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Book Review: Moo by Sharon Creech

MooMoo by Sharon Creech
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The truth is, she was ornery and stubborn, wouldn’t listen to a n y b o d y, and selfish beyond selfish, and filthy, caked with mud and dust, and moody: you’d better watch it or she’d knock you flat.

Synopsis: Twelve-year-old Reena has always been a city girl, and she doesn’t know what to expect when her family moves to rural Maine. She certainly doesn’t expect, along with her seven-year-old brother, Luke, to be volunteered by their parents to help out a cranky elderly lady. Mrs. Falala lives alone, except for a pig, a cat, a parrot, a snake, and a cow. The cow is Zora, and Reena and Luke are tasked with grooming her for an upcoming fair.

Review: There are a few short chapters written in prose, but most of the book is in free verse and concrete poetry. This writing style, packed with sensory details, brings the reader well into Reena’s experience. Reena and Luke are believable city kids plunked down in an unfamiliar rural setting, and Reena’s thoughts and feelings will resonate especially with (sub)urban kids who are curious about life in the country. It’s a quiet book, focused more on emotions and personal growth than action. The poetic style and short chapters make it a faster read than it appears at first glance. There is a good deal of gentle humor, but be prepared for some realistic sad moments.

Personal Thoughts: I wanted to read the book based on some information given at a Book Buzz segment at an ALA Conference. By the time I got it, I mistook this book for another book that I also heard about at the same presentation, with left me a little bit confused for a chapter or three! But I was quickly engaged by Reena’s story. I grew up in the suburbs, and I clearly remember the first few times I encountered a real, live cow; Reena’s reactions rang true. I also loved the moment Reena and Luke realize where hamburgers come from, as well as the follow-up discussions with local boy Zep, their tutor in things livestock-showing-related, and with their parents. This would be a great choice for a parent-child book club.

Source: Borrowed from my public library.

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Book Review: Roller Girl

Roller Girl
Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

At first I couldn’t tell what was going on – just a bunch of skating, hitting, and falling.

Synopsis: Astrid and Nicole have been best friends since first grade, after an incident involving the class Mean Girl, Rachel. They do everything together. Astrid assumes this means that they’ll spend the summer following fifth grade together at Roller Derby Camp – Astrid’s newfound passion. She is stunned to discover that Nicole has other plans, namely, Dance Camp… with Rachel. With middle school looming and things changing all around her, Astrid rolls into the toughest summer of her life.

Review: A smart and funny realistic look at that stage so familiar to anyone who was once an almost-teenager, when friends start growing into their own people, and sometimes growing apart. Astrid speaks, thinks, and feels like a regular kid, someone you might know (or remember). She likes the way things are and doesn’t want them to change, but she ultimately faces those changes with good humor and strength. There are lessons in her story about growing up, accepting yourself and others for who they are, and working hard to achieve a dream, even when it doesn’t turn out quite the way you hoped, but it avoids didactic condescension easily. Totally charming.

Personal Thoughts: I happen to love roller skating, and I am a little sad that I didn’t encounter the whole roller derby phenomenon at an age/time/place when I might have joined in. I’ll just have to live vicariously through Astrid, I suppose. I loved everything about this book, from the painfully realistic depictions of the way pre-teen girls interact to the wonderful relationship between Astrid and her mother. (There’s a fourth-wall-breaking moment in which Astrid literally winks at the reader about an interaction with her mother that cracked me up.) I adore this book.

Recommend to: Fans of Raina Telgemeier… and pretty much any tween girl, actually. (Although I’d *love* to see some tween boys reading this one.)

Source: Checked out from my public library.

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Book Review: The Case of the Missing Marquess (Enola Holmes #1)

The Case of the Missing Marquess (Enola Holmes Mysteries, #1)The Case of the Missing Marquess by Nancy Springer

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I would very much like to know why my mother named me “Enola,” which, backwards, spells alone.

Synopsis: Enola receives three fourteenth birthday gifts from her mother: a drawing kit, a copy of The Meanings of Flowers: Including Also Notes Upon the Messages Conveyed by Fans, Handkerchiefs, Sealing-Wax, and Postage Stamps, and a small hand-made book of ciphers. The same day, her mother vanishes without a trace, and Enola must contact her much older brothers in London – Mycroft and Sherlock Holmes. Dismayed by the way the grounds of the estate (and Enola, in his opinion) have been left neglected, Mycroft makes plans to send his sister to boarding school for an education befitting a proper young lady of the late 1800s. Enola has no interest in such an education (or, for that matter, being a proper young lady), so she makes her own plan to escape to London and search for their mother on her own. As if eluding her brothers and keeping herself out of danger weren’t enough, she quickly finds herself tangled up in the mystery of a missing young Lord as well.

Review: With a smart and feisty teen-age heroine, this historical mystery is a pretty easy sell. Enola’s free-thinking ways stand out against her brothers’ much more of-the-time views on women. The period as well as the varied settings are evoked with strong, carefully chosen details. My only complaint is the choice of “Marquess” for the missing boy’s title, since that term is particularly confusing for American kids, but that’s a bit of a nitpick. The very real dangers faced by a young girl (and a young boy) in London are portrayed in an age-appropriate yet suspenseful way. This first volume of six wraps up one mystery while leaving enough dangling ends to make the reader want to have the next volume handy.

Recommend to: Historical and mystery fans ages 8 and up.

Source: Checked out from my public library.

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Book Review: Mysteries According to Humphrey (According to Humphrey #8)

Mysteries According to Humphrey

Mysteries According to Humphrey by Betty G. Birney

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

A mystery is like a puzzle. It can be something unsqueakably scary, like a thing that goes THUMP in the night.

Synopsis: It’s hamster Humphrey’s second year in room 26 of Longfellow School, and by the beginning of October, he’s getting to know his new classmates. Mrs. Brisbane has just started reading “The Adventure of the Red-Headed League”, and Humphrey is just as disappointed as everyone else when she stops in the middle of the story to move on to another lesson. Disappointment turns to dismay when Mrs. Brisbane doesn’t return to school the next day, then is replaced (temporarily, Humphrey hopes!) by a substitute teacher named Mr. E., who seems to want to play with the students instead of teach them. Humphrey decides to follow the example of Sherlock Holmes and sets out to investigate Mrs. Brisbane’s disappearance as well as a few other mysteries as only a determined class pet in a cage with a lock-that-doesn’t-lock can. And, maybe, along the way, he’ll find out just what happens in that story about the man with the red hair.

Review: This is the eighth installment of the “According to Humphrey” series, and he is just as charming as ever. Fans of the series will enjoy this new adventure, but reading all the previous volumes isn’t strictly necessary. At the end of each short chapter, Humphrey shares something he’s learned in his “Detectionary”, and there is a list of the “Top 10 Tips for Beginning Detectives” at the end of the book.

Recommend to: Middle grade readers looking for a fun and funny light mystery, as well as fans of books in this series and other animal fiction series.

Source: E-book checked out from my public library (via Overdrive).

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Book Review: Secret Letters

Secret LettersSecret Letters by Leah Scheier

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I knew that Adelaide would wish to visit the detective and present her case to him as soon as possible. And I would be there by her side, of course, to support her as she told her story. But I had my own reason for visiting Mr. Holmes and my own story to tell him, and so I had to reach him before she did — and I had to speak to him alone.

Since losing both parents to typhoid fever four years ago, Dora Joyce has lived with her Aunt Ina, a very proper Victorian matron determined to mold the inquisitive, headstrong girl in her own image. During the day, Dora has been laced into corsets and taught to waltz, but in the evenings, she’s been studying the adventures of the Great Detective chronicled in the Strand magazine. Following his methods, she has sharpened her observational skills. She has good reason to believe she might be able to emulate Mr Holmes better than most: a deathbed confession from her mother that the detective is Dora’s father. Now, with her cousin facing a blackmailer threatening to destroy her marriage, Dora finally has a reason to seek out the detective in London. The day she arrives at his Baker Street address, however, she is stunned by the headline screaming from the newspapers: Sherlock Holmes Killed in Switzerland.

