing. l was writing because I had a wife and two babies, a combination which does not work well without money.
- No amount of money today could possibly give me the thrill that first $400 check gave me.
My first story was entitled, "Dejah Thoris, Princess of Mars." Metcalf changed it to "Under the Moons of Mars." It was later published in book form as A Princess of Mars.
- With the success of my first story, l decided to make writing a career, though I was canny enough not to give up my job. But the job did not pay expenses and we had a recurrence of great poverty, sustained only by the thread of hope that I might make a living writing fiction. I cast about for a better job and landed one as a department manager for a business magazine. While I was working there, I wrote Tarzan of the Apes, evenings and holidays. I wrote it in longhand on the backs of old letterheads and odd pieces of paper. I did not think it was a very good story and I doubted if it would sell. But Bob Davis saw its possibilities for magazine publication and I got a check ... this time, l think, for $700.
- I had been trying to find a publisher who would put some of my stuff into book form, but I met with no encouragement. Every well-known publisher in the United States turned down Tarzan of the Apes, including A.C. McClurg & Co., who finally issued it, my first story in book form.


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Bad Women: a Panel on Writing
What does it means to be a bad woman? Watch Elena Nicolaou who is an entertainment writer at Refinery 29 host a panel consisting of authors: Georgia Clark (The Bucket List), Naima Coster (Halsey Street),Carola Lovering (Tell Me Lies) and Camille Perri (When Katie Met Cassidy) who discuss their flawed fictional heroines in a no-holds-barred literary event. Are women allowed to be more "unlikeable" in fiction or in life? How does it feel to write about women who don't behave or defy expectations?
Vlog: Man Booker Prize Longlist
There's been lots of talk about the Man Booker longlist this year with a wide range of books, authors and genres generating plenty of debate. Will has a quick rundown of the books that have caught his eye and also mentions a couple of new graphic novels if you've been bitten by the bug after reading Nick Drnaso's Sabrina.
Wayne Kramer | The Hard Stuff
Wayne Kramer of the MC5 shares his new memoir "The Hard Stuff," the story of his groundbreaking but turbulent career in rock'n'roll, with journalist Adam Davidson.
In January 1969, before the world heard a note of their music, The MC5 was on the cover of Rolling Stone. The missing link between free jazz and punk rock, they were raw, primal, and, when things were clicking, absolutely unstoppable.
Led by legendary guitarist Wayne Kramer, The MC5 was a reflection of the times: exciting, sexy, violent, chaotic, and out of control, all but assuring their time in the spotlight would be short-lived. They toured the country, played with music legends, and had a rabid following, their music acting as the soundtrack to the blue collar youth movement springing up across the nation. Kramer wanted to redefine what a rock 'n' roll group was capable of, and there was power in reaching for that, but it was also a recipe for disaster, both personally and professionally. The band recorded three major label albums but, by 1972, it was all over.
Kramer's story is a revolutionary one, but it's also the deeply personal struggle of an addict and an artist, a rebel with a great tale to tell. The '60s were not all peace and love, but Kramer shows that peace and love can be born out of turbulence and unrest. From the glory days of Detroit to the junk-sick streets of the East Village, from Key West to Nashville and sunny L.A., in and out of prison and on and off of drugs, his is the classic journeyman narrative, but with a twist: he's here to remind us that revolution is always an option.
Adam Davidson is a staff writer at The New Yorker, and a co-founder of NPR's Planet Money program.
Writers on Music: From Miles Davis to Public Enemy
The podcast host of "Talk Music Talk with boice" partners with 33 1/3 to present a panel featuring four authors from the series who discuss the books they wrote on their favorite albums/ Featuring from left to right, moderator boice-Terrel Allen, George Grella (Miles Davis' Bitches Brew), Christopher Weingarten (Public Enemy's It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back), Amanda Petrusich (Nick Drake's Pink Moon), and Ryan Leas (LCD Soundsystem's Sound of Silver).
