#Sarah kaufman

[mommydearestella]

Dennis Dunce of Saratoga

[bookaddict24-7]

(New Young Adult Releases Coming Out Today! (September 17th, 2024)

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Have I missed any new Young Adult releases? Have you added any of these books to your TBR? Let me know!

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New Releases:

We Are Hunted by Tomi Oyemakinde

What is this Feeling? by Robby Weber

Night Owls by A.R. Vishny

Spells to Forget Us by Aislinn Brophy

If Anything Happens to Me by Luanne Rice

Such Lovely Skin by Tatiana Schlote-Bonne

Ruin Road by Lamar Giles

The Lies We Conjure by Sarah Henning

New Sequels:

Warrior of Legend (Heromaker #2) by Kendare Blake

Seasons of Flesh & Flame (Shades of Rust and Ruin #2) by A.G. Howard

Forget Me Not (Rosenholm #2) by Gry Kappel Jensen

The Immortal Abyss (The Threshold Duology #2) by Katherine Briggs

The Heart of the World (The Isles of the Gods #2) by Amie Kaufman

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Happy reading!

[alexablissfrance]

Photos de Alexa Bliss avec Sarah Michelle Gellar, à WrestleMania.

[sarahreesbrennan]

The Three Reasons I’m EXCITED for this Event

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I’m excited to be in conversation with @amiekaufmanauthor about THE ISLES OF THE GODS @booksupstairs in Dublin on June 13, 6PM for many reasons. 1) Isles is a rollicking adventure that had the audacity to make me cry in the prologue, don’t talk to me about the blackbirds! 2) Books Upstairs on D’Olier St is our oldest independent bookshop and a marvel, I’ve only been there to buy books and accidentally throw sandwiches but now I’m to be let loose! 3) Amie, as well as being brilliant, is lovely. Last time I saw her I hugged her and said ‘See you in 6 months.’ Cancer and Covid lockdowns happened, and it’s been almost 6 years. I cannot wait to celebrate her with you! #amiekaufman #sarahreesbrennan #booksupstairs #authorsofinstagram #theisleofthegods #authorevent

[justslayingirlblog]

[shinigami-striker]

July 2023 Birthdays | Saturday, 07.01.2023

Here are the upcoming birthdays for the month of July 2023:

Monday, 7/3 - Jill Harris | Sarah Wiedenheft

Wednesday, 7/5 - Chris Rager

Thursday, 7/6 - Erik Scott Kimerer

Saturday, 7/8 - Rachael Lillis | Xander Mobus

Sunday, 7/9 - Kira Vincent-Davis | Tyler Walker

Tuesday, 7/11 - Cristina Valenzuela | Jason Liebrecht

Wednesday, 7/12 - Christine Marie Cabanos

Thursday, 7/13 - Kari Wahlgren | Sandy Fox

Friday, 7/14 - Mike McFarland

Sunday, 7/16 - Kira Buckland

Wednesday, 7/19 - Cherami Leigh | Jeannie Tirado | Reuben Langdon

Friday, 7/21 - Allison Sumrall

Saturday, 7/22 - James Arnold Taylor

Sunday, 7/23 - Blake Shepard | Dani Chambers | David Kaufman

Tuesday, 7/25 - Dave B. Mitchell

Thursday, 7/27 - Felecia Angelle

Saturday, 7/29 - Emily Neves

Sunday, 7/30 - Jerry Jewell

[flowerish-cherry-blue]

book recommendation list #1

• the lynburn legacy by sarah rees brennan [ya]

• the coldest girl in coldtown by holly black [ya]

• the illuminae files by amie kaufman, jay kristoff [sci-fi]

• sputnik sweetheart by haruki murakami [fiction novel]

• the raven and other poems by edgar allan poe [poetry&horror]

[dontdenymeshakespeare]

The Amazing Readathon Week Four

The Amazing Readathon is a readathon hosted by Brianna from Four Paws and a Book and co-hosted by many others in the BookTube and Bookstagram community. This one is based on the reality TV show The Amazing Race and it’s about spending the month of June travelling the world. There are prompts and ways you can get can get bonus points (LGBTQ+ author, team genre, etc.), but there are also a whole…

[robynsassenmyview]

Not only the lonely

"Not only the lonely", a review of Andrew Haigh's 'All of us strangers'.

