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But some UFO experts say the former insiders' accounts don't necessarily eliminate the possibility that Area 51 is indeed home to some UFO-related activities.
"Those guys who came forward may very well be telling the truth, with the caveat that they wouldn't know if there was something going on," said Stanton T. Friedman, a nuclear physicist, lecturer and top UFO researcher.
Highly classified work is also highly compartmentalized, he said. And the absence of evidence on their part isn't the same thing as the absence of evidence for such work, he suggested.
Friedman said it's still conceivable that wreckage from what some people believe was a UFO crash in Roswell, N.M., could have been transported to Area 51. And, he added, "of course" the military has an underground base out there.
But, regardless of whether or not Area 51 is indeed connected to UFO activities, Friedman pointed out that the facility has captured the imagination of Americans for another important reason.
It has become a symbol of government secrets and the universe of information too sensitive for public consumption.
As a scientist for General Electric, Westinghouse, McDonnell Douglas and other high-tech companies, Friedman said he's worked on a variety of classified projects that have shown him government secrets are a fact of life.
Area 51 is just one example of that.
"National security has a real place in all of this stuff. There is no way to tell your friends without telling your enemies," he said. "A lot of Americans woke up to the fact that there's a lot going on that they don't get told about."
ABC News' Lee Speigel contributed to this report.


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On Black Friday, Kindle Fire comes with a free gift card
November 22, 2012 | 1:00 pm
By Dan Eldridge
Jon Cog of the Me and My Kindle blog gave us a very convenient heads-up yesterday about Amazon's Black Friday plans for the Kindle Fire. As he reports on his site:
Amazon's retail-store partners, like Best Buy, OfficeMax, Staples, or Office Depot, [are] reportedly not allowed to lower the actual price of the [Kindle Fire], but they're doing the next best thing. If you purchase a Kindle Fire tablet, they'll just give you some money back in the form of a gift card!
Check out Jon's post for details on the sales being offered by the four brick-and-mortar retailers mentioned above. Of course, it's worth bearing in mind that since you'll probably need to stand in a very long line—in cold winter weather, no less—to take advantage of these deals, they may not actually be quite as attractive in reality as they appear in this morning's newspaper ads.
To those of you planning to brave the unruly Black Friday crowds regardless: Please be safe, please remember your manners, and please don't forget how many adrenaline-surged shoppers have been killed or seriously injured in the midst of this madness. Seriously: Your lives are worth so much more than a $25 Walmart coupon, people.
Also worth keeping in mind: Amazon has been known to offer even better free-gift-card flash sales than its retail partners during busy shopping periods. So if it is a Kindle Fire you're after, take a few minutes to poke around online before you head out the door tomorrow.
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Update: As TeleRead reporter Chris Meadows pointed out in his recently-published Tablet Buyer's Thinking Guide (which, by the way, is a must-read for those of you who don't fully understand the differences between the dozens of tablets on the market), Best Buy is offering the 7-inch Visual Land Prestige tablet (pictured at right) for US$79.99 as an online-only Black Friday deal. (Best Buy's list price for the tablet is US$149.99, so this is nearly a half-off sale.)
If you're in the market for a truly affordable refurbished device, BestBuy.com will probably be worth checking from time to time throughout the next few days. As of this writing, in fact, a refurbished Pandigital Novel e-reader with a 7-inch LCD touch screen is going for just US$29.99 (list price US$129.99) at the Best Buy online store. (Not that we're actually suggesting you buy the thing—the Pandigital Novel is said to be frustratingly sluggish and slow—but similarly low-priced deals may pop up in the very near future.)
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A Carrabelle man claims to own several downtown properties.
At the Dec. 6 Carrabelle city meeting, Johnnie Crum told commissioners he has documents proving he owns the
At the meeting, he initially requested to speak to City Attorney Dan Hartman in private, but when told the meeting was public and he was on the agenda, he addressed the commission.
Crum arrived late, accompanied by about a dozen family members who caused a minor disturbance by talking loudly as they entered until reprimanded by Mayor Curley Messer.
Hartman and the commissioners expressed confusion about Crum's claims and said the matter would have to be settled in court.
"The city claims that property and has improved the property," Hartman said. "You need a judge to say which of the two chains of ownership is valid. The city cannot give you that property."
Hartman later referred to the paperwork Crum had presented as a "wild deed," a claim where there are multiple chains of possession for the same land. Crum asserted to city commissioners that his family had paid taxes on the land in the past; Hartman said it had been in the 1930s.
The city attorney said the city purchased the boat ramp from Jimmy Crowder in 1999.
"It is not unusual. I've seen it happen," he said. "It's a common misconception that paying taxes on a piece of property gives you ownership. It does not. I've been through the paperwork (Crum) provided and I've seen the city deed. It's unclear. We've obviously got a bunch of deeds applying to this property. We need a court of law to tell us where we stand."
Hartman said Crum has paperwork claiming ownership of other properties as well.
"As your commissioner if that is your property I want you to have it," Commissioner Charlotte Schneider told Crum. "You really should seek the guidance of an attorney. The city can't just say we're going to turn over the property."
Crum maintained that early transactions involving the land had been, "written up wrong."
Hartman told him, "The way to get to the bottom of this is to file suit."
Crum said he had an attorney and complained about the cost of representation. "He charges me every time he does something. We are trying to work this out with the city as least a possible," he said. "My family's poor with young'uns to raise. My grandparents have died off. I can show you in 30 minutes."
Schneider said, "You can show me but I'm not an attorney."
Messer told Crum that "this will have to be fought out in court. We could sit up here and give the property away and that would set us up for a liability suit. I'm not going to be put in jail for nobody."
Commissioner Frank Mathes told Crum, "We can't give it to you. It belongs to the people of Carrabelle. It's got to go before a judge. It's not ours to give. That belongs to the people."
Crum said eh would prefer to reach a settlement with the city, "You don't get clear title until you've had it for 30 years and a day. I think it's in the best interest to handle it out of court," he said.
"This has obviously been going on in your family for a long time," Commissioner Cal Allen told Crum. "The best way to get closure is to get it over with."


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Darden exec taking over at Ruby Tuesday
After a five-month search for a new chief executive, Maryville-based Ruby Tuesday has turned to the nation's largest full-service restaurant chain to fill its top job.
James "J.J." Buettgen resigned Monday from his position as senior vice president and chief marketing officer at Darden Restaurants to become president and CEO of Ruby Tuesday.
Buettgen, 52, will begin his new roles effective Dec. 1, when he takes over for Ruby Tuesday founder Sandy Beall, who announced in June that he was stepping down after 40 years. Beall previously said he hoped a replacement would be named before Thanksgiving.
Meanwhile, lead director Matthew Drapkin, a partner in the investment firm Becker Drapkin Management, will take over as chairman of the board, also effective Dec. 1.
John Gordon, principal at San Diego-based chain restaurant consulting firm Pacific Management Consulting Group, said Buettgen's hire appeared to be a good one.
"It will give a bit of aura to Ruby Tuesday to take a high-level executive out of Darden to join them," he said.
While Darden is facing its own challenges, Ruby Tuesday is in far worse shape, he added.
However, Darden has multiple distinct brands, including Red Lobster, Olive Garden and LongHorn Steakhouse. Experience operating those could help Ruby Tuesday, which has recently been expanding its own portfolio to include its in-house seafood concept, Marlin & Ray's, and Lime Fresh Mexican Grill, which it acquired in April.
"If there's any shot at all at making a go of the multiple brands Ruby Tuesday has kicked off, J.J. and his team might be able to assess it," Gordon said.
