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AEG Announces Front Office Changes for LA Kings
Luc Robitaille Promoted to President of Kings, Rob Blake Promoted to Vice President and General Manager
by AEG @AEGworldwide / LAKings.com
LOS ANGELES (April 10) - AEG, the world's leading sports and live entertainment company, has announced the following changes to the front office of the LA Kings hockey club. Luc Robitaille has been named club President and will now oversee all hockey and business operations, and Rob Blake has been named Vice President and General Manager, and will direct all day to day hockey operations for the organization.
The announcement of both promotions was made by Dan Beckerman, President and CEO of AEG, the parent company of the LA Kings.
In addition, Beckerman today announced Dean Lombardi, who has served as Kings President and General Manager since 2006, and Darryl Sutter, who has served as the club's Head Coach since 2011, have been relieved of their current duties.
The Kings are scheduled to host a news conference tomorrow, Tuesday, at STAPLES Center in the Chick Hearn Press Room. It is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. and will be streamed live at LAKings.com.
Kings season media and photo credentials will allow access into STAPLES Center for tomorrow's press event, which is scheduled to feature Beckerman, Robitaille and Blake.
"This was an extremely difficult decision and was made with an enormous amount of consideration for what we have accomplished in our past. But the present and future of our organization is the highest priority," said Beckerman. "Words cannot express our gratitude and appreciation for what Dean and Darryl have accomplished for the Kings franchise. They built this team and helped lead us to two Stanley Cup Championships and will forever be remembered as all-time greats in Kings history. But with that level of accomplishment comes high expectations and we have not met those expectations for the last three seasons. With the core players we have in place, we should be contending each year for the Stanley Cup. Our failure to meet these goals has led us to this change."
Robitaille, a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame, has served as Kings President, Business Operations the last 10 years. The highest scoring left wing in NHL history, under Robitaille's leadership the Kings have had a tremendous overall impact on the Kings Business Operations department - revenue has doubled -- including the areas of Sponsorship Sales and Renewal, Fan and Customer Relations, Game Entertainment, Media Relations and Broadcasting. Since 2007-08, the Kings have increased or maintained their number of sellouts at STAPLES Center each full season, and the team concluded the 2016-17 season with a sellout streak of 213 consecutive regular season games and 246 consecutive contests overall (both team records). Under Robitaille the Kings were named the Sports Team of the Year at the Sports Business Journal's Sports Business Awards event in 2015.
In 19 seasons as an NHL player, including 14 with the Kings, Robitaille - the all-time Kings leader in goals scored (557) and a former Kings captain -- recorded 1394 points (668-726=1394) and won a Stanley Cup with the Red Wings in 2002. His jersey was retired by the Kings in 2007.
Blake, who is also a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame, becomes the ninth general manager in team history. He was named to his most recent role of Vice President/Assistant General Manager in 2013 and has held the position for last four seasons. Prior to that Blake, a former Kings captain, worked in the National Hockey League's Player Safety department for three years.
During his time as an executive with the team, Blake has also served as the general manager of the Kings' primary minor league affiliate, the Ontario Reign of the American Hockey League (that franchise won the Calder Cup in Championship in 2015). In addition, Blake served as General Manager of Canada's National Men's Team for the 2014 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship, and he worked on the Management Staff for Team Canada's entry in the 2016 World Cup of Hockey.
In 20 seasons as an NHL player, including 14 with the Kings, Blake recorded 777 points (240-537=777) and he won a Stanley Cup with the Avalanche in 2001. He was in his front office role with the Kings when the Kings won the Stanley Cup in 2014m and he had his jersey retired by the Kings in 2015.
"This restructuring of the front-office will establish a single leader of the organization that will provide a unified vision, focus and alignment between the team side and the business side," said Beckerman. "It mirrors the same structure we recently implemented with the LA Galaxy and it will not only enable the integration of these two sides of the club into a single organization but will bring symmetry between the Kings and Galaxy."
Lombardi was hired by the Kings on April 21, 2006. His overall regular season record as the club's general manager is 425-339-104 over 868 games (the games and wins are most among Kings general managers all-time; his 11-year tenure is the longest as well) and in the playoffs the Kings were 46-35. Lombardi and his executive staffs were instrumental in the Kings winning the Stanley Cup in both 2012 and 2014.
Sutter was hired by the Kings on December 20, 2011. His overall record as the club's head coach is 225-147-53 over 425 games in the regular season (the wins are most among Kings head coaches all-time and the games coached is second all-time) and in the playoffs the Kings were 42-27 (the 42 wins is also a franchise record). Sutter and his coaching staffs played pivotal roles in the Kings winning the two Stanley Cups.


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Federal Minimum Wage Hikes Could Crush Small Businesses Across America
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Federal minimum wage hikes could crush scores of small businesses across America, already pushed near the cliff by high rents and growing state and city labor regulations.
Minimum wage hikes are reaching a fever pitch lately in America. Politicians at all levels, federal, state, and local are racing to get the minimum wage to the "living wage" of $15.
The most recent push comes at the federal level, where there's a proposal on the table for a $15 minimum wage by 2025.
And it's supported by a CBO study, which finds that a $15 minimum wage will give a big boost to the incomes of American workers paid the minimum wage. "In an average week in 2025, the $15 option would boost the wages of 17 million workers who would otherwise earn less than $15 per hour. Another 10 million workers otherwise earning slightly more than $15 per hour might see their wages rise as well," says the report.
Jordan Awoye, Managing Partner at Awoye Capital sees this as a positive development for the whole economy. "The wage increase would give Americans the extra income to actually save and invest for their retirement and healthcare needs," says Awoye. "We have a tremendous number of Americans that cannot fund their own retirements or take care of themselves with healthcare cost, forcing them to use government programs and aids. With fewer people solely depending on the government for these concerns, the government would spend less money on those programs. Causing a positive impact on government spending and where they allocate those resources, which ultimately would boost the economy."
The trouble is that the CBO report finds that some Americans will lose their jobs because of the minimum wage, too. "But 1.3 million other workers would become jobless, according to CBO's median estimate," adds the report. "There is a two thirds chance that the change in employment would be between about zero and a decrease of 3.7 million workers. The number of people with annual income below the poverty threshold in 2025 would fall by 1.3 million."
Jeff Yastine, a senior equities analyst at Banyan Hill Publishing, agrees. "I believe a $15 federal minimum wage would be a good thing for the US economy. Many national US companies and local employers pay this amount or more in order to attract good quality workers to their office and factories."
The CBO study also finds that minimum wage hikes will have a negative impact on small businesses. "A higher minimum wage reduces the family income of business owners to the extent that firms' profits are reduced," says the CBO report. "Those losses in business income are biggest in the first years after a higher minimum wage is introduced. Real income is also reduced for nearly all people because increases in the prices of goods and services weaken families' purchasing power. Over time, as businesses increasingly pass their higher costs on to consumers, the losses in business income diminish and the losses in families' real income grow."
What the CBO report fails to mention is that, unlike larger businesses, smaller businesses usually operate in a highly competitive environment with thin margins. And competition makes it difficult to pass on minimum wage hikes to consumers.
That's why scores of them will be crushed, especially in states where the market wage is currently near the Federal minimum wage.
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Harry Cutmore
Harry Cutmore Photo © Marietta Crichton Stuart
H. Cutmore
Lance Corporal, London Regiment, 24th Battalion
Died age 36 on 2 January 1917
Son of Anne Cutmore, of 13, St. Martin's Road, Stockwell, London, and the late William Cutmore.
Remembered at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, Belgium and on the war shrine at St Michael's Church, Stockwell Park Road, London SW9 0DA
Like his father, Harry Cutmore was a house decorator. In 1911 he was living with his parents and siblings in a 9-roomed house at 13 St Martin's Road. William Cutmore, 60, had a firm of house decorators and was married to Annie Cutmore, 61. They were both from Lambeth. Harry, then 31, worked in his father's firm. His brother Horace Cutmore, 25, ran a greengrocers and his sister Ethel Annie Cutmore, 23, was a sorter for the G.P.O (General Post Office). Harry, Horace and Ethel were born in Clapham. Winifred Maud Cutmore, 18, had no employment. She was born in Lambeth.
Harry Cutmore's brother James Cutmore also died during the war and is listed on the wooden war shrine in the chapel at St Michael's Church, Stockwell but not on Stockwell War Memorial. There are many possible reasons why names were not put forward to the Memorial Committee for inclusion, among them the feeling that to be listed once was 'enough', anger with the authorities and subsequent reluctance to engage with them, and simply not hearing about the Memorial project.
Information from Marietta Crichton Stuart
James Cutmore
Rifleman D Company, 6th Battalion London Regiment (City of London Rifles)
Died of wounds 23 March 1918, aged 40
Remembered at Chauny Communal Extension Military Cemetery on the Aisne (he was previously buried in a battlefield cemetery) and on the war shrine at St Michael's Church, Stockwell Park Road, London SW9 0DA
According to the CWGC, he was the son of William and Annie Cutmore, St Martin's Road, Stockwell, husband of Florence Cutmore.
On the CWGC paperwork for the cemetery register, it gives an address for Florence of 7 Linden Avenue, Thornton Heath, Surrey, formerly of Stockwell and also Gisborne, New Zealand.