The detective she and her cousin finally do consult leaves Dora distinctly unimpressed, but his young assistant sparks her interest. His name is Peter Cartwright, he knew Sherlock Holmes, and he seems to find her at least a little interesting, as well. Dora decides that she – with Peter’s help – will go undercover to solve the mystery herself, as any child of the Great Detective would.

Scheier’s debut novel is a Sherlockian pastiche with a twist of romance in with the mystery. Several mysteries, actually, since the title might refer to a number of letters and a number of secrets, all of which tangle around each other, catching the spirited teenage heroine in the middle. Dora chafes at the restrictions society – by way of her Aunt – places on her, and she longs to be accepted for the person she really is. She finds a true peer in Peter, who looks beyond surfaces just as she does. Class distinctions of the period are explored through Dora’s disguise as a house servant at Hartfield Hall, a role she manages to fill surprisingly (if perhaps a tad unbelievably) well, while she ferrets out clues.

The first few chapters have to introduce a lot of material about the characters and the setting, but the action picks up pace after that. Plots and sub-plots intertwine as ulterior motives abound above and below stairs at Hartfield. Sly nods to the original stories pop up here and there – little Easter eggs for those familiar with the Canon. This is a satisfying blend of mystery, adventure, and romance, with just enough comedic moments (usually resulting from Dora being a bit too clever for her own good) to balance the more serious elements.

Recommend to:
Historical fiction and mystery fans, ages 12 and up.

Twitter-Style Review: Historical mystery with a touch of romance, perfect for the budding Holmesian.

Source: Checked out from my public library.

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Arthur and the Great Detective

Arthur and the Great Detective by Alan Coren
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

“So I have been considering what kind of Englishman goes to America for a very short stay, carries a magnifying glass and a swordstick, and is well known to the New York police, and there was only one-“

“Conclusion,” finished Sherlock Holmes, nodding. “Yes, Arthur, there usually is.”

In the seventh installment of Coren’s Arthur series, young Arthur William Foskett is travelling alone on a transatlantic sailing, headed back to school in England. The early days of the voyage are plagued by bad weather, and most of the ship’s passengers take refuge in their cabins, leaving the dining room to just Arthur and two other men, who turn out to be none other than Mr. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson.

Even after the weather clears and the passengers re-emerge, it’s hardly smooth sailing for the S.S. Murgatroyd, as there is a robbery on board. Not to worry, though: Sherlock Holmes and Arthur Foskett are both on the case.

This is a charming, very funny mystery for young readers, with plenty of amusing references for those already familiar with Holmes. I haven’t read any of the earlier books in the series, but I’m going to be keeping an eye out for copies of Arthur and the Bellybutton Diamond and Arthur and the Purple Panic, both of which also feature Holmes and Watson, and neither of which are held by my library.

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Book Review: Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon by Steve Sheinkin

But how was a theoretical physicist supposed to save the world?

Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon

Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon by Steve Sheinkin
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Three stories weave together here, all of them fascinating in their own right: the story of the scientists at Los Alamos, including Robert Oppenheimer, the man who would become known as the father of the atomic bomb; the story of the Russian spies, including the unassuming Harry Gold, who were hard at work attempting to steal the secrets to building the atomic bomb, and the efforts of Allied forces, including Knut Haukelid and a few other dedicated Norwegian resistance fighters, to prevent the Germans from building an atomic bomb themselves. The names are important, because what Sheinkin does so splendidly is put human faces to the historic events. Literally, in fact, since each section of the book begins with a scrapbook-style double-page spread of photographs. This is an epic story, and Sheinkin lists a number of consulted sources in the back matter, but he picks out details sure to capture and hold interest all the way through.

This is a fascinating read, with appeal for older kids and teens as well as adults. It has great potential for classroom use, perhaps paired with Ellen Klages’ The Green Glass Sea. MacMillan even has a Teacher’s Guide (.pdf) already prepared with pointers to the Common Core State Standards. Also check out the post at Reading to the Core, which says of Bomb, “This is the kind of book you could build an entire curriculum around.” Suggestions for how to begin to do so are included, of course. Don’t limit this book to the classroom, though. After all, who could resist a true story of international spies and “the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon”?

Recommend to: Older kids and teens (and adults) who would like a “true story” that reads like a spy thriller.

Source: Checked out from my public library

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Book Review: Janie Face to Face by Caroline B. Cooney

Stealing a car had been much more fun than stealing a credit card. But stealing a toddler!

Janie Face to Face (Janie Johnson, #5)Janie Face to Face by Caroline B. Cooney
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Janie Johnson was 15 when she recognized the photo of her three-year-old self on a milk carton and discovered she was really Jennie Spring, whose family had been hoping she would come home ever since she was kidnapped from a mall. Now in college, Janie just wants to put the past behind her, stop being known as “the kidnap kid”, and move on with her life. But as her friends and family are pestered by a true crime writer and his researchers to turn her story into a best-seller, she realizes that someone out there does not want to let things go.

When The Face on the Milk Carton was first published, in 1990, it was a different world. It was a world without the Internet in every home, or a cell phone in every teenager’s pocket, or, for that matter, the Internet on a cell phone in a teenager’s pocket. Even when the fourth book in the series – What Janie Found – hit shelves in 2000, cancelled checks could still play a major part in the story. While 13 years have passed since that book was published, only a few years have passed for the characters when Janie Face to Face begins, with the action of the novel spread over the next several years. Because of this, Cooney spends some time allowing Janie and her friends and family to catch up, pondering the rapid changes since the day Janie used a public pay phone during her search for answers. The tendency to tell, rather than show, what is happening bogs down the pace a bit, already an issue with characters mentally recapping the first four books.

Janie’s story is only part of this fifth (and final) installment of the series. Before each chapter – where the third-person narration is squarely focused on the perspective of Janie or one of her friends or family members – is a vignette from Hannah’s perspective (though still third-person), beginning with “THE FIRST PIECE OF THE KIDNAPPER’S PUZZLE” and counting upward. This is the first time readers get inside Hannah’s mind and find out what really happened that day in the mall. Of course, Hannah’s recollections are neither unbiased nor, perhaps, wholly reliable, although Cooney gives no reason to doubt the sequence of events. Fans of the original series should find satisfying closure.

The first four books in the series have remained popular with a new generation of teens, and they were re-released in 2012 with new coordinating cover art.

Recommend to: Teens looking for suspense without gore, and adults who fondly remember the original series and always wondered about Hannah

Source: Checked out from my public library

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Book Review: Losing It by Erin M. Fry

There’s something about a belly button sweat stain that’s just really gross.

Losing It

Losing It by Erin M. Fry
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Since Bennett’s mom died when he was five, it’s just been him and his dad. And the best times with his dad have been hot summer afternoons parked in front of the tv, watching their beloved Dodgers and munching on burgers and fries, their “game food”. As much as Bennett loves baseball, though, he knows he could never really play, because he is too fat. His dad is fat, too, and when Bennett comes in last during P.E. class runs, his best friend P.G. is right there beside him, so Bennett is mostly okay with his lack of physical fitness.

That changes one beautiful summer day when his dad collapses in front of the television. Bennett doesn’t know when – or if – his dad will recover. In the meantime, he has to move in with his bossy Aunt Laura and her family. And Aunt Laura has a mission: get Bennett healthy.

I didn’t hear much about this book (which shares a title with another 2012 book about losing an entirely different “it”) when it came out, but I was intrigued by the description. It is set in my adopted city of Los Angeles, and I wondered how Fry would tackle the issue of childhood obesity, which was clearly central to Bennett’s story.

As it turns out, she handles it very, very nicely. Bennett is a thoroughly believable and sympathetic eighth-grade boy. He knows he is out of shape, and he knows his dad is unhealthy, but he’s a kid, you know? It’s not his job to worry about that stuff. His dad has to work a lot to make ends meet, and watching baseball games while eating tasty food is their thing. It’s how they bond. His dad wants him to be happy. And Bennett is happy, mostly. His weight is just part of who he is.