In a statement posted on its website, Darden indicated that Buettgen had an interest in leading a company.
Before his most recent role at Darden, Buettgen served as Darden's senior vice president of business development and as president of Smokey Bones Barbeque & Grill. He has more than 20 years of experience in the restaurant and consumer industries, including roles at Disneyland Resorts, Brinker International and General Mills.
"It is an honor to lead Ruby Tuesday, and I am excited to join the company and work with the seasoned management team and dedicated team members to create value for our shareholders. I believe this will be an exciting period of growth for the company and I am eager to begin," he said in a news release.
Buettgen holds a bachelor's degree in finance from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and a master's in business administration in marketing management from the University of California at Los Angeles.
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Introducing Fast Company's Most Creative People In Business 1000
Today Fast Company launches the Most Creative People in Business 1000, a new resource that defines an influential, diverse group of modern Renaissance men and women across the economy and around the globe. This is more than just a list: It is a rising community, an explosion of creative inspiration, the spur for so much breaking news across the quickly changing industries that Fast Company covers.
We have developed a special section dedicated to the MCP 1000 on FastCompany.com which will provide in-depth news coverage about what's coming next from these business leaders and their enterprises. Readers can learn who is trending, who has an exciting new project on tap, and how various members of the group are working together. We've created profile pages for each MCP 1000 honoree. These include biographical information, social streams, and an archive of Fast Company articles in which they are mentioned. Throughout the site, we've created pop-up versions of these profiles, wherever MCP 1000 names occur.
In 2009, Fast Company introduced an annual list of the 100 Most Creative People in Business. We called it a "snapshot of the range and depth of creativity across our business landscape." Each year since, we have presented an all-new list of 100; previous honorees can't repeat, and we exclude anyone previously profiled in the print magazine.
With the Most Creative People 1000, we are bringing all of these highly accomplished, dynamic individuals together in one group, along with hand-selected subjects of Fast Company features. All were chosen by Fast Company's editors, according to our proprietary methodology. These are the people behind the world-changing, inspiring and, yes, even whimsical, ideas that are moving business in new directions today.
Here's what this means for you: direct access to breaking news; intimate profiles you won't see anywhere else; exclusive videos; unprecedented polling results from the most creative people in the world—and more. You can follow it all, and follow them, via the hashtag #MCP1000.
We will add a new class of honorees each year when we unveil our annual 100 Most Creative People of the Year—that special report will continue. We reserve the right to add others to the MCP 1000 (and, occasionally, to delete some). Creativity never stops, and the MCP 1000 will evolve to reflect all the great new ideas and the people behind them.
—Visit the homepage of the Most Creative People in Business 1000, or see the full alphabetical list and featured MCP 1000 stories.
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Your claim of stolen technology is not true.
Taiwanese/Chinese Han products are built on indigenous Taiwanese and Chinese USPTO (ie. United States Patent and Trademark Office) patents.
For the period "Granted: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2013," Taiwan was the world's third-largest foreign USPTO cumulative patent holder (behind Japan and Germany) with 137,867 USPTO patents. Mainland China had 28,519 USPTO patents over the same period. Together, the Taiwanese and Chinese factories on mainland China are utilizing 166,386 Han-originated USPTO patents.
There are over 70,000 Taiwanese companies and one million Taiwanese residents working in mainland China.
Sand, cement, wood and steel are the latest tools in China's territorial arsenal as it seeks to literally reshape the South China Sea.
Chinese ships carrying construction materials regularly ply the waters near the disputed Spratly Islands, carrying out work that will see new islands rise from the sea, according to Philippine fishermen and officials in the area. China's efforts are reminiscent of Dubai's Palm resort-style land reclamation, they say.
"They are creating artificial islands that never existed since the creation of the world, like the ones in Dubai," said Eugenio Bito-onon, 58, mayor of a sparsely populated stretch of the Spratlys called Kalayaan, or "freedom" in Filipino. "The construction is massive and nonstop. That would lead to total control of the South China Sea," Bito-onon said May 28, citing fishermen.
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You've got to admit, it looks pretty partisan.Three hospital radiothons: two in Progressive Conservative ridings, and one in a Liberal riding.
At each of the two radiothons in Progressive Conservative ridings, a cabinet minister and a Progressive Conservative MHA from nearby ridings show up on the air and pledge significant donations to the cause.
Meanwhile, down in the Liberal riding, no provincial money.
But the Health Department has a quick response when the perceived slight is pointed out: nobody in the Liberal riding asked for money.
And it's true. They didn't. It's pretty convenient. But the issue is more nuanced than that.
At each announcement, a cabinet minister was present. Are we really to believe that these on-air appearances weren't first discussed around the cabinet table?
If the Port au Port district voted for a Liberal or NDP representative, would he or she have been invited to sit next to Minister Joan Burke at the microphone to announce a $50,000 contribution from government? The answer is of course not. Only Progressive Conservatives were invited to announce the funding.
The whole point of the radiothon is to bridge the gap between government dollars and local need. Locals put up their own money because they know it will remain in the area.
So if representatives from a certain political stripe (any political stripe) show up at a grass-roots event to hand us back our tax dollars, we should be skeptical.
A government so obsessed with message control and image should've known the consequence of appearing on only two out of three radiothons. We will be watching to see if this mistake is rectified.
Canada's health care system is rooted in the belief that we all be treated equally as much as possible. Money can't get you to the front of the doctor's line in this country.
Casting a vote for the "correct" party might lead to getting our roads paved more quickly, but it shouldn't lead to better health care in some ridings over others. Health care dollars should be handed out on the basis of need. Period. Health care dollars should not be used as a partisan tool.


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Katima Mulilo — Since not everyone is fortunate to be formally employed given the staggering unemployment rate in the country, 29-year-old Judith Tawila decided to look to the abundant offerings of the Zambezi River to earn a livelihood by selling fish at the Katima Mulilo Open Market and Craft Centre.
Unfortunately the absence of cold storage facilities at the popular and bustling marketplace leaves traders like Tawila and many others no choice but to adapt to the circumstances by selling dried fish because it has a longer 'shelf life' compared to fresh fish.
"I decided to sell fish because I could not find a job," she said. Tawila said she buys the fish from fishermen in the area for N$2 and re-sells it for N$5 apiece. "People buy the fish on a daily basis. Even though the money I make is not enough, it is enough to feed myself and my little sister who lives with me."
Tawila pays a monthly rental fee of N$100 to the Katima Mulilo Town Council for a spot at the open market. "The place is safe and open, therefore most of us leave our products here when we go home at night, because they lock the premises and there is a security guard," said Tawila.
There is a great variety of fish and products at the open market due to the close proximity of the Zambezi River. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources fisheries control inspector Bargrey Kapelwa said the open market helps the traders to make a decent living.
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McMahon: The Best of the English Premier League's Rookies in 2004
By Bobby McMahon FOXSportsWorld.com - With over a third of the season already in the books it's a chance to take a closer look at the Premiership class of 2004. Age is not a factor; the only criterion is that none of the players had kicked a ball in the Premiership prior to August 14th this year.
In goal you don't have to look any further than the man who has chalked up enough clean sheets to calm the fears of any Rupophobia sufferer. Petr Cech has shut out the opposition in nine out of fourteen league games this season and has only allowed six goals. Although the giant Czech didn't officially move to Chelsea until July the $12.5 million deal with Rennes was done during winter transfer window. At 22 he is without a doubt the best young goalkeeper in the world and looks set to break striker's hearts for seasons to come.
