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Forward thinking for the democratic left
Where's Labour's strategy for working class voters?
As Labour's lead in the polls narrows to 1-2%, we need to keep our nerve, and get our priorities right. The previous Blairite electoral rule was to focus exclusively on middle class marginal seats with a narrow majority. This was on the grounds that working class constituencies were bound to vote Labour anyway – if for no other reason than to keep the Tories out. That attitude is entirely wrong. Working class voters do have an option, in fact two of them: they can simply not vote, which is precisely what millions of them did in 2005 and 2010. But this time many voters of all classes may register their disillusionment through a vote for UKIP.
For too many working class voters, Labour doesn't feel like the party which once represented them, fought for them and with which they strongly identified. Ed Miliband has certainly come up with some resonant themes on energy, the living wage, and the banks. But there is a desperate need to join up the threads and pull them together within a strategic framework which makes it indelibly clear what a Labour Government will do – and above all why that will strongly benefit the working class, not just middle Britain which is often a misnomer for the upper middle class.
There are several strong reasons for pursuing this strategy. One is that working class influence in deciding elections is hugely under-estimated. They are the largest class in the country, representing nearly half the electorate, and the most cohesive since the middle class under market pressures has become more fragmented. Second, they have been under continuous attack and feel deeply let down by the Labour party in failing to defend them. They could have expected this, given the scale of Osborne's austerity, soaring rents, the suppression of trade unions and workplace rights, job-cutting privatisations and outsourcings, the squeezing of the wage share, out-of-control inequality and rampaging capital. Third, the depredations of this government, arguably even harsher than Thatcher, have produced an enormous groundswell of anger seething just below the surface, but what it lacks is the lead from Labour to transform it into a decisive political force.
Five strategic themes could turn around the slide in the polls. These could be: Labour will reverse austerity by public investment to kickstart the economy and reduce the dole queues by a million or more within two years. Labour will bring in rent controls to stop rapidly rising, unaffordable rents and by the end of a five-year term will be building 250,000 houses a year, a third of them social housing. Labour will re-nationalise rail and at least some of the energy companies because of their crucial importance to national security. Labour will ensure workers get a proper say in the company for which they work through enterprise councils and through encouraging the spread of collective bargaining. And Labour will reverse privatisations in the central areas of human welfare, in particular in health, education, housing and pensions.
Labour needs to make an offer to working class voters, not a shift to the right
Why any Labour leader who can't reach working class voters will lose again
When are we going to give attention to the working class?
by Michael Meacher.
Posted in: Economy, Ideology, Labour, Politics, Poverty/Low Pay.
Tagged: working class
The Tories are all bluster. Labour must show it's different
My Struggle? How will they market that in Germany?
Not a lot we can say really I agree with you hence I intend to vote for Plaid in Wales.
The fact is today labour with a leader who has never had a job tells others labour is the party of the hard working, laugh I would if I could.
Dave Roberts says:
What you should have said was "white working class" voters because it is those people, like my family in East London, who have abandoned the party and the electoral system generally.
Electoral participation has been dropping generally but amongst the white working class more so than anywhere else. I agree that the middle class is fractured but a huge voting sector, and you are correct the WWC can influence the election, has just turned itself off from politics.
They see local councillors, most of whom are arrivists from a PPE dgree somewhere who are just pepping up the CV while working as an intern to an MP or a consult/researcher to a trade union or Labour MEP, as not being either of or for them.
Increasingly MPs are part of political dynasties and anyone from as working class background whatever graft they do in the local party has no chance of getting on even the long list to make things look good.
Add to this the demonisation of the class as racists who should now be apologising for slavery and paying reparations and you have a significant sector of the population who ancestors defeated Adolph Hitler to make the work safe for democracy who now thing what was it all for.
We need positive discrimination for people like my mothers generation who spent their youth in and out of air raid shelters and in the forces, who then turned out massively in 1945 to vote for change and who have been increasingly ignored and marginalised ever since.
We need short lists of local people who come from and speak for their communities, their colour and ethnic origins should be of no concern but, although in retreat with the demise of the Commission for Racial Equality and the end of the racial antics of Ken Livingstone, we still see demands for discrimination against white people.
You have started a discussion which I hope will be developed here with some sensible contributions.
David Ellis says:
Labour needs to take the Tory pledge for full-employment and run with it. However hypocritical it is in the hands of Cameron and Osborne there will be youngsters and parents of youngsters who are sitting at home rotting who will have pricked up their ears when this policy was announced yesterday. Of course the Tories mean to achieve it by making welfare pointless, zero-hour, part-time low wage jobs, forcing women back to the hearth and off the books and generally turning UK plc into a third world nightmare for working people. But they know what buttons to press and they know that New Labour would never talk of full employment because basically that would entail some kind of social revolution. But socialists need to champion full employment. No longer can capitalism be allowed to maintain a reserve army of unemployed in utter penury and ignorance but we don't want full employment as an aspiration to be abandoned at will or reversed, nor do we want expensive work for your dole job creation scams, but as a regime. Every single school and college leaver and unemployed worker who cannot find their own job must be bought into the local workforce to share in the available productive work. Each must be paid the minimum of a trade union living wage however short the week they work and eventually part-time will be the new full-time with everybody sharing equally in the world of work and domesticity. Labour ignores this at its peril a) because no working class person under thirty will even look at a party that does not promise full employment and b) the Tories will gain from promoting such a policy however hypocritical it is if Labour don't come up with their own version.
Dave Ellis. Just ow are you going to achieve all of this?
Peter Rowlands says:
Michael is quite right, as usual. However, there is an additional point to be made, namely that pro working class left wing policies will not only win back working class votes but ensure the support of those leftish middle class voters who switched from Lib-Dem to Labour after 2010 and whose continued support is likely to be conditional, for many at least, on Labour offering left wing policies.
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Joe Kelly Published: November 29, 2021
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A local guy from Egg Harbor Township wants to help you out through a tough time.
We've all been there. You're single, unattached and it's holiday party season!
The biggest challenge: getting through the big party with all your relatives and having your sisters, grandmothers, and aunts asking you why you're single and not seeing anyone. (SIDEBAR: The avalanche of questions ALWAYS comes from the female members of your family. The guys? Eh, we could really care less EXCEPT when it comes to our own daughters.)
Enter Mr. X. (Yes, he does have a name, but he made his post on a private Egg Harbor Township Facebook Group website, so we are choosing not to reveal his name. We asked him for permission to use his photo, but he did not respond to our request. We believe the post has actually been removed from the group's page.)
Mr. X posted an interesting proposition on an Egg Harbor Township Facebook Group over the weekend: He'd like to offer himself out to help you out in your holiday time of need.
For a fee, of course.
Mr. X, 32, can be rented out as your Christmas date. Here's what he posted:
"BOOM! Introducing my new side hustle: HoliDATE
For just a small fee of $299.99 I will accompany you as your plus 1 at all these sometimes dreadful family gatherings this season."
Mr. X sells himself with the following:
-I have good convo with anyone
-I can go along with whatever politics your aunt Carol wants to discuss
-I can talk all sorts of sports with uncle Phil
-I'm great with kids
-I'm handsome so your mother will be happy you found a catch
-I can lie about how we met (I'll come up with a meet cute)
-the bonus feature: for just an additional $95.99 I will show up with a bottle of the finest merlot so we're not empty-handed."
Mr. X knows his wine!
Within 12 hours of posting, Mr. X's post has seen a flurry of activity!
One guy commented: "How can any guy find a gf when there's dudes like this out here to compete with ?!"
Another comment: "Ok but what if we're already married and just tryna amp up the family drama for the holidays!"
(LOL!)
Cat Country's own Chris Coleman even himed in with: "$99 you can get me and I'll bring a 30' inflatable cat to put in your front yard -- Carol and Phil will talk about it for years."
(Chris is hilarious!!!)
"This is the best thing I have ever heard!! Where were you 20 years ago?
(Actually, you probably were just a toddler...)"
(HA!)
"$299.99 for a two hour gig; not a bad deal. The fact that (Mr. X) is easy on the eyes is an added bonus. I'm married and half tempted. Only because my husband is an introvert. Your business will be booming."
"What if my husband has to work? Can you fill in?"
"I need a date to my next trip to detox. It will be fun. I promise."
"Meet cute."
We assumed Mr. X's offer was to women only, until this comment:
"Is there a gay charge?"
(Come on, it's 2021, the fee should be the same, right?)
Finally, a woman has posted:
"I'll be the woman for hire." (Ma'am, that's nice of you, but we live so close to Atlantic City....)
I reached out to Mr. X to see how the side hustle was going so far and he said, "Oh I've def had some funny messages lol!" He adds, "I mean it was def a joke. But there's a serious message inside it for sure."
So..... we can conclude by saying that there actually is some interest in such a service - and we'll see if Mr. X does in fact "rent himself out."
In the meantime, "When are we going to meet that special man in your life? Is there someone?"
(PS.... if you think this is bad, wait `til the next stage of life: "So, when are we going to see some grandchildren?)
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Social networking startup Path has been ordered to pay an $800,000 fine to the Federal Trade Commission in addition to other measures to settle a controversial privacy issue. The service was accused of using deceitful tactics to collect personal information from members' mobile device address books and storing it locally on their servers – even from children.
The FTC levied the fine against Path for collecting personal information from children without parental consent. Path allegedly collected information from around 3,000 kids under the age of 13, a move that violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection act.
The company ultimately admitted that early on, they accepted signups from people under the age of 13 because their system wasn't automatically rejecting people that didn't meet the age requirement. Path said they discovered and fixed the error before being contacted by the FTC.
Furthermore, version 2.0 of Path's iOS app offered users three different methods to add friends: find friends from contacts, find friends from Facebook or invite friends by e-mail or SMS. The problem was that Path would collect data like names, addresses, phone numbers, e-mail addresses and social media usernames from a user's address book even if that option wasn't selected.
In addition to the hefty (for a startup) fine, Path will be required to establish a comprehensive privacy program and submit to an independent privacy assessment every two years for the next 20 years. As CNET points out, Path raised roughly $30 million last year from investors but their business model moving forward isn't entirely clear.


