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maribou —
memory palace
juniper, honey, and mud
in honor of the season:
Let there be new flowering
in the fields let the fields
turn mellow for the men
let the men keep tender
through the time let the time
be wrested from the war
let the war be won
let love be
- Lucille Clifton (1987)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1D5PtyrewSs
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I wrote another thing, few weeks back
It's pretty heavy going but I'm glad I wrote it.
http://ordinary-gentlemen.com/2016/06/16/introretrospective-ii-violence-family-and-loss/
watching Nashville
I wrote a thing
http://ordinary-gentlemen.com/2016/03/10/introretrospective-weekend/
Nervous Dream Cats; Unfamiliar Divine Awakening; Gifted Fear Outage; Nimona Unto Letters
Flutter, vol. 2: Don't Let Me Die Nervous, by Jennie Wood et al
Wanted this second graphic novel in the series enough to buy it, even though I'm trying not to buy things. Glad I did. It was very interesting in the way that makes me want to keep a book around. Gender stuffs, but also power stuffs.
(100, O3)
On Cats, by Doris Lessing
There's a lot of inaccuracy presented as truth in this book (at least as far as cat psychology and biology are concerned), but I really don't care, because 1) it's obvious how much Lessing cares about and is fascinated by her cats, 2) lots of stories about cats, and 3) Lessing seems to be one of those writers I could read and love no matter the topic. I haven't tested 3 out very hard yet, but so far, it does appear to be true.
Bear's Dream, by Janet Slingsby
Decent story about a teddy bear dreaming he is with all different kinds of bears. The illustrations are better than the text, but the text has the rare virtue among children's anthropomorphic books of not contravening biology. Er, I mean, other than the part where bears, both real and toy, can talk and all that. The *ecology* is sensible, is more what I'm appreciating here.
The Question of the Unfamiliar Husband, by E. J. Copperman and Jeff Cohen
You know, I can't decide if this mystery, whose protagonist is a man with Asperger's who works admirably hard at having a satisfying life (including going into business as a question-answerer), was more awkward and sometimes implausible-for-that-character than the first one, or if I am just more critical now that the OMG BEST PROTAGONIST EVAR excitement of the first one has worn off. Either way, I really enjoyed the book, still, and am digging on the series, still. At its best, it is all of the good things I want in a mystery novel.
The Divine Hours, vol. 2: Prayers for Autumn and Wintertime, by Phyllis A. Tickle
I am still fitfully engaging with the liturgy / devotional practices of my childhood, and over Advent I was very much less fitful. The Advent prayers, hymns, psalms, etc in this volume made it even better than the other two... though perhaps it's just that Advent is my favorite season.
Star Wars: Before the Awakening, by Greg Rucka
My inner fangirl was so happy with this, as it made some goofy things from the movie make more sense, and did not introduce anything new that irritated me. Plus! Greg Rucka! Can write in any genre like nobody's business! Clean, sharp, the kind of writing that seems effortless but probably takes a hell of a lot of work to pull off.
All Men Fear Me, by Donis Casey
Eighth volume in the Oklahoma-set Alafair Tucker mysteries. Sometimes they get a little heavy on the exposition, but in a way that I find endearing. Mostly I just love these characters, and their stories, so much. And I appreciate that even though she keeps bringing in new characters (and/or making quaternary characters central to a particular story), they always *fit*, feeling like part of the story right away. I wish I could have 5 or more books this good, in this series, TODAY, but I will be patient and appreciate the long, careful process the author takes with each new title. This series has, if anything, gotten better with age.
The Firefly Letters, by Margarita Engle
So I really don't like most novels written in free verse, insofar as it's just not a style that I enjoy at novel length. Especially YA novels, which are often (not always) verbally simpler than an adult novel-length poem would be. So it's no surprise that I didn't enjoy the style of this book nearly as much as I would've the imaginary book that the same author wrote that was, you know, a NOVEL novel. But that is hardly her fault. And it's a really good story. And the images are vivid.
The Gifted, by Gail Bowen
Oh boy. Another series mystery where I feel like the early books were much tighter, cleaner, and generally more well-revised than they are now. (Also, the crime that gets solved? happens about HALF-WAY through the book. Sign of bloat.) BUT, also another series where I'm really fond of the characters, I want to know what they're up to, and the best-written scenes have just as much sparkle and power as the earlier books did. *makes hand-wavey gesture* What're you gonna do?
Harley Quinn, vol. 2: Power Outage, by Amanda Conner et al
With this book, Conner's Harley grew into all the potential I saw in the first book, and then slammed her way through my expectations and gave me more. Lobo-esque self-parodying wit, tons of plot, and art that keeps you wanting to turn pages all the way through.
Nimona, by Noelle Stevenson
As if the universe said, "What would be the perfect graphic novel for Maribou right now?" and then Noelle Stevenson made it. So many loves for all the parts of this book that if I start gushing, I'll be writing until tomorrow. And spoil the book for you. Just read it!
Do Unto Animals, by Tracey Stewart, illustrated by Lisel Ashlock
As a text on how to deepen your relationships with the animal kingdom, I didn't particularly enjoy this book. Way too many points of departure between me and the author, and the stuff I do think is good is either much more basic than I need, or outside my interests. However!!!!!! The artwork is amazingly wonderful, classic fauna/flora style (almost like Beatrix Potter? but a bit more robust and less British; shades of Merian and Audubon, sort of thing). If you like those kinds of pictures, you should absolutely take a look at the book, because it is copiously illustrated (almost every page has something great). If you are intrigued by the art but will not be picking up the book (or even if you will be!), you could always take a look at Lisel Ashlock's website.
Oh My Goodness, y'all! For the first time since I don't even know when (July? May?), I AM CAUGHT UP ON BOOK POSTING. Feels good. *wanders off to read some more books*
Mister Rogers theme song
February 21st, 2016, 11:23 am
General Snow Day; Little Western Jumpers; Sleeping Persephone Promise; Collected Burning Queen
The Snow Day by Komako Sakai, and Snow, by Sam Usher
The Snow Day was adorable and odd and imagination-stirring (it also had a protagonist that different reviewers have gendered differently, which I found cool). Which was awesome, but did make me like Snow less, since it is merely cute and amusing, and I read them close together.
(88, 89)
The General, by Janet Charters, illustrated by Michael Foreman; and The Moon Jumpers, by Janice May Udry, illustrated by Maurice Sendak
Two classics from my childhood that I had forgotten about, but fell in love with all over again on a second reading. Both texts are just exactly how they should be. The art for The General is whimsical and resplendent, while the art for The Moon Jumpers is innocent and dreamlike, with a touch of deeper mystery - so both illustrators matched their wonderful texts wonderfully well.
Little Long-nose, by Wilhelm Hauff, illustrated by Laura Stoddart
A curious and enchanting fairy tale from outside the usual canon. I wish more fairy tales that involve spending seven years as a squirrel were INSIDE the canon, and this one is definitely a good candidate. Stoddart did a swell job with the illustrations, too.
Beyond the Western Deep, vol. 1, by Alex Kain et al
Charming anthropomorphic fantasy comic; the first volume was too short for me to really get invested in it, but I'm curious about what will be next.
Persephone, by Warwick Hutton
Beautiful, spare, well-illustrated retelling of the myth that I found most compelling (and beautiful and disturbing) as a child.
Sleeping Beauty, by Mahlon F. Craft, illustrated by Kinuko Craft
Kinuko Craft is one of my favorite illustrators of all time, so I loved this book, but mostly for intimate, art-related reasons. For example, I spent several minutes staring at one of the dresses' brocades, and tracing the pattern with my finger.
The Promise, by Nicola Davies, illustrated by Laura Carlin
Beautifully illustrated but ultimately frustrating picture book. Just too bluntly didactic and oversimplifying for me. But! Still worth it, because a) it started out well, and b) the illustrations.
Stella, Queen of the Snow, by Marie-Louise Gay
Delightful. Still enjoying the formula of this picture book series, and the artwork is vibrant and playful and carries the reader along.
Bryant & May and the Burning Man, by Christopher Fowler
Oh man. Did I enjoy this? Yes. Would I have enjoyed it if I weren't already so fond of most of the characters in the series? Really not sure I would've. I wish there wasn't so much pressure on later series volumes to get published quickly instead of thoroughly edited ... or maybe the editor just wasn't very involved. Either way there were large chunks of this that read woodenly. The splendid parts were as splendid as ever, though.
Ted Harrison Collected, compiled and commented on by Robert Budd
Beautiful, beautiful lithographs, with very little commentary. Despite the title, it is not every Ted Harrison Art ever, but rather only covers the prints he made. Some of my favorites were included, including some old favorites I'd forgotten about.
I can hear the drums from the church service next door
Little Wolf's Jack; Authentic Marmalade Gruffalo; Frog Moon; Sister Doctor
Jack & Jim, by Kitty Crowther
Cute story, sweet pictures. Predictable but likable message.
The Book About Moomin, Mymble and Little My, by Tove Jansson
After years of adoring the Moomin novels and only slightly less adoring the comic strips, I thought it was about time I got around to this picture book. It was charming, vivacious, but not as wonderfully odd and hopefully melancholy as the novels are. Ah well.
