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FAITHFUL: Two Diehard Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle the Historic 2004 Season
Stephen King, Stewart O'Nan, . . Simon & Schuster, $26 (432pp) ISBN 978-0-7432-6752-6
Of all the books that will examine the Boston Red Sox's stunning come-from-behind 2004 ALCS win over the Yankees and subsequent World Series victory, none will have this book's warmth, personality or depth. Beginning with an e-mail exchange in the summer of 2003, novelists King and O'Nan started keeping diaries chronicling the Red Sox's season, from spring training to the Series' final game. Although they attended some games together, the two did most of their conversing in electronic missives about the team's players, the highs and lows of their performance on the field and the hated Yankees ("limousine longballers"). O'Nan acts as a play-by-play announcer, calling the details of every game (sometimes quite tediously), while King provides colorful commentary, making the games come alive by proffering his intense emotional reactions to them. When the Red Sox find themselves three games down during the ALCS, King reflects on the possibilities of a win in game four: "Yet still we are the faithful... we tell ourselves it's just one game at a time. We tell ourselves the impossible can start tonight." After the Sox win the Series, O'Nan delivers a fan's thanks: "You believed in yourselves even more than we did. That's why you're World Champions, and why we'll never forget you or this season. Wherever you go, any of you, you'll always have a home here, in the heart of the Nation." (At times, the authors' language borders on the maudlin.) But King and O'Nan are, admittedly, more eloquent than average baseball fans (or average sportswriters, for that matter), and their book will provide Red Sox readers an opportunity to relive every nail-biting moment of a memorable season. (Dec.)
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ON WRITING: A Memoir of the Craft
As his diehard fans know, King is a member of a writers-only rock 'n' roll band (Amy Tan is also a member), and this recording starts off with a sampling of their music. It may sound Continue reading »
If you're ready to commit virtually a whole day of your life to this unabridged version of King's latest blockbuster, this is what you'll get: some of King's best storytelling, Continue reading »
LT'S THEORY OF PETS
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Stephen King, Peter Straub
Today's literature is plagued by sequelitis; plagued because many of the offspring are abominations. But here's a marvelous exception. Seventeen years after King and Straub's first Continue reading »
Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales
Eyebrows arched in literary circles when, in 1995, the New Yorker published Stephen King's "The Man in the Black Suit," a scorchingly atmospheric Continue reading »
A tinted review in adult Forecasts indicates a book that's of exceptional importance to our readers, but hasn't received a starred or boxed Continue reading »
THE WAVEDANCER BENEFIT: A Tribute to Frank Muller
Audiobook lovers know Frank Muller's voice well. The expert reader has recorded hundreds of novels, and his performances range from the side-splitting to the spine-tingling. He suffered severe Continue reading »
FROM A BUICK 8: A Novel
An assembly of readers performs King's latest, which is told from several different perspectives. This subdued, vaguely creepy tale is about an extraordinary force that infiltrates the lives Continue reading »
THE DARK TOWER V: Wolves of the Calla
"Time is a face on the water," stretching and contorting reality as gunslingers Roland, Eddie, Susannah, Jake and their talking pet "billy-bumbler" Oy continue their quest to Continue reading »
DARK TOWER V: Wolves of the Calla
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THE DARK TOWER VI: Song of Susannah
There's something about a crippled, black, schizophrenic, civil rights activist–turned–gunslinger whose body has been hijacked by a white, pregnant demon from a parallel world that Continue reading »
THE DARK TOWER VII: The Dark Tower
A pilgrimage that began with one lone man's quest to save multiple worlds from chaos and destruction unfolds into a tale of epic proportions. While King saw some criticism for the slow pace of Continue reading »
THE GIRL WHO LOVED TOM GORDON: A Pop-Up
Chilling things pop up in this book by King, who revises his harrowing 1999 novel about a nine-year-old lost in the Maine woods. Due to the format's limited space, the exposition is condensed Continue reading »
Stephen King, Stewart O'Nan
"Why do you suck so much?" O'Nan shouts at his TV. Until the 2004 baseball season, this had been the query of many a Boston Red Sox fan. But 2004 was not only the year in which they Continue reading »
The Colorado Kid
[Signature] Reviewed by Orson Scott Card The Hard Case Crime series is a wonderful idea: a mix of original and Continue reading »
DeMunn offers an appropriately lighthearted reading of this surprisingly toothless mystery from King. The prerequisite is the ability to handle the pronounced Maine accent the book demands, as it Continue reading »
What if a pulse sent out through cell phones turned every person using one of them into a zombie-like killing machine? That's what happens on page six of King's latest, a glib, Continue reading »
It's probably a good idea not to use your cell phone while you listen to Scott's beautifully understated reading of terrormeister King's latest take on technology run amok: you might Continue reading »
In classic Stephen King tradition, this audiobook reminds the listener that even something as ordinary as a stationary bike can have a devious nature to it. After a tongue thrashing from his Continue reading »
Lisey's Story
Following King's triumphant return to the world of gory horror in Cell , the bestselling author proves he's still the master of supernatural suspense in Continue reading »
King's latest bid for literary respectability is read by acclaimed actress Winningham, best known for her Oscar-nominated performance in Georgia . Winningham Continue reading »
Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born
Stephen King, Peter David, Robin Furth
Signature Reviewed by Paul Pope This comics adaptation (including prequel) of King's Continue reading »
Duma Key
In bestseller King's well-crafted tale of possession and redemption, Edgar Freemantle, a successful Minnesota contractor, barely survives after the Dodge Ram he's driving collides with Continue reading »
King's latest novel is a fantastically eerie tale in line with his best psychological thrillers. John Slattery offers a triumphal performance—his firm, gripping tone perfectly suits Continue reading »
Just After Sunset
In the introduction to his first collection of short fiction since Everything's Eventual (2002), King credits editing Best American Continue reading »
Dolores Claiborne
King's classic tale of murder and suspicion on Little Tall Island is certainly one of his finest to date, featuring one his most complex and compelling characters ever. With her smalltown Continue reading »
King's latest anthology reminds readers that while his many works contains supernatural elements, his true skill as a writer lies in his ability to tap into the minds of his characters and, Continue reading »
From the vault of horror master King comes a terrifying tale of Desperation, Nev., a place ruled by a maniacal man in uniform and haunted by deadly secrets. In true King fashion, the story Continue reading »
Real Unreal: Best American Fantasy, Vol. 3
Stephen King, Laura Kasischke, Peter S. Beagle
Brockmeier (The Brief History of the Dead ) compiles 20 eclectic and exceptional stories that "graft" fantasy with realistic fiction for this third Continue reading »
""No one ever asks [popular novelists] about the language,"" Amy Tan once opined to King. Here's the uber-popular novelist's response to that unasked question a three-part book whose parts don't hang Continue reading »
Four Past Midnight
Stephen King, Gowen
The self-described ``America's literary boogeyman'' here serves up four horror novellas; none is wildly scary, and only one offers King's typical, colloquial, hard-driving conversational style with Continue reading »
Stephen King, Stan Berenstain
In its 1978 incarnation, The Stand was a healthy, hefty 823-pager. Now, King and Doubleday are republishing The Stand in the gigantic version in which, according to King, it was originally written. Continue reading »
Needful Things: The Last Castle Rock Story
Stephen King, Cayne
With the ``Last Castle Rock Story'' King bids a magnificent farewell to the fictional Maine town where much of his previous work has been set. Of grand proportion, the novel ranks with King's best, Continue reading »
Gerald's Game
Stephen King, Cronin
While this is one of the best-written stories King has ever published, it will offend many through sheer bad taste. Jessie and Gerald Burlingame have been married for 20 years. Kinky sex is Gerald's Continue reading »
Described by the publisher as a companion piece to King's last book, Gerald's Game , this new novel surpasses it in every way, and shows that King, even without the trappings of horror and suspense, Continue reading »
Stephen King, Butterworth
