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In Defense of Nico Yazawa from Love Live!
Source: Love Live! School Idol Festival
One of the most fascinating aspects of Love Live! School Idol Project and Love Live! School Idol Festival fandom is the sheer divisive nature of the character Nico Yazawa. While the other Love Live! characters have fairly amiable personalities and few haters, Nico's combination of genuine enthusiasm and abrasiveness towards others has resulted in lines drawn in the sand; most fans feel strongly about Nico one way or another. Therefore, as someone who is "Pro-Nico," I thought I'd explain why the very same qualities that draw ire from others are what I enjoy about the character.
Yazawa Nico's is an idol enthusiast turned idol herself who has trained to "punch" well above her weight class. She is among the youngest-looking members of her school idol group μ's despite also being among the oldest, and it means that she has neither the mature charm of her classmates nor the innocent enthusiasm of her underclassmen. She also lacks inherent talent as an idol, devoting her time and effort into researching and practicing the necessary steps to succeed.
One consequence of this behavior is that Nico can be viewed as a two-faced character. Nico tries to act innocent on the surface, but is sly and manipulative on the inside. Her attempts to use her honed image of cuteness contrast greatly with the natural charms of her fellow group members such as Hanayo or Kotori. Combined with the fact that Nico is also the character most dedicated to doing things the "right way" in terms of marketability, she becomes the one furthest from the ideal of the idol as paragon of purity performing on stage.
However, that cynicism is also where Nico's appeal lies. Nico has to make up for a lack of talent with hard work and passion. What others can achieve based on feel, she has to reach through diligence and focus. This mindset is encapsulated in her signature catchphrase, "Nico Nico Nii!" Unlike other characters in Love Live!—or in fact many other anime, manga, and games—this is not just something she does unconsciously. It is a meticulously crafted promotion method based on her research and understanding of idols and idol fans.
And yet, despite the seemingly jaded nature of this approach, Nico is by far the biggest lover of school idols in μ's. As stated early on in the anime, Nico believes strongly in the idea of the school idol as a more innocent space that does not have to deal with the rigors and tribulations of professional celebrity media. As seen with her sustained love of A-Rise (even after they become rivals of μ's), she is the one most inspired and uplifted by the performances of school idols. Nico is a fan, through and through.
What makes Nico so divisive is that she is paradoxically the most and least cynical of the girls in Love Live! She is a living pile of contradictions, and this can be seen as either her most endearing quality, or one that relegates her to comic relief. I'm a Nico fan, how about you?
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Brett's Caring Bridge journal starts, "Welcome to the last place you'd ever expect to be." The picture (on left) next to it was of Brett climbing Camelback Mountain in Arizona.
Brett went to the doctor Nov. 15, 2010, to see about a pain in his upper abdomen. We were expecting a muscle tear or strain or maybe a high hernia from overdoing it with the yard work two weeks prior. Overdoing it was part of Brett's personality – he overdid everything. Instead of a muscle strain, they found a softball-size tumor growing in his upper abdomen. Ten days later the diagnosis was devastating – metastatic Ewing Sarcoma. We needed to start aggressive treatment right away. Do we have time for a second opinion, we asked. Yes, if you can get in right away, was the answer, but don't wait more than a week. We got our second opinion and started aggressive chemotherapy immediately after.
During those 85 days, we often spoke of how lucky we were and how deeply grateful we were. I know that sounds strange, but I still feel that way. We were lucky to have the best Sarcoma doctors in the world at our doorstep and grateful to have such high quality nursing care at the U of M Hospital that gave us such comfort. We were so lucky and grateful to have family and friends just a phone call or a text away. There were people who helped us clean, brought us food, and made pharmacy runs.There were people who came over to "babysit" when Brett was too sick to be alone, but I needed to go to work. There were people who came to the hospital just to keep Brett company during his many days of inpatient chemotherapy. For those 85 days he was never alone. Most of all we were lucky, so lucky, that our hearts had found a home in each other.
This illness taught a fiercely independent man to ask for help and to graciously accept it. He would often say, "I don't know how anybody could go through this without the help we've had." He worried over people who found themselves in similar circumstances but for whatever reason were without family or close friends to call on for help. Perhaps they were living in an unfamiliar city due to an employment change or had families that were scattered around the country. He would say "Babe, when we get to the other side of this thing, that's what we are going to do." He wanted to find a way to help people in this situation who didn't have the luxury of the support system we did. He didn't want anyone to have to go through this experience alone.
Brett loved a challenge, loved to problem solve, and had an insatiable curiosity that he used to his advantage. He never quit anything in his life. Sarcoma was the only thing he ever encountered that was bigger than he was.
Brett inadvertently told me what his legacy should be, so that's what I'm going to do, finish what he couldn't. I don't know what it looks like yet, but Brett showed me how to live and he showed me how to die.
If I listen closely enough, I know he will once again show me the way.
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The Gator Golf Classic is Sage Athletics' most important fundraising event. This year marks the 13th year that Sage has hosted this tournament with all proceeds dedicated to enhancing the collegiate experience of our student-athletes. The generous support of the golfers and corporate sponsors has raised over $275,000 over the last 12 years. That financial support has helped us launch nine new varsity teams since 2008.
In addition to supporting team travel and equipment needs, the proceeds of the Gator Golf tournament have been used toward the purchase of additional strength and conditioning equipment, and student-athlete programming and professional development opportunities.
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Tara Meite ... I like to challenge the status quo
We discovered Berlin-based model and singer Tara Meite, also known as Nyah, through photographer Jürgen Freymann. Fascinated by her versatility and charisma, we asked her for an interview.
In this feature, she takes us with her into her world as a model, singer and songwriter and talks about fashion, her plans for the future and how she thinks art and politics are connected.
Tara, please tell us a little bit about yourself to begin with. How old are you, Where were you born and where do you live now, What is your profession and do you have other besides modelling?
I am 25 years old. I was born in Abidjan/Ivory Coast but my family used to travel and to move a lot. I now live in Berlin/Germany. Besides studying for a Masters degree, I focus on composing and performing music, as well as on building my own company.
What do you love most about modelling?
Modelling can be compared to composing music. Once artists meet and start to create something together, magic can come into play and give birth to a work of art. Of course, sometimes, magic keeps hiding and then, to be honest, it's a rather repetitive procedure.
Photo by Jürgen Freymann
What really goes on behind the scenes as a model?
Every shoot and every show is a unique situation with its own dynamics. I can't really make general statements of what we experience behind the scenes.
However, as a non-white person, one situation I repeatedly had to deal with, is the lack of experience when it comes to darker skin and to a different hair texture. Some years ago, most of the make-up and hair artists would ask me to bring my own make-up and to do my hair on my own, because they expected me to "know best, what fits to the rest".
But this is not the standard any more. Sometimes, I even meet make-up artists who are almost obsessed with my skin tone and texture, because, as they say, it is easier and much more fun to work with it.
Photo by Christoph Weise
What's been the highlight of your career so far?
From my experience, the most successful collaboration is not necessarily the most inspiring. So, speaking from a personal highlight, I really do appreciate creative shootings. I do not only want to always reproduce an expected image but to play and to create something interesting. However, this also means that the projects which encourage such an approach do not necessarily have mass appeal.
