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2 days 2️⃣📅🔥

Now available on our YouTube page, go listen to Season 2's main theme song in anticipation for the upcoming premier. Samuel Kinsella created another great track that is absolutely perfect for this second season!

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On the left: The image of a calendar page with the text "2 Days"

In the center: At the top "RADIO: Outcast Season 2 Main Theme Listen Now on YouTube!" Below this is a large box with an image followed by a smaller box with text. The image is a 1:1 image of a white square, a black and version of the show's logo on the bottom left, an audio waveform in the center, and a red play button in the center. The box below with text which reads "Say goodbye to season 1 and hellow to season 2 with a brand new theme song!! Composed by Samuel Kinsella, this song will be playing at the start of all season 2 episodes."

On the right: There is a large blue circle with text saying "Today’s Reveal: Season 2 Main Theme! Samuel Kinsella, our composer, has blessed us with yet another incredible track. Go to the RADIO: Outcast YouTube channel to check out this season's main theme song!"

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April Monthly Recap

(So it turns out I wrote this and completely forgot to post it...whoops!) April was pretty successful - I read a lot of books I enjoyed, and I completed my calling in the Magical Readathon. My favorites this month were all sequels, in either the Kushiel's Dart universe or in the Toby Daye universe. (My month was 63% sequels!) My least favorite was Air Awakens, which I DNF'd pretty early on.

A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters: 4.75/5

Emergent Properties by Aimee Ogden: 4.5/5

The Marquis Who Mustn't by Courtney Milan: 4.5/5

Read It and Weep by Jenn McKinlay: 3.75/5

Kushiel's Scion by Jacqueline Carey: 5/5

Kushiel's Justice by Jacqueline Carey: 5/5

The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter by Theodora Goss: 2/5, dnf

Air Awakens by Elise Kova: 1.5/5, dnf

Games of Command by Linnea Sinclair: 3/5

Chimes at Midnight by Seanan McGuire: 5/5

The Winter Long by Seanan McGuire: 5/5

A Red-Rose Chain by Seanan McGuire: 5/5

Once Broken Faith by Seanan McGuire: 5/5

The Brightest Fell by Seanan McGuire: 5/5

Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany: 2.5/5, book club

Mislaid in Parts Half-Known by Seanan McGuire: 4.25/5

Night and Silence by Seanan McGuire: 5/5

The Unkindest Tide by Seanan McGuire: 4.75/5

A Killing Frost by Seanan McGuire: 4.75/5

The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles by Malka Older: 4/5

When Sorrows Come by Seanan McGuire: 5/5

Be the Serpent by Seanan McGuire: 5/5

Sleep No More by Seanan McGuire: 5/5

The Bridge Kingdom by Danielle L. Jensen: 4/5

Can You Keep a Secret? by Sophie Kinsella: 3/5

That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon by Kimberly Lemming: 2.5/5

Honey & Spice by Bolu Babalola: 4.25/5

Goals below the cut:

Complete series: +1 for the year! (started 2, caught up on 3)

Catch up on backlists: 22 (+1, although if I added Seanan McGuire to the list which I very well might do then it'll be +11 more lol)

Read FIYAH/Nebula/Hugo finalists & awards: 3 book (+2)

Read down TBR: (hard to tell what it was at the beginning of the year, but in August it was 1332) at end of April it's 1460 (still getting bigger...)

Read old top-of-TBR list: 1 (+1)

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“FACTOR PICKS FLAWS! IN DEPORTATION LAW: CALLS FOR CHANGE,” Toronto Globe. November 4, 1930. Page 13.  ---- Foreigners Given Privilege Which Is Denied British-Born People --- DELEGATES IN WARD 4 ---- Eight delegates, four each from the Ridings of St. Patrick and St. Andrew, were elected to represent their respective ridings at the Liberal convention to be held on Dec. 16, at the meeting of the Ward 4 Liberal Association at Apollo Hall last night. The four delegates for the Riding of St. Andrew, which comprises the territory lying between the west side of Spadina Avenue and the east side of Bathurst Street, were T. Harcourt, J. M. O'Brien, Miss Rose Clarke and Mrs. M. Cresswicke. The Riding of St. Patrick, which is that district between University Avenue and the east side of Spadina, elected F. J. G. McDonagh, Dr. M. D. Kinsella, Mrs. Charles Porter and Miss E. O'Leary. 

Samuel Factor, M.P., stated that, with regard to the recent deportations, the very fact of the deportees being British-born was the reason why the deportations could be carried out, as a subject born in the British Isles was not by law obliged to take out naturalization papers, while a foreigner entering the Dominion was obliged to do so. and within five years became a citizen of the same status as a Canadian-born and could not be deported. A British-born subject could not claim this privilege, and was therefore liable to deportation. He stated that this law should be amended as soon as possible. 

F. J. G. McDonagh, one of the rep- resentatives elected from St. Patrick's Riding. declared that Premier Fergu- son was neglecting his duty at one of the most critical times in the history of the Province of Ontario. "Conservatives," he said, amid applause. "have kidded themselves into thinking of this as Tory Toronto, but if they can't do better than they have recently done in East York, then it is high time that some Liberals got in."

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Amelia's Ones To Watch: Lou Ella / Mac Seamus / Samuel Kinsella / Frozen Sky / atombalm / Out Run / prchr. / SPiN

Amelia's Ones To Watch: Every day we select tracks that definitely deserve more attention than Justin Bieber. Today's tracks feature: Lou Ella / Mac Seamus / Samuel Kinsella / Frozen Sky / atombalm / Out Run / prchr. / SPiN

Hi, I’m Amelia and the following tracks are a selection by me that definitely deserve more attention than Miley Cyrus! Lou Ella – Miss BehaveLocation: United States Mac Seamus – SurfaceLocation: France Samuel Kinsella – +(Um)Location: United States Frozen Sky – You’re Not WinningLocation: United States atombalm – HappyLocation: United States Out Run – Meet Me On The RoadLocation: United…

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TV Quiz Questions:

Choose 6 of your favorite tv shows and try this out :

1. Shameless

2. Grey's Anatomy

3. Modern Family

4. Élite

5. Hart of Dixie

6. The Hunger Games (no TV show but I don't care)

The first character I fell in love with:

1. Mickey Milkovich

2. Izzie Stevens

3. Cameron Tucker

4. Omar Shana

5. Wade Kinsella

6. Cato

The character I never expected to love as much as I do now:

1. Mandy Milkovich

2. Lexie Grey

3. Alex Dunphy

4. Carla

5. Lemon Breeland

6. Finnick Odair

The character everyone else loves that I hate: 

1. Debbie Gallagher

2. Derek Shepherd

3.  Maybe Lily, but I wouldn’t say I hate her, she’s just a little bit annoying

4. Samuel Garcia, Marina Nunier, Mencia Blanco 

5. George Tucker

6. Katniss and Gale :D 

The character everyone else hates that I love:

1. Steve Wilton

2. Izzie Stevens 

3.  Dylan :) 

4. Phillipe von Triesenberg (but there was some bad writing)

5. Dr. Brick Breeland maybe, I don’t know if everyone hates him..

6. Cato *_*

The character I would have sex with:

1. Mickey Milkovich, but he is gay; so I choose Carl Gallagher *-* 

2. Alex Karev (but I although wouldn’t say no to DeLuca and Link)

3. Ok Hayley Dunphy because she is hot :D 

4. Carla and Patrick (a girl and a gay boy, perfect match for my straight ass, but  Christian could get on the list, too)

