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Hubba! Hubba! Forget all the lovey dovey stuff for Valentine's Day, I have the hots for some sexy buns in New York. By buns, I mean HAMBURGER buns (for the most part) at top restaurants in the city. Biting into a juicy burger is one of my favorite dining experiences, (I know, I'm weird), but who doesn't love a good burger. It's like not liking America or puppies or something odd. Either way, check out one of these restaurants that set off my cravings.
In collaboration with Top Chef season 6 winner Michael Voltaggio, Umami (Oh Mommy!) created this Monte Cristo-inspired burger. Whatever inspired this bun soaked in custard and then deep-fried, is then filled with Gruyere fondue, their house burger-blend, and prosciutto with a side of maple syrup and a dusting of powdered sugar.. well, keep it coming!
Le Rivage chef Paul Denamiel opened his new eatery The Little Prince in SoHo last year, and we're so glad he did! I first met the chef/owner at an event called Grill Hampton in the Hamptons (mark your calendars) and hello lovah, feed me Prince's off-menu French onion soup burger, and I'm all yours. Available if you ask for it, the rare patty is served on an English muffin and topped with caramelized onions, Bechamel and Gruyere cheese. Bon Jour!
Not to sound sexual, but a bone-in burger.. I mean, come on! The M. Wells Steakhouse flavorful burger is slightly genius with brisket, grass-fed top round, and edged trimmings, all topped with a mix of tartar, shallot sauce and a brioche bun.
Chef Harold Moore's Commerce burger. I repeat, Commerce burger at the acclaimed West Village restaurant is so savory and simple, yet perfect in every way. Although people say, there's no such thing as perfect, I challenge them to taste this burger. I would have a full relationship with this guy.. I mean, burger! I also tasted this burger at Grill Hampton since the chef uses beef from their sponsor Pat LaFrieda. Using doughy and squishy fresh-baked rolls, homemade pickles (secret recipe), American cheese, red onions and tomatoes, this tasty delight is heaven in my mouth. It's so special, it's only available Friday's and Saturdays!
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All the prom girls from my daughter's group complained that they couldn't find anything for their hair for prom.
I promptly went down to my craft area and made stuff happen--they ooh'd and ahh'd....then the next day they ALL wore their hair down.
(Much against their mom's wishes once they saw these!)
Looks like I made myself some Etsy stock!

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MIAMI – For one of the few times this season we saw James Johnson in a situation that had become routine for him late last season.
The game was winding down Monday and Heat coach Erik Spoelstra put the ball in the versatile forward's hands. Johnson could not convert at the end of the first overtime, running into three Denver Nuggets at the basket. But Johnson did not let that deter him.
By the end of Miami's 149-141 overtime victory, Johnson had a career-high 31 points, including a franchise record for points in overtime, 18 (10 in the second overtime). He shot 13 of 17, was 4 of 6 on threes and had 11 rebounds and six assists.
Johnson's 46:15 of playing time were 49 seconds shy of his career high.
"He was doing it from every angle on the floor, shooting threes, he had midrange, he was getting to the cup, (getting) and ones, strong finishes," Wayne Ellington said. "That's the type of guy he's capable of being. We know that."
But the guy we saw last season – the one who played himself into a four year, $60 million contract and was so inspiring he was voted a team tri-captain despite just one season in the organization – has been missing for most of this season.
Although his numbers are not far off from last season – the biggest drop is scoring, 12.8 to 10.6 – something has been missing.
At times, Johnson has appeared to lose confidence, passing up open shots. He has not been as aggressive getting to the basket. Although he has increased his shooting percentage, from .479 to .501, he is taking nearly two fewer shots per game. And the 6-foot-8 Johnson has been wildly inconsistent with seven games of at least 20 points and 10 with fewer than five.
Johnson had just five games with fewer than five points last season, four of those in the first month.
"I think maybe he puts a little bit too much pressure on himself especially when he signed the deal," said Goran Dragic, also a team tri-captain. "I went through that, too, so I can relate to that. The team, the fans, they're expecting more. We always told him, 'Hey, be yourself.' Because when he's playing with a confidence like (Monday), it's really tough to stop us and him."
Johnson has downplayed his struggles, saying Monday he's "just worried about what matters," which, to him, is "just trying not to let my guy score, being in the help position, where I'm supposed to be. The offense is going to take care of itself."
But Spoelstra believes Johnson has been "trending" in the right direction lately and the numbers have suggested as much.
In his last five games, Johnson is averaging 17.8 points on .667 shooting with 7.2 rebounds and 5.4 assists.
"If nobody's noticing, fine," Spoelstra said. "We keep it that way around the league. That locker room knows that he's been playing great. He's been providing the leadership, consistency and it has nothing to do with that stats. (Monday) it was scoring, but the next game it might be the Swiss Army knife game, where he's getting eight assists, eight rebounds, and generating a lot of looks with his ballhandling, and continuing to defend one through five."
Johnson had played a steady, unspectacular game through regulation with 13 points before that unspectacular turned spectacular.
He scored eight of the Heat's first 11 points of the first overtime, helping send the game into a second extra session.
The best was yet to come.
After Ellington opened the second overtime with a 3-pointer, Johnson took over scoring the next 10 Heat points on two drives (one resulting in a dunk) and two three pointers. The final two came with 53 seconds to play and gave Miami an eight-point lead, essentially sealing the game.
Johnson credited Spoelstra showing confidence in him by putting the ball in his hands at the end of the first overtime for sparking his outburst in the final five minutes.
"It just kept flowing from there," Johnson said. "The ball finds energy and guys were doing a great job of (finding) guys that were really on fire like Kelly Olynyk, Dragon, Wayne.
"I just happened to be open. The guys happened to find me and I just took the shots I happen to work on every day."
The Heat (38-33) have 11 games remaining starting Thursday when they host the Knicks (26-45). Miami, at No. 7, has a solid grip on a playoff spot but is just three games out of the fourth seed and has set its sights on having home court in the first round.
And a rejuvenated JJ could go a long way toward making that happen.
"I kept saying, 'This is the JJ I know,'" Ellington said. "Every time he was getting a bucket, 'This is the JJ I know.'
"He's the ultimate team guy. He'll continue to be aggressive. He'll also be the type of team player, that's his package."
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Baltimore Comic-Con 2009: Jesse's Take
This was my third year attending the comic-con, and this year I went in with a different approach: the list. We can all agree that the main objective is to take advantage of the flea-market atmosphere and get some great deals on comics. So, it was only natural to take the game to the next level. Maybe I just couldn't handle the next level, but the list had mixed results. I'd definitely get disappointed when a well organized booth wouldn't have anything I was looking for or everything was overpriced. I could really only keep a couple things from my fairly long list in my head, and while I was looking for one thing I'd get distracted by something completely different.
It's the surprises that are really the highlight of the comic-con though. If you're just going to come with a printed-out list of every comic you own and try and fill in the gaps you're not really doing it. You got to go with the flow and see what pops out at you. The list had it's moments helping to keep certain titles in my mind, but next year, any list I take will be short and consulted infrequently.
The biggest surprise for me was probably the highlight of my comic-con and that was the blog's good friend Larry Marder. I hadn't had a chance to meet him in the past and was interested in introducing myself as a fan. The first day I was lost in the throngs of people and missed out, but that night inspired by David's drawing he made to participate in the Beanworld sketch exchange I drew one of my own. The next day I handed it in and spoke with Mr. Marder and got to see first hand what I had heard: that he is a intelligent, friendly, and genuine person. As I turned in my sketch it brought about some laughs and he started sketching immediately so I didn't get a chance to ask for specifically what I wanted. When I saw he was drawing exactly what I envisioned I said, "Wow, that's exactly what I was going to ask for. You read my mind. " He promptly responded, "No, Beanworld did."
And that about sums it up. Come to get great deals and end up getting your mind read by Beanworld. I did get lots of great deals though:
Haul Highlights
The Maximortal by Rick Veitch
One of the classics right here. A super hero deconstruction that is actually thoughtful and gripping. Finally glad I got it and can't wait to read it again.
