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Arno™ is a humanistic serif typeface based on 15th and 16th century typeface styles. The Arno font family was designed by Robert Slimbach of Adobe Systems and released in 2007 and incorporates an extensive range of glyphs. It was included as a bundled font in many Adobe products.
The name for this font family comes from the river running through the Italian city of Florence. The city itself is famous for renaissance architecture and with it the typography that became unique to the period. The 15th and 16th centuries were a time of great change and this was reflected in just about every aspect of life, including the printed word.
Robert Slimbach, long-term principal designer at Adobe when he developed Arno, was interested in making a modern font family that although had inherent features of the Renaissance era, would be modern enough to be functional. Slimbach paid close attention to detail as with all his designs and the resulting Arno font family has become a reflection of the way text was reproduced in traditional Venetian and Aldine Press books. In particular, Arno took influence from the early typeface named after Frenchman Jensen a renowned typesetter who worked mainly in Venice in the 15th century. He designed a specific typeface called Adobe Jensen® which embodied the Renaissance style of this printer.
The original renaissance typefaces were used to print mostly Latin so the design and kerning of letters was appropriate to that language. The Arno typeface is a modern version of this design so was kerned with European letter combinations and ligatures in mind. The outline of Arno is extremely crisp and somehow Slimbach has created a totally modernized version of these older typefaces without losing their heritage.
Metal foundry types as used in books of the renaissance do not digitize well, causing uprights to appear thin and out of proportion resulting in reduced legibility. The Arno typeface addresses this shortcoming and places a little more emphasis in the stroke widths of affected letters. The Arno font family is a very polished and perfect rendition of a Renaissance typeface retaining the flowing style, improving readability and with the added bonus of such a vast collection of styles, weights and widths within the Arno font family.
With such an extensive glyph set, the Arno font family is very usable in every European language. The 5 optical sizes available within the design make it especially useful for those typesetting book covers. The large sizes make it ideal for use in creating larger versions of Jensen/Aldine style fonts, which are notoriously difficult to enlarge in an appealing way. Arno is bundled with some Adobe products so no doubt it has found its way into millions of documents worldwide. It is useful for producing all sorts of content as Slimbach has managed to add a timeless quality to the design that will ensure the Arno font family's continued popular use.
Specifically, Arno is a good way of introducing a classic look to a brochure, some appropriate signage lettering for historic places but most of all to represent older texts in the correct visual design context that they were intended to be read in. This means works from the renaissance in whatever language, can be reproduced in a readable and understandable typeface while still looking authentic. Arno fonts would also be suitable for both body and title text in book publishing and for revivalist publications.


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About Ruquay Calloway
Randall was quick to name Doctorow among those he disdains (I assume Doctorow is part of his own "mashup crowd"). Perhaps, when declaring Reputation Credits to be an "of his own devising", he didn't realize that Doctorow himself was talking about this very idea (under the name Whuffie) nearly a decade ago.
Randall's first act should be to bestow a few of those Rep Credits upon Doctorow.
Considering that mice are the most intelligent beings on Earth, they probably laugh at everything we do.
I needed to download LibreOffice for my dad. It was quicker to first download µTorrent, then LibreOffice via torrent, than to download LibreOffice directly from the website. Also, as in your example, I used torrent to download the latest Ubuntu release... it makes such a difference!

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Ways to increase agricultural production while lowering costs will highlight the topics presented at the 10th annual National Conservation Systems Cotton and Rice Conference Jan. 29-30.
The event, held at the Omni Houston Hotel Westside in Houston, Texas, is sponsored by Cotton Incorporated and US Rice Producers Association. The conference is a production of MidAmerica Farm Publications.
The conference is co-sponsored by the University of Arkansas, Louisiana State University, Mississippi State University, University of Missouri, University of Tennessee, Auburn University, Texas A&M University, USDA-NRCS, and USDA-ARS centers in the Southern states.
The conference also has four corporate co-sponsors: Delta and Pine Land Co., Helena Chemical Co., Horizon Ag, and RiceTec.