33 1/3 is a series of books in which each volume written about a single album and is published by Bloomsbury.
boice-Terrel Allen is a podcaster, author and musician originally from Pittsburgh and currently lives in New York City. He's published three books of fiction (Screwball Comedy/Stories Going Steady, Janet Hurst and The Daughters of a Mother), edited an anthology of multicultural fiction and poetry (Coloring Book) and released two music albums (How to Be an Adult and Get Me Audio, Vol. 1). His podcast, Talk Music Talk, originated in 2015 and has released over 160 episodes. Talk Music Talk is a weekly interview podcast featuring long-form discussions with singers, songwriters, authors, producers and others who are connected to music of all genres. The show can be streamed on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, SoundCloud and is also available as an app. www.talkmusictalk.com www.333sound.com
George Grella started as a musician and then accidentally became a writer. He has played classical, jazz, improvised music, funk, show tunes, and more, from CBGB to Weill Recital Hall. His music writing career began in earnest in 2008, when he started the Big City blog, and since then has contributed to, among others, Signal to Noise, Downbeat, WQXR, the New York City Jazz Record, NewMusicBox, and Music & Literature. He currently writes for the New York Classical Review and is the music editor of the Brooklyn Rail.
Christopher R. Weingarten is a contributing editor at Rolling Stone.
Amanda Petrusich is the author of several books about music, including Do Not Sell at Any Price: The Wild, Obsessive Hunt for the World's Rarest 78rpm Records, which was named one of the best books of 2014 by NPR, Slate, and BuzzFeed. Petrusich is a staff writer at The New Yorker, and the recipient of a 2016 Guggenheim Fellowship in nonfiction. Her work has also appeared in the New York Times, the Oxford American, Pitchfork, GQ, Esquire, Playboy, Spin, The Nation, The Atlantic, and elsewhere.
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Michele Rigby Assad: "My Secret Life in the CIA" | Talks at Google
Michele Rigby Assad is a former undercover officer in the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency's Directorate of Operations. Trained as a counterterrorism specialist, Michele spent over a decade in the agency, leading some of the most highly skilled operatives on the planet, secretly serving in some of the most treacherous areas of the Middle East, and at risk as a target for ISIS.
She discusses how she stood out from many of the older white men who excelled at the CIA, and how she used her differences to her advantage. Michele also covers a range of other topics including misconceptions about Middle East, her experience dealing with terrorists, recent shootings in the U.S., and what civilians can do to stay safe.
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Parable of Afrofuturism (Feat. The Storyscape) | Read Awakening
From the movie Black Panther to the music of Janelle Monae, Afrofuturism is on a lot of minds this year. Join host Dominique Taylor to explore the literary offerings of Afrofuturism with Rivers Solomon whose book, An Unkindness of Ghosts, you'll want to read.
Crashing the Party: From the Bernie Sanders Campaign to a Progressive Movement
A conversation with Heather Gautney, Adolph Reed, and Cornel West.
Book launch for Heather Gautney's "Crashing the Party: From the Bernie Sanders Campaign to a Progressive Movement," available from Verso Books.
Bernie Sanders shocked the political establishment by winning 13 million votes and a majority of young voters in the 2016 Democratic primary. Since that upset, repeated polls have judged this democratic socialist to be the most popular politician in the United States. What lessons can be drawn from his surprising insurgent campaign?
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Best-selling author André Aciman discusses his critically acclaimed novel, "Call Me By Your Name." Set in Italy during the 1980s, the novel and film follow the coming-of-age love story of 17-year-old Elio and 24-year-old graduate student Oliver. Aciman discusses the success of the book and the movie, the possibility of a sequel and reaction from readers.
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Glory Edim, author of WELL-READ BLACK GIRL, speaks at the Penguin Random House Library BookExpo Breakfast, May 2018
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From young outsider to national hero, a timeless, uniquely American tale of hard work, determination, and resilience. Olympic medalist, advocate, and first Muslim woman to compete while wearing a hijab, Ibtihaj Muhammad talks about her memoir Proud with beloved author Jacqueline Woodson.
