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United States Texas
All Texas
Things to Do in South Texas
By Danno Wise
South Texas has a variety of attractions and activities to fill out a full vacation itinerary. From historical sites to unique festivals and celebrations, there is always something to see and do in South Texas.
See Where the Mexican War Began
Danno Wise
7200 Paredes Line Rd, Brownsville, TX 78526, USA
Located just north of Brownsville, Palo Alto Battlefield is the site of the first battle of the Mexican War, which was fought on May 8, 1846. The site was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1960 and a National Historic Site in 1978. Today, the 3,400-acre battlefield is the only unit of the National Park Service that has a primary focus on the US/Mexican War.
Spend a Day at the Gladys Porter Zoo
500 E Ringgold St, Brownsville, TX 78520, USA
Located a short distance above the US/Mexico border in Brownsville, the Gladys Porter Zoo is one of the most renown zoos in Texas and the United States. First opened in 1971, Gladys Porter Zoo covers 26 acres, includes over 1,300 animals, and attracts close to 400,000 visitors annually.
Go Bass Fishing
Falcon International Reservoir
Although it is one of the driest regions in Texas, South Texas boasts some of the best freshwater fishing in the Lone Star State. This is particularly true concerning bass fishing, as two of the best big bass lakes in the nation -- Falcon Lake in Zapata and Choke Canyon Reservoir near Three Rivers -- are located in South Texas.
Celebrate Culture Along the Border
704 Ramon Ayala Dr, Hidalgo, TX 78557-4104, USA
Held during March each year in the South Texas border town of Hidalgo, Borderfest is the oldest cultural art and music festival in the Rio Grande Valley. Each year Borderfest is themed to celebrate a different culture and features performances from some of the country's top musical performers.
Hear Tall Tales
400 Nueces St, George West, TX 78022, USA
During the first weekend of November each year, the tiny South Texas town of George West hears some of the tallest tales in Texas. For more than two decades, the state's best story tellers have gathered here during that weekend for George West's annual Storyfest, one of the most unique festivals in Texas. In addition to live performances by the various story tellers, Storyfest features live music, a car show, street dance, "Little Red Wagon" parade, quilt show and more.
Celebrate Charro Days
455 E Elizabeth St, Brownsville, TX 78520-5300, USA
A celebration of "two nation cooperation," Brownsville's annual Charro Days festival has been around in its current format since 1938, it is rumored that the first "unofficial" Charro Days took place in the early to mid-1800s, when citizens of Brownsville and Matamoros, just across the Rio Grande River in Mexico, came together to celebrate a cooperative climate between the two nations. In addition to numerous dances, there will be a flour tortilla eating contest, folkloric dancing, a golf tournament, parades, pageants and more.
Play a Round of Golf
Due to its mild year around climate, South Texas is an ideal location for golfing. There are a number of quality courses throughout the South Texas region. The Rio Grande Valley is especially noted for its golfing opportunities, with good courses found from Harlingen to Mission.
Watch Birds
2800 S Bentsen Palm Dr, Mission, TX 78572-4848, USA
Birding has become of the nation's most popular outdoor recreational activities in recent years. Due to its warm weather and myriad of avian species, South Texas has become of the most popular birding destinations. South Texas is also home to some of the nation's best birding facilities, such as the Rio Grande Valley's World Birding Center, the Great Coastal Birding Trail, and numerous state parks and national wildlife refuges.
Visit the 'Cradle of Texas Independence'
The small South Texas town of Gonzales played a big role in the Texas Revolution. In fact, Gonzales was the site of the first battle of the Texas Revolution, which earned the town the nickname of the "Cradle of Texas Independence."
Attend the Peanut Festival
Floresville, TX 78114, USA
Held each year in Floresville, the Peanut Festival celebrates this South Texas town's claim as the Peanut Capitol of Texas. Held the second week of October each year, the Peanut Festival is generally greeted with pleasant autumn weather and features a wide variety of fun family activities and events.
Visiting Brownsville: Texas' Southernmost City
11 March Festivals and Events in Texas
Fun Festivals and Events Held in South Texas
Celebrate the Arrival of Migrating Birds at Texan Birding Festivals
Historic Texas Towns to Visit in the Lone Star State
The 10 Best Annual Events and Festivals in Texas
What to Do in Texas in February
Fun Festivals and Events in Texas During February 2019
Events and Things to Do in May in Albuquerque
10 Exciting Things to Do in Fairfax, Virginia
Fun Things to Do During Winter in Texas
Top Things to Do in Billings, Montana
June Festivals and Events in Texas
12 Best Things to Do in Virginia
A Complete Guide to Texas in March
The Most Beautiful Natural Features in Texas
Things to Do While Visiting South Texas

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MERYEM's father is DURDU ÇAM and her mother is HANIM ÇAM. Her paternal grandparents are İBRAHİM ÇAM and DÖNDÜ ÖZKAN (ÇAM). She has four brothers and three sisters, named SÜLEYMAN, DURSUN, KALENDER, MUSTAFA, SAFİYE, GULE and ELİF.


Yoga is far greater than another fitness modality; it is an art of living that requires care and patience. Yoga is the revealing of oneself to oneself. In 2007, after taking my first yoga class at Moksha Yoga Center in Chicago, I felt awakened, and after attending further classes, I began a 200-hour level teacher training with Daren Friesen in order to enrich my understanding and knowledge of the practice/lifestyle.
Working full time as a medical-surgical and rehabilitation registered nurse, the yogic path provided both stress relief and a sense of balance.
I enjoy working with people and empowering them to reach and maintain optimal health. After over five years as a stay-at-home parent, I have returned to teaching.
I have found inspiration in my teaching from workshops with Kino MacGregor, Lino Miele, Gary Kraftsow, Seane Corn, Maty Ezraty, Richard Freeman and Mary Taylor and week-long teacher trainings with Gabriel Halpern, Tias Little, and Aadil Palkhivala.
I appreciate many different styles of yoga, and when teaching, I aim to connect with students and meet their individual needs. Yoga really is for everyone—you only truly need a brain, heart, and lungs to practice. I employ a hands-on approach in the way of offering adjustments for safety and alignment or to release tension.
My personal practice goal is meditation, breathwork, and postures daily, even when I feel super crumby—because that's when it really counts. My home practice informs me to stay aware of personal strengths and areas for growth as I strive to be a better human being and contribute to my community.


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Motions from the Rules Committee to Amend the LPF Constitution, By-Laws, and Standing Rules.
To view the official Rules Committee Proposal for the LPF Constitution please see the Google Document here.
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Motions from the Platform Committee to Amend the LPF Platform.
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Bitlidzha (also, Bartsrashen) was a town in the Yerevan Province of Armenia; it is now in ruins.

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Populated places in Yerevan

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With the rise of HGTV and as many DIY shows as one can stand, you may have thought about the "Restore or Replace" option with your building's roof! So we want to help you, presenting the benefits of roof restoration.
Keep in mind that some roofs are so saturated with water they must be replaced. An infrared scan will help determine if this is the case.
Here are some pictures of a roof Spray-Tec restored in Louisville, KY.
Restored roofs, like brand new foam/coated roofs, are fully adhered and seamless (in other words, they'll look the same as a new roof and provide the same affect).
The best part is, with a Spray-Tec roofing system, your old roof can look new! Our applicators are experts in making our fluid-applied coating nice and smooth – even if it's laid over an old roof.
Restoring your roof comes down to one question: Why tear off a roof when you don't have to?


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Q: Problem with the proof of $g^{-1}(A\cap B)\subseteq g^{-1}(A)\cap g^{-1}(B)$. This is Abbott's exercise $1.2.7.b$. and it is not a duplicate of the following questions.
Proof of $f^{-1}(A) \cap f^{-1}(B)= f^{-1}(A \cap B)$
how to prove $f^{-1}(B_1 \cap B_2) = f^{-1}(B_1) \cap f^{-1}(B_2)$
My proof that $f^{-1}(D_1 \cap D_2) = f^{-1}(D_1) \cap f^{-1}(D_2)$
Exercise $1.2.7.b.$
The good behavior of preimages is completely general. Show that for an arbitrary function $g:R\rightarrow R$, it is always true that $g^{-1}(A\cap B)\subseteq g^{-1}(A)\cap g^{-1}(B)$.
I had no problem when proving it and I also checked the solution manual which its proof was similar to mine:
Let $x\in g^{-1}(A\cap B)$, then $g(x)\in(A\cap B)$. But this means...
My problem is with "Let $x\in g^{-1}(A\cap B)$, then $g(x)\in(A\cap B)$." What if our function isn't one-to-one? We chose our function arbitrarily so a simple function like $g(x)=x^2$ should be OK but it seems not to be.
Let's choose $A=[0,2]$ then $g(A)=[0,4]$ and $g^{-1}=[-2,2]$. So we can simply see that $x\in g^{-1}(A)$ does not imply $g(x)\in(A)$.
What is my mistake here?
Thank you in advance

A: For a function $f:R\rightarrow S$, and $D \subseteq S$, the inverse image $f^{-1}(D)$ is defined as follows:
$$f^{-1}(D) = \{x \in R: f(x) \in D\}$$
By definition then, if $x \in g^{-1}(A\cup B)$ then $g(x) \in A \cup B$.
In your example, $f:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$  given by $f(x) = x^2$, and $A = [0,2] \subseteq \mathbb{R}$.
If $x \in g^{-1}(A) = [ -\sqrt{2},\sqrt{2}]$. Then $g(x) \in [0,2]$, so there's no issue.
The problem seems to be that you're computing $g^{-1}(g(A))$, which is $g^{-1}([0,4]) = [-2,2] \neq A$. You are instead noticing that $g^{-1}(g(A)) \neq A$ (in general).

