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USA is quickly becoming more and more USSR like, $16trl debt, over $1trl budget deficit and $0.7trl trade deficit,
and US GDP numbers are heavily bloated, it is probably 2/3 of what is stated,
with all due respect, US is nothing but Spain with a huge war fleet, which is by the way requires 0.6trl maintenance a year.
This is inevitable, middle class will be crushed by rising cost of living, savers will be wiped out by ZIRP. Expect less freedoms, more government and more poverty!
Side note: I like the briefcase labelled "Republicans", in case there's a soul left in the world who doesn't know the elephant is a symbol of the GOP.
OK, so what IS Obama's plan? I've heard tons of proposals on the Republican side, Whats Obama's plan?
Marginally higher taxes on upper brackets, lower military spending, empowering medium and long term efficiency in Medicare through a stronger IPAB, and just allowing the recovery to continue. Nothing huge, but until the deficit becomes a problem it doesn't need to be huge.
"Nothing huge, but until the deficit becomes a problem it doesn't need to be huge"
I guess that's where we differ then. I see deficits of over a trillion dollars per-year, the solvency issues of Medicare and Social Security and it all worries me. My parents are on both of those programs and I'd rather these programs be restructured than risk failure. Are you really willing to take that chance with the well being of Seniors?
Democracy by definition would always involve some form of jousting. What however is remarkable is that a substantial section of the American electorate are so individualistic - thinking only of themselves , and are only willing to support policies which promote their sort of ideology. The outcome is that this now leads to the perverse situation where extreme selfishness precludes these sorts of people from even reconising what is in their long term interest.
Since the 1970's I have listened to a certain demographic screaming for more tax revenue, and an equal number of people pushing-back for the simple reason that they want to keep what they earned, and the suspicion that the government will always demand more money to funnel back to their supporters. Is this "democracy" or is it a kind of "tyrany?" When the mob can drain the productive just because they out-vote them, is that what you want? Are you part of the "mob" or the "productive?"
I frankly burst out laughing when I read your riposte to my earlier comment. Of course one cannot hope to exhaust the ramifications of taxation in the short space available here to us here to discuss this issue. The cartoon , on which we comment, is merely a snapshot and a synopsis of a generally held view or opinion.
If you compare the incidence of both general and indirect taxation on income in the USA with that across say the EU, it is clear that such taxes are significantly less than that paid by most Europeans. For people of certain political and idealogical dispositions that is no comfort and they would rather for example pay less tax and leave the individual to pay privately for education , health , secutity etc. But we no longer live in the wild west and there are many , who you seem to describe as the 'mob', who think it is better for some goods and services to be paid for and provided by the state collectively through taxation. This simple description illustrates the idealogical divide which is at the heart of and subject of the debate.
The way to resolve this in a democracy is to put the matter to the vote and permit the majority to detrmine how the state is to act in this matter. Of course those who loose out would be disappointed at the outcome and it does not help if in response you disparage the majority by describing them as a 'mob'. They are the majority. Would you prefer to live under a monarchy or an aristocracy which dictates the manner in which society's economic resources are to be distributed ? You may well prefer that , howeverI don't think a majority of people these days would endorse that. Have a good evening.
Your comment would have more validity if you had used "lose" vice "loose.". Standard liberal pseudo-intellectual snobbery.
Trust me , I would make the same mistake again next time I use the word. Thanks, and have a good day.
Here's a fun fact, the last time the debt went down under a Republican President was under Eisenhower. How many Eisenhower Republicans are there? They can preach all they want about fiscal responsibility when they are the worst violators of it, it's called lying.
And when one avoids the real underlying issues in favor of a partisan attack it is also called lying. Your post contributes nothing to the debate other than more evasion.
How can they be the worst violators if Obama added 6 Trillion Dollars to the debt in 4 years?. He did the same mess as Bush in half as much time.
A fun fact: Democrats were controlling congress under the first years of Obama and the last ones of Bush
Well I suppose Bush's inflated revenue froim the housing bubble, that Obama inherited a collapsing economy with lower revenue , the expenses of the Iraqi war, and stimulus measures are different from unsupported tax cuts based on projected revenues and war spending.
