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When Fergus McCann, 18, crosses the border from Northern Ireland into the Irish Republic to steal peat for his uncle to sell as fuel, what he digs up is a small body, an obvious victim of violence. Are the Troubles now claiming children? he wonders. But nothing is as it seems in the late Dowd's (The London Eye Mystery) rich work, set in 1981 and exploring sacrifices made in the name of family and freedom. Archeologists suspect the body is ancient, and they overrun the hillside of Fergus's discovery. Haunted by his find, Fergus learns its story in vivid dreams. Daylight provides no respite. His brother, an imprisoned IRA member, has joined Bobby Sands's hunger strike. His father salutes; his mother grieves. Three exams away from earning entrance to medical school, Fergus doesn't understand the strikers' mission, but his brother is resolute: "A coffin's a mighty statement, Ferg." Experiencing first love with the lead archeologist's daughter, Fergus is torn when he's blackmailed into being a courier by his brother's friend. Dowd raises questions about moral choices within a compelling plot that is full of surprises, powerfully bringing home the impact of political conflict on innocent bystanders. Ages 12-up. (Sept.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Bog Childby Siobhan Dowd
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DIGGING FOR PEAT in the mountain with his Uncle Tally, Fergus finds the body of a child, and it looks like she's been murdered. As Fergus tries to make sense of the mad world around him—his brother on hunger-strike in prison, his growing feelings for Cora, his parents arguing over the Troubles, and him in it up to the neck, blackmailed into acting as courier to God knows what—a little voice comes to him in his dreams, and the mystery of the bog child unfurls.
Bog Child is an astonishing novel exploring the sacrifices made in the name of peace, and the unflinching strength of the human spirit.
From the Hardcover edition.
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It is 1981, and 18-year-old Fergus lives on the border between Northern Ireland and the south. His older brother, Joe, a member of the Provisional IRA, is jailed at Long Kesh and joins a hunger strike. The family is traumatized, and Fergus does his best to comfort his mother and to convince Joe that his "sacrifice" for the cause is not worth it. Fergus has been pressured (blackmailed) to smuggle packages for the IRA, but wants nothing more than to leave Ireland and study to become a doctor. His life becomes even more complicated when he and his uncle discover the body of a young girl while pilfering peat. It turns out to be 2000 years old. Thus begins a double narrative that involves a love story and a discussion of destiny and self-sacrifice. Fergus's story includes his struggle to understand his brother's actions and his growing love for the daughter of the archaeologist called in to investigate the Iron Age discovery. Interspersed is the story of Mel, the bog child, who makes the ultimate sacrifice to unite her people, and who finds love at the end of her life. The two narratives work beautifully together. The love story between Fergus and Cora is depicted with tenderness, and their adolescent sexuality is sensitively portrayed. Readers will come away with a strong sense of the time periods (especially of the "Troubles") through dialogue and action. This compelling read is lyrically written and contains authentic dialogue and challenging and involving moral issues. It's a first, and a must-have purchase.-Jennifer Ralston, Harford County Public Library, Belcamp, MD
"[A] painful and moving read."
Starred Review, School Library Journal, August 2008:
"This compelling read is lyrically written and contains authentic dialogue and challenging and involving moral issues."
Starred Review, Booklist, August 1, 2008:
"A strong story that is rich in language, setting, and theme."
Starred Review, Publishers Weekly, July 28, 2008:
"Dowd raises questions about moral choices within a compelling plot that is full of surprises."
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Product Details
- 9780375891540
- Publisher:
- Random House Children's Books
- Publication date:
- 09/09/2008
- Sold by:
- Random House
- Format:
- NOOK Book
- Pages:
- 312
- Sales rank:
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- Age Range:
- 12 - 17 Years
Meet the Author
Siobhan Dowd's novels include A Swift Pure Cry, for which she was named a Publishers Weekly Flying Start author, The London Eye Mystery, and Bog Child. She passed away in August of 2007 from breast cancer.
