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My name is Anna and I shouldn't be here. I shouldn't exist. But I do.
Anna hides her secret diary away each night because she doesn't want to get into trouble for breaking the rules. Life in Grange Hall is governed by rules, rules that have to be obeyed in order to make up for breaking the biggest rule of all. Being born.
But when Peter arrives and starts to tell Anna shocking things about the outside world, she learns to question the rules and, with Peter, struggles to escape the past and find a better future.
...... From the outer back cover.
FIRST SENTENCE: 11 January 2140.
MEMORABLE MOMENT: "Being surplus means you have to limit your impact on the earth." she said. "They don't want us dead. They just don't want us spreading disease, or being too weak to be Useful."
The year is 2140. The battle against ageing has been won and people can now live for ever. But not everyone thinks that eternal life is a good thing and a resistance movement is fighting the drive for eternal youth.
Peter finds himself involved in a struggle not only against the authoritarian government, but also against his own family. A struggle that will test him to his limits and make him question his loyalty to Anna, the girl he loves, and everything he has ever believed in.
..... From the outer back cover.
FIRST SENTENCE: Overhead lightning, bleak and uncompromising, shone down into the small room like a prison guard's searchlight, picking out every speck of dust, every mark on the cheap carpet, every smudged fingerprint on the window sill.
MEMORABLE MOMENT: Longevity did not appear out of nowhere, Peter; it is simply the latest invention in a long line of inventions - antibiotics, vaccinations, X-rays, even sanitation - all of which extend man's life substantially.
For books written with an age range of 12 plus in mind these deal with some quite heavy, scary and complex issues. Topical with their talk of over population, stem cell research and other environmental issues both books are powerful and thought provoking. Well written and with some interesting characters - I especially liked the extremely sinister Mrs Pincent - who all grew and developed wonderfully over the course of the books so that I'm sure young people will identify with them, both The Declaration and, it's sequel, The Resistance had me thinking of what it means to be human.
My only real criticism of the books being the designs on the front covers - The Declaration's cover being quite 'girly' with it's slightly shiny cover and butterfly image and The Resistance's cover being much more 'boyish' with it's spiders web design - which is a shame as I'm sure the stories themselves will appeal to both sexes.
So which, if any, book did I prefer?
It has to be said that I enjoyed The Resistance more. More thrilling and moving at a quicker pace, it was 'darker' and much more disturbing in it's content which, on reflection, along with it's spider cover, may make this more of an appealing read than The Declaration to boys.
Both books I will doubtlessly re- read as I'm sure much is missed in the first reading, I will be surprised if they are not made into a film(s).
The Declaration and The Resistance were purchased from The Book People.
18 comments:
- Arti said...
The Resistance looks a good one to read...
Its first line left me wanting for more, its thrilling, dark...
Plus you have gave a thumbs up:)
- 6 October 2010 at 14:05
- kavita said...
When i was reading your review on both the books i felt that they sound like perfect plots for the movies.And you said the same thing.
Would love to read both the books .Thanks.
- 6 October 2010 at 15:03
- SG said...
Thanks for the info. Would be interested to read The Resistance.
- 6 October 2010 at 15:23
- chitra said...
I haven't read the post to be honest,I am too tired after my classes but just wanted to say hello to my sweet friend. Shall catch up soon.
- 6 October 2010 at 16:27
- Alyce said...
I haven't heard of either of these, but I'll be keeping them in mind. They sound like the sort of books I would enjoy.
- 6 October 2010 at 16:42
- Melissa Gill said...
Great, I love YA Dystopian. I used to think that made me...you know...kindof weird, but now it seems like everyone loves these, so I know I'm in good company.
- 6 October 2010 at 17:29
- StarTraci said...
I am going to have to stop reading your blog because you keep giving ne great books to read and I am already tripping over my huge "to read" list"! These books look great. I want to run out right now and get them. The fact that I am broke and the aforementioned huge pile aside, I am so intrigued.
Thanks always for sharing your fabulous library with us.
- 6 October 2010 at 17:43
- Kelly said...
I've tried to branch out in my reading and this series really sounds good! Is it just the two of them or will there be more?
Personally, I like both covers... especially the one with the spider.
- 6 October 2010 at 20:13
- Kristina Barnes♥ said...
I've never heard of either of these books. I have to admit I was surprised when you mentioned these books were written for a targeted 12-year old audience. Reading the synopsis of The Resistance made me think at least young-adult.
I must admit that I'm slightly terrified of The Resistance's cover, being arachnophobic.
I would definitely love reading these books :D Thank you for the review <3
- 6 October 2010 at 21:10
- Oddyoddyo13 said...
They sound exactly like movie material! I'll have to check them out. :)
- 6 October 2010 at 22:27
- -Sam I Am- said...
Thank you so much for your sweet comment!! It made my day to see you had stopped by again :)
Loving your blog, as always! Have a beautiful day!!
- 6 October 2010 at 22:27
- Suko said...
I hadn't heard of either of these books before stopping here. Sounds like a set worth reading.
- 7 October 2010 at 00:22
- Veens said...
Thanks for stopping by. Haven't heard of these books, thanks for the info!
- 7 October 2010 at 01:07
- Pam said...
Those books sound good but they are targeted to twelve year olds? I guess it just depends on the individual kid and their maturity levels. I learned my lesson on too much maturity when I took my daughter to hear a lecture by a holocaust survivor when she was in 7th grade. She still has nightmares about lamps made from human skin.
- 7 October 2010 at 01:59
- brandileigh2003 said...
