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The Only Woman to Write for BLACK MASK: a Mystery Herself?
The story features a female protagonist, Tex of the Border Patrol, who goes to "Tia juana" to go undercover to investigate the murder of a wealthy San Francisco merchant and the disappearance of his son. What I loved about the story is that from the very first sentence you are drawn into the sleazy atmosphere of a Tia Juana bar that is full of grimy characters. Listen as Brocklebank brings us into the bar where Tex is watching a young girl who is clearly in distress:
The girl seemed so young, so incongruous in the blatanly obvious setting. She was like a flower from an old-fashioned garden and yet there she was in the ribald atmosphere of the Blue Fox - where Pancho, the shifty-eyed Mexican proprietor, rubbed his palms together and smiled his oily smile to his patrons; where Eddie swung his bamboo cane to the syncopated time of his moaning Hopa-Holi orchestra - Eddie who wore a chocolate brown suit to match his complexion, a screaming orange tie and a straw hat, who sang the latest popular ballads in a voice - untrained, crooning - as insidious as the ether-doped drinks that the silken-voiced bartenders slid across the bars of Old Town, that were now world-famous, polished to a dull red glow by the elbows of many nationalities.
Brocklebank doesn't even get into any backstory explaining Tex's reasons for being in the bar until about a thousand words - or more - into the story, but you don't even notice due to her gift for keeping you in the moment.
The introduction says: "Katherine Brocklebank was unique in the history of Black Mask magazine, and a rara avis in the detective pulp fiction world in general. In the first place, she was a woman and, unless cloaked behind initials or a male pseudonym, the only one identified in the thirty-two-year history of Black Mask, even when it was under the control of a female editor, Fanny Ellsworth, from 1936 to 1940. Second, she created a female series character, Tex of the Border Service, who appeared in four stories late in the 1920s. Readers of Black Mask, as was true of all the detective pulps, demonstrated in their letters to the editor that they didn't particularly care for either female protagonists or authors."
Other sources show that Brocklebank wrote seven stories total for BLACK MASK. Of those, four were stories featuring Tex of the Border Patrol. "Bracelets" appeared in the December 1928 issue. The other three were "White Talons" (January 1929), "The Canine Tooth" (June 1929), and "The Silver Horseshoe" (July 1929).
But as far as I can find in my limited search, the trail ends there. Granted, I haven't had a lot of time to do an in depth search, but Brocklebank doesn't even have a listing in the Fiction Mags Index. Does anyone else know more about this intriguing enigma known as Katherine Brocklebank? Being female and knowing what it's like to be in the minority in the pulp world, I'd like to know.
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- Walker Martin said...
Laurie, Otto Penzler is mistaken when he says Brocklebank was the only woman in BLACK MASK. I've come up with several names:
Madeline Bartlett--9/23,6/24.
Meredith Beyers--12/21
Agatha Christie--7/51
Valma Clark--4/25
Virginia Dale--9/37
Wyona Dashwood--6/15/23
Meredith Davis--6/15/23,3/15/23,9/22
Mary Brown Donoho--10/22
Marjory Douglas--serial in Mar-Apr 1924
Elizabeth Dudley--4 stories in 1921-22
Dorothy Dunn--5/50
Marie Eisenbrandt, Gertrude Hamilton,Eliza Mae Harvey,Helen Holley, Margaret Johansen, Lillian Keenan, Genevieve Neegard,Florence Pettee,Beulah Poynter,Edith Ragsdale,Ruth Scherer,Elizabeth Smith,Juliette Van,Sarah Weaver,Cynthia Woolford,Sally Dixon Wright, also had stories.
Otto must have really received bad information to be this far off base. I feel bad raining on your post but I'm sure some of your friends will give me a sound thrashing at Pulpfest. - May 17, 2011 at 8:49 AM
- Laurie Powers said...
Thanks, Walker. No this is exactly why I do these posts so we can get the information out there, and to correct anything. I really appreciate your doing this!
Otto does say in the intro, and it's in my post, that "unless they were cloaked by initials or a male pseudonym...."
Do you know if any of these women's stories were printed under their own names, or did they use initials or use pseudonyms? - May 17, 2011 at 9:42 AM
- Walker Martin said...
These are the actual women's names as printed on the content's page. True, some may be using pseudonyms but not all of them. Several of these ladies have stories in other detective pulps, like DETECTIVE FICTION WEEKLY and DETECTIVE STORY. So I'm willing to bet most of the names are real. I think Otto just received the wrong information from someone. He had to depend on several sources and collectors because he really did not collect the magazine.
- May 17, 2011 at 10:28 AM
- Deka Black said...