The Wolf's Whistle, by Bjorn Rune Lie et al
Meh. I wanted to like this comic-booky twisted-fairy origin story of the Lone Wolf a lot better than I did. The story was inventive, the pictures were funny - and yet I felt nothing. *shrug* So it goes.
Orlando (The Marmalade Cat) Buys a Farm, by Kathleen Hale
A mad, glorious splendor of a book. Stuffed full to bursting of asides that don't make sense, but after about 3 pages one stops trying for sense and starts being excited to see each new surreal business that the author will depict with careful, harmonious brushstrokes. Wish these were easier to find. Kathleen Hale is the bomb. (The one sour note was a page about playing Indians that made me cringe at how awkwardly well-meaning racist it was - but that's a sign of the era in which the book was written...)
The Gruffalo, by Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Axel Scheffler
This picture book was just as good as The Snail and the Whale (by the same duo), except - I'd already watched the movie adaptation. And FOR ONCE the movie was so faithful to the book that it ended up being better than the book even though the book is excellent. How often does that happen?
The Authentic Bistros of Paris, by François Thomazeau, photography by Sylvain Ageorges
Started this on my lunch hour, meant to just flip through it for a few minutes before returning to another book I was in the middle of, ended up reading this one cover to cover instead. It's too out of date to be completely practical as a guidebook, but the pictures and the descriptions and the warmth the authors feel toward the bistro workers are all wonderful. One can always look up interesting places online for updates.
A Frog Prince, by Alix Berenzy
Modern retelling of the Frog Prince with a twist ending. The twist ending was alright, only alright. The illustrations were lovely, albeit not a patch on whomever illustrated the one I read most as a child. Would be pleased to read this to a kid if they wanted me to, though, which is something.
Whatever Happened to My Sister?, by Simona Ciraolo
I loved this almost-comic-book story about a girl worrying over her older sister's bizarre behavior. It was funny and emotional and quite real (even the predictably happy ending - I don't mind them when they fit the structure of the rest of the story properly).
Moon Man, by Tomi Ungerer
Surreal and dreamlike story about the man in the moon coming down to earth. I could see how incredibly well-done it was, but I didn't fall in love with it.
Doctor De Soto, by William Steig
Ha! My dentist had this book in his waiting room as a kid, and I went there frequently (non-fluoridated water supply), so I read this at least 7 or 8 times back then. Was afraid it wouldn't hold up but it totally did. Funny and wise.
listening to Dear Sugar
Carry Children's Perfect French; Princeless Christmas: Dirty Old Ex Term; Eloise Elephant; Cat Tales
Carry On, by Rainbow Rowell
I avoided this book for some time because I thought it would be fanfic that the protagonist of another of her books wrote, and that had so much possibility for going horribly wrong. However! It was not, it was just her OWN story set in that YA fantasy world, and it was fabulous. I was deeply engrossed. Managed to critique / parody the genre without being as harsh as the Magician Trilogy, kept its balance very well throughout, and I am very fond of the characters. Plus Rainbow Rowell novels are incredibly dialogue-heavy and I love love love all the voices she uses. So basically I was in heaven almost the entire time.
100 Great Children's Picturebooks, by Martin Salisbury
So I THOUGHT I was done with gulping down picture books, once I got past the "best of 2015" and associateds, and then I read this book! A historical / visual feast for anyone who enjoys picture books and/or book history, fairly academic in tone, but personal enough to keep it interesting. I liked it even more than I expected to because it's quite British / European in its orientation, whereas most of what I see along these lines is quite American. So this book presented lots of books that either I'd never heard of, or that I had loved as a child and then forgotten all about. So much fun to read! And resulted in me library-borrowing about 60 more picture books.
Ultimate French: Advanced, by Living Language, and Perfect Your French, by Jean-Claude Arragon et al
Practicing for when I go to Paris in March! I have no idea what good they'd be as a proper study of the language, but as a way of getting the rust out of a language one used to be fluent in, they were pretty decent. Lots of things to read and listen to, and while I didn't pay a whole lot of attention to the grammar, the explanations seemed solid enough. I think the Living Language one was better, but they both had their upsides.
Princeless, vol. 4: Be Yourself, by Jeremy Whitley et al
Purest gleeful fun in a comic book. If The Wicked and the Divine wasn't my favoritest newish series, this would be. (And my inner 11 year old thinks the Wicked and the Divine is confusing, and has no idea why this isn't my favorite! BECAUSE IT IS AWESOME. My inner 13 year old, who really loves the sweet, matter-of-fact hints of romance between some of the female characters, agrees.)
A Newbery Christmas, edited by Martin H. Greenberg and Charles G. Waugh
Most of these stories are quite old, and only a few of them were remarkably good, despite all of them having been written by Newbery Medalists. The remarkable ones were delicious, and the rest were unremarkably good and created, as an assemblage, a very cosy, Christmasy feeling that was quite welcome.
Ex Machina, vol. 7: Ex Cathedra, vol. 8: Dirty Tricks, vol. 9: Ring Out the Old, and vol. 10: Term Limits, by Brian K. Vaughan et al
OK, first of all I really really liked this series, even the last few irritating volumes, and I understood the ending even if it was very frustrating. Second of all, I need to start remembering that Brian K. Vaughan writes endings that I find supremely obnoxious, and adjust my expectations accordingly - the middle of his series will always be best for me, it seems. Third of all, I really don't like it when I get the feeling that comic book people are trying to parody the whole woman-as-object thing, but ACTUALLY enacting it (book 8, I'm mostly looking at you, you better look embarrassed!). Volume by volume, 7 was great, 8 was vexingly full of jarringly-not-fitting-with-the-series-so-far drawings of a pin-up girl distraction (she never really rose to the status of an antagonist), 9 was fine though the self-insertion was pretty silly, and 10 was awesome until stuff started moving into the place for the VERY ANNOYING ENDING. Sigh. But you know what? Vaughan's so dang good that I will keep setting myself up for this again and again, guaranteed. Because the stories are worth it.
(68, 69, 71, 72)
Tales from Aesop, retold and illustrated by Harold Jones
Cute illos, very plainspoken retelling. I loved it because it was exactly like the one I read and loved as a child - finally found out who the author/illustrator was!
Eloise in Paris, by Kay Thompson, illustrated by Hilary Knight
I still love how daffy Eloise is. Fun to read about her in Paris when I am getting ready to go to Paris. Interesting (not offensive, not appealing, just interesting) how her rich-girl-ness shows up in all the minute details of the story, not just the big picture stuff.
The Guest Cat, by Takashi Hiraide
A gentle, melancholy story that is told in a very very Japanese way. It also has a very very Japanese way of feeling like a happy story even though much of what it contains is sad. Some lovely imagery. Good understanding of cats. Sympathetic characters (especially the titular cat).
Elephant Don, by Caitlin O'Connell
The content of this book was super interesting, about male elephants in Namibia and their ever-shifting social connections. The writing was quite good - particularly good at making one feel like one was actually there observing with the author - but badly needed more copy-editing. I copy-edit as a hobby (or more of a compulsion that finally has an outlet, really), so I *often* think books need more copy-editing, but I almost never mention it because I know how complicated such things are. This book? REALLY needed more copy-editing. Wish U of Chicago had been able to accomplish that; I would've enjoyed the book more for not being pulled out of it by a glaring mistake every few pages (sometimes more than once per page!).
KMRB is playing Bach
28 Sail Itch; Penguin Person Thing; Mean Flea; Snow Treasures
28 Days, by Charles R. Smith Jr., illustrated by Shane W. Evans
A poem and illustration about each of 28 different African-Americans of historical note, in honor of Black History Month. Mostly I liked the illustrations (great!) better than the poems (reasonably good!), but some of the poems were AMAZING.
The Book Itch, by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie
I was hesitant to read this picture book because I'd already read the author's (excellent) middle grade book about the Mich(e)aux family and I was wary of boredom setting in. But I'm so glad I read it! It is GLORIOUS, all the things I liked about the middle grade book and some new things too. Most of all, the illustrator is a FREAKING GENIUS who brought the story of Lewis Michaux and his African National Memorial Bookstore to gleeful, vibrant, powerful life in a way that the text alone couldn't have managed. Such a gem!
Sail Away, by Langston Hughes, illustrated by Ashley Bryan
Sadly, most of the illustrations in this compilation of Hughes' poems about the sea didn't really work for me. Also, while I loved some of the poems (I reread one of them 8 times), I also found myself thinking "Who is the audience for this?? The pictures are for young kids and the poems talk about sex and death!?!?" That said, there were a couple of pages where everything pulled together and there was magic happening. Just wish that could've been the case throughout.
Love Is My Favorite Thing, by Emma Chichester Clark
Sweet picture book about a misbehaving dog, told from her perspective. Didn't totally work for me, but I was charmed enough that I requested the collection of illustrated blog posts about the same dog through interlibrary loan.