They had been married at St Michael's Stockwell Park Road on 9 April 1905 and their daughter Hilda was christened there in early 1906, James' occupation was given as Law Writer, his address 13 St Martin's Road. They had a daughter Anne in 1909.
On James' probate record, his address is given as 25 Burnley Road, Stockwell.
Charles William Curtis
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Burger joints can be found in every single city in the US. From cheap fast food ones to gourmet $100 fancy ones, it's really entrenched into American culture. There are the ones that cost a few dollars and then there are places that allow you to do a fully customizable one. I was almost lured into going to a dive bar because I heard about their $6 cheeseburgers that were supposed to be amazing. My husband was at home cooking dinner at the time though so of course I couldn't fulfill my burger craving.
When it comes to food I'm willing to try anything. I love my quick fast service places and the fancy gourmet restaurants that can run over a hundred per person. The only thing I do try to avoid is fast food as much as possible. When it comes to the subject of burgers I've paid as little as $1 per up to $15 for one! It's such a versatile food that it's easy enough to make at home and there are so many different versions of it. The more customizable and gourmet it is the more pricey it can get. In Manhattan there is a $100 burger even! I'll never shell out that much for sure. For that kind of money I can get so many In and Out burgers that I would have meals enough to cover a month. It depends on each person but there's a limit to how much each person will pay for a burger.
A burger is essentially a bun, meat patty, tomato, and lettuce. When it comes to making the basic burger there's no other place I like going to than In and Out! For people who live in Los Angeles this is the place to get a good basic burger. There are toppings you can add on also but even if I get just a simple hamburger here it is delicious. It's also extremely inexpensive too starting at about a few dollars. It's great for when I'm feeling like a good burger and I don't want to spend a lot for it.
This is when burgers start getting pricier! When burgers start getting crazy ingredients added in then the price started moving up to that ten dollar mark. Being able to customize your toppings also usually makes it about $10. Mostly I think I tend to eat burgers in this category actually. It's a lot of fun to be able to choose whatever you want and it makes a good old burger just a bit fancier and more like dinner.
When I start seeing the meat patty changed out for ingredients like lamb or bison then I know it's going to be a pricey one. Most likely $15-$20 even. I really don't shell out this much for a burger very often as I always think of how many In and Out burgers I could get for that. I call it fancy casual where you fancy up the burger but I can still wear jeans and a t.
Of course if I make a burger at home I can control every single little thing! Plus I can make my own patties and stuff the inside with cheese. Yummy! Definitely a great way to go when cooking because it's easy to go fancier when you have all the ingredients at your fingertips without spending a ton. Well…I guess if you get expensive ingredients it'll be an expensive burger. I still have the choice though of keeping it simple and inexpensive or going all out and spending more.
It's funny how something so simple like a burger can have so many different options in terms of how they're made and how much they cost. I enjoy a good burger every now and then but I try to keep it simpler to save some money. Lucky for me that I live in a city with an In and Out!
How much are you willing to shell out for a good burger?


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Mission: To recognize and promote the achievements of the book community
in BC and Yukon through the BC Book Prizes and related programs.
About the Prizes
Celebrating 2019!
Winners & Finalists
Categories & Criteria
Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize
Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize
Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize
Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize
Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize
Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize
Jim Deva Prize for Writing That Provokes
Bill Duthie Booksellers' Choice Award
2020 Submission Form
The Borealis Prize: The Commissioner of Yukon Award for Literary Contribution
Lieutenant Governor's Award for Literary Excellence
Adopt-a-Library Program
May 1, 2004 | Government House, Victoria
» Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize
» Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize
» Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize
» Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize
» Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize
» Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize
» Bill Duthie Booksellers' Choice Award
» Lieutenant Governor's Award for Literary Excellence
Sitting Practice
by Caroline Adderson
Publisher: Thomas Allen
Surviving a tragic car accident, newlywed Ross struggles with his guilt over the consequences of his wife's paralysis and for the imagined life that is now forever lost. He turns to an exploration of Buddhist principles to ease his pain while his wife deals with her new existence as a wheelchair-bound wife.
Caroline Adderson's first collection of stories, Bad Imaginings, was nominated for the 1993 Governor General's Award and the 1994 Commonwealth Writers' Prize, and won the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize in 1994. She lives in Vancouver.
by Steven Galloway
Publisher: Knopf Canada
On a wire strung between the twin towers of New York's World Trade Centre, Salvo Ursari looks down to the crowd of onlookers below as he begins the most dangerous skywalk of his life. So begins this epic story of Salvo's peripatetic life, which spans seven decades and several countries, much of it encompassing the heyday of the Big Top.
Steven Galloway teaches Creative Writing at UBC. His first novel, Finnie Walsh, was nominated for the Books in Canada/Amazon.com first novel prize. He lives in Vancouver.
The Continuation of Love by Other Means
by Claudia Casper
When Alfred moves to Argentina in 1976, his visiting daughter, now in her twenties, is outraged by his military alignment and condoning of torture, even more unfathomable when she contemplates the horrors of his childhood in wartime Germany. Yet she cannot resist the unabashedly sensual, hedonistic life he has created there.
A former typesetter for Vancouver's Pulp Press (now Arsenal Pulp Press), Claudia Casper is the author of the critically acclaimed novel The Reconstruction. She lives in Vancouver.
Country of Cold
by Kevin Patterson
Publisher: Vintage Canada
Fleeing small-town life to the big cities of the world and the far corners of Canada, members of Dunsmuir, Manitoba's class of 1980 attempt to unravel the impossible puzzles of adulthood.
Kevin Patterson grew up in Manitoba, and put himself through medical school by enlisting in the Canadian army. When his service was up, he worked as a doctor in the Arctic and on the coast of BC while studying for his MFA. The author of the bestselling memoir, The Water in Between, he lives on Salt Spring Island.
Other Sorrows, Other Joys: The Marriage of Catherine Sophia Boucher and William Blake
by Janet Warner
Publisher: St. Martin's Pres
Set in the tumultuous eighteenth century, this novel weaves fact and fiction to tell the story of Kate Blake, "the perfect wife" of the notoriously strange William Blake. Young and innocent, Kate searches for her identity in the shadow of Blake's genius—and struggles to understand his bohemian world of unconventional principles, visions, and free love.
Janet Warner, formerly a professor of English at Glendon College, York University, Toronto, is also the author of Blake and the Language of Art. She lives in the Fraser Valley.
Bill Reid: The Making of an Indian
by Maria Tippett
Publisher: Random House Canada
Like the raven of Haida mythology, Bill Reid reinvented himself several times over. By asking difficult questions about his life and work, and by analyzing the works of other Native artists since the beginning of the twentieth century, Tippett gives the reader the defining portrait of one of Canada's most enigmatic and beloved artists.
Dr. Maria Tippett is the author of many books on art, culture, and history, most notably the Governor General's Award-winning Emily Carr: A Biography. She divides her time between England and the Gulf Islands.
The Gothic Line: Canada's Month of Hell in World War II Italy
by Mark Zuehlke
Publisher: Douglas & McIntyre
On August 25, 1944, it fell to I Canadian Corps to spearhead the famed Eighth Army's major offensive, intended to rip through the Gothic Line. For 28 days, the battle raged until the Canadians won, opening the way for the next phase of the Allied advance. The Gothic Line brings the story of that momentous battle to vivid life by telling the story through the eyes of the soldiers.
Mark Zuehlke is one of BC's most versatile writers; a specialist in military history, he has started a second career as a mystery novelist. He lives in Victoria.
High Boats: A Century of Salmon Remembered
by Pat Wastell Norris
Publisher: Harbour Publishing
High Boats is a celebration of—and an elegy for—the golden age of the West Coast fishery. Through careful research, a priceless personal trove of photographs, and sharp, earthy prose, Norris wraps the history of coastal settlements around the lives of two veteran fishermen taking their boat for one last trip.
Pat Wastell Norris is the author of Time and Tide: A History of Telegraph Cove (Raincoast Chronicles 16) and the bestselling High Seas, High Risk: The Story of the Sudburys. She now lives in Vancouver.
The Man Who Mapped the Arctic
by Peter Steele
Publisher: Raincoast Books
George Back went on three Arctic expeditions under Sir John Franklin, searching for the mythical Northwest Passage while opening up the vast barren lands of the Canadian north. But unlike Franklin, Back lived to tell his tales and left behind an inspirational legacy of journals, drawings, watercolours and maps. From these sources emerges a story of endurance and resilience in the face of appalling odds.
Peter Steele is a surgeon and mountaineer. His previous books include Doctor on Everest and Eric Shipton, which won the Boardman Tasker Prize. He lives in Whitehorse.
Where the Mountain Casts Its Shadow: The Dark Side of Extreme Adventure
by Maria Coffey
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Without risk, say mountaineers, there would be none of the self-knowledge that comes from pushing life to its extremes. But when tragedy strikes, what happens to the people left behind? Through interviews with the world's top climbers, or their widows and families, Coffey explores what compels men and women to give their lives to the high mountains.
