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May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
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O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.
You guys are to neat and tidy....mines a mess
Here's the same computer of mine this time with a picture. THe first one is generic wallpaper that came with the OS, although I liked the color and texture. (I have another computer with the same OS--- this is my laptop)
I loaded up my desktop to photo bucket but i get the message that it is too big to put here? Anyone got advice on the right way to do this?
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These desktop snap-shots seem to upload better straight from your pc pictures file.
You hit the Insert Image icon, 3rd from the right above, (in your posting box) then select from computer then select from your pictures files.
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I am saying that your friend acted like he made these "thoughts" up, when in reality he did not, and he did not think you would realize. That's all. Relax, broBastard wrote:What? Made up? This actually happened yesterday... I thought by simple, it was implyed excrutiatingly boring and poorly planned, which is true, thus apology was in order from my point of veiw. Warbear seems to be tolerant of my errors, and, If I remeber correctly, helps to point out what I could do better.
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The bubbling world of social networking is getting even busier at the Hall of Fame.
The baseball season ended a month ago and we're over 100 days away from Opening Day, but the Hall's Facebook site started buzzing this morning and most likely will remain at a fever pitch through the end of the month.
Why? Fan voting started for the 2010 Ford C. Frick Award, which is presented annually for excellence in baseball broadcasting. The people are speaking and they are letting us know which broadcasters deserve to be honored with legends like Mel Allen, Red Barber, Vin Scully and Jack Buck. Growing up in Kansas City, 2007 Frick winner Denny Mathews provided the soundtrack to my summers. And now fans of this great game can make their voices heard on Facebook.
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The Malcolm in the Middle star grew up with both actresses as they tried to carve out TV and screen careers as kids, and while he has largely managed to avoid the pitfalls of fame, Bynes and Lohan have not been as lucky.
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> A surprising combination of exciting, healthy new tastes: Barry Callebaut launches White Chocolate & Real Fruit
A surprising combination of exciting, healthy new tastes: Barry Callebaut launches White Chocolate & Real Fruit
02, 2007
- New white chocolate, with real fruit powder, made from natural fruit juice
- Combines two major consumer trends: new taste experiences and products with potential health properties
- Allows to extend the chocolate season
Wieze/Belgium, 2 July 2007 – Barry Callebaut, the world's leading manufacturer of high-quality cocoa and chocolate products, presents a new range of chocolates -"White Chocolate & Real Fruit". The new range combines two major consumer trends: the search for new and exciting taste experiences and the growing demand for healthy or functional food. "White Chocolate & Real Fruit" is available in ten exciting combinations, allowing food manufacturers to extend the chocolate season with numerous possibilities.
Combining nature's best
Barry Callebaut's ten new "White Chocolates & Real Fruit" contain no artificial coloring or flavoring. The healthy, fresh taste stems from real fruit powder, made from natural fruit juice concentrate. In fact, the real fruit powders used to refine the white chocolate, contain an even higher concentration of minerals and vitamins than fresh fruit.
For instance, a 100-gram serving of "White Chocolate and Strawberry" contains 6 gram strawberry powder, which is the equivalent to more than 37 gram of real strawberries. Other fruits, for example bilberry, cranberry, elderberry, lime and grape skin, are also renowned for their anti-oxidant, health-enhancing properties.
Extending the chocolate season
The White Chocolate & Real Fruit range allows confectioners to extend the chocolate season by offering consumers a fresh, summery new taste sensation. Many applications are possible: "White Chocolate & Real Fruit" chocolates are perfect for enrobing, flavoring and including in ice cream, confectionery, desserts or dairy products. With their exciting seasonal and tasty character, the creative possibilities of "White Chocolate and Real Fruit" are endless.
10 White Chocolates & Real Fruit: The perfect match guaranteed
In choosing the fruit combination, Barry Callebaut focused on the most important taste preferences of consumers. Both, children and adults will love combinations like white chocolate & banana, white chocolate & passion fruit and white chocolate & blackberry. Health seekers and true gourmets will also enjoy the unique fresh taste of this fruity chocolate.
The ten "White Chocolate & Real Fruit" products launched by Barry Callebaut:
Barry Callebaut:
With annual sales of more than CHF 4 billion for fiscal year 2005/06, Zurich-based Barry Callebaut is the world's leading manufacturer of high-quality cocoa, chocolate and confectionery products – from the cocoa bean to the finished product on the store shelf. Barry Callebaut is present in 23 countries, operates more than 30 production facilities and employs approximately 8,000 people. The company serves the entire food industry, from food manufacturers to professional users of chocolate (such as chocolatiers, pastry chefs or bakers), to global retailers. It also provides a comprehensive range of services in the fields of product development, processing, training and marketing.