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Repeating Non-Verbs as Well as Verbs Can Boost the Syntactic Priming Effect
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Summary: A new study reports syntactic priming can be boosted by repeating non-verbs, as well as verbs.
Source: HSE.
According to Glasgow and HSE/Northumbria researchers, repetition of non-verbs as well as verbs can boost the effect of syntactic priming, i.e. the likelihood of people reproducing the structure of the utterance they have just heard.
The way the human brain works makes people prone to repeating the syntactic structures they have recently heard or uttered. In psycholinguistics, this phenomenon is called the syntactic priming effect. Until recently, it was believed that repetition of verbs in particular could enhance this effect. University of Glasgow researchers Christoph Scheepers and Claudine Raffray, in collaboration with Andriy Myachykov (representing HSE and Northumbria University), have shown in their experiments that this is not necessarily true, and that repetition of other parts of speech, not only verbs, can influence the magnitude of the syntactic priming effect. Their findings are published in the Journal of Memory and Language in the article "The lexical boost effect is not diagnostic of lexically-specific syntactic representations".
The priming effect, i.e. people's ability to unconsciously reproduce prior experience – something that they have seen, heard, etc. – is well documented in psychology. Priming can manifest itself in simple things, such as the unconscious repetition of gestures, intonations or body poses of others, and in more complex behavioural patterns. This happens because perceptions tend to 'warm up' the brain, preparing it for similar experiences. For example, someone who has just spent an hour solving mathematical problems can handle another mathematical problem faster than someone who has been cooking or reading War and Peace.
Classical priming studies have often focused on basic elements of perception, such as processing similar visual stimuli. Having seen a round pizza image, a subject will react faster to a coin image, because it has a similar shape. Yet at a deeper level, the same effect manifests itself in the perception and reproduction of content and meaning.
"People tend to repeat their own and others' behaviour. It is the foundation of priming. This effect, according to the interactive alignment theory, is more than just experimental curiosity or the reflection of very primitive behavioural patterns. In fact, it is an important subconscious mechanism that underlies children's linguistic and broader cognitive development, allowing us to signal to each other that 'we are of the same blood' and helps reduce everyone's cognitive burden, since people no longer need to control their every word and gesture and invent something new all the time," the researches explain. Verbal or linguistic priming, i.e. the tendency to reproduce one's own or other person's linguistic patterns at different levels – lexical (words), semantic (meanings) and syntactic (sentence structures) – is the main theme of the study.
The syntactic priming effect was first demonstrated in the 1980s. It was shown, for example, that after reading a sentence with a certain syntactic structure, a person will perceive and process the next sentence with a similar structure much faster and will be more likely to repeat the syntactic frame of the sentence just heard.
Scheepers, Raffray, and Myachykov offer the following example of syntactic priming. "Imagine someone describing an event in which a girl handed a ball to a boy. This event can be described in more than one way. One can say, 'the girl gave the boy a ball' or 'the girl gave a ball to the boy'. Let's say the person you are talking to uses the first option, 'the girl gave the boy a ball'. Let's call this sentence a prime. Let's assume that now you need to describe an event to the other person, in which an artist shows an easel to a child. Let's call this sentence a target. It turns out that you are more likely to say, 'the artist showed the child an easel' than 'the artist showed an easel to the child', repeating the syntactic structure of the prime. While, of course, it does not work every time, the tendency to repeat a syntactic structure from one utterance to the next is real and forms the basis of syntactic priming."
It was initially assumed that the syntactic priming effect is autonomous and not subject to external influences, such as the repetition of words or their meanings between prime and target. Then, in the late nineties, papers began to appear showing a 'lexically boosted' syntactic priming effect. Specifically, it was shown that if prime and target utterances both contain the verb give, the likelihood of re-using the syntactic structure of the prime in the target increases even more than if the prime contains the verb give and the target the verb show. Curiously, the question of whether repeated nouns could produce comparable lexical boosts to structural priming had been largely ignored in past research.
The syntactic priming effect was first demonstrated in the 1980s. It was shown, for example, that after reading a sentence with a certain syntactic structure, a person will perceive and process the next sentence with a similar structure much faster and will be more likely to repeat the syntactic frame of the sentence just heard. NeuroscienceNews.com image is for illustrative purposes only.
"Indeed, our research reveals that repetition of any content word of a sentence – noun or verb – can boost the syntactic priming effect, and that the more words are repeated, the stronger syntactic priming turns out to be," say the authors. In the target trials of their experiments, subjects were asked to produce sentences from randomly arranged words on screen; these target trials were preceded by prime trials in which subjects had to read out complete sentences. Across conditions, the authors systematically varied the numbers and types of content words shared between the primes and the targets.
These findings are of academic significance in the context of the theory of syntax and simple sentence theories. "While there is consensus that the verb plays a pivotal role in determining the syntactic structure of a sentence, our research shows that the lexical boost to syntactic priming is not bound to repetition of verbs," the researchers explain, adding "Contrary to previously held views, the lexical boost effect is not a very good diagnostic of lexicalised syntax."
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Source: Liudmila Mezentseva – HSE
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Original Research: Abstract for "The lexical boost effect is not diagnostic of lexically-specific syntactic representations" by Christoph Scheepers, Claudine N. Raffray, and Andriy Myachykov in Journal of Memory and Language. Published online March 17 2017 doi:10.1016/j.jml.2017.03.001
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[cbtabs][cbtab title="MLA"]HSE "Repeating Non-Verbs as Well as Verbs Can Boost the Syntactic Priming Effect." NeuroscienceNews. NeuroscienceNews, 17 April 2017.
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The lexical boost effect is not diagnostic of lexically-specific syntactic representations
Structural priming implies that speakers/listeners unknowingly re-use syntactic structure over subsequent utterances. Previous research found that structural priming is reliably enhanced when lexical content is repeated (lexical boost effect). A widely held assumption is that structure-licensing heads enjoy a privileged role in lexically boosting structural priming. The present comprehension-to-production priming experiments investigated whether head-constituents (verbs) versus non-head constituents (argument nouns) contribute differently to boosting ditransitive structure priming in English. Experiment 1 showed that lexical boosts from repeated agent or recipient nouns (and to a lesser extent, repeated theme nouns) were comparable to those from repeated verbs. Experiments 2 and 3 found that increasing numbers of content words shared between primes and targets led to increasing magnitudes of structural priming (again, with no 'special' contribution of verb-repetition). We conclude that lexical boost effects are not diagnostic of lexically-specific syntactic representations, even though such representations are supported by other types of evidence.
"The lexical boost effect is not diagnostic of lexically-specific syntactic representations" by Christoph Scheepers, Claudine N. Raffray, and Andriy Myachykov in Journal of Memory and Language. Published online March 17 2017 doi:10.1016/j.jml.2017.03.001
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	public:
		CEOSAIDesireSatisfactionSummary()
		{
			m_bNeededATransport = false;
			m_bTransportIsNotWellPositionedForThisAction = false;
			m_bUnsureHowToReachTheDropoffCoast = false;
			//
			m_fNeedCityHunter = 0.0f;
			m_fNeedTransport = 0.0f;
			m_fNeedExplorer = 0.0f;
		}

