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'The best budget Nokia yet'
'We ran our traditional loudspeaker test and the Lumia 630/635 scored a Good mark, so having missed calls or notifications are rather unlikely in all but the loudest environments.
'The Nokia Lumia 630 is a cheery, low cost phone with a better camera than some bargain basement Androids. '
' an affordable Windows Phone 8.1 smartphone'
'Decent performance.'
'Nokia's Lumia 630, an £89 smartphone running Windows Phone 8.1, offers strong value for money and an enjoyable, well-rounded experience. '
'Nokia's latest is affordable, attractive and much more powerful than its price suggests, but is it worth you cash'
'A perfectly passable budget handset, but a poor display robs it of greatness'
'A vibrant, cheap alternative to Android'
'Microsoft's first Windows Phones'
'Got more widely compatible global LTE coverage'
'Color variety with its design, Solid build quality for a plastic phone'
'Bright and cheerful new colors, Solid value'
'Colourful options, Smooth OS, Decent battery life'
'The color of magic'
'Glossy, smooth and feels nice in the hand'
'Bright display, Excellent camera'
'Gorgeous design, Beautiful colors and craftsmanship'
'Excellent build quality, iOS 7 rocks'
'Pros: Colourful, solid.'
'A mid-range classic in the making, or a phone at the wrong price point?'
'The Sony Xperia M2 looks a good deal like the Xperia Z2.'
' Mid-range Android smartphone looks good on the outside but is average under the hood'
' M Stands For Middling'
'The Sony Xperia M2 looks like its premium brethren and packs a wallop at under half the cost. A real bargain and a beauty to boot. '
'Sony's attempt at making its premium technologies available to the masses.'
'A sleek, attractive Sony Android phone'
'Clean call quality'
'Samsung's shot at the ultimate cameraphone is off the mark'
'The Samsung Galaxy K zoom offers the best of both worlds - it's an Android smartphone and it's a camera.'
'The mini speaker on the rear goes to a decent volume, but the tone of the sound is nothing to get excited about. '
'If you're one of the few that wants a smartphone with a decent camera and an optical zoom, the K Zoom isn't a bad choice. '
'The Samsung K Zoom boasts a great zoom-capable camera, but as a smartphone fails to sparkle, and won't suit photo pros. '
'Is this smartphone camera hybrid a killer combo, or clunky compromise'
'Half phone, half camera -- and not brilliant at either'
'Volume in the earpiece is a bit on the quiet side, but voices sound clear and intelligible. '
'Budget Android phablet reaches the middle class'
'Extremely high pixel density screen, over 300ppi'
'Beautiful, water-resistant design, Sharp display'
'High power camera'
'Killer looks to match the wealth of skill and power'
'Sleek, strong, waterproof design'
'Dust and waterproof '
'Design shrugs off water, Excellent 13-MP camera'
'Pleasing UI and software customizations'
'Classical design, Refined UI, Fantastic camera UI'
'Sony Xperia Z, I finally switched to Android'
'$300 price tag its wallet-friendly for an unlocked phone'
'Largest display in a Nokia Lumia phone so far'
'Free lifetime voice-guided navigation '
'Good value, Decent performance'
'4G smartphone on a budget'
'Good battery life, Inexpensive'
' 4G Connectivity On The Cheap'
'Pros: Good value for money, Nokia gives you a great Windows Phone experience.'
'Most affordable 4G phone available, Minimalist design'
'Bargain price, Colourful, changeable shells'
'Very good 1080p display'
' Alcatel's Idol X+ is an extremely compelling offering despite its shortcomings.'
'In this price range you can get many phones that are much better'
'The LG G2's little sibling'
'Reasonably compact phone with the largest display in the segment'
' Mid-ranged G2 offers new colours and software features'
'A watered-down flagship phone that's too expensive for its specs'
'One of the best mid-range smartphones to get at the moment'
'the Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 is a sequel made in heaven'
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Maryland officials say federal grant money for state residents whose homes were damaged by Superstorm Sandy won't go to those who live on Smith Island.
Officials said this week that Somerset County would receive $8.6 million for recovery efforts.
Of that sum, total, $5 million will go toward rehabilitating and elevating houses in Crisfield and other areas affected by the massive storm.
However, officials say none of the funds will be directed to Smith Island, which studies have shown is sinking.
Instead, $2 million will be utilized for buyouts on the island.
"It's a shock," said Maxine Landon who lives in Rhodes Point, one of three villages on Smith Island. "It says to me the government does not care for the people on Smith Island."
County officials weren't pleased with having to cut Smith Island off the eligibility list, but there was nothing they could do about it, according to Gary Pusey, the county's planning director.
"That was entirely a HUD decision," he said. "They did not want to put money into rehabbing houses there."
The county is also considering offering financial incentives to those who take buyouts and move elsewhere within the county.
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Seattle University creates William C. Oltman Professorship of Teaching Excellence
Seattle University School of Law has established a professorship to honor excellence in teaching. Named for Professor Bill Oltman, who will retire from the law school at the end of the 2008-2009 academic year, the professorship recognizes that the strength of the faculty depends on both scholarship and on classroom teaching.