Maria Coffey is the author and co-author of 10 books, including Fragile Edge, an account of her relationship with the mountaineer Joe Tasker and his death on Everest. She lives in Nanaimo.
Taking the Names Down from the Hill
by Philip Kevin Paul
Publisher: Nightwood Editions
A WSÁ,NEC Indian from the Saanich Peninsula, Paul's oral tradition and life perspective are as old as the hills themselves, but their addition to Canadian poetry is long awaited. With a remarkable ability to present the natural world infused with wonder and mystery, his lyric narratives invite the reader to ponder the bigger questions.
Philip Kevin Paul has previously been published in Breathing Fire: Canada's New Poets, An Anthology of Canadian Native Literature in English (Oxford), and BC Studies. Paul lives on his family's titled land in Brentwood Bay.
The Alchemy of Happiness
by Marilyn Bowering
Publisher: Beach Holme
In her latest work, Bowering blends a variety of personalities, times, and places that add up to an overall substance she sees as happiness. Like an alchemist of old, she transmutes experiences, perceptions, and perspectives into something richer and rarer despite the passage of years and the loss they have brought.
Marilyn Bowering has had two volumes of poetry nominated for the Governor General's Award: Autobiography and The Sunday Before Winter. Her novel Visible Worlds received the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize and was shortlisted for the Orange Prize. She lives in Sooke.
The Creature I Am
by Denise Cammiade
Publisher: Sono Nis
With colour illustrations by Jenny Munro, Cammiade's first and last book offers a piercing insight of creatures human and otherwise; of the forgotten meaning in waves, birds, and everyday moments.
Denise Cammiade lived in Victoria and worked at Munro's Books for 30 years. Her poetry appeared in the Vintage anthology and The Malahat Review and, in 1990, she won the Millen Award for "Instrumental Sestina." She died suddenly in November 2002 at the age of 53, before the publication of her only book.
Jenny Munro is a painter who lives in Toronto.
House Built of Rain
by Russell Thornton
Thornton writes about extremes: the moment of conception and the moment of death, tranquil forests and smoky urban bars, abuse and tenderness. His latest collection takes us on a journey of human experience, from the yearning of a child to the sorrow of an adult losing a loved one to Alzheimer's.
Russell Thornton's poems have appeared in numerous literary magazines and anthologies and he is the winner of several poetry prizes, including first prize in the League of Canadian Poets National Contest in 2000. He lives in North Vancouver.
by Robert Bringhurst
Publisher: Gaspereau Press
Using Ovid's Metamorphoses, Bloomfield's Sacred Stories of the Sweet Grass Cree, and the night sky as his primary sources, Bringhurst sounds out cultural variations on the myth of the great bear constellation in four languages: English, Latin, Greek, and Cree.
Robert Bringhurst is an internationally recognized poet, linguist, and typographer who is well known for his translations of the works of Haida storytellers, notably Ghandl's Nine Visits to the Mythworld, which was nominated for the inaugural Griffin Poetry Prize in 2001. He lives on Quadra Island.
Building the West: The Early Architects of British Columbia
by Donald Luxton
Publisher: Talonbooks
With more than 600 photographs, Building the West celebrates the early architects of BC, illustrating their lives and careers, from before the 1858 Gold Rush.
Donald Luxton is a Director of the Heritage Vancouver Society, the Victoria Heritage Foundation, and the Vancouver Heritage Conservation Foundation. Building the West received a Heritage Canada Foundation and the Heritage Society of BC Achievement Award in 2003. His book Lions Gate won several heritage awards, as well as the City of Vancouver Book Prize.
Firestorm: The Summer BC Burned
by Ross Freake and Don Plant
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
In 2003, more than 2,500 fires destroyed 264,433 hectares of forest and 334 homes in BC's Interior. More than 50,000 people were evacuated. With material supplied by Interior newspaper reporters and photographers, Freake and Plant have written an authoritative book, complete with 140 photographs to detail the battles fought by volunteer and professional firefighters from across the country.
A freelance writer, Ross Freake is a former managing editor of the Kelowna Daily Courier, Cambridge Reporter, and Kamloops Sentinel and has worked at newspapers across the country.
Don Plant is a staff reporter at the Kelowna Daily Courier.
The Jade Coast: Ecology of the North Pacific Ocean
by Rob Butler
Publisher: Key Porter
With more than 30 years of research, Butler explains and explores the interconnected-ness of wind, weather, tides, and wonderfully bizarre creatures, by taking the reader on a journey far offshore, to rocky headlands, along sand beaches, over mudflats, and finally to river estuaries.
A senior research scientist with Environment Canada's Canadian Wildlife Service and adjunct professor of Biological Sciences at SFU, Rob Butler is the author or co-author of about 100 scientific publications, and is best known for his work on shorebird migration and heron ecology. He lives in Vancouver.
Natural Light: Visions of British Columbia
by David Nunuk
Natural Light is a spectacular, jaw-dropping collection of Nunuk's best photographs of BC in all its moods, accompanied by his often wry observations about the settings and his unorthodox methods of capturing them.
David Nunuk worked as a tree planter, diamond driller, and prospector, among other jobs, before becoming a professional photographer 12 years ago. Currently shooting for the First Light Agency, he is syndicated worldwide and has been featured in such magazines as Canadian Geographic, Discover, Outside, Nature, British Geographical, and the Sunday Telegraph. He lives on a farm in the Fraser Valley.
The Secret Voyage of Sir Francis Drake, 1577–1580
by R. Samuel Bawlf
This gripping sea adventure and investigative chronicle shows with certainty that Drake sailed all the way to Alaska, in search of the western entrance to the fabled Northwest Passage. His voyage was in fact so far ahead of its time that it was another 200 years before eighteenth-century explorers reached the Northwest Coast of North America.
R. Samuel Bawlf is a geographer and former minister in the Government of BC responsible for historic and archaeological sites, and coastal ferry service. He lives on Salt Spring Island.
by Dennis Foon
Publisher: Groundwood Books
Four guys in the last year of high school. Tommy, model student, is heading for the military to learn to fly fighter jets; his best friend, Brad, is being scouted for Junior B hockey; Andy's got an audition for the "punk" role that could launch his acting career. All he needs is someone who can show him the moves, so he turns to Shane, the kid who is so scary that even the teachers are afraid of him.
Dennis Foon is an internationally acclaimed playwright, director, author, and writer for film and television. He lives in Vancouver.
The Canning Season
by Polly Horvath
Up north for the summer at the secluded house of aged relatives, Ratchet Clark is treated to strange family stories, local lore, and a new philosophy: whatever shows up on your doorstep you have to let in. Despite her reservations, Ratchet discovers that unwelcome guests may bring the greatest gifts.
Polly Horvath's acclaimed young adult books include When the Circus Came to Town and The Trolls, which won a Boston Globe National Book Award and was a National Book Award Finalist. She lives in Metchosin.
Dancing Elephants and Floating Continents
by John Wilson
The Story of Canada Beneath Your Feet . . . and what a story! The characters are entire continents—moving around the surface of the Earth, crashing into each other, crushing islands, raising mountain ranges, and opening and closing vast oceans—and the plot is nothing less than the formation of the planet on which we live. Filled with full colour illustrations, this is an educational and just plain cool view of the ground we stand on.
John Wilson is a former geologist and the author of more than a dozen successful fiction and non-fiction books for children and adults. He lives in Nanaimo.
The Several Lives of Orphan Jack
by Sarah Ellis
In his years at the Opportunities School for Orphans, Jack has skipped over trouble, danced around trouble, slid under trouble, melted away from trouble, talked his way out of trouble, and slipped between two close troubles like a cat through a picket fence. When Jack turns 12, he is given the biggest opportunity of all, but suddenly his life is nothing but trouble.
Sarah Ellis is a children's librarian in Vancouver, as well as the author of several award-winning books, including the Governor General's Award-winning Pick-Up Sticksand Out of the Blue.
Tapestry of Hope: Holocaust Writing for Young People
by Irene N. Watts and Lillian Boraks-Nemetz
Publisher: Tundra Books
This extraordinary anthology, which includes poetry, prose, and firsthand accounts, reveals the heartbreak, courage, and hope that define one of history's darkest hours.
Irene N. Watts is a Vancouver storyteller, playwright, and director, as well as the author of Good-bye Marianne, Remember Me, and Finding Sophie, about the Kindertransport.
Lillian Boraks-Nemetz is a survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto. Her experiences are reflected in her poetry collection, Ghost Children, and in her Slava Trilogy, The Old Brown Suitcase, The Sunflower Diary, and The Lenski File. She lives in Vancouver.
Stanley's Party
by Linda Bailey
Illustrated by Bill Slavin
Publisher: Kids Can Press
Stanley is a good dog, but one night, while his people are away, the temptation becomes too great and he sneaks up onto the couch. What a wonderful experience! Soon he's also blasting the music, dancing around the living room, and raiding the fridge—Stanley's never had so much fun! But after a couple of weeks something is missing, and Stanley realizes that partying alone has lost its thrill.
Linda Bailey is best known for her well-loved Stevie Diamond mysteries, which are set in the neighbourhood of Kitsilano, where Linda lives.
Bill Slavin has illustrated more than 50 children's books and lives in the village of Millbrook, Ontario.