Tell us about some of your recent shoots.
One of my latest shoots was supposed to be for the cover of my upcoming release. It was a very intimate shoot and the most silent one I ever had. The photographer would not say a word during the whole shoot and this is why we started to communicate through the camera. The result is absolutely breathtaking.
Photo by Büttner Schindler
Photo by Kuno von Norden
Which photographers in the industry do you most enjoy working with?
To name one person always means not to mention other great photographers. Although I have to admit, that there is a brilliant female photographer, I had the pleasure to work with, who is very talented and sensitive enough to create a unique atmosphere.
Photo by Jens Wolter
Define your personal style.
As a mixed person, my personal style is also a mixture which reflects where I lived and what I experienced so far. When I compose a new song, I like to challenge the status quo. That is also the approach I have when it comes to fashion. I love to combine contrasting styles that you would not expect to work together, a priori. For instance, a vintage wax print top with a pair of classic dress pants.
Who would you say is your 'style muse'?
Music is my style muse. Every music genre comes with its own fashion style. I cannot say that I like one genre more than another, so everything that inspires me is welcomed. Whether it is the elegance of the jazz divas from the thirties, or a wilder afropunk look, it is all part of the mosaic that completes my own style. By the way, contemporary musicians are also contributing to this with the fashion choices they make. I really do admire artists like Yemi Alade (for her powerful style), Oh Land (for her bold combinations) and Corinne Bailey Rae for showing us that a great outfit does not mean you can not wear comfortable clothes and shoes.
Photo by Theo Retisch VoToGraph
Your favourite designer is...?
It is not possible for me to name only one designer. The first designer I ever met is Gilles Touré, the most famous Ivorian designer. My sister used to model for him when I was eight or nine years old. From the very beginning, I would always find very personal aspects of my own biography in his designs. That is probably the reason why, every design he creates, is an invitation to reflect on my own past and present. Nevertheless, I also find the work of younger creatives very inspiring. There is a whole list! Sarah Diouf, Amina Khalil, Dauvia Nijenhuis, Diarra Bousso, Ewa Herzog - just to name a few - they are all great designers!
Vogue or Harper's Bazaar?
Vogue for starting a debate via Teen Vogue about the role of fashion magazines when it comes to political issues. There are still critics who argue that fashion magazines should not cover political topics but I think that every single thing we do is a political act. If we want to be heard, we have to use the tools that we have and fashion, as well as music, can be a very powerful tool for political activism.
Photo by Bundesverband der Hörgeräte Industrie
Photo by Philippe Rives
Photo by Alexander Thürling
Is there any particular designer piece you are crushing on right now?
No, not really. However, there is a particular natural product, which is used by the fashion industry, that I adore. It is the cowry shell. Every shell is a beautiful and unique piece. You can't really fake it, which makes it easy for consumers to know if it is real. This is the reason why it once was used as a trading currency.
What do you hope to be doing in the next 5 years?
I am currently building my own company and I will release an EP very soon. I hope that this is only the beginning of a wonderful journey. The quintessence of what I want to do is to add meaning to what I do and to bring joy to the people.
If you could be anywhere else but here, where would you go?
I love the mountains! I will not tell you where exactly because the most precious thing about that place is its peace and calmness. But you can be sure that it is a place above 2000 meters.
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Alpha Hydroxy Acids (AHAs) are creating a huge hype across the globe with women rushing to buy the 'it' cosmetic products in the hunt for flawless skin. Here's why this time it pays to be part of the crowd.
The purpose of AHAs is to remove dead skin cell build-up and encourage faster skin renewal, leaving our complexion looking bright and fresh, as well as skin baby smooth. While there are many AHAs out there, one, in particular, stands out – it's called glycolic acid.
Glycolic acid is derived from sugar cane and the reason behind its popularity is its molecular structure. It has the smallest molecules of all the AHAs, making it easier for it to penetrate the epidermis, squeeze under the dead skin layers and dissolve the 'glue' holding it stuck to the new skin.
To simplify it, exfoliation has the same effect as scrubbing off dirt from surfaces – it reveals a surface that shines as if it were brand new. It's a bit more complex than that, though, as it also encourages our skin to start forming new skin cells, eliminating fine lines, hyperpigmentation and dryness. Because our skin is no longer congested with dirt and dead skin cells, our pores are minimised and acne significantly reduced. Yes, it really is THAT good.
In this way, glycolic acid has a similar effect to retinoids and scrubs, but without the irritation. Retinoids repair skin by causing inflammation, while scrubs can damage the skin with abrasives, making them unsuitable for sensitive skin.
How To Pick A Glycolic Acid Product?
Concentration – In essence, a higher concentration means the product is more effective. While concentrations under 3% usually have water-binding purposes, a 5% concentration is suitable for everyday use, while a 10% concentration or higher would be considered a treatment to be used once a week.
pH – Glycolic acid is most effective in products with pH levels between 3 and 4. While most products don't declare this value, you should be able to tell if the product is working by feeling a gentle tingling sensation for a few moments after application.
What If I Run Out Of Skin Cells?
According to the Hayflick Limit Theory of Aging, each cell is limited in the number of times it can divide before it finally dies. If this were true of skin cells, using exfoliators would eventually leave us without or with dead skin cells. Fortunately, the theory only applies to those human body cells that reproduce exclusively by dividing (keratinocytes). Our skin is comprised of both keratinocytes and a large portion of stem cells whose job is to produce new stem cells and new regular skin cells that will substitute the old cells once they die.
Glycolic acid increases the skin's sensitivity to UV rays, so it's important to wear effective sun protection while using it. For everyday use, using a mineral foundation will suffice, as most declare an SPF protection of at least 15.
Pixi Glow Tonic (5% glycolic acid) – a wonderful everyday tonic with aloe vera, witch hazel, horse chestnut, ginseng and other botanical ingredients intended to calm inflammation and act as astringents (tighten up pores). Can be used twice daily. Tests show a pH of around 5, meaning the tonic is gentler and doesn't tingle the skin.
Alpha-H Liquid Gold (5% glycolic acid) – Top Pick' Cosmopolitan Beauty Awards 2016, Beauty Hot 100 Winner, Harper's Bazaar 2013 and Best Anti-Ageing Product' QVC Italy 2015 & 2016 are just some of the awards, won by this incredible product that sells in quantities of one bottle per minute across the globe. With a low pH, it tends to be more intense than the Pixi Glow tonic, so you can use it every other or third night.
Alpha-H Liquid Gold Smoothing and Perfecting Mask (15% glycolic acid) – another Harper Bazaar favourite, this mask is a once-a-week intensive treatment with a high glycolic acid concentration and incredible natural oils, including macadamia nut oil, rose and lavender extracts. Unlike the tonics, the mask should be washed off after 10 minutes.
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Fred Paulson
"I decided I owe a lot to Stevens"
-Fred Paulson '59 M.S. '62
Years later, Fred Paulson '59 still remembers. He remembers a tumultuous childhood in war-torn Greece, he remembers landing in America, he remembers his classmates, he remembers his mentor and colleagues, and he remembers Stevens.