"Professor Oltman has an unwavering commitment to excellence that has been a driving force in making this law school the success it is today," said Dean Kellye Testy in announcing the professorship. "He expects the best of himself, of each of us individually, and all of us collectively in our teaching."
The first recipient of the two-year William C. Oltman Professorship of Teaching Excellence is Mark A. Chinen.
"Professor Chinen strives to create a rigorous yet humane classroom experience, while also regularly publishing quality scholarship, generously serving the institution and the community, and doing so many other things – large and small – to advance the overall mission of the law school and the university," noted Dean Testy. "His commitment is evidenced not only by his teaching but also his availability to help students outside the classroom with their professional and personal development."
Professor Oltman came to the law school in 1974, shortly after its founding, and has taught property, trusts and estates, and community property. He is co-author, with Prof. Mark Reutlinger, of the leading treatise on wills and trusts under Washington law.
Since joining the faculty in 1996, Professor Chinen has taught contracts, international law, and international business transactions.


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State lawmakers are having next-to-no luck with even symbolic proposals meant to show disdain with potential gun restrictions coming out of Washington D.C.
Several bills are almost identical and – one way or another – aim to stop the enforcement in Tennessee of federal firearms regulations, such as limits on high capacity magazines.
One comes from Rep. Micah Van Huss (R-Jonesborough), who wants to prevent public officials or firearms dealers from complying with either a ban on semi-automatic weapons or registration requirements.
After the state's Attorney General opined that such firearms bills were unconstitutional, Van Huss watered down his to the point of having no practical effect. Still, the bill failed in the House Local Government Subcommittee Tuesday.
"I don't know why we'd put this into the code if it doesn't do anything," said Vance Dennis (R-Savannah), a member of the panel.
Another proposal from Rep. Jeremy Faison (R-Cosby) lacked the support to be discussed. Others were pulled by their sponsors.
While the General Assembly as a whole is showing little interest in passing laws that run afoul of the U.S. Constitution, there are some GOP lawmakers who say it's worth trying to make a point.
"I think this is a great mechanism to shut the President of the United States off," Rep. Rick Womick (R-Rockvale) said. "Let him know that we're not going to tolerate executive orders as he declares them as edicts upon the people and violate our rights in the Second Amendment."


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Serves 6
Ingredientsadd to shopping list
- 10 medium beets (about 2 inches in diameter), rinsed, tops trimmed
- 1 cup water
- 2 tablespoons (1/4 stick) butter
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh chives or green onion tops
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh parsley
- 2 teaspoons minced fresh tarragon
- 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
Preheat oven to 375°F. Arrange beets in single layer in 13x9x2-inch baking dish; add 1 cup water. Cover and bake until beets are tender when pierced with knife, about 1 hour. Cool beets. Peel and cut into 1/2-inch wedges.
Melt butter in large skillet over medium heat. Add garlic; sauté 1 minute. Add beets; stir until heated through. Mix in chives, parsley and tarragon, then vinegar. Season with salt and pepper.
my notes
Nutrition Informationper serving (6 servings) POWERED BY Edamam
- Calories74
- Carbohydrates9 g (3%)
- Fat4 g (6%)
- Protein2 g (3%)
- Saturated Fat2 g (12%)
- Sodium67 mg (3%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat0 g
- Fiber2 g (7%)
- Monounsaturated Fat1 g
- Cholesterol10 mg (3%)
recipe at a glance
type: Vegetable
main ingredients: Beet, Chive, Herb
dietary considerations: Low Sodium, Vegetarian, Wheat/Gluten-Free
holiday/celebration: Spring


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Justin Timberlake Makes Grown Men Cry!
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Justin Timberlake's romantic song for Jessica Biel at their wedding in Italy apparently made some of his friends cry!
He sang a song he wrote especially for the occasion as she walked down the aisle towards him at their wedding, telling Hello:
"I figured if there was something I was going to be able to offer, it would be to sing her down the aisle.
"Grown men were weeping. Hopefully it's because I didn't sound bad."
Jessica wore a beautiful Giambattista Valli pink bridal gown for the ceremony - check out their wedding picture here if you haven't seen it yet!
Aww, it sounds like it was a beautiful ceremony. BS
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Category : Gallery: Short Films
To Live and Die with Honor: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (about 15 min.)
This 15 minute video tells the story of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising through the voices of the survivors of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Two Canadian fighters – Anna Heilman (of Ottawa) & Baruch Spiegel (of Montreal)- appear in the film. Both took part in the heroic uprising and their testimony in the film is quite eloquent.
Requiem for the Warsaw Ghetto
The song was written and performed by Vadim Drezyin a participant in the 1988 March of the Living. The chorus of the song, "to live with honour and to die with honour…" was taken from the last letter of Emmanuel Ringleblum, the famous Jewish historian of the Warsaw Ghetto. He observed in these last words, that the spirit of those who resisted the Nazis in the Warsaw Ghetto, was to "live with honour and die with honour.
Ringleblum was murdered a week after he wrote those words.
Liberation Stories from March of the Living Survivors
January 27, 2013 – International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Marking the 68th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz
On January 27, 1945, Soviet forces liberated the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp, discovering the largest Nazi killing center in Europe. Auschwitz has become a symbol of the Holocaust, representing the depths of man's inhumanity to man. Eighteen governments have legislated January 27 as an annual Holocaust Memorial Day. In November 2005, the United Nations passed a resolution to mark January 27 as an international day of commemoration to honor the victims of the Holocaust, and urged member states to develop educational programs to impart the memory of this tragedy to future generations. Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremonies will be organized on the international, national, regional and local levels, including in universities and schools.
