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12 yrs on, man who raped in Germany caught in Delhi
Challans at Games site for breeding mosquitoes
Delhi to honour Bhimsen, Habib
13 candidates in fray for Dwarka seat
Cops house robbed of Rs 2.75 lakh
during party
Bike-truck crash kills one
Rs 3 cr for Metro report
Parents intensify stir against school
Dadri traders body prez, secy shot
12 new H1N1 cases in Delhi
American fined for seeking to adopt child for domestic work
Seeing his name in encroachers list, farmer dies of shock
Soldiers can use proxy vote to exercise franchise
Mishap triggers violence
6 die as car falls into canal
Contract killers death penalty
Four of family die in car-trolley crash
3 friends drown in Ganga
12 yrs on, man who raped in Germany caught in Delhi
New Delhi, August 31 The police said the accused Jaswant Singh, alias Saka, (36) fled Germany after committing the crime to evade arrest. The accused went to Germany in 1992 and was staying there illegally. In 1997 while working as a chef in a restaurant, he along with his two friends Karan Singh, an Indian, and Mohammad Shahzad, a Pakistani, assaulted and raped a 17-year-old girl at Darmstadt in Germany, said DCP (crime) Neeraj Thakur. Presently, Jaswant Singh runs a transport business from his office in the Sanjay Gandhi Transport Nagar area. The police said on the night of August 1 and 2, 1997, the victim was walking alone towards her home as she had missed the train when the three accused spotted her. As she reached the entrance to a park near Luisenplatz, Jaswant dragged her in, slapped her when she resisted and raped her. His friends took turns and raped her before freeing her. The three worked for Le Petit restaurant at that time. The victim reported the matter to the police. The incident was also reported in the press. On August 5, 1997, Nurteza Kilickaya, proprietor of the restaurant where the three worked informed the police that he knew the suspects. He said he had overheard Jaswant and Karan talking about a girl they had taken to a park at night. Following a tip off, the police arrested Karan Singh and Mohammad Shahzad who were put on trial in Germany after the victim identified them. She also identified Jaswant from his photograph. However, Jaswant managed flee Germany. Since he had been living in Germany as an illegal immigrant, the German authorities were unable to get much information about him except for his name, said DCP Thakur. Karan Singh and Mohammad Shahzad were tried at Darmstadt Upper District Court and were awarded 10 and 8 years imprisonment, respectively. As Jaswant had absconded, the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in New Delhi forwarded the records of the case to the ministry of external affairs in 2008 with a request to initiate criminal proceedings against Jaswant Singh. The matter was subsequently handed over to the crime branch and a team was formed to trace Jaswant. The team gathered information regarding persons with similar names and description who had come from Germany over the past few years. Sources were deployed at various locations in Punjab and people engaged in facilitating immigration were tapped. The efforts lead to Jaswant Singhs arrest last night, shared DCP Thakur. |
Challans at Games site for breeding mosquitoes
New Delhi, August 31 The inspection was conducted after the civic body received reports that there were possibilities of prevalence of malaria and dengue in the areas where construction activities for the Games were being carried out and that the labourers working at these sites were prone to the diseases. In order to ascertain the steps taken by the department to avert any outbreak, we had personally gone and inspected the site. We monitored all the steps that have been taken so far in this regard, said Sain. He said all workers and officials of the company responsible for the construction of Commonwealth Games village had been sensitised about prevention of malaria and dengue and about ways to stop proliferation of mosquitoes in the area. We are satisfied with the steps taken so far by the health department and are sure that no such outbreak will take place in the area, he said. The Mayor was accompanied by Z.U. Siddiqui, deputy commissioner (Shahdara South Zone); N.K. Yadav, municipal health officer and the officials of health and sanitation department. Major general A.K. Singh (retd.), senior vice-president, Commonwealth Games project, was also directed to ensure that cleanliness of the area was maintained and no breeding ground for mosquitoes existed at the construction site. He was asked to provide additional staff for checking of mosquito breeding to which he agreed. |
Delhi to honour Bhimsen, Habib
New Delhi, August 31 It has also approved Lifetime Achievement Awards for Pandit Bhimsen Joshi and late Habib Tanvir. Briefing media after the meeting, Dikshit said the department of art and culture through the Sahitya Kala Parishad would confer the wards on Joshi and Habib. Pandit Joshi is vocalist in Hindustani classical tradition. A member of Kirana Gharana, he is renowned for the khayal form of singing as well as his popular renditions of devotional music. Joshi is also recognised for opening the famous Mile sur mera tumhara music video on national integration. Habib Tanvir was one of the most popular Urdu and Hindi playwrights, theatre director, poet and actor. He is the writer of popular plays such as Agra Bazar, Charandas Chor and many more. He is remembered most for his work with the tribals of Chhattisgarh at the Naya Theatre founded by him in 1959 at Bhopal. Dikshit announced that the cabinet has approved Rs 23.04 crore for DSIIDC for 2009-10 under the head control of industrial pollution in Delhi as the agency has completed construction of 10 common effluent treatment plants. The cabinet has also approved selection of an agency to work as system integrator to solve IT-related problems for Mission Convergence. The agency would take up responsibilities like development of work flow application and web portal, taking care of Mission Convergence data centre, hardware networking and connectivity, training and operation and maintenance for five years. The cabinet has deferred decision on draft excise policy for 2009-10 and on a proposal of wage revision committee. |
13 candidates in fray for Dwarka seat
New Delhi, August 31 Twenty-three nominations were received, but nine of them were rejected during scrutiny. One person had withdrawn his candidature after filing the nominations. The Dwarka Assembly seat had gone vacant after the resignation of the MLA from the seat Mahabal Mishra, who has been elected as Member of Parliament. The Dwarka Assembly has 1,40,514 voters, out of which, 79,957 voters are male and 60,557 female. As per the directions of the Election Commission, electronic voting machines will be used in this by-election. Polling will be held at 142 polling booths and same numbers of EVMs will be used. |
Cops house robbed of Rs 2.75 lakh
during party
New Delhi, August 31 According to information, the men, who were wearing masks, entered the house of inspector Sanjeev Kumar Verma around 9:30 pm and decamped with jewellery worth Rs 2.5 lakh and cash amounting to Rs 25,000, while holding the inmates at gunpoint. The family was celebrating their sons birthday and had several guests in the house when the robbers barged in. According to the statement given by inspector Sanjeevs father J.P Verma to the police, the robbers also frisked the pockets of the guests and robbed them of their money and jewellery. Besides ransacking the house, they ordered the guests to hand over their jewellery and cash to them, said a police official quoting family members. According to information, Sanjeev Verma was not in the house when the robbers barged in but came while they were on the job. When he reached home he was held at gunpoint by two robbers guarding the gates, said a police official. After conducting the loot, the robbers managed to flee the house without any attempt of interference by the robbed family. Although, wireless message was flashed across the control rooms, and searches were conducted, the police failed to nab anyone. According to eyewitnesses, the six robbers had used three motorbikes parked in the lane beside the house. The Ashok Nagar police station has registered a case in this regard and investigations are on. |