5. Wade Kinsella

6. Cato, again :D 

Five favourite characters (in order):

1. Mickey Milkovich, Mandy Milkovich, Carl Gallagher, Kevin Ball, Sandy Milkovich

2. Izzie Stevens, Alex Karev, Lexie Grey, April Kepner, Cristina Yang

3.  Alex Dunphy, Cameron Tucker, Luke Dunphy, Gloria, Hayley Dunphy

4. Carla, Patrick, Rebeca, Christian, Ander

5. Wade Kinsella, Lemon Breeland, Lavon Hayes, Annabeth, Earl Kinsella

6. Haymitch Abernathy, Finnick Odair, Cato, Clove, Johanna Mason

Favourite minor character: 

1. Sheila Jackson (or Kevin Ball)

2. Joe the Bartender

3. Shorty

4. Nano Garcia (is he a minor character?, but I just love him, without any particular reason)

5. Dash Dewitt

6. Tigris or Pollux 

A pairing that you love (romantic and non romantic):

1. Romantic: Mickey Milkovich x Ian Gallagher (SURPRISE); Non Romantic:  Mickey Milkovich  x Carl Gallagher (actually Mickey and the whole Gallagher family) 

2. Romantic: I would have said Alex Karev x Izzie Stevens, but they ruined it in so many ways so I say Lexie Grey x Mark Sloan; Non Romantic: Alex Karev x Meredith Grey

3. Romantic:  Gloria x Jay Pritchett; Non-Romantic: Claire x Manny as siblings :D 

4. Romantic: Carla x Samuel Garcia; Non-Romantic: Lu x Nadia 

5. Romantic: Wade Kinsella x  Zoey Hart; Non-Romantic: Wade Kinsella x Lemon Breeland  (best friendship ever)

6. Romantic: Cato x Clove (SURPRISE);  Non-Romantic: Haymitch x Maysilee Undersee as allies

Favourite season:

1. Season 3

2. Season 5 

3. Can’t tell - not finished yet

4. Season 2

5. Season 2

6. Book and Move 2 - Catching Fire

Favourite episode:

1.  Season 10 episode 12 or Season 3 episode 11

in both episodes: Mickey gets married :D :D :D 

2.  Season 2 episode 27 or Season 5 episode 24

I just loved emotional storylines with Izzie...

3.  Season 1 episode 9  “Fizbo”

4.  Season 1 episode 8 

The murder of Marina, it was very a good setting

5. Season 1 Episode 22 - Zoe and Wade finally together 

6. yeah, sorry it’s a Book / Movie :D shame on me

Character you would kill off:

1. Debbie Gallagher 

2. Derek Shepherd (already dead, but I think his death was a good decision, if I must kill a living person - I would kill owen hunt, because I hate him, too)

3.  It’s a Comedy :O Pepper or Sal XD 

4. Ari Blanco

5. George Tucker

6. Gale 

The character that I think the show ruined:

1. Veronica Fisher

2. Without a doubt: Izzie Stevens; I loved her so much and they ruined it with her being selfish and totally not her anymore

3. I don't know. Nobody? Maybe because it's a sitcom...

4. Omar Shana - he cheated on Ander with his sister's boyfriend and in season 5 he was such a dick most of the time. In the first seasons I loved him so much, it was so sad seeing this development.

5. George Tucker again. Even if I didn't like him from the beginning there would have been some potential.

6. Katniss Everdeen herself, I hated how she treated Peeta when he came back from the Capitol and all of her self pity.

The most attractive male and female character:

1. Male: Mickey Milkovich; Female: Dominique Winslow

2. Male: Alex Karev or Link or Andrew DeLuca; Female: Jo Wilson

3. Male: Dylan; Female: Haley Dunphy

4. Male: Ivan; Female: Carla

5.  Male: Wade Kinsella; Female: Zoe Hart

6.  Male: Cato; Female: Clove

The character death that was the worst:

1. Frank Gallagher

2. Lexie Grey !!!!!!!!!!!!!

3. Professor Ringmaster Al Uzielli

4. Polo

5. Nobody dies

6. Finnick Odair

The character that is the most like me:

1. Amanda

2. Miranda Bailey (?)

3. Alex Dunphy (Not my words, the words of my husband)

4. Rebeca

5. Zoe Hart (?) (would rather be like Lemon Breeland)

6. Johanna Mason (maybe I just wish to be like her :D and nobody would have got me to say Katniss even if it could be a little bit true)

The characters that deserved better:

1. Mandy Milkovich

2. Lexie Grey !!!! (and April Kepner) 

3. Luke Dunphy (sometimes)

4. Guzman

5. Annabeth Nass (something better than George Tucker :D)

6. Finnick Odair

The 4 least favorite characters (in order to the most hated):

1. Svetlana, Debbie Gallagher, Trevor, Samantha Slott 

2. Catherine Avery, Preston Burke, Owen Hunt, Derek Shepherd 

3. Lily, Javier Delgado, Sal, Gil Thorpe

4. Samuel Garcia, Marina Nunier, Mencia Blanco, Ari Blanco

5. Zoe Hart, Candice Hart, Magnolia Breeland, George Tucker

6. Katniss Everdeen, Gale, Glimmer, Peetas Mom

A character I am indifferent about:

1. Trevor

2. Maggie Pierce

3. Jo Pritchett

4. Cayetana

5. Don’t know one :D

6. Mrs. Everdeen

A ship I have never been able to get into / shouldn’t have happened:

1. Ian Gallagher x Trevor 

2. Jackson Avery x Maggie Pierce and Izzie Stevens x George O’Malley

3. Haley Dunphy and every too old man she dated

4. Samuel Garcia x Ari Blanco 

5. Zoe Hart x George Tucker

6. Glimmer x Cato (What was that ??? There was nothing about that in the original story.....)

A ship I have never been able to get over:

1. Ian Gallagher x Mickey Milkovich *__*

2. Izzie Stevens x Alex Karev 

3. Jay Pritchett x Gloria

4.  Samuel Garcia x Carla

5. if friendship counts it’s Lemon Breeland x Wade Kinsella, but as lovers it’s Wade Kinsella x Zoe Hart

6. Clove x Cato (SURPRISE)

A cute low-key ship:

1. Mandy Milkovich x Lip Gallagher

2. Jackson Avery x April Kepner

3. Cameron Tucker x Mitchel Pritchett 

4. Nano Garcia x Rebeca (I know there never happened something and they talked only one time but my fantasy brain loved the thought about it soooo much I can’t get over it)

5. Lemon Breeland x Levon Hayes

6. Finnick Odair x Annie Cresta

My favorite storyline / moment:

1. In season 1 when Ian visits Mickey in jail. “Say that again and I rip your tongue out of your head” There were so many perfect Gallavich moments but that was the first one which catched me! 

2.  When Mark told Lexie about their future and that they were meant to bes while Lexie was dying. It was so fucking sad and unfair but so emotional.

3. Every quote from the  Phil's- Osophy

4. Carla and Samuels Macarrones Scene

5. When Wade and Zoe finally got together in the night George wanted to marry Lemon. The sexual tension was fucking incredible and Wade was so fucking hot.

6. When Clove died and screams Cato’s name and Cato came too late and only found her body and cried. (this scene ist only from the book). But I liked the story of Haymitch’s games, too. His alliance with Maysilee. The idea of him being a hot and smart young guy that couldn’t handle the memory of the games and the loss of his loved ones is so emotional and sad.

