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Check out the latest creation from Teuffel Guitars, Antonio. This is an electric guitar, although it does look like a semi-acoustic. This is a brand new design, the website hasn't even been updated yet, but I have gathered as much information as possible from Ulrich Teuffel himself:
The scale is a Les Paul scale (24.75″) with a compound fingerboard radius (12″). It is an electric guitar with a neck pickup only. The body and neck are from hondurian mahogany with sound chambers inside. Soundchambers on the backside [go] nearly until to the top. It has through-neck constuction. The Gotoh stealth tuners are running in self-lubricating carbon tubes which I laminate into the headstock. Tuner screws are mounted into a solid ziricote inlay. So they won't wear out. Wrap-around bridge from ziricote. Inside a core of aluminium which carries the treads for the saddles and the cavities for the studs. Rigid and solid. The jackplate is from aluminium covered with ciricote. Mounted into the body with metal thread inserts. The (neck) pickup is a 7.3 kOHms Humbucker. Wound with Electrisola AWG 42 Grade 2 and an Alnico2 magnet, handweakened on 45-48 mTesla. A push-pull pot can split the coils. There is a two-way trussrod from titanium (rigid but @ all 270 gramms) the access to which is guided by a aircraft certificated carbon tube. This tube longs until below the 1 fret. This way it protects the headstock agains breaking at the same time.

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Your Guide to Digestive Health
Your digestive tract—a.k.a. "the second brain"—is a smart system that is acutely sensitive to your feelings. Here's how to keep it healthy (and happy).
And Then If You're Still Having Trouble...
1. See a specialist. It's important to make sure that you don't have a serious problem, and a gastroenterologist can make that call. When lifestyle
changes fail to calm your gut, prescription medication (such as anti-spasmodics, antibiotics, or antidepressants) can help.
2. Keep an FFS diary. "That stands for 'food, feelings, and symptoms,' " says Elaine Magee, a registered dietitian in Northern California and the
author of Tell Me What to Eat If I Have Irritable Bowel Syndrome ($13, amazon.com). Magee suggests writing down everything you eat, the time you eat it, any symptoms you have, and the stress and emotions
you experience each day. This will help you uncover your lifestyle and dietary triggers.
3. Eat more fiber, and drink more water. If you suffer from constipation, make an effort to consume 50 grams of fiber a day, suggests Virgin. Slowly increase your
intake by 5 to 10 grams every couple of days until you reach your goal amount.
4. Cut back on alcohol and caffeine. These are digestive stimulants that can send you into turbo mode. If you have diarrhea, your digestion is already too fast—you don't want to speed it up any further.
Gut Gripes
Some digestive-system signals are perfectly normal.
"Every day around 11 a.m., my stomach gurgles. Loudly."
A low growl when you're hungry or right after eating means gas and liquid are mixing together as your small intestine contracts.
While it might seem like everyone in the conference room can hear it, "others usually don't notice," says Brandt. If you're
hearing loud, high-pitched squeals, or if the noises are accompanied by abdominal pain, the healthy growling process is happening
too aggressively, and you may want to see your doctor to find out why.
"I'm going three times a day."
Has that always been the case? As long as you're on a regular routine and you don't have severe bloating or cramps between
bathroom visits, you're good to, well, go. (The same is true if you go just a few times a week.) That said, if you're heading
to the loo more than four times a day or fewer than three times a week and feel uncomfortable, consider consulting your physician
to rule out a more serious problem.
"I feel so bloated at the end of the day."
It's normal if your abdomen protrudes a bit by late afternoon. "At that point, your muscles have fatigued and are less capable
of restraining your intestines, so they bulge slightly," says Brandt. It's also no big deal to feel slightly swollen after
a large meal. But an alarm should go off if your abdomen frequently gets measurably bigger and stays that way for hours. That
may signal an intestinal obstruction, a problem with the way your intestine contracts, an electrolyte disorder (an imbalance
of salts in the blood), or liver or ovarian disease.
"I got home just in time!"
If you've got to go when you hit your front door, it's not lucky timing. If you weren't at home, says Brandt, that urge may not have come at all. Our guts and brains are so connected that when you enter the place where you usually do your business, the brain alerts the gut to get moving. That's also why you may be constipated when traveling. Away from your home base, your brain may fail to send the "go" signal to your gut.
If Your Gut Is Always Grumpy
Everyone has diarrhea every now and then—from a bad turkey sandwich, say, or a handshake from someone who's sick, or a shift
in schedule. And some constipation is normal with changes in routine or diet.
Signs of Trouble
If you frequently suffer from diarrhea or constipation, or alternate between the two, you could have irritable bowel syndrome,
or IBS. It's among the most common digestive diseases, affecting 10 to 15 percent of the population. IBS isn't just a catchall
diagnosis for anyone with mild digestive distress. "The definition for it is chronic abdominal discomfort associated with
altered bowel habits," says Brandt.
While there's no hard-and-fast understanding of what causes IBS, one theory is that symptoms stem from an ultrasensitive gastrointestinal
tract. "In people with IBS, the bowels are sensitive to the stimuli of normal digestion at a much lower level than in the
average person," says Brandt. "Their brains interpret those sensations—which a normal person wouldn't notice—as pain." Symptoms
ensue as a result.
More Serious Problems
Frequently troubled digestion can signal other conditions, too. Check for blood in the stool, narrowing of the stool, unexplained weight loss, diarrhea for more than 48 hours, loss of bowel control, or awakening from sleep for bowel movements, any of which could indicate a serious (but often treatable) illness, such as inflammatory bowel disease, celiac disease, or colon cancer.


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For the last three years, Bryan Hartley has enjoyed a luxury few designers get: time to perfect his design. Since 2000 Hartley has been the LD for Trans-Siberian Orchestra's (TSO) Christmas Eve & Other Stories tour. While the musical content doesn't change, for the most part, and you can count on the artistry of Hartley's lighting, his design is ever evolving.
TSO's creator Paul O'Neill and tour director Elliot Saltzman brought in Hartley for the 2000 tour and have never looked back. TSO's centerpiece of the tour is a rock opera that tells the story of an angel's search on Christmas Eve for the one thing on earth that best represents Christmas. The music is sweeping and the songs and narration weave a very emotional story, and the lighting design visually reinforces it. "You don't see shows like this often," Hartley points out. "It's like a miniature Pink Floyd show; it has that same vibe."
Hartley's lighting works as the overall scenic element throughout the piece. He uses a star drop with the right amount of restraint to make the effect worthy of the gasps it elicits from the audience. Hartley has found that there are some key moments where the original cue has become as much a part of the show as a note of the music. "There are some staple moments and certain cues just fit," Hartley muses. "I couldn't see doing them any other way. I like to think that some of the lighting is like a good song; it will stand the test of time." One such cue is when the moving lights sweep into a position that creates the look of a star around the dark silhouette of the singer who plays the angel. This effect highlights one of Hartley's great achievements with his TSO design: the use of beams of light as a visual character.
The TSO tour is actually two — one for the western half of North America, one for the eastern — touring simultaneously with the same lighting design and equipment. Dan Cassar is lighting director for the western leg while Hartley travels with the eastern. The 2002 package includes 30 High End Systems Studio Color® 575s, 30 High End Studio Spot® 575s, eight High End Studio Spot 250s, eight Martin color-changing luminaires feeding the star drop, 28 Wybron color scrollers, over 100 Altman PAR cans, 20 Diversitronics 3kW strobes, a 40W YAG laser from Laser Fantasy, a Flying Pig Systems Wholehog II with expansion wing, and three diamond-shaped truss set pieces made of Total Fabrications Auto Truss. The first and second years, Hartley took the tour's lighting package out of Westsun. Craig Redden was the point person for Westsun and this year TSO followed Redden to Q1 of Winnipeg. Hartley explains, "I really enjoy working with Craig; whatever we need, we get, and every time we do a tour Craig knows we will be adding more gear."
