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'Super' Proves That James Gunn Is Perfect for 'Guardians of the Galaxy'
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"Shut up crime!" It's the comic battle cry of the Crimson Bolt, a crimefighter garbed in a red patchwork costume and doling out steel-lugged justice to line butters and other scum of his city. Before being snatched up to helm Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, director James Gunn wrote and directed 2010's Super, a darkly comic deconstruction of the superhero genre, nestled right in the middle of the genre's hostile takeover of American cinema. The film follows Frank Darbo (Rainn Wilson, in one of the best performances of his career), a nebbish fry cook with only two good memories in a life filled with pain: 1) marrying the love of his life, and 2) helping a police officer subdue a criminal. When his wife (Liv Tyler), a recovering drug addict, slips back into addiction thanks to a local high level dealer named Jacques (Kevin Bacon), it is only a matter of time before Darbo snaps. And snapping for this man, who can only see the world in black in white, is to don a homemade superhero costume and beat ne'er-do-wells with a monkey wrench.
Super is an examination of what it would mean to be a superhero in the real world. It asks the question: What if someone lifted the techniques, methods, and moralities from a comic book, and applied them to real life? And the result is something far less fun than the Avengers, or even the similar-in-concept Kick-Ass. Frank's quest to rid his city of crime is one of a deluded man. While all manner of people decide to take the streets into their own hands in the pages of comic books, Super posits that anyone would have to be legitimately insane to become a costumed vigilante. It's not the whim of a well-adjusted individual, but someone who is severely broken in some way. It's a thread that Batman comics have been pulling for eons, but one that hasn't quite made it up to the big screen in a big blockbuster production.
Gunn's directorial debut is a much different superhero film than Guardians of the Galaxy promises to be, but it's easy to see why Marvel was so keen on having Gunn bring the property — Marvel's weirdest venture to date and a considerable gamble for the studio — to life. With Super, Gunn proves his deep understanding of the psychology of comic book superheroes, of the type of lunacy that it takes to become a vigilante. And to varying degrees, Both Super and Guardians are films that mess with the status quo of what most filmmgoers expect from their costumed heroes. At its core, Guardians of the Galaxy is a tale about a handful of galactic misfits that band together to save the day. Rocket, Groot, and Peter Quill don't resemble the stalwart Superman or the endlessly charming Tony Stark. Instead, they are the misfits. They are the losers, the outcasts, the downtrodden, the guys with a couple of screws loose. The Guardians of the Galaxy are more Frank Darbo than Clark Kent, and they are in the hands of a director that understands that.


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It's the season of gifting and giving! As gardeners, we like to reflect our love of natural things in the gifts we share. But what about the gift wrap? There's no doubt that beautiful wrapping can add mystery and excitement to a gift, and you can make thoughtful choices that are kind to the earth. Here are some ideas to make your gifts a feast for the eye without feeding the landfill.
1. Get Krafty.
Use easy-to-recycle paper, such as plain brown kraft paper, and dress it up with your own designs. Decorate the surface with rubber stamping, drawings, or collage. Kraft paper pairs naturally with garden twine, woven ribbons, and seasonal greens. Take a walk through the stationery store and you'll find brown kraft printable labels and gift tags, too.
2. Use natural accents.
Decorate your gifts with botanicals. Fresh or dried flowers, greens, and herbs are traditional and on trend! Craft fresh cedar into a tiny, circular wreath to adorn a simply wrapped box. Twigs, berries, balsam, and pine cones evoke the beauty of nature in winter. Cinnamon or peppermint sticks, discs of dried citrus, sprigs of rosemary or sage make perfect accents for gifts from your garden and kitchen.
3. Think outside of the box.
Repurpose part of your gift to contain it. Wrap an assortment of kitchen gadgets in a pretty tea towel. A garden hod or decorative flower pot makes a nice gift basket for garden essentials. Fill a colorful storage basket with a warming wrap, essential oils, herbal tea, and a good book. Tie it all together with rich, woven ribbons that can be used over and over again.
4. Rock the paper and scissors.
The beautiful paper from the sweater you received last year can become the wrapping for the gloves you'll give this year. Carefully chosen paper can enjoy a long life. Scraps too small for a gift can be collaged onto gift tags for a surprising pop of color. Repurpose other papers such as pages from old books, newspaper, sheet music, wallpaper, and maps. Cut snowflakes out of white paper. Reuse images from old calendars. With some patience, a hole-punch, and a glue stick, create a miniature pointillist masterpiece!
How will you green up your giftwrapping?
From now through December 24th, snap and share a photo that showcases YOUR green giftwrapping talents on Instagram for a chance to win a $200 Gardener's Supply gift card. Two runners up will each receive a $50 gift card.
All entries must be tagged @gardeners and include the hashtags #gardenersgiftwrap and #entry.
Note: By entering the contest, you confirm that you have legal rights to the image(s) entered and give permission to Gardener's Supply Company to use image(s) submitted in future content on the company's website, social media channels, catalog, and email campaigns. Must be 18 or older to win. Prize ships to US address. Contest ends at midnight EST on December 24, 2017.
Ready, set, wrap!
See something that catches your eye? Find the collection of products featured in this post right here. –>
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Not the famous 17th-century poetic travel-ogue of the same title by Japanese master Basho, this is Australian novelist Flanagan's take on the same motif of love's durability and elusiveness.
It's told mostly by Dorrigo Evans: philanderer, Lord Tennyson buff, doctor and commanding officer in a Japanese POW camp, and subsequently an oncologist of erratic skill.
Coming from a dusty little settlement in rural Tasmania, Dorrigo sees his first fighting against the Vichy French in Syria. After the calamitous capitulation at Singapore, he endures appalling journeys by train, truck and on foot through the jungle, to a camp where English officers insist that British stoicism and pluck will ensure their survival.
The said officers soon die. The Australians labour on the Burma Railway, watching their own bodies decay and disintegrate, while Dorrigo does what he can to keep some alive.
You won't - you can't - forget the ulcer hut, the ceremonial beating to death of one prisoner, the amputation of a gangrenous thigh.
Dorrigo does astonishing things. Through his eyes, we see acts of blasphemous tenderness among the skeletal prisoners, along with other acts of dreadful self-preservation.
The war ends. One of every three Australian prisoners who slaved on the railway is dead.
The others come home to partners who can't understand, the near-irrelevance of war crimes tribunals, trauma and alcoholism and years when men mustn't weep.
Dorrigo lives to see himself and others praised "for things not worthy of praise", to mourn old loves and drift into new, semi-satisfying ones, to try to unpick experience from mythology.
There's no simplistic good-versus-evil equation in this deeply unsettling novel. Flanagan acknowledges and explores the complexity of all his characters. A brutish, brutalised Korean guard and a homicidal, haiku-declaiming Japanese colonel have their own mutilated idealism. The post-war story of another Japanese officer, scrabbling among Tokyo's ruins for firewood, keeps challenging perceptions, as does the tension between Dorrigo's surface and interior lives.