Fiscal responsibility isn't about debt avoidance, if you can't understand that then I'd suggest reading the articles on this site before posting. Fiscal responsibility is about spending and taxing prudently , which in terms of stimulus through debt in a recovery/recession is a good idea.
Republicans are the worst violators since they assume that by cutting taxes, spending, and spending on the military would cause the economy to growth faster than the debt is sheer fantasy, GDP has never risen faster than debt with this policy occurred even during Regan's years. It hasn't worked for decades and yet they still preach it, that's either stupidity, insanity, or sheer malice.
So yes, through the GOP leadership's actions they are at worst liars, at best deluded and/or incompetent.
But hey, all you did was state: Obama got us so much debt! I don't care if he is spending it properly or who caused all this mess in the first place.
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I brought facts to the table, you just brought an unsupported statement. I'm not going to waste my time comparing ego sizes with you, if you wish to debate bringing something more than your ego.
What's the underlying issue, where's the lying when the debt hasn't gone down under a Republican since Eisenhower. If you can prove me wrong then I'll gladly eat my words.
Name ONE DIME in REAL spending cuts (non-defense) the President has ever proposed: much less implemented! ALL TAX ( on the top 2% ONLY) AND NO ABILITY to selectively streamline government does not a real life fiscal policy make!
I don't want to get into the Washington Smoke and Mirrors trap but your "cuts" are NOT spending DECREASES but simply DEFERRALS of SCHEDULED INCREASES! NO FEDERAL PROGRAM HAS BEEN TERMINATED. Almost NO federal program has had a funding decrease. Is ALL federal spending sacrosanct FOREVER?? Federal Spending has increased OVER 40% in the last four years and that is WHY we have over 4 BILLION DOLLAR A DAY deficits: not a reduction in revenues which have INCREASED by about 20%.
Where exactly is that stated?
Looking over the budget document there appear to be a number of programs reduced in size and some outright cut; I see no mention of these cuts being merely "deferrals of scheduled increases" as you state -- if something _does_ indeed state as much it certainly ought to be further publicized.
(Also stylistic note: the over-emphasis on caps detracts some from the readability of your comments)
Dude, read the budget document. Nothing you are saying is true. Proposals seem to make sense. Read it.
The Republicans hate Big Bird-- but they adore Grover.
I feel that since Reagan the GOP has been going downhill and getting defensive, and now like a dying beast will do almost anything to survive.
Perhaps people will think Kal has taken sides, yet I think he is just reflecting a truth that we all can see.
And by the way, Corporations are Not people!
The Dems duped Reagan/GOP by taking the tax rises immediately and never implementing the spending cuts promised for the future. When the GOP got hold of Congress, they shut it down and we all know now what Pres. Clinton did during that crisis.
Nice job, Kev -- You now have a good Obama profile. Next step is to get the 3/4 and the front without that extra lower lip. Nice cartoon idea, by the way. -- DR of the Crimson
I'm sure conservatives won't find this one amusing.
Conservatives don't read this now Pravda-esque rag. What a disappointment the Economist has become. Balance is totally gone.
You Republicans are hardly ones to preach about "balanced" journalism. Pravda? Come on, stop with specious insinuations. Every day, more and more Americans see through this hollow talk.
Jourtegrity, if you prefer "balance" over freedom of speech then I'm sorry to say you're reading the wrong magasine. The way I see it, The Economist has always criticized both Democrats and Republicans. I'd rather read opinions who are at odds with mine than a blank "balanced", non-opinionated mag... Peace.
Nice straw man about "freedom of speech" but you seem to contradict yourself. Balance is not important, yet you strive to suggest that the economist criticizes both Dems and Repubs. Obama is nearly never criticized in this space and on the rare occasion that he is, it is with nothing approaching the vitriol represented towards Republicans in this cartoon and most others by KAL.