This is a wonderful cornucopia of 23 Stephen King moments (including a teleplay featuring Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, a poem about Ebbet's Field and a brilliant New Yorker piece on Little League Continue reading »
Stephen King, Morgan
Forget the lean, mean King of Misery, Gerald's Game and Dolores Claiborne. This is the other King-the Grand Vizier of Verbosity who gave us It, The Tommyknockers and Needful Things. There's much of Continue reading »
Stephen King, Sexton
Relentlessly paced and brilliantly orchestrated, this cat-and-mouse game of a novel is one of King's most engrossing and topical horror stories. At the center of the action is heroine Rose McClendon, Continue reading »
If the publishing industry named a Person of the Year, this year's winner would be Stephen King. Not only is he writing the first modern novel to be serialized in book form (The Green Mile), but with Continue reading »
The Regulators
Stephen King, Richard Bachman
Why revive the Bachman byline more than a decade after Stephen King was found lurking behind it? Not for thematic reasons. This devilishly entertaining yarn of occult mayhem married to mordant social Continue reading »
Legends: Short Novels by the Masters of Modern Fantasy
Stephen King, Orson Scott Card
Microcosmic glimpses of broadly imagined worlds and their larger-than-life characters distinguish this hefty volume of heavyweight fantasy. Silverberg collects 11 previously unpublished short Continue reading »
Carrying galley copy that avoids the h(orror) word while touting its ""O. Henry Award-winning author,"" King's latest novel features a marketing campaign in accord with the distinguished pedigree of Continue reading »
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
""The world had teeth and it could bite you with them anytime it wanted."" King's new novel--which begins with that sentence--has teeth, too, and it bites hard. Readers will bite right back. Always Continue reading »
Hearts in Atlantis
By ""Atlantis,"" King means the 1960s, that otherworldly decade that, like the fabled continent, has sunk into myth. By ""hearts,"" he means not just the seat of love but the card game, which figures Continue reading »
In an author's note to this novel, the first he's written since his near-fatal accident, King allows that he wrote the first draft of the book by hand. So much for the theory that it's Continue reading »
The Gingerbread Girl
Em has become a runner. Maybe it's to get away from her unheroic and all-too-sensitive husband, the memory of her baby, who died, or maybe even her passive life. Inevitably, her training provides the Continue reading »
King's 1987 disquisition on the nature, quality, and substance of the horror genre from 1950 to 1980 gains new life as an audiobook, and listeners will enjoy (and enjoy disagreeing with) King's Continue reading »
Ray Garraty—along with 99 other teen boys—has entered the Long Walk, a grueling march at four miles per hour that continues until only one person is standing. The losers receive bullets to the head. Continue reading »
Full Dark, No Stars
Eerie twists of fate drive the four longish stories in King's first collection since Just After Sunset (2008). In "1922," a farmer murders his wife to retain the family land she hopes to sell, then Continue reading »
American Vampire, Vol. 1
Stephen King, Scott Snyder
Early 20th-century America is a fitting setting for this horror drama about confronting old traditions. Two linked stories follow a woman and a man. Snyder's tale centers on Pearl Jones, an aspiring Continue reading »
King leaves the supernatural behind to find the macabre in stories of ordinary misfortune. In each, ordinary people discover how their choices define who they are and what they can become. As usual, Continue reading »
Survivors of a chemical weapon called superflu confront pure evil in this updated and even more massive version of King's 1978 saga. ``The extra 400 or so pages . . . make King's best novel better Continue reading »
The protagonist of King's ``top-notch'' novel is literary novelist Thad Beaumont, whose greatest success has come with three gory thrillers written under the pseudonym George Stark. Beaumont is Continue reading »
Jet passengers are stuck in a time-slip, a psychopath accuses a writer of plagiarism, a man with an overdue book encounters a demonic librarian and a boy's camera snaps photos of a huge and nasty dog Continue reading »
King's portrait of a Maine housekeeper accused of her employer's murder--a nine-week PW bestseller--shows him to be a magnificent storyteller. Continue reading »
Celestial forces of good and evil wage an apocalyptic war in a small Maine town in this 14-week PW bestseller. Continue reading »
One Past Midnight: The Langoliers
When passengers aboard the American Pride flight to Boston awake to discover that most of the other passengers have disappeared, fear and panic ensues. After managing to land the plane, they find the Continue reading »
Two Past Midnight: Secret Window, Secret Garden
When first confronted by John Shooter, famous novelist Mort Rainey sees him as nothing more than an avid, albeit slightly eccentric, fan. However, Shooter's accusation of plagiarism and his Continue reading »
Stephen King, Robertson Cooper
The protagonist of King's top-notch new novel is literary novelist Thad Beaumont, whose greatest success has come with three gory thrillers written under the pseudonym George Stark. (King himself Continue reading »
The Eyes of the Dragon
Advance publicity hails this ""story'' (not labeled a novel) by the popular writer as appealing to ``readers of all ages,'' although its genesis was in a story King told to his children. King's Continue reading »
King's new novel, about a writer held hostage by his self-proclaimed ""number-one fan,'' is unadulteratedly terrifying. Paul Sheldon, a writer of historical romances, is in a car accident; rescued by Continue reading »
The Drawing of the Three
Stephen King, Bram
Elaborating at great length on Robert Browning's cryptic narrative poem ``Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came,'' the second volume of King's post-Armageddon epic fantasy presents the equally Continue reading »
The Waste Lands: The Dark Tower Book III
King's third volume on Roland the gunfighter's search for the Dark Tower offers charming bits of whimsy, some splendidly tense moments and one rip-roaring horror scene. At times, however, it is Continue reading »
This collection of five thematically linked short stories dwells on the legacy of the 1960s. They share a collective moodiness, a feeling of depressed hangover coming after youth has been lost and Continue reading »
Riding the Bullet
E-publishing takes a giant step with the release of this grandly entertaining ghost story. Not only is it the first original e-publication by a megaselling author, but it may be the most accomplished Continue reading »
Tommyknockers
Stephen King, Lowell
King's new novel, a numbing variation on Invasion of the Body Snatchers, offers its own best commentary on itself. Nearly one-third of the way through the 560-page book, protagonist Bobbi Anderson, a Continue reading »
Skeleton Crew
This hefty sampler of King's shorter works, from all stages of the horror master's career, demonstrates the range of his abilities. Some of the stories here rank among his best, and ""even the less Continue reading »
Bare Bones: Conversations on Terror with Stephen King
""My soul must be very black, indeed,'' observes King, virtuoso of horror fiction, but these 30-odd interviews do not lay bare his soul. They do, however, reveal some interesting things about his Continue reading »
King's cornucopia of short tales, each accompanied by an introduction from the author, was a 15-week PW bestseller. Continue reading »
High school English teacher Jake Epping has his work cut out for him in King's entertaining SF romantic thriller. Al Templeton, the proprietor of Al's Diner in Lisbon Falls, Maine, has discovered a Continue reading »
In this audio edition of King's latest novel, which uses time travel to re-examine the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, both the author and narrator Craig Wasson deliver the goods. In what Continue reading »
The Wind Through the Keyhole
King returns to the Mid-World of his Dark Tower series in this gory but hopeful set of nested tales. As gunslinger Roland Deschain and his companions quest toward the Dark Tower, Roland tells a story Continue reading »
With his dry, New England accent, Stephen King would never be mistaken for a professional narrator. But that hardly matters when he's reading his own work, especially a novel as flat-out entertaining Continue reading »
This spellbinding supernatural thriller from MWA Grand Master King chronicles one man's efforts to, as narrator Jamie Morton phrases it, "tap into the secrets of the universe." Charles Jacobs, a Continue reading »
King's new thriller begins in Maine the summer of 1962, when its narrator, Jamie Morton, at age six, meets a charismatic young minister named Charles Jacobs, who soon becomes something of a mentor. Continue reading »
Bill Hodges, the retired detective hero of King's Mr. Mercedes (2014), stars in this taut thriller about the thin line separating fandom from fanaticism. In 1978, Morris Bellamy murders his Continue reading »
Dark Screams, Vol. 1
Stephen King (et al.)