A: You definitely need to be a bit careful with these sets, because it's easy to accidentally make a false claim.
When you see $g^{-1}(A)$, its best to realize that there is only one thing it could be. Like, a priori, $g$ is a function from one set to another, so the symbol $g^{-1}$ doesn't automatically make sense. Nor does plugging a set into a function (rather than a point). So, by definition, when we say $g^{-1}(A)$, we mean the set of points which map into $A$ under $g$. That is, if $g\colon X\to Y$,
$$g^{-1}(A)=\{x\in X:g(x)\in A\}.$$
Similarly, if $C\subseteq X$, then
$$g(C)=\{y\in Y:y=g(c)\text{ for some }c\in C\}$$
or equivalently
$$g(C)=\{g(c):c\in C\}.$$

Now the claim is that $g^{-1}(A\cap B)=g^{-1}(A)\cap g^{-1}(B)$. To show set equality, we show that both inclusions hold.
First, take $x\in g^{-1}(A\cap B)$. Then, by definition, $g(x)\in A\cap B$, which means that $g(x)$ is in both $A$ and $B$. Now, by definition, $g(x)\in A$ means that $x\in g^{-1}(A)$, and $g(x)\in B$ means that $x\in g^{-1}(B)$. Thus $x\in g^{-1}(A)\cap g^{-1}(B)$.
Conversely, suppose $x\in g^{-1}(A)\cap g^{-1}(B)$. Then $x\in g^{-1}(A)$ means $g(x)\in A$, and $x\in g^{-1}(B)$ means $g(x)\in B$. Thus $g(x)\in A\cap B$, so by definition, $x\in g^{-1}(A\cap B)$.

In your example, you take $g\colon (-\infty,\infty)\to [0,\infty)$ with $g(x)=x^2$. If $A=[0,2]$, then $g^{-1}(A)$ is the set of all points mapping into $[0,2]$. Thus, $g^{-1}(A)=[-\sqrt 2,\sqrt 2]$. If we pick and point $x\in[-2,2]$, then it is certainly true that $g(x)\in[0,2]$.

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Recycled Lines, LLC, a pop up premium brand young mens consignment shop in Fairfield on March 9.
Parents of little boys and teenage sons know how quickly their limbs can grow. But what to do with their outgrown and barely used clothing is a question that isn't as easily answered.
Fairfield residents Cindy Sammarco and Liz Neugebauer, who met years ago when their children went to the same school, were having a conversation about that dilemma in the fall of 2015 when they realized others were probably wondering the same thing.
It was then the women decided a consignment shop targeting the male population, youth and adults, might be a worthwhile venture. Instead of setting up a permanent business, though, they decided to open a seasonal pop-up shop, called Recycled Lines.
The women's shop is open for a few days three times a year, in March, August and November.
This year, the women have partnered with Westport-based Furniture on Consignment, which will host their shop through the five-day sale. "I think what they're doing is remarkable," said Jim Klinko, owner of the Westport business at 1435 Post Road East.
Because he knows the cost of renting a space, Klinko said he was happy to allow the women to run their sale out of his store. In turn, he said he gets a slew of potential customers for his own business and free clothes for his 11-year-old son.
Neugebauer, who has two sons, and Sammarco, who has one, said they usually have a good stock of blazers for males of all ages and they will take clothing starting at a boys' size 6 or 7 and going up through men's sizes.
They said they find their customers are grateful for the opportunity to resell their sons' and husbands' clothing while being able to buy new wardrobe pieces at a discounted price.
Some customers who have offered their clothing for consignment have made in excess of $250 on a sale, Neugebauer said. The women also encourage people who find that their clothing doesn't sell to bring clothes back for a new sale.
"If it doesn't sell the first time, it might sell the next time," said Sammarco.
The spring sale begins Tuesday, March 28, from 5 to 8 p.m. The sale will then continue that Wednesday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day and on April 1 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.


The 2013 BET Hip Hop Awards cypher of A$AP Mob. Enjoy!
Here's a new sound from the artist/producer Ralph French called "King Ralph III". It has some darker instrumentals with a sample of Kanye West's - "Flashing Lights", to give it a nice touch. Artwork by NiallGFX. Coolery.