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"A bit pale in comparison to the rest of 'Ember'"
I would recommend this book primarily only to someone who really, really loved the world of Ember and wanted to learn a bit more of the author's imagined history behind it. There are some fun moments and interesting characters, but hardly any of the magic (figuratively) and mystery which makes the rest of the Ember books so endearing. Still, I enjoyed it enough as I do fall into that segment of curious wonderers who were looking for any bits of Ember-related lore to listen to.
"Best new SF of 2015 so far"
Star-spanning science fiction with a trio of coming of age characters, amidst complex geopolitics, mindships, set across multiple planets and cultures. Different and fresh sets of eyes -- and a few familiar ones -- on the continuing saga begun in Lord's The Best of All Possible Worlds. Miles brings even more and even better accent work here, with Rafi and Ntenman being really well characterized in particular. (Ntenman's first person POV was a delight each time he came into focus.) A bit less in terms of details and focus on the "wall running" game than the tin might imply, but enough that I really want to read a short story where all those details make sense in coming out. I want to see this game in action! With historic echoes of games as memory of war tactics. Highly recommended. Also recommended: Re-listen to the prologue when you're done. Sets up plenty of action to be had in further books set in this universe.
"Fantastic spot-on sf of Mars and our own Earth"
This one's really fantastic. Shiner's 1980s debut novel, right in there with Neuromancer and Bruce Sterling and the others of the cyberpunk movement with which he was a big part, and with a real solid hard sf space mission to Mars element as well, finally in audio. I think I've finally found an audiobook that I can point to when someone asks about "Hey I liked this book The Martian what else you got?" It's a lot, lot more f'ed up than The Martian; bigger cast (there's the titular Mars colony) and a couple decades into a further, weirder future with cyberpunk influences (brain implant tech, corporations, genetic drift, psychedelic drugs, …). I'm a huge, huge, raving Lew Shiner fan, and Rudnicki is one of my favorites, and both he and Gabrielle de Cuir are fantastic on this one, as always. This one's aged uncannily well, as Shiner's extrapolations (crumbling Soviet Union fragmenting, collapse of US government space program and rise of private space interests) hit the bullseye all too well.
"Just when you think you've seen every zombie novel"
Zombies are not typically my bag, yet somehow I've read or otherwise heard or gotten to a lot. I wasn't expecting too much from a self-published book, but de Cuir as narrator piqued my interest enough to check it out and I ended up enjoying this quite a lot. While there are some "staples to the point of trope" of the genre here (motley cast of characters assemble! bring in zombies! scare and run! sometimes we lose somebody! oh by the way some other human survivor's are either going psycho, or trying to reinstate the 50s!) there's also some really unique wrinkles, the main one being that for some reason, alcoholics and others with an addiction gene have some level of resistance to being detected by the zombies. There's also the "THANK GOD SOMEBODY FINALLY" character who has actually read Max Brooks, and we get the fun of comparing notes a bit between fiction and (this fictional) reality. Also, on that "motley crew" this one has a lot going for it. It's diverse in age, race, gender, sexuality, nationality, disposition, goals. And de Cuir brings it all to life, with some additional nice production touches such as radio static effects, that really take this audiobook up a couple notches. It's a refreshingly original wrinkle in the zombie apocalypse subgenre -- who knew that Alcoholics Anonymous would be ready for this?
"Another surreal expedition into the uncanny"
In Authority, VanderMeer pivots from the first-person journal of the unnamed biologist (read by Carolyn McCormick) which introduced "Area X" in Annihilation to an exploration of a different, though as uncanny and surreal, terrain: the organization which sent her into "Area X" in the first place, the Southern Reach itself. We do see the biologist often in Authority, but it is through the eyes of agent/operative John Rodriguez (aka "Control"), newly appointed acting director of the Southern Reach, interrogating her after her reappearance along with the other survivors of the expedition depicted in Annihilation. Control finds offices in decay and disarray, a shrinking staff divided into factions loyal to the previous director and "lifers" who are in it for the weird science and/or have nowhere else, really, to go. Throughout, Control reports his progress and findings — often couched — to The Voice, a shrouded, mysterious figure known only as a (digitally masked) voice on the phone. The cast of characters here each have layers and motivations — usually inscrutable — of their own: Grace, the assistant director who believes the previous director is still alive; Cheney, the head of the science department; and fellow scientist Whitby, who frequently acts as Control's guide. I found the Southern Reach in Authority to act as both a metaphor for the many fragments of our own labyrinthine consciousnesses while also a rejection of such abstraction or disaggregation; an organization gone feral after decades of attempting to understand the incomprehensible, having stared too long into the abyss. Meanwhile Control's expedition into its hierarchies and storage rooms and film archives plays with and against reader expectations: again we must question the reliability of our narrator, of the purpose and use of evidence and rationality in the context of such a narrative in the first place. VanderMeer creates mystery, unease, and an escalation of the compulsion behind this series: what is "Area X"?