The Mystery of Mary Rodgers by Rick Geary.
Blanche Goes to New York by Rick Geary
Got to catch them all.
Challengers of the Unknown #1 by Leob and Sale
Space Usagi 92' #2 96' #2 by Stan Sakai
All the quality of Usagi Yojimbo.....in Space.
Shazam! The Monster Society of Evil by Jeff Smith
Big Jeff Smith fan and found the issues for real cheap. I've seen pages of this where Shazam is fighting monsters. The first issue has Billy Batson as a homeless orphan and Shazam sort of powerless to help him. Good so far!
Marvel Fanfare #12, #18, #19, #25, #33
I'm trying to get all these too. Even the worst ones are decent and the best ones are the best. Just read #18 last night and on the last page, after everyone is saved, Captain America goes back inside a burning building to save the American flag. Got to love it.
Star Wars Tales #13
Kind of like Marvel Fanfare, Star Wars Tales aren't attached to any continuity so writers don't have editors looking over their shoulders. This is an all Mace Windu issue and two of the stories are really well done. One has Mace Windu testing and failing an Jedi apprentice and the other features an email from Mace Windu's parents. One of the stories with a stupid time travel plot has great art and a very Moebius looking Mace.
Vimanarama #2, #3 by Grant Morrison and Phillip Bond
I got the first issue of this and it was interesting. The whole first issue is pretty boring minute of daily life then things explode on the last couple pages. A pretty ballsy start to a three issue mini-series.
Thor #387 by Tom DeFalco and Ron Frenz
This issue is the prelude to one of the craziest Thor stories I've ever read. The Celestials are destroying some planet and Thor decides to fight them. With the most powerful blow he's ever struck he cracks open the helmet of one, goes INSIDE the Celestial, finds its brain, and cracks Mjolnir. Yup.
Conan the King #27, #28, #29, #30, #31
These were the real comic surprises of the convention. I found them and picked them up from the cover art alone. They didn't disappoint. The first issue has an evil sorcerer turning eyeballs into worms and summoning demons to fight for him. They have a very Prince Valiant, anything can happen feel. Characters come and go and ones you are attached to could die at any moment. Numerous subplots run through each issue making it rewarding through each and every issue.
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- seth hurley said...
There is a great bit in the Shazam book where he tries to buy a hot dog but has no money so he has to turn back into Billy to pay for it.
- October 15, 2009 at 11:43 AM
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Get Over Twilight
Reads: 1180 | Likes: 0 | Shelves: 0 | Comments: 33
Book Review by: Violet Moon
Anyway, it is about Twilight and how I feel. It isn't the typical Twilight sucks or Twilight is awesome essay. Hope you like it! :D
"And so the lion fell in love with the lamb." This is just one part of the book that millions of teens have fallen in love with. Twilight and the sequals to it have
captured the hearts of thousands of people. Stephanie Meyer's books have become one of the most commonly read books and a common topic for teens to argue about. There's the whole Team
Jacob and Team Edward thing. Or whether Twilight sucks or is amazing. There is so much to discuss about the books.
People have become obsessed with Twilight or obssesed with hating it. Writers are writing additions to the books or changing scenes. Or they are writing articles about how much they hate Twilight. I personally don't agree with either. I mean, I read the books myself and I've seen the first two movies and thought they were pretty good. But I don't think it is right that people are adding on to the books. I mean, they belong to Stephanie Meyer and they were her ideas. But I also don't think that everyone should "attack" them either. I think you should be able to express your opinions on what you think of them but is it really necissary to write long articles about how they suck and there is nothing good about them???
Some people are so determined to convince everyone that they are right about how good or bad the books are. Now, not everyone is like this. Some people want to just write a good book review about them and say what is good about the books and what could be improved.
I have nothing against twi-tards or whatever they like to be called. I think it is cool that they admire Stephanie Meyer and enjoyed reading the books. Just don't get mad at people for saying that they don't like Twilight. And those of you who hate Twilight, try listening to the people who like and give it a fair chance. I'm not saying that you have to like the books but don't make people feel bad for liking them either.
But, I've gotten used to all of this. The one thing that still really bugs me is how many things on Booksie is about Twilight. I know, that kinda doesn't sound right of me for saying that since I'm writing this but that's not really what I mean. I mean that everything has Twilight somewhere. The home page almost always has some writing that is related to Twilight in some way and I'm always getting comments to read stuff that is related to Twilight.
This isn't all bad though. I'm curently reading one novel that is like Twilight in the way that the characters are named Bella, Edward, and Jacob and Bella is clumsy and Edward and Jacob are still supposed to be hotties that everyone likes. But no one is a vampire or werewolf or anything like that. In fact, Bella and Edward are skaters. (If you want to check out the novel it is A Different Twilight and a Different Bella -THE NOVEL by NessieBlack.) I've also read a few articles where the authors have similar opinions like I do and they just want the "war" to stop and people to stop fighting about this.
But the thing that has been happening the most latey is that my writing is getting compared to Twilight. This doesn't bug me too much because I did think the books were good and this could be taken as a compliment. But I personally want my stories to be original. I never intend for them to be like Twilight but people find a way to make them similar to Twilight. Just because a girl is clumsy and the boy is supportive or a girl and guy are in a god relationship and are supportive of each other, it is like Twilight.
I don't know if anyone reading this has a similar opinion but I hope you at least see my point and where I'm coming from on this. I don't want to offend anyone but I just wanted to express how I feel like I do in poetry. I hope that things about Twilight calm down and I get to read writing by authors who I know have good ideas that are just waiting to be published.
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I completly understand I have a book that I know to a lot of ppl is a rip off Twilight I have even been teling ppl that it is so they have a heads up that way I dont a load of complaints or ppl saying stop copying Stephanie Mayer. I Hate and Love the books at the same time although I do prefer the movies, the whole Team Edward and Team Jacob thing is taht people have become so obsessed with Twilight they are making the characters real, though I cant really say anything since on a number of occasions I have told ppl I am Team Jacob, but still she is lucky to have her books come this far especially since there are a lot of faws with her writing and then again there is a ot of good hings about her bok. Some ppl are just that in love with Romantic Fantasy that they kind of let tradition and logic go straight out the window I mean come on sparkly vampires I mean before those books became that famous if u asked someone if they No because of the heavy burdens they would have to have and the life they would have to give up. In Twilight you can be Richh just drink animal blood and when you go out in the light all that happens is that you sparkle.
Seriously these vampires seem to have it all and yet they complain and whine about thei life at least Edward does just because they cnat have kids and cant die easily, well excuse me but that seems like a very good life to me, I know I sound like I am critisizing it but I really am not or at least I am trying not to. So many people are writing things like Twilight that we cant write anything at all without it being compared to Twilight in some way or form, but there is really nothing we can do about that, Twilight is awesome but I dont need to have to write something and have a lot of comments saying its like Twilight because I know it is, even though I tried fo it not to be. I also hope things calm down because I dont want to have to read so much Twilight stuff even though the books to me are hilarious at some point the fanfiction is kind of reptitios and Im kind of a hypocrit because I am writing a fanfiction right now lol :)
I loved this book Reveiw because it has a n honest opinion and its not straight saying that its good or bad
Kayla x
I'm very glad that you liked this. I wasn't sure what people would think cause I've never written anything like this before. I agree with everything you said. These vampires do have it all but I do see why they are upset sometimes. It doesn't sound like your criticizing it. It makes sense. lol. Yeah, most people don't try for their stories to be like Twilight but someone always finds a way to compare it to Twilight. Thanks so very much for reading/commenting! :D
I love this review!!! i am a big twilight fan but i totally understand what you're saying! great job!!!
