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Prep Spotlight: After team meeting, Ignacio's Brunson steps up for Bobcats
Sophomore shows leadership qualities
Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019 8:53 PM
Updated: Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019 10:57 PM
Only a sophomore, Ignacio's Jayden Brunson has already begun to leave her mark on the Ignacio High School girls basketball team.
Joel Priest/Pine River Times file
Jayden Brunson knew something was amiss after the Ignacio High School girls basketball team was thrashed in an 18-point loss to Alamosa on Jan. 5 in the first game back from holiday break.
The following Monday, the sophomore guard called a team meeting to discuss what the team could do better.
"I just knew that we had to fix some things before it could get worse," Brunson said. "I understand it. I mean, we're girls; we're teenage girls on a basketball team, so of course, we're going to have a bit of attitude. It was just like reminding them that there's no room for this if we have these goals we want to achieve.
"For me, personally, I was like, 'We have zero room for error, and no time for any of this extra stuff.' ... Once we talked about what needed to change, it's like we suddenly just clicked. Three weeks later, we're a new team."
Brunson, daughter of Jaydee and Melanie Brunson, also talked about expectations with new head coach Justa Whitt, who is in her second stint with IHS.
In a team with three seniors, Whitt was impressed to see an underclassman speak up.
"She's been trying to step up as a leader," Whitt said. "She showed that by being one of the ones who called the team meeting to address our issues and move forward. It shows great growth for a young kid, and I think ... she's at a stage where she needs to build some confidence, and she has become a great defensive player, but she still needs to grow in other areas like shooting and passing. But once she gets going, she's on."
Brunson was a freshman on last year's team that reached the state tournament. In the 2A District 3 Tournament championship game, she scored a game-high 14 points for Ignacio against Dolores. Many of the Bobcats from that team returned this season.
Ignacio's Jayden Brunson was deadly to Dolores in the 2018 2A District 3 Tournament championship played at Montezuma-Cortez High School. Brunson sank four 3-pointers and totaled a game-best 14 points, as IHS blew out DHS 46-11.
"Having a year of experience has helped everybody, and with a big group of girls that has had that experience of going to state, some with two years, they understand how hard it is to get there," Whitt said. "It helps us all around."
Since the team meeting, practices have been more productive, team morale and chemistry has finally clicked and new offensive and defensive sets have improved.
Ignacio (8-4, 7-0 2A/1A San Juan Basin League) as it has won five consecutive games.
One area of the floor that Ignacio has succeeded in all season, has been its defense. The Bobcats have outscored their opponents by 209 points and have held opponents to under 30 points six times, including two games in which they held their opponents to less than 10 points.
"We've been working on defense since the season began," Brunson said. "It's always one of the things that coach has been stressing, and we want to continue to only get better as the season goes on."
Ignacio sophomore Jayden Brunson has been an all-around threat for the Ignacio Bobcats en route to an unbeaten mark in league play thus far.
From a team meeting to the new coach, Brunson said the last two seasons have reminded her a lot of her favorite sports movie "Hoosiers." The famed 1986 film stars Gene Hackman, a new coach in small-town, basketball-mad Indiana who leads a team of underdogs to a state championship title.
"We've got a new coach this year, and in our little town basketball is one of the things that brings everybody together," Brunson said. "One of my favorite parts of the movie is when (Gene Hackman) measures the basket at the state championship and reminds them it's still 10 feet. It was a similar moment for me last year. I was a freshman, and Ignacio was in the state tournament. It was so relatable, and I think given how we're playing, we can definitely be the underdogs who make it back this year."
Ignacio will look to continue winning ways on the road against Nucla at 2 p.m. Saturday.
bploen@ durangoherald.com
What is your favorite sports movie?: "Hoosiers." It's always been a movie that my dad and I watch.
What is your favorite song?: "Jump Around" by House of Pain. We always listen to it a lot before games.
What is your dream car?: I don't know that I've got a dream car, but I've always wanted a Jeep.
Who is your favorite athlete?: Kawhi Leonard.
What is your favorite book?: "A Child Called 'It'" by Dave Pelzer.
What do you like to eat before a game?: I usually eat Subway.
If you could have any superpower, what would you pick?: The ability to read other people's minds because it would be cool to know what they're thinking.
If you could take a trip anywhere in the world, where would you go?: Hawaii, and in particular, Kauai, because of the beaches and scenery.
What is your favorite outdoor activity?: Snowshoeing at Spring Creek, just outside of Ignacio.
What teacher has had a big impact on your life?: Mr. Tony Kimball. He teaches math at IHS, and always takes the extra time to go over things.
Do you have a role model?: My dad. He's always taught me to play with heart and to always give it my all.
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Q: is there any script which can stop to show ALT="text" as a tooltip in IE 6 and 7? is there any script which can stop to show ALT="text" as a tooltip in IE 6 and 7?

A: I wouldn't worry too much about it. It's a known bug and it's fixed in IE8.

A: $('img').each(function (i, el) {
  if (!el.hasAttribute('title')) {
    el.setAttribute('title', '');
  }
});

That should give all images without a title attribute an empty one. I'm not sure if it will fix the problem for IE6 and IE7 but I think they support title and this might override it.

A: <!--[if IE]><script>for(i =0;i<document.images.length;i++){document.images[i].alt='';}</script><![endif]-->

at the end of the page should do it.

A: In IE before IE8 the only way to avoid the browser to show images alt text as tooltip are:

*

*not to use the alt attribute (which is not a good idea because it's not valid HTML and it's not good even for Google SEO and text readers that can not see your images).

*place in each image a title="" empty attribute.
In order to accomplish point (2) using a simple Javascript with no jQuery, you have to place this small piece of code before ending BODY tag, like this:
   <!--[if lt IE 8]>
      <script>
         for(var i = 0, imgs = document.images, len = imgs.length; i < len; ++i)
            if(!imgs[i].title)
               imgs[i].title = "";
      </script>
   <![endif]-->
</body>

You can write it in one line if you prefer.
The advantaghe of this code is that it does not screw up the alt tag attributes of your images, it simply sets the title attribute to empty string, unless a title attribute is already defined in this last case I suppose the title attribute was defined because you want to show whatever you wrote in title attribute as a tooltip (which is a cross-browser behaviour).

A: $$('img').set('alt', '');

No other way, apart from setting the title attribute.

