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View Poll Results: Which Art Dept. location is the best one for you?
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San Francisco CA
Kansas City MO
Austin TX
Richmond VA
Please come to Paris someday...Us Euro's need a spot too!
Please come to Amsterdam someday...Paris doesn't have the Night Watch!
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December 20th, 2009 #91
Amsterdam, But I would like Barcelona, in Catalonia.
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Los Angeles?
I can understand SF. But i'm curious as to why LA was not an option at all?
December 20th, 2009 #94
I live in PA so Richmond, VA would be just grand.
December 20th, 2009 #95
Wow, seems like there might some extremely large classes.
December 21st, 2009 #96
My cuontry isn't there T_T I guess it's understandable since there aren't a lot of people in South Africa who gets out much or has similair interests than me. oh well ~_~ maybe one day...
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December 21st, 2009 #97
December 21st, 2009 #98
time passes way too slow.
December 21st, 2009 #99
Are there not any schools or concept art courses in the UK? Saw Avatar last night and am now massivly inspired!!
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December 21st, 2009 #100
Art dept location- What about the Southern Hemisphere?
Hey I noticed you didn't put the "I don't live in the Northern Hemispere option" ie I live in Australia to be more specific Western Australia, Perth, here's the google maps location
<http://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=perth&sll=-25.335448,135.745076&sspn=51.328574,111.445313&ie= UTF8&hq=&hnear=Perth+Western+Australia&z=14>
I hope to see you soon,
December 21st, 2009 #101
Austin! I would find a way to be there. Cali always gets all the cool happenings...*crosses fingers*
December 21st, 2009 #102
Forget Paris and Amsterdam - come to Poland! (it would be a lot cheaper than both Paris and Amsterdam)
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Richmond VA is the least inconvenient place to travel to pour moi.
December 21st, 2009 #104
I notice you haven't said anything about the little island of England! Would be nice to have one there!
Failing that, I vote Amsterdam as it's a much nicer place to visit then Paris (IMO)
December 21st, 2009 #105
too! would love to study with you, I think that would help me a lot would grow more but not as you know, I'm from Brazil and not speak fluent English.
But success to all!
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December 21st, 2009 #106
Awesome to see how many people voted Amsterdam. Then again, SF wouldn't be too shabby either since it gives a good excuse to move.
December 21st, 2009 #107
I vote for Canada, Ottawa!!! I know, I know, it's not part of the choices of the list... booooh!
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December 22nd, 2009 #108
considerin me thats only the light from outerr space
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December 22nd, 2009 #109
mybe 40minutes
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December 22nd, 2009 #110
Though I am not an immediate candidate for this I vote for Kansas City- Midwest stand up!!!
Central location is conducive to getting there by car from either coast (can't pack all those art supplies in luggage at the $30 a bag the airlines want to charge).
Reasonable Standard of Living (make it a little easier for overseas CA'ers that are already pawning limbs to pay for the plane ticket here).
Bar-Be-Que (artists ain't gonna starve there)
Alberto Vargas Esquire collection at the University of Kansas.
The Royals Baseball team can use an attendance boost.
"Afraid not of none of you cowards but of my own strength"
December 22nd, 2009 #111
Yay for the midwest minority! Kansas City would be closest to home for me, but Austin sounds like fun too. SF seems too expensive.
December 23rd, 2009 #112
But i'd settle for Amsterdam or maybe SF
December 23rd, 2009 #113
Cheaper and convenient for people if it were in Kansas City. Center of the contry sounds best. All coasts seem to expensive to live. Austin is also good.
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New York!!!
I voted for San Francisco, since I hope to move there at least temporarily, but really I live in New York and would love to see you here!
December 24th, 2009 #115
Totally agree with drd.
I'm in NC, but VA all way, man!
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December 24th, 2009 #116
Just a heads up that we can expect all information on The Art Department on Jan 7 2010!
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December 25th, 2009 #117
really really looking forward to the new year now! seventh it is then...
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Wait a minute, is the Concept art school going to be an online thing or are we going to have an actual campus?
December 25th, 2009 #119
are u takin bout been to school, or are we goin' to have free lesson as open u do?
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on Feb. 07, 2013
A truly fun read! Others have said the main character is ditzy. Well, yes, that's true. Ditzy and wacky and an absolute blast to be in her head. This is a comic mystery, not a straight dark mystery. I could totally relate to the writing circle. I think I might have been a member of that one sometime back! The old ladies were hysterical. And as a writer, well...I don't think it's in our best interests to murder an agent or any other member of the publishing industry, but I've got enough rejection slips over the years (and know other writing buddies who do) that I can relate. Dying to know what Jennifer's next hare-brained scheme will be! I'll definitely be reading the rest of the series.
