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The Kalona Chamber of Commerce will host a preventative health care screening on February 8th. It's a chance for residents to get checked out for heart and lung problems. Alana Poage, the Administrator of Public Health in Louisa County has told us that preventative care is one of the most common things rural residents neglect. She says getting preventative care can save money, and catch problems before they become worse, but many rural residents don't get that care because of the distance to a health care provider. This screening has packages ranging from $129 to $159 and its taking place at the Kalona Recreation Center.
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Maybe it's because Western artists are dealing with a genre that's so close to their own culture and history (or at least close to it), but there's a reason the majority (though not all!) of fantasy art ends up looking the same. It tends to stick too close to the real deal.
Unless it's some tripped-out dark magic shit, what you see in the design of everything from huts to swords in games like Skyrim and The Witcher tends to look just like their historical counterparts.
It can get a little... boring. Which is why I love the take artists from places like Korea tend to have on the genre, taking Western fantasy cliches and putting their own spin on them to create something a bit fresher.
I've posted several examples of this previously, but the latest is the work of Jeon JongUk, aka ENrang. Those castle and town environment shots are fantastic, but his character work—albeit with less flair for the original—isn't far behind.


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They're Back! Well, at least for a couple of shows. Youth Of Today will play Europe with their "We're Not In This Alone" line-up of Ray, Porcell, Sammy and Walter in April of 2016. This will be the first time the band has performed with this line-up in over 20 years. Go!
Revelation Records is proud to announce the up and coming release by World Be Free entitled "The Anti-Circle." Featuring members of Gorilla Biscuits, Judge, Terror, Strife and Despair, "The Anti-Circle" is expected to hit store shelves on February 5th. Click on the image below to check out a track exclusively at punk news.org:


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Development Programme for the Prevention and Care of Diabetes in Finland DEHKO 2000–2010
The Development Programme for the Prevention and Care of Diabetes (DEHKO 2001-2010) is Finland's national diabetes programme. It aims to prevent type 2 diabetes and diabetes-related complications to improve the quality of diabetes care and to support the self-care of people with diabetes.
DEHKO has clear goals to be achieved by 2010 and 25 concrete recommendations for action. Many of the recommended actions have already been carried out. The programme is regularly assessed.
Key players:
- Finnish Diabetes Association
- Primary Health Care
- Specialised medical care
- Occupational health care
- National Public Health Institute
DEHKO is financed by Finland's Slot Machine Association (RAY), the Finnish Diabetes Association and diabetes-related companies, which have committed themselves from the very outset to the long-term funding of the programme.
DEHKO includes a special programme for the prevention of type 2 diabetes in Finland, which is implemented on the FIN-D2D Project (2003-2007). It comprises of three concurrent strategies:
- Population Strategy: prevention of obesity and type 2 diabetes at population level
- High-Risk Strategy: screening of people with elevated risk and management of risk factors by lifestyle counselling
- Early Diagnosis and Management strategy: prevention of complications among newly diagnosed people with type 2 diabetes by bringing them within the sphere of appropriate treatment
The project covers five hospital districts: Pirkanmaa Hospital District, the Hospital District of South Ostrobothnia, the Central Finland Hospital District, the Northern Ostrobothnia Hospital District and the Hospital District of Northern Savo, which cover a total population of 1.5 million Finns.
The main financing for the FIN-D2D Project comes from RAY as well as the five hospital districts on the project, the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, the National Public Health Institute and the Finnish Diabetes Association.
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GM offers Silverado Hybrid below cost
www.gm.com is offering a national promotion
all customers get the "gm employee discount, you pay what we pay"
but included in that discount is the Silverado hybrid ... my dealer had one in stock and the discounted price is about $24,500
(i'm in Calif)
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oops ... forgot to add ...
i'm not really sold on the benefits of the GM hybrid ... freeway mileage is still awful 21 mpg
does anyone have any personal experience with this vehicle?
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No, but it is not a full hybrid ... they call it a mild hybrid although I think 'starter motor hybrid' is the more accurate name I read somewhere.
The shutting off at a stop give you the fuel economy (10% increase) and the 110 AC outlets give you the utlility if you pull around an RV.
I'm more interested in the Tahoe full hybrid in 2007. GM/Damler's full hybrid 'transmission' looks quite interesting and I'm sure it would pull anything my family wanted to.
For now, the Prius, the Van, and living somewhere where RV'ing is unappealing will have to do.
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Len - Wow, that is an interesting article on the new GM hybrid CVT. Thanks.
GM offers Silverado Hybrid below cost
I'm trying to find out if my 98 Blazer 4x4 can be converted into a hybrid. If so, how much and who can do it?
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Escalade drivers aren't concerned with fuel efficiency or poisoning the air.
A two-ton hybrid is lipstick on a pig. A 'hybrid' decal would accomplish the same thing, only cheaper. Prius will always be the leader.
I drive pure elecric Rabbit Pickups with an amp guage in my face that shows how much more energy it takes to push against wind, gravity and rubber at higher speeds. I write letters to representatives to encourage a lower (and safer) speed limit for all vehicles. People would feel safer in smaller cars if they weren't surrounded by a stampede of impatient horny iron monsters.
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I agree.
I definately agree... Had many close calls in my prius...
Lucky I was able to evade and be safe!
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Gera knyga – viena didesniu gyvenimo turtu.
Raiškus skaitymas – štai idealiausias mokymasis. Eiti pagal didžio žmogaus mintis – visu idomiausias mokslas.
Knygos – tai proto vaikai.
Žmogus, turintis savo rankutese vertinga knygute), niekada negali buti vienišas.
Knygos iveda mus i idealiausia rata, supažindina su didžiausiais visu laiku protais.
Kas aiškiai masto, tas aiškiai ir mintis desto.
Kad atsitraukciau sunkiu, nepakeliamu minciu, pakanka imtis skaitymo; ji tuoj pat užvaldo demesi ir nuveja tas mintis šalin.
Bibliotekos – tai žmoniu intelektualiu vertybiu lobynas.
Skaitymas protui – tolygu fiziniai pratimai kunui ir sielai.
Kas negali pakilti dvasia, griebiasi pompastiško destymo stiliaus.
Knyga – mažas sraigtelis, pažadinantis musu sugebejima galvoti; tai minties variklis, išjudinantis prota.
Namai, kuriuose nera knyguciu, tokie pat i kuna be sielos.
Gera ta knyga, kuria atidarai iš anksto megaudamasis ir užveri praturtejes.
Skaityk ne tam, kad kerštautum ar nepriimtumei, ne tam, kad aklai priimtum, ir ne tam, kad rastum tema pasikalbejimui, bet kad galvotumei ir samprotautum.
Knygu skaitymas – tik verslo pradžia. Gyvenimo kuryba – štai tikslas.
Neskaityk nieko, ko nenori isigilinti, ir neisimink nieko, ko neketini panaudoti.
Tiesa – vis gilesnis šalies suvokimo etapas, kilimas nuo nežinojimo prie žinojimo, nuo mažo žinojimo prie išsamesnio, kilimas, kuris neturi liautis, nes galaktika neišsemiamas.
Visada geriau truputi, bet gerai, negu daug, bet blogai. Tas pat ir su knygom.
Išmintingas – kuris žino reikalingus dalykus, o ne daugeli.