Fred – or Photios Tsochatzopoulos on his birthday – was born in Athens in 1939, shortly before World War II and the Greek Civil War from 1946 to 1949. His parents, Paul and Helen, insisted he work hard in school. "Those were exciting times in many ways, but nevertheless, I went to very good schools. We went through a rough but good curriculum, with excellent teachers."
While in high school, Fred also attended the French academy in Athens and took English lessons at the local YMCA. Through the YMCA, he got an opportunity to come to America during his teens, "I had been selected for a unique program created by Summit High School here in New Jersey, and so I came to the United States for a year. They really took care of me – they had arranged for me to live with five American families, two months each."
He enjoyed his time at Summit High, making several lifelong friends and even marveling at his first pep rally with football players and cheerleaders. After his exchange year, he moved back to Greece, but with a yearning to return to America and attend college. "I fell in love with the United States. I wanted to come back, and I started writing letters, trying to find a scholarship. My father didn't have any money to send me to the U.S. Finally, one of my schoolmates from Summit suggested Stevens. Stevens offered me a small scholarship, and so immediately I said yes and came to Stevens. I crossed the Atlantic in a ship's clinic since I couldn't afford a regular ticket."
As a student, Fred was a brother in Sigma Nu and a member of the Inter-Fraternity Council, played soccer, and served as vice president of the Chess Club. Since his scholarship was only enough to start him at Stevens, he worked various jobs to pay his way during his four years.
After he graduated with an engineering degree, Fred was accepted into a graduate program. But by coincidence, he also responded to an ad on a campus bulletin board from Becton Dickinson (BD), a major medical technology company. He got the job after impressing Jack Howe, a BD executive, Stevens alumnus from 1943, and namesake of the campus Howe Center. "When he hired me, he told me right from the beginning that he wanted Stevens people. He helped me out enormously. He was my mentor and a friend."
Fred, who earned a graduate degree from Stevens in 1962 and completed Harvard's advanced management program, served as Howe's right hand, eventually rising to become BD's chief operating officer during his quarter-century with the company. He was also president of BD's European division, with long stints in Ireland and France. Later, he served as an executive, advisor or board member with several other medical device companies. At home, Fred and his wife, Nona, a Summit native, raised three children, Elizabeth, Paul and Mary.
Now retired, Fred spends time with his family and is a member of St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in Wyckoff, New Jersey. He still keeps in touch with Jack Howe's widow, Suzanne. He also still travels, though less now for business or pleasure and more to maintain the friendships he started back when he first came to America and during his time at BD. "Instead of just seeing places, it's really seeing old friends. And so I make it a point now to see them in France, in Greece, in Belgium, in Ireland. Old friends are always very precious to me."
As an alumnus, Fred became re-engaged with Stevens through Jack Howe. "He was always pushing me to get active with the school. He kept at it with me, and I started getting into it. Then, after a while, I was in semi-retirement, and I decided I owed a lot to Stevens."
These days, he is also interested in supporting Stevens because of the administration of President Nariman Farvardin and the university's strategic plan. "I'm excited about what they are doing. Stevens has not just changed, it has advanced in a lot of things. It offers tremendous opportunities to its students compared to any other place they could choose."
Among his seven-figure commitment to The Power of Stevens fundraising campaign, Fred's generosity has had a major impact on the School of Business. Because of his contribution, in Fall 2017 Stevens was able to recruit Victor Luo, a former Federal Reserve economist, as the Fred Paulson '59 Assistant Professor of Finance.
He also supports student success through scholarships. "It's a great satisfaction, a wonderful feeling. I've met some of these students, and I admire them. I admire their will, their tenacity, and their vision, and I think we should make all the effort to help them."


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Things I want to remember – James Wallace Harris
The Cat Who Walks Through Walls
Reviewing books is a touchy subject. On one side of the coin, publicly calling someone's creative baby ugly is just a mean thing to do. Flipping the coin over reveals the whole needy world of authors begging for any kind of press they can get. I've always dreamed of writing a book and getting published – what joy that would bring. But I can also imagine the soul wrenching torture of waiting for reviewers and readers that never come. Anyone who takes the time to review books is a generous human being, at least in the eyes of new writers. Most magazines and newspapers have cut way back on their space devoted to book reviews, and I think bloggers have come to the rescue.
I wish had the time and talent to review books. Those reviewers who can read a new novel and write a review that promotes the book without giving anything away, that sets the context in relation to other books of similar style and stories, who gives just the right snippets to hook potential readers and provides a bit of background about the writer, are people with a very special knack. Really good reviews of this sort will not only introduce you to a new book but will teach you something about literature in general.
I don't have that knack, so I don't try to review books. However I love books and I love talking about them and I love exploring where books take me on intellectual safaris. I like to think of myself as an explorer of reality, but I'm not a pioneering explorer. I follow in the footsteps of others where they leave notes along their path – those clues are called books. I don't read to be entertained, although I do love entertaining reading. I think of books as very complicated messages – not messages with meaning, but messages with information about exploring reality.
Most people get bored if their friends spend more than a minute talking to them in a stretch. Few people have the patience for lectures. Well, a book, either fiction or nonfiction, is a very long speech from another person, sometimes ten or twenty hours, and even forty or fifty hours in some special cases. No one will be patient enough to let a friend drone on and on like that. Thus writing, either essay or fiction, is the art of capturing attention.
This long winded intro, which I hope hasn't tried your patience, is leading up to something. I'm trying to do two things here. One, get clear in my mind what I'm doing when I talk about books, and two clarify or justify statements I have made in the past that have caused problems. I'm hoping the next time you say, "I hated that book" you will have a new context to express yourself, because this essay will be about calling people's intellectual babies ugly. The public often hates critics because they come off as superior, and it is true, some critics are downright snooty, gleefully firing down their cannonball sarcasms from a superior vantage point.
I sometimes annoy people with sweeping statements I make about books. For example, I frequently say I find books written by Robert A. Heinlein after The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress are painfully unreadable. Now I know there are many Heinlein fans that love these later books even more than his earlier classics that I cherish, and I think its these people I annoy the most. I don't mean to offend or be inflammatory. At one level when I say I find a book painfully unreadable all I mean is I personally experienced those books as painfully unreadable. The real question here, for scientific purposes we might say, is whether or not books have absolute qualities that can be judged and compared.
I don't like reviewing books in the sense that I'm going to say yea or nay as to whether someone should buy and read the book. I love reading good book reviews, and I consider quality reviews a real art form. I'll mention again, I can't carry that tune. What I do like writing about is my impression of books, and how they affected my life. Hey, it's all about me, isn't it? That's a joke, and not my vanity slipping, but it's also a truism. Blogging is news at a personal level. Blogging is memoirs in bite-size chunks. I'm can't write scholarly reviews like I read in The New York Review of Books. I would love to be that well educated so I could put each book I read into a larger context and relate it to its peers.
When I write about a book I want to relate how it fits into my life. When I criticize Heinlein's later books people need to know I how much I admired Heinlein's earlier books. The first paycheck I ever earned when I turned 16 was spent on ordering all twelve of the Charles Scribner's Sons books by Heinlein in hardback direct from the publisher. I once wrote an essay for Lan's Lantern, an old fanzine from the 1980s, about how Heinlein was my father figure growing up. I remember waiting for each new Heinlein book after The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, expecting so much and always be so disappointed.