Another part of who he is has to do with losing his mother. The realistic and sensitive portrayal of Bennett’s grief was a lovely surprise. It’s a common thing is children’s books for one (or both) parents to be out of the picture, whether dead, missing, or just neglectful. It lets the child protagonist get on with being the lead of the story. But all too often, the loss of parent(s) seems to have no lasting effect on the character. For Bennett, it’s formative. The loss of his mother has left a gaping hole in his heart and home. It shapes his view of the world.

Bennett’s physical transformation is believably gradual, and Fry shows the effort it takes in a realistic way. He changes not only physically, but mentally, becoming stronger and more capable of handling the challenges coming his way. Despite the serious topics addressed, the narrative resists becoming didactic. It is contemporary realistic fiction for middle graders that will appeal to both boys and girls on several levels.

Recommend to: Fans of realistic fiction and tales of the underdog

Source: Checked out from my public library

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Book Review: Running with the Kenyans by Adharanand Finn

The city’s comedians have been out writing signs. One says: WHAT ARE YOU ALL RUNNING FROM? Another says: YOU’VE GOT GREAT STAMINA. CALL ME. 1-834-555-8756. Yet another reads: IN OUR MINDS, YOU’RE ALL KENYANS.

Running with the Kenyans: Passion, Adventure, and the Secrets of the Fastest People on Earth

Running with the Kenyans: Passion, Adventure, and the Secrets of the Fastest People on Earth by Adharanand Finn

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

In the world of distance running, athletes from a single country have been getting a lot of attention over the last several years. The East African nation of Kenya has produced some of the fastest runners on the planet. English journalist – and runner – Adharanand Finn wanted to find out what the Kenyan secret was, so he packed up himself, his wife, and their three young children and moved the family to a village in Kenya. There, he met runners. He interviewed them, he observed them, and he trained with them. Through it all, he puzzled over what element could be the key to the success of Kenyan runners (genetics? diet? culture?), and he wondered whether it was possible to improve his own distinctly non-Kenyan performance.

I am a big fan of the whole “quirky memoir” genre, in which the author tries out some experience and writes about it. Through Finn, I got to explore Kenya and take a peek inside the lives of runners whose names I see all over the running magazines. I enjoyed the easy, conversational tone of the first-person present-tense narration. Each chapter is headed with a small black-and-white photograph of people or events discussed in the book. This is not a book to help you improve your own running times, or even really one that thoroughly explores every facet of Kenyan running (a subject of academic research in its own right). It is an enjoyable tale of what one man’s attempt to understand what it means to be a Kenyan runner.

Source: checked out from the public library

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Timeless Cliche – You Get What You Pay For

- September 8, 2010

I was speaking with a new client recently about the challenges they face in driving qualified visitors to their website.  When we reviewed their target keywords, they didn’t have a single webpage indexed within the top 50 listings on Google or Yahoo/Bing.  As with many companies in today’s economy, they were forced to make some tough decisions on where to allocate financial resources when developing their marketing plan and choosing a web developer.  Eighteen months later, they still have no presence in the search engines organically and sales are not ramping up as they had hoped.

Their situation reminds me of a classic quote from the movie Armageddon, when Steve Buscemi (who plays the character Rockhound), says “You know we’re sitting on four million pounds of fuel, one nuclear weapon and a thing that has 270,000 moving parts built by the lowest bidder. Makes you feel good, doesn’t it?”  While I hesitate to equate a website with a rocket ship carrying a nuclear weapon, I am sure there are business owners who feel they are managing a company with 270,000 moving parts.  For e-commerce companies, where their website is the main source of revenue, cutting corners or choosing the cheaper option is a blueprint for failure.  I always felt the popular clichÃ©, “you get what you pay for” should be amended to “you get what you pay for…and later you pay more to get it right”.

Putting your most important asset into the hands of the lowest bidder is not a sound strategy, and the final result rarely ends with you actually saving money.  The amount of time and money needed to fix a poorly designed website can easily cost more than if you chose the highest bidder from the beginning.  I’m not advocating choosing the most expensive option as a way to guarantee results.  In addition, I understand all companies have to make sound financial decisions in order to run their business.  Proper due diligence is the best course of action before choosing to partner with any company regardless of the service or product they offer.  However, remember the 270,000 “moving parts” of your business and the importance of your website’s success before blindly choosing a cheap alternative for the sake of saving a few dollars.

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Michelle Obama Wants To Dress Like Lady Gaga?

Michelle Obama glammed up for her last state dinner at the White House as the first lady of the U.S. FLOTUS. She looked stunning in an ivory strapless gown by Brandon Maxwell, Lady Gaga’s stylist and favorite designer, to welcome the Singapore prime minister and his wife.

FLOTUS’s gown was a custom creation by Brandon Maxwell who made his designer debut at the New York Fashion Week in 2015, WWD reports. It is reminiscent of a jumpsuit that Lady Gaga wore at the Oscar Awards in February.

Gaga’s outfit featured a strapless sweetheart neckline. Michelle Obama’s gown featured a floor-length, flared skirt, and pleats across the top. It was cinched in at the waist with a matching thin belt.

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It appeared to be a custom version of a white jumpsuit from the designer’s Fall/Winter 2016 collection. The first lady kept her makeup and accessories minimum to keep the focus on her gown.

She opted for only a pair of diamond Butani earrings and two rings, while dramatic smoky eyes, pink lips and white manicure completed her look, People reports. Michelle Obama greeted the Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his wife Ho Ching along with President Barack Obama.

For the black-tie event, the Singapore first lady wore a red embroidered salwar, kurta and a stole.

“It has been an incredible honor for me and my team to create this dress for the First Lady. Strong and elegant, she is the embodiment of the woman that inspires me to create, and a role model for women all over the world,” said Maxwell via email.

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The state dinner celebrated the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Singapore. There are currently more than 3,500 U.S. companies in Singapore.

The East Room of White House was laid with tables that had both orchids and roses that was a nod to both the countries. Guests were treated to Asian and American flavors.

The menu consisted of Maryland blue crab tossed with calamansi, a hybrid citrus fruit found in the Philippines and Indonesia, Washington Post reports. The White House executive chef Cris Comerford’s rustled up a Chesapeake Bay blue crab appetizer, local heirloom tomato salad and American Wagyu beef tenderloin with California-grown Asian yams.

Executive pastry chef Susie Morrison made peach sangria cake for dessert. Entertainment was in the form of a performance by Michele.

A very proud moment for me and my team. ❤

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New Music: The Duke Spirit - Neptune

mojo-photo-neptune.jpgOkay, I have to clear my head of all that Grammys negativity by talking about something good. The Duke Spirit hail from Cheltenham, England, a "spa town" off in the west by Bristol; it's a little isolated, and their sound is too: a kind of throwback to '90s grunge with a liberal helping of Queens of the Stone Age-style riffs. Their first album, 2004's Cuts Across the Land, was an underappreciated gem of fuzzy, bluesy rock, made even more unique by lead singer Leila Moss' chiming voice. Critics compared them to PJ Harvey or Patti Smith, but more than anything they reminded me of Salt, another underappreciated female-fronted hard-rock band who had a minor hit in '95 with "Bluster." In any event, The Duke Spirit seemed mysteriously, intriguingly out-of-sync.

On Neptune, they may be trying to catch up with the times just a little. The band went to QOTSA producer Chris Goss's studios in the Southern California desert to record, and there are some eyebrow-raising similarities to recent Queens material, like the repeated single piano note over the top of "Send a Little Love Token." Sorry, but that sounds a lot like "Go With the Flow." When the Duke Spirit focus on their own, murkier take on the blues-rock sound, the results are much more satisfying: "The Step and the Walk," with its chilly harmonies, combines the unrest of Sonic Youth with the propulsion of Soundgarden, and "Dog Roses," with its mellow triple-time strum and delicate piano melody, could pass for an interlude on a Dungen album.