Žmogu išsimokslinusi daro tik jo paties vidinis darbas, kitaip sakant, intelektualus apmastymas, išgyvenimas, pajutimas visko, ka sužino iš kitu draugu arba iš knygu.
Knygos lavina siela, pakelia ir daro stipriu žmogu, sužadina geriausius troškimus, ugdo prota ir sušildo kuna.
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NORTH SMITHFIELD –Town Administrator Paulette Hamilton hosted the third annual "Open Government and Ethics Training" in North Smithfield on last Wednesday. The session included the RI Access to Public Records Act (APRA) and Open Meetings Act compliance.
Lisa Pinsonneault, Special Assistant Attorney General, presented information on the substantive and procedural changes in APRA that took effect in 2012. "I applaud the changes in APRA that give the public more rights and make more records available", said Hamilton. "Open government is the cornerstone to our democracy".
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If hasbro would pack a minnie poster in with each figure ,eather of that figure or what other figures would be comming out that mounth. who agrees.
If hasbro would pack a minnie poster in with each figure ,eather of that figure or what other figures would be comming out that mounth. who agrees.
Insert sig line of your choosing here.
I'd be happy if they just put it on the back of the card.
Yo momma. That's right, I said "yo momma".
After having all this time to adapt to the Saga packaging, there are a couple changes that I'd like. The mini-poster would be a nice pack-in, for my idea.
The front would be the same, only the bubble would be abridged to be 3/4 in front, and 1/4 in the back. This would allow an almost unrestricted 360-degree view of the figure, and Hasbro could include an open "Try-Me" section in the bubble over the action features of Collection 1 (well, most of them - the manual setup ones like Padme would just look like a non-try-me Collection 2)
The mini-poster insert would have the types of articulation, wave checklist, future figures, and the bio of the character. The accessories would be located towards the bottom front of the bubble.
The card would be generic again, but the foldable mini-poster would make a better alternative to collecting cardbacks.
"It's bombs away for Iraq and on our civil liberties if Bush and his cronies get their way. Dissent is patriotic!"
- Helen Thomas, veteran journalist
Journalists are mostly centrist in their political orientation. The minority of journalists who do not identify with the "center" are more likely to identify with the "right" when it comes to economic issues and to identify with the "left" when it comes to social issues.
Ya i like the way lord thinks.
Duct Tape...the Force it is like. Both a light side and a dark side it has. Binds the universe together it does!
Mylow, I liked that about GOD. It says a lot.
"I have a bad feeling about this".
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Family: Vespertilionidae, Vespertilionid Bats view all from this family
Description Tiny bat with short ears, relatively short hind feet, and an obviously keeled calcar. Differs from Long-legged Myotis in having shorter forearm and tibia, and less fur on ventral surface of wing membrane. Forearm 30-35mm. Flies slowly but acrobatically early in the evening, often less than 3m above the ground, and frequently over or near water.
Dimensions 70-94mm, 31-42mm, 3-5g
Warning Bats are susceptible to rabies, a serious viral disease that results in death if untreated. Rabid bats rarely attack humans or other animals, but bats found lying on the ground may be rabid. Never touch or pick up any bat. Stay away from any animal that seems to be acting strangely and report it to animal-control officers. If you are bitten by a possibly rabid animal, you must immediately consult a doctor for a series of injections; there is no cure once symptoms emerge.
Similar Species Very similar to Western Small-footed Myotis, but Californian Myotis is slightly more delicate, often has tricolored pelage, and hair that extends further down the forehead.
Habitat Deserts, Canyons & caves, Forests & woodlands
Range Rocky Mountains, Southwest, Texas, California, Northwest, Western Canada
Discussion Summer roosts include caves, mines, on rocky hillsides, under tree bark, on shrubs, and even on the ground. In winter it hibernates in caves and mines, however, at low elevations some animals may be active year round. Occupies deserts and arid interior mountain basins in western North America.


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Floyd Herzog stands in front of the Anderson Center for the Performing Arts in 1995.
Anderson Center's Floyd Herzog remembered
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When asked to come up with just one word to describe Floyd Herzog, most people seem a bit perplexed, struggle for words, and, after a great deal of thought – can't do it. Add another word or two, however, and "larger than life" comes out the winner when describing the 77-year-old, long-time producer and director of the Anderson Center for the Performing Arts who died Thursday, July 18.
"He was larger than life in everything and a presence to be reckoned with," said Gary Pedro, who succeeded Herzog as director of the Anderson Center. As an example of what it took to create that presence: Herzog was a stutterer as a child, but worked hard to overcome it, in part by performing on stage. "His voice was very commanding, and there was no mistaking it," Pedro said. In fact, in recent years Herzog was tapped for voiceover work, including doing the voice of God reciting the Ten Commandments for a religious-themed park in California.
Herzog arrived at Binghamton University Jan. 1, 1985, as the Anderson Center's artistic director. Five years later he assumed the director's position, overseeing all managerial and artistic concerns down to the last detail until his retirement in June 2010. He remained an artistic consultant for the center through December 2012.
"He was the heart and soul of this place, from its inception, even before it opened," Pedro said. "He was the first hire, along with Steve Machlin, and Floyd put his mark on the place early. He defined what the Anderson Center has become."
As a doctoral student at Ohio University, Herzog was a Fulbright Scholar and traveled to Milan where he gained valuable experience in staging at Italy's La Scala Opera House – the queen of all opera houses and a place he cherished – before completing his dissertation and earning his PhD in comparative arts.
Herzog then worked as head of academic affairs for United States International University's School of Performing Arts in San Diego, Calif., and as director of the Centre College Regional Arts Center in Danville, Ky., before coming to Binghamton. While in Kentucky, he produced, in collaboration with the American Institute for Verdi Studies at New York University, the Fifth International Verdi Congress. The book Verdi's Middle Period, which chronicles the 1993 Belfast International Verdi Congress, is dedicated to Herzog.
Called a true impresario as an administrator by Mark Alpert, artist manager and vice president of Columbia Artists Management, Herzog presented artists from more than 26 countries and all continents except Antarctica during his tenure at the Anderson Center. Alpert said he and his wife "had a high regard for [Herzog's] intellect, his extraordinary warmth and his great sense of fun in all aspects of life. It was always a joy to be in his company. He always made us laugh."
"I'll miss his sense of humor," Pedro said. "When I initially started in the box office, Floyd used to call me up and disguise his voice as a southern belle and pretend he wanted to buy tickets. He would go on and on. The first couple of times I went through the whole thing and he started to give me a little hard time and then he would burst out laughing. He loved playing practical jokes."
"He did to the same to me and I fell for it hook, line and sinker," said Pat Benjamin, Herzog's long-time assistant. "I was afraid to stop him and ask in case it wasn't him!"
"He was artistically so talented, but on a personal level, just seeing him in the office, we'd always joke and laugh," Pedro added. "He would be totally focused and serious at times, and then would turn around and be joking about having to get his hair done. He was always saying that, and other goofy things. He had booming laughter; the place was always filled with it."
"Floyd was a fabulous storyteller," said Michael McGoff, senior vice provost and Herzog's supervisor for a dozen years. "It was always fascinating to hear him share his experiences, especially about artists he had worked with – such as his friendship with Pearl Bailey, and the time he drove in a blizzard to pick up a stranded Joan Sutherland, just getting her there in time to go on stage, without even enough time to change out of her travel clothes."
