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I'm participating in another round of Ciburbanity's "Swap It Like It's Hot" challenge!
I decided to perform a little surgery on the dinosaur so I could turn it into a business card holder!
After it had dried, I shoved some cards in its back!
I love how the dinosaur looks like it's made of hammered gold!
Here's a before and after of the transformation!
The wood plaque really stumped me. I knew I wanted to paint it white but I wasn't sure what'd to do with it after I painted it.
I ended up turning it into a mini mail organizer!
I painted everything white and then I shoved the dowels into the plaques holes and hung it up!
I sent Jennifer some interesting items so make sure you stop by her blog to see what she did with them!
I am super impressed. That dinosaur actually looks chic, not suer how that could ever happen lol! And the mail organizer was such a great idea.
oh that dino! i LOVE it! totally makes me think of your alligator succulent planter, too! fab work!
The dinosaur makes an AMAZING business card holder - just the cutest!!! That wooden plaque turned out too cool as well... Love the texture!
Thanks Brynne! Isn't the plaque great?! I just love the geometric design!
Wow, clever, clever!! I would have never thought to use the dinosaur that way. So cool! And love the little organizer too!
That dinosaur is adorable! Love it!
This is THE coolest business card holder ever! Love it!
Beautiful and clever repurpose Caitlin. Amazing what a little out of the box thinking can produce!
Ah, this is great. You have to know I LOVE that dino biz card holder! I always say, you can't have too many dinosaurs (right?!).
Love this! I actually have an air plant that live in my T-rex at work. I might need to find him a friend for my business cards.


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~ THE LAZY VEGAN ~ HOME OF PACO & LUIGI AND FRIENDS: There's Nothing Like the Season of Spring at The Lazy Vegan!
There's Nothing Like the Season of Spring at The Lazy Vegan!
Making new friends at the bunny playground!
"Nosebonks" with a bunny named Claire!
Spring is really an amazing time. Suddenly there are nests and babies everywhere...on my walk one morning, a neighbor pointed out to me a nest that a wild turkey had built close to the road. We peered into it and saw at least 12 huge eggs- she had wandered off when the neighbor's dog got too close, but came back later, and I saw her sitting on the nest this morning! Too bad I didn't have my camera with me. There are baby quail running around in the pasture with their parents, and a young jack rabbit has been hanging out very close to the house - I think he wants to come play with Wasabi! He is adorable- I've never seen a jack rabbit hang out so close to our house before- which makes me think it has something to do with the fact that we now have a house rabbit! The donks are doing their spring time shedding (poor Paco has bald spots on his little rump) and so are the dogs. Boulder is the only one who doesn't seem too bothered by the change of season- as long as he gets his regular naps in, it doesn't matter what the weather is! We went to the bunny playground today! There were quite a few new bunnies up for adoption- sadly, because of the Easter holiday, when too many people get bunnies and then realize they can't care for them forever.
This is one of the new bunnies up for adoption- her name is Cynthia.
As soon as we got there, Wasabi felt the need to do some personal grooming!
Wasabi soaks up the extra attention!
More bunnies up for adoption get cuddled by volunteers.
Oh, the sight of green grass!
While the foreman continued to work on a plumbing issue upstairs, Wasabi spent some days downstairs in the kitchen. She loves hopping up to the roof top to check things out.
Wasabi's latest "bunstruction" project- taking out the inside of her new tunnel!
Time for a parsley break.
Nothing to do but graze all day!
Bravo takes a moment to pause - or is it "paws" - to think while chewing his bone.
Sneaking the new growth on the grape vine!
Solo on his way to the vet- he went to get his blood tested again. We won't have the results till next week.
Here are a few photos from Snap's amazing trip to Taos, New Mexico, to attend the writing & yoga workshop taught by Natalie Goldberg!
Taking a batik class in Taos!
Windows painted by D.H. Lawrence at the place where Snap stayed!
The Mabel Dodge Luhan house, where the workshop was. Snap took lots of really great photos and it sounded like a really cool trip!
A jack rabbit sighting! This one was much bigger than the smaller one who has been hanging closer to the house- I have yet to capture him/her on film.
"Uh, excuse me...can Wasabi come out to play today?"
I found this bird nest on the ground in the donkey barn! It was empty, of course- I picked it up because I figured it was probably already sniffed/stepped on by the donkeys and a bird wouldn't be using it again. Speaking of birds, we had two birds make their way into the house this week. One day I came home to find a bird inside upstairs with Wasabi! She was trying to find the open window to get out. I managed to pick her up and put her out without any problems. The second bird was harder- the foreman had to help with that- we used the net that we use to clean the hot tub with to get her out safely.
Nothing like a bunstruction project!
A deer blends in. The wild animals have a knack for blending in with their surroundings!
Boulder likes to nap near the door now.
Some type of purple wild flower that comes up every year in the pasture.
No lack of green grass this year!
Wasabi checks out her new tunnel. It is actually a mold used for cement- I got it at Home Depot (I got the idea from the tunnels at the bunny playground).
Look closely- that's a wild turkey flying- Luigi chased him out of the pasture!
It is the time of year when the male wild turkeys do a lot of parading around.
The foreman practices his golf swing!