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on Feb. 07, 2013
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Bewitching Kisses (Bewitching Kisses Series)
on Feb. 07, 2013
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Green Lake
on Feb. 07, 2013
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Brother Lowdown
on Feb. 07, 2013
Okay, very weird. This is the book I THOUGHT I'd downloaded, and the cover on the back showed this cover. But the story inside the book I got was Borderlands, another title by the same author. Perhaps that's why there aren't any reviews on this book? I kept wondering why the book was titled Brother Lowdown when there was no such character in the book. I only realized the mistake when I skipped back to the end beginning and re-read the title page. LOL I'm giving 5 stars because now that I've read two books from this author, I'm positive this will be an excellent read, and I'll come back and read it as soon as the book is fixed. Besides I'd hate to see the author suffer on a silly mistake like this. And the book I actually got with this was definitely worth reading till it is fixed. Now I'll go back and review the book I actually got to read.
Killer Twist (Ghostwriter Mystery 1)
on Feb. 10, 2013
Much fun and well written! I didn't quite get how the title fit the book (although yes there was a twist ending) but that didn't stop my enjoyment of it. Roxy is quirky, snarky, a bit mercenary and a blast to hang out with. Looking forward to the next Ghostwriter mystery.
on Feb. 10, 2013
Great read! Tilly hooked me instantly. Fun premise too. Now where do I get a job like that?
Blood Ties
on Feb. 10, 2013
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Color Me Grey: Book One of the Alexis Stanton Chronicles
on Feb. 10, 2013
Fun and fast-paced. Absolutety loved the book. Alex is a kick-butt heroine. Can't wait to read the next!
on May 23, 2013
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Contains Spoilers! Loved the character and the book. Kate is a very unique heroine. Awesomely well done research, especially her hillbilly upbringing. A very modern heroine set in an old time, it makes me question if our stereotypes of the 1800s are just that. After all, she exists in the same timeframe as the early suffragettes, so why not portray her as that? The book was sheer fun all the way through until SPOILER she loses her beloved. After that point, it felt like the heart went out of the MC. And out of me. That's not a bad thing, just a sign of how invested I was in the story and characters. Despite that, excellent read. Much fun and I'll continue on to the next in the series.
Night Bells
on May 23, 2013
Wonderful story. Love the characters and the premise. Excellent world-building too. Okay I kind of did guess at the ending of who was who well ahead of time, but that didn't make it less good. Good command of the English language and evocative storytelling as well. I don't want to ruin stuff by giving spoilers because this story is that well written. Just read it and enjoy! I loved almost all the characters to pieces, very well and individually written. Okay the villain was obviously the villain and along w the steward were dicks. Other than that, everyone is well fleshed out and a pleasure to spend time with.
Blue Thunder
on Oct. 14, 2013
The typos as well as the tense changes are rant worthy. I understand that the author is dyslexic, however a professional edit would have been well in order. That said, the story and plot itself is well done, and the main characters are believable. Proof that a good story can overpower choppy writing.
Road Dance: Poems
on Oct. 16, 2013
The poems in this book are better called "stories." From tales of growing up as the child of Communists to the terror of being the mother of a battered woman, the stories here are soulful, evocative and enmeshed with the timeless imagery of Earth and Mountain and the tears of the watershed swamps that encompass the ebb and flow of life, love and sacrifice.
Lynna's Rogue (Tropical Paradise Series, Book One)
on Nov. 04, 2013
Oh dear. Every cliche possible. I won't bother to list them all. This is part of a series featuring the same characters. I'm not sure what tropes are left for the author to put into further novels. My biggest problems with the book: Several threads that weren't relevant and obviously thrown in to make it look as if the characters were unique. 1) a potential kidnapping used only to set the story up, and never really important to the plot again. 2) A hero who can't keep his parts in his pants and by chapter 2 has had his way with a cloistered virgin who he's sworn to protect - not my idea of an honorable hero. (And which also leads to a supreme lack of romantic tension.) 3) The hero allegedly overeats when nervous (but never gains an ounce) but this is forgotten as soon as he gets laid. 4) A heroine allegedly afraid of thunderstorms, but not one single frightening thunderstorm manifests - just several unimpressive ones, which she waltzes through without a problem. And most annoying trope of all, the heroine who is "the most beautiful woman alive." The only men who don't try to bed (read rape in most cases) her are eunuchs, the elderly and men of different color. (it takes place in pre-Civil war America.). On the good side, the writing itself was competent and the spelling/grammar was mostly good. Sadly, it doesn't make up for the stark flatness of the characters. Take it for what it is - an amusing romp with plenty of torrid love scenes. It's obvious that the author is capable of writing a good book, but she desperately needs to work on plotting and find an editor who will curb her desire to throw too many ingredients into an already overflowing pot. Despite everything, I hope the author will grow and look forward to her next (and hopefully better developed) series.