See Yad Vashem's education resources here.
Numbered: Auschwitz Tattoos
CBC, The Current, November 6, 2012, With Anna Maria Tremonte
To listen to the broadcast click here
They are small tattoos, a letter … a few numbers. But they are the unmistakable mark of Nazi evil, seared into the arms of Holocaust survivors from Auschwitz and Birkenau. Now, some children and grandchildren of Holocaust survivors are choosing to imprint those same numbers on their bodies in deference to, and memory of their beloved aging relatives. Some see this as a moving tribute .. Others are deeply distressed.
Emotions: A March of the Living Documentary
Emotions- A March of the Living Documentary from Rebecca Howard on Vimeo.
Man's Inhumanity to Man
A short film for that explores Man's inhumanity to Man, with footage captured on the March of The Living in Poland. Special thanks to Nathan Leipciger for sharing your very special and personal stories. Filmed and Edited by Zachary Silverstein, 2012.


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As someone who grew up in New England, my favorite season has always dutifully been fall. The foliage, the sweater-and-boots combo, the scarves, the fires, and the food! Ahhh, fall. Well now that I'm living on an island, I have no more traditional fall, but that won't stop be from making traditional fall foods. (Hello, squash and cinnamon!)
Here is a perfect fall breakfast dish, with lots of zinc, beta carotene and iron from the pumpkin and a punch of protein from the chia seeds.
Pumpkin Chia Seed Pudding
Serves two
You will need:
- 3 tablespoons of chia seeds
- ½ cup of soy or almond milk
- 1 cup of pure pureed organic pumpkin (not pumpkin pie mix!)
- 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon of ground ginger
- Dash of nutmeg
- Dash of cloves
- 1 tablespoon organic maple syrup
If you're looking for a higher protein breakfast, you can add a few tablespoons of your favorite protein powder. I like the organic Sun Warrior blend in vanilla because it's tasty and doesn't have a bunch of crap in it.
To Make:
In a bowl, mix all ingredients. Leave in the fridge to sit for one hour. Enjoy!


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The Defenders USA is a coalition of men across the United States who fight the commercial sex industry. We're guys who take a pledge and take action. We educate, equip, and empower other men to fight against the sex industry and protect their families.
As Defenders, we believe that pornography, prostitution, escort services, and strip clubs all contribute to the commercial sex industry. This market produces over 100,000 exploited victims a year – the majority of which are women and children.
Our goal is to mobilize 100,000 men to stand as Defenders, and commit their hearts, minds and resources to defend exploited women and children.
Sex trafficking is a supply and demand issue. If men would not buy girls for sex, there would be no demand and no supply. We are fighting the root of the issue: demand.
A Defender's first step is to take a pledge to not purchase or participate in pornography, prostitution or any form of commercial sex. After that, being a Defender is a full-time 24/7 job. You can spread the word about the Defenders, you can take action, and you can give to the Defenders USA and Shared Hope to help restore prostituted women and children.
What will you do? Will you man up? Will you join us?
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Our primary goal is to raise awareness and advocacy about the realities of pornography and prostitution. Through the work of Shared Hope, we also offer restoration for victims of sex trafficking, and bring justice to traffickers. We also encourage discussion and empower activists, political leaders, college groups, members of the media, faith-based organizations, and other groups to stand against the sex trafficking market. Finally, we defend ourselves, our families, and our communities from sex trafficking and exploitation.


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Archive for August, 2005
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New procedure for cheek lift
Midface suspension surgery, also commonly referred to as a cheek lift, surgically corrects sagging midface tissues and softens the hollows that appear just below the eyes. It can also diminish the nasolabial fold, the groove from the corner of the nose to the corner of the mouth that becomes more prominent with age. Currently, most […]


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The median home value in Pattison, TX is $162,400.
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The national median home value is $170,100.
The average price of homes sold in Pattison, TX is $162,400.
Approximately 54.69% of Pattison homes are owned,
compared to 7.81% rented, while
37.5% are vacant.
Pattison real estate listings include condos, townhomes, and single family homes for sale.
Commercial properties are also available.
If you see a property you're interested in, contact a Pattison real estate agent to arrange a tour today!
Learn more about Pattison Real Estate.
Been looking for a centrally located commercial property that has quick I-10 access but won't break the bank? Here it is! Unrestricted 2.4 Acre tract cleared & fenced, Waller county taxes, close to Fulshear, Brookshire, Katy & the new Waller County airport. 1 mi from I-10, 20 mi from Beltway 8, and 9 mi from Katy Mills. This property needs some clearing, has some lovely mature trees and is rectangular. This would make a nice home site or put your business here.
Westward Ho!! 1.92 acre lot in large lot subdivision with all custom homes. Unique opportunity to own wooded lot that backs up to nature reserve. Build ready. Engineered drainage, DSL, electricity and phone in place, water coop. 4.7 acre private nature reserve. 2 miles to I-10. 11 miles to Katy/99. 20 miles to Hwy 6. With interest rates at a low is now the time to build a home with your future needs in mind?