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To be honest, this book was so much better than I was initially expecting it to be. I guess that I shouldn't be surprised considering that it won so many awards, including the esteemed Carnegie Medal. Not to be redundant, but I have to reiterate how amazing this book was. Unfortunately for readers everywhere Dowd has passed away and the book has been published posthumously. As for the details, Dowd's description of Northern Ireland during this tumultuous time is astounding. I truly felt the tension that Fergus felt and was able to get a clearer glimpse into the complicated world of Northern Ireland at the time. Fergus is an honest and compelling character who you can't help but root for as he directs his life through the myriad of issues that arise with his family, his country, his blossoming love life, and the girl he's found in the bog. Having been to Ireland a few times myself, I believe that Dowd's account of the area is accurate in its culture and people. Also, it's refreshing to see a story told about this time period and area. I believe that readers need more historical fiction, especially regarding events throughout our history that have largely gone untold. The IRA and the fight for freedom from the British government, which is still an issue to this day, is something we rarely get a glimpse into. I recommend this to all readers 15+. -Lindsey Miller, www.lindseylibrary.com
The book, Bog Child is a great novel by the late Siobhan Dowd. One day while digging for peat in the mountains with his uncle, Fergus finds a bronze aged dead child. T was on the edge of my seat every page of every chapter of this book. This book is set in the great country of Ireland at this decade in time. As you read, if you just stop and close your eyes you can see the Valleys and the Irish spring hills unraveling before you. If you want to go on vacation there, save your money and read this book. The main character is a teenaged boy fighting with the dilemmas that come with being a teen such as, girls, chores, family, life, and not to mention discovering the body of a child. Fergus is a great boy with a great heart and the book wouldn't be the same without him. Throughout the book, he has dreams that lead him to find out the story behind the buried girl. Her name was Mel and later they find out she wasn't a child at all, she was a . dwarf. And that's why they killed her. Who are they you might ask? Well I guess you will have to read it to find out yourself.
Neither your time nor your money will be wasted.
Bog Child is a book about an 18 year-old boy named Fergus living in Ireland during the 80's and it's his last summer being home before going off to begin his own life. During this time, he finds a dead body and names it Mel. His brother joins a hunger strike, he gets his first girlfriend, and terrorism frightens Ireland. Besides this, there is little else that goes on in Bog Child. It starts off with some potential as Fergus finds this body but really little else happens. I was disappointed the further I got into the book because the story seemed to grow slower and more boring as time passed. Another issue was that the author threw in many terms and names that were not explained or were explained later in the story. Along with this, the author had a bad habit of using verbs in contraction (eg. I'd go, why'll I leave?) so sometimes I'd have to read the text again. Lastly, I was never really able to get a person connection with Fergus. The author never gave his thoughts or feelings on almost anything. Dialogue was the main source of understanding Fergus' feelings, which still is not very personal. The ending felt rushed but I was left content. Enough said, I'm sorry to say I will not be recommending this book. There was just something that was missing to the story.
Honestly, there are better reads out there for young people. The plot is a bit slow and jumps, less than smoothly, between A.D 80 and 1980 Ireland. The language used by the various characters is often course at best and profane at worst. The unprotected sex scene between Cora and Fergus is explicit enough and parents should really read this book first before deciding its suitability for their teenage child. Condom and contraceptive ' trafficking ' by youngsters also gives rise to some very crude rhymes being sung. Overall, while the novel has some literary and historical merit, its one I think my teenage sons can definitely live without.


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Update on bank feeds for Xero Personal
The introduction of automated bank feeds is a key and complex piece of work for the Xero Personal team and understandably it's also high on the customer request list. We've made progress with laying the groundwork for the feeds over the last few releases and now it's time to give you an update.
In May, the next Xero Personal release will introduce new categorisation or sorting logic, including improved user defined sorting rules. This will help get more transactions automatically sorted into spending or income categories. It will also ensure that the sorting function is then compatible with the style and format of transaction data that will come from the Yodlee data gathering service which is what will be used to deliver automated bank feeds into Xero Personal.
Once this release is complete, the final step for the Xero Personal team will be to connect the Xero Personal app to the banking integration platform. The banking integration platform manages all the automated bank feeds in the Xero small business accounting app – Yodlee bank feeds included.
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Our rapid growth, including customer numbers more than doubling over the past 12 months, means the banking integration platform has been processing a large number of transactions. To accommodate this increase, we need to schedule some important improvements and upgrades. This work is already underway and will take another six to eight weeks. It's important that this is completed before the banking integration team can then connect Xero Personal to the Yodlee based bank feeds.
While growth is a great problem to have it will mean a bit of a delay to our targeted release date for more bank feeds into Xero Personal. We were working toward May, but we're now targeting Q3 (July-September) 2012. Rest assured we'll let you know the actual release date nearer to that time.
We know this is frustrating for those of you who are very keen to have the added convenience of bank feeds. But what it does mean is we can fit in another release with various other improvements across the app before focusing 100% back on the introduction of bank feeds into Xero Personal.
Update: clarified the target date for bank feeds as Q3 (July-September) 2012.
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Any update on updating the iOS app to support Xero personal?
What does that mean for NZ users. Is Yoddle Us only or worldwide including NZ?
Do you support FNB in South Africa?
Is that correct 3rd quarter of FY13 or do you mean the 3rd quarter of FY12?