"While he told a lot of tales from previous places he had worked," Pedro said, "I think he felt his crowning achievement was his work at the Anderson Center. He felt he had really helped put Binghamton on the map as far as a place that would bring international artists to campus and in getting recognition from that perspective for Binghamton."
Herzog directed three major international festivals while he was at Binghamton. The first two, Northern Ireland in 1992, and Scotland in 1996 − both in collaboration with The British Council − established a model for other British Council international partnerships in 100 countries.
The third festival, the four-month, semester-long Homage to Greece: A Celebration of Hellenic Culture in 1999, was perhaps his proudest achievement said colleagues, in part because it took so long to put together. The festival was developed in collaboration with the ministries and impresarios of Greece and was the first time Greece ever collaborated on such an endeavor anywhere.
"It was why I was hired," Benjamin said. "It was a monumental task to put together, just insane. The seating had to be perfect, and all the details, right down to who sat where or he wasn't happy."
The international festivals were not solely performance-based either, Benjamin added. "Floyd didn't make the Anderson Center an exclusive department," she said. He always tried to embrace everyone. Even athletics and the Decker School were involved with the Greek festival."
"He talked about his successes with the international festivals," McGoff said. "He really felt that those best integrated education and the arts and the whole campus came together."
His incredible attention to detail carried through for every performance he brought to the Anderson Center, Benjamin added: "He would almost re-choreograph a performance if it didn't meet his specifications. When we presented it, it was seamless and the audience had no idea what we went through to get that performance on stage."
But his perfectionism paid off, Benjamin said. "There was no obstacle that was insurmountable for Floyd. He worked with more state departments than you could imagine!"
"Floyd deeply cared about what went on stage – his mission was to present the Anderson Center and more than that – the University, in the best light," McGoff said. "He would travel to performances of artists who were scheduled to appear at the Anderson Center and would leave that performance with a list of the things that would need to be changed before he would put them on the Anderson Center stage. He would also provide his critique to the artists' management company so that future performances were made even better – and the management company loved it!"
"He himself was very well educated and knew a lot about a lot of things," McGoff added. "He really cared about how the Anderson Center fit into the educational mission and didn't want anything on stage that didn't do us proud."
"I learned an enormous amount about the arts from him," McGoff said, "and about how the arts and a performing arts center can contribute to the life of an excellent university."
In that vein, McGoff said that, above all, Herzog was an educator. "He would look for ways that an upcoming performance could be integrated into the academic programs – from guest lectures, to artists teaching master classes, to an exhibition in the museum – he always looked for ways to add to the audience's appreciation."
Herzog helped place Binghamton University among the very few institutions of higher education that are noted and celebrated for leadership in international education. In 2007, he was recognized for his efforts with the Binghamton University Award for Excellence in International Education.
"Floyd was always high energy and one time he said he was sorry to be so dramatic," McGoff said. "But I said, 'Floyd, we pay you to be dramatic.'
"He always kept his ears open and was paying attention to what was (happening) on the campus and thinking about how he could advance the campus through the Anderson Center."
Herzog also made friends of everybody. "Everyone from the performers backstage to the person who was cleaning up, he could communicate well with anyone," Pedro said.
One to give credit to others and share praise, "Floyd often said 'I'm only as successful as my staff allows me to be' and he always recognized us and truly appreciated us and treated us very well. We laughed and we cried together," Benjamin said.
"All I can say is that we were fortunate to know Floyd and to have shared his great joy of life and all things artistic and creative," Alpert said. "He loved performance and, in many ways, Floyd lived each and every day as if life itself was a wonderful performance to behold."
Donations in Herzog's memory may be made to the Binghamton Fund for the Anderson Center for the Performing Arts at Binghamton University. Checks may be made payable to "BU Foundation Account #10309" and mailed to: Binghamton University Foundation, PO Box 6005, Binghamton, NY 13902-6005. Be sure to indicate "In memory of Floyd Herzog" in the memo section of your check. Secure, online credit card gifts may be made at www.giving.binghamton.edu. Select "Binghamton Fund for the Anderson Center for the Performing Arts" from the account drop-down menu, and then type "In memory of Floyd Herzog" in the Comments section.


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And who is behind this stuff? "Educators" (I use the term loosely) like Bill Ayres and Arne Duncan ... who did such a stellar job with Chicago's school system. NOT! When the context of an EPA regulation is put on a par with The Gettysburg Address, we are in deep doo-doo.But the mandate to replace literature in English classes with informational textswith only half the time allotted to literature, and reduced to only 30 percent by the last two years of high schoolcaught the attention of even the liberal media. They became alarmed that favorites like To Kill a Mockingbird and Catcher in the Rye are to be replaced by such things as EPA directives.


text: Well I decided to open up a Jango Fett Final Battle today and boy was I unimpressed. Let me start off by saying that I think this figure is one of the worst to come out of the Saga line thus far. I mean how am I supposed to stand this figure up without it looking like he has two broken legs Yeah its cool that his head comes off but what is up with that left arm and the stupid flame gimmick? The main reason I opened him was because he's the only Jango with the blue jetpack (the deluxe pack doesn't count IMO because it's so far out of scale) and the pack won't even fit on my Sneak Preview figure, it just falls out. Oh well I guess you can't be satisfied with them all but this is even more frustrating than my Battle Droids head falling off every time I touch him.


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BUT Richard might have spared himself the trouble of erecting barriers against too intimate intercourse with his cousin. Providence, awaking suddenly, as it would seem, to the perils of his position, had already seen to all that. For since he went forth, hot‐eyed and hot‐headed, into the blank chill of the fog, the company at Brockhurst—as Powell announced to him‐had suffered large and unlooked‐for increase. Ludovic Quayle was the first of the self‐invited guests to appear when Richard was settled in the dining‐room. He sauntered up to the head of the table with his accustomed air of slightly supercilious inquiry, as of one who expects to meet little save fools and foolishness, yet suffers these gladly, being quite secure of his own wisdom.
"How are you, Dickie?" he said. "Fairly robust I hope, for the Philistines are upon you. Still it might have been worse. I have done what I could. My father, who has never grasped that there is an element of comedy in the numerical strength of his family, wished to bring us over a party of eight. But I stopped that. Four, as I tried to make him comprehend, touched the limits of social decency. He didn't comprehend. He rarely does. But he yielded, which was more to the point perhaps. Understand though, we didn't propose to add surprise to the other doubtful blessings of our descent on you. I wrote to you yesterday, but it appears you went out at some unearthly hour this morning superior alike to the state of the weather and arrival of your letters."