The plot crosses decades in a page or a paragraph. It's a collage and occasionally a confusion, stuffed with graphic detail: a face in firelight, "gleaming bright as a freshly turned out plum pudding"; the smell of disappointment in a shabby hotel; a detailed account of the aesthetics of decapitation. Not many events pass without a symbol or three.
Events storm through the post-war decades towards a conclusion with bushfire, a veteran corrected by journalists and documentary-makers, a column of Japanese boy soldiers passing, a car crash and the dreams that follow. It's a cram 'til the very end.
It's also a relentless and relentlessly searching story of the evils men do to each other, along with the loves that come with equal force and fearsomeness.
The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan (Vintage $37.99).


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FROM THE FIELDS: Lettuce in Huron and Salinas, California
April 11, 2018
The Huron, California lettuce growing season is coming to an end, while more suppliers are ramping up production in the Salinas Valley. By the end of next week, the majority of lettuce supplies will be shipped from the Salinas Valley.
- The overall quality of iceberg lettuce from Huron has been good throughout the short season
- Recent rain followed by warm weather caused rib blight and decay issues in several lots this week
- Harvesting crews are trimming heads heavily to better detect and avoid defects
- Current case weights for 24-count liner lettuce range between 40 and 47 pounds
- Iceberg quality is currently very good
- Some lots are showing minor frost damage that can be removed and sporadic rib blight as well
- Case weights are much lower, with 24-count liner lettuce ranging from 36 to 44 pounds
- A chance for light rain returns on Wednesday, April 11, but overall growing conditions are favorable
- Expect case weights to be consistently higher within the next 10 to 12 days
Please contact your Markon customer service representative for more information.
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Well, that sounds ominous, doesn't it?
The Depths of the Unknown is a tenet of my teaching philosophy. It means that we teachers need to reach the understanding of what, exactly, is not known by the student; that which is preventing futher progress as a player.
I have discovered that most young students practice exactly what they are told and little more. Perhaps young students, (below age 20), are afraid to explore. This would cause them to need 'Permission' from teachers and themselves to experiment and explore the instrument and its possibilities. Be sure to give all your students permission to explore their instrument as well as the assigned development work.
Older students, especially those old enough to be parents of the younger students have a strong tendency to have no idea how to learn a new skill; especially a new physical skill. The primary issue of this group is that most of their 'learning' is simply a different application of the hard skills already possessed.
For example, if an adult decides to learn the Microsoft Office Suite of applications, they are really just applying skills already posessed in a different format. Adults usually have some writing, math, formulaic, and design skill just from having to function in everyday life. So, in this case, there is no 'new' skill being learned, just a new use of current skills.
Learning to play an instrument requires physical repetition and mental development that usually hasn't happened in a couple decades or more for most adult students. We often need to encourage adult students to be patient with themselves and to understand that learning a musical instrument is often completely different than most of their daily 'learning'.
I often realize, (When will I get it through MY thick head?), that a student is not progressing because I have not discovered their Depth of the Unknown after weeks, sometimes months of working with them. The problem almost always rests in the time spent with the instrument at the student's home. I can forgive myself for missing these issues because I am not able see students practice at home each week. The only clue I have to go on is that the student is obviously not progressing and I am half of the equation. It is important to frequently ask questions about a student's thoughts, feelings, practice habits, etcetera at each session. This is how we (eventually) discover the Depth of the Unknown for each student.
This process often takes a while because most people don't know what I need to know about these aspects of themselves and I just haven't come upon the right question to receive the needed answer.
However, once the problem is discovered, the solution usually just a few steps away. There is a very simple formula to playing music, and that is: Play the right notes in the right order at the right time.
Funny enough, most people are very sensitive to timing and tempo, especially tempo. What I hear from nearly every student when I ask them how their playing of a section of a tune compares to mine is: "I'm not playing fast enough." Rarely am I told: "Well, I played the first note three times because it didn't sound like I wanted it to sound. I skipped the fifth and seventh notes. I played everything with only a downstroke. I cut off every note the moment I played it in my rush to the next, not realizing that unless there is a rest, each note I play should BECOME the next without a gap of silence.", etcetera.
In the reading of language, we use a technique called 'Clumping'. When clumping, we are accepting the visual of three or four words at a time, then grasping the next three or four words while processing the first 'clump'. When we learn to read, and subsequently when we learn to play specific music, clumping is not possible to do accurately. If you have heard a child learning to read, you probably noticed that they work through it one word at a time.
Most beginning students of an instrument have already been reading for years. This will cause them to attempt to use their clumping skill when learning an instrument, but they do not have the technical facility nor experience as a music reader or player to do this effectively, and as such, will play phrases full of mistakes. For this reason, as does a child learning to read, the beginning student of a musical instrument must work through a piece one note at a time.
I encourage students to break songs into many phrases which can then be repeated to a certain level of proficiency before moving to the next. It is easier to be patient enough to work through a short phrase one note at a time rather than an entire tune or A, B, or C section of a song. This technique seems to give a frequent sense of accomplishment quickly followed by another opportunity to repeat the process.
Simply put, the student must look at the note, play the note, and then be cognizant that what was seen and then played match each other before moving to the next note. While slow, plodding, meticulous, tedious, mind-numbing, or whichever adjective you prefer, it is a guaranteed, fast-track way to develop a clear understanding of the music at hand.
If hours are spent allowing mistakes to occur, there will be subsequent hours spent untying the mind and fingers to produce the right notes, in the right order, at the right time. This time can be saved and put to better use if we adopt the attitude of: "Let's aim to be right the first time.".
Believe me, this will transform your students' progress; possibly your own as well.


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Joe Love
Owner & Tattoo Artist
Ever since I was a small child, I've been an artist. All through school, I was that kid in class who was drawing instead of taking notes. Even back then I was drawing skulls, and monsters, naked women and grim reapers. Little did I know I was practicing for a career as a tattooist. At the young age of 17, I did my first tattoo.
From that humble beginning as an amateur tattooist, I worked my way into an apprenticeship in Virginia, and was taught the fine-line black and grey techniques that I am still perfecting to this day. I still specialize in those dark and scary images of my childhood, but I also enjoy doing life-like flowers, wildlife and portraits.
I have tattooed around the world and have won trophies at international tattoo conventions.
Now, I'm settled in Ukiah, and I love it here. Come see me any time at Accent Tattoo.
Mike Bottorff
I took an interest in body piercing early when my friends and I started experimenting with putting permanent holes in each others' ears in high school. Little did I know that a pass-time could become a career.