Does this also mean you will be fixing the broken Yodlee feed issue that has been around since last July. You know the one where we receive multiple copies of transactions and makes the feature totally unusable for us. We keep getting told it will be fixed soon.
Over promising and under-delivering = FAIL.
I had held off using Xero Personal for the last couple of years due to lack of development and in particular bank fees. The talk was that function was to be in by March/April so I signed up and shifted from my MS Money system which I had been running for 7 years just fine. Now another 6 months for that function to be implemented I don't hold hope on that timeline either. You talked about implementing bank feeds all the way back in 2010………………
When you say 3rd quarter of FY13, who's financial year? NZ's, AUD's, USA's?
From my understanding:
NZ: 3rd Quarter FY13 is Oct to Dec 2012
AUD: 3rd Quarter FY13 is Jan to Mar 2013
USA: 3rd Quarter FY13 is July to September 2013.
Which one?
You would be much better of saying the months / year, like October to December 2012, if this is really the case?
Xero Personal needs the bank feeds team to make feeds available to the Xero Personal product. They have begun work on this and aim to be done within a few months. Xero Personal will be working alongside them where possible but they will still have some work to do once the bank feeds team have done their part. Our estimates currently put delivery of feeds for Xero Personal in Q3 of this calendar year, i.e. July to September.
I'm at the point where I'd like to cancel my personal account and ask for a refund. There have just been too many delays with bank feeds, and as such I've completely stopped using Xero Personal because it's simply far too time consuming to use.
I started getting on top of my personal finances when I first began using Xero Personal, which was fantastic. But after rapidly losing interest because of the punishing manual importing of bank statements, I'm sad to say my personal finances are back to a state of disarray. My business finances are absolutely perfect however, and all because of the automatic bank feeds.
I think I'll just pretend Xero Personal doesn't exist until if/when automated bank feeds happen. I hope that's *not* what Xero are doing, but it certainly feels that way.
Do you support ABSA bank?
I gave up on Xero personal a long time ago. I actually use the business edition to monitor my personal finances. I found it was worth paying for to get the full functionality.
My wife uses Xero, but without bank feeds the Xero Personal rather useless. Whilst waiting for XERO to respond on a help issue (took them a day), found ANZ Money Manager – owned by a bank, its free, works with huge number of banks (not just ANZ), and its free!
Are Xero going to release their API for Xero personal?
@Steven- No immediate plans for an API, but would love to know what you'd like to see in a Xero Personal API. Let us know your thoughts in the community https://community.xero.com/personal/
Thanks for the update guys. Can't wait for this! Although I have got manual importing down to a fine art… could probably do it with my eyes closed now 🙂
Thanks for the update – I can't wait! Manual is ok for now, but automated will be awesome.
Keep up the good work guys, you'll get there 🙂
Are you still on track for May update for Xero Personal. For the user defineable rules and sorting?
Any update on the bank feeds for Xero Personal? Still on track for the June release?
Yes, is there any update on a release date for Xero Personal Bank Feeds?
@Matthew and @Ramsay: Yes, we're working hard on them now and are still aiming to release in the July-September quarter.
Will my banks (Westpac and Kiwi) be available for auto bank feeds in the upcoming release (Q3) for Xero personal?
Like most people commenting here, still hoping for Xero Personal Bank feeds. We're well into the July-Sep quarter now (that was meant to be 2012 wasn't it???). Are you still aiming to achieve that PROMISE?
I've been waiting since launch day to use Xero Personal, but not interested until the live feeds work (ASB and its subsidiary Bank Direct in my case).
Any updates on the progress of the bank feeds? Feels like we have been waiting forever.
Goodness people! Manual transactions aren't that big a deal, I do them weekly and seriously you are sweating the small stuff if it's getting you that riled.
@kelly, the discussion is about automation and when it will be available, not how smart people are by doing it manually, well done mate.
@Xero, any update on timeframes? September next week.
Is it possible to access xero personal on the android mobile app?
Just now realizing that Xero for mobile does not include access to Xero personal accounts. That seems entirely ridiculous! Come on Xero team… this is reason enough to look for another online financial management tool. I thought it would be great to have business and personal finances in the same system, but both need to be mobile enabled. This should be easy for you folks … you already have the app done!