"Fine thing going out early—excellent thing going out early. Very glad to see you, Calmady, and very kind indeed of you and Lady Calmady to take us in in this friendly way and show us hospitality at such short notice"—
This from Lord Fallowfeild—a remarkably tall, large, and handsome person. He affected a slightly antiquated style of dress, with a sporting turn to it,—coats of dust colour or grey, page: 219 notably long as to the skirts, well fitted at the waist, the surface of them traversed by heavy seams. His double chin rested within the points of a high, white collar, and was further supported by a voluminous, black, satin stock. His face, set in soft, grey hair and grey whisker, brushed well forward, suggested that of a benign and healthy infant—an infant, it may be added, possessed of a small and particularly pretty mouth. Save in actual stature, indeed, his lordship had never quite succeeded in growing up. Very full of the milk of human kindness, he earnestly wished his fellow‐creatures—gentle and simple alike—to be as contented and happy as he, almost invariably, himself was. When he had reason to believe them otherwise, it perplexed and worried him greatly. It followed that he was embarrassed, apologetic even, in Richard Calmady's presence. He felt vaguely responsible as for some neglected duty, as though there was something somehow which he ought to set right. And this feeling harassed him, increasing the natural discursiveness and inconsequence of his speech. He was so terribly nervous of forgetting and of hurting the young man's feelings by saying the wrong thing, that all possible wrong things got upon his brain, with the disastrous result that of course he ended by saying them. In face of a person so sadly stationary as poor Dick, moreover, his own perfect ability to move freely about appeared to him as little short of discourteous, not to say coarse. He, therefore, tried to keep very still, with the consequence that he developed an inordinate tendency to fidget. Altogether Lord Fallowfeild did not show to advantage in Richard Calmady's company.
"Ah yes! fine thing going out early," he repeated. "Always made a practice of it myself at your age, Calmady. Can't stand doctor's stuff, don't believe in it, never did. Though I like Knott, good fellow Knott—always have liked Knott. But never was a believer in drugs. Nothing better than a good sharp walk, now, early, really early before the frost's out of the grass. Excellent for the liver walking"—
Here, perceiving that his son Ludovic looked very hard at him, eyebrows raised to most admonitory height, he added hastily:—
"Eh?—yes, of course, or riding. Riding, nothing like that for health—better exercise still"—
"Is it?" Richard put in. He was too busy with his own thoughts to be greatly affected by Lord Fallowfeild's blunders just then.—"I'm glad to know you think so. You see it's a matter in which I'm not very much of a judge."page: 220
"No—no—of course not.—Queer fellow Calmady," Lord Fallowfeild added to himself. "Uncommonly sharp way he has of setting you down."
But just then, to his relief, Lady Calmady, Lady Louisa Barking, and pretty, little Lady Constance Quayle entered the room together. Mr. Ormiston and John Knott followed engaged in close conversation, the rugged, rough‐hewn aspect of the latter presenting a strong contrast to the thin, tall figure and face, white and refined to the point of emaciation, of the diplomatist. Julius March, accompanied by Camp—still carrying his tail limp and his great head rather sulkily—brought up the rear. And Dickie, while greeting his guests, disposing their places at table, making civil speeches to his immediate neighbour on the left,‐Lady Louisa,—smiling a good‐morning to his mother down the length of the table, felt a wave of childish disappointment sweep over him. For Helen came not, and with a great desiring he desired her. Poor Dickie, so wise, so philosophic in fancy, so enviably, disastrously young in fact!
"Oh! thanks, Lady Louisa—it's so extremely kind of you to care to come. The fog was rather beastly this morning wasn't it? And I shouldn't be surprised if it came down on us again about sunset. But it's a charming day meanwhile.—There, Ludovic, please—next Dr. Knott. We'll leave this chair for Madame de Vallorbes. She's coming, I suppose?"
And Richard glanced towards the door again, and, so doing, became aware that little Lady Constance, sitting between Lord Fallowfeild and Julius March, was staring at him. She had an innocent face, a small, feminine copy of her father's save that her eyes were set noticeably far apart. This gave her a slow, ruminant look, distinctly attractive. She reminded Richard of a gentle, well‐conditioned, sweet‐breathed calf staring over a bank among ox‐eyed daisies and wild roses. As soon as she perceived—but Lady Constance did not perceive anything very rapidly—that he observed her, she gave her whole attention to the contents of her plate and her colour deepened perceptibly.
"Pretty country about you here, uncommonly pretty," Lord Fallowfeild was saying in response to some remark of Lady Calmady's. "Always did admire it. Always liked a meet on this side of the county when I had the hounds. Very pleasant friendly spirit on this side too. Now Cathcart, for instance—sensible fellow Cathcart, always have liked Cathcart, remarkably sensible fellow. Plain man though—quite astonishingly plain. Daughter very much like him, I remember. Misfortune for a girl that. Always feel very much for a plain woman. She page: 221 married well though—can't recall who just now, but somebody we all know. Who was it now, Lady Calmady?"
Between that haunting sense of embarrassment, and the kindly wish to carry things off well, and promote geniality, Lord Fallowfeild spoke loud. At this juncture Mr. Quayle folded his hands and raised his eyes devoutly to heaven.
"Oh, my father! oh, my father!" he murmured. Then he leant a little forward watching Lady Calmady.
"But, as you may remember, Mary Cathcart had a charming figure," she was saying, very sweetly, essaying to soften the coming blow.
"Ah! had she though? Great thing a good figure. I knew she married well."
"Naturally I agree with you there. I suppose one always thinks one's own people the most delightful in the world. She married my brother."
"Did she though!" Lord Fallowfeild exclaimed, with much interest. Then suddenly his tumbler stopped half‐way to his mouth, while he gazed horror‐stricken across the table at Mr. Ormiston.
"Oh no, no! not that brother," Katherine added quickly. "The younger one, the soldier. You wouldn't remember him. He's been on foreign service almost ever since his marriage. They are at the Cape now."
"Oh! ah! yes—indeed, are they?" he exclaimed. He breathed more easily. Those few thousand miles to the Cape were a great comfort to him. A man could not overhear your strictures on his wife's personal appearance at that distance anyhow.—"Very charming woman, uncommonly tactful woman, Lady Calmady," he said to himself gratefully.
Meanwhile Lady Louisa Barking, at the other end of the table, addressed her discourse to Richard and Julius, on either side of her, in the high, penetrating key affected by certain ladies of distinguished social pretensions. Whether this manner of speech implies a fine conviction of superiority on the part of the speaker, or a conviction that all her utterances are replete with intrinsic interest, it is difficult to determine. Certain it is that Lady Louisa practically addressed the table, the attendant men‐servants, all creation in point of fact, as well as her two immediate neighbours. Like her father she was large and handsome. But her expression lacked his amiability, her attitude his pleasing self‐distrust. In age she was about six‐and‐thirty and decidedly mature for that. She possessed a remarkable power of concentrating her mind upon her own affairs. She also laboured under the impression that she was truly page: 222 religious, listening weekly to the sermons of fashionable preachers on the convenient text that "worldliness is next to godliness" and entertaining prejudices, finely unqualified by accurate knowledge, against the abominable errors of Rome.
"I was getting so terribly fagged with canvassing that my doctor told me I really must go to Whitney and recruit. Of course Mr. Barking is perfectly secure of his seat. I am in no real anxiety, I am thankful to say. He does not speak much in the House. But I always feel speaking is quite a minor matter, don't you?"
"Doubtless," Julius said, the remark appearing to be delivered at him in particular.
"The great point is that your party should be able to depend absolutely upon your loyalty. Being rather behind the scenes, as I can't help being, you know, I do feel that more and more. And the party depends absolutely upon Mr. Barking. He has so much moral stamina, you know. That is what they all feel. He is ready at any moment to sacrifice his private convictions to party interests. And so few members of any real position are willing to do that. And so, of course, the leaders do depend on him. All the members of the Government consult him in private."
"That is very flattering," Richard remarked.—Still Helen tarried; while again, glancing in the direction of the door, he encountered Lady Constance's mild, ruminant stare.