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October 14, 2013...Shimadzu has developed a blue direct diode laser. The 10-W type will be placed on reference exhibit at InterOpto 2013 (October 16th to 18th at Pacifico Yokohama, Japan). The company claims that it is the first blue direct diode laser, which features a microscopic spot size and can be applied to microfabrication . According to Shimadzu, benefits of direct diode lasers include their compact size, high-efficiency electro-optic conversion, and their ability to be mass-produced at low costs. Shimadzu asserts that, short wavelength, high output semiconductor lasers that work in the visible region where the rate of absorption by metal is high, will enable new machining materials and microfabrication. Shimadzu claims to have achieved a 16-fold increase in brightness over conventional levels for fiber-coupled blue semiconductor lasers, which feature high rates of absorption by metals. This has been achieved by utilizing newly developed optical multiplexing technology in addition to high-durability coating technology and techniques for precision assembly of optical equipment, cultivated to date, based on GaN semiconductor lasers utilized in Blu-ray Discs and projectors. The laser features a fiber coupling design that enables a laser beam with high efficiency, even for kW-class output. Shimadzu claims that its power consumption is about one half that of solid-state green lasers. Firstly, a 10-W model will be released in about January 2014. Afterward, the company says it will develop 50-W and 100-W types and spatial output types to enhance the product line.
Shimadzu claims to have achieved a 16-fold increase in brightness over conventional levels for fiber-coupled blue semiconductor lasers, which feature high rates of absorption by metals. This has been achieved by utilizing newly developed optical multiplexing technology in addition to high-durability coating technology and techniques for precision assembly of optical equipment, cultivated to date, based on GaN semiconductor lasers utilized in Blu-ray Discs and projectors.
The laser features a fiber coupling design that enables a laser beam with high efficiency, even for kW-class output. Shimadzu claims that its power consumption is about one half that of solid-state green lasers. Firstly, a 10-W model will be released in about January 2014. Afterward, the company says it will develop 50-W and 100-W types and spatial output types to enhance the product line.
October 14, 2013...II‐VI Incorporated announced signing an agreement to acquire the fiber amplifier and micro‐optics business of Oclaro. Inc (the business) in a transaction valued at $88.6 million. The deal is expected to close on or about November 1, 2013 depending upon certain regulatory approvals. On September 12, 2013, II-VI purchased Oclaros Zurich, Switzerlandbased semiconductor laser business. At the same time II-VI disclosed it had purchased for $5 million an exclusive option to acquire the business.
II‐VI says that the latest acquisition is consistent with the companys strategy to focus on precision engineered materials and opto‐electronic components. Francis J. Kramer, president and CEO of II‐VI Incorporated, stated We are pleased to add a broadportfolio of world‐class, fully customized solutions to provide customers with end‐to‐end design and manufacturingsupport to enable the rapid realization of customer‐specific amplification and micro‐optics solutions. We will leveragethe telecom laser pump product line we recently purchased from Oclaro, and the Business will benefit from thecomplementary product portfolio and capabilities of our Photop business unit. The Business and its team come to us asa recognized industry leader, and are well positioned with a broad technology and product portfolio which isunderpinned by over 400 patents. We look forward to serving the customers of the Business, and we welcome our mostrecent employees to the II‐VI family of companies.
September 13, 2013...II-VI Inc. of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA, announced the acquisition of the Zurich, Switzerland-based laser business of Oclaro, Inc. The transaction is valued at $115 million. The acquisition provides II‐VI with semiconductor laser technology including fiber lasers and direct diode lasers for material processing, medical, consumer and fiber optic communication applications. II‐VI will operate the business as II‐VI Laser Enterprise GmbH. II‐VI paid $92 million in cash for the business. Oclaro retained $15 million in accounts receivable from the business. II-VI is holding back $6 million of cash for 15 months from the closing date and $2 million of cash for potential working capital adjustments.
In addition to the acquisition, II-VI separately paid $5 million in cash the for an exclusive option to purchase Oclaro's amplifier and microoptics business for $88 million. This option,will expire if not exercised within 30 days. If II‐VI purchases the amplifier and micro‐optics business within 30 days, the $5 million option price will be applied to the purchase price of the amplifier and micro‐optics business.
Francis J. Kramer, president and CEO of II‐VI Incorporated, commented, "Our new Zurich‐based operation has a rich history of technological innovation in the laser industry. We expect to increase the resources available to the team, enabling them to drive important new products for II‐VI customers. We welcome our new employees to the II‐VI family of companies."
August 26, 2013...Sharp Corporation of Osaka Japan and Osram GmbH of Munich, Germany have entered into a patent cross-licensing agreement covering LEDs and laser diodes. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed, and the specific patents covered were also not revealed. The cross-licensing agreement grants each company the right to use inventions related to LEDs and laser diodes covered by the patents around the world, which the respective companies own. Sharp and Osram expect that the agreement will invigorate their Research and development and contribute to further advances in LEDs, laser diodes, and related industries. Sharp is by no means a new entrant into the LED market. Sharp began mass-production of LEDs in 1970 and claims the world's first production of infrared laser diodes for CDs in 1982. Sharp reportedly built up these LED and laser diode technologies over the years. In addition the Sharp says it has recently come out with numerous unique devices, including a high-efficiency, high-brightness 100 W-class LED for lighting, and a red laser diode that can be used as a light source for displays.