The Penguin Lessons, by Tom Michell
This was actually one of the first books I read this year (just forgot to log it right away), and I absolutely loved it. Michell writes in exactly the way I like about his relationship with a FREAKING RESCUED PENGUIN, and then to top that, it is ALSO a story about a British expat living in South America, and it is ALSO a boarding school book, and it is ALSO full of frankly acknowedged ambiguities. Another one of those books where I feel like the author was playing "things that will delight Maribou bingo," and won on 5 or 6 sheets at once.
How to Be A Person, by Lindy West et al
Ennnnnnh to this supposed guide for teenagers about to head off to college. Lindy West shows signs of being a writer I will frequently enjoy, and so I wanted to delve into her back catalog. Except this isn't just by her, it's by a ton of people who were writing for the Stranger at the time. And it isn't (mostly) earnest a la Incomplete Education, it's mostly tongue in cheek and snarky and mean and people thinking they are funny when I very much think they are not. That said, there were some excellent chapters, just not enough of them.
Let it Snow, by John Green, Maureen Johnson, and Lauren Myracle
Perfect anotidote for the previous book - teen romance novellas, Christmas, a blizzard, connected plots / overlapping characters, and I was reminded (yet again) that I really dig Maureen Johnson and should provide my inner teenager with more of her books. (I already knew how much said teenager loves John Green, and Lauren Myracle was ... out of her league compared to the other two, but perfectly acceptable.)
Lola Levine Is Not Mean!, by Monica Brown
Early reader chapter book with spark and verve enough that I'll be reading the sequel. Lola is no Clementine or Ramona (at least not yet), but who is?
Louis Comfort Tiffany: Treasures from the Driehaus Collection, by David A. Hanks et al
Sooooooooooooooo many pretties. Got interested the Driehaus Collection after some friends visited the mansion/museum where it is housed. Excellent, creative photography of the collection (which is more lamps and vases - including some vases I'd never seen anything like before - and not so many windows), and satisfying accompanying text.
The Story of Diva and Flea, by Mo Willems, illustrated by Tony DiTerlizzi
Cute picture book for slightly older kids. The author's love of Paris and the illustrator's love of the tale the author is telling both shine through. High marks for fun.
KMRB is playing Bastille's "Flaws"
After Trouble Saga; Forest Rutabaga; Treasury Escapes Crushed Monkey; Tower of MARTians
Saga, vol. 5, by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples
I think this is my favorite Saga yet. The Lying Cat is also my favorite animal companion at the moment. <3.
Get in Trouble, by Kelly Link
Sometimes I say, "Ugh, I don't really like short stories.." and then I follow it up immediately with a list of except fors. Kelly Link is almost always at the top of my except for list. I particularly appreciated that many of these stories were quite long, which made me like them even more. Kelly Link, man. *resists the temptation to stop writing this post, go find ALL the Kelly Link stories, read or unread, and then do nothing but read them until they are all gone*
Never After, by Laurell K. Hamilton, Yasmine Galenorn, Marjorie M. Liu, and Sharon Shinn
Four relatively fluffy non-traditional fairy tales. I particularly liked the one by Marjorie M. Liu (which is good, 'cause that one was why I picked up the book). Not a huge fan of the Galenorn story, too awkwardly I Am A Paranormal Romance for me. The other two were excellent.
The Illustrated Treasury of Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, by Theresa Breslin, illustrated by Kate Leiper
What an absolutely wonderful book. The illustrations glow with life, the stories fall trippingly off the tongue. So glad I own another book by this pair; I'm saving it for a day when I can curl up with it and forget the rest of the world exists.
Stella, Fairy of the Forest and Roslyn Rutabaga and the Biggest Hole on Earth!, by Marie-Louise Gay
The Stella book was charming, funny, and full of love in the same way as Any Questions was, hurrah! Roslyn had adorable illustrations and was fun, but would not have jumped out at me as a "more of this author please"... so I'm glad I didn't read it first.
The Amazing Hamweenie Escapes!, by Patty Bowman
Meh. Turns out that some wonderful books do not need a sequel after all. And this was one of them. Funny awkward pictures, droll text - but just didn't have the spirit and frankness of the first book.
Finding Monkey Moon, by Elizabeth Pulford
A delicate, warm story about searching for that one stuffed animal most kids have that they cannot do without, after it goes missing. Made me want to figure out which box my Lambie was in and rescue him. The night time pictures are cosy inside and mysterious outside.
MARTians, by Blythe Woolston
Dystopia that's more about imagining experiences than world-building. Notably fond of Bradbury. Pulled me in and kept me there. Wry and oddly kind.
Tower of Thorns, by Juliet Marillier
Oh ho! The Blackthorn and Grim series has hit its stride now that there isn't so much need for exposition. Really hope she has another one out soon. (Also, nearly every time I read a Juliet Marillier, or even read a review of one of her books, I go make a little note in my books-to-read file that says READ SOME MORE JULIET MARILLIER. I shudder to think how many of those notes are in the file by now...)
Ms. Marvel, vol. 3: Crushed, by G. Willow Wilson et al
A lot of the Marvel Universe stuff in this one, which I don't really read enough of the other titles to fully appreciate (she's bonding with who to the what now?) - but there were some really poignant moments, some really kick-butt moments, and a decent amount of jokes. Makes me feel like an 11-year-old to read this series, in a good way.
"Won't you be my neighbor?"
Lost Daily Brock; Mother Wilfred Snow; Open Fire; Take Amazing Lions
Some Things I've Lost, by Cybele Young
So utterly beautiful that I neither remember if there was a story nor care. Really gorgeous papercrafting work.
Daily Rituals, by Mason Curry
Short bloggish pieces (it used to be a blog) about various writers' daily rituals. You'd think it would get monotonous, but as a pick-up-put-down book? It totally didn't.
We Forgot Brock!, by Carter Goodrich
Goofy but fun kid's picture book about a kid and his imaginary friend. Satisfying ending.
The Big Snow, by Jonathan Bean
Sweet, plausible story about a kid's excitement waiting for a big snowstorm to start. Adorable pictures, too.
Mother Bruce and Wilfred, by Ryan T. Higgins
Mother Bruce is one of my favorite picture books EVER. Maybe even better than some of my favorites as a little kid, she whispered cautiously. I laughed and laughed and laughed. I even snorted a couple of times, and lost it completely once. Wilfred, an earlier book of his, was good too - not nearly as good as Mother Bruce, but that just means Higgins is at the top of his game right now. I can't wait to read his next book! (And I'll probably read another of his old ones.)
Fire Engine No. 9, by Mike Austin
Picture book for very young kids, full of delicious onamatopeia and lots of bright colors.
Open Very Carefully, by Nick Bromley, illustrated by Nicola O'Byrne
Kind of silly meta book about a crocodile on a rampage within the very! book! you! are! reading! right! now! I am the world's hugest sucker for kid's meta books (imprinted early on The Monster at the End of This Book), so I quite enjoyed it. Not particularly transcendant of its genre.
Take Away the A, by Michael Escoffier, illustrated by Kris Di Giacomo
My brain has a big hole where the memory of this book should go. How odd. I know I very much liked it and I remember marveling at the process of translating a book of wordplay from French to English... but that's all I got. Sorry! Even without remembering it, I do feel confident that if you like kids' alphabet books that are weird, and/or if you like wordplay, you will enjoy this too.
Amazing, Fantastic, Incredible, by Stan Lee et al
Graphic memoir by Stan Lee (with help). It was a) highly entertaining and also b) complete self-hagiography. Sometimes unintentionally a, due to b, but often intentionally a - Stan Lee can certainly tell a good story. I imagine you either saw "graphic memoir by Stan Lee" and are going to read it no matter what anyone says, OR would only read it if it was actually amazing, fantastic, and incredible. It is not those things. But it was fun.
Counting Lions, by Katie Cotton, illustrated by Stephen Walton
Lovely lovely black and white animal photography that also serves as a pretty decent counting book for kids. I can't imagine that the kids who are the right age for needing said counting book will have ANY interest in the conservation message, which is aimed more at like 10 year olds? (or maybe at parents, I guess) But whatever was needed to get these beautiful pictures on the shelves, I will accept.
I have Mr. Roger's "Look Carefully" song stuck in my head. Could be worse.
happy new year — 1
I wrote another thing, few weeks back — 17
I wrote a thing — 4
Nervous Dream Cats; Unfamiliar Divine Awakening; Gifted Fear Outage; Nimona Unto Letters — 4
General Snow Day; Little Western Jumpers; Sleeping Persephone Promise; Collected Burning Queen — 1
Little Wolf's Jack; Authentic Marmalade Gruffalo; Frog Moon; Sister Doctor — 0
Carry Children's Perfect French; Princeless Christmas: Dirty Old Ex Term; Eloise Elephant; Cat Tales — 2
28 Sail Itch; Penguin Person Thing; Mean Flea; Snow Treasures — 0
After Trouble Saga; Forest Rutabaga; Treasury Escapes Crushed Monkey; Tower of MARTians — 0
Lost Daily Brock; Mother Wilfred Snow; Open Fire; Take Amazing Lions — 0
sartorias
A lovely choice!
maribou
That makes sense. Thank you for sharing your thoughts.
I think we all process differently. My sister and I have talked about this (whereas our experiences were not as horrible as yours, they were bad enough); there are some aspects to us that are…
manintheboat
I'll send out ice cream invites next week. Tell Jay he can hide in the basement and play Sonic the Hedgehog 1,2 AND 3 on Sega Genesis. I even have Sonic Spinball.