This sounds wonderful. Thanks for the review.
Brandi from Blkosiner's Book Blog
- 7 October 2010 at 02:44
- GMR said...
Enjoyed the review! I quite agree with you on the covers...seems to rather put on males or females respectively based on their design...aside from the fact that had I not read your review, I probably would have by-passed it in the store. Never would have guessed THAT story lied within. Thanks for sharing...and happy reading!
- 7 October 2010 at 03:26
- Misha1989 said...
I have never read this author! Thanks a lot for the review!
- 7 October 2010 at 04:02
- Kelli (I'd So Rather Be Reading) said...
I like the sound of these! Putting them on my TBR list now. Thank you!
- 9 October 2010 at 14:04


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Believe it or not, more went down at Apple Event than just the news that the headphone jack is so out this season.
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We're getting STICKERS and ANIMATIONS and a PREDICTIVE EMOJI KEYBOARD - so maybe take it easy with the eggplant talk.
But NOTHING tops the sneaky addition on Invisible Ink; remember, as a kid, when you'd write in lemon juice and then hold the paper over a lamp to reveal your secret message?
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I am an Occupational Therapist in a NC nursing home. I have had on two different occasions patients ask me directly, "Do you believe in God?"
I told them both no and the conversation progressed in a very civil manner.
It is very difficult for me to keep my mouth shut when someone keeps going on and on about God and why he lets people suffer so, and how He gives us everything we have....etc, etc.
Hey Erik
I have gotten this question multiple times as well. Also been asked to pray with patients.
My answer has always been the same. I am not a believer but i respect your beliefs. Thats all i say and i refuse to take part in a prayer of anykind only because it would be disingenuous to do so.
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The Finn put his strong qualifying down to warmer temperatures, and will be hoping for more of the same on race day.
Though he was outqualified by team-mate Romain Grosjean, Raikkonen will still line up in a very respectable fourth on the grid after Grosjean was handed a five-place grid penalty as a result of a gearbox change ahead of the qualifying session.
"That was probably better than I expected," said Raikkonen of qualifying fourth. "Because of the difficulties in the practices, it finally got a bit more hot and the tyres started to work so it helped us.
"Usually we've been more strong in the race, so hopefully it should be a bit warmer tomorrow and it should be better for us. Hopefully it's another thing tomorrow that improves our car and we can fight more."
While Raikkonen's last F1 victory came amid sweltering heat in Abu Dhabi, his Lotus certainly won't be benefitting from those kinds of temperatures in Texas on Sunday.
Like many of his fellow drivers, he is also concerned about starting on the left-hand side of the grid, where grip is particularly low.
"It's been very slippery anyhow, the circuit, and then the racing line goes more or less over the right-hand side so we expect it's going to be very slippery on the left. We'll have to wait and see tomorrow what happens," he said.
Raikkonen also denied that set-up changes played a part in the sudden improvement in grip he experienced - though he did still spin in Q1.
"It was very difficult to get them working at all until the qualifying and then we got them to work much better. It's still not like we want them to work but it was much better," he said.
"I knew already in the first qualifying that the tyres were much better than this morning or yesterday. It just seemed to improve and we found better pressures for the end. It's just getting better and better all the time.
"I don't think the circuit has improved for us, it's just the tyres - if you get them switched on then everything changes. It's not like the circuit suddenly changes for us, it's just the tyres."Source: Planet-F1


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New York City's homeless problem has increased, especially among families, which I find most sad indeed.
The shelter population has reached record levels not seen since the Great Depression era. In January there were 64,060 people in homeless shelters and living on the street.
I remember a time when I myself was homeless after the Vietnam War, where I served in the Navy. I lived on the street for a time, but was saved by the kindness of a stranger who gave me shelter.
It's been forecast that this winter will be a cold and bitter one, and will be very hard for anyone living on the street. Now I know that too well, because I lived through a bitter winter long ago on the streets of Hempstead.
Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio must succeed where Mayor Bloomberg has failed.
I plead with de Blasio to do what he promised in his campaign. These men, women and children really need help.
Frederick R. Bedell, Jr.
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Just writing to apologize for how little I have posted lately. Finals are starting over here and I probably won't be able to post regularly again for a little over a week. Just know that I miss my impersonated community very much. Hopefully you and I will be comforted with some posts from my lovely co-bloggers in the meantime.
To tide you over until my return to the blogosphere, here are some of the things that I have been reading to procrastinate studying that you might find worthy of procrastinating with as well:
Jessica Valenti on the Assange case
Chloe's thoughts on Glee
Latest from NYT's "Women at Arms" series
December 6th was the anniversary of the Montreal Massacre (thanks to my roommate for reminding me about this)
First two openly trans judges in the U.S. were appointed last month
And another amazing feminist friend of mine just brought this piece by Andrea Gibson to my attention.
Monday, December 13, 2010
Update on My Life (Because I Know You Were Wondering)
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Good luck on your finals! I've missed you.
- December 13, 2010 at 5:13 PM
- Amelia said...
Also: I am so glad that someone introduced you to "Blue Blanket." It was the second poem by Andrea that I memorized because it's so powerful. <3
(I've also started a Tumblr blog that is pretty much 90% Andrea. She is so lovely, in numerous ways)
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Alfred Kentigern Siewers is Associate Professor of English and Affiliate Faculty Member in Environmental Studies. He is on the Steering Committee for Environmental Studies and the Advisory Board for the Place Studies Initiative at Bucknell, and is a former award-winning urban affairs writer at the Chicago Sun-Times and Midwestern correspondent for The Christian Science Monitor.