DINNER for three with Adam (Andrew Scott), his dad (Jamie Bell) and mum (Claire Foy) in a scene from All of Us Strangers. WHAT WOULD YOU do if you visited your childhood home, and your parents, as young as they were when you were a small child, opened the door, and recognised you immediately? Only, you’re still you in the here and now and have lived, aged and erred, for some decades in their…

[seraphimumbra]

"I don't feel alive. No, that's not right. I don't feel dead either, which is the worst part. I'm somewhere in between, a place as hollow and cold as the spaces between stars." — Amie Kaufman

"It’s not the feeling of completeness I need, but the feeling of not being empty." — Jonathan Safran Foer

"I felt like a ghost, watching my own life from somewhere far away." — Sarah Dessen

[doyouknowthisactor]

By "roles" I mean playing a different character; someone playing one character across a franchise only counts as one thing for the purposes of this poll

Below are some of this actor's roles. Please only check after voting!

Children of a Lesser God as Sarah Norman (Oscar win: became the first deaf actor to win an Oscar, and at 21 was the youngest person to win Best Actress)

CODA as Jackie Rossi

Reasonable Doubts as Tess Kaufman

Picket Fences as Laurie Bey

[mommydearestella]

Does Anyone Know this Person?

I ran across this pic online the other day and I know this guy as chase in Jacksonville for 4 years. He's homeless, according to him, but hardly ever around. This pic was taken at Residence Inn where I have stayed many times. I can tell by the coverlet. Its obviously posed AND PROBABLY POSTED ONLINE WITH THE ABUSERS HACKERS WHO I AM SURE, MADE SURE THAT I WOULD SEE IT. Could this be my long lost cousin Greg Katz backside? He is the son of the venerable Dr. Richard Katz of Ballenisles country club in illustrious palm beach gardens Florida. Or.... Could it be someone who is around Dennis Felcher. or Miss Todd Olivieri in South Florida or NY? How about anyone around David kaufman in NY who at one time resided in Brooklyn on Quentin road. Davids glamorous mother is Sarah Kaufman who always wore a big round diamond on her hand and probably the most beautiful diamond wedding band, all long rectangle diamonds all the way around set in platinum, of course, that I have ever seen in my life. Has anyone seen this person around David or his well tar do sister Allison Kaufman? Maybe this is her, uh, Assistant?? Delicious Allison Kaufman is like the girl next door who collects rent from tenants with a baseball bat in her Louis Vuitton handbag. She is so adorable you want to squeeze her cheeks. Not her fanny of course she's a traditional young lady. Yes indeed. She's Daddy's little Gurl!! I heard she is the real estate queen of Tudor City in NYC. She is most definitely a proper young woman but how proper? Her brother David is a formidable guy once he finally finishes brushing his hair. I heard He is well hung. Brooklyn's 11 inch pride and joy! He's a real stunner David. Just ask any doorman in Tudor city! I think he went to Yeshiva. Has anyone seen the guy pictured below around any of the people mentioned in this post or around Nathan James Smith my ex? As far as I know Sarah and Seymour Kaufman have one son and one daughter. David and Allison. Maybe they dropped David on his head. Who doesn't call back or check on their younger cousin?? Dunce... what .. do I have to rim this guy to get a call back? Isn't it all very convenient? I guess if I don't speak with them they can say that and maybe escape blame for not telling me something??

[kpopandbookschild]

Book poll round 3 #1

[duckprintspress]

Celebrate Bisexual Awareness Week with 18 Awesome Books with Bi Characters!

September 16th to 23rd is Bisexual Awareness Week, culminating in Bisexual Visibility Day on the last day! To celebrate, we cooked up a list of our 18 favorite books featuring bisexual characters!

The Rules and Regulations for Mediating Myths and Magic by F. T. Lukens

Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Guardian by priest

Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

Unmasked by the Marquess by Cat Sebastian

Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli

Heartstopper by Alice Oseman

Winter’s Orbit by Everina Maxwell

In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan

When the Stars Alight by Camilla Andrew

You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi

Delilah Green Doesn’t Care by Ashley Herring Blake

Astrid Parker Doesn’t Fail by Ashley Herring Blake

Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake by Alexis Hall

The Heartbreak Bakery by A. R. Capetta

Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

The Last True Poets of the Sea by Julia Drake

What are YOUR favorite books with bisexual protagonists? Tell us so we can get our read on even more!

This post was compiled with contributions from numerous Duck Prints Press contributors. We’ll have another post coming out on the 23rd, with Duck Prints Press publications featuring bi characters!