A storyline that never should have been written:

1. The break up of Ian and Mickey in season 5 only because of Ians mental health. Mickey tried so much to help Ian and Ian blamed Mickey without any reason. I was so furious.

2. Alex leaving Jo for Izzie and Izzie having kids from Alex sperm ???? This was a fucking joke. Yeah, hated the last Alex and Izzie break up and I would have loved seeing them stay together and grow as persons and lovers. I rooted so much for them. There was so much potential and I have to admit I prayed for her coming back and saving the relationship. Even years after her exit because of all the open questions but I never thought they would do something so bad like this. Him leaving Jo and all his life / friends [MEREDITH] only with a letter ? That has nothing to do with the Alex Karev he had become. It destroys his whole character development. I wanted Izzie back not Alex leave.

3. All scenes Jay disrespects Mitchell and Mitchells sexuality. Yeah you can mention this but sometimes it’s presented as funny and there are many stupid cliches. It’s sad even if it’s only a sitcom.

4. Carlas Dad causing Christians injuries so that he can’t talk about Polos fault. That was too sick.

5. Zoe's relationship with Joel. Not surprising. I kind of liked Joel but what the fuck? There was a love triangle with George why another one?

6. The way Katniss acted in Mockingjay. First of all she was a kid, why the fuck did she think she could make her own thing and kill snow without any plan? And it's written as if she is a war hero and not an abused kid. On the other side I hated how she treated Peeta and she is so self-pity, it's cruel.

Stole the questions from @gelalovesbuddie! Loved it!

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3 & 10 & 18 for the book asks!! If you want :-)

Thank you!!

3. What is your favourite genre?

Ooh tricky - I'm not a big Genre Fiction person tbh? Sorry that sounds snobbish. I enjoy a good Golden Age Mystery, and I enjoy a good Victorian Sensation Novel.

10. Do you have a guilty fave?

Obligatory reminder that reading a silly book, like eating a doughnut, is a morally neutral action that you shouldn't feel guilty about blah blah. But yes, I am addicted to Sophie Kinsella and I am embarrassed about it.

18. Do you like historical books? Which time period?

In theory yes. However: I am a very annoying and pedantic person and am easily irritated by sloppily-researched historical fiction. There's a difficult sweet spot to hit, though, I think, because some historical fiction can be over-researched - Hilary Mantel's A Place of Greater Safety, eg, suffered from this in my onion. The trickiest part is getting the voice right. Writing in a different time period is like writing in a different language, and it's easy to tell when an author isn't fluent.

My personal favourite work of historical fiction is of course I Claudius (sorry to my friends in the Robert Graves Hate Club. cancel me). I will also add that I read a book recently in which Samuel Johnson solves murder mysteries (called Dr Sam Johnson, Detector) which I expected to be goofy, and I mean it was but it was also surprisingly good: it captured the correct tone and vocabulary really well.

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2nd Bn, Royal Irish Regiment soldiers who died on 14th July 1916 in the attack on Bazentin Ridge 

Lieutenant George Finlay, Clondalkin, Co. Dublin (Top). His brother Robert was killed at the Battle of Aubers Ridge on 9 May 1915.

Second Lieutenant Arthur Deane, Belfast. (Bottom)

10764 Sergeant Samuel Leigh. Warrington, Lancashire. Interred Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, France.

8923 Sergeant William Thornton, Islington, Middlesex.

10758 Corporal Patrick Walshe MM, Kilmacthomas, Co. Waterford.

9092 Lance Corporal Samuel Boyd, Stradbally, Co. Laois.

8355 Lance Corporal Tom Carr, Keighley, Yorkshire.

7790 Lance Corporal James Conroy, Kilkenny.

9953 Lance Corporal Edward Dreeling, Gowran, Co. Kilkenny.

10409 Lance Corporal William Lawler, Tacumshane, Co. Wexford.

7652 Lance Corporal Christopher Mcgrath, Waterford.

7780 Lance Corporal Francis Waldron, Kilkenny.

8416 Lance Corporal Sydney Walker, Burton-On-Trent. Interred Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, France.

8641 Lance Corporal William Willis, Belfast.

8550 Private William Averill, Derby.

7122 Private Edward Bailey, Derby.

7830 Private William Booth, Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny.

7450 Private Bernard Bowe, Templemore, Co. Tipperary. Interred Flatiron Copse Cemetery, Mametz, France.

8308 Private Arthur Brinley, Bristol.

5037 Private Andrew Brophy, Graiguenamanagh, Co. Kilkenny.

7812 Private George Buckley, Kilkenny.

5080 Private John Cash, Silvermines, Co. Tipperary.

10633 Private Patrick Connolly, Tramore, Co. Waterford.

6405 Private Edward Coonan, St. Peter Port, Guernsey. Interred Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, France.

8750 Private John Delaney, Galway.

11243 Private John Donohue, Carlow.

8323 Private George Downing, West Hartlepool, Co. Durham.

9651 Private John Dunne, Graiguenamanagh, Co. Kilkenny.

649 Private Frank Dunston, Somerset.

8233 Private Octavius Elles, Haverhill, Suffolk.

4189 Private Michael Farrell, Waterford. Interred Abbeville Communal Cemetery

11064 Private Joseph Feery, Phillipstown, Co. Offaly.

1163 Private Thomas Fitzpatrick, Kilkenny.

10588 Private Edward Foulkes, Youghal, Co. Cork.

691 Private Edgar Frisby, Darwen, Lancs.

8698 Private William Hogan, Warrington.

8180 Private James Keane, London.

7596 Private Thomas Kennedy, Waterford.

4866 Private John Kinsella, New Ross, Co. Wexford.

846 Private Jeremiah Leach, Darwen, Lancs.

8588 Private Frederick Lucas, Fulham.

5088 Private John Lucy, Templemore, Co. Tipperary.

8362 Private Arthur Lynn, Sevenoaks, Kent. His Brother Albert died in 1918.

7449 Private William Mackey, Fethard, Co. Tipperary.

7604 Private John Maher, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.

5926 Private Patrick Mason, Clogheen, Co. Tipperary.

7489 Private James Moran, Waterford.

7485 Private Patrick McCarthy, Fethard, Co. Tipperary.

7006 Private Thomas O'Meara, St. Sampson's, Guernsey.

4744 Private John Power, Waterford.

6368 Private Thomas Riordan, Carrick on Suir, Co. Tipperary.

8481 Private Joseph Rowan, Rawtenstall, Lancashire.

8662 Private Joseph Sewell, Whitehaven, Cumberland. Interred Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval

7366 Private Michael Sinnott, Waterford.

8286 Private Arthur Smith, Derby.

8653 Private Frank Spring, Upton St. Leonards, Gloucester.

951 Private Samuel Stenner, Devon.

8631 Private Victor Sturdy, London.

6831 Private Patrick Sullivan, Portlaw, Co. Waterford.

3930 Private Richard Toole, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford.

8023 Private Thomas Walsh, Roscrea, Co. Tipperary.

8507 Private Gilbert Williams, Bristol.

Unless otherwise stated all the named are commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.

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A to Z Book Rec Tag

Thank you to the lovely @that-quirky-girl for tagging me, she recognises the book weakness in me. These books are all linked on goodreads, where I have an account, linked HERE.