Great review. I agree with you. People have a right to their own opinions. I myself am not particularly fond of twilight. Buy hey that is just my opinion. I think it is ridiculous for people fighting over a book.(My opinon also) I mean all it is a book. I think people should really drop the love or hate about twilight. thanks for asking me to read this. Kudos for writing this too. Jessica :)
i agree, i read them, i liked them. i moved on. Nothing to be obsessed about. I love to read, and read alot of diverse things. now, my two best friends have different opinions and i hate getting caught in the middle, one hates it and the other loves it. im tired of seeing it, and im tired of hearing about it. some girls need to grow up. they are fictionalcharacters. not to mention, just because a character has similarities does NOT make them the same. it irritates me. though i should stop before i spout more garbage :D
Yeah, that's exactly how it was with me too. I agree. Yeah, me too! Haha, I have best friends like that too. We've just decided to leave it undiscussed so there is no fighting. lol. Yeah, I know. Thank you for saying that cause like I said, I want my characters to be different. lol. Haha, okay. Yeah, we don't want to get caught up in it. Jk. lol. Thanks so much for reading/commenting! :D
I agree with this - I like how you're sort of (sort of) neutral about the whole thing. That's good. I personally don't like Twilight for my own reasons. It is rather annoying though with all of this Twilight stuff that's popping up in writing - it is people expressing themselves, yes, but personally I just miss the originality, you know? :)
But I liked this essay. I liked your view on it. Very good job.
I'm very glad that you agree with it. Yeah, I'm pretty neutral. I just want everyone to stop fighting about it, you know??? Thanks. And that's fine cause everyone deserves to have their own opinions. Yeah, I miss the originality too. Thank you very much. I'm very glad that you liked it. Thanks. :D
Well I believe that you did a wonderful job in this review. I never have seen the sequel or read the books, but I do agree with you that people shouldn't attack each other on their likes and dislikes..Good job hon..
I never thought people was going crazy about twilight like this because i never read the book but i saw the movie and it was pretty good. But I agree with you people need to come down about this twilight thing it`s just a movie and a book it`s not real.
Im going to check out the story you reading after i finnish reading Boyfriend or Babysitter.
Oh I like that essay good job!
Yeah, you should read some of the articles I've read. People get really into it. lol. Yeah, I thought they were pretty good too but that's my opinion. Haha, I'm glad you agree. Oh cool! I'm glad you are going to check it out. It's pretty good. Haha, I'm reading that novel too! I love Babysitter or Boyfriend! I hope you like the new chapter like I did. lol. Oh! Thanks so much! :D
You asked me to read and comment. My opinion on Twilight: Irrelevant. It's a book. Some critics say it's badly written. I wouldn't know. I decline to read it, because I hate the concept of vampires. Period. I can't think of anything romantic or even mildly interesting about them. They're a superstition left over from the Dark Ages, a superstition that may have had something to do with a rabies outbreak in Eastern Europe. Some say the vampire myth goes back to ancient Sumer. Either way, it's time for humanity to move on.
I also find it tedious that so many stories on Booksie revolve around vampires. I think many writers are trying to do the classic plotline of the outcast trying to fit in:
"Poor Vernon Vampire,
Too weird to get a date.
He drank blood at nine,
Was back in his box by eight."
But they can do better. How about a story about a real outcast? The convict just out of prison, the policeman who suspects his entire department is covering up for a crooked police chief, the Mob informant? Come on, let's get some new plotlines going here!
Yes, I did and I appreciate it very much that you are. Thank you! Haha, yeah I get what you are saying. I never really read things about vampires either. I originally read Twilight for English and then I kept reading the series for an assignment in that same class. Yeah, there are a lot of stories about vampires. I don't mind that so much cause some people like that kinda stuff but it's the stories that are like Twilight that bug me. Yeah, I agree. The writers here are creative and could come up with something really original if they tried. Hmm, those are some pretty good ideas! lol. Haha! I agree! I like your opinion and I agree with quite a bit of it. Thanks for sharing and for reading/commenting! :D
Hi my friend. I read the first book it was decent, the second one she got lazy on. Just because I did not enjoy it does not mean others should stop reading it. I love chocolate ice cream but other people might like vanilla. So do we stop making vanilla and just make chocolate. Variety is the spice of life. Let those who want to read Twilight read it. No one says I have to read the rest of them. I must admit Twilight and Harry Potter have caused more young adults indulge in a past time I always loved which is reading. A plus as far as I can see. Its a little hard to rob a store if your reading a book. Liked the article. Really well written. Susan :)
Yeah i didnt know you was reading that to! You rock for that!!!
I cant wait until she puts avery and alex together everybody is dieing for that.
I've read Twilight, and I'm neutral about the whole Twilight thing.And I so agree on this claiming we writers are unoriginal if we use vampires in our novels. Each story can be good in its own way, but when it passes into the line of obsessiveness that is a problem. For writing of Twilight I can say it was done pretty well, in my language,( editor tided up a bit, he said so at a book fair I went last year, plus it helped a shout on how great these books are from their place: Magnificent saga! Forbidden love between mortal and immortal! it drew people to buy them.) as for English well I did not like it. It is nice when one sees girls coming to library to read, but then again most of those girls read Twilight and nothing more. Librarian said so. Plus she said that she'd seen some girls break up friendships because one loves it to death and the other doesn't. Not to mention my country has myths about vampires and I've recently lived the day when a girl told me my country actually stole the whole vampire thing from Meyer.
I think this will worn out, with time.
Yeah, that's how I am too. Haha, yeah I know! haha. I've only read it in english. lol. Yeah, that's how it was with girls I know too. Yeah, that's so sad! I've seen some girls fight about it but luckily I haven't seen anyone break a friendship over it. That's why I want the whole obsession thing to stop so there aren't so many fights. haha, that's funny! Cause countries totally steel legends! lol. I hope so. Thanks so much for reading/commenting! :D
Oh, well done for the article!
Nice review, I like twilight but don't love it. Great review though!
I completely agree. I am very sick of people saying whether Twilight sucks or rocks. People have become so obsessed over it. It's just like the Harry Potter books when they came out: You had like almost everyone like it but some people hating it. It's like Twilight is the new Harry Potter. Great Job!!
I'm glad that you agree. That means that I didn't write something totally bogus that everyone is going to hate. jk. lol. Yeah, so am I. I agree. Haha, yeah. Hopefully Twilight dies down like Harry Potter did. lol. I'm very glad you liked it! Thanks for reading/commenting! :D
Good review. I recall in my Twilight essay (the thing where I discuss the attacks I heard about, not how I hate the book) about how I said I didn't like the books, but I was brief on it so it didn't become a rant. I hate Twilight with every fiber of my being, but I'm not going around and telling off people who do like it. Just about all of my friends love the series (so much that at times it scares me XD), but I respect their opinion.
I also agree with the whole thing with twilight clogging up Booksie galleries. It does annoy me because I expected the people of Booksie to be original. Most are, but some just have nothing better to do. XD
Again, I liked the essay. But wait, in a reply above, it says you had to read Twilight for English. Do you mean like as a class or for a personal assignment? Just curious. ;)
Thanks so much! Yeah, that alright cause you aren't trying to convince anyone to hate the book. lol. Haha, yeah I have friends like that too but I love them anyway! :) I'm glad you agree. It was a personal assignment in English. She gave us a list of books that we had to read and I picked Twilight cause everyone kept going on about how good it was. That's okay, curiosity is good. lol. Thanks so much for reading/commenting! :D
Great review! I am a boy. Well, you know how I (Ryan) am the one who keeps track of everything for booksie. I personally don't know very much about the Twilight saga, I watched the movie and I really didn't think it was too special. Constantly though, I am hearing people talking about how amazing it is, or how terrible it is, and I just don't understand all of it myself so I can't take a side. I am tired of it though, everywhere I look there is something about it (especially on sites like booksie) and alot of our books and publishings are being skipped over just so people can look at fan versions of twilight. The only person who I think has books like twilight is the person who wrote the actual book. I can't say I like it or not, but I will say that I am very tired of hearing about it and seeing it everywhere.