This short anthology includes five captivating tales of horror from great contemporary writers, including Stephen King, Kelley Armstrong, and Ramsey Campbell. The tales are bound together by a Continue reading »
It seems only logical that King's new crime novel, which is linked to the Edgar Award%E2%80%93winning success of 2014's Mr. Mercedes, should reemploy the talents of that thriller's reader, Patton. Continue reading »
Drunken Fireworks
This short, humorous tale, about a Fourth of July fireworks competition that gets magnificently out of hand, will not appear in print until November, when it arrives as part of King's collection The Continue reading »
The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
Renowned author King's impressive latest collection (after 2010's Full Dark, No Stars) wraps 20 stories and poems in fascinating commentary. Each work's preface explains what inspired it and Continue reading »
The Bazaar of Bad Dreams: Stories
A dream team of talented performers reads these 18 tales and two poems by master fictioneer King. Several of the stories—including "Blockade Billy," a baseball yarn with a predictable violent punch Continue reading »
After two straightforward crime thrillers, MWA Grand Master King (Finders Keepers) torques this third and final novel featuring retired detective Bill Hodges into his trademark terror Continue reading »
The Dead Zone
In the audiobook debut of King's classic 1979 thriller, a car accident sends Maine high school teacher Johnny Smith into a multiyear coma, from which he emerges into a changed world with the unwanted Continue reading »
Ex-Army sniper turned hit man Billy Summers, the protagonist of this tripwire-taut thriller from MWA Grand Master King (Later), who views himself as "a garbageman with a gun," decides his Continue reading »
Stewart O'Nan
O'Nan relies on a patient accumulation of detail instead of a focused dramatic arc to achieve a Vermeer-like realism in his latest novel. His strategy is to record minutely the thoughts and Continue reading »
THE NIGHT COUNTRY
More poignant than terrifying, this contemporary ghost story set in suburban Connecticut focuses on the survivors of a car accident that killed three teenagers on Halloween exactly a year before Continue reading »
Patty Dickerson, the resilient heroine of O'Nan's forceful, oddly moving ninth novel, is pregnant with her first child and waiting for her husband, Tommy, on a snowy night in the Continue reading »
Last Night at the Lobster
Set on the last day of business of a Connecticut Red Lobster, this touching novel by the author of Snow Angels and A Prayer for the Continue reading »
Songs for the Missing
O'Nan proves that uncertainty can be the worst punishment of all in this unflinching look at an unraveling family. In the small town of Kingsville, Ohio, 18-year-old Kim Larsen—popular Continue reading »
Snow Angels
The lives of two small-town Pennsylvania families connected by tragedy are related in this assured and affecting first novel by the author of the short-story collection, In the Walled City. Narrator Continue reading »
First novelist O'Nan links the troubled family life of a teenage boy with the events leading up to the violent death of his beloved former baby-sitter. Continue reading »
The Speed Queen
Stewart C'Nan, Stewart O'Nan
Drugstore cowboys blaze a murderous trail across the American Southwest--then sell book rights to their story--in Granta honoree O'Nan's slick fourth novel. The subject of a pre-publication Continue reading »
The Names of the Dead
""Confident, gripping... searing"" wrote PW of O'Nan's second novel, in which a Vietnam vet's struggle to reclaim his family is complicated by a shell-shocked stalker. Continue reading »
Granta-listed O'Nan (Snow Angels) fulfills his promise with this affecting and nuanced examination of family alliances tested by infidelity, illness and the pervasive impact of WWII. James Langer, Continue reading »
A Prayer for the Dying
If there were any doubt of his protean gifts on the basis of his four previous, singularly different novels (A World Away, etc.), O'Nan again proves himself a writer of dazzling virtuosity and Continue reading »
The Circus Fire
On July 6, 1944, the big top of the Ringling Bros. circus caught fire during an afternoon performance in Hartford, Conn., and quickly burned to the ground. One hundred and sixty-seven people were Continue reading »
Heart-rattling melodrama set against a thriller background hallmarks O'Nan's second novel--just as it did his first, Snow Angels, which won the 1993 Pirates Alley William Faulkner Prize for the Continue reading »
The protean O'Nan seems determined to touch nearly every facet of human experience in a remarkable variety of times and places. In such brilliant novels as Snow Angel and A Prayer for the Dying, he's Continue reading »
The Odds: A Love Story
Marion and Art, on the brink of divorce and bankruptcy, head back to Niagara Falls, where they spent their honeymoon decades earlier. This compact novel unfolds over Valentine's Day weekend, Continue reading »
West of Sunset
The last few years of F. Scott Fitzgerald's life, when he lived in Hollywood (the title alludes to Los Angeles's Sunset Boulevard), are the subject of this earnest but only fitfully interesting novel Continue reading »
City of Secrets
Jerusalem under British occupation in the years immediately following World War II serves as the backdrop for O'Nan's (West of Sunset) intriguing new novel, a Conradian espionage thriller Continue reading »
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PW Talks with Stephen King Continue reading »
A Gothic Story About Loss in the Suburbs
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PW: Stewart O'Nan: American Pastorals
Stewart O'Nan, a writer who relies on his sense of place, is fighting a reluctant battle against real estate. Continue reading »
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The Rend Collective Experiment began with about six spiritually searching 20-somethings curious about how to live out Christian faith and is now a full-fledged intentional community based around biblical concepts. the Rend Collective is passionate about social justice, family, and worship. The Organic Family Hymnal is the sonic expression of this community.
Organic Family Hymnal is about resolve and intention, faithfully reflecting the very core of the Collective. Upbeat, chiming track "Movements" resolves to run towards God and continue making movements towards Him no matter what happens. Likewise, "Broken Bread" states "I will not fight you; take me past the line that my heart draws." The album contains some beautiful meditations upon the closeness of God: "No one really knows what it is to be alone, since you've never left our side", as well as confessions such as "in suffering or joy, we will confide in your perfect love". Organic Family Hymnal forms a beautiful musical liturgy.


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Orange County, CA. based record label that existed from 1997 until 2001, Screaming Giant Records, is back! The entire past discography is now available for purchase digitally. In addition, the label is selling a few recent albums from a variety of bands they are representing including At The Wayside, October Light, Man Alive, My Compatriots, and Seeker & Servant. The latest Pop-Punk collection of tunes from At The Wayside is available for FREE Download for 2 weeks only. Get this title and all their other releases over at http://screaminggiant.bandcamp.com and visit them on the web here: http://www.screaminggiantrecords.com
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Here is the video of the June 8 discussion about the critical role of local journalism to a democracy.
The event featured:
Penny Abernathy, visiting professor at the Medill School and Knight chair in digital media economics at UNC-Chapel Hill
Greg Moore, partner and editor-in-chief of Deke.News
Karen Rundlet, director of the Journalism Program at the Knight Foundation
Margaret Sullivan, media columnist at The Washington Post
Phoebe Stein, president of the Federation of State Humanities Councils, moderated the discussion.
