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It's so cold here - INSIDE my house - that I'm actually worried about my AVs. I don't want to leave the heat on while I'm at work all day... and I don't really need it while I'm sleeping (underneath about 12 blankets, of course)... but should I be worried about my AVs? |
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African Violets can withstand temperatures in the 60s but if it gets down into the 50s you're sure to have trouble. If you are growing them with natural light from your windows, keep in mind that the temperature close to windows can be much colder than it is further out into the room. One problem you could run into is powdery mildew. The only time I ever had it was when I had some plants in my windows and the winter nights were very cold. It's kind of like having pets like a dog or cat. If they are in your home when you're gone or sleeping, their needs must be taken into consideration. |
Violetta - if your place is less than 65F - you will see some deterioration on your plants - they will start gettinng crunchy, hugging the pot - trying to keep themselves warm. Keep them on a dry side - water them just barely - otherwise you will loose them to root rot. My dear friend was always complaining that she cannot grow violets and she loves them so much - so I set her with a small shelving unit with lights, bunch of Dandy pots, fertilizer - and 30 blooming named violets as a birthday gift. So everything was doing great until the winter came. At that time - she decided that she really needed to save money - so she kept her place at 48F while she was out - and saved I think $10 a month on her electric bill - she lived in the apartment - so the space was not that big. Guess what - in a month they all were dead - rotted away. You know - I am still pissed at her. I confiscated the shelving unit back and told her too stick to artificial flowers. So that's the sad story. Irina PS - so - to keep your plants alive - you really need some dedicated space for them - where you can keep them warm. If you do not want to keep your whole place warm - may be you can fix them with shoplights and keep them in a bathroom - than the lights will keep them warmer in a small space. I keep mine in a basement in a small room with registers open and the door almost closed - just a crack to keep the air moving - and it is the warmest place in a house. |
- Posted by violetta1976 8 Portland OR (My Page) on Thu, Nov 29, 07 at 19:22
Oh goodness, I doubt it's 65 in my place. I ordered a temp/humidity thermometer with my most recent order for more Oyama pots. Hopefully it will show up soon so I will know for sure. Part of the problem is the open floor plan. There isn't really any dedicated space where I can keep them. The cats are fine... and all the adult plants are doing great... but I have a feeling that the leaves that have been rooting since mid-September are going to die just as they're about to grow babies unless I do something. Should I keep the leaves dryer than I have been recently? Might that help? I wouldn't mind waiting longer to have babies one bit, I just don't want the leaves to die. |
Violetta, you do not want to go much lower than 65. You know - they are from Africa... Yes - for the leaves - do not let them dry totally - but do not them stay too wet too. Keep warm! Irina |
- Posted by violetta1976 8 Portland OR (My Page) on Sat, Dec 1, 07 at 4:13
Aye, Cap'n, will do. Thanks! |
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I probably haven't even been missed but thought I'd update those of you who remember me. I used to be a pretty active member of the Forum and even attended three or four quilting retreats including the original. Well last summer (after being widowed for six years) I met a lovely man and have been more or less swept off my feet. I am now an official snowbird and spending my winters with him at his place in Florida and returning to Massachusetts for the spring and summer months. He is gentle, thoughtful, caring, respectful and I consider myself blessed to have met him. He gave me a beautiful diamond ring for my birthday as a sign of his commitment. There is a pretty active quilting group at the community we live in but I didn't get involved last year because I didn't have any supplies with me. This year however, I am taking a small sewing machine, basic equipment and fabric and get involved. Soon after we returned from Florida this spring, I bought a new condo and have been really busy in trying to get some painting and remodeling done before I move in. (As much as I love this man, I still want my own space.) Consequently I haven't even plugged in my iron since I got back and probably won't until I get moved and settled...hopefully mid to late September. Well those are the highlights. Lots of other good stuff has happened to me but I won't bore you with all the details. I'll try to check in more often and admire some of the beautiful work you are doing. Fran |
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Fran, you have been missed and it is so good to hear from you! What wonderful news you are sharing, as well! It was really fun meeting you at Camp Cheerio ... maybe you can squeeze us in again this year???? Please stay in touch. |
Fran! So nice to see you post and to hear about this amazing turn in your life. Where are you in Florida? If it's the retirement community The Villages, I heard they have the largest quilt guild in the country, with over 900 members split into 17 separate chapters!!! Hard to imagine. Kate |
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Hi, I remember your name, but you disappeared shortly after I engaged in this forum. Wow, what a wonderful update... Congratulations! I look forward to reading more of your posts in the future. V. |
So happy that you have found someone to share your life with. Good luck with your condo renos. Welcome back. Theresa |