Wow! just wow, is good to see this ^^
- May 17, 2011 at 10:39 AM
Coincidentally, the Brocklebank story happens to be the one I've read most recently from Otto's anthology. I found it quite entertaining.
- May 17, 2011 at 11:09 AM
- Cap'n Bob said...
I checked Hubin and there were no novels under that name.
- May 17, 2011 at 7:45 PM
- Barry Traylor said...
To the best of my knowledge Leigh Brackett never had a story in Black Mask. She would have been at home there because she could write hard-boiled fiction with the best of them.
- May 18, 2011 at 5:13 AM
- Walker Martin said...
Barry is right about Leigh Brackett. She never appeared in BLACK MASK but she could write excellent hardboiled fiction. Her detective novel NO GOOD FROM A CORPSE shows the influence of Chandler.
She did sell stories to Popular Publications when it was publishing BLACK MASK but the stories appeared in NEW DETECTIVE, FLYNN'S, etc. Most of these hardboiled tales have been collected recently in a book titled, NO GOOD FROM A CORPSE, which reprints the novel and several pulp detective stories.
I met her at an early Pulpcon in the 1970's shortly before her death and she was amused at my interest in her detective stories. She told me that questions were always asked about her SF but never the detective work. - May 18, 2011 at 6:02 AM


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I have been working with this problem and trying out different techniques for years, and have found something that really works: doing a baking soda mask after using the computer. There is plenty of information on this procedure in the internet for beauty purposes, etc., but it works wonders for computer fatigue, eye fatigue after computer use, feeling like a zombie after hours at the computer, etc.
You simply make a paste of baking soda and warm water and apply it to your face. Leave it on for about five minutes, maybe a little more, then wash it off. When I do this after hours at the computer, I feel like the tiredness in my face and head is completely lifted away, I feel totally refreshed, like new. The only side effect is that it dries your skin, so it is good to apply some moisturizer on your face afterwards. (I prefer warm sesame oil or warm olive oil for this purpose, as they're much healthier for the face than commercial moisturizers)
Why does this work? Baking soda is known to suck away negative or harmful energies from the body; baking soda, or baking soda/salt, baking soda/epsom salt baths are well-known for this purpose. Not everyone might believe in such an apparently mysterious means of action. This doesn't matter, however, since it works whether one believes in it or not.
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The Value of Bitcoin
Many say Bitcoin is a fiat currency, that the value is derived from nothing. Really, Bitcoins are just 1's and 0's. Therefore, the value must collapse at some point, once the market discovers they own a useless commodity. At least, this is the most commonly held belief I've run into.
I entirely disagree. Bitcoin does have intrinsic value, in the same way many commodities do. Gold is the best example, and an interesting comparison. If gold currency makes you think of olden-times and Ron Paul, I entirely disagree again. I think gold, and Bitcoin, have much more to do with sheep, which you'll see below.
There's much to be said about the price of Bitcoin. But I think the value of Bitcoin is the much more important, and much more interesting, aspect of the puzzle. How does Bitcoin have intrinsic value?
The Answer
It helps to start with an easier question: how does gold have intrinsic value? Gold is just a hunk of atoms. It's fairly similar to a rock. Not all that different from a stick. Why is gold so valuable? Because it's beautiful, right?
That is true, shiny things are inherently cool. But plenty of gold has been made into bars and coins and stashed away, instead of showcased as jewelry or a statue. It would seem beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
As it turns out, value is always in the eye of the beholder. A person who really loves strawberries sees much more value in strawberries than someone who doesn't like them, or someone who is allergic to them. A person who is careening through interstellar space sees value in a rocket to get home, but no value in much of anything else.
Those examples are obvious. But why is it that people see value in gold? Or Bitcoin, for that matter. The answer is that both gold and Bitcoin have intrinsic properties which make them inherently valuable as a trade item. People see value in gold, or Bitcoin, when they want to trade.
The Explanation
Imagine you have two sheep, and you want to buy one piece of bread. An entire sheep, to most, is much more valuable than a slice of bread. So how do you make a trade? Do you chop the sheep's foot off? That won't accomplish much. It would be better to have something more divisible.
Gold is great at that. It's the most malleable metal you can find on earth. It's not hard to make bars and coins out of it. Or just a bag of rock-shaped gold chunks. That way you can trade one sheep for a bag of gold, then trade one small piece of gold for a slice of bread, and have one sheep and plenty of gold left over. Gold is easily divisible, that makes it great to trade with.
There is another problem that traders often face, and it also involves sheep. Say that instead of using gold, you had offered one whole sheep for twenty loaves of bread. This seems like a fair trade, no need for divisibility. But what if, unbeknownst to both parties, the sheep has a chronic heart condition, and is doomed to die in three days? What if the sheep decides it doesn't like its new owner and begins attacking everything it sees?