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Q: Adding scripts to head magento 2 So I found that you are able to add any script to the head tag of your Magento 2 site via the Magento 2 interface content->configuration->html head-> scripts and sheets.
I've added a:
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Is this Ok ? Any downsides etc ?

A: One major downside i see it will be applied to all pages  i.e. script will be included on all pages even if you require or not .
You can use your  tag in your layout and add Js only to pages that you require
Also it will be skipped from any bundling or merging of JS that magento does for performance optimisation.

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Juliet Holland Signed 1989 "Forzivia #21" Mixed Media Collage
A 1989 mixed media collage titled Forzivia #21 by American artist Juliet Holland (1937-2017). Sand, paper, and paint are layered to create texture in this abstract piece. The background of the work is rose, blue, purple, black, white, silver, and copper. Mounted on foam core board, the collage is dated and titled verso and signed on the lower right corner.
Born in Wellesley Hills and Duxbury, Massachusetts, Juliet Holland (1937-2017) moved on from her life as a suburban wife, mother, and social hostess and began her art practice in the 1960s. Holland's adult life was spent between two chosen homes; for more than 35 years, she lived between an apartment at Bleeker and Broadway in New York City and a tiny fisherman's cottage in Saugatuck Shores, Connecticut. Her technique mirrored her dual landscapes and incorporated rich layers of sand, paints, clay, powders, metallics, and natural elements, which were built up, then scratched and scraped back down, creating layers — evoking time.
Holland showed in over one hundred one-person and group exhibitions between 1981 and 2018. Her work is held in museums such as the San Antonio Museum of Modern Art, Reading Public Museum, as well as a number of corporate and private collections. Holland was a co-founder of Art Bridge, a program that established an artist exchange between Japan and the United States for twelve years. In addition to being an artist and businesswoman, she worked as a curator of several exhibitions and was on the board of directors of Lamia Ink!, a non-profit organization dedicated to the arts.
14" x 9.75" x 1.75".
Overall good condition. Intentional distressing present. Edges of paper rolled and show signs of wear.

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This Edwardian white gold setting is truly unique. Three French cut synthetic sapphires lie among six single cut diamond accents in an elaborately detailed setting for a stunning finish (approx. 0.09 total carat weight).


The Landmark Hotel has been the perfect bolt hole. I buy some new shoes to replace my dead Adidas Sambas, find a very honest fundi (only wants to charge me ten pence for his work) to repair my bike (again) and manage to get Internet for an hour to post some blogs and let my family know I am OK.
The road from Tukuyu to the Malawi border is down hill for the first 20 kilometres. It should be a perfect day of cycling once we are out of the rain clouds.
Thirty minutes by the roadside.
Beautiful mountain scenery and well-kempt tea plantations.
Glass in tyre. Puncture. Brow of a hill with lorries and minibuses zooming by.
Puncture 3, puncture 4. I am ready to throw my bike in Lake Malawi. I feel ridiculous to be slowing down Bjorn so much.
By puncture six it is clear the problem isn't just the rotting tyre and buggered inner. The badly/cheaply designed Chinese wheel is also creating its own punctures.
This is the most beautiful scenery we have seen so far in Africa. We are cycling a ridge with dramatic valleys either side. Tea plantations are once again replaced by bananas; thousands upon thousands of banana trees as we travel south. Green, lush vegetation covers the peaks that surround us. There are waterfalls, smiling kids by the roadside, strangely shaped mountains covered in rain clouds soaring out of the landscape. This is an incredibly beautiful part of Planet Earth, and we have it practically to ourselves. I will call this place 'Paradise Ridge'.
But as the hours roll by we realise we may struggle to find a 'safe place' to spend the night. I must cycle on a flat tyre, and I must cycle very quickly if we are to make it to the border before dark.
Knowing we are in a tight spot is enough motivation.
The sweat pours off me like the rain did previously. Even my trousers are soaked from sweating.
We do of course make it to the Kasumulu and the border before darkness, I having felt every bump and vibration in the road from my flat back tyre.
It has been another amazing day of highs and lows. I am sorry for slowing Bjorn's journey down so much, but the reward has been to spend many hours in one of the most beautiful and serene places I have ever seen.
Lubele Village Motel, Tel 0754 391650, Box 35, Kasumulu, Tanzanian side of border. Ask for Clement.
This is the first Internet we have found for several days. We are in Tukuyu, Tanzania - up in the very wet southern Highlands. I have updated a couple of days stories but will give a more detailed update from Malawi.
We expect to be in Malawi by this afternoon(Saturday, May 1) and hope to have more Internet in the next day or two.