Sharp is by no means a new entrant into the LED market. Sharp began mass-production of LEDs in 1970 and claims the world's first production of infrared laser diodes for CDs in 1982. Sharp reportedly built up these LED and laser diode technologies over the years. In addition the Sharp says it has recently come out with numerous unique devices, including a high-efficiency, high-brightness 100 W-class LED for lighting, and a red laser diode that can be used as a light source for displays.
May 13, 2013...Excelitas Technologies Surface Mount 905 nm pulsed semiconductor laser is designed specifically for high volume applications such as laser therapy, range finders, safety light curtains and adaptive cruise control. Multi-cavity layers concentrate the emitting source size and create three emitting active areas. When operated at 30A, these areas produce 70W of peak optical output power on average. The laser is mounted on an FR4 substrate, a leadless laminate carrier (LLC), which Excelitas says provides thermal management and power stability. The laser diode is intended for surface mount application and for hybrid integration. The diode encapsulate material is a molded epoxy resin for low cost and high-volume manufacturing.
February 22, 2013...As part of the Integrated Microphotonics initiative, Osram Opto Semiconductors is coordinating the IMOTHEB project (integrated microoptical and microthermal elements for diode lasers of highbrilliance). The goal is to improve the performance and reduce production costs of laser systems. The project partners are DILAS Diode Laser and the Max Born Institute. The project (FKZ 13N12312), which is supported by the German Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF), runs from October 1, 2012 to September 30, 2015.
Osram notes that diode-pumped high-power laser systems for material processing provide lower operating costs, greater efficiency and smaller size. Fiber lasers and fiber-coupled diode lasers are becoming more and more important for optical material processing but are more costly. Therefore researchers need to improve performance while reducing costs of infrared semiconductor laser diodes, which can be used to pump fiber lasers.
The project maps the entire value chain from the semiconductor chip to the complete laser system. The semiconductor lasers, cooling elements, optics, and sensors will be targets of performance improvement and cost reduction. They also plan to increase the output of semiconductor lasers by 40 percent by September 2015, while retaining the same high beam quality.
Simulations are being subcontracted to the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering. DILAS is responsible for the assembly technology with improved thermal resistance and higher integration in laser modules, and also for automation in module production. The Max Born Institute will analyze and characterize the chips and modules.
January 28, 2013...Modulight, Inc., of Tampere, Finland and San Jose, California launched the new version of its LimeLight laser systems that are half the volume of previous systems claiming it is the smallest RGB laser solution. The systems produce 1W output power at 635nm, 532nm and 465nm. It measures just 80mm x 80mm by 40mm. The firm says that the systems offer a spread of wavelength from visible 465nm to NIR 1550nm and optical output power from 500mW to 30W. Modulight says its LimeLight laser system platform is ideal for life science applications as well as display and laser projection. The system has standard interfaces and integrated control and cooling solutions for what the company claims is a very low integration cost. The standard LimeLight systems come with an SMA-905 receptacle fiber output, integrated driver, a cooling controller, and a smart on/off switch. Both CW and pulsed operation can be controlled through an 10-pin connector port by a standard PC user interface or by an analog/digital control signal directly. The platform also supports many safety features needed for medical applications, like pilot beam, fiber interlock, and safety switch. Mr. Sampsa Kuusiluoma, the New Product Introduction Manager at Modulight explained that lasers have a wide range of package sizes for different wavelengths and power levels. "We decided to fix that with our LimeLight platform that offers simple unified interfaces for any systems integration despite the varying device technologies and used package form factors," said Kuusiluoma.
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For the past decade, marketers have been adjusting to a new era of deep customer engagement. To engage customers whenever and wherever they interact with an organization – in store, on the phone, by e-mail, blogs, Twitter and other social media –must be the task of the entire enterprise, not just the Marketing department. Companies including Starbucks and Zappos, for which superior engagement has been a critical source of their competitive advantage from the start, have integrated this with a measurable bottom-line impact. Designing great customer experiences depends on understanding how publics interact with the organization throughout their decision journey. That interaction could be with the product itself, the supporting services, key internal departments – Marketing, Sales, Public Relations -- or other parts of the business and its employees. How and why do employees act as Corporate Ambassadors? What does the organization as a whole need to do to ensure consistency of message in ways that are culturally relevant? What are realistic expectations for the role of specific functions and individuals? These and other questions will be examined during this webcast. Please join us.
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This is a fine book for anyone not familiar with libertarianism philosophy. The book covers a bit of history, explains the fundamentals, and gives numerous examples of a libertarian approach to many issues. It takes on a few of the weaknesses of libertarianism, but does not address a few key issues. The US was much more libertarian in the past, but monopolies and depressions led the US to accept some quite non libertarian policies. The author does not address these (at least perceived) weaknesses – which makes this book less perfect than it might have been.