Adventures in Ancient China
Join the Binkertons as they return to the Good Times Travel Agency—and end up knee-deep in an ancient Chinese rice paddy! This engaging mix of adventure and historical information about life in China during the first century A.D. has a contemporary comic-book look to delight children and adults alike.
Linda Bailey has published more than a dozen books for children and is one of Canada's most recognized writers for young people. She lives in Vancouver.
Based in Millbrook, Ontario, Bill Slavin is an award-winning illustrator best known for his work on children's books.
Arizona Charlie and the Klondike Kid
by Julie Lawson
Illustrated by Kasia Charko
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Dawson City, Yukon: 1899. Ben longs to be a Wild West star just like the famed Arizona Charlie, so when he invites Ben to perform his lasso tricks at the Palace Grand, the boy can't believe his luck.
Julie Lawson learned of Arizona Charlie in 1998 when she lived in Dawson City. She has written more than 20 books for children of all ages. Her first novel, White Jade Tiger, won the Sheila Egoff Award in 1994.
Kasia Charko spent 20 years as an advertising and magazine illustrator, and now works exclusively for children's publications. She lives in Alton, a small village west of Toronto.
Suki's Kimono
by Chieri Uegaki
Illustrated by Stéphane Jorisch
A gift from her obachan, Suki's blue cotton kimono holds special memories of her grandmother's visit last summer. And Suki is going to wear it on her first day back to school—no matter what anyone says.
A second-generation Japanese-Canadian who began her writing career at age seven, publishing her family newspaper, Chieri Uegaki honed her skills in the UBC Creative Writing program. This is her first picture book, inspired by her relationship with her grandmother. She lives in Sechelt.
Stéphane Jorisch is a multiple award-winning illustrator based in Montreal.
by Robin Mitchell and Judith Steedman
Publisher: Simply Read Books
Sunny wakes up one morning to the familiar sounds of his wonderful world. Inspired by what they hear, he and his friends invent their own playful brand of music and, before long, they get down to a hootenanny time. With puppet figures designed and photographed by Mitchell and Steedman, Sunny has a fresh, modern style.
Robin Mitchell is a recent graduate from the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design and a founding member of the design group Picnic.
Judith Steedman is the principal of Steedman Design, a graphic design studio in Vancouver.
From the Wheelhouse: Tug Boaters Tell Their Own Stories
by Doreen Armitage
Author and historian Armitage interviewed 16 old-time tugboat captains, engineers, and deckhands to assemble this intimate and often hair-raising account of life aboard BC tugs. Beautifully illustrated with archival photos and images from the personal collections of the skippers who appear within its pages, From the Wheelhouse is both a lively, personal look at the history of towboating in BC and an engaging portrait of the famous coastal characters and vessels that have shaped this region's maritime history.
Doreen Armitage has lived in the Vancouver/Howe Sound area for 27 years.
Full Moon, Flood Tide: Bill Proctor's Raincoast
by Bill Proctor and Yvonne Maximchuk
In this indispensable companion for travellers around Northern Vancouver Island and its environs, Proctor pays tribute to the pioneers who wrested a livelihood from forest and sea even as he makes a passionate plea to preserve the wilderness.
A former fisher, trapper, and logger, Bill Proctor has in the past 10 years become a passionate environmental activist. He has lived in the area for more than 60 years.
Yvonne Maximchuk is an artist, writer, and naturalist living in Echo Bay.
Painter, Paddler: The Art and Adventures of Stewart Marshall
by Andrew Scott
Publisher: Touchwood Editions
For much of the past two decades, Stewart Marshall has travelled hundreds, sometimes thousands of miles in a hand-built kayak, living off the land and the sea and painting on some of BC's most remote shorelines.
Born in Montreal, Stewart Marshall now lives in the coastal village of Sointula. Painter, Paddler features his dramatic paintings and drawings paired with descriptions of the artist's many adventures.
Andrew Scott's award-winning book Secret Coastline: Journeys Along BC's Shores was on the BC Bestseller List for 21 weeks. He lives in Half Moon Bay.
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Inaugural recipient of The Lieutenant Governor's Award for Literary Excellence: P.K. (Patricia Kathleen) Page
The Lieutenant Governor's Award for Literary Excellence was established in 2003 by the Honourable Iona Campagnolo to recognize British Columbia writers who have contributed to the development of literary excellence in the Province.
P. K. Page was selected by an independent jury consisting of three prominent figures from the British Columbia literary community.
P. K. Page is one of this country's outstanding writers and poets. She has published over twenty books and long been recognized internationally. In 2001, her poem "Planet Earth" was selected by the United Nations as a centrepiece of a year-long Dialogue Among Civilizations Through Poetry for international broadcast by satellite. Her paintings are less well known, signed with her married name of Irwin. Her art hangs in permanent collections at the National Gallery and in the art galleries of Ontario, Vancouver, Victoria, and Windsor. Among her awards are: six honorary doctorates; Officer of the Order of Canada, 1977; Companion of the Order of Canada, 1999; and the Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal, 2002. In the Spring of 2004, she was also the recipient of the Terasen Lifetime Achievement Award for an Outstanding Literary Career in British Columbia.
"'Balance is inner, centred in the keep,' writes P. K. Page in her poem, "The Castle." Her own keep is prodigious and ever growing. She shapes the balances within this keep, its secluded corners, its darkness and radiance, the might of a tree, children playing. In her keep the ethereal meets the raw, friendship confronts memory, the sources of creativity engage the natural world, responsibility encounters play and each brings the other into balance. For forty years in British Columbia she has generously shared her experiences and experiments in that keep with her fellow writers, especially oncoming generations of new writers, and with her readers. Her prose, by turns serious, sensual and funny, always thoughtful, bringing us insight into the human mind and into the life of nations, together with her tough, witty, and passionate poetry, make her the natural recipient of this inaugural Lieutenant Governor's Award for Literary Excellence."
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By Rapid Ecology on 13 March 2018 • ( 1 Comment )
By Karl A. Lamothe and D. Andrew R. Drake
Over the past several years, there has been widespread discussion and empirical research on the biodiversity crisis facing our planet (Dirzo et al. 2014; Ceballos et al. 2015). The total number of species lost per decade is on the rise (Pimm et al. 2014) and species considered as 'least concern' are decreasing in abundance and distribution (Ceballos et al. 2017). To combat the global loss of species, a diverse set of conservation strategies are needed to support and recover imperilled species.
One strategy for recovering a species is to intentionally translocate wild individuals or release individuals bred in captivity to areas where they historically resided (indigenous range) but have recently been extirpated. In the conservation literature, this is commonly referred to as species reintroductions (IUCN/SSC 2013). Reintroductions have been performed for many species around the globe including plants, birds, fishes, amphibians, and mammals (Seddon et al. 2014). A quick Web of Science search shows that the number of publications mentioning species reintroductions has increased steadily from 58 in 2000, to 255 in 2017, potentially indicating increased use of the management strategy over time (George et al. 2009).
However, the term reintroduction can confuse people who may be unfamiliar with the conservation literature. The term species reintroduction implies that the species in question had been introduced to that area previously. This is a problem for two reasons. First, due to the history of species introductions, 'introduced species' are often thought of as non-native, which is in complete contrast to the objectives of most reintroduction programs. Second, the term can mistakenly imply that native species introductions have already been attempted, which may or may not be the case. A more accurate term for species reintroduction in a conservation context is species repatriation. Breaking the term down from its Latin roots, the prefix 're-' means back and 'patria-' means native land. Therefore, species repatriation is defined as returning or releasing individuals of a species back to an area that they historically occupied within their native range (Dodd and Siegel 1991).
The term species repatriation is sparsely scattered throughout the conservation literature (< 100 publications of Web of Science since 2000) and is likely a foreign term to many. One might argue that learning a new term can cause more confusion than clarity, which is a worthy point. Though the term repatriation may be foreign to many, so too may be the term reintroduction given that it has been a somewhat rare practice historically. Further, species repatriation represents a more accurate term than species reintroduction for the context of communicating the objectives of conservation initiatives. Communication is an important part of initiating any form of conservation effort, including species repatriation, and ensuring clarity in the objectives and proposed actions should be of high priority. Rather than reintroducing species for conservation efforts, lets repatriate them.
Author's biographies: Karl Lamothe is an NSERC Visiting Fellow at the Great Lakes Laboratory for Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences with Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Karl's research is focused on informing Species at Risk conservation plans. Connect with Karl @KarlLamothe. Andrew Drake is a research scientist at the Great Lakes Laboratory for Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences with Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Andrew's research is on the ecology and management of freshwater fishes. See more about Andrew's work at www.andrewdrake.ca.
Image caption/credit: Eastern Sand Darter, Ammocrypta pellucida, is listed as Threatened under the Canadian Species at Risk Act. Photo reproduced with permission from the author: Alan J. Dextrase.
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Mandatory medical test for motorists over 65 to be introduced in Dubai
The test will be mandatory at RTA approved hospitals before motorists can have their licences renewed.
Heavy traffic build-up on Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai. Crashes caused delays near Business Bay on Wednesday morning. Jeffrey E Biteng / The National
Medical tests will soon be mandatory for motorists aged 65 and above who wish to renew their driver licenses.