Narrated by Bronson Pinchot for Blackstone Audio, the audiobook is, again, fantastic, cementing my feeling that Pinchot is one of the best narrators in the business (from non-fiction like How to Build an Android: The True Story of Philip K. Dick's Robotic Resurrection to the wide-ranging accents of Tim Powers' On Stranger Tides and Last Call, to Ray Bradbury's The Halloween Tree). Pinchot's characterizations of Grace (annoyed, Southern, mistrustful of Control), Cheney (bombastic, seemingly oblivious), Whitby (hesitant, waffling, couching), linguist Jessica Hsyu, and indeed "Ghost Bird", the biologist from Annihilation are all spot-on. On the latter it's really, really interesting to get a third-person perspective on the biologist, who remains a bit flat in affect but with something else waiting underneath. Pinchot also does something a bit subtle in the first chapters: he starts voicing Control's dialogue with a soft Hispanic accent, which slowly disappears until being read with a neutral accent. Is his identity so quickly swallowed up by the Southern Reach? It's just one more of the layers-within-layers that draws us ever deeper in. As the sense of unease, of wrongness, of looking where we should not be looking grows (to me drawing connections between the Southern Reach of Authority and the Coburn National Laboratory and Observatory in Robert Jackson Bennett's American Elsewhere), Pinchot's narration matches it, tension for tension, finally bursting apart like a puffball mushroom and letting the ideas aloft like spores across the terroir of the transformed landscapes, closing after a novel with a more thriller pacing of half-hour chapters with an extended last chapter three times that length which is impossible to put down. In the end, Authority like Annihilation stands alone; one can read the other without having read (or having to read) the other; reading Authority without Annihilation may if anything add to the mysteriousness at hand, though of course each offers additional layers of context for the other. Also: both novels offer by their final pages a certain closure to dramatic arcs of decision and action, while of course inviting (if not compelling!) further expeditions.
"Lagos, where nothing works and everything happens"
Lagoon By Nnedi Okorafor is the World Fantasy Award winning author's first novel for adults since 2010′s Who Fears Death. Narrated By Ben Onwukwe (known for his role in London's Burning) and Adjoa Andoh (known for her roles in Dr. Who and EastEnders) for Hodder & Stoughton, the audiobook is really well done. Onwukwe handles most of the mainline narration, with Andoh providing the introduction and filling in for a few vignettes as well as providing all of the female voices "inline" with Onwukwe's reading. Both narrators display quite a range, from multiple "American" accents to diverse African (Nigeria, Ghana, pidgin English) to British ex-pats and more; from simple dialogue to guttural screams, both actors give fantastic performances. At first, the "inline" insertions are a bit jarring, but as the audiobook progresses it becomes more natural and seamless to the ear. Inspired by "Wizard of the Crow, Under the Dome (the novel), Nollywood movies, and District 9″, Lagoon is a story of first alien contact, Lagos, Nigeria, and (principle among the protagonists) Adaora, a marine biologist. Okorafor's aliens are different — upon high-magnification examination, Adaora discovers that they are not composed of cellular material at all, but rather billions of tiny metallic crystals — who can shapeshift, read thoughts, and are quite serious when they say that they bring "change" — a keyword refrain that I read as an homage to Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower. Written with a cinematic sensibility, along with the primary thrust of the story (Adaora, rapper Anthony, and soldier Agu trying desperately amidst the chaos of rioting Lagos to bring alien ambassador Ayodele together with the popular but ineffective Nigerian president) there are many, many sub-plots afoot, from a "born-again" church's bishop hoping to use Ayodele, to small-time 419 scammers preparing to upgrade to kidnapping, to (as is perhaps a defining characteristic of Okorafor's work to date) the intersection of science fiction and mythology: ghosts, gods, trees, animals, the ocean itself. Highly recommended.