Seductive Secrets
on Nov. 10, 2013
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I am presently about halfway through the book and growing increasingly frustrated. 1) Only in the last 20 or so pages (again 1/2 way through) have I been given a clue who Sinclair (maybe a judge but had SOMETHING to do with the mystery) or Fennimore (her dad's secretary?) MIGHT be. Yet they've been referenced all through the book without a clue who they were or how they fit in. IF these things were referenced early in the book, it was so vague as to go unnoticed. I spent over a hundred pages asking "who are these people and why do I care and what do they have to do with the plot?" I highly suspect that the author just edited out some primary scenes near the beginning and then didn't even bother to summarize them. IMO a mystery is created by offering clues and then obfuscating them, not by refusing to give ANY clues, including who the major players might be.. 2) Where's the dog? In a far earlier chapter, the protag was gifted with a puppy. He made it into 2 scenes and then disappeared from the face of the planet (at least so far). Did he fall under the wheels of a carriage? If so I'd like to know. But the hero retrieves her clothing for her and not her dog? And more important, she doesn't seem to have noticed yet, several chapters later that her dog is missing. Okay maybe I'm dog crazy, as I'm the mom of 3 of them, but if my puppies were missing, the protag would be screaming for them - who cares about her damn replaceable dresses? 3) While I appreciate the plot that has the protag protecting her gay best friend, WHY did he have to be so CLEARLY freaking gay (I.e. dressed as a peacock) from the very first introduction of his character. I have SEVERAL gay male friends and only one or two of them might come off as flaming from page 1. Make him gay, great. But you had to make him a peacock dandy too? 4) About halfway through the book, the hero gifts the protag with drawing/sketching gifties. Except we've never seen her take up a pen/paper/crayon/brush before in the book. Again, was this editing that stripped out useful scenes or...? So as heartwarming as the gift might be, we can't figure out why he'd know she'd like that, since...well she never was an artist till that page where he made the gift. ARGH. 5) Already mentioned Sinclair and Fennimore (whoever the heck they are) but 90% of the book so far is an alphabet soup of people who we still don't know who they are and who MIGHT be the bad guys. Then there's some apoplectic looking guy. Could be Fennimore. Could be Sinclair, could be someone else. Seems to be important to the plot. No clue. But we get lots of characters that we can't keep apart. I'm not even sure when we are referencing her cousin? friend? Lissie and Lissie's mom in law half the time. .I'll agree that the hero getting the heroine kissed and nipple-abraded and more in the first chapter was WAY soon. Okay he's the hero and he's sexy and all, but a 1780s or so virgin just lets some guy she's never met get away with that on the first meeting? Really? And puts up ZERO resistance? Which brings me to the most confusing part - despite all this I'm still wanting (at least so far) to finish the book. (Yet notice that I'm so frustrated that I have to rant halfway through.) The writing is actually good. As far as literacy goes anyhow. There are a few typos, but I can dismiss most of them as actual typos. Since 90% of romances I've found here are written by people who just don't seem to understand the English language this is refreshing. And despite all above, the story is still intriguing. Won't rate it now as...*sigh* I guess I must finish the book.
The Wild One
on Nov. 10, 2013
Well done! Let's start with the fact that unlike many Smashwords authors *sigh* this one actually DOES seem to have a command of English and few typos or giant grammar mistakes. Yeah, that should hardly get first billing, but so many others disappoint. Now onto the romance. Very hot. Very sexy. Some of the most graphic love scenes I've read in a romance and yet done in such a perfectly delicate way that it was clearly romance and not porn. I abase myself at the altar of this writer's brilliance in such matters. Then there's characterization and plot. Fantastic hero. Although it was obvious from page 1 that he was a teddy bear in rake's clothing, his evolution was logical and intelligent. The heroine's evolution was also well done, taking her from grieving almost-widow to confused because she was loyal to her deceased beloved and yet entranced by his brother. And then her most lovely opening as a woman in full understanding of herself. I am eminently jealous of this author, because I'd someday like to write a romance half as good. Cannot wait to read the rest of the series.
Lynna's Rogue (Tropical Paradise Series, Book One)
on Nov. 10, 2013
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Okay I just have to be ticked at the tags too. There's zero Voodoo in this book except for the fact that the word may be mentioned once or twice. Zero occult and/or magick either. Don't try to sell a crappy book based on tags that aren't even appropriate.