A: You could do the following but it would be very intrusive (and a bit slow):
$('*').attr('alt', '');

A: Presumably for alt attribute, you just mean image elements?
$('img').removeAttr('alt');

You may also consider removing the title attribute from elements in the DOM
$('*').removeAttr('title');

A: Do screan reader run javascript? If not then why bother with this mod?
Setting alt to "" would hide the alt "tooltip" in IE < 8 which seems to be all you are after. Plus this should be done anyway for all image or else screen readers have a habit of of rendering out a default "image placeholder" speech. If you set it to blank then it won't bother and will skip it, ideal for images that are simply used for design rather than content.
Unfortunately there is no special flag or switch you can flick via JS or any other method to tell IE to behave any differently in this regard which is what I believe you are asking for.
An alternative is to switch any alts you find in images to be titles but this does not get rid of the tooltips, you just end up making them appear in all browsers then rather than just IE.
So the final fix is to simply clear all alt attributes in images (and there are scripts in other answers here that do just that). You asked the question but I think you should ponder about what it is you are trying to achieve and more importantly, why and is it that essential?

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package com.badlogic.gdx.utils;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.StringWriter;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.TreeMap;

import com.badlogic.gdx.files.FileHandle;

/** Generates the gdx.gwt.xml file by running through the gdx/src/ directory and cross-referencing it with the gdx-backends-gwt
 * directory.
 * @author mzechner */
public class GwtModuleGenerator {
	private static void gatherJavaFiles (FileHandle dir, Set<String> names, Map<String, FileHandle> fileHandles, boolean recursive) {
		if (dir.name().equals(".svn")) return;
		FileHandle[] files = dir.list();
		for (FileHandle file : files) {
			if (file.isDirectory() && recursive) {
				gatherJavaFiles(file, names, fileHandles, recursive);
			} else {
				if (file.extension().equals("java")) {
					System.out.println(file.name());
					if (names.contains(file.name())) System.out.println(file.name() + " duplicate!");
					names.add(file.name());
					fileHandles.put(file.name(), file);
				}
			}
		}
	}

	public static void main (String[] args) throws IOException {
		Set<String> excludes = new HashSet<String>();
		Map<String, FileHandle> excludesHandles = new HashMap<String, FileHandle>();
		System.out.println("Excludes -------------------------------------------------");
		gatherJavaFiles(new FileHandle("../backends/gdx-backends-gwt/src/com/badlogic/gdx/backends/gwt/emu/com/badlogic/gdx"),
			excludes, excludesHandles, true);
		System.out.println("#" + excludes.size());

		// build and shared library loading utils
		excludes.add("GdxBuild.java");
		excludes.add("GdxNativesLoader.java");
		excludes.add("GwtModuleGenerator.java");
		excludes.add("SharedLibraryLoader.java");

		// native pixmap routines
		excludes.add("Gdx2DPixmap.java");
		excludes.add("PixmapIO.java");
		excludes.add("ETC1.java");
		excludes.add("ETC1TextureData.java");
		excludes.add("ScreenUtils.java");

		// remote input
		excludes.add("RemoteInput.java");
		excludes.add("RemoteSender.java");

		// tiled support
		excludes.add("TiledLoader.java"); // FIXME?
		excludes.add("TileMapRendererLoader.java"); // FIXME?

		// various utils
		excludes.add("AtomicQueue.java");
		excludes.add("LittleEndianInputStream.java");
		excludes.add("PauseableThread.java");
		excludes.add("DesktopClipboard.java");
		excludes.add("AndroidClipboard.java");

		// scene2d ui package
// gatherJavaFiles(new FileHandle("src/com/badlogic/gdx/scenes/scene2d/ui"), excludes, excludesHandles, true);

		Set<String> includes = new HashSet<String>();
		Map<String, FileHandle> includesHandles = new TreeMap<String, FileHandle>();
		System.out.println("Includes -------------------------------------------------");
		gatherJavaFiles(new FileHandle("src"), includes, includesHandles, true);
		System.out.println("#" + includes.size());

		for (String include : includes) {
			if (!excludes.contains(include)) continue;
			FileHandle includeFile = includesHandles.get(include);
			FileHandle excludeFile = excludesHandles.get(include);
			includesHandles.remove(include);
			System.out.println("excluded '" + include + "'");
		}

		System.out.println("diff: " + includesHandles.size());

		StringWriter writer = new StringWriter();
		writer.write("<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n");
		XmlWriter builder = new XmlWriter(writer);
		builder.element("module").attribute("rename-to", "com.badlogic.gdx");
		builder.element("inherits").attribute("name", "com.esotericsoftware.tablelayout").pop();
		builder.element("source").attribute("path", "gdx");
		for (String include : includesHandles.keySet()) {
			String name = includesHandles.get(include).path().replace("\\", "/").replace("src/com/badlogic/gdx/", "");
			builder.element("include").attribute("name", name).pop();
		}
		// duplicate names...
		builder.element("include").attribute("name", "graphics/g2d/Animation.java").pop();
		builder.element("include").attribute("name", "graphics/g3d/Animation.java").pop();
		builder.pop();
		builder.pop();
		builder.close();
		System.out.println(writer);

		new FileHandle("src/com/badlogic/gdx.gwt.xml").writeString(writer.toString(), false);
	}
}

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En el corazón del mar (título original: In the Heart of the Sea) es una película estadounidense, dirigida por Ron Howard y protagonizada por Chris Hemsworth como Owen Chase. Está basada en un libro de no ficción titulado En el corazón del mar: La tragedia del ballenero Essex, escrito por el autor Nathaniel Philbrick, que relata la historia real del hundimiento del ballenero Essex en 1820, un evento que inspiró la novela Moby-Dick de Herman Melville en 1851.

Se estrenó previamente en la ciudad de Nueva York el 7 de diciembre de 2015 y más tarde, el 11 de diciembre del mismo año en Estados Unidos por Warner Bros. Pictures. A pesar de que recibió críticas mixtas por parte de los críticos, fue un éxito de taquilla al lograr recaudar 93 millones de dólares contra un presupuesto de 100 millones.

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En 1850, el autor Herman Melville (Ben Whishaw) visita al posadero Thomas Nickerson (Brendan Gleeson), el último sobreviviente del hundimiento del ballenero Essex, ofreciéndole dinero a cambio de su historia. Nickerson inicialmente se niega, pero finalmente acepta a regañadientes cuando su esposa interviene.

La historia se retrocede a la década de 1820: una compañía ballenera en Nantucket ha reacondicionado el Essex para participar en el lucrativo comercio de aceite de ballena, y Nickerson (Tom Holland), de 14 años, firma como un chico de cabaña. Los propietarios contratan al veterano ballenero Owen Chase (Chris Hemsworth) como primer oficial, aunque está decepcionado de no recibir una comisión de capitán. El capitán es George Pollard, Jr. (Benjamin Walker), un marinero inexperto de una familia ballenera establecida que envidia la habilidad y popularidad de Chase. Chase y Pollard se enfrentan, lo que lleva a Pollard a navegar en una tormenta contra el consejo de Chase. Los dos acuerdan dejar de lado sus diferencias, en lugar de arriesgar su reputación al regresar a puerto sin ganancias, y pronto, la tripulación mata a su primer cachalote toro.