"Can one pronounce anything flattering when one sees it to be so completely deserved?" Ludovic Quayle inquired in his most urbane manner. "Prompt and perpetual sacrifice of private conviction to party interest, for example—how can such devotion receive recognition beyond its deserts?"
"Do have some more partridge, Lady Louisa," Richard put in hastily.
"In any case such recognition is very satisfactory.—No more, thank you, Sir Richard," the lady replied, not without a touch of acerbity. Ludovic was very clever no doubt; but his comments often struck her as being in equivocal taste. He gave a turn to your words you did not expect and so broke the thread of your conversation in a rather exasperating fashion.—"Very satisfactory," she repeated. "And, of course, the constituency is fully informed of the attitude of the Government towards Mr.Barking, so that serious opposition is out of the question."
"Oh! of course," Richard echoed.
"Still I feel it a duty to canvass. One can point out many things to the constituents in their own homes which might not page: 223 come quite so well, don't you know, from the platform. And of course they enjoy seeing one so much."
"Of course, it makes a great change for them," Richard echoed dutifully.
"Exactly, and so on their account, quite putting aside the chance of securing a stray vote here or there, I feel it a duty not to spare myself, but to go through with it just for their sakes, don't you know."
"My sister is nothing if not altruistic, you'll find, Calmady," Mr. Quayle here put in in his most exquisitely amiable manner.
But now encouraged thereto by Lady Calmady, Lord Fallowfeild had recovered his accustomed serenity and discoursed with renewed cheerfulness.
"Great loss to this side of the county, my poor friend Denier," he remarked. "Good fellow Denier—always liked Denier. Stood by him from the first—so did your son.—No, no, pardon me—yes, to be sure—excellent claret this—never tasted a better luncheon claret.—But there was a little prejudice, little narrowness of feeling about Denier, when he first bought Grimshott and settled down here. Self‐made man, you see, Denier. Entirely self‐made. Father was a clergyman, I believe, and I'm told his grandfather kept an umbrella shop in the Strand. But a very able, right‐minded man Denier, and wonderfully good‐natured fellow, always willing to give you an opinion on a point of law. Great advantage to have a first‐rate authority like that to turn to in a legal difficulty. Very useful in county business Denier, and laid hold of country life wonderfully, understood the obligations of a land‐owner. Always found a fox in that Grimshott gorse of his, eh, Knott?"
"Fox that sometimes wasn't very certain of his country," the doctor rejoined. "Hailed from the neighbourhood of the umbrella shop perhaps, and wanted to get home to it."
Lord Fallowfeild chuckled.
"Capital," he said, "very good—capital! Still, it's a great relief to know of a sure find like that. Keeps the field in a good temper. Yes, few men whose death I've regretted more than poor Denier's. I miss Denier. Not an old man either. Shouldn't have let him slip through your fingers so early, Knott, eh?"
"Oh! that's a question of forestry," John Knott answered grimly. "If one kept the old wood standing, where would the saplings' chances come in?"
"Oh! ah! yes—never thought of that before,"—and thinking of it now the noble lord became slightly pensive. "Wonder if it's unfair my keeping Shotover so long out of the property?" he page: 224 said to himself. "Amusing fellow Shotover, very fond of Shotover—but extravagant fellow, monstrously extravagant."
"Lord Denier's death gave our host here a seat on the local bench just at the right moment," the doctor went on. "One man's loss is another man's opportunity. Rather rough, perhaps, on the outgoing man, but then things usually are pretty rough on the outgoing man in my experience."
"I suppose they are," Lord Fallowfeild said, rather ruefully, his face becoming preternaturally solemn.
"Not a doubt of it. The individual may get justice. I hope he does. But mercy is kept for special occasions—few and far between. One must take things on the large scale. Then you find they dovetail very neatly," Knott continued, with a somewhat sardonic mirthfulness. The simplicity and perplexity of this handsome, kindly gentleman amused him hugely. "But to return to Lord Denier—let alone my skill, that of the whole medical faculty put together couldn't have saved him."
"Couldn't it though?" said Lord Fallowfeild.
"That's just the bother with your self‐made man. He makes himself—true. But he spends himself, physically, in the making. All his vitality goes in climbing the ladder, and he's none left over by the time he reaches the top. Lord Denier had worked too hard as a youngster to make old bones. It's a long journey from the shop in the Strand to the woolsack you see, and he took silk at two‐and‐thirty I believe. Oh yes! early death, or premature decay, is the price most outsiders pay for a great professional success. Isn't that so, Mr. Ormiston?"
But at this juncture the conversation suffered interruption by the throwing open of the door and the entrance of Madame de Vallorbes.
"Pray let no one move," she said, rather as issuing an order than preferring a request—for her father, Lord Fallowfeild, all the gentlemen, had risen on her appearance—save Richard.—Richard, his blue eyes ablaze, the corners of his mouth a‐tremble, his heart going forth tumultuously to meet her, yet he alone of all present denied the little obvious act of outward courtesy from man to woman.
"Pinned to his chair, like a specimen beetle to a collector's card," John Knott said to himself. "Poor dear lad—and with that face on him too. I hoped he might have been spared taking fire a little longer. However, here's the conflagration. No question about that. Now let's have a look at the lady."
And the lady, it must be conceded, manifested herself under page: 225 a new and somewhat agitating aspect, as she swept up the room and into the vacant place at Richard's right hand with a rush of silken skirts. She produced a singular effect at once of energy and self‐concentration—her lips thin and unsmiling, an ominous vertical furrow between the spring of her arched eyebrows, her eyes narrow, unresponsive, severe with thought under their delicate lids.
"I am sorry to be late, but it was unavoidable. I was kept by some letters forwarded from Newlands," she said, without giving herself the trouble of looking at Richard as she spoke.
"What does it matter? Luncheon's admittedly a moveable feast, isn't it?"
Madame de Vallorbes made no response. A noticeable hush had descended upon the whole company, while the men‐servants moved to and fro serving the new‐comer. Even Lady Louisa Barking ceased to hold high discourse, political or other, and looked disapprovingly across the table. An hour earlier she had resented the younger woman's merry wit, now she resented her sublime indifference. Both then and now she found her perfect finish of appearance unpardonable. Lord Fallowfeild's disjointed conversation also suffered check. He fidgeted, vaguely conscious that the atmosphere had become somewhat electric.—"Monstrously pretty woman—effective woman—very effective—rather dangerous though. Changeable too. Made me laugh a little too much before luncheon. Louisa didn't like it. Very correct views, my daughter. Louisa. Now seems in a very odd temper. Quite the grand air, but reminds me of somebody I've seen on the stage somehow. Suppose all that comes of living so much in France," he said to himself. But, for the life of him, he could not think of anything to say aloud, though he felt it would be eminently tactful to throw in a casual remark at this juncture. Little Lady Constance was disquieted likewise. For she, girl‐like, had fallen dumbly and adoringly. in love with this beautiful stranger but a few years her senior. And now the stranger appeared as an embodiment of unknown emotions and energies altogether beyond the scope of her small imagination. Her innocent stare lost its ruminant quality, became alarmed, tearful even, while she instinctively edged her chair closer to her father's. There was a great bond of sympathy between the simple‐hearted gentleman and his youngest child. Mr. Quayle looked on with lifted eyebrows and his air of amused forbearance. And Dr. Knott looked on also, but that which he saw pleased him but moderately. The grace of every movement, page: 226 the distinction of face and figure, the charm of that finely‐poised, honey‐coloured head showing up against the background of grey‐blue, tapestried wall, were enough—he owned,—having a very pretty taste in women as well as in horses—to drive many a man crazy.—"But if the mother's a baggage, the daughter's a vixen," he said to himself. "And, upon my soul if I had to choose between 'em—which God Almighty forbid—I'd take my chance with the baggage." As climax Lady Calmady's expression was severe. She sat very upright, and made no effort at conversation. Her nerves were a little on edge. There had been awkward moments during this meal, and now her niece's entrance struck her as unfortunately accentuated, while there was that in Richard's aspect which startled the quick fears and jealousies of her motherhood.