		bool  m_bNeededATransport;
		bool  m_bTransportIsNotWellPositionedForThisAction;
		bool  m_bUnsureHowToReachTheDropoffCoast;

	private:
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luvvies and "A-list" celebrities lining up to support the BBC
Radicalisation by the BBC
With all the luvvies and "A-list" celebrities lining up to support the BBC in its quest for a renewed Charter and an even tighter licence fee, perhaps we should stand back and ask: what has the BBC actually done? - Especially in these days when we frequently hear about the radicalisation of Islamic youth. (Some may say they don't need radicalising, this is what they are; but perhaps the BBC is helping this radicalisation?).
So what has the BBC done in the last fifty years? It has made numerous programmes supporting abortion, euthanasia, homosexual acts, contraception, any faith except Catholicism. It has led the attack on Catholic moral teachings, particularly crafting new Black Legends against us. So from the stand point of a Christian the BBC has been engaged in the radicalisation of the British public, and has turned the natural moral order on its head.
One of our members has recently sent in a link to Care not Killing who have carried out a survey of all the TV programmes that support euthanasia and assisted dying. Have a look. It's quite shocking, and the BBC is once again leading the way. BBC balanced output? Not on your Aunt Nelly! See Care not Killing
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Capco notes recent press speculation and confirms that it is in discussions with The Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime ("MOPAC") in relation to its occupational requirements at the Empress State Building ("ESB").
Options under consideration include a lease extension and the acquisition by MOPAC of the freehold interest in the building.
At this stage there is no certainty that any transaction will be agreed. Further announcements will be made in due course as appropriate.
Capital & Counties Properties PLC is one of the largest investment and development property companies that specialises in central London real estate and is a constituent of the FTSE-250 Index. Capco's landmark London estates at Covent Garden and Earls Court were valued at £3.5 billion as at 30 June 2017 (Group share). The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange and the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.


I am finnish artist based in Tampere, Finland. I have my own studio at Pyynikin Trikoo. I try to travel around the world to find new places to be inspired to take photographs for my new works.
Although I take photographs, mainly my works represent something inbetween a photograph and a feeling. Transference process of the image to a copperplate or polymerplate alters the image, making it something new.


We are proud of our school dress code. We believe it promotes equality and the safety of all students. We appreciate your parental support with this and request that when purchasing uniform for the session ahead that you use the guidelines below.
Formal black trousers or skirt (not joggers, tracksuit bottoms, shorts, footless tights or any other fashion variety). Leggings worn under a school skirt are fine.