- Posted by magothyrivergirl (My Page) on Thu, Jul 24, 14 at 20:30
I have thought of you often since traveling with you to Camp Cheerio! You picked out a (tanish) batik at Mary Jo's for me, to be used as a border for a quilt that we use every day. I also used it for the binding. It was completely different from the colors I was looking at - and it was the perfect choice! Every day, I am reminded of that fun shopping trip and you pulling out one perfect bolt of fabric after I had looked at hundreds. I am so glad to hear you have found someone special and you are so very happy--Diamonds always help! LOL Good luck with the condo renovations and hopefully we will meet again! I am really pleased to hear such wonderful news about your new life. :) |
Wow, even though I only know your name on the forum it's always good to hear such upbeat news. Congrats on your good fortune. LindaB/CA |
Welcome back, Fran.....I mostly remember you from my first retreat, and if I remember right, you were planning a trip to an extraordinary place, south very, very south........did you go? Hope so! So happy for your good fortune, everything is so much better when shared! |
Welcome back Fran! I remember you. We were in some block exchanges together. Linda OH |
Welcome back, Fran! It's good to hear from you. So glad to hear your good news! I second Kate's question - where do you stay in FL? She and I and Bobby are all in the Orlando area. Donna |
I'm not in the Villages. We are located on the East coast in Port Saint Lucie. Thanks for all your good wishes. |
- Posted by toolgranny (My Page) on Fri, Jul 25, 14 at 10:15
So good to hear from you, Fran. I had wondered about you. I'm happy this is working out. You surely deserve it. Do the girls like him, too? Bet they are glad you aren't alone. |
Congratulations on your new found happiness and bright out look for the future. I do remember your post and look forward to having you back with us. Enjoy the moment. |
- Posted by jennifer_in_va (My Page) on Sun, Jul 27, 14 at 18:29
Such happy news, Fran! Congratulations! You sound so happy in your post. Good to hear you're getting back into quilting... it's hard to find time when so many changes are taking place. That special man might just need a special quilt just for him! Hope to have you more involved here, again! You were definitely missed! |
Since it is all happy news, you are forgiven. Congratulations and welcome back. beverly |
Hey Fran. How could I forget my 'roomie' from the first retreat? :) Congratulations on such great news! Faye |
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The Date: October 2012
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We have a small utility room (6' x 9')and i am trying to find the best way to utilize it. -Should i stack the washer and dryer on top of each other? -Where is the best place for dirty clothes hampers? Thank you |
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- Posted by fastonetime (My Page) on Sat, Dec 15, 12 at 23:02
Hi is the sink free staning or in a cabinet. If it were free standing and there were enough room under if for a bamboo type hamper with a cotton lining I would do that. Like maybe two box type hampers. If the sink is in a cabinet then I would stack the washer and dryer, create a free standing table in between the sink and the washer and dryer on the far wall. That way you have storage for the dirty clothes underneath, yet a clean work surface to say, iron, fold, or pre treat the dirty clothes! Warren |
- Posted by fastonetime (My Page) on Sun, Dec 16, 12 at 0:38
I'm bad at drawings but here's how I would do it. The shelves on the left side attached underneath the counter top are for holding tide bottles, powder, fabric softener, irons or whatever else you may have! |
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- Posted by fastonetime (My Page) on Sun, Dec 16, 12 at 23:52
Also where the hampers are I'd attach some sort of fabric facing to hide the hampers. Maybe like Velcro along the top of the fabric so you can just "tear" fabric panels off or out of the way to get to he hampers. Maybe a fabric that matches the colors of the room? |
Fastonetime-Those are great ideas, i think i will go for it,thank you |
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Well thank you Kassi. Take photos when you get done. I'd love to see! |
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Kassi-I'm having issues with my design program, so I can't do a custom layout for you, but I did one for another GW member a while back that would give you some ideas on maximizing the space you have. The main part of the utility/laundry room dimensions were similar to yours @ 7x10. Yours would be an 'L' shape using the back wall and the left wall in the layouts/pics in the linked thread. Hope this helps! |
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Jeeeeeze, dior show. I wanted to love you soooo freakin much, but i cannot. I just cant! My lashes do NOT look impressive by any stretch of the imagination; in fact, this is weird: i looked in the mirror & thought: why do my eyes look OLD TODAY? (Next day was back to benefit/theyre real). So, the brush looks great, but it is too bulky for me; no matter how careful i am, i always get it on my lids. I do NOT want to go through the business card/paper trick to get those gorgeous & perfect peepers. There is a scent to the mascara -- not annoying. Kinda perfumey -- like a lotion. The formula DOES flake, but not badly. Jeeze, $25? I cannot buy anymore $$$ mascaras. This was a gift, so whatev, but next time, i may try a drugstore brand. Overall, if you can handle a super plump brush, a tacky/sticky formula, and a $25 price tag... Try it. You may be disappointed. (::goes to powder room to give dior show one last chance::)
Excellent mascara. Applies well, wears well. I can't say anything bad about it. Are there cheaper mascaras that work just as well? Probably.