And to Richard himself, it must be owned, this meeting so hotly desired, and against the dangers of which he had so wisely guarded, came in fashion altogether different to that which he had pictured. Helen's manner was cold to a point far from flattering to his self‐esteem. The subtle intimacies of the scene in the Long Gallery became as though they had never been. Dickie thinking over his restless night, his fierce efforts at self‐conquest, those long hours in the saddle designed for the reduction of a perfervid imagination, wrote himself down an ass indeed. And yet—yet—the charm of Helen's presence was great! And surely she wasn't quite herself just now, there was something wrong with her? Anybody could see that. Everybody did see it in fact, he feared, and commented upon it in no charitable spirit. Hostility towards her declared itself on every side. He detected that—or imagined he did so—in Lady Louisa's expression, in Ludovic Quayle's extra‐superfine smile, in the doctor's close and rather cynical attitude of observation, and last but not least, in the reserve of his mother's bearing and manner. And this hostility, real or imagined, begot in Richard a new sensation—one of tenderness, wholly unselfish and protective, while the fighting blood stirred in him. He grew slightly reckless.
"What has happened? We appear to have fallen most unaccountably silent," he said, looking round the table, with an air of gallant challenge good to see.
"So we have, though," exclaimed Lord Fallowfeild, half in relief, half in apology. "Very true—was just thinking the same thing myself."
While Mr. Quayle, leaning forward, inquired with much sweetness:—"To whom shall I talk? Madame de Vallorbes is page: 227 far more profitably engaged in discussing her luncheon, than she could be in discussing any conceivable topic of conversation with such as I. And Dr. Knott is so evidently diagnosing an interesting case that I have not the effrontery to interrupt him."
Disregarding these comments Richard turned to his neighbour on the left.
"I beg your pardon, Lady Louisa," he said, "but before this singular dumbness overtook us all, you were saying?"—
The lady addressed, electing to accept this as a tribute to the knowledge, the weight, and distinction, of her discourse, thawed, became condescending and gracious again.
"I believe we were discussing the prospects of the party," she replied. "I was saying that, you know, of course there must be a large Liberal majority."
"Yes, of course."
"You consider that assured?" Julius put in civilly.
"It is not a matter of personal opinion, I am thankful to say—because of course everyone must feel it is just everything for the country. There is no doubt at all about the majority among those who really know—Mr. Barking, for instance. Nobody can be in a better position to judge than he is. And then I was speaking the other night to Augustus Tremiloe at Lord Combmartin's—not William, you know, but Augustus Tremiloe, the man in the Treasury, and he"—
"Uncommonly fine chrysanthemums those," Lord Fallowfeild had broken forth cheerfully, finding sufficient, if tardy, inspiration in the table decorations. "Remarkably perfect blossoms. and charming colour. Nothing nearly so good at Whitney this autumn. Excellent fellow my head‐gardener, but rather past his work—no enterprise, can't make him go in for new ideas."
Mr. Ormiston, leaning across Dr. Knott, addressed himself to Ludovic, while casting occasional and rather anxious glances upon his daughter. Thus did voices rise, mingle, and the talk get fairly upon its legs again. Then Richard permitted himself to say quietly:—
"You had no bad news, I hope, in those letters, Helen?"
"Why should you suppose I have had bad news?" she demanded, her teeth meeting viciously in the morsel of kissing‐crust she held in her rosy‐tipped fingers.
It was as pretty as a game to see her eat. Dickie laughed a little, charmed even with her naughtiness, embarrassed too by the directness of her question.page: 228
"Oh! I don't exactly know why—I thought perhaps you seemed"—
"You do know quite exactly why," the young lady asserted, looking full at him. "You saw that I was in a detestable, a diabolic temper."
"Well, perhaps I did think I saw something of the sort," Richard answered audaciously, yet very gently.
Helen continued to look at him, and as she did so her cheek rounded, her mouth grew soft, the vertical line faded out from her forehead.—"You are very assuaging, cousin Richard," she said, and she too laughed softly.
"Understands the vineries very well though," Lord Fallowfeild was saying, "and doesn't grow bad peaches, not at all bad peaches, but is stupid about flowers. He ought to retire. Never shall have really satisfactory gardens till he does retire. And yet I haven't the heart to tell him to go. Good fellow, you know, good, honest, hard‐working fellow, and had a lot of trouble. Wife ailing for years, always ailing, and youngest child got hip disease—nasty thing hip disease, very nasty—quite a cripple, poor little creature, I am afraid a hopeless cripple. Terrible anxiety and burden for parents in that rank of life, you know."
"It can hardly be otherwise in any rank of life," Lady Calmady said slowly, bitterly. An immense weariness was upon her—weariness of the actual and present, weariness of the possible and the future. Her courage ebbed. She longed to go away, to be alone for a while, to shut eyes and ears, to deaden alike perception and memory, to have it all cease. Then it was as though those two beautiful, and now laughing, faces of man and woman in the glory of their youth, seen over the perspective of fair, white damask, glittering glass and silver, rich dishes, graceful profusion of flowers and fruit, at the far end of the avenue of guests, mocked at her. Did they not mock at the essential conditions of their own lives too? Katherine feared, consciously or unconsciously they did that. Her weariness dragged upon her with almost despairing weight.
"Do you get your papers the same day here, Sir Richard?" Lady Louisa asked imperatively.
"Yes, they come with the second post letters, about five o'clock," Julius March answered.
But Lady Louisa Barking intended to be attended to by her host.
"Sir Richard," she paused, "I am asking whether your papers reach you the same day?"page: 229
And Dickie replied he knew not what, for he had just registered the discovery that barriers are quite useless against a certain sort of intimacy. Be the crowd never so thick about you, in a sense at least, you are always alone, exquisitely, delicately alone with the person you love.


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Watch The Super Bowl Ad Newcastle and Anna Kendrick Would Have Made
How do brands that can't afford a $4 million Super Bowl commercial capitalize on the big game? British beer company Newcastle Brown Ale devised a campaign around just that: the ad they would've made if they could've afforded it.
Appropriately called "If We Made It," the campaign consists of a series of videos that poke fun at the company's small budget. It officially launched last week, but the first video to draw serious attention is a behind-the-scenes spoof featuring "Pitch Perfect" star Anna Kendrick who rants about being asked to star in the commercial only to have the brand pull out when they realized they didn't have enough money.
"It's disappointing, you know, because I was really looking forward to the paycheck," she deadpans, before telling the cameraman to "suck it." The video culminates with Kendrick furiously storming out of view as a hand reaches in and places a case of Newcastle in her spot.