Thanks so much! Haha, yeah I know that you are in charge of that stuff. lol. Yeah, I agree that it was good but not like amazing. I see what you mean. Yeah, I know! I'm getting sick of Twilight being everywhere. You don't have to say whether you like it or not cause that's your opinion but I'm glad you agree with me that you are tired of hearing about it everywhere. Thanks so much for reading/commenting! I appreciate it a lot, Ryan. :D
Huh ok, well first off. I liked the way this is written. Sometimes essays are nice and can reflect a lot about how a person writes. I can tell that you have a nice writing style just from this even though an essay really eats away at everything. Here's my problem, I don't get it. I understand what you're stating but I don't really get how this is an essay. There's no thesis. There's no argument etc. You bring up great points throughout the piece but some of them seemed a bit pointless. For example, people adding onto scenes or changing them; well how is this any different from Star Trek, Harry Potter, Firefly and/or Buffy the Vampire Slayer fanfiction. Personally. I don't read fanficion because I feel like nobody but the author understands the character. I had issues with mainly that paragraph. Also, I didn't really understand how it applied to everything else alhtough I didn't really find a main focus throughout the paper linking everything together. Hmmm...ok. Haha that's all that I have to say, I don't know a lot about essay writing so I guess taking everything with a grain of salt. Sorry that your work is compared to Twilight. Buffy and Roswell aren't my own works and it makes me angry when it's compared to Twilight, so it must be bad in a sense. Although, I think it could be good too. If somebody loves Twilight it's gonna create a certain bias no matter what. Like me, I'm a huge Star Trek fan and sometimes I see things that make me think of Star Trek then I get all exciting loving it more becuase it's like ST to me. Yet somebody else may not be able to see the same thing becuase they have a different bias than me. I feel like I'm rambling about nonsense right now. I'm sorry about that.
Good luck with getting your ideas published though. Haha guess we're all in that same boat on this website. At least it's a fun (stressful) adventure.
Thanks, I'm glad you liked how I wrote it. Yay! I'm glad you get that impression! lol. Yeah, I get what you are saying. That's why I changed it too a book review but in the comments I accidentally still said essay. Oops, lol. Yeah, I get what you are saying. I don't read that much fan fiction either but I just mentioned it in this because a lot of it seems to be related around Twilight. Haha, I don't really know much about essay reading either but I liked what you were saying so thank you. Yeah I'm sorry too. lol. Yeah, it gets annoying when everything is compared to one thing (like Twilight). I've never read Buffy and Roswell but I get what you are saying. Yeah, that's true. I can see how it could be a good thing but I still want my stuff to be different, you know??? Haha, you aren't rambling. I totally get what you are saying. lol. Thanks and you too. Yeah it is fun and stressful. lol. Thanks so much for reading/commenting! :D
(btw, oh and I'll try and check out novel!)
I do agree with what you have written about Twilight. I don't classify myself as a Twihard, but I do enjoy reading the books. I think that they are well written and the ideas are good. At the same time I think that everyone is entitled to their own opinion, so I pretty much agree with everything you have written.
I've written a prologue which I haven't added to yet. If you haven't already read it I was hoping you would and give me an honest opinion as to whether it would draw you in and want to read more. I've just classified it as sci fi/fantasy/romance. Thanks.
Once again, I thought your review was great.
I'm glad that you agree because that means that I didn't say a bunch of crap. jk. lol. Yeah, that's cool. Like you said, you are entitled to your own opinion. Okay, I'll try and check it out. :) Thanks! I'm really glad you liked it! Thanks for reading/commenting! :D
I like what you had to say and it makes sense. However, as much as Stephanie is entitled to her books, people are entitled to their inspiration. Although people are using her ideas, they're adding their own twists and creating new plots and taking the story further than Stephanie herself could have done. Not only are they doing that, but they're spreading art among the world through the form of words. She has given people a platform from which they can develop their own personal creativity.
Good job with the essay, though. Some of your sentences are cut off and could be combined to create a more sophisticated review, but in all, it's great. It's good that you're pointing out that it's just a book, not a war. Kudos to you (:
Thanks. Yeah, I get what you are saying. I understand both views of whether people should write fan fics or not. Thanks though. Okay, I'll make sure to remember that next time. Thanks so much and thanks for reading/commenting! :D
You have officially gained my respect.
I hate all this controversy over Twilight. But I don't hate Twilight itself. I just hate it when something becomes so "cool" to so many people that others feel that, in order to maintain their originality, they must thoroughly despise it. And that enforces people who truly liked it to come to see it as an idol.
I, for one, have never read Twilight or seen the movies. Why? Because I want to stay fully impartial to the books. I don't want to develop a grey area opinion and have both the black and the white sides hate me. I'm staying out. I don't hate Twilight, but I don't like it either and I don't like what it's become. I think that all this "Team Jacob" and "Team Edward" business is all just a sign that the books have lost whatever point Stephanie Meyer was trying to get across. I bet it's not even supposed to be about who the reader wants to marry and I doubt it was supposed to make you want to be a vampire. I feel bad for Stephanie Meyer, even if she isn't bothered by the craze. Anyway, that's how I see it.
Haha. Thanks! lol. I agree with everything you just said. I don't know if it bothers her or not but I can see how it might get annoying sometimes with so many obsessed people. I'm pretty sure she never intended for people to want to become vampires. I had one guy at my high school come up and told me that he was a vampire and sparkled in the sun and could read minds. He said that I should go out with him so he could make me a vampire too. Of course I said no but isn't that weird??? lol. It's crazy what some people do. lol. Anyway, thanks so much for reading/commenting! :D
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It's the time of the year we all look forward to: maple sap running, the hint of warm Spring air, and our canine companions enjoying the out of doors without the requisite coats and booties. While seeing the grass again is rejuvenating, it is also the time of year to remind us of the critters waiting to greet our pets.
Ticks have become the emerging parasite of discussion at most veterinary hospitals in Eastern Ontario. While fleas are always of concern, most of our pets have been safely managed for flea infestations so that seeing flea problems is not what it used to be.
Ticks, however, have adapted to the changes in climate and geography, bringing with them several tick-borne infections, namely Lyme disease, Anaplasmosis and Ehrlichiosis.
Ontario has three common varieties of ticks, the American Dog Tick, the Brown Dog Tick and the Deer (Ixodes) Tick, the latter of which carries Lyme disease. It is this l tick that we now see more commonly, having moved up from the Northeast States and into Eastern Ontario and Quebec.
Ticks begin their seasonal feeding early, between 4 and 20C, as soon as snow cover is off the ground. While they feed all year in cooler areas, we predictably see a Spring and a Fall flush of ticks, lasting until there is once again heavy snow cover.
Ticks can be picked up in nymph or adult stages. The nymph Deer tick is the size of a pin-head, making it difficult to find on many dogs. The engorged, fed adult tick, however, is the size of a small finger nail, more easily found unless the pet's coat is long.
This year we have a new product available to dog owners for tick prevention, Bravecto. Launched by Merck at the end of 2014, it appears safe and effective for all three ticks, and safe in all breeds.
Bravecto's primary advantage over other products is that it also lasts for three months, so that a typical dog will only need three doses for the whole season. Bravecto is licensed for dogs over 6 months of age due to the need for a stable body weight for correct dosing. For dogs between 2 and 6 months of age, we also have available, Nexguard, a new monthly oral tablet.
For clients wishing the traditional topical tick control, K9 Advantix, it will still be available for use.
As a reminder, we recommend all dogs be tested annually in the Spring for the three tick-borne illnesses as well as Heartworm, if exposure is considered a risk.
Contact the staff at Cedarview Animal Hospital at 613-825-5001 for further information, to book testing, or to order your tick prevention for Fido.


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That chicken that I told you I buy every couple of weeks or so goes a long way. We bought a beautiful, free-range, organic bird last Sunday. On Monday I took it out to pieces, let the legs and breasts sit and marinate in the ice-box, and from the rest I made a big pot of broth.
On Tuesday, we devoured the chicken meat from the broth in the form of my Grain Medley & Chinese Flavored Chicken with Bok Choy. I used part of the broth to braise a cauliflower and the legs for our dinner on Wednesday. There was no need for starch, no rice, no pasta, no potatoes, no nuthin'. This simple, easy, inexpensive, light meal was all we needed and then some.