Bike-truck crash kills one
New Delhi, August 31 According to the police, the deceased has been identified as Mohammad Shahbuddin. His friend, identified as Yakoob, has been admitted to AIIMS Trauma Centre with multiple fractures. The accident took place around 10 pm in A-Block of Tughlaqabad where the victims reside. There was a frontal collusion between the motorcycle and the truck, which later overturned on the divider. The bike was pulled under the truck, said the police. Although the driver of the truck managed to flee the spot, the helper was accosted by the people and handed over to the police. The Sangam Vihar police station has lodged a case of negligent driving against the driver. Based on the information provided by the helper, the police is working to trace the driver. Trader kills self
A 50-year-old man committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling of his house last night in the Rohini area of southwest Delhi. Jaswant Sachdeva was discovered hanging from a rope by his family members today morning at his residence in Sector 24. No suicide note was found. According to the police, Sachdeva had incurred losses in the business and was depressed over it. We are investigating the matter but on preliminary investigation it seems to be a case of suicide, said an official from Vijay Vihar police station. |
Rs 3 cr for Metro report
New Delhi, August 31 Under the third phase, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has planned expansion of the existing routes and improvement in connectivity. This phase will cover a route length of 85 kilometre. |
Stripping Case
Faridabad, August 31 A class III and a class VI student were allegedly stripped by their teachers in their classrooms on Friday for not depositing the increased tuition fees. Meanwhile, the police has registered two complaints. One of the accused teachers, Neetu, has been arrested and has been produced before a court, which has sent her to 14 days judicial custody. The other teacher is yet to be arrested. The teachers have been booked under Section 354 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Neetu has also been booked under Section 31 of the SC/ST Act, as the victim is a Dalit. Significantly, the mother of the Dalit student is a treasurer of the schools parents teachers association. Her mother told the police that Neetu had stripped her daughter at the behest of principal Shashi Mallick. She alleged the school management was angry with her as she was firm on depositing the fee according to the directive of education commissioner-cum-director general of Haryana School Education. She had visited the school on August 25 to pay the dues. The school rejected her stand and was admant it would go by the increased fee structure and not follow the directive. Seeking action against the principal and the management, parents met Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda at his camp office in Rohtak yesterday. They later called on the residence of Congress president Sonia Gandhi. Her staff advised them to meet the concerned functionaries of Congress. The Abhibhavak Manch has threatened to hold demonstrations against the principal and the school management at all district headquarters on September 2. The Abhibhavak Manch said as per the July 6, 2009, directive of education commissionier-cum-director general, schools in Haryana would have to meet the extra expenditure from their reserve fund as the salaries of teachers had been increased. If the financial condition of a school was not favourable it could impose a hike of only 10 to 20 per cent in tuition fee. However, there is a provison that school which has submitted the mandatory income expenditure status in Form V1 to the government can increase its tuition fee. The Manch has alleged almost all private schools were not following the norm and had illegally increased the fee by 40 per cent. Private schools, especially in Faridabad and Gurgaon, are behaving as if they dont come under the rule. The tragic part is that the education department officials are not serious in implementing the directive. Parents in Haryana are being convinced to resort to protest, the Manch added. |
Dadri traders body prez, secy shot
Greater Noida, August 31 Meanwhile, DSP Dadri Rahul Kumar suspects it could be an extortion case. He said Nandu, alias Ravana, carrying an reward of Rs 20,000 on his head, could have executed this attack. Vinode Goel and Manish Goel, alias Mauli, were reportedly out in the city collecting donations for Ram Lila late in the evening. They were returning home on a bike. As they came near Dhani Rams Kothi on G.T. Road in Dadri, two bike-borne men started firing indiscreminately on them. The traders were critically wounded. The assailants managed to flee. Vinode Gole succumbed to his injuries on his way to Yashoda Hospital in Ghaziabad. Manish has been admitted to the hospital. Vinode and Manish have cloth showrooms in Dadri. Soon after the news spread, traders pulled down their shops shutters in the market. Earlier, Vinode Goel was attacked twice. |
12 new H1N1 cases in Delhi
New Delhi, August 31 Meanwhile, in the city, the queues of people at various screening centres of the designated government hospitals have been shortening as many people with flu-like symptoms are opting to go the private pathological laboratories, said an official from the Delhi health department. There are many people who emote better with the private sector, and are hesitant to go to government facilities. Moreover, many say they dont want to expose themselves to the virus, said Dr Sanjeev Choudhry from Super Religare Laboratories. |
American fined for seeking to adopt child for domestic work
New Delhi, August 31 Mr Justice V.B.Gupta imposed a fine of Rs 20,000 on Craig Allen Coates for abusing the process of law and filing a wrong petition challenging the lower courts order of not allowing him to adopt a child. Coates, who was married in 1984, has two sons and one daughter of his own but wanted to adopt another boy child from India to extend his family. The trial court had last year dismissed his plea, as the reason why he wanted to extend their family was not clear. Coates had then challenged the judgement in the high court. The appellants are having three children. They are above 50 years of age, therefore need for them to extend their family at this stage, does not sound very convincing. There is possibility that the adopted child may be neglected, Gupta said. The possibility cannot be ruled out that the child may be exploited by using him as a domestic help, he noted, dismissing the plea. IANS |
Seeing his name in encroachers list, farmer dies of shock
Ghaziabad, August 31 Following the incident, the farmers called a panchayat and created an uproar. President of the farmers sangarsh samiti Satyapal Chaudhary has demanded that a murder case be registered against the Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority
(GNIDA). Chaudhary who went to the Vijay Nagar police station to lodge a complaint against the GNIDA alleged that the GNIDA had lodged a false case against Jagdish.A large number of farmers had accompanied Satyapal to the police station. |
Soldiers can use proxy vote to exercise franchise
Gurgaon, August 31 District election officer-cum-deputy commissioner Rajender Kataria said this while replying to the queries of the inmates of Air Force Station here today. Kataria explained postal ballots were sent to serving soldiers after the withdrawal of candidature by contesting candidates. Since there was very less time between the date of voting and the date of counting, only a few ballots were received in time. Due to time constraints, many soldiers posted in far-flung areas were deprived of their right to vote. To overcome this problem the Election Commission of India (ECI) has given the option of proxy voting to serving defence personnel in addition to the postal ballot facility. Besides, defence personnel posted outside their state can also get themselves and their eligible family members enrolled as voters if their tenure of posting has been three years or more at a peace station like Gurgaon. For this, they need to fill form number 13F which can be amended whenever they wish. The DC added when a personnel is transferred from here, his vote can be cancelled and he can get enrolled as voter at his new place of posting. Kataria said the ECI wants to give representation to the defence personnel in nation building along with their tough duty of safeguarding the countrys frontiers. He said that Electoral Photo Identity Card (EPIC) is needed for establishing identity and is valid throughout the country subject to the condition that the voter has his name in the voters list. He need not apply for the EPIC afresh. Kataria avowed that a person could apply for enrolling himself as a voter with a copy of the EPIC prepared from anywhere in the country. The station in charge Group Captain H.S. Kamal admitted that he was not aware of the option of proxy voting. |
