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Fairstein, Linda A.
380 works in 1,822 publications in 5 languages and 88,420 library holdings
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Most widely held works about Linda A Fairstein
Sexual violence : our war against rape by Linda A Fairstein( Book )
Sexual violence : 20 years in New York's sex crimes prosecution unit by Linda A Fairstein( Book )
Linda Fairstein for the prosecution( Visual )
Margaret Throsby program : Linda Fairstein 12/2/99 by Linda A Fairstein( Recording )
Prosecuting Jennifer Levin's killer : a sensational homicide presents a new challenge for assistant D.A. Linda Fairstein by Maria Laurino( Book )
Most widely held works by Linda A Fairstein
Killer heat : a novel by Linda A Fairstein( Book )
Manhattan D.A. Alex Cooper investigates a series of three murders while dodging gang members infuriated with her most recent courtroom victory. The investigation leads to someone who has a twisted obsession with the military, and things grow even more dangerous when the chase leads to a chain of small, abandoned islands around New York harbor
Hell gate by Linda A Fairstein( Book )
"Head of the Sex Crimes Unit of the district attorney's office in Manhattan for decades, Linda Fairstein is America's most visible legal expert on sexual assault and domestic violence-which is why she writes some of the most compelling crime thrillers of our time and why her Alexandra Cooper series has been topping bestseller list for more than a decade. Fans turn to Fairstein for ripped-from-the-headline crimes, cutting-edge investigations, and vindication for victims. Linda Fairstein brings readers inside a world of which they can't get enough, but one they hope to never see in real life. And for her twelfth novel, Fairstein takes Alexandra Cooper inside a world she'd rather not see. New York City politics have always been filled with intrigue and behind-the-scenes deals. In Hell Gate, Alex finds her attention torn between investigating a shipwreck that has contraband cargo-human cargo-and the political sex scandal of a promising New York congressman now fallen from grace. When Alex discovers that a woman from the wreck and the congressman's lover have the same rose tattoo-the brand of a "snakehead", a master of a human trafficking operation-it dawns on her that these cases aren't as unrelated as they seem and that the entire political landscape of New York City could hang in the balance of her investigation. As Alex looks on at the nameless victims in the morgue, she realizes she's looking at the present-day face of New York's long, dark tradition of human trafficking-a tradition that began hundreds of years ago with slave trade from Africa, now a multimillion-dollar industry that will stop at no cost, even if that cost is Alex's life."--Publisher's website
Bad blood by Linda A Fairstein( Book )
In the middle of a trial involving a businessman charged with murdering his wife, Manhattan prosecutor Alexandra Cooper is summoned to investigate an explosion of unknown origin 600 feet below street level when it is traced back to her case
Silent mercy by Linda A Fairstein( Book )
When the burnt headless body of a young woman is found on the steps of a Baptist Church in Harlem, Assistant DA Alexandra Cooper is one of the first on the shocking scene. With NYPD cop Mike Chapman, Alex begins to investigate, but before long another woman is slaughtered and found on the steps of a Catholic church in Little Italy
Entombed by Linda A Fairstein( Book )
Manhattan sex crimes prosecutor Alexandra Cooper works to uncover a link between a serial killer and a body that has been discovered in a nineteenth-century brownstone formerly belonging to Edgar Allan Poe
The kills by Linda A Fairstein( Book )
Paige Vallis claimed that she gave in to Tripping's sexual demands because he had threatened to harm his son if she didn't. Alexandra Cooper, prosecuting the ex-CIA man, knew she had her work cut out to convince the jury, but before Paige could complete her testimony on the stand she is found dead - strangled in her own apartment building, just hours after she'd confessed to Alex that she had had a relationship with another ex-CIA operative. While the accusation of rape against Tripping is dropped, he has other charges to face, not least abusing his own child. As Tripping's defence team go into overdrive to keep their client out of jail, Alex, Chapman and Mercer set out to discover who so conveniently killed the woman who could have put him behind bars. As they peel back the layers of Paige's life, they discover a decades-old viper's nest of robbery and double-dealing and discover that truth of the adage of money being at the root of all evil - however old and 'respectable' it might be
Night watch by Linda A Fairstein( Book )
"New York Times bestselling author Linda Fairstein returns with a ripped-from-the-headlines thriller that takes Alexandra Cooper into the dark underside of New York City's most storied restaurants and a murder case spanning continents. In her thirteen bestsellers, Linda Fairstein has taken millions of fans inside sinister worlds that most of us can't even imagine. Thanks to her extensive experience as a New York City prosecutor, she creates situations that are stunning for both their compulsive readability and their authenticity. Taking Alexandra Cooper into the fascinating world of New York City's most beloved and storied restaurants, Night Watch continues her tradition of breathtaking suspense storytelling. Forty-eight hours after Alexandra Cooper arrives in France to visit her boyfriend and famed restaurateur, Luc Rouget, her vacation in paradise is cut short when a young woman from the village is found murdered. The only evidence discovered on the body is one of Luc's matchboxes promoting his new restaurant in New York. But before the investigation begins, Alex is summoned back to New York to handle a high profile case. Mohammed Gil-Darsin, the distinguished and wealthy Head of the World Economic Bureau, has been arrested and accused of attacking a maid in his hotel. As the world watches in fascination to see how the scandal will unfold, Alex finds her attention torn between preparing the alleged victim to testify and a murder case with ties too close to home. A second body is found with Luc's matchbox--this time in Brooklyn--and Alex begins to fear that the two cases may not be as unrelated as she thought, and that uncovering the sordid secrets of the city's most wealthy and powerful could cost her and her loved ones everything they hold dear"--
The deadhouse by Linda A Fairstein( Book )
55 editions published between 2001 and 2009 in English and Hungarian and held by 2,853 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A respected college professor is dead, strangled and dumped in an elevator shaft. Lola Dakota's lifeless fingers clutch a few strands of hair, a piece of paper in her pocket reads "The Deadhouse." What was Lola's connection? And what danger awaits Alexandra Cooper as she targets Lola's killer?
Terminal city : a novel by Linda A Fairstein( Book )
"When the body of a young woman is found in the tower suite of the Waldorf Astoria--one of the most prestigious hotels in Manhattan--Assistant DA Alex Cooper and Detectives Mike Chapman and Mercer Wallace find themselves hunting for an elusive killer whose only signature is carving a carefully drawn symbol into his victims' bodies, a symbol that bears a striking resemblance to train tracks. When a second body bearing the same bloody symbol is discovered in a deserted alleyway right next to the Grand Central terminal building, all attention shifts to the iconic transportation hub, where the potential for a bigger attack weighs heavily on everyone's minds"--Publisher's description
Death angel by Linda A Fairstein( Book )
Discovering the murdered body of a young woman in Ramble urban park, New York Assistant DA Alex Cooper and Detective Mike Chapman uncover disturbing links between the savage crime and a string of cold-case disappearances. In this novel the author, a former prosecutor for the City of New York, explores the rich, and little-known, history of New York City's Central Park. Here she takes readers into the storied history of Central Park as Assistant DA Alex Cooper and Detective Mike Chapman race to track down a serial killer before yet another young woman is found dead. Is the body found in the Ramble the first victim of a deranged psychopath, or are other missing women in years past whose remains have never been found connected to this savage attack? Is this enormous urban park a sanctuary in the middle of the city, as it seems to the thousands of New Yorkers and tourists who fill it every day, or is it a hunting ground for a killer with a twisted mind?
Lethal legacy : a novel by Linda A Fairstein( Book )
Assistant district attorney Alex Cooper and her crew are drawn into the strange and privileged world of rich collectors, eccentric library trustees, and the treasures of the great New York Public Library after a librarian disappears and a woman's corpse turns up in the missing librarian's abandoned apartment
Devil's bridge by Linda A Fairstein( Book )
The Manhattan waterfront is one of New York City's most magnificent vistas, boasting both the majestic Statue of Liberty and the George Washington Bridge, the world's busiest span for motor vehicles. But in "Devil's Bridge," Detective Mike Chapman will discover the peril that lurks along this seemingly benign expanse as he takes on his most personal case yet: the disappearance of Alex Cooper. Coop's sudden disappearance is fraught with terrifying complications: scores of enemies she has made after a decade of putting criminals behind bars; a recent security breach with dangerous repercussions; and a new intimacy in her relationship with Mike, causing the Police Commissioner himself to be wary of the methods Mike will use to get Coop back ... if he can."--Publisher's description
Final jeopardy by Linda A Fairstein( Book )
In New York, Alexandra Cooper, the assistant district attorney in charge of prosecuting rapists, receives a shock when she reads in the paper that she has been murdered. As it turns out the victim was a friend, an actress, who borrowed her summer home. A lot of rapists have it in for Alexandra. A first novel
Cold hit by Linda A Fairstein( Book )
A woman who owned a ritzy art gallery in New York is murdered, her body found in the river. Investigating assistant district attorney Alexandra Cooper is drawn into the world of stolen art, including art looted by the Nazis
Killer look by Linda A Fairstein( Book )
"New York Times bestselling author Linda Fairstein delivers a heart-pounding thriller that explores the dark secrets of Manhattan's iconic fashion scene in her latest Alexandra Cooper novel. New York City is one of the fashion capitals of the world, well-known for its glamour and style. Nowhere is this more apparent than on the runway, where American haute couture continually astounds with its creativity, daring, and innovation in the name of beauty. Yet high fashion means high stakes, as Alex Cooper quickly discovers when businessman and designer Wolf Savage is found dead in an apparent suicide, mere days before the biggest show of his career. When the man's daughter insists Savage's death was murder, the case becomes more than a media sensation: It is a race to find a killer in a world created entirely out of fantasy and illusion. With her own job at the DA's office in jeopardy, and the temptation to self-medicate her PTSD with alcohol almost too strong to resist, Alex is not anyone's first choice for help. But she is determined to uncover the grime--and the possible homicide--beneath the glitz. Along with detectives Mike Chapman and Mercer Wallace, Alex must penetrate the twisted roots and mixed motives among the high-profile players in the Garment District. The investigation takes the trio from the missing money in Wolf Savage's international fashion house to his own recovery from addiction; from the role of Louisiana Voodoo in his life to his excessive womanizing; and to the family secrets he kept so well-hidden, even from those closest to him--just as things are about to get deadly on the catwalk. With Killer Look, Linda Fairstein proves once again why she is the "Queen of Intelligent Suspense."* *Lee Child Linda Fairsteinwas chief of the Sex Crimes Unit of the district attorney's office in Manhattan for more than two decades and is America's foremost legal expert on sexual assault and domestic violence. Her Alexandra Cooper novels are
The bone vault by Linda A Fairstein( Book )
When a recently deceased body is discovered in an ancient Egyptian sarcophagus during a donor gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Assistant DA Alex Cooper must infiltrate New York's museum society to catch a killer
Deadfall by Linda A Fairstein( Book )
"Hunting a killer within New York's urban jungle becomes the biggest case of Alexandra Cooper's career inNew York Timesbestselling author Linda Fairstein's latest riveting thriller. A wild heart beats within New York City. Amid concrete and skyscrapers, the Wildlife Conservation Society works to preserve and protect the animal kingdom both within and beyond the borders of the five boroughs. But dangerous creatures don't always have claws and fangs, as Assistant DA Alexandra Cooper and NYPD detectives Mike Chapman and Mercer Wallace know all too well. Predators lurk close to home, and in the aftermath of the shocking assassination of an iconic public figure--someone Alex has worked with for years--the trio must unravel the motive behind the shooting to discover who is the bigger snake: the killer or the victim. The murder investigation provides more questions than answers, as a tangled mess of secrets slowly comes to light. From street gangs to secret societies, from big-game hunting to the illegal animal trade, from New York City zoos to the highest offices in city government, Alex has her work cut out for her--especially since the task force, led by the US Attorney, seems to be more against her than with her. As tensions rise between Alex and the feds, she must determine just how far she is willing to go to uncover the truth--and uphold the integrity of the office she has so proudly served. Deadfallproves once again why Linda Fairstein is hailed as "a champion teller of detective tales."* *USA Today"--
Likely to die : a novel by Linda A Fairstein( Book )
18 editions published between 1997 and 2014 in English and Russian and held by 2,144 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In New York, a woman brain surgeon is sexually assaulted and stabbed. Murder by a demented patient or a more sinister killer? Policewoman Alexandra Cooper investigates
Death dance by Linda A Fairstein( Book )
Investigating the disappearance of a world-famous dancer who went missing during a Lincoln Center performance, investigator Alex Cooper and her colleagues find themselves drawn into the underworld of Manhattan's theatrical community
Blood oath by Linda A Fairstein( Book )
"New York Times bestselling author Linda Fairstein explores the depths of Manhattan's secretive Rockefeller University in this timely, captivating thriller about the deep--and often deadly--reverberations of past sins. Assistant DA Alexandra Cooper of the Manhattan Sex Crimes Unit is finally back at work following a leave of absence, and not a moment too soon. With more women feeling empowered to name their abusers, Alex is eager to return to the courtroom to do what she does best. But even she can't anticipate the complexity of her first case when she meets Lucy, a young woman who testified years earlier at a landmark federal trial. and now reveals that she was sexually assaulted by a prominent official during that time. Yet Lucy's isn't the only secret Alex must uncover, with rumors swirling about one colleague's abusive conduct behind closed doors and another's violent, mysterious collapse. As the seemingly disparate cases of her client, adversary, and friend start to intertwine, Alex, along with NYPD detectives Mike Chapman and Mercer Wallace, finds herself in uncharted territory within Manhattan's Rockefeller University, a premier research institute, hospital, and cornerstone of higher learning. But not even the greatest minds in the city can help her when unearthed secrets begin to collide in dangerous ways. and unless she can uncover the truth, the life-saving facility just may become her grave"--
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I went out today in my Keela Munro, first time I have used it since washing it in Nikwax tech wash.
I found last time I wore it getting rather cold in in about 48-52F. Though today I took it out and it was much lower temperatures probably about 36-38F and I wasn't cold at all (though was walking at fair pace), the only conclusion I have that the membrane clogging up and wasn't working effectively, does seem like a new jacket now, so upkeep is important!
Ive never used any synthetic washes for my clothing.
Ive always washed my gear on a cool wash cycle, and never use washing powder or detergent.
Some of my gear is getting pretty old, especially two items of Buffalo gear, that are now well over their thirtieth anniversary, and apart from discolouration, have a lot of life left in them.
Just good old water on a cool temperature, that's all is required.
Modern day detergents are more likely to break down the fabric over extended use, as some of them are pretty powerful if over used.
Indeed - I've only ever used water to wash waterproofs.


