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Have you ever had one of those weeks when little "life lessons" kind of jump out at you in a variety of ways?
You know those lessons. Things that make you "snap" out of a rut and make you stop and go "hum."
Here's a few of the lessons I've been learning.
Ok, it's no secret - you can probably drive by The Grove Sun office at any given time, and see my car.
In the last year, I've poured a lot of energy and time into the paper. That's a good thing. I like what I'm doing. Really. (To paraphrase from Sally Fields, I "really, really like" you guys.
But now, after a year, I'm learning to take a bit of time for myself. I'm delegating a bit more, having a few stringers we're developing cover a few events. It's not that I don't think that everything is important, it's just that, well, sometimes I need to unplug and shut my brain off.
On Sunday I did that.
Last weekend, I was gifted with a couple of tickets to the Renaissance Festival in Muskogee. It was unexpected and it meant that I got to go to something that's been on "my bucket list" of sorts for years.
I mean, I've heard about the festival for years, but never took the step to go.
Let me tell you, it wasn't what I expected, and it was a whole lot of fun. It's a bit like "dress up" for adults. I won't "out" my friend who gave me the ticket, but let's just say, she really gets into character at the fair.
It was a chance to unwind, relax and well, just have fun with a friend. It was a needed time away.
This quote popped upon my Facebook feed in the last couple of days.
Let's face it, we all have bad days, and sometimes we're not perfect. I see this as a reminder that no matter what life tosses at us, we should always reflect what we want to see, not what the person deserves.
It's always cool when people of faith gather to worship. Spending time with people in the community at the National Day of Prayer service, organized by the Grove Area Ministerial Alliance, was quite moving.
It's amazing (I'll probably say this a lot in the next few columns) to see how many people I have met in the last year - this was my second NDP event.
Thanks to the alliance for pulling the service together. I'm glad we live in a community where denomination differences are put aside, and members of the community can gather to worship together.
For those who had to listen to me speak (someone had to talk for the media right?) my deepest apologizes. As I said, with a laugh, I'm a writer, not speaker. Thanks for not throwing tomatoes - and for the encouragement post speech.
This weekend is Mother's Day. If you haven't purchased something nice for your mom, put the paper down and head to the store. (Just kidding.) Take time to tell your mom, grandma, aunt or really, any woman who has played a significant role in your life, how much you love them. It's a funky holiday that reminds us to do something we should do on a daily basis - so use it as an excuse to say "I love you." I promise you won't regret it.
So here's the bits and pieces for this week. Have a great weekend, be safe and enjoy the sun!
Editor's Note: This column originally appeared in the May 9, 2014 issue of The Grove Sun.


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University Scholars Program, 2003-2004
Sheila K. Dickison, Associate Provost; Jeanna Mastrodicasa, Associate Director, Honors Program
The Office of the Provost is pleased to announce that the University Scholars Program will be seeking undergraduate participants for 2003-2004. As the annual deadline of March 1 falls on a Saturday this year, the deadline for applications will be March 3, 2003 in all departments. Departments should not change this deadline. Applications should be submitted to the college or department in which the mentor is employed, under the guidance of the regulations of that particular college. Applications and further details are available at the University Scholars Program website, at http://www.scholars.ufl.edu.
The University Scholars Program presents University of Florida undergraduates with the opportunity to work closely with faculty mentors while pursuing fundamental research, exploring scholarly inquiry, and developing new knowledge. University Scholars will receive a $2500 research stipend in two disbursements. Scholars must be registered for at least one research credit in summer 2003 in order to participate. Scholars also have the opportunity to publish their work in UF's on-line Journal of Undergraduate Research, and to present their research in the University Scholars Symposium.
There will be 175 awards in 2003-2004, the same level of funding as the previous year, with the following allocation:
Business Administration: 9
Dentistry: 2
Design, Construction, and Planning: 6
Education: 3
Engineering: 34
Fine Arts: 5
Health and Human Performance: 5
Health Professions: 2
IFAS/Agricultural and Life Sciences: 19
Journalism: 5
Liberal Arts and Sciences: 40
Medicine: 33
Nursing: 2
Pharmacy: 3
Veterinary Medicine: 2
Florida Museum of Natural History and other centers and programs (submit application directly to 140 Tigert Hall): 5
Jeanna Mastrodicasa, Associate Director of the Honors Program, will be managing the administrative component of the University Scholars Program, and she can be reached via e-mail at jmastro@ufl.edu or by calling 392-1519 with questions.
Formal Notice of Change in Family and Medical Leave Act Entitlement Year
Notices of Proposed Rule Development

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It's the holiday season, and who has the time to slave over a hot microwave preparing dinner?
If you're feeling the culinary challenge, check out some of the food bargains around town.
When you're on the run, the Sourdough Café in Arizona Charlie's (both locations) is a good spot to refuel on their steak and eggs special ($2.49), served around the clock. The special features a steak or slab of bone-in ham, two eggs, hash browns and toast.
For a real treat, check out either of Arizona Charlie's Yukon Grille restaurants. The original westside restaurant retains the original Western theme, while the newer eastside location is Mediterranean modern, but both serve excellent steaks and seafood at reasonable prices.
The Boulder Café at Boulder Station has excellent $1.99 graveyard specials (11 p.m. to 7 a.m.), which include a cheese omelet, Belgium waffle, full stack of pancakes; or two eggs served with hash browns, toast and choice of bacon, sausage or chicken-fried steak.
You can also feast on Boulder Café's 24-hour dinner entrees that include a New York steak, T-bone steak or prime rib for $6.99, which also includes soup or salad, choice of potato and vegetable.
If it's your birthday and you're over 21, Boulder's Guadalajara restaurant will help celebrate with a free lunch or dinner entrée and Boulder Station T-shirt. You need proper I.D. and a guest who purchases an entrée at regular price.
For lunch, the Guadalajara has four tempting lunch specials for $5.99 each (served from 11 a.m.), which include three generous combination plates: chile relleno and cheese enchilada; cheese enchilada and taco; and chile relleno and tamale.
If you're near downtown, stop by the Plaza for its all-you-can-eat Chop Chop Chinese buffet. Served from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m., the buffet is only $7.95 and the entrees change daily.
The Ellis Island Casino & Brewery has a tasty steak dinner for only $4.95, served 24 hours a day. It consists of a 10-ounce sirloin, soup or salad, baked potato and garlic toast. Try the micro-brew beer or, if you're driving, the home-brewed root beer – delicious!
Other good choices at Ellis Island include a prime rib special (under $7), classic French dip sandwich, jumbo shrimp and the fish & chips – a house favorite cooked in beer batter and piled high.
For food on the run, swing by the Westward Ho for a donut and coffee for two-bits (25 cents), served from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. You can also gnaw on a ¾ pound hot dog for only 75 cents.
Hot dog lovers will also want to grab one – a Vienna all-beef beauty that 'pops' when you bite into it – for only 75 cents at the Gold Coast's race and sports book. They're served off a cart from 10 a.m. until 6:45 p.m.


Last played here in April, front 9 only, and thought the front was in pretty good shape. They closed the course for almost 2 mos to replace the greens and all I can say is that it they did a fantastic job. Fairways were lush and if there were any dead spots I didn't see them. The greens were immaculate and rolled great. I was only in one bunker but it had plenty of the white stuff in it. The tee boxes would be the only area not up to the same standard as the rest of the course.
Extremely slow play even with rangers on the course. Course itself is in nice condition. fairways and rough are beginning to go dormant.


Today marks the 51st Anniversary of the assassination of whom I consider to be the best President of the United States of America since his time. It's heartening to see that even after all of these years, there are many people out there who are interested in knowing what really happened on that terrible day in Dallas 51 years ago. There are three things pertaining to the assassination which I am very much looking forward to reading/viewing. The first two are Volumes two and three of Greg Parker's seminal book Lee Harvey Oswald's Cold War: Why the Kennedy Assassination Should Be Reinvestigated. Volume one of this ground-breaking book can be bought through a variety of sellers (see here for a list of these sellers).
The third thing I am very much looking forward to is a documentary on Oswald and the assassination; which will be put together by researchers Lee Farley, Greg Parker, Frankie Vegas, and Terry Martin. I have the utmost confidence in the abilities of all four of these individuals, and I can't wait to see what they piece together. I strongly encourage the reader to read through this discussion of this project on Greg Parker's seminal research forum.
To conclude this post, I will repeat what I wrote last year on the 50th Anniversary of the President's assassination: R.I.P President Kennedy. You will never be forgotten!