Educational Background
- Ph.D., Illinois
- M.A., Aberystwyth
- M.S.J., Northwestern
- B.A., Brown
- Medieval studies
- Christian literature
- Fantasy
- Environmental criticis
- Semiotics
Scholarship and Current Projects
- Author of Strange Beauty: Ecocritical Approaches to Medieval Landscape (Palgrave)
- Editor of Re-Imagining Nature: Environmental Humanities and Ecosemiotics (Bucknell)
- Co-editor of the Stories of the Susquehanna Valley series (Bucknell)
- Co-editor of Tolkien's Modern Middle Ages (Palgrave).
- Current projects include a survey of Anglophone literary traditions of nature, and a comparative study of approaches to nature in writings by Coleridge, Priestley, and James and Susan Fenimore Cooper.
- Scadden Fellowship
- Presidential Award for Teaching Excellence
- Maxwell Award for Administrative Excellence
- Supervised two students who won Maxwell Prizes for their work in environmental humanities
- Lisagor Awards for Exemplary Journalism
Selected Publications
Editor and contributor, Re-Imagining Nature: Environmental Humanities and Ecosemiotics (Bucknell, 2013). Authored "Song, Tree, and Spring: Environmental Meaning and the Environmental Humanities," and "The Ecopoetics of Creation: Genesis LXX 1-3".
"The Periphyseon, the Irish 'Otherworld,' and Early Medieval Nature," in Eriugena and Creation (Brepols, 2014)
"The Green Otherworlds of Early English Literature" in The Cambridge Companion to Environment and Literature (Cambridge, 2013)
"Orthodoxy and Ecopoetics" in Toward an Ecology of Transfiguration: Orthodox Christian Perspectives on Environment, Nature, and Creation (Fordham University Press, 2013)
"Pre-Modern Ecosemiotics: The Green World as Literary Ecology," in The Space of Culture-The Place of Nature (University of Tartu Press 2011)
"Ecopoetics and the Origins of English Literature," in Environmental Criticism for the Twenty-First Century (Routledge 2011)
"Spenser's Green World," Early English Studies (2010)
"Ecocriticism" in A Dictionary of Cultural and Critical Theory 2d. ed. (Wiley-Blackwell 2010)
Strange Beauty: Ecocritical Approaches to Early Medieval Landscape (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009)
"Landscapes of Conversion: Guthlac's Mound and Grendel's Mere as Expressions of Anglo-Saxon Nation-Building," in The Postmodern Beowulf (West Virginia University Press 2007)
"The Greyest-Greenest-Bluest Eye: Colours of Martyrdom and Colours of the Winds as Iconographic Landscapes," Cambrian Medieval Celtic Studies 50 (2005): 31-66
Co-editor and contributor, Tolkien's Modern Middle Ages (2005; paperback edition 2009). Authored "Tolkien's Cosmic-Christian Ecology"


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TORONTO (Reuters) - There is little room for panic in the National Hockey League (NHL) playoffs and the battle-hardened Boston Bruins are showing just how valuable experience is as they chase a second Stanley Cup in three seasons.
The Bruins fell into an early hole during a pivotal road game against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday but battled back for an exhilarating 4-3 overtime victory that gave the visitors a 3-1 stranglehold in the best-of-seven series.
"It's not how you start, it's how you finish," Bruins captain Zdeno Chara, who had four assists, told reporters.
"It's a 60-minute game, and sometimes more than that, so all of us kind've tried to put that first 20 minutes behind us and focus on the next period and go from there."
The Maple Leafs, in the playoffs for the first time in nine years and desperately trying to square the first-round series, jumped out to a 2-0 lead with a pair of first-period goals.
But the Bruins stormed back with a three-goal second period and, after allowing a Toronto goal with under three minutes to play in the middle frame, entered the third period tied 3-3.
Before the game, the Bruins roster had 1,330 games of NHL playoff experience, including five players with more than 100 each. By contrast, the three Maple Leafs with the most playoff experience had played a combined 121 games.
The contrast in experience was clearly evident during the late stages. Boston never panicked even as the Maple Leafs pressed for the go-ahead goal, only to be denied time and time again by Finnish goalie Tuukka Rask.
"We know we have so much experience on this team, but it's how you use that experience that is important," Bruins forward David Krejci told reporters after scoring the overtime winner to complete his hat trick.
"I think we used it well tonight, but Tuukka also made some great saves. If it wasn't for him, we wouldn't have even been in overtime."
For the Bruins, the win means they can avoid a trip back to Toronto for a Game Six with a win at home on Friday that would put them in the Eastern Conference semi-final for the first time since winning the Stanley Cup in 2011.
This season marks the sixth consecutive year the Bruins are in the playoffs, the franchise's longest stretch since their NHL-record span of 29 consecutive seasons from 1968-1996.
The Bruins' experience was not lost on the Maple Leafs, a team that does not have history on its side with Boston owning a 15-2 record when leading a best-of-seven series 3-1.
"There is obviously a bit of a learning curve," Toronto forward Joffrey Lupul, who opened the scoring less than three minutes into the game, told reporters. "In the playoffs the more experienced guys tend to have a little bit of an advantage but that's not an excuse at all."
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We are living in a society which is called "technologically civilized" society. Every small work we do is technology dependent. Today every other person is recognized with the device or gadget, he carries; which is technically advanced. Ultimately, we can say that,"living without technology is like living without air" in this technical world of today.Therefore, we are much dependent on technology.