Researchers hypothesized that this ability to form habits had somethign to do with the basal ganglia, and studies on rats seemed to show that the basal ganglia was central to recalling patterns and acting on them. The brain essentially looks for cues at the beginning of a routine task, then when it recognizes a cue it goes on a sort of auto-pilot as the routine takes over, and finally there is a reward once the task is completed successfully. This cue-routine-reward process is what Duhigg calls The Habit Loop.
The reason the habit loop is important is precisely because the brain shuts down during the routine. So once a habit is formed, unless you deliberately fight it, the pattern will unfold automatically.
Research shows that these routines and habits never really go away – even if we replace them with something else for a long period of time. This can be positive, like the way you never forget how to ride a bicycle. But it also highlights the difficulty of breaking bad habits when repeatedly exposed to the same old cues. The key, then, is to be very conscious of the cues and rewards if we want to change routines.


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WEC-Magazin was founded on 3rd October 2013 and became the first dedicated German-language website covering the FIA World Endurance Championship exclusively. What began as a Germany-only project soon expanded onto the international scene with the addition of English-speaking editorial staff in November 2014. Soon WEC-Magazin began to combine the best of two of the WEC's largest markets, the UK and Germany, publishing breaking stories, exclusive interviews and comprehensive race reports all about the WEC.
Attendance at all European rounds of the series as well as races in Asia ameliorated the coverage of the world's leading endurance sportscar championship, allowing the WEC-Magazin team to provide its readers with top-quality analysis and coverage. Photographic material comes from a team of dedicated photographers who travel far and wide to shoot all the action. WEC-Magazin remains one of just a handful of websites covering the FIA WEC exclusively.
Tobias Krause
Tobias is editor-in-chief and one of the co-founders of WEC-Magazin. Motorsport has always been a huge part of his life – after growing up with Formula 1, Michael Schumacher and Ferrari, it wasn't long before Tobias discovered the wonders of endurance racing.
Tobias has travelled to racetracks all across Europe and visited countless motorsport events. Even though he has attended multiple WEC events in recent years, Tobias still has to tick off The Big One: the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Attending the world's greatest endurance race is top of his list of priorities.
David Tunnicliffe
SENIOR EDITOR – WEC-MAGAZINE.COM
David heads up our English-language editorial team and is also in charge of maintaining the statistics side of WEC-Magazin. Hailing originally from Kenilworth in the UK, David has lived in Sonneberg, Germany for almost a decade. He grew up watching an old VHS copy of Steve McQueen's Le Mans and early-hour wake-up calls to watch the likes of Nigel Mansell and Damon Hill win F1 world titles.
David's first visit to Le Mans came in 2011 with the seminal Audi-Peugeot battle. Needless to say he was hooked right there and then! Since then, he has returned to the Circuit de la Sarthe on four more occasions and also travelled to numerous other FIA WEC races to cover the race action for WEC-Magazin.
Dominic Krause
Dominic has been a firm fixture of WEC-Magazin team right from day one. Together with Tobias, Dominic laid the foundations for the first independent WEC-dedicated website back in 2013. Now at university studying media studies, Dominic is still involved in an editorial role for the German-language website and also coordinates WEC-Magazin's social media channels.
Dominic has been in to motorsport since he was a kid. Besides Formula 1, ADAC GT Masters and the DTM were an almost constant presence in his life while growing up. The formation of the FIA WEC grabbed Dominic's attention straight away, and has been a firm part of his weekend racing viewing ever since.
Walter Schruff
Walter is WEC-Magazin's chief photographer and provides the editorial team with exclusive images from the majority of races in the WEC season. A seasoned sportscar fan, Walter first travelled to Le Mans in 1983 and has returned every single year since – meaning 2021 will be his 39th 24 Heures du Mans in succession!
Based in the far west of Germany, Spa-Francorchamps and the Nürburgring are practically Walter's back yard and his intimate sportscar knowledge and photographic skills are key to the website running smoothly. He annual Le Mans visits are complemented by regular trips to Silverstone and Spa-Francorchamps, as well as selected long-haul races towards the end of the season.
Ton Kerdijk
Ton is the second photographer here at WEC-Magazin. The Dutchman lives in southern Netherlands just 35km from the German border and only a short distance away from the cult circuits at Spa-Francorchamps and the Nürburgring.
A huge Fiat fan back home, Ton has been travelling to the 24 Hours of Le Mans since 2009, supporting the numerous Dutch drivers and teams that take part every year. He has joined Walter on trips to WEC races and capture the action and is often seen marching up and down the pitlane in his bright Oranje helmet.


Attractive design combined with a seamless and engaging User Experience (UX) is at the heart of every successful digital platform. However, you have to be able to drive traffic to your website in the first place.
Unlike paid media, Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) cannot be bought; but it can be earned. SEO is integral to reaching your target audience and driving them to your website.
Essentially, it is the refinement of naturally written and designed content, and site structure, into something that is seen as search-engine-friendly. This will boost the webpage or website up the organic (unpaid) rankings of a search engine results page (SERP). By optimising your website using on and off-page SEO techniques, you will see a natural increase in quality traffic to your site.
Diffusion Digital is a SEO agency based in London. The following points outline the core aspects of website SEO and how to go about optimising your own site, with or without the help of a specialist website SEO agency.
Search Engine Optimisation is traditionally broken up into three parts; technical optimisation, on-page optimisation and off-page optimisation.
Technical optimisation fundamentally means ensuring your website is optimised for efficient indexing (the term denoting how search engines rank pages based on their relevance to a search query).
Ensuring your website is structured in such a way as to encourage and help search engine spiders crawl it effectively is key. Any sort of technical duplication where the page's set-up might suggest to search engines that pages are duplicates of each other needs to be addressed, this could simply mean changing a pages URL.
Creating sitemaps and robots.txt files (this shows search engines what pages should be crawled), utilising Meta tags, caching images, minimising redirects and maximising server response times are just a few methods used in technical optimisation and they will help you achieve a better ranking on the SERP.
This refers to making sure the content of the website is optimised and relevant to what the user (the searcher) is looking for. Content needs to be written in such a way as to be understood by the spiders whilst remaining readable and engaging to the users (the people you are trying to drive to your website). There is no point in having a technically compliant page the search engines will like without it also being appealing and engaging to the searcher.
From keyword research and subtly mapping these words throughout your copy, to building internal links around the different pages of your site, there are many on-page techniques that you can utilise in order to increase the traffic to your site.
Increasing the web footprint of your site by increasing the number of external links leading to your webpages can improve your site's authority and improve its organic search rankings.
Inbound links are a fundamental indicator to search engines of the trustworthiness of your website, therefore they are a major determining factor in rankings. However as with most things in life, quality over quantity reigns true. There are so-called link farms that generate many links to your website however Google now recognises and penalises the sites that use them. Building useful links is done by targeting certain influencers in your field and working with them in order to create links to your site.
By building quality links from authoritative website, you can dramatically increase your organic rankings therefore generating greater relevant leads and ultimately driving greater conversion.
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Diffusion Digital is an experienced SEO agency in London and employs a number of SEO specialists, as well as content writers and photographers. We are able to work on pretty much every platform out there, WordPress and Shopify to name a couple, as well as to craft the structure and content of your website so that not only is it seen in a positive light by search engine spiders, but also ensures it comes across in an appealing and engaging way to your visitors.
Our SEO team will carry out extensive keyword research and following that we have skilled writers in place that'll take an enormous amount of care with your brand or product. We are not all about building traffic; we want to transport the people most likely to convert to your website, to use a well worn expression; quality over quantity needs to be the focus here.
Digital Diffusion's fully balanced approach revolves around creating engaging and sharable content combining technical algorithm expertise, as well as increasing brand visibility by mobilising targeted media and influential bloggers to carry your message forwards. At our digital marketing agency, to avoid confusion we keep all our teams in-house meaning the SEO team work alongside the designers and developers. This ensures consistency in approach and ensures clear communication throughout the design and development process.
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We will set up the site with industry best practice SEO installed throughout. Our dedicated Search division will provide the highest level of ethical white hat SEO. We approach search in a very rounded manner focusing on all aspects that have an impact on a website's search visibility. This ranges from technical, onsite, offsite, through to social media and email marketing.
Search Engine Optimisation refers to organic or unpaid techniques that can be implemented in order to rank higher on search engine results pages.
On the surface it only costs time. At a beginners level you should expect to put aside around 15 hours a week to ensure SEO is covered, however this depends upon your sector and your goals. Fundamentally, regardless of budget, you should get out more than you put in.
The time taken to see noticeable differences in your website traffic can vary and largely comes down to the amount of effort or time that is put into it. If you are producing optimised content several times a week and actively link building and spreading these new posts around different platforms, it is going to have a greater impact than one post a week.
How do I know what works best if Google's algorithm isn't published?
Essentially it comes down to trial and error. There are hundreds of blogs covering what Google is ranking highly at the moment, as well as tips on how to optimise your content to what is ranking well at the time.
Search Engines also publish guidelines on how to structure and produce content for your site that will be looked on favourably – if you stick to these guidelines you should be fine.
There are a few technical elements to SEO such as robots.txt and meta descriptions however, generally speaking, most of the platforms that people use, such as WordPress and Shopify, tend to walk people through the SEO process and even gives feedback on what you have done and how it will rank.
How do I pick good keywords?
There a number of free tools – or at least free to a point – that people use for research such as AdWords or Answer the Public and these can give you a pretty good idea of what search terms are coming up regularly. It is also important to point out that keyword stuffing will have a negative impact on SEO. If you read your copy out loud and comes across in an unnatural manner then you are probably 'keyword stuffing' and you should amend it.