Hallowe'en Campaign is likely to stay as long as the contest worlds will.
So when the results comin' bud?
Ok, so I'm pleased to say that the judging has been completed! I cannot reveal the results yet, but we will hopefully be able to bring you the results within the next 40 hours.
erhm they said they will be added but i also hear dthey will be added when its the time of the year for it for example if you win with a winter pack thye will add it aourn now maby some of th eblcok swill be added in the calendar camp.
Oh, I read 'the opportunity to' as 'a chance of' rather than 'the option to', although I guess they could mean both.
If my interpretation is right, this would suggest that a few of the winners blocks may be included in future packs, and if yours is right, it would suggest that there will be packs made from most of the winners blocks, which will probably mean they'd be released sooner rather than later.
At the very least, the levels made for this competition should be made playable again.


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Temporal Trends in Functional Outcomes after Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
Ben Beck, Dashiell Gantner, Peter A. Cameron, Sandra Braaf, Manoj Saxena, D. James Cooper, Belinda J. Gabbe
Critical Care Research
Severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) is associated with poor outcomes; however, little is known about whether these outcomes are improving over time. This study examined temporal trends in functional outcomes of severe TBI at six months post-injury. We conducted a retrospective cohort study (January 1, 2006 to December 31, 2015) of hospitalized adult (≥16 years) patients with severe TBI using data from the population-based Victorian State Trauma Registry. The primary outcome was the Glasgow Outcome Scale-Extended (GOS-E) at six months post-injury, dichotomized as upper severe disability or worse (GOS-E ≤4, termed "unfavorable outcome") and lower moderate disability or better (GOS-E ≥5; termed "favorable outcome"). Multivariable logistic regression was used to investigate temporal trends in functional outcomes at six months post-injury. Of the 1966 patients with severe TBI who were followed up at six months post-injury (median age, 42 years (interquartile range [IQR]: 25-68); male, 73%), a majority of patients had an unfavorable outcome (GOS-E ≤4; n = 1372, 70%). After adjusting for confounders, there was no change in functional outcomes over time (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 1.02, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.98,1.06; p = 0.35). Similarly, there was no change in the adjusted odds of death (GOS-E = 1) at six months post-injury (AOR = 1.04, 95% CI: 1.00,1.08; p = 0.08). Using a population-wide, high quality, comprehensive registry, we demonstrated no change in death or functional outcomes after severe TBI between 2006 and 2015 in a mature trauma system. There is a clear need to identify targeted improvements in the treatment of these patients with the aim of reducing in-hospital death and improving long-term outcomes.
Published - 15 Apr 2018
Beck, B., Gantner, D., Cameron, P. A., Braaf, S., Saxena, M., Cooper, D. J., & Gabbe, B. J. (2018). Temporal Trends in Functional Outcomes after Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: 2006-2015. Journal of Neurotrauma, 35(8), 1021-1029. https://doi.org/10.1089/neu.2017.5287
Beck, Ben ; Gantner, Dashiell ; Cameron, Peter A. ; Braaf, Sandra ; Saxena, Manoj ; Cooper, D. James ; Gabbe, Belinda J. / Temporal Trends in Functional Outcomes after Severe Traumatic Brain Injury : 2006-2015. In: Journal of Neurotrauma. 2018 ; Vol. 35, No. 8. pp. 1021-1029.
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Quantifying the burden, understanding the predictors, and improving the outcomes of non-fatal injury


Adapt return_value of simtimer::sim_wday() to a character, giving the weekday number ("1" = Monday, "2" = Tuesday, …, "7" = Sunday). Before this function returned the abbreviated weekday (depending on base::Sys.getlocale()). The new solution therefore improves platform independency.


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North Korea Ready For Sixth Nuclear Test? Satellite Images Show Increased Activity At Punggye-Ri Nuclear Test Site
By Vishakha Sonawane @VishakhaNS
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un guides Korean People's Army military drills in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang, Feb. 21, 2016. Photo: REUTERS/KCNA
As U.S. mulls tighter sanctions against North Korea, the reclusive nation could be busy preparing its sixth nuclear test. Latest commercial satellite images show increased activity at the Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site in the country's northernmost province indicating that Pyongyang may be gearing up for the next nuclear test among several other things, 38 North reported Thursday.
The Kim Jong Un-led country may also be collecting post-test data or sealing the portal, according to the images collected Saturday by 38 North, a blog run by Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies.
A large vehicle is seen close to the entrance of the nuclear site's North Portal — where Pyongyang was reported to have carried out its fifth nuclear test last month, 38 North reported. Although the images do not show any evidence of new excavation, boxes or material near the main building at the site could indicate that authorities may be collecting data on last month's test.
Two small vehicles and what appeared to be a group of people were seen at the South Portal suggesting that there could be an ongoing work or maintenance in progress.
"The purpose of this activity is also unclear although the portal is assumed to be capable of supporting a nuclear test once a decision is made to move forward ... It is unclear if this activity is test related although this area may be fully capable of supporting a test since excavation stopped in 2012," 38 North said.
Several reports have speculated that North Korea could soon conduct its sixth nuclear test defying sanctions from South Korea, the U.S. and the United Nations. It is also reported that Pyongyang is likely to carry out the test to mark the anniversary of its ruling Workers' Party, which falls this Monday.
Seoul Planning To Shoot Down North Korea's UAVs
US Sanctions Chinese Firm Tied To North Korea's Nuclear Program


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Q: can anyone please give me simple answer (code) < something simple i've learned at most everything i want it in the programing but I'm stuck with this little thing it's simple
and that is how i can make the image unmoving when you click at the image
i mean ....
When you click on the image and hold on the image and move the cursor with the cursor the image will move with the cursor >>> now what i want is how i can make the image fixed and the image Not affected with the cursor ... did you understand me now ? ^^
please explain this simply and smoothly
thanks a lot

A: Even if you dont deserve it ...
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    -ms-user-select: none;
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Q: GoLang debugger chokes on stdin I have a problem using GoLand's debugger for a piece of code that tries to read from the stdin. For example, the following code:
package main

import (
    "io"
    "os"
    "strings"
)

func main() {

    io.Copy(os.Stdout, strings.NewReader("Start typing now...\n"))

    io.Copy(os.Stdout, os.Stdin)
}

executes perfectly when I run it from within GoLand - the console window collects the input properly. But when I use the debug command - I can see the my input appearing in the console window, but the enter key will not end the input string, instead the cursor just moves to the next line.
My versions:
GoLand 2018.2.2
Build #GO-182.4129.57, built on August 23, 2018
JRE: 1.8.0_152-release-1248-b8 x86_64
JVM: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM by JetBrains s.r.o
macOS 10.13.6

A: As you are using OSX there is no simple way to get this working.
Assuming you are using Go 1.10 or newer, change the directory to $GOPATH/src/github.com/user/package, then compile your application using go build -gcflags "all=-N -l" github.com/user/package, and then manually start the application in Terminal manually. Once the application runs, go to Run | Attach to Process... and select the application from the list. This will attach the debugger to the running application.
Please note that the compilation step is needed in order to improve the debugging experience but you should not use the resulting binary in production as (almost) all optimizations have been turned off.


Question: My son, 43, has just been diagnosed with eczema after suffering for several months at a time, every so often. The doctor originally said it was bed bugs, but after searching carefully, with no results he went to a dermatologist. My son as been on a diet to lose weight for about 6 months under the guidance of a nutritionist at his gym. He is about 5'7" and weights 350 pounds. With the use of some nutrition drinks and bars and a prescribed diet he has lost and regained weight during this 6 or 7 month period. Can eczema cause weight gain. My son is extremely dedicated to losing the weight to drop his high blood pressure recently diagnosed. Thank you for any information I may forward to him.
Eczema is not normally associated with weight gain.
It is a condition where the skin is inflamed/irritated. There are different types of eczema but none are known to cause weight gain.
If the eczema is bad and the person is giving oral steroids then the steroids can cause weight gain but not the eczema itself.


Color correcting can be a tedious and long process, but with Adobe's recent update to Lumetri you can get that movie color correction you have always wanted.
Thanks to Adobe's recent updates to Lumetri, you can now save a lot of time getting the look you want. As Adobe continues to add features to its already more-than-robust Creative Cloud production suite, an incredibly helpful feature you don't want to miss is the new comparison view inside the Lumetri color panel in Premiere Pro CC 2018 (April 2018 update).
Essentially, you can take a photo or still frame from any video clip you want your footage to emulate, and Lumetri will immediately generate a similar grade on your own footage. It's not perfect, and it may take some finessing, but it gives you a foundational Lumetri layer that propels you in the right direction. You can then make minor tweaks to get where you want to be. It's primarily intended for color matching between scenes, but you can take it a step further by bringing in stills from a movie you want yours to look like, and sampling the color palette from there. Take a look at our example below using a shot from "The Matrix".
After you have your favorite color grades applied to your clips, you can of course save them as .LUTs, and use them for other projects later. Enjoy better results and a faster workflow with comparison view and color matching in Lumetri!