The album opens with a strange, acapella choir, repeating the line, "I do believe in something, you know." It's a spooky moment, even for a band who seem to be waging an internal battle between clarity and inscrutability. As such, Neptune can, at times, sound a little too familiar. But when the band forge their own way deeper into the darkness, the sound is revelatory, stepping outside genre to remind us how great rock can be. On "My Sunken Treasure"'s majestic coda, Moss sings she's "swimming to get you." The god of the sea shows up explicitly more than once here, and the album's hypnotic swells are definitely oceanic. However, it may be Neptune's planetary namesake that's this album's true spiritual brother: huge, chilly, and nearly off the map, you may find yourself pulled in by its unexpected gravity.

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Changes are in line with the facelifted sedan and wagon.

BMW applied a nip and tuck to the 3 Series Sedan and Touring a little over a year ago and now time has come for the Gran Turismo to get just about the same array of tweaks. While not as odd as its bigger brother, the 3 Series GT is not exactly one of the prettiest cars BMW has to offer nowadays. The styling revisions brought by the mid-cycle refresh are on a subtle level and some of the changes are barely noticeable.

BMW will sell the 3 Series GT in Sport Line, Luxury Line and M Sport variants. Regardless of the one you go for, all cars get LED headlights, fog lights, taillights, along with the latest iDrive, leather steering wheel, and support for USB and Bluetooth. Two new metallic finishes have been added to the catalog, plus Estoril Blue which can only be had in the M Sport model. To enable more variety, BMW has three fresh alloy wheel designs along with more upholstery options and additional interior trim strips.

There are no less than 18 engine, transmission, and drive configurations available. xDrive will be selectable as an option on all gasoline engines as well as on the 320d and 330d models while the 335d will come as standard with an all-wheel-drive layout. New to the range are three turbocharged gasoline units, a 2.0-liter with 184 horsepower (135 kilowatts) in the 320i, followed by a 252-hp 2.0-liter in the 330i and a 326-hp 3.0-liter for the 340i which replaces the 335i.

Five diesel variants are on offer, ranging in output from 150 hp (110 kW) to 313 hp (230 kW). Depending on engine selection, BMW will sell the facelifted 3 Series GT with manual or Steptronic automatic transmissions.

BMW says it will have the more practical and revised 3 Series on sale at the beginning of summer. Spy photos have shown BMW is already working on the next-generation 3 Series which will likely arrive by the end of 2017 or early 2018. It's too soon to say whether there's going to be a new 3 Series GT, but seeing as how the 5 Series GT will live to see another generation, the same thing could happen to its smaller brother. BMW mentions the model's biggest markets are China, Germany, and United States, with the majority of buyers being new to the brand.

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“The STS-700 accelerates from zero to 100 km/h in 3.2 seconds and reaches a top speed over 330 km/h”, says Neil Meka, CEO, RENM performance. “However, improved driving dynamics and track performance are the main advantages. Significant reductions in lap times were recorded throughout the vehicle’s development.”

The Super Trofeo race-series aerodynamic body kit features replacement body parts made from lightweight carbon fiber composites, all contributing to significant weight savings, reduced drag, increased down force, improved air-flow, and improved engine and brake cooling.

The engine is designed to be reliable and highly responsive, producing 700 PS at 8,500 rpm. The upgrades include titanium connecting rods, custom billet pistons and crankshaft with raised compression ratio. Custom billet camshafts, larger titanium inlet, exhaust valves, exhaust ports, manifold and combustion chambers are supplemented with fuel injector, oil and secondary cooling upgrades.

A specially adapted race and road specification valve-controlled titanium exhaust system is used in the STS-700. The highly efficient exhaust system decreases back pressure, improves flow rate while reducing weight from 30 kg to 11 kg, a weight loss of 63 percent.

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An upgraded carbon ceramic brake kit is calibrated for optimal response and performance. Using higher friction brakes pads, the brake configuration reduces weight in rotating masses. Revised cooling chambers and air flow inlets eliminate all brake fading.

The matte black finish accentuates the dark red race exterior. Black and red also dominate the interior which is composed of Alcantara and carbon fiber elements, including lightweight race seats in matching alcantara. Interior upgrades include modified gear shifters, customized roll cage with four-point harness, seat belts and fire extinguisher.

“The improved power-to-weight ratio, extensive upgrades and high-grade performance components has dramatically improved the driving experience both on and off the track,“ states the Brazilian owner of the STS-700.

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Harry and Louis go into a strip club and Harry finds a girl named Megan. They Harry is in love with Megan but Megan isn't. When she walks out she meets a guy that everybody knows all over the world. They spend lots of time together and sooner or later, Harry finds out. Will there be a guy.vs.guy fight? Will there be a jealousy range? Please read this story!!!!!! And also this little chappie from the story. 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇 Who did this to you? He screamed at me. N-Niall I just can't! I said back. I wanted to tell him but I didn't have the guts to say it. Babe, you are covered with blood, scars, and tears! I want to know you did this too you now! I-I-I- just can't Niall! Tell me you little bitch! Tears fell out of my eyes. Why did he say that? I-I- I'm sorry babe I didn't mean it! I looked at him horrified, tried to push myself up and run away, but I fell back down again, hard. P-please Niall don't. I whisper. Babe? He asks. Yes? I say to him softly. I love you. I love you too. And I will always love you. I faintly whisper Then as soon as I know it his smooth buttery lips were pressed against mine. It lasted for some time until I had my final moments of breath OK SO THIS BOOK TO ME IS LIKE ALMOST RATED R SO TO YOUNG ONES- TAKE THIS AS A WARNING!!!!⚠⚠⚠ Ps sorry for the shitty summary- but please please read this! Luv yew 💋👈👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆

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Lou, come on. El doesn't even know that we are here!" I say pulling Louis into the strip club."We'll only be here for an hour or two, promise!" He relaxed right after I said that. Lou's wedding was tomorrow and I just wanted to take him out to be a free man for one more day.

As we got inside the club after the guards checked us, I heard music booming, colorful lights everywhere, and the burning smell of cologne, perfume, and alcohol.

As we walked to find seats, me and Louis sat right in front of a stripper. She was almost nude. When we sat down she was taking off her sexy short short skirt. She threw into the crowd which landed right on a guys lap next to me.

Then she had only her see through leggings and a bra. She started to unclasp her bra then threw it again. Now it was just her leggings.(she kept it on though). The lady started dancing and grinding on her pole like a real person. Then later (with other girls) they started a grinding train. As soon as we knew it, it was over.

I whistled out to the few girls. "Hey babe, Louis here has a wedding tomorrow! Mind if you can do something special to him?" I shout out. "OOOOHH BACHELOR!" The girls squealed and one got off of stage heading towards us. I look to my right too see Louis, slumped down on his chair like he was embarrassed or something. "Hey cheer up lad!" I say to him. "See, there is a very sexy lady who is coming our way ok? Act natural"

"Hello sexy" I say to her. "Hello" she said back to me and Lou. "So it sounds like I owe you a lap dance and a strip aye?" The woman said in a thick sexy British accent. "Ok" I hear Louis say, giggling. He and the girl leave to go to a room in the back. "HAVE FUN LAD!" I scream out to him.

*great*. I think to myself. *Lou is with someone and now I have nobody* i think- *oh I'll go over there* I headed to a big line for a lap dance. *Great I'm last* so I waited.

Hey guys I'm gonna skip the waiting part- I'm too lazy- I don't feel good either- I threw up like 2-3 times in school and home. And I have a slight fever. Well missing school means chillaxing and more novellas! Xoxo- sonia💋

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We live in an information society. You can easily find people everywhere and seeing how their lives are. You share images on tumblr. on instagram and you write nice comments on Twitter and Facebook. What happens if you get a stalker following you online? A guy who wants to own you? He has an eye on every detail of your life and you have no control over who he is. You just know that he exists somewhere in the world.