Sheep are complicated, and can be vicious. So how does one know whether the specific sheep they're getting is actually worth it? Gold solves this problem as well, since it is easily verifiable. A simple scale is all it takes to verify that you're getting the amount of gold you expect. And, well, gold is gold. It can't attack you. So weighing it is pretty much all you need to know.
Surely now you see the connection to Bitcoin. It is important for currencies to have properties which make them convenient and reliable trade items, and Bitcoin has those properties. It has a lot of them:
- divisibility - Bitcoin can be divided to eight decimal places (more in theory), with little effort.
- verifiability - You don't need to weigh Bitcoin to verify the amount you got. That's verified intrinsically by the Bitcoin existing. More on this later.
- homogeneity through space and time - A Bitcoin is digital, so backups can be made easily. Not only that, but the Bitcoin network keeps track of every Bitcoin that has ever existed.
- scarcity - Just like gold, Bitcoin is rare. Only a set amount of Bitcoin can be mined.
- transportability - Gold is easy to transport, but not as easy as Bitcoin. Bitcoin can be sent around the world in minutes.
- resistance to counterfeiting - It is impossible to conterfeit a Bitcoin, just like it is impossible to create a gold coin without actual gold (not impossible, but extremely difficult)
The Debate
One curious problem is that the dollar seems to have these "special" properties as well. Surely the dollar is not just some "fiat" thingy. The dollar is important! It's used by millions of people every day! They probably use it because of all those special properties:
- It's divisible - dollars break down to cents
- It's verifiable - easy to count
- It's homogeneous through space and time - not so much as gold or Bitcoin, but pretty solid
- It's scarce - dollars certainly don't grow on trees!
- It's transportable - modern banks allow virtual transportation of dollars (direct deposit, debit cards)
- It's resistant to counterfeiting - surprisingly so!
But many of these properties are not actually intrinsic to dollars.
Consider that a dollar is a piece of paper, it in no way can be transformed into metal coins. I've tried. Does this matter? After all, you can exchange a dollar for four quarters with just about anyone you meet. Whether this matters depends a lot on your perspective.
In fact, a dollar is not actually a piece of paper at all, it's more like a contract. A dollar bill states: "THIS NOTE IS LEGAL TENDER FOR ALL DEBTS, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE". When you swipe your debit card, similar wordage in contracts between card processors, banks, merchants, and the government (via legislation) ensure that your dollars can be used to absolve your debts, including your recently incurred $5 debt for the sandwich you're holding.
In fact all aspects of the dollar's functionality depend on these types of contracts. The government can print as many dollars as they feel is necessary, throwing a wrench in those "scarce" and "resistant to counterfeiting" properties. They can also influence how transportable the dollar is, with trade embargos or other forms of regulation.
The government can also affect the value of other currencies. For example, by making dollars the only legal tender for paying taxes, they add a lot of value to dollars for citizens who must pay taxes, and remove value from Bitcoin, gold and other currencies which are not accepted as tax payments.
This is the main difference I see between fiat and hard currencies. Fiat currencies are declared to have certain properties, whereas hard currencies have them intrinsically. In both cases, the market adopts a currency based on its usefulness.
The Value
Again, whether this matters depends a lot on your perspective. Perhaps the difference between fiat vs. hard currencies is unimportant, as at the end of the day, people have chosen to use them both. Really, your perceived value of Bitcoin, dollars, gold, or any currency depend on your unique situation: which government you live under, the types of transactions you do, and whether you are flying through interstellar space or allergic to strawberries.
But it also depends on your interpretation of the real source of the currency's value. Remember that the value of gold comes from the arrangement of gold's atoms. This atomic arrangement gives gold all the special properties a currency needs. With the dollar, its special properties come from the strength and ingenuity of the government.
But Bitcoin is not a solid object, and it's not backed by any central organization. Bitcoin is fundamentally information. In fact every Bitcoin exists in not only one place, but thousands of places, and no place at all. Such is the case with much information in the internet age. Bitcoin is information, and the value of Bitcoin is in the way this information is formed.
Bitcoin is only a computer program, but it is a remarkable computer program. The algorithms in this program allow a network of computers to trade imaginary coins, preventing falsified coins or bad transactions from coming into existence. Information on Bitcoins is determined via peer-to-peer consensus, meaning no central authority has the ability to change the rules. How Bitcoin works should be the subject of another article, but it is the programmatic mechanisms of Bitcoin which make the information trustworthy and useful, and give Bitcoin its value.