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A teenager from Singapore collapsed after being vaccinated
Young athletes are facing a serious problem that has been creating big problems lately. We could hear a lot of news talking about the heart problems of athletes, from football players Eriksen to Aguero and other famous athletes who have had great success in what they do.
Is the problem a sport that has reached such a level that players have become "robots" whose body cannot withstand so much effort, or is it still a problem in a vaccine that "anti-vaxers" believe is the cause of everything before.
We do not want to go into the nature of such problems, but it is obvious that a certain cause must exist. In July this year, a young Singaporean athlete (16) who practiced weightlifting collapsed after training he had after 5 days of receiving a second dose of Pfizer vaccine.
However, according to straitstimes, the young man trained with "very heavy weights", which could probably be the cause of the collapse. Such cases have happened before, and such things cannot be directly attributed to the vaccine, but the main reason is likely to be determined.
After he was hospitalized, the MOH spokesman said: "The preliminary diagnosis of his condition is an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Clinical and laboratory tests are in progress to understand the underlying cause," the spokesman said.
Main problem
They also said they would work to find out what the main problem was. "All of the cases in the younger age group responded well to treatment and had recovered or were discharged well from the hospital," HSA said.
However, the authorities believe that vaccination should still be mandatory in order to stop COVID and to prevent the spread of the infection. "Despite low Covid-19 cases currently, explosive outbreaks with highly transmissible new variants are unpredictable, as shown in our recent experience with the Delta variant and similar experiences overseas."
However, they believe that the COVID vaccine has several advantages and that such cases are rare. However, they will continue to monitor the cases that are present and actively help "Vaccination is thus important to protect all individuals from Covid-19, even for young persons," the committee said.
"Overall, based on the data to date, the benefits of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines continue to outweigh the known risks in a pandemic." "HSA will continue to actively monitor the safety profile of the Covid-19 vaccines and relevant regulatory actions will be taken to safeguard public health when warranted."


Ethan Heller & The Jam Fam is a psychedelic improvisational vehicle fronted by guitarist Ethan Heller (The Snozzberries). Featuring a rotating cast of Asheville's finest musicians, it's sure to be a good funkin time!!!


A few months back I posted form info on the infamous Crater Critter. Here: http://www.thegreymotor.com/2014/08/1210-second-grey-motor-crater-critter.html I have recently come into possession of "Australian Rod Sports magazine, January 1969" with this further article.
THERE'S a ferocious, fire-breathing "Crater Critter" loose in the dairy paddocks around Echuca — not that the farmers or the cows are very upset about it. Matter of fact, any Victorian drag racing enthusiast will tell you that Echuca is a real hotbed for firebreathers — the cows, the farmers and the critters all get along very happily up there. .. .
The critter under discussion here is an iridescent mauve number owned by dairy farmers Bob Buchanan and Allan Gamble. Neither are newcomers to the drag racing ranks and their latest charger, "Crater Critter", looks like being their most successful runner yet. The Critter has taken Bob and Allan about 19 months to nail together and has set them back about $300 to date. The name . . . ? Yes, you're right, Mr. Nabisco did think of it first . . . but you'll never see anything like this come boring through the top of a Weeties pack, mate! The name suits the car well.
Built to conform with Altered regulations, the Critter campaigns in C/A class and missed out on the class win by point two of a second on its first outing at Calder Race-way. With the timeslip reading 14 sec. dead for the distance, greater familiarity with the new machine should soon see times tumbling down.
The Critter tips the scales at 16 cwt. Helping to cut the weight down is the Anglia front end, which replaced the FX unit and also stretched the wheelbase to 106in. A stock rear end is used, but runs an FJ diff. Reverse traction bars are used to tie the rear down, while the _Anglia.front wishbone (has, been , split and the twofront 'arms-mow locate to the rear engine' mounts on either side. Tele shockers ex•Fiat 500 have been fitted to all corners and the boys say this particular setup works well on the strip.
Wheels up front are reversed VW units running 400 x 15 tyres. At '- the rear, wide hoops with Dunlop White Spot 700 x 13s make the crucial touchdown. Smaller tyres will be fitted soon as the big Dunlop bags are just a little too big for the power output at the moment.
Mill used to get the Critter mobile is a stock bore FB block running FE head. Paul England was responsible for balancing the reciprocating parts, a Wade cam is the only non-stock item used internally. A spare head is at present being worked over to be bolted on in the near future, but the boys are quite satisfied with the stock item at the moment.
What gives the mill its oomph! can be found mounted atop the works — a whopping Marshall blower running three Stromberg (ex-Holden carbs). Even with the bonnet closed the puffer is a dead giveaway with the carbs rising well above the bonnet and the banshee wail of the unit piercing away inside the engine compartment. With a 20 percent overdrive ratio, the puffer will pump approximately 7 lb. boost, depending on belt slippage. Two V belts are used to drive the blower, the pulleys and idler were made up by Bate Engineering in Echuca. Fuel used is 115 octane and up to half-a-gallon of the firewater is used on each run. A stock 149 Holden fuel pump has proved itself quite capable of meeting the demand.
WILDLY modded FX "Crater Critter" runs sharp mauve lacquer work and neat signwork — looks the part! Chopped front fenders show Ford 10 front axle used. Mill used is a stock bore FB unit fitted with FE head. Fuel tank nestles in centre of grille and supplies 115 octane juice via 149 fuel pump to triple Strombergs atop Marshall K200 blower which runs 20 percent overdrive and 7 lb. boost. Manifolding was home-made and includes Sin. tube mounting carbs to blower, plumbing is finished in matt black paint and offers stark background when occasional icing up occurs.
A homemade Hint extractor system dumps the noise out the side with the familiar "blown" roar to deafen the bystanders. Big mod on the ignition side is the Scintilla magneto which supplies the fat sparks to Bosch plugs. The mill is cooled by a stock radiator. Both the radiator and the engine are located in their stock positions.
Transmitting the power aft are a stock FX gearbox and tailshaft. Clutch is a 186 unit and shifting the cogs is accomplished with a Rev-H floor shifter.
The interior, as expected, is sparse — picked bare as a vulture's din-din. The pilot's seat is, appropriately enough, an aluminium aircraft seat. Tracey's Engineering at Echuca made up a super-strong roll bar, which, combined with the full-seat harness, provides the driver with plenty peace of mind.
Instruments include a tacho (redlined at 6000 — although the mill has run up to 7 grand on occasions), oil pressure and temp gauges. An EH master cylinder with its pendant pedal has been bolted to the. bulkhead and activates the rear brakes.
After taking the pics you see here, we were taken for a blast up and down a piece of private bitumen nearby. . . . Once the mill fired and warmed up a bit, the jigger really got with it and fair flew. With a quarter-mile behind us, the temp needle sailed right across the dial into the hot, hot, hot zone — but things cooled down quickly and we were away again on the "return" run. Even the slightest prod of the pedal was enough to shoot the tacho needle past the redline. While under power the rig tracked straight and true; stopping proved no problem, either, with the Holden drums on the rear being quite up to the task of hauling the beast to a halt from around 100 mph with no drama.
The car uses all three forward gears to cover the quarter at the moment, but the team are going to experiment with smaller rear tyres and see if they can't get respectable timeslips using second gear away from the line and top for the remainder. For an investment of $300, Bob and Allan have got themselves a real goer in C/A class, and here's wishing them the best of future success at Calder.
HAPPY team of Bob Buchanan (left) and Allan Gamble like their drag racing to be loads of fun and their "Crater Critter" fills the bill perfectly.
Incredible grey motor ,what was horsepower range? went down to low 12 seconds ! could beat some v8s in those times.. any more pictures of engine ?
Unfortunately I have been unable to obtain any more info as of yet, the current owner does have a dynamo sheet, I'll harass him again.