Perlman Music Program · Visit Camp!
The PMP Campus is an oasis on Shelter Island, easy to reach but a world away. We welcome visitors at our concerts and open rehearsals throughout the year! For questions, contact the PMP office at (212) 877-5045 or specialevents@perlmanmusicprogram.org.
The North Ferry Terminal is located in Greenport, NY. The ferry operates continuously throughout the day: no reservations are necessary and tickets are cash-only on the boat. Check the website for up-to-date prices and schedules. The ferry ride takes about 10 minutes. We suggest estimating an extra 15 minutes for possible traffic during the peak summer season.
As you exit the ferry, follow signs for Route 114. Continue on Route 114 for about half a mile, through Shelter Island Heights and past the Piccozzi Gas and Bike Station on your right.
Turn right onto West Neck Road. Continue through the four-way stop, past the golf course on your right, and to the water's edge. As the road curves along the beach, it becomes Shore Road.
Continue on Shore Road past Sunset Beach on your left. The PMP Campus will be next on your left hand side. You will see signs, large white buildings, and our navy dock awnings on the water.
When you see camp, take a left onto Prospect Road and enter the driveway on your left. Welcome to camp!
The South Ferry Landing is located at 399 Ferry Road in North Haven. The ferry operates continuously throughout the day: no reservations are necessary and tickets are cash-only on the boat. Check the website for up-to-date prices and schedules. The ferry ride takes about 5 minutes. We suggest estimating an extra 15 minutes for possible traffic during the peak summer season.
You will drive through the main town area, and arrive at a stop sign with an IGA Supermarket on the left and Sylvester Manor's white gates in front. Turn left at the stop sign, and continue on Route 114.
After about half a mile, you will see a green sign for Montclair Colony/Crescent Beach/Silver Beach. Turn left at the sign onto West Neck Road.
Take West Neck Road through the four-way stop, past the golf course on your right, and to the water's edge. As the road curves along the beach, it becomes Shore Road.
After you see camp, take a left onto Prospect Road and enter the driveway on your left. Welcome to camp!
For walk-on ferry riders ($2 each way), Shelter Island taxi service recommendations are provided below. Call ahead - some services require reservations! As of Fall 2016, services such as Uber and Lyft do not operate on Shelter Island.
Take the Long Island Expressway (I-495) to Exit 70. At Exit 70, turn right onto Route 111 South/Manorville Road. Take Route 111 to Route 27/Montauk Highway (about 5 miles). Bear left and stay on Route 27 through Southampton, Watermill, and Bridgehampton. At the traffic light at Bridgehampton you will see a sign for Sag Harbor. Take the Sag Harbor Turnpike/Main Street/CR79N to Route 114. Follow Route 114 North through Sag Harbor to the end of the road and the South Ferry Landing. and visit the From the Ferries tab for directions to camp.
Year-round, the North Fork line to Greenport makes pickups along Lexington Ave (at 86th St, 69th St, and 59th St) and 3rd Avenue (at 44th St) in Manhattan. Visit hamptonjitney.com for exact pickup locations.
Reserve a seat to Greenport from the Queens Airport Connection stop on the Hampton Jitney (www.hamptonjitney.com.) When you exit the airport, take a taxi to the corner of 190th Street and the Eastbound Service Road of the L.I.E. in Fresh Meadows, Queens (in front of the Fresh Meadows AMC 7 theater.) From there, ride the Jitney to Greenport, and visit the From the Ferries tab for directions to camp.
Reserve a seat to Greenport from the Macarthur Airport Connection stop on the Hampton Jitney (www.hamptonjitney.com.) When you exit the airport, take a taxi to the southwest corner of Ronkonkoma Avenue and the Eastbound L.I.E. Service Road. From there, ride the Jitney to Greenport, and visit the From the Ferry tab for directions to camp.
PMP does not recommend travel into Newark Airport, but if inevitable take public transport into NYC and ride the Jitney to Greenport.
For train and bus riders, local taxi and car services are recommended here. Call ahead - some taxi services require a reservation in advance!
Take 95 South to New London and take the Cross Sound Ferry to Orient, NY. Reservations are required for vehicles, and rates are subject to change. Please visit the Cross Sound Ferry website for reservations, schedules, and rate details for your travels.
From Orient, take RT-25W to Greenport and follow signs for the Shelter Island Ferry and Route 114 North. Arrive at the North Ferry Terminal and drive onto the ferry to Shelter Island. Visit the From the Ferries tab for directions to camp.
Take Amtrak to New London station (NLC). Book early for the best rates! Then, take the Cross Sound Ferry to Orient, NY.
From Orient, taxi to Greenport and follow signs for the Shelter Island Ferry and Route 114 North. For a more economical option, check the S92 bus schedule for a ride to the ferry in Greenport. Arrive at the North Ferry Terminal and walk onto the ferry to Shelter Island. See below for taxi recommendations on the North Fork and Shelter Island.
The Kristy and James H. Clark Arts Center is a 150-seat hall ideal for recitals, chamber music, chorus and orchestra rehearsals, sight-reading sessions, and more! The Clark is located on the northeast side of our campus (see map, above.) The building is air-conditioned in summer and heated in winter.
Many performances at the Clark require tickets to attend. Please check our Calendar of Events for more information.
PMP erects a Performance Tent in July and August to accommodate the large, enthusiastic audience who attend concerts and open rehearsals all summer long. The Tent seats over 400 guests and includes comfortable chairs. Outdoor bathroom facilities are located a short walk from the tent; please follow signs or ask a staff member for directions. As a general rule, rehearsals and performances in the tent are FREE and open to the public, and do not require reservations.
Virtuoso Society members may call 212.877.5045 or email specialevents@perlmanmusicprogram.org to secure their reserved seats at concerts in the Tent.
Parking is available around campus, and all buildings are in easy walking distance from the parking areas. Accessible parking is located near the entrances to the Tent and Arts Center. For more information, please call 212.877.5045.
It's become a wonderful tradition for our visitors to picnic on the grounds before summer concerts. Kindly note that alcohol, tobacco, and drug use are not permitted on our campus, and certain areas are for students and staff only, including most buildings, the PMP beach and docks, and BBQ area when being used by students.
To inquire about the PMP docks, call 212.877.5045. Docking must be arranged at least one day in advance.
The Perlman Music Program is deeply committed to creating a welcoming campus accessible for everyone. We abide by the following accessibility practices, and will make every effort to accommodate all requests as best we can.
For more help planning your visit, please contact us at 212.877.5045 or info@perlmanmusicprogram.org.
Accessible seating is located throughout our concert venues. Seats do not have arm rests and are not fixed to the floor, making it easy to accommodate visitors in wheelchairs or who need special assistance. Companion seats are also available.
Requests for accessible seating can be made by speaking with a staff member at our welcome table, and are always appreciated in advance.
Large print programs are standard for all concerts on the PMP campus. Concert program details are printed in font no smaller than size 14.
Reserved parking for visitors with disabilities is available on campus on a first-come, first-served basis -- we recommend arriving early -- and a current government-issued permit must be displayed prominently.
Visitors are encouraged to drop off friends and family with limited mobility at the entrance to the venue before parking. PMP now has designated "Drop Off Only" zones in place thanks to a grant from the Senior Citizens Foundation of Shelter Island.
The Clark Arts Center houses an accessible restroom for public events in the the Stark Recital Hall. Please note this facility is private for the duration of the Summer Music School for the safety of our students. An accessible portable restroom is available to visitors attending our outdoor summer concerts in the Performance Tent.
PMP welcomes service animals trained to assist the disabled. We hope to be prepared for your visit and ask you to please notify us of your plans in advance of the performance date.
Visitors with disabilities are welcome to call 212.877.5045 for assistance making ticket purchases. Messages left on concert days will be returned as soon as possible; all other messages will be returned the next business day.


Jed graduated from the University of Michigan in 1985 with a Master's degree in double bass performance. He has been a member of the Toledo Symphony, the Ann Arbor Symphony, the Meadowbrook Festival Orchestra, the Northwood Symphony, the Flint Symphony, the South Dakota Symphony, and the Waukesha Symphony. He has also performed with the Doc Walker Jazz Quartet, the Saline Big Band and various polka, country, rock and folk bands throughout the country.
Jed is currently the Orchestra Director at Chelsea High School. He returned to Chelsea in 1995, after six years in Wisconsin and Minnesota. He previously directed the Chelsea string program from 1985-1989, during which time he grew the program from 59 to 130 musicians. At the present time, there are about 100 string players at the High School and 380 students enrolled in strings grades 5-12. Jed's most recent innovation is a Celtic music ensemble called the Chelsea House Orchestra, founded in 1998. This group, which includes violins, violas, cellos, guitar, bass guitar, harp, flute, oboe, djembe, bodhran, and various percussion instruments, has recorded two compact disks.
Jed was the founding artistic director of the Wisconsin American String Teachers' Elementary String Camp. In Minnesota, he founded an eclectic music ensemble called "The Morning Show" performing a variety of folk, jazz and classical music. Jed has presented workshops at the Midwest Convention in Ann Arbor, Michigan three times; at the Kentucky Music Educators symposium; as part of the Minnesota All-State teacher training program. He has conducted festival orchestras in Minnesota, Kentucky, South Dakota and Wisconsin.


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Q: Using reCAPTCHA with Classic ASP I'm trying to use this example of classic ASP but I have 2 pages, one is form page, the other is verify page. I'm a total newb at classic ASP so I'm not sure if I'm making some syntax errors or not.
https://developers.google.com/recaptcha/docs/asp
On my form page, I'm loading reCAPTCHA via JS and that part is working fine. On the verify page, I have the code below.
Main code (I removed stuff from Google that I wasn't going to use like generate a recaptcha form field with ASP)
  recaptcha_challenge_field  = Request.Form("recaptcha_challenge_field")
  recaptcha_response_field   = Request.Form("recaptcha_response_field")
  recaptcha_public_key       = "hidden" //your public key
  recaptcha_private_key      = "hidden" //your private key

  // returns "" if correct, otherwise it returns the error response
  function recaptcha_confirm(rechallenge,reresponse)

  Dim VarString
  VarString = _
          "privatekey=" & recaptcha_private_key & _
          "&remoteip=" & Request.ServerVariables("REMOTE_ADDR") & _
          "&challenge=" & rechallenge & _
          "&response=" & reresponse