Ag-Media co-sponsors are Delta Farm Press and Southwest Farm Press.
"This conference is unique with its 100-plus breakout sessions presented by 59 university and industry researchers and 43 full-time farmers from the Southern states," says John LaRose, chairman of the conference steering committee.
"The farmers bring something to this conference that cannot be found at any other conference in the United States. The breakout sessions presented by growers will showcase the production systems used on their farms to profitably produce cotton, rice, corn, sorghum, and soybeans.
"These producers are innovators — some are even ahead of the researchers. Their techniques have been proven on large-scale operations as well as small acreage fields. They have taken ideas that researchers have developed and added innovative ideas of their own, integrating them into successful money-making farming operations."
All this expertise will be available to those who attend the conference.
In addition to the breakout sessions, attendees can participate in one of the eight specially-focused roundtable sessions, where in-depth discussions by attendees wanting to talk about the same concerns will be addressed.
For those who have an interest in the latest precision agriculture technology and applications, attendees can take part in any or all of the breakout sessions on that topic, presented by leading researchers and producers.
"A must-attend event for honing production methods, this conference offers farmers ways to trim inputs while boosting yields," LaRose says. "In recent years, farmers and their landlords have found that, beyond tillage, there are many other farming resources that can be conserved through a properly designed conservation systems program.
"The importance of conserving soil moisture and reducing fuel, labor, seed, chemical, and other input costs has been a key to economic survival for many producers. The main emphasis of the conference is reducing production costs and increasing yields in cotton, rice, corn, sorghum and soybeans through precision agriculture in its many forms."
Addressing the conference during the opening session will be Bob Stallman, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation. The keynote speaker for the noon luncheon will be Elsa A. Murano, vice chancellor and dean of agriculture and life sciences and director, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Texas A&M University.
Another highlight of the conference, LaRose says, will be farm bill panelists who will discuss the outlook for 2007 legislation. Experts on the panel will be Pat O'Brien, economist, American Farm Bureau Federation, Washington, D.C.; Craig Brown, vice president of producer affairs, National Cotton Council, Memphis; and Louie Perry, vice president of Cornerstone Government Affairs, Washington. Following their presentations, the session will be discussed from the floor.
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|2008-04-05, 08:55
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CB was indeed a threat to these countries and the power blocs had to stop them for the same reason Gilbert told Athrun that ZAFT was right to shot the Archangel and Freedom down : they couldn't afford to let such a massive and impredictable power roam around freely and let them do whatever they wanted.
|2008-04-05, 09:02
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CB was not massive, nor was it unpredictable. CB followed its declared doctrine to the letter for many months, which was the reason the trap in the desert worked. If CB was malicious and not do what it says when it suited them, the trap in China would never have worked as they would simply ignore the terrorists.
For all intent and purposes, CB was more reliable than the world powers; at least they do what they say they are doing.
The nations have "Legitimacy"? Does this "legitimacy" give authority to lie, cheat and rob whenever it wants?
I find it outragous for people to claim CB to be untrustworthy when the world powers were lying to each other and their own people over and over again, to the plain view of the audience. If you want to talk about trust, let's make it all-encompassing; Who lied more, CB or the world powers?
|2008-04-05, 09:25
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Basically the Factions have to be responsible, even when they're not acting in good faith. And you can count on them not doing anything that would cause too much trouble, especially due to their interdepency. They need eachother.
Celestial Being on the other hand, has no self-interests and their doctrine is full of shit, and they don't communicate with anyone, while potentionally being able to screw over the entire planet in matter of hours with one sortie.
Celestial Being is secretive. It is unstoppable. It always has the iniative. It has no country. No holdings. No people. And hardly ever says a word.
They're the scum of the universe, and should have been treated with utter contempt right from the beginning.
|2008-04-05, 09:35
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Any power being in an open war with one of the two others would have led to a World War : they basically couldn't get rid of each others.
Even Kinue, a simple journalist, and Eifman, a scientist, have investigated the possibility that ending wars may not have been the true purpose of Celestial Being.