Should You Worry about Construction Accident Attorney Fees?
It's generally accepted that construction jobs pose some risk of physical injury. But just because a job has inherent risks, it should never excuse an employer from compensating an injured worker. In fact, some employers even take steps to hide evidence of a workplace injury, resulting in an unfair investigation of the accident. Our Indianapolis personal injury attorneys work to ensure that no stone is left unturned regarding your case, preserving the facts to level the playing field.
Because personal attorneys tend to be more efficient and effective than those provided by an insurance company, people may be wary of legal fees. However, through our contingency fees, you can rest assured that our attorneys will not put you into further debt. If you have suffered from a construction accident and seek appropriate compensation, consider the financial benefits of hiring experienced financial accident attorneys.
Every year in America, roughly four million workers are injured on the job, many of whom never fully recover. In 2008, Indiana alone had 2,410 construction-related injuries that required the injured party to miss subsequent days of work. Even though the rate of construction accidents has steadily declined over time, more than four out of every 100 construction workers in Indiana have been involved in an accident in recent years.
In the event you are harmed by any of the above or similar construction-related accidents, do not hesitate to call us. By observing the area of the accident and injuries sustained, taking photographic evidence, and speaking with witnesses, we can help you build a case to fairly determine liability.
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Sad news marking the end of an era: David Lett died Thursday of heart failure at home in Dundee.
Lett earned the nickname 'Papa Pinot' for introducing Pinot Noir to Oregon, for introducing Pinot Gris to the United States and, some say, for his resemblance to 'Papa' Ernest Hemingway, whom he resembled not just physically but also in his tough, terse, no-nonsense style.
It's mid-morning in Oregon, late in September, and winemaker John Paul is winding his beat-up van down a familiar dirt road through hillside vineyards, wondering how the grapes will taste today. At the edge of autumn, the sun still low in the sky, the leaves on the vines are a blaze of vermillion and gold. Outside the window, the air feels warm and clean on his hand, but there's a brittle edge to it that only confirms the seasons are changing and harvest is near.
Like an expectant parent, Paul been feeling these and other faint contractions for weeks as the grapes arc toward ripeness. He knows the labor of crush could start any day.
Maybe today is that day. The day crush begins.
A dark arena surrounding a gauzy, spotlit court. Everything seems slow, supercharged and saturated, almost dreamlike. Michael Jordan, lean and crouched, is facing off against some hapless guard as the ref tosses the ball skyward. Cut to a tight shot of the ball rising to the height of its arc until Jordan is just about to touch the ball. There's the woody sound of a cork being coaxed out of a bottle, and then freeze-frame and echoy silence — maybe the distant clink-clink of full bottles — as everything stops, hanging for a moment.
Didn't see that one during the playoffs? Neither did we, but as we wandered into sports bars, asking after their corkage fee, we began to wonder why. What is it about sports in America that has made it so inhospitable for wine, and yet so welcoming for beer and other beverages?
Asimov posts this week on how, when, and whether to introduce minors to wine. Could it be that, as a place to learn about drinking, the family home beats the frat house?
He said that the most dangerous day of a young person's life is the 21st birthday, when legality is celebrated all too fervently. Introducing wine as a part of a meal, he said, was a significant protection against bingeing behavior.
What is the evidence? In 1983, Dr. George E. Vaillant, a professor of psychiatry at Harvard University, published "The Natural History of Alcoholism," a landmark work that drew on a 40-year survey of hundreds of men in Boston and Cambridge.
Dr. Vaillant compared 136 men who were alcoholics with men who were not. Those who grew up in families where alcohol was forbidden at the table, but was consumed away from the home, apart from food, were seven times more likely to be alcoholics that those who came from families where wine was served with meals but drunkenness was not tolerated.
Put that way, it seems obvious, but the post is thought-provoking, and I'm not the only reader who thinks so. The Pour normally sees 30 or fewer comments per post; this one had over 300 in a day. Among them are plenty of anecdotes and arguments pro and con, including not a few sobering perspectives from alcoholics. This being the Interwebs, there's also plenty of sanctimony, hysteria, anger, inapt analogies and rhetorical overreach—the Human Comedy as it plays out in comment threads.
Puritanism and hedonism are the yin and yang of the American Way, so drinking, and thinking about drinking, will always be good blog fodder. But reasonable people such as ourselves can draw a couple of modest conclusions from this particular go-round: to the extent that parents can influence teenage drinking by providing a model of appreciation over intoxication, they should; and—it is delightful to report—adolescents who develop discriminating palates are more likely to turn up their noses at rotgut. Turn your kids into wine snobs, people. It's the responsible thing to do.
The McQ household is a few years away from universal wine consumption, though Siobhán, one of our five-year-olds, will sneak a taste if given the opportunity, and proclaim it good. Smelling is permitted without restriction, however, and I am pleased that my daughters' noses are keen. Offered a whiff of a 2005 Mission View Zinfandel, a full-bodied wine redolent of overripe red fruit, Siobhán noted that it smelled "like a thousand rotten strawberries." That's my girl.
Competition in the American Wine Blog Awards is apparently tight, which leads us to wonder if there's something we might be missing, something no respectable wine blog should be without, something that says we're serious about being the go-to URL for all your vinous bloggy needs. Ah, yes. How could we have forgotten?
Why Paul Masson didn't run these outtakes as the final ad is a mystery; they're among the most compelling work in Welles' entire oeuvre.