The discussion was hosted by Virginia Humanities in partnership with other organizations, including the SPJ Virginia Pro Chapter.
This program was part of the "Democracy and the Informed Citizen" initiative, administered by the Federation of State Humanities Councils and funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
A follow-up discussion will take place from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on June 22. The panelists, moderated by Rundlet, will include:
Betsy Edwards, executive director of the Virginia Press Association
Courtney Hurtt, program manager, NewsMatch at Institute for Nonprofit News
Alan Miller, founder and CEO of the News Literacy Project
Christopher Tyree, executive director of the Virginia Center for Investigative Journalism
Steve Waldman, president and co-founder of Report for America
Like the June 8 discussion, the June 22 event is free, but registration is required. The discussion again will be held via Zoom. It also will be streamed live to Facebook.
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Ghosting the News: Local Journalism and the Crisis of American Democracy by Margaret Sullivan
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Play Your Art Out: Artists at Play Playground at Seattle Center Opens
A 35-foot climbing tower anchors this much-anticipated play area, opening May 22
By Linnea Westerlind
Aritsts at Play playground, Photo courtesy of Highwire
Editor's note: If you try the playground, we'd love to know what you think. Leave a comment below!
Starting this weekend, the International Fountain will have some serious competition as favorite free kid attraction at the Seattle Center. Artists at Play, the much-anticipated, artist-designed free outdoor playground, opens Friday, May 22, at noon, in Next 50 Plaza, the site of the old Fun Forest near the Experience Music Project.
After more than two years of planning and development, the 1.25-acre playground is ready for kids (and adults) of all ages and physical abilities to climb, slide and explore. It is interactive, adventurous and musical, with several ADA-accessible amenities.
Tube slide. Photo credit: Linnea Westerlind
Adventure ahead: Climbing tower
The most eye-catching feature of the playground is a jaw-dropping, 35-foot climbing structure, one of the tallest such structures in North America. Kids can scale the rope ladders that lead straight to the top or take the route up through the large climbing net and then traverse the narrow rope passageways to reach the top of two tall tube slides.
The tower is built by KOMPAN and is recommended for kids ages 5 and up, and adults are invited to play, too.
As far as safety, which is already raising some questions, Seattle Center says parents should use their discretion in knowing their own children's abilities and limitations in allowing them to play on the tower.
My take: The structure is enclosed in nets, so I would not have hesitate to let my kids give it a try. But I would steer younger children away from the large structure, because if they get scared after they get to the top it would be tricky to rescue them on the passageways.
Imaginative, music-themed play
Beyond the thrills of the climbing tower, there are many tamer play opportunities. Most of the playground equipment has elements of music that were created by internationally acclaimed sound artist Trimpin, including:
- An ADA-accessible swing set prompts wind chimes to ring.
- Kids can throw pebbles at bronze plates created by Seattle artist Judith Caldwell, causing musical notes to peal.
- At an ingenious sound fence, kids can pull on a billiards ball and a string plays a perfectly tuned note.
- A letter tree also delivers the seven notes of the scale when one of seven handles is spun.
Photo credit: Linnea Westerlind
Many other features are interactive and encourage exploration.
- A smaller play structure mimics the large one, but at a friendly height for toddlers and preschoolers.
- Bright yellow listening stations that resemble giant earphones allow kids to talk to a friend from across the playground.
- A labyrinth leads kids down paths to the center, where they'll find a riddle to solve in bronze inlaid circles, also designed by Caldwell.
- A fully accessible merry-go-round, one of the only of its kind in the region, allows kids in wheelchairs to join in the fun.
Designed by artists, dreamed of by kids
The artists and developers who designed the playground — a team that included artists Trimpin and Judith Caldwell, landscape architects Site Workshop and play equipment provider Highwire — interviewed hundreds of kids to hear what they wanted to see — and hear — in the playground. Some of their introspections on what sound means to them are depicted in the white ribbons painted onto the ground throughout the playground.
The playground is well-designed with enough to keep kids occupied for a while. There are playgrounds in the region with more activities, but Artists at Play should rank as among the most adventurous play areas in the Northwest (see our list of Seattle-area adventurous playgrounds).
The playground area is set on asphalt — no green lawns here — but it has whimsical mounds of artificial turf for running and jumping. Picnic tables and benches are placed around the playground for families to relax and enjoy lunch outside. If you're looking for a greener setting, head for the Broad Street Green, a nice lawn for picnicking just south of the Space Needle. Or, of course, the area surrounding the International Fountain.
If you go ...
Artists at Play opening celebration: Artists at Play will open on Friday, May 22, at noon with an opening celebration. Opening events will include music and dance performances and a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Friday is also the opening day of the Northwest Folklife Festival.
Location: The playground is located at Next 50 Plaza in Seattle Center, which is immediately north of the Monorail station and west of the Experience Music Project. Paid parking is available in several lots and on adjacent streets. Many buses stop close to Seattle Center. Another option is to take the Monorail from Westlake Center.
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Seattle Center International Fountain
While Seattle Center is known for its wonderful festivals and museums, families can find plenty to do by strolling outside. Affordable-fun highlights include:
Skate park: Check out the skateboarders doing tricks at the 10,000-square-foot Seattle Center skate park, near the Seattle Children's Theatre.
Fountains: Bring a picnic lunch and eat on the large lawn near the celebrated International Fountain, which features a continuous music-and-water show via its 137 nozzles that shoot water up to 120 feet high. Kids can also splash and wade in the recently upgraded DuPen fountain.
Foodie fun: Grab an excellent meal at reasonable prices inside the renovated Armory now featuring food from some of the best restaurants in town. The Armory also is host to dozens of free cultural festivals held throughout the year that usually include children's activities and performances.
Movies at the Mural: In July and August bring chairs or blankets and enjoy free Movies at the Mural, with gems such as Goonies and Guardians of the Galaxy.
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McKie Sports "Cuse Cycle" Rental Shop - Located next to the Griffin Visitor Center at the south end of the park.
The rental shop will be closed if: The temperature is below 60 degrees, the forecasted chance of rain is greater than 60% or the forecasted winds are greater than 20 mph. Please call ahead to confirm the shop will be open, (315) 453-6718, (315) 715-2485 or (315) 453-6712.
Single Speed Bicycles are available to rent throughout the park. Click here to learn more.
Hold a meeting or have a party on this bike, it seats up to 7 people.
Mastercard and Visa accepted. All prices include tax and are subject to change.
Proper ID required for all rentals. One person in group must be 18 years of age or over to rent equipment.
For more information, call (315) 453-6718, (315) 715-2485 or (315) 453-6712.
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What Happens When 5 SSDs Are Hit With 2PB Of Writes Over A Year?
The last time we read anything about SSD longevity, it was courtesy of the Tech Report's ambitious project to punish a variety of SSDs over the course of many months. That was at 500TB of constant writes, where all the drives were still in the race. At two petabytes however... some losers have appeared.
I use the word "losers" lightly, as surviving even a single petabyte of writes is far beyond the wear and tear an SSD would be subjected to by even heavy users and unimaginable for regular workloads. Of the five drives that entered the arena, so to speak — the Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB, Intel 335 Series 240GB, Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB, Samsung 840 Series 250GB and Samsung 840 Pro 256GB — only the 840 Pro and HyperX 3K remain alive.
Right now, it's hard to say which of our remaining subjects will be the last SSD standing. As the lone survivor to remain free of serious errors, the 840 Pro is already a victor of sorts. The question is whether it can outlast the last HyperX, which refuses to give up despite stumbling through a couple of uncorrectable errors. The HyperX has write compression on its side and plenty of spare flash in reserve, so the final duel could go on for a while. We'll be watching.