You would think that politicians would have even more doubts and not trust a terrorist organization : as Lockon said, "To the world, we are fine terrorists"... but a fine terrorist is still a terrorist.
Would a well established and democratic nation trust terrorists to lead the World ?
The three power blocs were indeed lying to each others constantly, were in some sort of cold war when the series started, but in the end, they were more than eager to cooperate together to put an end to Celestial Being, which implies they prefered to get back to the former situation, as stressful as it may have been, than stay in the current one.
Also, the power blocs knew that they had ways to retaliate if one of them attacked the other, but it was much harder to strike back against Celestial Being, not only because of their technology, but mainly because they have no country to use deterrent on or retaliate against.
In the real world, many wars are prevented from happening thanks to deterrents like Nuclear Weapons (and before that, diplomats).
You can send diplomats to talk with each other or use deterrents against a nation with an official and established military but not against a Terrorist organization using Strike-and-Run Guerilla-tactics.
It is why war on Terrorism against organizations like Al-Quaeda is so difficult in the real world.
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|2008-04-05, 10:02
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"Would a well established and democratic nation trust terrorists to lead the World ?"
Technically a nation doesn't trust anyone at all, including itself. So trust is irrelevant here, the nations only care about if CB can be taken advantage of. And the conclusion is that they have not affected sovereignty, and the only thing that matters is they need to steal something that doesn't belong to them before the other two nations do it first.
CB was entirely trustworthy. But in politics the fact that you stick to your guns is something to mock and laugh at. The world powers lied and cheated to their own people to lay a trap against CB. While CB willingly walked into annihilation because it wanted to keep its promise.
You know what? I wouldn't have spent this much time arguing if the Union and AEU declared war on CB early on. It is ironic only HRL was honest with itself in which position it stands on. Had war being declared, Graham would have all the right in the world in tacking the unarmed Exia that time in the Middle East.
All this declaration that CB is some sort of evil force that needed to be wiped from the face of the Earth, yet so little evidence to support it.
I don't know you at all, Wesley84. I have no means of controlling your actions, pressuring your family, catch and integrate your friends, or potentially attack your nation that harbor you. Is that justification for me to treat you as a threat?
To have power over someone is not a right; it is an ABUSE. If you think nations have the right to do what they want to forces they don't like, it is the first step towards world war.
|2008-04-05, 10:44
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They have legitimacy to run the World, which doesn't mean they are the best in what they are doing.
Again, the real world has already flirted with terrorists and we can't say it ended well (Bin Laden being unfortunately the best example).
It is not sticking to their guns : we say the 3 power blocs rule the world, but it isn't like there isn't a billions of civilians behind them and it is not like they were running by dictators eithers : like in most democratic countries of the World, there is a lot of ministers, advisors, etc... the role of these governments is to run the country and to protect their people.
Even if they lied to other countries, it was to protect their countries own interests : again, probably that every developped country in the real world has its own top secrets programs that may even violate one or two treaties...
After all, CB is the organization having maniacs like Alejandro and Livonze in its rank... even if meant to stay true to its colours and never betray its ideals (which we have no guarantee of), you wouldn't be safe from maniacs wanting to take advantage of the organization.
I'm not saying CB is evil, just that it *may* be and that this *may* is reason enough to be careful : like I said, I sympathize to their cause as an individual, but what they did so far shows no reason to trust them (terrorist methods, etc).
When you see them with through the eyes of logic rather than through the eyes of ideals, you see there is a significant problem as to how much you can trust them.
It is a bit like not accepting candies from stranger : candies are good, but the stranger giving them may not be... where candies are world peace and the stranger is Celestial Being (which really is a stranger they don't know anything about after all).
PS: Yeah, wingdarkness inspired me with his pancakes analogies.
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|2008-04-05, 11:07
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They charge into a trap because they don't want terrorists getting their hands on uranium. Last I checked, numerous action heroes have done exactly that in movies without being labeled suicidal.