Thus far quite happy with Xero for business. Hopefully Xero for personal can be mobile enabled soon.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. Romeo Crennel is a good man. This is as close as we get to a consensus on Arrowhead Drive, other than the general agreement that the 2012 Kansas City Chiefs were are a raging dumpster fire of bad. Crennel is a good enough man that one of his players, Jovan Belcher, made a point, in one of his last acts on this Earth, gun in hand, to go out of his way to thank him. Then, as Crennel and others watched, Belcher shot himself in the head. So, yes, Romeo Crennel is a strong man. There is consensus on that, too, especially after the coach and his Chiefs decided to play the day after Belcher's horrific murder-suicide on December 1. How anyone could keep their mind on football, let alone the Carolina Panthers, was equal parts admirable and remarkable, given the circumstances. Yet Kansas City, toting an unseemly 1-10 record, went out played its cleanest game no turnovers, one penalty of the season, en route to an emotional, cathartic 27-21 victory. Then, last Sunday, Crennel's Chiefs showed up in Cleveland physically, anyway. They got smoked, losing by 23, surrendering 30 straight points to the Browns, a offensively challenged bunch that had scored more than 27 points in just one other contest prior to that. For Crennel, that made it seven losses by a margin of 14 points or more, another reminder of the cold, hard reality of where this franchise resides in the football universe. Crennel, his staff, and the man responsible for hiring them, general manager Scott Pioli, should be applauded and saluted for the courage, strength and poise shown on that grey, humid Saturday morning when Belcher pulled into the lot. A psychologically frazzled individual arrived on their property brandishing a firearm, and, by all accounts, no bystanders were hurt. The emotional cost was and is lasting and profoundly awful, the lives lost a senseless tragedy, but the physical damage, the carnage, could have been far, far worse. That said, they need to go. All of them. Callous as it sounds, one can only hope what happened the first weekend of December doesn't color the judgment of Chiefs chairman Clark Hunt, who will be forced to make difficult decisions soon, assuming he hasn't made them already. Hunt's football team is 2-11. Since Crennel was pressed into interim service last December 12 exactly a year ago the Chiefs are 4-12. It's a pillow fight to the finish between Kansas City and Jacksonville, in all likelihood, for the right to draft first next April. The Chiefs' football brain trust may be winners in life. That does nothing to change the fact that they're lousy at their jobs. Hunt's team is led by good men, strong men, men of character and steel in the face of the most awful adversity imaginable. In the NFL, character is a garnish. The bottom line is the bottom line. Win or go home. Noble is nice, in theory. Noble and 3-13 is a pink slip. By all accounts, Bobby Petrino is a less-than-stellar fella, accused of everything from abandoning his team in the middle of a season (Atlanta Falcons, 2007) to putting one of his mistresses on his payroll (University of Arkansas, 2012). And yet, there he is again, back on his feet earlier this week as the new head coach of bowl-bound Western Kentucky. Petrino has more baggage than the back of Santa's sleigh, but he keeps finding work. Why? He wins. Noble is nice, in theory. Sketchy and postseason glory is better. In his fourth season at the helm, Pioli's professional failings three losing seasons and a record of 9-20 over the last 29 contests have been well-documented. He hitched his wagon to the wrong quarterback; somehow turned his coaching situation from bad to worse; befriended some; alienated others; and drove a once-proud franchise straight back into the ditch in which he found it, a full circle of awful. To trust him with the responsibility of finding a third coach and a second franchise signal-caller would likely be a personnel and public-relations disaster. Crennel's public face in the wake of the Belcher saga, and the fallout afterward, was textbook, a refreshing beacon of wisdom after a tide of irrational, violent behavior. The coach spoke sense in a world that seemed to be sorely lacking it. Still, perspective is one thing; competence is another. If a coach saved your cat from the tree, then lost to Oakland by double digits the next week, would you still want him calling the shots? If a general manager was a Scout Leader in his spare time, but his quarterbacks couldn't hit the broad side of a barn, would you keep handing him the keys? Nobody roots for nice guys to finish last. But when they do, in the NFL, everybody knows what's coming next. Sometimes, good men get pink slips, too. You can follow Sean Keeler on Twitter @seankeeler or email him at email@example.com
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The state money received by Thomas Automation Management (TAM) came with requirements that it meet certain capital and employment targets by October 2017. According to a company news release on Friday, it met those goals in March.
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As approved by town council April 25, the town will take all measures provided by the Code of Virginia to collect on these accounts.
"Nonpayment of taxes cannot be tolerated, as it is unfair to residents who pay taxes," town Treasurer LeAnna Surratt said in a statement.
INDEPENDENCE – Grayson National Bank and Bank of Floyd and their respective holding companies, Grayson Bankshares and Cardinal Bankshares, announced last Thursday that their shareholders have overwhelmingly approved a merger combination of their banks.
The companies combined have more than 200 years of community banking heritage.
New federal child sexual abuse charges have been leveled against double homicide suspect Richard Denny Nofsinger Jr., according to copies of a criminal complaint affidavit Virginia-based child advocacy organization Justice For Children Without Voices (JFCWOV) placed on its Facebook page.