In terms of actual performance, both drives have suffered a little, but read and write speeds remain almost as good as their fresh counterparts.
The experiment has definitely passed the practical stage for anyone who's worried about SSD resilience — you have nothing to worry about — but from an entertainment point-of-view? I'm wondering which drive will give out first (despite the Pro's error-free state).
No moving parts! It's OK to have drives randomly hanging about when there isn't a risk of a head crash or other mechanical disaster.
I think that Toshiba drive in the picture is a mechanical hdd.
I love that someone went out of their way to do such a long experiment.
I kinda wish they didn't JUST pick the best of the best for that year, however. There were a lot of cheaper, entry level type SSDs. I would've loved to see how they stacked up against the more expensive brands in terms of lifespan.


The school follows the government published programme "Letters and Sounds" which supports us in providing a multi-sensory approach to learning phonics. As soon as the children begin in Nursery, they are exposed to a variety of activities which support their early listening skills. Once the children are secure with this stage they then move on to daily phonics sessions. Children are grouped across Reception and Key Stage 1 according to the phase they are working at.
Early reading is taught using synthetic phonics as the main approach to reading. Pupils are systematically taught the phonemes (sounds), how to blend the sounds all through the word for reading, and how to segment the sounds in order to write words. They are taught to use their phonic skills and knowledge as their first approach to reading, but are also taught high frequency words which do not completely follow the phonic rules.
Children in Year 1 are expected to complete the Phonic Screening Check in June. The check involves reading a combination of forty pseudo and real words. The purpose of the check is to identify children who are able to segment and blend words at the expected level. Any children who do not reach the required standard will retake the check in Year 2 having had a targeted input throughout the year.
Our aim is to encourage and develop a lifelong love of books and reading in our young learners. Reading is an enjoyable and enriching activity which we want our children to embrace. We wish to work in partnership with parents to ensure all of our children have the best possible start to reading.
A child's journey to become a reader starts with them listening and sharing books. This is an invaluable way of showing that books are there to be enjoyed, as well as developing the children's vocabulary. Through sharing books parents are modelling the reading process and showing children enjoyment and learning that can be found from reading.
The school operates a scheme where each book is assessed for its level of difficulty and colour banded accordingly. At Mrs Bland's we use the Oxford Reading Tree Reading Scheme. Each colour band within the scheme contains a wide range of reading materials containing fiction, non-fiction and poetry which gives the children added breadth to their reading. These books will vary in a number of ways, including layout, size, vocabulary and length.
From Reception, pupils have a weekly school library visit and continue to take home books for sharing with their parents alongside their own reading book.


Did you see that pass?!
Some of the worst passing I have seen from an MSU team otherwise. Like small children.
Kill had a seizure but was not hospitalized.
Minnesota coach Jerry Kill apparently had another seizure but was not hospitalized.
For those asking, MSU will be in the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl on Dec 29 in Tempe. Unofficially still but count on it.
Max Bullough challenged the offense on Friday night. They responded.
Holy long security lines. Love travelling on a holiday weekend.
RT @NicoleAuerbach: Louisville announces Gorgui Dieng has a broken wrist and will miss an undetermined amount of playing time.
Gary Harris practiced for most of practice. Dr. Jeff Kovan said he could possibly play Wednesday.
Gary Harris might play, will see how next 2 days go.
No more self tweeting! Trice also says they will have to "tie him down" to keep him off the floor at Miami.
RT @onlinerailbird: @joerexrode so the msu med school is doing amazing things with Dawson stem cells.
Media pick Braxton Miller top QB. Coaches pick Taylor Martinez. Winner: Media.
Le'Veon Bell and Montee Ball first team All-Big Ten running backs per coaches and media. Both got it right.
Media pick Kyle Carter as first team tight end, coaches go with Jacob Pedersen. Dion Sims penalized for injury.
Montee Ball beats out Le'Veon Bell for RB of the Year.
RT @nickbaumgardner: Absurd. RT @GerdOzone OSU leads B1G in scoring. No members of the offense on coaches' First-Team All-Big Ten Team.
Michael Mauti is LB of Year. Would like to know where Bullough ranked on that list. Lots of good LBs in league.
Coaches have Max Bullough first team, media don't. Winner: Coaches.
MSU first teamers: Bell, Bullough Dennard, Adams and Sadler for the coaches. Just Bell for the media.
If there's an MSU player who really got hosed, in my opinion, it's Dennard. Best DB I saw all season in the Big Ten. Consistently excellent.
RT @freepsports: Listen live to Mitch Albom's charity telethon here: http://on.freep.com/WtkmNz Mike Babcock will be on momentarily.
Derrick Nix and Adreian Payne both took the blame for the loss after the game and both sound resigned on the big lineup thing.
Big Ten, ACC about to tie for the first time. Tiebreaker goes to: Jim Delany for his Maryland plundering.
Some good things on D from @Money23Green on TNT right now.


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Breaking Down 'Saul', Season 5, Episode 8: "Bagman"
By Jade Budowski Twitter @jadebudowski Apr 7, 2020 at 9:00pm
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"You're alive. Focus on that."
Inhale. Exhale. "Bagman" is the kind of Vince Gilligan-directed masterpiece that almost makes you forget to breathe. I may ramble on and on each week about how quickly Better Call Saul is approaching the days of Breaking Bad, but "Bagman" has the most Breaking Bad DNA in it of any Better Call Saul installment thus far. In fact, it easily earns its place among some of the best episodes of either show. So let's get to it.
Before things really get moving, we pick up with our old pals the Salamanca cousins, who load up some duffels for Lalo's bail. Business as usual. Meanwhile, Jimmy (Bob Odenkirk) does his best to get out of having to drive down to the border and fetch the cash, but Lalo tells him he's the "right guy for this" because he's nobody. Though he seems ready to walk away, Jimmy comes back with his price – $100,000 for this errand. Lalo takes a moment and agrees.
Not on board with this errand? Kim (Rhea Seehorn), who begs Jimmy not to do this. She (correctly) believes it's dangerous and unnecessary, and that no amount of money is worth this. She even tries to talk her way into going with him, an idea that Jimmy shuts down immediately. He's going, and she's gotta deal. But if we know Kim Wexler, we know that this isn't the end of the conversation. Later, when Jimmy doesn't come home when he said he would, a worried Kim visits Lalo and tries to get him to help her. And now the secret's out. Lalo knows who Kim is, and if there wasn't some kind of target on her back already, there is now. It's gutting imagining what the future may hold for her as a mutual "friend of the cartel" – especially because we still don't know her fate beyond the Better Call Saul years.
Jimmy's mission, while initiated with some cringey Spanglish (a far cry from the proud Spanish speaker we meet on Breaking Bad), gets off to a good enough start. He isn't a huge hit with the cousins (who is?) but the loaded duffels get stowed safe and sound in the back of his Esteem, and he hits the road back to Albuquerque with a song in his heart and snacks in hand. All this excitement is short-lived, however, when he's ambushed and nearly killed by another group very interested in those duffels. Just as he's about to meet his maker, an unseen savior comes to the rescue and takes out almost the entire group. It's all out war for a while, and it's hard to overstate just how masterful this sequence is; between the rapid-fire action and sheer terror on Odenkirk's face, I almost forgot to breathe. As everything quiets down (and most of Jimmy's attackers meet their maker), Mike (Jonathan Banks) finally makes his appearance. He's seemingly a soothing presence for Jimmy in the midst of all this madness, and tells Jimmy to focus on the fact that he's alive – and that they need to keep moving.