And CB has MASSIVE self-interests. Each and everyone on board the ship genuinely want to stop wars by policing the world, because they all genuinely hate war. And they kept to that goal even after their own organisation was disintegrating. They didn't do it for money, they didn't do it for power. They did it because they believe they are right. They fight because they believe it was worth fighting for. On the other hand, the world powers throw troops at them so they can steal power for themselves.
And most importantly, CB is genuine to themselves and everyone else. Something the world powers (other than HRL) was completely incapable of.
|2008-04-05, 11:32
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|2008-04-05, 11:39
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A peaceful world order? I think not. The war in Sri Lanka was there, even after 300 years. There are public bombings, shootings and kidnappings in the Middle East, just like there are now. Not so peaceful, if you ask me. And of course, if the world was so peaceful, then why the hell do Flags, Enacts, Tierens, etc exist? To fight, obviously. Celestial Being wanted to create peace by eliminating war with armed interventions, and they only fight when there is a conflict or when they are being attacked (The Thrones/Trinity siblings are an exception)
Calling CB's members insane or nuts means you've either haven't watched the show, or you weren't paying attention. Nearly all of them are fairly normal with the wish to stop war and fighting. However, (some of) the other side wanted war. Ali, for example, lives to fight, and he's a bit nuts, that's about it.
The members of Celestial Being were willing to die for their cause, and it takes bravery and determination, not a messed up mind.
|2008-04-05, 13:26
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Mobile suits exists so that those countries can defend their assets from rogue nations and terrorists, not to spread conflict.
Their (Celestial Being's) cause is retarded, the fact that they are willing to die for basically stupid ideals, for nothing, just reinforces that they are not normal.
I think it is you who forgot to watch the show, what CB claimed, and what CB did were two different things. They claimed they wanted to end war and only attack those who start conflicts, but they indiscriminately pull the trigger w/o giving diplomacy a second chance. In Talibia they open fire on the Talibian army w/o waiting to see if the situation could be defused diplomatically, which both Talibia and the Union would have done before going to war and wasting billions of $ and destroying a country for silly reasons. Then in Moralia CB attacks a military EXERCISE which ends up crippling the country's economy and causes the deaths of quite a few civilians that would not have died as a result of the military exercise.
|2008-04-05, 13:48
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|2008-04-05, 15:01
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Casval isn't really hiding his past behind Quatro's glasses [Pretty much everyone who knew him in the OYW recognises him without trouble.] so much as trying to put having been Cha behind him. To him by that point Cha was a mask which had served his purpose in killing the adult Zabis and Quatro was a way of making it possible for him to be a Federation officer [and then an AEUG one] without his father's heritage or Cha's servioce to Zeon getting in the way. It never really seemed more than a polite fiction. If he'd meant it to be more he'd have come up with a different colour scheme for his Rick Dias before the first episode of Zeta.
As for Graham, unless he's joined Celestial Being, I can't see a need for him to disguise his identity, so for the moment I'm going for hide scars as teh reason for his mask.
|2008-04-05, 15:24
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The Soviet Union is an example of a nation that supported ideological movements in various parts of the world (IE the IRA). They could get away with it because they had nukes and a huge army, but you should still note that they never did a similar campaign against the US, because the US also not only had nukes but actually had the ability to deliver them (as opposed to the British arsenal, which was targeted almost exclusively at Moscow, or the French arsenal which had a severe lack of rance for land-based ICBMs, or the Russian arsenal which at various points was unlikely to even get off the launch pad in the numbers advertised).
Places like Afghanistan and Palestine are the other kind. And they get stomped, hard, when attacks go out. The attacks still go out, but you'll find that most leaders prefer not to put their countries into similar conditions as Palestine. If you assume that because the Union didn't outright declare its intentions to destroy CB when it knew that CB could grind it into the dust, it didn't care, there doesn't seem much else to say on the subject. It's pretty obvious that all three powers spent the 6+ monthes racing their tech and militaries to the point where they could beat CB.