Growing up in New Jersey as the only African American Muslim in hijab in town, at school, and on the playing fields, Ibtihaj Muhammad always had to find her own way. When she discovered fencing, a sport traditionally reserved for the wealthy and white, once again she had to defy expectations and make a place for herself in a sport she grew to love. Even though Ibtihaj would start fencing later than most, at 13 years old her talent was undeniable. From winning state championships with her high school team to three-time All-America selections at Duke University, Ibtihaj was poised for success, but the fencing community wasn't ready to welcome her with open arms.
Ibtihaj Muhammad's path to Olympic greatness has been marked with opposition and near-debilitating challenges because of her race, religion, and gender. As the only woman of color and the only religious minority on the U.S. women's saber team, once again Ibtihaj had to push past stereotypes, misconceptions, and negativity to find her own path to success and Olympic glory.
Proud is the inspiring story of how Ibtihaj rose above it all with grace and compassion. She provides an unflinching and honest portrayal of how she managed to stay true to herself and still play by the rules. A coming-of-age story, a hero's journey, and a moving memoir from one of the nation's most influential athletes, Proud will leave you cheering. It's also available in a Young Readers edition, inspiring new generations to stay true to themselves on their way to greatness.
Jacqueline Woodson is an Newbery Honor-winning writer of books for children and young adults. She is best known for Miracle's Boys, about three young brothers of African-American and Puerto Rican descent growing up without parents in Harlem.
How the Media Spreads Fake News | Vanity Fair
Scott Galloway, author of the new book "The Four," joins Nick Bilton, Special Correspondent for Vanity Fair, to explain the future of media and how Google, Facebook, Apple and Amazon, grew into such massive companies. He lays out why Facebook is the least likely to survive, and why the other companies that do may end up in a war with the U.S. governments over regulation.
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Dr. Carla Hayden, Librarian of Congress, talks with host Jeffrey Brown at the 2018 National Book Festival.
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t's seldom the case that an author adapts their own work for the screen so we wanted to ask Ian McEwan about the technical challenges of a novella with no dialogue in its first half, whether the story could have been set in another era, and how single moments can change a lifetime.
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What do we mean by development? How can citizens, governments and the international community foster development? The process by which nations escape poverty and achieve economic and social progress has been the subject of extensive examination for hundreds of years.The notion of development itself has evolved from an original preoccupation with incomes and economic growth to a much broader understanding of development. In this Very Short Introduction Ian Goldin considers the contributions that education, health, gender, equity, and other dimensions of human well-being make to development, and discusses why it is also necessary to include the role of institutions and the rule of law as well as sustainability and environmental concerns. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
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Saints move to top of South with overtime win
Mt. Hood takes down Chemeketa 105-102 on Wednesday night
In Mt. Hoods first meeting with Chemeketa last month, the Saints crumbled in overtime on their way to a discouraging loss. They werent about to let it happen again.
The Saints gave Chemeketa a taste of its own medicine as they outlasted the Storm 105-102 in an extra session in Wednesdays rematch.
Mt. Hood struck first in overtime and never trailed.
Chemeketa was down 104-102 and inbounded with 20 seconds remaining. The Storm rushed down the floor, but the Saints again forced a key turnover to deny Chemeketa the tie.
Mt. Hoods Blake Updike scooped up the loose ball and was fouled with four seconds to go. He missed his first free throw and made the second. The Storm passed it in and launched a shot from half-court in an effort to send the game to a second overtime, but it never drew iron.
With the win, Mt. Hood improved to 6-3 in league play and forced a five-way tie atop the NWAACC South division standings.
Look for expanded game coverage in our Friday, Feb. 7, print edition.
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Michigan Tech, Portage Health Team up on Sleep Studies
By Dennis Walikainen | Published
In a new collaboration, researchers from Michigan Technological University and Portage Health are working together to study sleep disorders, focusing on sleep apnea.
Based in Portage Health's Sleep Disorders Center in Hancock, Jason Carter and Dr. Carl Smoot are trying to assess what causes sleep apnea, what makes it worse, and how to stop it and its negative side effects.
"Sleep makes up one-third of our lives, yet we are just beginning to research it and understand its importance," said Carter, chair of kinesiology and integrative physiology at Michigan Tech.