Mishap triggers violence
Ghaziabad, August 31 The police said Nadeem Khan was riding his bike when he was hit by a truck. The truck driver fled the spot with the vehicle. The accident sparked protests, with residents blocking the National Highway-24. A police team led by sub-divisional magistrate (Hapur) Mahendra Prasad reached the spot and assured the mob of proper action into the matter. But some people pelted stones and started beating the cops and the official, a police spokesman said. The magistrate and five policemen were critically injured and were rushed to a hospital. Heavy police deployment was made in the area to defuse the tension. The police has lodged a case under Section 304(A) for the accident. A separate case has also been registered against 50 people who were allegedly involved in the violence following the accident. Nobody was arrested till late evening. IANS |
6 die as car falls into canal
Ghaziabad, August 31 The incident took place on Chaudhary Charan Singh Kanwarya Marg. According to eyewitnesses, the car suddenly swerved from its path and fell into the canal and was submerged in the water near Mandpuri village. The police soon reached the site, and with help of cranes and divers the car was pulled out of the canal. However, by that time all the passengers four ladies and two young men had died. As per the documents recovered from car, the vehicle was registred in the name of one Pramode and the driving license was in the name of one Sandeep. Efforts are being made to identify the victims. |
Contract killers death penalty
New Delhi, August 31 Mani Gopal had murdered the witness, an eunuch, inside the Tis Hazari court premises in 2003 when she was going to record her evidence in a murder case. Geeta Hazi, a resident of Rajouri Garden in Delhi, had allegedly hired Gopal to eliminate Neelam as there was a dispute between them over control of areas for collection of donations and gifts on auspicious occasions. The accused had fired three shots at Neelam, killing her on the spot. The police arrested Gopal instantly and seized the weapon. Hazi had earlier in 2002 allegedly hired another killer to eliminate Neelam. But instead of killing Neelam, the killer murdered another eunuch. However, the court had acquitted the contract killer in a separate trial for want of evidence. A division bench comprising of Justices Pradeep Nandrajog and Indermeet Kaur said: Keeping in view the fact that the crime committed by Gopal is more than a murder of an ordinary category, we hold that the instant case falls in the category where the appropriate sentence to be imposed is of imprisonment for life with a direction that Gopal would not be considered for being granted remission till he undergoes an actual sentence of 20 years. The bench said that by killing the witness the accused had polluted the stream of justice. The court while converting the death penalty to life imprisonment ruled: To attract the penalty of death, it has to be established that the case falls in the category of the rarest of the rare. Witnesses being threatened, intimidated or bought over has been plaguing the criminal justice delivery system in India to such an extent that in the eyes of the public the system itself has come under trial. The existence of the state is dependent upon a good, effective and efficient criminal justice delivery system. If the same fails, the citizens would settle their disputes in private and the rule of law would cease to exist, the court said. IANS |
Four of family die in car-trolley crash
Ghaziabad, August 31 The victims were going to Haridwar in a Maruti car on Sunday morning. The accident took place around 4 am at Rookee main road when a brick-laden tractor trolley suddenly appeared in front of the car and a collision took place. The car was badly mangled. Some passersby pulled the injured out of the car and rushed them to a nearby hospital, where doctors pronounced
Neeraj, his wife Sushma and their children Vickey and Shivam brought dead. While Dinesh
Tyagi, his wife Mamta, their children Pooja and Reshu, his mother-in-law Saroj and sister-in-laws son were given first aid and shifted to a Ghaziabad hospital where
Saroj, Mamta and Dinesh are said to be serious. |
3 friends drown in Ganga
Ghaziabad, August 31 The five youths were residents of Shalimar Garden, Extension - 1,
Sahibabad. Anwey Rawat (22), along with his four friends-- Hitender Rameela (23), Snehanshu (21), Dhanjay (24) and Veersh Upadhya (22)-- had gone to Garh to celebrate his birthday. They had hired a boat to go to the other side of the river.
Hitender, Anwey and Snehanshu had got down at an island in the river and had told Dhanjay and Veersh to have a trip further, while they would take a bath near the island. But, when Dhanjay and Veersh returned after sometime, they did not find the three friends there. Then they informed the nearby police post. |
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The Bell Tower is the only place in the world where bellringers can share their cultural heritage with visitors in such an open and accessible way.
You can hear the Ringers practicing their ancient art of 'Change Ringing' at the following times.
Monday | Noon - 1pm | (12:00pm - 13:00pm) |
Thursday | Noon - 1pm | (12:00pm - 13:00pm) |
Saturday | Noon - 1pm | (12:00pm - 13:00pm) |
Sunday | Noon - 1pm | (12:00pm - 13:00pm) |
The bells are also rung on many other occasions, with 10-bell practices and Surprise Major Practices being held monthly. Contact the ringers for more information.
You can experience Bell Handling demonstrations with one of our volunteer Ringers on the following days.
BELL HANDLING DEMONSTRATIONS (single bell)
Wednesday | 11:30am - 12:30pm |
Friday | 11:30am - 12:30pm |
Please note that days and times are subject to change without notice. If you are planning a visit to hear our ancient bells or experience bell handling, please contact us in advance to reconfirm our ringing times.
The simplest way of ringing is to ring the bells in order down the scale ('rounds'), and this can be done with any number from 3 to 16.
The order of the bells can be varied by a conductor calling out changes in order, for instance 1-2-3-4-5-6 can be changed to 2-1-3-4-5-6, and then to 2-1-4-3-5-6, and so on.
The next step is to ring a 'method', whereby the order of the bells changes at each pull, according to set mathematical principles.
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Solar mirror
A Solar Mirror comprises a substrate with a reflective layer for reflecting the solar energy, and in most cases an interference layer. This may be a planar mirror or parabolic arrays of solar mirrors used to achieve a substantially concentrated reflection factor for solar energy systems.
See the Heliostat article for more information on solar mirrors used for terrestrial energy.
Glass or metal substrate[edit]
The substrate is the mechanical layer which holds the mirror in shape.
Glass may also be used as a protective layer to protect the other layers from abrasion and corrosion. Although glass is brittle, it is a good material for this purpose, because it is highly transparent (low optical losses), resistant to UV, fairly hard (abrasion resistant), chemically inert, and fairly easy to clean. It is composed of a float glass with high optical transmission characteristics in the visible and infrared ranges, and is configured to transmit visible light and infrared radiation. The top surface, known as the "first surface", will reflect some of the incident solar energy, due to the reflection coefficient caused by its index of refraction being higher than air. Most of the solar energy is transmitted through the glass substrate to the lower layers of the mirror, possibly with some refraction, depending on the angle of incidence.