I attended the world renowned Fakir Body Piercing Intensive in 2005 and apprenticed under Accent Tattoo co-owner Adam Glotnis immediately afterwards. I attend the annual Association of Professional Piercers (APP) conference to further advance my education and keep up on new techniques and concerns in the industry. I perform all types of piercings including (but not limited to) surface anchors, surface piercings, ear projects, male and female genitals, and all of the more known body piercings. I am always patient and knowledgeable, so call or come by to schedule your next piercing!


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Stealth 2.0 Sidemount Units
If you remember, I have already written an article about sidemount units in the past. This one should make a mark in the sidemount diving world, in the sense that it unveils the latest technology serving the new generation of sidemount divers. So get to your computers or tablets and book your unit right away through your local Xdeep dealer. They will sold out as soon as the launch is made. Be the first to dive the Xdeep Stealth Rec and/or Tec units.
Note: For now only the Tec unit is being shipped out. The Rec version will ship later. Contact me for more info.
It's been announced at the last Dive show in Germany that XDeep has a new addition to their sidemount units. In fact, it is two new units – the rec and the tec version. Both fully integrated to your Stealth 2.0 harness. The core structure of the Stealth 2.0 sidemount system is the harness. Now, XDeep offers two additional wings that will mount onto your harness. No need to buy a full set again… Well, you can if your original harness looks a bit too old! 🙂 When bouthg all together, the unit will be assembled already. You just have to set the bungees to your prefered length.
All this with some great added gizmos patented by the great team of engineers at our favourite tec gear facility.
Finally, a piece of sidemount gear made by tec sidemount divers, for tec divers…and recreational divers.
So without any overdue, lets check out those units and start with the Stealth Rec setup.
Open water recreational sidemount bonanza
Finally, the pool of recreational divers has some serious piece of sidemount gear to play with.
It's been a while since a manufacturer has put on the market something specifically dedicated to rec divers. No convoluted rig with so many D-rings you'd think you forgot to clip something and a lift capacity…well, let say that diving with some rig feels like diving with a Samsonite suitcase on your back.
This XDeep Stealth Rec Sidemount wing boosts a good 35lbs of lift, nicely trimmed around the diver's body with some funky looking attachment points.
Fitted with quick release buckles at the shoulder harness, it is a clean continuity for all the avid recreational diver out there. Easy to adjust and fits any body size.
It boosts some great weight pockets with quick release pockets that will please all recreational divers. A great travel sidemount unit.
Made of the fabric that made the first Stealth 2.0 sidemount rig, the most rugged piece of gear – Cordura® 1100 dTEX – tested by Mauro Bordignon from Cave World extensively in the super tiny caves of Mexico. I have dived with him more than once on exploration dives and let me tell you, he did put it to the test. Xdeep has it's test pilot when it comes to cave sidemount 😉
"One harness, one system, many different configurations. With STEALTH 2.0, divers soon would be able choose the best configuration for their current needs without changing the whole system."
This is what you can read on the official Facebook page from XdeepGear.
I am personally looking forward to teach Rec 1 and 2 divers with this great piece of gear.
Thanks XDeep for you efforts in putting this together.
Tec Sidemount mode Stealth 2.0
Apparently, there has been a lot of thinking behind the Tec version of the Stealth unit.
First, the wing is attached to the harness. That is the top part of it. The upper section of the wing doesn't inflate. The lift stays pretty much where it would if you were wearing the classic Stealth 2.0
We still have the famous centrally located dump valve with the strong corrugated inflator hose and power inflator. One very interesting detail is that this hose, can be either placed on the left for wetsuit diving or on the right side, if diving dry.(if that applies to your config)
This modularity brings the Stealth line into the real sidemount only dedicated unit. It breath simplicity but it is packed with all we, as tec divers, are looking for.
The wig being fixed to the harness at the top, offers two option for attachement at the front of the diver. One would be to clip short bungee loops to the "new" XDeep sidemount flat D-rings. Or the diver can choose to use the more classic big bungee loop, like the original Stealth 2.0 wing.
Obviously, a larger lift capacity. This Tec version has a wing with 50lbs of lift… Yes, you read properly 50lbs of lift. More than the Cave version and this will appeal to multi stage/deco deep trimix sidemount divers.
Remember the minimum weight vs minimum lift? 😉
Everybody has seen Tomasz Michura's videos where it is obvious how versatile and spot on this unit is in terms of lift and trim possibilities.
Stealth 2.0 Tec unit's User Manual is available here.
And last but not least, the Stealth 2.0 Sidemount pouch
Great addition to the Stealth 2.0 tools, that pouch is what was missing and we've all been waiting for.
We all, sidemount divers and tec divers, need a pouch!
Fully expandable, to carry your SMB, spool, spare mask, wet-notes, spare mouth piece, double-enders…and…your BUL aka back-up light. Inner loop to clip all your goodies closed by YKK quality zippers.
The ingeniously positioned window allows for divers and team members to see if the BUL has been left ON in the pouch and will drain it's battery !! One great piece of thinking behind this.
This makes the Stealth 2.0 pouch the one you want to clip on your DAPs 😉
So here it is a few words what we will start seeing emerging from the local dealers. Some great, fantastic sidemount products. If you are already a proud owner of Stealth 2.0 sidemount rig, simply order via your local dealer teh wing that will suit your needs as a scuba diver.
Remember though, that the Rec wing will not yet be available. Most likely around late Spring, early summer diving diving season 🙂
All photos are property of www.xdeep.eu and www.facebook.com/xdeepgear


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Everyone At Play
- Click on dates to register for upcoming Everyone At Play events:
- May 31, 2020
- June 28, 2020
Kohl Children's Museum was specifically designed to be inclusive of all children and adults regardless of ability. The Museum's 17 exhibits and 2 acres of outdoor explorations are designed for play with a purpose and encourage linguistic, cognitive, motor, and social skills for children ages birth through 8. Click here to read a letter from a guest describing the Museum's accessibility. The Museum works collaboratively with community organizations to invite families with children with special needs to the Museum to explore the exhibits while closed to the general public. These events, titled Everyone at Play, usually occur on specified Sundays. This provides opportunities for calm, creative, and collaborative play.
Community Partners:
- Advocate Children's Hospital
- Arlington Pediatric Therapy
- Aspire Chicago
- Jewish Child and Family Services
- National Lekotek Center
- North Shore Pediatric Therapy
- North Shore University Health Systems Pediatric Rehab Services
- Northern Suburban Special Education District
- Northwest Suburban Special Education Organization
- North Shore Special Recreation Association
- Pathways Center for Children
- Rainbow Animal Assisted Therapy
If you are the parent or caregiver of a child with special needs and would like to receive e-mail notifications and invitations to Everyone at Play events, contact our program coordinator, Cori Paulsrud.
During the event you and your family members will have access to all exhibits. Museum staff and volunteers will be available for play support and guidance.