As of September 1, drivers over the age of 65 will be required to undergo medical screening at hospitals and clinics approved by the Roads and Transport Authority before renewing their licences.
The RTA said the move would increase traffic safety for all road-users.
"The test is intended to verify if motorists are free from diseases that may impact their driving abilities to the extent of posing risks to road users," said Jamal Assada, Director of Drivers Licensing at RTA's Licensing Agency.
The licence will be valid for three years, instead of 10 years.
Approved hospitals and clinics will have access to the RTA's online licensing system to judge the medical condition of applicants for driver license renewal, said Mr Assada.
"Introducing the medical fitness as a precondition for the renewal of driver licences reflects RTA's commitment to the life of motorists & road users comprising pedestrians and vehicles," he said.
Updated: August 6, 2017 10:42 AM


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Always dreamt of playing like Tiger woods, well then you better start with taking some golf lessons. If you notice closely at the golf balls used by celebrities and professionals, you will notice they either have the name of the company sponsoring them or backing them. These personalized golf balls are what sets them apart from the rest of the fraternity. Not only are these balls specially made, but also mean a lot to the players and organizers.
Golf ball manufacturers, have begun cashing in on the trend evolving with the times and today have come up with the concept of personalized golf accessories. These are aimed at being given out during golf-related celebrations, or maybe at the various annual tournaments held across the world. These balls will have either names, symbols or words that are upto seventeen characters and mostly done in English. It could be only alphabets or could include numbers as well. They are printed with blue, black , red or green ink, but there are some companies that offer silver or gold color prints as well. Th e only thing the person getting the personalization should remember is that the words will not be very visible from a distance, and its only their borders that will get highlighted in bright colors.
Sometimes these balls with a special messages inscribed on them become thoughtful gifts for family and friends during special occasions. Sending out a box of these to your client during their anniversary, or to a friend who's always wanted to play golf is a wonderful way of lighting up their lives. Hopefully, they will not lose these golf balls, as personalized means difficult to replace. An order for personalized golf items will take anywhere from 4 to 7 working days, and shall then be delivered to the address specified by the person placing the order. At times, if the company is unable to comply with your request, they just might turn down your offer and you will have to seek another manufacturer.
These personalized golf balls provide the player with the comfort of knowing he has his own equipment when driving into a range for a game. He does not have to depend on the club to provide him the required tools to enjoy a game. It does come at a price, but today, people are willing to shell out hundreds of dollars and get a customized golf set just so they create an impression in the mind of the other person. Also, these balls give you an added advantage of choosing the weight which will help while swinging a shot, when you can get a bit more distance and control. However, harder balls can convert power of stroke easily. Even if you are someone who has not had much experience playing this sport, with these lighter clubs or balls, you can gain a good handicap. With practice, you will be playing like the pro within no time and competing in tournaments around the world.


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Cowlitz County Jail is in Longview, Washington. The jail serves all of Cowlitz County. The mission of the facility is to house inmates in a safe environment for everyone involved, staff and inmates.
On any given day the jail houses around 360 inmates. This inmate includes both male and female, along with those who are awaiting trial, in trial, and those who have been sentenced.
To locate the roster for Cowlitz County Jail is easy now. The inmate's dockets can be found online.
Sending money to an inmate in Cowlitz County Jail is simple. You can send money a few different ways.
If you are not near the computer, you can also call the above services to make a deposit into an inmate's account in Cowlitz County Jail using the following telephone numbers. Keep in mind even doing a deposit over the phone will incur a fee.
The phone service that Cowlitz County Jail uses it Global Tel Link also referred to as GTL for short. You will need to fund the account, so the inmate can call home. You can fund the account by either heading down to the kiosk, over the phone, on the internet, or by mail.
While in Cowlitz County Jail inmates will not have access to the internet. However, if you utilize the JPay account to send them money, they can send you messages. It is not like traditional email, but it is close enough. It is a faster way to communicate with one another than the traditional snail mail.
Commissary in Cowlitz County Jail is available to inmates. The commissary carries a decent selection of entertainment, food (junk and regular), clothing, hygiene products, arts and crafts, and much more. Inmates can put in orders to the commissary. Orders are fulfilled and delivered to the inmates once a week.
Inmates in Cowlitz County Jail can receive visitors. Visitors can pick up an updated visitation schedule in the jail lobby.
Inmates in Cowlitz County Jail are permitted to have a limit of 3 25-minute visits in a calendar week. However, if the Watch Commander approves, inmates may be permitted to have more visits in a calendar week.
Inmates who meet certain criteria can join work crews that work outside of the jail doing a few things for the Cowlitz County government. Most jobs include road work, building maintenance, vehicle maintenance, sanitation work, parks and recreation, and a few other odds and ends.


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Additional information from the manufacturer: Made in a nut-free facility. Does not contain any corn or corn derrived ingredients.
Misc. info: Color is from radish and black carrot. Natural flavor is lemon concentrate. Sugar is cane sugar.
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Each jar contains 14oz /400g.
These cherries are so delicious on ice cream and in drinks! And it is great to be able to eat them because they are natural compared to traditional maraschino cherries, which we gave up years ago.
These are very good and taste very similar to traditional maraschino cherries. They are far superior to the CherryMan "Farm to Market" brand.
Wonderful even with picky kids!
So much better for you!
These cherries are incredibly good. We put them in drinks, top desserts and feel good about the all natural ingredients. We've read how regular maraschino cherries are made and boy is that scary! We can feel good about these cherries knowing exactly what's in them and how they are produced. We also save the juice and use as grenadine without the fake red dye.
These cherries are amazing! Delicious, I got them because my kids are always asking for cherries for their drinks or for ice cream, and I refused to buy those other icky, fake red things. I will definitely be back for more of these!


BIMBA Y LOLA sweater (similar one here). ZARA pants. ONE SMALL LEAP shoes. H&M necklace. MICHAEL KORS watch (similar here & here).
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Lovely pics! You look amazing!
omg I'm mad for these pictures!
can't wait to see more posts like this!
Loved the outfits and the pictures are amazing! I especially loved the H&M necklace :) I got some new stuff on my blog, so do stop by. Am looking forward to seeing pics from your trip.
Gorgeous necklace and sweater! Beautiful photos.
Lovely photos, and the sweater is beautiful!
such a beautiful and fun sweater!
Beautiful photos and love your sweater!
I LOVE THE HM NECKLACE AND THE SWEATER TOGETHER!!!
So beautiful! U guys make a great team!!
Great outfit and those pictures are really pretty.
such a perfection of beauty !
love the outfit and the pictures! the way the pictures are taken make it seem peaceful and pensive.
You are so beautiful. Loving the pictures.
September mornings with coffee flavor and fashion blood!
This is my favorite post you have done in a long time. It reminds me of the old posts you used to make on this blog.
Those pics are amazing! I love her work!
The 1st shot is amazing, definitely one to frame & go on the wall!
The photos are great, I love them all.
That sweater is wonderful. You look quite lovely.
Beautiful pics next to the window, love them!
Stunning pics. Love the sweater!
Beautiful pictures! I really like your sweater!
Love yur pictures! The jumpre is amazing!
Beautiful photos. I love your top, I've seen a similar one in H&M. Gorgeous!
beautiful shots. I've been seeing Zanita's name everywhere lately!
Absolutely stunning sweater, a real standout piece.
And her blog is amazing indeed! Can't stop scrolling down!
Like your look, the jumper is lovely!
Enjoy your trips dear. We'll be reading your reviews.
You are such a gorgeous girl!
Such beautiful captures! Adore your sweater.
Cute! Come check out my blog, I follow back!
Loving the pics and the sweater.
She is an amazing artist !
ahh, that necklace! i love it!
Such a beautiful top !!
You look stunning! Love your necklace!
You're so pretty! Love these pics.
Loved EVERYTHING! You look amazing!
wow yeah these pictures are seriously beautiful! perfect light!
You're so beautiful,love these pictures!
the pictures are so pretty! love your sweater!
Your photos are gorgeous! I have a dream of visiting Paris so I'm super happy for you! Have fun!
zanitas pictures are always amazing and you look just perfect in these shots. big compliments!
The sweater's texture and color with the lipstick shade is a stunning combo.
This still life photo in front of the window is sheer perfection and intensely artistic!!
Gorgeous shots. Love the tone. Zanita is an amazing photographer.
Love the black & white pics.
Zanita was right on when she talked about your effortless personal style! Amazing photographs and amazing modeling. Love these!
Stunning pictures, I love the use of light and the different angles, your outfit is great, casual yet very chic!!
Beautiful sweater and I love your necklace. Amazing look!!!
Les photos sont juste… SUPERBES!
you look so gorgeous by this window!


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This page is written by the game's inventor, Charles Gilman.
Here is another in the series of spinoffs from Anglis Qi of which Isis and Cam were the first. It is a different-moving-usual-equipment variant, even inheriting the FIDE need to improvise promotion. Three types of FIDE piece are unchanged and the rest replaced by other pieces in equal numbers. They are arranged to reflect the manner in which the Wey, and the railway running parallel to it, divide Guildford into two lobes, with the commercial centre to the east and the university and cathedral - both modern as reflected in the lack of a King - to the west.