Metal substrates ("Metal Mirror Reflectors") may also be used in solar reflectors. NASA Glenn Research Center, for example, used a mirror comprising a reflective aluminum surface on a metallic honeycomb[1] as a prototype reflector unit for a proposed power system for the International Space Station. One technology uses aluminum composite reflector panels, achieving over 93% reflectivity and coated with a speciality coating for surface protection. Metal reflectors offer some advantages over glass reflectors, as they are lightweight and stronger than glass and relatively inexpensive. The ability to retain parabolic shape in reflectors is another advantage, and normally the subframe requirements are reduced by more than 300%. The top surface reflection coating allows for better efficiency.
Reflective layer[edit]
The reflective layer is designed to reflect the maximum amount of solar energy incident upon it, back through the glass substrate. The layer comprises a highly reflective thin metal film, usually either silver or aluminum, but occasionally other metals. Because of sensitivity to abrasion and corrosion, the metal layer is usually protected by the (glass) substrate on top, and the bottom may be covered with a protective coating, such as a copper layer and varnish.
Despite the use of aluminum in generic mirrors, aluminum is not always used as the reflective layer for a solar mirror. The use of silver as the reflective layer is claimed to lead to higher efficiency levels, because it is the most reflective metal. This is because of aluminum's reflection factor in the UV region of the spectrum.[citation needed] Locating the aluminum layer on the first surface exposes it to weathering, which reduces the mirror's resistance to corrosion and makes it more susceptible to abrasion. Adding a protective layer to the aluminum would reduce its reflectivity.
Interference layer[edit]
An interference layer may be located on the first surface of the glass substrate.[2] It can be used to tailor the reflectance. It may also be designed for diffuse reflectance of near-ultraviolet radiation, in order to prevent it from passing through the glass substrate. This substantially enhances the overall reflection of near-ultraviolet radiation from the mirror. The interference layer may be made of several materials, depending on the desired refractive index, such as titanium dioxide.
Solar thermal applications[edit]
The intensity of solar thermal energy from solar radiation at the surface of the earth is about 1 kilowatt per square meter (of area normal to the direction of the sun), under clear-sky conditions. When solar energy is unconcentrated, the maximum collector temperature is about 80-100 deg C. This is useful for space heating and heating water. For higher temperature applications, such as cooking, or supplying a heat engine or turbine-electrical generator, this energy must be concentrated.
Terrestrial applications[edit]
Solar thermal systems have been constructed to produce concentrated solar power (CSP), for generating electricity.[3][4] The large Sandia Lab solar power tower uses a Stirling engine heated by a solar mirror concentrator.[5] Another configuration is the trough system.[6]
Space power application[edit]
"Solar dynamic" energy systems have been proposed for various spacecraft applications, including solar power satellites, where a reflector focuses sunlight on to a heat engine such as the Brayton cycle type.[7]
Photovoltaic augmentation[edit]
Photovoltaic cells (PV) which can convert solar radiation directly into electricity are quite expensive per unit area. Some types of PV cell, e.g. gallium arsenide, if cooled, are capable of converting efficiently up to 1000 times as much radiation as is normally provided by simple exposure to direct sunlight.
In tests done by Sewang Yoon and Vahan Garboushian, for Amonix Corp.[8] silicon solar cell conversion efficiency is shown to increase at higher levels of concentration, proportional to the logarithm of the concentration, provided external cooling is available to the photocells. Similarly, higher efficiency multijunction cells also improve in performance with high concentration.[9]
Terrestrial application[edit]
To date no large scale testing has been performed on this concept. Presumably this is because the increased cost of the reflectors and cooling generally is not economically justified.
Solar power satellite application[edit]
Theoretically, for space-based solar power satellite designs, solar mirrors could reduce PV cell costs and launch costs since they are expected to be both lighter and cheaper than equivalent large areas of PV cells. Several options were studied by Boeing corporation.[10] In their Fig. 4. captioned "Architecture 4. GEO Harris Wheel", the authors describe a system of solar mirrors used to augment the power of some nearby solar collectors, from which the power is then transmitted to receiver stations on earth.
Space reflectors for night illumination[edit]
Another advanced space concept proposal is the notion of Space Reflectors which reflect sunlight on to small spots on the night side of the Earth to provide night time illumination. An early proponent of this concept was Dr. Krafft Arnold Ehricke, who wrote about systems called "Lunetta", "Soletta", "Biosoletta", "Powersoletta".[11][12]
A preliminary series of experiments called Znamya ("Banner") was performed by Russia, using solar sail prototypes that had been repurposed as mirrors. Znamya-1 was a ground test. Znamya-2 was launched aboard the Progress M-15 resupply mission to the Mir space station on 27 October 1992. After undocked from Mir, the Progress deployed the reflector.[13][14] This mission was successful in that the mirror deployed, although it did not illuminate the Earth. The next flight Znamya-2.5 failed.[15][16] Znamya-3 never flew.
See also[edit]
- ^ NASA Glenn Research Center, 1987 Phase II Small Business Research Program, "Improved Mirror Facet," Solar Kinetics, Dallas, TX archived summary
- ^ "Solar mirror, process for its manufacture and its use". December 12, 1993. Retrieved 2007-05-03.
- ^ Sandia Labs - CSP Technologies Overview
- ^ PowerTower The large design developed by Sandia National Labs
- ^ Sandia Lab - Solar Dish Engine
- ^ Sandia Lab - Trough System
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NORTH SMITHFIELD — After playing horribly at the tail end of the initial half and the first part of the second, Lincoln High manufactured an 19-3 flurry over the final 7:29 to edge North Smithfield, 49-45, in a R.I. Injury Fund opener on Monday night.
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Girl your decorations are always sooooo cute!! Love your slideshow! We have the outside decorated, but haven't finished inside yet!! I LOVE Christmas! Thank you for sharing!