"An intense journey into a surreal landscape"
When I started reading about this book, I spent far too many hours trying to come up with my dream narrator for it. Somehow I never considered McCormick, the voice of The Hunger Games, but from the first line she is fantastic. Her laconic, detached mainline narration perfectly suited to the biologist's clinical, scientific mind, and it is the biologist's narrative voice, through the structure of the novel as her definitive account left in a journal, which, detail by detail, flashback by flashback, brings depth both to the mysteries of "Area X" and to her character. McCormick does not employ too much in the way of vocal gymnastics to differentiate the few characters -- just enough to characterize them effectively and succinctly as, one presumes, the biologist herself might do. The principal exception to this is her work on the voice of the psychologist, the designated leader of the expedition, which is given a decidedly (almost British-schooled?) formal turn, a flavor which makes McCormick's outstandingly dynamic work with her later in the novel stand out all the more strikingly. On the story: from the first pages, the narrative -- of an all-female 12th expedition to a mysterious "Area X" after 11 previous and mostly catastrophic expeditions -- is driven by a compulsion, a both scientific and inescapably personal curiosity to answer the question of: what lies at the tower's base? This tower, which is not even supposed to be here, which does not appear on any map or in any record of "Area X"? This curiosity grows further into fear-yet-we-must-see territory as the first foray into the tower reveals strange words written, glowing, breathing, alive? on the walls of the tower, heading down. We find the mysteries of Area X and "The Southern Reach" growing deeper and broader both down into and in the surrounding, increasingly surreal landscape beyond the tower, setting up and leading naturally into further explorations in the successive books, but the biologist's journal stands alone as a completed arc, a completed story of inquiry, discovery, and transformation. It is a fantastic book and audiobook, highly recommended.
"Reminds me just how much I loved the novel"
Narrator Fliakos reprises his turn as narrator for Sloan's narrative of dataviz, cryptography, secret societies, and bookstores -- though the tech and approaches and bookstore customers are decidedly 1969 rather than the 2010s of Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore. Instead of Google Maps, we have actual maps. Instead of 3D visualization prototypes, Penumbra has to overlay his data the old fashioned way. But it's still the same grin-inducing voice of discovery and adventure in the story of Penumbra's arrival in San Francisco as I enjoyed in the novel. It's a story that could have slided right into the novel as a flashback narrative and not felt out of place. We see young aspiring psychohistorian Claude Novak, and several other characters from the novel either get name-dropped, slipped into conversation, or play roles nearly as large as young "junior acquisitions" man Penumbra's. "What do you seek in these shelves?" More stories. There still feels like there's plenty that could be told here, and I was delighted to be reminded just how much I enjoyed the audiobook of the novel.
"A stunning and original debut fantasy"
In a crowded year of strong debut fantasy novels, "No Return" is a very strong contender. Beginning with an assured voice, a prologue of a pitiless landscape of an hallucinogenic salt lake, expanding out to a world whose currency is the powdered skin of an Elder race, populated by (among others) rival enclaves of warrior monks engaging in ritualized battles to defend and proselytize their competing faiths. There is a god with city-killing orbital kinetic ordinance at his whim; there are deeply weird and sexualized alchemistic magics; there are sentient constructs of magical metal spheres; there are dragons and ghosts.
The narrative is split along 5 principle points of view in a rotating fashion, across two primary storylines. In the first, it is a 'journey' narrative, in which we meet the three companions who form a bond as they travel to a massive gladiatorial tournament. These three are 1. a warrior monk, 2. a female sell-sword, and 3. a construct. In the other, it is a more political/academic setting of advanced magical research, and the power struggles (and competing lusts) of a senior mage and one of her more junior colleagues with experimental theories. These "outbound mages" make excursions to space, to observe the god and take measurements of his "spheres" -- the two smallest of which had been used centuries before to demonstrate the planet-killing power at hand.