Today was supposed to be the Blue Ridge Kite Festival in Salem, VA. We traveled from the North Carolina coast to Salem to be a part of this gathering. Looking back at reports from previous Blue Ridge Festivals, we were anticipating very, very large crowds and somewhat limited flying room. And meeting up with acquaintances from last year's Mile High Kite Fest. We watched the weather predictions daily leading up to today. Unfortunately, it wasn't looking good. We left most of our larger kites home because the winds looked to be very high and there was a better than average chance of rain. In fact, there was almost a certain chance of rain.
Unfortunately, the weatherman was right. Of all the times the predictions are wrong, this time he was right on the button. It stormed today. Not just ordinary thunderstorms but downpours that produced flash flooding in the city and small fountains of water knocking the manhole covers off of the storm sewers in the streets. Needless to say, the festival was canceled. The thought of high winds, downpours and lightning was enough to keep the kites in their bags. I was somewhat relieved. I wanted to fly but I am super cautious when it comes to non-ideal weather. So instead of flying, we spent a nice afternoon with our daughter and son-in-law visiting a museum, having a casual lunch and going to a movie. Not a lost weekend at all.
The bonus comes tomorrow. There is an informal kite fly by the visiting kite clubs. No vendors or major advertising, just kite fliers and their kites. Of course, we're going. And the weather should be great. Warm and sunny with winds that have calmed down a bit. I may even have enough room to fly my Hyperkites. We'll see.


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The panel thus recognized that this was a completely frivolous litigation brought by the investors, who were pro se and without counsel, but were nevertheless familiar with navigating FINRA's arbitration forum and the judicial system. It came to light during this proceeding that the investors were apparently serial litigators with a long history of numerous other litigations they had initiated as plaintiffs. The trader, who has effectively been harassed over the last 15 years by the litigation ensuing from this arbitration, can now breathe a sigh of relief that this long nightmare is now over, we hope.
Despite the exceedingly lengthy time, our securities arbitration attorneys continued to relentlessly pursue justice for our client. Fortunately, the tireless pursuit paid off as Malecki Law managed to secure a favorable outcome including expungement in FINRA's longest arbitration case in history. Our securities arbitration attorneys have the dedication and resilience to serve as zealous advocates for client needs.


Omg this is surprisingly a great product! I've been looking for a really good natural deodorant and since a lot of people mentioned how great this online, I decided to try it. I've been using it for a week now and it really helps keep my puts dry and smell fresh!
I've had problems with my UAs since puberty, so I was always using strong deos. After reading reviews on here and articles on google about natural deo, so I gave this a time. The first time I used it, I could still smell an odour (huhu) with one spritz. I tried five the next time and at the end of the day, I still smelled like tea tree which made me very happy! After two weeks of use, out in the sun, or home, in a loose top, or in a tight one, I've discovered that three spritzes are just right and I'm very happy with this. I'm so sad to see it's sold out while writing this review. Now I know to stock up the next time!
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First time I've found a deodorant that actually works. And it works for the long haul. Absolutely in love with this product. I have this condition where I sweat a lot; my hands, feet, and UA have never had a dry day in their lives so obviously there will be a stench. I mean, my UAs still sweat but the bad odor is nonexistent now. I would totally recommend this to anyone and everyone and I will totally repurchase once mine runs out.


The 2014 Winter event is a sequel to the 2013 Winter event in which players are able to kill two wolves: Hati and Sköll.
The activities of this event are almost identical to those of the 2013 Winter event. However, this year's event features an additional task where the player has to find Eir's helmet and Eir's spear through killing the wolves or training Divination at the sparkling wisp divination spot, and then return them to Eir, who can be found near Golden Apple Tree. For completing this task the player is given a choice between bonus experience in Divination equal to 2250 x Divination level or Prayer experience equal to 3600 times the level. In addition to that, the player will also receive two cosmetic overrides: the Valkyrie helmet and the Valkyrie spear.
Sköll can be found directly west of the entrance to Rellekka, Hati spawns just a few squares north of the lodestone there. Whereas Eir can be found just south of the Golden Apple Tree.
This is the first event in which the Wolf hunter does not appear.
This page was last modified on 17 January 2017, at 16:05.