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Girl your decorations are always sooooo cute!! Love your slideshow! We have the outside decorated, but haven't finished inside yet!! I LOVE Christmas! Thank you for sharing!
not quite done yet but I like it....Decided to do teal blue and hot pink this year....Mark is getting upset with my having to buy all new ornaments and lights every year....I can't WAIT to hear what he has to say when I tell him what i have planned for NEXT year! :D
I just looked at your slide show...I SOOOOOOO want that snowman night light oh and that moose on your sink and the.....hehehehe...just send it all!!! Love your tree, Actually gave me an idea for the year after next;):D
Oh Wiz yours is also beautiful..............I wish you lived near to help me decorate mine....xoxo
WOW Girl you went all out..love the bathroom decorations...all beautiful..thanks for sharing them makes me want to decorate..hugs Jazzy
Your too funny GF!!!!!! here is what we do, we exchange decorations for a year...then we don't hahve to buy all new ones...LOL...I am the same as you...My tree has to be different every year...Maybe that should be our next theme next year since no one wanted a gift exchange this year (very disappointed)....I think it would be cool...Doesn't cost us nothing except for shipping...hehe...Ok, maybe we should just have an ornament exchnage instead...Now that is a good idea...huh? You are so smart Liz...:D
P.S. I got the snowman night light at Fleet Farm...They have a whole bunch of different ones...Cool thing is, which is hard to see in the picture, is when it is plugged in...It works like a snow globe only with glitter...(like a lava lamp)...Very cool and sparkley!!!!!!!
wish i could get in the Christmas spirit.....it's always been my favourite time of the year...but this year it's just not happening for me.....my tree is in storage because we couldn't fit the boxes in our little apartment (and we can't take anything out of storage without taking everything)....I haven't even started baking...just can't seem to get in the mood. No shopping done nothing...haven't even been to look at the myers windows yet....I did enjoy looking at your slide show though gorgeous
WEll, I tried to take some "nighttime" pics but without a tripod, they just didn't come out. But I DID get one good one of the kids decorating the tree with their toys. I do this to keep my antique ornaments safe! LOL! Plus it's always changing as they take them down to play with and then return them somewhere else. Here's a layout of it.


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Kenya RPCV Gerry Thompson spends his free time creating oil and watercolor paintings
Thompson began traveling in college, with summer trips to Europe. He joined the Peace Corps in 1976 and spent two years teaching high school Chemistry in Kapsabet, in the Western Highlands of Kenya, Africa.
Kenya RPCV Gerry Thompson spends his free time creating oil and watercolor paintings
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By : Emma Krasov : 10/24/06
Gerry Thompson of Castro Valley trains customers in Perforce Software as his day job. Yet these days, his colorful paintings are on display at the Hayward Chamber of Commerce for everyone to see.
Besides gaining two Master�s degrees�in Chemistry and Education from the San Francisco State University, Thompson attended the Academy of Art College in SF and turned to oils and watercolors on many occasions throughout his life.
Thompson was born in Santa Monica, and still remembers his childhood visits to his grandmother, who lived in Selma in a two-story craftsman home built in the 1920s.
He remembers her coiled oil paints in neat piles in her upstairs studio, and the house, furnished by his grandfather, with paintings by his grandmother, lamps, made by his father, and stained glass windows created by his mother.
All Thompson family members had artistic talents, and he began painting abstract oils in his teenage years.
Thompson began traveling in college, with summer trips to Europe. He joined the Peace Corps in 1976 and spent two years teaching high school Chemistry in Kapsabet, in the Western Highlands of Kenya, Africa.
He spent three months traveling through Asia after completing his Peace Corps service.
At all times, he spent his free time creating oil and watercolor paintings.
One of the paintings on display is an interpretation of a satellite photo of the surface of Jupiter. He calls it �The Red Spot.�
Currently, he�s contemplating an oil painting that would depict an aerial view of Ogallala Aquifer which runs north and south through the Great Plains states, and the affects of agricultural development on the are as an abstract metaphor for change.
Gerry Thompson�s paintings are currently on display at the Hayward Chamber of Commerce, 22561 Main Street, Hayward. For more information, call 537-2424.
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When I travelled to Kyoto in 1997 to take part in the UN Climate Change Convention, my hopes were high that negotiations informed by science would result in global action.
Fifteen years later, the resulting climate treaty that was intended to cut emissions - the Kyoto Protocol – has been extended just before it expired, while total emissions of greenhouse gases rise faster than ever.
Perversely, the consequences of catastrophic climate change are so unimaginable they inspire denial, and so far away as to give the impression there's no urgency. In Tasmania, we're not immune.
The waters off Tasmania are already a global hotspot for warming sea temperatures. Ice at both poles is disappearing more rapidly than expected. The earth itself is melting, as thawing permafrost releases more methane than predicted. The world as we know it will be transformed within a couple of generations.
But a ghastly silence about global warming has fallen upon our decision-makers and elected representatives.
For the first time in years, not one Australian Minister represented our country in the most recent round of climate change negotiations in Qatar.
And all the haggling is over a treaty that has failed to regulate the emissions of our fossil-fuelled economy, in order to keep our greenhouse planet liveable. When introduced, the aim of the Kyoto Protocol was to deliver a 5 percent reduction on 1990 levels. So far, emissions have increased by 58 percent, and the treaty has been extended until 2020.
When confronted by a global problem like runaway climate change, Tasmania can seem a safe bolthole to bunker down in, too small to impact on world affairs.
In fact, there are more than sixty nations less populous than our island home, so neither size or proximity should hinder our voice from being strong in this most important of public discussions.
Tasmania has a legislated target to reduce the State's greenhouse emissions to at least 60 per cent below 1990 levels by 2050. In 2010, we were already halfway there, and with the introduction of a carbon price, Tasmania should be on track to meet the 2050 target.
But we have the ability – and the self-interest – to be much more ambitious. In our own backyard, Hobart has much to lose from climate chaos.
Life in Hobart this century is likely to be defined by fire, through its catastrophic threat to life and property. We live on an explosive tinderbox, strung with bushland detonators, and climate change will light the fuse.
Whether emissions continue to rise or eventually stabilise, Hobart's climate future will see higher temperatures, heavier rainfalls interspersed by longer dry periods, and greater extremes. In terms of fire, that means more fuel loads in dry hot conditions.
Our exposure to wildfire is terrifying. The boundary between bushland and suburbs surrounding Hobart stretches for more than 50 kilometres – and that doesn't include Glenorchy or Kingsborough. Like every summer, this is the last line of defence against fire.
During hot dry conditions in February with continuous winds from the north-west, bushfires are already impossible to contain. Where suburbs meet the bush – not just in Hobart, but throughout Tasmania – will be an increasingly desperate battleground in the coming decades.
However, we don't have to follow a process where we experience a terrible crisis, before denial ends and we finally enter a 'rapid response' phase on climate change. We can still turn this around by facing reality - if we're serious about limiting temperature increases to two degrees, we have to end our use of fossil fuels within a few decades.
That's part of my vision in running for election as a Greens MP to represent Denison in the House of Representatives – to challenge the status quo, and jump tracks to a more secure future.
Tasmanians can be proud that two of its own – Senators Bob Brown and Christine Milne - played a pivotal role in Australia finally adopting a comprehensive climate change policy package this year.
Their leadership for sustainability is sorely needed in a perverse world. The Labor Party ends solar energy rebates for households early while shielding the coal seam gas industry from its liabilities for methane emissions. The Liberal and National parties are building an entire electoral strategy on trashing the only serious policy Australia has to deal with climate change.