# - #Junkie and #Rev by Cambria Hebert 

A - Adorkable by Sarra Manning

Adulthood is a Myth by Sarah Andersen 

Adulting 101 by Lisa Henry 

Alan Partridge: Nomad by Alan Partridge (Steve Coogan) 

The Alex Crow by Andrew Smith 

All the Single Ladies by Jane Costello 

And Call me in the Morning by Willa Okati 

Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins 

Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake 

Austenland by Shannon Hale 

B - The Backup Boyfriend by River Jaymes

Beauty by Robin McKinley 

The Best Corpse for the Job by Charlie Cochrane

Between Ghosts by Garrett Leigh 

Big Mouth, Ugly Girl by Joyce Carol Oates

Blame it on the Mistletoe by Eli Easton 

Blood Magic by Tessa Gratton 

Bone Gap by Laura Ruby 

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak 

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne 

Breakfast at Tiffanys by Truman Capote 

Breathe by Sloane Parker 

Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh 

Bridesmaids by Jane Costello 

Brighton Rock by Graham Green 

C - Carry On by Rainbow Rowell 

Carry the Ocean by Heidi Cullinan 

The Catastrophic History of You and Me by Jessica Rothenburg 

Caught! by JL Merrow 

Chain Reaction by Simone Elkeles 

Chance to be King by Sue Brown 

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens 

The Christmasaurus by Tom Fletcher 

The Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis

Cinder by Marissa Meyer 

Clear Water by Amy Lane  

Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein 

Cold War by Keira Andrews 

The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black 

Collide by Riley Hart 

The Color Purple by Alice Walker 

Corkscrewed by MJ O’Shea 

Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo 

Crossroads by Riley Hart 

The Crucible by Arthur Miller 

Crush by Richard Siken 

D - The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black 

Dash & Lily’s book of Dares by Rachel Cohn 

Death of a Naturalist by Seamus Heaney 

Devoted by Sierra Riley 

A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness 

Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy 

E - Eclipsed by Dominic Holland 

Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine 

Emma - Jane Austen 

Epic Fail - Claire LaZebnik 

The Epic Love Story of Doug and Stephen by Valerie Z Lewis 

Every Move he Makes by Barbara Elsborg 

Evolution, Me & Other Freaks of Nature by Robin Brande 

F - Fairest by Gail Carson Levine 

Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell 

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by JK Rowling 

Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy 

The Fellowship of the Ring by JRR Tolkien 

Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk 

Filthy Little Secret by Devon McCormack 

Fish Out Of Water by Amy Lane

Fish Stick Fridays by Rhys Ford 

Flash Burnout by LK Madigan

Flawless by Lara Chapman 

Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman 

From What I Remember by Stacy Kramer 

The Future of Us by Jay Asher 

G - Gangsta Rap by Benjamin Zephaniah : 

Girl on the Run by Jane Costello

Glass Tidings by Amy Jo Cousins

Goodbye Days by Jeff Zentner

Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian

Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

H - Harry Potter by JK Rowling

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

Haunting Violet by Alyxandra Harvey

The Heart of Texas by RJ Scott

Heidi by Johanna Spyri

The Help by Kathryn Stockett

Helping Hand by Jay Northcote

A Hero at the End of the World by Erin Claiborne

Him by Sarina Bowen

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien 

Holly Lane by Toni Blake

Hostile Ground by LA Witt

Hot Head by Damon Suede 

Hottie Scotty and Mr Porter by R Cooper

How to Repair a Mechanical Heart by JC Lillis

Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

A Hunted Man by Jaime Reese

Hunting Lila by Sarah Alderson

Hush Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick

I - I Love the 80s by Megan Crane

If Only in My Dreams by Keira Andrews

Illegal Contact by Santino Hassell

The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde 

Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace

Inseparable by Chris Scully

An Inspector Calls by JB Priestley

J - Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta

Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

 Just Listen by Sarah Dessen

K - A Kiss in Time by Alex Flinn

Know Not Why by Hannah Johnson

L - Law of Attraction by Jay Northcote

Leaving Paradise by Simone Elkeles

Liam Davis & The Raven by Anyta Sunday

Light from the Dark by Mercy Celeste

Lima Oscar Victor Echo and the Truth about Everything by Suki Fleet

The Little Book of Vegan Poems by Benjamin Zephaniah 

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

M - Mark Cooper versus America by Lisa Henry

Mark of Cain by Kate Sherwood

Me and Mr Darcy by Alexandra Potter

Merry Christmas Mr Miggles by Eli Easton

Midwinter Night’s Dream by Eli Easton

More than This by Patrick Ness

Motel. Pool. by Kim Fielding 

Mrs Warren’s Profession by Bernard George Shaw

My Love Lies Bleeding by Alyxandra Harvey 

My Single Friend by Jane Costello

N - The Nearly-weds by Jane Costello 

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman 

Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn 

North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell

North of Beautiful by Justina Chen

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

The Nothingness of Ben by Brad Boney

Noticed Me Yet? by Anyta Sunday

Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman

Off Base by Annabeth Albert

Open Tackle by LC Chase

Out of the Blue by Sophie Cameron

P - Passing Through by Jay Northcote

Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles

Persuasion by Jane Austen

Peter Pan by JM Barrie

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce

Pressure Head by JL Merrow

Pride and Modern Prejudice by AJ Michaels 

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

The Princess Bride by William Goldman

Private Eye by SE Culpepper

Promised Land by Adam Reynolds

Promises by Marie Sexton

Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry

Q - The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen

R - Rattlesnake by Kim Fielding

Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella

The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness

Rock Solid by Riley Hart

Roughing the Passer by Alison Hendricks

S - The Secret History by Donna Tartt

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

Shiny by Amy Lane

Shrinking Violet by Danielle Joseph

Shut your Face, Anthony Pace by Claire Davis

Silent by Sara Alva

Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

Skellig by David Almond

Skin Deep by Laura Jarratt

Slam! by JL Merrow

The Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil Gaiman

Sock it to me, Santa! by Madison Parker

Someday by Sierra Riley

Songs of Innocence and of Experience by William Blake

Spencer Cohen by NR Walker

Splintered by SJD Peterson

Stardust by Neil Gaiman

Starter for Ten by David Nicholls

Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel

Stay With Me by SE Harmon

Strong Side by Alison Hendricks

Sugar Creek by Toni Blake

Superhero by Eli Easton

T - The Tales of Beedle the Bard by JK Rowling

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte

This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab

The Time of Our Lives by Jane Costello

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Tonight by Karen Stivali

Turkey in the Snow by Amy Lane

The Two Gentlemen of Altona by Lisa Henry

U - Unwrapping Hank by Eli Easton

Uprooted by Naomi Novik

V - The Vintners Luck by Elizabeth Knox

W - Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett

A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks

The Walls of Troy by LA Witt

The Waste Land and Other Poems by TS Eliot

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

We were Feminists Once by Andi Zeisler

A Weekend With Mr Darcy by Victoria Connelly

Where he ends and I Begin by C Cardeno

Where the Lovelight Gleams by Kiera Andrews

Whiskey Business by Avon Gale

The Wish List by Jane Costello

Wonder by RJ Palacio

X - X-It by Jane George

Y - Y: The Last Man by Brian K Vaughan

You Against Me by Jenny Downham

Z - Zero at the Bone by Jane Seville

[radio-outcast]

Check out the song "Salt, Elk, and Torches" from RADIO: Outcast's episode "8B. Salt, Elk, and Torches"! Safe travels, everyone. Music by Samuel Kinsella https://www.samuelkinsella.com/

[christopherhudsonjr]

Left-Libertarian Weekly Podcast Roundup (3/30/18)

Against the Grain - Cowboys, Class Struggle, and the West

Anews - Episode 56: anarchist activity, ideas, and conversations from the previous week

Animal Law - The Case of the Legal Eagles

Around the Empire - Trump’s War Cabinet feat Tom Luongo

Building the Second Realm - Lessons From Organized Crime

Burning Cop Car - #13 goes out to all the women and gender non-conforming peeps peeps out there fighting patriarchy

Cato Daily - It’s Bolton Time

Cato Events - Speak Freely: Why Universities Must Defend Free Speech

The Chauncey DeVega Show - Daina Berry Explains How Black Slaves were the Human Gold That Built American Empire

Declarations - Is Human Rights a Fable? (with Professor Samuel Moyn)

Deconstructed - Will John Bolton Get Us All Killed?