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Joseph Somes, Captain Edward Goldsmith and the "Angelina" 1844-46
In all, the month of July 1845 saw Captain Edward Goldsmith make some swift changes to the course of his life and that of his eldest son Richard Sydney Goldsmith. Having swapped his commission to sail the Parrock Hall, due to depart on 15 July 1845 on yet one more round trip to NSW, he sailed instead on that very date for Sydney in command of the Angelina, Robert Brook's newest acquisition which was transformed from a female transport ship within months of returning from Tasmania (VDL). Now fitted out as a merchant barque with a cargo of luxury goods and well-heeled passengers, the Angelina sailed for Port Jackson, NSW on 19th July 1845 with Richard Sydney Goldsmith indentured as his father's apprentice thanks to another swift decision on his father's part to cancel his son's prior engagement as an apprentice on the Perseverance. … More Joseph Somes, Captain Edward Goldsmith and the "Angelina" 1844-46
Serious money: Captain Edward Goldsmith and shipowner Robert Brooks
The long term success of Robert Brooks' shipping and pastoral investments depended heavily on the trust he placed in his agents at colonial ports, and on his delegation of all responsibility to his ships' masters. "Freight payable in the colony" appeared frequently on his cargo manifests. Between 1834 and 1836 he purchased eight vessels, all second-hand. Between 1844 and 1846, his shipping purchases included the Parrock Hall, the Victor, the Kinnear, the Angelina, the North Briton, the Eagle, the William Wilson, and most important of all, the Rattler, built and bought specifically for Captain Edward Goldsmith (Broeze, p. 150, Table 8.6). … More Serious money: Captain Edward Goldsmith and shipowner Robert Brooks
Captain Goldsmith, three bloodstock fillies and a larboard collision
The Rattler, Captain Goldsmith, arrived on Saturday, after an average passage of 110 days, having left on the 26th August. She consequently brings no additional items of intelligence, but several intermediate papers. Capt. Goldsmith has on board three very fine blood fillies purchased by Mr. John Lord, from the stock of the Duke of Richmond. The fillies are three years old, and have arrived in first rate condition, sufficiently evidencing the care and attention which have been paid to them on the passage. One was purchased for Mr. James Lord, and the other two for Mr. John Lord's own stud. They will prove valuable additions to our stock, the Duke of Richmond's stock comprising the best blood of England. Captain Goldsmith, to whom the colony is much indebted for many choice plants and flowers, has brought out with him seven cases of plants this voyage, all of which are in good order. On coming up the river, the Rattler got into collision with the Derwent, and had her larboard quarter gallery carried away. The Rattler was hove too waiting for the Pilot to come on board, and the Derwent coming down with a fair wind came rather too close, for the purpose of speaking her, and struck her on the larboard gallery, carrying it away. — Advertiser. … More Captain Goldsmith, three bloodstock fillies and a larboard collision
Captain & Mrs Elizabeth Goldsmith: Rattler's maiden voyage 1846
Elizabeth Goldsmith (nee Day, 1802-1875) sailed on the Rattler's maiden voyage with her husband Captain Edward Goldsmith in command, departing London on 24th July 1846, arriving at Hobart, Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) on 11th November 1846. General cargo included a consignment of equipment and uniforms for the 65th Regiment for government Ordnance Stores, fine clothing and furnishings for sale by local merchants, two pianos, alcohol and foodstuffs, stationery, personal effects etc etc. The Goldsmiths stayed two months during a glorious summer in Hobart, departing on the Rattler, 21st January 1847, with nineteen passengers and a cargo of whale products and wool destined for London. … More Captain & Mrs Elizabeth Goldsmith: Rattler's maiden voyage 1846

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The Future of Fiction Writing?
Posted on June 10 by newpoplitnews
THE 3–D MULTIDIMENSIONAL SHORT STORY
NOW that it's been introduced, the multidimensional story technique won't be stopped. All attempts to shut out new ideas in art inevitably fail.
What makes 3-D Story technique unique is that it pushes against the bounds of time and space– short story limitations– in so doing working against the standard linear, one-viewpoint model which has sustained the short story form for decades.
A BETTER MODEL
The idea behind the 3-D "pop lit" short story– modernist pop– is that it's faster-paced therefore more exciting than an old-fashioned story. Especially a finely drawn literary story. Taking advantage of rapid cognition. More complex yet still readable. A fuller look at the world but also entertaining, even thrilling.
SO FAR we've released for public viewing a single modest prototype.
(Early Tesla Motors vehicle.)
Like all prototypes, it's practice. Testing. Experiment. Example. Learning. Many more examples of the format, from both of us at New Pop Lit, will be forthcoming. We hope other writers talented and daring– early adopters– will try the technique, and go far beyond our own forays. A door has been opened. A glimpse of innovation. Once artists move past boundaries, possibilities multiply.
There's no bandwagon for the technique, yet. There will be.
-Karl Wenclas, New Pop Lit NEWS
Busting the Supply-Demand Equation
Posted on February 18 by newpoplitnews
THE NEED FOR FICTION REINVENTION
People fail to realize the extent to which most things in life are influenced by the supply-demand situation.
For instance in politics, the enormous oversupply of liberal arts graduates is one of the drivers of left-wing activity. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (who after college worked as a bartender) is a classic example.
But what about art? Writing?
Many competent short story writers are published every year in literary journals across the country. Several of them are crafting short stories better than vaunted New Yorker magazine fiction– which for decades has been the model for writing programs across the nation. We've published a few of those better writers at our main New Pop Lit site.
Having fiction placed in The New Yorker has been thought of as the Holy Grail for the standard MFA writing student. Thousands of MFA grads are attempting to follow that model. To squeeze through that narrow doorway. Lining up. Jamming up. A department store before the doors open on Black Friday.
The problem is that there are too many creative writers, and too few paying-or-prestigious outlets for their work. A vast oversupply of product. To meet it, tiny demand: very few people who read the overwritten New Yorker model. Today the creative writer's audience consists of other creative writers, who've been trained to read and appreciate that obsolete style of story writing. (New Yorker stories themselves, with rare exceptions, are unread by most New Yorker subscribers.) Well-crafted literary stories are made to be admired, not read.
Today it doesn't matter how well you the writer can write. The margin of difference between the best and the merely competent is small enough that decisions on who deserves publication and attention are made for reasons other than quality and talent. Instead, they're made for reasons of politics, correctness, or connections.
The solution is to bust the supply-demand equation which currently exists in writing. This can be done on both ends.
1.) Create a faster, vastly more readable and exciting short story model– one so new and thrilling it demands to be read. Done right, this could grow the audience for short fiction several times over.
At this point the art is so marginalized there's ample room for growth.
2.) Create a short story prototype so different from the standard– and difficult to do well– that few writers will be able to write it.
Doing this will create the "perfect storm" of jump-started demand, with few writers able to fill that demand. Those writers a step ahead of cultural history will be in a valuable spot. The vocation of fiction writer will become a worthwhile pursuit, for the first time in years.
Creating that new product won't be easy. I've been working intensively on the matter for many months– really, longer (did my first rough version five years ago)– and am finding the going anything but easy.
Then again, life isn't easy.
Lit Journal Starts New Anti-Political Movement
Posted on February 12, 2018 by newpoplitnews
See the announcement we posted at our home page.
Mraxism, AltRight, neoliberalism et.al. are all stale ideologies with failed histories. They excite nobody.
WHO belongs under the POP LIT banner?
Everybody!
The only solution is connecting to the universe via the wonders of ART.