Pasan tres meses sin más éxitos, y Pollard se da cuenta de que el Océano Atlántico no tiene avistamiento de ballenas. El Essex navega más allá del Cabo de Hornos hasta el Pacífico, con la esperanza de tener mejor suerte para atrapar uno. En Atacames, Ecuador, los oficiales se encuentran con un capitán español (Jordi Mollà) que les dice que su tripulación encontró el abundante "Offshore Grounds" a 2.000 millas al oeste, pero afirma que una vengativa "ballena blanca" destruyó su barco, matando a seis de sus hombres. Descartando la historia como un mito, Pollard y Chase lideran la expedición hacia el oeste. Encuentran los terrenos tranquilos, pero cuando lanzan los barcos balleneros, la ballena blanca, un cachalote toro albino masivo ataca, dañando los botes y encendiendo el barco.

Chase le lanza un arpón desde la cubierta del Essex, pero la ballena embiste el casco de madera del barco, matando a dos hombres. Con el casco estufado y las bombas sin funcionar, la tripulación abandona el Essex que se hunde en los tres barcos balleneros intactos, y debe navegar cientos de millas hasta la costa con suministros muy limitados. La ballena la sigue y ataca de nuevo, pero escapan a la pequeña isla Henderson. Mientras recolecta comida, Chase descubre los cadáveres de náufragos anteriores, y concluye que la tripulación pronto morirá en la isla antes de que pase otro barco. Cuatro hombres deciden quedarse, mientras que el resto zarpa de nuevo en los barcos con la esperanza de encontrar tierra. Poco después, uno de los hombres muere, y la tripulación restante decide a regañadientes canibalizarlo.

El mayor Nickerson se ve abrumado por el remordimiento de su canibalismo y detiene su historia, pensando que su esposa no podría amarlo si lo supiera; sin embargo, cuando su esposa lo consuela, asegurándole que todavía lo ama, se siente lo suficientemente animado como para terminar. Durante esa década, los tres barcos están separados por las corrientes y uno de ellos se pierde en el mar. Los otros dos recurren aún más al canibalismo para sobrevivir, con el primo de Pollard, Henry Coffin (Frank Dillane), sacrificándose tras el suicidio.

La ballena blanca regresa repentinamente, y Chase se pone en posición para un ataque final. La ballena se rompe por un momento, lo que permite a Chase observar una parte de su arpón previamente lanzado todavía incrustado sobre el ojo de la ballena. Chase duda y mira fijamente el ojo izquierdo de la ballena, mientras la ballena mira a Chase. Después de un momento de pensamiento, Chase baja su arpón y decide no matar a la criatura. Después de este encuentro, la ballena se aleja nadando pacíficamente y nunca más se la vuelve a ver.

Un barco que pasaba cerca del perímetro marítimo rescata el bote de Pollard, pero el bote de Chase continúa a la deriva sin comida ni agua. Finalmente, con los sobrevivientes al borde de la muerte, el bote de este último llega a la isla chilena Alejandro Selkirk. Todos los sobrevivientes son cuidados y alimentados, para finalmente ser llevados de regreso a Nantucket, donde finalmente se reúnen con sus angustiadas familias. Los propietarios de los barcos de Nantucket le piden a Pollard y Chase que encubran la historia para proteger la reputación de la industria, pero Chase, decidiendo que ya ha tenido suficiente de su deshonestidad y que ya no se preocupa por ellos, se niega a seguir adelante y renuncia. Pollard revela la verdad en la investigación, para su enojo de los propietarios.

El mayor Nickerson relata que un barco fue enviado a la isla Henderson para rescatar a los hombres sobrevivientes ahí, Chase continuó navegando por los mares y se convirtió en un capitán mercante, que su esposa había dicho anteriormente que no cambiaría su amor por él, y Pollard dirigió otra expedición para encontrar y matar a la ballena. Sin embargo, nunca pudo encontrar al animal y el barco encalló frente a las islas hawaianas, lo que provocó se viera obligado a retirarse. Cuando el mayor Nickerson termina de contar la historia, Melville se despide de él y parte del lugar para componer su novela, Moby-Dick, comenzando por escribir su primera línea: "Llámame Ismael".

Reparto
 Chris Hemsworth como Owen Chase.
 Benjamin Walker como George Pollard, Jr.
 Cillian Murphy como Matthew Joy.
 Tom Holland como Thomas Nickerson (joven)
 Brendan Gleeson como Thomas Nickerson (viejo).
 Ben Whishaw como Herman Melville.
 Michelle Fairley como Sra. Nickerson.
 Jordi Mollà como Capitán español.
 Joseph Mawle como Benjamin Lawrence.
 Frank Dillane como Henry Coffin.
 Charlotte Riley como Peggy.
 Donald Sumpter como Pablo Macy.
 Paul Anderson como Caleb Chappel.

Producción

Casting
La película estaba en desarrollo en 2000, con Barry Levinson como director para Miramax Films.

Chris Hemsworth fue elegido para interpretar el papel principal, Owen Chase, en junio de 2012.  Tom Holland ganó el papel del joven Nickerson en abril de 2013.  Cillian Murphy firmó como Matthew Joy en junio. Antes de que Benjamin Walker interpretara al Capitán, otros actores que se consideraron incluían a Benedict Cumberbatch , Tom Hiddleston y Henry Cavill .

Rodaje
El rodaje comenzó en septiembre de 2013 en Londres y en los estudios Leavesden (Warner Bros) en Hertfordshire, Inglaterra, Reino Unido.  También fue grabada en La Gomera y en Lanzarote, parte del archipiélago de las Islas Canarias, España. El 22 de noviembre de 2013 se anunció que la película iba a ser estrenada el 13 de marzo de 2015.

Para las escenas de la tormenta, el equipo de producción construyó un tanque de agua en Leavesden Studios, donde se construyó una plataforma sobre un cardán para imitar el tono de una tormenta. Para obtener el efecto correcto, se vertieron 500 galones de agua helada con cañones.

Durante un punto de la filmación, el elenco y el equipo se vieron obligados a retirarse a su hotel por una tormenta en las Islas Canarias, que se convirtió en una rara inundación repentina. La producción se cerró durante un día y medio, ampliando el rodaje a 73 días, exactamente como esperaban los cineastas.