The real heart of "Bagman" is the journey Jimmy and Mike take through the desert. It's grueling both physically and emotionally, a trip both men don't necessarily seem like they were prepared to make (though Mike is predictably as adaptable as ever). Both Mike and Jimmy come out to the desert for a job, but Jimmy winds up working through a lot more than a task from his client. As soon as they bid farewell to Jimmy's beloved Suzuki Esteem (and his "World's 2nd Best Lawyer" tumbler with it), it's impossible to shake the sinking feeling that Jimmy McGill may very well end up buried out here with the rest of the things that make him, well, him. Carrying $7 million in cash on your shoulders through the desert would probably break anyone, but poor Jimmy is ready to give it all up after a few hours. He tries to bury the cash under a tree he swears he'll remember so they can come back and get it later, and attempts to clip the bags together and drag them behind him (resulting in an inevitable tear in one of the bags and much more of a hassle) rather than carrying them any longer.
It takes truly magnificent storytelling to make an audience anxious for two characters we know survive. There's so much that works about "Bagman"; watching Jimmy get pushed to a place totally out of his element, forcing him to leave behind the life he knew, the identity he's already been struggling to hold onto. (This unlikely duo may be faced with dramatic circumstances, but true to Better Call Saul form, "Bagman" is still rich with the series' trademark humor – I audibly cackled when Jimmy said he'd remember "this tree".) Jimmy's reaction to Mike pulling out the space blankets is somehow a perfect summation of everything that makes Better Call Saul great; if this situation wasn't already shitty enough, now he has to think about Chuck. And thanks to his own big mouth, he now has to hear it from Mike about having filled in Kim about what's going on – she's in the game now. The truth is, Kim isn't even really why Jimmy's out there. He doesn't really seem to know why he's out there, at least not in the way that Mike does. His moving speech about what he does all this for is among the best work we've seen Banks do this season, another on a long list of greatness from "Bagman". Mike is essentially the anti-Walter White, and it's fascinating to see sides of him we never got a glimpse of during his Breaking Bad days. He truly is doing all this dirty work to provide a better life for his family. Walter was all ego. Jimmy, on the other hand, might just be a mixture of both.
So what is it that finally gives Jimmy the courage to don the space blanket and set a trap for the last man pursuing them? Inspiration from Mike? Exhaustion? Selfishness? A combination of all these and more? Whatever it is, it works, and watching Jimmy seemingly fill Chuck's shoes for a moment is nothing short of cathartic. Waiting for Mike to make the shot – and hoping that the car doesn't hit Jimmy – is another sequence that takes one's breath away, despite that we know both men live to see the days of Breaking Bad. One big question remains, however; by the end of all this, as Jimmy finally takes a swig of his own urine and they step over the space blanket and press onward, is it Jimmy McGill who will leave the desert? Or Saul Goodman?
This all-time great episode pushed our characters to places they'd never been before – and it also dropped a few Breaking Bad references for our enjoyment. Let's take a look.
What do we have?
At the Salamanca headquarters, two young guys clean out a bloodied and beat up Cadillac.
Seem familiar?
After watching Jimmy's Suzuki Esteem bite the dust, this white Cadillac now seems very important. If we're not mistaken, this is the Cadillac one Saul Goodman drives, first seen in Breaking Bad Season 2, Episode 8, "Better Call Saul".
Jimmy gets resourceful with a t-shirt to protect his head from the hot desert sun.
This isn't exactly a reference, but it's a nice visual callback to Breaking Bad Season 2, Episode 9, "Four Days Out", an installment that sees Walt and Jesse end up in a similarly sweaty scenario. (All those cacti seem pretty familiar too – they may have evoked some images from the pilot as well).
There are only two more episodes left this season, and if they're anything like this one, we're not sure we're ready. Till next week, folks!
Jade Budowski is a freelance writer with a knack for ruining punchlines and harboring dad-aged celebrity crushes. She is also a member of the Television Critics Association. Follow her on Twitter: @jadebudowski.
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Australia's David Warner (L) celebrates after reaching his century (100 runs) with teammate Marnus Labuschagne (R) during the fourth day of the third cricket Test match between Australia and New Zealand at the Sydney Cricket Ground
Australia captain Aaron Finch has backed in-form but uncapped ODI batsman Marnus Labuschagne to perform during the upcoming three-match series against India.
India host Australia in a three-match ODI series, starting on January 14 in Mumbai, with the Australians flying out on Thursday.
The tourists will be skippered by Finch, with Labuschagne named as the newest inclusion, fresh from a swashbuckling Test summer with the bat.
South Africa-born Labuschagne scored 347 runs in two innings against Pakistan and 549 in six innings against New Zealand across the Test summer, including four centuries in five matches.
He hasn't debuted at ODI level but impressed in the domestic one-day with Queensland earlier in the season, scoring 364 runs from six knocks.
"We know he won't be overawed by the occasion," Finch said about Labuschagne>.
"He's come back in to Test cricket after missing out on the start of the Ashes and dominated. He's been unbelievable.
"Hopefully he can continue that."
Labuschagne's inclusion, along with D'Arcy Short and Peter Handscomb, comes at the expense of the likes of Glenn Maxwell and Marcus Stoinis.
"When you're picking a side there has to be a spot there," Finch said.
"Whether it's (Steve) Smith moving to 3, or Marnus or Handscomb fighting for that number four spot, it comes down to being in the right place a the right time and having the right matchup."
Finch added he was hopeful the Aussies could carry on their Test form in India, having also won a five-game ODI series in the subcontinent 3-2.
"The form the guys are bringing and the way the guys are playing and dominating," he said.
"The guys are going to come into this series full of confidence and in really good form."
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Response to the United States Supreme Court hearing of Fisher v. Texas et al., March 7, 2012
PALM BEACH GARDENS, FL - July 24, 2013 - In response to the June 24, 2013, U.S. Supreme Court decision in Fisher v University of Texas at Austin, 570 U.S. ___, (2013), NADOHE has developed a statement entitled, Chief Diversity Officers: Leading And Engaging In Campus Deliberations On Post-Fisher Admissions Strategies, which contains practical information and strategies that can be utilized to lead and engage in campus deliberations on admissions strategies post-Fisher. This decision is of major significance to higher education.
According to NADOHE President Benjamin D. Reese, Jr, "The National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education (NADOHE) remains firm in its resolve that equal opportunity in education in this nation is a fundamental right and that the consideration of race as a factor in admissions, consistent with the law, is essential in advancing diversity and inclusive excellence in U.S. higher education." NADOHE serves as the preeminent voice for chief diversity officers in higher education by supporting their leadership and engagement of senior administration officials, especially at this critical time.
The intent of this statement is to provide practical information and strategies that can be utilized to lead and engage in campus deliberations on admissions strategies post-Fisher, notes Reese, "It is imperative that we continue to be zealous advocates for maintaining and increasing the diversity of students within our campus communities -- and as CDOs, we are well positioned to do just that."
NADOHE will continue to follow the broad range of debate regarding the impact of the Court's opinion and is encouraging others to gain a deeper understanding of the issues presented in the recent decision in the Fisher case, including position statements, research, and learning opportunities that are being offered by various higher education associations.
The NADOHE Statement: Chief Diversity Officers: Leading and Engaging in Campus Deliberations on Post-Fisher Admissions Strategies, was co-authored by Paulette Granberry Russell, Rosemary E. Kilkenny, Archie W. Ervin, Roger L. Worthington, Raji S.A. Rhys, and Benjamin D. Reese. Camille Jackson is gratefully acknowledged for her role in editing the statement.
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Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action
What does NADOHE offer to the discussion?