  Dim objXmlHttp
  Set objXmlHttp = Server.CreateObject("Msxml2.ServerXMLHTTP")
  objXmlHttp.open "POST", "http://www.google.com/recaptcha/api/verify", False
  objXmlHttp.setRequestHeader "Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
  objXmlHttp.send VarString

  Dim ResponseString
  ResponseString = split(objXmlHttp.responseText, vblf)
  Set objXmlHttp = Nothing

  if ResponseString(0) = "true" then
    'They answered correctly
     recaptcha_confirm = ""
  else
    'They answered incorrectly
     recaptcha_confirm = ResponseString(1)
  end if

  end function

  server_response = ""
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    newCaptcha = False
  end if

This is where I'm trying to detect if captcha is correct, but it submits form either way.
    if recaptcha_response_field <> "" AND newCaptcha = False then
// submit form
Else
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End If

A: Well looks like I had to do it this way:
If server_response = "" AND newCaptcha = False then
    // Captcha correct
ElseIf server_response <> "" OR newCaptcha then
    // Captcha incorrect
Else
    // Some other form error
End If

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The automotive industry seems to be getting all the credit in the autonomous sector, especially since Google has logged 300,000 miles in its unmanned cars without any accidents, but cars are not the only modes of transportation looking to adopt the technology.
Recently the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Robust Robotics Group competed at the 2012 International Conference on Robotics and Automation with a plane, while all the other schools were using easier to navigate helicopters. The issue that the team is looking to work out next year is to develop algorithms that can build a map while the plane is in the air, rather than equipping it beforehand.
The University of North Dakota's College of Engineering and Mnes is currently working on an Unmanned Aircraft System with sense-and-avoid technology. The aviation advancement looks to take up where MIT left off and accurately navigate possible airborne traffic, including birds, balloons, small aircraft and parachutists.
"That's especially important as we move toward aircraft that will one day be equipped with ADS-B, or Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast," said Mark Askelson, a UND atmospheric scientist and sense-and-avoid systems and ADS-B researcher. "The ADS-B system, together with more reliable and accurate sense-and-avoid technology, will be vital to future UAS operations."
Askelson adds that ADS-B is tracking technology that will be a crucial aspect of the Next Generation Air Transportation System, and that the federal government will require it in many aircraft, including UAS, by 2020.
The problem facing the technology is avoiding obstacles in the air that do not have sensors on them.
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Ka Baird - Respires
Formats Artist Edition Colored Vinyl LP (w/ digital download) - $45 Artist Edition LP (w/ digital download) - $38 LTD Colored Vinyl LP (w/ digital download) - $25 LP (w/ digital download) - $18 MP3 - $10
– All LPs come with printed inner sleeve and multi-format digital download code.
– Limited artist LP edition includes one of 20 screen-printed 10"x10" posters designed by Ka Baird. One per customer.
– A portion of proceeds from the Respires will go to The International Rescue Committee as part of our Come! Mend! Initiative
A1. Pulse (3:02)
A2. Symanimagenic (4:31)
A3. Teaching Lodge of the Arrows (11:40)
B1. Azha (2:54)
B2. Spiritus Operis (3:30)
B3. Walking (4:15)
B4. Storms Stay Fine (5:10)
B5. The Orion Arm (4:35)
01. Pulse (3:02)
02. Symanimagenic (4:31)
03. Teaching Lodge of the Arrows (11:40)
04. Azha (2:54)
05. Spiritus Operis (3:30)
06. Walking (4:15)
07. Storms Stay Fine (5:10)
08. The Orion Arm (4:35)
CAT: RVNGNL61
Respires, the second solo album by Ka Baird, blurs the line between word and action, definition and possibility. Spirited yet restrained, bearing its wildly thrummed heart strings and inner calm alike, Respires ventures toward the unknown, charting the shifting ground of experimental music and the rewards born of risk.
Tapping the ecstatic energy and cathartic experience of Baird's live sets, pushing the extremes of psychological and physical release, Respires represents an unquestionable leap for an artist already out on a limb. Largely written and recorded across the length of 2018, the eight pieces align as a series of visceral actions, captured, culled, and intricately shaped by Baird, then expanded with contributions from Zach Rowden (bass), Max Eilbacher and Andrew Fitzpatrick (synths), and Greg Fox (drums).
Respires was born from the intertwined etymologies of spirit and breath, the results of Baird's singular approach to extended vocal technique and radical notions of "body music" which push her performances to uncompromising extremes. Channeling a raw energy from an internal depth, the genetics of Respires construct new bridges of communication, reaching across the perceptual boundaries of spiritual and physical.
Informed by indigenous, sacred flute music of New Guinea and vocal music of Burundi, Can, Maryanne Amacher, Don Cherry's Organic Music Society, and Chaitanya Hari's Kundalini Meditation Music, and driven by a fearless quest for musical discovery, Respires offers a glimpse into a sacred space of the musical avant-garde.
From the unusual folk music of Spires That In The Sunset Rise, to her many collaborative and solo efforts, Baird's careful artistry and years of experimental exploration, placed in connection with the raw power unleashed by the body, lungs, and reeds, represents an intersection of possible futures on Respires. Tapping the primitive, immediate, unnameable, and fundamentally human, it's an album which proves the impossibility of failure, when the risk of failure is embraced.
An answer - or continuation of - Joan la Barbara's long standing indication of the voice as "original instrument," Respires is spirit, movement, and an immersive life force manifested as sound. A sound in which the self is lost, and becomes something universal.
Ka Baird's Respires will be released October 25, 2019 on vinyl and digital formats. Baird will be touring extensively this fall, including a stop at Unsound's Krakow festival on October 8.


Today I am very excited to share what I get from Lei Melendres, he made a brilliant work with words and characters. Creative Doodle Art Inspirations that I call it. he works with similar works have long time and deserve only in so detailed in this art dooble sketching. He drew the words and combined with various characters such as monsters, robots, abstract typography and much more. Unlimited ideas for him, always there a lot of inspiration to pour the contents of his head in a sketchbook art. as one of his works that demonstrate the idea of head is blow out, this truly outstanding work instead.
Lei Malendres is from the Philippines. He has almost 7 years in this field. and artistic inspiration has been much inspired think. This Creative Doodle Art Inspirations I dedicate to you to you and I hope useful and inspire you. Peace Love and go creative.