The reason for the addition of gear each year is designer luxury number two of working with TSO — Paul O'Neill, who understands and supports the impact that the lighting has on the overall show and is a firm believer in the idea that more is good. "Paul is so supportive of taking the show up another level every year," says Hartley, and that's why this year the LD has the added punch of a laser unit. "We are using a unit from Laser Fantasy. I saw these guys at LDI and it works really well."
The audience reaction to much of Hartley's lighting is not surprising given the level it achieves but he is sometimes surprised by what they see. "Last year we had arch-shaped trusses and I did these red and green audience sweeps and everyone kept referring to my great Christmas tree effect; it took a while for me to figure out what they meant. Sometimes things just happen."
Hartley is already planning for next year and he holds out promises of some really big surprises. Hartley "loves doing this tour" and he has had the same lighting crew for all three years. "It's great to have good guys to call and work with," Hartley comments. Saltzman is another reason the LD looks forward to returning. "He always goes above and beyond to take care of people. He is really good at what he does and is truly unique; plus, this year's catering was amazing." Hartley concludes, "I look forward to this tour every year and next year is going to blow this year away." More images of the design progression for TSO can be found at www.bryanhartley.com.


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on Aug 14, 2013 at 4:47 pm
80 in a 40 is enough for a. Lock him up an throw away the key.
on Aug 15, 2013 at 8:38 am
This is a horrible story... This 18-year-old kid made a horrible mistake, but locking him up and throwing away the key?! He just graduated high school and never experienced freedom. No college. No fun. What a sad loss of lives for all involved.
But what the cops did to his father is really bad... How can cops get a warrant to search a safe? The father wasn't even involved and they arrested him on non-related items. What probable cause did they have to search his home thoroughly? If you child is involved in a crime, the cops get to serve a search warrant for your parents items and property? How is this legal?!
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Not all occupations are created equal when it comes to geographic distribution. Some occupations are concentrated in relatively few geographic areas; others are spread more evenly across the United States. Specific occupations might be clustered in particular types of geographic settings, such as large urban areas or small rural ones. And some locations are especially likely to have a specific occupation—even areas that have relatively low overall employment. This article examines the geographic distribution of occupations.
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POST FALLS, Idaho - Around 8:30 AM Friday morning, a compact car driver collided with a semi carrying bread.
The car was caught under the trailer, but within two hours both cars were removed from the scene.
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3.81/5 rDev -0.3%
A: There is a brewed date on the bottle of 7/11/13. The beer is a hazy dark gold with an off white head that quickly fades to a thin ring around the glass.
S: A medium floral and citrus hops aroma with a strong malt aroma showing moderate biscuit and caramel character. Some fresh dry hops notes along with the grassiness that that brings.
T: A solid hops bitterness over a strong malt foundation with a moderate creaminess. Biscuit and caramel flavors from the malt with low hops flavors. Moderate English yeast fruitiness. The balance is firmly bitters with an off-dry finish.
O: A bitter, somewhat fruity beer with a big hop nose.
08-19-2013 03:57:00 | More by MadScientist
3.76/5 rDev -1.6%
Served as usual from a bottle to a chilled glass. Best by date is 12/4/13.
Appearance - The first thing I noticed about this pale ale was its beautiful dark golden hue that is slightly foggy. Right after pouring, the head was white and about two to three fingers thick. Quickly settles down to half finger head. Perfect amount of bubbles can be seen rising from the bottom of the glass. Nice streaky lacing.
Smell - As described on the bottle, it carries a pleasant floral aroma with a slight citrus scent and a hoppy back ground. Not bad but nothing incredibly special here.
Taste - Wow, Odell Brewing really did great on the taste. I could drink this all day long. Slightly caramel tasting but not too sweet. I get a bread taste but also a citrus flavor that comes through quite well. It has a nice hoppy aftertaste but nothing crazy. Perfect hop flavor for a pale ale in my opinion.
Mouthfeel - Medium bodied and very noticeable carbonation, though easy to drink. You really taste the flavors in the middle of the tongue at first and they quickly spread throughout. This pale ale finished dry.
Overall - This is a good beer. Actually its great. I wasn't expecting much from it, but I honestly can say that I would probably opt for this one over stones pale ale (which I had before this) The hop bitterness comes through just enough to be enjoyable but doesn't take away from the other flavors offered in this brew. Where it lacks in the smell department, it makes up for in the taste and mouth department. I also quite like the bottle, nicely designed and a quality label. Go ahead and pick up a couple of these and you won't regret it.
11-06-2013 02:27:48 | More by SteadySippin
3.63/5 rDev -5%
Dark hazy orange pour into my glass that produces a sturdy inch of off white foam on top. Patchy lacing sticks to the glass. Aromas of bready caramel malts along with some nice hop oils in there as well. Citric and earthy.
A mellow mix of caramel and pale malts leads the way on this one followed up by some fruity tones. Herbal, earthy somewhat citric hops arrive next and bring a nice dose of bitterness. I get a biscuit flavor as the brew flows down. Finishes with a good balance.
Medium bodied on the tongue with lots of carbonation. Goes down easy enough. Overall, an easy drinking pale ale to be found here with a bit of a biscuit twist. Solid brew, but it doesn't really do anything to differentiate itself from the pack.
09-26-2007 23:36:10 | More by orbitalr0x
3.9/5 rDev +2.1%
One more from my mixed 6 of Odell's brews I picked up while out west.
Clear caramel body, white head, half inch thick, reduced to a sporadic layer of dense foam. Decent lacing around the glass.
Hops are floral mainly, offering a bit of sweetness. I seem to get some fleeting bits of pine and citrus as well, showing the American influence on this beer. A bit of earthy malts come out when I swirl it, caramel malts show up as well. Smells good, not too overpowering considering the FWH and the DH this beer saw.
Flavor has more of the earthy malt tones coming out forming the basis for this beer. Hops are still present but they are weaker than the aroma indicated. More herbal, grassy in this sense and lives up more to the English Pale category this is grouped in. Not quite as "dirty" tasting overall as lots of the overseas versions of this style are. A bit of butteriness takes hold over most of the flavor, but still typical of the style IMO.
Good medium bodied mouthfeel with the carbonation in check. Flavor lingers for a bit before slowly fading away. Good drinkabilty overall. Nice flavor and really easy to put down. A nice beer.
09-08-2006 00:48:47 | More by blitz134
3.75/5 rDev -1.8%
03-08-2013 22:09:45 | More by Imaster
South Dakota
4.11/5 rDev +7.6%
Nitro tap version into a pint glass.
A love medium-dark amber with a thin head of dense, creamy foam.
The aroma seems a bit muted. I get biscuit up front and a bit of tropical fruit. Mango, orange, maybe a hint of peach.
The taste is very nice, sweet up front with the hops muted a bit. I get bread and maybe a bit of candied fruit. There is a nice hoppy finish with a hint of citrus and grass and some lingering, light bitterness. Went great with a burger.
The mouthfeel is the highlight of this nitro version. Smooth, creamy and mouth-coating. Just awesome.
Overall, really enjoyed this beer. Would love to have it again. may have to pick up a growler.
05-24-2014 17:23:23 | More by SD-Alefan
3.78/5 rDev -1%
Growler. Pours a light amber with a medium off-white head.
The aroma is caramel malts and fresh hops.
The flavor is malts with some reserved green hops. It has a nice dry-hopped finish that gives some good hop burps. It is medium to light bodied.
Overall, it's a good mild American Pale Ale. The American hops differentiate it quite a bit from the English hops in the Cutthroat Pale. I like the dry hopped flavor. I wish it was even hoppier!