There were still two chicken boobies sitting on a shelf in our refrigerator last night, soaking themselves joyously in olive oil infused with garlic and thyme. Ah, chicken, more chicken, I sighed and heard Ina Garten's voice in my head: JEFFREY LOVES CHICKEN, SO EVERY FRIDAY I MAKE HIM A ROASTED CHICKEN. BUT FRANKLY, I'M SLOWLY GETTING SICK OF IT. I am obviously paraphrasing Ina's words, but chicken has always been big on her menu due to her husband's love affair with poultry. I know it all, because I used to watch "Barefoot Contessa" on Food Network all the time. And then I got sick of it, too.
There's no denying it, I also love keeping my man happy, hence I decided to make Jason's favorite type of dinner–one he can build himself. There's nothing that brings that boyish and exuberant joy to his face faster than a plate full of scrumptiousness he has assembled himself.
And so I sliced and sautéed onions, one red bell pepper, green sweet pepper and one more Anaheim pepper. The chicken breast roasted in the oven for about 25 minutes at 375°, after which I let it rest covered with a sheet of aluminum foil for another 10. When I finally cut into it, I heard a choir of fairies covering Wet Wet Wet's hit song "Love Is All Around", you know the theme song from "Four Weddings and a Funeral" with Hugh Grant and Andie MacDowell.
(There was a time in my long life when I would listen to that song OBSESSIVELY. I hope you'll appreciate my honesty knowing I'm risking getting a restraining order from my boyfriend, who, I can just see, will cringe in pain and gag when reading this. I WAS FIFTEEN AND BELIEVED IN SANTA BACK THEN, TOO.)
The meat was so incredibly moist and silky, I wanted to put it all in my mouth and run. But then I had a drooling man looking over my shoulder also wanting a piece of it. We set the table with whatever we found suitable for CHICKEN FAJITAS in our pantry and refrigerator: sour cream, Green Chili Sauce, a bowl of brown rice, little green salad dressed with cilantro, heated tortillas and the guest of honor–ROASTED CHICKEN WITH AN ENTOURAGE OF SAUTÉED VEGETABLES.
I wish I had taken a photo of Jason when he sat down to the table and began the construction. The only time a smile was amiss from his face was when his mouth opened to receive another ginormous bite of his fajita stuffed with goods. Then there was lots of excited bouncing on the chair and head swinging when the jaws were busy molding the food. In fact, if that were a twelve year old boy who just got his first Star Wars toy that would later turn into a significant collection, and not a thirty-six year old respected TV producer, you wouldn't be able to tell.
At that point I no longer needed food. The mere sight of that free expression of bliss was more satiating to me than the actual meal. Don't get me wrong, though. I got my share of that chicken last night as well. It was glorious!


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"To love without knowing how to love, wounds the person we love." – Thích Nhất Hạnh
Thích Nhất Hạnh on Love
We have to restore the meaning of the word "love." We have been using it in a careless way. When we say, "I love hamburgers," we are not talking about love. We are talking about our appetite, our desire for hamburgers. We should not dramatize our speech and misuse words like that. We make words like "love" sick that way. We have to make an effort to heal our language by using words carefully. The word "love" is a beautiful word. We have to restore its meaning. Love is deep, beautiful, and whole.
True love contains respect. In my tradition, husband and wife are expected to respect each other like guests, and when you practice this kind of respect, your love and happiness will continue for a long time. In sexual relationships, respect is one of the most important elements. Sexual communion should be like a rite, a ritual performed in mindfulness with great respect, care, and love. If you are motivated by some desire, that is not love. Desire is not love. Love is something much more responsible. It has care in it.
If the word "love" is understood in the deepest way, why do we need to say "long-term commitment"? If love is real, we do not need long or short-term commitments, or even a wedding ceremony. True love includes the sense of responsibility, accepting the other person as he is, with all his strengths and weaknesses. If we like only the best things in the person, that is not love. We have to accept his weaknesses and bring our patience, understanding, and energy to help him transform. Love is maitri, the capacity to bring joy and happiness, and karuna, the capacity to transform pain and suffering. This kind of love can only be good for people. It cannot be described as negative or destructive. It is safe. It guarantees everything.
Should we cross out the phrase "long-term commitment" or change it to "short-term commitment"? "Short-term commitment" means that we can be together for a few days and after that the relationship will end. That cannot be described as love. If we have that kind of relationship with another person, we cannot say that the relationship comes out of love and care. The expression "long-term commitment" helps people understand the word love. In the context of real love, commitment can only be long-term. "I want to love you. I want to help you. I want to care for you. I want you to be happy. I want to work for happiness. But just for a few days." Does this make sense?
You are afraid to make a commitment — to the precepts, to your partner, to anything. You want freedom. But remember, you have to make a long-term commitment to love your son deeply and help him through the journey of life as long as you are alive. You cannot just say, "I don't love you anymore." When you have a good friend, you also make a long-term commitment. You need her. How much more so with someone who wants to share your life, your soul, and your body. The phrase "long-term commitment" cannot express the depth of love, but we have to say something so that people understand.
Your strong feelings for each other are very important, but they are not enough to sustain your happiness. Without other elements, what you describe as love may turn into something sour rather soon. The support of friends and family coming together weaves a kind of web. The strength of your feelings is only one of the strands of that web. Supported by many elements, the couple will be solid, like a tree. If a tree wants to be strong, it needs a number of roots sent deep into the soil. If a tree has only one root, it may be blown over by the wind. The life of a couple also needs to be supported by many elements — families, friends, ideals, practice, and Sangha. Whether or not your relationship is bound by law, it will be stronger and more long-lasting if made in the presence of a Sangha — friends who love you and want to support you in the spirit of understanding and loving kindness.
There are two Vietnamese words, tinh and nghia, that are difficult to translate into English. They both mean something like love. In tinh, you find elements of passion. It can be very deep, absorbing the whole of your being. Nghia is a kind of continuation of tinh. With Nghia you feel much calmer, more understanding, more willing to sacrifice to make the other person happy, and more faithful. You are not as passionate as in tinh, but your love is deeper and more solid. Nghia will keep you and the other person together for a long time. It is the result of living together and sharing difficulties and joy over time.
You begin with passion, but, living with each other, you encounter difficulties, and as you learn to deal with them, your love deepens. Although the passion diminishes, nghia increases all the time. Nghia is a deeper love, with more wisdom, more interbeing, more unity. You understand the other person better. You and that person become one reality. Nghia is like a fruit that is already ripe. It does not taste sour anymore; it is only sweet.
In nghia, you feel gratitude for the other person. "Thank you for having chosen me. Thank you for being my husband or my wife. There are so many people in society, why have you chosen me? I am very thankful." That is the beginning of nghia, the sense of thankfulness for your having chosen me as your companion to share the best things in yourself, as well as your suffering and your happiness.
If the couple lives with each other for a long time, "until our hair becomes white and our teeth fall out," it is because of nghia, and not because of tinh. Tinh is passionate love. Nghia is the kind of love that has a lot of understanding and gratitude in it.
All love may begin by being passionate, especially for younger people. But in the process of living together, they have to learn and practice love, so that selfishness — the tendency to possess — will diminish, and the elements of understanding and gratitude will settle in, little by little, until their love becomes nourishing, protecting, and reassuring. With nghia, you are very sure that the other person will take care of you and will love you until your teeth fall out and your hair becomes white. Nothing will assure you that the person will be with you for a long time except nghia. Nghia is built by both of you in your daily life.
To meditate is to look into the nature of our love to see the kind of elements that are in it. We cannot call our love just tinh or nghia, possessive love or altruistic love, because there may be elements of both in it. It may be ninety percent possessive love, three percent altruistic love, two percent gratitude, and so on. Look deeply into the nature of your love and find out. The happiness of the other person and your own happiness depend on the nature of your love! Of course you have love in you — tinh and maybe some nghia — but what is important is the nature of that love. If you realize that there is a lot of maitri and karuna in your love, that will be very reassuring. Nghia will be strong in it.
Children, if they observe deeply, will see that what keeps their parents together is nghia and not passionate love. If their parents take good care of each other, look after each other with calmness, tenderness, and care, nghia is the foundation of that care. That is the kind of love we really need for our family and for our society.