Tony McMahon of Middlesbrough may have just turned 18 but his displays at right back have already turned more heads than Linda Blair. McMahon has taken the opportunity presented by the injury to Dutch international Michael Reiziger and in his seven appearances 'Boro has yet to lose. The youngster captained Middlesbrough to the FA Youth Cup last season and has represented England at both the Under-17 and 18 levels.
On the opposite flank is Gabriel Heinze who delayed his Manchester United debut until after a gold medal winning performance by Argentina in Athens. Signed from PSG Heinze can also play in the center of the defense and he likes to get forward at set pieces. Born to a German father and an Italian mother in Patagonia Heinze apparently has a decent grasp of the Welsh language a talent that will surely come in handy someday!
Dominant in the air 26 year-old Ricardo Carvalho has slotted in nicely with John Terry at the heart of the Chelsea back four. Carvalho didn't come cheaply though costing Roman Abramovich $36M when he moved from Porto. He was outstanding last season in the UEFA Champions League and although he missed the opening game of the European Championship he was recalled for the second game and helped solidify the Portuguese defense.
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Ginger Wasabi Cookies
These cookies are much sweeter than you would expect, and the wasabi flavor is a subtle final note -- not at all overpowering. The melted chocolate chips create the perfect "milk and cookie" childhood moment.
- Prep Time : 10 min
- Cook Time : 20 min
- Ready Time : 30 min
- 3/4 cup Coconut oil
- 3/4 cup Brown Sugar
- 1 Egg
- 2 teaspoons Vanilla extract
- 1 3/4 cups whole wheat flour
- 1/2 cup almond meal
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3 teaspoons ginger powder
- 4 teaspoons Golds Wasabi Sauce
- 2/3 cup Chocolate chips
- 1/3 cup Soy milk
Combine the wet ingredients, except for the soy milk, in one bowl and mix with a spatula.
Combine the dry ingredients in a second bowl then pour into the wet ingredients.
Mix the two, once they start to combine, add the final 1/3 cup of soy milk.
Using a tablespoon, form the cookies in your hand and lay on a cookie sheet, spacing evenly so they don't expand and stick together. Gently press the cookies with a fork.
Pre-heat the oven to 375 degrees and cook for 20 minutes.
Allow to cool before serving.
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Have to say this is not a combination of ingredients I would have thought of, but I am fascinated enough to try this.
And now I have this shabbat's dessert all figured out. Thanks Yosef!
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Bodies exhumed in killings tied to Mandela ex-wife
When they took the photos to the families and the young men were identified, everyone cried, including the scientists, Fullard said.
In 1991, Madikizela-Mandela was sentenced to six years' jail for kidnapping and assault in the death of 14-year-old James Seipei "Stompie" Moeketsi, who also had last been seen at her home and who was beaten to death. She appealed, the assault conviction was overturned and the sentence reduced to a suspended jail term.
Madikizela-Mandela could not immediately be reached for comment. She had been openly contemptuous of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission where she made an appearance 15 years ago. She has said that the commission headed by Nobel laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu had wrongfully sacrificed justice for reconciliation. She said Tutu never once asked her about all the years of torture, assault, death threats, banishment and 18 months of solitary confinement that she suffered while her husband was imprisoned and she became a leading symbol of the struggle in South Africa.
Tutu had begged her for the truth. "If you are able to bring yourself to say something went wrong, I beg you, I beg you, I beg you," he said. "You are a great person and you don't know how your greatness would be enhanced if you were to say: `Sorry, things went wrong. Forgive me.'"
The commission noted her contempt "not only for the commission but for the notion of accountability." She had been incensed that the commission treated victims and perpetrators of apartheid equally.
"They have a nerve to suggest that freedom fighters who fought for freedom must account for their actions while the perpetrators of the worst atrocities are walking the streets laughing at the efforts of our struggle," she said at the time.
The final report said: "The commission finds that those who opposed Mrs. Madikizela-Mandela and the Mandela United Football Club, or dissented from them, were branded as informers, and killed. ... The commission finds further that Mrs. Madikizela-Mandela herself was responsible for committing such gross violations of human rights."
Madikizela-Mandela was separated from Mandela in 1992, two years after he was released from 27 years of incarceration. Their divorce was finalized in 1996. In 1994 he was elected president of South Africa, with the all-race vote marking the final blow to apartheid, the cruel system of white rule.
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Leadtek GeForce3 TD Review - Leadtek GeForce3 - Page 3The GeForce3 has been hitting the streets in force lately, and our very own Jon "Albinus" Albiez wants to tell you all about the newest video monster from Leadtek. So fasten your seatbelts and get ready to take a ride on one of the fastest cards on the face of the earth!
Benchmarking Notes
After a few benchmarks, one thing became perfectly clear...my 1GHz Intel Pentium III was the bottleneck! Due to my 15" monitor, I was limited to a maximum resolution of 1024x768 pixels, and the card scored almost identically in all benchmarks whatever the resolution and colour depth! The only way I could get a performance drop was to enable 4x4 FSAA, and even then the performance drop was rather mild when compared to my GeForce2 MX.
All benchmarks were performed with V-Sync disabled, in order to obtain the maximum possible frame rates. Every test was run three times, and the average result obtained. The card was tested with the following system:
1GHz Intel Pentium III CPU
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256MB Apacer CAS-2 PC-2100 DDR SDRAM
15.3GB Western Digital Caviar 153BA 7200RPM Hard Drive
Yamaha Waveforce 192XG PCI Sound Card
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The Leadtek card did extremely well in this test, scoring over 5000 3DMarks at 1024x768x32 - very impressive for a Pentium III based system. It is a pity that my monitor could not push the card further, but such is life.
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The futuristic game "DroneZ" is now used by several hardware reviewers, so I figured since the game came with the card, why not use it? As you can see, the 1GHz CPU is not cutting the mustard here, with only an 8.9% drop in performance across the resolution spectrum.
- Quake III Arena (v1.27g)
The 1GHz Pentium III is looking more like an old man here than anywhere else. A pathetic 1.1% performance drop from lowest to highest resolution indicates the Pentium III needs to be sent to a retirement village. The GeForce3, however, keeps up an admirable 63.2fps at 1024x768x32.
Editor's Note: The Quake III Arena testing was done using the VIA ARENA Demo map. For those who have not tried it, it is much more graphically intense than the normal Demo001 and Demo002 maps, and will account for the lower FPS rates that the testing produced. It was designed to show off the performance capabilities of DDR memory and GeForce3 video cards. If you would like to run this demo for yourself, then you can DOWNLOAD IT HERE or get it from our "Files" page.
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My name is Patricia Labeda. I am retired from law enforcement in Kerrville, TX. As a hypnotist I am certified in pediatrics, emergency and forensic hypnosis.
At age twenty-nine I was diagnosed with colon cancer. Said to be terminally ill, I sought out an Oncologist who used both traditional and mind-body medicines and modalities.
I was a smoker.
2 packs a day
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 22, 2010 — While innovation benefits the overall economy with increased output, consumption, and wages, it also poses significant risk for older firms and workers, according to MIT Sloan School of Management Professor Leonid Kogan. It increases competitive pressure, reduces profits of existing businesses, and erodes the human capital of older workers. Those workers are less able to adapt to new technologies, which reduces their wages compared to their younger counterparts, he says.
In a recent paper, "The Demographics of Innovation and Asset Returns," Kogan studies how innovation creates a "displacement risk factor" that negatively impacts older firms and workers. "Innovation benefits most people to some extent, but the benefits aren't distributed equally. Newer generations have more relevant skills, earn higher wages, and introduce new companies into the market," he explains. "Older workers don't benefit as much from the introduction of those new businesses."