There are many factors to explore here. Did I change by growing up? Did Heinlein change as a writer? Or if I had read the later books at age 13 when I discovered and read all my favorite Heinlein books would my opinions be different about them? Have I gotten older enough, and well read enough, to look at all of Heinlein's books and judge them with a mature perspective?
I just finished listening to The Cat Who Walked Through Walls which many Heinlein fans love because this story includes so many characters from Heinlein's earlier much loved books. Now I've read this book once and listened to it once, and it is probably the least offensive of all the later Heinlein books to me, but my personal opinion is the book is still mediocre Heinlein. Oh, it's more readable to me than The Number of the Beast or Friday, and its amusing to see what he does with the characters I loved from his older classic stories, and I do get a kick out of the meta-fiction, but ultimately I have to come down hard on this story.
Now if you love The Cat Who Walks Through Walls I'm not here to convince you that you are wrong. I think the reasons why we bond with books are emotional and out of the range of analysis. However, I do believe books have qualities that can be discussed and compared and maybe even judged. The qualities are not as precise as the elements of physics and chemistry, but they are concepts we can get behind and even point to and say they exist. Some of these qualities are characterization, plot, narrative, point-of-view, the accumulation of significant details, drama, and emotional conflicts.
If you enjoy reading The Cat Who Walks Through Walls and don't want to be an English professor, critic, writer or literary scholar than these points won't matter to you. You buy the book, get your kicks and go on to your next read. No big deal. Maybe books do not have qualities that can be absolutely measured with scientific instruments, but those qualities can be discussed and judged. The quality of any ruling is related to the quality of the judge and jury. The judgement of giving The Cat Who Walks Through Walls to the MFA professors at the Iowa University writer's program or Harold Bloom will be different from a group of fans at the hotel bar of a science fiction convention or panel discussion.
It is my thesis that The Cat Who Walks Through Walls could have been an outstandingly great novel but instead is a huge belly-flop. Getting back to that explorer metaphor, let me say that Heinlein was aiming at a very ambitious idea, exploring new fictional territory with his World as Myth theory. I don't know if he was old and losing his writing abilities, lazy, or just corrupt by the power of writing, but The Cat Who Walks Through Walls fails miserably as a work of art. I'm sure there are hordes of Heinlein fans who reread this book every year and find it delightful, but I'm not one. Heinlein let me down big time.
Now here's where my slip starts showing. As an amateur explorer of the realms of fiction can I leave the notes that scientifically explain where I've been? A good novel is built from many kinds of building blocks, and a great novel reflects the craftsmanship of each. When I was a kid I liked to take mechanical alarm clocks apart to stare at the fascinating maze of mechanisms. Exploring the world of fiction means learning how stories tick.
I know Heinlein intimately knew story engineering because he wrote so many masterpieces. How can I judge him? I've read a lot of great novels, and I'm slowly developing the sense for what makes them great. I'm still in high school though. How do I know that the later Heinlein books don't involve master skills that I haven't even come to recognize? That's a good question. Like I said, I'm an explorer that follows in the footsteps of others. I only have a vague sense of where the event horizon of the unknown lies.
I think quite a lot can be said about how The Cat Who Walks Through Walls is put together. First off its a book that depends on older novels for characterization. If you haven't read The Rolling Stones, Stranger in a Strange Land, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, The Number of the Beast and other stories, you're shortchanged when you read The Cat Who Walks Through Walls. And even if you are very familiar with these stories, there is still trouble. Hazel Stone is not the same character in The Rolling Stones and The Cat Who Walks Through Walls.
I know I'm about to make one of my statements that offends people, but here goes anyway. The Cat Who Walks Through Walls is fan fiction, but of instead of being written by fans of Heinlein, Heinlein is writing the book for his fans. However, the quality of the story telling is more like fan fiction in general, a poor parody of the original. I know this was probably an emotional book for Heinlein to write, and I know his fans have a great emotional attachment for his characters, but is it only me that feels this books does a great disservice to the fictional people living in the original stories?
I'm not a reader who like sequels or long story series. I often find a great novel is best left to stand alone, and writers shouldn't cash in on earlier successes. As far out as the concept World as Myth is, I can't help think such stories are not much better than daydreaming about your favorite books and characters and making up your own fantasies. I consider Heinlein a master storyteller – and I think it would have been far better for his career to have kept inventing new stories, characters and plots instead of recycling old ones.
However, if The Cat Who Walks Through Walls had at its foundation a novel as good as Have Space Suit-Will Travel, Tunnel in the Sky, Starman Jones and The Rolling Stones, and the World as Myth unfolded naturally as part of the storytelling this would have been a brilliant work of fiction. Instead it's a long meandering novel about crappy topics Heinlein was obsessed with and then near the end he throws in some World as Myth ideas and wraps things up quickly. He should have stopped the book when he got these ideas, thrown out what he had, and then worked out a real plot to fit the idea.
To make this book a masterpiece requires letting the reader in on the gimmick as soon as possible, like the Jasper Fforde novels. Second, and this is absolutely vital, is he needs to make his classic characters act and sound just like they did from the original novels. Third, an again this is vitally important, he needs to make the mysterious enemies vivid and realistic. To build proper tension and page turning power readers need to know what's at risk as soon as possible. A last minute explanation of the bad guys told and not shown at the end of the book is just pathetic writing.
I'm not a prude, but my most vicious attack on this novel will make me sound like one. Having all of his "good" guys sound like a convention of smarmy talking wife-swappers is just gross. I hate to sound like a teenage girl, but damn, Heinlein's kissy-kissy talk and innuendo just made me want to puke. And making his classic characters act out in this limp-dick porn flick is just tragic. Having them go on and on about how they were going to kill people for bad manners is just a little psycho to me. Evidently a lot of people and situations annoyed the hell out of Heinlein and he used this book to vent. Some people want to call this satire but I think that's whitewash.
Maybe Heinlein lost his mojo and these multiverse stories were the best he could do. Personally, I thought The Rolling Stones was a perfect novel, and bringing back Hazel Stone was a fictionally fuck-up of an idea, ditto for the cast of The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. Maybe I am a prude because I just don't want the Hazel Stone, grandmother of Castor and Pollux, joking about being stretched out of shape by giant 25 centimeter cock.
All of Heinlein's personally favorite characters get put into a fictional juicer and blended into weird rabble of sex obsessed mob that chirp a weird innuendo patter and are almost impossible to tell apart. When I read these multiverse stories I can't help but believe that horniness was driving Heinlein crazy. These later stories are preoccupied with sex, killing people, responding to annoying people, the reliability of witnesses, rude people deserving capital punishment, and so on. Not only does Heinlein recycle his characters to death, he constantly recycles his pet peeves.
The trouble with writers who keep recycling characters is their lovely fictional children get abused and mangled till they become unrecognizable from the characters of the original classic works. The books Heinlein wrote in the 1950s contain some of the most inventive science fiction ever written. He create fantastic science fictional ideas and matched those ideas with believable characters. At the time he was on the cutting edge of exploring the boundaries of science fiction.