The preliminary trial for Richard Denny Nofsinger Jr., charged in the killings of a Galax mother and daughter, has been set for July 22 at 2 p.m. in the Galax Juvenile and Domestic Court.
Nofsinger was arrested last week and charged with the first-degree murder of Alyssa Kenny, 28, and the capital murder of her daughter, Anastasia Alley, 21 months.
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A Hodgenville man was charged Aug. 26 with trafficking in cocaine and driving while under the influence.
Jamarquis VanDarren Handley, 28, allegedly had 8 grams of cocaine in his vehicle during a traffic stop, according to Constable Tim Ford.
Ford said he had noticed Handley driving side-to-side and pulled him over on Fairview Drive.
Handley was charged also with careless driving and possession of controlled substance.
Handley was lodged in the LaRue County Detention Center and will be arraigned in LaRue District Court.
Bill Justice has been named superintendent of Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park.
He takes over for Keith Pruitt, who retired several months ago.
Justice began his duties in mid-August.
Travis and Tiffany Merriman of Memphis, Ind., announce the birth of their daughter, Ryleigh Ann Merriman.
Ryleigh was born at 3:52 p.m. Aug. 17, 2011, at Norton Suburban Hospital. She weighed 8 pounds 1 ounce and was 19.5 inches long.
Maternal grandparents are Sheriff Bobby Shoffner and Tammy Shoffner of Hodgenville.
Paternal grandparents are Mike and Becky Merriman of Mooresville, Ind.
An Upton woman died Wednesday afternoon in a two-vehicle collision near the 86-mile marker on Interstate 65.
April Lee Crain, 20, was declared dead at the scene, Kentucky State Police said.
KSP dispatcher Aaron Jaggers said Crain's 2000 Ford Escort was northbound and collided with the rear of a 2006 International semi-truck operated by Larry E. Harris, 56, of Nashville, Tenn. about 1:30 p.m.
Jamie and Danette Aubrey Skaggs of Summersville announce the birth of their daughter, Audra Reese Skaggs.
Audra Reese was born at 6:57 p.m. July 5, 2011, at Hardin Memorial Hospital. She weighted 7 pounds 14 ounces and was 18.5 inches long.
Grandparents are Will and Diana Aubrey of Summersville. Great-grandmother is Audra Walker of Summersville.
John T. Kemper III, Republican candidate for state auditor, visited LaRue County Aug. 24. Above, he speaks with patrons of the Wrolen Pin Café. Craig Astor is at left.
The girls and boys of summer are becoming the children of winter.
Earlier this month, KHSAA commissioner Julian Tackett sent an email to principals, athletic directors and superintendents of the nearly 230 KHSAA member schools informing the recipients that the KHSAA was moving the start date for baseball, softball and tennis regular-season contests to Wednesday, March 7.
An Upton woman was killed Wednesday afternoon in a two-vehicle collision near the 86-mile marker on Interstate 65.
April Crain, 20, was dead at the scene, Kentucky State Police said.
KSP dispatcher Aaron Jaggers said Crain's 2000 Ford Escort was northbound and collided with the rear of a 2006 International semi-truck operated by Larry E. Harris, 56, of Nashville, Tenn. at approximately 1:30 p.m.
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Seemed that they were in a hurry so i'm not sure i got a good service. i was told that on a 2 system house it would take 4 hours but they were done in about 2.5 hours. Some return ducts i saw that... they didn't clean so i asked and was told they connect to another duct that was cleaned, later i looked and noticed that those ducts didn't connect to anything they simply opened to the wall cavity, all of the round returns were cleaned 100% some rectangular returns were cleaned down the middle and i could see dirt on the sides. Condenser (or whatever its called) in furnace was cleaned well. Price average.VIEW MORE »VIEW LESS »
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We just moved down from New Jersey into a 30 year old home that had a terrible odor in it. We painted and replaced the carpets but could not get rid of the odor. I called Hvac Cleaning and had them come out after being assured they could remove the odor from the ducts. I was so impressed, they did such a through job and cleaned up after themselves very well. We turned the heat on after they left and within one day the house smelled 100% better. I even notice in the mornings that when we wake up we don't have the congestion in our chests that we had before the duct cleaning done. Joan-Alpharetta, GA
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Scott came and did such a fantastic job, worth every penny. He was very courteous and when he left my home you would have never thought I had my ducts cleaned. My home was spotless. I would highly recommend him. Everyone out there reading this, STAY AWAY from those companies that offer so-called deals and coupons.....they will not service your home ducts in the same manner. You WILL GET what you pay for with Scott. Thanks again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Thank you for your kind review, we treat each one of our customer's houses like it was our own. Our best customers are the one's that do their homework on duct cleaning and are smart enough not to fall for those special deals that in the end turn out to be a financial and logistical nightmare for them. When someone calls our office I encourage them to visit the EPA, NADCA and BBB websites to protect themselves from being taken, a link to all these websites can be found on the homepage of our website. Thank you again for your business. Scott Sneddon, ASCS, CDET. HVAC Cleaning Technologies
HVAC Cleaning Technologies in Atlanta did the air duct cleaning in our rental home in north Atlanta. Our tenants requested that we get someone out to do the air duct cleaning because they had mold growing on the air duct covers. We hired HVAC Cleaning Technologies to do the air duct cleaning and they did a great job. Our tenants said they could tell a difference the next day after the air duct cleaning, they said they woke up for the first time since moving in with out coughing and runny noses, they had just moved from Arizona to Atlanta and had figured it was the different air here making them sick. I am glad my tenants are happy and am thankful to HVAC Cleaning Technologies for doing such a great job cleaning their atlanta air ducts. Kudzu always helps us find good contractors in the Atlanta area. Scott was truly a pleasure to work with.