En una entrevista en Jimmy Kimmel Live! , Hemsworth declaró que para prepararse para el papel de marineros hambrientos, el elenco estaba en una dieta de 500 a 600 calorías al día para perder peso.   Hemsworth también tuvo que bajar de peso de 215 a 175 libras (97,5 a 79,3 kg) interpretando a Owen, y dijo que In the Heart of the Sea es "física y emocionalmente la película más difícil de la que he formado parte ... . Perdiendo el peso a esta longitud, simplemente no quiero volver a hacerlo nunca más, pero tuvo un efecto tan emocional en nosotros ... de alguna manera, sentimos que estábamos haciendo lo que estos hombres hicieron con justicia ".

Estrenos

También se estrenó este 2020 la película en Netflix.

Véase también
 Ballenero Essex
 Moby-Dick
 Ann Alexander (ballenero)

Referencias

Enlaces externos

Películas basadas en hechos reales
Películas dirigidas por Ron Howard
Películas de Estados Unidos
Películas en inglés
Películas de 2015
Películas rodadas en Canarias
Películas con música de Roque Baños

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Turmeric is one of the most potent natural cure-alls. This anti-inflammatory, antioxidant packed, cancer fighting, anti-bacterial and anti-viral superfood, turmeric has now been found to lift depression more effectively then any other conventional drugs.
Instructions: Mix all the ingredients into a small pitcher, stir and serve with a slice of lemon as a garnish.
But what about powdered turmeric needing to be heated or the need to add black pepper?
Is the above recipe for one day's consumption? How often do I drink it per day? Please let me know. Thank you.
Hail to the "Turmeric", its glories never seize with lots of surprises. Just be aware of some store turmeric since some may contain lead to add color to make it bright.
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I have made my own concoction & have been using it for a few years. Never had cold or bronchitis for years like I used to.
1 tbs tumeric,, 1/2 cup honey,( May add more) 1/3 cup cider vinegar mix well.
Take 1-2 tsps every night before going to bed. Some times I mix it with tepid 1/2 cup water & sip.
I do the same with ginger in a separate bottle & have it every morn before B'fast.
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LEDBURY showjumper Charlotte Pudge went clear to take victory in a second round qualifier and book her place in the British Showjumping National Championships.
Pudge riding her eight-year-old grey gelding Cassinaro Dream took victory in the KBIS Insurance Senior British Novice Second Round at Aston Le Walls Equestrian Centre in Daventry, Northampstonshire.
Some 35 horses contended this final second round qualifier of the 2018 summer season and 30 hopefuls produced first round clears over the 10-fence track.
Just two were lost on the way in round two with 28 going forward to a strong jump-off.
Pudge again jumped a confident round, holding off all challenges to win by an impressive 1.22 seconds with 17 of the horse and rider combinations provided treble clears to go forward to the National Championships.


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5 Secrets You Didn't Know About Nancy Drew
By: Kathryn Whitbourne | Updated: Apr 16, 2021
Bonita Granville stars in the 1938 movie "Nancy Drew - Detective." LMPC via Getty Images
Back in 1930, a certain "girl sleuth" appeared on the scene driving a sporty blue roadster at top speed as she solved mysteries in books with names like "The Hidden Staircase" and "The Mystery at Lilac Inn." Who could this be? Why, Nancy Drew of course.
"Nancy Drew grew out of the Depression and wanting to give children something to think about other than problems at home," said Nancy Axelrod, a writer and editor involved with the syndicate that published the Nancy Drew books, in the book "Nancy Drew and Company." Throughout the decades, and various iterations, the fictional heroine has remained very popular. Here are five secrets we've uncovered about Nancy Drew.
1. Who Was Carolyn Keene?
Carolyn Keene is listed as the author of all the Nancy Drew books. But there was no such person. From the beginning, there was a stable of writers for the series, none of whom had that name. Twenty-three of the first 30 books were written by a journalist named Mildred Wirt Benson, under the direction of Edward Stratemeyer, who developed several series books for children (Ever read the Hardy Boys, Bobbsey Twins or Tom Swift? Those were his creations too.) Stratemeyer came up with the characters and outlines and farmed out the content to various ghostwriters to finish.
But you could say that Benson was the one who made Nancy what she became. Tired of the "namby-pamby" girls' series of the time, Benson made Nancy an independent, adventurous girl (with her own car!) who solved mysteries by herself, occasionally referring to her father Carson Drew, a lawyer, for advice.
"I sort of liked the character from the beginning," Benson told The New York Times in 1993. "Now that kind of woman is common, but then it was a new concept, though not to me. I just naturally thought that girls could do the things boys did." Yet, she added shockingly, "I'm so sick of Nancy Drew I could vomit."
Another series writer was Harriet Stratemeyer Adams (Edward's daughter) who wrote Nos. 33-56, plus No. 31. And a handful of men also ghostwrote as well.
2. Why Did Nancy Drew Change?
Edward Stratemeyer died suddenly in 1930, the same year the series premiered, and Harriett Adams took over the syndicate. Under her guidance, Nancy underwent a heavy revision in 1959, becoming more sedate and less snooty. Take, for instance, the first book "The Secret of the Old Clock." "1930 Nancy was more emotional and chided herself. She was a little less perfect and more real," wrote Nancy Drew expert Jennifer Fisher. "1930 Nancy referred to the Topham girls as 'vapid creatures' and said they do not deserve the Crowley fortune. By 1959, this rather un-Nancy like behavior was shouldered upon Hannah Gruen."
In the revision, Nancy aged from 16 to 18 (so she could legally drive in all 50 states), exchanged her roadster for a convertible (to keep up with the times) and had more of a familial relationship with the housekeeper Hannah Gruen; originally, she played more of a servant role. Hannah, who was invariably described as "motherly," provided a somewhat parental figure for Nancy, whose mother, we're given to understand, died when Nancy was 3. But at the same time she wasn't so much of a parent as to forbid Nancy from undertaking her various adventures. Adams also removed some of the racially stereotypical characters that had clouded the original series.
In 2004, another set of revisions followed, which put the Nancy Drew books into the first person, and had her tooling around in a hybrid vehicle (still blue) and helping Hannah with domestic chores. Her best friends remained the "pleasantly plump" Bess Marvin and her cousin, the athletic tomboy George Fayne.
3. Is It True the Critics Hated the Books?
Yes, even wholesome Nancy was not a universal favorite with adults when she first debuted. Many librarians considered these books to be "trash" and a "menace to good reading" because of their formulaic plots and characters. In 1957, writer Phyllis Fenner complained that Nancy was "saucy" and "strongheaded" while performing "all kinds of stunts, [and solving] mysteries involving high-powered cars and expensive perfumes." Opposition largely fell away as educators began embracing series books, comics and graphic novels as ways to get children to get more interested in reading.
4. What Became of Helen Corning?
You remember her? She was Nancy's sidekick in the early books before Bess and George showed up. In the original series Helen Corning was portrayed as a bit of a gossip who was always up for some fun. She popped in and out of several books, subbing for Bess and George when they weren't available; she also happened to date Buck Rodman, Ned Nickerson's roommate (Ned was Nancy's "steady," as they used to say.) In the 1959 revisions, Helen Corning got engaged in the second book "The Hidden Staircase" and by the 10th, "The Passage to Larkspur Lane," she was married to Jim Archer, and hardly seen again — which allowed Bess and George to assume bigger roles. Decades later, Helen was resurrected as part of the newer incarnation of the series, "Nancy Drew, Girl Detective" which ran 2004-2012.
5. How Many Nancy Drew Books Are There?
Harriet Stratemeyer Adams died in 1982, and the series syndicate was sold to Simon and Schuster who went to work creating a whole lot of spinoffs, many of which Adams would not have approved of. "I feel you overstepped your position in trying to revamp Nancy's character," Adams wrote to an editor back when she was warring with the previous publisher Grosset and Dunlap. "She is not all those dreadful things you accuse her of and in many instances you have actually wanted to make her negative. And don't forget, every Shakespearian tragedy has plenty of humor in it!"
The classic series ran to 56 books, but the current total is over 175. Let's see if you can keep all these spinoffs straight: In the 1980s, there was the Nancy Drew files (which lasted for 125 books) and was more focused on romance as well as mystery. The "On Campus" series of the 1990s had Nancy attending Wilder University, while the "Nancy Drew Notebooks" targeted the very young with stories about Nancy and her friends in elementary school.
The current incarnation of the classic Nancy Drew series is called "The Nancy Drew Diaries" and debuted in 2013. Nevertheless, the books will sound familiar to any Nancy Drew reader, past or present: "Nancy, Bess, and George race to catch an international jewel thief" reads the synopsis for "The Stolen Show."
Now That Hurts
Nancy Drew expert Jennifer Fisher estimated that Nancy was knocked unconscious 19 times, kidnapped 16 times and locked in an elevator once, among other catastrophes.
Originally Published: Apr 2, 2019
Kathryn Whitbourne "5 Secrets You Didn't Know About Nancy Drew" 2 April 2019.
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from the distant past, we can find new questions and old problems……but what we really can learn from is the moment of the day…..
inquiry for today~ how do we check out at the end of the day? at a moment when change is called for? when resistance to the uglies settles in?