"Troublesome Incoherence"
Why was this book written?
The author says it is an attempt to dispel the fear of racism that overhangs the discussion of human group differences and to begin to explore the far reaching implications the discovery that human evolution has been recent, copious, and regional.
I read a lot on the topic of genetics and I have been impressed with the depth and breadth of the research into geographically linked genetic traits. I have seen no fear of racism in any mainstream research. It seems to have been very widely understood that human evolution has been recent, copious and regional. I have seen no dispute about this. So, why was this book written? The book seems to make the argument that it should be OK to discuss genetically influenced behaviors differences between races (as opposed to family, regions, or other well defined classifications.) This is troublesome as the term race has been, and continues to actively be, used to justify segregation, discrimination, injustice, and genocide.
Wade says "The idea that human populations are different from one another has been actively ignored by academics and policy makers for fear inquiry might promote racism." I have never heard ANYONE say human populations are not genetically different. Indeed there is substantial research on genetics of various populations and there is a well-developed science studying geographic genotypes.
As far as I could tell the author never actually proposes a concrete definition of Race. Instead he points out some fuzzy statistical clustering of alleles and calls that race. The number of races he is discussing seems to vary from three to five (or more). The author admits his races, however defined, have fuzzy boarders, so you can never be sure which race to assign an individual.
Wade repeatedly presents long discussions of other research that (it seems to me) strongly support theories that environment, culture or other non-genetic factors greatly impact societal differences. Yet, Wade then waves these conclusions away pointing out that, although the research seems to support non-genetic factors, surely it is obvious that genetics is really much more likely.
Wade has quite a few unsubstantiated ideas he feels are obvious.
Arabs, Afghans, and sub-Saharan Africans are genetically predisposed to tribalism, so we should not expect democracy to work with them; obviously.
Jews are genetically predisposed to prefer money lending; obviously.
Language grammar rules must be genetically based; obviously.
Social institutions differ due to tiny genetic differences in social behavior; obviously.
Religion must be genetically based; obviously.
If a race did not have genetically based behavioral differences it would be quick and easy for the race to take on the successful social institutions of a more successful race; obviously.
It is hard to conceive of any circumstance racism could be successfully resurrected; obviously?
Resurrected? What planet does this guy live on?
I suppose white Cambridge men are not exposed to the dark side of racism regularly (except for the British teeth thing).
Wade says "It would be better to take account of evolutionary differences [in behavior] than to continue to ignore them." Sure. If there was any evidence I am sure it would be carefully considered. Unfortunately there is only guesswork, not evidence.
Wade never mentions some very important non-genetic effectors of behavior. Mothers that experience stress during or prior to pregnancy have offspring with altered behavior patterns, infants that see some parental behavior become imprinted and will repeat that behavior when the time comes, parents teach their children complex behaviors, and societies train young humans for decades before adulthood. Such non-genetic biological systems allow humans to alter behavior much more rapidly in dynamic environments than genetic evolution could support. Many of the behaviors Wade discusses (radius of trust, aggression, risk taking, etc.) are exactly the kind of behaviors requiring rapid changes in response to a dynamic environment, thus we would expect these to be overwhelmingly controlled by these non-genetic systems.
Wade attacks several straw-men, like those people who say human evolution has stopped or has no effect of behavior. I have never heard anyone (other than creationists) say human evolution has stopped, or has no effect on human behavior, only that other factors appear to be overwhelmingly more important and there is little or no evidence of specific genetic influences.
Wade says his theory is not racist because there is no assertion of superiority (except your race has the violent, slothful, tribal, stupid, unimaginative, dark skinned genes while his race has non-violent, hard working, cooperative, intelligent, innovative, light skinned genes; but these are not value judgments, these are simply facts; obviously.
Wade criticized Diamond's Germs, Guns and Steel. I am no fan of Germs, Guns, and Steel and I criticized Diamond's tendency to cherry pick data that agreed with his theory, but Germs, Guns and Steel was a gem compared to A Troublesome Inheritance.
Most importantly Wade never proposes a single experiment to test any of his numerous guesswork hypotheses.
This is not science.
The narration was quite clear but very slow and a little monotonous. I almost never speed up the audio but on my first listen I sped it up to 1.25 then 1.5. On my second listen I did it at 3.0 and it was still quite intelligible (sound-wise).
"Pleasant Light Ramble, with an Unsettling Point"
The title is a bit of an excuse to blend together many essays regarding, very generally, human control over nature. The writing is a personal and introspective ramble through various subjects interesting to the author and very roughly connected to the title. I resonated quite well with the author's ambivalent and ambiguous viewpoints. She is not very sure what her position is on many of the subjects covered, which I found intellectually honest and refreshing. The writing is more like introspective narrative fiction then straight science writing.