34. Police

There was a knock on the front door. I awakened and saw the panic in Nialls eyes. He jumped out of bed and took out handcuffs and a scarf and tape. He put me down on the bed and took my hand over my head with the handcuffs, he took the tape over my mouth and then he took hold of my feet with the scarf.
"You're quiet." he mumbled cold and put on clothes. He took himself out of the bedroom and locked the door carefully. I heard he pulled a bookshelf, so that the door wouldn't be visible. Thus, no one would save me?

"Hello, we are from the police!"
"Oh, well?" Niall sounded like a regular guy. "How can I help you?"
"We are looking for a man who's missing. We found his vehicle in the woods and he has been here with you?"
I understood that they showed a photo to Niall.
"Yes, I saw him for a couple of days ago, but he went back the way he came."
"Did you see if he was worried or if he was any different?"
"No, he just left the estate here and then it was clear. So he's gone?"
I heard mumbling and I heard that they were talking quietly. Finally Niall closed the door and I heard the police officers left the barn. I closed my eyes and hoped that they would come back. Didn't they think Niall was a murderer? Okay it wasn't visible, but he was the suspect killer?

"That was close!" Niall mumbled and began to free my body from the bed. He took the tape off and he smiled at me. "You are safe here."
I wanted to kill him.
"They're coming back." I said cool. "They're going to find the corpse and they will ..."
Niall became angry and pushed my body against the bed.
"You should just shut up." he hissed between his teeth. "They won't find the body and they aren't looking for you."

Why couldn't the police have been asked to come in? They would see that there was another person in the barn and they would see that I was there.

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In the front row pew, a young boy named Gabriel sits as his father and a preacher tell him: "There are certain people who are chosen by God for some special purposes of His own. And we believe you are such a one." Thus unfolds the destiny of Gabriel in Brian Kirk's riveting Middletown. After almost an entire lifetime spent in religious instruction, Gabriel returns to his small Irish town as the new preacher. But the town is full of drinking and gambling, and Gabriel's ... more

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«Middletown» is a 2006 drama. Set in an Ulster border village forgotten by time and progress, an Irish priest returns to his hometown after many years away to take over the local ministry. Once there he is reunited with his father and younger sibling, and the tale becomes one of ambition and betrayal. «Middletown» stars Daniel Mays, Eva Birthistle, Gerard McSorley, Matthew MacFadyen, Richard Dormer. Download «Middletown» right here!

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By Bri (Wisconsin)

Rock n’ Roll, Woodstock, and Vietnam. We’ve all heard about these incidents whether it was in our history class or from experience. Now, imagine we go back in time and relive these moments that changed our nation’s history from the 50’s to the 90’s. Can you see it? Well how about reliving it through the eyes of a man who has a below average IQ of 75.

Forrest Gump is a simple-minded man with not the brightest brain. Although being as simple as he is, Forrest finds himself floating through different historical events that doesn’t seem to affect him. Such events as the Civil Rights Movement, Ping Pong Diplomacy, John Lennon’s Assassination, Watergate Scandal, and countless other phenomenon’s of our history’s culture. With touching the many lives of the people he meets along the way; you can’t help to smile, laugh, love and even cry when meeting this remarkable man from Greenbow, Alabama.

The main character, Forrest Gump, is played by none other than the academy-winning actor Tom Hanks. Hanks stretches how elaborately versatile acting can be when given a character so straightforward and child-like. From his delivery of speech to the way he portrays himself, he makes you believe that you are actually being introduced to this extraordinarily naive man. Even when it comes to comedic or dramatic affairs in the film, Hanks delivers it to his full potential and performs it as we would expect Forrest would.

Along with an exuberant cast, Gary Sinise plays the supporting role of Forrest’s Lieutenant from Vietnam and eventually a life-long friend. His character, known as Lieutenant Dan, believes he has a certain purpose in life. But upon meeting Forrest he soon finds his own destiny has been shaken by him. From showing raw emotions of a paralyzed war vet to warm companionship of a best friend Sinise has us fooled, along with Hanks, by making us believe there are no limits when it comes to acting.

Not only was the acting beautifully displayed, but so was the cinematography and film editing. Being that this film goes through our nation’s history, there are real clips of our past moments that were once captured on film with Forrest edited in it; such events as Integration and talking to the President (JFK and Nixon). Even though it may not be completely accurate, the film editing flawlessly captured these moments with Forrest interacting within our history. And the cinematography beautifully captured some of the most breathtaking landscapes that can be found in our country.

Even more so, the editors added popular music of the specific time period into the film which added to effect of actually being there. From Elvis controversially introducing Rock n’ Roll in the 50’s to The Bee Gees grooving to disco in the 70’s, it brilliantly enhanced people’s’ reactions in the given moments.

Along with the brilliant use of music comes the superb directing done by Robert Zemeckis. At the time he had little no background of directing dramas, however he does it surprisingly well. By capturing various scenes so unforgettable and simply extravagant, he created one of the most beautiful stories ever told.

With all of these highly acclaimed features of the movie it’s no wonder that it won 6 academy awards, including best picture. It became a picture, no, a story that touched our hearts in the sweetest way. Forrest Gump may have had an IQ of a child at best, but he is nothing less than remarkable. His story is one that is highly achieved and incredibly hard to believe; almost to the point that you have to see it in order to believe it.

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On Tuesday, December 10, the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners had a meeting about the Washington Avenue reconstruction (among other things), and the Board agreed to vote on the project next week.

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Hennepin County plans to reconstruct Washington Avenue from Hennepin to 5th in the next couple years, and then from 5th to 35W soon* after that. To gather input about this important project, the public works department held public meetings, interviewed stakeholders, and listened to Downtown Council's goals for the area. One plan has emerged as the runaway favorite: removing two through lanes for motorized traffic, expanding the sidewalks, and building a protected bike lane. This is part of a complete streets strategy that enhances the level of service for everyone on the street, not just the people in cars.

First, it's good for people on bikes. The Minneapolis Bicycle Coalition supports protected bike lanes because they make ordinary people feel comfortable riding a bike in the city. This is good for the environment, good for public health, good for racial and economic equity, and good for local businesses and employers. And in case you were wondering, it doesn't cost any more than any of the other reconstruction options.

Second, it fits in with other plans for the area. Currently, Washington Avenue acts as a barrier between downtown and the riverfront. It's a street where cars regularly speed and the crosswalks are as long as a third of a football field. In the words of one sidewalk blogger, crossing it requires the courage General Washington mustered when he crossed the Delaware River. This is about to be a much bigger problem because they're making a master plan for the Central Mississippi Riverfront Regional Park (PDF) and the river is about to become a lot more awesome. Removing through lanes and adding a protected bike lane would reduce the crossing distance and make it safer and easier for pedestrians to move between downtown and the river.

Bikes outside Whole Foods on Washington Ave. Photo by Scott Shaffer.But what about the traffic?

Washington Avenue at rush hour. Photo by Scott Shaffer.

The experts have spoken. The new design for Washington Avenue is expected to improve traffic flow. But the biggest concern expressed by commissioners Mike Opat and Jeff Johnson was that the new street design wouldn't move cars in and out of downtown fast enough. Back in August, County division manager Craig Twinem stood before the board and told them that his professional opinion was that the new Washington Avenue will actually improve the level of service for drivers, even with fewer lanes. (And that's using a projected growth in traffic that some planners believe to be inflated.

How is that possible? Twinem mentioned two projects that will improve the flow of traffic: the synchronization of traffic signals along Washington (to create a "green wave") and the construction of an entrance ramp onto north-bound 35W from 4th Street.

There are other projects that will reduce demand for Washington. First, there are trains. The Green Line LRT will open in a matter of months. If/when it happens, the Southwest LRT would bring in commuters from the southwest suburbs, and the Bottineau line would bring them in from the northwest. Vancouver is a good example of how population and economic activity can increase while traffic decreases.