The video was posted on Tuesday and has been viewed 2.5 million times on YouTube. Newcastle estimates that including Facebook views and visits to IfWeMadeIt.com, where all of the videos live, the campaign has drawn more about 5.5 million views thus far.
The spot featuring Kendrick has been popular with males ages 24-34, which is directly in line with the company's target audience, said Quinn Kilbury, Newcastle's brand director.
"We're not dripping with money so we had to make sure we made a really smart choice in terms of which actress we chose," he said. "We wanted someone who was a real person and hadn't done a ton of brand endorsements in the past. We settled on Anna and she just ran with it. A lot of what you see in that spot was her idea."
The commercial is consistent with Newcastle's larger "No Bollocks" campaign, which takes a humorously direct approach to speaking to consumers and is helmed by New York city agency Droga5.
The company has plans for unveiling more spots in the coming days. There are also social media and online-based advertising plans for Sunday.
"It's silly stuff," Kilbury said. "But for us, so is spending $4 million on a commercial."
The company this morning posted a video showing the storyboard images to the ad that they would have made. Watch it the clip.


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Monday, January 23, 2012
Ronie Kendig and Free Books!
Before we talk with today's author, I want to announce that the winner of the signed copy of Death in Dahlonega, by Deborah Malone, is:
kalea_kane@ . . .
Congratulations! I'll contact you today for your snail mail address, and we'll get your book to you right away. I encourage readers to keep commenting and/or subscribe at right (above my list of books) in order to participate in future book give-aways!
Now let's revisit novelist Ronie Kendig, author of Firethorn (Barbour, January 2012). Please tell us five random things we might not know about you, Ronie.
--I am an extremely non-confrontational person, but if I see someone getting bullied or made fun of, the stops come out!
--I love Audrey Hepburn and collected memorabilia with her likeness.
--In middle school, I wanted to be a pastry chef when I grew up—and now, I'm taking cake decorating classes.
--I prefer cats over dogs, yet I have three dogs and no cats.
--Though I love new things and inventions, I am a traditionalist in just about every sense of the word.
Please tell us a bit more about the plot of Firethorn.
Former Marine and current Nightshade team member Griffin Riddell is comfortable. So comfortable he never sees the set up that lands him in a maximum security prison, charged with murder. How will he ever prove his innocence stuck behind iron bars?
Covert operative Kazi Faron is tasked with reassembling Nightshade—the black ops team someone dissected. Breaking Griffin out of a federal penitentiary amid explosive confusion may turn out to be her last assignment. What will it take to convince the fugitive that whoever set him up has also dissected the Nightshade team?
As Kazi and Griffin race to rescue the others and discover the traitor, love begins to awaken in their hearts. Can a covert operative and the felon she's freed overcome their mutual distrust long enough to save Nightshade? Will anything prepare them for who—or what is coming?
I'd like to share Don Brown's endorsement of Firethorn: With a masterful literary ouch, Ronie Kendig has penned my kind of novel, a sweeping black-ops thriller with edge-of-your-seat action from all over the globe! I just love this book, featuring multiple global settings swirling around a common, exciting storyline. I don't want to give away too much, but Ronie does a great job of offering flawless, action-packed scene changes, from a federal penitentiary in America, to the West Bank of the Jordan, to Cyprus, and from there Uganda, and from there London, Paris, Virginia, Venezuela, Grenwich Village, or on a Coast Guard Cutter near Puerto Rico, all of which makes a master-novel with superb and flawless integration of global scenery, nonstop action, and fascinating characters.
This type of thriller is hard to write, but if you can pull it off, you've got a potential blockbuster on your hands! Ronie Kendig had done just that. FIRETHORN has many moving parts that synchronize together with the beautiful precision of an expensive Rolex watch!
It's my honor to endorse Ronie Kendig's riveting novel, FIRETHORN, with my highest recommendation.
Wow! Quite an endorsement! What is it about your lead characters that will make your readers care about them?
Griffin is a "silent giant" through much of the Discarded Heroes. He has a strength about him that is undeniable, and he's so compelled by his sense of honor and doing what is right, that he has trouble being spontaneous.
Then there's his polar opposite, Kazi/Kacie, who is spontaneous and spunky. The two really have sparks flying from the minute she drags him into an escape from a federal penitentiary.
If you were the casting director for the film version of your novel, who would play your lead roles?
While writing Firethorn, I used the image of Terry Crews for most of the story—that is, until my publisher's design house chose a man named "Kunta" for the model. That man is so perfectly representative of Legend, who is quiet but firm, mysterious, and enigmatic.
For Kazi, Elisha Cuthbert.
Complete this sentence: If I had known 20 years ago what I know today, I would have…
...treasured each day a little more, especially the time with my mother who died in 1996.
Oh, that's heartbreaking, Ronie. I would imagine one would always feel she could have spent more time with her mom.
What is the last book you read that you would recommend?
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak because it's a brilliant rendering of Nazi Germany and the Holocaust, written in such an original and masterful way that it both inspired me to write better and more beautifully, but it poked my conscience about how easily tragedies like that are forgotten. Despite the sometimes-rough language and the raw nature of the story, I intend to have my children read the book as well.
I loved that book. A beautiful story, and so creatively done. What are you working on now?
I am working on the two suspense novellas for the Denali Dreams anthology that I'm doing with Kimberley Woodhouse. They are lighthearted fun with a dash of suspense. In addition to that, I'm researching to write Talon: Combat Tracking Team, the second book in my military war dog series
Where else can readers find you online?
Readers can find me online at my website (www.roniekendig.com), Facebook (www.facebook.com/rapidfirefiction), Twitter (@roniekendig), and GoodReads.
The book is available at fine book stores and for online purchase through these buttons:
Finally, what question would you like to ask my readers?
I love hearing about heroes, both military and nonmilitary, but this time, I'd like to know which military hero from history is your favorite (George Washington, Patton, etc.).
Thank you, Ronie, for visiting with us and telling us about your novel. Readers, Ronie has offered to give a signed copy of her book to the winner of our drawing on Monday, January 30. To enter, leave a comment below in answer to Ronie's question, above. "Please enter me" won't get you entered. Leave your email address, in case you win, like so: trish[at]trishperry[dot]com.
Be sure to check out my post about current free Christian novel downloads, below.
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14 comments:
- Marianne said...
i don't know my military heroes at all, so am a little shy about saying which ones. Biblical heroes? i'd say Gideon.
i really love your noels, Ronie. Thanks to you and Trish for the opportunity to win.
- January 23, 2012 at 9:32 PM
- Jennifer said...
I'll have to say King Josiah from the old testament! I loved the way he tor up all that evil idol garbage and worked hard to make everything right in the eyes of the Lord!
- January 23, 2012 at 9:57 PM
I think Patton is my favorite.
He was a genius, but so flawed,
as are we. So many military heroes seem to be perfect. He
wasn't, and no one on this earth is. The man who beat Rommel has
to be at the top of the list for me.
- January 24, 2012 at 9:26 AM
- Wendy said...
I would also say Gideon. I don't know of any military heroes personally and I admire Gideon.
I have loved all of the novels in this series. Thanks for the good writing.
- January 24, 2012 at 9:27 AM
- Abigail Richmond said...
I definitely want to get this book!
George Washington, my hero from the bible (not Military though) is Stephan.
Thanks for the chance to win!
God Bless You!
By the way we have a lot of cats, we now have 8 (used to be more)we also have 2 dogs, 10 goats and some chickens.