The basic premise of the book is, ready or not, for good or for bad, whether we like it or not, humans now have enormous power over nature on our planet. It is now incumbent upon us to accept this fact and make decisions accordingly. We no longer have the luxury of letting nature take its course; we have become too influential on that course. The book strays from this premise for most of the book, using this central idea only as a touch-point binding the diverse essays. The essays cover our power over animals, the climate, and the landscape, our use of plants, apps for apes, gene storage, interspecies and inter-kingdom internet, using 3-D printers to print products and body parts, and our use of robots and artificial intelligence.
The science presented is at a light survey level, with few details and no equations.
The narration is good, following the author's personal and introspective intensions. I don't think I learned much from this book, but it was a very easy listen, I enjoyed it, and it stimulated reflections on the unsettling idea that humans have now become accountable for all of nature on our planet. Definitely worth the listen.
"The King and I meets Mary Poppins"
This is a nice memoir by an American journalist with South Korean parents who poses as a Cristian missionary affiliated English teacher for the sons of the North Korean elite both to tell their story to the world and to plant the tiniest seeds freedom within their minds. There is virtually no action, and very little unexpected, nevertheless I enjoyed the ideas and the message.
The aspect I found most interesting was the glimpse into the enigmatic ideas and desires of the North Korean young men; Passionate patriotism alongside unspoken envy of the west, bravado and shame, strength and weakness, intelligence and naiveté, pride and selflessness, bravery and fear, hate and love. The book itself is a study in conflicts being at once heavy and light, pessimistic and uplifting. I left feeling more connected to the North Korean people, and (slightly) more optimistic about the glacial progress of freedom in that country.
The narration is flawless, with tones of voice expressing the narrator's inner state along with excellent characterizations, accents, and Korean language.
I think few will love this book, and I am unlikely to listen to it again, yet I am quite pleased I listened to it and think most sensitive readers will appreciate what is revealed.
"Spiritual Atheist Laments"
This is a set of related essays ruminating on humanities relation to modern science and is more rambling lyrical personal reflections than explanatory science. The essays are: The Accidental Universe; The Temporary Universe; The Spiritual Universe; The Symmetrical Universe; The Gargantuan Universe; The Lawful Universe; The Disembodied Universe.
The narration is excellent, slow paced, emotional, and poetic.
The author declares he is an atheist, but seems to believe that God, transcendent personal experience, and what created our universe are all beyond the realm of scientific analysis. I agree that such things may currently beyond complete scientific analysis, but they are not beyond scientific analysis in principle. If God, or transcendental personal experiences have any practical effects, these effects can, eventually, be tested. History is full of the phenomena that were once fervently believed beyond the realm of thoughtful enquiry (the motion of planets, weather, disease, heredity, plant growth, hallucinogenic substances, and many others). These have all, one by one, succumbed to various levels of scientific analysis. There are only a very few phenomena left that some believe are still beyond the realm of science. Many, including Lightman, have a deeply emotional desire (without fully understanding why) that some part of human experience will remain forever beyond the realm of science. Lightman seems excited that the rest of the universe follows scientific laws, yet revolts against the idea these same laws control his own essence. He is saddened by the temporality of life and seems to view the connectivity allowed by cell phone technology as disembodiment. At some level I fully understand such attitudes, but nevertheless I find them mildly quaint. Reading Lightman's last chapter lamenting the disembodiment caused by texting I pondered if some old foggy at the dawn of humanity lamented how spoken language disembodied people from real pre-linguistic communication.
I did not dislike this book, but did not get a lot out of it. I love art and literature and music and myth and my life, but I don't feel any need to separate these things into a spiritual realm beyond scientific analysis. There is some discussion of science in the book, but it is just a bit sloppy (like convolving quantum superposition with multi-position). When I finished this book I recalled how the end of A Brief History of Time resonated more with me than anything in The Accidental Universe; "if we discover a complete theory, it should in time be understandable by everyone, not just by a few scientists. Then we shall all, philosophers, scientists and just ordinary people, be able to take part in the discussion of the question of why it is that we and the universe exist. If we find the answer to that, it would be the ultimate triumph of human reason -- for then we should know the mind of God."
"Early, not so good, Koontz"
I like most of Koontz, but this book is far from the best of Koontz. I would have to review my reviews to see if there is any Koontz I liked less than this one. That said, it is still better than most in the genre (but that is not saying much).
This is a new release to Audible, but an old Koontz book published back in 1980. He has some good early work, but there are a few early stinkers. This is one of those.
Usually Koontz has great characters, a compelling story, some interesting surprises, a satisfying ending, and superior prose. All of these features are lacking in this one dimensional surprise-less story. Early in the book the outcome is foreshadowed, and then it happens, and then it is over. I was totally unsatisfied by the abrupt and uninteresting ending. Occasionally Koontz does a story with a simple good (God) vs. evil (Satan) plot, and this is one of those (which I find among his least compelling styles).