The PAWN moves one step toward the River, diagonally if capturing otherwise orthogonally.
The WAZIR moves one step in any orthogonal direction. It is not an array piece, but results from Pawn promotion.
The BISHOP moves any distance through empty intermediate cells in any of the 4 diagonal directions, and the QUEEN likewise in all 8 radial directions.
The PRINCE moves exactly like the FIDE King but can be captured.
The MARSHAL or CHANCELLOR, the compound of Rook and Knight, moves any distance through empty intermediate cells in any of the 4 orthogonal directions or makes any 2:1 leap. The 2:1 leaps cannot be blocked.
The ROSE makes up to 6 successive Knight leaps between empty intermediate landing squares in one move, differing from the Nightrider by making a turn between each leap, either always left or always right within a move, and alternating between 37° and 53°. Apart from King and Queen it is the only Piececlopedia entry whose name appears in both the Alice books by Lewis Carroll, who died in Guildford. Be careful how you use the Rose as most of the squares accessible to one player's Roses are accessible to both.
The two players alternate, starting with White.
There is no initial double-step move, En Passant, or Castling. An unpromoted Pawn cannot capture another unpromoted Pawn going in the same direction.
Pawns crossing the River are promoted to Wazirs. Wazirs can retreat without being demoted.
The Queen and Prince can cross the River both ways but only along long diagonals (through d4/e5 or e4/d5). This reflects the way in which the camps are split. Note that there is no restriction on them moving between files d and e.
Victory is by capturing the Queen and Prince, a Marshal, a Bishop, and a Rose.
This 'user submitted' page is a collaboration between the posting user and the Chess Variant Pages. Registered contributors to the Chess Variant Pages have the ability to post their own works, subject to review and editing by the Chess Variant Pages Editorial Staff.
By Charles Gilman.
Web page created: 2006-06-10. Web page last updated: 2016-03-07
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2dUsual-MovingXiangqiBased8 x 8
Board: Standard Multiroyal
Wey. Another variant in the same family as Avon, Cam, Isis, and Kennet. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Charles Gilman wrote on 2006-06-13 EDT
Thanks for that. It is now corrected.
Doug Chatham wrote on 2006-06-12 EDT
In the last sentence, should 'vihop' be 'Bishop'?
https://www.chessvariants.com/invention/wey
First Created: Saturday, June 10th, 2006
Last Modified: Monday, March 7th, 2016


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The reason we include them is that you can buy keys on these sites usually for very big discounts, sometimes quite ridiculously cheap. In 99 % of cases, they will work the same as a much more expensive key would. For many people, especially people from countries with lower standards of living, this can mean big savings that have a significant impact on their life, while also playing the game and not resorting to piracy.
If you are buying on these stores, we have a few recommendations to follow:
Just know there is a tiny risk. Either your purchase will fail and you will use your money, or that the key you recieved won't work. It has never happened to us or anyone we know, but it has certainly happened to a number of people on the internet. That is partly the nature of the business, partly un-consumer business practices of some of the stores. In 99.9 % of cases, the purchase will be ok, but sometimes it won't.
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Apple TV connected to a 2005 50" plasma monitor with DVI input via belekin HDMI to DVI cable. Unit worked perfectly long enough to get it connected to the wireless network and begin the itunes registration process when there was a loss of signal message on the screen from the monitor and the Apple TV status light flashed rapidly and continuously. Reset and reboot yeilded flashing rapid status light and no output detected from the monitor. I contacted support online and was told to return the unit to the apple store. I returned home with another brand new apple tv and connected it in the same manner with exactly the same results. Is there something with the HDMI - DVI interface that is causing this? Are there known issues with the HDMI - DVI connection to Apple TV with older plasma monitors?
The Apple TV doesn't actually support DVI. Some have managed to get it to work others have had varying issues with it.
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Coconutspalm Resort is composed of two sets, The Big Pool and The Tropical.
The Big Pool is the largest one and is bordered by an esplanade of lawn, with sunbathing surrounded by fourteen bungalows with private terraces fully landscaped, as well as the lounge bar and CoconutsPalm's restaurant. The rooms take the form of private bungalows scattered around a large garden. You will have the choice between 2 types of bungalows in this area, Bungalow Premium and Premium Superior.
The second set is The Tropical, is a local green garden around a private pool, surrounded by eight bungalows with private terrace and sunbath, giving private access to the pool. You will have the choice between 2 types of bungalows, Tropical Suite and Tropical Suite Superior.
Each bungalow has a private bathroom and a large private terrace for chilling time.
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Flowers are blooming inside as well as outside at my house. This weekend I made some major progress on my applique memory quilt and thought I would share a few of the blocks with you.
This is the state of my sewing room at the moment. I don't know why I let a quilt project get out of control like this, it just makes me feel anxious. Some things I will never learn, I guess.
The hydrangea is in full bloom. I have different varieties in my garden and wanted to share a couple with you.
I moved this lace cap a couple of years ago and it is now blooming. They seem to go into dormant mode when moved and take a couple of years to come back. They will come back though, and as showy as ever. Sweet blessings today!
P.S. I know today was suppose to be a Sewing Christmas day, and I'm so busy with my quilt project this month to have something for you, please forgive me.
Your hydrangeas are gorgeous and so is your applique work. It's been years since I did any applique work maybe it's time to give it another try.
ALL your flowers are simply beautiful, Renee! I can't wait to see your finished quilt...it will be a stunner!
I love your flower appliques! It's going to be beautiful!
Lovely flowers inside and out :) I just love the fabrics on your applique blocks !!
Your flowers are beautiful, both in your garden and in your sewing room. You do a beautiful job of needle turn applique.
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The pipeline material grade is the piping components selecting and using regulations established by the designing institute or the engineering companies. And it is always given in the form of the excel sheet. In addition, the engineering and technical staff can make sure the detail specific provision of all kinds of dimensions and specifications of the piping components on the conditions of some certain pressure, temperature as well as fluid media which are correspond to these detail specific regulations according to the pipeline material grade sheet. When the engineering as well as technical staffs choose piping components, they base on this pipeline material grade sheet. Every letter and every number in the pipeline material grade codes represents different meanings. And it is usual that there are two grade codes that represent pressure grade in the welded steel pipe and texture of material respectively.
On the technological process map that draws the piping and instruments diagram, there are labels of pipeline pressure grade codes for every black steel pipe. Pipeline pressure grade codes usually consist of a couple of units, and every unit is represented by the letters as well as numbers. And they show the piping pressure grade in the welded steel pipe the main texture of material of the pipelines, seal or types of connection, corrosion allowance and other quality parameter separately. Except for that, every designing institute as well as engineering company has its own expressive method for piping pressure grade codes. Although different letters and different numbers are symbols of different meaning, the contexts they express are the same.
Branch pipe connection table is a sheet given by engineering companies as well as designing institute, stipulating the types of connection of the main pipes as well as the branch pipes. Technological staffs are able to find out what kind of connection methods the different main pipes and different branch pipes should adopt easily under every different piping pressure grade in the welded steel pipe according to this sheet. The main types of connection consist of connection of the welded pipes, API steel pipe, tee joint (isometric or reducing tee), direct connection of main pipes as well as branch pipes or connection of tee joint plus reducing pipe transition.


The government has announced the first 20 locations set to receive local TV. This page is an information resource for those interested in this process. Please Contact Us if you have anything that should be added.
In the late nineties the government started the process of issuing local RSL (Restricted License) TV licenses. At the time we held a public meeting and wrote an article entitled 'Will the Television be Revolutionised - Local TV Comes to Bristol and UK (1999)', the licenses were issued but most of the stations didn't last long.
Now local television is a reality about to happen. The following article Local Television's Time Has Come - (December 2011), assesses the bidding process for the new licences as it stands and examines what a successful local television channel might look like.
Application Form & Guidance Notes to apply for local TV license (10.05.2012).
Letter from Nicholas Shott outlining his initial findings.
Following detailed discussions with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and Nicholas Shott and his team, this report sets out the technical options for introducing local television services across the UK.
Commercially Viable Local Television in the UK (December 2010) - Has now come to be known as the Shott Review, this concluded Local TV was indeed viable.
Local Media Action Plan (1.2011) lays out what was necessary for local TV to succeed.
Published by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, laying out how local TV would be structured.
Government Potential Pioneer locations - Ofcom have identified 65 locations where there is the potential for local TV services to be licensed and broadcast on digital terrestrial television (Freeview).
(ULTV). Runs the comtv-l mailing list.
proposals for a 'bottom up' approach to the development of local TV.
How Ofcom will exercise its new powers and duties to license new local television services.
Ofcom are planning to hold a public event for potential applicants for local television (L-DTPS) licences and/or the multiplex licence during the consultation period, to provide an opportunity for us to answer any questions on the consultation.
Local television stations are on their way to the UK, with the culture secretary announcing details of pilot schemes. But can they emulate the success of American local TV?
Local TV may be coming to a small screen near you soon – but only if you are in one of the 20 towns and cities unveiled by the government as one of the "pioneers" of the new service.