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i like it and dont like it , it dosnt give that special look or glow i feel very ordenary ,bottom line its waste of money :(
Favourite mascara down pat! It starts out perfectly thick not watery like others. Love the scent too. Never flakes. Easy to wash off. Use with the dior lash serum for amazing lashes.
I've purchased a lot of mascara and this one is pretty good. Not my favorite, but probably would come in second. It stays put all day and adds volume and lengthens well.
This is the first and only time I will ever pay a top dollar for a mascara. Yeh, its a mascara and it does its job but it doesn't give me any more than what a drugstore brand can give me. Ive found better results in Wet n Wild, sorry..
Well, I used this mascara for 3 years and I have to say that is really good. I have very long and fair lashes but they're also really thin and Diorshow gives me a lot of volume (and length, but that is not so necessary for me). It's very black, smells good and has a beautiful packaging. Recently I began to use, together with it, the Benefit's They're Real, just to give a little "plus" to the lashes. I know that there are many other cheaper mascara quite as good as the Diorshow but I really can't leave it, so I always repurchase it. Long story short: it's love.
I have been using this mascara for years and years! This is a good mascara that both gives volume and length. It never smudges on me, and is very easy to remove, even with water.
The only thing I would say that is bad, is the price, and that the mascara dries out very easily , so that I need to buy a new one more often that I would like.
I don't understand the hype of this product. My lashes looks fake (not in a good way) and after a few hours its so flakey under my eyes it looks terrible. It smells a bit weird too. Will not buy again.
After seeing DiorShow on every display shelf at Sephora I decided that I should find out what all the hype was about. I have super thin lashes and am always on the hunt for a volumizing mascara.
While I'm not too keen on the high price of this stuff, I will say that it works much better than other brands I've tried in the past. It makes your lashes look really full and you can apply several coats without your lashes clumping together. Even if you apply more coats later in the day it still won't clump.
I've also tried the waterproof version and was super impressed with its staying power as well.
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Homeowners on a busy diversion road have complained that commuters are parking illegally in their street.
Vicarage Road in Cromer is being used to divert traffic from the town's Mount Street, which is undergoing building work for a new pedestrian crossing.
Traffic cones have been placed on one side of the road to prevent visitors from parking – to allow space for the extra traffic and help residents leave their homes safely.
Debbie Austin, a Vicarage Road resident, said lack of monitoring has meant people are moving the cones.
The retired grandmother-of-six said: "We don't mind that the traffic has to be diverted but you only need one or two to park there before you have everybody doing it."
Mrs Austin said she has difficulty seeing out into the road when pulling out of her driveway.
She added: "We have had two people drive the wrong way down the road and we are still getting large lorries. If they could enforce it life would be a lot easier."
A Norfolk County Council spokesman said it was illegal to park in those areas or drive in an easterly direction along Vicarage Road, while work was taking place.
She said: "The Traffic Regulation Orders are there to enable buses and smaller delivery lorries and vans to carry on using the road so that they can get in and out of Cromer. It is certainly not possible for larger HGVs to use the road and there are very clear signs around Cromer letting drivers know about this."
The new pedestrian crossing is a Parish Partnership Scheme being carried out between Cromer Town Council and the county council.
Work is being carried out by the county council's contractor, Kier May Gurney, and is due to be completed on March 7.
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Most of Cromer pedestrians don't ever use the crossing at Iceland and Church street is known locally as the suicide run the placement of a crossing into Mount street is lunacy just await the 999 incidents perhaps if the road markings were painted this might help drivers but whoever decided to place this new crossing should be warned of likely prosecution but then do the planners ever leave their cosy NNDC offices? Guaranteed more congestion for Cromer and this will become an accident blackspot
Saturday, March 1, 2014
you wait until the new crossing is in use in the summer john it will be total chaos totally wrong place for it
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You are all correct, this is a disaster waiting to happen. when the crossing is activated there will be traffic waiting to turn right from Comer town centre, traffic waiting to turn left from Norridge road, the cars will all be backed up, and then the Munsley turn lights will change, then one of them big buses will try and get round, there will be a delivery lorry outside the bed shop, and to cap it all, a fire engine will appear! It is going to be entertaining as a pedestrian and a nightmare for drivers. Well done NNDC, again.
Saturday, March 1, 2014
What has NNDC got to do with this? The article states that it is a joint venture between the Cromer Town Council and Norfolk COUNTY Council.