03-16-2005 07:52:31 | More by Beaver13
3/5 rDev -21.5%
05-25-2014 04:42:58 | More by mverity
3.9/5 rDev +2.1%
12 oz bottle pours a chill hazed amber body with a delicate offwhite head that leaves behind a lot of clingy lacing. Aroma is earthy and citrusy hops that have a grassy and piney component. Malt notes are toasty and biscuity. Body is medium and well carbonated. Taste is earthy hops with grassy elements. Softer citrus notes emerge as it warms. Malt backbone balances well, with a toasty and biscuity caramel presence. More of an American IPA than an English Pale Ale but pleasantly drinkable.
01-17-2008 13:59:07 | More by merlin48
4/5 rDev +4.7%
Serving glass: Poured from bottle into Nonic Imperial Pint.
Appearance: Clear amber-gold with decent cream colored head and nice lacing for an EPA.
Smell: Semi-sweet caramel, tea, spicy and citric hops.
Taste: Nicely balanced between malts and hops. The malts are loaded with caramel, tea and a mild earthiness, while the hops are fresh and spicy with twinge of citrus. Hoppier than a typical EPA, but it does not drown out the malts.
Feel: Moderate carbonation, medium body, nice drying finish. More crisp than a typical EPA but it suits the beer well.
Drinkability: One of the better English Pale Ales I have had, with a great balance, slightly ramped-up hops, and a nice feel overall.
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Light brown to amber in color with a bit of haziness. An inch thick rocky white head is present. Aroma of piney hops dominates and light malt is faint. The piney hops are also at the front of the palate. I also get some light grains but they struggle to make their presence known throughout even the fade. This beer is dry and crisp. It just seems more like an IPA.
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Amber darkish color. Below average carbonation, head and lacing.
Taste of wood. Seems consistent with a lot of the O'Dell's. Grainy. Not exactly west coast pale, nor british. Really tastes closer to an amber ale than the pales I'm used to. Neat to check out once, but wouldn't see myself purchasing this at $7.99 anytime soon.
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West Virginia
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Appears an orange copper hue nice sized off white head leaves fine streaks of lacing down my pint. Aroma has citrus aromatics biscuit toned pale malts very nice hop profile here. Taste has a moderate bitterness citrus fruit zest bready pale malt balances very well together very nice depth to the simple straight forward pale ale if that makes any sense. Mouthfeel light to medium bodied pale even smooth carbonation touch of oiliness in the texture. Drinkability is great such a balanced pale with ample hop flavor good indeed a good drink near 5 barrels of this stuff, quality.
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I had this at an Odell tasting in Saint Paul, MN. The beer was served on draft.
A beautiful beer with great carbonation and nice head.
Tasting notes: hoppy. Smells earthy, with lots of grapefruit and marijuana. Crisp and well carbonated. Clean finish. A bit more bitter than your typical pale ale.
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Pond hockey players, for example. They depend upon the plunging temperatures to glaze area lakes and ponds.
Many area hockey enthusiasts are hoping Mother Nature's dose of cold sticks around long enough for this year's 4-on-4 tournament in Lake in the Hills.
The LITH Parks and Recreation Department is preparing for the upcoming 2014 Outdoor Pond Hockey Tournament on Woods Creek Lake, which is scheduled from 8 am. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 18.
So far, 13 teams have registered to play, said Trevor Bosack, recreation supervisor for the LITH Parks and Recreation Department. There's room for three more teams, Bosack said.
"We've been getting calls and requests for information from people who are interested," Bosack said. "With the cold weather we've had, I think we are going to have the necessary ice thickness for this year's tournament."
The fee to enter $125 per team, players must be at least 18 years old, and rosters can include up to seven players per team. This year's registered teams hale from Chicago, Arlington Heights, Oakwood Hills, Huntley Crystal Lake and Lake in the Hills.
The village's Public Works Department has already begun moving snow on Woods Creek Lake to create the four rinks, and Bosack has been busy securing referees for the games.
All games are two 15-minute (running clock) halves with a one-minute halftime. The competition is a double-elimination tournament, and each team is guaranteed to play at least two games.
The village held its first outdoor pond hockey tournament in 2012, which was a huge success. However, last year Mother Nature delivered a dose of warm weather, thawing the ice on the lake, and the event had to be canceled. This year's rain date is Feb. 1, in case the weather takes a turn for the warm.
The public is welcome to come out and watch the games, which promise to be action-packed as no goalies are used and there is little stoppage of play.
"These are fast moving games," Bosack said. "In the morning, it'll be more easy-going and fun. But the games intensify in the afternoon (as the teams advance)."
The outdoor rinks will be located near Indian Trail Beach on Woods Creek Lake, 228 Indian Trail in Lake in the Hills.
More information about the tournament can be found on the Lake in the Hills village website.


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Amen. 5 and 7 AEB is one of the most useable day-to-day improvements I have enjoyed with the 5D Mark III. With the 7D, I need to take 3, then go into menu, shift it all, and take 3 more. With the 5D Mark III, I can lay a -1 to +1 range on thirds. Should not require any technology changes - just firmware.
This was certainly one of the upgrades I was hoping for as well (why wouldn't canon do this - it must be a fairly straight forward change?). There is a relatively effective go around though: pre-set C2 and C3 to the desired brackets, then it's just one click from C2 after your first three shots, to C3 - not perfect, but better than diving back into the menu.


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Seriously thinking of selling my 5D Mk2 now that I can get a Mk3 for around £1800.Where are you seeing a 5DIII for £1800? The cheapest i've seen one for is £1929 inc Vat.
The 1DX just isn't realistic for me given the price and the Mk3 has advantages for what i shoot. The question isn't whether I want one regarding its features. I think it would be a great upgrade now.
Anyhoo, I'm seeing issues regarding reliability popping up on this and other forums regarding issues with it.
I'm concerned that I'll be going from the 5D Mk2, which is pretty much bullet-proof at this point due to how long they've been making them, to something that might let me down due to teething problems which seem to persist over a year since it was released.
Your thoughts, please?
I was the first person in Wiltshire to have a 5D, 5DII and 5DIII...My cams are on a three year cycle and one of them always falls on the availability date for the 5D. Weird but true and very expensive....I end up paying through the nose for my "first of the new model".
I've run with my first 5DIII for over a year now and I've covered a lot of different events, weddings, wildlife, wild sea birds, landscapes. It's been in howling rain and wind, sandy beaches in winter (which nearly ruined my Gitzo tripod in one day), rainy weddings, thunder storms...and it hasn't missed a beat.
It's taken a few knocks and still looks kinda fresh. Although compared to my newer 5DIII, it's easy to see which one has had a harder life! The 5DIII is a far better built and more rugged camera than the 5D or 5DII ever was. Sure, there's always the odd manfacturing mistake, the odd rouge camera. But my copies have been consitently good and I would wager that the current 5DIII is nearly a rugged as a 1D series. It's not that far off.
When comparing a pair of 5DIII's to a single 1DX, it's hard to justify the additional expense of the 1DX. The 5DIII does so much so well....and it had that fab silent shutter mode. 6.5 fps is certainly fast enough for most uses, but if you need 12fps....then a 1DX is the only option.
The new AF array takes a while to get used to and to personalise. Please don't buy this on a friday and expect to be proficient in battle the next morning....it's got an entirely new menu system and 80% of this camera is new and improved. I had a 7D for a few years, so that helped a lot. But it was still quite a learning curve.
It's easily the best DSLR i've used professionally. By that, I mean that if you don't need the 12fps of the 1Dx, then the 5DIII is a better choice in nearly every area and it's a bit more versatile due to it's size and stealth.


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Demoted Christian wins gay marriage court battle
A Christian who was demoted for posting his opposition to gay marriage on Facebook has won his breach of contract legal action.Read the full story
A Christian who was demoted for posting his opposition to gay marriage on Facebook has won his breach of contract legal action.Read the full story
The chief executive of Trafford Housing Trust says the trust has made a 'full and sincere' apology to an employee who was demoted and given a final written warning after he expressed his opposition to gay marriage.