Posted on November 17, 2017 by newpoplitnews
CONSIDER THIS a standing invitation to anyone in the mainstream literary scene to discuss or debate the points made in our seven posts about the National Book Awards. (The posts previous to this one.)
Will anyone take us up on the offer? Not likely! What makes the scene a monolith, beside the fact everyone in it thinks alike, is that not a single contrary thought is allowed to enter into it. It stands impervious, like a block of steel.
What does a totalitarian intellectual community look like?
Why do we persist with our News blog, as only an irritant, maybe not even that?
There should be a place for honest news and information about today's literary scene. Someone has to at least try to ask the tough questions– has to make the attempt, quixotic or not, to stir the lethargic and complacent literary-publishing apparatus and the apparatchiks inside it.
Fake Diversity
NO DOUBT those involved with the National Book Awards are congratulating themselves on the diversity of their selections. Yes, the identity politics crowd is happy. Of the 20 finalists, 11 are persons of color. (Two others immigrated here.) 15 of the 20 are women. Four out of five finalists of the most prestigious category, Fiction, are women of color. For those at home counting, double bonus points. For Fiction alone, there's a Chinese-American and Korean-American and Cuban-American and African-American.
AS LONG as we're playing the hyphen game, where are the Polish-Americans and Serbian-Americans and Slovak-Americans? The Croatian/Greek/Hungarian/Ukrainian/Lithuanian/Italian-Americans? Those whose people were brought over here to work brutal jobs in steel mills and coal mines and auto plants– who were never given the privilege to which white skin color supposedly entitles one in the hallucinatory visions of the actual privileged at Harvard, Yale, Brown, Columbia, Princeton, and Stanford; in the imaginings of those who write the PC rules that organizations like the National Book Foundation now follow.
If one is meant to see representatives of identity at such affairs– where's mine? They're not in the white publishers pulling strings behind the scenes, with whom I have nothing in common beyond skin color.
If appearances matter, the Awards appear to have eliminated an entire large swath of America from consideration– especially if one adds in working-class whites in Appalachia, Kansas, the Rust Belt, and other parts of the nation overlooked by Manhattan mandarins eager to appear as correct as possible; those who dominate such "charitable" organizations. (The actual charity involved being minimal.)
Fiction Finalist Jesmyn Ward says of the notion of a color-blind America: "I don't know that place. I've never been there." (This despite achieving degrees at both University of Michigan and Stanford.) Except there's no choice but to live in a post-racial America if there's to be any kind of harmony in this chaotic nation.
More important for an arts organization than superficial diversity of the cosmetic or hyphenated kind is diversity of ideas. At the big Awards ceremony Wednesday night one can be assured there will be NONE.
Will there be a single individual holding an opinion on politics and culture different from the rest of the audience? (A Trump voter, for instance?) If there is, the person won't announce it! (First reaction if did: "How did he get in here?" Second reaction: Naked hostility. Third reaction: Career over.)
Which brings us to the token straight white male among the Fiction Finalists: Elliot Ackerman. A white guy? How did he slip in there??
Working-class whites are readily thrown overboard when equality and diversity become an issue– though few were on board to start with. But there's always room for the super-elite, or children of the super-elite, and Elliot Ackerman is proof.
(Elliot Ackerman.)
A genuine war hero in the war in Afghanistan, Ackerman, methinks, is on his way to becoming a U.S. Senator. JFK anyone?
(We'll assume, for the sake of his own survival Wednesday, that he's a proper liberal. Likely a neo-liberal. Afghanistan may be tough, but inflamed ideologues in a mob are another matter.)
A Marine for eight years, Elliot served as a CIA Special Operations Officer as well. More recently he was Chief Operating Officer of Americans Elect, a political organization founded and chaired by his father. Elliot was a White House Fellow in the Obama Administration. He's written for every establishment publication in existence, including The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The New York Times, The New Republic, and others. Conspiracy theorists out there can note he's also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Elliot's father Peter Ackerman has been a liberal icon, an international scholar, a consultant to student protesters in China, and on the boards of several liberal political organizations. He's also worked for the investment bank Drexel Burnham Lambert where he made an estimated 300 million-plus dollars, was involved in the Michael Milken junk bond insider trading scandal, and paid a $73 million settlement with the FDIC. In 2005 the U.S. Tax Court ruled that Peter was involved in an illegal $1.7 billion tax shelter. He's had either an exciting establishment career, or a typical one, depending on how you look at things.
How did Elliot get his book in the Awards, indeed!
Why focus so much on the writers, anyway? Writers are merely the outward excuse for throwing a lavish party for Bigs of New York publishing, with accompanying tax write-offs. The party, not the writers or writing, is the point.
-MORE TO COME-
Where Are the Journalists?
Posted on November 7, 2017 by newpoplitnews
IT'S COME TO OUR ATTENTION while looking into the National Book Awards, whose lavish awards dinner at Cipriani Wall Street is November 15th, that no one covers the established publishing business. NO ONE.
Oh, there are articles. A host of back-slapping herd-following articles. But no one looks beneath the surface of the manufactured glamour and glitz unless forced to– as in the Daniel Handler fiasco at the NBF awards dinner three years ago.
Where the publishing industry is concerned, what we have in New York City and elsewhere are not journalists in any sense of the word, but cheerleaders writing puff pieces.
AN EXAMPLE of the tame coverage given PR productions like the National Book Awards is this Los Angeles Times blurb from Michael Schaub. The operating principle: Make No Waves. Note the "see no evil" treatment of Daniel Handler. Schaub is the typical go-along-to-get-along personality type which permeates today's literary scene. Don't look behind the accepted version. Give the Big Boys of letters what they want.
(Michael Schaub.)
There's no need to single Michael Schaub out– though we have. Hundreds are like him– interchangeable cogs. Throw a rock in Brooklyn and you'll hit a dozen of them. Michael Schaub clones, proceeding obediently along prescribed paths like workers entering Metropolis.
They don't exist to question. They are not paid to think. Learn the doctrine and the script. "Established lit is wonderful. Our novelists are the best!"
(Book Awards venue.)
Available stories for media:
-How much is Cynthia Nixon being paid to host the National Book Awards? Is the amount more than the awards themselves?
-Is it conflict of interest for those funding and running the National Book Foundation to in effect be nominating for awards their own books? Does this correspond with the proper actions of a nonprofit charity?
-Would there be a less costly venue for the awards than Cipriani Wall Street– so that more of the money raised could be given to the authors themselves?