Democracy Now! - Freed Whistleblower Chelsea Manning on Iraq, Prison & Running for Senate

The Dig - No Human Being Is Illegal with Mae Ngai

Discourse Collective - Your Job Is Killing You

Double Down - Crypto Utopia in Puerto Rico?

Economics Detective - Universities, Adjuncts, and Public Choice with Phil Magness

EconTalk - Edward Glaeser on Joblessness and the War on Work

Exploration -  The Legacy of Stephen Hawking

Felony Friday - A Mother Spent a Decade in Prison for an Introduction

The Final Straw - “This Armed Occupation Needs to Stop Before It’s Too Late”: Yousef Natsha on his new documentary ‘Hebron’

Foreign Policy Focus - The Syrian War Goes On

Free Man Beyond the Wall - Scott Horton on the True Story of the Oklahoma City Bombing

Free Thoughts - Understanding Common Law (with John Hasnas)

The Guillotine - Brazil, Austin Bombings, John Bolton, and US Imperialism

Hayek Program - "The Value of Rationally Reconstructing James Buchanan's Work" with Richard Wagner and Jayme Lemke

Historical Controversies - Harpers Ferry, Part 3: The Defeat

The Hotwire - #24: Sacramento against killer cops—#DefendAfrin actions—Anti-G7 mobilizing in Quebec

IGDCAST - Charlottesville Organizing 7 Months After Unite the Right

Intercepted - Donald Trump’s ’Stache Infection

Kudzu Commune - The Worst President Ever

Last Born In The Wilderness - Designing Regenerative Cultures: An Incomplete Conversation w/ Daniel Christian Wahl

Letters and Politics - America’s Political Tribalism

The Libertarian Angle - Free Banking and Bitcoin feat. Larry White

Liberty Chronicles - The People’s Governor

Loud & Clear - No Laughing Matter: Russiagate Hysteria Deepens Grave Diplomatic Crisis

The Magnificast - Gettin Friendly w/ Katherine and Hye Sung from the Friendly Fire Collective

Mises Weekends - Jim Bovard on Why Washington Never Learns

Neighbor Science - Capital as Power 1: Why CasP/What is Capital?

Our Hen House - Rachel McCrystal and Charles Camosy on  why sanctuaries matter and the moral status and treatment of non-human animals

Part of the Problem - Stephan Kinsella on how the court systems could work without government and why intellectual property isn't real

Pivot To Asia - Yemeni History 101

Political Gingervitis - David Roediger and John Holmwood on racism and the welfare state

Political Research Digest - Are Red and Blue States Making Red and Blue Policies?

Radical Underground - Anti-Patriarchal Black Metal with Margaret Killjoy

Ralph Nader Radio Hour - Iraq: Fifteen-Year Criminal War of Aggression

The Rebel Beat - LAL – From the Underground to the Frontlines

Rising Up With Sonali - How Racial Discrimination In Home Loans Persists

School Sucks - #ENOUGH – With Thaddeus Russell

The Scott Horton Show - Jonathan Schwarz on the history and lies of the Iraq War

Seasons of the Bitch - Our Bodies, Ourselves, Our Capitalism

So to Speak - Is there a campus free speech crisis?

Srsly Wrong - Wrongtown

Tech Policy - FDA, Free Speech and E-Cigarettes

This Is Hell! - Wage of Consent: Detention, deportation and the new state extremism. / The death of Marielle Franco and the life of Afro-diasporic radicalism. / Advancing Native American food sovereignty. / Global struggle, global action / How Amazon swallowed the economy. / Putting the Dalai Lama on mute for a lil bit.

The Tom Woods Show - Death by Regulation: The Truth About the FDA w/ Dr. Mary Ruwart

Unregistered - Marvin Mutch spent 41 years in San Quentin State Prison for the murder of 13-year-old Cassie Riley, a crime he maintains he did not commit

UpFront - Political Prisoners, the Shooting of Stephon Clark, and Urban Shield

The Vegan Vanguard - Factory Farms and Environmental Racism

Vegan Warrior Princess Attack! - How to Practice Anti-Consumerist Veganism, with Andy Tabar

Who Shaves the Barber? - Timothy Williamson: Vagueness

Words & Numbers - Is Moderation the Next Big Thing in American Politics?

Young Voices - Alexander McCobin and “conscious capitalism”

Zero Squared - Capitalism and Call Out

[kunsthallebremen]

Acht Fragen an Matthias Ruthenberg

Matthias Ruthenberg (*1984) präsentiert im Rahmen der Förderausstellung „Fokus Junge Kunst. Bremen 2017“ unterschiedlichste Arbeiten mit anspielungsreichen Chiffren und Alltagspoemen. Der Künstler wurde in Berlin geboren und studierte an der Hochschule für Künste in Bremen. In seinem Atelier am Güterbahnhof in Bremen kreiert er zumeist Werke mit Bleistift und Papier als kleinformatige Blätter oder in eigens gebundenen Künstlerbüchern. Die Ausstellung ist noch bis zum 18. März 2018 zu sehen und findet in Kooperation mit der Jürgen Ponto-Stiftung statt.

1. Was hast Du gemacht, bevor Du Dich entschieden hast Künstler zu werden?

Ich habe zu Schulzeiten bereits viel gezeichnet, geschrieben und einige Jahre in Bands gespielt. Damit konnte ich damals aber noch weniger verdienen als heute und habe deshalb viele Jahre andere Arbeiten gemacht, wie Post einpacken beim Plattenlabel, Kochen in einer Kneipe, Pflegehilfe im Krankenhaus, Spülboy, Handwerker, Barkeeper, Kuchenbäcker, DJ, Kellner... Einige dieser Jobs mache ich heute noch.

2. Wann und warum hast Du Dich entschieden, Dich der Kunst zu widmen?

In den letzten Jahren am Gymnasium habe ich mit einem Kumpel im Keller der Schule in Freistunden und nach dem Unterricht große Bilder gemalt. Wir hatten zuhause keinen Platz. Neben dem Musikmachen war das meine große Leidenschaft. Da ich mit dem Heranwachsen immer weniger Lust hatte etwas Richtiges zu lernen und der Gedanke daran, mein Leben lang einen anständigen Job machen zu müssen, mich so hart deprimiert hat, blieb mir keine andere Wahl als das zu machen, was ich mache, auch wenn das viele Ablehnungen von Kunsthochschulen und Ärger mit Jobcentern bedeutete.