"We fully accept the court's decision and I have made a full and sincere apology to Adrian. At the time we believed we were taking the appropriate action following discussions with our employment solicitors and taking into account his previous disciplinary record.
"We have always vigorously denied allegations that the Trust had breached an employee's rights to freedom of religious expression under Human Rights and Equalities legislation and, in a written judgment handed down on 21st March 2012, a district judge agreed that these matters should be struck out.
– Matthew Gardiner, Trafford Housing Trust chief executive
"This has been a case about the interpretation of our code of conduct and the use of social media by our managers.
"This case has highlighted the challenges that businesses face with the increased use of social media and we have reviewed our documentation and procedures to avoid a similar situation arising in the future. Adrian remains employed by the Trust and I am pleased this matter has now concluded."
The Judicial Office twitter feed (@JudiciaryUK) has just Tweeted a link to the full judgement in the demoted Christian case. You can find it here: bit.ly/S221ar
A Christian who won a breach of contract court case after he was demoted for expressing his opposition to gay marriage says he fears there will be more court cases if 'marriage is redefined'.
– Adrian Smith
"I have won today. But what will tomorrow bring? I am fearful that, if marriage is redefined, there will be more cases like mine – and if the law of marriage changes people like me may not win in court.
"Does the Prime Minister want to create a society where people like me, people who believe in traditional marriage, are treated as outcasts? That may not be his intention, but that's what will happen.
"The Prime Minister should think very carefully about the impact of redefining marriage on ordinary people."
A Christian Housing Manager who was demoted from his post at Trafford Housing Trust (THT) after saying gay weddings in churches would be "an equality too far" has won a court case.
Adrian Smith had his salary cut by 40% and given a final written warning after making the comment on Facebook.
He started breach of contract proceedings against THT, saying the trust acted unlawfully in demoting him.
His comments were not visible to the general public, and were posted outside work time, but the trust said he broke its code of conduct by expressing religious or political views which might upset co-workers.
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Henry Fuseli
|Henry Fuseli
Henry Fuseli, 1778. Portrait by James Northcote.
|Johann Heinrich Füssli
7 February 1741
Zürich, Switzerland
|17 April 1825
(aged 84)
Putney Hill, London
|Known for
|painting, draughtsmanship
|Notable work(s)
|The Nightmare
Henry Fuseli (German: Johann Heinrich Füssli) (7 February 1741 – 17 April 1825) was a Swiss painter, draughtsman and writer on art who worked and spent most of his life in Britain.
Fuseli was born in Zürich, Switzerland, the second of eighteen children. His father was Johann Caspar Füssli, a painter of portraits and landscapes, and author of Lives of the Helvetic Painters. He intended Henry for the church, and sent him to the Caroline college of Zurich, where he received an excellent classical education. One of his schoolmates there was Johann Kaspar Lavater, with whom he became close friends.
After taking orders in 1761 Fuseli was forced to leave the country as a result of having helped Lavater to expose an unjust magistrate, whose powerful family sought revenge. He first travelled through Germany, and then, in 1765, visited England, where he supported himself for some time by miscellaneous writing. Eventually, he became acquainted with Sir Joshua Reynolds, to whom he showed his drawings. Following Sir Joshua's advice he devoted himself wholly to art. In 1770 he made an art-pilgrimage to Italy, where he remained until 1778, changing his name from Füssli to Fuseli, because it was more Italian-sounding.
Early in 1779 he returned to Britain, taking in Zürich on his way. He found a commission awaiting him from Alderman Boydell, who was then organizing his famous Shakespeare Gallery. Fuseli painted a number of pieces for Boydell, and published an English edition of Lavater's work on physiognomy. He likewise gave William Cowper some valuable assistance in preparing a translation of Homer. In 1788 Fuseli married Sophia Rawlins (originally one of his models), and he soon after became an associate of the Royal Academy. The early feminist Mary Wollstonecraft, whose portrait he had painted, planned a trip with him to Paris, and pursued him determinedly, but after Sophia's intervention the Fuseli's door was closed to her forever. Fuseli was later to say "I hate clever women. They are only troublesome".[1] In 1790 he was promoted to Academician for which he produced Thor battering the Midgard Serpent as his diploma work.[2]
In 1799 Fuseli exhibited a series of paintings from subjects furnished by the works of John Milton, with a view to forming a Milton gallery corresponding to Boydell's Shakespeare gallery. There were 47 Milton paintings, many of them very large; they were completed at intervals in the space of nine years. The exhibition, which closed in 1800, proved a commercial failure. In 1799 Fuseli was also appointed professor of painting to the Academy. Four years afterwards he was chosen as Keeper, and resigned his professorship; but he resumed it in 1810, and continued to hold both offices until his death. In 1805 he brought out an edition of Pilkington's Lives of the Painters, which did little for his reputation. As Keeper, he was succeeded by Henry Thomson.
Antonio Canova, when on his visit to England, was much taken with Fuseli's works, and on returning to Rome in 1817 caused him to be elected a member of the first class in the Academy of St Luke. Fuseli, after a life of uninterrupted good health, died at the house of the Countess of Guildford on Putney Hill,[3] at the advanced age of eighty-four. He was buried in the crypt of St Paul's Cathedral. He was comparatively rich at his death.
As a painter, Fuseli favoured the supernatural. He pitched everything on an ideal scale, believing a certain amount of exaggeration necessary in the higher branches of historical painting. In this theory he was confirmed by the study of Michelangelo's works and the marble statues of the Monte Cavallo,[4] which, when at Rome, he liked to contemplate in the evening, relieved against a murky sky or illuminated by lightning. The violent and intemperate action which he often displays, in the conventional wisdom, destroys the grand effect of many of his pieces. A striking illustration of this occurs in his famous picture of "Hamlet breaking from his Attendants to follow the Ghost": Hamlet, it has been said, looks as though he would burst his clothes with convulsive cramps in all his muscles.
On the other hand, his paintings are never either languid or cold. His figures are full of life and earnestness, and seem to have an object in view which they follow with intensity. Like Rubens he excelled in the art of setting his figures in motion. Though the lofty and terrible was his proper sphere, Fuseli had a fine perception of the ludicrous. The grotesque humour of his fairy scenes, especially those taken from A Midsummer-Night's Dream, is in its way not less remarkable than the poetic power of his more ambitious works.
As a colourist Fuseli has but small claims to distinction but was a described as a master of light,and shadow.[5] He scorned to set a palette as most artists do; he merely dashed his tints recklessly over it. Not infrequently he used his paints in the form of a dry powder, which he hastily combined on the end of his brush with oil, or turpentine, or gold size, regardless of the quantity, and depending on accident for the general effect. This recklessness may perhaps be explained by the fact that he did not paint in oil until he was twenty-five years of age. Despite these drawbacks he possessed the elements of a great painter.
Fuseli painted more than 200 pictures, but he exhibited only a small number of them. His earliest painting represented "Joseph interpreting the Dreams of the Baker and Butler"; the first to excite particular attention was The Nightmare, exhibited in 1782. He painted two versions, shown in the Nightmare article. Themes seen in "The Nightmare" were repeated in his 1796 painting, "Night-Hag visiting the Lapland Witches."
His sketches or designs numbered about 800; they have admirable qualities of invention and design, and are frequently superior to his paintings. In his drawings, as in his paintings, his method included deliberately exaggerating the due proportions of the parts and throwing his figures into contorted attitudes. One technique involved setting down arbitrary points on a sheet, which then became the extreme points of the various limbs—rather like creating a constellation from the unintentional relations of stars. Notable examples of these drawings were made in concert with George Richmond when the two artists were together in Rome.