Monday, March 3, 2014
Cromer, traffic, nightmare.
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On Thursday 27 February I was waiting for my wife at Merchants Court for approximately 1 hour and was amazed to observe one digger driver doing absolutely nothing apart from ogling the females and also FOUR HI VIZ numpties who were engaged in laughter chat and basically just on a jolly for the same period this times 5 equals 5 hours of negativity during which time nothing was done by these 5 individuals. Little wonder this daft placement of a crossing is taking two weeks to complete!! This was British workmen at play and skiving
Saturday, March 1, 2014
Who applied for planning permission for this? And who granted it? Or was it at all? Anyway, they're all the same.
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Wow, talk about beating the drum of lousy PR for AdSense publishers! The article really makes us sound like the dregs of the advertising world, and makes the SEs sound downright sleazy just for putting ads on our websites (quite apart from the issue of click fraud).
The quotes from Google reps continue their strategy of yelling "no problems!" while humming loudly and putting their fingers in their ears. But the article cites an example of a big AdWords buyer who repeatedly told Google that a particular AdSense publisher was delivering invalid clicks. Google denied and minimized, and then essentially said "uh, yeah, guess something's going on there we weren't detecting."
Geez, what a PR disaster this article is for AdSense. Google better get on top of the perception that AdSense is a giant rip-off for advertisers real quick, because the AdSense image is on a real downhill slide now.
Is there actually any technical difficulty with a computer in Botswana committing click fraud on your US-only ads? Geotargetting controls (we hope) how Google displays ads, but is there any proof that Google actually supplies the other half of the solution by applying the same geotargetting filter to clicks that come in?
Eh? Couldn't follow that objection whatsoever. Most people know fraud when they smell it, and the lovely variety of techniques presented in the article is both well-known to exist and quite obviously fraud.
When AdWords started, part of what made them a real innovation was a commitment to quality. Over time, they retained the lip service to quality, while their practices clearly grew to contradict that.
If Google is not willing to forgo some short-term revenue and return to a commitment to quality, then AdSense will be the big long-term loser. C'mon Google -- Act now, supplies of credibility are limited!
Conversely, if the advertiser can see (via IP address) that a computer is Botswana, so could Google and thus if the advertiser was using geo targeting then that computer wouldn't have gotten the advertiser's ads.
"dummy Web addresses like insurance1472.com, which display lists of ads and little if anything else. When somebody clicks on these recycled ads, marketers such as MostChoice get billed"
That isn�t click fraud. When a journalist starts speaking nonsense like "dummy web addresses" you can only question how much they know about click fraud and legitimacy.
I have over 500 parked domains, all attract type-in high quality traffic, and all display ads. If someone clicks an ad where's the fraud?
hidden subtext: The darker side of business journalism.
Not that they'll notice but BW is no longer linked in my investment section.
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Do you have a problem with the messenger or the message?
There is a "dark side" to online advertising. Why shouldn't it be mentioned? Why shouldn't the ad networks and publishers who contribute to the problem be held accountable?
If it's any consolation, cost-per-click advertising, like direct mail, has one advantage over more traditional forms of advertising: Advertisers can track their expenditures and revenues, and if they're smart enough to keep their emotions from getting the better of them, they can base their future CPC ad-buying decisions on measured ROI.
this part of article says I told Yahoo years ago.YPN is just 1 year old.not so?
Meanwhile, I'll be sitting in the corner tallying up the contents of my bags of recycled quarters.
The purpose of this piece is not to inform the public but to further the interests of the messenger and this is done in a dishonest way. It will work only to the extent that the public is gullible--but the messenger is highly skilled and probably will fool many.
It is not presented as a dagger to the competition (which it is) but as a warning to the public (which it isn't due to hidden agenda).
Do you have evidence to support that claim? Are you willing to take responsibility for that allegation by identifying yourself, as BUSINESS WEEK and its writers did when they published the article?
My point is not "does Google have the data needed", my point is "is there any data to prove that Google has implemented the extra step required".
a) when IP address aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd needs ads, eliminate ads that exclude its country from the pool of possible display ads.
b) when a click comes via aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd (possibly much, much later in time from when the ad was displayed), confirm that the ad clicked on was actually ever displayed to that IP address. (Or, more weakly, check again that the IP address is on the list of approved countries for that advertiser.)
The simplest and most profitable algorithm, of course, is to assume that if you get a click, then it must have come from an approved country because of step (a). Much like Google used to make advertisers eat the cost of double clicks.
I can prove to a reasonable degree by inspection that Google does (a). I don't know how to easily prove that Google does (b). Most advertisers do not attempt to detect that AdWords traffic comes from approved countries and, in the case of click fraud, the fraud software may transmit the click to Google without ever fetching a page from the defrauded advertiser, further reducing the odds that a failure of Google to perform step (b) would be widely and immediately noticed (especially if tastefully distributed by a discerning thief).