Applying this concept to the measurement of risks and financial returns, Kogan finds that using aggregate data is misleading as it fails to include the displacement risk factor. He says, "In our study, we attempt to revise the way we think about risk and returns in financial markets. Innovation is good for the overall economy, but it does more good for some than for others. We need to understand the allocation of resources across the population and not just rely on the average, aggregate numbers."
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With all the problems New Orleans has right now, it's interesting to watch how wrapped up the people get in foolishness like what to name a stupid ball team, or what this or that Saints player is doing this week. Half of the front page on NOLA.com is about meaningless sports news every day, and this trash is put on the same level with real news. People should be spending their time working on straightening out the crime, the corrupt police, the defective levees, and the crooked and incompetent politicians, instead of messing in Tom Benson's business and trying to run his pitiful professional sports ventures for him.
Simple solution: Church gets a list from the insurance company of anyone who obtains birth control pills, devices, abortions, etc. and then ex-communicates them. It beats getting your throat cut as some other religions would do to their members who sin.
OK people, get real. What 12 year old girl these days doesn't understand that if you agree to meet two boys in the boy's bathroom of a school, for the purpose of having a threesome, that you are setting yourself up for a rape or whatever you want to call it. I would like to see someone investigatge whether this girl was doing this in return for money or drugs. If there is this kind of activity going on unmonitored in the bathroom, you can be sure there is drug activity, bullying, and everything else under the sun going on in there. And this is what our school tax money is providing for the community?
What is all the hoopla about over this decision? Why would the parents of these seven and eight year old girls want a girl who thinks she is a boy included in their daughters' scout troop? If you are going to let trannys and transgender individuals into the girl scouts, why not just let the little boys in too? The real problem here is the parents of the seven year old who have convinced and allowed their child to come to the opinion that she is transgender at that young age. Her whole perspective could change in a few years once those hormones kick in.
And who is Marky-Mark pandering to?
This is the nuttiest thing I have seen in a while. The state Attorney General needs to look into this. If the chief did, or is suspected of doing something wrong, he and the people of Covington need to know. If not, follow the Civil Service rules and put him back to work. It looks like we may have made a bad mistake electing this mayor if he doesn't have the guts to shoot straight with the citizens.
Glad someone realizes that a college education doesn't qualify you for anything except perhaps a physician or a lawyer. There are some smart and effective people out there who never had the opportunity to go to college, and there are some real idiots walking around with MBA's and PhD's. If she is being properly held accountable and can successfully do the job, good for her.
Could be what those vulnerable young men need is a legitimate father to whip their behinds when they are kids and first start getting in trouble. This idea that we (the taxpayers) have to give these people something special because they are vulnerable, is repulsive. Kids in two-parent homes where there are traditional marriages, learn to conform, go to school, finish college, and get jobs. Why are we supposed to be giving these criminally insane children special treatment. So much for The Great Society.
Well, we once were a soverign nation with a strong economy and currency. The dollar was the undisputed standard of the world. Then we let people like Alan Greenspan, Henry Kissinger and other Goldman Saacks greedy world currency advocates talk us into joining the "world economy." Remember a few years back, there was even talk of the U.S. adopting the Euro. Well now the chickens have come home to roost. Our own dollar is virtually worthless, and our stock market soars and crashes at the whims of every little two-bit country in Europe and Asia. Go back to a separatist mentality America. Get out of the World Banks and the International Monitary Fund.
It is good to see someone taking legal action against an employer for these kinds of situations. It is really easy today for prisoners, and even children in schools and organizations, to make sex related charges against persons who are responsible for their care and well being. It's one thing for emlplyers and law enforcement to respond to and investigate such charges, but there is a real problem with the employer or law enforcement officials smearing a possibly innocent person all over the front pages of the newspaper and TV news when the person has not received due process in a court of law. In cases where the person has not been convicted by a court of law, the perp's identity should be kept confidential as well until such time as they are officially convicted of the crime. It is almost impossible for someone to regain their good name after they have been smeared by the news media in something involving allegations of sexual misconduct. I personally hope that employee takes Terrebonne Parish to the cleaners.
Let's see...that works out to around $695 per household for each of the 115,000 customers to be served.
Seems like Louisiana did the right thing. The $695 cost could easily be factored into the two or three year contract that each customer will have to sign up for. Spread out over three years, that's less than $19 per month tacked onto the bill. Why should the taxpayers of the financially strapped United States have to cover that construction cost. If the people in rural Louisiana want Internet, they should pay for it the same way the rest of the country has to.
Good! The guy was 100% right in what he said. Glad the "good old boys" at LSU got their clocks cleaned. I hope they have to pay him damages too.
Yes, the rules only apply to common Catholics. The millionaire real estate developer who built a church in his own church in his house in Metairie, is also exempt.
The problem has many roots. First, there should be no such thing as career politicians at any level. The idea that one can become a member of a ruling class for life, and therefore subject to special treatment and perks at the expense of vendors, lobbyists, and ultimately the taxpayers, is just an invitation to commit these kinds of crimes. Additionally, better checks and balances are needed for all elected and appointed public officials. Large scale irregularities such as we have seen over the last few years, should have been caught early on by internal auditing procedures. The fact that some of the recently reported crimes by public officials have gone on for years without detection, should raise alarm that the watchdogs were sleeping on the job. When crimes have to be caught by investigative reporters instead of internal government auditing processes, then something is inherently deficient within the system.
This concept was tried in the 1970's by Dr. Dorris Thompson, head of the city health department at the time, in conjunction with an alcohol addiction specialist physician from the Southeast Louisiana Hospital in Mandeville. An inpatient facility was set up on the second floor of the old police station on Rampart and St. Louis. After a couple of years, it was realized that the clinic had become nothing more than a flop-house for local street drunks. If any records from that facility are still available today, it would not very difficult to see that this idea doesn't work. The place was eventually closed and services were taken over by Charity Hospital's psych unit. This is just a revisit of an old idea that didn't work then and will not work now, and another way to spend scarce taxpayer dollars.
That's probably because Italians aren't a protected minority, hence they don't allow the city to draw federal funds on their behalf.
Really? No one said a word when people called George W a murderer and worse. You can have respect for the office of president without necesarily respecting the idiot who occupies it.
Tim Riley is well within his rights as an American citizen. It's time people take Obama to task for the mess he has made out of the country with his socialist programs and questionable loans to solar energy companies that supported his campaign.
Why does an American sheriff need to travel overseas? Because he is a member of the "ruling class" that's why. Gusman's sloppy operations at OPP are widely known. Innocent arrestees with medical conditions die while in custody, and you really think they are worried about prisoner rapes? It's time to stop electing all these incompetents who came up through the ranks of Life, Soul, Bold, etc. and who were raised to believe that because of their race and political connections, they are guaranteed a $100,000-a-year or more job in the government. Let's get rid of all these dead weight hang-on's and start electing some competent people to these jobs.
This is absurd. A thirteen year old boy, in a charter school that handles kindergarten through even 8th grade, should be able to kick the pooh out of anybody that messes with him. What the heck does he need a gun for? This is just another example of why the entire city of New Orleans needs to be turned into green space.