We should always look into the nature of our love in order to see and not be fooled by our feelings. Sometimes we feel that we have love for the other person, but maybe that love is only an attempt to satisfy our own egoistic needs. Maybe we have not looked deeply enough to see the needs of the other person, including the need to be safe, protected. If we have that kind of breakthrough, we will realize that the other person needs our protection, and therefore we cannot look upon him or her just as an object of our desire. The other person should not be looked upon as a kind of commercial item.
(My adaptation; adapted from "For a Future to Be Possible: Commentaries on the Five Wonderful Precepts" by Thích Nhất Hạnh;


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SHAKE the pretreat solution prior to use and before pouring into your pretreat sprayer. If you reclaim any solution (not recommended) always strain to ensure no fibers, dirt, dust, or other contaminants remain in the solution.
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Pressure setting: You don't need a lot of pressure for the initial press. Use light pressure to start (the kiss-method). Use heavy pressure on the final press, so you matte the fibers down and create a smooth printing surface.
Storage of Garments:
Shirts can contain pretreat solution in advance of printing. We suggest using the garment within 30 - 60 days of pretreat application. Always re-press the garment for 10 seconds with light pressure just before printing. This is to remove any moisture in the shirt, and to flatten any stray fibers. Shirts must be moisture-free before printing! Note: Be careful as not to degrade the application on the shirt by folding, bending, or scraping the print area where the pretreat solution is applied. Damage can occur to the thin film of pretreat solution, and you will be able to see variations where the pretreat application has been damaged. Remember, you want to print on a moisture-free, smooth image area.


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Online overtakes free-to-air TV in ad spend charts
Online advertising has achieved what was predicted at the end of last year and become the dominant medium for advertising spend in Australia, with $3.6bn revenue.
The new figures, released in the Interactive Advertising Bureau's Online Advertising Expenditure Report, show it has overtaken free-to-air TV, after overhauling newspapers last year adding $500m to June 2013.
For the first six months of the year online took $1,882.6m, while FTA got $1,805.4m according to the report compiled by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).
Mobile has driven the growth with a 190% increase year-on-year, which has slowed from the 212% growth flagged in last year's report, reaching $45.9m for the second quarter of the year, with 58% of that tablet based.
Video display ads also grew 56% year-on-year for the June quarter, taking $35.7m.
While search and directories ads make up 53.8% of the revenue general display advertising is still at 27.3%, with classifieds making up 18.9%.
Whilst Facebook and Google do not give out their local ad spend figures the report uses a formula to estimate what the companies are taking locally.
Gai Le Roy, Director of Research for IAB Australia commented: "Achieving $3.6b in online advertising revenue in a challenging advertising environment is a great result for the industry and the double digital growth in each of the three digital advertising sectors is exceptional.
" As expected mobile advertising was the star performer as advertisers move their budgets to start matching consumer behaviour and video advertising growth continues to impress as marketers target the 13m Australians streaming video content each month."


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Mikrotik expired certificate with OpenVPN
Did your OpenVPN / Mikrotik certificates (both CA and client certs) expire? It turns out they were only good for one year!
The default duration for these VPN certificates, and Certificate Authority, is 365 days. My OpenVPN VPN client quit working recently (it appears stuck in a loop retrying the connection and authentication process). Oops.
The fix is to remove and re-create, then distribute, new Certificates for the OpenVPN Clients. We must first remove keys and certificates for the Mikrotik CA, Server and Clients'. If there is a simpler way, please shoot me a note below in the comments.
First, log in to your router with ssh and remove the old client certificates, server certificate and the certificate authority entries:
remove 2
remove 1
remove 0
Then, add back a new, 2-year duration Certificate Authority:
sign CA2017 ca-crl-host=192.168.1.1 name=CA2017
Update your OpenVPN configuration to use the new CA:
Next, create a new 2-year server certificate:
sign server ca=CA2017 name=server
Finish up on the router by creating a new 2-year client certificate for each client:
sign client1 ca=CA2017 name=client1
add name=client2 common-name=server days-valid=730
sign client2 ca=CA2017 name=client2
The certificates must be exported from the router and downloaded to your PC or laptop for dissemination. Export from the command line, then visit the admin website http://192.168.1.1/ or use sftp to retrieve the certificate files.
export-certificate export-passphrase=mysecret client1
export-certificate export-passphrase=mysecret client2
From the Files section of the Mikrotik Web GUI you should see:
We can now move over to your client's .ovpn file and substitute new CA and client keys and certificates. For this procedure we refer you back to the OpenVPN Client Configuration section of last year's blog post. The .crt files can be inserted/substituted in your per-client .ovpn file as-is. The .key file must be decrypted with your chosen export-passphrase thusly:
openssl rsa -in cert_export_client1.key -text
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There's something special on the way to both the iPhone and the iPad for lovers of rhythm games, lovers of 8-bit retro-styled games, and, most especially, lovers of both styles all mashed up together. Gaijin Games has teamed up with Namco Bandai to bring an adaptation of their Wiiware title Bit.Trip Beat to the App Store.
One of a series of four Bit.Trip titles by Gaijin (published through the Wii Shop by Aksys Games), Bit.Trip Beat is something like a cross between Pong and Rez as an accelerometer-equipped Atari 2600 might play them. The game puts you in tilt or touch control of an on-screen paddle with the goal of bouncing waves of oncoming blocks whence they came. The impact timings of the aforementioned blocks are synched with the excellent chiptune audio track while abstract / futuristic animations float in the backdrop, both of which give the game its sort of Rez dynamic. And, it's all done up in brilliant colors and oh-so-lovely jaggy, chunky pixels.
The further you progress through the game, successfully returning oncoming blocks, the more complex and evolved the visual presentation becomes. Miss too many blocks, and the visuals slowly regress to a simple, black and white state, in another apparent nod to Rez.
The iOS versions of Bit.Trip Beat will be enhanced beyond the Wiiware original. The only real criticisms that can be found in the many positive reviews of the original are the small number of levels — three, each with an end boss — and the lack of an online leaderboard; both of these points are being addressed in the new versions. Aside from leaderboards, additional levels are expected to arrive as in-game downloadable content, free of charge. What's more, the original's four-person cooperative multiplayer support is expected to be brought over to the iOS versions, though we don't have details on just how that will work.
See video of the Wiiware original.
As a big fan of the Gaijin's Wiiware titles, I can't wait to get my hands on the iPhone and iPad versions of Bit.Trip Beat and hope that the studio sees success enough with the release to bring the other members of the Bit.Trip lineup over to the App Store. No price or exact release date has been indicated.
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When I was about ten or eleven years old, my grandmother came to spend a few days with us. This was not particularly unusual – my grandparents were very close to us and lived only about forty minutes away – but usually we went to them instead of my grandmother coming to us. I remember she knocked on my bedroom door (I was allowed to have it closed because I was "the writer") and when she saw me, she was worried and anxious. "What's wrong, darling?" she asked. "Nothing," I answered, and then I explained, "It's just that Charlie died." Charlie was the ne'er-do-well brother in Louisa May Alcott's novel Eight Cousins. She smiled in complete understanding, because of course it wasn't unusual at all in my family for someone to weep over the fate of a fictional character. Continue reading


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Five years ago, New Belgium sales rep Matt Jones got together with Mike Helms, the manager of Woody's in Golden, to decide on what they call a "common practice" of brewery and bar promotion. The plan: Woody's would attract customers every Tuesday during the summer by giving away free New Belgium pint glasses, and New Belgium would benefit by selling their beer. What they didn't realize was just how much the people of Golden like to get down.
They also love to ride their bikes. If they can do both these things while drinking a few beers in the process, then you have one happy bunch of people. By hosting the Golden Cruise every last Tuesday of the month from April to October, Woody's allows hundreds of residents to take over the town for an hour-long bike ride through the city.