At the heart of an effective democracy is an informed and engaged citizenry. The National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education [NADOHE] serves the public by bringing robust social science research to bear on contemporary issues related to access, diversity, and inclusion in higher education. In this expert role, NADOHE informs the discourse occurring around the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision to hear Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action.
What is Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action Case?
The Supreme Court has recognized the right of public universities to use holistic admissions to build a student body representing diversity in all of it forms, including racial diversity (2003). The central question in Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action is whether or not state constitutional amendments such as Michigan's Proposal 2 (2006) banning the consideration of race as one of many factors in college admissions violate the Constitution's Equal Protection Clause. Michigan's Proposal 2 selectively targets race, sex, color, ethnicity, and national origin, imposing higher burdens on those who wish to advocate for these forms of diversity.
Meanwhile, other admissions considerations are left alone, including preferences for children of alumni. When Proposal 2 and similar state initiatives were adopted, flagship public universities experienced a precipitous drop in the enrollment of Black, Hispanic and Native American students. These ballot amendments impacted not only admissions, but also financial aid, student outreach, and retention programming. Thus, these initiatives were a barrier to obtaining the educational benefits that flow from a diverse student body, benefits which have been recognized by the Supreme Court as a "compelling state interest."
In November 2012, the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that initiatives such as Proposal 2 do violate the Equal Protection Clause and it is now up to the Supreme Court in Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action to uphold the Appeal Court Decision or not.
What are the issues in Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action?
There are two critical benefits to students that will be restored should the Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action prevail in the upcoming Supreme Court hearing in the fall.
Educational decisions remain in the hands of the experts.
Should the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Decision be upheld by the Supreme Court they will affirm the decision in Grutter (2003) which deferred to educational institutions to use their expert educational judgment to decide, in a narrowly tailored manner, to use race as one of many tools [e.g., community service, work experience, socioeconomic background, letters of recommendation, etc.] in a holistic admissions process to foster the fertile academic environment in which all students thrive.
Educational benefits for all students.
The social science research is clear all students derive significant educational benefits from
learning in racially diverse academic communities Astin, 1993; Gurin 1999, 2002; Luo & Jamieson-Drake, 2009;Maruyama and Moreno, 2000; Milem and Hakuta, 2000; Pascarella et al., 1996 and more). The U.S. Supreme Court recognized this fact in the 2003 Grutter v. Bollinger and the 1978 Bakke v. University of California cases. In these cases the Supreme Court recognized a diverse student body as a compelling state interest because of the educational benefits for all students.
NADOHE is committed to educating our next generation of leaders, who will work in diverse teams, solving nuanced and complex global problems. To prepare our students, educational experts must be able to use all the tools at their disposal to provide the highest quality education possible. In order to do so, the Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action must prevail. Only then will our students prevail.
The National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education (NADOHE)
Response to the United States Supreme Court hearing of Fisher v. Texas et al.
As the preeminent voice for diversity officers in higher education, NADOHE strongly supports the use of affirmative action in college and university admissions. We do so because the social science evidence is clear - affirmative action in higher education advances equal access to higher education for students from all backgrounds and promotes the educational benefits of learning on diverse college campuses.
The practice of considering race as one of many factors in admission to our nation's colleges and universities was upheld in Grutter v. Bollinger, 539 U.S. 306 (2003), where the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the admissions policy of the University of Michigan Law School. In her opinion for the court, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor asserted that the University of Michigan Law School had a compelling interest in promoting diversity within its student body. She argued that universities are the training ground for our nation's leaders and that society as a whole has a stake in diversity on campuses: "In order to cultivate a set of leaders with legitimacy in the eyes of the citizenry, it is necessary that the path to leadership be visibly open to talented and qualified individuals of every race and ethnicity." If U.S. colleges and universities are to remain relevant they should be an active partner in assisting our nation and industry by preparing talented students to live and work in a diverse and multicultural world.
In the Bakke decision, Justice Powell affirmatively addressed the use of race in a "holistic" admissions process by recognizing a constitutional aspect of educational autonomy for universities and colleges in deciding mission, purpose, and practices. Justice Powell stated "the freedom of a university to make its own judgments as to education includes the selection of its student body" Bakke, supra, at 312. Colleges and universities are experts in enrollment management and are purposeful in their selection process and student body makeup. In addition, they fulfill this charge of transmitting knowledge and creating an environment where diversity of thought and perspectives are exchanged by incorporating diversity in the student population. Diversity benefits all students not just racial and ethnic minority students - and higher education has instituted policies and procedures to achieve these goals.
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The EU wanted the Czech Republic to take in 2,691 refugees; it accepted 12 last year and none so far this year.
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker urged the Czech government on Thursday to reconsider its refusal to take in any more refugees under an EU-wide scheme to relocate asylum-seekers.
"I was very displeased to read in the press that the Czech government is considering to halt relocations entirely," he said at a ceremony at Prague's Charles University, where he was receiving an award.
"I sincerely hope that, as in so many other cases, the European reason, spirit and values will prevail and that the Czech government will reconsider its course so that we do not have to resort to legal infringement procedures, which we will do if nothing changes," he said, according to the text of the speech made available to the media.
"Those who want to benefit from solidarity, such as in the form of EU cohesion funds, must be prepared to show solidarity," said Juncker, who earlier this week rejected as "poison" a German proposal looking into ways to freeze funding for countries that don't comply with EU standards on the rule of law.
Since its introduction almost two years ago, the mandatory relocation of refugees from Italy and Greece has proved controversial: Poland refuses to take part and Hungary and Slovakia have taken the Commission to court. Central European countries making up the Visegrád Group — Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia — have so far relocated 28 refugees out of their combined quota of 11,069.
The 160000 refugees were from 2015 . Are there additional numbers for 2016 and 2017 to date or have they already been accommodated?
Well Junker is threatening to stop the naughty children's pocket money poison or not??
Those 12 accepted last year soon moved to Germany. The Czech Interior Minister is right the system is dysfunctional. The V4 openly oppose the forced relocations the others are silent saboteurs, as the number of the relocated migrants shows. Double standards as always.
Beside the V4 the other EU countries have no backbone. All the refugees taken by Estonia moved to Germany. Also those taken by the Czech. Obviously none of these migrants wants to stay for example, in Romania.
But other countries are saving their reputation by "accepting" migrants, anyway they will come to Germany, Austria and Sweden, meanwhile German politicians can blame the V4 for the refugee influx. That's the real issue.
Cohesion funds are not about solidarity Mr Juncker. Enough of this populism!
Right – so they can end up with problems of Belgium, the UK, France, and Sweden. So their lovely capital and old European culture can be eroded. So the EU can further erode local national and local cultures until they have nothing left to protect and are therefore more easily absorbed into that Great EU Superstate.
All the Czechs have to do is look at Malmo, or Bradford, or Luton, or Blackburn, or Molenbeek, or the banlieues in France . . . if you don't want that, be warned: once you open the door the tiniest bit, eventually it will be wedged open ever wider: until you are minorities in your own country. This is a power grab by Brussels, moving from diktats on internal EU migration, to control over non-EU migration in your country.
It's the old "give 'em a hand and they'll take an arm". This is the importation of trouble, cultural disruption, and immense security risks.
@Tom Cullen: For my part, I'm fearful over an evitable eruption of brewing tempers from native Europeans toward all non-European migrants equally, even if they're not practicing Muslims. I see things from that perspective and it looks increasingly frightening. Europe has to get serious about security or risk putting many people at risk.
Euro-skeptic governments should be consistent and stop taking EU funds. Let's finish this nonsense with 'euro skeptics' making their living thanks to EU money.
Czechia is the most atheist country in Europe (80%+ of the population).
I'm not surprised they don't want to be seeded with colonies of fanatical deists.