3. Welcher Künstler oder welche Kunstbewegung inspiriert Dich?

Da gibt es sehr viele, die mir auf die eine oder andere Weise nah sind und meine Gedanken in Bewegung halten und sie aber auch anhalten können für einen kleinen Moment mit unterschiedlichen Arten von Bildern, Worten, Klängen, Bewegungen oder Stimmungen. Ich bin dankbar, dass ich den Arbeiten begegnen konnte von Stephane Leonard, Cy Twombly, Paco Knöller, Norman Sandler, Christian Schiebe, Lisa von Billerbeck, Myong-Hee Ki, Daniel Johnston, Janis E. Müller, VCU, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Agnes Martin, Evol, German Stegmaier, John Cage, Ivor Cutler, Malte Spohr, die 1973er, Samuel Nyholm, Ragnar Kjartansson, Woody Guthrie,  Ceal Floyer, Tom Waits, Anna Huhn, Spair, Christian Haake, die Kinsellas, Marion Bösen, LAPD, Kripoe, Sun Worship, Brad Downey, Bohren und der Club of Gore, Unru, Claudia Piepenbrock, und so vielen mehr.

4. Mit wem würdest Du gerne mal arbeiten? Wo würdest du gerne mal ausstellen?

Mit Norman Sandler möchte ich schon länger eine große Ausstellung machen, allerdings hat er nur so wenige Bilder, die dafür sehr gut sind. Also warten wir noch ein bisschen. Bei den Orten bin ich offen. Jeder Raum hat seine Eigenheiten und Herausforderungen. Schön wäre Etwas, wo man auch eine Zeit wohnen kann, um die Umgebung kennenzulernen und sie in die Arbeit einfließen zu lassen. Beispielsweise ein Kindergartenplatz oder ein Gemüsemarkt in der Nähe wäre auch praktisch dafür.

5. Welches Material fasziniert Dich und weshalb?

Hier vielleicht meine Nummer Eins: Am Bleistift fasziniert mit so einiges: Abrieb, Farbe, Direktheit, Glanz, Langweiligkeit, Aufregung, Zurückhaltung, Flüchtigkeit...  Er ist mein Seismograph, Gedächtnis durch mich gegangener Welt, zumindest für eine Weile. Aktuell arbeite ich viel mit einer dünnen Mine, die anfällig für Ungenauigkeiten ist. Kleine Instabilitäten der Hand werden schnell sichtbar und lassen sich aufgrund der Härte nicht gut korrigieren. Auch bricht die Mine leicht und hinterlässt Spuren dieser Zwischenfälle, Akzente. Das macht die Zeichnung zugleich roh und fein - Eleganz durch Unbeholfenheit, keine Beschönigung.

6. Was ist Glück?

Es passiert viel auf der Welt, viel davon ist sch****. Es bedarf viel Feingefühl und Aufmerksamkeit, Menschen, Tieren und der Erde zu begegnen. Ich halte es für eine wichtige Aufgabe, mit den Mitteln, die uns zur Verfügung stehen und denen, die wir uns noch dafür schaffen müssen, Sensibilisierungen mitzugestalten. Aber um die Frage zu beantworten: Glück ist Twin Peaks zum ersten Mal sehen zu dürfen.

7. Welches Buch liest Du gerade?

Mona Schieren - Agnes Martin / Bukowski - Briefe / Laudse - Daudedsching / Sven Nordqvist - Suchen und Finden mit Pettersson und Findus, Katharina Hinsberg - Die Annahmen der Linie / Inger Christensen - alphabet / William Carlos Williams - Gedichte / Fernando Pessoa - Das Buch der Unruhe / Ravensburger - Welche Tiere kennst du? /  Roland Barthes - Das Neutrum

8. Gibt es eine Frage, die Du Dir immer wieder stellst?

Es gibt viele immer wiederkehrende Fragen, allerdings habe ich diese gerade vergessen. Das ist übrigens eine meiner Kernleistungen, Vergesslichkeit. Sehr wahrscheinlich ist die häufigste Frage in meinem Kopf: Was hab ich jetzt schon wieder vergessen?

Matthias Ruthenberg | 15. Dezember 2017

Abbildungen:

1.) Matthias Ruthenberg, 2015: Foto: Franziska von den Driesch

2.) Matthias Ruthenberg, Pappen (AT) #4, 2017, Zauberpulver und Prägung auf Papier, Foto: Kunsthalle Bremen

3.) Matthias Ruthenberg, Pappen (AT) #6, 2017, Graphit und Prägung auf Pappe, Foto: Kunsthalle Bremen

[dduane]

Hi Diane! I've been a huge fan of yours since middle school (thank you for making that time more bearable). "A Wizard Abroad" has always been my favorite, and I'm rereading it for the umpteenth time right now. I'm finding myself interested in learning more about Celtic mythology. Do you have any books/authors you could recommend? Thanks!

Sure. Here’s a copy and paste from a previous post on this subject:

…Here’s what our present Irish-myths-&-legends shelf looks like:

— This is quite basic stuff. If I needed anything really complex, rare or obscure, I’d check the online catalog for the library at Trinity College (which is one of Ireland’s legal deposit / depository libraries and has copies of every important book published here in the last couple of centuries, along with many much older ones), or the National Library of Ireland (ditto).

The listing of the above: (NB: I’m excluding the relatively modern fiction [the Stephens] and the Welsh, Scots and Orkney material from the list to keep things clear.)

LEGENDS AND TALES OF IRELAND, Samuel Lover and Thomas Crofton Croker

MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF THE CELTIC RACE, T. W. Rolleston

OXFORD COMPANION TO IRISH HISTORY, S. J. Connolly (not a book on legends, but provides context)

THE IRISH FAIRY BOOK, Alfred Percival Graves

CELTIC FAIRY TALES, Joseph Jacobs

GODS AND FIGHTING MEN, Lady Gregory*

VISIONS AND BELIEFS IN THE WEST OF IRELAND, Lady Gregory*

CUCHULAIN OF MUIRTHEMNE, Lady Gregory*

IRISH SAGAS AND FOLK TALES, Eileen O’Faolain

THE TAIN, Thomas Kinsella (a modern translation of the Tain Bo Cuailgne, and widely thought to be one of the best)

…As I said, this is a goodish basic library. There are of course hundreds if not thousands of books on Irish folklore out there, some of them excellent and some of them pretty worthless. The only way to find out which is which is to get a basic grounding in the subject and then start feeling your way forward.

Have fun!

*These three were published by Colin Smythe, who besides being Terry Pratchett’s publisher and agent, is also an Irish-literature scholar of considerable repute.

[tachyonpub]

Tachyon tidbits featuring James Patrick Kelly, John Kessel, Jane Yolen, and W. P. Kinsella

The latest reviews and mentions of Tachyon titles and authors from around the web.

John Kessel and James Patrick Kelly, Jane Yolen (photo: Jason Stemple), and W. P. Kinsella (Ed Steer)

Ryan Schneider on his eponymous site profiles James Patrick Kelly and John Kessel in his preview of A. I. Story Bundle.

The A.I. Storybundle is live, but only until April 20, 2017! Explore Artificial Intelligence and how A.I. will affect the future in ARISTOI by Walter Jon Williams, THE BOHR MAKER by Linda Nagata, ARACHNE by Lisa Mason, REWIRED: THE POST-CYBERPUNK ANTHOLOGY, edited by John Kessel and James Patrick Kelly with stories by William Gibson, Bruce Sterling, Pat Cadigan, and others, QUEEN CITY JAZZ by Kathleen Ann Goonan, EYE CANDY by Ryan Schneider, GLASS HOUSES by Laura R. Mixon, CYBERWEB by Lisa Mason, LIMIT OF VISION by Linda Nagata, and THE A.I. CHRONICLES ANTHOLOGY, edited by Samuel Peralta.

STACKED includes Jane Yolen’s THE EMERALD CIRCUS among its listing of FAIRY TALE RETELLINGS OF 2017.