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Flexible seating is something that Ms. Dudzik, middle school language arts teacher, really wanted to make happen in her classroom. As a thank you to all of our generous donors and parents, Ms. Dudzik has put together this handout to explain the different seating options that are now available to students in her classroom.
Flexible seating or SMART Seating is a student centered approach to learning. Our teachers are taking the time to teach students about how their bodies learn best, and what their bodies need in order to be productive students. Last Spring our campus passed around an article published from Edutopia. This article inspired our teachers and ignited a powerful discussion about what types of environments students need in order to be successful students.
This discussion began with several primary teachers in Kindergarten, First and Second grades taking this challenge to heart and redefining their learning spaces both over the summer and into the Fall. In October our primary teachers shared their findings and their implementation process with the rest of the faculty. This discussion led to inspiration in the intermediate and middle school classrooms. The third grade classroom has gone to a completely flexible seating model with middle school math and language arts right behind them.
In general we are finding these new seating options to be a calming factor among all students and it is also providing physical options for students who are challenged with ADHD or who just need to move around more often. Our students say that they like the options, they like the atmospheres that have been created with them in mind, and they feel that they have comfortable options that fit their physical needs while learning.
The photos below depict the middle school language arts classroom. This room was remodeled with seven different seating options and was largely funded with donations from school families. We are excited about what the classroom of the 21st century looks like and we are proud to be offering these models in our building.
An overview of Middle School Language Arts Classroom as written by Ms. Brittney Dudzik….
There are several different areas to work in. I have seating that accommodates 33 students and my largest class has 23. This means that the students have options…which I love! It also allows students to spread out.
Option #1: This is a nice cozy hangout for small group work.
Option #2: I have two of these areas in my classroom. I like this option because it allows the students to move back and forth, but they cannot spin in circles on the chairs.
Over winter break, I will be painting the tops of these tables to turn them into dry erase boards. This will be awesome for in-class examples and group work since they can write ideas and answers directly at their spots.
Option #3: This area accommodates six students. I have six cushions on back order (hopefully coming December 27th), but for now students just have to sit cross-legged on the floor. This table will also be painted with dry erase paint.
Option #4: BEAN BAGS! Enough said 🙂 Students can use the two lap desks I have, if they are not being used by students sitting in option #6, or they have the two blue tables to write on.
Option #5: This is a favorite so far. Students like to be able to bounce a little or roll back and forth (within reason) here. This table will also be painted with dry erase paint. They are stored on buckets when not in use so the stability balls don't roll all over the classroom.
Option #6: Students can sit in these two saucer chairs with the two lap desks I have. It allows for a little privacy since they aren't sitting with a group.
Option #7: This option is just for students who still would like to sit at a desk. I have a pod of four desks with regular chairs and then I also have these two desks with wheely chairs. Some students just wanted to keep things the "normal" way.
If you noticed in the pictures, I now have CARPET! I am super excited about this because students can now sit or lay on the floor while working without getting super dirty. It is also more comfortable for them.
Lighting was also something I wanted to change. I was able to purchase lamps with some monetary donations. This will allow me to reduce the amount of overhead lighting I have to use. It makes it feel more homey.
Finally, I had to figure out a way that students could store all of their belongings since I was removing so many desks. Through monetary donations, I was able to purchase eight 3-drawer carts. Each student will eventually have their own drawer.
You might have noticed all of the desks are currently in the back of the classroom. These should be stored somewhere else within the next month or so. I got so excited about this flexible seating and you all were so generous, that we didn't have time to make room to store them! Sometimes I get a little ambitious! The kids don't seem to mind though since they are out of the way.
Again, thank you so much for all of your support with this project. I am so pleased with how it turned out. The kids loved using each of these things today. Throughout the next six days, students will continue to rotate in small groups to be able to try each option once. Then the students will get to make wise choices on where to work in class. We will talk about SMART seats and choosing an environment that best fits their needs.


Before he retired on 20 November, for over four months, M Sridhar Acharyulu was at the heart of a tussle between a citizen and the government of India regarding a list of wilful defaulters of bank loans amounting to several thousand crores of public money. Acharyulu, as the central information commissioner, was hearing the second appeal against the denial of a Right to Information request by Sandeep Singh Jadoun. In February, Jadoun, filed an RTI with the director general of employment and training, seeking among other things, a list of wilful defaulters of bank loans—those who are able to repay but do not—of Rs 50 crore and higher, with or without guarantees. The request also sought the names of guarantors, the details of the sanction, default and accounts associated with non-performing assets, or NPAs.
That month, instead of transferring the application to the relevant agencies such as the RBI or the finance ministry, the central public information officer for the DGEAT replied to Jadoun that the requested information was "not maintained." Jadoun filed an appeal, but the first appellate authority upheld the CPIO's assertion. Jadoun then filed a second appeal with the central information commission—per the procedure under the Right to Information Act—that was heard by Acharyulu.
During the appeal proceedings, Acharyulu issued three orders—one in August and two in November—in which he repeatedly directed the PMO, the finance ministry and the Reserve Bank of India to release the list of defaulters to the petitioner. In the August order, Acharyulu wrote that the list was "significant for the nation and undoubtedly every taxpaying citizen has a right to know about evasion of their money by some big business persons." The information commissioner noted in the order that the RBI had previously authorised banks to prepare a list of wilful defaulters, and that these lists had been submitted to the RBI.
Acharyulu's orders also referred to a 2015 Supreme Court judgment, in the case of RBI vs Jayantilal N Mistry—the RBI had appealed 11 CIC directives asking for disclosure of various pieces of information requested by citizens, such as lists of wilful defaulters, inspection reports and penalties imposed on banks. The RBI presented various arguments for not disclosing this information—for instance, it posited that it was exempt from such disclosures under Section 8 of the RTI Act. The court rejected its contentions and ruled that the RBI would have to follow the CIC's orders.


The commotion in the palace over the mysterious handwriting caused the queen to enter the banquet hall to give King Belshazzar some advice. The queen told King Belshazzar there was someone in Babylon who could help him, and she suggested that the king summon Daniel to interpret the mysterious writings.
Daniel answered, "Your Majesty, I will read the writing and tell you what it means, but you may keep your gifts or give them to someone else. Sir, the Most High G-d made your father a great and powerful man and brought him much honor and glory. G-d did such great things for him that people of all nations and races shook with fear. Your father had the power of life or death over everyone, and he could honor or ruin anyone he chose, but when he became proud and stubborn, his glorious kingdom was taken from him. His mind became like that of an animal, and he was forced to stay away from people and live with wild donkeys. Your father ate grass like an ox, and he slept outside where his body was soaked with dew. He was forced to do this until he learned that the Most High G-d rules all kingdoms on earth and chooses their kings.
"King Belshazzar, you knew all this, but you still refused to honor the L-rd who rules from heaven. Instead, you turned against Him and ordered the cups from His temple to be brought here, so that you and your wives and officials could drink wine from them. You praised the idols made of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone, even though they cannot see or hear or think. You refused to worship the G-d who gives you breath and controls everything you do. That's why He sent the hand to write this message on the wall.
"Well, Brian," Darryl said looking him in the eye, "the Bible tells us the queen heard about the hand writing on the wall, but a few verses earlier the Scripture says the king's wives and concubines were with him at the banquet. Why wasn't the queen in attendance at the banquet?"
Brian thought for a moment; his brow furrowed. Suddenly a big grin crossed his face. "Sure, she must have been the wife of King Nabonidus and Belshazzar's mother."
"Very good," Darryl replied. "Also, here is another issue worth thinking about. Daniel refers to Nebuchadnezzar as the father of Belshazzar. Often the Bible will use the word father to mean grandfather or ancestor; the word son is used to mean grandson or descendant. Daniel reminded Belshazzar of Nebuchadnezzar's period of insanity and the reason for it. Belshazzar is now going to suffer because he defiled the sacred vessels."
"I think Daniel must have been pretty disgusted with Belshazzar's actions because he didn't greet Belshazzar with his usual greeting 'O king live forever,'" Elizabeth added.
Jamie agreed, "Yeah, I think you're right. He also told Belshazzar he could keep his rewards."
"I'm not clear on the interpretation of the writing," said Brian.
Darryl replied, "To put it simply, Belshazzar sinned against G-d when he foolishly toasted the Babylonian gods with the temple vessels. Now G-d will take the kingdom away from him and divide it between the Medes and the Persians."
When Daniel finished speaking, Belshazzar kept his promise. He made Daniel the third most powerful man in the kingdom, and Daniel was given a purple robe and gold chain to wear.
King Belshazzar was killed; Darius the Mede, who was sixty-two years old, took over the kingdom.