I'm not even going to try and explain how CB's means and goals are just as much "politics" as the Powers. If you can't see that, congratulations. You have the world view of Saji Crossroads. I will say, however, that "politics" are just as much about "right and wrong" as anything else, and that CB's was dedicated to the end, not the means. Everyone in CB was shocked when Allelujah took the moral route and saved the elevator-part. Virtually all of CB's "moral" actions have been done to further their own goals, and that's the epitome of "politics."
Did Celestial Being's Earth Federation actually solve any of them? No, Azadistan is still seen as a powder keg after CB's interventions, the insurgencies were outright said to be biding their time until CB's disappearance, and Sri Lanka's situation that put forth the conflict never changed. CB didn't "fixed" arguments not by resolving the differences and situations that started them, but by blowing up both sides.
CB is full of nuts. They're more like misfits, really. The most normal of them are the bridge-crew, who get killed off.
No, it does not "take" bravery and determination to die for a cause. Beer or drugs is a ancient tradition for pushing people into the field of battle. An idealogue can be willing to die for a cause. Mental health is rarely a factor, because being insane and being dedicated aren't mutually exclusive, nor are bravery and willingness to die. More than one suicide bomber across history has been some child with little concept of death, or a soul with down syndrome or other mental incapacitation who got put into a suicide vest with no choice in the matter.
|2008-04-05, 16:32
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I guess he WAS supposed to have an effed up face in the TV series, but Fukuda being the nice guy he was probably wanted to show his face so people would recognize Rey in GSD...
|2008-04-05, 19:22
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Philwelch wrote:Not at all. You have to start from physics and understand enough EM to know how to build a transistor, and then you can learn logic circuits, and then maybe, just maybe, you can understand how the CPU works if you write in machine code.
Then, maybe, if you know how to build an assembler in machine code, writing in assembly will make you understand how it works.
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The Anglican diocese is auctioning off its church at Seaspray because it can't afford to keep the building open for services. Whilst the decision has left some locals saddened at the loss of the building, Bishop of the Diocese of Gippsland, John McIntyre, says its indicative of how the church is changing.
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The Anglican church in Seaspray, up for auction as the church says it can't afford to keep it open. (ABC Gippsland :Jenni Henderson)
Bishop McIntyre says he was approached by members of the parish of Sale, of which the Seaspray church is a branch, to decide what to do with the building.
He says no more than half a dozen people worshipped there and there have been no services in the building for the past six months.
"The reality is that a lot of our small, what we call branch churches, are now closing because they are in very small communities and they date back to times when travel was far more difficult than it is today. If we have worshipping Anglicans in some of those centres now, they're more inclined to come to the larger centres," says Bishop McIntyre.
Over the past eight years he has deconsecrated 10 churches across Gippsland.
"The reality is we're not as robust as we used to be, that's one factor... our numbers aren't what they used to be," says Bishop McIntyre.
To combat this the church now runs services in other locations, such as people's homes and community halls, it also runs preschool and craft groups.
"Our intention is not trying to trap people into coming to church but to engage positively in communities so that people see the value of having the church there," says Bishop McIntyre.
The heritage value of church buildings
The Anglican church does preserve some churches with heritage value, Bishop McIntyre says.
He points to the example of the oldest church in Gippsland, at Tarraville, owned by the Anglican church and kept open to the public.
"It's a very very old wooden building, quite a pretty little thing," he says.
However this doesn't happen with all buildings owned by the church.
In other cases deconsecrated Anglican church buildings have been bought and used by businesses.
"What we tried to do in some contexts is work with other groups in the community to see that the building stays as part of the streetscape," Bishop McIntyre says.
He says unless the building in question has a heritage overlay, the decision on what it is used for once sold is out of the church's hands.
History of the Seaspray Anglican church
The church was built and dedicated in 1937 at a cost of 230 pounds.
Members of the Seaspray community at the time donated items such as: a bible, sanctuary chair, prayer desk and altar.
Rose Jackson, who is now 92, grew up in the town and remembers going to sunday school at the Seaspray church as a teenager.