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New books added monthly!
Tag Archives: football
Quarterback by John Feinstein
March 4, 2019 March 2019, Nonfictionfootball, Nonfiction, sportsNJBiblio
Quarterback: Inside the Most Important Position in the NFL by John Feinstein. November 13, 2018. Doubleday Books, 368 p. ISBN: 9780385543033. Int Lvl: AD; Rdg Lvl: AD.
A major new book from #1 New York Times bestseller and sports-writing legend John Feinstein, QUARTERBACK dives deep into the most coveted and hallowed position in the NFL – exploring the stories of five top quarterbacks and taking readers inside their unique experiences of playing the position and holding the keys to their multi-billion-dollar teams.
In the mighty National Football League, one player becomes the face of a franchise, one player receives all the accolades and all the blame, and one player's hand will guide the rise or fall of an entire team's season – and the dreams of millions of fans. There are thirty-two starting quarterbacks in the NFL on any given Sunday, and their lives are built around pressure, stardom, and incredible talent. Legendary bestselling sportswriter John Feinstein, in his most insightful book yet, shows readers what it's really like to play the glory position and to live that life – mapping out a journey that runs from college stardom to the NFL draft to taking command of the huddle and marching a team down the field with a nation of fans cheering.
Feinstein builds his profile around five NFL starting quarterbacks – Alex Smith, Andrew Luck, Joe Flacco, Ryan Fitzpatrick and Doug Williams. With incredible inside access, we get the full quarterback experience…being drafted #1 overall, pushing through grueling injuries, winning Super Bowls, being named a starter on multiple teams, being the first African American QB to lead a franchise to a title. Feinstein shows us exactly what it's like in the locker room, huddle, heat of battle, and press conferences, through spectacular moments and embarrassing defeats. He explores the controversies of a league embroiled in questions of substance abuse and racism, TV revenue, corporate greed, and the value placed on player health. And in the end, Feinstein addresses the ways in which each quarterback – some just a year out of college — is handed the keys to a franchise worth billions of dollars, and how each team's fortunes ride directly on the shoulders of its QB. This is Feinstein's most fascinating behind-the-scenes book.
Potentially Sensitive Areas: None
Booklist starred (October 15, 2018 (Vol. 115, No. 4))
Being a starting quarterback in the NFL is arguably the most challenging position in all of professional sports; too much credit for wins, too much blame for losses. In this exploration of what it means to be an NFL quarterback today, Feinstein, New York Times best-selling author of A Good Walk Spoiled (1995) and numerous other in-depth analyses of various sports, focuses on five current or former quarterbacks: Alex Smith, Andrew Luck, Joe Flacco, Doug Williams, and Ryan Fitzpatrick. The five have had very different careers, but, taken together in Feinstein's telling, they reveal much about the game and the position of quarterback. Smith was a number-one overall draft pick and has had a solid career. Fitzpatrick, a Harvard grad, was almost the last pick in the same draft and has been a journeyman, playing for seven teams since 2006. Flacco won a Super Bowl with the Baltimore Ravens, and Williams overcame a long-held prejudice against African American quarterbacks to become a Super Bowl MVP. Fitzpatrick's career, thought the least distinguished, may be the most interesting. He's been a successful starter, but he also went three seasons without ever getting into a game. As Feinstein relates the five careers, he also touches on the larger, league-wide issues of player health, substance abuse, racism, and, of course, team management, both good and bad. Another must-read from a master of long-form sports journalism.
Kirkus Reviews (November 15, 2018)
A QB–centric look at how football works, on and off the field.Quarterbacks are vital to any gridiron contest. You know that, writes sports journalist and commentator Feinstein (The First Major: The Inside Story of the 2016 Ryder Cup, 2017, etc.), "because there are two people the media must listen to after a game: the head coach and the quarterback." Quarterbacks usually take their time giving the media their piece of the story, but in the author's opening vignette, Baltimore Ravens QB Joe Flacco is quick to get to the microphones following a charged division game against the Pittsburgh Steelers in October 2017. Asked to explain the Ravens' loss, Flacco said, "I sucked. We sucked as an offense, and I'm the quarterback, so I'm responsible. It's pretty simple." Well, yes and no: Some of the QBs Feinstein mentions in this leisurely stroll down the field are a little less quick to fall on their swords, while others are exemplary in many ways. One of the author's chief subjects, for instance, is Doug Williams, a rarity in his day, the first African-American quarterback to bring home the Super Bowl; if racism figured in the 1970s, it certainly hasn't gone away in the decades since. Neither has the tendency of some clubs to treat players as cogs in the big moneymaking machine, as with Ryan Fitzpatrick, asked to take a pay cut following a career-best throwing season for the Buffalo Bills, then axed for failures not of his own making—save that he was the captain on the field. "When things go well, everyone loves you," he tells Feinstein. "When they don't, people fall out of love in a hurry." The author ably gets to the heart of the game, and if little of what he writes will come as news to discerning fans, there are some fine set pieces featuring battle-weary players and devious front-office types. A worthy offering for fans of the modern, increasingly embattled game.
John Feinstein is the author of more than thirty books, including the #1 New York Times bestsellers A Season on the Brink and A Good Walk Spoiled. He is also the author of numerous kids mysteries. His first young adult mystery, Last Shot, won the Edgar Allen Poe Award. John also works for The Washington Post, The Golf Channel, Sirius XM Radio, and Comcast Sportsnet.
Her website is jfeinsteinbooks.com.
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Game Changer by Tommy Greenwald
November 23, 2018 Fiction, November 2018coma, family problems, Fiction, football, hazing, realistic fiction, sportsNJBiblio
Game Canger by Tommy Greenwald. September 11, 2018. Harry N. Abrams, 304 p. ISBN: 9781419731433. Int Lvl: 5-8; Rdg Lvl: 4.1.
Thirteen-year-old Teddy Youngblood is in a coma fighting for his life after an unspecified football injury at training camp. His family and friends flock to his bedside to support his recovery—and to discuss the events leading up to the tragic accident. Was this an inevitable result of playing a violent sport, or was something more sinister happening on the field that day?
Told in an innovative, multimedia format combining dialogue, texts, newspaper articles, transcripts, an online forum, and Teddy's inner thoughts, Game Changer explores the joyous thrills and terrifying risks of America's most popular sport.
Potentially Sensitive Areas: Mild language
Booklist (September 1, 2018 (Vol. 115, No. 1))
Grades 5-8. Freshman football player Teddy Youngblood, 13, is seriously injured during a practice session before the upcoming football season. Teddy's family, friends, and neighbors are distraught about it—it may be Teddy's favorite sport, but it just put him into a coma. Soon, rumors begin circulating around town that Teddy's accident was not an accident; rather, there is something suspicious afoot. Worried, Teddy's family and friends clamor to find the truth behind the accident. Greenwald's latest takes a fresh approach, telling the story through multiple characters and an almost free-verse style that combines inner thoughts, texts, social media feeds, newspaper articles, interview transcripts, and dialogue. Example: "Can you squeeze my hand? / Oh man / Oh man that's perfect / Great job, Ted / Look at that." The format presents no barrier for readers, who will rapidly adapt. Reminiscent of Mike Lupica's Lone Stars (2017), Greenwald's novel entertains while exposing readers to the potential risks and consequences inherent in the sport of football. Overall, a strong entry into Greenwald's bibliography and an interesting, innovative read.
Kirkus Reviews (July 15, 2018)
A young athlete lies in a coma while his family and community try to determine the cause of his injury. Thirteen-year-old Teddy Youngblood collapsed following an intense football practice. At first, the focus is on his injury and the concerns of his family and friends for his recovery. Counselors are brought in to help them with the trauma. The coach's daughter, Camille, makes a social media page to encourage positive thoughts, but some of the posters hint that something other than a tough hit at practice caused his injury. The doctors encourage family and friends to talk to Teddy, and readers learn much through these comments. Teddy's family is at odds. His mother, who lives apart, did not want her son to play football, while his dad supported his sports involvement. Also interspersed are Teddy's thoughts as he lies in the hospital: "This is what life is / Life is football / Football is life." This nontraditional narrative, using conversations, interview transcripts, text messages, hospital reports, and other documents, skillfully peels back the elements of the mystery. The issues of football's violence are presented, but the book's real strength is the depiction of the culture behind it. There are few descriptions to indicate the ethnic makeup of the characters (Teddy's eyes are described as blue), implying the white default. The story will resonate with those on both sides of the debate about the role of youth football in society, and the unusual storytelling technique sets it apart from most sport fiction. (Fiction. 10-14)
Tommy Greenwald is the author of the Crimebiters! series, about a group of friends and a (possibly) superhero crime-fighting vampire dog, and the Charlie Joe Jackson books, a middle-grade series about the most reluctant reader ever born.
Tommy is also the Co-Founder of Spotco Advertising, a theatrical and entertainment advertising agency in New York City, and the lyricist and co-bookwriter (with Andrew Lippa) of JOHN & JEN, a 1995 musical which was revived off-Broadway in 2015.