Starting with the simple example of food storage. Today the shelf life of the food products is increased with help of modern technology and even preparation time of food is reduced with the help of new machines and equipment. Thus ,making the consumer to have an ease at its consumption and also in saving a lot of productive time. Ultimately, making the person dependent on it for his own benefits. This is unlike to the times of traditional cooking where people had to spare time and even do physical labor compared to the modern technically advanced time of today.
Technology made our lives simple but much dependent on it. We can sit in a corner and get connected to the world. Thus making the world a "global community." Communicate with a person in remote area within fraction of seconds; make a trip of the world within no time, all these are possible with the advanced technology, making us more dependent on its usage.
In the health sector, technology advanced to a great extent that today a machine can assist a person in intensive care and monitor him, which was a tiresome and risky job to do manually before. In a way we are coming closer with the machines developed technically.
Technology makes us lethargic with little or no physical activity, in one aspect; but the same technology provides a inspiration or motivation to do creative jobs including physical activity .
Today, we don't find even a single young kid without using the available technology to him/her. Technology made us dependent on it and we can't expect or imagine a life without using the word "technology" in it .Hence, technology plays a major role in our lives.


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Welcome to History Carnival #53. I hope you enjoy your visit to the American Presidents Blog. My thanks to the dozens of people who have made over forty submissions. I have not included everything due to multiple post nominations for the same blogs, multiple nominations for the same posts, and some submissions I did not feel were appropriate for the carnival. Note to future hosts: Since the History Carnival is now monthly; there will be a lot of submissions. Start early!
As a librarian, I feel compelled to put all of these in categories. However, I only got a B in cataloging in library school so forgive me if some of the categories are a bit off.
Teaching History
Danny Loss in The failings of narrative history argues that history should not necessarily be taught as a chronological narrative that goes either forward or in reverse. Frumteacher talks about making history interesting in History and irony.
Eric argues that teaching about human sacrifice can help get the attention of teens in Human Sacrifice in Hunter/Gather Europe?
Ancient History
Ashok in The Relevance of Thucydides: History as Personal examines personal history, Athenian Imperialism, and Thucydides. Magistra in Haircuts and virtue politics looks at virtue politics from ancient Rome to John Edwards.
Mary Beard is No Fan of Hannibal. Hey, neither were the Romans but maybe they did help to build up his historical image…
Nouri posted about the pre-Islamic Middle East in Observations on the Arabs and the Superpowers.
Middle East
Elder of Ziyon, using Time Magazine looks back in Jerusalem, 1952 to how Jerusalem was when it was divided back then.
Ian Welsh looks at what he considers a critical historical flaw in American foreign policy in A Mile in My Enemy's Shoes.
M notes in A Corpse of Course the story of Dr. Semmelweis (the man who discovered the importance of washing one's hands before anyone knew about germs) and about the Semmelweis Museum in Budapest.
Kristan Tetens in Who Are You Calling Nellie? looks at what John Major and Melba have in common.
DoDo in An Empire Past in Color presents beautiful color photos of Czarist Russia from 1910. Lynne Viola in The Unknown Gulag, Part I: Looking for the Kulaks examines the penal institutions for the roughly two million peasants who were labeled kulaks and forcibly expropriated and deported to the most far-flung and forbidding hinterlands of the Soviet Union.
Henry Farrell in Napoleons of Crime asks whether the Mafia in Italy was a result of a weak state, something that pre-dates the Italian state, or something else.
American History
Tim Abbott writes about the first capture and destruction of an enemy war vessel by the Americans in war "A Bright, Smart and Successful Affair": The Battle of Chelsea Creek and the Taking of the Schooner DIANA.
Rob MacDougall has a fun post about Charles Adiel Lewis Totten in Dungeon Master Zero who may have been the first Dungeon Master as well as being a proponent of Anglo-Israelism.
Miland Brown in James Henderson Blount - American Rebel Separatist examines the life of the man who authored a report which may have led President Cleveland astray on Hawaii in 1893. Jennie Weber from right here at the APB has a nice story about Theodore Roosevelt in Tallmadge, Ohio.
Epppie in About Louis Armstrong has a piece on the place of Louis Armstrong and black music in American cultural history. Kainah has a Seven-Part Series on Kent State which the submitter wrote, "I'm nominating the whole series for its brilliance."
As the world mourns the passing of Jerry Farwell, Ahistoricality gives us something from the old Moral Majority in Jerry Falwell's Dead. Actually, the presented list has a few good points on it…
Elementaryhistoryteacher wrote about 13 Great Homes from Natchez, Mississippi.
Natalie Bennett in Looking at hedges with new eyes looks at, well, hedges. Let me add that the hedge post got submitted three times so it must be good. Gillian Polack in Coleslaw looks at a history of coleslaw.
Larry Lehmer in Remembering the places where memories were made has a discussion of personal and family history.
Penny L. Richards in In Search of....the first TAB does some sleuthing as to the origins of the term "Temporarily Able-Bodied."
Konrad Larson rightly criticizes the many out there that are making Copyright Claims on US Government Documents. These are all in the public domain so how are people copyrighting them?
Next Carnival
Rebecca Goetz at Historianess will host the next History Carnival on July 1st. Use the handy submission form provided by Blog Carnival if you have suggestion for inclusion.
Thanks for visiting!
Michael Lorenzen
Friday, June 01, 2007
History Carnival #53
Posted by M at 6:36 AM
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Michelle, I fixed your name and you are given credit as the author. Sorry for the mistake.