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Tuesday, October 4, 2011
The Chick-lit Debate: Give Readers Credit!
Much has been said and written recently about the 'death of chick-lit', with media commentators quick to grab their pitchforks and hound out anything with a remotely pink cover. From angry attacks (Harriet Walker writing in The Independent, stating that chick-lit is 'saccharine silage that fails women') to the downright incorrect (Lauren Paxman's ridiculous Daily Mail article which identifies Jodi Picoult as a chick-lit author), journalists have had a field day.
So here's my response, for what it's worth.
I write romantic comedy. If my books ever become films, they will probably be labelled 'chick-flicks', so by definition my novels are often referred to as chick-lit. They have sparkly covers, one of which may even have featured the colour pink. They are written from a woman's perspective and address life's issues using humour and, I hope, a cracking good story.
I've read all the articles, and seen the excellent, dignified response from authors such as JoJo Moyes and Tasmina Perry, together with the intelligent, witty debate on Twitter. Debate is good and the question of whether we classify ourselves as chick-lit writers or not is as old as the nametag itself.
But what I can't agree with – and what angers me more than anything – is the way in which readers have been slandered by the media blitz. The reports assume that the women (and men, for that matter) who choose to read light romantic fiction are somehow less intelligent and less discerning about the literature they choose to read. How dare someone dictate what people should or shouldn't read! And how dare they suggest that the only worthwhile literature should be what they deem as worthy!
Reading should be a pleasure – whether it challenges us, enlightens us, scares us or makes us laugh. The point is that reading should be a choice. It is the universal right of the reader to decide what he or she wants to read and nobody's right to take that away. So what if the book they choose to read is light-hearted, romantic comedy? Light-hearted reads are not 'retarding' readers, as one report suggested. In fact, if anything, they help us relax and gain important perspective on the issues we face. Comedy is a powerful tool for addressing the issues of our day, and the best comedy fuses humour with moments of deep emotion and resonance. Let's face it: we have little to laugh about at the moment, with the economy in freefall and many of our futures uncertain. Why should we then be denied the right to find light relief in what we read?
The other assumption that these articles have made is that readers are only capable of reading one genre of book. This simply isn't true. I am, and always will be, a fan of romantic comedy. But I also love thrillers, literary fiction, biographies and comedy-fantasy. In the past month I have enjoyed books by Laurie Graham, Howard Jacobson, Lucy Diamond, Helen Simonson and Sir Terry Pratchett. Surely anything that encourages people to pick up a book should be celebrated? Yes, literature should be well written. Yes, there are an awful lot of books (in all genres) that are marketing department 'write-by-number' attempts to cash in on successful formulas. But there is also a wealth of stunningly original, witty writing to be savoured and enjoyed. Contrary to what some in the media would have you believe, readers are discerning, intelligent people who are more than capable of deciding what to read. They should be celebrated, supported and encouraged, not lambasted for their choices. It is time that the media and some areas of the publishing industry gave readers more credit.
As for the 'chick-lit' label, I agree that it has become a derogatory term used by lazy journalists to lump everything written by and for women together. But readers know a great author when they find one and, ultimately, they will decide who succeeds and who fails in the industry. And may it ever be thus!
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- Jen Daiker said...
I don't like that it's become such a deragtory term but I love your thoughts. Those who know a good author don't care what it's called.
I write romantic comedies, humorous women's fiction, whatever you want to call it to get it on the shelves. I love it, I wouldn't change what I write for anyone. No matter how many people say it's dead. I read it, which means others do too!
- October 4, 2011 at 1:07 PM
- Donna said...
Hear hear! I am unashamed of liking all sorts of books that a lit-crit would hate. And I hate a lot of the books 'they' say are great ... I don't want my evening read to bore me to death with long words for no good reason, 'clever' concepts and no plot. I like my books to move me, make me laugh, help me run away to a different world for a little while and interest me. And if that makes me somehow mentally deficient...well, I'd rather take that than be a narrow minded idiot with a superiority delusion! Long live 'chick-lit'! xx
- October 4, 2011 at 1:08 PM
- MrsMiddleham said...