His website is tommygreenwald.com/
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Tamba Hali by David Seigerman
March 12, 2018 March 2018, Nonfictionbiography, football, Liberia, Liberian Americans, NonfictionNJBiblio
Tamba Hali by Tina Connolly. November 21, 2017. Aladdin, 144 p. ISBN: 9781481482202. Int Lvl: 3-6; Rdg Lvl: 5.8.
Long before he was sacking quarterbacks, Tamba Hali was facing bigger challenges. Learn about his life in this second book in a brand-new nonfiction series about the childhoods of your favorite athletes.
Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Tamba Hali's story seems almost unbelievable. He and his seven siblings fled war-torn Liberia to the Ivory Coast during his youth and later joined their father, a chemistry and physics professor, in New Jersey.
There Tamba played both basketball and soccer, but he didn't discover football until a coach finally persuaded him to try out in high school. And the rest, as they say, was history. Tamba discovered that he had a real talent for it, landing him an athletic scholarship to Pennsylvania State University and a coveted spot on their football team.
Tamba went on to play in the NFL and finally brought his mother to the US from Liberia. His drive, dedication, and athletic ability are inspiring.
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Kirkus Reviews (September 1, 2017)
The story of NFL linebacker Tamba Hali's path from a childhood in war-torn Liberia to becoming one of the Kansas City Chiefs' all-time greats. After a just-the-facts–style rundown of Tamba Hali's football career (and awards), this biography's narrative proper opens early in the Chiefs' 2006 season; they are winless after two games and down their starting quarterback. Their bright spot is seeing first-round draft pick Tamba (the book uses his first name) in action as the rookie achieves his first NFL sack along with a forced-fumble, right in front of his newly-arrived-to-America mother, whom he hasn't seen in over a decade. After this charged anecdote, the rest of the story flows chronologically, taking readers through the Liberian civil war that started when Tamba was only 6. Brief historical explanations of Liberia's origins and ethnic divides contextualize, and atrocities such as the use of child soldiers are mentioned without gruesome specifics, prompting only readers ready to handle the details to research it further. After escaping the country and a 2-year-long bureaucratic process, he and his brothers are allowed to join their father in America. A fearless, hard worker, Tamba tackles literacy and football, leading to high school and Penn State successes—with the dangling carrot of an NFL career that would enable him to bring his mother to safety in America. A companion title on soccer star Becky Sauerbrunn publishes simultaneously A positive, dramatic football biography likely to encourage global and historical research. (Biography. 8-15)
School Library Journal (October 1, 2017)
Gr 4-7-This biography focuses on the youth and early career of Tamba Hali, a linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs. Hali, born in Gbarnga, Liberia, grew up during a devastating civil war. After years of enduring desperation and displacement, Hali and his brothers had to leave their mother behind in order to join their father in Teaneck, NJ. Assimilating into a U.S. school wasn't easy, but it was there that Hali first encountered organized sports. He would eventually rise through the ranks of high school and college football to become a first-round NFL draft pick. Seigerman credits Hali's success not only to his determination, but also to his coaches, from a middle school reading specialist to Pennsylvania State University football coach Joe Paterno (portrayed here as an inspiring figure, with no mention of the scandal that ended his career). The straightforward narrative drops off abruptly during Hali's first season in the NFL, when he was finally able to bring his mother to the United States, but fans will know that his skills are still serving him well on the gridiron, where he's recognized for his powerful sacks and tackles. VERDICT An accessible look at a dedicated athlete. Consider for collections serving football fans and those with an interest in refugee stories.-Rebecca Honeycutt, -NoveList, Durham, NC
David Seigerman is a veteran sports journalist whose writing career began in newspapers (Newsday, The Jackson Sun) and moved on to magazines (College Sports Magazine). In 1996, he moved from print to broadcast media, becoming a field producer for CNN/SI and later the managing editor at College Sports Television. Since 2003, he has been a freelance writer and producer, and in late 2016, he cofounded HowFarWouldYouGo.org.
He lives in Westchester County, New York, with his family. His website is www.davidseigerman.com
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Touchdown Kid by Tim Green
February 7, 2018 February 2018, Fictionconduct of life, Fiction, football, realistic fiction, sportsNJBiblio
Touchdown Kid by Tim Green. October 3, 2017. HarperCollins, 320 p. ISBN: 9780062293855. Int Lvl: 5-8; Rdg Lvl: 6.0.
Cory has always been passionate about football. But life for him and his single mom has been hard, making it difficult for Cory to play. And though Cory is a good kid, he's constantly surrounded by negative influences. But when the coach from an elite private school with one of the best football programs in the country recognizes his talents on the field, Cory is presented with an unbelievable opportunity.
Cory knows that football could be his ticket out. But leaving to attend private school also means struggling to fit into a world where most people look at him and just see a scholarship kid from the wrong side of town. Cory knows that if he can fight hard enough—both on and off the field—he may be able to secure a bright future that looks different from his unpromising past.
Potentially Sensitive Areas: Discrimination; Classism
Tim Green, for many years a star defensive end with the Atlanta Falcons, is a man of many talents. He's the author of such gripping books for adults as the New York Times bestselling The Dark Side of the Game and a dozen suspense novels, including Exact Revenge and Kingdom Come. Tim graduated covaledictorian from Syracuse University and was a first-round NFL draft pick. He later earned his law degree with honors. Tim has worked as an NFL analyst for FOX Sports and as an NFL commentator for National Public Radio, among other broadcast experience.
He lives with his wife, Illyssa, and their five children in upstate New York. His website is timgreenbooks.com
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Backfield Boys by John Feinstein
December 9, 2017 Best of 17-18, December 2017, Fictiondiscrimination, Fiction, football, justice, Mystery, Racism, sportsNJBiblio
Backfield Boys by John Feinstein. August 29, 2017. Farrar Straus Giroux, 353 p. ISBN: 9780374305925. Int Lvl: YA; Rdg Lvl: YA; Lexile: 840.
In Backfield Boys, renowned sports journalist and New York Times–bestselling author John Feinstein tells a thrilling story of friendship, football, and a fight for justice.
Freshman footballers Jason Roddin and Tom Jefferson are a perfect pair: Jason is a blazing-fast wide-receiver, while his best friend Tom has all the skills a standout quarterback needs. After summer football camp at an elite sports-focused boarding school, the boys are thrilled to be invited back with full-ride scholarships.
But on day one of practice, they're shocked when the team's coaching staff makes Tom, a black kid, a receiver and Jason, a white kid, a quarterback. Confronted with mounting evidence of deep-seated racial bias, the boys speak out, risking their scholarships and chances to play. As tensions ratchet up with coaches and other players, Tom and Jason must decide how much they're willing to lose in a conflict with powerful forces that has nothing―and everything―to do with the game they love.
Potentially Sensitive Areas: Racial taunts, Discrimination, Mild sexual themes, Racism
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The Quarterback Whisperer by Bruce Arians
November 8, 2017 Nonfiction, November 2017coaching, football, NFL, Nonfiction, quartrbacks, sportsNJBiblio
The Quarterback Whisperer by Bruce Arians. July 11, 2017. Hachette Books, 256 p. ISBN: 9780316432269. Int Lvl: AD; Rdg Lvl: AD.
What is an elite NFL QB and what separates that player from the others? One answer is the coach they share. In the recent history of the biggest game on earth, one man is the common thread that connects several of the very best in the sport: Peyton Manning; Ben Roethlisberger; Andrew Luck; and the resurgent Carson Palmer. That coach is Bruce Arians.
A larger than life visionary who trained under the tutelage of Bear Bryant, Arians has had a major impact on the development and success of each of these players. For proof beyond the stats, go to the sources.
Known around the game as the 'quarterback whisperer', Arians has an uncanny ability to both personally connect with his quarterbacks and to locate what the individual triggers are for that player to succeed. No two quarterbacks are the same. And yet with Arians they always share success. In this book Arians will explain how he does it
Potentially Sensitive Areas: Strong language, Mild sexual themes, Underage drinking
Bruce Arians is currently the head coach of the NFC powerhouse the Arizona Cardinals. In three years he has taken the team from last place in their division to the NFC Championship. He has also guided quarterback Carson Palmer to the best results of his long career. He has twice been named the NFL's Head Coach of the Year.
His website is www.ariansfamilyfoundation.com
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The Football Fanbook by Gary Gramling
October 3, 2017 Nonfiction, October 2017football, NonfictionNJBiblio
The Football Fanbook: Everything You Need to Become a Gridiron Know-it-All by Gary Gramling. August 8, 2017. Sports Illustrated, 192 p. ISBN: 9781683300076. Int Lvl: 3-6; Rdg Lvl: 7.4; Lexile: 1080.
Everything You Need to Become a Gridiron Know-it-All
So you're a football fan and now you want to take your passion for the game to the next level? The Football Fanbook from Sports Illustrated Kids is just what you need. A key addition to every young sports fanatic's library, The Football Fanbook is filled with fun trivia and unique lingo to impress friends, illustrated behind-the-skills how-to's, important game-winning strategies, and much more. Readers will sound like experts in no time.