-Does the extreme ideological slant of the nominations, and the propagandist nature of several of the books, violate strictures of the 501(c)(3) law governing nonprofits– "no substantial part of the activities which is carrying on propaganda"?
AND, one unrelated but topical question:
-What kind of buyout did Harvey Weinstein receive from Hachette Publishing when they dissolved his imprint?
The questions are out there, but don't expect answers. No one looks into such matters. It isn't done. Sports reporters, of all people, have more an adversary relationship with the subjects of their coverage than does anyone covering the publishing world.
The National Book Awards aren't about the writers, and never have been. They're a celebration of New York publishing. Of the monolith itself.
Book reviewers and critics on proliferating media sites play the role of affirming chorus to the National Book Foundation's stage show. One can picture it. Power people at tables in tuxes and gowns applauding as various winners enter the spotlight like vaudeville performers.
Cynthia Nixon, soprano, host: "We've gathered here to celebrate."
Baritone chorus: "We here are all so won-der-ful."
Soprano Executive Director: "We've done this year a smashing job."
Chorus: "We here are all so won-der-ful!"
Huge applause.
This is not a gathering of peers. In the New York publishing pyramid, power is strictly tops-down, with writers at the bottom.
Liberal Morality Play
The National Book Foundation finalists have been announced. We plan to present some quick examinations of the choices. We intend to ask questions. We may not have answers– the National Book Foundation is a puzzle. A mystery. A morality play.
For instance: This year's Non-Fiction finalists, all from "Big Five" conglomerate publishers. The list:
Erica Armstrong Dunbar, Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge
(Atria / 37 INK / Simon & Schuster)
Frances FitzGerald, The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America
(Simon & Schuster)
Masha Gessen, The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia
(Riverhead Books / Penguin Random House)
David Grann, Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
(Doubleday / Penguin Random House)
Nancy MacLean, Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America
(Viking / Penguin Random House)
Skewed heavily politically one way, we'd say– as were the other nominees. But after all, this is not a time for competing viewpoints. No– this is a period of crisis. Of outright hysteria! No room for objectivity. Except here.
What's the reality? Are we seeing from the publishing industry a scripted liberal morality play?
The National Book Foundation is an appendage of the New York publishing industry. A nicely-concealed publicity campaign for the industry. Funding comes from New York publishers in various forms– including the awards and accompanying Benefit Dinner. Publishers whose books become finalists are required to help publicize the book and awards. It's a win-win situation. Each side publicizes the other. The Dinner, at tres chic, tres expensive Cipriani Wall Street in Manhattan's financial district is a major fundraising event for the foundation. Attendance appears to be by invitation only. One can believe it will be a collection of New York publishing insiders.
The National Book Foundation's Board Chairman is David Steinberger, CEO of the Perseus Books Group. Vice Chair is Morgan Entrekin, Publisher of Grove-Atlantic. The Treasurer at NBF is Chairman of W.W. Norton & Company, W. Drake McFeely. (NBF's Board Secretary, Calvin Sims, a long-time internationalist, former Ford Foundation executive, former Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, former New York Times overseas bureau chief, brings rather different qualifications to the table.)
(David Steinberger and Friend.)
Power! The National Book Foundation is an extension of cultural and societal power.
Conflict of interest? No one is watching. Nobody cares. Least of all journalists at NYC media outlets like the New York Times and The New Yorker. Fellow Members of the Club, most with novels in drawers they'd themselves like to someday have published. Most attended the same Ivy League/Oxbridge/Stanford elite schools as did the scions of publishing.
Thirteen years ago the price of a table at the Awards dinner was $10,000. What is it today? There's no way of knowing. The information is available nowhere on the NBF website.
Everything about the event reeks of money. Publishers and high-salaried employees sit at high-priced tables and applaud the politically-correct, even radical, selections, which for the most part are window dressing. (A couple bonded-and-bred Insiders are included among the various finalists, along with one outright professional propagandist– attack dog for American Empire.)
New York publishing after all is a prime example of privilege and hierarchy. Centering publishing– and the literary world– in a single overpriced city is the antithesis of democracy, in the view of this commentator.
The Awards– the nominations, finalists, medallions– are theater. An elaborate and gaudy show absolving the ultra-affluent attendees of complicity in any crimes outlined in the books celebrated. Absolution. Pontius Pilate washing his hands. Penance and forgiveness in a one-evening ritual, tasty dinner included.
Is more than this happening?
Literature and Foreign Policy
Posted on October 27, 2017 by newpoplitnews
THAT key Anglo-American literary figures during the Cold War used literature as a tool of foreign policy, through journals like Paris Review and Encounter, raises a host of questions.
-Has literature been used as a tool of U.S. foreign policy at other times during the past sixty years?
-During this year's renewed Cold War, the West versus Russia, are segments of the establishment literary world being used as instruments of foreign policy NOW?
-To what extent do U.S. intelligence agencies support current journals or institutions of literature?
Posted on September 27, 2017 by newpoplitnews
Who steered the direction of American literature after World War II?
Editors like George Plimpton, Robie Macauley, Reed Whittemore, Robert Silvers, and William Phillips. Men on a mission who, as much as they professed no artistic ideology, very much pushed an artistic ideology. They'd been formed by various factors, whether by privilege, or the war, or by disillusion with Communism. By 1950 all were Wilsonians out to save the world by making it "Safe for Democracy"– their own special internationalist version of democracy.
Literature was their tool– they fully believed in the importance of the art. Paris Review (like Encounter magazine in the UK) was founded as a cultural ambassador for Anglo-American liberal ideals– presenting an intellectual alternative to the twin totalitarianisms of fascism and Communism. Liberal Cold Warriors, these editors disdained– or had rejected– the populism of the American past. John Steinbeck and his kind were out. Henry James as the ideal cosmopolitan author was in.
For our cultural aristocrats, literature, to be safe, must never engage too strongly in ideas. As an editor at New York Review of Books told me in a note in the late 1990's, characters must never serve as mouthpieces for ideas. George Plimpton told me essentially the same thing on the one occasion I met him, at a literary debate held at CBGB's in 2001. To these people, burdened– as they saw it– with the task of preserving literature, a broad view of the world was considered dangerous. An Ayn Rand or Frank Norris wrote beyond their well-regulated lines.