This book has more frank and explicit sex and drugs then most Koontz so it might not be great for younger readers.
I do a lot of Audible and have become, over the years, very forgiving regarding narration. I appreciate great narration, but if I can hear and understand the words, I am generally not distracted by poor narration. This was an exception, the weak characterizations, annoying whines, intoxicated drawls, and baked speech patterns were too much for me.
This is one Koontz I would not recommend.
"A Modest Proposal"
In 1729 Jonathan Swift made A Modest Proposal that the Irish poor sell their children to the rich as food. Here Piketty suggests the opposite, that we cannibalize the rich (at least their money) to feed the poor by creating a global wealth tax to redistribute wealth from the rich into social programs.
I loved this book, it is mostly about data, and I love data. Not only is there lots and lots of data, but it is very good data, with very good explanations and outstanding transparency on sources and methods. I just love this kind of data. I spent hours before starting the book just absorbing the pdf containing over 100 charts and tables. You read that right – over 100 charts and tables, and there is no point listening to this book if you don't understand these charts. Thus I recommend either getting a visual version of the book and/or taking a careful look at the charts before you start the book. All the raw data for all the charts is available in excel format on the book's web site.
I highly recommend this book if you want to understand the debate regarding wealth inequality and what, in anything, should be done about it. The narration is good, but it is still a tough listen due to the many references to charts, numbers, and equations.
Although I love the data and the explanations, I did not find the conclusions very compelling. It is difficult to take the author to task regarding his conclusions because he is clearly quite a clever guy and meticulously covers his posterior by making every conclusion explicitly based on hypotheticals that might be the case.
An undemonstrated premise of this book seems to be non-egalitarian societies are inherently unjust or non-utilitarian. This is far from clear. Unequally rewarding an important helpful skill is non-egalitarian yet is both just and utilitarian. Most of my disagreements with Piketty's conclusions are based on our differences regarding this premise. There is clearly a balance of inequality essential to capitalism, and understanding how to correctly detect imbalances, either way, should have come before any analysis of how to correct any such imbalance. Yet Piketty's answer to what the social optimal balance should be is "it is hard to say". Adjusting a tax when it is hard to say what the proper rate should be seems ill advised.
Piketty notes that the total capital per person (in units of annual production per person) has been increasing steadily from a low in the 1950's back to its gilded age pre-war highs. Piketty seems to believe, without a wealth tax intervention, capitalism might naturally lead to a spiraling inegalitarian concentration of wealth (depending on various rate scenarios).
Piketty correctly points out the estate tax is not uniform internationally and we currently have poor wealth reporting mechanisms yielding an ineffective tax. Yet if we fix these weaknesses of the estate tax, it is not clear why an additional wealth tax would be necessary. The author seems to me to be throwing the baby out with the bathwater by taxing skill earned wealth invested productively the same as inherited (unearned) wealth using a Wealth Tax, instead of just fixing the estate tax so it works. Inheritance tax has been attacked by the wealthy as The Death Tax but I suggest it should be re-dubbed the Slutty Heiress Elimination Tax.
"Fatuous Spirits"
Firstly, I completely agree with the basic premise of this book; current economic theory does not account for the non-economic urges (animal spirits) that greatly effect financial decisions. Unfortunately that is about as far as my agreement extends. I think most economists agree animal spirts are important BUT they are very difficult to quantify, thus the lack of a coherent theory involving animal spirits. This does not seem to bother the authors, who instead of quantifying their theory, tell stories about animal spirits. These stories sound reasonable, but anyone can make up stories that sound reasonable. Such stories are not evidence at all, let alone compelling evidence. Most of the stories, when analyzed carefully, are very weak at best.
The authors propose to show how "corruption" stimulated several recessions. Not only was the argument quite weak, the editors seem to have added a single line after the rest was written indicating that it was clear there were several other more important causal factors.
The authors propose the fact union labor contracts generally don't include cost of living adjustments in their contracts, or workers strongly fight wage reductions demonstrate that people don't understand inflation (the money illusion). I suspect union contract negotiators are quite aware of inflation, as are workers fighting wage reductions, and instead they don't want COLAs or wage reductions because accepting such deals are not good long term negotiating tactics. Certainly many people don't always consider inflation properly, but I think the authors significantly over-emphasize this weakness.
The authors propose the root cause of the 2007 financial crisis was the MAC's loosening credit to high risk minorities. This loosening caused private mortgage providers to loosen their credit. Of course this makes no sense if the mortgage provider was planning to keep the mortgage. My favorite book on the 2007 crisis (The Big Short) gives a very different, more compelling, and a bit more complex explanation. Very briefly, financial analysts found they could package very diverse sets of mortgages and demonstrate these diversified products would have performed well in almost any historical period. They used this data to convince the largest, most sophisticated, insurance company on the planet to insure the product, then they included the insurance with the product. Rating agencies reasonably rated these products highly. The story was mathematics and computers allowed regional risk to be diversified then insured making these products highly profitable, yet low risk. One problem, once the banks found they could sell these mortgages as fast as they could write them, they started writing mortgages with higher and higher risk. This rendered all the statistics completely useless, but the story had been proven, so the process continued, until the mortgages began to fail across all regions, all at once, at very high rates. It quickly became clear these products were incredibly risky.