Everyone at Play is sponsored in part by RBC Wealth Management, the Edmond and Alice Opler Foundation, and the Women's Board of Kohl Children's Museum
The Museum has developed a Parents Guide to Kohl Children's Museum of Greater Chicago, in collaboration with North Shore Pediatric Therapy, to help parents and their children choose the exhibits they want to visit. The guide is available for checkout at the Admissions Desk or for download below.


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London 13 June 2016
- The independent regulatory compliance testing and standards company eCOGRA has scored a major coup in the online gambling auditing and advisory sector following the award of a four-year contract by Denmark's largest gambling group, Danske Spil A/S.
The contract includes the provision of certification services for the Danish company's subsidiaries and relevant software providers following ongoing quarterly and annual audits by eCOGRA's professional staff to ensure that the Danish Gambling Authority's strict regulations and requirements are met at all times.
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PAX 2012: NEW Razer Blade For $2499 – Better CPU and GPU
Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan announced a NEW Razer Blade Gaming Laptop (17.3-Inch) will launch at the end of September 2012.
Min-Liang Tan said at PAX 2012 the old Razer Blade's estimated 30-day inventory sold out in … only 30 minutes — and that was when the laptop had a lesser graphic card spec than the Alienware and ASUS competitors.
The Razer Blade is the thinnest laptop in the world with only .88 inches thickness. The Switchblade UI allows players to customize the 10 Dynamic Adaptive Tactile Keys, and the Multi-Touch LCD Track-Panel.
The old Razer Blade is still available at Amazon.
But why pay $2799 for the old one?
The NEW Razer Blade contains the Intel Core i7 Quad-Core 3rd Generation processor. Intel hasn't even announced this CPU yet. An NVIDIA GeForce GTX660M which is the standard high-end GPU in the Alienware M17X and ASUS G75VW BBK5.
Razer benchmarked the NEW Razer Blade against these two known Gaming Laptops, and they performed equally in terms of average FPS while playing Diablo III, Battlefield 3 and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
The NEW Razer Blade still has the 17.3″ LED Backlit (1920×1080 Full HD), the custom-made ultra-slim power supply and the Switchblade UI.
Ultra-portable form factor: All aluminum chasis, 0.88″ thin, 6.6lbs weight.
It now has a 64GB SSD + 500GB HDD Hybrid-drive. This hybrid drive intelligently learns which files you access more often, and automatically transfers those files to the 64GB SSD as sort of a cache to speed up the launch of those files and programs. Two times the space and three times the speed of traditional hard drives.
It has now three USB 3.0 ports, a dual-band WiFi modem (2.4GHz/5GHz) — better range, less interference and faster speeds.
The Switchblade UI applications are insane. You can watch YouTube videos in the small LCD viewer, can take screenshots and view the thumbnail galleries within the Multi-Touch LCD viewer on the keyboard, and click a facebook button to automatically upload the screenshot without leaving the game (nor going to the desktop).
The NEW Razer Blade is basically the same size and weight as the old model, has better CPU, GPU and RAM — but instead of having a bigger price, it is now only $2499 — down from $2799. That's three hundred bucks cheaper.
There is a second NEW Razer Blade model at only $2,299. Both Razer Blade models can be pre-ordered here and ships in 30 days (October 1).
Owners of the Old Razer Blade will have the benefit of paying $500 less for the NEW Razer Blade. Pretty cool for upgrading, or to keep the new one and gifting the old one to a friend or family, or those who plan to sell the old one.
Watch Min-Liang unveiling the NEW Razer Blade at PAX 2012:
- The new Razer Blade: The Beauty is Now the Beast.
Imagine the performance of a traditional high performance gaming luggable but in an ultra-portable form factor.
The new Razer Blade now comes packed with extreme levels of performance – featuring a future 3rd Generation Intel Quad Core Processor, NVIDIA GeForce GTX660M, 8GB 1600Mhz RAM, three USB 3.0 ports, and a 64GB SSD/500GB HDD hybrid drive. This beast will run next-gen games wherever you go.
Despite rivaling the performance of most powerful gaming laptops out there, the new Razer Blade is half their thickness at 0.88″ thin, and half their weight at only 6.6lbs. Plus, the Switchblade UI lets you customize to your play style in ways you never could before with all new applications for games like Skyrim, BF3, TF2, and more. Or you can watch YouTube on it while waiting to respawn. Your choice.
- Future platform with 3rd Generation
- Intel® Core™ Processor
- Intel® HM77 Express Chipset
- 8GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1600MHz
- 500GB 7200RPM HDD (Primary Storage)
- 64GB SATA III SSD with NVELO
- Dataplex™ Software (Cache Acceleration)
Graphics and Video
- Integrated Intel® GMA HD – Mobile Mode
- NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 660M 2GB GDDR5
- VRAM with NVIDIA Optimus™ Technology
- 17.3" Full HD 16:9 Ratio, 1920×1080
- LED Backlit
Additional Features
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- Razer™ Anti-Ghosting Keyboard
- Razer™ Synapse 2.0 Enabled
- Built-in HD Webcam (2.0MP)
- Built-in Speakers
- Integrated Digital 7.1 Surround Audio Support (via HDMI 1.4) Dolby® Home Theater® v4 Audio
- 1x HDMI 1.4 Audio and Video Output
- 3x USB 3.0
- 1x 3.5mm Audio Microphone/Headphone
- Combo Jack
- 1x Kensington Lock
- Integrated 60Wh Battery
- Compact AC Adapter (120Watt)
- 1x Gigabit Ethernet Port
- 1x Integrated Intel Wi-Fi 802.11 A/G/N
- 1x Integrated Bluetooth® 4.0
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- Width: 16.81 inches (42.7cm)
- Depth: 10.90 inches (27.7cm)
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Operating System
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I'm going to show you a picture and I want you to tell me what you think about it? Do you agree? Disagree? What words stand out to you the most?
Hopefully the kids will see that this ad says Cheerios are America's favorite brand. This is a generalization and it's faulty. We can't prove that and some people wouldn't agree with that statement.
This is just to get the kids thinking about the fact that generalizations are everywhere and gets them thinking that not all generalizations are true.
Today we're going to look at generalizations and decide if they are valid or faulty. Generalizations are used a lot in advertisements to trick people into buying the product. When we look at this picture, the company wants us to say, "Well if it's America's favorite and I'm and American, then I should have that cereal." When we can recognize faulty generalizations we can make smarter choices.
I'm going to pick up with the valid or faulty slides from the power point that I used yesterday. Again, there are quite a few free options out there or you may have some great resources for this already.
It's important to spot faulty generalizations so that you can make good decisions when reading. Valid generalizations are supported by facts. When the author uses a valid generalization, they'll support it with logic and reasoning and will provide several examples. "All birds have wings" is a valid generalization because we can prove that. I notice that word "all." This time that word works here because all birds do have wings. What about "some birds have wings?" Is this valid or faulty?"