Excellent article. I agree wholeheartedly with you.
I would say though, that I hate the 'chicklit' label which has become derogatory, even if it shouldn't. This genre should hold it's head high because in addition to giving alot of pleasure, it's probably keeping more than one publisher afloat & has encouraged more than a few people to read who wouldn't otherwise have done so.
- October 4, 2011 at 2:01 PM
- Joanna Cannon said...
Great post, Miranda.
When I'm choosing a book to buy, I don't even notice which section of the bookshop I'm in. I decide to buy a book because of the author, because I know (or I've been told) that they will deliver me a good story. This is why I buy your books and if people want to call it 'chick lit', then they can go right ahead, I just call it a darned good read.
And a darned good read is never going to die off.
- October 4, 2011 at 4:04 PM
- Talli Roland said...
Very well said, Miranda! Hear hear.
- October 4, 2011 at 5:28 PM
- Dizzy C said...
We don't have this problem with the TV programmes we choose to watch, or music we choose to listen to.
I love chicklit,it entertains me and takes me away from the stresses of life.
I can and do read other genres but when I truly want to escape I go for chicklit/romance/women's fiction, whatever they want to call it.
From what I see on the blogs and forums, chick lit is far from dead.
- October 4, 2011 at 9:42 PM
- StaceyM said...
Oh for heavens sake...what will they come up with next?! I will give any author a chance. So long as the characters are believeable, I couldn't care less what setting they find themselves in.
I read for fun - I've been reading adult books since I was seven; I have an excellent zoology degree and was a scientific proof reader/copy editor for four years. I am by no means retarded!
Choosing "chick-lit" to relax with is my choice. There are some poor books in that genre, as with any other genre. But there are some real gems that teach people more about real life and real situations than any number of "great literary works".
I would say that chick-lit makes reading accessible to the modern woman. Authors like Jodi Picoult cover difficult issues like Asperger's, domestic abuse, organ donation etc, in a way that is easy to read and understand. What's so wrong with that?
- October 4, 2011 at 10:22 PM
- Josefine said...
Agree with you Miranda, especially when it comes to what other people tell me to read. I want to read a good book and only I will be able to tell you if I think it is good.
- October 5, 2011 at 7:11 PM
- Rachel said...
Well said, I love all types of books from a variety of genres. As long as there are readers who love and enjoy a good story I do not think so called 'chick lit' will ever be a thing of the past.
- October 6, 2011 at 2:42 PM
- Phillipa said...
Don't think I've seen a better response to the witch hunt against Women's fiction or chick lit. Thanks, Miranda.
- October 7, 2011 at 11:03 AM
- Reabookreview said...
great post and I couldn't agree more. I for one love chick-lit but I do read other genre's too. Well said Miranda xxx
- October 7, 2011 at 8:26 PM
- Juliette Sobanet said...
Wonderful post!
- October 8, 2011 at 9:52 PM


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The purpose of this study is to test the effectiveness of a behavioral weight loss and exercise intervention delivered via the internet at different cancer centers in New England. The investigators hypothesize that participants will lose 7% of their body weight. The research is being done because many women who are treated for breast cancer are overweight and treatment for breast cancer is often accompanied by weight gain. Individuals who are overweight may be more likely to have their breast cancer come back. Also women who exercise at least three hours a week seem to have less chance of their cancer coming back. The investigators hope to identify an effective weight loss and exercise intervention for breast cancer survivors that can be easily accessed by many people.
This study is designed to determine the feasibility of conducting a distantly delivered-weight loss and exercise intervention for patients who have been treated for breast cancer at three cancer centers, and to evaluate the efficacy of an Internet-based behavioral weight loss and exercise intervention delivered to overweight/obese breast cancer survivors in three New England locations.
Participants will be recruited from three New England Cancer Centers - the Vermont Cancer Center, Norris Cotton Cancer Center at Dartmouth University and the University of Massachusetts Cancer Center. Participants from each center will undergo baseline assessments that include diet assessment, body measurements (height, weight, etc), a physical activity assessment and be asked to complete a series of questionnaires.