Focus moved instead to the delicate sensibilities of the bourgeois self. American literature became gnostic: insular and solipsistic. Cleansed, nuanced, refined; denuded of its loud voice but also much of its energy. For prose: John Updike. For poetry: John Ashbery. Aesthetics was not the only weapon. No longer could a writer appear off the street like Thomas Wolfe or Jack London and be taken seriously. Writing programs and markers of breeding ensured all who entered the Halls of Approval were thoroughly screened.
Did these men and their journals have influence? Tremendous influence. They understood the concept of leverage; that a publication with a readership of 10,000 could determine who did or did not receive a large book contract– chiefly because that small readership was powerful and elite.
The change in aesthetic direction made the wise men– as well as their sources of money– very happy. Literature came under the control not of the unpredictable American people, but of themselves. The Elect.
The thing to know about these men and their journals is that the faces they showed the world were misleading. George Plimpton was a smiling bon-vivant but also much more than that. The notion that he didn't know the source of Paris Review's original funding is an absurdity.
Likewise, New York Review of Books, founded by Robert Silvers and Barbara Epstein, postured for a long while as a radical Leftist publication– yet it was started with Random House money during a New York newspaper strike as a way for the giant book companies to advertise their new releases. It's always been an extension of New York-based Big Corporate Publishing. Sophisticated PR for them, one might say.
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Q: Itext rectangle will not bleed to edge of page I am attempting to modify the background-color of a single page of a multi-page PDF document created using iText.
The easiest way to do this appeared to be by creating a Rectangle the entire size of the page, with the specified background color, and applying it to the page in question using the PdfContentByte utility. (having explored using the Document API, this seemed not to be the best option, since this applied the styling to ALL pages in the document, which I did not want).
When run, on close inspection, I can see that there is a single pixel along the upper, right and bottom margins, which remains white, the rest of the page being the correct color. I have played with the rectangle to ensure no margins were created, but to no avail. Find the code I am using below.
Rectangle r = new Rectangle(0, 0, helper.getPageWidth(), helper.getPageHeight());
r.setBackgroundColor(Constants.GREEN);

PdfContentByte cb = helper.getWriter().getDirectContent();
cb.rectangle(r);
cb.setColorFill(Constants.GREEN);
cb.setColorStroke(Constants.GREEN);
cb.fillStroke();

It seems whatever I try, I cannot get rid of the single white pixel row along these 3 sides of the page. Does anyone have any idea how to bleed to the VERY edge of an iText page?

A: First:Please mention the itext version you are using.I'm currently used your code snippet and made some changes and it work out well.May be full code snippet will help me to find out whats wrong in your code.
(prime suspect to me this line Rectangle r = new Rectangle(0,0,helper.getPageWidth(),helper.getPageHeight()))
I've attached the output and the code i used.
 package com.pra.itext;

    import com.lowagie.text.DocumentException;
    import com.lowagie.text.Rectangle;
    import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfContentByte;
    import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfReader;
    import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfStamper;
    import java.awt.Color;
    import java.io.File;
    import java.io.FileOutputStream;
    import java.io.IOException;

    /**
     *
     * @author Prajit
     */
public class ItextRect {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        PdfReader rdrPdf = null;
        PdfStamper stmprPdf = null;
        try {
            rdrPdf = new PdfReader("E:/Head.First.Servlets&Jsp.pdf");
            stmprPdf = new PdfStamper(rdrPdf, new FileOutputStream(new File("D:/Example.pdf")));
            for (int pgCnt = 1; pgCnt <= rdrPdf.getNumberOfPages(); pgCnt++) {
                if (pgCnt == 1) {
                    PdfContentByte pdfCntntByt = stmprPdf.getUnderContent(pgCnt);
                    Rectangle r = new Rectangle(rdrPdf.getPageSize(pgCnt));
                    r.setBackgroundColor(Color.red);
                    pdfCntntByt.rectangle(r);
                    pdfCntntByt.setColorFill(Color.red);
pdfCntntByt.setColorStroke(Color.red);
                    pdfCntntByt.fillStroke();
                }
            }
            stmprPdf.close();
            rdrPdf.close();
        } catch (DocumentException de) {
            System.err.println(de.getMessage());
        } catch (IOException ioe) {
            System.err.println(ioe.getMessage());
        }
    }
}

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Custom «Gay Marriage Society» Essay Paper
Custom «Gay Marriage Society» Essay Paper essay
In addition to being viewed as a sacred institution, marriage has since time immemorial been understood as a religious and legal commitment between a woman and a man. Marriage is also considered as the ultimate expression of love between a man and a woman (Chauncey 16). This view has, however, been altered in the recent past with the commencement of homosexuality in different parts of the world, especially in the developed countries. Gay marriage has been around for some time and the fights for gay marriage rights have been gaining momentum around the world. Some of the Western countries have enacted legislation to ensure that gay marriages are not discriminated against because of their sexual orientation. It has also been observed that quite a number of individuals around the world are slowly embracing the idea of homosexual relationships, regardless of the fact that such couples have not yet been given a go ahead to marry (Gerstmann 43).
Countries that have accepted homosexuality, or rather legalized this form of sexual orientation, perform homosexual marriages in defiance of the law and, thus, have given rise to the debate of whether or not gay marriage should be legalized.
It is easier for an individual to become reflective about the time in history when marriage was considered a settled activity and a time when no one would have entertained the notion of legalizing same sex marriage (Williams 134). While there are those who are in full support of gay marriage, there also are those who are totally against the idea, especially the religious groups. Majority of religions consider homosexuality a sin and an abomination, thus, should not even be considered or embraced by the society (Chauncey 21). Those in opposition of gay marriage also argue that by embracing this form of marriage, the whole idea of marriage institution as ordained since time immemorial would be weakened, leading to lack of respect for the heterosexual marriage. Gay marriage is considered to be confusing the younger generations with regards to gender responsibilities and expectations as per the society, for instance the fact that only a woman and a man can procreate (Gerstmann 44).
Same sex marriage is a controversial issue, because, according to the majority of religions, it is not religiously recognized and is not ordained by God, and for these reasons it is viewed as immoral. The gay marriage issue is complex due to the different opinions that people express concerning the topic. Liberals argue for the same sex marriage to be legalized, and that civil unions were available to homosexuals to allow same sex couples receive benefits. Conservatives, on the other hand, argue that neither civil unions nor gay marriage should be allowed to same sex couples, and legal union should be limited to heterosexual couples only.