2. Palm sugar 500 Gm.
5. Vegetable oil 2 Tbsp.
1.	Steam the glutinous rice and pound it in a mortar until it forms a paste: about 20 minutes.
4.	Cut a plastic sheet into 6" wide. Press 1 tbsp. of the mixture on the sheet and roll with a rolling pin.
5.	Dry in the sun 1 hour.
6.	Turn over the cakes and let dry for another hour.
7.	Take out of the rack and let cool. Then stack them together in a bucket with a sheet of banana leaves at the bottom and on top for overnight.
8.	Toast them on a charcoal stove.
The boiled egg yolk and oil mixture is used to coat the hand to prevent the mixture from sticking.
Pure palm sugar is recommended to make the rice chips puffy when toasting.
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Q: $0$-th cohomology of derived tensor product. I want to show the following lemma:

Lemma 4.8. Let $M$ and $N$ be two complexes of $A$-module whose homology is concentrated in negative degrees. Then there is an isomorphism
$$
H^0(M \otimes^{\mathbb{L}}_A N) \simeq H^0(M) \otimes_A H^0(N)
$$

Since $H^0(M)\simeq \operatorname{Hom}_{\mathcal{D}(A)} (A,M)$, we only need to show
$$
\operatorname{Hom}_{\mathcal{D}(A)} (A,M\otimes^{\mathbb{L}}_A N) \simeq \operatorname{Hom}_{\mathcal{D}(A)} (A,M) \otimes_A \operatorname{Hom}_{\mathcal{D}(A)} (A,N)
$$
Is this isomorphism true?
This may seem trivial to you, but the relationship between derived Hom functors and derived tensor product functors does confuse me. Thank you.


Today I managed to visit Cosmobeauty 2016 beauty exhibition on professional estetics (body and facial cosmetic, hair, make-up, tools and equipment, mani-pedi, various beauty therapies, etc). It takes place from 8 to 10 of April at Crystal Palace Ballrooms (Calea Rahovei 198A, Sector 5, Bucharest) from 10.00 to 18.00. The entrance ticket is 10 ron.
What can you find there ? Well basically the same brands that were present the years before ; this is good, on one hand, because you know if you have a favourite brand or product that you'll find it there at a reduced price. On the other hand, I (as a visitor of the previous editions) would like to see and discover new brands, services and products beside all the known ones.
You can find there brands such as : Melkior – great quality for an affordable price – post here , Cupio, Malu Wiltz, Farouk, Chi, Kardashian hair care, Biosilk – post here , Babyliss, Paese – the best mattifying powder review here , Make-up Atelier Paris, Orly and Jessica (new in Romania) nail polishes, Aseyda and Cosmetica Verde products – great reductions, products starting with 5 ron, Make-up For Ever, Nastelle, Parisax, Cinecitta, Maq Pro Paris, Techir – the Romanian skincare, Cuccio, Roubloff make-up brushes and many more.
If you like any of their products go and check Cosmobeauty 2016 out tomorrow! I left with a small haul (I've been very good and bought only the things I knew I needed or if there was a very good deal – such as Milani nail polishes at 3 ron). Sorry about the quality of the photos in the collage I arrived home very late and the light was not so good.


H&M will team up with Parisian fashion house Kenzo for this year's designer collaboration. Find out what Creative Directors Carol Lim and Humberto Leon have to say about Kenzo x H&M.
Ever since the #HMBalmaination hysteria calmed down, we've been taking guesses on who will be the next H&M guest designer. And today – finally – H&M announced that its next designer collaboration will be with Kenzo. Launching worldwide in selected stores and online on November 3, the collection will feature clothes and accessories for both men and women.
H&M Magazine spoke to Creative Directors Humberto Leon and Carol Lim to find out more about Kenzo x H&M.
WHEN H&M CAME TO YOU WITH THIS IDEA, HOW DID YOU REACT?
AND WHAT DID YOU DECIDE?
Humberto Leon: "We wanted to really tell the story of the brand and of us. Together with H&M, we will invite all the customers and fans to the real Kenzo world.
We wanted to really tell the story of the brand and of us.
When pressed, even exuberant maximalists Humberto Leon and Carol Lim can pare down what drives them. Lim swears—it's very simple. It's what inspired them to launch global fashion emporium Opening Ceremony in 2002. It's what spurred them to embrace new opportunities at KENZO, taking over the storied French fashion house in 2011. It's the reason, Lim explains, that she and Leon said, "'Yes,' right away, 'Yes'" to the chance to launch an H&M collaboration.
Leon and Lim wrapped up at school and moved to New York within six months of each other, working in fashion but not yet where they wanted to be in the business. "So, we took a trip to Hong Kong to visit in fact the friend who had introduced us in the first place," Lim says. They fell for the pulse of the metropolis—a buzz that reminded them of New York. The place to them seemed to be full of people who "were just creating and putting themselves out there," Lim says. "It felt like a very bubbling time in New York and in Hong Kong." And Leon and Lim wanted in. By the time they landed in New York, the idea for Opening Ceremony had taken root. And what was once a downtown concept shop and cool-kid hang out has since evolved into a beloved multi-national tribe.
Kenzo noticed. Five years ago, executives in Paris tapped Leon and Lim to helm the atelier. The duo has pioneered their own idea of fashion ever since. Leon and Lim revel in the intrepid. They believe in the idiosyncratic. And while some may once have wondered what moved them to embroider a tiger face onto a sweatshirt and send it down a runway, no one is puzzled anymore. Four years later, the sweatshirt is itself a fashion icon.
Kenzo really created a new way for women to dress.
Leon and Lim still like to think of themselves as outsiders, especially in France and at least because it's a stance that befits the brand. Kenzo Takada stormed Paris in 1970 to launch the label. He, too, Lim stresses, was once a fresh face on the scene.
Ann-Sofie Johansson, Creative Advisor at H&M, has no doubt they'll pull it off. "We can't wait to share with everyone the world of Kenzo x H&M with all of its creativity, fun and love of fashion," she said.
AT H&M AND AT KENZO, WHAT DEFINES A COMPLETE COLLECTION? HOW DO YOU KNOW YOU'VE NAILED IT?
WHO'S YOUR DREAM CUSTOMER FOR THE COLLECTION?
We can't wait to share with everyone the world of Kenzo x H&M.
YOU'VE WORKED TOGETHER FOR ALMOST 15 YEARS NOW AND FIVE YEARS AT KENZO. HOW HAVE YOUR INDIVIDUAL ROLES EVOLVED OVER TIME?
AT THE END OF THE DAY, HOW DO YOU FORCE YOURSELVES TO UNWIND?
WORSHIPPERS OF COLOUR THAT YOU ARE, IS THERE ANY SHADE YOU SECRETLY HATE?


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Charger case
When the people from Ticto NV came to us, they already had a first design for the charger, but no partner who could realize this.
The charger was designed to be manufactured from plastic sheet material, the ideal production method for their then annual circulation of +/-50 units.
The digital badges and chargers quickly proved a success and shortly after the first production, the start-up was taken over by the international Rightcrowd. The products received a boost and under the Covid measures, the badges were also used for social distancing and contact tracing. As a result, the production need rose very quickly.
Increasing the volumes triggered Artori to rethink the production process. Plastic sheet material was the ideal solution for low volumes, but resulted in too high unit prices and too long production cycles for large volumes.
We looked at whether there were other technologies that, taking into account the new numbers and depreciation of a possible mould, resulted in a better unit price and faster delivery times. In addition, the initial design and color scheme were also questioned.
Taking all parameters into account, it turned out to be possible to switch to high-pressure injection moulding. The design was largely kept but we have decided to switch to a design with 1 color. That way both parts could be incorporated in 1 mould, which made production a lot cheaper. Injection moulding reduced the number of parts, simplifying assembly. A win-win situation in all areas!
Choice of material and technology (13/11/2020 – 18/11/2020)
a. Choice of economic production process
b. Rudimentary 3D: based on this, a piece + mould quotation was drawn up
Engineering + testing (18/11/2020 – 25/11/2020)
a. Detail engineering
b. 3D printing prototype
Order mould + FOT's: 27/11/2020
Delivery FOT's + color adjustment (04/01/2021 – 07/01/2021)
Delivery first series: 28/01/2021
It was a challenging process, but due to the efficient approach and short communication lines, this was achieved in a lead time of 2,5 months. The new chargers were put into use in February '21!
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