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Weekly Wrap-Up – July 23, 2016
Welcome to my weekly wrap-up! Here is where you can see my books read during the past week, books to be read next week, books I have added to my shelves, any bookish happenings and the like. I have linked to Stacking the Shelves, the Saturday Situation, the Saturday Review of Books, Talk of the Town, Bought, Borrowed & Bagged, The Sunday Salon, Caffeinated Book Reviewer's Sunday Wrap-Up, It's Monday! What Are You Reading? and Mailbox Monday. So check out what I've been up to this past (3) weeks.
Books Added
From NetGalley
My Unscripted Life by Lauren Morrill – Sometimes love stories go off script. Another sultry Georgia summer is about to get a lot hotter. Dee Wilkie is still licking her wounds after getting rejected by the precollege fine arts program of her dreams. But if she'd gone away, she wouldn't have been around to say yes to an unbelievable opportunity: working on the set of a movie filming in her small Southern town that just happens to be starring Milo Ritter, the famous pop star Dee (along with the rest of the world) has had a crush since eighth grade. It's not like Dee will be sharing any screen time with Milo—she's just a lowly PA. And Milo is so disappointingly rude that Dee is eager to stay far away from him. Except after a few chance meetings, she begins to wonder if just maybe there's a reason for his offensive attitude, and if there's more to Milo than his good looks and above-it-all Hollywood pedigree. Can a relationship with a guy like Milo ever work out for a girl like Dee? Never say never.
The Masked City by Genevieve Cogman – Working in an alternate version of Victorian London, Librarian-spy Irene has settled into a routine, collecting important fiction for the mysterious Library and blending in nicely with the local culture. But when her apprentice, Kai—a dragon of royal descent—is kidnapped by the Fae, her carefully crafted undercover operation begins to crumble. Kai's abduction could incite a conflict between the forces of chaos and order that would devastate all worlds and all dimensions. To keep humanity from getting caught in the crossfire, Irene will have to team up with a local Fae leader to travel deep into a version of Venice filled with dark magic, strange coincidences, and a perpetual celebration of Carnival—and save her friend before he becomes the first casualty of a catastrophic war. But navigating the tumultuous landscape of Fae politics will take more than Irene's book-smarts and fast-talking—to ward off Armageddon, she might have to sacrifice everything she holds dear….
The Roanoke Girls by Amy Engel – After her mother's suicide, fifteen year-old Lane Roanoke came to live with her grandparents and fireball cousin, Allegra, on their vast estate in rural Kansas. Lane knew little of her mother's mysterious family, but she quickly embraced life as one of the rich and beautiful Roanoke girls. But when she discovered the dark truth at the heart of the family, she ran…fast and far away. Eleven years later, Lane is adrift in Los Angeles when her grandfather calls to tell her Allegra has gone missing. Did she run too? Or something worse? Unable to resist his pleas, Lane returns to help search, and to ease her guilt at having left Allegra behind. Her homecoming may mean a second chance with the boyfriend whose heart she broke that long ago summer. But it also means facing the devastating secret that made her flee, one she may not be strong enough to run from again. As it weaves between Lane's first Roanoke summer and her return, The Roanoke Girls shocks and tantalizes, twisting its way through revelation after mesmerizing revelation, exploring the secrets families keep and the fierce and terrible love that both binds them together and rips them apart.
The Romantics by Leah Konen – Gael Brennan is about to have his heart broken when his first big relationship crumbles on the heels of his parents' painful separation. Love intervenes with the intention of setting things right—but she doesn't anticipate the intrusion of her dreaded nemesis: the Rebound. Love's plans for Gael are sidetracked by Cara, Gael's hot-sauce-wielding "dream girl." The more Love meddles, the further Gael drifts from the one girl who can help him mend his heart. Soon Love starts breaking all her own rules—and in order to set Gael's fate back on course, she has to make some tough decisions about what it means to truly care.
Hungry Heart by Jennifer Weiner – Jennifer Weiner is many things: a #1 New York Times bestselling author, a Twitter phenomenon, and "an unlikely feminist enforcer" (The New Yorker). She's also a mom, a daughter, and a sister; a former rower and current cyclist; a best friend and a reality TV junkie. In her first foray into nonfiction, she takes the raw stuff of her personal life and spins into a collection of essays on modern womanhood as uproariously funny and moving as the best of Tina Fey, Fran Lebowitz, and Nora Ephron. Jennifer grew up as an outsider in her picturesque Connecticut hometown ("a Lane Bryant outtake in an Abercrombie & Fitch photo shoot") and at her Ivy League college, but finally found her people in newsrooms in central Pennsylvania and Philadelphia, and her voice as a novelist, activist, and New York Times columnist. No subject is off-limits in this intimate and honest essay collection: sex, weight, envy, money, her mom's newfound lesbianism, and her estranged father's death. From lonely adolescence to modern childbirth to hearing her six-year-old daughter's use of the f-word—fat—for the first time, Jennifer Weiner goes there, with the wit and candor that have endeared her to readers all over the world. By turns hilarious and deeply touching, this collection shows that the woman behind treasured novels like Good in Bed and Best Friends Forever is every bit as winning, smart, and honest in real life as she is in her fiction.
Tell Me Something Real by Calla Devlin – Three sisters struggle with the bonds that hold their family together as they face a darkness settling over their lives in this masterfully written debut novel. There are three beautiful blond Babcock sisters: gorgeous and foul-mouthed Adrienne, observant and shy Vanessa, and the youngest and best-loved, Marie. Their mother is ill with leukemia and the girls spend a lot of time with her at a Mexican clinic across the border from their San Diego home so she can receive alternative treatments. Vanessa is the middle child, a talented pianist who is trying to hold her family together despite the painful loss that they all know is inevitable. As she and her sisters navigate first loves and college dreams, they are completely unaware that an illness far more insidious than cancer poisons their home. Their world is about to shatter under the weight of an incomprehensible betrayal…
The Homecoming by Stacy Ramey – They say you can never go home—and John's about to find out just how true that is.
John's mother kicked him out of the house when she couldn't handle his anger, and John's spent the last few years bouncing between relatives. But after his last scrape with the law, there's nowhere for him to go but home. Starting senior year at a new high school and fitting into the family that shut him out is a challenge. And it's all that John can do to keep from turning back to bad habits. Lacrosse training helps him focus. As does Emily, the girl next door. She's sweet and smart, and makes him think his heart may finally be healing. Maybe he's ready to trust again. But tragedy has a way of finding John, and he must decide between saving his family or saving himself.
The Animators by Kayla Rae Whitaker – She was the first person to see me as I had always wanted to be seen. It was enough to indebt me to her forever. At a private East Coast college, two young women meet in art class. Sharon Kisses, quietly ambitious but self-doubting, arrives from rural Kentucky. Mel Vaught, brash, unapologetic, wildly gifted, brings her own brand of hellfire from the backwaters of Florida. Both outsiders, Sharon and Mel become fervent friends, bonding over Ren and Stimpy, R. Crumb, and dysfunctional families. Working, absorbing, drinking. Drawing: Mel, to understand her own tumultuous past, and Sharon, to lose herself altogether. A decade later, Sharon and Mel are an award-winning animation duo, and with the release of their first full-length feature, the "spitting, twitching tour-de-force of epic freaking proportions" Nashville Combat, they stand at the cusp of success. But while on tour to promote the film, cracks in their relationship begin to form: Sharon begins to feel like a tag-along and suspects that raucous Mel is the real artist. When unexpected tragedy strikes, long-buried resentments rise to the surface, threatening their relationships with their families, their lovers, and each other—and hastening a reckoning no one sees coming.
Someone I Wanted to Be by Aurelia Wills – Leah Lobermier dreams of becoming a doctor, but it's hard to stay focused on getting good grades when boys make oinking sounds at her in school and her mother spends every night on the couch with a bottle of wine. Leah's skinny and popular "friends," Kristy and Corinne, aren't much better and can hardly be counted on for support. When the girls convince a handsome older man to buy them beer, Leah takes his phone number and calls him, pretending to be Kristy—coy and confident—and they develop a relationship, talking and texting day after day. But as the lie she created grows beyond her control, can Leah put a stop to things before she—or Kristy—is seriously hurt?
Girl In Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow – Charlotte Davis is in pieces. At seventeen she's already lost more than most people lose in a lifetime. But she's learned how to forget. The broken glass washes away the sorrow until there is nothing but calm. You don't have to think about your father and the river. Your best friend, who is gone forever. Or your mother, who has nothing left to give you.
Every new scar hardens Charlie's heart just a little more, yet it still hurts so much. It hurts enough to not care anymore, which is sometimes what has to happen before you can find your way back from the edge. A deeply moving portrait of a teenage girl on the verge of losing herself and the journey she must take to survive in her own skin, Kathleen Glasgow's debut is heartbreakingly real and unflinchingly honest. It's a story you won't be able to look away from.
We Are Still Tornadoes by Michael Kun and Susan Mullen – Growing up across the street from each other, Scott and Cath have been best friends their entire lives. Cath would help Scott with his English homework, he would make her mix tapes (it's the 80's after all), and any fight they had would be forgotten over TV and cookies. But now they've graduated high school and Cath is off to college while Scott is at home pursuing his musical dreams. During their first year apart, Scott and Cath's letters help them understand heartache, annoying roommates, family drama and the pressure to figure out what to do with the rest of their lives. And through it all, they realize that the only person they want to turn to is each other. But does that mean they should be more than friends? The only thing that's clear is that change is an inescapable part of growing up. And the friends who help us navigate it share an unshakable bond.
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Lost Stars by Lisa Selin Davis – Before her older sister, Ginny, died, Carrie was a science nerd, obsessively tracking her beloved Vira comet. But now that Ginny is gone, sixteen-year-old Carrie finds herself within the orbit of Ginny's friends, a close-knit group of seniors who skip school, obsess over bands (not science), and party hard. Fed up with Carrie's behavior, her father enrolls her in a summer work camp at a local state park. Carrie actually likes the days spent in nature. And when she meets Dean, a guy who likes the real Carrie—astrophysics obsessions and all—she starts to get to the heart of who she is and who she wants to be.
The Real Liddy James by Anne-Marie Casey – Forty-four, fit, and fabulous, Liddy James is one of New York's top divorce attorneys, a bestselling author, and a mother of two. Armed with a ruthless reputation and a capsule wardrobe, she glides through the courtrooms and salons of the Manhattan elite with ease. What's her secret? Liddy will tell you: "I don't do guilt!" This is the last thing literature professor Peter James wants to hear. Devastated by his divorce from Liddy six years earlier, the two have a tangled history his new partner, Rose, is only just sorting out. But Rose is a patient woman with faith in a well-timed miracle and she's determined to be sympathetic to Peter's plight. Together, Liddy, Peter, and Rose have formed a modern family to raise Liddy and Peter's truculent teen and Liddy's darling, if fatherless, six-year-old. But when Rose announces she's pregnant, Liddy's nanny takes flight, the bill for a roof repair looms, and a high-profile divorce case becomes too personal, Liddy realizes her days as a guilt-free woman might be over. Following a catastrophic prime-time TV interview, she carts her sons back to Ireland to retrace their family's history. But marooned in the Celtic countryside things are still far from simple, and Liddy will have to come to terms with much more than a stormy neighbor and an unorthodox wedding if she ever hopes to rediscover the real Liddy James.
Lucky Boy by Shanthi Sekaran – Solimar Castro Valdez is eighteen and drunk on optimism when she embarks on a perilous journey across the US/Mexican border. Weeks later she arrives on her cousin's doorstep in Berkeley, CA, dazed by first love found then lost, and pregnant. This was not the plan. But amid the uncertainty of new motherhood and her American identity, Soli learns that when you have just one precious possession, you guard it with your life. For Soli, motherhood becomes her dwelling and the boy at her breast her hearth. Kavya Reddy has always followed her heart, much to her parents' chagrin. A mostly contented chef at a UC Berkeley sorority house, the unexpected desire to have a child descends like a cyclone in Kavya's mid-thirties. When she can't get pregnant, this desire will test her marriage, it will test her sanity, and it will set Kavya and her husband, Rishi, on a collision course with Soli, when she is detained and her infant son comes under Kavya's care. As Kavya learns to be a mother–the singing, story-telling, inventor-of-the-universe kind of mother she fantasized about being–she builds her love on a fault line, her heart wrapped around someone else's child.
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Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff – 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 a speck at the edge of the universe. Now with enemy fire raining down on them, Kady and Ezra—who are barely even talking to each other—are forced to evacuate with a hostile warship in hot pursuit. But their problems are just getting started. A plague has broken out and is mutating with terrifying results; the fleet's AI may actually be their enemy; and nobody in charge will say what's really going on. As Kady hacks into a web of data to find the truth, it's clear the only person who can help her is the ex-boyfriend she swore she'd never speak to again. Told through a fascinating dossier of hacked documents—including emails, maps, files, IMs, medical reports, interviews, and more—Illuminae is the first book in a heart-stopping trilogy about lives interrupted, the price of truth, and the courage of everyday heroes.
Lion's Share by Rachel Vincent – Abby Wade has a dangerous secret. Two months ago, she disobeyed an order, but instead of kicking her out of the Pride, Jace offered her a job. Since then, she's been battling a completely inappropriate crush on the young, hot Alpha. But when accepting his job offer seems like the only way to keep her skeletons safely in their closet, Abby doesn't hesitate. Jace Hammond has a big problem. A rogue is slaughtering humans in his territory, and he must eliminate the threat before the entire shifter species is exposed. There could not be a worse time for Abby to accept a job he only offered as a boost to her confidence. Abby is smart, beautiful, and resilient-more than enough to distract any man from the mission. Unfortunately, she may just be the worst enforcer ever to hold the title. As they hunt the killer, Abby's secret becomes a threat to Jace's authority and to her own life. But the real danger is the grip she has on his twice-shy heart.
Books Read Since Last Wrap-Up
The Summer that Melted Everything by Tiffany McDaniel
Good as Gone by Amy Gentry
The Hopefuls by Jennifer Close
Falling by Jane Green
Signs of You by Emily France
All These Perfect Strangers by Aoife Clifford
Smash and Grab by Amy Christine Parker
The Singles Game by Lauren Weisberger
Claiming Noah by Amanda Ortlepp
Lost Along the Way by Erin Duffy
A Million Times Goodnight by Kristina McBride
Learning to Swear in America by Katie Kennedy
Books to be Read Next Week
Wow, it's been three weeks since my last Weekly Wrap-up. Between work being super busy, a need to really think on why I do this and then a very sudden and unexpected death at the office, I have been really absent from here. I am now getting back into my stride and the reviews and stuff will be ramping up again.
A few months ago I mentioned that I had been asked to give a cover blurb. Well it is now out and live on Amazon and Barnes & Noble – "FROM THE SIDELINE packs an emotional punch in the best way. Laughter, tears, heartache and joy all combine for a truly touching read." – 125Pages. It is crazy to see my words above the synopsis of a book. I really enjoy the writing of Amy Avanzino and she is also a delightful author to deal with.
I will be joining ARC August for the second time. I really enjoy the challenge and hope to be able to knock off seventeen ARCs that I have. Some to be reads are – Nevernight by Jay Kristoff, Detached by Christina Kilbourne, The Graces by Laura Eve and Just Kill Me by Adam Selzer.
Kindle copy of The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner (INT) — Ends Jul 25th, 2016
2 ebooks of From the Sideline and 2 ebooks of Wake-Up Call — Ends Aug 1st, 2016
To celebrate school starting very soon (August 4th here!) I am giving away a Middle Grade prize pack. An ARC of The Littlest Bigfoot by Jennifer Weiner and The Secret Keepers by Trenton Lee Stewart plus a super cute little tote (US only). The giveaway will be open till 11:59 pm MST August 5, 2016.
Stuff I Enjoyed Lately…
Michelle at Pink Polka Dot Books – Talking to a Non-Reader About Reading
Andi at Andi's ABCs – Blog Woes – Style Rut
ARC August Sign-Ups – Read Sleep Repeat
On the Same Page – Secret Sister Project Round 5 Sign-Ups
United States of Books – We went to Kentucky with In Country by Bobbie Ann Mason, Connecticut with The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare and Massachusetts with The Wapshot Chronicle by John Cheever.
Running now – Jeff Zentner author of The Serpent King. Up for grabs is a Kindle copy.
Up Next – August 2, 2016 – Kristina McMorris author of The Edge of Lost. We will be giving away a paperback copy.
[4 Jul] United States of Books – The Wapshot Chronicle by John Cheever
[5 Jul] Author Tuesday Interview and Giveaway – C.H. Armstrong
[5 Jul] Paper and Fire by Rachel Caine ★★★★½
[11 Jul] United States of Books – The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
[11 Jul] Why Do I Do This?
[12 Jul] Author Tuesday Countdown – Jeff Zentner
[18 Jul] United States of Books – In Country by Bobbie Ann Mason
[19 Jul] Author Tuesday Interview and Giveaway – Jeff Zentner
[21 Jul] From The Sideline by Amy Avanzino ★★★★½
[22 Jul] The Summer That Melted Everything: A Novel by Tiffany McDaniel ★★★★★
[22 Jul] Weekly Wrap-Up – July 23, 2016
So how was your bookish week?
Author Tuesday Interview – Liz Fenton & Lisa Steinke
Weekly Wrap-Up – December 17, 2016
Claire Daly: Reluctant Soul Saver – Michele Brouder
The Sister Pact – Stacie Ramey
Stacking the Shelves – October 3, 2015
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Lauren @ Wonderless Reviews
Illuminae ??? One of my favourite reads from this year! The book is so beautiful.
Chrissi Reads
I really need to get a copy of Illuminae. I've heard so many wonderful things about it. This is an amazing haul I hope you enjoy these books 🙂
Majanka
Illuminae sounds interesting, and I heard great things about it. I hope you enjoy your books!
My Stacking The Shelves post.
Wow sounds like you were busy!! Lots of great books that you read and got. Yay for ARC August. I am hoping to know a bunch out! Congrats on the cover blurb again 🙂
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Diane Lynch
Great haul! I hope you enjoy your books.
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Terri M.
I did not realize the the 2nd Book in The Invisible Library series was up on NetGalley! I received a copy of the first book directly from the publisher and am in the middle of reading it.
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What a week you had! I am just finishing Falling and loving it. On your stack of new books, I see several that look tempting, especially Hungry Heart.
Enjoy! Thanks for sharing.
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I love to read middle grade and write for this age group. these books would be perfect for my "writing well." Thanks for sharing!
Ardis @ Pondering The Prose
I read Girl In Pieces last week, and it was really good! Sometimes, it was a tough read, but I loved it anyway! you got so many other great books, such as Illuminae, and Tell Me Something Real. You are going to have so much fun reading these books. Have a great week.
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Woah, it looks like you read a lot of books in the past few weeks. I'm thinking about signing up for ARC August. I just need to make a post and all that – also look at what I have to read. I have a TON of ARC's for September from BEA so I'll try and focus on those a lot.
Ooh Nevernight! I don't have that one but I'm so curious.
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Deb Nance at Readerbuzz
You may have been away three weeks, but your book totals for the time away are still astonishing. And I thought I read fast!
http://readerbuzz.blogspot.com/2016/07/mo-willems-goes-to-paris.html
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Kathy @ Kathy Reads Fiction
I loved Illuminae and can't wait to add Gemina to my shelf! I think I fell more in love with the visual aspect of Illuminae than the story, but the story was still exciting and captivating. Congrats on the blurb!! I read The Regulars a couple of weeks okay, and it was not great, but good. I hope you enjoy it. Here's my Sunday post.
Shaz Goodwin
I was interested to read your review of The Summer that Melted Everything as I have a Q&A with Tiffany tomorrow Laura. WOW. That much 🙂 Tiffany's been fab at communicating with me.
I missed the ARC stuff but glad you decided to stay blogging. In the UK we have bloggers trying to hop onto the back of other bloggers, expecting them to get a free book for them. Or aggressively asking publicists for free books. My life is enriched with the book bloggers/authors/publicists I have built relationships with over the year and it can't help but bring you down!
Thanks for linking #TalkoftheTown
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Mareli Thalwitzer
My week was not nearly as stacked as yours!! WHOAAAAA! Careful girl – you might turn into a book. Or is that the goal? I've heard of Tell me something real, need to look into that. Here's my Sunday Post: http://marelithalkink.blogspot.co.za/
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Glad you are now beginning to surface from all the work stuff – sorry to hear about the upheaval:(. I recall when we had a sudden death in the office and just how upsetting it was – in addition to being more for everyone else to do… Illuminae looks like a book I shall have to add to my already bloated TBR list. You have a really interesting haul of books there – the other one that caught my eye is Lost Stars. Have a great reading and blogging week, Laura:)