[evolvingsidekick]

BD - winners where are they now (incomplete)

I think someone requested this somewhere

Most females and recent males because there are just too many to do rn

At companies:

Miriam Gittens (s2013): Gibney Company

Alyssa Allen (s2014): Ballets Jazz Montreal

Brianne Sellars (s2014): Dallas Black Dance Theatre

Ashley Green (s2015): Alvin Ailey American dance Theater

Payton Johnson (j2012, t2015, s2017): L.A. Dance Project

Vivian Ruiz (s2019): Ballet BC

Kelis Robinson (t2018, s2020): The Batsheva Dance Company; The Juilliard School

Kiarra Waidelich (m2016, j2018, t2020): Royal Flux Company

Quinn Starner (t2017): New York City Ballet Corps de Ballet

Emma Sutherland (j2014, t2016): MashUp Contemporary Dance Co.

Sarah Pippin (t2011): Ballet BC

Timmy Blankenship (s2017): Sydney Dance Company; choreographer

Brady Farrar (m2014, j2017, t2021): ABT Junior Company

Easton Magliarditi (t2020): Royal Flux Company

Graham Feeny (t2015): Artistic associate at Gibney Company

Logan Hernandez (t2015): Göteborgs Operans Danskompani

Zenon Zubyk (t2013): Nederlands Dans Theater

Jonathan Wade (j2011, s2016): Rambert Dance Company

Wyeth Walker (s2017): Rubberband Dance Company

Faculty/teacher/choreography:

Lucy Vallely (t2015, s2018): Broadway Dance Center, freelance choreographer

Jayci Kalb ( j2011, t2014, s2016): The Dance Centre; Radio City Clara 2010

Taylor Sieve (s2016): Jump Dance Convention

Jenna Johnson (s2012): DWTS pro, 24 Seven Dance Convention

Jazzmin James (t2012, s2015): faculty several intensives

Jaycee Wilkins (j2015): Club Dance Studio

Sophia Lucia (j2014): Dancelab OC

Brynn Rumfallo (m2014): Strive Dance Workshop (own project)

Talia Seitel (m2012): Project 21 (part-time)

Lex Ishimoto (t2014, s2016): Jump Dance Convention

at University/college:

Ellie Wagner (s2019): Ohio State University Dance Team

Ella Horan (s2021): USC Kaufman

Kayla Mak (m2014, s2021): The Juilliard School; Radio City Clara 2014, 2015

Brianna Keingatti (s2022): The Juilliard School

Julia Lowe (s2023): USC Kaufman

Ava Wagner (j2018): University of Minnesota Dance Team

Avery Gay (m2015, j2017): University of Arizona School of Dance

Leara Stanley (m2011): Duke University

Sam Fine (s2023): USC Kaufman; Young Arts 2022

Seth Gibson: The Juilliard School

Alex Shulman (s2022): New York University Tisch Dance

Joziah German (m2014, t2018, s2020): The Juilliard School

Joey Gertin (t2018): The Juilliard School

Professional dancer/choreographer:

Simrin Player (t2014, s2017): The Voice, Missy Elliot, Justin Bieber, RBD

Jaxon Williard (s2021): Rihanna, Madonna, Lil Nas X

D'Angelo Castro (j2012, t2016, s2019): DWTS troupe

Findlay Mcconnell (t2017, s2019): Tate McRace

Christian Smith (s2018): Tate McRae, NBC's Saved by the Bell

Keanu Uchida (s2014): Dancer the Musical; also a big advocate for protecting dancers and calling out inappropriate behaviour

Eric Schloesser (s2014): Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Dua Lipa, Billie Eilish, J Balvin; choreographer, creative director, designer; Dana Foglia Dance Company

Other/a combo of things:

Bianca Melchior (s2011): actor, dancer, singer; Nick Jonas, Alessia Cara, own music; faculty at On The Floor dance competition

Tate McRae (m2013, j2015, t2018): singer/songwriter

Bostyn Brown (j2016, t2019): Professional assistant at DanceOne

Megan Goldstein (t2017); dancer, photographer

Christina Ricucci (t2013): actor, musician, dancer

Bella Klassen (j2017): The Space, vlogger

Kalani Hilliker (j2013): influencer, teaching at several places (Danceplex, MBA)

Elliana Walmsley (m2018): influencer, DWTS Junior, Radio City Clara 2019

Diana Pombo (m2016): singer/songwriter, dancer, actor; Young Arts voice 2023+2024

Morgan Higgins (t2016, s2018): dancer, aerialist

Zelig Williams (s2013):dancer/actor: MJ the Musical, Hamilton

Daniel Gaymon (s2011): dancer/actor; Broadway (Cats, The Lion King); Hamilton national tour, La La Land

Ricky Ubeda (t2011, s2012): choreographer, actor; Steven Spielberg's West Side Story