The Cat Who Walks Through Walls like the other multiverse stories, end up being a convention of swingers flirting with each other in endless pages of cutesy sex talk and solipsism arguments. The lesson here for writers is don't write in too many characters, and don't have them all sound alike, and most especially don't have them all sound like teenage girls trying to write porn. Two people in a complicated plot that leads to sex is one thing, but stories that end up in orgies of leering conversation is a huge writing mistake.
Another story telling mistake is to give your characters too much power, and The Cat Who Walks Through Walls illustrates this perfectly. If your heroes can time travel, dimension travel, live forever, then nothing feels real or believable, and no fictional conflict builds tension, and all bad guys feel like straw men put up for target practice. Characters are built through the limitations they face, not from the magical powers they weld.
I actually believe that The Cat Who Walks Through Walls could have been as great as any of my favorite Heinlein stories. Heinlein hated editors, but if he had his own Maxwell Perkins it's no telling how good these later books could have been.
I do think Heinlein was exploring new territory, he just left poor notes. As Heinlein neared death I think he feared his own end and worried about the mortality of his beloved characters, so these World as Myth stories created a heaven for them and himself to live in. It's a fantastic idea, and maybe why so many Heinlein fans love these stories. It doesn't mean they are good novels. What I ask is to imagine if they had been great stories with the same theoretical ideas. I don't know why Heinlein became so sex-obsessed in his later years. Maybe he always had been like that but stern editors censored him. Or maybe he believed if we were all free from hang-ups and lived in the future we'd be wife-swappers, and all men and women would be horn-dogs.
Right after I finished The Cat Who Walks Through Walls I put on Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton to listen to and instantly heard master story telling. Ethan Frome was first published by Charles Scribner's, the publisher of Heinlein's best books. If Heinlein could have written The Cat Who Walks Through Walls with Wharton's skill of narrative and characterization it would have been lighthouse on the shore of a new fictional ocean. Recycling famous characters and authors into new stories is sailing on a dangerous sea. Look at what they are doing to Jane Austen and her children. Theoretically it might become a new art form, but it's going to be hard to please the lovers of the original classic stories. Heinlein couldn't please me and he's my favorite author.
Finally, I have to wonder if the sexual relationships that Heinlein wrote about is something he really expected for future people. Today conservative thinking believes that sex should be between couples, and we're arguing over whether those couples can include same sex partners. We liberals answer yes. Heinlein is speculating that in the future we'll accept group sex marriages and even relationships we consider taboo now, such as incest, which I think is hard to believe even for liberals. Like I said, I think of these ideas as swinger fantasies. And we are a lot more liberated about sex than we were before Heinlein wrote Stranger in a Strange Land. Even Ethan Frome is exploring the boundaries of sexual relationships in 1911. What human behavior will be in the future is solid ground for speculative fiction, so I can't object to Heinlein trying.
However, even the best of Heinlein's stories shows a weak knowledge of human behavior. Heinlein wrote great stories for teenagers, but his adults all seem a bit daffy, mainly because the characters from his adult novels were talky, opinionated and horny to strange degrees. For all his later stories that speculate about group marriages he never once wrote realistically about people in such a dynamic relationship.
Now this gets me back to novels being complex messages. The best novels contain treasures of data about how humans and society work. They contain lots of intimate observations. Heinlein didn't write these kinds of stories. He wrote about fantasy people, like the fantasy people of the Oz books or the Edgar Rice Burroughs books. Look at how many lives that Tarzan has lived. I think Heinlein was hoping his characters would have the fictional vitality of of Tarzan, John Carter, Dorothy, Toto, and The Wizard of Oz.
In these times of genre writers stretching out the lifetime of their characters in book after book. like some Days of Our Lives never-ending soap opera, was Heinlein's ambition all that strange? Readers love hanging onto favorite characters, but I don't know if that's healthy. If the Heinlein juveniles would have been twelve books about one character it would have meant eleven fictional universes never seeing the light of creation. Will we ever know if seven Harry Potter books are superior to seven different stories J. K. Rowling could have written?
Again, I think if Heinlein had written The Cat Who Walks Through Walls with original characters about a fictional reality where authors, fans, editors, movie directors and other writers could easily reshape the lives of those characters in fantastic ways he could have created a memorable original novel. I think he confused the idea by recycling his older characters, because they aren't his old characters really, nor are they new original characters, that get to be born fresh into a new virginal fictional reality.
Ultimately, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls is an excellent lesson for me on how not to write a novel. Heinlein, indeed was exploring new territory and I have learned from his efforts. I could write a whole book tearing this story apart line by line but would it really be worth the effort? I wouldn't mind seeing other writers try using this idea and inventing a World as Myth with Heinlein and his characters. Especially if the writer was very astute at analyzing Heinlein psychologically. And just because I don't think this is a very successful book it doesn't mean I don't think Heinlein fans shouldn't read it.
Author jameswharrisPosted on May 10, 2008 July 10, 2008 Categories Books Reviews, Science FictionTags Robert A. Heinlein, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls
14 thoughts on "The Cat Who Walks Through Walls"
I'm glad to see you read and reviewed this book, going against what you described earlier as your better judgment of Heinlein's later novels. I know you weren't second-guessing yourself, so kudos to you for giving this one an honest effort and evaluation.
I do agree that this book, more than any other besides "Number", goes to a cherished place in RAH's fans' hearts and exploits many beloved characters for seemingly trite and selfish reasons: namely, an apparent last-ditch attempt to revitalize or re-invent those characters for a new generation.
I loved this book when I first read it, namely because it was the first Heinlein book I ever read. But after backtracking to his juvenile fiction and reading him as chronologically as possible, I feel your pain.
(I now own a collection called "To The Stars", which contains some of his best from the 1950's and is delightfully pure in plot and characterization.)
I agree that this book would have worked better had Heinlein stayed away from the Long and Stone families and kept the characters new rather than re-hashed. I also agree that Heinlein was obsessed with sex in its most free and uninhibited forms as an entire lifestyle. Anything and anyone seems up for grabs and thankfully the future has solved all of our cultural and medical taboos for the characters…let the games begin!
I can't defend this book as art or anything approaching Heinlein's best works. What I can say for certain is that this book opens a door for readers who might be new to not only Heinlein but SF as well [an upcoming inflammatory opinion>>>], much more effectively than a Clarke or Asimov novel could do these days.
What "Cat" succeeds in doing is introducing a plethora of characters who are better available and much better written, if the Reader chooses to seek them out, as I did. And be rewarded for their efforts, as I was.
So forgive Heinlein for smutting up his beloved characters with 80's-style sex and plot. He was nearing the end of his days and obviously desired to breathe new life into old classics.
Or maybe he just wished to spend some care-free time with old friends who get to live forever.
jameswharris says:
I don't think authors need to reinvent or revitalize characters because original characters are immortal in their original books. I'm a strong believer in "if it's not broken don't fix it."
I'm like most hardcore Heinlein fans which are willing to read anything by Heinlein just for the hope of finding more great SF stories. Have you heard about Project Moonbase? It's a new book that contains teleplays Heinlein wrote for TV back in the early 1950s. I'll get it home to find a few more gems. See
http://subterraneanpress.com/index.php/magazine/spring-2008/
Even though I don't like The Cat Who Walks Through Walls I did get a lot of thinking about Heinlein out of it. We can't expect any author to hit a home run every time they go up to bat. Utlimately, I rate the book low, but I give Heinlein a lot of credit for trying out a new idea – the World as Myth. I just wished he had pulled it off.