The people of Europe must say enough is enough. They must exert pressure on their leaders to stop the intake of so-called refugees if they want to stay safe as a society and country. The influx will lead to Europe becoming a conflict zone like Syria or Iraq.
The very first obligation of any government is to protect its own citizens.
V4 countries are the safest place for Europeans.
And fortunately for Europeans, this will continue.
The sheer ineptitude of EU bureaucrats on open display, but for how long?
No, that is not true. The V4 countries are very different.
Czechia is an atheist country, while Poland is populated by fanatical deists (Catholics).
Muslims would feel more at home in Poland because like the Poles they worship an ancient Judaic-derived deity.
Dear Anne, I am sure there are more fanatical anti-deists and fanatical left-libs on Politico than fanatical Catholics in Poland.
You may be a proof.
Greek Avramopulos ,longest serving EU Commissioner (17 YEARS) for Migration,created this disorder..
After receiving Funds they ship migrants to Northern European countries.
CCE Europe is destine to be a "dump ground" for those unwonted any where else Africans and Asians..Some Haitians and Latino show as well posing as "Syrians"..
So it is NOT about charity .compassion or "enrichment" but typically cynical, Med countries scam to make some money for nothing.
Greek,Italian Mafia and corrupted politician are also in this.
There is also political aspect.
Greeks wants revenge on Germans for "bailout" and Italy also on Germans and EURO-ZONE for refusing release Euro-bonds to save theirs bankrupt Banks and Economies .. Dirty PIGS game..
First of all you cannot come to a suitable decision on anything, if the terminology is incorrect. Example for all the politicians who find the previous sentence to difficult, if you go to the doctor with a pain in the chest it is no good to refer to it as indigestion.
What is a refugee? "a person who flees to a foreign country or power to escape danger or persecution".
Can this be applied to people who trek across dozens of borders to SELECT a country where they expect the most benefits? Surely anyone who can think without the usual bias will say that such a person cannot be called a refugee.
He is a Wanderarbeiter, such a lovely German word that says it all, he is an itinerant labourer and he should be treated as such.
If Poland, Hungary, and most other countries feel they do not need those unsolicited itinerant casual labourers they are fully in their right to say so.
Some used to refer to V4 countries as "Eastern Europe", some more knowledgeable as "Central Europe", in one generation time they would be universally referred to as "True Europe" or "what's left of Europe".


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Interesting and compelling
The art is still not that great but the story is becoming more interesting, I'm down to see where this story goes.
(Read 8/18/16)
Manga Vampire Josei dojinshi
Very good messages, unbalanced art, and meh stories
This was not as good as the first two volumes and I really didn't dig the last story. In fact there were a couple that should have been edited out....I'll let you guys decide.
Some of the art was, as usual, amazing, and some were meh. It's worth it to own this, there are some outstanding messages but see if you can get it on sale. It's not quite worth the $17.99.
(Read 8/17 - 18/16)
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Like a weird French film
Really should've figured out the twist by the gigantic spoiler in the summary but I must've forgotten about it because I really thought this had more of a supernatural twist.
It wasn't bad and it wasn't great. Zoe was the kind of woman you feel bad for and then realize she is living the life based on her own poor decisions and thus has no one to blame but herself.
The revenge twist would have been better if I cared about Zoe and her life.
The art saved the plot for me.
This was a cute, heart-warming and fun contemporary romance that is a perfect beach read.
Mackenna is a strange molten lava cake mix of type A and harried/frazzled but it works for her. Except toward the end when she lets her neuroses get the better of her and nearly sabotages something that would bring her happiness. It took a bit to warm up to her and I think it changed for me the first time I saw her with her daughter and realized that most of what she puts on as a front, is exactly that, a front.
Now Travis is a delicious jambalaya complete with sexiness, flirtatiousness, humor, understanding, patience, ability and Daddy Issues.
Yep. Daddy Issues.
I like that's there's a flip here because it's usually females that have daddy issues but nope, not here. Travis' issues with his family threaten to not only upend his sanity but also gives him such a serious case of anxiety that it almost stops something before it truly starts.
and despite how mad I would have been at Travis for skipping the FieldDay when he explained it, I understood. The fact that he recognized that he messed up, he apologized (FIRST) to Paige and then to Kenna is actually saying more about his personality that Kenna gave him credit for. Like he mentions, it's about putting in the work which is what he was trying to do and Kenna, now locked in her own neuroses pulls away instead of trying to make it work.
(show spoiler)
I wasn't sure how this story was gonna go and there were times where I wasn't sure what pace the plot wanted to move at but, in the end, it was great to revisit The Yard, the Rye family, and even Grady & Kate (albeit briefly).
Pick this one up if you can.
*NetGalley and Publisher ARC in exchange for an honest review*
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DC can be a hell of a town
Some plot issues and tense problems but the characters were worth rooting for.
The story was interesting and the push/pull was realistic making the inevitable that much sweeter.
It's a quick read but it keeps you hooked and this is a perfect vacation book.
Also, it definitely had its steamy moments.
I'd read the next one but I really didn't care for Kara so I might just skip it.
Also, I just realized that the cover is perfect. Read and you'll make the connection.
*ARC received from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review
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This gets compared to Fruits Basket but as I have never read it (I tried ut couldn't get into it) I just like it for what it is.
It's cute.
(read 8/13)
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Cute but nothing amazing
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Bruno!!!!!
Loved it, understood it, but it broke my heart!!!!!!!
I see the beginning of Kamala's C.W involvement.
(read 8/9)
Need a 2nd Vol...
Really really enjoyed it. It doesn't help that I have a crush on Sejic's style. It's a paranormal mystery come to life (with a spot o romance).
(read 8/5 - 8/9/16)
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Didn't last very long.......
Yeah....no.
I'm out.
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Alien Teachers?! Assassins in training?!
Very interesting and it did have me giggling at a few points. I'm just concerned how long this gag is going to be able to hold.
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Give to the Heart
(read 8/3/16)
Melodramatic, decent art, arrogant male, and stubborn (almost bitchy) female.
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Winning love by daylight.....
Pretty good and pretty fun.
It's pretty much, what happens after you stop saving the world and then realize you have to do it again.
My only dislike was the vernacular but that probably has more to do with my age than anything else.
The art was great and if you're a fan of Sailor Moon or any other Magical Girl manga/anime, you'll dig this one too.
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It's been a few years and let's be honest, I don't have the slightest idea how to use this thing anymore but I will be posting some recent reviews here, because I feel like I should.
Ugh - authors who bully are such a*holes
2:46 pm 22 March 2015
There are so many books that I've read that I haven't updated on here and I have to tell you, with the kerfuffle that's going on at Goodreads (yet again), I'm seriously debating putting most of my reviews here and just using GR as a catalogue system.
Authors that bully are pretty much assholes. I've been anonymously (and personally, not physically, but the criticism had nothing to do with my writing and everything to do with a perceived slight) attacked through my writing and yes, it affected me. I feel for authors who get shitty reviews but I never make my reviews personal.
Which is why I can't understand why authors feel the need to do so.
Writing is not what you should be doing if you can't handle not being liked. Go become a kindergarten teacher. At least then you'll be liked and you'll be doing something useful.
Hey guys, do you know what kind of reader are you?
12:10 pm 4 January 2015
Book lovers have different personalities just like ordinary people. We find it hard to choose only one as it also depends on the book(s) we're reading. For the most of the time we'll go for a mix of Polygamist+Extrovert+Altruist. Some books, however, make us monogamist introverts. And a very very tiny percentage of titles change us into neurotic readers.
How about you? Share your personalities in the comment section below.
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