PROJECT MUSE finally publishes an excerpt William Steele’s 2015 review of  THE ESSENTIAL W. P. KINSELLA from NINE: A JOURNAL OF BASEBALL HISTORY AND CULTURE.

Reading THE ESSENTIAL W. P. KINSELLA is like rekindling a friendship after several years away. Though his most recent novel, BUTTERFLY WINTER, was released in 2011, it has been fifteen years since his last collection of short fiction was published. For his longtime fans, this collection is a reminder of his strength as a storyteller, his sharp wit and satiric observations, and his characters whom the readers come to recognize as people they’ve known for years. And for those readers who are new to Kinsella’s fiction or who may only know his baseball novels such as SHOELESS JOE and THE IOWA BASEBALL CONFEDERACY, these stories will introduce them to the Silas Ermineskin narratives from the Hobbema Reservation in Alberta, Canada; his short vignettes written in the style of his favorite author, Richard Brautigan; and his baseball stories that were not used as chapters of his later novels.

Published in time for his eightieth birthday, the collection is an interesting retrospective of Kinsella’s most popular stories, such as “Shoeless Joe Jackson Comes to Iowa,” and some of his lesser-known works. And while this collection offers very little new material, it does remind readers of his abilities to speak through a Cree Indian’s voice and to incorporate magic realism in his baseball narratives, both trademarks of his earlier collections. For those who are only familiar with his novels, many of the baseball pieces will strike a familiar chord, as he wove them into the plotlines of some of his baseball novels.

Though many readers may expect Kinsella to only write about either baseball or Cree Indians, some selections included here show his ability to throw an occasional curveball. “Do Not Abandon Me” examines a woman who is ready to leave her husband but finds herself torn between the safety of her predictable relationship and the excitement of an affair with a far more mysterious and world-traveled antiques dealer. “The Last Surviving Member of the Japanese Victory Society” is a touching love story that bridges two different cultures, allowing the narrator to find both love and happiness after a lifetime of being deprived of both. Dedicated to his wife Barbara, who passed away on Christmas Eve 2012, the story is a reminder of Kinsella’s knack for writing a story in a way that causes readers to empathize with the character, longing to know what happens after the story ends.

Some stories in the anthology are among the author’s favorites, including “First Names and Empty Pockets,” a piece Kinsella has often said is the best short story he has ever written. The story is told through the voice of a man who developed a relationship with Janis Joplin and is able to save her from dying at age twenty-seven, helping her realize her full potential as an artist. In “How I Got My Nickname,” the narrator, also named W. P. Kinsella, gets a chance to play for the 1951 New York Giants, hitting .333 before helping set up Bobby Thomson’s famous “shot heard round the world.” In both cases, Kinsella’s unique style of blending fact and fantasy together brings to mind his baseball novels that are known for the magic realism that drives them.

For more info about REWIRED: THE POST-CYBERPUNK ANTHOLOGY, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover by Patty Nason

For more info on THE EMERALD CIRCUS, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover design by Elizabeth Story

For more info about THE ESSENTIAL W. P. KINSELLA, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover art by Thomas Canty

Cover design by Elizabeth Story

[itsfinancethings]

October 03, 2019 at 05:00AM

In the classic baseball film “Field of Dreams,” an Iowa farmer named Ray Kinsella hears a voice in his cornfields inspiring him to plow part of his crop under and build a baseball field. Magically, several deceased baseball players arrive to play the game they love. In the famous final scene that makes men of all ages sob, Ray realizes the catcher is his father. As father and son walk down the first base line to have a catch, Ray asks, “Is there a heaven?” His father responds: “Oh yeah. It’s the place dreams come true.” For my immigrant father, that place was America.

My father, Mario, was born in Argentina in 1945 with large skin discolorations and rubbery nodules called hemangiomas across his face. He was poor and Jewish in a country where Jews were treated as second-class citizens, sometimes worse. People weren’t so good to Dad. He was bullied and forced to endure mocking stares wherever he went.

While Dad wasn’t formally educated, he possessed worldly wisdom and could see the writing on the wall for Argentina, with its political instability and lack of opportunity. Dad fantasized about a better life in that place where immigrants from around the world were given a chance to make their dreams come true: America.

Dad caught a break in early 1963 when his Uncle Samuel moved to Los Angeles. He wrote asking if he could come live with Samuel and in the meantime saved every peso. The letter from America finally arrived. Samuel said yes.

Dad arrived in Los Angeles in October 1963 with four dollars in his pocket and no skills or trade. He didn’t speak a word of English. He was 17.

Twelve hours later, Dad had his social security card. By noon, he’d landed his first job. With broom in hand and beaming with pride, he swept floors at a clothing factory in the downtown L.A. garment district for $1.25 per hour. He would spend the next 40 years of his life there working with immigrants from every corner of earth.

Dad embraced America, which meant he naturally fell in love with baseball. His beloved Dodgers, who played just a few miles from the garment district in their new stadium, became part of his life. He’d attend games and sing the “Star Spangled Banner” and “Take Me Out to the Ballgame”. He learned English by permanently tuning his radio to Vin Scully’s Dodger broadcast, which was delivered in the legendary commentator’s warm, unhurried style.

With the support of my mother, who’d separately emigrated from Argentina with her family, Dad worked his way up from sweeping floors to the head of a department. He and Mom used their savings so Dad could start a garment business that eventually would bring 30 years of success and allow him to hire and mentor new immigrants. With guidance and encouragement from Dad, many of those immigrants went on to start their own businesses, something that brought him great joy throughout his life.

Dad’s successful run in business ended in 2001, but by then he had already sent my sister and me through major universities. He gave us the opportunities he and Mom never had. His daughter became a corporate lawyer; his son an entrepreneur who partnered with a Taiwanese immigrant to start a business in his college dorm that grew large, then enormous.

Then our perfect world came crashing down. Dad called one day in May of 2016 instructing me to find my sister, grab our spouses and get to his house immediately. When we got there, we learned about Dad’s cancer. After a sleepless night, Dad came over the next morning. I had a burning desire to have a catch. We grabbed our gloves and tossed the ball back and forth in the warm California sun like everything was fine. Then we sat together silently; two guys who never stopped talking for once had nothing to say.

A few months later, my son and I picked up Dad and headed straight to our favorite place on earth, Dodger Stadium. Picture three generations of diehards eating Dodger Dogs along the first base line. It was perfect. We talked about our team’s incredible history – Jackie breaking the color barrier, Sandy’s perfect game, Fernandomania, and the night 31 years ago when Dad let me stay up late to watch Gibby hit it out. And Vin. Always Vin. I knew Dad was weak. He only lasted a couple innings, but I just had to be there with him one last time.

In October of that year, Dad passed away in my arms. My hero and role model, the kindest and most loving father a boy could ever have.

Recently, I became an owner of the Dodgers, joining an incredible group of individuals. The more I reflect on this momentous step in my life, the more I realize that, at its core, it’s about honoring Dad and the opportunities this great nation offered my immigrant family.

Last week, I arrived at Dodger Stadium with my son for my first game as an owner, 38 years after Dad took me to my first game in that same sanctuary. We arrived early. My boy wore a Clayton Kershaw jersey, I wore Fernando Valenzuela—two legendary Dodger south-paws. We watched batting practice and grabbed peanuts and dogs before lineups were announced.

When called upon to stand for the great American tradition, we rose and removed our Dodger hats placing them firmly over our hearts for the “Star Spangled Banner.” I gazed out at our country’s flag and thought of everything it represented: freedom, opportunity, hope (and, of course, baseball). In no other country on earth would my family’s story be possible.