Westward Ho!! This is a large lot subdivision with all custom homes. There is room to create your personal outdoor space or personal workshop in pastoral Pattison. No lot is in the flood plain. Engineered drainage, DSL, electricity and phone in place, water coop. Build ready! On site sewer required. Nature reserve. Due to limited market inventory, price and availability are subject to change without notice.
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To the remote planet Spatterjay come three travellers with very different missions. Janer is directed there by the hornet Hive-mind; Erlin comes to find the sea captain who can teach her to live; and Keech - dead for 700 years - has unfinished business with a notorious criminal.
Spatterjay is a watery world where the human population inhabits the safety of the Dome and only the quasi-immortal hoopers are safe outside amidst a fearful range of voracious life-forms. Somewhere out there is Spatterjay Hoop himself, and monitor Keech cannot rest until he can bring this legendary renegade to justice for atrocious crimes committed centuries ago during the Prador Wars.
Keech does not realise that Hoop's body is running free on an island wilderness, while his living head is confined in a box on an Old Captain's ships. Nor does he know that the most brutal Prador of all is about to pay a visit, intent on wiping out all evidence of his wartime atrocities. Which means major hell is about to erupt in this chaotic waterscape.
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©2009 Neal Asher (P)2010 Audible
Plotting to take over the world since 1969
"A good story and reader; spacing needs edit"
This was my first Neal Asher story; the authors style is very good, an interesting mix of science fiction, action adventure, space opera, humour, and horror.
The reader is also excellent, his wide range of voices is veery good. The choice of rural english accents may seem odd to american listeners but works very well. Sniper in particular is very well characterised.
The only real failure - as noted by other listeners - is the odd choice of the editor to not leave audible gaps when the character viewpoints change. Its not too distracting as it quickly becomes apparent, but still could do with changing.
This book has led me to listen go/read most of Neal Ashers novels. While they're not in any way mold breaking, they are ripping good yarns, entertaining, and with sufficient intellectual and emotional content to satisfy most readers.
I've now got to the end of the trilogy, and it has proved an interesting voyage. Personally I'd like to hear more of Sniper and 13 adventures, Mr Asher... more please!
The opposite of bravery is not cowardice but conformity. --Robert Anthony Contentment is, after all, simply refined indolence. --Thomas C.
"Great Asher story"
This is not a space opera like many of Asher's works, instead it's largely confined to one planet. And there is no Cormac, although it takes place in the same universe. If you're a fan of his other Cormac works, why listen to this one? Well, for one, the droids are among the best ones he's written in any of his stories.
And despite being largely planet bound there is tons of action & great characters. Good listen & a great intro to the rest of the spatterjay trilogy!
audible listener!! :o)
"Loved this book - great Neal Asher story"
I only wish that Neal Asher's Gridlinked books (written in the same universe but with different characters, although there is some overlap...) were also in audio.
For the uninitiated - Lots of AIs. Space travel through warping. Seriously funny & snarky writing. LOVE the characters. Spatterjay trilogy has very inventive life forms on the planet that are neat and drive the plot along. Highly recommended.
I will listen to NO boring book. Old Fav's,Card, King , Hobb. New Fav's, Hill, Scalzi, Sawyer, Interested in Lansdale, Crouch, Konrath
"Biology gone wild"
Spatterjay is mostly a water world. Almost every creature in the sea is deadly. The native humans, called hoopers, are almost immortal. They become immortal after one of the many leeches that inhabit the world bites them. The leeches fall from trees, swim in the ocean and can be as small as a bat or as large as a whale.
One of the main characters is a Zombie, he has been dead for 700 years. The book has leeches, sentient AI's, Supermen, a hive mind, a living head, a creature that acts as a sail for ships, rhinoworms, humans who are called blanks because they are mindless slaves to lobster like aliens called Pradors, a woman who lives in another woman's body, etc etc.
The action is constant and Asher's imagination is fantastic. There is lots and lots of gore. At the beginning of the book I was extremely excited and really thought I had found a new fantastic author. Toward the end I was getting worn out and was ready for the book to finish. I will be reading more of Asher's books, I just hope he shortens them a little.
As far as the production and the narrator, I was very disappointed. NA changes from one scene to another and then back again very quickly and often the scenes he is switching to have similar action going on, so I often got confused on what characters I was following. The narrator, who is following how the book is written, uses British accents, which combined with the changing scenes made it hard to follow. The zombie is actual called a reif, but they had to say reif about fifty times before I understood what he was saying.
If you like Card's book "Treason" or Harry Harrison's "West of Eden" or Koontz "Frankenstein" or "Moby Dick" you should like this book.
Enjoy the adventure
"Still Has Buzz"
I can be easily tempted to listen to Sci-Fi which includes AI's (artificial intelligence), exotic worlds populated by creatures that hunt and eat humans, and life or death battles using futuristic weapons. All included in "The Skinner".
Echoing some reviews, I found the book hard to follow. Maybe, it was the editing which failed to provide clues that the scene had changed. Maybe, Neal Asher (author) included so many characters and subplots that I became confused. Or maybe, this is a book best read vs. heard. Whatever the reason, I frequently found myself re-listening to sections of the book.