This is the time of year for retrospectives. Everything from films of the year, best theatrical productions, best music releases, best art exhibitions, and not forgetting the many creative artists who have passed away over the past twelve months.
It has been quite a year in so many ways.
So just before December's weekend supplements publish recommendations by a mix of academics, poets, artists and famous citizens about all kinds of books they have read and recommend, let me list a few good ones that have kept me going in 2016.
Written by the winner of the Man Booker Prize in 2011, Julian Barnes, this is a fictional account of the life of the great Russian composer Shostakovich and his survival under the despotism of Stalin.
The impact of tyranny, however, is brilliantly articulated by both authors.
One fascinating non-fiction book to catch my attention this year was "Lingo" by the Dutch journalist and multi-linguist Gaston Dorren.
In a year when European integration has been the topic of intensive debate, this humorous book reminds us of our inextricable cultural connections by examining fifty or more European languages and dialects.
Full of amusing anecdotes, Dorren observes all kinds of linguistic parallels, including examples of words which English has borrowed from many of its European neighbours.
Never does a year pass in the modern era without something original and brilliant coming out of the north-west of our continent. Among others, let me mention two "Nordic" novels. One represents the tried and tested genre of crime fiction, noir being the word, so consistently portrayed by their authors; whereas the other book is a total contrast being funny.
Another gripping novel in a similar vein, in terms of empathy with issues of ageing, was given to me by a friend at no cost thanks to the generosity of the year's World Book Night in April. This beautiful story, "Last bus to Coffeeville," is set in the United States. Its author is J Paul Henderson.
Closer to home the next crime thriller novel and a winner of Los Angeles Book Prize for fiction was recommended to me by my bibliophile wife. "The Twelve" by Stuart Neville is a page-turning tale set in a bleakly realistic Northern Ireland suffering the appalling and violent excesses of the so-called Troubles.
Ulster noir feels even more unsettling than its Scandi-equivalent, in this case probably because Neville is fictionalising events against the reality of recent history.
A special mention has to go to the Irish Times journalist and commentator Fintan O'Toole.
I finally got around to buying his non-fiction book, published a couple of years ago, and which was inspired by the encyclopaedic "A History of the World in 100 objects" by Neil McGregor.
O'Toole's diligent research and knowledge have resulted in the very impressive "A History of Ireland in 100 Objects." These companion pieces are two desirable objects in their own rite.
The best novel I have read in 2016 is "Alone in Berlin" by Hans Fallada.
Originally published in 1947[iii], it was not translated and published in English until 1975.
In some ways, the harrowing narrative parallels the Julian Barnes story about surviving Soviet tyranny.
Fallada, like Barnes, bases the story on a real-life events, namely that of a German couple (nondescript compared to the Shostakovich protrayed by Barnes) trying to stand up to and resist the domestic impacts of Nazi horrors.
Taken together, such novels illustrate both the meaningless of labels like right and left to describe authoritarianism; and also that evil flourishes only when good men sit back and do nothing.
Finally, having begun by setting an objective to present a selection of books that I have read before the professionals publish their lists in December's weekend supplements, I see that the papers I buy on Saturday[iv] and Sunday[v] have already - on this final weekend of November - embarked on that process. And, in very thorough style too.
Even if there's no way I can pip them, I might as well try and join them.