I'm pretty excited for The Masked City as I recently read The Invisible Library, and liked it a lot. Will be fun to revisit that story. And Illuminae was fun- hope you like it!
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Sounds like a busy week! Illuminae has been calling my name and I need to get The Masked City so I can read it after I read The Invisible Library which I still need to get. Have a great week!
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Di @ Book Reviews By Di
Wow – that's a lot of books there!
Congrats on the cover blurb! How exciting!
17 ARCs in August sounds like a real challenge, but you are prolific eater of books so I'm sure you can do it.
Hope you have a great week further. My #IMWAYR roundup is here on my Blog
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BermudaOnion (Kathy)
Wow, so many great looking books! The Roanoke Girls stands out to me.
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sounds like a great reading summer. mine is here: https://wordsandpeace.com/2016/07/25/mailbox-monday-july-25/
Kathy Martin
It sounds like you've had a stressful few weeks. I hope things are getting better. I just read Illuminae. It had been on my TBR mountain for a while. Come see what my week was like here. Happy reading!
Areli
I love this post, Laura! Plus, I really like those books above. I just asked my brother for a favor to buy me a copy of Illuminae because I need to read at least one work of Jay Kristoff because I was approved to read an ARC of Nevernight (I need to know how he writes, right? lol). Anyway, here is my IMWAYR: https://arelireads.wordpress.com/2016/07/25/imwayr-no-3-07252016/
Holly (2 Kids and Tired)
Netgalley is dangerous. I think I have a problem. I can't stop requesting… 2 Kids and Tired Books MM
I absolutely adore Jennifer Weiner and I can't wait for her memoir! I spent the weekend reading all but one of her short stories (which were wonderful!)
Braine
Slowing down on books because I've slowed down on my reading. Have a great week!
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a couple new books to me
Edye
What a bust week! Thanks for the giveaway 🙂
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Posted by Winning Progressive | Jul 7, 2011 | In Focus | 7 |
The Supreme Court last week struck another blow against democracy by overturning Arizona's Clean Election Law. Let's fight back to reclaim our democracy. (More)
Last week, the 5-4 activist conservative majority on the Supreme Court found yet another way to put our politics in the hands of the moneyed interests who bankroll the conservative movement and undermine progressive government by striking a significant blow to state clean election laws. Take action now by writing a letter to your local newspaper editor opposing the sale of our democracy, and by supporting organizations listed below who are fighting to take the for sale sign down.
The Supreme Court ruling at issue, Arizona Free Enterprise Club's Freedom Club PAC v. Bennett, struck down a key portion of the Arizona Citizens Clean Elections Act. Under such Clean Election Laws, which exist in Arizona, Maine, and some local jurisdictions, candidates for public office that show a basic level of support are able to obtain public funds for their campaigns if they agree to forgo private financing. Such laws are designed to help preserve our democracy by ensuring that candidates are able to run for office without being beholden to wealthy interests. Public financing also increases the responsiveness of elected officials to their constituents by allowing candidates to spend more time with voters rather than having to constantly be begging for money from the wealthy and corporate interests.
Unfortunately, those wealthy interests are often able to overwhelm public financing systems, as the lump sum amount of public financing that candidates receive can be swamped by the truckloads of cash that privately-financed campaigns can raise. Arizona sought to address that problem by providing additional matching funds to publicly financed candidates. Under the Arizona matching fund system, if a privately financed candidate spent more than a certain amount, each publicly-financed candidates would receive 94% of that additional amount in matching funds, up to a specific total amount of public financing. There was no cap in Arizona on the amount that a privately financed candidate can spend.
The Supreme Court ruling on Monday found Arizona's matching fund system to violate the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, on the grounds that such a system places a substantial burden on the speech of privately financed candidates and the independent expenditure groups that support them. While the Court's ruling was not exactly surprising given the Court's previous ruling in Citizens United and the questions that the conservative activist majority asked at oral argument, it was misguided. For one thing, the decision was based on the conservative majority's faulty conclusion that money equals speech that is entitled to First Amendment protection. In addition, as Justice Elena Kagan explained in a well-written dissent, it is simply wrong to contend that the matching funds burden anyone's speech given that they do not prevent any privately financed speech, matching funds are available to all candidates regardless of viewpoint, and such matching funds allow for more speech.
While the Court purported to uphold the ability of states to provide for public financing, the Court's holding strikes a serious blow at the effectiveness of such systems by preventing states from ensuring that such system cannot simply be overwhelmed by candidates who are able to raise nearly endless amounts of money thanks to the Citizens United decision. In short, the five conservative activists on the Court have taken another step towards stealing our democracy away from we the people.
In order to take our democracy back, we the people have to do three things:
1. Elect Presidents and Senators who will nominate and support Supreme Court Justices that understand that money is not speech, and that our democracy is not something that you should be able to simply buy.
2. Push for a Constitutional amendment that makes it clear that money in the electoral context is not speech. Such an amendment would ensure that campaign finance laws and public financing would be subjected only to the types of rational basis review that most legislation is subject to, rather than the type of heightened review that occurs due to the faulty belief that money is speech. Congresswoman Donna Edwards proposed such an amendment in 2010.
3. Get involved in the political system, so that we can outweigh the impact of money. On election day, each of our votes are worth just as much as that of one of the Koch brothers or any of the other conservative sugar daddies. And during a campaign, strong grassroots organizing can be just as effective as the mindless attack ads that most campaigns rely on. But for this alternative approach to work, we all have to get involved.
In order to help take our democracy back, we'd urge all of our readers to:
* Write a letter to your local newspaper editor supporting publicly financed campaigns and rejecting the notion that money equals speech.
* Join and follow on Facebook the following organizations that are fighting to return our democracy to the people, rather than to just the wealthy and corporate elite:
Brennan Center for Social Justice – a public interest think tank and legal advocacy organization based at New York University that helps litigate many high profile cases regarding elections and campaign finance. Their Facebook page is here.
League of Women Voters – a non-profit advocacy group that has worked since 1920 to improve our system of government. Follow them on Facebook here.
Free Speech for People – an advocacy organization dedicated to returning corporations to their proper role as economic, rather than political, entities. Like them on Facebook here.
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Gardener	on July 7, 2011 at 8:06 pm
Any excerpts from the dissent available?
NCrissieB	on July 7, 2011 at 8:39 pm
Here's the link to the entire decision.
Thanks for a great article, Winning Progressive.
This was a difficult case. Assume Peter Publicfund and Benny Bigbux are running in Arizona. Both accept public financing, but Benny is also supported by the Bux4Benny Political Action Committee (B4B). B4B spends Lots Of Money to criticize Peter.
By law, Benny's campaign can't coordinate with B4B. B4B make their own ads and their own ad buys, on issues and in parts of Arizona they care about, regardless of Benny's campaign strategy. Under the Arizona law, the state matches B4B's spending … with funds to Peter's campaign.
The key to the majority decision is that – unlike the B4B spending, which Benny can't control – Peter does control the matching funds provided by the state. Peter can use that money to make his own ads and his own ad buys, integrated with his campaign strategy.
I understand what the Arizona legislature's intent, and I agree with it. They wanted to balance the scale of independent PAC spending. But I also understand the majority's conclusion that the statute didn't simply balance the scale. Because Peter's campaign would control the funds matching B4B's independent spending – which Benny could not control – the Arizona statute tipped the balance in Peter's favor.
The problem is independent PACs. The Court has held they have First Amendment rights to support or oppose candidates, but they must act independently and can't coordinate with any candidate's campaign. There is no way to precisely balance that with matching funds. That leaves three options:
1. Ban PACs. I'd like to see that happen, but I don't think it's likely in the near future.
2. Allow PACs to coordinate with candidates' campaigns. That would allow matching funds to even the scale, but it would also reintroduce all the problems that campaign finance laws were written to stop.
3. Disallow matching funds for independent PACs, as the Court did, and hope Peter can find enough independent PAC support to compete.
The bad news is that there's no good answer that's likely to happen soon.
The good news is that campaign spending is not as dispositive as media narratives imply. A candidate needs enough money to "cover the curve," i.e.: reach the bulge of moderately-engaged voters. After that, the diminishing return curve means each additional dollar spent yields fewer additional votes. At some point, ads will have elicited as many votes as Benny will get from ads … and B4B are wasting their money.
Winning Progressive	on July 8, 2011 at 3:07 am
Thanks, Crissie, for the thoughts about this case.
In my mind, the first question here is whether one agrees with the Court that money = speech. I don't, which is why I would subject laws such as these to only the type of rational basis review that courts use to review laws that do not infringe on specific rights or discriminate on the basis of suspect classifications (such as race, gender, etc.). Under such an approach, states would not have total free will to create whatever type of public financing system they want, but courts would not apply a virtual presumption of invalidity to the systems that are created.
Even assuming you agree with the conservative majority's conclusion that money = speech, the next question is whether the law here infringes on such speech. I can see the point you make, Crissie, about these matching funds being problematic when they are provided in response to independent expenditures that are beyond a privately funded candidate's control. But the conservative majority on the Court did not stop there – they found all of the matching funds invalid. And I just don't buy that matching funds that allow for more speech constitute an infringement on the speech of others, at least when in response to spending that the privately financed candidate controls.
Finally, I agree that campaign spending is not as dispositive as the media narrative implies. Less well-funded candidates can and do win elections, largely because of the diminishing returns that you refer to. But money is a leg up, and poses a problem for at least two other reasons. First, because candidates have to spend so much time fundraising and responding to donors, they become overly focused on the interests and concerns of wealthy donors, rather than having time and interest in paying attention to constituents. Second, the need to raise money serves as a hurdle that keeps many people from being able to meaningfully participate in the system. Public campaign financing can play some role in overcoming these problems, but it won't work unless there is some way to at least limit the ability of privately financed candidates to drown the public candidates out.
NCrissieB	on July 8, 2011 at 9:43 am
I agree with your arguments, Winning Progressive. I understand the majority decision in this case, but I don't support it. Like you, I reject the argument that money = speech. Libertarian dogma aside, I believe the Framers and the many who fought to defend the Constitution since had a higher purpose than "all the 'freedom' you can afford."
That said, perhaps the best solution is to ensure that public financing provides enough money to "cover the curve" of moderately-engaged voters. Beyond that, money matters less than one-to-one contacts and GOTV work.
addisnana	on July 7, 2011 at 9:51 pm
Thanks Winning Progressive for the article and Crissie for your comment. One of the things I so appreciate about bpicampus is the sense of context that I get here. It gives me a much richer understanding of current events.
This 5-4 decision and the one today that allowed Texas to execute the man from Mexico are so close, one justice from going the other way. It is one of the biggest reasons why I hope Obama gets a second turn.
Thanks for the links too. I am off to check them out.
JanF	on July 8, 2011 at 11:17 am
We need to have better Supreme Court justices which requires retaining our Democratic president and electing more and better Democratic Senators so that we can get that 5th vote in case there is a retirement.
I am also convinced that the movement afoot to have corporations declared non-citizens and therefore not having any protected rights is important. The Citizens United ruling overturned nearly 100 years of precedence regarding corporations and gave them new rights.
Our cowardly Senate last year refused to pass the DISCLOSE Act which would have gone a long way towards limiting the anonymity of corporate dollar-speech. Corporations above all are beholden to their shareholders and disclosing use of corporate dollars for political purposes and exposing them to consumer boycotts is probably the best way to approach it. SCOTUS invited Congress to pass some limits on the rights of corporate money and as happened so often in the 111th Congress, the House took their responsibilities seriously and the Senate was hamstrung by Harry Reid's meek acceptance of Republican obstructionism.
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Today is seven months. You know, in the way they count from day one of your last cycle? I just realized pregnancy is a bit longer than 9 months: my last cycle started on the 1st of May, I am due on the 5th of February.
I woke up today from horrendous leg cramps. Ouch. I mean, OUCH. I read that it might be a sign of being dehydrated, so I am drinking non-stop today.
Someone asked me today what does it feel like – when a baby moves inside you. The best I could explain it was like feeling someone rub your belly firmly with fingertips – or poking here and there (unless you feel the kick in your diaphragm or bladder… which are harder to describe) – how would you describe?
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Dr. Olmstead received his Doctor of Optometry degree from Ferris State University College of Optometry in 1979 and received the Outstanding Clinician Award. He began practicing in the Lansing area while working part time with two ophthalmology practices. He also served as a clinical associate of the Ferris State College of Optometry supervising senior students in clinic. In 1983 Dr. Olmstead began practicing in Charlotte with Charlotte Optometrists while continuing to work as a clinical associate for Ferris State.
In 1995, he and Dr. Darin merged practices to form Eye Care Associates of Charlotte, PLLC. Both doctors were granted HGB Memorial Hospital staff privileges in 1996 and became Assistant Clinical Professors for the Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1997.
Dr. Olmstead is a member of the Michigan and American Optometric Associations and has served the Michigan Optometric Association in various committees and also on its Board of Directors. Dr. Olmstead attained Diplomate status with the American Board of Optometry in 2014. He was awarded Michigan Optometrist of the year in 1994, and served on the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors from 1985-1991.
Prior to earning his Doctor of Optometry degree Dr. Olmstead was a graduate of Michigan State University while lettering in hockey all 4 years, serving as the team co-captain his senior year and was awarded the "Big Ten Medal of Honor" for academic and athletic achievement. He served as an assistant hockey coach at Ferris State University and coached various minor league travel hockey teams in Lansing, Grand Rapids and Detroit area.
He and his wife Diane we married in 1977 and have 3 grown children: Angela, Michael, and Amanda
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Dr. Angela Olmstead received her Doctorate of Optometry from the Michigan College of Optometry at Ferris State University in 2010. Prior to earning her Doctorate, she completed internships at Dwayne Waters Hospital in Jackson, MI; Grand Rapids VA Medical Center in Grand Rapids, MI; MSU Neuro- Ophthalmology Clinic and Rosenbaum Eye and Laser Center in East Lansing, MI.
She is a member of the Michigan Optometric Association and the American Optometric Association. Dr. Olmstead participates in the Special Olympics Vision Screening in Mt. Pleasant, MI annually.
Prior to earning her Doctorate of Optometry Dr. Olmstead was a graduate of Michigan State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Human Physiology she completed a year of ocular diabetic retinopathy clinical research at Michigan State University preceding optometry school.
Her professional concentrations include primary care optometry, diagnosis and treatment of ocular disease management, pediatrics, contact lenses and fitting specialty eyewear lenses.
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Dr. Jeannine Brake-Norder earned her Doctor of Optometry degree from Ferris State University College of Optometry in 1994 and received the VSP Scholarship Award, the Vistakon Award of Excellence in Contact Lens Patient Care and the Silhouette Award of Excellence in the Study of Optometry. While at Ferris, she participated in the American Optometric Student Association, traveling to California, Illinois, and Tennessee for the annual conventions. She was a member of VOSH (Volunteers in Optometry Serving Humanity) and traveled to Mexico and Domonica, West Indies, providing eye care and glasses to the local population. She began practicing in Charlotte in 1995 with Dr. Darin and Dr. Olmstead and then later at Eye Care Associates of Charlotte, PLLC. She was granted hospital privileges at HGB Memorial Hospital in 1996. She is a member of the American Optometric Association, the Michigan Optometric Association, the Central Michigan Optometric Society and the National Association of Professional Women. Prior to earning her Doctor of Optometry degree, Dr. Brake graduated from Michigan State University with a Bachelor of Science in Physiology. She was a member of Lyman Briggs School and Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority.
She married Phil in 1996 and they have 3 children: Caleb, Collin, and Aubrey. She spends much of her time actively participating in their activities (soccer, football, baseball, softball and basketball) and volunteering in their schools and classrooms. She has been an active member of the local MOPS Chapter (Mothers of Preschools) serving on the Steering Team as both Hospitality Directory and Crafts/Activities Coordinator as well as a Mentor Mom. She is currently serving as Grant Committee Chair on the Eaton Rapids Public Schools Education Foundation Board and is actively participating in the Eaton Rapids Public Schools Board of Education Curriculum Committee.
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The People's Photography Trail has developed from last year's exhibition across multiple venues into a broader focus on the diverse range of people in the beer industry and beer lovers. Sheffield Beer Week is thrilled to be working closely with talented photographers Nicci Peet and Mark Newton to produce this photography meets beer trail around the city. We think it's really crucial to promote increased diversity by showing relatable role models, often an encouraging force in itself, as 'seeing is believing' is an extremely powerful tool. It's also a reminder that, as Brooklyn Brewery brewmaster Garret Oliver frequently states, "beer is people" and we're happy to celebrate the people in the beer industry from brewers to delivery drivers to barkeeps and more. Without this team of people we wouldn't be enjoying that glass of the good stuff! Nicci Peet has been working on her documentary photography project this last year predominantly capturing women – cisgender, trans, genderqueer, women of colour, who work in the beer industry. She thinks, "There's a lot of talk and debate lately around sexism and inclusivity" and that "Part of the problem is that there's a lack of visual representation" which she's trying to readdress through her project. Mark Newton has been capturing the brewing industry in Yorkshire since 2016 and this ongoing fascination for him explores this subject with great emotionality.
Also join in the fun of the beertography trail by collecting stamps from each venue visited to complete your card (found in this year's printed guide). On completion by March 31st 2019 – hand your completed trail card in to any of the venues featured to be entered into a prize draw for a chance of winning prizes from artist designed pin badges, to bar tabs and more.
We'll be re-posting some of our favourites over the week.
>Hop Hideout, View their Photo Trail – Fri 15th and Sat 16th March at their pop-up at the brewery of Saint Mars of the Desert (90 Stevenson Road. S9 3XG) to collect your stamps 12-8pm. Ongoing access from 19th March to be updated.
Please check opening hours of the venue's website before planning your trail. Some venues are not open everyday and they all have varying opening hours.
(Photo Trail Stamp – Collect your 'People's Photography Trail' stamps in the card when you visit one of the SBW venues on the beertography trail. You will receive free entry into our prize draw for the completed trail, please hand in to venues by March 31st 2019. You can hand the card into any of the venues on the trail and don't forget to add your name and contact details (specifically email for contact). This means we can get in touch once the draw has been completed to inform prizewinners. The prizes include an artist designed pin badge, a bar tab at Shakespeares pub and a Hop Hideout beery prize pack. Announcements will be made across our social media by the end of April 2019. One entry per person. There are three main prizes in total to be won. The winner is chosen at random from all valid entries returned by participants. Prize winners will be informed by email, and prize-winners should usually receive their prize within 30 days of draw. Draw to be completed by the end of April 2019. Prize collection may be required to be arranged from one of the trail venues).