"Remember that first feeling of freedom you had when you were a kid?" asks Jones. "You could never leave the block until you got that first bike and cruised the neighborhood with your friends. That was fun. Sure, maybe you turned 16, got a car, and stopped riding your bike for awhile, but sooner or later, under some wacky circumstance, you ended up back on a bike and remembered how much fun it was. That's what this cruise is all about," he says. The people sure seem to agree. Over 250 of them show up during these Tuesday cruises to park their bikes in front of Woody's, where signs disallow cars from parking there for the evening. The parking lot is blocked off and used to host the event, where establishments around Golden sell food and local bands and DJs come to perform. As New Belgium is the main sponsor, their beer is sold on special and T-shirts are sold to promote the cruise. However, this is all just background noise to the main event. At 7p.m. on the dot, Mike Helms hoists his electric megaphone into the air, sounding a siren and galloping around the parking lot. People stop what they are doing, grab their bikes from the front, and head out into the streets to ride -- hundreds of them, cruising up the main street, slowing traffic and ringing their bells for that childhood freedom. Gears click and smiles form under the setting summer sun, and after the cruise wraps back around through a woodland trail to Woody's again (withe several stops along the way to regroup), bluegrass echoes and beer flows until 9 p.m., when two New Belgium Cruiser bikes are given away in a raffle. Although each month the theme is different, the concept remains the same: show up dressed however you like, ride your bike, drink your beer and have fun. Next month is a beach theme, and there's also a bike-in movie coming up in August.
"If you think this month's cruise was a little wild, wait 'til you see how creepy the Halloween cruise can be," Helms says with a grin. "This community is why I love my job."
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Last night at the British Library the Royal Society of Literature put on an evening On Memoir, moderated by Rupert Christiansen. It's a genre that held little appeal to me when I was young — devouring 20th century novels at a rate of several a week — and in my 40s and 50s history and biography took centre stage. But perhaps in one's 60s one becomes more reflective, more introspective, mulling over one's life, what one did and what one might have done. And in fact my own last book, Eccles Cakes, was a childhood memoir. I found it was very therapeutic writing it, so I was interested to hear Sigrid Rausing at the RSL event say that writing her account of having a brother and sister-in-law who were drug addicts, Mayhem, was cathartic. I loved her memoir and was pleased to take part in a book group discussion of it immediately before the RSL evening. Interestingly, the group split almost exactly down the middle between those, like myself, who really empathised with the author's experience and others who felt quite alienated by it. In the evening discussion, Sigrid Rausing was joined by Aida Edemariam (interviewed by James Naughtie in a recent BBC World book show) and Philippe Sands. Aida Edemariam's book, The Wife's Tale, is based on interviews with her now deceased Ethiopian grandmother, whereas Philippe Sands' East West Street traces not only the footsteps of his grandfather in Lviv (now in Ukraine) but also, among others, the originator of the word "genocide", Raphael Lemkin. So although each of the authors had dealt with family members, involving both memory and research, their books are very different. It was fascinating to hear how Philippe Sands was shepherded by his editor in structuring and rewriting his memoir; I thought such editors no longer existed! But one thing that struck me about all three authors was the intensity of their connection to their subject matter — more so, perhaps, than that of any novelist or biographer.
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Curated by Susan Cross
Despite a soft-spoken beginning, Alex Da Corte's practice has become rather spectacular in recent years. His large-scale built environmentsthink low-end consumer goods encased in high production valueregister as an amalgam of an advertising studio, a Christie's day sale, and a domestic interior designed by an overzealous decorator with Memphis on the mind. Such installations feature everyday objects and artworks by Da Corte and others, as well as replicas of said works. The first institutional survey of the artist's shape-shifting oeuvre, "Free Roses" will span the past decade of Da Corte's career, premiere an ambitious new installation, and be accompanied by a catalogue with contributions from Cross and Annie Godfrey Larmon. Considering the peripatetic nature of Da Corte's output and all it encompasses, lassoing his work into, as the press release promises, a "unified physical, visual, and narrative experience" sounds like an ambitious affair indeed.


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Om Malik says that Twitter has finalized its C round, raising $15 million at an $80 million pre-money valuation. We're told that's not the case, but think that may be a matter of semantics -- it's certainly in the range we had reported last month, when we were told a deal would get done in the near future. TechCrunch guesses that Spark Capital has come aboard, which also jibes with what we had heard at the time.
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Anne Sanow
(2010 - Prose)
From the short story "The Grand Tour"
After a life of living in the desert, Hamid decided to admit a kind of defeat. He was an old man past sixty. By the time he rode into the village of Al-Kharj with his wife, Rafa, and the Texan, Gus, they possessed only the things they tied to the three aging camels and a pair of spindly, recalcitrant mares. Gus asked where they were going, in the mild way Hamid had become accustomed to. "A relation," Hamid told him. "His father owed mine a debt." Gus understood about extended Bedouin families; this relation, then, would take them in.
He had been with the husband and wife--who were childless--since the day nearly twenty-five years earlier when they had rescued him from the aftermath of a storm. He had never meant to survive it. His companion had not. Hamid and Rafa seemed to understand Gus's guilt, and had delivered him up from the wild sands, burying the other and with it, the Texan's past. He was theirs and stayed theirs, through everything. Now Rafa pulled her camel's reins taut and sat high in her seat. She surveyed the last downward slope to the village and said, very softly, "Here we will make another home." Hamid grunted in reply.
Rafa was some years younger than her husband, as was Gus. The Texan had grown into himself (he had been stripped back by his convalescence, Rafa remembered, in both body and mind), and though he remained slight, and the folds of his robes seemed always to find his bones to cling against, the fragility of his appearance was deceptive. His footing in sand was sure, and he was a steady shot with a rifle. On this journey he had been the one to keep them going with kills of small game: they took what they came across, birds and the occasional hare, once a spiny dubh lizard--a delicacy and, especially now, a good omen. That meal had been the day before reaching Al-Kharj; Rafa agreed with her husband that it was indeed good luck, and Gus's providing it seemed to refresh a sense of good will among the three, but as Hamid continued to extol their fortune in the small fire's light Rafa closed her ears to the sound of his voice.
Hamid wanted her appreciation now, as the houses of the village came into sharper view, but what she had said did not achieve its mark.
They turned the camels into the slope for the descent. Hamid was leading them and his camel--the one of worst temper, which gave the beast a semblance of spirit, from a distance at least--traversed the dune in a sloppy diagonal. Behind him Rafa pulled her reins up again, so as not to overtake him. Gus, as always, seemed in no hurry; he lingered on the rise and looped the mares' ropes over his forearm. They would have to be dragged. It was late morning, the sun yet benevolent, and as they got closer to the village the thrum of harvest sounds shimmered up to them. They heard the knock of long knives, the slish and saw as they carved off the stalks from the palms. The air carried the tang of ripe dates and would, in the weeks ahead, begin to feel weighted with it. Autumn was the perfect time to arrive (as Hamid had said); it was necessary they be there. In this way he had flipped their predicament, explaining to Gus and Rafa that his relation would surely require extra hands--so they would offer theirs. How many harvests had he supervised, anyway, in his time? His listeners had remained patient, hearing this throughout the yawning days of their journey; each could tote up, silently, the many oases they had hovered around or circled back to, year in and out, so many years, the others of their tribe falling away from them, dying off (the old women) or knowing better (everyone else). Gus had stayed, and Rafa of course had no choice. She thought: how do we appear now--as sad opportunists? They rode their camels down. The mares brayed in protest, digging in their hooves. The dune melted into the plateau, and Hamid cantered ahead toward the large house ringed with the greenest palms, the most luxurious shade. It was just like him. Sometimes, when his hopes were this high, Rafa overcompensated with a serenity she was afraid did not hide her pity.
Anne Sanow's linked short story collection Triple Time (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2009) won the Drue Heinz Literature Prize, and her story "The Grand Tour" was the winner of the 2009 Nelson Algren Award for the Short Story from the Chicago Tribune. Her fiction has been published in Dossier, Kenyon Review, Shenandoah, New Orleans Review, and Malahat Review, among others, and has been nominated five times for the Pushcart Prize. Writing fellowships include the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, the MacDowell Colony, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. A freelance writer and editor, Sanow also teaches fiction writing, most recently in the low-residency MFA program at Carlow University in Pittsburgh.