Cause of Death
on Nov. 18, 2013
Flawed but worth reading. Interesting plot and intriguing characters. Sadly the plot was somewhat occluded by writing that needed an editor's touch. The police procedural was obviously heavily and well researched. The dialogue is clunky and doesn't sound like people talking. Over explanation is another problem, especially when the characters tell us something, and then tell us the same thing all over again in a paragraph of exposition. At the same time sometimes Initials are used (such as SO - whatever that means since it's obviously not Significant Other) which aren't explained well enough. Also challenging why the dialogue of a 16 yr old Hispanic boy from CA sounds exactly the same as the dialogue of a 30 something police detective from Alabama. I agree with the reviewer who said there were too many subplots. Noura's plotline (while quite interesting) didn't make sense as it had no relevance and connection to the main plot, and felt like it was just sort of hanging in extra space. The double romances plots (and wanna connect to our Native roots plots) were also distracting. As I'm part Native, I liked that touch in the backstory, but felt it was too heavy handed. I also didn't get the fact that Annie was supposedly the main character. Tom probably got more time than she did as far as actually closing the case and scenes that featured his viewpoint. Okay now for the good points: Few typos. The author actually seems to have a good command of the English language which I find refreshing thus far on my exploration of Smashwords. The serial killer was unique at least as far as methods. I would have liked to have more insight into his reasons earlier in the book, rather than waiting to read them in the epilogue. Since he kept a diary, it would have been great to intersperse parts of that in the book. I actually DID NOT guess who the baddie was until well into the book, and the red herrings for other characters to be the bad guy were well placed and handled so that I wasn't sure whodunit till right near the end. The story of the murdered women was also sad/thought provoking. and suitably horrifying. One of the good facets of the book was that dating everyone's actions left you counting how many days each victim had to live and agonizing over whether she'd be found or not. And yes, the victims were drawn well enough that I DID agonize over them. They were probably the best drawn characters in the book. Despite flaws, I am looking forward to reading the 2nd book. I hope the author will work on voice and editing. She's already got procedure and the "mystery" part down. She's got a character (or 10) that I actually like and want to follow. This is obviously a first novel which should have been subjected to the demands of an editor, but shows great promise.
Two For Justice
on Nov. 26, 2013
Excellent read! Starts off with Leah dressing her hubby in drag to chase down a deadbeat customer and from there it's a roller coaster of humor and scary thrills. Good dialogue and writing and a great plot. Unlike aussiematt I didn't have problems with the eating out and beach-going. After all, the characters need to have some down-time to breathe and think.
Scamp's Lady
on Nov. 26, 2013
Great read and well researched. Excellent character development. The romance felt genuine and the plot made sense. Setting it near the end of the Revolutionary War added to the tension. All through it, I wondered how they'd deal once the war ended, or if/when something happened to her family. Being a dog person, I liked that the dog was a part of the story rather than window dressing. I'll agree that the brief scene in the dog's VP didn't work (mostly because it was the only scene from his VP and hadn't been set up) but that didn't stop me from enjoying the book. Would have liked to see a little more depth from Lady Claudia, but still loved the book and am interested in reading more from Walton.
The Backward Approach to Ebook Success
on Dec. 09, 2013
Short, sweet and to the point. And well worth your time to read. I learned several things about marketing! Now to get off my butt and start doing them!
Midnight Marriage: A Georgian Historical Romance
on Dec. 20, 2013
One of the better romances I've read in a long time. Intriguing and original setup and believable characters. Well done.
True Survivor - The Seth Winston Story
on Jan. 28, 2014
Truly fun read. Seth is self abdorbed to the point you almost want to smack him, except that you can't help loving his dry wit and wanting to read more. And having read Fatal Decision, one of the authors' talents is that each protagonist is refreshingly unique. So glad to see there's a 2nd book.
Ravenstone (Book 1, The Ravenstone Chronicles)
on March 01, 2014
This book would have received five stars if it was a full book, but it's not. Sadly, it's just half a book. or maybe only 1/3 or less for all I know. Of all the subplots in this book -- and there are many! -- only ONE of them gets resolved. And the main plot doesn't get resolved at all. Forget a HEA or even HFN ending. There's no ending, period. The book is chopped off with the heroine's life in peril, having only FINALLY gotten to the beginning of the romance. About 50 pages from the "end" I started wondering how the author was going to tie all the subplots together in only 50 pages. 3 pages from the end she introduced 6 new characters and I got an awful suspicion that turned out to be correct. No ending. Now I'm an author too, and I understand that writer's need to make money. That's fine. Tell me you're giving me a 50% preview and I'll understand and make a decision whether or not to buy when I get to the end of the sample. But cutting a book off like this is NOT the way to go. At $5.99, the other half of the book is a pricey "sequel." I'm a bit leery of buying the 2nd half of the book because I don't know that she'll finish the book in the 2nd half, after my experience with this one. Despite that, I'll tell you what IS good about the book because I really did like it A LOT. The heroine has a dark secret and I DO mean DARK. Pretty much as dark as they come, and a subject that's usually a no-go in romance. She's also feisty and intelligent and darn interesting, yet sympathetic. The romance in the book doesn't really exist. I'm assuming it's in book 2. Other than at the very end just before it gets cut off, she sees the love interest as no more than just a friend. He of course, is madly in love with her. The subplots are fascinating as well with Georgiana trying to care for the poor, in particular a young pickpocket, heal her relationship with her brother, deal with her mom (a character whom the reader will despise - and a character does have to be pretty well drawn to be this despicable!), deal with with the vagaries of her wastrel husband (his secret was pretty easy to guess at - I had him pinned from the first scene we meet him in - but I'm still wondering how she's going to get rid of him to reach a HEA, because he doesn't seem like a bad guy.), she takes over the running of the estate and then becomes part of a smuggling ring, and she's got the law trying to get her to find a spy. Whew! Busy lady! All of the major characters are well drawn and believable. Okay, at first I felt Georgiana's perspective was a bit too anachronistically modern for a regency era heroine, but her reasons for feeling that way make sense, so it works. The deep dark secret is treated with care. Horrific enough to make the reader sympathize with her choices, but written not so graphically that the reader runs screaming away. I did feel that the last few scenes got rushed a bit, jumping around to put Georgiana in peril in every single one of the subplots. (I think hubby's at least could have waited, since it was already blatantly obvious what it was.)