According to legal battle over gay marriage (2011), marriage cannot be argued from a definition point of view and that it is a social contract that should also be granted to homosexual. It is clear that the author believes that homosexuals are able to form the long term relationships as straight couples, and giving homosexuals a right to affirm their relationships and commitments does not reduce the incentives for heterosexual to do the same. The other main point is that just like heterosexuals, homosexuals are capable of the sacrifice, the responsibility and the commitment because they have already enjoined these commitments and responsibilities and should not, therefore, be denied an equal legal standing.
Same sex marriage or civil unions have immerged as a controversial issue because of the growing acceptance of homosexuality. Long before, homosexual were thrown to jail and until 1950s when the first significant study on homosexuality was done, homosexuality was regarded as a mental illness (Marco 23). A more recent study on homosexuality revealed that an individual sexual orientation is the result of both genetic and environmental factors that are beyond the individual's control. As a result of this study and others that have confirmed that some homosexual are born that way and it's not their fault, the public has come to accept the fact that heterosexuality, homosexuality and bisexuality are three forms of sexual orientation that are natural , unchangeable and normal (Marco 27).
It is also argued that same sex couples should be given equal right to marry just like any other person. Denying gay couples the right to marry will be violating the Universal human rights issue, health, physical and mental issues, the goals of normalizing LGBT and equality before the law. Arguments for same sex marriage are based on the fact that gay marriage is no longer a religious issue, but human rights argue on the fact that religious and civil institutions, as far as marriage is concerned, are two different entities. While civil unions grant same sex couples the right to marry and share responsibility, just like heterosexual marriages; religious marriage define marriage as the union between a man and a woman. Those who argue against gay marriage base their argument on the religious teachings. Most religions, such as Christianity and Islam, prohibit gay marriage. It is believed that marriage is the union between a man and a woman. Homosexuality is immoral and, according to the Bible, it is a capital offence. Leviticus 20:30 has stated clearly that the penalty for homosexuality is death for both parties involved. For most religious people marriage is considered to be a sacrament and a covenant between a man and a woman that is witnessed and blessed by God. Such people oppose same sex marriage citing the religious teaching and they feel that they will be violating their beliefs as far as their religion is concerned.
The fact that some states have accepted homosexuality and legalized it, makes more people accept it and with the increasing gay activists fighting for gay rights many people around the world have accepted same sex marriage. Christian believes towards homosexuality have been split with some denomination giving gay couples membership. Cultural view on marriage has also been altered where marriage is not viewed as a lifetime commitment where only death should separate two people who are married. Divorce rates are now at 50% and most couples are living together before marriage, with both men and women having children outside marriage. Perceptions on same sex marriages have been altered too and are now more accepting than before. All these factors have resulted in the controversy, surrounding gay marriage with more people accepting it while others arguing against it. According to Statistics on US family (Ca 9410), roughly 2 million American kids under the age of 18 are being raised by their gay parents.
Associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, Sir Anthony Kennedy, came up with the liberty concept that had protection against sexual orientation. In a case involving Evans and Romer he gave a court opinion that nullified the Colorado constitution refuting homosexuals the right to forward local discrimination asserts. Justice Kennedy's view expressly ruled against the Court's judgment in Bowers v. Hardwick (1986).In all the cases Anthony Kennedy endorsed liberal members of the court. Anthony Kennedy, among other justices, upholds the American Boy Scout organization right that was to ban gays from being scout mastered. To show his support for homosexuals he blocked the Washington officials from publishing the names of those who have signed a petition for a Gay Rights Domestic Partnership law.
Most pro-gay marriage argues that marriage is based on trust, love and commitment to each other, and as long as two people are in love and committed to each other, they should be allowed to marry and live together, regardless of their sexual orientation. A number of same sex couples that have been given the go ahead to marry each other legally have proved that indeed, same sex marriage between two people who love each other can work just like any other heterosexual marriage. In fact the number of divorce in heterosexual marriage is increasing and this is threatening the heterosexual marriage institution. The marriage institutions convey respect and dignity to the same sex couples and reduce promiscuity.
If same sex couples are granted permission to marry then they would enjoy joint ownership of properties, insurance cover as well as medical cover among other benefits that married couples enjoy (United Nations 5). With the increasing number of children being raised by gay couples it is fair to give them an opportunity to enjoy parenthood as a couple where they will help each other in bringing up disciplined children and develop strong family ties.
The conflict theory maintains that there will always be conflict between different groups of people in the society regarding a certain issue. Gay marriage is one of this issues and will always have contradicting opinions with some having the believe that it is inborn and that they should be given the right to express their natural feelings, while others believing that private sexual acts between gays are illegal, because according to them marriage is sacred and supposed to be between a man and a woman.
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I wish I could tell you that working with a leadership coach will help you to stop the "noise" that is created in your work environment but this is something I cannot promise.
Negative people will always be there.
Unfair treatment will continue to show up.
You may meet rude people who try to put you down.
People who want to be right at all times may test your patience.
Difficult personal situations may keep you up at night.
You will feel stressed and overwhelmed at times.
Managers who never have a word of appreciation and recognition can leave you feel discouraged and demotivated.
Take it for what it is. Life.
Learn to handle life's challenges in a more meaningful way.
Life is not what happens to you, it is all about how you choose to experience it. The actual situation is only 10%, 90% is how you respond to it.
Every day you have to work at it, so that outside circumstances cannot take your peace away.
Make the decision to make it a great day – it is all about being joyful and happy.
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News - November 2021
Council's social workers shortlisted for national awards
Three county council social workers have been shortlisted in the annual Social Worker of the Year Awards for their extraordinary support for adults with care and support needs.
The Social Worker of the Year awards are organised by the Social Work Awards charity, which aims to improve public awareness and understanding of social work by showing the positive impact of social workers in the wide range of roles they undertake.
Finn Jarvis, Social Worker (Gloucester Locality Team), has been selected as a finalist for Newly Qualified Social Worker of the Year. Finn is one of eight finalists in this category which recognises social workers with less than one year's experience who have made a positive difference to the lives of adults or families through their outstanding work.
Eniola Obikoya, Newly Qualified Social Worker (Hospital Team) and Cynthia Minett (Newly Qualified Social Worker (Cheltenham Locality Team), have been selected as finalists for the Social Justice Advocate Award. Eniola and Cynthia are amongst six finalists in this category which recognises social workers who demonstrate a commitment to challenge injustice, seek to achieve greater equality for different social groups and challenge discriminatory systems.