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As a writer obsessed with place and history I rely on first-hand experience--the opportunity to walk the same ground as my characters, if I can--as one way of sparking my imagination; another is research. Living in Saudi Arabia for a couple of years led me to write the stories for my first book as a way of investigating what I didn't know about a place where I had spent time. I'm now working on a novel that was originally set in Berlin during WWII. Over the past few years it has expanded to include a multi-generational cast of characters as well as settings in the United States, and I've discovered that the book is as much about place and migrations and home as it is anything else. The NEA fellowship will afford me the opportunity for some travel and research, and sustained time away from other work to shape the current draft into a cohesive narrative. Twinning the bolt of confidence this fellowship provides with the humility at having received it is an amazing feeling as a writer. I'm honored to be a part of this American literary tradition.


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By Capt. Steve Soule
It isn't always a question of right or wrong. Sometimes it becomes more a matter of better or worse. Everyone has their own idea of how to approach each fishing situation, some well thought out, others are much more haphazard. The "approach," the level of stealth, and knowledge of the area you are fishing can have a huge impact on success or failure when it comes to catching fish.
As anglers, most of us start each day with some form of a plan on what we want to catch and where we plan to try to catch it. With experience, these plans get better and more detailed. The bottom line is that we all benefit from having a goal in mind to accomplish each day on the water. If we give more thought to what that goal is, and how we might be able to tilt the scales in our favor when it comes to achieving that goal, we all stand to catch more fish, or at the very least, gain more knowledge that will lead to more fish in the future.
I feel certain that most experienced anglers have a plan of attack for each day that they fish. A location picked based on experience, knowledge of an area, or information about an area. Novices, or anglers newer to an area, the plan is likely not so well thought out. This isn't to say that a novice angler can't or won't catch as many fish, just that they don't possess that level of experience to know exactly where to go or when to go to certain areas.
As an experienced angler, your goal should be to refine your knowledge and hone your fishing skills. As a novice or less experienced angler, your goal should be learn areas and develop an understanding of the structure, tides, and other factors that will influence the location and movements of the fish.
Take your time, use stealth when arriving and working the area you intend to fish.
As many times as I've talked about structure over there years, I realize that there is still a lot of confusion surrounding the topic. Structure goes well beyond just what we can see above the water; sometimes its obvious and sometimes its very subtle. Some of the many things that I consider structure can often be hard to detect. There is obvious structure like shorelines, reefs, rocks but sometimes the little things like grass, guts, humps and very subtle depressions are the keys to finding fish holding points and movement pathways. Finding these in shallow clear water is much easier than in open water. Wading and having actual contact with the bay floor can be a big help, and for those fishing deeper waters from a boat, learning to read a depth machine can be crucial.
Something interesting to remember, is that it isn't just the contours of the bay floor, but also what's on the bay floor that will impact when and where fish will be. Mud, grass, shell, clay, sand and many other things determine what type of prey will be in an area during different seasons and their predators.
Don't just show up to an area and rush through it. So often I watch people on the water rush into an area, only to turn around and leave 15 minutes later. There is very little that can be gained in this approach. Unfortunately, in most cases the fish aren't just waiting for us to arrive and throw things at them. In fact, most of the time we scare fish as we arrive and often shut down feeding behavior with our rapid and noisy arrival. This will spook fish in an area, slowing or stopping the bite temporarily.
Take your time, use stealth when arriving and working the area you intend to fish. Though it has become increasingly popular to run boats shallow and look for fish, this approach has significant short and long term impact on the environment and the fish. Starting with the obvious, sea grass and boat propellers do not mix! Some grasses recover relatively fast while others can take long periods to regrow. Prior to Hurricane Ike, there was very little natural grass growth in Galveston's West Bay. Through man's intervention, grasses returned and had a positive impact on bay habitat and water clarity. Fishing the same areas without the grass, was a world of difference. If just enjoying and appreciating the grass habitat isn't enough, there is a Texas law in place that prohibits destruction of sea grasses.
Beyond the habitat impact, there is a huge short and long term impact on the fish. The sound of an outboard motor can not only be heard, but also felt by fish at a great distance. Knowing that fish are sensitive to vibration and sound should make us all aware that a hasty approach, using the big motor, doesn't usually result in great catches.
Lets take this a step further. I know all too well how cool it is to see fish moving and feeding in shallow water, having spent over 35 years fishing shallow water from poling skiffs and other shallow water boats. I've seen a lot and learned a ton about fish behavior and their reaction to different things that enter their environment. Moving too fast in a poling skiff, a slight stumble when wading, and many other subtle sounds can alert fish. The practice of "burning shorelines" has way more negative impact on fish. A slow, and methodical approach will lead to much more productive fishing.
Take your time, use stealth in your approach, use the day as an opportunity to study, not just fish, and you may just learn how many things are missed by so many fishing around you. Fishing from a more methodical perspective will help you shorten the learning curve and improve your fishing not just today, but in the future as well.


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The London-based alternative pop duo consisting of Josephine Vander Gucht and Anthony West is back again with yet another incredible album.
Josephine and Anthony first self-produced their debut album starting in September of 2014, releasing one song a month for a year. Oh Wonder had live dates already scheduled even before the album came out. The debut album, titled Oh Wonder, was released in September of 2015, with two unreleased songs included. This first album consisted of slow-grooving tunes and keyboard and drum songs. Since their debut, the duo has accomplished international success. They became an online sensation with their music videos with an extraordinary number of streams.
Recently, Oh Wonder released their second album, titled Ultralife, and just one week past the release, the album went in at #8 on the Official UK Charts, the duo saying, "Today was undoubtedly the best day of our lives… It's been our dream to be part of a Top 10 record all our lives. But if it was ever gonna happen, we thought we'd have a writing credit on one song for another artist's album." This album marked a major milestone in the duo's career. The album features more upbeat tunes compared to their previous album, with actual bass, drums, and strings. Each one of the 12 songs have a different feel and adds a unique flare to the album.
"Ultralife" is probably the most upbeat track on the album. Josephine and Anthony describe it as finding someone who makes you feel truly invincible. The beat is so strong throughout the song and it's probably one of my favorite songs by them.
"High on Humans"
"High on Humans" has a funkier tune, especially in the intro. Josephine describes the story behind it and it's about being with those people that get you so hyped and give you such an adrenaline rush that your heart is beating out of your chest.
Oh Wonder reminds me of bands like Urban Cone and POWERS, especially with their more upbeat songs like "Ultralife" and "Lifetimes." They have 4.3 million monthly listeners on Spotify and I expect this number will rise. And for those of you that just love their music, they may be coming to a city near you on their Ultralife Tour! U.S. tour dates are listed below.
Catch Oh Wonder On Tour!
9/12 – Minneapolis, MN-First Avenue
9/13 -Milwaukee, WI-Turner Hall Ballroom
9/15 -Chicago, IL-The Vic Theater
9/16 -Atlanta, GA- Music Midtown
9/22 -Boston, MA-House of Blues
9/23 – New Haven, CT-College Street Music Hall
9/26 – Brooklyn, NY- Brooklyn Steel
9/27 -Brooklyn, NY-Brooklyn Steel
9/29 -Philadelphia, PA-The Fillmore
9/30 – Pittsburgh, PA- Mr. Small's Theatre
10/2 – Washington, DC- 9:30 Club
10/4 -Richmond, VA-The National
10/6 -Charlotte, NC- Neighborhood Theatre
10/7 -Knoxville, TN-Bijou Theatre
10/8 -Birmingham, AL-Iron City
10/10 -Dallas, TX-House of Blues
10/11 -Austin, TX-Stubb's BBQ
10/13 – El Paso, TX-Tricky Falls
10/14 – Phoenix, AZ-The Van Buren
10/15 – San Diego, CA-Soma
10/18 – Los Angeles, CA-Shrine Expo Hall
10/19 – Oakland, CA-The Fox Theater
10/21 – Portland, OR-Crystal Ballroom
10/22 – Seattle, WA-Moore Theater
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