Booklist (August 2017 (Online))
Grades 5-7. This colorful book will appeal to kids who know the basics of football but want to learn more about the sport and its history. The opening chapter looks at notable stats (most career touchdowns: 208, Jerry Rice; longest field goal: 64 yards, Matt Prater; the only perfect record: 17–0, 1972 Miami Dolphins), presented with paragraphs of information and action photos. Other chapters offer "obscure facts," tips on skills such as throwing a spiral, drafting a fantasy-league team, collecting autographs from the pros, and thinking like a coach about offensive and defensive strategies. One unique section pairs legendary players with current counterparts who play the same positions and have similar builds, skills, and styles of play, such as quarterbacks Joe Montana and Aaron Rodgers, wide receivers Jerry Rice and Odell Beckham Jr., and defensive ends Reggie White and J. J. Watt. Offering a good deal of interesting reading along with color photos on almost every page, this book works well for browsing or closer reading. A solid choice for sports collections.
School Library Journal (July 1, 2017)
Gr 5 Up-This browsable, trivia-filled title is full of useful factoids for football fans. Right from the get-go, Gramling dives into the stats and figures of the NFL, from most career touchdowns (Jerry Rice at 208) to most career rushing yards (Emmitt Smith at 18,355). Subsequent chapters cover coaching strategies, recipes for snacks, tips on how to play and/or start a fantasy team, and the history behind the Heisman Trophy, referees' striped shirts, and more. A "Team Tidbits" section dedicates a page to each NFL team's history and additional stats. The final chapter doubles as a football dictionary, going over game-related terms from A to Z. The bright, clean layout is visually pleasing, and the detailed, reader-friendly text effectively covers the intricacies of the sport. Unlike other volumes on the subject, the book does not rely on flashy gimmicks or graphics to hook readers, just solid information and fantastic photography. VERDICT A must-have for football fans or communities where the game is popular.-Joanne Albano, Commack Public Library, NY
Gary Gramling is an award-winning writer and editor for Sports Illustrated, and formerly of Sports Illustrated Kids. He spent his childhood in Connecticut as a sports fanatic, rooting for the Baltimore Orioles and Pittsburgh Steelers. And, well, he never really grew up. He won SI's first-ever Emmy award for his writing on "A Boy Helps a Town Heal," and was the story editor on the acclaimed SI longform piece "Finding Danny Watkins." He currently resides in southwest Connecticut with his wife, Elizabeth, and two children who are surely on their way to being smarter and more talented than he is.
His website is si.com/author/gary-gramling
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The Football Girl by Thatcher Heldring
June 13, 2017 Best of 17-18, Fiction, June 2017dating, family life, Fiction, football, friendship, romance, sportsNJBiblio
The Football Girl by Thatcher Heldring. April 4, 2017. Delacorte Press, 208 p. ISBN: 9780385741835. Int Lvl: YA; Rdg Lvl: YA; Lexile: 540.
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Caleb McCleary. QB. Following in his brother's "baller status" footsteps.
Tessa Dooley. Any position that needs filling. Her motto: "Be afraid."
The summer before Caleb and Tessa enter high school, friendship has blossomed into a relationship…and their playful sports days are coming to an end. Caleb is getting ready to try out for the football team, and Tessa is training for cross-country.
But all their structured plans derail in the final flag game when they lose. Tessa doesn't want to end her career as a loser. She really enjoys playing, and if she's being honest, she likes it even more than running. So what if she decided to play football instead? What would happen between her and Caleb? Or between Tessa and her two best friends, who are counting on her to try out for cross-country with them? And will her parents be upset that she's decided to take her hobby to the next level?
This summer, Caleb and Tessa figure out just what it means to be a boyfriend, girlfriend, teammate, best friend, and someone worth cheering for.
Booklist (April 1, 2017 (Vol. 113, No. 15))
Grades 8-11. Tessa loves football, and she's been honing her skills with cute boy-next-door Caleb. She's always accepted that she'd have to opt for something other than football, like cross-country, to participate in school sports. But now that she's getting ready for high school, she wants to make some decisions for herself, so in spite of her demanding parents' wishes, she insists on going to football camp. Heldring alternates between Caleb's and Tessa's perspectives, nicely exploring their struggles with self-determination, family conflict, and the importance of teamwork as well as their efforts to balance their burgeoning relationship with the pressures they each encounter regarding Tessa's football dreams. Meanwhile, Tessa faces extra scrutiny—her mother is running for mayor, so her football aspirations put her at the center of a local media frenzy. Though Caleb and Tessa's voices occasionally sound quite similar, there's enough fast-paced football action, realistic family drama, and sweet romance in this slim novel that readers looking for girl-powered sports stories should find plenty to like.
Horn Book Magazine (March/April, 2017)
If any girl can make Pilchuck High School's football team, it's fourteen-year-old wide receiver Tessa Dooley. She's fast, runs good routes, catches well, and knows how to play head games with defenders. But so far all she has played is summer-league flag football. She doesn't know if she can handle tackle football—she's never even worn a helmet. As the summer unfolds, she finds herself having to defend her love of the game (her parents want her to concentrate on more serious things); she also finds herself becoming the girlfriend of quarterback Caleb McCleary. In alternating first-person narratives, Tessa and Caleb give voice to their feelings about each other and about football. Though the back-and-forth, he said/she said of the narrative feels like Ping-Pong at times, it does serve to illuminate the appropriately complicated emotions both of a young romance and of pursuing a dream. Heldring writes with insight and restraint, letting complicated feelings remain complicated. There are no heroics in Tessa's first official school game, but a satisfying performance and a realization that she has been an inspiration for a younger girl who decides she, too, wants to play football someday. Interviewed in the local paper, Tessa says, "I guess what matters is that I have a choice…Whether I play football in high school or not, I'll never have to wonder what was possible." As of now (according to the book), sixteen hundred girls across the country are playing high-school football and, like Tessa, pushing themselves to see what's possible. dean schneider
Thatcher Heldring grew up in the Pacific Northwest, where he taught himself to write and play sports—though not at the same time. Heldring has had several jobs in publishing. He has also worked as a grocery bagger, a ditchdigger, a small forward, a goalie, a scorekeeper, a coach, a rabid fan, a benchwarmer, and a shortstop. He lives with his wife and son in Seattle, a good place for indoor sports.
He is the author of Toby Wheeler: Eighth-Grade Benchwarmer, Roy Morelli Steps Up to the Plate, The League, and The Football Girl.
Her website is www.spitballinc.com.
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Left Out by Tim Green
March 1, 2017 Best of 16-17, Fictionbullying, deafness, Fiction, football, reading guide, realistic fiction, sportsNJBiblio
Left Out by Tim Green. September 27, 2016. HarperCollins, 352 p. ISBN: 9780062293824. Int Lvl: 5-8; Rdg Lvl: 6.3; Lexile: 800.
Perfect for fans of Mike Lupica, New York Times bestselling author and former NFL player Tim Green tells a heartfelt and moving story about a deaf boy's journey to change how others see him—both on and off the football field.
All Landon Dorch has ever wanted was to be like everyone else. But his deafness and the way he talks have been obstacles all his life. Other kids, and even adults, have never been able to look past his disability and see the real Landon. But now, he finally sees his chance to fit in. Bigger and taller than any other seventh grader in his new school, Landon plans to use his size as his biggest asset.
In Bronxville, football reigns supreme, and what could be better for a hopeful lineman desperate to gain friends beyond his fiery little sister? Still, the same speech problems and the cochlear implants that help him hear continue haunt him. At best, his new teammates keep their distance, and when football proves harder than he thought, the coaches encourage Landon to be their oversized water boy.
Just when it looks like Landon will be left out for good, Brett Bell—a star player whose family knows about being different—becomes an unlikely friend. And the whole Bell family pitches in to help Landon, even Brett's uncle, a New York Giants All-Pro tackle who shares some of his trade secrets. But in the end only Landon can fight his way off the bench and through a crowded field of bullies bent on seeing him forever left out.
He lives with his wife, Illyssa, and their five children in upstate New York. His website is www.timgreenbooks.com.
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Undefeated by Steve Sheinkin
January 30, 2017 Best of 17-18, February 2017, Nonfictionfootball, history, Indian schools, Jim Thorpe, Native Americans, Nonfiction, Prejudice, Racism, schools, sportsNJBiblio
Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team by Steve Sheinkin. January 17, 2017. Roaring Brook Press, 288 p. ISBN: 9781596439542. Int Lvl: 5-8; Rdg Lvl: 5.8.
Jim Thorpe: Super athlete, Olympic gold medalist, Native American
Pop Warner: Indomitable coach, football mastermind, Ivy League grad
Before these men became legends, they met in 1907 at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania, where they forged one of the winningest teams in American football history. Called "the team that invented football," they took on the best opponents of their day, defeating much more privileged schools such as Harvard and the Army in a series of breathtakingly close calls, genius plays, and bone-crushing hard work.
Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team is an astonishing underdog sports story―and more. It's an unflinching look at the U.S. government's violent persecution of Native Americans and the school that was designed to erase Indian cultures. Expertly told by three-time National Book Award finalist Steve Sheinkin, it's the story of a group of young men who came together at that school, the overwhelming obstacles they faced both on and off the field, and their absolute refusal to accept defeat.
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Booklist starred (December 1, 2016 (Vol. 113, No. 7))
Grades 6-9. Though arguably best remembered as a supremely gifted track-and-field star, Native American Jim Thorpe was also a preternaturally gifted football player, as the award-winning Sheinkin demonstrates in this biography of the sports phenomenon. Sharing the stage is Pop Warner, the man who would ultimately become his coach at Pennsylvania's Carlisle Indian Industrial School. The first part of the book is devoted to biographical material about Thorpe and Warner and colorful contextual information about Carlisle, its football team, and the state of the sport at the time (i.e., the early years of the twentieth century). With that established, the book hits its stride as Thorpe arrives at Carlisle and meets Warner. The result is history. Though never a good or willing student, Thorpe—between his prowess on the football field and his triumphs at the 1912 Olympics—became, as Sheinkin succinctly puts it, "the best athlete on the planet." He evidences this with stirring accounts of Thorpe's games, especially his white-knuckle coverage of a symbolically important 1912 matchup with Army. But even better are the psychological insights he offers into Thorpe's character. Containing a generous collection of black-and-white period photographs, this is a model of research and documentation, as well as of stylish writing that tells an always absorbing story
Kirkus Reviews starred (November 15, 2016)
Young readers of this biography may be surprised that Jim Thorpe, an athlete they may never have heard of, was once considered "the best athlete on the planet." Most students at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania were shocked by the treatment they received under superintendent Richard Henry Pratt, who believed white American culture was superior and to "help" his students meant to "kill the Indian in him, and save the man." New students were given new names, new clothes, and haircuts and were allowed to speak English only. It was a harsh, alien world, and only a small percentage of students ever graduated. The child of a Sac and Fox/Irish father and Potawatomi/French-Canadian mother, Jim Thorpe grew up in a mix of white and Indian culture and was better prepared than many when he entered Carlisle at the age of 15. Sheinkin weaves complicated threads of history—the Indian Removal Act of 1830, the story of Carlisle, the early days of football, and the dual biographies of Thorpe and his coach Pop Warner—with the narrative skills of a gifted storyteller who never forgets the story in history. He is unflinchingly honest in pointing out the racism in white American culture at large and in football culture, including headlines in the newspapers ("INDIANS OUT TO SCALP THE CADETS"), preferential officiating, and war whoops from the stands. Sheinkin easily draws a parallel in the persisting racism in the names of current football teams, such as the Braves and Redskins, bringing the story directly to modern readers. Superb nonfiction that will entertain as it informs. (source notes, works cited, acknowledgments, photo credits, index) (Nonfiction. 10-16)
A former textbook writer, Steve Sheinkin is now making amends by writing history books that kids and teens actually want to read. His award-winning, non-fiction thrillers include Bomb, The Port Chicago 50, Most Dangerous, The Notorious Benedict Arnold, and Lincoln's Grave Robbers. His newest book, Undefeated, tells the story of the astonishing rise of Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School football team. Steve lives with his family in Saratoga Springs, NY.
His website is www.stevesheinkin.com
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This workflow is used to adjust exposure, temperature and colour on the overall image, while highlighting certain features through vignettes and glow. More importantly, it offers localised editing on the skin, eyes and teeth of the subject.
The Sleeklens Portrait Perfect Collection is a set of photography actions tested in this review.
Sleeklens offers workflow solutions to photographers working in both Lightroom and Photoshop. Their product range includes actions, overlays, textures and more. They recently contacted me to introduce their brand. They offered me the opportunity to trade a workflow related to my genres of fashion and portraiture for a product review. In this blog post I will be reviewing the Sleeklens Portrait Perfect Collection.
At first, I was sceptical that Sleeklens would offer anything new. Over the last 8 years I have established a solid workflow for myself when it comes to fashion and portraiture retouching. But therein lies the problem. We often develope a workflow that works for us, and run with it. Continuing to use the same techniques even though the technology progresses. I decided to have an open mind and use the opportunity to up-skill myself. For one thing I hoped it could be a tool to save me time in front of the computer. I had recently shot the Themed Model Portfolio | Poolside, which would be perfect for testing this retouching collection.
My own workflow comprises of 10 steps, most of which are built into actions that I run in a specific order. These include body styling, skin preparation and softening (frequency separation) and adding back pores for realism. As well as whitening teeth, enhancing eyes, skin tone, adjustment layers, dodge and burn and textures overlays. In the Sleeklens Portrait Perfect Collection, half of these steps have been configured into a one click action, entitled "From a Candy Store – Advanced Portrait Retouch".
As a retoucher, I captured my screen on one of my first attempts to show the process. Later use saw me adding additional options from the "Portrait Retouch" set to focus on aspects such as teeth, eyes and skin tone. I also experimented a little with colour treatments.
Other than the standard photo clean-up, the collection offers a variety of tonal overlays, which I will refer to as treatments. Treatments are as old as photography itself. The idea originates from the experimentation of film developed through alternative methods, often to create colour casts like with Cyanotypes. These effects have become pop culture thanks to apps like Instagram. Off course, as commercial photographers we would not necessarily use them to quite this extent. Subtlety is most often the answer. After all, we are looking to enhance a high-end image, rather than save it from the poor quality that mobile produces.
I feel that the "All-in-One" action set may be more suitable for the above. Although creating some interesting effects, the nature of these actions requires them to flatten down the image. And not having the capability to tweak results to create your own version may result in your work having a cookie-cutter feel. All the other actions in the bundle offer customisation.
Be careful to limit your creativity. This online video tutorial for the Portrait Perfect Collection shows the editor starting the retouch process by running the "Base – From Cloudy Days" action. Fair enough. The title indicates that it is intended to be run on the original image and the output used as the base for the consequent editing. The image looks better immediately. Who doesn't want that? However, I do not recommend this. It will limit your options to make changes to the image later. Rather, do your standard touch-up, save a new file and then experiment with treatments that alter colour, tones and focus.
For example, the below image of Nandi M at Rage Model Management illustrates various treatments tested on a standard. In the end, I opted for "from Cloudy Days" as it enhanced her skin tone. And used "Enhance Tones" to add vibrancy and a sunny feel to this poolside shot.
It is important that once you have selected a treatment for a series of images, the same effect be applied to the full series for consistency. This is especially true when working with narratives, like you would find in magazine editorials.
Bright Idea: Take this consistency further by working with the same treatments in your photography for an extended period of time. This will help you to develope a recognizable style. Working with the Portrait Perfect Collection could certainly assist with creating and refining this style. The ability to mix and match effects means that you can truly make it your own.
All things considered, in some aspects it is better than the process I currently have in place. I will integrate what I love most about it into my existing workflow. Not to replace it and my style with a new one. But rather to add more depth to what I'm already creating. Whether you are a novice ready to take your portraiture to the next level, or a pro looking to further streamline your process, I recommend you try the Portrait Perfect Collection for yourself.
You can purchase the Sleeklens Perfect Portrait Collection here.
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Question 11: PRACTICAL PROBLEMS Ganga, Yamuna and Godavari are in Partnership sharing profits and losses equally.
Question 11:
PRACTICAL PROBLEMS
Ganga, Yamuna and Godavari are in Partnership sharing profits and losses equally. Their Balance sheet as on 31st December, 2011 was as follows:
Balance Sheet as on 31st December, 2011
Godavari was declared insolvent and hence the firm was dissolved as on that date. Premises was sold at Rs 14,800, Machinery realised Rs 6,400. Bad debts and discount allowed to Debtors amounted to Rs 1,600. Sundry creditors agreed to receive 80 paise in a rupee (Rs) in full satisfaction of their claim. Bank Loan was settled at 60% of book value. During the course of dissolution a liability under an action for damages was settled for Rs 1,400 against Rs 2,100 provided in the books of the firm. The expenses of realisation amounted to Rs 900. Goodwill contributed Rs 1,900 from her private Property.
Prepare necessary ledger accounts in the books of the firm.