Cllr Kathy Williams, cabinet member for adult social care at Gloucestershire County Council said: "I am delighted that three of our social workers have been shortlisted in the Social Worker of the Year awards which rightly recognises their incredible support for adults with care and support needs in our county.
"The dedication and commitment they have shown supporting some of our most vulnerable residents amid the challenges presented by Covid-19 is a fantastic achievement. I wish them all the very best of luck."
Peter Hay CBE, Chair of the Social Work Awards, said: "As a charity, we are delighted to bring back the awards this year to shine a light on the inspirational achievements of an often overlooked profession.
"Thank you to the people who took the time out of their day to nominate a friend, colleague, or team for an award this year. And, to all our finalists, congratulations. Being nominated for a national award, whilst supporting others to navigate through the turbulence caused by the pandemic, is a remarkable achievement of which you should be very proud."
Winners will be revealed at a special virtual awards ceremony broadcasted live from London on Wednesday 17 November.
For more information about the awards, visit www.socialworkawards.com


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The RMR Group Inc, through its subsidiary, The RMR Group LLC, provides business and property management services in the United States. It provides management services to its five publicly traded real estate investment trusts (REITs) and three real estate operating companies. As of September 30, 2018, the company had approximately 1,700 properties under management, which are primarily owned by its Managed Equity REITs. Read More…
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Current SymbolNASDAQ:RMR
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Webhttp://www.rmrgroup.com/
Debt-to-Equity RatioN/A
Net Income$74.58 million
Return on Equity14.75%
Return on Assets11.71%
Employees50,600
Market Cap$1.41 billion
Next Earnings Date2/6/2020 (Confirmed)
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RMR Group trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "RMR."
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RMR Group declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 16th. Stockholders of record on Monday, January 27th will be paid a dividend of $0.38 per share on Thursday, February 20th. This represents a $1.52 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.37%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, January 24th. View RMR Group's Dividend History.
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RMR Group updated its first quarter 2020 After-Hours earnings guidance on Monday, November, 25th. The company provided EPS guidance of $$0.57-0.60 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $$0.56.
What price target have analysts set for RMR?
9 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for RMR Group's shares. Their forecasts range from $46.00 to $66.00. On average, they expect RMR Group's share price to reach $51.88 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 14.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for RMR Group.
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9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for RMR Group in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for RMR Group.
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Media headlines about RMR stock have trended somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. RMR Group earned a news impact score of 1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the financial services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for RMR Group.
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RMR Group saw a decrease in short interest in the month of December. As of December 13th, there was short interest totalling 281,300 shares, a decrease of 17.0% from the November 28th total of 338,800 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 95,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.0 days. Approximately 1.9% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View RMR Group's Current Options Chain.
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Some companies that are related to RMR Group include FTI Consulting (FCN), Exponent (EXPO), ICF International (ICFI), Huron Consulting Group (HURN), NIC (EGOV), Apollo Medical (AMEH), The Hackett Group (HCKT), Blackrock Capital Investment (BKCC), Avalon Globocare (AVCO), Gopher Protocol (GOPH), Information Services Group (III), ATIF (ATIF), TSS (TSSI), Wilhelmina International (WHLM) and Pharma Bio Serv (PBSV).
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other RMR Group investors own include Verizon Communications (VZ), Alibaba Group (BABA), Home Depot (HD), Walmart (WMT), CVS Health (CVS), AT&T (T), Cisco Systems (CSCO), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Honeywell International (HON) and Intel (INTC).
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RMR Group's management team includes the folowing people:
Mr. Adam David Portnoy, CEO, Pres, MD & Director (Age 49)
Ms. Jennifer Babbin Clark, MD, Exec. VP, Gen. Counsel, Sec. & Director (Age 57)
Mr. Matthew P. Jordan, Exec. VP, CFO & Treasurer (Age 44)
Mr. Gregory Carey, Sr. VP and Chief Information Officer
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One share of RMR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $45.14.
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RMR Group has a market capitalization of $1.41 billion and generates $713.37 million in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $74.58 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.83 on an earnings per share basis. RMR Group employs 50,600 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About RMR Group.
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The official website for RMR Group is http://www.rmrgroup.com/.
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RMR Group's mailing address is Two Newton Place 255 Washington Street Suite 300, Newton MA, 02458. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 617-796-8230 or via email at [email protected]
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I've lamented the state of reading management software a bit on Twitter.
I use: - Goodreads to track reading - LibraryThing for inventory - Amazon for wishlists - Calibre for ebooks All of these are terrible.
There's a lot more I could say about each of these (and their alternatives) but what want to talk about today is the issue of tracking books that you are planning to read. I had been doing this just in my head up until recently, when I started using a text file. (Yes, there's the to-read shelf on Goodreads, but it is far too simplistic for my purposes.) Here's an excerpt.
Most of the work I have done so far has been to assemble a list of all the books I want to eventually read. I'm about half-way done putting it together: at the bottom there's a list of authors I want to read but I have not assembled a list of their books. I am organizing the list by author because that is how I generally think about reading. I would rather follow one author I really like across different genres of fiction or different non-fiction topics rather than picking a random author in a genre or topic I am interested in.
Of course I will continually adjust the list as I proceed. I will add new authors or books as I discover them and perhaps remove some if I decide I don't want to read them after all. Some books are already marked with a question mark to indicate that I am not sure how much interest I actually have.
The length of the list (there are 233 TODOs presently) is concerning. As I child I loved reading and was constantly looking for new reading material. I wanted my books to last longer, and I tended to re-read my favorites. Now that I have such a daunting backlog I have tended to think more in terms of how quickly I can plow through it. I don't have a good way to measure how frequently new books get added to my internal list (perhaps by writing the list down I will get a better idea) but I feel like recently the list has been growing faster than I have been working through it.
Part of the value of making such a list is to consider all of one's options and make conscious decisions to prioritize. Although I show two living authors in my screenshot above, overall they are far outnumbered by the dead. If given the choice to read living or dead authors for the rest of my life, I would pick the dead without having to think about it.
I feel like I might do a better job of reading deeply if I had a shorter list. I tend to start a new book the same day that I finish one. I suppose I could enforce a "cool down" period to reflect on a book, or force myself to write down my thoughts about it before I pick up the next one. I have much less time to read now that I am married with children, so my ideas about how many books I should be reading in a year probably needs to be recalibrated (it has been hanging around 30 the last 2 years).