Even Denison's current MP, Andrew Wilkie, representing an electorate with possibly the world's highest density of climate scientists, was mute in Parliament this year about the introduction of the historic Clean Energy Bill.
The Greens are the only Parliamentary party in Australia with the independence and vision to call for an end to the reign of Old King Coal. With a stronger team in the House of Reps and the Senate, we will continue to fight for policies that wean us off our addiction to fossil fuels. Join me in tackling this challenge head on.
*Anna Reynolds is one of Australia's climate change pioneers. She established the Climate Action Network Australia in 1997, bringing together the major environment organisations on climate change for the first time. She is the Greens candidate for the Federal seat of Denison.
The end of another climate conference ...
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Oh please!
Admitting that emissions are going up not down despite the Kyoto Protocol says it all really.
Kyoto is a dud. Simple as that. There's no point pretending otherwise.
Posted by Shaun on 10/12/12 at 12:04 AM"Our exposure to wildfire is terrifying" I agree. The next catastrophic bush fire in Tasmania is only ever a lightening strike of cigarette butt away which begs the question what are you going to do a practical level about the greatest single risk to our beautiful state? Thinking globally might be necessary but aren't you (Green's) also supposed to act locally?
It must have been about two years ago I was at a BBQ at Pirates Bay the majority of the guests identified themselves as Greens and environmentalists. It was summer and the conversation got around to the danger of bush fires. I asked my fellow guests how many were members of the rural fire brigade and or SES answer two,one was also our token Liberal for the evening and myself as a member of the local SES, at the time I was still a member of the ALP. I very much doubt if anything has changed lots of global chatter local action well that can be left to everybody else.
Posted by Bazzabee on 10/12/12 at 08:57 AMThe poles aren't in a death spiral, and neither is anywhere else on earth. Peddling repeated more rain/longer drought claims is contradictory alarmism. 16 years of the highest 'emissions' in our history and no corresponding increase in temperature. Didn't you know climate model predictions are just averages of woefully and infinitely incomplete and imperfect programs. Get out of your padded high-price renewable world. The world needs saving from many things more serious than this. While you are weaning us off coal, why don't you fundamentally restructure our society so we don't need to slave to pay bills to slave more. You might have to wait until we have a free substitute.
Posted by Matt on 10/12/12 at 09:58 AM3 Matt.You may be right but what if you are wrong
NASA Finds 2011 Ninth-Warmest Year on Record
The global average surface temperature in 2011 was the ninth warmest since 1880, according to NASA scientists. The finding continues a trend in which nine of the 10 warmest years in the modern meteorological record have occurred since the year 2000.
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Further Confirmation of a Probable Arctic Sea Ice Loss by Late 2015
The global average surface temperature in 2011 was the ninth warmest since 1880, according to NASA scientists. The finding continues a trend in which nine of the 10 warmest years in the modern meteorological record have occurred since the year 2000.
Although the sudden high rate Arctic methane increase at Svalbard in late 2010 data set applies to only a short time interval, similar sudden methane concentration peaks also occur at Barrow point and the effects of a major methane build-up has been observed using all the major scientific observation systems. Giant fountains/torches/plumes of methane entering the atmosphere up to 1 km across have been seen on the East Siberian Shelf. This methane eruption data is so consistent and aerially extensive that when combined with methane gas warming potentials, Permian extinction event temperatures and methane lifetime data it paints a frightening picture of the beginning of the now uncontrollable global warming induced destabilization of the subsea Arctic methane hydrates on the shelf and slope which started in late 2010. This process of methane release will accelerate exponentially, release huge quantities of methane into the atmosphere and lead to the demise of all life on earth before the middle of this century.Posted by max on 11/12/12 at 11:59 AMYes, we absolutely need courage from our political leaders or perhaps more appropriately leadership from courageous politicians.
The courage will be necessary in being able to confront climate deniers and contrarians and say, 'no, you are wrong', the best available science shows beyond reasonable doubt that human activity is altering the climate in a way that is damaging present generations and creating dangerous risks for future generations.
Bushfire is one risk, though we don't need to look to the future for damaging consequences. The warming ocean off the east coast is already damaging fisheries and it's unlikely we're going to see a rapid cooling of ocean temperatures any time soon.What isn't fully appreciated are the benefits to health through many of the actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The burning of coal, irrespective of the effect on global climate is damaging the health of local communities. Reducing our reliance on imported coal fired power will help our Victorian counterparts wean themselves off this health destroying energy source.
I'm absolutely ready to do my part and to support those who are willing to speak and act courageously on the urgent need to address climate change.
Posted by Nick Towle on 11/12/12 at 08:35 PMMatt I so hope you are accurate, but your view does not agree with the wealth of peer reviewed science that has been undertaken over the past 30 years.
We can't put our bindfolds on and ignore this. Yes there are some levels of extent to how quickly or how long things and what will happen, but the discussion on our carbon energy causing changes to the temperature is accepted.
Go the the library and read a number of books, both for and against. The for is backed up by much more science than the against.
And even is all those independent scientists all stuff up their work, I am not prepared to take the risk of stuffing our life support system just to save some money on fixing the issue. But so far our actions seems to say we are prepared to accept some unacceptable level of temp change.
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US Airways declines to comment on why the aircraft have returned to its fleet plan but says that the plan changes all the time.
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Capacity guidance for the full year remains the same at 77.4 million available seat miles (ASM), though it is down less than 1% to 18.7 million ASMs in the fourth quarter from previous guidance, the investor update today shows.
During the third quarter, capacity is still expected to increase by 3.5% and costs per available seat mile (CASM) excluding fuel and special items by 1% to 3% compared to the same period in 2012.
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BARCELONA | Florida Southern All-American Allan Gutierrez finished up at the 15th FINA World Swimming Championships as the junior tied for 47th out of 107 swimmers in the preliminaries of the 50 meter freestyle.
Gutierrez, who is competing for his home country of Honduras, finished tied for second with Anthony Clark of Tahiti in his heat of nine swimmers with a time of 23.47 to finish tied for 47th.
The top 16 finishers among the field of 107 swimmers advanced to Friday evening's semifinals, with the top eight from the semifinals advancing to the finals, which is scheduled for Saturday.


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You've actually got closer to a 3:1 purchase, rather than just a 2:1. If the lines came straight down to a block with cam cleat at the transom rather than further forward, it'd clearly be a 3:1 purchase, but since it comes forward a bit, you're losing some leverage, as the lever arm is shorter compared to the other lines.
Basically, to figure out the purchase, you need to look at how many lines are attached to the moving part of the tackle, which is the boom in this case. There are three lines... so the purchase is almost 3:1.
See the diagram here:
Of course, the diagram in question is actually upside down for our purposes... since the boom is pulling away from the cockpit. Of course, another way to measure it is to see how much the boom moves when you haul in 3' of line. If it moves about a foot, it is 3:1, if it moves about 18", it is a 2:1.