I want to give them a few scenarios like this to help them to start using those key words and details to determine the validity. I want to model as much as I need to and then slowly hand off the responsibility to see what they can do on their own.
To get some practice, the kids will work on this activity. It's a little silly, but it works. The kids just need to read the statements and then place them in the bubbles according to faulty or valid. Just some quick practice before we move on to something more difficult.
Let's try a few of these out together. Take a look at number one. "The class never gets in trouble for talking too much." Haha! We KNOW that's no the case for THIS classroom! A clue word stood out to me there. What was it? Never is a strong indicator that we may have a faulty generalization here. What do you think?
After this point, I may do one more with them and then call some kids up to be the teacher. Then I can let them work in groups for a few minutes to finish up. The next part of the activity is a little more difficult.
Next we're going to practice reading some paragraphs and then using a graphic organizer to create valid generalizations. We're going to use all of our skills from the past two lessons to do this. I will work with you for one, and then let you get into groups for the rest. You will have one coming up that will count as my quick check so I can see how you're doing, so be sure to pay attention to the lesson.
I want you to try out one on your own now. You'll read the paragraph and then create a valid generalization based on the details in the text. If it's a valid generalization, you'll have 3 good support sentences to include.
I already know I'm going to have some kids who struggle here. I'm going to check in with them (there are about 7 that I think will struggle the most) and see how they're doing. I really want to see what they can do on their own, and then I'll create my groups for tomorrow based on this information.
This is just something fun to bring closure to the lesson for today. I'll also get a quick idea of how the kiddos do at making generalizations. This is a difficult task for them, even though the do it every day. I'll be looking for things like- All icebergs are cold. Most doctors are helpful. All orangutans are furry. Any misconceptions will be helpful to see and I can use these tomorrow to activate the lesson.


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It's a universal truth that you can tell a lot about a man by his relationship with his mum.
We (women) find it attractive when a man displays warmth and respect for the woman who gave birth to him. However, obsequiousness, dogged adoration? Not so much.
There are few attributes less sexy than the presence of an overbearing mother-in-law. A man who is still firmly tethered to his mother's apron strings is a man who, whether consciously or not, will probably expect his girlfriend to take her place. Once upon a time it may have been proper that a girlfriend or wife would perform those motherly duties - washing the dishes and darning the socks - but most modern women would laugh hysterically at the idea of taking on the role that mummy dearest used to fill.
But when it comes to balancing priorities between partners and mothers, men have my sympathies, up to a point. Whether you're the apple of your mother's eye or just about ready to strangle yourself with those aforementioned apron strings, bringing a girlfriend home to meet your mum can be a big relationship hurdle. Arguably, it's more of an issue now than ever, with more of us economically and emotionally dependent on our parents to a later age than previous generations, and living at home into our thirties, god help us.
MTV has explored the interesting and, at times, disturbing dating dynamic that has evolved from the contemporary trend of prolonged adolescence and parental reliance in a new docu-series, Sleeping with the Family. Exploring how young couples cope when living with future in-laws, a pair try to convince their parents that the partner will be a suitable addition to the family, while mum and dad offer relationship guidance.
Whilst watching grown women being torn to shreds by their boyfriend's mum is par for the course at MTV, the same is not quite true for real-life relationships, but women still have to proceed with caution around their partner's mother, especially in the early stages. Mothers occupy a powerful place in society (and in the coffee shops of Clapham); passing the mum-test is a milestone for any potential partner.
D. H. Lawrence said that a mother is a man's "first, great love." How's a gal supposed to compete with that? Even the Catholic church is worried, recently warning that Italy's mammismo ("mama's boy") culture has become a threat to the institution of marriage.
You have to feel for the girls who come up against a tough mum-in-law-to-be, but the boys deserve sympathy too. The youngest of my siblings is also the only male, and his mother, sisters and 10 female cousins are hardly shrinking violets. (We're known to provide such constructive criticism of his girlfriends as "too polite," "art history is not a valid career choice," and "too vegetarian.") He bought one girl home as a teen and we objected to her purely based on the fact that she was brunette and quiet (the polar opposite of my bullish blonde tribe).
Feel sorry for my brother? Me too. The sharp tongue or warm hug of a female family member can make or break a man's relationship. I've seen it happen.


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Finally a clear video of the controversial Ma Girl performance of Taeyang in his Hot concert last year. For the longest time this cannot be seen in you tube as the DVD of the concert has just started sales in the market. Only fancams were available.
Still the hottest among Big Bang in my opinion hahaha. Credits to cizzlewentzzz for the video in You Tube.


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Pay Hike, Price Hike and Tax Hike November 12, 2015Posted by bdoza in BANGLADESH.
New pay scale 2015 has been declared. Pay of the service holders have been virtually doubled. Administrative cadre is benefited most. University teachers and other cadres have shown their resentments. The pay scale will be implemented from next January 2016.
The effect of the pay scale has already started to fall in the prices of the essentials and fare of the transport. It will also be difficult for the private sectors to cope up with the rise in the pay.
Double rise of the pay, unprecedented in the history, will be a challenge for NBR to collect the money through taxes.Taxpayers will feel extra pressure from NBR to cover the necessity. An uneasy situation will arise from the conflict. There is an impression that the Government is trying to increase it privileged belt.
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Bruno Mars, The Killers & Muse Headline BottleRock Napa Valley 2018 Lineup
Returning this May 25 through 27, BottleRock Napa Valley Music, Food & Wine Festival just unleashed its massive lineup of musical artists for 2018 including headliners Bruno Mars, The Killers and Muse. In its sixth year, BottleRock Napa Valley continues to impress with an eclectic lineup of veteran performers, today's top-drawing entertainers, up-and-coming indie stars, and the best North Bay acts. The full lineup is below.
With over 120,000 attendees last year, BottleRock Napa Valley sells out quicker than you can say sommelier, so be sure to grab three-day or single-day passes starting tomorrow, Jan 9, at 10am PST at Bottlerocknapavalley.com.