My blog has been pretty quiet since finishing my training and my first trip. Some of it has been because I was out of town (not enjoying sitting at the airport waiting to get on a flight), but most of it has been because I'm unsure what to write about anymore. I obviously want to continue my blog, but winter on the East Coast will stop a lot of my flying. I am also interested in getting a seaplane rating and doing aerobatics, both not ideal for winter weather. Also, trekking out to the airport in cold weather – now that I have to actually walk the 2 miles – is less than a pleasing idea. So it's tough to get up. Today it was gusting to 31 knots, ouch.
I've pretty much come to realize I have to at least try to get my instrument rating. Flying was probably the worst thing to take up because if there's a new challenge or goal, I'll always want to try to get it. Now, it's just working up the courage to do it. It's not a thing to be taken lightly in my book. Not only is it more money and a time commitment, I have to convince those close to me it's not a waste or a bad idea, specifically my boyfriend. I've been dropping the idea more and more, like originally doing a PPL, he's not a fan. Now, for those who have read a good deal of my blog – you know that's not going to stop me and I'm quite the stubborn person. It's just planning it and doing it the right way. And then bringing it up to my mom, I think she's realized by now I'm too stubborn to listen to her, that once I set my mind to something I can't be stopped, but she still won't be happy.
Then I have to build up 50 hours of cross country time – in winter. Most likely it'll be slow going, especially since mid-January to mid-March I'll be working with the NHL and won't have any time to fly most likely, but then will have money to fly! But I've already started slowly going through the American Flyers Instrument Rating book, they send me the PDF for free, which was great and it's much easier for me to read than the FAA Instrument Flying Handbook, which I'll tackle later.
My master plan is to be able to pass the written and have almost all 50 XC hours before beginning formal training – but with Jake also being a CFII I hope during some XCs he'll come along and "teach" or probably rather be a safety pilot. Also, the waiting period will help because the 152 is in the process of becoming IFR rated. But it would be kind of fun to fly the G1000! We'll see what happens, I'll keep you updated! And hopefully, I plan to have other things in the works shortly!
There are so many student private pilot books out there to help you through your training. There's no way I even tackled 1/16th of them all. I was also trying to save money, obviously. I wanted to review the books I've used during my training for others though.
Airplane Flying Handbook: People criticize this book as dry. I didn't think it was that dry, it just was a no nonsense way of explaining the theories behind flying. I liked it a lot. I did end up reading about the maneuvers a lot before ever actually doing them, which it didn't always stick because of that, but sometimes I'd go back and reference it if I was having difficulty. It helped me a lot with my slips. And now it has color illustrations which is nice. My DPE LOVES this book. Bonus: free online!
Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge: Another FAA book, this one is more complicated than the AFH and I had trouble working through some of the chapters. But for the theoretical knowledge of aerodynamics I'd suggest reading this book. Though I had trouble working through the dryness of it, I was able to understand the principles after reading a chapter.
American Flyers Private Pilot Learning Guide and Textbook: This book is amazing. And I got it for free! The illustrations are helpful (especially for the AD stuff) and just explains everything in a very concise, clear way that I enjoy. It is also split up into Written and Flight sections. This book was perfect for when I was taking practice exams. I'd go to the section in the book and review the information so I'd understand it instead of just memorizing the question.
Rod Machado's Private Pilot Handbook: Honestly, I bought this book because so many people seem to worship this man's teaching. I have to say afterwards, I'm not one of those people. It is by far the LONGEST book I've bought because he just goes into stories about past students or finding another way of explaining a theory in a way he thinks you'll get it. I didn't always get the antidote, and frankly, it confused me more than helped me. I'd prefer to just understand the way it actually works with a plane than fitting it to how it works in a car or something. Anyone want to buy this book from me?
Gleim's Private Pilot Written Exam Guide: I thought this book was great to study for the written. It outlined every section in a concise way (I'm seeing a theme here.) Each section being broken done clearly and within a few pages was great for my learning and memorization of the harder items. And all the test questions were in this book, which I wish I realized they were the exact questions. It was also helpful looking up after the test because it has all the codes in the back and I could find the question and know why I got it wrong. I looked them up right after I got home, so I found the questions easy.
ASA's Private Oral Exam Guide: I wasn't a huge fan of this book at first. And still not a huge fan, but it does do its job. I just wish the answered were laid out better and not so technical but the way you'd actually answer the question in the Oral Exam setting. But maybe I'm just picky like that.
Ever since earning my Private Pilot's Certificate (and even when people learned I scheduled my check ride) the question I get from every one is, "what's next?" I dread getting this question because I really don't know. I still don't know and I kind of hate it.
This past year I've been having that switch from the "I don't care, I'll do what I want twentysomething" to a "responsible, future thinking adult" which has made me realize I don't think the theatre community is for me anymore. I heard some (to me) horrific stories from older actors about what they had to do to make ends meet. Not even having everything secure when having children. I realized to me, that's not worth it. Theatre used to be my life, but I'm not too happy doing it anymore. But what do I want to do with my life? I'm not sure.
Part of me knows I'd love to be in aviation. I'm just unsure of where I fit into it or really how to change careers. I know one thing for sure, I do not want to be an airline pilot. That's a hard no, and not changing. I've seen the struggles and frustrations from Jake's career and now it's even harder with the ATP requirement. And it's not that you couldn't pay me enough to go through that, it's that they definitely won't pay me enough. Or at least for a very long time.
Other options have been brainstormed by me and Jake. Air Traffic Controller was his suggestion. I think I could enjoy that, the problem though they haven't hired in a while and their future doesn't look the best right now in the US. I'd have to start studying for the FAA's pre-employment test now though because he knows people who went to college for four years to take that test. Another job I've come across is Airline Dispatcher. But as some of you know, I'm not a huge fan of math. I don't know too much about the ins and outs of a dispatcher, but maybe something worth looking into. There's also the dream of working for a company like AOPA or EAA, but sadly, a career in theatre doesn't transfer too well into those positions.
Lastly, the job that's been occupying my mind a lot if a CFI. Argh, and it's not a too practical job. A lot are time builders so it's not a well paying job, would I even get healthcare or then worrying about my retirement fund as well. It doesn't seem like a practical adult job and has a bunch of the frustrations I was facing working in theatre. It'd also be a lot more training. I'd no doubt enjoy that training though, maybe not the cost of it. Then would teaching be for me? I've never taught anything, well, an occasional little girl dance steps, but that's it. Maybe I'll just work towards building 50 hours of cross-country time required for my instrument rating and see where that takes me.
There's a lot to consider, and eventually I'm just going to have to take a leap no matter what the decision.
Jake finished editing the video from our first trip together! You can watch it: Hudson River VFR CorridorIt's a little over 8:00 minutes long – I know long, but it's from 2 hours of footage. I think he did a pretty good job of editing it. Let me know what you think!
I hope we can do another trip soon and have another fun video. Any suggestions of fun places to go in the Northeast?
Yesterday I got to take my wonderful boyfriend on our first flight together. Background: We've been dating over two years and he's always been an airline pilot. I've been DYING for the day he'd take me up in a small plane (all the other pilot girlfriend's I know have a picture of them both in a headset in a small plane, it's cute) and because of a variety of things it never happened. He did go up in the back of a 172 once on my second lesson, and I took one of his flights home for Christmas our first year. That's the extent of our flying together. Therefore, I couldn't wait for tomorrow.
We were doing the NYC VFR Corridor. You get to fly around 1000ft around the island of New York. It's pretty epic. There is a section of the NY Bravo by the shore that drops down to 500ft, so he taught me how to do a DME arc and we went further out to sea to avoid flying at 400ft. I pretty much rocked it, I told him I'd ace instrument training if it was all like that. The reason the Bravo jumps down that low there is it is the final for JFK. On the GPS it was pretty cool to see tons of planes all coming in. A little scary having a 747 about 1000ft above and descending.
At the end of the arc we head straight for Coney Island. It's the only part that Jake hasn't done before. It's fun seeing all the rides. I'll get a better view on the way back.
We go to the Verrazano Bridge now. I'm getting a bit nervous because we're at 900ft. The bridge is 700ft tall. We have to stay to the right on the bridge where the tallest part is, but you obviously don't go over it just a bit to the left. A thrilling experience to go over something that high, but that close. And it's completely legal!
Next up, we were trying to do the East River Exclusion, which the rules changed and you need to talk to LGA Tower and get clearance up into the Bravo airspace. The controller was super busy so she wasn't responding. We avoid going to the right of Governor's Island and head up the Hudson. You self announce on the Hudson River Exclusion. Jake was in charge of the radios during this part, so he did all the announcing. A helicopter passed about 200ft under us as we entered the Hudson!
Heading northbound on the Hudson, you stay near the east bank (always to the right). Lots of helicopters going southbound and passing us around our level. If you're not maneuvering you stay at 1000ft but if you are you drop down to 900ft or below, that's also where the helicopters are.
Jake was getting the view of NYC better than I was at this point. We pasted the George Washington Bridge and went a few miles past it, dropped down to 900ft and did a 180 degree steep turn to go back down the other way. Whooo uses of flight training maneuvers!
Now, I got the pretty views! We also had a King Air pass above us going to Teterboro. After we had passed the GW Bridge again, Jake turned and told me "This is where Sully was," of course, I knew exactly what he was talking about and avgeek'd out. If you don't, he's the captain that landed US Airways Flight 1549 successfully in the Hudson. We passed the Freedom Tower, which is 1,792ft tall! It was much taller than we were flying and so I had to look up to see the top of it.
Here's the fun part. I got to circle the Statue of Liberty! Best point ever to turn around. This time we weren't worried about making a perfect circle, it was avoiding the airspace at the back of the statue. We had a VOR tuned in that if it was aligned I was in the other airspace. I did two turns around her, and Jake had to talk to another helicopter while doing it because he was waiting to circle her too.
We tried one more time to go up the East River, it wasn't happening so headed back across the Verazzano Bridge and past Coney Island and I had to do the DME arc again. Along the coast of Long Island, Jake wanted to do a zero gravity maneuver, where you climb and push over hard and become weightless. I was nervous about it, but we did it a few times. He made me do it as well. One time, I had a pen in my hand and he got it to float. Sadly, the GoPro was on the wrong setting and it was all dark.
I grab the ATIS and get ready to land back at FRG. We request touch and go's so Jake can land a few times, but I called first landing. It was a greaser landing! One of my best. Jake applauded me on the upwind. He was super impressed. Later on in the night he said the downside is I can only get worse from that. I told him no, I could get better by making every landing like that.
Another 152 entered the downwind from the north as we turned crosswind. We had no idea what this girl was doing, her patterns were huge and her altitude was all over the place. Jake thought he was going to crash she was so low on her final (okay, but he thought I was too low on landing because he's used to being up much higher when crossing the threshold) His first landing is….not great. He's right of the center line (oh yeah, I was dead on that line) and he flared too high because he's used to the ERJ.
I've wanted this picture ever since I started dating a pilot, but guess who's PIC!
The only downside is we had to run part of the way to catch the train on the way back. But overall, it was fun and I'm glad this was my first adventure as a Private Pilot!
Alright, being fair and honest for those thinking about training. Here is my Private Pilot broken down all in numbers. I'm sure a lot of people don't like to admit on how much they spent on training, but I would have loved to know more about these added costs when budgeting my training better. It's also just all my numbers throughout training. It was kind of fun going back and realizing the numbers of instructors I've had (for progress checks as well!) and airports where I've landed.
So there you have it, that's what I spent to make this dream come true. I think it was worth it, I'm not sure what else I would have done with that money. I don't regret anything.
So onto the flying portion of my check ride. My DPE needed another smoke on the way over. He watched me pre-flight from afar. I made sure it was super thorough. I pulled the plane forward to check for bald spots on the tires, which isn't something I always do.
After I finished it was time to fly! He kept switching between calling me captain and Wilbur (he was Orville) which was kind of fun. We climbed into the 152. I actually had trouble starting it. It was the first flight of the day and it's getting colder. I primed it twice, pumped the throttle, it wasn't starting. I turn the Master off and think. Is it because it's cold or did I flood the engine? I remember flooding the engine on a solo cross country and remember how I have to restart it: throttle all the way in, mixture all the way lean, start it and quickly switch their positions. I'm not sure (not that experienced yet!) I try another prime first just in case. It starts! Yay!
I get the ATIS, talk to ground and remember to request a left downwind departure. He hates Republic airport, thinks it is the worst tower. My first take off is a soft field take off with climbing over an obstacle. Tower says line up and wait. I'm holding the yoke back and waiting. Waiting. The traffic has already taken off again. Why are we waiting? He's frustrated with the tower. Finally cleared to take off. Soft field pretty good. When I took the flaps out he just suggested I accelerate to 60 knots before so I don't sink. He said I hit the second giraffe (he flew in Africa and said sometimes there would be giraffes at the end of the runway i.e. dirt road).
The ceiling was lower than forecasted or said in the ATIS. I thought he would discontinue it. He asked what it meant with a southern wind and these low clouds meant. I wasn't sure, he said that fog and clouds could come in quickly and it is possible to become IMC fast. He still had us go, but asked if I would have still gone to the cross country location alone. I said no, he approved of that decision.
We went to the north practice area. Started tracking the Carmel VOR, it wasn't picking up that well since we weren't high enough. He had me switch to the Calverton VOR, I tracked that fine. Whooo! Then moved onto instrument work. Did turns, climbs, descents. Took that off within 0.2. By this point we were at the east end of the south practice area. He has me head towards the shore while he calls up ATC. He had me do a 360 to avoid going into the Charlie. I head east and he wants steep turns. He said I already cleared the area. He wants both sides, doesn't care what I do first. I do my left side first since I know its my weaker side. Done. Right. Done. They were within standards.
I'm doing something I didn't do on my pre-solo progress check. I'm taking this ride one thing at a time. Not thinking forward to other moves. Not focusing on pass moves. I know I passed them if he didn't say I failed. So there's no need to focus on them. Next is slow flight. He said I already did two 360 turns so no need to clear the area. I get the stall horn sounding. He had me do a 180 turn. I roll out more than 10 degrees past my heading. He seems fine with it and takes the controls and does a crazy side to side with the yoke to show me how mushy the plane is. He says just make the plane do what I want it to do. I already did a 180 turn so go straight into a power off stall. I do it, and it's good. I maybe push the nose too far forward, but it was fine.
Turn to the east (was facing west) and did a power on stall. My wing drops to the right. I knew it was coming, I could feel the plane being uncoordinated. Fixed it like a boss. He said my engine was on fire and do an emergency descent. After I get down a bit, he says the fire is out but the engine quit. Emergency landing. I pick a parking lot (he prefers the beach – another DPE won't let you pick the beach so I was used to parking lots. In a real emergency, I'd pick the beach) I get down to 500 feet and execute a go around. We get the ATIS at KISP for wind direction. He picks a water tower and I do turns around a point. I rock them, they are the best turns around a point I've ever done. I do lose a bit more altitude than I'm supposed to but he lets me fix it and the second time around it's steady.
We divert to KISP. We were supposed to go to KBDR, but the weather is too bad. I had never been to KISP. It's also a Charlie Airspace airport. Exciting! I'm cleared for a straight in. He insists on talking to tower so they know it's him in the airplane. He said he purposely did it so I have straight in since it's harder. I'm used to weird patterns at KFRG so it's a non issue. I'm a bit high, so I did a slip to land. Rock it! I'm normally a bit uncomfortable with them, but not today.
Regular landing first. Winds are straight down the runway. Great landing! Next one, short field with an obstacle at the front of the runway. I have to be at 160 feet at the chevrons and have to stop before the taxiway. I'm a bit high, he changes it to soft field. I slip again for funsies. I'm at 160 ft at the chevrons, he says do short field. I do it. Yay! We take off and go back to KFRG. One more landing to do.
I get a left base for runway 19. Then have to change into the downwind because of a North American plane on a straight in. I turn back, the controller also has a Piper turn base not too far behind me while I'm also on base. He's pretty close, the DPE said let the controller worry about it. Soft field landing. I'm weaker on these. He's also based out of Bayport which is a grass field so does them all the time. Probably one of my best soft field landings with a crosswind. I'm a bit right of the center line, but it was straight and soft. The controller asks if I can get off at Delta, I tell him I can't. He has me get off at runway 14, which was a bit of a stretch. The DPE helped me. I didn't think I was going dangerously fast. He says never let me be pressured to do something dangerous by controllers, if the other guy has to go around, no big deal.
I taxi back. Call for fuel. Stop the plane. He says he has one more question for me: how does it feel to be a private pilot? Yay!!!! Big smile on my face! We're getting out to push the plane back. I'm waiting for him to get ready, the fuel truck pulls up, my CFI pulls up. In the car, he gives me the thumbs up and a questioning look. I give up a thumbs up and a smile back. He smiles and parks next to the plane. I look over at the fuel truck and it's Winston. He gives me a shrug and questioning look. I give him the thumbs up as well. He gives me a double thumbs up and a celebration seat dance. I laugh and am so happy!
My CFI comes over and gives me a hug and we push the plane back. When Winston comes over he gives me a hug as well. I'm so excited! I did it after all this work and frustrations! We go back to the office and I get my temporary certificate. My DPE graduated from art school and did amazing calligraphy in my logbook. Now, I have a super special logbook that is pink and has calligraphy in it!
I can't wait to take my first person flying. Hopefully, Jake and I will go next week!