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Thank you for trusting us to service your rental property. If there is anything else you should need please give me a call. Scott Sneddon, ASCS, CDET. Owner, HVAC Cleaning Technologies
I was overly impressed by the service I got from HVAC Cleaning Technologies. I called no less than 5 duct cleaning companies and found Scott to be the most knowledgable. He even directed me to the EPA and NADCA websites so that I may educate myself more on the correct procedures for having my ducts cleaned properly. After taking in all the information I decieded to use Scott to clean our duct systems. They did a great job, answered all my questions to my satisfaction and beyond. Thank you for all your help and your great workmanship, God Bless you.
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Thank you for your review of our company. Evey customer should check out the EPA.gov and NADCA.com website before they select a duct cleaning company. These two websites have a wealth of information for the consumer. I am glad we could be of service to you and your family... Scott Sneddon ASCS, Owner HVAC Cleaning Technologies
We recently bought a house in Marietta and our vents needed to be clean due to our family's allergies. We chose HVAC Cleaning Technologies to service our home. After thoroughly cleaning our vents, checking our unit and the equipment allied, HVAC left our home much cleaner than when they had arrived. They were professional, detail oriented, patient with my questions and polite. About an hour after they had left my condenser pump started to leak all over my laundry room. Evidently the pump lines were deteriorated and the HVAC cleaning sent more water than the lines could handle and they broke. I called the owner who was in Cummings at the time and he left immediately and came down and spent 4 hours rerouting and replacing my lines, which included a trip to the supply store, so my unit could function properly. I was only charged an extra $150 for parts and labor. He left my house clean and in much better working condition than before the cleaning. In addition, the office manager told me that I only need to have my HVAC system cleaned every five to seven years. This company does not try to edge in unneeded services. I confidently recommend this company to anyone.
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Thank you for your kind review, we strive to be the best air duct cleaning company in Atlanta. It is our policy not to nickel and dime our customers to death. In the event that we do run into something that was not foreseen we try to be fair to the customer with our pricing for the extra work. I am glad we could leave you with such a good lasting impression on you... Scott Sneddon ASCS, Owner HVAC Cleaning Technologies
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Space Opera Meets The Singularity
Kevin Spoering
on November 19, 2003
About 250 light years from Earth a planet called Rochard's World is being 'attacked' by an entity going by the name of "The Festival", which gives the inhabitants of Rochard's World almost anything they want in exchange for seemingly very little. Rochard's World is a colony of "The New Republic" which, in this far future novel, prohibits, due to religious beliefs and philosophy, imports and use of technology above a certain level, including life extension medical benefits. The New Republic, in their reactionary way, sends starships across time and space to defeat The Festival, not even knowing the true nature of the 'enemy'. One of the technologies outlawed by The New Republic is nanotechnology, so it may seem they are at a disadvantage from the beginning. They spend much of their time on board ship polishing their extensive brass fittings, laughable. Martin and Rachel, two of the primary characters, have excellent banter between them. Martin is an engineer and Rachel is a U.N. representative, neither are citizens of The New Republic. Lots of intrigue along the way, keeps it interesting. Another power to be reckoned with is the Eschaton, an omnipotent artificial intelligence, which forbids most kinds of time travel for a good reason, The New Republic stands to recieve their wrath for using time travel in their attempt to defeat The Festival.
This is all great reading, part of it old-fashioned space opera of The New Republic and their pre-nanotech strategies as they go against post-singularity nanotech. I took one star off of my review as I thought Charles Stross at times had an unclear writing style, sometimes I had difficulty making some sense of what I was reading, but this is a minor criticism, this novel is very good and well worth your time.