Michael Hall (s2015): Saturday Night Fever the Musical, tv dancer in Cairo, Egypt; teacher

Julian Elia (t2014): Steven Spielberg's Westside Story, working on the development of a new Broadway musical

Sage Rosen (t2016): influencer; DWTS Junior

Ryan Maw (j2015, t2017): choreographer, dancer, actor: High School Musical: The Musical - The Series

Holden Maples (j2016, t2019): dancer, teacher, choreographer

Competing/not graduated honorable mentions:

Cameron Voorhees (m2018, j2021, t2023): Evolve Dance Complex; starting career as a teacher/choreographer

Crystal Huang (m2019, j2021, t2023): The Rock Center for Dance, Bayer Ballet Academy; Prix De Lausanne 2024, Young Arts 2024, Radio City Clara 2021

Hailey Bills (m2017, t2022): Center Stage Performing Arts Studio, DWTS Junior

Brightyn Brems (m2017): DWTS Junior

Avery Hall (t2022): Danceology; Young Arts 2023

Savannah Kristich (t2021): The Rock Center For Dance; Twyla Now

Savannah Manzel (m2020): Larkin Dance Studio, Radio City Clara 2023

Kya Massimino (m2021): Radio City Clara 2023

Ian Stegeman (m2019, j2021, t2023): Woodbury Dance Center, Young Arts 2024

[mariacallous]

On Wednesday, New York governor Kathy Hochul shocked the state and the country when she announced she would indefinitely shelve New York City’s long-in-development congestion pricing scheme. The policy, in the works since 2007 and set to begin in just three weeks, was designed to relieve car traffic, curb road deaths, and send a billion dollars in annual funding to the city’s transit system by charging drivers up to $15 a day to enter the busiest parts of Manhattan, with rates highest at “peak hours.” (Truck drivers and some bus drivers could have paid more than $36 daily.) At heart, the idea is straightforward, if controversial: Make people pay for the roads they use.

But congestion pricing was also set to become one of the most ambitious American climate projects, maybe ever. It was meant to coax people out of their gas-guzzling vehicles, which are alone responsible for some 22 percent of US greenhouse gas emissions, and onto subways, buses, bicycles, and their feet. Policymakers, researchers, and environment nerds the world over have concluded that, even if the transition to electric vehicles were to happen at lightning speed, avoiding the worst of climate change is going to require fewer cars overall.

Now, the movement has seen a serious setback, in a country where decades of car-centric planning decisions mean many can only imagine getting around in one very specific way. Just a few years ago, cities from Los Angeles to San Francisco to Chicago began to study what pricing roads might look like. “Cities were watching to see what would happen in New York,” says Sarah Kaufman, who directs the NYU Rudin Center for Transportation. “Now they can call it a ‘failure’ because it didn't go through.”

On Wednesday, Hochul said her about-face had to do with concerns about the city’s post-pandemic recovery. The congestion pricing plan faced lawsuits from New Jersey, where commuters argue they would face unfair financial burdens. Cameras and gantries, acquired and positioned to charge drivers while entering the zone, have already been installed in Manhattan, to the tune of some $500 million.

Kaufman, who says she was “flabbergasted” by Governor Hochul’s sudden announcement, says she is not sure where the policy goes from here. “If we can’t make courageous, and potentially less popular, moves in a city that has transit readily accessible, then I’m wondering where this can happen,” she says.

Other global cities have seen success with congestion schemes. London’s program, implemented in 2003, is still controversial among residents, but the government reports it has cut traffic in the targeted zone by a third. One 2020 study suggests the program has reduced pollutants, though exemptions for diesel buses have blunted its emissions effects. Stockholm’s program, launched in 2006, upped the city’s transit ridership, reduced the number of total miles locals traveled by car, and decreased emissions between 10 and 14 percent.

But in New York, the future of the program is unclear, and local politicians are currently scrambling to figure out how to cover the transit budget hole that would result from a last-minute nixing of the fee scheme. The city’s transit system is huge and sprawling: Five million people ride the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s buses and subways, almost double the number that fly every day in the US.

In New York, drivers entering the zone below Manhattan’s 60th Street would have been charged peak pricing of $15, but would have only faced the charge once a day. They would have paid $3.75 for off-peak hours. Taxi and ride-hail trips in the zone would have seen extra fees. After years of controversy and public debate, the state had carved out some congestion charge exemptions: some vehicles carrying people with disabilities would not have been charged, lower-income residents of the zone would have received a tax credit for their tolls; and low-income drivers would have been eligible for a 50 percent discount.