"We think there might be a relation between sleep apnea and glaucoma, due to the lack of oxygen," said Smoot, director of the Sleep Disorders Center. "There are also studies that draw connections with asthma, diabetes, and increasing chances for strokes and heart attacks. And we know that alcohol use negatively impacts sleep apnea."
"Our long-range goal of these studies is to influence therapeutic strategies for sleep apnea patients," Carter said. Sleep apnea, prevalent in some 30 to 40 percent of men and 20-30 percent of women, is marked by the stopping of breathing, as often as 30 times per hour. It can also be related to obesity.
To alleviate the pattern, patients use CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure), wearing a mask and using mild air pressure to keep pathways open. "Some people are only getting 70 percent oxygen, where 95 percent is normal for overnight," Smoot explained.
Deep sleep occurs early in the night, said Carter. Then, between 4 a.m. and waking, sleep can be more susceptible to interruptions during the dream stages.
"In our study, we will look at the risk factors," Carter said. "For years, we have promoted healthy eating and exercise, and sleep is the third pillar of health. Some studies indicate 70 percent of adolescents are sleep deprived."
"Sleep research is really in its infancy," he noted. "For example, sleep deprivation contributes to hypertension, and we are still trying to understand the underlying mechanisms."
Sleep can be negatively affected by something called sympathetic tone, Smoot added. "The sympathetic nervous system's 'fight or flight' response is necessary, but not in the middle of the night. With our studies here, we will be able to target at-risk populations who are impacted by inadequate or poor sleep."
"With the Sleep Disorder Center, we have access to a facility accredited by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, and only 20 percent nationwide have that distinction," Carter said. "The American Heart Association is also very interested in this type of multidisciplinary study."
Within the center's walls, two bedrooms are set up to do the research, looking like nicely appointed motel rooms, with furniture, magazines, and television. Subjects will sleep— or not—overnight, wired to monitoring equipment. The researchers hope to help those who just need a good night's sleep.
Michigan Technological University is a public research university, home to more than 7,000 students from 54 countries. Founded in 1885, the University offers more than 120 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in science and technology, engineering, forestry, business and economics, health professions, humanities, mathematics, and social sciences. Our campus in Michigan's Upper Peninsula overlooks the Keweenaw Waterway and is just a few miles from Lake Superior.


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The Way Down
Cedar Creek Waterfall in San Diego County.
Sun Kissed
Sunrise hitting the peaks of Mount Ritter and Banner Peak with Garnet Lake in the foreground.
Golden Glow
Sunrise on Mount Ritter and Banner Peak
On Edge
Sunset on the famous Potato Chip Rock on Mt Woodson in San Diego.
Sierra Morning
The Day begins at Mount Ritter and Banner Peak with the reflections in Garnet Lake
Full Frontal
Front view of Cedar Creek Waterfall in San Diego County
Dryed Up
Cedar Creek Waterfall sunset in San Diego county. This was taken in November, 2 months later the water was flowing.
The Way Up
The service road going up the backside of Mt Woodson in San Diego during sunset.
The trail heading past one of my favorite boulders on the front side of Mt Woodson in San Diego.
Potato Chip Sunset
Watching the city lights come on below from the famous Potato Chip Rock on Mt Woodson in San Diego.
San Diego Winter Sunset
Red Aloe Vera plants blooming during the San Diego winter months as the sun drops down for another day.
Rancho Peñasquitos Preserve Waterfall during sunset
Churning Gold
The Los Penasquitos Canyon Waterfall during sunset.
Look West
The sunset from Fuller Ridge on Mt San Jacinto looking towards the Pacific Ocean
Southern Cali Sunset
Watching the sunset on Fuller Ridge on Mt San Jacinto. To the left is Orange County and the Pacific Ocean, to the right is Los Angeles and Mt Baldy.
Slipping Away
Potato Chip Rock with a nice cloudy day on Mt Woodson in San Diego
Sand Between My Toes
Sunset on La Jolla Beach in San Diego
Eye of the Storm
Looking at a storm up against Mt Whitney through the Lathe Arch in the Alabama Hills
Broken Hill Sunset
Sunset on Broken Hill in the San Diego Torrey Pines State Reserve
City Lights
The city lights of Palm Springs
Broken Hill
Sunset on Broken Hill in the Torrey Pines California State Reserve
Lower Falls Sunset
The Lower Falls in Yellowstone's "Grand Canyon" area taken at sunset from Artist Point.