He rarely drew the figure from life, basing his art on study of the antique and Michelangelo. He produced no landscapes—"Damn Nature! she always puts me out," was his characteristic exclamation—and painted only two portraits.
His general powers of mind were large. He was a thorough master of French, Italian, English and German, and could write in all these tongues with equal facility and vigour, though he preferred German as the vehicle of his thoughts. The principal work is his series of Lectures in the Royal Academy, twelve in number, commenced in 1801.
Many interesting anecdotes of Fuseli, and his relations to contemporary artists, are given in his Life by John Knowles (1831). He influenced the art of Fortunato Duranti.
Time in England[edit]
In 1788 Fuseli started to write essays and reviews for the Analytical Review. With Thomas Paine, William Godwin, Joseph Priestley, Erasmus Darwin, Mary Wollstonecraft, and other men and women interested in art, literature and politics, Fuseli frequented the home of Joseph Johnson, a publisher and prominent figure in radical British political and intellectual life. He also visited Allerton Hall in Liverpool, the home of William Roscoe.
When Louis XVI was executed in France in 1793, he condemned the revolution as despotic and anarchic, although he had first welcomed it as a sign of "an age pregnant with the most gigantic efforts of character." In 1799 he was appointed professor of painting at the Royal Academy, and keeper of the Academy in 1804. Among his pupils were John Constable (1776–1837), the major English landscape painter of his time, Benjamin Haydon (1786–1846), William Etty (1787–1849), and Edwin Landseer (1802–73), who first exhibited at the age of twelve. William Blake, who was sixteen years his junior, recognized a debt to him, and for a time many English artists copied his mannerisms.
The artist in conversation with Johann Jakob Bodmer, 1778–1781
The death of Achilles, 1780.
The daughters of Pandareus, c.1795
Odysseus in front of Scylla and Charybdis, 1794–1796
Brunhilde observing Gunther, whom she has tied to the ceiling, 1807
See also[edit]
- Füssli, Johann Caspar (1706–1782), Swiss portrait painter (father of Henry Fuseli)
- Füssli, Johann Kaspar (1743–1786), Swiss entomologist (brother of Henry Fuseli)
References and sources[edit]
- References
- ^ Myrone, Martin (2001) Henry Fuseli. London: Tate Gallery Publishing, p. 53. ISBN 1854373579
- ^ Henry Fuseli, R.A. 1741 - 1825. Thor battering the Midgard Serpent, 1790. Royal Academy of Arts Collections, 5 February 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2014. Archived here.
- ^ "Putney | Old and New London: Volume 6 (pp. 489–503)". British-history.ac.uk. 2003-06-22. Retrieved 2012-05-14.
- ^ Papal Palace on Monte Cavallo, Rome. Retrieved 2011-12-28.
- ^ Leslie C. R. Letter to Miss Leslie December 1816, Autobiographical Recollections, Ed. Tom Taylor, Ticknor & Fields, Boston 1855
- Sources
- Johann Heinrich Füssli in the SIKART dictionary and database
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: William Michael Rossetti (1911). "Fuseli, Henry". In Chisholm, Hugh. Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
Further reading[edit]
- Calè, Luisa. Fuseli's Milton Gallery: 'Turning readers into spectators'. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2006.
- Keay, Carolyn. Henry Fuseli. London: Academy Editions, 1974.
- Lentzsch, Franziska, et al. Fuseli: The Wild Swiss. Zürich: Scheidegger & Spiess, 2005.
- Myrone, Martin. Gothic Nightmares: Fuseli, Blake and the Romantic Imagination. London: Tate Publishing, 2006.
- Powell, Nicolas. Fuseli: The Nightmare. London: Allen Lane, 1973.
- Pressly, Nancy L. The Fuseli Circle in Rome: Early Romantic Art of the 1770s. New Haven: Yale Center for British Art, 1979.
- Tomory, P. A. The Life and Art of Henry Fuseli. New York: Praeger, 1972.
- Weinglass, David H. Henry Fuseli and the Engraver's Art. Boston: World Wide Books, 1982.
External links[edit]
|Fuseli's Titania and Bottom, Smarthistory
- Media related to Johann Heinrich Füssli at Wikimedia Commons
- Fuseli's Lecture on Painting 1801
- Henry Fuseli (1741–1825)
- 18th-century British painters
- 19th-century British painters
- Burials at St Paul's Cathedral
- Deaths in London
- Keepers of the Royal Academy
- British portrait painters
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- Royal Academicians
- 1741 births
- 1825 deaths
- People from Zürich
- 18th-century Swiss painters
- 19th-century Swiss painters
- People associated with William Blake


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Valdosta State Students now have a better understanding of just how dangerous texting and driving can be.
The Office of Health Promotions brought the PEERS Awareness texting and driving simulator to the campus Monday.
Dozens of students sat in the car and typed a text message while driving on a virtual road.
Many students failed the test, hitting pedestrians and cars they didn't see coming.
"I was over the speed limit like three times, and I hit somebody, so that's not good," said student Malcome Meyers.
"Make the phone call if it's that serious, just put the phone down," said student Derrell James.
The simulator is on a college campus tour. It's heading to Alabama next to continue showing students the dangers of texting and driving.
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(Demoscene) Artifacts (TDF 2013)
Artifacts is a very pleasant demo that won the first place at the combined demo competition at Tokyo Demo Fest 2013. An excellent way to start this new week!
Artifacts is an OpenGL 2 demo and uses OpenCL for some effects (particles, mesh deformation).
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This blog is where I collate all my cooking ideas and notes…
It's still rather new, but I'm slowly adding to it. Any suggestions you could offer would be much appreciated. Some of the recipes I posted earlier don't have photos, but I have been taking photos for my recent entries. Sometimes I'll post the recipe first while I'm cooking and taking photos so the pictures might be uploaded a few days later. Still lots of work to do to it, but I'm enjoying it.
Will soon be posting a recipe for "sukiyaki" and possibly toppoki (once I've experimented enough times to be more confident with it). I should do some fish recipes too, but we don't eat fish that often (except when we have sushi and sashimi…)
Oh, and having recently had some really nice creamy cheese and trying to look it up on the internet (found out it was called brillat savarin), I've come across many cheese making websites and have been thinking about making my own cheeses too. Will start with making cottage/ricotta this weekend so we could make "spinach ricotta cannelloni" (will most certainly take photos and post a recipe for it afterwards if it turns out well.) Guess we'll see how it goes.
And I've had this idea of making gluten-free gnocchi for quite a while now, just haven't time to actually test it out yet. Should really try and get around to it soon.
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Parents talk about about school safety worries at public forum
Original post made on Jan 18, 2013
Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, January 18, 2013, 7:39 AM
on Jan 18, 2013 at 9:45 am
Was Principal Dwyer's bullying statement taken out of context or is he out of touch on the subject of bullying? When victims are pushed out of a social group over and over again, it can cause a build up of resentment over time and when the victims break, they have brought guns to school and in some cases unleashed violence upon their abusers and/or the public at large. e.g. Columbine, Taft, Marsh, Miller Grove etc. Some statistics: Web Link
Taft - Kern County Sheriff Youngblood said the suspect alleges the two students he targeted had bullied him for more than a year, but the sheriff couldn't confirm the allegations.
"Certainly he believed that the two people he targeted had bullied him, in his mind. Whether that occurred or not we don't know yet," Youngblood said.
on Jan 18, 2013 at 9:52 am
I'm with the students and their parents.
Hopefully, the discussion to protect students will continue. It's the job of a principal to claim that the schools are safe. What we know is that that is not always the case.