Searcher has received permission to fish in the Biosphere Reserve of Guadalupe Island this season. So if you're booked on a 6-day or longer, it's one of the possible destinations. It's an exciting prospect and adds another option for our trips!
Our captains will monitor the fishing and weather conditions and will determine the destination of your trip, based on the best fishing and catching opportunities.
C'mon tuna and yellowtail–we're ready for you!


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9 Spectacular Hotels Designed by the World's Most Famous Architects
Scott Bay
Robb Report April 19, 2019
Travel itineraries are often chock-full of sightseeing architectural stunners — especially if you're a design aficionado. But on occasion, a destination offers more than just a chance to glimpse a world-famous example of architecture: Every once in a while, you can actually stay the night in one. Some of the world's foremost architects have tried their hand at hotel design, making it possible for fans to get up close and personal with some of the most important design thinkers of the past and present. From modern-day heavy hitters like Frank Gehry and Zaha Hadid to legends like Mies van Der Rohe and Le Corbusier, these are the best hotels designed by starchitects.
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ONE@Tokyo Hotel
Designed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, the eye-catching ONE@Tokyo has all the hallmarks of its creator's chic, minimalist style: The entrance is hidden behind an abstract arrangement of wooden planks, while smooth concrete makes for a surprisingly peaceful and inviting juxtaposition. The 142-room hotel sits in one of Tokyo's most enviable locations, just steps away from the iconic Tokyo Skytree in the Oshiage district, in a ten story tower. Inside, it's obvious that Kuma was involved in almost every aspect of the design, from the rooftop garden (the architect is a big fan of green spaces) down to the staff's crisp and clean black-cotton uniforms.
Hôtel Le Corbusier
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, better known as Le Corbusier, is one of the most significant pioneers of modernist architecture. His body of work was dedicated to improving the quality of life for residents of crowded cities, and his work had a major impact on the way we plan urban centers today. To experience his influence first hand, a visit to Marseille's Hôtel Le Corbusier is a must. Even if the 21-room hotel went by another name, it would be obvious to any architecture-phile was behind the structure's modern design, which utilizes color and affordable materials to create a thoughtful yet simple design. Constructed within the 10-acre Unite d'Habitation development between 1947 and 1952, the structure is part of Le Corbusier's first large-scale project, but the building's materials, furnishings and other features have been meticulously restored with careful consideration and assistance from the Le Corbusier Foundation.
Four Seasons Hotel New York
As the designer of Le Grand Louvre, the Kennedy Library, and the National Gallery of Art, I.M. Pei isn't just an architect of buildings—he's a creator of institutions. And his Four Seasons Hotel New York—which opened in Midtown Manhattan in 1993—is no slouch by comparison. For both the exterior and interiors of the 52-story building on East 57th Street, Pei used the same honey-colored French Magny limestone that he employed in his expansion of the Louvre, creating a warm palette that looks as modern today as it did more than two decades ago. Through careful consideration, the lobby and shared spaces are designed less for efficiency and more toward the pleasures of a luxury hotel experience. And taking that notion to extreme heights—literally—is the penthouse suite, which Pei designed over a period of seven years at the request of the building's owner, Beanie Babies billionaire Ty Warner. The 4,300-square-foot accommodation occupying the hotel's top floor is one of the most expensive in the world at $50,000 per night—and those who can afford would no doubt say it's worth it to sleep in the creation of one of the world's greatest starchicts.
The Langham Chicago
Mies van der Rohe, another pioneer of modernist architecture, designed the 52-story IBM tower (renamed AMA Plaza) in 1972. A few decades later, The Langham moved in to occupy 13 floors of the iconic bronze-tinted glass and anodized aluminum Chicago structure in 2003. Today, the hotel gracefully blends urban sophistication with refined luxury and features a fine-art collection of more than 150 pieces . The lobby of the hotel is perhaps the greatest nod to its creator: Adorned with white marble walls and minimalist, midcentury furniture, and taking full advantage of the sweeping windows of the original architecture, the space is a grand tribute to van der Rohe designed by his own grandson, architect Dirk Lohan.
Hotel Marqués de Riscal
Frank Gehry turned the Spanish city of Bilbao upside down when he unveiled his dramatic Museo Guggenheim Bilbao. It was equally adored and reviled for transforming the old industrial city into an overnight contemporary-art sensation. Apparently, however, the favorable results were hard to deny, because only a few years later, the starchitect was tapped to design the Hotel Marqués de Riscal in the Rioja wine country, not far from Bilbao. According to Gehry, the hotel's design—composed of his trademark undulating waves and zigzagging features—was meant to reflect the spirit of both the winery and the region. To that end, the spectacular facade is made of undulating titanium ribbons in pink, silver and gold, which respectively reflect the hues of the Rioja wine, the foil covering the bottle's cork, and the mesh adorning all Marqués de Riscal bottles. Gehry is well-known for such on-the-nose references, but the 43-room hotel—which is adorned with the architect's own custom furnishings as well—is more than an architectural masterpiece; it has an amazing gastronomic restaurant, an excellent art collection and, of course, a cellar full of Rioja's finest wine.
Belmond Villa San Michele
We all know Michelangelo as a legendary painter and sculptor, but the Italian artist was an architect as well. And though the master didn't exactly build Belmond Villa San Michele, the hotel's 15th-century facade is attributed by historians to his magnificent hand. The Villa, which is surrounded by lush forests and tiered gardens on the hill of Fiesole overlooking Florence, clearly has a remarkable history. Originally a monastery for Franciscan monks, it eventually became Napoleon's Florence headquarters, and finally, in 1982 became a hotel when Belmond (then known as Orient-Express) purchased it. But staying at this treasured landmark isn't only architecturally and historically appealing: It also promises the true essence of la dolce vita, with a world-renowned restaurant and, for VIPs, a two-level villa complete with a private pool.
Morpheus Hotel
The zig-zagging lines of Morpheus Hotel's rectangular-shaped tower create a sci-fi illusion—and the basis for the Macau property's name (that's right, it's not a Matrix reference). It was designed by the master of futurist architecture herself, Zaha Hadid, who simulated the fluid forms of China's jade carving traditions by actually carving a series of voids into the center of the tower. The architect described the resulting spaces as "urban windows". Inside, 12 glass elevators allow guests to marvel at the exoskeleton around them as they rise vertically to their rooms. Even with all this fantasy, the hotel remains a classic Macau stay that features all the requisite luxuries: a casino, Michelin star-rated restaurants, and a jaw-dropping 770 guest rooms.
The Murray
Foster + Partners' 336-room Hong Kong hotel, The Murray, creates a dialogue between old and new while aiming to reinvent a historic district of the sprawling Asian metropolis. The three-story arches lining the exterior of the architecture are juxtaposed by square-grid windows that rise up the rest of the tower. The unique design of the deep-set windows ensure that the sun never shines directly into the rooms; rather light bounces off the slanted design to create a soft glow inside each space. Located between Hong Kong Park and the Botanical Gardens, The Murray is a testament to modern-day Hong Kong, melding the old and new.
Nhow Rotterdam
If you want to put your name on the tourism map, there's one guaranteed way to do it: Hire a starchitect like Rem Koolhaas of OMA to build an innovative, futuristic tower that will have everybody talking. That's how Rotterdam did it—and it absolutely worked. In 2014, the renowned Dutch architect completed his trio of steel and glass monolith towers along the river Maas, and that same year, the Nhow Rotterdam opened for the first time. The entire structure is the largest building in Rotterdam—and all of Europe—and the 278-room hotel takes up 23 of its floors. In the lobby, a large brass reception desk and elements of gold make for a striking contrast to concrete walls. It's innovative and aggressive, yet functional inside. In other words, it's classic Koolhaas.
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Every campus has a king! Moorpark College has IRA the lion, "King of the Campus". Join us February 2nd, as we celebrate IRA's birthday with a WILD party at America's Teaching Zoo. Guests of this party will sing "Happy Birthday" to IRA as he claws and bites into his presents. All party guests will get a piece of birthday cake and kids can make crowns to wear for this royal event!


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Obamacare Architect's Comments Spark Outrage and ACA Opposition
The Affordable Care Act is a healthcare law that features thousands of regulations. It's dense, complex, and the vast majority of American voters have not read the legislation in its entirety. According to Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber, that was the goal.
"[If you] make it explicit that healthy people pay [the Cadillac tax] and sick people get money, [the Affordable Care Act] wouldn't have passed… Lack of transparency is a huge political advantage."
The "Cadillac tax," which is set to take effect in 2018, is an excise tax that will reduce health care usage/costs by promoting business owners to offer health plans that are more affordable, requiring employees to share in the cost of care. The way the ACA encourages employers to do this is by levying a 40 percent tax on the employers who choose to provide high-cost health benefits to their workers.
The result of this intentional deception is a disgruntled GOP, who is wasting no time in pointing fingers and saying "I told you so."
Speaking to Fox News, Republican Senator John Barrasso (Wyo.) stated that Gruber's comment "confirms people's greatest fear about the government… We know [the Affordable Care Act] was written in a way that was really deliberately written to deceive the American people." Sen. Barrasso also quotes Minority Leader of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, who said that "first you have to pass it before you get to find out what's in it."
Since 2013, two videos of Gruber dismissing the American people as "stupid" have surfaced. Each of these clips is simply adding to the flame that is the opposition against Obamacare, and the 2016 presidential election looms. In truth, Gruber could cost the Democrats the election, the results of which would be tragic for the millions of previously uninsured individuals who are currently enjoying the benefits of Obamacare.
Even after insuring almost eight million enrollees and expanding Medicaid benefits to more Americans than ever before, it is Gruber's own stupidity for making these statements that could destroy the law he fought so hard to create.