"A good mixture"
This book is a very interesting mixture of good science fiction and biological theory. The story is not easily predictable and the characters are rich. There are a lot of concepts I have not seen in other sci fi.
Mr. Gaminara's range of voice and accent is wonderful. He is a great reader. I will buy other books that he has narrated without knowing much of about them because I'm sure that he improves the experience of the story.
"Couldn't finish....characters, gore, narration"
I tried but just couldn't finish this book. I never became invested in the characters, the constant gore became distracting, and the narration was not great.
The narrator's regular voice was OK, but his interpretation of characters was poor.
"Enjoyed and moving on to Spatterjay, Book 2 thnx!"
The Skinner was a great story, happy to be moving on to Spatterjay, book 2, The Voyage of the Sable Keech. Many thanks to Neal Asher for this.
"Goes on Forever"
I'm almost done with this, but I just don't care anymore. It drags on forever. I gave up 5/6ths of the way through. Now I listen when I'm on my commute, finished with other titles and I haven't bought something new. And it still hasn't caught me. The narrator adds to the dullness . I've never written a review like this. Sorry to author Neal Asher, I'm sure he spent a lot of time on it, and there are imaginative ideas. As a package though, it's a bore.
"Good Story, Good Imagination, Good Reading"
One of the best so far. Great SF world, its environment, and a satisfying story. Reader distinguishes the characters and makes the conversations seamless.
"First class horror Sci-Fi"
This is my first Asher and as far as I'm concerned he's up there now in my top three for concept SF, along with Banks and Reynolds. However I have to agree with Thomas about the seamless transitions in the narration makling the plot difficult to follow. This is a shame as otherwise the reading is excellent, and I'm still giving five because the book is that good. It's a complex plot with a large number of characters so it helps to have a printed copy to refer to if you get confused. I'll be moving on to the other two volumes in the set and then...more Asher please, Audible!
"Adventures on Alien and Predatory High Seas"
An exciting and imaginative work set on a beautifully realized sea world swarming with many intriguing and dangerous creatures, some of which carry a virus that can prolong human life. Most of the planet is covered in water, with a smattering of tiny islands. The lords here are long-lived sailors and captains, strong and almost indestructible mutated humans, who sail on low-tech vessels harvesting the seas for various creatures and substances. A little bit Master and Commander, except that some of the sailors are female and some of the masts and sails are sentient creatures.
Three companions arrive on Spatterjay for different reasons and find themselves up to their necks in events, danger and trouble of many exotic kinds. The characters are fine, if a little remote - not as deeply explored as I might like - although I did become invested in what happpens to them. There are some very evil baddies, and some very dangerous creatures as well as viruses and other problems to be overcome. In spite of the relentless dangers, there are humorous moments and some of the best characters are non-human, from war drone to Wind-cheater, and laconic AIs. It's rollicking good fun and has some great gory set-pieces and battles.
William Gaminara's reading is perfect. He uses wonderful accents and voices to breathe life into all the characters and helps to add excitement to the unfolding adventures.
Overall this is an absorbing and enjoyable book, and especially engaging on the issue of how humans might deal with much longer lives. It makes things very interesting when much of the motivation is curiosity and the search to alleviate boredom. I will definitely be listening to book 2.
"Brilliant book from a great author"
Intelligent, funny, gruesome
I love the universe created by Neal Asher (alien nanotech, super-intelligent fatherly AIs, war machines with graveyard senses of humour, etc) and this book is a great addition to the collection with some neat ideas
All of it, his characterisation, particularly his relaxed northern drawl for a super intelligent, quietly psychotic war drone is brilliant
Here comes the BOOOM!
Can you please get more Neal Asher on to Audible
"Good but not quite there.."
As the story is very enjoyable and gripping I have given four stars. The characters in this book definitely stand up on their own and some I will look forward to hearing the back story or future escapades. The story is let down by some unconvincing actions that certain characters take as the story line develops being somewhat unbelievable. Another problem I personally had was the inevitability of the history of humans on spatter-jay and their attitude towards polity technology. Although there were attempts throughout the book to convince readers I feel the reasoning was pretty weak.
I would recommend the book to someone who likes Iain M Banks' books and hold high hopes for Ashers other work. All said, this is not one of my top 20 sci-fi books and I would not be using it to try and impress someone into the genre.
The performance by Gaminara is one of the best I have heard on Audible. I think that it is heavily let down by editing, there is virtually no pause to let you know that you have switched threads in the story making it hard to follow, usually this is where Gaminaras brilliant pallet of accents comes in to the rescue.
"Just brilliant"
The skinner is the first Neal Asher book I read (and the one which launched my love of his writing). I was nervous about listening to a book I loved being read aloud but I got an equal amount of enjoyment from the experience.
The story has action, strange life forms, incredibly old beyond, kick ass war drones and doesn't stop until a satisfying end (leading nicely to the next book of the series).
If you like exciting Sci Fi, then this is definitely recommended.
"Stunningly good"
Superbly read by William Gaminara, this book is engrossing from the first word, just as it was when I read it.
I am a huge Neal Asher fan and I think he is a far better sci-fi writer than the likes of Banks and Gibson. All his books are intelligent and yet still retain a sense of adventure so often missing these days.