Patients that meet the minimum requirements will be enrolled on the study. They will participate in weekly on-line "chats" about behavioral and diet modifications led by a qualified facilitator. Participants will also engage in increasing amounts of aerobic activity (typically walking) throughout the course of the intervention. The intervention lasts 6 months. At the end of those 6 months, participants will have the same assessments that were collected at baseline. Following the collection of those assessments, participants will have completed the study.
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Single arm intervention of a 24 week weight loss and exercise intervention.
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- Change in diet measures [ Time Frame: Change from baseline diet measures at 6 months ]Efficacy will be measured using total calories and fat grams before and after the intervention
- Change in anthropometric measures [ Time Frame: Change from baseline anthropometrics at 6 months ]Change in Weight, BMI, body fat percentage before and after the intervention
- Change in active energy expenditure (ie exercise) [ Time Frame: Change from baseline active energy expenditure at 6 months ]exercise will be measured using an accelerometer before and after the intervention
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- access to computer and the internet
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- illiteracy
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|Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, 01655
|United States, New Hampshire
|Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
|Hannover, New Hampshire, United States, 03755
|United States, Vermont
|Unviersity of Vermont/Fletcher Allen Health Care
|Burlington, Vermont, United States, 05405
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breast cancer survivor
Weight loss
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Weight Loss
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Breast Diseases
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DSS honors retiree
Rebecca Jones, an income maintenance supervisor at Lenoir County Department of Social Services, retired from the agency Tuesday.
Donna Grady, the income maintenance administrator and Jones� supervisor, and Jackie Brown, DSS Board chairwoman, recognized her years of service and dedication.
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New to the market this week will be homemade ice cream from Almost Heaven Nursery. Flavors will include strawberry, blueberry, banana, oreo, chocolate and vanilla.
Snow Angels shaved ice will return. Cathy Davis will offer ice cups in many flavors, free of high fructose corn syrup.
Produce and other specialty vendors will include: Bruce Coley Farm, Porter Farm, Putnam Family Farms, Ronnie Hanchey Produce, T.C. Smith Produce, Kettle Cooked Pork Skins, Boiled & Fried Peanuts, The Wreath Lady and Hawk Sauce BBQ Elixer.
Teen Fest to be at LCC
Mayor B.J. Murphy has declared May as Teen Fest Month in Kinston, honoring an all-day workshop for the area�s youth to be sponsored by the Young Women�s Outreach Center.
Teen Fest, open to boys and girls between the ages of 10 and 19, will be from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 11 at Lenoir Community College. The workshop is part of a nationwide push to reduce teen pregnancy and will concentrate on ways youth can avoid the problem.
Murphy said he issued the proclamation to recognize the work that non-profit organizations like the YWOC do for area youth. He said that Kinston, like other Eastern North Carolina towns, faces problems with gangs, homelessness and poverty that trace their roots back to teen pregnancy.
For 20 years, the YWOC, at 119 E. Blount St., has offered a wide range of programs for young adults throughout the year, including pregnancy counseling and parenting programs.
Joyce Clark, YWOC�s executive director, said the organization places such an emphasis on teen pregnancy because so many other societal problems � like drug use, crime, high drop out rates from high school, and poverty � are directly traceable to it.
For more information on the program, call the YWOC at 252-527-7844.
Church extends trip invitation
The Revelation Outreach Church at 417 E. Vernon Ave. is inviting the community to travel with the church to the Upper Room Baptist Church in Washington, D.C., June 23 for an event themed �Re-Building the Walls.�
Round-trip reservations on the bus, which will hold 55 people, cost $40 per person, which includes dinner. Reservations are being taken now.
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- American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: Facts for Families
- National Institute of Mental Health: What Is Depression?
- American Psychiatric Association: What Is a Psychiatrist?
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- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development: Helping Children Cope with Crisis: Just for Parents
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