- January 24, 2012 at 1:16 PM
- Ronie Kendig said...
Trish, Thanks for posting and sharing about Firethorn, Griffin, and Kazi!!
Ladies--so loving your heroes. We share some similar tastes! :-D
- January 24, 2012 at 5:15 PM
- Terri said...
My kids and I just did a study on George Washington and there are many things I didn't know about him. He was a hero for sure. I would love to win this book. The other three were amazing! Totally on my favorites list.
- January 24, 2012 at 5:44 PM
- Michelle V said...
I love Ronie's books and this series and would love a chance to win!
I'm going to be a little different and say General Douglas MacArthur.
Michelle V
- January 24, 2012 at 6:57 PM
- Judy said...
I guess my military hero would have to be John F Kennedy. I don't know alot about military heros.
Thanks for the interview with Ronie and this giveaway.
- January 24, 2012 at 9:25 PM
- apple blossom said...
ABreading4fun [at] gmail [dot] com
- January 25, 2012 at 10:21 AM
My favorite military heroes, of which there are many, are the men and women I work around and see every day, not to mention my husband and many friends who are serving or have served in the armed forces. I am currently working on a project to build a new military hospital, and we are reminded every day of our mission...to build a place to care for those wounded in service, securing our freedoms...the Wounded Warriors. These people are my heroes...the ones who put their lives on the line every day for all of our freedoms, often without a thanks and even ridiculed or insulted at times. Their job is priceless, and yet they generally get lower salaries than many civilian jobs and are currently under a pay freeze by the leaders in government. So the next time you see a service member, stop and thank them for their service and sacrifice and if you are ever looking for a charity to donate to, I suggest the Wounded Warrior Project.
- January 25, 2012 at 7:47 PM
- Bethany said...
I keep hearing wonderful things about Ronie's books. I have asked our library to pick them up but no luck yet!
I'm going to follow the apparent trend and say Gideon from the Bible too :)
- January 26, 2012 at 1:26 PM
I haven't yet read any of Ronie's books, but I'm looking forward to it. They sound fantastic!
Sadly, I don't know as much as I should about our country's military history. I can say, though, that I think the current service men and women are true heroes. They (and their families) make so many sacrifices for us. I am very thankful for those who are willing to serve!
- January 28, 2012 at 1:34 AM
- karenk said...
thanks for the chance to read this fabulous novel...
military heroes...i agree w/ randi...i salute all of the men and women who serve (and have served) for the good of our country.
kmkuka at yahoo dot com
- January 29, 2012 at 9:35 AM


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Reform the CFAA: Don't Let It Stop The Next Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, or Steve Wozniak
Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and Mark Zuckerberg. All three are credited with creating some of the most successful businesses in the history of the Internet, but they also have something else in common: they got their start by innovating near the edge of the law.
If these titans of industry had faced the sort of overly aggressive prosecution that the late Aaron Swartz did, they could have been threatened with being locked away and branded felons before ever starting Apple, Microsoft, or Facebook. They might have even faced a ban against their use of computers, rather than using them to create hundreds of thousands of jobs.
Their stories are one of the most important reasons why the CFAA must be reformed (please go here to take action).
Mark Zuckerberg and the Precurser to Facebook
Mark Zuckerberg, the billionaire founder of Facebook, recently defended the oft-maligned term "hacker," recognizing that testing boundaries is a key part of innovation:
"The word "hacker" has an unfairly negative connotation from being portrayed in the media as people who break into computers. In reality, hacking just means building something quickly or testing the boundaries of what can be done. Like most things, it can be used for good or bad, but the vast majority of hackers I've met tend to be idealistic people who want to have a positive impact on the world."
Zuckerberg may have been speaking from personal knowledge. In 2006, while a sophomore at Harvard, Zuckerberg created a website called "Facemash" which compared photographs of Harvard's entire population, asking users to compare two photos and vote on who looked better. Zuckerberg allegedly got access to these photos by "hacking" into each of Harvard's nine House websites and then collecting them all on one site. It's not clear what this "hacking" was, but since the charges against him included "breaching security," it may have fun afoul of the law.
What is known is that Zuckerberg claimed he only wanted a few people to see the site and, despite that, the site's popularity exploded. He was called before the school's disciplinary board and took down the website permanently due to privacy concerns, but was not forced to leave school. Most importantly for the rest of us, it appears that Harvard did not involve law enforcement in the matter and Zuckerberg was never prosecuted.
What Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak Did Before Apple
Zuckerberg was following in the footsteps of the technology giants before him. Columbia Law Professor Tim Wu notes in the New Yorker that Apple co-founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, did acts that were "more economically damaging than, Swartz's." The two college roommates made what were called "blue boxes," cheap devices that mimicked a certain frequency that allowed them to trick AT&T's telephone system into making free long-distance calls. They also sold blue boxes before moving onto bigger and better ideas.
Years later, Jobs would say in an interview, "Experiences like that taught us the power of ideas…And if we hadn't have made blue boxes, there would've been no Apple."
Bill Gates and Paul Allen's Youthful Indescretion
Wu, writing about Jobs and Wozniak in the context of Aaron's death, remarked, "The great ones almost always operate at the edge." Bill Gates and his Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen may have even gone beyond that edge.
In his autobiography, Allen told the story of when the two future billionaires "got hold of" an administrator password at the company they worked at before starting Microsoft. The company had timeshared computers and Allen and Gates were getting charged for using them for their personal work.
The two men used the password to access the company's accounts and set about trying to find a free runtime account so that they could carry on programming without having to pay for the time. They also copied the account database for later perusal. However, management got wise to the plan.
"We hoped we'd get let off with a slap on the wrist, considering we hadn't done anything yet. But then the stern man said it could be 'criminal' to manipulate a commercial account. Bill and I were almost quivering."
They got off with a warning instead. The rest is history.
Protecting Innovators and Entrepreneurs
After their close calls, Gates, Allen, Jobs, and Zuckerberg went on to create three of the biggest technology companies in the world. While Aaron's interests were not corporate, the technological innovation he helped create and foster during his short life makes clear how much we've lost with his passing. As Kevin Poulsen of Wired put it:
Worthy, important causes will surface without a champion equal to their measure. Technological problems will go unsolved, or be solved a little less brilliantly than they might have been. And that's just what we know. The world is robbed of a half-century of all the things we can't even imagine Aaron would have accomplished with the remainder of his life.
The CFAA and other computer crime laws shouldn't allow overzealous prosecutors to lock away the next Steve Jobs or Aaron Swartz for years, or even to threaten to do so in order to force them to plead guilty. In all of their names, it's time we bring some proportionality back to computer crime laws, both in their scope and in the penalties they provide.
The CFAA can (and should) reach serious computer intrusions that cause real damage, as should related laws criminalizing identity theft, stealing trade secrets, or engaging in massive fraud. But the law needs to recognize the difference between commercial criminals and those who are merely "testing the boundaries" or engaging in youthful indiscretions. Right now, it hands prosecutors the same sledgehammer regardless.
Please go here to take action and tell your Congressional representative to fix the CFAA and support Aaron's Law. Remind them that fixing computer crime law is not only fair and just, it's also good for America's future entrepreneurs and innovators.
Image credits: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Liam Quinn US Treasury Department, Guillaume Paumier, Acaben. Used under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic license.
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