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GSA Historical Highlights
The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) was established on July 1, 1949, when President Harry Truman signed the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act into law.
The agency was created at the recommendation of the Hoover Commission, chaired by former President Herbert Hoover. The commission had studied ways to improve the administrative services of the federal government and concluded that it would be more effective and economical for the government to consolidate small agencies into one to avoid "senseless duplication, excess cost, and confusion in handling supplies, and providing space." The agencies were the National Archives Establishment, the Federal Works Agency with its Public Buildings Administration, the Bureau of Federal Supply and the Office of Contract Settlement from the Treasury Department, and the War Assets Administration.
GSA formed these three services to handle its consolidated responsibilities: Public Buildings, Federal Supply, and National Archives and Records.
GSA's original mission was to dispose of war surplus goods, manage and store government records, handle emergency preparedness, and stockpile strategic supplies for wartime. GSA also regulated the sale of various office supplies to federal agencies and managed some unusual operations, like hemp plantations in South America.
GSA has evolved through the years, gaining and losing functions as the role of the federal government changed and technology has improved.
- 1954: Established the first federal motor pool.
- 1957: Used the term "telecommunications system" for the first time to describe telephone service.
- 1959: Played a significant role in establishing the Federal Procurement Regulation System.
- 1960: Created the Federal Telecommunications System, a governmentwide inter-city telephone system.
- 1962: An Ad Hoc Committee on Federal Office Space recommended to President Kennedy that a major building program be undertaken to address obsolete office buildings in Washington, DC. This resulted in the construction of many of the federal office buildings that now line Independence Avenue in the nation's capital. The Fine Arts in Federal Buildings Program was established as a result of the committee's recommendations.
- 1970: Created the Consumer Information Center (now the Federal Citizen Information center) famous for its Pueblo, CO distribution center. The center distributes millions of consumer information brochures and answers millions of telephone calls and emails from citizens each year.
- 1972: Established the Automated Data and Telecommunications Service. This operation evolved into the Federal Technology Service.
- 1972: Started the Federal Buildings Fund (FBF) as a revolving fund to construct, maintain, operate, and renovate federal buildings. Revenues deposited into the fund come from the rental income paid to GSA by other federal tenants.
- 1973: Created the Office of Federal Management Policy when GSA was asked to take a greater policy-making role.
- 1978: Centralized the federal government's procurement policy in the Office of Acquisition Policy.
- 1979: Transferred emergency management functions to the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
- 1984: Introduced the federal government to charge cards for official expenses.
- 1985: Began to provide governmentwide policy oversight and guidance for federal real property management as a result of an Executive Order signed by President Reagan.
- 1985: The National Archives and Records Administration became a separate independent agency.
- 1987: Opened its first child care center in 1987 and today operates more than 110 across the country.
- 1988: Transferred the strategic stockpile of war supplies to the Department of Defense.
- 1995: Formed Courthouse Management Group to manage the largest courthouse construction project in 50 years.
- 1995: Merged all of GSA's policy functions in the Office of Governmentwide Policy.
- 1996: Introduced its GSA employees to the Internet and intranet and spurred the development of electronic commerce through GSA Advantage!™
- 2000: Created FirstGov.gov, the U.S. government's official web portal. (Renamed USA.gov in 2007)
- 2001: Assumed responsibility for five of President Bush's E-Gov Initiatives: E-Authentication, E-Travel, Federal Asset Sales, Integrated Acquisition Environment, and USA Services.
- 2002: Consolidated all of GSA's citizen-centered activities into a single organization, the Office of Citizen Services and Communications. The office provides access to information in whatever medium citizens prefer—the Internet, email, telephone, fax or print.
- 2004: Established the Office of Chief Acquisition Officer.
- 2005: Established the Federal Acquisition Service by consolidation of GSA Federal Technology Service and Federal Supply Service.
- 2016: Established the Technology Transformation Service