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Casey and Imogen love fruit and they love croissants, put them together and they love crazy bread pudding! I call this crazy bread pudding because a lot of ripping and throwing goes on when the kids make it. The kids get creative making this for breakfast or dessert with their favourite fresh ingredients. Before you say, "I don't like bread pudding," let me say that everyone says that and then they have this bread pudding and say, "that is DELICIOUS!" The key to bread pudding is the same as any other beloved recipe it is only as good as the ingredients. Grab a bag of day old croissants from your favourite bakery. Then give your kids free rein to add loads of fruit: cherries, apples, raisins, berries, anything but bananas (too moist) will work and if you like chocolate, dark chocolate, good quality croissants and a dusting of icing sugar make a brilliant bread pudding. Casey asks for 2 chopped apples, lots of blueberries, and chopped frozen peaches.
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4 large croissants ripped into pieces
2 apples (whatever your favourite kind is) peeled cored and chopped.
A fistful of frozen peaches chopped
Two fists full of blueberries (1 cup)
Cinnamon maybe a teaspoon and a half (I just let them have a turn each)
2 eggs
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup honey (I just let them drizzle it in so that's a guess)
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Line up ingredients and let them throw in what they want. Mash ingredients together in a big bowl and then press into a buttered baking pan. Bake at 325 for about 40 minutes. What you want is something that looks a bit like an apple crisp, brown and firm but not dark. Yum!
You can see that Casey needs some food! Imogen has taken a new interest in cooking with me and so the twins join forces. Ripping up croissants is so much fun it is done before I can pick up the camera.
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I posted this last fall on the BST 40 section but I have since replaced the carb with two others with the same results and so I feel I can rule that out.
My 99 LC4 E starts fine and runs good when cold. After its warmed up fully and ridden around a little it starts to stumble at idle and occasionally die. Especially if you try to feather the clutch and go slow but it also does it just sitting there in nuetral. It starts right up each time after it dies but then does it again right away (assuming its stull warm). When I let it sit for a while it starts to run normal but quickly begins the stumble again (as it gets warmed up faster since it didn't sit long enough to become completely cold). Im thinking it has to be electrical. The plug is new and I just cut the tip off the plug wire and screwed the cap back on with no results.
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During a "Today" interview with Mary Barra, the new CEO of General Motors, in which Barra was talking to Matt Lauer about a delay in a car recall the company issued and if there was any criminal intent behind waiting to issue the recall, Lauer asked Barra an interesting question about balancing her work and personal life.
Lauer says, "You said in an interview not long ago that your kids told you they're going to hold you accountable for one job and that is being a mom. ... Given the pressures of this job at General Motors, can you do both well?"
Barra responds, "You know, I think I can. ... I have a wonderful family, a supportive husband and I'm pretty proud of the way my kids are supporting me in this."
There has been some outcry about Lauer asking a sexist question and whether or not he would have asked that of a male CEO. Lauer has since responded to the criticism on Facebook, writing:
"Thanks for all of the comments and feedback around our interview with GM CEO Mary Barra this morning. I wanted to share some thoughts around one of the questions that has started an important conversation. As part of the interview, I referenced this Forbes article ( http://www.forbes.com/sites/joannmuller/2014/05/28/exclusive-inside-mary-barras-urgent-mission-to-fix-gm/) where Barra talked about the challenge of balancing work life and home life. She said, 'My kids told me the one job they are going to hold me accountable for is mom.'
She had just accepted the job as the first female CEO of a major American automotive company, and in the article she said that she felt horrible when she missed her son's junior prom. It's an issue almost any parent including myself can relate to. If a man had publicly said something similar after accepting a high-level job, I would have asked him exactly the same thing. A couple weeks ago, we did a series on 'Modern Dads' and the challenges of fatherhood today. Work-life balance was one of our focuses. It's an important topic, one that I'm familiar with personally, and I hope we can continue the discussion."
Now, we can only take Lauer's word for it that he would have asked a father who had made comments like Barra did the same question. But there is a point to be made here that Lauer was asking the question in the context of something Barra had previously said, not simply apropos nothing.
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One would expect more than a few great hotel options in a megalopolis of 11 million people, but that's not the case in Săo Paulo. Sure the city is packed with limited-service options, but we can count our favorites on one hand. In fact we have. Following are our Top Five Must-Stay Hotels in Săo Paulo in order of preference. We hope this helps you on your next trip to Brazil's bustling business capital.
1.The Fasano and 2. The Emiliano: It's almost an impossible choice between the two top options, the Fasano and Emiliano Hotels. Both properties were designed by famous local architects, and are impossibly stylish - the Fasano by Isay Weinfeld and Marcio Kogan, and the Emiliano by Arthur Casas – with fantastic guestrooms and suites, as well as great pools and spas located on their top floors. And both have ideal locations in the posh neighborhood of Jardins, just blocks away from each other.
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We're not going to lie -- the 2012 SAG Awards had been a little predictable and devoid of watercooler moments ... that is until the cast of "Bridesmaids" took the stage.
Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph and Melissa McCarthy -- armed with beer, champagne and vodka, respectively -- introduced their film, up for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, to the audience. While at other award shows the movies in the main categories are introduced by other folks, the SAGs up the awkward factor by having the stars of the film have the honors.
Thankfully, these ladies know how to make any situation fun, and debated the pronunciation of Scorsese (Score-say-zee or Score-sez-ee?) while sipping on their adult beverages of choice. Well, in McCarthy's case it was more like chugging. Let's hope that bottle wasn't actually full of Grey Goose. Wait, scratch that -- isn't liquor good for sore throats? (McCarthy was suffering from a bad case of laryngitis.) Well, that's what we usually tell ourselves...
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Style Week on Pocket-lint would, of course, be nothing at all if we didn't ask the opinions of those who really know what style is all about. So, as part of our five days of fun, we got hold of five top UK fashion designers to talk to us about what they see in their gadgets and what they're after when searching to buy some top looking technology.
After chats with Orla Kiely and Fred Butler, today we turn to print design specialist Eley Kishimoto. Founded in the early 1990s by Mark Eley and Wakako Kishimoto, the company began establishing itself through its work with the large fashion houses like Louis Vuitton and Alexander McQueen before putting together their own collection of womenswear for London Fashion Week.
With a client list longer than both arms put together, including Hello Kitty, Citizen, Sketch, the Cannes Film Festival, BMW motorbikes, Mercedes and Incase laptop accessories to name just a few, the company's motto is "Print the World". Type their name into Google and you'll realise that they do.
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1. What, for you, makes a beautiful gadget or piece of consumer technology?
Watches are really interesting to me. We've been making them more recently as a new product for us. We've done 15 or 16 of them at the moment. What's good about them is their ergonomics and the way they relate to the environment. It's also meant for us that we've been working with new materials.
2. Are there any common errors that you see tech companies making when designing the look and feel of their products?
Choices have really been quite narrow and homogenised in these sorts of products. I think manufacturers have never really had the opportunity to truly redesign outsides as much as they have the insides. There's obviously commercial pressure hanging over what they can do with forms dicated for them but I'd certainly be interested in redesigned the TV. It's not something I've sat down and thought about before but it would definitely be a challenge creatively.
3. Form or function? Both are important but which has the edge for you when choosing your phones, laptops, etc and why?
Well function, of course, for me when I'm talking about items of technology; objects that I have to be able to use. Form plays a role in terms of scale aesthetics but probably more important is something like brand loyalty - better the devil you know than the devil you don't.
On my desktop right now, it's all looking quite flash, if that helps. There's a MacBook Pro, an iPhone 4S, a Macmillan notepad, Casio watch, hole punch, rolodex and scotch tap dispenser.
4. Phones, cameras and laptops have all got smaller, bigger, fatter and thinner over the years. What do you think the next trends in their style and design might be?