"The quality of that traffic is a subjective opinion. Personally I look at parked domain traffic as complete junk and it is one of the reasons I stopped using AdWords."
The quality of that traffic is not subjective at all. It can be measured. You may consider it complete junk, but that's an opinion, nothing more. Type-in domains deliver very targeted traffic, particularly in the niches I work in.
Do you have evidence to support that claim?
It is hard to believe BW would attack online advertising (read $GOOG & $YHOO) with such a semi-ignorant article, without more than an informative purpose.
That's an aburd question, I am not a "respected" business periodical or even a journalist. I am making a supposition based on what appears to me to be blatantly obvious. I do have inside information but I sure won't parade it here for you. Your credentials and your evidence are no better than mine. What nerve you have, asking for my identity.
Regardless of the quality issue, parked domains need to be treated separately from regular content sites. Advertisers deserve the ability to opt out of parked domains independently from content sites if they so desire.
I also believe that advertisers should be informed of the source of all clicks on their ads. This would go a long way towards reassuring advertisers about content sites and would give them the ability opt out of sites that they find disagreeable.
1) If it was a supposition, why didn't you present it that way?
2) I'm not asking for your identity; I'm merely asking that you behave responsibly.
My impression was that the article did seem contrived - the photo of the couple involved in the click fraud looked so staged that it was almost comical - like out of the onion or something.
Not that a feel-bad article in a major publication is going to increase confidence in the product, but there's nothing new in the article and next week BW will be inventing a different crisis, and this will mostly be forgotten.
I think the bigger challenge for Google is in how to attract mainstream advertisers and media buyers who want to target audiences, not just keywords. Articles about click fraud in TIME, BUSINESS WEEK, the NEW YORK TIMES (today), etc. can't be helpful and may be harmful to Google's efforts in that area.
I can run an ad, for example, in a print magazine and pay $X for the ad.
I can run some PPC ads and spend $X on the campaign. Some of what I spend on the PPC campaign goes to fraud clicks.
As long as I make more money with my PPC campaign than from my magazine ad campaign, I'm going to continue with the PPC campaign, regardless of the fraud. Or regardless of the "news" articles that focus on the fraud.
I presented it as my opinion, what's your complaint with that? I do not apologize for my "behavior," it is entirely responsible. You are holding me to a far higher standard than you set for yourself.
The motives of the BW editors and writers on the other hand are less than honorable, that's my opinion and I'm sticking to it.
the purest targeted traffic one can achieve. or complete junk.
if "what kind of websites are in my advertising portfolio?" is relevant for the advertiser, absolutely. even if some parked domains deliver above average conversions. we need to build confidence in the content publisher network. so google should urgently do something in that direction.
in case of "what makes the most money?" then it's indeed only a question of participating and watching the bottom line.
This is not detection of click fraud. It's adjustment of ad spend. From a formal standpoint, to detect click fraud, one would have to be able to discern from the clickstream the intent of its originators.
Actually, this is quite believable. There have been numerous stories of people who've dropped huge sums on PPC advertising. They claim they are not worried about click fraud; they say they don't have time to worry about it; they say they're given a budget and have discretion to spend it however they wish as long as they're getting good ROI (as compared to print or broadcast advertising). Such individuals could very well be click fraud victims. But they won't consider themselves victims until they start getting poorer ROI than those individuals who pay closer attention to their spend.
Without being able to determine the intent of the clickers, this is not possible to know.
Since G wants to attract mainstream advertisers, and extend its reach into other media (e.g. TV, print, radio), it will have to come up with justification as to why advertisers should expect to get better ROI with them (click fraud or not).
The ad may have been displayed to the same machine with a different IP address (due to DHCP and other technologies that can cause an IP address to change).
The click transmitted to Google and the request of the page from the advertiser (if done) are different steps involving separate HTTP connections. So it is possible for a fraudster to submit clicks to G which the advertiser is charged for, but no traffic ever appears on the advertiser's site. All G is responsible for is sending the redirect command back to the requesting HTTP client.
Moti - "the purest targeted traffic one can achieve. or complete junk." Or one of the zillion shades of grey inbetween.
Google should also allow AdWords advertisers and AdSense publishers exclude several times more sites from their respective accounts than is allowed currently.
Giving advertisers more control of their advertising would alleviate a great deal of the concern of click fraud and junk leads. It is the advertiser's money to spend they should have more control over how it is spent.
Again this is about long term profits not immediate revenues.
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(Except that I have a pro-bono site with free materials, so I wouldn't have "free" and "cheap" in my exclusions list for example to allow people to come from similar sites.)