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Stop worrying and love the Singularity
Peter Tupper
on March 15, 2005
Stross' book has a great opening: cellphones rain from the sky as an advanced post-human civilization called the Festival comes to a backwards, Luddite planet. A poor boy picks up a cellphone and entertains it in exchange for feeding his familly.
The problem is, we never see the boy again. Instead, we're dragged off to a very long plot arc that describes the Luddite society despatching a space opera fleet that we are told will be wiped out as soon as it meets the Festival. Two humans from a more advanced society are along for the ride, trying to manipulate the situation to their own agendas.
Stross spends a lot of time beating the drum on the stupidity and venality of the technologically and socially backwards New Republic, and how they should just stop worrying and love the Singularity. The two nominal heroes, Martin and Rachel, have one-sided arguments with a dim-witted secret police agent that belong in an old Heinlein novel. If the Singularity means seeing your family get turned into killer zombie mimes, can you blame some people for suppressing it?
At the end, everything seems to have come to naught. The revolution is stillborn, the New Republic fleet is wiped out as expected, the Singularity tech seems to have vanished as suddenly as it arrived, the Festival packs up and moves on and various plot threads just fizzle out. Neither of the nominal heroes have signicantly influenced the course of events.
Stross has great ideas, and how the Festival and its various sub-types and camp-followers function is well drawn. His storytelling and characterization are what's lacking.
According to one interview, the North American version was a different length from the UK. I hope that the original UK version was better than this, with more on the impact of the Festival instead of pages after page of military detail.
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Good, but might have been better as a short story.
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This book felt rather like a short story padded out (mostly with irrelevant space opera scenes) to novel-length. I found parts of it quite thought-provoking, though, particularly the question of what happens to a society in which everyone is suddenly given everything they ask for.
I love the way the prologue is written--it grabs you with its clever ideas and high speed--made me wish the whole story was written that way instead of bogging down in tiresome military drama, clunky romance scenes, etc...
Not really a book to buy--I'd recommend getting this one from the library and reading it quickly, skimming through the filler.
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Interesting, but amateurish
Jonathan A. Turner
on June 9, 2004
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Charles Stross needs to learn one of the oldest and most fundamental rules in SF writing: ideas are easy, stories are hard. This book has a bunch of neat ideas in it--I particularly liked the notion that instant communication depends on physical shipments of entangled quantum bits, so you can literally run out of bandwidth until the next supply ship docks. But neat ideas by themselves are a dime a dozen.
Structurally, the book has two parallel plotlines. The primary one takes place on and around the battle fleet sent to "rescue" Rochard's World. The secondary one takes place on the planet. The problem is, neither one is very interesting. On Rochard's World, a bunch of incomprehensible stuff happens to some not-very-interesting characters, with absolutely no effect on the eventual denouement. On the battle fleet, we get two adequately-drawn characters (Rachel and Martin) and a bunch of one-dimensional stereotypes. Rachel and Martin manage to save themselves from the Evil Bad Guys (and deliver a fairly dull homily that's apparently an attempt to drive home a moral), but otherwise they don't affect the plot either.
The big problem is that we, the readers, know from Page 1 that the aforementioned battle fleet is hopelessly technologically outclassed, and has a life expectancy measurable with a stopwatch. And, in fact, that's exactly what happens. It's hard to see why Rachel and Martin are exerting themselves to stop the fleet, since they know this as well as we do.
Given these facts, it's particularly bizarre that a big chunk of the book is full of brusque pseudo-Tom-Clancy military technospeak. We get loving descriptions of laser-boosted missiles (which we know are obsolete and useless), lots of crisp order-snapping dialog, long descriptions of the ships' drive systems, detailed tactical layouts, etc., etc. For example:
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"Solution on target alpha?"
Fire control: "Time to range on target alpha, two-zero-zero seconds, sir."
"Hmm." Mirsky contemplated the display. "Commander. Your opinion."
Ilya swallowed. "I'd get in close and use the laser grid."
Mirsky shook his head, slightly. "You forget they may have X-ray lasers." Louder: "Relativity, I want you ready to give me a microjump ... Destination can be anywhere within about one-zero AUs ... "
"Aye aye, sir. Kernel is fully recharged; we can do that. Holding at T minus five seconds, now."
"Guns: I want six SEM-20s in the tube, armed and ready to launch in two minutes. Warheads dialed for directional spallation, two-zero degree spread. Three of them go to alpha target; hold the other three in reserve ready for launch on five seconds' notice. Next, load and arm two torpedoes. I want them hot and ready when I need them."