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Aboriginals of Australia are believed to have the oldest culture on earth since they arrived this place by boat 50,000 years ago. Scattered in 500 different clans and speaking around 700 languages, there were about one million aboriginals living across this continent as hunters. And, the most interesting thing to know about these clans is that despite having a spiritual connection with their land, they travelled widely for trade, water and ritual gatherings as well.
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A very important part of Australia visit is roaming around the city in the urban centres. Local transport is top-notch, and so are the local shopping and dining destinations. While on Australia trip, try out the original Carlton draught beer and one of the beach parties at Bondi Beach. Do not miss a chance to see some real, wild Kangaroos at the Kangaroo Island either.
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Q: How to deal with null row appended at the end of windows generated csv? I wrote a function to deal with the null values in the csv before passing it to a forecasting model
if do_nulls_exist == True:
    print('found a null value')
    null_rows = pd.isnull(data)
    print('######### ORIGINAL ROWS THAT NEED UPDATING ##############')
    print(null_rows)
    # Need to add 2 to each value in null_rows because there

    print('######### ROWS + 2 = ACTUAL ROW NUMBERS IN CSV ##############')
    update_these_rows = []
    for x in null_rows:
        update_these_rows.append(int(x)+2)

    print(update_these_rows)

    emit('error', {'data': update_these_rows})

As you can see the there is a null row appended at the end (Row no 36)
Pls guide me as to how I can remove this null row. Thanks!

A: Before passing CSV to forecast model you can apply dropna() function on Dataframe. It will delete all null row's
    df = df.dropna()

Refe Link :dropna


Kyle Stallings of the Soldiers of God rap music group will sing March 21 at 6:15 p.m. at the Post First United Methodist Church's inaugural Wednesday night Praise and Worship service.
Pastor Scott Richards announced that the First United Methodist Church is expanding its service offerings.
On March 21 the Post church will start a regular Wednesday Praise and Worship service at 6:15 p.m.
Prior to the service, a meal will be provided for service attendees at 5:45 in the fellowship hall.
The service described as casual, modern and relevant, will include praise and worship music, teaching and discussion, as well as time for ministry in prayer.
The Wednesday March 21 service will feature Christian rapper Kyle Stallings of Soldiers of God ministry out of Lubbock. According to the S.O.G. website, the group signed a recording deal with Tate Music Group earlier this year.
The band's web site claims S.O.G. shares the Word through "new and bigger opportunities in prisons, juvenile detention centers and various concerts to reach both youth and adults through Christian rap".
Richards said that "all are invited, come as you are".


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The Fine Art of Pretending Tour: Interview and Review
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Interview with Rachel Harris
1. How do you feel that the first story you wrote has finally published?
Thrilled. Excited. And terrified LOL
Seriously, every book I write means so much to me, and they all hold a unique place in my heart, but this one…it has a little extra magic, because it was the first one I wrote. Also, this was inspired by a conversation I had with my own guy friends in high school, and while Aly and I are different people, I think I pulled more from my own experiences with this story than any other. Having it out in the world, where other people can read it, is incredible, but because of that personal connection, I'm a bazillion times more nervous for this release, too!
2. What can readers expect from this new YA series?
This new series is completely contemporary, unlike the first two books in my Super Sweet series, which had a touch of magical realism via time travel. Like those first two books, though, this series will be companion novels. You meet the hero of book two in The Fine Art of Pretending, and the heroine's name appears in there, too (tee hee), but each are complete stories. No cliffhangers here.
3.What was your inspiration for "The Fine Art of Pretending?"
I mentioned above that a conversation with my guy friends in high school inspired the general concept, but as this was my very first book, my inspiration also came from Twilight. I'd just fallen back in love with reading and books, and decided to give it a try—if it weren't for Stephanie Mayer, I don't know if I'd ever have taken the step to write a complete book.
4. Are any of your characters inspired by people in real life?
Aly is definitely the closest to who I was in high school, and her family is inspired by my own. We are all very close. Brandon is a touch of my imagination mixed with a hodge podge of every guy friend I had in high school. As for Gabi and Kara, Aly's best friends, they were more inspired by the friends I wish I had in high school.
5. What is your favorite part of "The Fine Art of Pretending?"
Favorite part?? Gah, this is so hard! Hmm…if I had to pick a favorite, I think it would have to be Aly and Brandon's pretend official date. I had a lot of fun with that.
6.What was the original title of "The Fine Art of Pretending?"
Second-Type of Girl was the original title of The Fine Art of Pretending, based on the fact that there were two types of girls, according to the male population of their high school. My publisher felt that was too confusing, which I understand. I also considered Operation Sex Appeal, based on Aly's name for her makeover efforts, but thought that could be a tad misleading (he he).
7. Being a mom that homeschools how do you find time to fit everything in and make sure your writing takes a front seat too?
Well, most days I don't really find time to fit in everything…it's more a choice of what things will I get in today, and which ones will I save for tomorrow. It's all a juggling game, and at any given time, I have two or three things in the air, going well—school, writing, promotion, housework, exercise, reading, sleep (lol). Other than that, it is all about scheduling.
8. Do your girls help with your stories at all?
Oh yes. They have TONS of ideas for future stories, or twists I could put on my books. Being almost nine and ten, their suggestions don't often make the actual book, but they actually do end up giving me ideas for other things that do work well. And they are by far my biggest, most enthusiastic publicists ;)
9. How did you come up with the idea for your Flirt Squad? Being a member myself this has been an awesome group that we not only get to learn about the writing and publishing industry but have a lot of fun too. Did you ever think that the Flirt Squad would get this big?
Street teams are nothing new, but I knew that if I was going to do one, and do it well, then it had to be fun. It had to be positive. And it had to be a community where we all support and love on each other. That's who I am. That's what I do. I didn't how big it would get, and I certainly didn't expect the incredible friendships that I've developed there, but I am so very grateful!!
10. What is your favorite part about being an author?
The fans, in particular the street team we're discussing. Going in there every day and laughing and sharing what's going on in my crazy head that day, watching readers come together to give advice and cheer each other on in life…it's a community, and it proves my point that bookish people are the best people.
11. Was there ever a different career you wanted to pursue?
When I was in high school and college, I fully intended to join the entertainment world as a producer or director. The summer before my senior year in college, I interned at Entertainment Tonight in NYC, and while I loved every moment of it, it also proved that it wasn't the perfect fit that I thought it would be. I need a smaller city, and I enjoy being close to my family. But that summer, and the years hosting and producing my own television shows in college, definitely made for some incredible memories!
12. Do you have anything in the works right now?
I have TWO books in the works right now, the companion novel to The Fine Art of Pretending for YA, and a brand new adult romance series. I also have a spin-off series for the popular Love & Games series in the works. Lots of things coming, that's for sure!!
Ali's Review:
I have been waiting forever for this book. "The Fine Art of Pretending" by Rachel Harris is fantastic. I love it. This book was so worth the wait. Ally is trying to give herself a makeover and become a casual girl rather than a commitment one. She wants to have some fun her senior year of high school and finally go on a casual date. Ally had a boyfriend but he dumped her for another girl. Now it is operation sex appeal and Ally's goal is to land Justin for the homecoming dance.
I can't emphasize enough how much I love Rachel Harris and her books. "The Fine Art of Pretending" is another fun book to read. I really enjoyed Ally and Brandon's story. Brandon decides to help Ally with her operation sex appeal by pretending that they are hooking up casually. Brandon and Ally go on a couple of dates and have a few kisses but then they have their official non-official breakup and this ends up destroying both of them. Ally doesn't realize she loves Brandon and Brandon doesn't realize that he loves Ally. What is going to happen to these friends? Will they truly fall for each other or will they still end up being best friends? Will they lose each other forever?
This is definitely a high school generated novel. These kids are in their senior year of high school, so there is definitely some drama and some teenage feelings going on. I think this book is very relatable to teenagers. I really liked the storyline. I thought it was really light hearted and fun. This is definitely a quick read.
I really liked the characters. Ally is someone I can completely relate too and it isn't just because we share a similar name. Aly is a nervous nelly and she worries about everything like me. Then she decides that she wants to make herself more attractive and try to become more confident. Honestly I feel like I have the same issues. I feel like I could be a whole lot more attractive than I am but I lack the confidence for it. Even as an adult I have that same issue. Confidence radiates plenty of sex appeal but it is owning that confidence that I have issues with sometimes too.
Brandon seems to be a bit of a playboy but as you get to know him, you find out that Brandon has a whole another side to him. Brandon doesn't want to have a relationship because he thinks that everything ends when it comes to relationships. When he realizes that he likes Ally for more than a friend, he wants to ignore his feelings because he doesn't want to screw up their friendship but because of the choices he makes, it ends up screwing up their friendship anyway. I think Brandon has sides to him that his friends don't see so I hope that maybe he will start being himself more as time goes on. It will be great if he opens up more.
The other characters were fantastic. I have to say that Brandon and Aly have some really good friends. They wanted to see the two of them together for the most part but they are all pretty caring towards the two of them. It seemed to be a great group of friends. I wish my friends at that age were like that.
"The Fine Art of Pretending" was fantastic. I was so excited to get my eARC. I will definitely be buying a few copies of "The Fine Art of Pretending" because I have to give copies to friends not to mention have my own. That right there should be able to tell you what I truly think about this book. Definitely get your own copy!
Ciara's Review:
Rachel has a way about writing fun entertaining stories, but with good messages about gaining self-esteem and just being yourself which is exactly what she did with the Fine Art Of Pretending.
Ally is in her senior year of High School and Homecoming is just around the corner. Every year with the exception of one Ally has only had friend dates, and the one time she didn't she had a boyfriend who shortly after dumped her, for another girl. So with the help of her best friend Kara and Gabi, Ally gets a makeover taking her tomboy image and trading it in for a new attractive girly image that she hoped will change guys minds about her.
I really liked Ally I think she was relatable to a lot of teenage girls. She grows a lot through the story which is something I like to see in characters, it gives you the ability to see different sides of them and relate to those sides. Ally experienced low self-esteem and trying to find her self-worth in whether a guy liked her or not which is something I see a lot in teen girls today. As the story goes on Ally discovers a new confidence in herself that didn't come from the clothes or the fact that guys are taking up an interest in her but because she starts believing in herself and finds that's what makes her attractive just being confident in her true self. Rachel did a great job showing this growth in Ally and proving that guys may pay some attention to girls in tight clothes and skimpy outfits but that's not what makes someone attractive its ones inner courage, self-worth, and just simply being yourself.
Brandon, Ally's best guy friend turned love interest was an interesting character. He was the funny, charming, and protective best friend any girl would want. One of his flaws was that he was very reserved and didn't open up at all not really even with Ally so it would be nice to see some more from his character in the future. Brandon went through a lot in his life with his dad dying and his mom having to start working so much she was barely home, Brandon developed a fear of commitment. He never wanted to have a serious relationship, because he was afraid of losing the person he cared so much about, just like his mom did when his dad died. That's why it was so hard for Brandon to tell Ally how he really felt about her.
Kara and Gabi have to be my two favorite characters in the whole book. They are hilarious, sarcastic, and just the best girl friends any girl would love to have. I personally related the most to Gabi and saw so much of myself in her attitude and the things she would say.
Unfortunately, I was very disappointed in the amount of language in this book. There was by far more language in this book than any of her other YA books. The use of several f words was the most disappointing, especially in a book written for teens. I also think some of the make out scenes were a little much for being a book for teens, even if it is contemporary YA.
I still love Rachel, I hope to be able to read more from her in the future and really enjoy her fun stories, goof ball characters, and her little sayings such as "Holy Cannoli!".
I wouldn't recommend this book for younger teens.
I give it 3.5 stars
Postado por Ali Kiki �s October 01, 2014