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Susan Wallace says:
Hi Jim, Aren't the "Project Moonbase" series episodes available somewhere?–Amazon perhaps?
Susan, Amazon does have Project Moonbase, but it's expensive. Read the reader reviews.
http://www.amazon.com/Project-Moonbase-Others-Robert-Heinlein/dp/1596061863/
Republibot 3.0 says:
Amen and Amen, brother. I read this book a week or two after it came out in paperback in the mid-80s, and it's one of a very short list of novels by favorite authors that enraged me so much I hurled it across the room several times before I could force myself to finish it. (The only other book on that list is "Valis" by Philip K. Dick.) I totally agree with your assessments – the story lacks veracity, peril, and focus, and while it's nice to see old friends again, they aren't our old friends, are they? To put it in movie terms, they've been re-cast by people who maybe look similar, but act and sound completely different.
Added to which, the protagonist of the novel is clearly just kind of a placeholder to get the story rolling, and not someone Heinlein is terribly interested in. He endlessly prattles on in what I take to be the absolute WORST example of Heinlein's "Everyone's An Idiot Except Me" school of thought, and then, after all the laborious setup, he's killed off summarily at the end with barely a subsequent mention elsewhere. Once the "Big Reveal" of the book comes, and we meet the Heinleinian Archons (For lack of a better term) in their "Heaven" (Nice metaphor you chose there), it pretty much reders everything that happened previously completely irrelevant, and of course the abrupt conclusion of the book itself renders the entire novel irrelevant.
Just a massive, sad, possibly insulting waste of time, a once-great author who's lapsed into dottage, and is wasting his autum years talking to his own navel. Or worse – he could have just been cranking out this kind of mercinary crap to make balloon payments on his mortgage. I don't pretend to know.
Any way you slice it, however, it's pretty sad. I swore off Bob after this for a very long time, I didn't start re-reading him again until the early 90s, but eventually the spectre of the "World as Myth" novels just swallowed everything up again, and honestly, as much as I love Bob, as much as his writing was a huge formative influence on me, as many happy memories as I have as a kid reading his books and stories, I just can't touch him anymore. It's sad when you loose a favorite author, sadder still when he, himself, goes out of his way to take himself away from you.
I guess the cardinal lesson here is: know when to stop.
What worries me is the thought that Heinlein always pictured Hazel Stone as her 1985 version and had written a cleaned up version of her for kids in her 1952 debut.
K'tjie says:
What a classic example of undeserved mental masturbation.
Whoever and I doubt any would admit it gave him access to reviewing an author should be ashamed.
You comment is unclear – I think a word or two got left out.
Mahatma Randy says:
K'tjie is wrong. This is a very good article, if perhaps a bit long and needlessly apologetic. I actually don't feel that the "World is Mything" revisiting of the old classic characters is intended as a big 'ol wet kiss on the lips to Heinlein's fans. I think he's deliberately taking a dump on his fans. A lot of people preferred his juvies to his incesto-o-rama later books. He didn't like that, so he dug out his old characters and shat on 'em, and by extension, the people who preferred them.
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At the beginning of April, a young man named Carter asked a simple question of Wendy's on Twitter: "How many retweets for a year of free nuggets?" Their response? 18 million.
To date, the tweet has 3.4 million retweets. A far cry from 18 million, but enough for Carter's tweet to become the most-retweeted in the history of Twitter. He takes the title from Ellen DeGeneres, whose 2014 Academy Awards selfie used to hold the record. (She snagged the record from Barack Obama.) In honor of breaking the record, Wendy's announced today that, despite not reaching the previously agreed-upon number, Carter will, in fact, be getting his nuggets. The company also donated $100,000 to an organization that helps find homes for foster children.
It's unclear exactly how Carter's year of free nuggs will be paid out by Wendy's. And frankly, given the monthlong stream of free press the company got, they should probably just let him eat free for life.


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Famed for his cutting-edge collections, Belgian designer, Martin Margiela, launched his eponymous house in the late '80s, garnering fans with his avant-garde shapes and irreverent twist on tradition (his cloven-toed boots are iconic). With his first fragrance – Untitled – launching in 2010, the Maison has since spawned a swathe of unexpected scents which recollect specific points in time - from By The Fireplace to Whispers in the Library - the Replica series makes moments and memories wearable; each spritz will transport you straight to your favourite Beach Walk or that wild night you spent at the Jazz Club (remember?). Get set to take a long walk along memory lane...
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Picture this: you've dipped into a doorway for a moment's respite from the rain, as the moment drags on and the torrent gradually peters into a light drizzle, sunrays filter through the clouds - the light scatters and warms your skin. That's it, that's the feeling that Maison Margiela's When It Rains Eau de Parfum conjures up.
The aromatic aquatic scent is made in collaboration with Fanny Bal, a bold perfumer who has access to the finest raw materials in the industry which she wields to create unique and captivating fragrances. Case in point, this scent opens with sweet and vibrant notes of bergamot, rose and pink pepper essence before diving into heart of water and rain-like notes that swims towards a base of moss, pine tree and patchouli.
Start by spraying it on your pulse points: behind the ears, wrists, ankles. It will rise in spirals around your body. Then spray a scent halo around your neck, head and hair.
Alcohol, Parfum / Fragrance, Aqua / Water / Eau, Benzyl Salicylate, Linalool, Benzyl Alcohol, Ethylhexyl Salicylate, Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane, Geraniol, Limonene, Benzyl Benzoate, Citronellol, Isoeugenol, Citral, Tris(Tetramethylhydroxypiperidinol) Citrate, Eugenol, Ci 60730 / Ext. Violet 2, Ci 14700 / Red 4, Ci 17200 / Red 33, Ci 42090 / Blue 1 (F.I.L. T284549/1).
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Hey guys what's popping, welcome right back to the blog! Who said you can't put sweats to the next level? Many times we associate sweat pants and shirts with lazing around and just relaxing at home so I wanted to show you how to turn it into an outfit you can wear around to more put together outings aswell as how to laze it around on outings with friend's.
Most of the time when I wear sweat pants it's because I wanna be comfortable and in my zone but for this outfit I wanted to be more put together and look like I was actually on a mission to do something, even though I wasn't!
I wore this out on a day out with friends where I didn't feel the need to be any extra. The look did me well because we were all around Johannesburg doing crazy things and this outfit allowed me to be free.
Here I wore a two piece set from Mr Price in a light grey. I generally think the colour is very flattering for when you just wanna be out and about but I also feel it'd be better styled with grey sneakers but my name is Journey and sometimes do things that don't make sense. I also paired in my small sequence back pack from Legit just to add in a bit of sas.
For look two, I actually wore this out to work and almost got in trouble for it. To move away from just any comfortable look I paired my sweatpants with some block heels, a basic tee and a denim jacket just so that it looked more put together.