Technology – most notably chatbots – have changed the face of customer service. They offer customers instant access to personalized advice and answers at virtually any time of day, all at a fraction of the cost of many other customer service channels. These capabilities have caught the attention of execs in a range of industries and put chatbots at the center of an increasing number of business strategies, as more and more organizations look for ways to improve customer service while simultaneously cutting costs.
As chatbots and automation become increasingly prevalent – Gartner projects that by 2020, more than 85% of customer interactions will be handled without a human agent – it's caused some concern over how the job market will be impacted, specifically, whether chatbots and AI might soon make human agents obsolete.
While there is no denying AI will cause some disruption, it's not all doom and gloom. In fact, a number of industry experts seem to agree that moving forward, AI will be most effective working alongside humans; for organizations to truly benefit, their focus must be on worker augmentation, not replacement.
To help your organization prepare for the future of customer service, we've compiled excerpts from a number of industry analysts as they offer their perspectives – good or bad – into the future of bots and human agents, along with potential pitfalls to avoid and ideas on how to find a workable balance.
"AI's potential to reduce staff head count attracts the attention of senior business executives as a potential cost-saving initiative. A more informed expectation, however, would be for applications that help and improve human endeavors, as AI promises benefits far beyond automation. Organizations that embrace this perspective are more likely to find workers eager to embrace AI.
"As intelligent enterprises integrate AI technologies into their systems, customers and employees will expect even more from these interactions. As artificial intelligence becomes people's "go-to" technology, it will require enterprises to step up to a new challenge: creating responsible AI. This not only has business implications, but also individual and societal implications. AI will be successful only if it's adopted by people, and it will only be successful it if helps provide better outcomes for people and society.
"AI-driven chatbots are extensively being used in customer support. The idea is to take over the initial interaction with customers and route them to different places based on the queries.
It has been speculated by the ever foreseeing herd that these intelligent algorithms will eventually eat up the jobs of customer support agents and are here to replace them. But…chatbots are here to assist humans in providing a faster, contextual and better support experience.
"Globally, 31% of firms Forrester surveyed were using chatbots in 2016 or planned to do so in 2017. Many companies are chomping at the bit to replace human agents with virtual ones, especially when they see claims of deflection rates of up to 80%. Giving customers the ability to stay in a text channel and receive real-time guidance from chatbots, live chat agents, or a combination of both will be a growing trend.
"The 2017 Top of Mind Survey reveals that early adopters of AI and robotics among manufacturers and retailers in the consumer goods industry have a variety of motives. The most obvious one, lowering operating costs, is cited as a key benefit by 27 percent of businesses using basic robotics and by 23 percent of those investing in cognitive robotics (AI-powered machines that can learn).
"Travel companies are investing in artificial intelligence, but that doesn't mean fewer jobs for humans… Artificial intelligence can replace some existing jobs, and managers have to take care of what the next step for people is, that is relevant in the data world.
"We will see 'technological unemployment,'" says Professor Ryan Abbott, professor of law and health sciences at the University of Surrey, but if a chatbot gives hotel recommendations based on reviews and your preferences, rather than plugging a relative's place, maybe that's for the best.
"It comes as no surprise that artificial intelligence (AI) tops the list of potentially disruptive technologies. Vast amounts of processable data and techniques such as machine learning have made it possible to create algorithms capable of outperforming humans at detecting trends, making predictions and taking appropriate action. In the financial sector, legions of smart machines are taking over a wide range of tasks that were once the preserve of human workers. Jörn Leogrande, vice president mobile services at payment platform Wirecard, says that while machine learning still requires humans to be involved in some of the more complex decisions, these tools are increasingly being used for customer-facing activities. "Providers of financial services are using AI to make predictions about customers' behavior, which can then be used to push certain products, reduce churn and create market insights for product and brand development," he says.
Automation technologies including artificial intelligence and robotics will generate significant benefits for users, businesses, and economies, lifting productivity and economic growth. The extent to which these technologies displace workers will depend on the pace of their development and adoption, economic growth, and growth in demand for work. Even as it causes declines in some occupations, automation will change many more—60 percent of occupations have at least 30 percent of constituent work activities that could be automated. It will also create new occupations that do not exist today, much as technologies of the past have done.
For retailers, one of the main appeals of AI is its ability to measure and monitor shoppers' behavior, and then adapt the customer journey accordingly to offer a personalized experience.
"Artificial intelligence could eliminate many white-collar jobs in coming decades. Its effects are already being felt in the call center industry, but there is still no substitute for the human touch.
The development of bots and automated messaging is already changing the world of call centers, which are often thought to be one of the company departments most at risk of becoming obsolete in a world of artificial intelligence.
"US consumers appear to be warming up to the idea of using of chatbots as a customer relationship management (CRM) tool, according to new research from Aspect Software Research. In its online survey of more than 1,000 18- to 65-year-old US consumers, 44% said that if a company could get the experience right, they would prefer to use a chatbot or automated experience for CRM.
The technology could have the potential to help businesses significantly cut labor costs. While complete automation of the customer service workforce is not feasible, automating customer management and sales positions in the US where possible through chatbots and other automation technologies could result in considerable savings.