Last week witnessed a most interesting constitutional showdown between sovereign states in U.S. District Court in Sacramento. At issue is animal welfare legislation California has enacted both at the ballot box and through its elected representatives. The enemy combatants are a coalition of midwestern states led by Missouri, aligned against the State of California, with both sides represented by their respective state Attorneys General.
California farmers subsequently brought numerous litigation challenges to Proposition 2, though none of them has been successful to date. Shortly after the initiative's passage, however, animal welfare advocates and California farmers had a collective epiphany: Proposition 2 seemingly only applies to California farm operations, thus putting California agriculture at a competitive disadvantage compared to out-of-state farmers who sell their eggs to California-based buyers but are not subject to Proposition 2's explicit mandates. To level the playing field, California agriculture and the successful proponents of Proposition 2 joined forces (in one of California's odder political alliances of recent years) to successfully lobby the California Legislature in 2010 to enact legislation, AB 1437, applying the same animal welfare requirements to eggs produced at out-of-state chicken farms for shipment to and sale in California. AB 1437, like Proposition 2, takes effect on January 1, 2015.
Recently, the State of Missouri, joined by Nebraska, Oklahoma, Alabama and Iowa, sued California Attorney General Kamala Harris, seeking to challenge Proposition 2 and AB 1437–at least as they affect egg farmers in those states. Their key argument is that the more humane chicken cage requirements mandated under these California laws violate dormant Commerce Clause principles and should therefore be invalidated. Under dormant Commerce Clause rules, state and local laws may not discriminate against interstate commerce, regulate "extraterritorially" (i.e., beyond state borders) or unduly interfere with interstate commerce.
U.S. District Court Judge Kim Mueller heard California Attorney General Harris' motion to dismiss Missouri's lawsuit last week. Assuming she rules on the states' dormant Commerce Clause arguments (her comments from the bench suggest Judge Mueller has concerns about the states' standing to bring the lawsuit), the judge will be faced with an interesting set of arguments.
On the one hand, it's hard for Missouri to argue that Proposition 2 and AB 1437 discriminate against interstate commerce. After all, AB 1437 in particular simply made the Proposition 2 standards equally applicable to both in-state and out-of-state egg producers who seek to sell their eggs in California. More formidable, however, is the plaintiff states' claim that the California laws–and especially AB 1437–seek to regulate extraterritorial conduct. That's because both the express terms and legislative history of AB 1437 make clear that the objective is to reach beyond California's borders to make Proposition 2's cage restrictions apply to out-of-state egg producers who want to sell their product to California consumers.
My hope and expectation is that California will ultimately prevail in its defense of Proposition 2 and AB 1437, both before the district court and in the inevitable appeal to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. These modest laws seek to modify longstanding industry practices that are unquestionably inhumane; can seemingly be complied with at relatively modest cost to egg farmers; and were supported by nearly two-thirds of California voters at the polls in 2008 when they approved Proposition 2.
Meanwhile, the State of Missouri ex rel. Koster v. Harris litigation demonstrates yet again that the dormant Commerce Clause is being invoked with increasing frequency to attack a wide array of state and local environmental, public health and animal welfare laws.


As part of the April Food in Jars Challenge, I added two quick pickles to the fridge. Having tried and loved the hot water bath pickled red onions, I felt comfortable with the "Put 'Em Up" quick pickle version (haven't tried them yet).
One of my Favorite Pickling books.
Put 'Em Up is by far one of my favorite canning books. The Curried Cauliflower is to die for! When I decided to use this recipe, I realized that I could easily just switch the vinegars and put together a nice batch of pickled sweet peppers that will be a great addition to Grilled Cheese sandwiches (which they are!).
I am very tempted to make this potato salad on the same page. Yum!
For my red onions, I followed the recipe to a T.
They look so much better now that they have been sitting in the fridge for a while. I still have yet to try them but have mu sights set on some tuna salad!
As for the pickled peppers, I replaced almost all of the red vinegar with white vinegar. These are really yummy especially on a grilled cheese sandwich.


Archie, did that book on furniture building come in handy?
Archie accidentally buys an antique at an auction.
Colorist credits may apply to the whole digest, not just this story.
Archie cleans up his room but his mom opens the closet.
Li'l Jinx and her friend are fighting until her father breaks it up.
Jughead wins a crazy hat contest.
Archie's father is angry that Archie has been painting the walls at Veronica's house.
Coach Kleats wants Jughead to get some tires for the athletes to train with.
Six panels with one joke in each.
Dilton introduces 9 puns based on the abbreviations of the State names.
Archie keeps switching his classes so he can be with the new girl, Debbie Murphy.
A story about switching classes with the same title is in Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #355, but it appears to be a different story since the character list doesn't match.
Reggie convinces Archie that he needs car insurance.
Credits from the reprint in Archie's Funhouse Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #15, no credits listed in this digest.
Looking for a way to compete with Reggie, Archie finds a piece of jewelry on the street and gives it to Veronica, not knowing that it's a stray piece from a jewelry heist.
Art and story credits from GCD index of original comic.
Oh, boy! My palm itches!
Dilton and Moose discuss a superstition about itchy palms and money.
Reggie finds out his date's father was a boxer.
Art credits from GCD index of original comic. Story is divided into two chapters.
Jughead tries to convince Reggie that he has a good luck voodoo charm.
Art credits from GCD index of original issue.
Archie is hopping mad after having a fight with Veronica.
Li'l Jinx's dad explains the moon to Li'l Jinx.
The boys make fun of a freshman bringing an apple to school for his teacher but Miss Grundy tells them that it's a sign of respect and appreciation which teachers really like.
Chuck keeps his girlfriend waiting for a date and then the tides are turned.
Jughead wakes Archie up from a wonderful dream and then Archie turns the tables.
Archie has to deliver his father's briefcase to him.
Mr. Lodge is being blackmailed by a book expert.
Betty and Veronica get Jughead to try to impress a girl.
Jughead does his algebra to be inspired to paint.
Jughead and Archie leave a movie theatre.
When Archie and Fred both refuse to wax the floor, they feel guilty and decide to do it.
Art credit from GCD index of original issue.
Reggie and Moose become fast friends after Reggie stops making plays for Midge and actually helps Moose out.
Art and story credits from GCD index of original issue.
Aliens from the planet Virus come to earth to investigate in preparation for a possible invasion. Mistakenly getting the impression that teenagers are the leaders of the planet, they abduct Archie and his friends, who manage to infect the teenagers of Virus with habits like teen slang and rock n' roll.
Divided into four chapters: "The Invaders," "Universal Language," "Out of This World!," and "Bongo's in the Blue!"
Story originally had the logo "Life With Archie" but here has "Jughead".
Miss Grundy's lesson becomes a pun-fest. First pun is on the word "commonplace".
from ? (Archie, ? series) #?
A similar story appears in Archie's Madhouse (Archie, 1959 series) #9, but it appears to be different because different characters are listed in that index.
Reggie bets Archie that he can give him a black eye without touching him.
Veronica finds that she can control Archie with her finger, literally.
Fred tries to make an important phone call, but Archie's friends keep tying up the line.
Archie has hurt his dueling hand.
When Mr. Weatherbee finds Jughead digging for buried treasure on the school grounds, he recalls all the other bogus treasure maps Jughead has sold him on, and refuses to get suckered into it this time.
Betty and Veronica compete in the Riverdale Marathon, the winner getting the right to date Archie that evening.
Gee, Mr. Lodge, it must be neat to be rich!
Mr. Lodge explains to Archie how he got to be rich.
Li'l Jinx talks about streets named after types of trees.
Betty and Margo Mayhem compete for the top grades.
Archie accidentally helps Mr. Lodge not purchase a forged painting.
Jughead extolls the virtues of a "dish" across town.
Six characters and their dreams of sheep.
Archie takes a skateboard to school.
Jughead enrolls in the girls' cooking class, for obvious reasons.
Archie and Jughead try to relive their youth by playing stickball, and Archie hits the first ball right through someone's picture window.
Archie mulls decisions over in his mind, but finds out most of them are already made for him.
Last panel has been re-lettered to say "I think maybe I'll decide not to make any more of them!".
Mr. Lodge decides to let the kids use the indoor pool.
Jughead and Hot Dog win a contest for look-a-like pets and owners.
Jughead explains why he got everything wrong on a test... it was Archie!
Moose explains to Archie why he goes out with Midge.
Dilton guesses "0" for the number of peas in a jar.
Betty tells Archie that Veronica has a date with another guy.
Li'l Jinx's dad is looking for his golf club.
Jughead sleeps his way through morning classes, woefully listless and out of pep and incurring the wrath of the faculty, until a certain midday event re-energizes the lad.
This story is told entirely in mime until the final page.
Art and script identifications from GCD index of original issue.
Archie lectures Veronica for her jealousy, even as he's hitting on another cute girl.
7. Time Out for Corn!