E15	Looking south over the Fens to Ely. The cathedral is just visible. E17	Welney Bridge in the distance.
Description This was a walk mostly following the Hereward Way between Ely and March.
Condition I feel very fatigued after this walk. I have developed a couple of blisters, and I am very tired. Fortunately my shoulders and back are okay, despite the trouble I had on the Pennine Way.
Weather The weather today started off cloudy, after which it became sunny and windy, and then finally the clouds gathered and it became overcast. There was one short shower just before the end of the day, and it was quite a warm day when I was sheltered from the wind.
This is the longest walk of the entire section of my Land's End to John O'Groats walk from London so far, and quite a tiring one. The entire section is very flat, with no hills of any size at all. Indeed for large sections of the walk you are at sea level. There are moderate amounts of road walking to be done, although well over half of the route is on footpaths.
This are of the Fens can actually be quite remote - from Little Downham just north of Ely the next shops of any description were 11 miles later at Welney. It is also a walk that can frequently only be done in summer or autumn, as the route crosses the Hundred Foot Washes at Welney via the B1411. This road is very often closed as it becomes flooded by up to six feet of water. Hence it is advisable to check the status of the washes before setting out on this walk.
Very basically follow the Hereward Way northwards out of Ely through Little Downham, Welney and Christchurch before arriving at March. The route is fairly well way-marked, the only problem I had was working the correct route out of Little Downham (head for the top-left corner of the playing field, exit to the field adjacent and head north between two fields).
There is a leaflet describing the Ely to Peterborough section of the Hereward Way available from Cambridgeshire Tourist Information. The Hereward Way along this section is fairly well way-marked, but it is also worth getting the OS map that covers the route as well (OS Landranger 143).
This makes a total distance of 22.9 miles, with 233 feet of ascent and 226 feet of descent.