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The X800 *can* do frame buffer blending.. least, that's what I thought. As I understand it, it's just that the accumulation buffer (for blending) on the ATi cards doesn't have high enough precision for true OpenEXR HDR. At least, that's the way I understand it... but on that, I could be wrong, and would be happy to be corrected. I'm really not as knowledgeable about the R420 as I should be.
Edit: Apologies, it seems you're right. Looked it up, and the 420 can do true OpenEXR HDR... but it has to use pixel shaders to do so. I'm still fairly certain it can do a reduced qual version natively though.
according with a huge thread in B3d about FPblending feature in the Nv40 , ATI employees already confirmed that the is NO blending support neither with FP precision,neither with INT precision in ATi hardware. in other words if you are a developer a wants true-HDR in a game ,with ATI hardware then you are out of luck. everything needs to be emulated with pixel shaders through a process that everyone agreeds that is .. very very slow , with lower quality and painfull in the ass to emulate it. which is why the major feature in HL2 is now dropped by Valve because emulating it is not good enough for what they wanted.. Futuremark interview in B3d goes even more saying ATi can't do HDR.. which means -> H
DynamicRange . just because lights in a demo looks overbrighten doesn means its HDR. . just read their interview. lower quality emulation of "Hdr" .. is the only thing you have seen until now in PS2.0x cards demos. Timbury and FArcry are the first aplications to support true HDR in realtime.so take anything that you read from reviews with grain of salt. There are many game developers including Crytek/Futuremark and even Valve with comments already about this. the same things goes for true DIsplacement mapping and hardware Shadow maps.. not supported by ATI.
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"Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?" former President George W. Bush memorably mused a decade ago. That's exactly what director Davis Guggenheim ("An Inconvenient Truth," "It Might Get Loud") asks in "Waiting for Superman," a film that ultimately raises more questions than it answers. That's not a bad thing at all. Even if you object to Guggenheim's findings or what he leaves in or leaves out, "Waiting" is a great conversation-starter about a topic we should all be discussing. In the wake of the much-ridiculed, much-vilified "No Child Left Behind" program, Guggenheim sees a system in which plenty of children are not only left behind, they're left in the dust.Read more


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Earlier this week, a few friends stopped by for a quick nightcap. Wine was poured, cigarettes lit up, and the conversation, naturally, turned to sodomy.
What, asked one of the group, was up with biblical Sodom? What had it done to earn its reputation?
I happily obliged, telling the tale of God's wickedest town. You know: the angels visiting Lot, the townies knocking on the door looking for some good ol' fashioned anal raping, Lot offering his virgin daughters instead, those same daughters getting their father drunk and having sex with him all night long.
"Come on," said one friend, smiling. "Stop pulling our leg. Tell us the real story."
It took a reading from the King James Bible to convince the assembled that my sordid little story was, indeed, the one recounted in the Good Book. And they were shocked. A fierce band of disbelievers who had long ago abandoned the faiths of their youth, my friends are often quick to view the Bible with a mixture of horror and bemusement, and regard those of us who embrace it warmly, if not always literally, with pity and ire. With their imaginations firmly planted in the landscape of Genesis, my friends inquired what my upcoming column was about.
I took a long sip of wine, and mumbled something soft and inaudible. I couldn't bear to tell them that this week, I was writing about the parasha that specifies, in great and gruesome detail, the humiliating ceremony forced upon women suspected by their husbands of having been unfaithful.
Dragged before the priest on no other evidence other than her husband's suspicions, an Israelite woman accused of cheating was then made to swear that she'd carnally known no other man. The priest would write an oath on a scroll, and place it in a vat of water, along with a handful of dust from the Tabernacle. The water would wash off the words of the oath, and the woman would then be made to drink the ghastly cocktail. If she had been unfaithful, the Bible tells us, horrible afflictions would come her way (consisting of infertility, if you read the text metaphorically, or of severe bodily disfigurement if you don't). If, however, the woman had been true, the mixture would bless her with fertility and happiness.