Zhao L, Gao H, Lian F, Liu X, Zhao Y, Lin D. (1)H-NMR-based metabonomic analysis of metabolic profiling in diabetic nephropathy rats induced by streptozotocin. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 300: F947-F956, 2011. First published January 12, 2011; doi:10.1152/ajprenal.00551.2010.-Elucidation of the metabolic profiling in diabetic nephropathy (DN) rats is of great assistance for understanding the pathogenesis of DN. In this study, (1)H-nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)-based metabonomics combined with HPLC measurements was used to quantitatively analyze the metabolic changes in urine and kidney extracts from diabetic 2-wk and 8-wk rats induced by streptozotocin (STZ). Pattern recognition analysis of either urine or kidney extracts indicated that the two diabetic groups were separated obviously from the control group, suggesting that the metabolic profiles of the diabetic groups were markedly different from the control. The diabetic 8-wk rats showed lower levels of creatine, dimethylamine, and higher levels of ascorbate, succinate, lactate, citrate, allantoin, 2-ketoglutarate, and 3-hydrobutyrate (3-HB) in the urine samples. Moreover, the diabetic 8-wk rats displayed lower levels of succinate, creatine, myo-inositol, alanine, lactate, and ATP, and higher levels of 3-HB and glucose in the kidney extracts. The observed metabolic changes imply the enhanced pathways of either lipid or ketone body synthesis and decreased pathways of either tricarboxylic acid cycle or glycolysis in DN rats compared with the control. Our results suggest that the energy metabolic changes are associated with the pathogenic process of DN.


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Q: How to do n-D distance and nearest neighbor calculations on numpy arrays This question is intended to be a canonical duplicate target
Given two arrays X and Y of shapes (i, n) and (j, n), representing lists of n-dimensional coordinates,
def test_data(n, i, j, r = 100):
    X = np.random.rand(i, n) * r - r / 2
    Y = np.random.rand(j, n) * r - r / 2
    return X, Y

X, Y = test_data(3, 1000, 1000)

what are the fastest ways to find:

*

*The distance D with shape (i,j) between every point in X and every point in Y

*The indices k_i and distance k_d of the k nearest neighbors against all points in X for every point in Y

*The indices r_i, r_j and distance r_d of every point in X within distance r of every point j in Y
Given the following sets of restrictions:

*

*Only using numpy

*Using any python package

Including the special case:

*

*Y is X
In all cases distance primarily means Euclidean distance, but feel free to highlight methods that allow other distance calculations.

A: #1. All Distances

*

*only using numpy
The naive method is:
D = np.sqrt(np.sum((X[:, None, :] - Y[None, :, :])**2, axis = -1))

However this takes up a lot of memory creating an (i, j, n)-shaped intermediate matrix, and is very slow
However, thanks to a trick from @Divakar (eucl_dist package, wiki), we can use a bit of algebra and np.einsum to decompose as such:  (X - Y)**2 = X**2 - 2*X*Y + Y**2
D = np.sqrt(                                #  (X - Y) ** 2
np.einsum('ij, ij ->i', X, X)[:, None] +    # = X ** 2        \
np.einsum('ij, ij ->i', Y, Y)          -    # + Y ** 2        \
2 * X.dot(Y.T))                             # - 2 * X * Y

*

*Y is X
Similar to above:
XX = np.einsum('ij, ij ->i', X, X)
D = np.sqrt(XX[:, None] + XX - 2 * X.dot(X.T))

Beware that floating-point imprecision can make the diagonal terms deviate very slightly from zero with this method.  If you need to make sure they are zero, you'll need to explicitly set it:
np.einsum('ii->i', D)[:] = 0

*

*Any Package
scipy.spatial.distance.cdist is the most intuitive builtin function for this, and far faster than bare numpy
from scipy.spatial.distance import cdist
D = cdist(X, Y)

cdist can also deal with many, many distance measures as well as user-defined distance measures (although these are not optimized).  Check the documentation linked above for details.

*

*Y is X
For self-referring distances, scipy.spatial.distance.pdist works similar to cdist, but returns a 1-D condensed distance array, saving space on the symmetric distance matrix by only having each term once.  You can convert this to a square matrix using squareform
from scipy.spatial.distance import pdist, squareform
D_cond = pdist(X)
D = squareform(D_cond)

#2. K Nearest Neighbors (KNN)

*

*Only using numpy
We could use np.argpartition to get the k-nearest indices and use those to get the corresponding distance values. So, with D as the array holding the distance values obtained above, we would have -
if k == 1:
    k_i = D.argmin(0)
else:
    k_i = D.argpartition(k, axis = 0)[:k]
k_d = np.take_along_axis(D, k_i, axis = 0)

However we can speed this up a bit by not taking the square roots until we have reduced our dataset.  np.sqrt is the slowest part of calculating the Euclidean norm, so we don't want to do that until the end.
D_sq = np.einsum('ij, ij ->i', X, X)[:, None] +\
       np.einsum('ij, ij ->i', Y, Y) - 2 * X.dot(Y.T)
if k == 1:
    k_i = D_sq.argmin(0)
else:
    k_i = D_sq.argpartition(k, axis = 0)[:k]
k_d = np.sqrt(np.take_along_axis(D_sq, k_i, axis = 0))

Now, np.argpartition performs indirect partition and doesn't necessarily give us the elements in sorted order and only makes sure that the first k elements are the smallest ones. So, for a sorted output, we need to use argsort on the output from previous step -
sorted_idx = k_d.argsort(axis = 0)
k_i_sorted = np.take_along_axis(k_i, sorted_idx, axis = 0)
k_d_sorted = np.take_along_axis(k_d, sorted_idx, axis = 0)

If you only need, k_i, you never need the square root at all:
D_sq = np.einsum('ij, ij ->i', X, X)[:, None] +\
       np.einsum('ij, ij ->i', Y, Y) - 2 * X.dot(Y.T)
if k == 1:
    k_i = D_sq.argmin(0)
else:
    k_i = D_sq.argpartition(k, axis = 0)[:k]
k_d_sq = np.take_along_axis(D_sq, k_i, axis = 0)
sorted_idx = k_d_sq.argsort(axis = 0)
k_i_sorted = np.take_along_axis(k_i, sorted_idx, axis = 0)

*

*X is Y
In the above code, replace:
D_sq = np.einsum('ij, ij ->i', X, X)[:, None] +\
       np.einsum('ij, ij ->i', Y, Y) - 2 * X.dot(Y.T)

with:
XX = np.einsum('ij, ij ->i', X, X)
D_sq = XX[:, None] + XX - 2 * X.dot(X.T))

*

*Any Package
KD-Tree is a much faster method to find neighbors and constrained distances.  Be aware the while KDTree is usually much faster than brute force solutions above for 3d (as long as oyu have more than 8 points), if you have n-dimensions, KDTree only scales well if you have  more than 2**n points.  For discussion and more advanced methods for high dimensions, see Here
The most recommended method for implementing KDTree is to use scipy's scipy.spatial.KDTree or scipy.spatial.cKDTree
from scipy.spatial import KDTree
X_tree = KDTree(X)
k_d, k_i = X_tree.query(Y, k = k)

Unfortunately scipy's KDTree implementation is slow and has a tendency to segfault for larger data sets.  As pointed out by @HansMusgrave here, pykdtree increases the performance a lot, but is not as common an include as scipy and can only deal with Euclidean distance currently (while the KDTree in scipy can handle Minkowsi p-norms of any order)

*

*X is Y
Use instead:
k_d, k_i = X_tree.query(X, k = k)

*

*Arbitrary metrics
A BallTree has similar algorithmic properties to a KDTree. I'm not aware of a parallel/vectorized/fast BallTree in Python, but using scipy we can still have reasonable KNN queries for user-defined metrics. If available, builtin metrics will be much faster.
def d(a, b):
    return max(np.abs(a-b))

tree = sklearn.neighbors.BallTree(X, metric=d)
k_d, k_i = tree.query(Y)

This answer will be wrong if d() is not a metric. The only reason a BallTree is faster than brute force is because the properties of a metric allow it to rule out some solutions. For truly arbitrary functions, brute force is actually necessary.
#3. Radius search

*

*Only using numpy
The simplest method is just to use boolean indexing:
mask = D_sq < r**2
r_i, r_j = np.where(mask)
r_d = np.sqrt(D_sq[mask])

*

*Any Package
Similar to above, you can use scipy.spatial.KDTree.query_ball_point
r_ij = X_tree.query_ball_point(Y, r = r)

or scipy.spatial.KDTree.query_ball_tree
Y_tree = KDTree(Y)
r_ij = X_tree.query_ball_tree(Y_tree, r = r)

Unfortunately r_ij ends up being a list of index arrays that are a bit difficult to untangle for later use.
Much easier is to use cKDTree's sparse_distance_matrix, which can output a coo_matrix
from scipy.spatial import cKDTree
X_cTree = cKDTree(X)
Y_cTree = cKDTree(Y)
D_coo = X_cTree.sparse_distance_matrix(Y_cTree, r = r, output_type = `coo_matrix`)
r_i = D_coo.row
r_j = D_coo.column
r_d = D_coo.data

This is an extraordinarily flexible format for the distance matrix, as it stays an actual matrix (if converted to csr) can also be used for many vectorized operations.


 Tata Sons Chairman Emeritus Ratan Tata's UC-RNT Fund and others have invested Rs.19.2 Crore in a new startup, CureFit, a healthcare app by Myntra's Co-founder Mukesh Bansal.
This new round of funding altogether made a total of Dollar 18 million in capital raised by the startup.
Available in iOS and Android marketplaces, the company has offered three segments: cult.fit focuses on physical fitness, eat.fit is centred around healthy and nutritious food, and the third part mind.fit has mental wellness offerings.