I did not use the actual name of the blogs though. I linked to the title of the post at the blog. In this case, the title is indeed A Corpse of Course.
- Michelle said...
Thanks! The Carnival is wonderful!
- elementaryhistoryteacher said...
A great carnival. Thanks for adding me....
A great workpiece. Thanks for this carnival :-D
Thank you for the inspiring carnival! And thanks for adding my blog too :-)
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Rays Reminiscing…………..A Year Later
A little over 13 months ago we took on a new persona here in Tampa Bay. Everyone remembers the limp, win-challenged Tampa Bay Devilrays. Well, we were told to expect changes and get used to winning and maybe keeping a roll of antacids in our pockets for the 2008 season. But little did we know what was about to happen to effect our lives, stomachs and attitude towards our home team.
First there was the events st Straub Park that put the entire thing into motion for 2008. Kevin Costner and Modern West came to put on a free concert for the Tampa Bay Masses as we dropped the Devil from our moniker and became to Rays………free and clear. Along with those changes were vibrant logo with a highly accented "R" and the burst of light, which could of been a sunburst, a flashlight, or maybe even a quasar from the futre telling us about 2008.
The event brought alot of mixed emotions into the Tampa Bay area, but also brought about a sense of removing the past and being reborn to become what we should always have been…winners. Not only did the team have a new energy about it, but the player showed the emotion and the anticipation on stage that night to bring about total acceptance of the new look. I only had one problem with all of this change. I still thank that the road jersey should have the "Tampa Bay" naming on the chest instead of the Rays.
It might be something simple to most people, but I also have been on teams that accented the away jersey would have a regional flair, and the Rays became only one of a handful of teams that now held the same uniform both home and away. One small patch on the sleeve kept the flying "ray" alive, but for how long. I have a feeling we might see it gone in 2009, replaced by some sort of symbolic gesture of winning, or maybe a "burst" like in the center of the current logo.
After the effectiver launching of the new logo and advertising, the team went on a media blitz that saturated the Tampa Bay area with the new attitude and logo. Gone were the green and white shirts off the shelves, and on them now was the burst and the typically blue hats with the white "TB" on them. Also gone were the 5 or 6 variations of the caps during the initial launch. Tampa Bay wanted the entire area to re-unite under one cap scheme before re-launching variations and knock-offs.
The Champs Sporting Good store player appearance were extremely popular and some store even ran out of certain team apparel that night. The buzz was all over the Tampa Bay area about the recharged Rays and their plans for the future. So we got to relax for a short while before the team announced two huge trades of disgruntled or negatively-aligned players. One was a superstar in waiting, while the other may someday be a great powerhitter, but not with the Rays.
Delmon Young, who had been in the doghouse of Maddons' since the last game of the season was jettisoned to the great white dome in Minnesota along with utility guy Brendan Harris and minor league outfielder Jason Pridie. The deal at first looked like the Twins had fleeced the Rays for a potential All-Star and slick-hitter in Young. But the deal did not take a Tampa Bay turn into late in Spring Training when it looked like two of the players dealt to the Rays might be starters on the team.
Jason Bartlett came to the Rays as a much under used appreciated and mis used member of the Twin's infield. He had good skills at the plate, but his strong point was his defense. The second member of the trade might have come with the most baggage to Tampa Bay. Matt Garza was a great pitcher, but he got into himself too much and might have done himself more damage than good in his time with the Twins. In the end, both guys became valuable members of the team and did not even look back as they moved forward with the Rays. The minute Spring Training started at the Namoli Complex, you could see both guys were relishing in their change of scenery. Bartlett quickly got into the team's rhythm and poised to become a valuable member of the squad.
Garza tried to become a dominating pitcher early, but his mind got in the way of his pitching and sulking and frustration came to the top alot in the beginning. The truning point for this trade came on that faithful day in Texas where Garza could not longer hide the frustrations and outwardly exploded in the dugout. That day, Garza let it all out and began a transformation that made him into a stellar pitcher.
The second trade might not have made much sense at the time, but it was done more out of helping a player who did not think he needed the help at the moment. Elijah Dukes will someday be a trememdous hitter and outfielder, but the local enviorment for him was toxic and he needed to leave before it destroyed him. Duke was traded to the Washington Nationals and did not see a huge amount of action in 2008, but the positive did rear their heads for him during the year.
He played inspired ball and did not focus or dwell on the off the field problem he had in Tampa Bay. He showed the Nationals the raw ability and power he had, and made some amazing plays in the field before finally going down in a game against the New York Mets. In that game, Dukes sprinted for a ball near the base of the wall and hit it with such force it should have broken his leg.
He did come outy with a knee problem, but came back quickly and even made more heads turn before the end of the year. He stayed out of trouble and learned that the change of scenery made the trade a blessing in disguise. Tampa Bay might not have gotten alot in return for Dukes, but they did give him his life back, and he repaid them by doing it the right way.
After these two trades, the team went about signing two members of the 2008 team that made contributions in different ways. Troy Percival was chasing a top 10 spot in the All-Time save list when he signed a 2-year contract with the Rays. Because of his knowledge of Maddon's gameplan, he was the perfect candidate for closing out Rays games. He came with veteran experience and postseason muscle, which could come in handy for the young Bullpen.
His work ethic and chats with the young guys could serve a dual purpose as having another pitching coach out there in the Bullpen to educate and relate to the other players. Percival came into the year wanting to secuire the back end of the Rays Bullpen and give them some stability in the position. Little did we know at the time what would happen, but in 2007, it was heralded as a major upgrade and a certain intimidation factor.