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Print transcriptPATTON: Be seated. Now, I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country. Men, all this stuff you've heard about America not wanting to fight, wanting to stay out of the war, is a lot of horse dung. Americans traditionally love to fight. All real Americans love the sting of battle. When you were kids, you all admired the champion marble shooter, the fastest runner, big league ball players, the toughest boxers. Americans love a winner and will not tolerate a loser. Americans play to win all the time. I wouldn't give a hoot in hell for a man who lost and laughed. That's why Americans have never lost, and will never lose a war... because the very thought of losing is hateful to Americans.
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March 3, 1989 (about 26 years ago)Principal Joe Clark speaks to the students of East Side High before taking the test to boost their confidence to prove wrong those who look down on them. Principal Clark is played by Morgan Freeman in the inspirational film "Lean On Me."
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Monday, 21 February 2011
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Hi everyone!
Today Busan is a the vet to get sterilised and I do hope she will be ok. And that her screaming and restless behaviour will come to an end. She has gotten birth control pills but they seem to still give her some hormone problems. So now this surgery was the right choice.
We´ll go and buy some new kettlebells and exercising clothes today cause the 8 kg kettlebell isnt enough for some of my exercises. I am do damn strong now;=) haha!
We also have our resting day and eating day but I am not bulging to heavily cause the stomach gets so upset. But some hamburger and sushi is on the menu and some chocolate;=)
See you later;=)
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Anette! Do you mean 8 kg in total (4 + 4) or 16 kg total (8 + 8)? o.O
And wow it's already time to record your voice on Imaginarium?!!Your turn, already!Spring seemed so far.... Do you feel prepared for that? I'm sure yes. You look relaxed day by day, it's like you're taking it easy....how did you manage the study of the songs during this time? Did you meet a vocal teacher, practiced on your own while cooking :) .....?? Is there a harder song to sing? It's quite special thing to do and what we admire in you is that you always try to keep this relaxed and normal mood, no matter what. I think we all need to face our routine like this, so, if you could give us the secret.....;)
Kisses and hugs,
PoochieHello Anette !!
I also hope that she is ok :)
Im sooo happy to hear that you feel strong,but dont forget that you are always strong,no matter what :D
I never tried to eat sushi,its a bit weird but i would like to try :)
I dont like meat very much,only some like chicken or sausage,the rest i dont like :S
But i love fish lol :)
You look beautiful again on the pic,you are a rare beauty,im glad that in the world there is a woman beautiful like you :)
I hope you have a great day ^^
Kisses and Hugs from Sunny Portugal
LilianaGood luck with Busan, hope she's ok...
My dog has some hormonal problems, too, after having her period she's really weird for many months... :-S She drinks a lot, doesn't want to walk so much and just doesn't seem good. Vet said she maybe should be sterilised, but she's already 10 years old! I think she's too old for such a big operation.
You're really strong, yes, I wish I could be it too... I'm too lazy. ;P Now I have had 2 days intensive Zumba-course, and it was really fun, I want to learn it more! - Have you tried Zumba? I think I'll buy some DVD:s so I can train at home, too, cause in our town we have zumba only once a week and it's so popular that it's often full-booked...@THK: My dog was the same. She was 9 years old when diagnosed with an infected womb, which was why she was behaving so weird. She also had "fake pregnancies" and stuff... The vet wanted to sterilize and assured us everything was going to be okay, but my dog died during surgery... So you are right, it is a risky operation for older animals! But of course she also was weakened by her illness by then, so...
I hope your dog will be okay and that she isn't really sick.8 kg kettlebell isn't enough to you?! You ARE strong! :D I have two weights, 3 + 3 and they are quite enough for me for now :D I don't excercise with them daily, just couple times a week.
I didn't know that apparently there are birth control pills for animals as well. Well, I have never had cats or dogs. I had just fish :DHi Anette :)
Hope all went well with Busan :)
I remember when the time came to sterilize my cat.. she had gotten very restless, plus we had a male cat, and we didn't want to accidentally end up with a litter of kittens, even though kittens are beyond adorable!
Wow! 8 kg kettlebells? That is strong! Awesome!!
Mmm sushi and burgers sound delicious! And chocolate of course also delicious :D
Hope you had a great day!


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Ice Cream Cones as Cupcake Holders
Bake your cupcakes directly in the ice cream cones. Fill 24 flat-bottom cones two-thirds full with cake batter. Place the cones in a high-sided 9-by-13-inch baking pan and bake in two batches at 325° F for 30 minutes. Let cool, then frost with two 16-ounce cans of frosting. You can have your cake and eat its holder, too.


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Title: | Global lessons of the economic crisis in Asia |
Author: | Montes, Manuel F. |
Date: | 1998 |
Publisher: | Honolulu: East-West Center |
Abstract: | The economic crisis in Asia is not an "Asian" crisis. The conditions that precipitated it are by no means unique to the region. They have their roots in badly managed government liberalization of the financial sector, excessive borrowing and lending by private industry, and the inability and unwillingness of key players including governments to accurately assess risk. The resulting collapse of domestic asset values (real estate, stock market prices) and currencies is a phenomenon already seen in the 1990s in Europe, Latin America, and now Asia. With the cost of bailout packages ballooning, everyone has a stake in improving crisis prevention and response. Governments, international organizations, and domestic banks must coordinate efforts that should include: easier access to information in the financial industry, increased government oversight of private financial institutions, more flexibility in exchange rates, greater control by public authorities over the short-term flow of capital among countries. Finally, private companies that take excessive risk in financial markets should be forced to bear the costs of their own actions. |
Series/Report No.: | AsiaPacific issues ; no. 35 |
Description: | For more about the East-West Center, see http://www.eastwestcenter.org/ |
Pages/Duration: | 8 pages |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10125/3836 |
LC Subject Headings: | Asia - Economic conditions Asia - Economic policy Financial crises - Asia |
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Hit The Switch have a launched a full album stream of their recently released full-length, Observing Infinities. The record was released on May 30, 2009 and follows up Domestic Tranquility and Social Justice, released in 2006.
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ChuckieFinster (June 6, 2009)
Isn't this the band that kicked their dude out cause he converted to atheism or something?
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We booked Hit The Switch early this year, the band was good, they drew their crowd well. I'd be stoked to get a copy of the CD!
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Does it annoy anyone else when band names are spelled with a lower case in the middle word? i.e. Hit the Switch, Less than Jake, Saves the Day, etc.
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The record sounds awesome. But does anyone else notice a strange similarity between the cover art and This Is A Standoff's, "Be Disappointed"
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"A Kinder, Gentler Chuck"
The first thing everyone has to say about Pygmy has to do with, of course, the broken English. It is extremely hard to get used to. It took me three times to get rolling, but once I settled in to the cadence of the work, I rather liked the writing style. I found that he created some astonishing word combinations that made me laugh out loud, and think very hard on how we, as Americans, must look to outsiders.