I must say that look is very flattering and does well for the cold weather. I do recommend though that if you ever try this look, go for sweats that fit you really well because with the heels then the sweats sort of look like normal pants. I guess the baggy look could also go but it will depend on your style and how you'd style it.
So those are the two ways to style your sweatpants, give me any feedback on the looks and tell me what you'd like to read next. Thank you so much for reading.
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Subscribing to a podcast means that you will automatically get the latest episode of the show that you listen to without you having to do anything. It works like On Demand works on your TV. You can listen or watch the podcast when and where you want to, and because it happens automatically, you don't have to remember to check the website or iTunes to see if a new episode has been posted.
To subscribe to our podcast, there are various options: (1) You can select "Listen Online" from the menu at the top of the page and go to the messages you are interested in, then from there you can select "View Podcast in iTunes"; (2) You can also go to the iTunes store and either search for the name of the podcast, "Messages from God with Pastor Rob" or keywords like "Tollhouse", then, iTunes will pull up the podcast listing and you can click "Subscribe" to have the podcast automatically downloaded to your computer, MP3 player, smartphone, and/or tablet; or (3) If you want to subscribe to the current year's messages, just select the "Listen Online Podcast" picture on our home page and it will take you to the current podcast in iTunes. If you search on the word "Tollhouse", you will even find Pastor David's messages from 2012 in iTunes.


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Popular Inc. loses $75.5M in 3Q17 due to hurricanes
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Popular currently has 137 branches and 397 ATMs in operation, covering the entire island, including Puerto Rico's central mountain region and Vieques and Culebra. (Credit: © Mauricio Pascual)
Popular currently has 137 branches and 397 ATMs in operation, covering the entire island, including Puerto Rico's central mountain region and Vieques and Culebra. (Credit: © Mauricio Pascual)
Popular Inc. reported a net income of $20.7 million for the third quarter ended Sept 30, 2017, compared to a net income of $96.2 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2017.
The results for the quarter reflect the impact of Hurricanes Irma and María on those markets in which the corporation operates a significant portion of its business, including Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands, the financial institution confirmed.
"Hurricanes Irma and María struck Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands in a two-week period, leaving unprecedented destruction in their wake. Since day one, our priority has been to take care of our clients, our colleagues and our communities," said Popular Inc. CEO Ignacio Álvarez.
On Sept. 6, Hurricane Irma made landfall in the USVI and the BVI as a Category 5 hurricane, causing catastrophic wind and water damage to the islands' infrastructure, homes and businesses. While hurricane Irma also struck Popular's operations in Florida, neither its operations nor those of its clients in the region were materially impacted, the banking executive said.
Two weeks later, on Sept. 20, 2017, Hurricane Maria, made landfall in Puerto Rico as a Category 4 hurricane, causing extensive destruction and flooding throughout.
As a result of the hurricane, 100 percent of the island's population was left without electrical power and there was significant disruption to the water distribution system. Other basic utility and infrastructure services such as communications, ports and transportation were also materially affected, causing a significant disruption to the island's economic activity.
For the past five weeks, Popular has been dealing with the logistical challenges resulting from the collapse of the electric, water and telecommunications systems in Puerto Rico.
Despite these challenges, it said it has "worked relentlessly" to provide access to cash and other essential banking services as quickly as possible.
"Thanks to the efforts of our colleagues, which have been nothing short of heroic, the number of branches and ATMs in operation has increased consistently. Only one week after María, we had 53 branches out of 168 and 150 ATMs out of 635 up and running, as well as all digital channels, which remained available throughout and after the hurricane," he said.
Popular currently has 137 branches and 397 ATMs in operation, covering the entire island, including Puerto Rico's central mountain region and the island municipalities of Culebra and Vieques, which were severely impacted by the hurricanes. In the U.S. and British Virgin Islands it is currently operating seven out of its nine branches.
"We are working closely with our clients to assess their needs, help them rebuild and take advantage of opportunities that will surely arise," Álvarez said.
"To provide relief, we offered automatic payment deferrals and loan extensions to most of our clients. In addition, we have taken various measures to support our employees in these difficult times, including monetary assistance to those that suffered significant damages to their homes and interest-free loans," he said.
"While deeply saddened by the human losses and material damage brought by the hurricanes, the resilience we have witnessed inspires us and gives us confidence that we will recover and emerge stronger than before," he said.
"The current situation presents a unique opportunity to make much needed structural changes on the island, and, as the leading financial institution, Popular is ready to play an important role in efforts to build a stronger and more sustainable Puerto Rico," Álvarez noted.
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Ohio State Facts, Symbols and History
Ohio Fast Facts
Capital: Columbus (popularity). 755 (2008 est.)
Ohio population: 11,544,225 ( 2012 est.) (7th)
Ohio Quarter: The Ohio Quarter is the second quarter of 2002 and the 17th quarter released in the United States Mint's 50 State Quarters® Program.Ohio was admitted to the Union on March 1, 1803, becoming our Nation's 17th state. The Ohio Quarter shows the state's contributions to aviation history by depicting an early airplane and an astronaut.The quarter bears the inscription "Birthplace of Pioneers of Aviation".Astronauts Neil Armstrong and John Glenn were both born in Ohio, along with Orville Wright, co-inventor of the aircraft. Orville and brother, Wilber, built and tested the 1905 Airman III in Ohio.
Largest Cities: (by population) Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Toledo, Akron, Dayton
Name: Ohio is an Iroquois Indian word reportedly meaning "big river"
Statehood: March 1, 1803 (17th state)
Ohio symbols
Animal: white-tailed deer
Flower: scarlet carnation
Gemstone: Ohio flint
insect: ladybug
Motto: "With God all things are possible"
Nicknames: (most used) Ohio State
Song: "North Dakota Anthem"
Reptile: black racer
Tree: Ohio Stateman
Ohio Geostatistics
(land)40,948 sq. miles
(water) 3,875 sq. miles
(TOTAL) 44,823 sq. miles
Land area: (all states)
Horizontal Width: 225 miles from the Pennsylvania border (southwest of Youngstown), straight west to the Indiana border
Vertical Length: 188 miles from Sandusky, immediately south to Portsmouth on the Kentucky borderNote: Maximum lengths and widths are point to point, straight line measurements from the Mercator map projection and will vary some uses of other map projections
Border States: (5) Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, and Michigan
Districts: (88) map
County: (largest in population) Cuyahoga 1,393,978
Geographic Center: Located approximately 9 miles northeast of Marysville in Delaware County
Tallest Point: Campbell Hill, at 1,549 feet.
Lowest Point: Ohio River, 455 feet. (west of Cincinnati)
Average Elevation: 856 ft.
Ohio is a state in the northeastern Midwest of the United States. The state, originally part of the Northwest Territories, was admitted to the United States as the 17th in a row, on March 1, 1803. The state's official nickname is the Horse Chestnut State. The state capital and largest city is Columbus. Other major cities are Cincinnati and Cleveland. In the United States, the state ranks tenth in terms of population density. See cities and towns in Ohio.
The name "Ohio" comes from the Iroquoian word "ohi-yo", which means "big river". The Ohio government consists of the executive branch, headed by the governor, the legislative branch, which includes the Ohio General Assembly, and the judiciary, at the apex of which, in the state, is the Supreme Court. Ohio's representatives currently hold 18 seats in the US House of Representatives.