In addition to Bruno Mars, The Killers and Muse, the 2018 festival will showcase The Chainsmokers, Halsey, Snoop Dogg, Incubus, Earth, Wind & Fire, The Head and the Heart, Billy Idol, Thievery Corporation, Phantogram, The Revivalists, Bleachers, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Mike D (DJ Set), E-40, St. Paul & The Broken Bones, Oh Wonder, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, SOJA, Shakey Graves, Lake Street Dive, Natalia Lafourcade, LANY, Manchester Orchestra, Nahko and Medicine for the People, Bomba Estéreo, The Record Company, Alice Merton, The Struts, New Politics, Allen Stone, COIN, Tank and The Bangas, Watsky, The White Panda, Jacob Banks, J. Roddy Walston And The Business, The Motet, NoMBe, Mondo Cozmo, MISSIO, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real, Allan Rayman, Pokey LaFarge, Welshly Arms, Jukebox the Ghost, Durand Jones & The Indications, Dhani Harrison, The Districts, MAGIC GIANT, Amy Shark, Ghost of Paul Revere, Alex Lahey, flor, Liz Huett, Moonalice, Caitlyn Smith, The Aces, Low Cut Connie, Marty O'Reilly & The Old Soul Orchestra, The Night Game, Mt. Joy, ayokay, The Wrecks, Hundred Handed, Dan Luke and The Raid, Billy Raffoul, Dean Lewis, Matt Maeson, Jon and Roy, Pony Bradshaw, The Brevet, Hamish Anderson, Ethan Tucker, RIVVRS, The Alive, David Luning, The Knitts, Dani Bell & The Tarantist, Tommy Odetto, Sanho The Indian, Anchor + Bell, The Silverado Pickups and the Napa Valley Youth Symphony.
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Washington Post continues its limited-hang-out coverup of John-Boy & his relations with La Dame aux Pickup-Bar-in-NYC.
Hilarious! This certified slut who picked up the N.C. rube at a bar in NYC, conned him into a $114,000 job as his pole dancer, got a $15K/month stipend to keep her mouth shut, denied that Edwards' houseboy was her lover, & was actually the subject of Jay McInerney's book The Story of My Life because she was such a sleep-around druggie---this whore now refuses to give a blood test!
Now she's on Edwards' gravy/money train until Elizabeth croaks & she can go live in that 40K sq.ft. mansion in N.C. & get laid on the side trips to NYC, where she hangs around bars.
This Hair-and-Makeup fraud wanted to be POTUS!?
Conning a con-man is good work, Rielle, congratulations.
"Much have I seen and known; cities of men And manners, climates, councils, governments, ...the fortune of us that are the moon's men doth ebb and flow like the sea, being govern'd, as the sea is, by the moon" [Henry IV, I.ii.31-33] HISTORY NEVER REPEATS ITSELF, BUT IT OFTEN RHYMES "There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America." Otto von Bismarck
Sunday, August 10, 2008
WaPo Continues to Protect Pretty John-Boy & Slut Rielle
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The target weekly ad 12th april spring home sale features some really good products at a very marginal price like the items samsung galaxy s6 and 1,000s of room updates.
The phone samsung galaxy s6 is famed for its outstanding performances and also because of its quality features and the brand value.
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We have known for a long time that Willy Bain is the best mechanic in the country - but now it seems that people in high places have begun to realise just how good the Couriers co-sponsor actually is. Willy has been selected to be part of the crack team of bike mechanics on hand trackside at the London games next month. What an honour it is to have the club represented at the Olympic Velodrome as all the drama unfolds! - Congratulations Willy you have done us proud!
Saturdays Daily Mail - Willy Bain you have done us proud!


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An unidentified male suspect was reported to have entered an Escondido Village apartment and sexually assaulted a female resident sleeping in her bed last Saturday. The Stanford Department of Public Safety, which has been investigating the case with the help of the Palo Alto Police Department, released yesterday a detailed description of the attacker in an email to the Stanford community.
After further reflection, the victim now believes that the suspect, who police think entered the premises through an unlocked door, is a dark-skinned man of Asian-Indian descent. He is believed to be 5'6" with a round nose, short, wavy black hair and a chubby build. The victim said the attacker was approximately 30 years old and smelled of apples at the time of the attack.
A PAPD K-9 tracked the suspect's scent from the apartment to a locale around El Camino and Churchill street, but his exact whereabouts have not yet been determined. He was last seen in a dark shirt and jeans.


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The state of golf remains a popular topic, thanks to the rise of young players, a plethora of proposed rules changes and, of course, the status of Tiger Woods.
GOLF.com's Ryan Asselta sat down with USGA executive director Mike Davis and PGA of America CEO Pete Bevacqua to discuss these topics and more. The execs also describe their philosophies behind their major-championship venue set-ups.
"[The majors] are important but each test is different," Davis said. "For us, we're looking to make it the ultimate test in golf. That's just the tradition of the U.S. Open."
Bevacqua agreed. "They have to have their own identity. If they were duplicative, I think they would lose their charm and, in many ways, lose what makes them so special. I think it's a benefit that your experience watching the Masters is different than when you watch the U.S. Open, which is very different when you watch the Open Championship and different again when you watch the PGA Championship.
"More than ever, as the golf calendar has become busier and busier, the specialness of the majors stands out even more."
And while golf gears up for the Masters, Tiger Woods also remains top of mind. Bevacqua said Woods is transcendent and will remain so, but Bevacqua remains optimistic that the sport can thrive with or without Woods as a competitive player.
"We have this incredibly authentic, energized, approachable group of superstars out there right now, so we have to build on that," Bevacqua said. "We have to create an environment where we can create more Tiger Woods."
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Dave - great trip , fantastic scenery. You did well to miss the rain and winds in UK (although better in SE than oop North)
Not quite as epic as Norm's event, but I thought it worth posting up a couple of pictures from my latest foray into Bavaria. For once no snow is involved, its the first time I've ventured down this way in the summer
On Wednesday I made my way down to Folkestone and managed to get an earlier than planned train over the water:
Then it was a quick run through France, Belgium and an overnight stay just outside the Nurburgring, no public sessions were running that evening which was probably a good thing as it was at the end of a long day's driving. Will be back though to do a lap or ten at some point.
Day two I made my way down to friends just outside Kempton via the B500 road that runs from Baden Baden, reputed to be one of the 10 best driving roads in Europe and it was certainly fun to drive. Kempton would be base for the next few days, so popped over to visit Gunther at CCKempton Kit Cars, it was good to see Rob'e ex Red ListerBell in the showroom.
Today (Sunday) I took a picture halfway up this mountain pass which sits on the Austrian border:
I guess the weather was somewhat better than you have been having in the UK (sorry Norm) as this was the view:
I will be starting the journey home on Tuesday so will update on progress if I remember to take any pictures
Dave - great trip , fantastic scenery. You did well to miss the rain and winds in UK (although better in SE than oop North)
Good grief, where's the challenge driving around on dry sunny roads... (slight twinge of jealousy...)
Looks like loads of fun - looking forward to the next set of pics But what was that car in front of you on the train? And, is your trip sponsored by LB, with all the "ListerBell" logos on your car?
Fantastic trip Dave.
" But what was that car in front of you on the train?"
I think it was an Audi of around 1964 vintage. There were three of them on the way back to Belgium.
"And, is your trip sponsored by LB, with all the "ListerBell" logos on your car? now theres a thought, Craig?