Still, I added a few of those on the AW side: thanks.
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"A short satirical take on great detectives"
If you are a Sherlock Holmes fan, or maybe a bit tired of him, this short radio drama is for you. Playing of the wit of a wife against the investigative skills of her great detective husband, Tudor Jenks successfully makes fun of the wonderful logical world of deduction.
While the story might be a bit dated, it leaves you with a chuckle. Jenks' point comes over loud and clear, "Do not underestimate those of a different gender persuasion!"
"Pious Musing about being a Christian"
If you are Anglican or Episcopalian this book might just be the right book for you. Dealing with Baptism, Eucharist, the Bible and Prayer, Archbishop emeritus Dr. Rowan Williams gives an overview of what it means to be a Christian, therefore the title is appropriate.
Each subject focus on a very basic and easy to understand concept of baptism, the Eucharist, the Bible and prayer. I found the subject matter very basic.
Maybe this is the type of book for newly converted Christians. It is pious, though engaging, basic though to the point.
"A tremendous effort of keeping storylines together"
I admire Orson Scott Card's (OSC) bravery in bringing together various strands of time together in one big bang. Building on the previous two novels OSC Rigg and his friends successfully stops the visitors from destroying the planet Garden, but only after failing in some time-lines.
OSC explores in this novel with developing the same character in different ways at different times and bringing the different versions of the same character together to join forces against the enemy. While I admire this approach, I got lost in al the entanglements and time-streams that the characters felt a bit shallow at times. It is as if they developed but still stayed too much the same.
I am not sure who will find this book enjoyable, maybe die-hard fans of OSC. I do believe that it might not be everybody's cup of tea. For me, having so much time-travel back and forth in time, ensured that I got lost.
I think this book is a far cry from Ender's Game.
Kirby Heyborne, Emily Rankin and Stefan Rudnicki did a great job of narrating the story.
If you have nothing to do and a lot of time to kill, are not so much worried about a good plot, maybe this could be one of the books you might consider listening too.
"An enjoyable trilogy with a satisfying ending"
In a world called Erna seemingly hostile to human dreams and thoughts an unusual story draws to a close. Has the fallen prophet an vampire-like creature of the religion in the one god, the God of Earth and Erna, done enough to be redeemed out of his centuries of hunting women as prey? Will the priest Reverend Damien Canon Vrice done enough to save his friend? How will he choose between his religion and his loyalty to a very dark person?
C.S. Friedman ends a successful trilogy with a good ending. While I thought she was totally against religion - almost like Philip Pullman - she was debating the value of religion throughout the story. I found her approach interesting and refreshing.
R.C. Bray did an excellent job of reading the book. It is very much in the same line as the other two books he read in the trilogy.
If you want a relaxing well put together fantasy story, why not give this trilogy a go?
"The story of human progress through technology"
In "The Industrial Revolution" lecture series Prof Patrick N. Allitt (professor of American History at Emory University) introduces the listener in 36 half hour lectures packed with information, to those technologies which - according to him - we all take for granted and never think about until it is lacking. Then we react with annoyance.
Ironically enough, while listening to this series, South Africa was forced into load shedding (the switching off of power grids for a certain amount of time) due to a coal silo that collapsed at one of the coal power plantations. This followed an event where Rand Water couldn't provide water to great areas of the Gauteng Province because of some pump failures. I therefore can say, Prof Allitt's argument hit home!
He also argues in this course that the early industrialists were seen as people with big fat purses who extorted the working labour class to live in luxury. While this might be the case in some instances the legacy of the Industrial Revolution are the upliftment of the living standard of the peasant population partaking in the project. He makes a striking statement in the beginning of the course that the kings of old were poorer than the peasants of today. The Industrial Revolution came up with the idea of continuous improvement.
If you want to know how and why things have changed so drastically over the last 250 years, this course seems a good place to start. While half of the lectures are focussed on the Industrial Revolution as it began and progress in 18th century Britain, the rest of the lectures are split up in the Industrialisation of the United States of America, Europe, Russia, Japan, India, Taiwan and China. I thought Prof Allitt's focus on technology and how it impacted on who won the Second World War was very informative and interesting.
I was amazed that he thought of Sub-Saharan Africa as backwards and not yet there (my words). I am not completely convinced that he knows what is happening in Africa. Maybe his statement is too sweeping.
I was intrigued by the idea that different political systems saw the need for industrialisation, though it failed miserably if the state was too authoritarian. Though not mentioned by him, it seems to me that Apartheid in South Africa also had industrialisation as its driving force - another odd marriage partner of the Industrial Revolution.