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 Antony Réal, écrivain français ;
 César Vichard de Saint-Réal, écrivain et historien savoisien ;
 Félix Martin Réal, avocat et homme politique français ;
 Gaspard de Réal de Curban, juriste français, conseiller du roi ;
 Grisélidis Réal, écrivaine et prostituée genevoise ;
 Guillaume André Réal, avocat et conventionnel français ;
 Jean Réal, écrivain et cinéaste français ;
 Pierre-François Réal, juriste et homme politique français de la Révolution ;
 Pierre Louis Dominique Réal, colonel français de la Révolution et de l'Empire.

Toponyme

 Réal, commune française du département des Pyrénées-Orientales, en région Occitanie ;
 Neuilly-le-Réal, commune française du département de l'Allier, en région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes ;
La Réal, un quartier de Perpignan, dans les Pyrénées-Orientales ;
Força Réal, sommet des Pyrénées en France ;
 Réal, cours d'eau du Var, affluent de l'Argens.

Prénoms
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Unité monétaire
 réal espagnol, monnaie d'argent utilisée en Espagne jusqu'en 1868 et dans son empire colonial, dont découlent :
 le réal de la République fédérale d'Amérique centrale
 le real argentin ;
 le réal colombien, monnaie officielle de la Colombie jusqu'en 1837, remplacée par le peso ;
 le réal costaricien ;
 le réal équatorien ;
 le réal de Gibraltar ;
 le réal hondurien ;
 le réal mexicain ;
 le réal paraguayen ;
 le réal péruvien ;
 le réal de Saint-Domingue, monnaie de Saint-Domingue (Hispaniola) jusqu'en 1822 ;
 le réal vénézuélien, remplacé en 1843 par le peso vénézuélien ;
 réal portugais, monnaie du royaume du Portugal et de son empire colonial jusqu'en 1911, dont découlent :
 le réal angolais ;
 le réal brésilien, de 1823 à 1942, puis depuis 1994 ;
 le réal cap-verdien ;
 le réal de Guinée portugaise ;
 le réal mozambicain ;
 le réal santoméen.
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Mark Anthony Pembridge (* 29. November 1970 in Merthyr Tydfil) ist ein ehemaliger walisischer Fußballspieler. Der 1,7 Meter große Pembridge spielte im Mittelfeld.

Karriere

Pembridge begann seine Karriere bei Luton Town 1989. 1992 wechselte er zu Derby County, die er 1995 Richtung Sheffield Wednesday verließ. 1998 ging Pembridge ins Ausland zu Benfica Lissabon. 1999 kehrte der linke Mittelfeldspieler wieder nach England zurück zum FC Everton. 2003 wechselte er schließlich zum FC Fulham, wo er bis zu seinem Karriereende 2007 blieb. Seit 2017 ist er als Trainer für verschiedene Juniorenmannschaften des FC Fulham aktiv.

Pembridge spielte insgesamt 46 Mal im walisischen Fußballnationalteam.

Stationen

 Luton Town (1989–1992)
 Derby County (1992–1995)
 Sheffield Wednesday (1995–1998)
 Benfica Lissabon (1998–1999)
 FC Everton (1999–2003)
 FC Fulham (2003–2007)

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Fußballnationalspieler (Wales)
Fußballspieler (Luton Town)
Fußballspieler (Derby County)
Fußballspieler (Sheffield Wednesday)
Fußballspieler (Benfica Lissabon)
Fußballspieler (FC Everton)
Fußballspieler (FC Fulham)
Fußballtrainer (FC Fulham)
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Geboren 1970
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