Now- that's out of the way. Please read the following text delicately, as you COULD construe this to be a spoiler, though I'll give no plot details at all.
I've read all of Palahniuk's books. I began with Haunted, and ended with Fight Club. I've read Survivor three times, and never loses its punch for me. Consequently, when CP puts out a new book, I have come to expect a certain thing. I don't go to Chuck's well to walk away refreshed and joyous. I read Chuck's work in an effort to turn myself inside out with every page. This novel, rape and United Nations notwithstanding, is the feel-good book of the year.
Let us just say that, if you are looking for that ending that leaves you hollow and sick and alone in the world- this is MOST ASSUREDLY not it. And if you're looking for the characteristic gore and horror in his writings, you won't find it here.
You will find plenty of admonitions against the evils of America, and far more directed toward the church. But really- is that so hard these days? That seems too banal at this point- too simple. I can get all that from The Daily Show, though admittedly John Stewart isn't as funny as Pygmy.
Palahniuk remains my second favorite author today. He is always thought provoking and witty, and always challenges the reader. Unfortunately, this time, I felt far too much a member of Team Cedar, when I really wanted to be closer to Agent 67.
"Very heavy on emotion, light on fact"
This is not a true crime story. It is a story of a man searching for some kind of meaning through the parents that abandoned him. The author is so emotional and overblown about his "mom" and "dad" that he cannot disconnect enough to realize he is literally destroying the lives of everyone around him with this unfounded Zodiac connection. There are no facts here. Only hand-wringing, and scenes of "tears were streaming down my face."
I would have cut out everything involving his biological family tree, and imagined stories and conversations about those people. It was not relevant to the story, and was entirely too long.
Although I am sad for Gary, and I'm sure he is a nice guy at heart, I wish he was able to let this go. Was his "father" a pedophile, kidnapper and document forger? Seems so. Was he the Zodiac? Highly unlikely. Stop bothering the SFPD. There are people being murdered RIGHT NOW that need their attention. Leave them alone. And his poor biological mother. She looks for her son in order to make amends and have some closure on the most difficult part of her life, and her son embroils her in some drama about the Zodiac - complete with midnight phone calls, angry emails, and demands about information. Give this woman some peace. I've read a lot of true crime books, and many made me angry - but this was the first that made me angry at the author.
"Synopsis is a Bit Misleading"
First off- let me state that this book contains no information whatsoever about Heaven's Gate, Waco, Jonestown or anything of the sort. It is an extensive discussion of the current pentecostal and evangelical movements in the Christian church. While the things discussed here are radical, they are by no means fringe cult activities that lead to the deaths of church members.
Second- this book is designed for Christians only. I don't mean that in an elitist sense at all, but rather, if you are not currently a Christian, then you probably already think everything discussed is loony and you don't need further evidences of that.
Third- while the author is making some excellent and quite salient points, they are repeatedly overshadowed by his insistence upon using acronyms and alliteration. That might work for young people who need to memorize plant phyla, it's not needed for intelligent adults who are trying to make critical decisions about their faith. It becomes a bit tedious.
It might sound like I hated this book, which I did not. I thought it was quite useful and agreed with the majority of the author's points. It simply wasn't what I thought it was going to be. Christians who are curious about the fruits of the spirit absolutely SHOULD give this a listen and evaluate the material for themselves. But if you're looking for a discussion about modern day cults, this isn't it.
I had no idea how very, very white I was. It was a little shocking, quite frankly. I can't tell you how many times I shook my head and laughed at myself all the way through this book.
My only complaint is that it gets a little repetitive. 100 things would have, in my opinion, been better than 150, as there was some overlap with a few chapters.
The narrator was PERFECT. The only person that MIGHT have been a better choice is John Hodgeman, but that's only because he's the whitest man that ever lived.
"Deeply Unsettling"
A friend asked me to describe this book, and I had a hard time doing so, honestly. Ultimately what I said was this, and I think it fits darn well, quite frankly:
"You know when you're sitting at home, minding your own business, and all of a sudden, you see a large spider out of the corner of your eye? You get up and launch a book at it, killing it. And five minutes later, when you've resumed minding your own business, you can't help but glance back over into that exact same spot every 90 seconds for the remainder of the night - as if that spider is going to come back for revenge, or it's buddies are going to come looking for him and stage an assault. Well - the entire book feels like THAT."
I hope that makes sense. I promise - it will after you read The Road.
"Perfect Author"
First off, let me say - Andrew Vachss is incapable of writing an imperfect novel. He has long been my favorite author, though I'm just recently trying his material out on audiobook. As with any Vachss novel, you'll have to pay close attention to every single word. If you zone out here and there, it won't make sense later on. For this reason, I prefer his work in print - because it forces me to grab on to every word.
Great narrator, though, with a very interesting take on The Mole's voice. Not at all how I've heard that voice in my head for well over a decade and a half, but it kind of made sense once I heard his version. Very nice work on The Prof as well.
I would recommend this audiobook over Two Trains Running, primarily due to the narrator. He keeps you pulled in, and that will give you a good introduction to the pace and cadence of a Vachss novel.
"Highly Entertaining Story"
This is a fast-paced book with an engaging plot line and a colorful main character (Pendergast). I won't say that the story is breaking any new ground, or that you won't be able to figure out what's going on before the twist is revealed - but if you're looking for something to keep your mind engaged while you're up to something else - this book will certainly do that. Great narrator too. I normally hate it when narrators try to affect an accent, but I thought it was very well done. Fun little book.
"Crikey Mate, I Need Some Grog"
While this book's story is very interesting, compelling and disturbing, I found the narration BARELY tolerable. It is written and read in an Australian slang, absolutely riddled with words like mate, sheila, grog, crikey, de facto (slang for boyfriend apparently), copper, etc. It's the equivalent of listening to a book in Ebonics. The murder itself is fascinating, though.
"I'll Be a Donor for Sure"
If you've read Dr. Bass' previous non-fiction book, Death's Acre, you know exactly what you will be getting yourself into, but with substantially more grit. This is not as much a personal story of Dr. Bass as it is hard facts about tough cases. Dr. Bass never disappoints, and I am forever grateful for the work he has done in the forensic field, as we all should be. Good book, excellent man.
"Pomp and Circumstance"
While I agree with the majority of what is being set forth in this book, I found the author to be ego-inflated and repetitive. Also, it was rather tedious that her primary solution to all the problems in the judicial system seem to point towards more laws, which clearly will ultimately be either ignored or unenforced. The cases cited here are cases you will already know well (OJ Simpson, the Ramsey case) and little more can be said in reference to those cases than we have already heard ad nauseum. I did hope that this book would shed some additional light into the darkness of a severely flawed court system, but I found that more can be illuminated simply by reading the paper. Again, I think what Ms. Murphy is saying is correct- however, not revolutionary by any means.