The weather has changed today so it looks like a damp trip back
I thought it was the Audi "ring" badge I could see on the boot lid, but just couldn't work out the shape. So that's me out of the photo round in the Classic Car Quiz
Damp trip back? Ha! Come on the next Northern Run and we'll show you "damp" (that'll be the beds...)
DKW in this instance, stands for "Don't Know What". Thought a 1000SP was a '70's Moto Guzzi tourer though...
Blimey Dave,
Someone's tried to copy you already! 😁


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Peppers are sensitive to frost, so wait to harden them off until outdoor temperatures are sure to frost-free. Soil should be over 55°F when peppers are transplanted. Peppers do not set fruit in periods of extended cool temperature (below 55°F) or hot (over 90°F daytime and over 75°F nighttime) temperatures. Fertilizing with kelp or seaweed can help plants with stress from heat, drought, or transplanting.
Established peppers do best when watered deeply but infrequently, allowing soil to dry out (not to the point of wilting) between waterings.
Most peppers start out one color, often green, and ripen to another color over time. As peppers ripen to their second color, the flavor sweetens and the nutrients increase. When a plant creates fruit (which contains seeds), biologically it has "done its job", and flowering and fruiting might then slow down. By picking some fruit early or at its first color stage, you send a signal that the plant should create more seeds, continuing the process of flower, fruit, and seed maturity.
A class of compounds called capsaicin, derived from peppers' genus name, gives chile peppers their spiciness. Capsaicin occurs mostly in the light-colored ribs, called pith, inside the pepper. The seeds contain very little or no capsaicin, but are often hot because they come in contact with the capsaicin from the ribs. Capsaicin may have several health benefits. Some of the possibilities being studied are increased metabolism, appetite suppression, decreased heart disease, reduced pain perception, and, believe it or not, heartburn relief. Like your peppers hot? The more mature the pepper fruit, the hotter the pepper will be. Stress, such as drought, will also make peppers hotter. You can cause stress to the plant by cutting back on watering after fruits have started to develop so the soil stays dry, but be careful not to let the plant wilt! However, drought stress may reduce yields.


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Here's another thing that makes the El Primero special: despite the fact that it was produced by Zenith alone against fierce competition by a consortium (Breitling/Hamilton-Buren/Heuer-Leonidas/Dubois-Depraz) to get the world's first automatic chronograph on the scene, it was also designed to have a date function. This might seem normal to us nowadays, but in 1969, it was anything but the rule. There were few chronographs of any kind with a date window before that (some examples by Landeron and Hanhart that I know of) - most had nothing and some Valjoux ones had a central pointer date, which interferes a little with the chronograph second hand legibility. So, not quite a first for the EP but it seems to have been a little bit of a trend-setter in that regard - after it came on the market, practically all chronograph movements were designed with it!
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Favourite minor character and why!?
OK so this is a toss up between two, either Firenze the centaur or Olivander.
I like how Firenze isn't afraid to stray from his pack to help Dumbledore. Firenze always sees the best in people, I do not know if situations change with him and his pack but they haven't yet with me. He does have loyalty to his pack, but he also knows when others need help and isn't afraid to go and help regardless of the consequences that may face him.
This is purely based on the films, he instilled so much magic, fun and excitement into the first film for me personally. My son loves the scene where he gets his wand for the first time. His voice is magical and I love him.
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A couple of weeks ago we made Eggy Cress Heads, a project that brought a certain little someone insurmountable joy!
We took our four empty egg shells and placed them in egg cups, Niah had lots of fun sticking on little googly eyes and smiles made from little pieces of yarn. She popped a ball of wet cotton wool inside each one and sprinkled in the seeds, then it was time to wait . . . .
Most of their time was spent growing on the kitchen windowsill, there were also a few nights that they slept beside Niah on the windowsill by her bed.
We watered them every day watching them grow and after about a week and a half, much to Niah's delight, our little friends had a beautiful sprouting of green hair.
If you look closely you may notice that the second little egg is cracked, this happened one day, when Niah took it out front to show our elderly neighbour and her dog her achievements and unfortunately dropped it in the process, Smudge the dog enjoyed having a good sniff during its time on the floor.
Anyone that came to visit was excitedly instructed to look at her 'eggy heads' even a couple of workmen doing gas repairs on our street were invited in one afternoon to have a look.
It was so wonderful to teach her the cycle of growing from a tiny seed, watering and waiting and then enjoying and eating the end result.
Niah loved the part where we gave them a haircut she also very much enjoyed the egg and cress sandwiches we had for our lunches in the few days that followed.
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Atlanta's Little Women Collaborative Altered Book Project
A teaser: Which March sister does Louisa May Alcott refer to as Atlanta? (i.e., the huntress and sprinter in Greek mythology who agreed to marry any man who could outrun her, spearing those who couldn't)***
This year is the sesquicentennial of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women (1868), a book that is regarded, on the one hand, as a heart-warming tale of love, nuclear family, small-town community, and wholesome Christian goodness and a perfect read for the holiday season, or, on the other hand, as a pioneering work of distinct and independent female characters challenging the feminine norms of Civil War era society that continues to inspire girls in our own time. And a gamut in between. Sesquicentennial discussions and celebrations are happening all around the world, from the Alcott epicenter at Orchard House in Concord, MA, all the way to the Southern Hemisphere (see this compelling interview), from the pages of USA Today to those of the Paris Review. A sign the of book's lasting popularity is that at the end of October Little Women was voted #8 of 100 best-loved American novels in The Great American Read. And take note: As part of this year's festivities, high school students still have a couple of more weeks to submit to the Orchard House's Louisa May Alcott short story contest (deadline November 29).
Little Women is more complicated and nuanced than it may at first seem. One reason is that Louisa May had to satisfy literary conventions while expressing the integrity of her own narrative, so many of the "radical" touches peek through the story of an idealized family. As is documented in recent works of the actual Alcott family, such as Anne Boyd Rioux's Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy, Louisa needed to publish the novel in order to support her poverty-stricken family. Getting published entailed compromises such as making the heroine, Jo, marry, despite Louisa's own wishes that she remain a "literary spinster" like herself. Still, the book brims with female creative expression in the form of poems, stories, letters, a family newspaper, and play-acting. It is the story of four sisters, all of whom struggle with their own vanities: Meg, the oldest and prettiest, who dreams of luxury; Jo, the second oldest, the literary tomboy, who wants to be rich and famous and sells trashy stories under a pseudonym; Beth, frail, timid and self-sacrificing who retreats from school; and Amy, the youngest, who has as much pretension as talent. They also learn to sacrifice those vanities for a greater good: Meg marries a poor accountant, giving up the possibility for riches; Jo burns her trashy stories and turns to loftier pursuits; Beth makes rounds to sick and needy neighbors; Amy sacrifices credit for her art and status to a jealous rival. I think the characters inspire girls today to chart paths that are both true to themselves and also generous to something larger than themselves.