The iPad has thown people out a bit. It seemed to be all about being small and then this thing comes out which is fundamentally a very large phone. It's possible that, eventually, what it will come down to is phones which are just phones for calling and sending text and phones which are all about interactivity and software. Then people can make that lifestyle choice on their own as to whether they want a basic one, a smart one or maybe even both depending on how they feel.
5. Name the five most beautiful pieces of consumer electronics of all time in your opinion?
The classic Casio watch, Sinclair C5, Astro Wars console, DeLorean car, anything with carbon-fibre.
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Mn Adult & Teen Challenge brings a morning of dynamic and unique worship along with a powerful and tangible message of lives transformed by God.
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It is one of the great delights of our congregation ministry to partner with Mn Adult & Teen Challenge. The visits once a year of the Teen Challenge Choir are highly anticipated, big events that encourage us with powerful in-your-face testimonies of God's almighty power in real people's lives. We have had the joy of walking with many graduates who have become solid, productive members of our community. I recommend partnering with MnTC to every local church. You will receive far more than you'll give!
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The Minnesota Adult & Teen Challenge Choir came to our church and presented a wonderful message of struggling with addiction and the healing that faith in Jesus provides. The impact on our church family was tremendous. The need for a ministry like this in all communities is so evident. We look forward to hearing more powerful testimonies of changed lives the next time they visit us.
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All we can say is "Praise God!!" It is awesome to see the transforming power of the Holy Spirit working in the lives of Teen Challenge students. All glory to Jesus!
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Waconia, MN
Without a doubt our congregation considers the Sundays that Teen Challenge visits a highlight in our year. Many of our people stay for both services to listen to all the testimonies of God's deliverance. Two of our local men have gone through the program and are still sober. God's "success" rate is encouraging us to continue in our support of God's work at Mn Adult & Teen Challenge!
Pastor Richard Reynertson
Bethel EFC
Fairmont, MN


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Brad Meltzer is known for many things, from his popular American political thrillers to his comic books to his History Channel TV series to his efforts to promote literacy in Florida. But here at BookPage, Brad is known for writing the warmest emails of all time. And so it comes as no surprise that Brad has some really great fans, as he shares below.
I've never told this story. And I promise this is true.
It was over a decade ago, at the start of my career. I can't remember what book it was for. I think Dead Even or The First Counsel, but I'm pretty sure it was my first trip to Dallas. I was at a local Barnes & Noble and since I was new at this, I made sure to get to the event early. Really early, like, so early, no one else should be there unless we're related.
So I was surprised to see this group of four or five young men and women in their late 20s, which was about my age at the time. According to the store manager, they'd driven all the way from Oklahoma.
I couldn't believe it. From Oklahoma . . . all the way to Texas?! With my impaired sense of geography, that had to be like, a 16 hour drive (it was actually five). But still. No one had ever driven five hours to see me sign books before. You don't forget when someone does that.
By 7:30 or so, the signing begins. People ask questions . . . I pretend I'm funny . . . and then the actual book signing starts. At the end of the line, I notice the folks from Oklahoma. Of course they're waiting till the end. Whoever's at the end gets the most time with the author.
Some more time goes by. The signing slowly moves forward, and every few minutes, I keep looking up at the Oklahomans. Even from where I'm sitting, they just seem . . . nice.
Eventually, they get to the front of the line and I sign their books. It's late now, so I ask them where they're staying in town. They look at each other and sheepishly admit that they have to drive back tonight. As someone who grew up without much money, I get it instantly: They don't have the cash to pay for a hotel room (and yet here they are paying full price for a hardback book). They took their entire day to come and meet me.
Now let me be clear: What I was about to do, I'd never done before. I've only done it two other times since. But my gut told me these were nice people. And I trust my gut. So I said, "You're not getting back in the car and just driving for another five hours. I'm taking you all out to dinner first."
Their reaction alone was worth it.
But here's the part I love: As we're all leaving the bookstore together and heading for the restaurant next door, I spot one of the sales reps from my publisher lurking in the corner, by the door.
"What're you doing here?" I ask, genuinely surprised.
"The publisher told me to come keep an eye on you," she joked. Noticing the small crowd, she added, "Where you headed?"
"I'm just taking these readers to dinner."
She almost choked right there. "Wait," she told me. "You're taking complete strangers—who you don't know—to dinner?" I think she gave me some warning about how strangers can potentially chop you up into little pieces. Maybe she flipped through a copy of Stephen King's Misery. But eventually, she was like, "I gotta see this."
Looking back, she was just protecting her author from doing something stupid. But there's nothing stupid about being a nice person. In the end, we all went to dinner together: me, the sales rep and my new pals from Oklahoma (you know who you are).
And the best part? Since the sales rep came along, she surprised us all by picking up the check. So you know what the real lesson is? Kindness will always be rewarded. Also, dinner's always better when the publisher pays.
On June 16th, my new book tour started in NY. Don't think I don't know that at each event, the publisher stills spies on me from the corner.
See you on tour.
The President's Shadow is the newest in Meltzer's Culper Ring series, following The Inner Circle and The Fifth Assassin. Beecher White is a member of the Culper Ring, a centuries-old secret society founded by Washington and charged with protecting the President. When an arm is found buried in the White House garden, Beecher finds himself hunting down national secrets he never could have expected.
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Author photo credit Andy Ryan.
Discover more great new mysteries and thrillers during Private Eye July.
It's Private Eye July at BookPage, a month-long celebration of the year's best mysteries and thrillers (so far!). Look for the Private Eye July magnifying glass, or join in on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram with #PrivateEyeJuly.
Don't know what to read while celebrating with us this month? We've got you covered with the ultimate 2015 Private Eye July reading guide.
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
It seems Hawkins' debut is everywhere this year, with its unreliable characters, hidden motives and juicy, deadly suburban drama. Everybody's doing it. C'mon—you know you want to. (Already read it? Stay tuned for our guide for what to read next, coming soon!) Read our interview with Hawkins.
Invasion of Privacy by Christopher Reich
The Big Brother conspiracy in Reich's new cyber-thriller is wildly entertaining. We'll let you decide just how far-fetched it is. Just don't blame us if you start eyeing your iPhone with suspicion. Read our interview with Reich.
The Stranger by Harlan Coben
Think your Facebook privacy measures are strict enough? Are you sure? Paranoid readers will especially enjoy Coben's latest thriller full of blackmail and unraveling secrets. Read our review of The Stranger.
The Swede by Robert Karjel
Karjel's English-language debut introduces Ernst Grip, a Swedish cop who's been called in to determine whether or not a suspected terrorist is Swedish. (One more for the road: Swedish.) Read our review of The Swede.
The Forgotten Girls by Sara Blaedel
And now to Denmark, for the latest from the "Queen of Crime" and her returning detective, Louise Rick. This time, Louise is investigating the death of a woman—who had apparently died 30 years before, along with her twin. Read our review of The Forgotten Girls.
The Mask by Taylor Stevens
The thrillers of Vanessa Michael Munroe are wham-bam-thankya-ma'am action, and this is one of the best so far. Read our review of The Mask.
Fear the Darkness by Becky Masterman
Former FBI agent Brigid Quinn is trying to build a nice little life after Rage Against the Dying. But then a few mysterious deaths lead to a much bigger problem. Read our review of Fear the Darkness.
Where They Found Her by Kimberly McCreight
Following her 2013 best-selling debut, Reconstructing Amelia, McCreight dazzles with a literary mystery, after the discovery of the body of a newborn girl is found in an idyllic New Jersey town. Read our review of Where They Found Her.