There is nothing like assertive parents when it comes to protecting their children. VIVA!
on Jan 18, 2013 at 10:03 am
I think the idea of the teachers having tasers is a GREAT idea. It could be kept in the emergency bags that they each have in their classrooms, and locked away in their cabinet or drawer. If needed, they can take it out for an emergency. Usually there is a warning for an intruder and teachers are suppose to lock their doors and shut the lights and move children to an area of the classroom so that an intruder doesnt see them in the class. I know in some situations an intruder could walk right in a room and start shooting, but other classes would get the warning and having a taser would be a great asset.If the district makes it mandatory to have teachers learn CPR, they can also have them learn how to use a taser and what to do in an emergency situation.
Administrators need to listen to the teachers who are in class with some of these suspicious characters/students and take it seriously. Who knows what some of these kids carry in their backpacks.If you want teachers to report when a student has bizarre behavior or is suspicious of something, then search his/her backpack and dont just send them back to the classroom. And parents shouldn't defend their kid if their backpack is searched. If a teacher or administrator has reason, then they should be able to search it. Too many parents don't like the invasion of their kid's rights, but too many kids get killed because people ignore the signs that are right in front of them for fear that a parent will sue the school!


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MONROE, La., (KNOE 8 News) - The University of Louisiana at Monroe's School of Visual and Performing Arts will present the 2013 Guitar Festival, Feb.18 – Feb. 22. All events are free and open to the public.
Various concerts and master classes will take place in Brown Auditorium and Emy-Lou Biedenharn Recital Hall.
At 7:30 p.m., on Monday, Feb. 18, the Louisiana Community Guitar Orchestra will perform in ULM's Brown Auditorium. The coordinators of this event ask any and all local guitarists to bring their guitars to this fun event where players of all levels (including beginners) play guitar together in a guitar orchestra.
This year's featured guest is Gene Bertoncini, a jazz guitarist who will perform in the Emy-Lou Biedenharn Recital Hall, at 7:30 p.m., on Tuesday, Feb. 19. Bertoncini is known worldwide for his fluid technique and lyricism. He has appeared on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, and in 1999, The Washington Post named his performance in New York City "the best jazz concert of the year." Bertoncini will be accompanied by bassist Ron Kadish.
Steve Masakowski, recognized as one of the top jazz artists from New Orleans, will perform in the Emy-Lou Biedenharn Recital Hall, at 7:30 p.m., on Wednesday, Feb. 20. Masakowski has been voted "Best Guitarist" and has won "Best Contemporary Jazz Group" in multiple New Orleans publications. He is currently a faculty member at the University of New Orleans, where he retains the position of Coca-Cola Endowed Chair of Jazz Studies. Masakowski will be accompanied by bassist Martin Masakowski, and drummer Louis Ramanos.
Cain Budds, guitar professor from Louisiana Tech University, will perform at 11 a.m., Thursday, Feb. 21, in the Emy-Lou Biedenharn Recital Hall. Budds will also teach a master class with ULM guitar students.
At 7:30 p.m., on Thursday, Feb. 21, in the Emy-Lou Biedenharn Recital Hall, Daniel Sumner, assistant professor of guitar at ULM, will be in concert with Carvel Avis and friends.
ULM guitar students, with special guest guitarists from Louisiana Tech and the Monroe-area community will be in concert in the Emy-Lou Biedenharn Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m. on Friday Feb. 22.
For more information, please contact Dan Sumner at 318-342-1577 or Debra Lindley at 318-342-3248.


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"Reacher said..."
The really good entries in the Jack Reacher entries, with Dick Hill's spot-on narrations, definitely pull you in, and this is one of the really good ones. Set in an unnamed city in "the heartland" (later identified as Indiana), I found "One Shot" to be un-put-downable, even though I agree with the reviewer who was distracted by constant repetition of the line "Reacher said nothing" (or "character X said nothing, or "character Y said nothing," but mostly it's Reacher who says nothing).
Great villains and a fast-paced story that keeps you guessing. I gather they are making a movie of this one starring Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher (by coincidence, both Cruise and Reacher are between 5 and 7 feet tall).
I only discovered author Lee Child and this series about a year ago, when I picked up the CD of "Gone Tomorrow" at the library. Turned out to be one of those sit-in-the-car audiobooks that keeps you glued to the steering wheel waiting to see what happens next. I didn't care for "Killing Floor," the first in the series, but have gone through five of the more recent titles (including this one and the terrific "Bad Luck and Trouble") with lightning speed and fear I may be in danger of becoming a "Reacher creacher." Time for some heavy-duty classical history (Tacitus anyone?) as an antidote!
"Fun on the Run"
Naxos releases another Heyer classic. This one is a short, fast, fun read. Our hero and heroine, both being pressured by family to enter marriages they find abhorrent, "meet cute": Penelope has shorn her hair, donned men's clothes, and is climbing out the window at 3 a.m. when she is rescued by a "bosky" Sir Richard, who is walking home after drowning his sorrows at White's Club.
Stirred by the idea of disappearing--and thus not having to propose to "the iceberg" his mother is pushing on him--Sir Richard (in his elegantly inebrieted state) agrees to pose as the gender-disguised "Penn's" tutor so that he can escort her to her childhood sweetheart's family estate.
By the time our hero sobers up, he and "Penn" are travelling on a public stagecoach, where they meet with an interesting assortment of the common folk (no fancy dress balls or evenings at Almack's in this story), and an especially interesting assortment of highway robbers. Mystery and danger ensue, but we know what will happen in the end--which is part of the joy of these books, at least for some of us.
Georgina Sutton's narration is top-notch; all the Naxos narrators are competent, but she's exceptionally good.
"May You Live in Interesting Times"
The first five novels in Stephen Saylor's "Roma Sub Rosa" saga span almost 30 years, from when Gordianus the Finder met Cicero the Advocate ("Roman Blood," set in 80 BC) to the murder of Clodius ("Murder on the Appian Way," 52 BC). Gordianus rubbed shoulders with historical bigshots while he solved crimes, got married, acquired children, and watched as the Roman republic crumbled. In "Rubicon," the sixth book of the series, he (and we) reach the era of outright civil war--early 49 BC, as Julius Caesar and his legions "cross the Rubicon" in defiance of the Roman senate and its leader, Pompey Magnus ("the great," a title Pompey apparently bestowed on himself).
"Rubicon" opens with Pompey's nephew found murdered in the atrium of Gordianus' own home. "Pompey is going to be mightily pissed," moans Gordianus, now 60 and retired. He has tried to avoid taking sides in the civil war, despite the fact that his son Meto is Caesar's close adviser and literary amanuensis. Gordianus the Finder has given way to Gordianus the Father (and grandfather), paterfamilias of a unique family that he loves deeply and is desperate to protect. But of course the startling murder drags him into the thick of things. Pompey, about to lead his own army against Caesar, takes Gordianus' son-in-law hostage and will return him only when Gordianus finds the killer.
Especially considering that it's one of the shorter entries in the series, the plot of "'Rubicon" is complex. There are secret love affairs and coded messages and disguises and blackmail and a climactic battle. The ending reveals the killer but opens up a whole new mystery that will play out over the next few books.
The Roman Republic-into-Empire era epitomizes the curse "may you live in interesting times." Saylor's books portray the uncertainty, violence, and chaos and its effects on ordinary citizens with verve and scholarship. The parallel but somewhat less earnest SPQR books by John Maddox Roberts feature the same timeframe and events, starring a young aristocrat who is prone to stumble across murders. Both series are treats for the classical history lover.
In terms of audiobooks, it's unfortunate that the early Gordianus novels were *extremely* poorly narrated. Ralph Cosham takes over the narration for Rubicon and later books, and I enjoy him (once I get over wondering how Inspector Armand Gamache--a trademark Cosham character--got from modern Quebec to ancient Rome). The SPQR books are narrated by Simon Vance and John Lee, both great old hands at this type of material. We who are about to listen salute you!