What would make things perfect would be to have Gridlinked and the rest of the Ian Cormac books also with William narrating them. Oh, and then the Owner books please!
"Teenager SF"
The most noticeable fault with this audiobook is that the cut between scenes are seamless, which makes it quite confusing. In the printed book I guess it is visually obvious when we enter a new scene, one second of silence would have done it for this audiobook. But the words are just flowing in a long stream broken into a few chapters, while the scene cuts can be counted in hundreds.
Apart from that the narrative is good, William Gaminara manages to make an entertaining difference between all of the characters in the book.
Neal Ashers story is well written, loaded with sensations and quite thrilling. But that's about all it is, I finished it two days ago and I have already forgotten the names of more than half of the characters. The name that will probably stick longest is "Sniper", which isn't even a person but a war drone. I guess that says it all about personality development throughout the book.
"Sci-fi on the high seas."
William Gaminara is absorbing and perfect for this book.
Partly why he worked for me because of not only the voices he uses but he also gives them accents – the sea captains remind me of gruff Scotts, the mercenaries as Africans – which you may feel is stereotyping but it's more about encompassing character and attitude. And it adds texture. But an absorbing reader needs material is what Gaminara has to read at that really makes something worth listening to or not.
And the story of The Skinner is multifaceted to say the list. To start with you have Erlin, searching for an ancient sea captain who can teach her a meaning to life, Janer, bringing hornets and their Hive mind to Spatterjay, and Sable Keech, on a vendetta to avenge the events of the past.
Each of these three character are distinct in their backgrounds and their reasons for being on Spatterjay and their connections to the Polity universe. The Polity is an AI led technologically advanced society. Spatterjay is not part of the Polity but does fall under it's protection and has it's own warden AI, which is handy as the alien Prador are about to interfere in Spatterjay affairs.
Asher's skill is not only in creation but using those ideas, even in a book that's mostly about boats to look into the meaning of life and the potential for humanity as well as using some awesome weapons and technology.
"Great space opera, excellent narrator."
I like Neal Asher anyway and have most of his paper books. However William Gaminara is so good at bringing these works to life that I am buying them again on Audible.
"A great story complimented by a great reader"
I've been a huge fan of Iain M Banks for a long time, loved the early works of Jon Courtenay Grimwood, and read the hardcopy of Neal Asher's first full length published novel 'Gridlinked' years ago, not long after it's publication.
Somehow I then lost track of Neal, but fortunately rediscovered him via Audible. I've listened to The Skinner (Book 1), The Voyage of The Sable Keech (Book 2) and am currently a few chapters into Orbus (Book 3). I've listened to these back to back, unremittingly, and with great relish.
Over the years I've always been excited to learn of a favorite author's new work, and somehow 'losing touch' with Asher is great - all of a sudden I have a wealth of published material to enjoy en masse, rather then being drip-fed as novels are published. Of course now, as I'm engrossed in the third and final Spatterjay audiobook, I am hoping that Audible and Neal's publisher get together and publish more of Neal's back catalog in audio format.
So a few words about the series. Spatterjay is a very interesting place - from it's ecology, to it's early colonisation, to it's present situation on the edge of the Polity - all of these diverse influences come together through rich characterisations of visiting Polity humans (both alive and dead), Polity AI, Prador with dirty secrets that need to be forgotten, 700 year old virally-modified superhumans who can handle a sailing boat and bend steel, and my personal favorite, drones with Attitude.
I'm not talking about snotty Culture drones, replete with sarcasm and irony. No, I'm talking about 700 year old Polity War Drones with secret upgrades and a Northern accent. The type of Drone that says 'F*** me!' when it sees a Prador, or 'B******s!' when it doesn't believe a ship AI. If you thought Skaffen-Amtiskaw was cool, wait until you meet Sniper!
William Gaminara does a fabulous job on the reading, and has the characters down pat - he brings the books to life.
More Asher on Audible please!
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The Center for Responsible Lending estimates that at least 10 million cardholders have seen their interest rates increase significantly in the past several months through no fault of their own. In response, Congress turned the public outcry into public policy by passing historic credit card reform legislation. The legislation, signed into law by President Obama on May 22, gives lenders nine months to implement reforms to their current practices.
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Current Issues in English Assignment
A Researched Paper on Intertextuality and Adaptation
The major writing assignment in the course with be a paper reflecting upon and researching intertextuality and/or adaptation from a perspective selected by the student author of the paper.