The Decision
Bitcoin is indeed just 1's and 0's. The most important thing to remember is that other currencies are the same way: gold is just atoms and dollars are just contracts. The real question is: how does this all affect you? You have to think about the source of value for whichever currencies you use, and answer this question yourself.
Imagine you have two sheep, and one of them would like to hire you to fix his laptop. If he offered you Bitcoin, would you accept it? If Bitcoin continues to increase in dollar price, as hard currencies tend to, you could set it aside for a couple years and have a nice little Bitcoin savings account. Perhaps by then your favorite retailer might accept Bitcoin, so the dollar price wouldn't matter.
But perhaps that is too risky for you. After all, Bitcoin is a computer program. Who knows whether the Bitcoin network will withstand the test of time? On the other hand, perhaps it's too risky for you to accept dollars. Perhaps instead of fixing his computer, your sheep friend would like you to teach him an ancient form of ritual dance which is banned in your country. It all depends on the situation.
The real value of Bitcoin isn't definite. In fact, it's your own decision to make.


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Superstar executives are brought on board by big companies to increase revenues, raise up shareholder returns, and set companies on a path toward success. Since the late 1970s, we've seen an explosion in executive pay. CEO pay has risen 725 percent since 1978, whereas pay for the standard employee has only gone up around 10 percent. This has been looked at as an investment by most companies, placing trust in the ability of talented executive teams to make sure the company comes out ahead in the end. There are many examples of this strategy paying off, but according to new research, it appears that the opposite may be more true than anyone has realized before.
A new study shows that companies with the highest paid CEOs tend to perform worse in the long run. The study, done by Michael J. Cooper of the University of Utah, Huseyin Gulen of Purdue University, and P. Raghavendra Rau of the University of Cambridge, finds that companies that pay CEOs in the top ten percent earn negative abnormal returns over the next few years. In fact, the actual number is -8 percent. When dealing with the huge amount of capital some of the bigger companies have to throw around, a loss of 8 percent can tally up to a staggering amount.
But it doesn't stop there.
Not only do the researchers find that overall company performance lags with increasing pay, but the longer an executive is in charge also has a big effect on diminishing returns. As the researchers say, the results prove true for both the highest paid and lowest paid executives, with contrasting performance leading to clashing results.
"We find that firms that lie in extreme excess compensation deciles exhibit striking differences in performance. In the year after the firms are classified into the lowest and highest excess compensation deciles respectively, firms in the lowest decile earn insignificant industry — and momentum adjusted returns. In contrast, the firms in the highest decile earn significant negative abnormal returns. The performance worsens significantly over time," the study says.
What does all of this research mean? It could mean that the large amounts of money corporations are throwing at CEOs and their executive teams are not worth it in the long run. It also runs counter-intuitive to some of the logic behind different compensation models, like performance and equity based pay. The other alarming part of the results, the fact that the longer a CEO is in charge, the worse the company does, is also something businesses are going to need to take a long and hard look at.


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(NHI Nanoblog) TEMPE, Ariz.—As nanotechnology moves (slowly) from the laboratory to the factory, workers are on the front lines—though you wouldn't know that from the shop floor.
Like new technologies from the printing press to the Internet, nano is touted as a way to make products work better, potentially reshaping the employment landscape.
And, like prior scientific and chemical breakthroughs, nanotechnology may bear some risk for workers. Already, ultra-tiny substances like carbon nanotubes and nano-sized titanium dioxide have drawn the attention of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, which has moved to recommend limits for occupational exposure.
Decades ago, labor unions around the world might have been at the forefront of the debate over nanotechnology and workers. But researcher Noela Invernizzi, in a survey of international labor leaders, found that they're not yet engaged in worrying about whether jobs will disappear as nano-enabled applications make a variety of products and processes more efficient.
But they are scared, said Invernizzi, a professor at the Federal University of Parana, in Brazil. They are scared that nano will become just another entry in the long list of occupational hazards—like asbestos, lead paint and silica—that went unchecked until workers started dying.
"Workers are the persons who are maybe the most exposed to risk," Invernizzi (pictured) said, during a talk at the recent Third Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Nanoscience and Emerging Technologies. "They are very afraid of repeating history."
The risk of exposure runs from the birth of a product, during the manufacturing process, to its death, when it's destroyed, recycled or otherwise broken apart.
Nanotechnology leverages the often amazing properties of super-small engineered particles (a nanometer is a billionth of a meter). These tiny materials can make airplane wings stronger, through the introduction of nearly weightless carbon nanotubes, or make exterior paint self-cleaning with nano-titanium dioxide.