"Three Stories, Each Unique"
The title novella in this anthology by Man Booker Prize recipient Ismail Kadare is a reference to the Greek king Agamemnon, who lured his daughter Iphigenia to the altar with promises of marriage to the hero Achilles, only to seize her and sacrifice her to the gods so that his army would be allowed to sail away and attack Troy. The narrator of Kadare's novella, a broadcast journalist in totalitarian socialist Albania during the early 80s, finds the ancient story of Iphigenia strangely resonant. He is hurting because the woman he loves has recently left him, allegedly because her father did not find their relationship politically expedient. He has also received a last-minute ticket to a grandstand seat at the May Day Parade--a high honor he cannot refuse--and his romantic musings as he walks to claim his unsought "exalted" position are interspersed with paranoid reflections as to the meaning behind the anonymous invitation. Is it really a reward (and if so, for what?), or is it a trap?
"Agamemnon's Daughter" is Kadare's no doubt autobiographical mirror of the conditions prevailing in Albania from 1944-1985, under the rule of dictator Enver Hoxa (referred to in the story as the "Supreme Guide"). During that time Albania achieved unprecedented economic and agricultural success; the people were said to be "tax-free"; education (within rigidly prescribed socialist contexts) was available to all and literacy skyrocketed. By the May Day described, it is also a society where personal privacy, independence, family loyalty, and love itself have been sacrificed to absolute political authority. It is all the more chilling for having been drawn from reality.
The second story, "The Blinding Order," explores the paranoid psychology that grips people when a "witch hunt" is on; in this case, the hunt involves seeking out those who possess the "evil eye." It was an original approach to a topic that's been covered many times.
I found the last and shortest story, "The Great Wall," to be the most interesting. Set in the 14th century, it documents the internal musings of two men, one an engineer called to work on shoring up China's Great Wall against an attack by Tamarlane's army; the second man is a scout for that army. It's not exactly action-packed, but it's an interesting take on fear, conquest, and psyching out the enemy.
This collection was an unusually literary choice for me; I tend to listen mostly to genre fiction, which these stories definitely are not. If this had been a novel I probably would have found it, well, boring, but the length of these pieces made each of them an intriguing change of pace. I was a little put off by the coarse, even misogynisitic, language Kadare uses when describing women sexually, but aside from those brief instances I found the writing admirable. All in all, a worthy selection, especially for anyone interested in political history.
"When Last We Saw Them..."
It has been five years since "An Echo in the Bone" was published, and the long awaited Volume 8 is finally imminent (June 2014). Although readers are now five years older, the forthcoming "Written in My Own Heart's Blood" will apparently pick up the story on the same day (well at least one of the same days) "Echo" ended.
I started listening to this series four years ago and listened to them all in sequence (along with the Lord John Grey books--and a lot other books in between). I just recently finished "Echo," so I guess I timed it right. I can't imagine how frustrating it's been for fans of the series who read "Echo" when it came out to have had all those cliffhangers hanging all this time. You've probably re-read the book in anticipation of the new one; it's certainly a good idea to do so.
After three books set claustrophobically in frontier North Carolina and stories centered almost exclusively on Jamie, Claire, Roger, and Brianna, in "Echo" we *finally* get off of Fraser's Ridge--with a vengeance! If almost nothing happened in "Fiery Cross" and the action was slow (and mostly depressing) in "Snow and Ashes," then "An Echo in the Bone" seems determined to make up for it. Not only do characters from previous books (notably Ian, Lord John, and William) now take center stage right along with J,C,R&B, we are suddenly world and time travelers again. The action covers much of the American east coast, has great scenes in Scotland (in TWO story lines, 200 years apart!), and for kicks throws in several scenes in London and France. We meet historical characters, including Benedict Arnold and a naked Ben Franklin. Even Rollo the Wolfhound gets featured actor status.
The mind reels and the plot jumps can be hard to follow, but I enjoyed "An Echo in the Bone." I'm especially grateful for the action-packed pace after the previous two snoozers. I think you do need to have read "The Brotherhood of the Blade" in the Lord John series to fully appreciate "Echo," but that should not be a hardship; in my opinion, "Brotherhood" is, all things considered, Diana Gabaldon's best novel to date. And I'm glad I won't have to wait five years to find out what happened in Philadelphia that day.
"Heaven for Heyer Fans"
Hard on the heels of Naxos releasing "The Grand Sophy" and "Sylvester," two of Georgette Heyer's greatest, comes the equally wonderful "Venetia." All three books were written at the peak of Heyer's career. "Venetia" has a bit more melodrama than "Sophy" or "Sylvester," partly because of the reformed rake with a painful past that is the the hero, Lord Damerel.
All her life Venetia has heard oblique references to her "delicate position," along with veiled warnings that she must be especially protective of her reputation, "so as not to be thought to be...." At which point her well wishers generally trail off and say something like "....but I must say no more on that head," leaving Venetia puzzled, to say the least. The arrival of the charming but brooding Damerel increases these warnings to a fever pitch, for reasons that the reader will probably guess before Venetia solves the mystery.
During her lifetime Georgette Heyer was said to resent the fact that her Regency romances were so much more popular than her mysteries or her historical fiction. I agree her mysteries are underrated (particularly "Envious Casca," which I think is a minor masterpiece that Masterpiece Mystery should dramatize immediately), but, whether she agreed with the assessment or not, her Regencies are in a class by themselves. The best of them -- including Venetia -- stand head and shoulders above the pack. Enjoy!
"We Aren't in Riyria Any More"
If you are a huge fan of Michael Sullivan's "Riyria Revelations" (as I am), you may be disappointed by storyline of this book. If you love Hadrian and Royce and Gwen and Arista (as I do), you may be disappointed by the characters in this book. If you are simply a fan of Sullivan's writing (as I am), or if you like thought-provoking social commentary with offbeat sort-of science fiction, you may like this book.
Elements of the book reminded me of "Looking Backward," an 1888 book by Edward Bellamy. It is a change to see a vision of the future that had at least some elements of utopia, rather than the bleak and brutal dystopian futures portrayed in most 21st century novels. But 2,000 years is a long time (trying to go 200 years into the future, our MIT-trained protagonist miscalculates by an order of magnitude), and this future is indeed weird.
Definitely a change of pace for Michael Sullivan, and not something I would have chosen if he hadn't been the author. "Hollow World" lives up to his high standards as a novelist, and I'm not exactly sorry I listened to it, but, unlike the "Riyria" books, it's not something I'd want to listen to a second time.
"Bad Queen, Good Queen, Warlord Prince"
You should only consider getting this title if you're already a fan of the Black Jewels trilogy ("Daughter of the Blood," "Heir to the Shadows," and "The Queen of Darkness," hereafter referred to as BJT), and even then I wouldn't recommend "The Invisible Ring."
The BJT is a mix of magic, epic fantasy, sadistic evil, adventure, romance, and erotica (both romantic and BDSM). Its world is one of multiple planes (Terreile, Kaelaer, Hayll, and the Twisted Kingdom) and different races (winged humans, humans who live for centuries, regular humans, "black widows," and undead sorta vamps). Jewels are the source of magic, and the darker the jewel the more potent the magic. Women hold the dominant sexual power and evil queens enforce it by forging "rings of obedience" onto the … anatomy … of any powerful Warlord Prince they can get their hands on.
If you're still reading this after the above description, you might enjoy the BJT books, which are unique, intriguing, exciting, romantic, and often erotic. But "The Invisible Ring," a prequel to the BJT, is none of these.
The marvelous, fully developed characters of BJT are absent. Instead we have the callow Jared and a pretty young pre-queen who may, if Jared and his buddies can manage to save her from the hideously evil Red Queen Dorothea, develop into a full-fledged Grey-Jewelled Queen (grey jewels being pretty high-powered items in this world). Dorothea is the only major character from BJT who shows up (well, BJT' s hero Daemon has a cameo, but it's so pale you can overlook it). Dorothea's scenes are truly gruesome--she is one corrupt witch queen!--but mostly the book is just boring and trite, and very unlike the books of the trilogy.