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This goes on for pages and pages. Is it meant to be interesting in its own right? Impossible, since we are told (correctly) that it'll all be worse than useless once the real fight starts. Is it meant to be a parody of military SF? If so, it's not funny. (There are a number of elements in the secondary plotline which more clearly look like attempts at humor; most of them fail.)
It's possible that _Singularity Sky_ would have worked better as a short story. Eliminating the secondary plotline and most of the military bafflegab would be a good start.
I'm tempted to give this book only two stars, to counter the fact that it inexplicably wound up on this year's Hugo ballot. On consideration, that's probably too harsh. _Singularity Sky_ isn't actively bad; it just fails to be good.
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on December 16, 2003
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I was amazed and excited by "Toast: And Other Rusted Futures" Stross' collection of short stories. (I highly recommend this book). So, I was hoping for more of the same from his first novel.
The other reviews are pretty accurate.
+ He's from my generation - a programmer, avid Slashdot reader, etc. Much shared "mindspace"
+ Lots of jokes. Different than Stephenson's humor in Snowcrash, but still funny. My favorite was the one about the IETF taking over the UN (must see context)
+ Great exploration of clashing worldviews
+ Good technology substrate - this is a space opera for the post cyberpunk era. Nano tech, quantum mechanics, AI, bioengineering.
- Pace. he describes action almost in terms of RPG "melee rounds" of a few seconds each, but the description of those rounds takes a whole paragraph of dense military-technical jargon. If it is supposed to be fast, it should *read* fast.
- Certain sections (esp the end) are more monologues on his perception of the world and the future than really part of the story.
Maybe this was targeted more at a larger fan base or something, but it didn't have the edge or wild ride feeling of his short stories which I loved so much. My reaction to those was "finally a new, original, exciting sci-fi author", but this is more "space opera formula with a twist".
I will certainly read his next book and hope for something more.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
dissapointed, yet some good parts
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on September 22, 2003
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First let me say that I love Stross' Manfred stories in Asimov. The stories are absolutely fun and wildly interesting. He does a bang up job describing transhumans. He fits that niche well. And despite my dissapointment with this novel, I am still going to seek out other books by him. I will also continue to look forward to his short stories.
This is the first novel of his that I've read, and I was somewhat dissapointed. I was expecting something on the order of the Manfred stories, yet this novel was a run-of-the-mill military science fiction novel with bits of boring military-technical-info dumping here and there. The future tech speculation wasn't particularly new compared to his short stories.
The characters are human, all to human; and I kept waiting for the payoff for reading all the way through to the end.
There are some good things about the book which is why I've bumped up my review to 3 stars rather than two. His insight into the problems the rigid feudalistic society faces when thrust into a post-scarcity world was good. Though I wonder if people really would be that stupid. I could see children behaving in the fashion of some of the revolutionaries who ask for enhancements without any thought of the repercusions -- children are notorious for lacking impulse control and having an inability to understand delayed gratification. However -- adults?
I had an unwilling suspencion of disbelief that *all* adults would behave without any common sense, and that none of the adults with common sense would thing to put a damper on the crazy people. And, I had an even worse sense of disbelief that NO ONE would ask for information. That's absolutely crazy.
Despite that, the end of the novel was worth it. If you don't like hearing about the end of novels then please stop reading here. SPOILERS ahead.
There is a comment by the UN special agent about how the Festival has destroyed the societies with extremely low technological threseholds. The ending was very satisfying -- the colony survived. And despite returning to a lower tech axiom than they could have obtained with more wisdom, there were sublime small changes. Promises that the common man could live a more satisfying life despite the hell the colony had just gone through. I loved that.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
A decent journeyman effort
on December 23, 2003
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Enjoyable overall, but recommended only with reservations. As noted by others, the continual anachronistic references to life in the late 20th /early 21st centuries is grating. Whatever term people will use for their instantaneous communications 300 years from now, I'm sure it won't be "email." In general, we have here an interesting concept, but the novel should have received another two iterations of critical editing. Sometimes, somebody just needs to tell an author, "No! Don't DO that!" (The episode of the pie-throwing mimes cost this book an entire star.)
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3.0 out of 5 stars
A good story, but could have used some tightening up
Daniel Magyar
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Overall I enjoyed the book and have moved on to the second book in the series. Coming in I knew this was an early work for Stross, and had enjoyed Glass House, so had a bit more patience for the book even when I realized I was occasionally bored at parts in the book. Basically there's some plot threads which just weren't that interesting.
I did find the science of the book quite interesting, with perspectives on time travel. It has the flare of authenticity, although truth be told I wouldn't be able to parse conjecture form fact.
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