There is broad agreement that these substances show great promise in a wide variety of areas, from cancer treatments to electronics. Shrinking these materials, however, sometimes changes the way they interact with the world around them, raising serious questions about their impact on health and the environment.
Scientists are racing to understand and quantify any danger, while regulators struggle to protect people, animals and the environment without going overboard. As a result, there are few nano-specific laws on the books. The NIOSH recommendations, for example, are just that: Guidelines that stand little chance of becoming binding regulations through the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which governs workplaces.
Invernizzi said she thinks that nanotechnology isn't a big priority for unions in part because they're facing so many challenges now, from declining membership to fading political power, especially in the United States. One AFL-CIO leader she interviewed said he wasn't seeing nanotechnology on the shop floor.
In contrast, environmental groups and consumer advocates are expressing concern about the health risks that might be associated with nanotechnology. Invernizzi suspects that's because they slid into nano after probing the issue of genetically-modified organisms, or GMOs, a topic labor didn't pay much attention to.
The AFL-CIO official told Invernizzi that he felt as if unions were "walking blind" when it comes to nano, both because they don't know what workers are being exposed to, and because the risks associated with the substances that are being used are unclear. Invernizzi said she herself had had a difficult time prying information out of companies about what they're using, a contrast with prior research she's done on workplace issues.
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"They have this feeling that time is running out," Invernizzi said. "That maybe we are losing the opportunity to do it right this time."
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An IPI policy forum launched a new joint study by a UN office and a prominent Norwegian group showing that 36 million people were displaced in 2008 by sudden onset natural disasters — 20 million of them by climate-related disasters such as storms and floods.
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A galley layout puts appliances against the wall, freeing up the rolling island for relocation as needed.
Pittsburgh architect Gerard Damiani, AIA, NCARB, calls his live/work row house a "prototype of how to build well and affordably, as well as sensitively to the site and the feel of our city." That's a hefty goal for a 1,770-square-foot building, so Damiani and partner Debbie Battistone took their time designing it—six years, in fact. The resulting space, with its nine types of windows and five ways to open a cabinet, is a showcase of fine design and clever craftsmanship.
The kitchen is the first space potential clients see as they walk through the foyer to stairs for the second-story studio [see Workspace], so the couple made it the heart of their architectural laboratory. A serene, seemingly simple layout conceals numerous bells and whistles. "When you take on a strategy like this, you have to make sure it has an architectural continuum," Damiani explains. Solid maple plywood provides that continuity, with nary a handle or knob in sight to break up the expanse of blond wood.
The kitchen's only other material is steel—a practical choice that also links to the city's heritage. Stainless steel appliances match commercial-grade countertops and an exposed frame on the island. That frame extends past the countertop, forming sturdy towel bars that double as handles to roll the caster-mounted island aside when space is tight.
Other innovative strategies maximize function and space within the compact footprint. A partial wall floats between the kitchen and living area, concealing open pantry shelves next to the fridge on the kitchen side and more storage in the living room. Perforated maple panels provide ventilation for air registers, as well as a microwave cubby. And the trash bin can be reached either by opening a cabinet door or through the circular hatch cut into the island countertop.
Damiani and Battistone say their lengthy effort has paid off in spades. Prospective clients venture into the kitchen to see its clever details and often wind up commissioning the firm for their projects. And once the workday ends, it's simply a great place to make dinner or unwind with a glass of wine.
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We already know that human resources professionals use Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and other social media accounts to check up on prospective employees. But is it reasonable for potential employers to ask for your Facebook login name and password – especially when your privacy settings are locked down?
The Associated Press recently brought one such story to light. Justin Bassett, a New York City statistician, had just finished answering a few character questions for a new job when his interviewer turned to her computer to search for his Facebook page. When she couldn't see his private profile, she asked him to hand over his login information. Bassett refused and withdrew his application, saying he didn't want to work for a company that would seek to pry into his personal information. "But as the job market steadily improves," the story noted, "other job candidates are confronting the same question from prospective employers, and some of them cannot afford to say no."
The trend has some senators, such as Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) proposing new laws to ban the practice. In a recent statement, Schumer remarked, "Employers have no right to ask job applicants for their house keys or to read their diaries – why should they be able to ask them for their Facebook passwords and gain unwarranted access to a trove of private information about what we like, what messages we send to people, or who we are friends with?" Schumer and Blumenthal have asked the Justice Department and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to rule on whether Facebook fishing is already illegal, and Blumenthal said a new law might be "necessary to stop unreasonable and unacceptable invasions of privacy."