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ACT Test Centers and Dates in Sweden
Your search found 1 match. The following is the full list of ACT testing locations in Sweden among which you can pick one to take the exam. Please know that on the test day, test takers can use any 4-function, scientific, or graphing calculator. On the table below, you can also find all test dates through 2019.
2019-2020 ACT Test Dates in Sweden
ACT Test Centers in Sweden
Goteborg Hvitfeldtska Gymnasiet 867720
More about Sweden
Sweden, official Swedish Konungariket Sverige [ ko ː n ʊ ŋ ari ː kət sværjə], constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe (2018) 10.2 million residents; The capital is Stockholm.
IAMHIGHER: Latest statistics of population in the country of Sweden, including languages spoken, urban population, birth rate, fertility rate and life expectancy for both men and women.
The population consists mainly of Swedes, Sami and Finns only live in the very thinly populated north (Lapland). In the second half of the 20th century, an increasing number of foreign workers and refugees came to the country. The share of foreigners in the total population is (2017) 8.42%. In addition, there were 241,000 asylum seekers (at the end of 2017). With an average of 25 residents / km 2 (2017), Sweden is very sparsely populated in a European comparison. Check campingship to see Brief Information About Sweden.
Most of the population lives in southern and central Sweden (south of the latitude of Gävle). In contrast, the administrative districts of Jämtland, Västerbotten and Norrbotten are only very sparsely populated with around 50% of the total land area. A lack of economic prospects is causing many northern Swedes to migrate to the southern metropolitan areas. Overall, 86% of the population live in urban settlements. The largest metropolitan areas are Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö.
Social: With regard to professional and social equality of women and their sexual self-determination, Sweden has made progress like hardly any other country. The employment rate for women is the highest in the European Union, which has also been achieved through a wide range of childcare facilities in day-care centers.
The biggest cities in Sweden
Largest cities (population, as of 2016)
Large municipality Central location
Stockholm 935 600 1,515,000
Gothenburg 556 600 572 800
Malmo 328 500 301 700
Uppsala 214 600 149 200
Linkoping 155 800 106 500
The constitution guarantees religious freedom within the framework of its catalog of fundamental rights (Chapter 2, Article 1). Since the introduction of the Reformation in Sweden (1527), the majority of Swedish Christians have belonged to the Evangelical Lutheran "Church of Sweden" ("Svenska Kyrkan"), which was the state church from 1527 to 1999. Religious freedom was enshrined in law in 1951. Since then, every citizen has the right to withdraw from the Lutheran Church, to which, as a state church, all citizens were assigned "by birth" until the official recording practice was abolished in 1995 (decision of the government and church synod). Following the tradition of the Swedish royal family, the king belongs to the Evangelical Lutheran »Svenska Kyrkan«; until 1999 also obliged under state church law to today only "voluntarily" as a member of the traditional national church of Sweden. This structurally consists of an archbishopric and thirteen dioceses; the Archbishop of Uppsala (since 2014 Antje Jackelén, of German descent; with her, a woman was elected to this office for the first time in 2013) is Prima inter Pares (of the other bishops) and as such the highest representative of her church. The church's legislative competence has been exclusively with the church synod since 2000 (until then with the Reichstag). Today around 45% of all people who hold a priesthood in the »Svenska Kyrkan« are women. with her a woman was elected to this office for the first time in 2013) is Prima inter Pares (of the other bishops) and as such the highest representative of her church. The church's legislative competence has been exclusively with the church synod since 2000 (until then with the Reichstag). Today around 45% of all people who hold a priesthood in the »Svenska Kyrkan« are women. with her a woman was elected to this office for the first time in 2013) is Prima inter Pares (of the other bishops) and as such the highest representative of her church. The church's legislative competence has been exclusively with the church synod since 2000 (until then with the Reichstag). Today around 45% of all people who hold a priesthood in the »Svenska Kyrkan« are women.
Slightly more than 61% of the population (2016) belong to the Lutheran Church (»Svenska Kyrkan«), around 7% to other Protestant denominations (especially Pentecostals, Reformed [»Swedish Missionsbund Church«: »Svenska Missionsförbundet«], Baptists, Salvation Army; in total around 50 denominations), around 2% of the Catholic Church (exemtes diocese of Stockholm), over 1% of various Eastern Churches.
The largest non-Christian faith group are Muslims with an estimated 5-6% of the population (five mosques and Islamic centers, including in Stockholm and Malmö). Numerically smaller religious minorities form the Jewish community (synagogues in Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö; the oldest Jewish community is Stockholm, founded in 1775), Hindus, Buddhists and Bahais. 15–20% of the population are regarded as not religiously bound or as atheists.
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IFTF Workable Futures Initiative
The IFTF Workable Futures Initiative is a call-to-action for policymakers, platform developers, corporate strategists, activists, and of course other workers of all kinds, to join us in blueprinting these positive platforms for the future of work.
About WFI
About IFTF's Workable Futures Initiative
The way we work is changing forever.
A host of technologies—from automation to digital platforms for coordination of tasks—are reinventing not just what people do to earn a living but at a much deeper level how we organize to create value. The landscape of labor economics is in upheaval.
Solutions won't come from any one agency, discipline, or company. It will take collaboration, broad public engagement, smart policy, and an openness to reinventing old economic models. The IFTF Workable Futures Initiative is a call-to-action for policymakers, platform developers, corporate strategists, activists, and workers of all kinds to join us in blueprinting positive platforms for the future of work. The time is now to grapple with the challenges ahead, develop sustainable solutions, and create a future of work that is workable for everyone.
The Workable Futures Initiative takes a four-tiered approach:
On-the-ground research with today's designers and users of new work platforms
A reformulation of labor economics for a world of algorithmic platforms
Prototyping of positive platforms to support a healthy labor economy
Broad public engagement to build awareness of the choices we face as individuals, households, organizations, and public institutions
Whitepapers and reports for policymakers, organizational strategists, and platform developers
Convenings of platform developers, policymakers, and worker advocates to identify design requirements for positive platforms
Civic events to engage a broad range of stakeholders in prototyping positive platforms
A public awareness campaign, using videos, interactive toolkits, crowd forecasting events, and social media
Why Institute for the Future?