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In Pictures: Solidarity evokes hope on the Poland-Belarus border
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The residents living in border towns are welcoming refugees into their homes, keeping them warm and healing their wounds.
It is 05:00 pm on a mid-November day and it's already completely dark in Hajnowka, Poland. It's cold, between 2 and 5 degrees, and thousands of migrants are trying to cross the Poland-Belarus border.
In the forest surrounding the border, hundreds of migrants hide from the Polish military, hoping to avoid deportation. Some carry phones and dial the helpline number supplied by the solidarity networks that emerged in August to support the struggling refugees in border region. Migrants call on that number to ask for help in case they need to navigate their way out of the forest.
"Hey, there is a situation in the field: we have a Syrian by the 'game' road. Maybe he will be taken to the hospital, but we will let you know if any media can be ready to be there."
Since August thousands of refugees and migrants have been crossing the forest of Bialowieza, a natural reserve in Poland, to enter Europe. (Samuel Nacar / TRTWorld)
Activists write on the Signal group that Grupo Granica, a conglomerate of organisations has set up to inform the media.
At the same time, an unknown number calls me. "Hey, how long will it take you to come to the base. It's in Terminski, I'll send you a pin."
I get in the car and drive as fast as I can. On the road, I get another message. "Hey if u don't appear like in four minutes I will start the action without you. They are going to a person with hypothermia, so we don't have time."
Polish military trucks have been patrolling the "Zone" an area of 15 km that the Polish government has created to seal the border, since August this year. (Samuel Nacar / TRTWorld)
I manage to get to the base - a house in the middle of a small village where a group of Anarchists organise the "actions," as they call them. These are rescue operations to get migrants out of the forest who for various reasons are trapped and can't move. The nights are freezing and the forest has small swamps. Migrants who cross here can spend weeks hiding, fearful in the knowledge that there are 20,000 Polish military and helicopters with thermal cameras looking to bring them back to Poland.
An activist checks the location of a Syrian refugee Walid Hamud on his phone. Hamud is trapped in the middle of the forest. (Samuel Nacar / TRTWorld)
At the base, I park and get into another car with three other people. We drive as close as we can to a location of a man suffering from hypothermia. His location was sent by a group of migrants who had to leave him behind. The driver parks and leaves us in the middle of an unpaved road that leads into the forest. One of them has GPS and acts as a guide, leading us to the migrant via the pin.
Activists walked a long distance in search of Walid Hamud. (Samuel Nacar / TRTWorld)
We walk for hours and finally reach the location, but no one is there. It's already 8 pm and several groups have gone out to look for him, but the night is pitch black and there is nothing in the forest. He is hiding and we can't find him. We go back to base and they send us another location that looks more recent. We run to the car and search for him again. There he is. His name is Walid Hamud. He comes from Syria and is suffering severe hypothermia. More people arrive.
A group of activists found a migrant named Walid Hamud freezing in cold. They help him with thermal blankets and discuss how they can rescue him out of the forest. (Samuel Nacar / TRTWorld)
"Lights off, lights off," the activist shouts from behind a fallen tree near Walid. They've covered him with thermal blankets but don't want to attract attention. They're too close to the road where military trucks and police cars are constantly patrolling.
Despite being outside the "zone" - the exclusion perimeter created by the Polish government - Walid is still at risk of deportation.
Trying to get him out of there is complicated. They need an ambulance, but that would mean police could take Walid back to Bielorrusia after his stay in the hospital. His life is at risk. The ambulance arrives and rushes him straight to the hospital, where he is admitted.
Walid Hamud, a migrant who came from Syria, was trapped in the forest on November 17. He showed severe symptoms of hypothermia. (TRTWorld)
Walid had crossed the border with a larger group of migrants, but due to freezing conditions he could not continue and they had to leave him there. The group sent his location and the activists set off. Actions like this one occur daily, even though in recent weeks the political escalation of the conflict has caused the border to be even more sealed.
The ambulance staff helped Walid Hamud get out of the forest. (Samuel Nacar / TRTWorld)
Walid Hamud was hospitalised due to his severe hypothermia. (Samuel Nacar / TRTWorld)
The propaganda that is shaping the narrative of migrants in Europe only creates more difficulties for those who want to cross the border. For example, the anti-immigrant message promoted by the Polish government is constantly circulating on the mobile phones of those of us who are close to the border. "The Polish Border is sealed. BLR authorities told you lies. Go back to Minsk! Don't take any pills from Belarusian soldiers."
A family of migrants charge their phone at a Good Samaritan's home along the border. (Samuel Nacar / TRTWorld)
Access to the "zone" is restricted. Neither journalists nor humanitarian aid is allowed in. There are no large NGOs on the ground. Instead, it is the people - the locals - who are helping. They take migrants into their houses or distribute blankets in the forest because they know that the freezing nights in the Bialowieza nature reserve can be deadly. It's called the "green light'' movement - family houses where at night residents put up a green light bulb to indicate to migrants that this is a safe place where they can spend the night.
A Polish house near the border of Belarus with the green light on indicates migrants are welcome to spend the night inside. (Samuel Nacar / TRTWorld)
Katia is one of the locals that welcomes migrants. Ordinary people who at a historic moment take responsibility and make the decision to help those who knock on their door during the night. "It's not easy for locals, '' she says. "They must choose between hosting a migrant or letting them pass the night in the cold, knowing the consequences this decision can have.''
A Polish citizen named Katia welcomed a stranded refugee family into her home and served them dinner. (Samuel Nacar / TRTWorld)
Syrian refugee Kaseem constantly checks his phone after spending a night safely at Katia's home. He's desperately looking for the best option to arrive in Germany. (Samuel Nacar / TRTWorld)
Khalil, a Syrian refugee, took a warm shower at Katia's house. The guest and host discussed many things. (Samuel Nacar / TRTWorld)
It's November 16th, her birthday. Despite this, that night a group of migrants comprised of 47-year-old Khalil, Abd (also 47), 24-year-old Kassem, and 25-year-old Nassir will spend the night at her house. She is a single mother and lives with her two daughters in the village of Hajnowka. In this moment, she has chosen to help.
Katia celebrates her birthday with the migrant guests in her house. (Samuel Nacar / TRTWorld)
Syrian refugees Khalil, Abd, Kassem, Nassir and a volunteer celebrated Katia's birthday at her house. (Samuel Nacar / TRTWorld)
A drawing of Katia's daughter hangs on the refrigerator in the kitchen. (Samuel Nacar / TRTWorld)
The four migrants all come from Syria and arrive late in the evening. The first thing they do is remove the many layers of plastic bags that covered their bodies during a week spent in the forest. They shower, eat dinner, and go to bed. They are finally able to sleep without feeling the damp and cold of the forest where they hope never to return. Finally, they are in Europe.
A blanket left behind by a migrant hangs on a tree branch in the middle of the forest next to the Belarus border. (Samuel Nacar / TRTWorld)
Samuel Nacar is a freelance photojournalist who has been covering the migrant crisis in Europe for the past three years. He is sometimes based in Barcelona, but most of the time he's somewhere else.
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under State law if it meets certain criteria.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before October 21, 2002.
a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Send facsimile transmissions to (202) 898-3838.
\1\ See 12 U.S.C. 1815.
\2\ See 12 U.S.C. 1813(c)(1).
\3\ See 12 U.S.C. 1813(a)(1).
under State law have been considered eligible to become insured.
\6\ Black's Law Dictionary 769 (7th ed. 1999).
partnerships had no existence separate and apart from their owners.
the Law of Private Corporations Sec. 4 (perm. ed., rev. vol. 2001).
\9\ Dartmouth College, 17 U.S. at 636.
management, limited liability, and free transferability of interests.
Corporations to 1832, 55 SMU Law Review 23, 43-54, 2002.
shareholder does not terminate the existence of the corporation.
general partner(s) manage the affairs of the partnership.
person without the consent or approval of the other shareholders.
\11\ See Flectcher, supra note 7, Sec. 20.
when the shareholders receive the corporation's income as dividends.
\13\ See Treas. Reg. Secs. 301.7701-2, 7701-3 (1997).
\14\ Treas. Reg. Sec. 301.7701-2(b)(5) (1997).
Sec. 1315, 26 U.S.C. 1361(b)(1996).
Liability Company Handbook Sec. 1:3 (rev. 2002).
Note, (amended 1996) 6A U.L.A. 426 (Supp. 2002).
\20\ See Sargent & Schwidetzky, supra note 17, Sec. 1:3.
\21\ See Banking Act of 1935, Pub. L. 74-305, sec. 101, 49 Stat.
soundness of the institutions that it insures.
of interests, and limited liability.
he/she will be able to retrieve his/her money when desired.
inconsistent with the FDIC's duties and the purposes of the FDI Act.
when their liability is limited to the amount of their investment.
available investors; at best, it delays the additional investment.
impairing, the maintenance of a capital cushion.
bank under section 5 of the FDI Act, 12 U.S.C. 1815.
regulations apply to banking institutions chartered as LLCs.
to obtain Federal deposit insurance?
under the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
flexibility analysis are not applicable.
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substantially similar authority, of an LLC.