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More info on Christii fly
Christii fly: Map
The Christii fly (Ectaetia christii) is a fly species named after the late Iain Christie, a farmer and amateur entomologist from Dunbartonshire . It measures 2 mm ( in) long and is black in colour. Christii flies live under the bark of smaller branches or twigs of dead aspen trees.
Iain Christie originally discovered the Christii fly with several others in the late 1980s, but the fly was not recognised as a new species until 1997, during a survey of the flora and fauna of the Cairngorms . The research was conducted for the book The Nature Of The Cairngorms, which includes 223 species mainly found there and 1,153 further species for which the Cairngorms are nationally noted. Graham Rotheray of the Museum of Scotland and Dave Horsfield of Scottish Natural Heritage found the Christii fly under the bark of a decaying aspen tree near Grantown-on-Spey . Since then, it has been found in Norway and two or three more times in the Cairngorms.
Rotheray described the Christii fly as "a superb example of a boreal species which has lain undiscovered in Scotland for thousands of years" and "a specialist species which adapted and probably came north with the retreat of the ice". He also believed the fly to be a relic from the ice age.
Fauna Europaea – Taxon details
Scottish Natural Heritage – Launch of The Nature of the Cairngorms


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Thousands step out for Children's Cancer Run
Around 8,500 runners from across the North East picked up the pace at the weekend for the 36th annual Children's Cancer Run.
Thursday, 24th May 2018, 9:19 am
Updated Thursday, 24th May 2018, 9:21 am
Having fun at the Children's Cancer Run.
The event, hosted by the North of England Children's Cancer Research Fund (NECCR), raises hundreds of thousands of pounds each year, and was held at Newcastle Racecourse on Sunday.
Last year, the Children's Cancer Run reached a funding milestone, raising more than£249,000 for research into effective treatments for childhood cancers, adding to the £7 million donated by dedicated NECCR supporters over the past three decades.
With cancer remaining the number one cause of non-accidental death in young children in the UK, the money raised for the NECCR directly funds research into the causes and treatment of childhood cancer, helping to establish the North East as one of the world leaders in this specialist area of research.
Cancer survivor, chairman of the NECCR and founder of the event, Chris Peacock, said: "The unwavering support of the thousands of fund-raisers from across the North of England year-on-year is testament to the generosity and determination of people in the North East.
"It is empowering and inspirational that so many affected directly or indirectly by cancer from can come together to support essential research and trials to help more children live long and happy lives."
Janet Price, NECCR fund-raising manager, said: "We want to say a huge thank you to all of our corporate supporters, volunteers and the army and police cadets who each year give their time and money to make the run as incredible as possible."