P.S. The review of Invisible Ring by Tango is spot on. I have been meaning to post this "warning" review for a while, and her excellent summation has just beaten me to it!
"The Names of the Streets are Real"
Archer Mayor's mysteries featuring Joe Gunther are "regionals" depicting life and crime in Brattleboro and other locales of the upper Connecticut River Valley of Vermont, along the Interstate 91 "ski-way." This installment takes Joe south down I-91, into the Western Massachusetts part of the Valley--which happens to be the region where I happily hang out. The action centers on Northampton, the self-proclaimed "Paradise City" of the book's title, which is generally regarded as the fine arts and fine dining center of Western Mass. (Snobs from Boston need not comment on that statement, thank you.)
I enjoyed reading the portrayals of Northampton, Amherst, Greenfield, and other haunts of my stomping grounds. Most of the places described are real--from Coolidge Cafe to the Summit House, from the abandoned Strategic Air Command post hidden inside Mount Tom to Amity Street and Potwine Lane, the accuracy of the locations was fun (at least for a "local" like me). The art and jewelry gallery that is crucial to the story is fictitious, but certain (noncriminal) elements of it were recognizable in real establishments.
Even though the "taste of home" kept me reading, I found the overall story less than compelling. I also found it very hard to follow the characters. We are introduced in rapid succession to Billie, Willie, Mickey, Bobby, Tony, Jimmy, Dan, and Ed, to name a few. One's a victim, some are cops, and the rest are bad guys. We also have Mina, Anna, Donna, Nancy, Sammie, and Lou. It was a relief to meet Li Anming, an artisan "smuggled in" from China and kept as slave labor, re-setting and re-crafting stolen jewelry; her character at least I was able to recognize readily.
I remember reading a couple of the early Gunther books, and that I enjoyed "Borderlines" and "The Skeleton's Knee." But the series never grabbed me, and there are 15 or 16 books in between "Knee" and "Paradise" that I never read; so it's partly my own lack that I didn't know the characters (beyond Joe Gunther himself) who are series regulars. But even discounting the regulars, the rather flimsy plot seemed overburdened with players. It's a fairly short read with some interesting scenes. Not awful, not great.
"Short and Very Satisfying"
To me, one of the most best things about the three volumes of "Riyria Revelations" was the seamless way everything came together over the course of the saga and, especially, at the end. There are no bewildering meanderings by pointless characters; the whole enterprise is beautifully conceived and well written (and the narration is also very good). "The Jester" encapsulates all these qualities into a short, neat 1-hour package. Immediately, we are plunged (literally) into the adventure with no idea of what's going on, but over the course of a few pages all becomes clear and winds up in a poignant "wow" moment that's very satisfying.
It probably helps to have a little "Riyria" background -- at least enough to know who Hadrian and Royce and Riyria are -- but in terms of the story "The Jester" stands alone. Well done, Mr. Sullivan!
"Making My Beelzebubble Burst"
A rabbi, a priest, and a molecular geneticist... oh, you've heard this one?
Well, they are all part of a super-secret government project in an underground lab deep in the desert. It seems that while digging the Panama Canal in 1903, workers unearthed a huge, humanoid being with wings, horns, and cloven hooves. The being was alive but in a state of suspended animation. So of course Teddy Roosevelt took him back to the U.S. and installed him in this no-expenses-spared secret lab.
Fast-forward to the present. The molecular geneticist is there to sequence "Bub's" DNA. There's also an M.D. and a veterinarian on the study team. The priest and the rabbi are there just in case, and there's a crusty old army general who runs the show and reports to the president. Bub has suddenly woken up and started talking, but no one can understand him, so a noted linguist is called in. But Bub picks up English real quick, so the handsome linguist is really there to romance the pretty lady vet and to team up with her to lead the heroics when everything goes horribly wrong (as we know it will because we remember Jeff Goldblum's speech about chaos theory in Jurassic Park).
This adventure is fast-moving, gruesome, and ridiculous if you think about it (and you don't have to think very hard). But it had enough interesting characters (including Bub) and unexpected plot twists to keep me intrigued and just enough humor to lighten the gore. It's also the right length--long enough to build suspense but short enough so the silliness doesn't become exasperating. I suspect that if you enjoy books by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (especially their solo efforts) you'll probably enjoy "Origin."
Luke Daniels does his usual fine job of narration, right up to the book's memorable last line, which he delivers perfectly.
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Hi dolls. So tomorrow night I'm hosing the celebrity lounge at KIIS FM's annual music festival Wango Tango!!! There will be performances by The Black Eyed Peas, Kelly Clarkson, Flo Rida, Lady Gaga, The All American Rejects, Soulja Boy, Kevin Rudolf and Pitbull.
I'm SO excited — not only because there's an awesome lineup, but because for the first time on my site I'm going to be LIVE BLOGGING from the event!!!!!!
That's right people! I'm going to be updating you from backstage with exclusive photos and behind-the-scenes details about the show, so that those of you who can't be there can get the dirt on all the excitement!
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Double-amputee track star Oscar Pistorius will be allowed to go free as he awaits trial in the Valentine's Day shooting death of his girlfriend.
A magistrate in South Africa granted $113,000 bail Friday morning after four days of arguments from prosecutors and defense lawyers.
Pistorius also has to turn over his passports and any other guns that he owns. The track star left the courthouse a little more than an hour later.
Pistorius shot and killed model Reeva Steenkamp in the predawn hours of February 14th. The athlete says he shot her accidentally, thinking she was an intruder in his house. Prosecutors say the shooting followed a loud argument between the two. They say he intended to kill her, and they've charged him with premeditated murder.
Pistorius last year became the first double-amputee runner to compete in the Olympics. He is known as the Blade Runner because of the high-tech artificial legs he uses.
South African police say they found two boxes of testosterone and needles in the bedroom of Oscar Pistorius, but his defense lawyer says it was an "herbal remedy" and not a banned substance.
A detective made the revelation in a bail hearing Wednesday after Pistorius was charged with premeditated murder in the shooting death of Reeva Steenkamp. The detective said police made the discovery but offered no further details.
An International Paralympic Committee spokesman says Pistorius was drug tested on Aug. 25 and Sept. 8 last year and both were negative.
His lawyer said it was "not a steroid and it is not a banned substance." He says police "take every piece of evidence and try to extract the most possibly negative connotation and present it to the court."
A South African prosecutor charges Olympian Oscar Pistorius with the premeditated murder of his model girlfriend.
The prosecutor says Pistorius shot 29-year-old Reeva Steenkamp four times through the bathroom door of his home in a guarded and gated complex in the South African capital, Pretoria. The prosecutor told the court the door had been broken open.
The family of the 26-year-old Paralympian and Olympic athlete says police evidence will show there should be no murder charge in the Valentine's Day shooting.
Pistorius, in a gray suit, blue shirt and tie appeared grim and solemn in court. He nodded after the chief magistrate asked if he was well.
Meanwhile, Reeva Steenkamp's coffin arrived at a Port Elizabeth crematorium on Tuesday (February 19) ahead of her private funeral.
The 29-year-old model was shot dead at the home of Olympic and Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius.
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) - Oscar Pistorius has been charged with the murder of his girlfriend after model Reeva Steenkamp was shot inside the Olympic athlete's home in South Africa. Police said a 26-year-old male would appear in court later on Thursday. Police in South Africa do not name suspects in crimes until they have appeared in court but police spokesperson Brigadier Denise Beukes said that Pistorius was at his home after the death of Steenkamp and "there is no other suspect involved."
Beukes said the suspect was undergoing blood alcohol and forensic tests and had made a request to be brought to court immediately. Beukes said he would apply for bail, but the South African Police Service would oppose the application. Beukes said there had been "previous incidents" at Pistorius' home.


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