The combination of over simplification, weak supporting evidence, and a complete lack of specific practical proposed actions makes this book utterly impotent.
The idea that the government should somehow regulate these vague, non-quantitative, animal-spirits is simply frightening.
"The Power of Change"
See my review of Our Oriental Heritage for my notes on the series as a whole.
This is another great volume of Durant's great History series. This volume covers the Renaissance outside of Italy, the Reformation, and Counter-Reformation and overlaps quite a bit in time with volume 5 (The Renaissance).
The Reformation is not quite as dramatic as most of the other volumes of this series. There is a lot of politics and religion and strong historical figures but not a lot of heroes or inspiring stories. As always Durant provides a compelling integrated history of the period, going over the same period several times from the different perspectives of the historical individuals. Particularly compelling is a long overview of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation as a set of monologs by a hypothetical composite character representing the reformers, the traditional catholic, and the humanist.
This was well worth the time and I (re)learned a lot. It is quite amazing how decisions of people hundreds of years ago still effect our daily lives today. Durant tells the story of History is a way that makes one feel a part of history. He shows us quite normal individuals that made a difference centuries ago and how that difference has flowed through time all the way to us (and lets us see our own power to make such differences).
The narration was excellent with a lot of character and passion which helped keep me engaged in the stories.
"Excellent but Limited"
This is early Durant and his depth and style improved in his later works. This volume is also quite selective including only a few of the most important or pivotal Philosophers and it was written in 1924 thus it does not cover later philosophers. I was more than a bit surprised by the little jump between Aristotle (300 BCE) and Francis Bacon (1600 CE). Nevertheless what is there is fantastic, I only wish there was more, much, much more.
I recommend reading this before Durant's monumental History of Civilization series.
The narration was excellent.
"Pleasingly Odd Conclusion"
This is a quite enjoyable final chapter of the Odd Thomas series. Yet, this may not be our final Odd book. The author repeatedly refers to this as Book 8 (while there are only 6 prior books making this number 7) and refers to events of a story not yet told. This book nicely wraps up all the strings of a pleasantly and compellingly odd series and character. I really liked this book and could not put it down. I like Odd, and I like Koontz's style and quality. The action is not as compelling as the best of Koontz, the chase scene goes on a bit too long, it is a little too religious for my tastes, and the ending is poignant but anticlimactic, yet I still liked Saint Odd quite a bit.
This ends this mystical series and ends it in a satisfying way. The narration, as always, was excellent with the mood, emotional state, and even subconscious feelings of Odd coming through.
I hope there really is an eighth book, so this will not be, not quite, the end of Odd Thomas.


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Mini Apricot Cheesecakes Recipe
- 24 vanilla wafers
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- 1 cup apricot preserves
- Place wafers flat side down in paper-or foil-lined muffin cups; set aside. In a large bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar until smooth. Add the eggs, lemon juice and vanilla; beat well. Fill muffin cups three-fourths full.
- Bake at 375° for 17-20 minutes or until set. Cool on a wire rack for 20 minutes. Carefully remove from pans to cool completely. Top each cheesecake with 2 teaspoons preserves. Store in refrigerator. Yield: 2 dozen.
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"Easy recipe. However, I do not get anywhere near the 2 dozen it says you will yield. I got 14. I did use low-fat cream cheese, but I don't think that made the difference. I'm wondering if the different sizes of muffin pans out there might be responsible for the difference. I have Wilton's, and they look to be larger than some."
"The vanilla wafer gets put in first, then the batter on top of it. The batter should be the consistency of pancake batter so I'm not sure how your wafer could float in that thickness. I'm thinking something went wrong with the batter itself. Not sure what but I would retry it."
"very disappointed, cant say how it taste but the looks disappoint! the vanilla wafers floated to the top of the batter and thats how the baked up, so there will be no crust on the bottom, the crust will be under the topping. I don's see that this happened to anybody else. I used name brand vanilla wafers, and they are smaller then the muffin tin, if anyone knows who to fix the problem please let me know. Made for a potluck and not going to be very proud to serve them."
"YUM! Made them with Oreo's as the crust and omitted the TBSP of lemon juice.