Second, there's the dense residential development in the area. The Nic on 5th will have 253 units, and the LPM Apartments in Loring Park will have 354. My friend who works at Target HQ and lives in Loring Park has a car, but she walks or buses to work, year-round. Mike Opat asked about the Wells Fargo office buildings that will be part of the Yard development in Downtown East. "How will these 4000 employees get to work?" Opat wanted to know. Easy: many will walk, bus, take a train, or ride a bike.

Building a city for future generations

Commissioner Gail Dorfman emphasized this point with a personal anecdote. When she was raising her five children in the suburbs, each of them had a car. Now that they're in their twenties and thirties, only one does. The other four live in cities with good public transit and bike infrastructure, like Chicago and Portland. "We need to consider future generations," Dorfman urged. Alex Cecchini at Streets.mn has a post on why suburbanites should support good urban design. I hope the commissioners read it before they vote on this important project on Tuesday, December 17.

*Correction: The second phase of the reconstruction hasn't been scheduled yet

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  1. Unfortunately, the percentage of users who are even aware of such things is extremely small compared to the amount of people who would end up using Windows 8. Not only that, but by being third party it will also mean that it will not be an option in most (if any) installers that a person uses in Windows 8. Up until now the features to add items to the Start Menu came with an installer as the Start Menu was certain to be there as an official part of the OS. In Windows 8, that is no longer the case. And with the vehemence with which Microsoft seems to be willing to push their long-time supporters off a cliff, I wouldn't put it next to them to try and block any other experience than the Metro experience. As they seem to have the deluded belief that an unnatural, cramped and ugly way of interacting with my previous powerful and flexible desktop will make me consider buying another one of their products. It's blatantly obvious at this point that Windows 8 is Microsofts' desperate answer to the iPad (and to a lesser extent, Android tablets), after Ballmer flat out s*** himself when he saw the market getting sedated by yet another product he didn't foresee becoming succesful. The desktop, for better or for worse is an afterthought for Microsoft here, they really couldn't care less if you want to use Windows 8 on the Desktop. If you do, they'll be laughing all way to the bank and at the poor fools who fell for their marketing ploy. They only want one thing from Windows 8: to fish in the pond Apple's been fishing in and they're betting their farm on it that most people will cling to Windows 7 for the desktop until the next 'desktop friendly' Windows comes around. Sadly, where Ballmer and Sinofsky think they can use the Windows mothership to break into the tablet market, I think their Metro delusion will backfire and the bad press of Windows 8 will blemish their core Windows product just like Vista did (where Vista was a fine product running on less than capable hardware, not so with Metro, where the hardware is fine but the software is crippled). They can make amends, but even when the major backlash would occur and they would offer their users a *gasp* choice, they wouldn't even be able to afford to drop Metro completely, as they'd make themselves look bad worse. So even in the best case Metro will hang around like the red-headed stepchild it already is.
  2. You won't be able to develop anything but Metro applications, unless you cough up the dollars. Well, it's another bullet in whatever there is left of their foot. I won't be extorted to program for a platform, whatever happened to writing Hello World! in a console FOR FREE? Ubuntu/Eclipse, here I come.
  3. Uh-oh... Windows 8 will "disappoint": Analysts cut price targets on HP, Dell and Windows Phone ranks below Bada in worldwide sales While the phone market is still in its infancy, one could argue that kind of news is to be expected for WP7, but because of their "Windows everywhere" strategy, it might very well backfire right into its already hurting new desktop platform as well.
  4. Not a day goes by without hearing about another dubious 'feature'. At least they're not spending their money on making an out-of-touch music video for their phone, right? Oops, seems like they did! What the hell were they thinking? In other news, they have decided that IE10 will get access to features other browser vendors will not have access to, making for an uneven playing field. I know Mozilla et al can still make a Metro version, but they can't optimize it, nor rely on the system to provide advanced functionality like Just-In-Time compiling (JIT) and security related features. People cite small market share of WinRT, but Windows is Windows to me. And I just hope they aren't thinking of returning to their anti-trust shenanigans of yore. Even so, the claims that they're doing it for security are absolutely unfounded, they could block/forbid any product that they deemed unworthy, but instead they opt to keep them all out on the premise that "they won't be safe", IE10 isn't infallible either. And of course, as a last line of defense: "Apple does it too" . Great defense, Apple2 err Microsoft. While I'm no longer in the market to buy anything labeled Windows 8, I'm getting more and more bewildered about what it is that they put in the water in Redmond. Sigh.
  5. Want to play a DVD in Windows 8? That's going to cost you an extra upgrade according to this article. I knew WMC would become a for-pay upgrade, but DVD playback, really? So if a customer doesn't buy their media pack, he could find himself "upgrading" a Windows 7 pc that plays DVDs just fine into a machine that won't even play them without an extra purchase? What about people who downgrade from any version of Win8 without DVD support to any version of Windows 7, will they magically regain those features? I could understand that they would be trying to cut corners to get the price down, but to remove DVD functionality? That might be a bit too much. In Europe there's no Hulu or Netflix to speak of, so DVDs are far from legacy items.
  6. If you're interested in just giving Linux a whirl, there are options to create LiveUSB sticks of certain distros. Essentially you create a bootable USB stick which contains a Linux distro and you can then boot from the stick and try it out without installing it. So that in the case you decide against it, you can just turn it off and nothing will have changed. I had to use an Ubuntu LiveUSB (explained here) to to re-organize my Ubuntu/Windows partitions. While Ubuntu itself still suffers from the many problems all Linux distros suffer from (Missing functionality/terrible fragmentation/still too much reliance on terminal once it gets complicated/QA of apps can be so-and-so/...) I quite like the fact that they at least try to get to a common ground upon which a uniform platform can grow, without forking into a bazillion different flavours which all have exactly one user who actually uses it. It's no Windows, but it's user friendly for a Linux .
  7. Honestly, I'm not quite sure what you're referring to here besides the few obvious things. The Copy-To and Move-To are good. Also the CMD/PowerShell from anywhere also. These were always reg-hacks since forever ago, but now built in. Show hidden files/extension on the ribbon (notice it was a lot harder to get to Folder Options in Vista/7) Pause/resume on file copy File replace for media files now has a preview thumbnail instead of the file type icon. Task Manager including grouping processes by user. Analyze Wait Chain. Taskbar properties for multimonitor. Multimonitor that allows for stacking, tiling. Those are basically covered on pages 2 and 3 of the Ars link. Yes, these are good points, and if they released all that as a Windows 7 Service Pack, I'd say that would have been a nice addition. But is this the best a completely new OS has to offer? Subtract from that all that is wrong with it, and you'd still end up far in the negative. The gist of the article is far from praising Windows 8, every bit that could be good, is almost countered every time by something that is broken, not intuitive or simply harder than it was in Windows 7. Here's my response.
  8. Anyone else heard that loud bang? Seems Silverlight got taken out back and shot. I find it very hard to get to the core of this article, it's so vaguely worded. The applications will still work, but they do seem to hint that people who know Silverlight will have to transition to WinRT. Some say XNA is alive and kicking, others say XNA is not supported... It's a very weird realization to start reading an article and be less informed by the time you've reached the end.
  9. cyberpyr8, My displeasure with Windows 8 has eased a little bit since the Consumer Preview came out, as they made some of the functions and utilities easier to get to. But by and large it's still harder to get things done in Win8 than in Win7, and I still have to look at that fugly Metro start screen every so often. Every time I saw XP's default "Luna" theme I expected the Teletubbies to come hopping over the crest, but the Metro screen makes me think I'm stuck in a kindergarten. I wouldn't want that on a phone or a tablet, let alone a 23" monitor. The iPads and Android screens I've seen out there look so much sleeker. That was an excellent promo for Office, BTW -- glad you posted it. If I didn't have Office already, it would make me go out and buy it, no joke. I'll even start poking into OneNote, a program I've never ever opened. --JorgeA OneNote's quite a nice tool, especially for scatterbrains like me. I can categorize my notes (and add contextual arrows and other signs between them) so I can streamline my thoughts as if I were doodling on paper. I even have one tab solely dedicated to a shopping list, and some small financial tidbits (who owns me what, and what I still need to settle). And when I stop doing work and go down a rabbit hole of interest, I can often pin some useful links in OneNote to get back to. I'd never thought of opening it if someone didn't tell me to try it, and I've been using it quite a lot since. So yeah, you should try it.
  10. Perhaps the Start Menu (or the ability to uninstall exorcise Metro from your computer) will be available in one of the 9 available versions of Windows 8. Paying a little extra for something you've taken for granted for 17 years, that would sound like marketing. Drug dealer marketing, but marketing none the less. The article doesn't mention that there will be amends for the business user, but I would expect that to be the case. So perhaps the Consumer nomenclature was intentional. Still, I don't see how this is going to help to 'unify' the platforms, nor how the two versions of IE10 will be able to coexist on 64-bits machines (64 + 32?). Well the idea of web standards was nice as long as it lasted. The only market segment I see for Windows 8 doing well in is the #2 spot in the tablet market, with Apple #1. To get that they have to defeat Android. Android on tablets doesn't seem to take off that well. Not to mention the dozens of patent suits between the tablet manufacturers. I'm wondering whether Microsoft will get sucked into these ongoing court battles.