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A Quarterly Journal of Culture and Politics
Liberties is THE place to be."
Liberties is a murderers row of important, fortifying, and inspiring writers."
It's like a meteor of intelligent substance that landed on my desk."
Volume 2 — Number 2
Martha C. Nussbaum on not hating the body;David Nirenberg and Ricardo Nirenberg explain what numbers cannot capture; Maria Stepanova on living out of time during Covid; Pratap Mehta on India's Voltaire; Michael Kimmage on American rise of decline; Nicholas Lemann on gaining his religion; Samuel Moyn on rights v. duties in contemporary liberalism; William Deresiewicz analyzes our culture's obsession with origin stories; Alastair Macaulay on Merce Cunningam's singular beauty and importance; Helen Vendler on the tormented life of Gerard Manley Hopkins; Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn on ancient philosophy as self-help; Philip Kitcher on the cost of pre-professionalization at college campuses; Celeste Marcus on The Night Porter as a love story; Leon Wieseltier on art, politics, and confusion; and, new poems by Andrew Motion, Colin Channer, and Aaron Fagan.
Liberty is under threat and Liberties girds us for the fight."
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The appearance of Liberties in the middle of the pandemic was a rare source of light. Its intellectual independence is as admirable as its intellectual seriousness, and it also has style and wit. Something was missing in our culture, and here it is."
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Liberties sure is needed in these times."
Liberties is full of observation, insight, and something you don't find everywhere, something you don't see coming: a kind of optimism, which shows clearly in its independent and all-inclusive mien."
Liberties: Some serious food for thought."
Liberties makes me happy: the quality and diversity of its contributors are a shining example of democratic discourse. The journal is a triumph for freedom of thought."
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Sometimes a mathematical phrase offers a splendid concentration of meaning in an otherwise non-mathematical poem. This is the case in the poem below by Taylor Mali, teacher and slam poet.
Donna Masini, one of my poetry teachers at Hunter College, offered this rule of thumb for use of a particular word in a poem: the word should serve the poem in (at least) two ways -- in meaning and sound, or sound and motion, or motion and image, or . .. .
"On the Life of Ptolemy"
Poetry at its best uses words in new ways. Mathematics sometimes does that also. But for a poet to use mathematical terms in new ways can be risky. Nichita Stanescu (Romania, 1933 - 1983) was a poet unafraid to take that risk. Here is Sean Cotter's translation of Stanescu's "On the Life of Ptolemy" from the new and fine Stanescu collection, Wheel with a Single Spoke.
The Journal of Humanistic Mathematics will host a reading of poetry-with-mathematics at the annual Joint Mathematics Meetings (JMM) on Friday, January 11, 5 - 7 PM in Room 3, Upper Level, San Diego Convention Center. If you wish to attend the reading and participate, please send, by December 1, 2012 (via e-mail, to Gizem Karaali (gizem.karaali@pomona.edu)) up to 3 poems that involve mathematics (in content or structure, or both) -- no more than 3 pages -- and a 25 word bio.
In the midst of a teaching career in Bloomsburg University I spent a year in an administrative position -- the school needed time to search for a proper provost and I was deemed good enough for the interim. My good fortune during that year was to work closely with Kalyan, a highly competent man, born in India, who went on (as I did not) to become a college president. Kalyan and I liked each other and early in the year we shared our views that we were both from "work twice as hard" categories. That is, a woman or a dark-skinned man needs to work twice as hard as a white man to achieve recognition as the performance-equal of that white man.
Today's poem is not only a fine work of art, it is also -- for me-- a doorway to memory. I first heard it in the poet's voice when he visited Bloomsburg University in the late 1980s, and I was alerted to the reading and to James Galvin's work by my most dear friend, BU Professor of English Ervene Gulley (1943-2008). Ervene had been a mathematics major as an undergraduate but moved on from abstract algebra to Shakespeare. Her compassion, her broad-seeing view, and her fierce logic served her well in the study and teaching of literature. And in friendship. I miss her daily. She, like Galvin, questioned life and probed its geometry.
Benjamin Banneker (1731 - 1806) was a free African American mathematician and almanac author -- also an astronomer, surveyor, and farmer. (I learned of his work through my friend Greg Coxson, an engineer, teacher, and fan of mathematical poetry -- and Coxson learned of Banneker through a school project of his son.) Beyond building a wooden clock and helping to lay out the borders of Washington, DC, Banneker predicted the 1789 solar eclipse and included rhyming math puzzles in his almanac. Coxson introduced me to a fine website, established by by John F. Mahoney of Washington, DC's Benjamin Banneker Academic High School, entitled The Mathematical Puzzles of Benjamin Banneker.
A few days ago, on August 21, it was Poet's Day in New Zealand and the blog sciencelens.com featured a math-poetry theme; that posting mentions the anthology, Strange Attractors: Poems of Love and Mathematics (for which Sarah Glaz and I are co-editors) and offers several Fibs, poems whose syllable-counts follow the first six non-zero Fibonacci numbers (1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, . . .., with each succeeding number the sum of the two preceding).
What is mathematics to animals?
In a playfully serious volume of verses by Eugene Ostashevsky we meet his alter ego, the "new philosopher" DJ Spinoza. With the intelligence and bravery of the other philosopher-Spinoza (Baruch / Benedict, 1632 - 1677), Ostachevsky's Spinoza pokes a bit of fun at things that might be taken too seriously -- such as logic or mathematics or . . .
From the 2005 Summer issue of from Prairie Schooner we have this haunting poem by Diane Mehta about the unknown probabilities of life and not-life.
Phyllis Diller (1917-20120), outspoken and funny, pioneering female comedian, died Monday, August 20. Her self-deprecating humor was hugely hilarious -- and it helped the rest of us also not to take ourselves too seriously.
In honor of Phyllis Diller and humor, I first offer a link to a "poem" from a favorite math-cartoonist -- Randall Munroe offers an amusing rhyming critique of the various majors (including math) available to undergraduates -- at xkcd.com. And, below, I share several slightly funny math jokes adapted from ones found at Math Jokes 4 Mathy Folks and shaped into 4x4 or 5x5 syllable-square poems.
One of the delights of investigation -- in library books or on the internet or walking about in the world -- is that one bit of information opens doors to lots of others. And so, as I was learning about Eleanor Graham for Monday's posting, I found her essay entitled "The first time I saw Carl Sandburg he didn't see me" and was reminded in a new way of the ongoing debate about the value of formal constraints in poetry.
One of my poetry collections is a particular treasure because of its history. My aunt, Ruth Margaret Simpson Robinson, graduated (as I also did) from Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania. At Westminster, a Chi Omega sorority sister of Aunt Ruth was Eleanor Graham Vance (1908-1985) who became a teacher and a writer; one of her biographical sketches mentions that she wrote for both children and adults, seeing many similarities between them. Aunt Ruth passed on to me her personally-inscribed copy of Eleanor Graham's 1939 collection, For These Moments, and in it I have found a poem with a tiny bit of arithmetic. I offer it here to you.
This poem by recent (2008-2010) poet laureate Kay Ryan at first made me think of calculus, of integration, summing all the thin slices to find the area under a curve. And then the poem moved me on.
One of my favorite DC-area poet-people is Yvette Neisser Moreno -- who, besides giving us her own work, is active in translation of Spanish-language poetry into English, most recently (with Patricia Bejarano Fisher) a Spanish and English edition of Venezuelan poet Maria Teresa Ogliastri's South Pole/Polo Sur (Settlement House, 2011). Although I have not found any mathematical poems by Moreno, I learned from an interview that the Chilean Nobelist Pablo Neruda (1904-1973) is her favorite poet and I therefore present here the geometrically vivid opening opening stanza of Part XI of Neruda's well-known long poem, The Heights of Macchu Pichu: A Bilingual Edition (The Noonday Press, 1966).
Volume 2, Issue 2 (July 2012) of the Journal of Humanistic Mathematics has recently become available online -- and it has lots of poetry. One valuable resource has been gathered by Charlotte Henderson, a participant in the January 2012 poetry reading at JMM in Boston; Charlotte offers a report on that reading and also has prepared a folder of the poems read there, collected for our ongoing enjoyment. In this issue also there are poems by Florin Diacu, Ursula Whitcher, and Paige S. Orland and some kind words about this blog by Gregory E. Coxson (JoAnne Growney's Poetry-With-Mathematics Blog -- An Appreciation); many thanks, Greg.
In the wake of the BRIDGES math-art conference at Towson University last week I also want to mention the lively blog posting about BRIDGES by Justin Lanier at Math Munch.
In his poem, "Arithmetic on the Frontier," Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) wrote of Britain's nineteenth century military aggression in Afghanistan. His words remind us of important questions: what is the cost of a life lost in battle? are some lives cheap and some more dear?
On Monday, October 17, 2011, Israel Lewis Schneider (1924-2011) -- Silver Spring poet and mechanical engineer -- passed away. I did not learn of this death until yesterday -- when my colleague, Sarah Glaz, let me know that an e-mail to him had bounced back and I went online searching for him.
Developing an inventory -- of what we have or have experienced, of what we see or imagine -- inevitably involves numbers and counting. As in "Inventory" by Canadian poet Colin Morton, an adaptation or "free translation" of "Inventaire" by Jacques Prevert. Morton has a strong connection to mathematics -- his son is a mathematician at the Technical University of Lisbon.
Before calculators we did more counting!
One of many sources of good poetry online is American Life in Poetry, collected by former U S Poet Laureate Ted Kooser. In Column 368, Kooser offers "Numbers" by New Jersey poet, Jared Harel (first published Fall 2010 in The Cold Mountain Review). Kooser's introduction notes, "My mother kept a handwritten record of every cent she spent from the day she and my father were married until the day she died. So it's no wonder I especially like this poem . . . "


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