It was with characteristic good humour that Jeremy Hunt addressed the final leg of his nationwide tour to promote his grand plan for local TV on Wednesday.
Industry regulator Ofcom yesterday announced 65 locations which it believes have the potential to support local tv stations in line with government plans for a new tv network of 10 or more affiliates from 2015.
For me the overarching question is why do local video programming on TV rather than the internet? The internet does almost everything that small audience local TV can do but far cheaper and more flexibly.
More than 60 towns and cities are in the running to host the UK's first local television services, Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced.
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has invited companies to run local TV stations and make the proposed new services a reality.
Plans for a new "landscape of local TV services" in the UK would help "strengthen local democracy", Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said.


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According to the ID, the technology at issue generally relates to radiation therapy used to treat cancer, and apparatuses and methods for planning and carrying out such treatment. The accused products include Elekta's Versa HD, Infinity, Axesse, and Synergy/Synergy S linac systems with integrated imaging and control systems (the "Accused Linacs"), as well as Elekta's Monaco treatment planning software, Active Breathing Coordinator, and Gamma Knife Icon radiosurgery system. The Accused Linacs share the same features and components, including the Integrity Treatment Control System ("TCS"), the MOSAIQ record and verify system, the Agility multi-leaf collimator, the Response MV Beam Gating system, the XVI kV cone-beam imaging system, and the Precise Treatment Table couch (that may include an adjustable couch top referred to as HexaPod). Varian's domestic industry products include the Clinac iX and Trilogy linac systems when used with the On-Board Imager system, and the TrueBeam and Edge linac systems.
After construing the disputed claim terms, ALJ Shaw determined that asserted claims 1, 4, 9, and 15 of the '021 patent are infringed by the Accused Linacs, but not the Gamma Knife Icon. The ALJ also found that Varian's arguments regarding the technical prong of domestic industry as to claims 1 and 4 of the '021 patent were not disputed. With respect to invalidity, however, ALJ Shaw agreed with Elekta that the asserted claims are anticipated by WO 01/60236 ("Jaffray WIPO"), as well as the Jaffray 2000 and Jaffray 2001 references. The ALJ also found that Elekta made a prima facie showing that the asserted claims are obvious, but failed to perform a complete Graham analysis by not weighing secondary considerations of non-obviousness. Further, ALJ Shaw determined that the evidence does not show that the '021 patent is unenforceable due to inequitable conduct.
After construing the disputed claim terms, ALJ Shaw determined that the Accused Linacs infringe claim 6 of the '430 patent, but not claim 18. The ALJ also found that Varian's TrueBeam radiotherapy system and Edge radiosurgery system satisfy the technical prong of domestic industry with respect to claim 6. With respect to validity, ALJ Shaw found that claim 6 is anticipated by the Jaffray MICCAI 2001 reference as well as the Jaffray WIPO reference, but that neither reference anticipates claim 18. The ALJ also found that Elekta made a prima facie showing that claim 6 is obvious, but again failed to perform a complete Graham analysis by not weighing secondary considerations. The ALJ rejected Elekta's obviousness argument regarding claim 18, as well as Elekta's § 112 arguments regarding both claims. Further, ALJ Shaw determined that the evidence does not show that the '430 patent is unenforceable due to inequitable conduct.
After construing the disputed claim terms, ALJ Shaw determined that the Accused Linacs and the Gamme Knife Icon do not infringe claim 1 of the '703 patent. The ALJ also found that Varian's Clinac iX, Trilogy, TrueBeam, and Edge systems do not satisfy the technical prong of domestic industry with respect to claim 1. As to validity, the ALJ rejected Elekta's anticipation and obviousness arguments regarding claim 1. Further, ALJ Shaw determined that the evidence does not show that the '703 patent is unenforceable due to inequitable conduct.
After construing the disputed claim terms, ALJ Shaw determined that claims 23 and 26 of the '154 patent are infringed by the Accused Linacs used in combination with a treatment planning system such as Elekta's Monaco software. The ALJ also found that Elekta did not dispute that Varian's domestic industry products practice claim 23. Regarding validity, ALJ Shaw rejected Elekta's arguments that the Earl article anticipates claim 23, and that claims 23 and 26 are rendered obvious by five combinations of between two and three prior art references.
After construing the disputed claim terms, ALJ Shaw determined that claims 26 and 41 of the '538 patent are infringed by the combination of the Accused Linacs and Monaco software. The ALJ also found that Varian's domestic industry products practice claims 26 and 41. As to validity, ALJ Shaw rejected Elekta's arguments that: (1) claim 26 is anticipated by U.S. Patent Appl. No. 86,530 ("Otto '530"); (2) claims 26 and 41 are rendered obvious by five references, in six combinations of between two and four references each; and (3) claims 26 and 41 do not claim patentable subject matter under 35 U.S.C. § 101.
After construing the disputed claim terms, ALJ Shaw determined that the combination of treatment planning software such as Monaco, the Accused Linacs, and XVI with kV infringes claim 61 of the '770 patent. The ALJ also determined that the combination of the Monaco software, the Accused Linacs, Response MV Beam Gating, and one or both of XVI with kV imaging and Active Breathing Coordinator infringes claim 67. Further, ALJ Shaw determined that Varian's domestic industry products practice claims 61 and 68. With respect to validity, the ALJ rejected Elekta's arguments that: (1) claim 68 is anticipated by Otto '530; (2) claims 67 and 68 are rendered obvious by various combinations of prior art; and (3) claims 61 and 67 are indefinite under § 112. ALJ Shaw determined, however, that claim 61 is obvious over a certain combination of prior art.
ALJ Shaw found that for each asserted patent, the evidence shows that Varian satisfied the economic prong of the domestic industry requirement under Section 337 (a)(3)(A) and (B).
ALJ Shaw was particularly interested in the first and fourth public interest factors (i.e., the effects that a remedy might have on public health and welfare, and on domestic consumers). Specifically, questions were raised as to whether the quality of treatment that patients receive depends on whether the accused or other products are used, and whether the issuance and implementation of Commission remedial orders would disrupt patients' treatment. The ALJ determined that the of record does not show that the accused devices must be imported in order for patients to receive the same level of care. In fact, in the case of the Gamma Knife Icon, ALJ Shaw noted that Elekta itself has available a substitute, non-accused product. The ALJ further found that the evidence does not show that there would be disruption in patients' treatment, provided that certain exceptions, or "carve outs," are present in the remedial orders.
ALJ Shaw recommended issuance of a limited exclusion order covering all of the infringing articles imported, sold for importation, or sold after importation by Elekta and any affiliated companies, parents, subsidiaries or other related business entities, or their successors or assigns. The ALJ also found that cease-and-desist orders aimed at Elekta's domestic inventory is appropriate. Finally, ALJ Shaw recommended that no bond be imposed during the Presidential review period.


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The Grizzled review: Cardboard Western Front
On February 16, 2017	by Artem Safarov	With	0 Comments	- Board Games, Review
War. War never changes, or so Fallout intros have been telling us for the past twenty years. What about it never changes exactly? Is it the heroics, the explosions, the glorification of sacrifice that brave men and women go through? Or is it the broken lives it leaves behind and the attempts to put these back together through friendship, love and a sense of community? The Grizzled, a title suggesting a scar over a painful wound, lands squarely in the latter category and scores an emphatic victory in doing so.
The Grizzled is a cooperative game for 2-5 players, playing the roles of French soldiers attempting to survive the horrors of World War I. Each round a certain amount of cards is dealt and the players have to take turns getting rid of these cards, meeting increasingly restrictive conditions. The cards represent either external challenges faced by the soldiers (terrible weather, gas attacks) or trauma and injuries they withstand over the course of the war.
The 3-player game of The Grizzled all ready to play.
The game places restrictions on how many challenges of the same kind the players can take and how many traumas a soldier can withstand before succumbing, so you have to constantly weigh what cards you can / should play. The more cards you keep, however, the more cards are added to the supply you need to go through for the win. If you manage to get rid of all the cards in the supply without losing any of your soldiers – you win!
Following every round, the players have a chance to "support" one of the soldiers by offering a cup of coffee and a heartfelt talk. This allows getting rid of some of the negative effects, freeing up some of the restrictions for following rounds.
War is a rough affair as Lazare can attest to.
How does it play?
A defining characteristic of The Grizzled is that no game-specific communication is allowed, so you can't give out clues like "hey guys, don't play any more trench assault symbols" or "let's all support Jenny because she's got the most traumas". This does wonders in getting rid of the "alpha player" problem that makes many co-op games playable by one person who always knows what everyone else should be doing.
The rules with their quirky game flow and the understanding of restrictions can be a bit slippery to grasp. This is not because of complexity but rather an inexplicable feeling of this game being different. This may make the first couple of games confusing, but not make these drag out as most will fit comfortably in a 30-min window.
The unforgiving landscapes of war.
The game is relatively hard, getting into the "brutally difficult' territory with higher number of players. It even comes with a "harder" level of challenge that I had zero interest of exploring because the base game is in no danger of being a cakewalk.
The "no game talk" has an interesting side effect of discussing what happens not from a game mechanics perspective but from a storytelling / role-playing angle, which is welcome. It also results in many terrible French accents being deployed as the players bemoan the fate of awkward-looking mustachioed warriors.