While isolated incidents – such as Bassett's story – have received plenty of press, the practice so far doesn't seem to be widespread (particularly since the legality of the practice is in a legal grey area). Schumer and Blumenthal believe demanding a person's log-in information probably violates anti-discrimination laws, since it potentially gives companies a look at an applicant's religious views, ethnicity, sexual preference and other protected information. It may also flout laws against unauthorized access to electronic data. Facebook also opposes the practice; in fact, sharing your password violates the company's terms of service.
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US official: New tape may be last from bin Laden
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. intelligence officials believe Osama bin Laden made a propaganda recording shortly before his death and expect that tape to surface soon.
It is unclear whether the tape is audio or video, but a U.S. official says that intelligence indicates it is already working its way through al-Qaida's media pipeline. The official said the timing was coincidental and there is no indication he knew U.S. forces were bearing down on him.
A new recording from bin Laden would provide a final word from the beyond grave for a terrorist who taunted the U.S. with recorded propaganda for years. It could also provide fodder to those who insist he is still alive.
why the dignity and respect for Muslim burial when we've killed thousands of innocent civilians over the past decade? It makes ZERO SENSE---and all of the mainline bloggers not beholden to the MSM are asking the very same questions.
I have to say the burial at sea was genius becasue it disallows any place for pilgramage and any way to pay homage to him, or meet at his burial site for inspiration, etc.
The second part of this went right over everyones head, and something Obama may very well know about having some Muslim roots. Islamic custom is to be washed, and wrapped in a white cloth, and buried facing Mecca. That is the custom for a common Muslim funeral. Custom for a burial as a martyr means burial in the clothing he died in, and not to be washed. In doing a common Islamic burial, he was denied the burial of a martyr.
Very well done! This one Obama got right.


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"A great listen"
Love this story. It's a non-stop suspenseful thriller, that keeps you on the edge of your seat
awaiting the outcome. Killian thinks he's trying to locate an addict ex-wife and children for his client. As the story unfolds, he finds himself being followed and close to death. Something is up with this job, it's too simple to have such a high payout. Thus, the stakes get higher as an old secret comes to light. The story doesn't disappoint right up to it's thought evoking end. Gerard Doyle does an excellent job bringing the Irish feel to the book.
"Good ending for the series"
I've heard this is the last of the series, with the three completing their quest, but I could see more quests in the future with the small opening at the story's end. Not that I would mind. The story wraps up nicely, but does have it's losses leaving me a bit sad. Thoroughly enjoyed the series, although the narrator was rather slow in reading an extra long book, making it drag somewhat.
"Nice Surprise!"
Tried out a new author (for me anyway) from a friend's recommendation. Really enjoyed listening to this book, in fact it took all day Sunday, but I finished it. It is the first of the Joanna Brady series, which starts with a death and a big mystery. Joanna's life is turned upside down on her 10th anniversary, and soon she's led to believe that her husband might have been hiding secrets from her. She won't give up til all her questions are answered though, even as her own life is put in danger. I have to say that I couldn't figure out all the bad guys, which made me want to jump to the end, to satisfy my curiosity. I didn't give in, but kept listening.
Oh wow, don't start this series unless you're ready to go on a reading frenzy. I'm on to the prequel "Little Sisters of Eluria" and the graphic novels, to get more background on Roland, the Gunslinger. He's the last of his kind on a quest to find The Tower. Slowly we get bits and pieces from his past, while trying to figure out why he is looking for The Tower. To get there, he needs answers from The Man in Black, whom he trails throughout the book. He meets a boy, Jake, that seems to have a part in the whole scheme, so together they travel.
It's an intriguing tale that only begins with this novel. However, that fact isn't disappointing, cause you won't be ready to leave this fascinating world.
"3 stars cause of Christy"
I really like this series, but put off listening to it because of bringing Adam's ex-wife Christy in to the series. It was exactly what I was dreading, listening to a cunning ex-wife trying to get back her husband, with other pack members taking her side. Ugh! I hate those stories.
The rest of the book was enjoyable, especially bringing Gary Laughing Dog in (he seems to be an interesting character) and I always have liked to hear more from Stephan and Coyotte.
Just send Chrsity down the road and good riddance.
"Hard to follow at times"
After listening to Thirteen Hours, I couldn't wait to hear this story as it continued with the life of Det.Benny Grisel. This book wasn't as interesting to me though, as it was filled with corporate politics and trying to explain the workings of big business. Benny had trouble understanding it all, as did I, along with finding it very boring at times. I did enjoy hearing more about Benny's life and how he seems to be patching it up since he quit drinking. The concern for his children and a new girlfriend that falls off the wagon, almost hampers his investigation as he realizes he's behind the times with so much of today's world. All in all, with Benny trying to solve a cold case in order to help solve a rash of police shootings from a sniper claiming a cover up, makes for an interesting story.