The world builds and deepens and widens; the journey narrative treks us through disparate peoples and landscapes and histories, developing the characters and (through flashbacks) providing back stories as well. Throughout there's always the atmosphere of a deeper world at work, at mysteries not yet revealed. Who is the god Adrash, what does he want? Building toward dual climaxes in both narratives and powering on into denouement and stage-setting for a sequel, a lengthy epilogue serves to further widen the mysteries of this world by another deep breath. All in all, a very strong, no-holds-barred and emotionally impactful debut novel by Jernigan, whose short fiction I have followed on and off through M-BRANE SF and Asimov's. His is a bold, determined voice, with a razor's edge balance of rawness and assuredness; each character's point of view was distinct and fully realized. This is absolutely an heroic fantasy novel not to be missed.
I had never heard of the narrator John FitzGibbon before; presumably he was found by Audible through taking on stipend-eligible ACX titles. In any case he appears to be a US stage actor, and this training serves him exceedingly, exceedingly well. There are some passages of potentially uncomfortable content, from eviscerating violence to explicit sexual encounters. FitzGibbon does not shy away from any of these, nor over-emphasize in a campy way. His voices for each character are solid and distinct, bringing accents which accentuate the character's backgrounds. In particular his voice for the construct, Berun, is as outstanding a character voice as you'll find in audio.
Highly recommended.
"What is *not* in this fantastic book?"
I had not even read the back copy, and so had absolutely no idea what to expect. Maybe a fantasy set in a vaguely Scottish monastery, though full of the fantastic imagination and powerful writing I expected from the many recommendations I've received over the past few years for this book, also on my "first novels to be nominated for the World Fantasy Award" list. It turns out to be a novel of an endless war between angels and demons, re-cast and re-cast again and again through history and mythology from Enki to Enoch to Metatron. Much of the storyline is either contemporary, or set in a near future of VR and AR goggles. It is there a kinship with parts of Snow Crash is felt, though themes of deep linguistics and layers of archaelogy permeate the novel throughout. There's a density of ideas and frame-shifting, mind-screwing avalanche of sensawunda that I can compare to only a few novels, like Hannu Rajaniemi's The Quantum Thief or M. John Harrison's Light. There's also, through the multiple split by millenia and then decades timelines, somewhat reminiscent of Daren Aronofsky's The Fountain, but a more apt comparison might be with David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas, with souls replaying their dances across multiple lives. But these don't really capture what's going on at all, either. It's brilliantly original and creative, heartbreakingly personal and yet epic, fantastical yet with technological elements as well. Fantastic book. (And I haven't even touched the plot… which is perhaps a bit disjointed, adding to the effect of amazement over the imaginative romping Duncan is doing across myths and history, with a bleak, devastating gut-punch of an ending, with a mouth full of dirt for dinner.) The narration — let me back up. So, this book in its novel form is presented in such a way, told in such a way, that there were doubts as to how well the narrative could be followed in audio. But Clark was fantastic. I'd never heard of him — this looks to have been his first professional narration, which boggles the mind. (It looks like he spent the better part of 2012 narrating a dozen of Steven Brust's Vlad Taltos novels.) But he was wonderful: carrying Seamus' Irish brogue, Metatron's power, gritty when needed, soft when needed. A fantastic audiobook on top of a fantastic book.
"Nice (very) short fairy tale for kids"
I quite often listen to audiobooks with my kids, when I saw this short (short!) story pop up with the description "The brave Japanese warrior Fujiwara Hidesato was always in search of action and adventure..." I was quickly interested.
My kids are actually quite accomplished and discerning listeners. They've enjoyed Roald Dahl reading his own "Fantastic Mr. Fox". They've enjoyed Neil Gaiman reading his own "Odd and the Frost Giants". They've enjoyed Emma Thompson reading her own "The Further Tale of Peter Rabbit". (And re-listen again and again to their favorites -- my son has been on Marc Brown's "Francine Believe it or Not" (from his Arthur stories) for a good long while.)