  11. JorgeA, glad you like 'em! I'll do my best to keep them interesting. Usually, I'm not that snarky, but Windows 8 becomes more jaw dropping insane every day. On the topic of simplicity and computers, I still have to point my mom and dad to features for which I use short-cuts. I tried teaching them Ctrl-C/Ctrl-V, to no avail. For my dad making a webpage equals using that abomination called Frontpage (he might as well just use notepad, equal frustration but cleaner code). How am I going to tell him when he comes home with a Windows 8 PC that there is no more Start Menu, that everything he thought he knew about computers is now gone? Even if some might be capable to re-learn all that, who says that they will want to? It wouldn't surprise me that for many the Start Menu was one of those critical steps in finding things, and knowing 'where to start' a sequence of actions. All gone, and the replacement isn't an improvement if you disregard the tablet-ification features. CoffeeFiend, what a great PR stunt to declare that they "fixed" the broken VS11-theme and meanwhile also succeeded in stopping to support Windows XP. You can't make that stuff up. Sigh Btw, do you know what 12648430 stands for in Hexadecimal? I just don't get it, my mind is unwilling to accept that this is the reality we're facing. My brain tries to trick me into believing they're just fooling us and that they'll show the real Windows 8 later on. Then we'll all laugh about how gullibe we were! They sure got me! Yeah, then reality kicks in. I can't comprehend why they are doing this, Windows 7 was fine, why not allow for both desktop and tablet systems, a dual approach? Why force Metro on those who do not want it? Could this be just a marketing ploy? Or will the 'Professional' version allow for a 'Desktop upgrade' for a small fee, as Microsoft knows big business, and wouldn't be so dumb to lock itself out of their biggest sponsor, right? Is this just a long-winded joke to get the attention of the tech-crowd? Given that the Consumer Preview addresses a few of the mouse and desktop issues, but by no means offers a workable experience for someone to use it on a professional basis, I'm starting to believe this is what the final version will be like. At the moment, where Windows 7 felt like just doing my work, Windows 8 feels like doing my work and getting a kick in the balls from time to time. When I complain about not wanting to get kicked in the balls, I get told that I'll get used to it, and that after the first kick in the balls, I'll barely notice it from that point onwards. If I keep complaining I get told that I can always install a third-party protector cup so that I won't feel getting kicked in the balls that much anymore. And I'm supposed to accept that over "You don't want a kick in the balls, well just say so!" ? Especially after the previous edition seemed to do just fine without kicking people in the balls. Perhaps those who dislike it just are a vocal minority, or perhaps these issues will explode further down the road. Can't really say what the general public thinks of Windows 8, but I can't see myself getting anything serious done. For example: coding the simplest of dynamic webpages, which requires running 3 different browsers, a database tool and an editor. Something that would be nigh impossible or at least unworkable in Windows 8. How fricking hard could it be to make them run alongside each other, I mean, it's not like it's a freaking phone, right? Sorry if the following image is a bit poor in taste, but it succinctly illustrates my Metro experience thus far:
  12. Same here. We had it *so* good. Win7 and VS2010 are a truly fantastic combo. And just like that, they take it all away. Win8 is an abomination, and even VS11 is doing some questionable changes that have its users rather upset (everything is now grey). Yes, they're working on making the interface suck (thankfully 3rd party themes should fix most of it) instead of trying to compete with C++11 support, useful C# features besides async, improving refactoring or anything else that might actually be useful. Right now it doesn't look like it's worth upgrading to regardless of the price. 3 more days until we see if the sky is really falling. Oh, I'm working on a fairly large C# project, but thankfully the only hardware it uses is a USB communication device. So worst case scenario (yes, there's always Mono too), we'll still be able to use Win7 in a VM, passing through the USB device to the VM 10+ years down the road. It's sad that Win8 is forcing us to consider what we'd do without Windows before it's even released. Oh my, I knew they were redesigning VS11, but this is bad! Eclipse looks vivid compared to that. I didn't know colors were forbidden! Using a bland gray, CAPS and :::::: as spacers, what were they thinking? Were they thinking at all? Did they already name the theme? How about "Depression" or "Suicidal" ? A tool that is mainly used by developers to be productive with shouldn't be put in the hands of designers to give it a set of fake boobs and a lip-job. Especially so in the case of VS: under the hood is where the core improvements should be made. A groundrule should be: If an alteration does damage productivity and/or efficiency in the least, that alteration should not be made, especially not in an IDE. For starters, it would be so nice to have VS not flat-out crap itself and crash when I get a bit outlandish with XAML. Styling should be an afterthought and is probably best left to the developer to customize. I don't want to think about what this redesign already cost, what the re-redesign is going to cost, let alone what the end-user eventually will have to pay for this unholy mess. I don't get Microsoft's sudden infatuation with giving up so much in the domain of efficiency and productivity to satisfy some designer's temper tantrum. Unification of design is nice and all, but it should never come at a cost of productivity and/or efficiency. And it's that capital sin Metro is guilty of. Metro works for simple things, single-use applications. Like stepping through a set of picture, or cycling through a set of Twitter messages. When things get complex and advanced, Metro is far too clumsy with its big texts and its gluttonous usage of screen estate. It are those complex programs one cannot use with touch in mind. As I've said before, in my eyes Metro doesn't bring anything useful to the desktop. On the contrary even. While I thought they'd be open for criticism, the main trend I see is that everybody who doesn't outright adore Metro is considered to be an outcast, someone who "doesn't get it", the Windows version of a leper. Microsoft might be getting cosy with the prospective tablet owners, but someone is going to have to code these apps for said tablets. And those who code for a living aren't doing it on tablets as far as I know. Your hands would be reduced to bloody stumps in a moment's notice due to the verbosity of XAML alone. Good luck getting an app ecosystem started if you treat your developers like dirt. The last thing they should be doing is flipping off the guys and girls who do their programming. At the moment they're making their life that much harder by being obsessed with some sort of Cupertinian fetishism. It sure as hell isn't going to make programmers flock to the platform. I've been looking around for other options. All in all, I feel the people who want to use their computer to get something done are getting the Milton Waddams (Office Space) by Microsoft.
  13. I just don't get what they are thinking in Redmond. I've been developing by using Microsoft tools for all of my young life (but have picked up Ubuntu/Eclipse/NetBeans along the way). Wasn't it Ballmer who yelled "Developers, developers, developers"? I get why Microsoft is doing this. Mobile markets are flooding with iPads and Androids, and they needed to do something. Yet, instead of going with a sound strategy, they decided that desktop users and efficiency are second class citizens to tablets and touch. I've developed with the Kinect SDK, I've developed with the Surface 2.0 SDK, I've developed with .NET 4.0's Touch SDK (WPF and XAML, what a waste of time in retrospect). While these human computer interactions sure have their uses in their specific context, they by no means are a better alternative for every action. Yet Metro does just that. I can't understand Microsoft is betting the farm on some stupid user interface gimmicks. While they probably see this as a way to leverage the flagship Windows platform as a last-ditch attempt to break into the phone/tablet market, in my eyes they did nothing else than 'infecting' something that was healthy before: Windows for Desktop. Now, Windows 8 tells you it's the Metro way or the highway. But when the highway allows for easier travel than the Metro way, I won't hesitate. Especially since backwards compatibility seems to be out of the window (pun intended), there should be even less friction to switch to another OS entirely or force those unconvinced to just sit out the Windows 8 disaster-in-progress. How could they do this to their loyal userbase? What has gotten to them that their shills online representatives are pushing changes that are a net decrease in productivity and at best arrive at a draw in ideal circumstances? At the moment, to me, buying Windows 8 means paying to become less efficient, more constrained and having to navigate through a cluttered mess touch-based user interface with hardware (mouse and keyboard) that doesn't complement the software. Hardware that is capable of pixel-precision (you know, not suffering from the fat-finger problem), able to drag and drop over multiple monitors (let's see them do that by touch). While Touch and Kinect are interesting novelties, and shine in 'bursty' usage scenarios like games and entertainment (fatigue being the limiting factor), I don't see myself programming by touch, nor by Kinect. I absolutely hate what they have done. Synofski seems to be Microsoft's attempt at their own Steve Jobs, yet with twice the arrogance and none of the brilliance. Something I thought I'd never say: If they don't change course, I'm well willing to ditch Windows completely. Sitting it out isn't an option for someone who works in IT. Never was I this happy with what I had on Windows 7, Visual Studio (+addins) is a joy to work with, and the OS just works. I hope they realise that if Windows 8 falls flat, their mobile branch dies along with it. No use for a tablet or a phone that shares the UI paradigm with something nobody buys/uses/wants. And flipping the bird to people who like to get something done (and maybe even develop for said platform) is something that doesn't sit well with me. Is a tablet user (solely consumer) really that much more worthy than a desktop developer (consumer + producer)? With the usage statistics of IE6 proving to this very day that corporations hate change and have a turning circle larger than the biggest cargo freighters, this change in user interface will anger that part of the market that provided so much support for them in the past. I've been a loyal fan since Windows 95, but now I just don't see it. And it seems it's not just me who thinks that Microsoft is too much into, or for that matter, too out of, touch.