"Couldn't tear myself away"
This was one of those books that grabs you from the start and keeps your interest. It starts with a 25 year old unsolved mystery of a family's disappearance. The lone survivor is suddenly more than ever being thrown back to those tragic memories, as new events plague her and her family. I started out listening to this one, then when I got tired of listening, I'd switch to reading for a while. I usually have two books going at once, but I just couldn't tear myself away until this one was finished. The secret keeps you guessing for the majority of the book, then the suspense takes over, as to how it will all play out in the end. My first listen from this author, but definitely not my last.
"The series is growing stale"
This installment just didn't do much for me. I just couldn't get too excited about the main characters. The series seems to be in a stale period, throwing this book in as a filler, because it wasn't about any of the angels and didn't advance the story of the angelic war.
"Classical Hiaasen"
Another screwed up murder mystery with a hysterical sense of humor. Carl Hiaasen knows how to spin a good yarn and George Wilson delivers every morbidly funny punch line with perfection. Each unique character is brought to life then intermingled into one hilarious tale of murder, blackmail, and deception.
"Not a Dani book"
I felt Mac and Baron's story was finished with the last Fever book, and "Iced' was to be a spin off series that would wrap around different characters (Dani, Riodan, Dancer, and Christian). I loved "Iced" and developed a big soft spot in my heart for Dani, that I never had in the Fever books. I was disappointed in this book, with the path chosen for Dani and the small part she played. Basically, this was a Mac book (which isn't a bad thing) in itself, but I felt it ruined "Iced", and the kid that stole the show.
"Sandman, "What a Character""
Love these amusing characters with their rough talking banter. The narrator has them down to a 'T', never disappointing, with the mad cap stories of Heaven and Hell, and all that lies between.


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Jordan have announced that Jason Tahincioglu, the first Turkish driver to drive a Formula One car, will perform a demonstration run in the Jordan-Toyota EJ15 in front of his home crowd at next weeks inaugural Turkish Grand Prix.
Tahincioglu, who currently competes in the Formula Renault British Championship with Team JLR, recently enjoyed his first taste of Formula One power in a preparatory shakedown at Silverstone courtesy of Jordan. The Turkish driver took the opportunity to familiarise himself with the car and was impressed with the experience.
"My initial thoughts were that the car was quite impressive," he said. "I was amazed at how different it was from anything I had ever driven before. Obviously after a few runs, you get used to the speed and the braking."
With 13races down and only six left as the Formula One circus heads to Istanbul and what is Formula Ones newest circuit, Tahincioglu was obviously excited by the prospect of running in front of the Turkish crowd.
"Having a Turkish driver driving a Formula One car on his home track is what the Turkish people and fans dream of seeing," he added. "It will be a great buzz and I am hoping that I, along with Jordan Grand Prix put on a good show."
Tahincioglu wont be the only driver making his Formula One debut at the Turkish Grand Prix either, as earlier this week Minardi confirmed that the Italian Enrico Toccacelo has become the team's official Friday test and reserve driver. Friday Practice at Istanbul Park will represent a new challenge for all the drivers as they acquaint themselves with the 5.378 kilometre track for the first time.


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A funny thing happened on the way to the voting booth: Americans discovered that most federal stimulus funds were being used to stimulate government, not the economy.
I was on the road recently, driving from my home in southeast Louisiana through a long stretch of Mississippi to Tuscaloosa, Ala., then to the outskirts of Birmingham and on to Auburn, Ala., and finally back to my home by way of Montgomery and Mobile. Along the way I was slowed from time to time as I passed by road and bridge repair projects marked with prominent signs indicating they were funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, President Obamas so-called stimulus bill.
Naturally I was thrilled to see my tax dollars at work, although honesty compels me to report that not much actual work seemed to be going on at any of the sites. Most of the visible workers were just standing around. Of course, such standing around is typical of public construction projects, so I dont suppose that what I saw was in any way owing to the stimulus funding in particular.
This huge legislative enactment provides for a great variety of increased spending and some reduction in taxes over a period of 10 years. The Congressional Budget Office computed that the net amount of money to be injected into, or not removed from, the economy as a result of the stimulus bill totals about $787 billion.
At the time the bill was being debated and discussed, a common plea in its defense had to do with funding so-called shovel-ready projects to repair or replace public roads, bridges and other structures widely taken to be in a state of decay or disrepair. This plea made an appealing talking point, since most Americans place at least some value on such infrastructure.
Alas, only a tiny proportion of the funds expended so far has been directed to this well-advertised objective. According to the governments website for tracking stimulus expenditures (Recovery.gov), as of October 27, 2010, $464.2 billion had been made available to a long list of government agencies and $317.8 billion had been spent.