Throughout the ages, many thinkers, on either end of modernity's divide, rushed to interpret this harsh tradition. Some claimed that while the proceedings sound punishing, they're still a step up from public lynching, the practice common with Israel's neighbors in biblical times. Lacking the depth of knowledge or agility of mind to join in on this debate, I'd rather return to that far more mundane scene around my dinner table, a few nights ago.
Within a short while, my guests' infatuation with Lot and his offspring dissipated, and the conversation hopped on to different subjects. Did you see, someone asked, the season premiere of Jon & Kate Plus 8, the TLC reality show whose stars, parents of eight young children, are on the brink of divorce? And what about The Real Housewives of New Jersey, another reality show featuring giddy and gaudy dames spending their time and their husband's fortunes acquiring marble mansions and Botox injections?
I chatted happily. After all, I watch both the aforementioned shows with glee, and am not above, when the spirit stirs me, picking up a tabloid here or there to read about Danielle's shady past or Kate's affair with her bodyguard. But as the conversation progressed, an epiphany elbowed its way to the fore of my mind: its primitive and punitive aura aside, the biblical ceremony may treat women far better than most television shows do nowadays.
For one thing, the ancient and humiliating ceremony, for all of its vagaries, was approached with the utmost of gravity. So much so, that the oath, written and dissolved in water, contained the explicit name of God. The tried woman was believed to be literally consuming the spirit of the Lord, and that spirit alone—not an unruly mob or a stern priest or an angry family—would determine her fate.
The women paraded on our television screens aren't taken quite as seriously. They're left in our hands, and we want no inhibitions and no boundaries. Jon and Kate as a normal couple struggling to raise their brood? That's nice. Jon and Kate as adulterous and greedy ghouls eager to whore themselves and neglect their children for fame and fortune? That's ratings.
There are, of course, many reservations to be made here. Unlike the women wandering in the desert, the housewives of New Jersey willfully chose to partake in their own humiliation, from which they benefit handsomely. And a society that spends too much of its energies on the dolor of identity politics is one, I believe, at grave risk of intellectual ossification.
And still, as I put down the goblet and extinguished the smoking stub, I looked at my friends with calm.
"The portion this week," I told them, unprovoked, "is about strange rituals and adulterous women. You should read it. You may find it enlightening."
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In the 1980s, a mainland Chinese businessman made his first pot of gold in Singapore's health-care sector, and carried it home in a wad of $10,000 notes stuffed into a leather bag.
He ploughed it back into the burgeoning China market and multiplied his fortune.
Now, the low-key billionaire, who wants to be known only as "Tony Zhu", will be moving money back to Singapore - parked with a Chinese multi-family office that just set up its headquarters in the Asian financial hub.
But he might not have come full circle back here if not for the HMCFamily Office (HMCFO).
It claims to be the first home-grown outfit geared to offer a full suite of services, from tailor-made financial products to succession planning and family projects like charity work for ultra-rich Chinese with over US$1 billion in assets.
The firm was set up in Beijing in 2011 by successful fund manager Adam Yang, 35. After two years of preparation, he registered a holding company for HMCFO in Singapore late last year.
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Yang, who also runs an China's ultra-rich seeking family offices eight billion yuan ($165 million) fund which reported average returns of over 20 per cent over the past decade, won Mr Zhu's trust by helping to grow his investments even during the 2008 financial crisis.
"Now that I am diversifying my assets more broadly across the globe and considering how to pass my fortune to my children, I need a family office like Adam's that looks after my financial and family interests," Zhu, about 50 years old, told The Straits Times in a phone interview. He added that HMCFO has helped him chalk up annualised returns of 25 per cent on his overseas estate.
He is one of an estimated 4,000 Chinese with assets of over $100 million - large enough for them to consider moving from private banking services to a dedicated team managing their affairs.
Family offices derive their name from United States oil baron John Rockefeller's famous office - housed in Room 5600 of the Rockefeller Centre in New York - where his family wealth and legacy are managed.
Its success in making the current seventh generation of Rockefellers even richer than their forebears is an inspiration for rich Chinese.
Big gap in China market
Yet, while China boasts one of the world's fastest-growing populations of billionaires, there are no mature, full-fledged family offices operating here yet, said Patricia Woo, a family office solicitor with King & Wood Mallesons.
"Many local players from banks to asset management firms are offering parts of a family office such as tailor-made hedge funds or trusts," she said.
"But China and Hong Kong lack family offices... combining asset management, succession planning and tax planning."
On the mainland, state giants like Bank of China and Ping An Insurance, as well as Shanghai-based Noah Wealth Management, are reportedly setting up family offices and trusts.