My intention has been for us to explore options in the first portion of the course and then act upon them in the second portion. So we have looked at the ways the film Mrs. Dalloway, directed by Marleen Gorris, and the novel The Hours, written by Michael Cunningham, adapt, interpret, and extend the novel Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf, emphasizing in particular the connection between the two novels as commentary on one another, a kind of fictional dialogue about interior anguish and its consequences. We have also looked at Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard's screenplay and John Madden's film of Shakespeare in Love, to reflect upon its relationship to William Shakespeare's Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet (and to a lesser extent his comedy, Twelfth Night, or, What You Will) as well as to the circumstances of his life and career. These works and others to be discussed in the course take inspiration and some times plot, character, and theme from other literary works and we're interested in the effect of intertextuality (crossover currents) on the shape, texture, and content of new literary works. Part of the point of doing this part is to extend your own skills of literary analysis and interpretation to similar groups of works.For example, it might serve to examine the relationship between one literary work and another inspired or instigated by it (Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre and its "prequel," Jean Rhys' The Wide Sargasso Sea; Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Valerie Martin's retelling, Mary Reilly; Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus, and Theodore Roszak's retelling, The Memoirs of Elizabeth Frankenstein [or Brian Aldiss's Frankenstein Unbound]; Homer's The Odyssey and James Joyce's Ulysses); it might also serve to examine several versions or retellings of the same story over a long period of time (Euripides' Hippolytus retold as Racine's Phedre and Eugene O'Neill's Desire Under the Elms; Aeschylus' Orestia retold as O'Neill's Mourning Becomes Electra; Plautus's The Menechmi retold as Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors and Rodgers and Hart's The Boys From Syracuse; the Oedipus legend in three or four of its various incarnations). Other approaches may suggest themselves in your own past reading.
Common requirements:
§ The paper should be at least ten-to-fifteen double-spaced (Times New Roman 12) pages long, although students writing multi-genre papers may expect to have their papers run longer because of the segmented nature of the work and the likelihood of more white spaces.
§ The paper should be related to the focus of the course, which is intertextuality and/or adaptation, but the approach or perspective taken to that subject will vary from student to student and there is broad latitude here.
§ The paper should draw upon current research in whatever area of intertextuality you decide to study and it should synthesize that research in the service of a clear, unified, thoroughly developed, and well-organized explanation of contemporary thinking about the issue—this is simply the nature of papers that report research—but it needn't simply be another academic research paper, especially since you are likely to be focusing on a limited number of specific works; the research component can complement or supplement a close reading of primary works.
§ Drafts of this paper must be presented as work-in-progress to members of the class during workshop sessions for critiquing and revision advice and must form the nucleus of the public presentation you give on this topic.
I hope that the the papers written and presented in the class will not only heighten everybody's individual skills but also have the cumulative effect of expanding everybody's knowledge of intertextuality and enhancing everybody's thinking about it.
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Discuss the subject you choose and the approach you take with me before you get too deeply into it, so that I can advise against irrelevant topics or inappropriate approaches.
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Try to make the paper and the related presentation on something that furthers your goals as someone graduating in English on either or both personal and professional levels.
Feel free to see me during office hours or by appointment (I teach the two hours before class) or contact me by phone or e-mail when you get perplexed.
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When someone mentions the word "cranberry," what do you think? Likely images of your morning beverage, your evening nightcap, or a Thanksgiving centerpiece in the shape of a tin can may enter your mind. These little antioxidant powerhouses coming from bogs have been providing their tasty health benefits for years. We know now that in addition to antioxidants, cranberries provide significant amounts of Vitamin C, Vitamin K, Phosphorates, and dietary fiber. They have also been well known to support urinary and bladder health.
Our friends at the American Botanical Council recently posted an article on new studies involving another wonder of these tangy fruits. Read more…
Cranberry Juice Consumption May Reduce Arterial Stiffness in Overweight Men
Endothelial dysfunction, the impairment of the normal functions of the inner lining of the blood vessels, is associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors that can lead to arterial stiffness. The augmentation index (AIx) is an index of arterial stiffness measured by peripheral pulse wave analysis. Healthy nutritional habits, including increasing the consumption of fruits and vegetables and reducing dietary fat intake, are important in helping to prevent and treat CVD through improved lipoprotein-lipid and inflammatory profiles and endothelial function. The cardioprotective potential of fruits and vegetables is due to their high content of polyphenolic compounds such as flavonoids, which play a beneficial role in protecting against inflammation and oxidative stress. Cranberries (Vaccinium macrocarpon) are rich in polyphenols such as phenolic acids, flavonols, anthocyanins, and proanthocyanidins. The authors conducted a short-term, placebo-controlled, double-blind, crossover study at Université Laval in Quebec, Canada to examine the effect of consuming a low-calorie cranberry juice cocktail (CJC) on the AIx and cardiometabolic profile of overweight men.
The authors recruited 35 sedentary, otherwise healthy, overweight men (mean age = 45 ± 10 years) with a body mass index (BMI) of ≥ 25 kg/m2 and a waist circumference of ≥ 90 cm (35.4 inches). The men were nonsmokers and were not taking medications that affected lipid or insulin metabolism or blood pressure.
After a 4-week run-in period during which the subjects drank 500 mL of water daily to get used to that amount of liquid in their usual diet, they were randomly assigned to drink 500 mL daily of either a low-calorie CJC (27% juice) or placebo juice (PJ) for 4 weeks (2 boxes of 125 mL of juice in the morning and 2 in the evening). Then, after a 4-week washout period, the subjects began the other treatment for another 4 weeks.
The CJC and PJ (Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc.; Lakeville-Middleboro, Massachusetts) had a similar taste, color, texture, and vitamin C content, but no cranberries were in the PJ. Each daily serving of the CJC contained 500 mg of total polyphenols, 20.8 mg of anthocyanins, and 21.84 g of carbohydrates.
At baseline and after week 4, body weight, height, waist and hip circumferences, and blood pressure were measured; BMI and waist-to-hip ratio values were calculated; and fasting blood samples were drawn. The subjects also completed a food frequency questionnaire at those 2 visits.