The Bones of You by Debbie Howells
Debut author Howells explores a quiet English village following the brutal murder of an 18-year-old girl. This one will especially appeal to fans of The Lovely Bones. Read our review of The Bones of You.
White Crocodile by K.T. Medina
Real-life trauma in Cambodian minefields serves as the backdrop for this truly harrowing story of a woman's investigation into her abusive ex-husband's death. Go Behind the Book with Medina, and read our review.
The Soul of Discretion by Susan Hill
Chief Inspector Simon Serrailler is poised to take on the most formidable task of his career: the infiltration of a pedophile ring in his hometown of Lafferton, England. Hill's latest is very dark and absolutely unforgettable. Read our review of The Soul of Discretion.
The Liar by Nora Roberts
After her husband's death, Shelby returns home to Rendezvous Ridge, Tennessee, hoping to rebuild her life—and to get something started with newcomer Griff Lott. But Shelby's husband has left behind a dangerous trail. Read our review of The Liar.
Garden of Lies by Amanda Quick
Things get real hot in this Victorian-era romance as businesswoman Ursula Kern and archaeologist and adventurer Slater Roxton team up to solve a murder. Read our review of Garden of Lies.
The Whites by Richard Price, writing as Harry Brandt
Price's take on the classic police procedural crime novel is set in his signature stark, gritty urban landscape, filled with fully imagined characters with pasts and passions that resonate in the present. Moral ambiguities are our favorite ambiguities. Read our review of The Whites.
Rock with Wings by Anne Hillerman
With Spider Woman's Daughter, Hillerman picked up where her father, Tony, left off. With the second in her series, policewoman Bernadette Manuelito and her husband, Chee, investigate two rather unusual cases. Read our review of Rock with Wings.
All the Old Knives by Olen Steinhauer
Two former lovers (and ex-CIA agents) meet for dinner—a tame start to what becomes an urgent unraveling of secrets. A classic noir spy story for the modern age, this may be Steinhauer's best novel to date. Read our review of All the Old Knives.
Palace of Treason by Jason Matthews
The second espionage thriller from former CIA agent Mathews is an epic international race against time for Russian agent Dominika Egorova and CIA's Nate Nash. Read our review of Palace of Treason.
Toured to Death by Hy Conrad
It starts as all fun and sun for the Amy's Travel group as they traipse around Monte Carlo, trying to solve a fictional murder mystery—like Clue on vacation. But it appears their fictional murder is a little bit too real. Read our review of Toured to Death.
Pride v. Prejudice by Joan Hess
The 20th installment in Hess' Claire Malloy series finds the unstoppable semi-retired bookstore owner in the middle of a murder mystery—plus a whole bunch of other (entertaining) chaos. Read our review of Pride v. Prejudice.
The Hand That Feeds You by A.J. Rich
Authors Amy Hempel and Jill Ciment team up as A.J. Rich to tell a smart, twisty novel of psychological suspense about a woman who discovers her (former) fiance has quite a secret life. Read our review of The Hand That Feeds You.
Every Fifteen Minutes by Lisa Scottoline
Scottoline takes readers into the mind of a dangerous sociopath, as a deranged patient turns a psychiatrist's life into the stuff of nightmares. Read our review of Every Fifteen Minutes.
Finders Keepers by Stephen King
King's sequel to his 2014 bestseller Mr. Mercedes explores the nature of obsessions—and you'll definitely be obsessed. Read our review of Finders Keepers.
What are you reading during Private Eye July? Check out all of our mystery and thriller coverage for even more great reading.
It's Private Eye July at BookPage! All month long, we're celebrating the sinister side of fiction with the year's best mysteries and thrillers. Look for the Private Eye July magnifying glass or the hashtag #PrivateEyeJuly for a daily dose of murder, espionage and all those creepy neighbors with even creepier secrets.
Just a few things to look forward to this month:
Be sure to check out all of this year's coverage of mysteries and thrillers, and check back in for new goodies all month long.
The Fixer by Joseph Finder
Dutton • $28 • ISBN 9780525954613
on sale June 9, 2015
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Rick Hoffman has fallen on hard times—he's lost his fiancée and his job, and his only option is to move into his parents' decrepit old home. But then he finds a huge pile of cash hidden in the walls of the house. His elderly father, Leonard, is still alive, but he's in a nursing home and unable to communicate, so no help there. Rick was formerly an investigative journalist, so the mystery of the cash and how it got there—and what his father knows about it—gets his full attention.
The newest from Finder is an absolute page-turner, a fast and entertaining read.
"Let's see your hands, Dad." He took hold of Len's left hand and began to clip his father's thick grooved nails, and Brenda drifted out of the room.
Rick clipped slowly. His father held out each hand, one at a time. It felt oddly intimate. It was like taking care of a small child. He thought about how everything sooner or later comes back around. He realized with a jolt that his eyes had teared up.
He stopped clipping. "Jeff and I were doing some exploratory demolition," he said quietly, "and we opened up the wall next to your study, at the back of the closet." Len's mouth was frozen in that haughty expression, but his watery eyes seemed anxious. They followed Rick's. "There was money back there. A huge amount of money. Millions of dollars. How did it get there, any idea?" Rick swallowed, waited. "Is it yours?"
Len's restless eyes came to a stop, looked directly into Rick's.
"Is it?"
The old man's eyes bore into his. Then he began to blink rapidly, three or four times. Nervously, maybe.
What are you reading?
Disclaimer by Renée Knight
Harper • $25.99 • ISBN 9780062362254
published May 19, 2015
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It seems the reading world can't get enough of these psychological thrillers starring deceptive, unreliable female characters. Knight plays with our allegiances in this juicy domestic noir, already in the works to become a film with 20th Century Fox. Her debut tells the story of Catherine, a successful documentary filmmaker who receives a manuscript that describes in excruciating detail a day from her life she has tried so hard to forget. And at the end of the manuscript, Catherine's character dies. In alternating chapters, readers meet Stephen Brigstocke, who knows Catherine's secret all too well.
She tries to dislodge it with thoughts of the previous evening, before she picked up the book. The contentment of settling into their new home: of wine and supper; curling up on the sofa; dozing in front of the TV and then she and Robert melting into bed. A quiet happiness she had taken for granted: but it is too quiet to bring her comfort. She cannot sleep so she gets out of bed and goes downstairs.
They still have a downstairs, just about. A maisonette, not a house anymore. They moved from the house three weeks ago. Two bedrooms now, not four. Two bedrooms are a better fit for her and Robert. One for them. One spare. They've gone for open plan too. No doors. They don't need to shut doors now Nicholas has left. She turns on the kitchen light and takes a glass from the cupboard and fills it. No tap. Cool water on command from the new fridge. It's more like a wardrobe than a fridge. Dread slicks her palms with sweat. She is hot, almost feverish, and is thankful for the coolness of the newly laid limestone floor. The water helps a little. As she gulps it down she looks out of the vast glass windows running along the back of this new, alien home. Only black out there. Nothing to see. She hasn't got round to blinds yet. She is exposed. Looked at. They can see her, but she can't see them.
What are you reading today?
The Ghost Network by Catie Disabato
Melville House • $16.95 • ISBN 9781612194349
published May 5, 2015
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Debut novelist Catie Disabato "picks up" where her mentor left off in this faux-journalistic novel about two disappearances, one a Lady Gaga-esque pop star and the other music journalist Cait Taer. Multilayered doesn't begin to describe this tale packed with footnotes, commentary from Disabato, explorations into philosophy and history and the investigation itself, which includes secret notebooks, interviews and more. As complicated as all this sounds, Disabato is a clever guide and will charm readers hoping for something wholly original.