In Atlanta, Little Women has long been on the radar of artist Jesse Harris, founder of The Little Women Collaborative Altered Book Project. Jesse Harris and her identical twin sister Leslie were born in Leominster, Massachusetts, only 21 miles from the Alcott's home, Orchard House, in Concord. The family moved to Atlanta when the twins were 2 years old: "It was like going to the wild west." The twins acquired and shared (as they shared everything) a copy of Little Women at about age 10. As a baby boomer growing up in an era of restrictions, Jesse had a strong identification with Jo. "It was her nonconformity and her passion for being creative," she says. "It wasn't something that I could show. I didn't find much of an authentic voice until my 20s." She also identified with the March sisters' creative collaboration in putting on plays and writing family newspapers; she and her sister similarly collaborated. Little Women was one of the only childhood books that Jesse took with her when she grew up and left home.
Here Jesse reads a passage from Chapter 1 of Little Women that shows what she admires about Jo:
In 2007, while moving her parents from the family home into a condominium, Jesse found a childhood drawing of herself and her sister Leslie intensely looking at each other. The drawing stopped where their dresses ended and so the girls didn't have legs, which she took as highly symbolic. She also found a story called "The Adventure of the Twins." She recognized them as collaborative childhood works but couldn't remember many other details. At that time, she said, her memories of sisterhood fused with Little Women and "it seemed like I had to do something creative from the book." The subject of the work was sisterhood and, specifically, the "push-pull of wanting to merge and be 'the twins' and the ripping apart and needing to be the self."
Jesse started with a series of art collages on the subject. Then, working instinctively rather than in any premeditated way, in about 2014 she started physically altering her childhood edition of Little Women. "I love books but I always felt that books were fair game to take pages out of," she noted. "I took pages out of encyclopedias to make collages." She described the process of altering Little Women as a process of relating to it. Jesse's altered book contribution, she said, was "a story of sisters fighting over body parts. It was fighting for space. It was fighting to exist separately."
Jesse showed the fledgling work to friend HP Wellborn, who immediately wanted to contribute to the section of the book where Jo travels to New York City; HP had similarly traveled to New York while her sister simultaneously returned home to be the traditional daughter for her family in Mississippi. Other friends wanted to join the effort with more stories of sisterhood, and The Little Women Collaborative Altered Book Project was born. A core of 15 women contributed to the book and created a FaceBook page that drew additional women. Rules were simple – you could tear out, deface, burn pages, but could destroy the book as a whole or interfere with anyone else's work. Ultimately 25 women joined the project, all but two from Atlanta, and their work is displayed online. As Jesse commented, "All these authors identified and felt like it [Little Women] gave them permission to lead a creative life. Everyone who got involved took the story where their story went. They found their place in the book that resonated with their story." Jesse noted that Little Women "feels very relevant today, as women's voices are getting squashed again."
The project culminated at a showing of the work at the Sycamore Place Gallery on October 5-7, 2018. Large foam-backed photos of the art from the altered book were hung around the walls of the gallery, with a biography of each contributor.
Louisa May Alcott herself, played by Cathy Kaemmerlen, made appearances throughout the weekend. Kaemmerlen creates one-person shows about literary figures and performs them at schools through her business Tattling Tales Productions. She is also one of the altered book contributors. Cathy describes how honored she was to play Alcott: "She was truly a woman living in a transitional or pre-transitional period in the lives of women. She was one of the first recognized serious female writers. She also was a first as a woman learning to stand on her own and support herself and her family without the benefit of a spouse. I think she probably was a bit miffed over being labelled a 'children's author' but I think she relished the idea of filling a much-needed niche–writing about the coming of age for young women pushing through the awkward transition between childhood and womanhood."
It was a weekend of viewing the art, meeting old friends, and telling sister stories. There were stories about adopted sisters, severely disabled sisters, sisters who nursed each other in sickness, drug addict sisters, sisters who rejected their sisters' lesbianism, sisters whose sisters slept with their husbands, women who had no sisters but had acquired symbolic sisters, and more. Entertainment and talks were organized by Lesly Fredman.
During a session on how the altered book was created, Robey Tapp talked about binding the book, Ruth Schowalter about taking the photographs, Jesse Harris about the genesis and trajectory of the project, H.P. Wellborn about working with the printer to create the hanging images, and Teresa Crowder about editing the text.
At the end of the weekend visitors left the gallery with a sense of the many meanings of sisterhood. And also that Little Women continues to be alive and well today.
***Jo, of course! Upon hearing that her older sister Meg had a secret admirer, Jo became so distressed that her male friend Laurie suggested they race:
"'Race down this hill with me, and you'll be all right,' suggested Laurie. / No one was in sight; the smooth road sloped invitingly before her, and, finding the temptation irresistible, Jo darted away, soon leaving hat and comb behind her, and scattering hair-pins as she ran. Laurie reached the goal first, and was quite satisfied with the success of his treatment; for his Atlanta came panting up with flying hair, bright eyes, ruddy cheeks, and no signs of dissatisfaction in her face." (Ch. 14, Secrets).
No wonder, with the reference to Atlanta, readers expected Jo to marry Laurie…and many were sorely disappointed.


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Having visited China, Singapore and Hong Kong over time, seeing first hand some of the traditional and the more contemporary Chinese art was stimulating and inspiring. The artists behind the more contemporary art I was privileged to view were using their art to comment on some of the controversial political issues.
The artist in the following excerpt has chosen a different path 'becoming tired' of the system among other things. It was quite a pilgrimage it seems.
Excerpt from THE ART NEWSPAPER (Newsletter) Thursday 21 March 2013
Chinese photographer travels countryside with mobile portrait studio
By Chris Gill. – Published online: 20 March 2013
Shanghai-based artist Maleonn (aka Ma Liang) has spent the last year (from February to November 2012) traveling around 25 Chinese provinces, photographing some of the 200,000 people in a mobile photo studio and posting the images on his Weibo account (the Chinese version of Twitter). "I became tired of contemporary art, the system, dealing with critics and curators behind closed doors. I wanted to do something with ordinary people," Maleonn says.
He put out the idea on his Weibo account, and was overwhelmed by the response. Eventually he established a set of guidelines, such as a minimum of eight people per city, who would provide him and his team with food, somewhere to stay and a space to work. Over ten months, in a battered truck and a minivan, he then visited 35 cities around China, taking 1,600 portraits of people in contemporary Chinese society dressed up in various kinds of fantasy dress.
Having completed the huge project in China, Maleonn mused he may next be taking the roadshow to the UK. "I have friends in Swansea," he said.
Portraits by Maleonn from his mobile photo studio (Image courtesy THE ART NEWSPAPER)