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Liam Hemsworth’s brothers Chris and Luke apparently teamed up to talk to him about halting plans to marry Miley Cyrus.

Liam Hemsworth’s brothers reportedly staged an intervention with his plans to marry Miley Cyrus.

The Hunger Games actor’s siblings Chris and Luke are said to have aggressively questioned his marital intentions.

His relatives were so determined for him not to tie the knot with Miley that they teamed up to persuade him otherwise.

“They want him to end the romance for good,” a source told Us Weekly.

Liam, 23, and Miley 20, have been in a relationship for almost four years and got engaged last June.

They have recently been spending lots of time away from each other but neither has confirmed the end of their romance.

An insider claimed “Liam’s pulling away” as they attend events separately and channel all their energy into work.

Liam has been all over the world on various acting projects as well as promoting fashion brands.

Meanwhile Miley has been recording a new album and denied they are avoiding each other on purpose.

“I’m not home with my boyfriend all the time. We work,” she told V Magazine recently. "I don’t have time go to Starbucks with my boyfriend every morning. I wish I did, but I don’t.

“I’d rather chill at my house and be there for the time I actually get to spend with him. And then I’m at the studio all day. He gets up to work out at six and I come home at five from the studio."

Miley explained that her upcoming LP is her number one priority at the moment. Even her partnership with Liam is secondary.

“I put this record before everything, and I’ve never done that with anything,” she continued. “I’ve put too much into this record to put anything else in front of it.”

Miley recently released a track named Ashtrays & Heartbreak with Snoop Lion.
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Operetta in two acts by Franz Lehar

Libretto by Ludwig Herzen and Fritz Beda-Lёner (libretto by Victor Léon to the operetta "Yellow Jacket")
Editorial - Istvan Kallai and Miklos Gabor Kerenyi (Hungary)
Russian text - Alex Frandetti
Director - Miklos Gabor Kerenyi (Hungary)
Musical Director and Conductor - Alexey Nefedov
Scenery - Agnes Dyarmoti (Hungary)
Costume - Kata Horvath (Hungary)
Choreographer - Jeno Lowes (Hungary)Lighting - Peter Shomfai (Hungary)
Choirmaster - Eugene Takmakov
Director’s assistants – Andras Tucker (Hungary) and Sofia Krylova
Assistant Choreographer - Erika Szabo (Hungary)

The premiere took place on 29th of April 2016
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Lisa, Count Lichtenfeld's daughter

Natalia Savchenko

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laureate of International competition

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4 Nutrient-Rich Stomach Turning Super Foods

by Marnie Bii | March 17th, 2015 | Healthy Eating, Superfoods

balut egg (400x400)Sometimes nutritious food does not always come in the most appetizing package. In fact, the most delicious things on the menu do not often have the nutritional value of less palatable ingredients. The following nutrient dense items definitely take that idea to the next level, however. Luckily, if you eat a food item often enough, some say 15 attempts at least, you may learn to love it. Here are four super foods you should give a fighting chance.

Fish Skin

When fried up crispy, fish skin tastes an awful lot like the ocean, seaweed and the flesh of the fish in question. The most popular type of fish skin to eat straight comes from king, Coho and pink salmon. You can obtain a crispy finish by cooking the filets, skin on, in a pan or on the grill. You can also peel the skin off and deep-fry it if you’re feeling brave. No matter which way you prepare it, the skin contains a high concentration of omega-3 fatty acids, calcium, iron and selenium.

An even bigger source of iron and nutrients comes from the liver of animals like chickens and cows. Liver contains nearly your full daily allotment of vitamin A in each serving as well. This type of meat does not contain very many calories either, but you should not eat it in large quantities due to the vitamin A content. Instead, dine on a modest dish of liver once a month to boost your vitamin levels without risk of overdoing it. You can turn liver into a delicious meal by sautéing it with caramelized onion and garlic.

Insects are slowly being accepted as a snack and cooking ingredient. Beyond being a sustainable food source, insects are packed full of nutrients, such as high amounts of protein, iron, calcium, potassium, zinc and phosphorus. You can pick up dried and ground grasshoppers, caterpillars, weevils, termites and mealworms to use as breading for fried chicken or steak. You can also find these critters coated in a thick layer of chocolate for a savory, yet sweet treat on the go.

Although insects definitely take some getting used to, balut is the most difficult one on this list to accept. Balut is an egg containing the whites, yolk and a partially formed duck fetus. When cooked, the entire egg basically tastes like bits of meat mixed into egg. The appearance may turn you off at first. If you can stomach this item, you will gain tons of protein, iron and calcium with each bite.

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As you try the foods, keep the negative thoughts out of your mind. Think positively about the nutritional value of the food in front of you. Furthermore, try to tell yourself at least three positive things about the flavor, texture or appearance of each ingredient. For each taste session, prepare the ingredients in a different way to find your favorite presentation. You may not enjoy whole insect ingredients, but find them amazing when used as a protein powder in baked goods.

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Linotype Indus is part of the Take Type Library, which features winners of Linotype’s International Digital Type Design Contest from 1994 to 1997. Designed by P.H. Hashin from India, Indus finds its historical roots in inscriptions found on ancient Indian graves. Thus Indus has a unique look and is versatile in point sizes from middle to headline. The font combines well with sans serif and slab serif typefaces.

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Indus Bold

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OpenType OTF   Windows TrueType

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