With his British accent and all, Prof Allitt is an excellent presenter and has compiled a very informative, thought-provoking course. Generally he seems to be neutral in his presentation and comes to an appreciation of the progress of humanity through industrialisation. (One thing that bothered me, was when he talked about the Protestant groupings as sects. I wonder if he is Anglican or Roman Catholic?)
In general this is an excellent well-prepared and researched course that covers a vast array of subjects relating to the Industrial Revolution (as Fredrik Engels dubbed it). Any listener will be challenged by the amount of information that needs to be thought through. I can almost guarantee that it will help you to orientate yourself in terms of your own biases and blind spots towards technology and progress.
"Enough to draw you in and keep you listening!"
Celia S. Friedman appears to be an established American fantasy writer. The Coldfire Trilogy the first trilogy she ever published. 'Black Sun Rising' is the first book of the trilogy, though she has later written a prequel to the trilogy in the form of a novella called 'Dominion' (+/-30 pages, guessing by the length of the audio recording). It was the latter that draw me into this trilogy.
It is an excellent introduction to the planet of Erna, a planet which in substance is very different from earth and also consists out of a mysterious substance called Fae (think of an animistic reality which really comes true) that makes people's dreams come to life and gain substance. In 'Dominion' we are introduced to Gerralt Tarrant a seemingly undead vampire and fallen prophet of the Faith in the One God, creator of Earth and Erna who seems to have made some dark covenant to yield and bend the Fae to his purposes. He seems evil to his core, but maybe there could be some goodness left in him… somewhere. These were the two concepts that I found quite original and that draw me to 'Black Sun Rising.'
'Black Sun Rising' introduces the listener to the Reverend Damien Canon Vrice, whom is a Jesuit-like warrior priest fighting the evil conjured up by the Fae through human dreams. He has just arrived in the great city of Jaggonath, the seat of the Eastern Patriarchy from the Western Matriarchy. (I wondered if there is not a play on the Latin Western (Roman Catholic) Church and the Eastern (Orthodox) Church.) Falling in love with a heathen 'adept' (a person who has assimilated with Erna and can yield some natural power over the Fae), Vrice is summersaulted into an adventure when some mysterious creatures from the Rakh lands (a place inhabited by an indigenous species of Erna called the Rakh which seems to have evolved into something maybe more human) steals her 'adept'-powers. Besotted by love Vrice sets out with Ciani, the 'adept' and his lover, to get her powers back.
However, as they travel to these mysterious lands, they meet a dark and threatening stranger, seemingly one of the dark minions of the Hunter, the fallen prophet of Vrice's church, Gerralt Tarrent.
Friedman explores themes of good and evil, truth and lies, corruption and purity within this novel. I think that she successfully shows that a diamond has many sides, while entertaining the reader/ listener with wit and misdirection. Though I sometimes felt that some of her characters are too predictable, I thoroughly enjoyed the book and went on to listen to "When True Night Falls" and "Crown of Shadows." In many ways the books stays within the classical style of the hero's journey. Yet there is enough suspense and intrigue to give a satisfactory listening experience. The trilogy is a worthwhile buy.
R.C. Bray is an established audio book narrator, though I see some reviewers complained about his reading. Though his American accent came over more pronounced at some places in the audio book than other, I found his narration quite enjoyable. He did especially a good job with the demon voice of Calista.
If you are looking for a fantasy trilogy with some interesting concepts, enough intrigue to hold you and keep you guessing and with a good ending, this trilogy comes highly recommended.
"A to the point demystifying course"
If you are looking for something short and to the point and how to start or participate in a conversation, you might find this short course just right. Prof. Anne Curzan teaches English at the University of Michigan and is an excellent Linguist. In this course you will not only learn more about conversations, you will also receive some useful tips that will allow you to read a conversation better. I found, for instance, the way that one uses and phrases questions in different contexts very interesting.
So why don't I give it a five... The course though it even contains excellent role plays and is well presented, is in certain ways very basic. It is an appetiser that might be the starting point, but one needs to dig deeper. Still it comes highly recommended.
"A full box of chocolates"
It's seldom that a collection of short stories and novellas of such a vast array of authors pulls a listener time after time into its narrative worlds. While I bought the book because of George R.R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire Novella, I was pleasantly surprised by the 20 other stories.
Though not sticking to only fantasy and SciFi the various authors are seasoned and upcoming writers who have staked their claim in the SciFi/Fantasy world. My favourite stories in this anthology are: Joe Abercrombie's "Some Desperado" (when chasing a 'cow girl' the danger is immanent), Megan Lindholm's "Neighbors" (danger lurks in the woman with Altzheimers), Sharon Key Penman's "A Queen in Exile" (when a queen refuses to be just a queen), Diana Gabaldon's "Virgins" (a feline take on Jamie Fraser) and George R.R. Martin's "the Blacks and the Greens" (a war prequel to the Game of Thrones). However there are many more that is probably just as good.