I thought back to that poignant moment in “Field of Dreams” when Ray asked his father if there’s such a place as heaven. I wondered what Dad would have said if I’d have asked him if this was that place. I know his answer would have been simple and true: “No, son. This is America.”

  Alan Smoliniski is an entrepreneur, investor and a Los Angeles Dodgers owner.

[xenanghungviet]

Chương trình Sức khỏe & An toàn tại nơi làm việc đến Sydney – QUẢNG CÁO

Chương trình Sức khỏe & An toàn tại nơi làm việc đến Sydney – QUẢNG CÁO

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                                                                                                                                                                                        Được định sẵn không chỉ là một triển lãm, Triển lãm thương mại và sức khỏe tại nơi làm việc của #SAFETYSCAPE hứa hẹn mang đến trải nghiệm học tập hai chiều tương tác trực tiếp khi tập hợp những bộ óc vĩ đại nhất về sức khỏe và an toàn đến Trung tâm Hội nghị Quốc tế Sydney vào ngày 22-23 / 5/2019.

Lần đầu tiên diễn ra tại Sydney, #SAFETYSCAPE là một sáng kiến ​​của Viện An toàn rất được kính trọng của Úc, cơ quan cao nhất ở Úc đại diện cho các chuyên gia an toàn OHS. #SAFETYSCAPE là một chương trình kéo dài một tuần gồm các sự kiện, hội thảo, diễn đàn, hội thảo và hội nghị và phải tuyệt đối cho bất kỳ ai có công việc liên quan đến an toàn.

" Triển lãm Sức khỏe & An toàn nơi làm việc bảo vệ con đường phía trước trong thế gi��i an toàn và sức khỏe bằng cách tập hợp các nhà lãnh đạo ngành từ khắp nước Úc cho một sự kiện hai ngày năng động không giống ai. Chương trình Sức khỏe và An toàn là một cơ hội tuyệt vời để chia sẻ những tài nguyên và công nghệ an toàn mới nhất và kết nối với những người khác trong ngành, "Giám đốc điều hành của Hội nghị và Triển lãm Quốc tế, Marie Kinsella nói.

Được lãnh đạo bởi Viện An toàn Úc, hơn 100 thương hiệu sẽ được trưng bày tại triển lãm năm nay bao gồm cả Zap Cap Safety và kín nước của họ nắp an toàn, phạm vi kính mắt theo toa và an toàn chung của Shamir, nhãn tự dính, chất kết dính và thư mục của Avery, cũng như các nhà sản xuất an toàn hàng đầu MSA Australia và Ferno.

Các giải pháp phần mềm cũng sẽ được trưng bày tại Triển lãm Sức khỏe & An toàn nơi làm việc dẫn đầu bởi nhà tài trợ triển lãm lớn myosh, cùng với Skytrust, Noggin và WHS của QHS theo dõi tất cả các hệ thống phần mềm quản lý an toàn tích hợp của họ.

Sức khỏe và sức khỏe tâm thần sẽ chiếm vị trí trung tâm trong Chương trình Giáo dục Tự do được dự đoán trước Trong hai ngày đầy ắp, 14 cuộc nói chuyện kích thích tư duy do người giỏi nhất trong ngành sẽ làm sáng tỏ mọi thứ từ sức khỏe tâm thần tại nơi làm việc, công nghệ mới thay đổi trò chơi, và thế giới chóng mặt của các quy định an toàn luôn thay đổi.

Sức khỏe tinh thần là một trong những vấn đề nóng bỏng nhất của Úc với căng thẳng liên quan đến công việc, gây ra 92% đáng kinh ngạc cho tất cả các khiếu nại về rối loạn tâm thần liên quan đến công việc, theo Safe Work Australia. Không có gì ngạc nhiên khi công ty kiểm toán uy tín PricewaterhouseCoopers phát hiện ra rằng tổn thất năng suất liên quan dẫn đến 12 triệu ngày giảm năng suất hàng năm, khiến các chủ lao động Úc phải trả tới 6 tỷ đô la mỗi năm.

Chương trình giáo dục miễn phí được chia thành hai luồng: Talking Health, giải quyết các vấn đề sức khỏe thể chất và tinh thần cấp bách nhất hiện nay; và Talking Safety, khám phá các giải pháp an toàn tiên tiến được cung cấp bởi các cải tiến và công nghệ mới nhất.

Nói về sức khỏe 7 cách để quản lý căng thẳng và lo âu nơi làm việc (22 tháng 5) sẽ chia việc quản lý căng thẳng thành bảy bước không phiền phức. Buổi nói chuyện sẽ được trình bày bởi Samuel Eddy, Chuyên gia Sức khỏe Tâm thần tại Open Change, được biết đến với việc cung cấp các giải pháp an sinh tại nơi làm việc sáng tạo cho các khách hàng bao gồm Westpac và Coles.

Trong việc chăm sóc nhân viên của bạn – Sức khỏe và phúc lợi của nam giới (22 tháng 5), chuyên gia chăm sóc sức khỏe nổi tiếng Merv Neal sẽ giải nén bản chất thường phức tạp của sức khỏe nam giới trong cả môi trường công việc và cá nhân. Được biết đến với những cuộc nói chuyện duyên dáng, Merv gần đây đã được trao giải Người cố vấn của Học viện Diễn giả Chuyên nghiệp Úc.

Sức khỏe thể chất cũng quan trọng không kém. Trong giá trị của một nơi làm việc lành mạnh và cách hỗ trợ nhân viên về cân nặng khỏe mạnh (23 tháng 5) Bill Bellew, Giám đốc của Collective for Action về Béo phì, sẽ khám phá cách nơi làm việc có thể tác động rất lớn đến sức khỏe và sức khỏe – bao gồm cả cân nặng của chúng ta.

Nói chuyện an toàn .

Vị trí hiện tại về giết mổ công nghiệp – Những gì doanh nghiệp của bạn cần biết (23 tháng 5) sẽ phá vỡ luật ngộ sát công nghiệp đang thay đổi nhanh chóng. Steve Bell và Nerida Jessup của Herbert Smith Freehills sẽ cung cấp những hiểu biết quan trọng về môi trường pháp lý hiện tại và cách điều này tác động đến trách nhiệm.

Cảm ứng nơi làm việc trực tuyến – Tham gia cuộc biểu tình trực tiếp (23 tháng 5) là một cơ hội hiếm có để bắt gặp một cảm ứng tại nơi làm việc trực tuyến. Được trình bày bởi Sarah O'Leary, Giám đốc phát triển sản phẩm tại myosh, đừng bỏ lỡ việc khám phá cách cảm ứng trực tuyến có thể thay đổi toàn bộ doanh nghiệp.

Cho dù bạn là chủ doanh nghiệp hoặc người quản lý đang tìm kiếm sản phẩm mới nhất và tốt nhất trong ngành an toàn hoặc chỉ quan tâm đến việc giữ an toàn tại nơi làm việc – ] sẽ có bạn bảo hiểm. . Chương trình Sức khỏe & An toàn nơi làm việc Khi nào: Thứ ba ngày 22 tháng 5 năm 2019 Thứ tư ngày 23 tháng 5 năm 2019 Trong đó: Trung tâm hội nghị quốc tế Sydney 14 Lái xe thân yêu, Sydney, NSW, 2000 Liên hệ: Liên hệ với chúng tôi www.whsshow.com LinkedIn | facebook | Twitter Hashtag: # WHSS2018

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