They sunk in abit on the sides after cooling, next time I would fill them almost to the brim of the muffin papers.""My recipe that I have used for years is identical to this recipe accept for the lemon juice. I have been making them without lemon juice and they turn out perfectly fine. So if you don't have it, don't worry about it. I'm going to try it with the lemon juice next time to see if there is a difference. I have always used cherry pie filling by putting one cherry on each cheesecake. They look very pretty when served on a decorative platter. Especially festive for Christmas. Because it makes so many, I filled a plate of these, threw a few holiday candies around it, wrapped in cellophane, put a bow on it and gave as gifts. FYI-if you chill your pie filling before you top them, it is easier to do because it's not as runny and you don't get as much juice from the fruit. Yummy and very easy 1 bowl recipe."


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4 The best Harry Potter film yet!!!dragonlord | 07/12/2009 | See all dragonlord's reviews (442)Top 10 Reviewer Top 10 DVD Reviewer Number 1 Games Reviewer Top 10 Music Reviewer Top 100 Books Reviewer Top 100 Clothing Reviewer I was a young boy in the 1980's and fell in love with the Star Wars films and Naria books. I have been finding it a little hard to see what all the fuss is with the Harry Potter films, but The Half Blood Prince has really got me hooked. Lord Voldemort and his dark army are in real force now and our much loved Professor Dumbledore meets his doom. Harry, Ron and Harmione must work as a team more then ever now with so much at state. Their hormones are all over place with lots of romance in the air. The Half Blood Prince ends on a fantastic cliff hanger and with the final war so close we could have a Harry Potter film that reaches the same epic heights as The Lord Of The Rings films! The Harry Potter books are better then the films so please can the last film be as great as it should be please!
5 Wow!blondebarbiie90 | 06/07/2009 | See all blondebarbiie90's reviews (8)I went to the premier of this on 4th July and oh my god wasn't it amazing! This film left me with my jaw wide open through out the film which deserves much more than 5 stars. It is much darker and the actors are now young adults whos acting skills have vastly improved. Lots of twists throughout and new characters introduced such as Blaze who's one of Malfoys new friends. Daniel Radcliffe exceeded my expectation and great acting from Helena Bonham Carter shes perfect for the character she plays and Tom Felton (Malfoy) is also given a larger role which portrays his character in both a good and bad light. Have to say there is a really annoying new girl actor in it (you'll spot her straight away) who wasn't needed. This is without a doubt the best film i have sat through this year and i think may be one of the best films ive EVER seen. Would 100% recommend to everyone. Can't wait to watch it again next week! 10/10
3 Good but not truthful to the bookquoling | 15/07/2009 | See all quoling's reviews (14)Like the 3rd installment this film tends to stretch away from the actual book - there are certain parts of the book that are I believe integral to the plot that are missing - there are also additional scenes not from the book that do not really make sense. The annoying character mentioned..is important to the film as it is a main part of the book..Overall a better film - Jim Broadbent is excellent as is Michael Gambone - even Daniel Radcliffe's acting has improved (not by much though) Rupert Grint once again demonstrates some great character acting...I was disapointed overall as the MAGIC from the book was missing and the film concentrated to much on the "love" aspect of it.I hope the fact that the last book is to be split into two films means they can make sure they include ALL areas of the book - parts that are required to explain the story as this in my view failed.
2 Harry Potter and the Half Blood FilmDVDjensen | 30/10/2009 | See all DVDjensen's reviews (139)Once again Harry Potter returns to fight the evil Voldemort - wuhuu(!) - and ONCE again it is just a childrens' movie with no interesting twists. I still love the many little gimmicks which Harry uses though.Once again (again) the story is only for people who have read the books. I have never opened a Harry Potter book, and like "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" I had a very hard time follow what the heck was going on. Names, places and gadgets are mentioned without getting explored and I'm SO sick and tired of "book"-movies that doesn't reach out to everybody.The acting is even worse. Daniel Radcliffe might be a chick magnet, but he sure as H*** can't act! His three face expressions (happy, scared and stone face) make Harry Potter an indifferent and dull character. Rupert Grint is not given much as the part of Ron. In this movie he is turned into a giggling clown which only appears to crack off one liners. Even brilliant and hgih class actor Alan Rickman doesn't give Snape much life in this film either - his stone face is meant to be mysterious and scary, but also Rickman isn't given much to work with and I just found his character annoying. They even screwed up the climax in the end, and I ended up just thinking "Hm, yeah whatever."Once again I am not impressed with the new Harry Potter film, but it is still a lot better than the previous one, though "Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince" never gets as good as number three ("Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban") which in my opinion is still the best.Fairly enough I need to say that the special effects are FANTASTIC and saves the films from being a turkey.
4 Book Lovers Unitealfiecraig | 15/10/2009 | See all alfiecraig's reviews (1)I really enjoyed this film because it dealt with the relationship aspect of the characters rather than focus on action sequences. I would happily sit through 5 hours of this film if the book was faithfully adapted. My only disappointment was the final battle scenes where you experience the full potential of the young wizards and witches but the film did not recreate this. Being the sixth book in a series of seven I felt like the Half Blood Prince is pretty much a filler anyway. Thankfully we are getting two films for the seventh book so the action or character development does not get sacrificed for the other.


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