IFTF is a recognized thought leader on the future of work, and Fast Company magazine named Institute for the future one of the five most innovative nonprofits developing responses to the changing world of work. We have tracked the intersection of technologies and work for decades, starting with the first studies of the uses of Arpanet (the predecessor of the Internet), and more recently, looking at impacts of collaboration technologies, new organizational forms, and changing workforce skills. We will build on our ongoing research to create a comprehensive and actionable set of tools to help organizations succeed in the rapidly changing world of work.
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About the Workable Futures Initiative
IFTF's Workable Futures Initiative seeks to understand emerging work patterns and to blueprint a generation of positive platforms that can create equitable opportunities and enable sustainable livelihoods. Learn more ...
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IFTF is an independent, nonprofit strategic research group with nearly 50 years of forecasting experience. The core of our work is identifying emerging discontinuities that will transform global society and the global marketplace. Learn more ...
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Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Of The Most Unique Books I've Read
This week we're looking at the most unique books we've read… I think I have read a few really unique books, but I had to actually go through all the books I've read in my goodreads shelf to really take a look at what might be considered unique!
This is what I came up with!
Ashlyn Baptiste is falling. One moment she was nothing—no memories, no self—and then suddenly, she's plummeting through a sea of stars. Is she in a coma? She doesn't remember dying, and she has no memories of the life she left behind. All she knows is that she's trapped in a consciousness without a body and she's spending every moment watching a stranger.
Breckon Cody's on the edge. He's being ripped apart by grief so intense it literally hurts to breathe. On the surface, Breckon is trying to hold it together for his family and his girlfriend, but underneath he's barely hanging on.
Even though she didn't know him in life, Ashlyn sees Breckon's pain, and she's determined to find a way help him. As her own distressing memories emerge from the darkness, she struggles to communicate with the boy who can't see her, but whose life is suddenly intertwined with hers. In alternating voices of the main characters, My Beating Teenage Heart paints a devastatingly vivid picture of both the heartbreak and the promise of teenage life—a life Ashlyn would do anything to recover and Breckon seems desperate to destroy—and will appeal to fans of Sarah Dessen, John Green, and David Levithan.
Anna Emerson is a thirty-year-old English teacher desperately in need of adventure. Worn down by the cold Chicago winters and a
relationship that's going nowhere, she jumps at the chance to spend the summer on a tropical island tutoring sixteen-year-old T.J.
T.J. Callahan has no desire to go anywhere. His cancer is in remission and he wants to get back to his normal life. But his parents are insisting he spend the summer in the Maldives catching up on all the school he missed last year.
Anna and T.J. board a private plane headed to the Callahan's summer home, and as they fly over the Maldives' twelve hundred islands, the unthinkable happens. Their plane crashes in shark-infested waters. They make it to shore, but soon discover that they're stranded on an uninhabited island.
At first, their only thought is survival. But as the days turn to weeks, and then months, the castaways encounter plenty of other obstacles, including violent tropical storms, the many dangers lurking in the sea, and the possibility that T.J.'s cancer could return. As T.J. celebrates yet another birthday on the island, Anna begins to wonder if the biggest challenge of all might be living with a boy who is gradually becoming a man.
Anna and Bennett were never supposed to meet: she lives in 1995 Chicago and he lives in 2012 San Francisco. But Bennett has the unique ability to travel through time and space, which brings him into Anna's life, and with him a new world of adventure and possibility.
As their relationship deepens, the two face the reality that time may knock Bennett back to where he belongs, even as a devastating crisis throws everything they believe into question. Against a ticking clock, Anna and Bennett are forced to ask themselves how far they can push the bounds of fate, what consequences they can bear in order to stay together, and whether their love can stand the test of time.
Fresh, exciting, and deeply romantic, Time Between Us is a stunning, spellbinding debut from an extraordinary new voice in YA fiction.
Grace and Tippi. Tippi and Grace. Two sisters. Two hearts. Two dreams. Two lives. But one body.
Grace and Tippi are conjoined twins, joined at the waist, defying the odds of survival for sixteen years. They share everything, and they are everything to each other. They would never imagine being apart. For them, that would be the real tragedy.
But something is happening to them. Something they hoped would never happen. And Grace doesn't want to admit it. Not even to Tippi.
How long can they hide from the truth—how long before they must face the most impossible choice of their lives?
Elsie Porter is an average twentysomething and yet what happens to her is anything but ordinary. On a rainy New Year's Day, she heads out to pick up a pizza for one. She isn't expecting to see anyone else in the shop, much less the adorable and charming Ben Ross. Their chemistry is instant and electric. Ben cannot even wait twenty-four hours before asking to see her again. Within weeks, the two are head over heels in love. By May, they've eloped.
Only nine days later, Ben is out riding his bike when he is hit by a truck and killed on impact. Elsie hears the sirens outside her apartment, but by the time she gets downstairs, he has already been whisked off to the emergency room. At the hospital, she must face Susan, the mother-in-law she has never met and who doesn't even know Elsie exists.
Interweaving Elsie and Ben's charmed romance with Elsie and Susan's healing process, Forever, Interrupted will remind you that there's more than one way to find a happy ending.
It began as an assignment for English class: write a letter to a dead person.
Laurel chooses Kurt Cobain because her sister, May, loved him. And he died young, just like May. Soon, Laurel has a notebook full of letters to the dead–to people like Janis Joplin, Heath Ledger, Amelia Earhart, and Amy Winehouse–though she never gives a single one of them to her teacher. She writes about starting high school, navigating the choppy waters of new friendships, learning to live with her splintering family, falling in love for the first time, and, most important, trying to grieve for May. But how do you mourn for someone you haven't forgiven?
It's not until Laurel has written the truth about what happened to herself that she can finally accept what happened to May. And only when Laurel has began to see her sister as the person she was–lovely and amazing and deeply flawed–can she truly start to discover her own path.
In a voice that's as lyrical and as true as a favorite song, Ava Dellaira writes about one girl's journey through life's challenges with a haunting and often heartbreaking beauty.
What happened to the girl you left behind?
In 1916, French artist Edouard Lefevre leaves his wife Sophie to fight at the Front. When her town falls into German hands, his portrait of Sophie stirs the heart of the local Kommandant and causes her to risk everything – her family, reputation and life—in the hope of seeing her true love one last time.
Nearly a century later and Sophie's portrait is given to Liv by her young husband shortly before his sudden death. Its beauty speaks of their short life together, but when the painting's dark and passion-torn history is revealed, Liv discovers that the first spark of love she has felt since she lost him is threatened…