The second signing was for a former outfielder who had won a World Series ring just like Percival. Cliff Floyd came to the team with a dual mission. He came to the team to provide ammunition and experience to help educate and emotionally charge the young bench. Floyd came here with great credentials, but his on-field mobility was in question from the start. Gone were the legs who could produce a run from a single, but the power and the stroke were still there in force.
He became an instant leader in the clubhouse and lead by example. Always the professional, Floyd took young players like B J Upton and Carl Crawford under his wing and taught both of them the art of the game. That half the battle in this psort was fought between their ears and in their words and comments to others. You could see the change in both players' early in the year, and it set the tone for the team.
So with these 4 episodes early in the off season for the Rays, the team set about a series of changes like never before in their history. They had a change of uniforms, attitude and a veteran experience level they had not witnessed in their short history. The sky was the limit for the young team before the Feb. reporting day, and from there they just kept making history.


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Fairfield Prep hands Shelton 1st loss
SHELTON -- Colton Smith knew it was a remarkable play, one he couldn't do much about. But when Shelton tight end Kyle Drost scampered past a defender, beyond the first-down marker and into the end zone on a fourth-and-22 play in the fourth quarter, the Jesuits quarterback knew the best way to answer.
He ran, and ran some more.
Just two plays later, Smith burst through the line of scrimmage on a designed run and cruised 49 yards for a touchdown to cap a remarkable night against a top-10 opponent. The junior rushed for 219 yards and accounted for five touchdowns -- four on the ground -- to lift Fairfield Prep over previously unbeaten Shelton 38-28 on Friday at Finn Stadium.
Smith, who began the day with 199 rushing yards in four games, also scored untouched on an 80-yard run in the fourth quarter to make it 31-21 with 3:45 left. His career night lifted the Jesuits to 4-1 on the season, while Shelton -- ranked No. 7 in the state -- dropped to 4-1.
"It was just one of those crazy plays that happen during sports," Smith said of Drost's 34-yard touchdown, which brought Shelton within three points with 1:53 left. "Our offense had to come back, make plays, get us back into the game, give us a bigger lead."
Smith's first touchdown run -- a 13-yard scramble -- put Prep up 6-0 just eight seconds into the second quarter. He also scored from 10 yards out midway through the third quarter to give the Jesuits their largest lead at the time, 18-7.
"On some of those plays, he didn't have that much room," Prep head coach Tom Shea said, "and he created some space. He did a fabulous job. Nothing Colton does surprises me.
"He's terrific -- a student of the game."
Shelton, which came in averaging 46 points a game, struggled to finish drives early. The Gaels had three drives end in Prep territory without points in the first half.
Junior quarterback Mark Piccirillo threw for 401 yards and three scores, but he was also intercepted by Jake Buckley and Stephen Walsh.
"We gave up a few too many big plays on defense," Shelton head coach Jeff Roy said. "We didn't capitalize on opportunities, especially in that first quarter. ... You've got to make plays against a great team."
Piccirillo connected with Michael Pingree for a 13-yard touchdown on a 4th-and-10 with 3:58 remaining to cut it to 24-21. But just 13 seconds later -- on Prep's first play of the next series -- Smith sprinted around the right edge and cruised 80 yards to push the lead to 10 points.
"Our line was making huge holes," Smith said. "We could've driven a truck through it."
Junior wide receiver John DelliSanti had two touchdowns for Prep, scoring on an 11-yard pass and an 11-yard run. The scoring run, which came on the first play of the fourth quarter, gave the Jesuits a 24-13 advantage. He too heaped praise on the Jesuits' massive offensive line.
"We were expecting to move the ball," DelliSanti said. "We knew the whole game was going to come down to how our line played. They really stepped up."
Jason Thompson scored two touchdowns for Shelton, including a 56-yard catch-and-run to give the Gaels their only lead of the night -- 7-6 with 2:35 left before halftime. He also had a 7-yard touchdown burst in the third quarter.
The Jesuits, who were also plenty tough on defense at times with three sacks, were relishing their win with a reminder from their coach.
"Since I was a freshman, he's been preaching it: `The key to becoming an elite team is being an elite team on the road.' We did that tonight," DelliSanti said.
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FP -- Colton Smith 13 run (kick failed)
S -- Jason Thompson 56 pass from Mark Piccirillo (Joe Zoppi kick)
FP -- John DelliSanti 11 pass from Smith (kick failed)
FP -- Smith 10 run (pass failed)
S -- Thompson 7 run (pass failed)
FP -- DelliSanti 11 run (pass failed)
S -- Michael Pingree 13 pass from Piccirillo (Kyle Drost pass from Piccirillo)
FP -- Smith 80 run (Sean Morrison kick)
S -- Drost 34 pass from Piccirillo (Zoppi kick)
FP -- Smith 49 run (Morrison kick)
Records: Fairfield Prep 4-1, 3-0 SCC; Shelton 4-1, 3-1.


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The year 2012 marks the bicentennial of John Jasper (July 4, 1812March 30, 1901), who was born into slavery in Fluvanna County. After being sent to Richmond to work in a tobacco factory, in 1839 he experienced a religious conversion in Capitol Square. A fellow slave helped him learn to read and write, and Jasper began studying the Bible. He soon became a well-known preacher and traveled around Virginia for twenty years, most often preaching funeral sermons for other slaves. He regularly traveled to Petersburg to lead services at Third Baptist Church.