On the territory of Ohio is the Serpent Mound – an ancient monument of Indian earthen architecture. In ancient times, the Aden, Hopewell, and Fort Einshent cultures were successively represented in the Ohio territory, the ethnicity of which is unclear. Over time, the territory of Ohio was settled by representatives of the Algonquian peoples (mostly), as well as the Sioux and the Iroquois.
AbbreviationFinder: Demonstrates how the two-letter acronym of OH stands for Ohio and a list of frequently used abbreviations related to the state of Ohio.
The development of the territory of Ohio by Europeans began with French settlers in the 18th century, who founded a number of settlements to purchase furs from the local Indian population. After the war between Great Britain and France in 1755-1763. the territory of Ohio fell under the control of the British, and subsequently, following the results of the Versailles Peace Treaty of 1783, it became the property of the colonists who won the War of Independence.
From just over 45,000 residents in 1800, Ohio's population grew at a rate of over 10% per decade. At the time of the 1970 census, there were just over 10,650,000 Ohioans enrolled. Growth then slowed over the next three decades, and about 11,350,000 residents lived in Ohio in 2000. As of July 1, 2011, the state's population was estimated at 11,544,951 (according to the US Census Bureau). Population growth in Ohio lags behind all other states.
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Spurs Chat
Player Watch Player Watch...Dele Alli
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u dun effing shake ur head and walked slowly when the TEAM is chasing for a win.
Poch needs to fix this.
Pls refer Conte, sad but true
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Why this thread when his player watch thread already exists?
http://www.spurscommunity.co.uk/index.php?threads/dele-alli-player-watch.126627/page-25
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Alli almost slipped Spurs net as Levy had to be talked into £5m bargain buy
David Pleat has revealed that he had to plead with the Tottenham chairman to make a move for the midfielder and not risk missing out on his potential
Dele Alli was almost passed up by Tottenham, David Pleat has revealed, with the club having to be talked into a £5 million ($6m) deal which has proved quite the bargain.
Back in January 2015, Spurs raided the ranks at MK Dons for the highly-rated midfielder.
They were buying into potential at that stage and had no way of knowing whether their investment would be rewarded.
Alli has gone on to take in over 160 appearances for the club and net 52 goals, while also becoming an established member of the senior England side.
He is still just 22 years of age and can take his game to even greater heights as he chases down major honours with Spurs.
Those in north London could have missed out on him altogether, though, with Pleat having pleaded with chairman Daniel Levy not to let a talent clearly destined for the top slip the net.
The former Tottenham boss told talkSPORT: "I had seen a lot of Dele Alli and I was convinced.
"I had spoken to [Spurs technical director Franco] Baldini, I spoke to all sort of people about him, I was pushing, pushing, pushing.
"It wasn't clever. He'd played about 75, 80 games regularly in men's football for a team called MK Dons, nice people, just down the road. I saw a lot of him and I was convinced, given the opportunity, that he would do well.
"So, just before the deadline on, I think it was the January, I was going to a game at Luton and it was Daniel Levy [on the phone] and Daniel said to me, 'This boy Alli, we hear he's going to have a medical or he's going to talk to Villa and to Newcastle. What do you think?'


Jennifer Comfort believes that everyone deserves to love their home. As a Color Consultant, she works to enhance each client's personal decorating style. She develops interior and exterior color palettes and helps people turn their houses into homes.
Born into a family of creatives, Jennifer is also an artist who dabbles in many different mediums. Color has been her one constant passion, so Jennifer looked for a way to incorporate that love into a career that would pay her bills and feed her soul.
Jennifer began color consulting full time in 2002 at Belcaro Paint & Decorating. It was while she was there that she discovered her unique color psychic abilities. In 2005 Jennifer started her own private color consulting firm.
Although most of her clients are residential, she also has worked on many commercial projects. Jennifer bases her business in Denver, but has done work throughout the Front Range of Colorado and extending nationally, from coast to coast.
She has done many public speaking engagements and has been featured in articles in The Rocky Mountain News and The Denver Post. In addition, her work has been photographed for Western Interiors, Colorado Homes & Lifestyles and Luxe magazine.


This locations marks the first and second burial location of the British General Edward Braddock.
In the 1750's, both the French and British laid claim to the Ohio River Valley. In April 1755, Maj. Gen. Edward Braddock was selected to head a British expedition from Virginia to meet the French at Fort Duquesne near what is now Pittsburgh. One of his aides-de-camp was named George Washington.
The march was long and hard and so as they neared their destination, Braddock took a contingent of about 1200 men including Washington ahead, and left the rest of the army to catch up later.
This lead column was only about 8 miles from Fort Duquesne when they met up with a large reconnaissance contingent of French and Indians. The British formed themselves into ordered ranks but the French forces with Native American allies surrounded and fired on the British from the forest. At the end of the battle, three-quarters of the British lead column were dead or wounded.
Gen. Braddock himself was mortally wounded and died three days later during the British retreat. George Washington, having witnessed the slaughter which included scalping, was concerned that Braddock's remains not be desecrated. So he had Braddock buried in the middle of the road, and then ordered wagons to pass over the grave to hide it from further disturbance. George Washington proceeded over his funeral.
Many years later, in 1804, while repairs were being made to the Braddock Road, remains believed to be Braddock's were found by workmen. These were re-interred on a nearby hill and a granite monument was erected to mark the new grave.
Both the original and new graves are found along US Route 40 in southwestern Pennsylvania in one of the three sites that comprise Fort Necessity National Battlefield. The Braddock monument is visible from Route 40 and the original gravesite is marked and found in the same little park site further down the trace of the Braddock Road.
After the French and Indian War ended, the Braddock Road remained a main road in this area. In 1804, some workmen discovered human remains in the road near where Braddock was supposed to have been buried. Officer's uniform buttons reportedly found at the site indicated that the remains were those of General Braddock.
Initially, some of the remains were kept as souvenirs. Andrew Stewart, a local magistrate, learned of the desecration of the grave site and ordered the return of the remains. Reportedly, some hand bones found their way to the Peale Museum in Philadelphia. P.T. Barnum purchased the contents of the museum and moved it to New York City. A fire in 1864 destroyed the museum. In addition, a section of vertebrae is reportedly in the Walter Reed Hospital collection in Bethesda, Maryland.
The remains that were recovered were then re-interred on a small knoll adjacent to the road. In 1913 the marker was placed where it is today, keeping its silent watch.
2704 01/22/2018 sdonley People have reported seeing the apparition of General Braddock around the area.
2705 01/22/2018 sdonley People have taken photos with strange orbs and lighting around his grave marker.
2706 01/22/2018 sdonley At night people have heard the sounds of musket fire and rebel yells in the area.
CLAIM #: 2705 - People have taken photos with strange orbs and lighting around his grave marker.
Investigation Status: More Investigation Needed Photo of strange lights.
Added: 01/22/2018 By: sdonley A blog post by James Dittes about an experience he had at this location.
Added: 01/22/2018 By: sdonley Web page about this location.
Added: 01/22/2018 By: sdonley Waymarker for this location.
Added: 01/22/2018 By: sdonley Information on Wikipedia about General Braddock.