In The Girl You Left Behind two young women, separated by a century, are united in their determination to fight for the thing they love most—whatever the cost.
This morning, Kady thought breaking up with Ezra was the hardest thing she'd have to do. This afternoon, her planet was invaded.
The year is 2575, and two rival megacorporations are at war over a planet that's little more than an ice-covered speck at the edge of the universe. Too bad nobody thought to warn the people living on it. With enemy fire raining down on them, Kady and Ezra—who are barely even talking to each other—are forced to fight their way onto an evacuating fleet, with an enemy warship in hot pursuit.
But their problems are just getting started. A deadly plague has broken out and is mutating, with terrifying results; the fleet's AI, which should be protecting them, may actually be their enemy; and nobody in charge will say what's really going on. As Kady hacks into a tangled web of data to find the truth, it's clear only one person can help her bring it all to light: the ex-boyfriend she swore she'd never speak to again.
Regret was for people with nothing to defend, people who had no water.
Lynn knows every threat to her pond: drought, a snowless winter, coyotes, and, most importantly, people looking for a drink. She makes sure anyone who comes near the pond leaves thirsty, or doesn't leave at all.
Confident in her own abilities, Lynn has no use for the world beyond the nearby fields and forest. Having a life means dedicating it to survival, and the constant work of gathering wood and water. Having a pond requires the fortitude to protect it, something Mother taught her well during their quiet hours on the rooftop, rifles in hand.
But wisps of smoke on the horizon mean one thing: strangers. The mysterious footprints by the pond, nighttime threats, and gunshots make it all too clear Lynn has exactly what they want, and they won't stop until they get it….
With evocative, spare language and incredible drama, danger, and romance, debut author Mindy McGinnis depicts one girl's journey in a barren world not so different than our own.
Daelyn Rice is broken beyond repair, and after a string of botched suicide attempts, she's determined to get her death right. She starts visiting a website for "completers"— www. through-the-light.com.
While she's on the site, Daelyn blogs about her life, uncovering a history of bullying that goes back to kindergarten. When she's not on the Web, Daelyn's at her private school, where she's known as the freak who doesn't talk.
Then, a boy named Santana begins to sit with her after school while she's waiting to for her parents to pick her up. Even though she's made it clear that she wants to be left alone, Santana won't give up. And it's too late for Daelyn to be letting people into her life… isn't it?
National Book Award finalist Julie Anne Peters shines a light on how bullying can push young people to the very edge.
A powerful debut novel about the gray space between truth and perception.
Quinn's done the unthinkable: she kissed a guy who is not Carey, her boyfriend. And she got caught. Being branded a cheater would be bad enough, but Quinn is deemed a traitor, and shunned by all of her friends. Because Carey's not just any guy—he's serving in Afghanistan and revered by everyone in their small, military town.
Quinn could clear her name, but that would mean revealing secrets that she's vowed to keep—secrets that aren't hers to share. And when Carey goes MIA, Quinn must decide how far she'll go to protect her boyfriend…and her promise.
Written in her wonderfully honest, edgy, passionate and often hilarious voice, Tiffanie DeBartolo tells the story of Eliza Caelum, a young music journalist, and Paul Hudson, a talented songwriter and lead singer of the band Bananafish. Eliza's reverence for rock is equaled only by Paul's, and the two fall wildly in love.
When Bananafish is signed by a big corporate label, and Paul is on his way to becoming a major rock star, Eliza must make a heartbreaking decision that leads to Paul's sudden disappearance and a surprise knock-your-socks-off ending.
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Perkins: Secretariat one of a kind
By Dave PerkinsSports Columnist
Fri., Oct. 15, 2010timer3 min. read
With all respect to Redwood, Chinchon, Marsh Side and other worthies chasing the best portion of $2 million Saturday at Woodbine in the Canadian International, it's safe to say no one will park in knee-deep mud for a chance to see them run 1½ miles.
This isn't 1973, when Secretariat packed them in for his final career race, adding a thick chapter to this country's thoroughbred history and delivering to the Canadian International, now sponsored by Pattison, a stature the race has earned and enjoyed since.
There's plenty of talk these days about Secretariat, thanks to the new Disney movie that tells his story, although as usual, Hollywood takes a good story and torques it beyond the point of credulity.
Most racing movies seem to contain exactly the same scene: The hero animal is hopelessly last, owners anxiously wilting in the grandstand, before the jock leans forward and says, "Okay, boy. Let's go'' at exactly the instant someone in the grandstand half a mile away — usually someone too young to bet — shouts, "Now!'' And you know what happens next: In about a six-minute race, he passes two dozen horses to beat his arch rival (and shut up his nasty owner) going away.
This one has plenty of silly stuff mixed in with some nice racing footage, but it's akin to one of those old Lassie movies, when, as the saying goes, Lassie would jump up and spell "fire" in the mashed potatoes. It's a Disney special, all the way.
Still and all, Secretariat was some great horse and that was some day at Woodbine way back when, meaning cold and dark, with rain that gusted to sleet. Yves Loiselle, the now-retired photo finish man at Greenwood and Woodbine, remembers he needed to light up the finish wire for a photo, something never before done on the turf course and possibly never done since, because turf races aren't run in the dark.
Secretariat finished at Woodbine partly because owner Penny Chenery Tweedy, the Diane Lane of her day, was paying homage to Quebec-born trainer Lucien Laurin and jockey Ron Turcotte, a New Brunswick native. That and Woodbine also bumped the purse from $75,000 to $125,000. Still, Chenery Tweedy and Laurin walked the soaked turf course on race-day morning with nervous executives of what was then the Ontario Jockey Club before granting final approval to race him.
After 1 5/8 miles, Secretariat romped by 6 ½ lengths over Big Spruce, having opened a 12-length advantage after putting away pace-setter Kennedy Road. The late race-caller Daryl Wells called out, "He's all yours!'' as Big Red thundered home and at least 100 people seemed to agree, charging across the dirt track to the outside fence of the inner grass course for a closer look. Scary stuff.
"I remember a couple of things,'' said David Willmot, later Woodbine's CEO and now squire of Kinghaven Farms, which sends out Fifty Proof Saturday. "The first was (jockey Avelino) Gomez on Kennedy Road, trying to knock Secretariat down on the backstretch. That didn't work.
"The other is that it was a very profitable day for Woodbine because of all the souvenir tickets that went home uncashed. That and the parking lots were so full people were parking in a soybean field to the west, in mud up to their axles. We were still clearing cars out of that field on the Wednesday.''
Those uncashed tickets? Many thousands of dollars. Someone called Woodbine the other day and said he had rediscovered a $100 win ticket on Secretariat and could he still cash it? The answer, 37 years later, is it's worth what you can get on eBay.