At baseline and at 4 weeks, the resting AIx was measured by applanation tonometry, during which peripheral artery waveforms were recorded on the subjects' radial artery. Waveforms were recorded again at 5, 10, 15, and 20 minutes after the subjects inhaled 400 μg of salbutamol, which elicits the synthesis of nitric oxide (NO) and a vascular response used as a proxy measure of endothelium-dependent vasodilation. The same technique was used to measure arterial stiffness during endothelium-independent radial artery vasodilation at 3, 5, 10, 15, 20, and 30 minutes following sublingual administration of 400 μg of glyceryl trinitrate (GTN), an NO donor used to treat angina and heart failure. The cardiometabolic profile, which assesses risks associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus and CVD, was determined for each subject before and after each phase of the study.
The subjects were separated into groups made up of those with metabolic syndrome (MetS+) (n = 13) and those without metabolic syndrome (MetS-) (n = 22), using the criteria for metabolic syndrome as defined by the National Cholesterol Education Program.
At baseline, although at the high end for total fat intake and the low end for carbohydrate intake, the daily energy and nutrient intakes of the subjects fell within the nutritional recommendations for Canadian adults. The MetS+ subjects had a higher BMI, higher circulating triglycerides (TG), and lower high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) levels compared with the MetS- subjects.
The authors report that the salbutamol reduced the AIx by 10.8% ± 6.4% compared with resting values (P < 0.0001). GTN further decreased the values by 2.1% ± 6.0% compared with salbutamol (P < 0.05). However, these changes in the AIx responses to salbutamol and GTN did not significantly differ between subjects who consumed the CJC or PJ.
Although no significant difference was noted in the AIx changes between the subjects who consumed the CJC or PJ, a statistically significant within-group decrease was noted in the AIx (P < 0.05 compared with baseline) in subjects who consumed the CJC.
No significant differences were noted in other cardiometabolic variables between those subjects drinking the CJC or PJ.
Comparing the AIx values in the MetS+ and MetS- subjects, the authors report no significant differences in the responses to salbutamol and GTN after supplementation; however, they noted a significant within-group decrease in the resting AIx values in MetS- subjects who drank CJC (P < 0.05 compared with baseline). In those same subjects, significant increases in the AIx responses to salbutamol and GTN were observed (P < 0.05 compared with baseline). Although these results may seem contradictory, say the authors, earlier studies have shown that, "Vascular tone is positively correlated with flow-mediated dilation in healthy individuals, and thus, a more relaxed (and possibly wider) artery at rest has a lower endothelium-dependent vasodilation response."
The authors previously reported that CJC supplementation was associated with reductions in circulating oxidized low-density lipoprotein (OxLDL) and adhesion molecule concentrations (inflammation and oxidative stress markers) in men.1,2 This was not supported, however, in the present study, where no significant changes in those markers were reported after the CJC supplementation. Although the differences in the design of the studies may explain the discrepancies, say the authors, the lack of effect of the CJC on plasma OxLDL and adhesion molecule levels in the current study agrees with previous reports showing that CJC consumption for 2 weeks had no effect on oxidative stress markers3 and that supplementing men and women with a 54% CJC for 4 weeks did not reduce cell adhesion molecule concentrations.4
These authors found that although CJC consumption did reduce the resting AIx in overweight men, the decrease was not significantly different from those drinking the PJ. The significant within-group decrease in the AIx following the CJC consumption, however, warrants further investigation.
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CLARCOR Inc. (NYSE: CLC) reported its financial results for the first quarter of 2013. Diluted earnings per share grew 1% from the first quarter of 2012 to a record first quarter high of $0.47. Net sales, operating profit and operating margin were relatively flat compared with last year's first quarter while first quarter 2013 diluted earnings per share benefited from a lower effective tax rate compared with the first quarter of 2012. Changes in average foreign currency exchange rates increased net sales by $0.3 million but did not significantly impact operating profit in the first quarter of 2013 as compared with last year's first quarter.Chris Conway, CLARCOR's Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, "Our first quarter consolidated results this year were in-line with our expectations heading into the period. We anticipated relatively lower overall top-line growth this quarter compared with last year's first quarter due in part to U.S. heavy-duty engine filtration aftermarket growth of 16% in the first quarter of 2012 from the first quarter of 2011. This created a challenging year-over-year quarterly comparable in this market. In addition, certain of our larger heavy-duty engine filtration aftermarket distributors placed large orders at the end of the fourth quarter of 2012, negatively impacting our first quarter 2013 sales. As a result of these factors, our U.S. heavy-duty engine filtration aftermarket sales declined approximately 4% this quarter from the first quarter of 2012. We anticipate that U.S. heavy-duty engine filtration aftermarket sales will return to low single-digit year-over-year quarterly growth as we head into the second quarter of 2013.
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MEERUT, India -- The staff was puzzled. For the past three weeks, the pressure inside Indian Oil Corporation's (IOC) underground supply pipeline in Meerut had been steadily decreasing. Then, they found that a gang of thieves had dug a tunnel to access the supply line, and drilled a hole in the main pipeline, from which they were stealing thousands of liters of oil.
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