One positive thing is that I have implemented reading queues. I was always the sort to read multiple books at once. At one point I had a very bad habit of reading the first 100 pages or so and then getting bored and starting something else. For a while I had over a dozen books I was ostensibly working on. As I forced myself to be more disciplined about finishing things, I settled into a habit of reading several books in different categories.
The first I am calling Primary for lack of a better word. It is usually fiction, although I would put history, poetry, and biography into this category as well. It's basically whatever I am reading that doesn't fall into one of the other categories.
I aspire to read a number of major theological works, so I have a separate queue for that. I have set a pace for myself of a certain number of pages per week. This has to be done in parallel with my other reading or I would never get to it.
I also tend to pick up short books from time to time and read them over a couple of days. Most of these could be read in a single sitting if I didn't have babies. I don't really need to plan this since it is a spontaneous thing and doesn't disrupt my other reading habits, but I put it in my list for completeness.
One major disfunction of my current habits is that I have not done much rereading. I read the Bible on a yearly schedule, but other than that I have not revisited the my most important formative books in a number of years (Lewis, Chesterton, Tolkien, MacDonald, etc). I would like to figure out a way to work rereading into my system, but I'm not sure how to do it yet.
I have considered setting aside a year to just read books I have already read. At certain points I have kidded myself that once I get through the bulk of the new books I want to read I will get back to the old ones, but I think it is clear that at the current rate I will not get there for many years, if ever. I suppose the obvious thing would be to add a queue for rereading, but that doesn't really fit with my contextual scheme, and I don't want to set a page quota for rereading the way I have for theology. Another option would be to work rereading into my existing queues on some schedule, so perhaps for every two new books I complete, I would have to read an old book.
I think there will actually be two tiers of rereading. One would be books that I want to read at least a second time because I have a feeling that they are important and that I did not fully understand them the first time through. The other set would be books that I consider so fundamental to my identity that I want to read them over and over again in rotation. I am planning to put these lists together in my text file eventually.
I still have a lot of work to do on the eventual reading list. Some authors I enjoy so much that I want to read everything they have written, or at least their major works. Others I only am interested in a particular series that appeals to me. Then there are some that I am interested in, but I may only read one book by them, just to get an idea of their thought and style. For the authors I have never read, I don't know yet what category they will fall into, so what I have now is necessarily provisional.
There are also whole areas of literature that I am not familiar enough with to know what I should read. For instance, I want to become familiar with the the church fathers, but I don't know enough yet to know which authors I want to read or which works. I have bookmarked a couple of reading lists, but I haven't figured out exactly what I want to do yet.
While it is a lot of work to make these decisions and build a definitive list, I think it is worthwhile because it is helping me to make progress toward my long-term reading goals rather than just reading whatever strikes my fancy in a given moment. I still allow myself a lot of freedom to pick what to read next, but by taking time to weigh which books I really want to read, I think I will make better choices overall.


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The guide's quick reference tables provide details of key metabolising enzymes with relevant substrates, metabolites, inhibitors and inducers. These tables then link to an alphabetical product listing which enable researchers to easily locate the specific reference standards and reagents required for their assays. The listing includes FDA Drug Development and Drug interaction guidance listing substrates, inhibitors and inducers as either preferred or acceptable. A significant number of metabolite standards are also available both labelled and unlabelled, with each product format's availability clearly indicated.
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Kicking off on September 10th in Philadelphia and running through November 17th in Boston – with dates all over North America and Europe in between – today marks the fan's first chance at securing their way in to events that will surely sell out quickly.
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The Risk Involved with Workplace Injuries
Injured on the job? Well, you're not alone. An American worker is injured every seven seconds, 12,900 workers per day and 4.7 million a year, according to the National Safety Council. With the workforce expanding by 160,000 in April and a new class of college graduates joining the hunt, that figure could climb.
It's particularly true for younger workers who are just starting out in a new job. "More than one-quarter of injuries occur in the first year of employment," said Rich Ives, vice president of workers' compensation for Travelers Insurance.
American industry is in a multigenerational vise. About a third of all workers are fairly young, in the 18- to 34-year-old group. "Teenagers getting their licenses do have a high rate of accidents," noted Ives. And another third is getting older, with 55-plus workers growing all the time and experiencing more sprains and strains.
Travelers just released a five-year "Injury Impact Report" of 1.5 million workers' compensation claims in an effort to pinpoint where, why and how injuries occur -- and how much they cost. Workers' compensation insurance is a good barometer for serious injuries, because it pays when someone is hurt at work or acquires an occupational disease because of their previous job, such as black lung or mesothelioma. It covers serious injuries that require medical treatment, wage replacement and vocational rehabilitation.
As one of the largest workers' compensation insurers, Travelers found that injuries can occur in any business or occupation. The most commonplace were simple ones such as lifting, lowering or carrying something, and the most likely consequence was a strain, sprain, bruise or inflammation. These covered nearly one-third of all claims.
Next were slips, trips and falls at 16 percent, and further down was being struck or colliding with something. Accidents involving tools and "cumulative trauma," where a part of the body was repeatedly overused, were found even less.
While tool accidents were minor, they were still among the top five in all industries, and small businesses suffered the most from these accidents.
As might be expected, construction workers experienced the highest rate of falls, but -- one surprise -- oil and gas employees were in the only industry to have motor vehicle accidents among its top five most common injuries. Eye injuries were among the most likely in construction and manufacturing.
Inflammation was more common than fractures as a reason for the most days off from the job, with an average of 91 compared to 78. Strains and sprains cost employers an average of 57 days off the job for the employee.
Major injuries were the least common but costliest, with an amputation costing well over $100,000. Dislocation of a limb was just over $97,000, and electric shock was third at around $55,000. But overall, dislocations and amputations cost most industries the biggest amount. By contrast, the average cost of a sprain or a strain was only $17,000.
The overall cost of injuries to American business, including 10,000 annual fatalities, is about $170 billion, according to the Occupational Safety & Health Administration.
The good news, at least from Travelers' perspective, is that the frequency of claims for policies that the insurer writes has slightly decreased. But the bad news that prompts Travelers to try to do better is -- no surprise -- medical costs. Ives said 60 percent of all compensation costs are medical-related, and that figure is expected to rise to 70 percent by 2019.
Article by Ed Leefeldt via Money Watch CBS News
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