Of the total amount disbursed, 70 percent had been spent by three departments: $91.9 billion by the Department of Health and Human Services, $65.0 billion by the Department of Education, and $62.6 billion by the Department of Labor. The Department of Transportations outlays came to just $21.6 billion, or 6.8 percent of the total.
Shovel-ready infrastructure projects have evidently proved difficult to find. Small wonder, then, that President Obama confessed just prior to the election to having realized too late that theres no such thing as shovel-ready projects. Despite this realization, the president did not propose freezing such spending. Perhaps he had other objectives in mind from the start.
Other leading spenders of stimulus money have included the Department of Agriculture ($18.5 billion), the Social Security Administration ($13.7 billion), the Department of the Treasury ($7.9 billion), and the Environmental Protection Agency ($4.3 billion).
A common element of these government departments and agencies is their shortage of shovels, not to mention shovel-ready projects. They also excel at dishing out subsidies to undeserving but politically potent special interests and paying handsome salaries and benefits to bureaucratic drones and wreckers on the government payroll.
So far, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration has spent $733 million of the more than $1 billion allocated to it. Is it possible to shovel outer space?
No doubt the General Services Administration, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the National Science Foundation, the Railroad Retirement Board, and the National Endowment for the Arts are shoveling something. I leave it as an exercise for the reader to ascertain exactly what.
Yet, as I saw with my own eyes, some work evidently is going on in Mississippi and Alabama to fix roads and bridges. Thats something, but its hardly going to have a noticeable effect on recovery from the recession.
Robert Higgs is Senior Fellow in Political Economy at The Independent Institute and Editor at Large of the Institutes quarterly journal The Independent Review. He received his Ph.D. in economics from Johns Hopkins University, and he has taught at the University of Washington, Lafayette College, Seattle University, and the University of Economics, Prague. He has been a visiting scholar at Oxford University and Stanford University, and a fellow for the Hoover Institution and the National Science Foundation. He is the author of many books, including Depression, War, and Cold War.
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Veterans' Corner
Thursday, February 20, 2014
FARMINGTON — Greetings and best wishes for clear side-walks and driveways for our membership and faithful supporters. This really has been an interesting winter all over our country as the weather has reminded all of us just who is in control as we realize it isn't us.
Nominated Commander Michael Mainzer, nominated Sr. Vice Commander, Tyler Trask; and nominated Jr. Vice Commander, Jonathan Mainzer (these are newly nominated officers and will be second nominated than voted on at the SAL's next meeting) worked together , very hard in preparation, cleaning up before and after the event, seeking a borrowed sound system, a willing DJ (Ben ) who had some wonderful music for the night, snacks galore for their concession stand, Bob Smith to act as male chaperone and great support from our American Legion Auxiliary officers who assisted in every way possible. A special thank you to Jennifer Chagnon for donations of beverages, decorations and dancing strobe light, and to Dina Brehm for her generous effort, time and the equipment to accomplish the floating balloons that really gave our hall a very festive atmosphere.
Snowing again, Saturday into Sunday and clearing up in time for the DAV's State meeting held in Farmington was held with state lever officers present and the Auxiliary membership providing a luncheon afterwards which was appreciated by those that attended the meeting. |


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Mathematical Circles: Russian Experience
Dmitri Fomin, Sergey Genkin, Ilia V. Itenberg, quot;Mathematical Circles: Russian Experiencequot;
American Mathematical Society | 1996 | ISBN: 0821804308, 8173711151 | 272 pages | Djvu | 1,9 mb
quot;This is a sample of rich Russian mathematical culture written by professional mathematicians with great experience in working with high school students Problems are on very simple levels, but building to more complex and advanced work [contains] solutions to almost all problems; methodological notes for the teacher developed for a peculiarly Russian institution (the mathematical circle), but easily adapted to American teachers' needs, both inside and outside the classroom.quot;
from the Translator's notes
What kind of book is this? It is a book produced by a remarkable cultural circumstance in the former Soviet Union which fostered the creation of groups of students, teachers, and mathematicians called quot;mathematical circlesquot;. The work is predicated on the idea that studying mathematics can generate the same enthusiasm as playing a team sportwithout necessarily being competitive.
This book is intended for both students and teachers who love mathematics and want to study its various branches beyond the limits of school curriculum. It is also a book of mathematical recreations and, at the same time, a book containing vast theoretical and problem material in main areas of what authors consider to be quot;extracurricular mathematicsquot;. The book is based on a unique experience gained by several generations of Russian educators and scholars.
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