Our first listen was in the car -- a 13 minute story is about perfect for a drive to or from an errand. Both kids (my son is 6 and my daughter 4.5) listened with rapt attention, with a few questions, e.g. "What is a quiver?" But the true test is whether they request a re-listen. (I know this from telling them my own stories; no matter how proud I might be, and how I think they liked it the first time, a second hearing? Most likely, not a chance.) Well, this one did pass that test, both kids wanted to hear it again later, and again listened attentively.
The story adapts a Japanese fairy tale "My Lord Bag of Rice" in which a young warrior Fujiwara no Hidesato encounters a dragon princess and slays a giant centipede for her, earning magical gifts. In other versions, rather than turning into a princess, the dragon becomes a "strange small man" -- the eponymous Dragon King, but other essentials remain. It's told quite straightforwardly and to a young reader's understanding, with a few possibly new words to consider (e.g. "quiver", above) and some vivid visual descriptions, particularly of the giant centipede's emergence from the mountain. There are some typical fairy tale features here (naturally Hidesato has three, and only three, arrows, and needs each and every one of them) but overall it was definitely something different for both me and the kids and we enjoyed it.
Some nitpicks on the (overall excellent) narration and production:
* Pronunciation of "horror" was a teensy bit suspect
* Gaps between sections were overall much too long - particularly next to last or so.
* Conversely, gaps at beginning and in particular the end were too short.
* One section - the first appearance of the centipede on the mountain - was noticeably quiet compared to the rest.
These are noticeable and fixable issues which (other than "horror" which is I suppose acceptable) I would expect a professional production to correct. I do have another suggestion for future releases: A good choice of intro and (in particular) outtro music would have been excellent improvements here. The story does (as fairy tales often do) end abruptly, just in time for the closing credits to rush right in, dispelling the created mood.
I've never heard Ken MacMillan narrate before and he seemed exceedingly well cast, and did a good job with the story, with enough animation in his reading to keep kids interested. Overall: definitely pick this one up for your wee listeners, though I do hope Nation9 fixes some of the production glitches, and make sure you are careful to not use a credit rather than the retail/member price.
Nation9 also has produced an Android App which combines text, illustrations, animation, and narration, and a Kindle version which has at least some of the same illustrations as well, minus the narration and animation. These aren't applicable to me (I don't have such a device) but the App might be of interest for listeners as well.


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Waino, Jax set to square off in series finale
National League Central rivals set to duel in rubber game
Oddly enough, Cardinals ace Adam Wainwright has run into some troubles this season against the Cubs -- who currently stand in fourth place in the National League Central and are 16 games under .500.
Yet, in two starts, the NL Cy Young Award contender is 0-1 with a 5.54 ERA.
Wainwright is looking for win No. 14 for the fifth time this season, as the Cardinals and Cubs wrap up a three-game series at Wrigley Field on Sunday. St. Louis has had its troubles with Chicago this season, and is just 8-7 against its division rivals.
The Cubs will send starter Edwin Jackson to the mound to face Wainwright. Jackson allowed four runs over five innings when he faced the Cards last Sunday, but did not factor in the decision.
Wainwright enters the game with 182 2/3 innings pitched, the most in the Majors. But the Cardinals are not concerned about their ace's heavy workload.
"He feels good," said Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak. "That's not to say that, at times, he doesn't feel somewhat tired because of what he's doing. But from a physical standpoint, he's strong and he understands the day-to-day rigors."
Wainwright's 2.71 ERA is still sixth in the Majors, his 162 strikeouts rank fourth and he has the best walks-per-nine-innings ratio at 1.18.
The Cubs' offense has received a spark from recent callup Donnie Murphy, who's played mostly third base and some shortstop. In 11 games, Murphy is hitting .324 with four homers and nine RBIs.
"It's always a confidence builder when you can come up from Day 1 and help the team out hitting-wise," said Murphy.
Cubs third basemen have combined to hit more home runs than any other position on the team, and they've come from some unusual power hitters. Luis Valbuena (nine), Cody Ransom (seven) and Murphy (four) have combined to hit 20 home runs this season.