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Coronavirus vaccine in Egypt possibly by September: Presidential Adviser
A potential vaccine for the COVID-19 coronavirus will be available in Egypt by September once confirmed effective, reported the Egypt Independent.
According to the news source, presidential adviser Mohamed Awad Tageldin said it has been confirmed that AstraZeneca, through close cooperation with the University of Oxford, has reached the final stages to produce a coronavirus vaccine.
A multinational company with a factory in Egypt is ready to produce the drug, Tageldin added.
AstraZeneca announced that the vaccine would be sold at the production cost, he noted, adding that once the company had announced its goal of distributing the vaccine fairly around the world, Egypt requested a share once the vaccine's effectiveness is demonstrated.
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Went to pick up our son from the airport last night after his 9-month work/travel adventure in Europe. He is back for a few months (to resupply his living-the-life piggy bank) and then will be off again for another year. I had spent the week or two leading up to his touchdown in Melbourne creating my own Qantas ad – you know the ones – the tear jerking reunions at the airport with the beautiful Feels like home to me…. music and lyrics playing in the background. Hold on, I just have to get a tissue as the thought of that music brings a slight glistening to my eyes – ok – I lied – full blown tears!
Well, our little reunion was free from dripping water, but was choc full of huge smiles and a lot of hugging. By the time we had reached the car, the four of us had settled into our regular family banter and it was almost as if he had never left. Mind you he is rocking a killer Portuguese suntan which stands out like dogs balls in a Melbourne winter (sorry but one of my dad's Aussie slang gems popped into my head and thus onto the page before I even knew what was happening).
Back to the family banter… the four of us together are like a comfy pair of old shoes – they are warm, they won't give you blisters and you know you will never part with them no matter how long they have been kicking around in the bottom of your cupboard. There is something so beautiful in having such rich history together and knowing each other so well (maybe a little too well sometimes as those pesky skeletons never stay in the closet where they belong).
The banter continued into brekky this morning with a table filled with pancakes, berries and the mandatory lemon and sugar. This, combined with the multitude of bests and the odd worst of his adventures as well as a recap of what the rest of us have been up to for the past year, made for a perfect morning.
The lightness and ease with which we interact is joyful and I feel truly blessed to be part of this incredible little family (ok – not so little as apart from me, they are all super tall).
Off to bathe in more love and laughter for a while.