The note about the terrible French accents might make you think that the game is humorous in a way. It is not. When you look at your soldier, demoralized, wounded and terrified of snow because it reminds him of that terrible first mission – you will not be in the joking mood. The art, disarming in its off-balance sincerity and willingness to depict flaws and shortcomings, only adds to this. It is ridiculous, yes, but poignant in showing that the only way to get through all the horror surrounding these folks is embracing this awkwardness and a cup of coffee passed to you by a friend. It truly nails this poignant depiction of a difficult subject and manages to result in a game that is both uplifting, light-hearted and tragic in the stories it tells.
Your bravery and wits is the only thing that stands between the two potential outcomes
Is it a good game though? Mechanically – I'd say it's alright. You are managing risks, you are calculating when to give a stirring speech to help your friends get rid of a particularly troublesome card in their hand. You are trying to strategize whom to support and are rushing to the end of the supply deck before you are overcome by the many dangers of war. It is truly nothing special on its own, but infused with the melancholy of its theme and art it really creates a special experience. Knowing that the illustrator who did the art for this game, Tignous, was one of the victim of the 2015 Charlie Hebdo shooting, steeps the game even further into disarming sadness.
So will you enjoy this game? It is unlikely to satisfy those who are looking for a robust strategic experience or a rich social interaction. It is likely to confuse those new to games and looking for a casual experience. It does occupy a unique niche providing a neat balance of heart, brains and courage that few wizards can offer. It is unlikely to become your favourite game but it offers enough consistent charms to warrant a place in a collection. If not to offer a reliably alpha-player-free quirky co-op experience than to remind you that war is good for absolutely nothing.
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Ecologically based management must incorporate components that consider how individuals associate temporally and spatially to environments that provide specific habitat requirements. Recent research has assessed how environments could be classified based on potential to provide deer (Odocoileus virginianus) habitat components. If habitat potential (HP; i.e., capability of habitat types to provide annual life requisites) classifications can be correlated to deer spatial structure and seasonal movement patterns, managers could better understand how spatial distribution of habitat components influences deer distribution. We analyzed home-range distribution and seasonal movement patterns from 45 adult (≥2 yr old) female deer radiocollared between 1999–2002, and deer habitat characteristics in northeastern Lower Peninsula, Michigan, USA, to investigate whether we can predict deer seasonal movement patterns based on the distribution of HP. We constructed logistic regression models that calculated the probability of deer migration given specific HP within seasonal home ranges of migratory and nonmigratory deer. Our results suggested that the probability of seasonal deer migrations relates to the juxtaposition (arrangement) of different habitat types that collectively provide all annual life requisites. We demonstrated that use of habitat-type classifications and HP models can track and predict deer movement patterns, which can facilitate establishment of management units and ecologically based deer management practices.


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Champion Recruits Don C for Muhammad Ali Capsule Collection
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Champion Athletic and Muhammad Ali Enterprises are back for round three.
In celebration of the boxing legend's 80th birthday, Champion teamed up with Don C to create a capsule of boxing-inspired athletic wear that salutes Ali's illustrious career. The items include classic boxing shorts emblazoned with the iconic phrase, "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee"; a velvet boxing hoodie with satin details; a cashmere-blend sweater inspired by Andy Warhol's portrait of Ali; a plaited jersey graphic tee; velveteen track pants; and a satin cornerman's jacket that's based on the custom robe Elvis Presley gave Ali in the 1970s.
"As the blueprint of the Be Your Own Champion spirit, Ali's athleticism, activism, confidence and dominance in the ring made him one of the most iconic people in the country," said John Shumate, Champion's VP of brand marketing. "Decades later, Ali's influence still resonates as he is credited by some of today's biggest athletes for defining swag, style and what it truly means to be a Champion and the Greatest Of All Time."
The Don C collaboration marks Champion's third collection honoring the late boxing icon. The latest limited edition range will be available Jan. 17 at select retailers and on Champion's official website. Check out the unisex pieces, which range from $250 to $550, below.
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Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://repository.iitr.ac.in/handle/123456789/2122
Title: Pyrolysis of sugarcane bagasse in semi batch reactor: Effects of process parameters on product yields and characterization of products
Authors: Varma A.K.
Mondal P.
Published in: Industrial Crops and Products
Abstract: In this work, pyrolysis of sugarcane bagasse was conducted in a semi batch reactor. Pyrolysis experiments were carried out to study the effect of temperature (350–650 °C), heating rate (10 and 50 °C/min), biomass particle size (< 0.25 to 1.7 mm) and nitrogen flow rate (50–200 cm3/min) on the pyrolysis product yields. The maximum bio-oil yield of 45.23 wt% was obtained at temperature of 500 °C, heating rate of 50 °C/min, particle size of 0.5 to 0.6 mm and nitrogen flow rate of 100 cm3/min. The characterization of pyrolysis products (bio-oil, bio-char) have been made through different instrumental methods like Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC–MS), Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H NMR), X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), Field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM) and Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) surface area analysis. Bio-oil is found to have H/C molar ratio of 1.27, empirical formula of CH1.27O0.30N0.004 and heating value of 27.75 MJ/kg. It is dark brownish color acidic liquid with complex mixture of chemical compounds including acids, alcohols, aldehydes, furfural, furan, phenols and some aromatics. The results show that the bio-oil can be potentially valuable as a renewable fuel after upgrading and can be used as a chemical feedstock. The properties of bio-char reveal that it can be used as solid fuels, as a cheap adsorbent, as feedstock for activated carbon production and for agricultural application. © 2016 Elsevier B.V.
Citation: Industrial Crops and Products (2017), 95(): 704-717
URI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2016.11.039
http://repository.iitr.ac.in/handle/123456789/2122
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
Keywords: Bio-char
Sugarcane bagasse
ISSN: 9266690
Author Scopus IDs: 57196232507
Author Affiliations: Varma, A.K., Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, Uttarakhand 247667, India
Mondal, P., Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, Uttarakhand 247667, India
Corresponding Author: Mondal, P.; Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology RoorkeeIndia; email: pmpndal.iitr@gmail.com
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Lynn Steger Strong's "Want": The Adjunct Economy
Have you ever worked as an adjunct? These part-time teaching jobs can be satisfying. But sometimes you find yourself teaching subjects that are not one-size-fit-all, like remedial English composition, quite often for a challenging population, a mix of refugees from war zones and middle-aged moms, many with a dicey knowledge of reading and writing – and some literally do not speak English. So if you have a master's or Ph.D. in English, comparative literature, anthropology, linguistics or theater, prepare to improvise.
After reading a review in The Nation of two novels about adjuncts, I picked up a copy of Lynn Steger Strong's stunning novel, Want. It deals with two kinds of want: poverty and the want of love. What happens to people who opt out of the system to work at untraditional jobs? This novel is about the economy.
The narrator, Elizabeth, is a quiet, likable 34-year-old teacher in New York, with a Ph.D. in English, two children. and a lovable husband who left his career to become a carpenter. Her rich parents give them no money – and she doesn't want to take it, because they are such assholes. (They threaten occasionally to take away her children.)
Elizabeth holds the family together: she teaches one English class for graduate students as a university adjunct, and is also a full-time teacher at a charter school where the impoverished Black students are underserved. I've got to hand it to Elizabeth: she hates the high school job, but manages to make an impression on her students. The principal, however, finds Shakespeare irrelevant. Instead of inspiring students to discuss Hamlet, she is supposed to do "test prep." And so she is transferred to teach seniors, who have already taken all their tests, because the principal says she isn't trained in test prep. And so she loses the class she has spent almost a year with. She starts skipping out early.
Fortunately, her home life is congenial. She and her husband are very affectionate and have two happy, well-adjusted children. But Elizabeth is so tense she gets up at five in the morning and goes running for fifteen miles (or at least that is the number that stuck in my mind).
And their money is running out. What can they do? They file bankruptcy, but that is still not enough. Her husband is buried under student debt. Should they leave Brooklyn? Their building in Brooklyn is going condo and they can't afford to buy. Privately, I kept thinking: they could live in relative splendor on much less elsewhere! But they feel that their only other option would be to live on a farm in Maine owned by her husband's parents, where they would be snowbound three or four months a year.
This novel is mostly about the economy, but parts are also devoted to her quasi-sexual love for her best friend, Sasha, who lived near her when she grew up in Florida. These women were so close that one summer they lived together and went out every night to read their books at a bar, where beautiful Sasha meets various men and goes home with them. Elizabeth is jealous – she is so close to Sasha that she wants her to mock the men and go back to the apartment with her. But Sasha falls apart, has a mental breakdown after she falls in love with a man who doesn't want her, and never seems to recover after a baby she wants dies in her womb. Elizabeth realizes that Sasha's beauty doesn't save her -that Sasha wants everyone to love her. And Elizabeth is too exhausted to continue the friendship. But she wistfully stalks her on Instagram, which Sasha never updates.
This is an intelligent literary page-turner, which I read in a couple of sittings. I won't tell you the decisions Elizabeth makes, except to say they are unexpected. And one wonders, not for the first time, why doing a job well and drawing on your deep knowledge can make you so poor.
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