Noah's subsidiary took 20 rich Chinese to the US last year to learn about family offices. The trip generated a lot of interest, but the company is currently still only testing the waters in offering a full-fledged product, said an insider who declined to be named.
Noah's investor relations manager Ou Yang said it was not able to provide details of its family office business, citing reporting rules as it is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
She declined to comment on a report by Chinese newspaper Economic Observer last year that Noah had garnered around six family office customers. HMCFO also did not reveal the size of its client base. But an indication of the numbers may come from the "HMCFO Club" it set up early last year exclusively for its billionaire clients to mingle in posh privacy.
It has already seen one marriage take place between two members who met at a club event.
International reach
Family offices that want to be based in China face hurdles like the limited range of sophisticated financial products and exchange rate controls that hinder fund transfers out of the country.
And Beijing is mulling over whether to introduce estate taxes, which could take a big bite out of the inheritance of rich Chinese. That is partly what attracts family offices to Singapore, which has no estate taxes and is not as close to the mainland as Hong Kong.
"Singapore also has political stability and a bilingual workforce, so our clients will feel safer and also more comfortable coming here to discuss their financial and family affairs," Yang said in an interview in his office.
The suite at Beijing's swanky World Financial Centre, which houses more than 20 staff, will still be a management centre. HMCFO also plans to set up an operations base in Hong Kong, as well as an office in New York later this year, said managing director Matthew Ng Aik Ping, a Singaporean.
Other cities the firm is eyeing include Los Angeles and London, where clients want help with issues from tax planning to emigration to picking elite schools.
This comes as demand for family offices with an international reach grows among Chinese billionaires, who are fast gaining global exposure. So, to establish its credentials, HMCFO is looking to forge relationships with some of the US' top family offices.
Building legacies
Woo observed that "family offices have become very fashionable in China". "But not many rich Chinese know exactly what they want from one," she said.
Yang thinks he has the answer. And it is not simply how to make the next billion.
"Many of my clients started out dirt-poor. So, they understand when I tell them: Money is the last thing you leave to your heirs," he said. "Your primary concern should be the correct beliefs and values to guide the way you enhance wealth and health, preserve family harmony and pass down the right legacy."
UBS Wealth Management's head of family services, Yan Lau, echoed this: "The family office is oftentimes... a cornerstone to build a family legacy."
In response to strong interest, UBS will be organising a family legacy and philanthropy event with the focus on China clients in Shanghai in June.
This year, some of HMCFO's billionaire families will visit improverished villages in south-western Yunnan province to offer free medical care for orphans and children with disabilities - and practise using their wealth and influence for good.
"One day, the Chinese could well become the world's richest people, build the tallest buildings and buy over the biggest companies," said Yang. "But that is worth little unless they become a zheng neng liang (positive force), and family offices like us can help them achieve this."
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The tip gave Napoles, 49, lead time over the authorities, and she went on the lam for two weeks before surrendering to Mr. Aquino on Wednesday night.
President Aquino told Inquirer editors and reporters on Thursday night that charges were being readied against the two NBI officials, who he said had ties to two senators who had been implicated in the P10-billion pork barrel scam allegedly masterminded by Napoles.
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Napoles and her brother, Reynald Lim, disappeared on Aug. 14, hours before the Makati City Regional Trial Court issued a warrant for their arrest in connection with the serious illegal detention of Benhur Luy, their cousin and Napoles' former aide who blew the whistle on her alleged racket.
NBI agents staked out 28 known houses of Napoles in Metro Manila on that day, but the tip from their own headquarters enabled the businesswoman and her brother to flee.
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Lacierda was criticized for his active involvement in Napoles' surrender, and there were suggestions that he be prosecuted for harboring a fugitive.
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"It was the court that ordered the arrest. It was a voluntary surrender, and [Napoles] was immediately turned over to the lawful authorities," she said.
The court ordered Napoles detained at the Makati City Jail. But jail officials said they did not have enough personnel to guarantee the safety of Napoles, who claimed there was a "grave threat" to her life.
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The court ordered her transferred to police special forces training camp in Fort Sto. Domingo in Sta. Rosa City, Laguna province, where former President Joseph Estrada (now mayor of Manila), his son Sen. Jinggoy Estrada, former Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) chair Nur Misuari, and Sen. Gregorio Honasan had been detained.
Napoles was transferred to the fort early Sunday.