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In Gananoque Ontario, Gananoque Ontario Events December 25th, 2020
Many Canadians have a day off work on December 25 and many spend the day with close relatives or friends. It is customary to exchange gifts, enjoy a special festive meal and, perhaps, attend a special church service.
In some Canadian families and in the United States, a mythical figure called Santa Claus brings gifts. He travels on a sleigh pulled by reindeer, enters homes via the chimney and leaves presents and candy in Christmas stockings or in a pile under the Christmas tree. In other families, individual members exchange carefully selected gifts. Popular gifts are toys, games and candy for children and clothes, music, alcohol and practical or luxury items for adults. Canadians may open their presents on Christmas Eve after a special church service or during the morning or after lunch on Christmas Day.
The original meaning of Christmas is a special church service, or mass, to celebrate the birth of Christ. The story of the Nativity, or the events surrounding the birth of Jesus, are particularly important in religious celebrations of Christmas. However, many traditions that are around today have their roots in pre-Christian winter festivals. These include the importance of candles and decorations made from evergreen bushes and tree, symbolizing everlasting light and life.
Culinary Student Hosts Dinner for a Cause
Hospitality expert Jamie Chao hasn't been to Gananoque Secondary School in 2 years, but he's making a comeback next month for a unique event that's sure to catch the attention of the townspeople. Chao has been busy learning to become a chef at George Brown in Toronto, and he'll be
It's Curling Time!!
Come out on Saturday, March 15th for the Mixed Invitational bonspiel from 8:30am to 9pm. Admission is $40.00 per person. See you
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Drivers of Uber, Lyft protest ahead of public offering
Some drivers for ride-hailing giants Uber and Lyft shut down their apps Wednesday to protest what they refers as declining wages at a time when both companies are raking in billions from investors.
Demonstrations occurred in 10 U.S. cities, including Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco and Washington, along with some European places like London. But they did not seem to cause enough disruption and many riders were still able to hail a vehicle with ease.
The protests arrive just before Uber's initial public stock offering Friday. Uber hopes to raise $9 billion, putting the firm's valuation in excess of $91 billion.
It's not the first time drivers for ride-hailing apps have staged protests. Strikes were prepared in several cities prior to Lyft's IPO last month, although the disruption to riders seemed minimal that time, too. More cities are taking part in Wednesday's protest.
"Drivers built these billion dollar companies and it is just plain wrong that so many continue to be paid poverty wages while Silicon Valley investors get rich off their labor," stated Brendan Sexton, executive director of the Independent Drivers Guild. "All drivers deserve fair pay."
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DETERMINANTS OF BALANCE OF TRADE IN NIGERIA
Category: ECONOMICS PROJECT TOPICS AND MATERIALS Tag: DETERMINANTS OF BALANCE OF TRADE IN NIGERIA
Trade in the primitive era was purely by barter, means exchange of goods. This form of trade involved discrepancies in exchange value, settlement in credit or money and this discrepancies constituted the origin of concept of balance of trade (Growell 1986:1).
The term balance of trade itself entered the English economic literature during the mercantilist period. After, 1570 the balance of trades developed slowly in response to the sets of circumstances; the first was the rise of mercantilisms and the desire on the part of English businessmen and government officials to be informed of the quantitative aspect of foreign commerce.
The generic meaning of the term today is the excess of receipts over trades of any economic activity, although the concept initially applied, to and received its greatest elaboration in the theory of international trade. In its original usage, a "balance of trade" means an "excess of trade over receipts and under the gold standards, this excess means a gold outflow.
But the term soon acquired the neutral meaning of the "state of balance of international economic covers both international financial transactions and international trade in commodities and services. International trade has money merits. Some of which include creation of employment opportunities. International trade also makes room for countries to enjoy higher standard of living.
Every nation has an international balance of trade problem (Bowdan 1986:662) developed, developing countries of the world, experience balance of trades problem. But the difference between the developed and developing of countries as regards to balance of trades is that due to deterioration in their term of trade, the developing nations suffer the impacts of balance trades deficit more than the developed ones.
Due to the fact that most of the less developed economics of the world have been experiencing the problem of financing then purchases from the developed nations, many of these less developed nations removed barriers in order to increase their sales and services to the developed economics.
Because of the advantages of international trade discussed above, different nations engage in international trade. "Each country keeps her own accounts of its international dealings. Their accounts are called the balance of trade accounts". (Chikeleze 1989:1) The balance of trade accounts are divided into two broad account: – current account and capital account. Current account is that part of balance of trade which summarizes transactions in currently produced, goods and services, investment income etc, while capital account on the other hand, is that part of balance of trades accounts which summarizes transaction in financial assets including stocks, bonds short-term credits and indirect purchases of foreign plants or businesses.
Therefore, capital account covers investments and short-term monetary flows. These accounts among other thing help each nation to know the sources of its new foreign money and about the way they foreign money balances are being used up. Each nation's international balance of trades shows their nation's trading and financial position with the rest of the world. "The structure of a country's balance of trades reflects both its stage of economic development and the pattern of each activity within the country. The accounting balance of trade records both regular transactions and transactions made to settle any gap between regular purchases and sales, (Jhingan, 1986:58-60). The problem in construction of a useful operational definition of the balance, trade is thus the problem of separating regular transactions from setting" transaction, distinction best suited to the purposes of the determinants of balance of trades analysis.
The growth performance of the Nigerian economy has been determined by both domestic production and consumption activities as well as foreign transactions in goods and services. Specifically, it has been acknowledged that foreign trade is an engine of growth and development. Further, in an economy that is characterized by macroeconomic stability and favourable investment climate, attractive trade policies would encourage foreign investment, technological advancement and exports which will inturn attract massive inflow of foreign exchange.
Prior to the discovery of oil in 1960s, the Nigerian government was able to execute investment projects through domestic savings, earnings from agricultural product exports and foreign aids. However, the capacity of the economy to accumulate domestic savings, earnings to finance investment was limited. There was therefore, the inability of government to generate sufficient foreign exchange due to persistent balance of trade problem arising from the reliance on monoproduct primary export which is not competitive at the international market.
After the discovery of oil and its massive exportation in the 1970s, one would expect that more foreign exchange earning will accrue to the economy, and the economy would be able to undertake viable investment projects that will lay a basis for sustainable growth and development.
In an attempt to address the various macroeconomic problems in the economy, government adopted the demand management policy in 1982 when the problems were perceived as demand driven. Some measure where introduced like imposition of tariffs and application of contradictory fiscal and balance of trade equilibrium. All these have consequences for imports, savings and investment and growth particularly in developing countries such as Nigeria which heavily depends on imports for its capital goods and raw materials. Total Debt – GDP ratio rose from 9.6 percent in 1980 to 24.1 percent in 1985. With all these constraints on domestic financial resources and the inability of the private sector to champion the course of growth and development, the real GDP declined by 3.8 percent between 1980 and 1985.
The persistence of the macro economic problems in the economy even after the introduction of a number of stabilization measures made the government to adopt the structural adjustment programme (SAP) in 1986. This was meant to further strengthening the existing demand management policies; restructure and diversify the productive base of the economy and reduce dependence on the oil sector and on imports, and to achieve fiscal and balance of trades viability, among other underlying objectives (Philips, 1987)
Further, the SAP policy package includes trade and trade liberalization which suggests that there was no serious balance of trades constraint during the period of implementation of SAP compared to what is obtained before SAP. It should be noted that with the introduction of SAP in Nigeria, the procedure hitherto used in allocating foreign exchange and which consequently serve as a mechanism of controlling demand for foreign exchange was abolished. Thus, the foreign exchange market was deregulated. The policy aims at making foreign exchange available to whoever could avoid the prevailing exchange rate.
Between 1986 and 1993, the ratio of investment to GDP ranged between 11.0 and 18.5 percent, while the ratio of savings to GDP was between 10.0 and 28.5 percent. The savings-investment gap – GDP ratio which was negative between 1986 and 1987, became positive in the subsequent years. This suggests that the SAP period was characterized by relatively low level absorptive capacity of the economy since some proportion of savings were not translated into investment (Adewuyi, 2000). Further, the relatively low level absorptive capacity of the economy continued in the subsequent period (after SAP) as the savings-investment gap- GDP ratio was positive, while the external trade performance indicators did not show significant improvements. The ratio of fiscal deficit to GDP reached a peak of 11.0 percent in 1994, while the real GDP growth rate was less than 4.0 percent in the period 1994 to 2000.
All these is used to inform governmental authorities of the international position of the country, to aid governmental authorities in reaching decisions on monetary and fiscal policy on the one hard and trade and trades questions on the other, it is used to measure the resources flows between one country and another. Information on trades and receipts in foreign exchange constituting a foreign exchange goods and meeting trades in foreign currency when they became due and it is used to measure the influence of foreign transactions on national income.
In Nigeria, balance of trade problem has been a matter of concern to almost every citizen of the country for some decades now. Different households in Nigeria are encountering various economic problems brought about by the balance of trades disequilibrium. Our industrialization and technological advancement have remained very low. There has not been any substantial economic growth in the nation despites the fact that more than 60 percent of the country's populations are engaged in Agriculture, the country still import food items to supplement those one produced in the economy.
Unemployment rate in Nigeria economy has become the basic problem in the balance of trades disequilibrium. Low rate of employment leads to low level of output and hence high cost of living. However, the central issues therefore are: what roles have our administrators to play regarding the imbalance in Nigeria's balance of trade disequilibrium facing the economy? What impact has the nature of oil exports goods on the balance of trades problem? What influence has the activities of smugglers on the balance of trades disequilibrium? Has the low level of industrialization and technological advancement any effect on the Nigeria's balance of trade problem?
The broad objectives of this study are to discover the factors that influence Nigeria's balance of trade (BOP). However, the specific objectives are:
To ascertain the determinants of Nigeria's balance of trade (BOP).
To determine the impacts of balance of trade on economic growth in Nigeria.
The study also aims at proffering ways of achieving a sustainable and tolerable balance of trade equilibrium.
1.4 HYPOTHESIS OF THE STUDY
THE IMPACT OF HUMAN CAPITAL ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA (1975-2015)
THE IMPACT OF MONETARY POLICY ON FOREIGN TRADE IN NIGERIA
THE IMPACT OF MICROFINANCE BANK ON ECONOMIC GROWTH OF NIGERIA
impact of Government funding on agricultural output and economic growth in Nigeria
COMMERCIAL BANK CREDIT AND AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT IN NIGERIA