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Q: WCF Service Design example I have to create a WCF service that will accept thousands of requests every 5 minutes, which each request passing a small (1-5KB) text file.
The service will pass the file contents to another assembly, which will process the lines and insert some records into the database. Nothing too heavy on this side.
I need help on the following aspects:

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*Which WCF configuration should I use that will give me the best performance? The calls to the service will come from the internet not an internal LAN.

*The service will accept requests every 5 minutes, which means I have only 5 minutes to process all the requests before the next cycle. Is MSMQ the best solution here?

Any examples online I can read?

A: For best performance, I'll assume you're talking about less latency. You should pick a TCP transport, like net.tcp. This document can help you to decide Choosing a Transport
About that MSMQ part: you'll receive a lot request and just start processing them after 5 minutes? If yes, your choice is correct: MSMQ will keep that request queue and you can work on them asynchronously.

A: Use NetTCPbinding
Optimizing WCF Web Service Performance
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Sho-ichi Yamagishi, He has graduated from Kanazawa University School of Medicine, Japan and become a medical doctor in 1989. He has received a PhD from Kanazawa University, Japan in 1993. In 1996, he was an assistant professor in Kanazawa University, and moved to Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY in 1999 to further study the molecular mechanism of diabetic vascular complications. He received Basic Science Award "Angiogenesis Stem Cell Award" from American Heart Association in 2003, "Distinguished Investigator Award from Japan Diabetes Society in 2005,and Award Grant from Japanese Anti-Aging Medicine in 2012.
He is serving as an editorial board member of 20 reputed journals and publishes more than 500 research papers, including Nature, J Clinical Investigation, FASEB J, J Am College Cardiology, Diabetes, Diabetes Care, Diabetologia, J Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Kidney International, J Am Soc Nephrology, Am J Pathology, and J Biological Chemistry, etc.
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Is Help to Buy dying? London sales fall by 64%
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The number of properties available in London under Help to Buy (HTB) has declined by 64% since 2017, according to modular homes provider Project Etopia.
The government's housing scheme launched in 2013, which saw first-time buyers springing into action and making the most of the equity loan which, in the capital, covers up to 40% of a new build home worth up to £600,000.
However, properties available under the scheme are quickly disappearing, falling to 1,619 from 4,535 in December 2017 in London.
In fact, houses available across the capital under the scheme have been disappearing at what Etopia describes as an alarming rate. In Q4 2017, houses available under HTB were 'extinct' in a quarter of all boroughs, but that has now risen to nearly half (15 boroughs).
Hammersmith & Fulham was the area worst affected by a shortage of Help to Buy properties, with only one property left – a £595,000 one-bedroom flat – at the time of the study. Among the boroughs with the lowest number of HTB homes available, Kensington and Chelsea recorded three, and Westminster recorded four.
What's more, housebuilding statistics appear to show that the Help to Buy drought is purely due to developers not being able to keep up with demand. The number of houses completed in London by private developers remained stable in the past 12 months at 17,430 (Q4 2017 to Q3 2018). This was only marginally down on the 17,770 completions in the previous 12 months.
Over the same period, the number of properties bought in London with Help to Buy has risen 23.7% in a year to 5,156 in the 12 months to September 2018.
In total, 20 out of 32 boroughs have fewer than 50 Help to Buy properties for sale, compared to seven in 2017. Houses make up just 5.4% of the overall stock across the capital, declining from 13.3% of all Help to Buy properties in London in December 2017.
"It's all very well giving buyers a leg up but it's no good if the properties aren't there in the first place," Joseph Daniels, chief executive officer of Project Etopia, commented.
"Building rates in the capital are relatively stable but the popularity of Help to Buy is surging and developers just cannot keep up with demand."
He said the gradual extinction of Help to Buy homes in the capital demonstrates that interest-free government loans are not the answer to the housing crisis.
"Families are being particularly hard hit, with houses available under Help to Buy now extinct in half of London boroughs, pushing overwhelming demand into other boroughs or forcing people out of the capital altogether."
Daniels said only rapid house building on a large scale and innovative ideals – including modular construction – will prove to be a lasting antidote.
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Another tiny SUV? No AWD for 2018 Toyota C-HR subcompact crossover
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The 2016 Los Angeles Auto Show was awash in crossover utility vehicles, including a new model from Toyota that stretches the definition of that category.
The 2018 Toyota C-HR features the high driving position of a crossover, but in a vehicle with decidedly car-like styling, and without an all-wheel drive option.
Adding to the confusion, the letters C-HR stand for "Coupe High Rider" but, unlike a traditional two-door coupe, the C-HR has four conventional doors and a rear hatch.
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Unveiled earlier this year at the 2016 Geneva Motor Show and previewed by multiple concepts, the C-HR was originally to be sold in the U.S. under Toyota's now-defunct Scion "youth brand."
It will compete against a growing array of subcompact crossovers, including the 2018 Ford EcoSport also unveiled in L.A., the Honda HR-V, Mazda CX-3, and the Nissan Juke—which features similar funky styling.
Aside from its jacked-up ride height, the C-HR looks more like a small hatchback than a traditional crossover, with a low roofline and headlights and taillights pulled back toward the wheel wells.
Pronounced creases over the rear wheel wells and thick D-pillars seem to be an attempt by Toyota to camouflage the rear doors.
Underneath the sheetmetal, the C-HR rides on the same Toyota New Global Architecture (TNGA) platform that debuted with the current-generation Prius hybrid.
Toyota claims the TNGA platform allows for a lower center of gravity that can improve handling, and boasts that the suspension setup was tuned at the famous Nürburgring race track in Germany.
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The sole engine option in the U.S. will be a 2.0-liter inline-4, producing 144 horsepower and 140 pound-feet of torque.
That power is sent to the front wheels through a continuously-variable transmission (CVT).
EPA fuel-economy ratings will be published closer to the C-HR's launch. A hybrid version may also arrive at a later date.
The C-HR will come standard with the Toyota Safety Sense P bundle of electronic driver aids, including automatic emergency braking, adaptive cruise control, and lane departure warning with lane keep assist.
Other notable features include an infotainment system with 7.0-inch touchscreen and Aha smartphone app, dual-zone automatic climate control, and 18-inch alloy wheels.
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