This anthology is like a full box of chocolates, the novellas and short stories might not all be to your taste... but they are delicious and worthwhile to listen too.
I don't think that you can go wrong. In "Dangerous Women" the adjective 'dangerous' is explored in depth. Almost every time you are challenged by the idea of what could be dangerous in a woman.
I really enjoyed it. It is one of a very few anthologies where you cannot go wrong. It is especially worth your while if you are seeking for new authors to listen too. It comes highly recommended!
"A prequel to lure you to the Coldfire Trilogy"
I don't know CS Friedman's work at all. Yet, for some or other reason I enjoyed 'Dominion.' I think it has to do with the concepts that she plays with. I haven't come across the idea of fae being an impersonal substance that can mould and shape things to its nature. For me this concept is quite original.
I have therefore been successfully lured into the Dominion trap. I have bought the first book of the Coldfire Trilogy to find out how the undead sorcerer Gerald Tarrant or his descendants will make it on a planet called Erna. The story rings gothic and vampires seem to be vampires, not rehabilitated citizens of the world.
I didn't think that RC Bray's performance was dull or bad. I thought it appropriate to the type of story told.
If you need a no-brainer gothic thriller to pass the time, this might just be the book for you. I don't know how it fits in with the Coldfire Trilogy. I do suspect that with this writer you might find some originality that is often, sadly to say, absent in a lot of fantasy these days.
"Reimaginings of every character in Red Riding Hood"
Vivian Vande Velde begins with a pithy critical assessment of the traditional Red Riding Hood story as known through the Brothers Grimm. She then re-imagines the story focussing on each character in the traditional story, thus telling and re-telling the story in various short stories. I think the idea is brilliant.
So why not give her 5 out of 5? Well, when it comes to collections of short stories, you always get better stories and lesser stories. This collection is no exception. Generally I enjoyed it... I can especially recommend the last story about the smart cloak, but there were a few very dull stories. Furthermore I expected the writer to understand the traditional Red Riding Hood story within its context. There is hidden eroticism, the idea of coming of age, chastity etc. that hides behind some of the elements in the story, at least that is what many scholars agree on. Where are those elements? It seems that Vivian Vande Velde missed them completely. Red Riding Hood is mostly a silly spoiled brat in her.
That said, Vande Velde came up with a few excellent tongue in the cheek moments filled with good humour. I recommend this book to anyone who wants to see the story in a different light and is in search for light reading.
I think Laural Merlington does a splendid job in reading the audio book. If you just want to relax and not think too much or need something to kill the time, this book might just be for you.
"A Spellbinding survey of writing systems"
It has happened more than once that I had to consider either buying the 'Audible' audio version of a 'Great Courses' course or the downloadable video version of the same course. What was I thinking not buying this a course on writing in video format with an accompanying .pdf guide!? The content of Prof Marc Zender's 'Writing and Civilization: From Ancient Worlds to Modernity' is so gripping, it left me spellbound. (That said, I do have a thorough background in Semitic and Classical Languages… but he was able to broaden my understanding of writing systems.)
He takes the listener through a journey of writing signs and systems in 24 lectures which are intricately connected and completely mesmerising! I think this course is probably one of the best structured courses I have listened yet. Starting with the basic concept of writing, dispelling myths surrounding Futhark (the runic alphabet), he proceeds to more difficult scripts such as that of the Chinese. Subsequently the listener is introduced to the decipherment of different ancient writing systems, such as Egyptian hieroglyphs, Cuneiform and later on Mayan hieroglyphs. By comparing the properties of different systems of writing, he is able to illustrate some fascinating universal aspects of writing. (He convincingly argues and illustrates that writing systems were invented at different times in different places, but also that some peoples borrowed their writings from others.) Prof Zender discusses failed attempts of decipherment, the reasons thereto, as wells as invented scripts and languages such as those of JRR Tolkien.
This course is a highly accessible as well as an excellent overview of writing over the ages. It is presented professionally. Yet I refrain from giving it 5 stars under 'story' and overall because not being able to see the examples that Prof Zender used, kept me an outsider to complete insights. While I do understand that Audible does not provide the accompanying .pdf guide to any of 'The Great Courses' not being able to follow the Mayan or Egyptian hieroglyphic examples in the course felt utterly frustrating. I believe that a shortened .pdf file without all the contents of the regular guide could be made available to give the listener the best value for his/her money.
All said, 'Writing and Civilization: From Ancient Worlds to Modernity' is a brilliant course, splendidly arranged, highly engaging, well presented and highly relevant for anyone interested in languages and its writing systems.


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