After the Civil War and emancipation, Jasper established Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church, in Richmond. His dynamic leadership had attracted about 2,500 members by 1887, and the church served as a center of religious life in the Jackson Ward neighborhood. He established a Sunday school, and the church also provided social services to help the indigent, young, old, and infirm.
In 1878 Jasper first delivered the sermon for which he became most famous, "The Sun Do Move," in which he expounded on his belief in the fundamental truth of the Bible and the power of God. His dramatic speaking style and vivid imagery attracted national attention, and he gave his sermon in cities throughout the eastern United States for many years. Jasper continued to preach at his church until a few days before his death at age eighty-eight.
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BMC jumped gun with Ballan suspension say Italian riders - By Paul Virgo
ROME, April 12 (Reuters) - BMC Racing acted prematurely in suspending former world cycling champion Alessandro Ballan for his implication in a doping investigation, Italy's Professional Cyclists' Association (ACCPI) said on Monday.
The American team withdrew Ballan, 30, from competition on Friday after it was revealed that he was among dozens of people involved in a criminal investigation in northern Italy
BMC, which said the move should not be seen as pre-determination of guilt, also suspended Mauro Santambrogio, who like Ballan is a former member of the Lampre team which has been targeted by the investigation.
Ballan, who won the world title in 2008, has not been charged and the fact that he is under investigation does not necessarily mean prosecutors have evidence of any wrongdoing by the rider.
"There is still no specific accusation. All we know is that there is an investigation that will take six more months before it's finished," ACCPI Secretary Federico Maria Scaglia told Reuters.
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Scaglia said BMC's attempt to keep its image untainted could damage cycling by "creating guilty parties before we even know what the accusation is".
"It seemed to me that the team acted in this way to avoid having any problems," he added.
"Cycling has lost credibility because of riders who have committed doping offences, but if we carry on like this we'll lose more credibility as there are no certainties here."
BMC declined to comment on ACCPI's criticism, saying president Jim Ochowicz had outlined their position last week when he said the decision was made in accordance with team policy and the UCI's Code of Conduct.
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People should be more mindful to extend the Christmas spirit of giving and caring for families, friends and the rest of humanity year-round, area religious leaders plan to tell their flocks today.
Many of McHenry County's pastors and priests will emphasize the need for a year-round Christmas spirit, especially in the wake of the Connecticut school shooting, during their annual Christmas sermons.
For the Rev. Steve Knox, this year's sermon is about God's underlying unity with the human spirit. Since the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., many people's faith in humanity has been shaken, said Knox, the pastor of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Huntley.
"When bad things happen, people wonder where is God?" Knox said. "I think Christmas and the birth of Christ reminds us that he is always with us, and that we need to be there for each other."
Knox said a common theme for his sermon this year will be solidarity and how God's love through the birth of Jesus Christ shows that God is with the human spirit every day.
With the collective mood of the country still somber, people need to be reminded of God's presence with people, he said.
Knox and his fellow priests will be presiding over seven Christmas services that will draw about 9,000 people total. The Christmas service is one of the most well-attended services of the year for most Christian churches.
At Immanuel Lutheran in Crystal Lake, the Rev. Larry Tieman said he will emphasize the difference between receiving presents and receiving God's presence. He said his Christmas sermons, which he has been delivering for 21 years, are always structured behind the story of Christ being born in Bethlehem.
The nuance this year, he said, will be about how God's presence delivered the gift of Jesus and that people need to respond to this by sharing God's love with family and friends. What happened Dec. 14 in Connecticut has put this idea into focus, he said.
"The theme for us is to be there for everyone – family and friends, people who are hurting. Be there physically for people," Tieman said. "Instead of spending money on a shiny, new toy, spend our energy being there."
The Rev. Marcus Bieschke at Willow Creek Church in Crystal Lake said he plans to take a personal tack with his Christmas sermon.
Willow Creek is a nondenominational megachurch that has branches throughout the Chicago area. The Crystal Lake branch expects at least 3,000 people to attend Christmas services.
Bieschke said he will speak about how Jesus' birth transcended the material nature of Christmas by creating a personal relationship between individuals and God.
The idea about faith and the individual came to him after he witnessed his mother endure treatment for pancreatic cancer this year. She died three months ago, Bieschke said.
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Chelsea have confirmed the signing of Wigan forward Victor Moses.
The 21-year-old, who featured for the Latics against the European champions last week, agreed personal terms to complete his switch to Stamford Bridge. No details were released regarding the fee or the length of Moses' contract.
Wigan chairman Dave Whelan accused Chelsea last week of "messing about" over the fee to be paid for Moses, with the Blues' offers up to that point conditional on add-ons and Wigan thought to be holding out for around £9million.
A bid was finally accepted on Thursday and Moses was given permission to discuss personal terms.
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Paper Back Cover Rates: "The Poor UK Relations"
UK Paper Back Cover Art: Rates and Trends by Guest Author, Bryn Havord
Trends were very much the same here in the UK, although the fees paid were, of course, different to those paid in the USA: we in the UK were always the poor relations.
As in America, in the mid 1960s here, TV started to seriously damage ad revenues in magazines, paginations went down, and there was a decline in interest in fiction in the women's magazines.
When I left my job as associate editor and art director of Woman's Mirror magazine, I went to work in national daily newspapers. The main reason for my decision was that I didn't like the way marketing and sales departments were starting to influence the type of illustration used, and the trend to use more photography to illustrate some of what little fiction was still being published.