"It's been our most productive position, home run-wise," Cubs manager Dale Sveum said. "The average hasn't been too hot, but at least there's been production and good defense out of all of them. It's been a nice trifecta there that's helped our offense out."
The Cardinals are also likely to have catcher Yadier Molina start again on Sunday, which would be his first back-to-back starts behind the plate since returning from the disabled list on Thursday. The team has been monitoring his playing time.
Cardinals: Westbrook to remain in rotation
The Cardinals are planning to keep veteran right-hander Jake Westbrook in the rotation, despite his recent struggles.
The Cubs torched Westbrook in his last start for seven runs (six earned) on eight hits and five walks. He has a 10.13 ERA, opponents are hitting .333 off him and he has more walks (15) than strikeouts (10) over 21 1/3 innings over his past four starts.
His troubles extend even longer, as Westbrook has a a 5.86 ERA in 12 games since his return from the disabled list from an elbow injury on June 12.
"I think it's just a matter of controlling counts," Westbrook said. "When I make a mistake, it's getting hit. I'm not putting myself in a good position to succeed. It's really cost me."
Cubs: Baez continues to impress
The Cubs originally planned to take things slowly and allow top prospect Javier Baez to develop in the Minor Leagues. But he might be forcing their hand.
Baez is batting .293 with 14 home runs at Double-A Tennessee -- and including his time at Class A Daytona, he has a combined 31 homers. The 20-year old is No. 1 on MLB.com's list of the Cubs' top 20 prospects, and Chicago manager Dale Sveum has been impressed by the video he has seen of Baez.
"You don't count any of that out, because we've seen it happen before," Sveum said about Baez possibly breaking into the Majors by next spring. "When you have those kind of numbers and power, sometimes you do force the issue. It's not in the plans, right now, but we've all seen it happen."
Worth noting
• With the Cubs starting a right-hander in the series finale, there's a good chance that recent callup Kolten Wong will be back in the Cardinals' lineup for his second career start -- he struck out in a pinch-hit appearance in the seventh inning on Saturday. If Wong is in, he'll play second and Matt Carpenter will move to third.
• Jackson is 1-1 with a 4.15 ERA in three starts against the Cardinals.
• The Cardinals shut the Cubs out at Wrigley for the first time since September 2003. Chicago has been shutout in five of its last seven home games.
Jamal Collier is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The mysterious luster and curious brilliance of the mabe pearl is revealed in this Silverado ring. Shimmering and enigmatic, the mabe pearl is a carefully cultured gem that takes years to perfect. Here it is on display in all its intriguing beauty in a gorgeously detailed sterling silver ring. The silver shank is deeply etched and wonderfully oxidized for an antique finish. Measures 5/8" long x 1/2" wide. Made in America with gemstones from around the world.
With Silverado, you really can have it all; beauty, romance, adventure and comfort. Bold, sculptural silver work, a glamorous twist on leather, and glorious gems of turquoise, amethyst and silvery gray mabe shell create the perfect combination of strength and beauty. Silverado embodies our vibrant American lifestyle - beauty with an adventurous spirit!
• Known as the modern birthstone for December, turquoise heals and promotes spiritual attunement. Provides mental relaxation, stress reduction, confidence, attunement, and physical balance. Attracts abundance and prosperity. Aids in respiratory health.
• Amethyst heals and calms the mind, enhances the meditative state, creates pure thoughts and spiritual insights. Transmutes negativity and enhances the dream state. Provides alleviation of stress.
• Mabe pearls alleviate emotional imbalances. Enhances personal integrity and smoothes the peaks and valleys of emotional expression. Mabé pearls are cultivated blister pearls.
Like all fine jewelry, Carolyn Pollack Sterling Silver Jewelry should be handled carefully. Store jewelry in a plastic bag, dry and wrapped in tissue paper, when not being worn or displayed. Clean sterling silver with a silver polishing cloth when necessary, but never subject to chlorine, silver dips, chemical solutions or ultrasonic cleaners, as these substances can cause the genuine gemstones to discolor. Never wear jewelry in a swimming pool.


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