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35 year old woman | Washington, DC, USA | Seeking men 30-44 within 50 miles
Strong, witty woman seeks confident, thoughtful partner with whom to explore and enhance our world
A nature-loving connector, I appreciate open communication and laughter galore. Passionate about education, I am on a journey toward balanced excellence. I am looking for an intelligent, socially-conscious, affectionate, and kind partner who wants to take on (and improve) the world together! ************************************************ A Midwesterner at heart (and on the how-friendly-are-you-to-strangers scale), I appreciate the simple things in life. While I can appreciate the finer things as well, I definitely don't need them to survive or to be happy. I am just as content playing Scrabble or Bananagrams at home as I am going out for a fancy dinner. I strongly prefer walking through national parks to shopping and tennis shoes to heels. This does not mean that I don't own heels, and I do enjoy dressing up (heels and all) for a night of salsa dancing. I work hard at and am passionate about my job in urban education transformation. I also am determined to have a balance between work and the glorious other aspects of life. I love to exercise, not only to maintain my athletic and curvy physique, but also because working out feels so great. At the gym you can find me lifting weights, doing yoga, partaking in Zumba classes, walking backwards on a treadmill, and pretending that if I force myself to practice it enough, somehow I will learn to like running. My former students would tell you that when it comes to creativity, drawing is not one of my strong suits (indeed, my picture of a cow was mistaken for a car), and I should stick to writing raps and poems. Yes, I am a rapper. I write and perform odes and raps, and I'm comfortable doing so in front of small audiences (1-10 people), large audiences (400-500 people), and everything in between. Since I love to travel, I am open to figuring out how to take a focus on U.S. education on the road. I studied for a semester in Chile, and I have traveled throughout various parts of Latin America, Europe, Africa, and Asia. While I've covered a lot of ground, there are myriad places on my "I Really Want to Travel There" list. I look forward to many more adventures (possibly with you?). I would be remiss if I did not admit that I am a glutton for good grammar. If you have been looking for someone who would be turned on by the fact that you do not end sentences with prepositions or that you have a penchant for the Oxford comma, then you may have found your match! Having said that, I am aware that my grammar in Spanish and other languages is nowhere near perfect. If you're able to help me improve, I'd love it. Family is incredibly important to me, and I look forward to sharing that value with my partner. While I have family members in several states, I also have "chosen" family around the world, and I deeply value those relationships. I am fortunate to have a good life with amazing people in it. And, I am looking for a wonderful man with whom to share life's simple pleasures, contemplate our world's mysteries, explore landscapes near and far, build a strong and supportive partnership, laugh a ton, create a loving family, and live each day to the fullest. If you are intelligent, socially-conscious, confident, thoughtful, affectionate, and open to learning and to sharing your passions, then I definitely am interested in hearing from you! I want to be with someone who has integrity, who is comfortable talking through challenges as they arise, and who will challenge and support me as together we work to improve this world of ours. I want a partner with a great sense of humor. For your sake (as well as mine), it would be a plus if you happen to appreciate corny puns.
Alumni connections , Coffee and conversation , Business networking , Dining out , Exploring new areas , Performing arts , Volunteering
Aerobics, Baseball, Billiards / Pool, Dancing, Other types of exercise, Tennis / Racquet sports, Walking / Hiking, Weights / Machines, Yoga
I exercise 5 or more times per week.
Very Liberal
Local Hot Spots: various coffee shops, new restaurants on 14th St., NW, The Library of Congress, hiking trails off the beaten path On My Travel Bucket List: Kenya, Malaysia, Croatia, Australia, Japan, China, Antarctica, Seattle, Austin, Portland
Favorite movies include 42 & The King's Speech. While I like a variety of music and often know lyrics, I'll rely on you and Shazam for to identify artists! Sushi, fruit, & my mom's carrot cake are among my favorite foods. I like to eat healthy food.
I love to explore neighborhoods, delight in the tastes of newly-launched restaurants, read under a tree's shade, take day trips, watch films, attend plays and sporting events, and delve into conversations that interweave the mundane and the profound.
During my recent trip to Asia, I read "When Broken Glass Floats: Life Under the Khmer Rouge." It provided a powerful view of one family's experience during Pol Pot's rule. Reading the book while in Cambodia gave me many new insights.
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|What she is looking for
|5'0" (152cms)
|5'5" (165cms) to 6'7" (200cms)
|Body type:
|About average
|About average, Athletic and toned, A few extra pounds, Stocky
|No preference
|Light brown
|No preference
|No Way
|No Way
|Social Drinker
|No preference
|Executive / Management
|No preference
|I'll tell you later
|No preference
|Never Married
|Never Married, Widow / Widower, Divorced
|Have kids:
|No preference
|Wants kids:
|Definitely, Someday
|White / Caucasian
|Asian, Black / African descent, East Indian, Latino / Hispanic, Middle Eastern, Native American, Pacific Islander, Other
|No preference
I appreciate Jewish culture and traditions, but I am not religious. A favorite night of the year is my interfaith Seder in which people of different faiths learn from one another while eating good food & drinking (four cups or four sips) of wine.
|English, Spanish, Other
|No preference
|Graduate degree
|Bachelors degree, Graduate degree, PhD / Post Doctoral


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