This trend was even more serious in paperback book publishing. I thought that the early to mid '60s was really exciting with the variety of work being produced by illustrators here in the UK and the USA. In particular, Bernie Fuchs, Bob Peak and Robert Heindel and so many others in the USA, and Walter Wyles, Michael Johnson and Brian Sanders, and so many others, here in the UK.
For five years from 1960 until 1965, I found every working day highly charged with excitement. Not only with the work I was doing, and the work I was commissioning from British artists, and with the second rights material available from the US. Moreover, going into W H Smiths, our main newsagents and paperback book sellers, was a must every week as we didn't want to miss any of the terrific work being published in the magazines, newspapers and paperback books.
As a rough guide, in the sixties the average fee for a paperback cover was £100.00: in the seventies £350.00, and in the eighties £750.00. These were not giant leaps forward, but merely keeping pace with inflation. (If I remember correctly there were $2.40 US to £1.00 in the mid '60s, and today it's around $1.60 US to £1.00.)
Furthermore, not many of us were as fortunate as our America cousins when if came to rights. It was pretty rare for any of us to retain any reproduction rights, with syndication departments of magazine and paperback publishers selling the rights to our work many times over.
Brian Sanders has just told me, which I had forgotten, that the most serious influence on paperback book art directors were the sales and marketing departments. If a book achieved impressive sales, the next few books had to look the same. Increasingly, photographs were being used. Those specifically commissioned by art directors were good, but the increasing trend was to buy stock photographs which, of course, were cheaper, and easier to obtain.
I know from experience, that commissioning art work from illustrators is a highly skilled job, and I hear that there are not many art directors today, who are possessed of the necessary skills.
I attach two examples: a variety of paperback covers produced in the '60s using illustrations...
... and some recently published paperbacks using photographs.
I'm sure that you will see the variety in Brian Sander's work, even for two books in the same series (the Monica Dickens covers), as well as the variety of the work produced by the other illustrators who include Walter Wyles and Michael Johnson.
Don't you think the illustrations and covers produced over 45 years ago knock spots off the recent photographic crap?
Oh well, that's progress!
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I was just commenting on this exact issue to my design class. If you look at the shelves of book covers at a book store. They tend to all blend in together. Same design, same colors same-same-same. No guts - no glory!ReplyDelete
Don't forget the typography! Far more variety and expression in the old days. There are no suprises in the various genres these days. You occasionaly come across something interesting such as A Short History of Tractors in Ukranian and Arthur and George by Julian Barnes.ReplyDelete
- cipheroid3:44 PM
While tools like Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop have made it relatively easy to produce artwork that used to be considered complicated, they have also allowed an army of cubicle hacks to churn out a body of mediocre work devoid of artistic talent, skill and design aesthetics.ReplyDelete
Crop a photo close-in, use a healing brush and clone tool to retouch, superimpose some type. 30 minutes and done.
It's part of the great commodification of once hard-earned skills -- nowadays almost anyone with a computer can be a "web designer," "graphic artist," "publisher," or even "programmer."
Most of them won't be any good at it, but the sad part is, most others won't notice.
I'm no Luddite. But I recognize that the computer is merely a tool that can magnify skill ... or magnify its absence.
- Steve6:30 AM
God, I hate photographic covers.Especially this kind of dull characterless portrait approach.It's not even as if they're using good photographers. And dont even get me started on Rankin....ReplyDelete
- Anonymous9:37 AM
Thanks for sharing these awesome illustrated covers. The photographic pieces are not a patch on the hand crafted pieces.ReplyDelete
I think it's a sign of the pressures of modern design that art directors don't and can't spend the time necessary to create better covers. I'm sure many would be more than capable given the time. Account handlers and those managing the deadlines have a lot to answer for.
As an illustrator for the past 20 years, I have seen a drastic decline in the knowledge of designers and art directors when it comes to commissioning illustration. Some recent clients seem to have rarely if ever bought a piece of actual art. This generation of designers has been taught that if you need an illustration or photograph, you search a stock database until you find something you can manipulate until it is "close enough" to what you thought you wanted. Or worse yet, they sift the stock sites to generate their initial idea! What happened to creativity? What happened to finding a great artist and then letting them do what they do best. Don't even get me started on how heavy handed art direction has gotten in the past ten to fifteen years. At the university where I teach, I get a section of Illustration 1 each year that is only for graphic design majors. I love that by the end of the semester, most of them have a greater understanding and appreciation for not only what goes into making a great illustration, but that hopefully they won't be afraid to go out and actually commission some! Lets get back to trusting all the fabulous artists out there.ReplyDelete
"Oh well, that's progress"...you probably have summed it up and your comparison here between illustrations and photographs well illustrates the point.ReplyDelete
Perhaps we have descended to the bottom of the valley: may be an uphill struggle (nothing wrong with that;-))- but all that creative energy will have a comeback for sure.
- Craig Banholzer2:24 PM
And why not be a Luddite? It's not about some fictitious idea of "progress." It's about taking money out of the pockets of artists and putting it into the pockets of the guys in suits, by using machines to replace skilled labor. Same old story.ReplyDelete


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Apple is now giving away its iOS iWorks, iPhoto and iMovie apps to customers who activate new iOS 7 devices; the plan was announced during Apple's September event when the company unveiled the iPhone 5c and 5s. Apple rolled back the eligibility period to September 1st. For those customers who were caught in that week and a half period, Apple's now issuing iTunes Store credits.
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