After Molly disappeared, a few kooks came out of the woodwork to offer elaborate explanations. A popular Illuminati conspiracy theory website called The Vigilant Citizen weighed in with their particular brand of insanity. On August 12, 2009, the website published a long article called "Molly Metropolis: An Illuminati Puppet," which claimed Molly was a mind-controlled puppet and every time she posed for a picture with her hair over her eye (which, admittedly, happend a lot in her early press photos and the music videos for her Cause Célèbrety singles) she was making herself into the symbol for the All-Seeing Eye. The Vigilant Citizen wrote: "Those who have passed the 101 of Illuminati symbolism know that the All-Seeing Eye is probablyits most recognizable symbol."
According to The Vigilant Citizen, Molly Metropolis disappeared because her "Delta" or "killer" programming had been activated and she completed her "final Illuminati opersation," then vanished to hide the evidence of her actions.* With the story, The Vigilant Citizen ran an early publicity photo with Molly dressed in a black t-shirt with a deep v-neck; she holds the back of her hand up to her left eye to reveal the tattoo of an eye inside a triangle Molly has on her palm. Needless to say, the police never investigated "Delta programming/evil Illuminati mission" as a possible explanation for her disappearance.
What are you reading today?
The 2015 Edgar Awards, honoring the best mysteries and thrillers and presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America, have been announced! Several of our favorites earned nods:
Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King (Scribner)
Dry Bones in the Valley by Tom Bouman (Norton)
The Secret History of Las Vegas by Chris Abani (Penguin)
Tinseltown: Murder, Morphine, and Madness at the Dawn of Hollywood
by William J. Mann (Harper)
Poe-Land: The Hallowed Haunts of Edgar Allan Poe by J.W. Ocker (Countryman)
Greenglass House by Kate Milford (Clarion)
The Art of Secrets by James Klise (Algonquin)
The Stranger You Know by Jane Casey (Minotaur)
View all the nominees and winners here, and view last year's winners here.
Did your favorites win?
GBH by Ted Lewis
Soho Crime • $26.95 • ISBN 9781616955502
published April 21, 2015
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British noir author Ted Lewis (1940-1982) is best known for his 1970 novel Jack's Return Home, later renamed Carter and then adapted to film by Mike Hodges as Get Carter, starring Michael Caine. Lewis' nine crime novels were brutal, unflinching in their depiction of the British underworld and set a new standard for hardboiled British thrillers. His final novel, GBH, is now available in North America for the first time. It tells the story of George Fowler from two periods of time: the first in George's past, when he reigned over a hardcore porn empire; the second in the present, when George is in hiding in a small English seaside town for some mysterious reason.
At the time of GBH's original publication in 1980, Lewis' literary career was plummeting, so it's not surprising that his final novel would go overlooked by many readers. But GBH is often considered to be Lewis' masterpiece, even better than his famous Jack's Return Home.
Consider a man like me and love. A butcher loves. He slits an animal's throat and dismembers it and washes the blood from his skin and goes home and goes to bed with his wife and makes her cry out in passion. The man who made it necessary to rebuild Hiroshima loved and was loved back, and I don't necessarily mean the pilot or the man who activated the bomb doors. Whoever left the bomb at the Abercorn rooms would comfort his child if it came into the house with a grazed knee. Everyone loves. Everyone considers things, considers themselves. And I considered why it came to be that Jean should be the one, as opposed to anyone else. And like everyone else, I could compile a list of things that added up to my obsession, and as with everyone else, it just remained a list; the final total defied the simple process of addition.
Her husband couldn't have timed his return from California any better. A couple of days after we'd made love for the first time. For a week I didn't see her; I waited for her to get in touch with me. When she did, she suggested we have lunch together; it was going to be one of those meetings.
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Nancy Atherton didn't intend to start a mystery series when she wrote her first book, Aunt Dimity's Death, and she certainly didn't intend to forever change cozy mysteries by creating the original paranormal detective. But she did! And with the publication of Aunt Dimity and the Summer King, Atherton marks the 20th book in her beloved series.
Twenty books? I've written 20 books? Are you serious? I guess you are, because Aunt Dimity and the Summer King is indeed the 20th title in a mystery series I began writing more than 20 years ago.
Aunt Dimity has been around longer than Netflix, Google, Facebook and some of you. The fact that she's still alive and kicking (so to speak) in a brand-new story is nothing short of miraculous. Not in a million years could I have predicted that my first book would lead to my 20th.
When I wrote my first book, Aunt Dimity's Death, I didn't think it had a snowball's chance of being published. At the time, there was no known market for a nonviolent, non-vulgar novel that was sort of a mystery and sort of a love story, with a supernatural element, some gardening, a bit of military history, a pink flannel bunny and a recipe thrown in because, what the heck, why not? The plot couldn't be summarized in a simple catchphrase, and the story didn't fit neatly into an established genre. It was a very strange little book—a marketing nightmare!—and I was absolutely convinced that it would remain forever in a box on a shelf in my closet, unseen by any eyes but mine.
And I was OK with that. I hadn't written Aunt Dimity's Death in order to see my name in print. I wrote it because the first two lines of the story popped into my head one evening, and I simply had to find out what they meant. If there's one trait I share with my characters, it's a burning desire to get to the bottom of things.
I didn't stop to write an outline, and it never occurred to me to do market research. I just hopped, skipped and jumped my way through the book like a kid on a treasure hunt. I never knew what would happen next, and I loved the excitement of not knowing. I wrote to please no one but my characters and myself, and when I finished the first draft, I knew for certain that it would never be read by anyone but me.
I've seldom been so happy to be wrong. To my utter astonishment, Aunt Dimity's Death found a great publisher as well as a loyal and highly enthusiastic family of fans. Best of all, it contained a snippet of dialogue that inspired me to write my second book. I hadn't intended to write a series, but my characters insisted that I stick around to tell more of their tales, and I'm exceedingly glad they did. It has been a privilege to watch them grow and change over time. It has been a pleasure to share in their continuing adventures.
Not in a million years could I have foreseen the long and joyful journey that would spring from the opening lines of Aunt Dimity's Death. I never dreamed that my strange little book would lead to a series that's still going strong two decades after its most unlikely birth. I hope you'll join me in a toast to my 20th title. And I hope you enjoy Aunt Dimity and the Summer King. As for me, I'm off to work on number 21. I can't wait to find out what happens next!
Nancy Atherton is the best-selling author of 20 Aunt Dimity mysteries, including the latest installment, Aunt Dimity and the Summer King (Viking; on sale April 14, 2015). The first book in the series, Aunt Dimity's Death, was voted "One of the Century's 100 Favorite Mysteries" by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association. Atherton lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Author photo credit Grey Taylor.
Maybe we're excited about baseball season because opening day feels like a better beginning of spring than the actual equinox on March 20 (I mean, it was snowing in NYC). Maybe it's because our local minor-league team, the Nashville Sounds, is getting a brand-new stadium. Whatever the reason, we're excited. Our April issue includes a selection of stellar nonfiction baseball books, but every year we also enjoy a steady stream of baseball novels.
Leslie Dana Kirby has just published her debut novel, The Perfect Game, a psychological suspense that explores the murder of the wife of a professional baseball superstar. In this guest blog post, she digs into baseball as an interesting background for books:
Ahhh, spring. Longer days, warmer weather for reading good books poolside . . . and opening day of baseball season.
As a resident of Phoenix, I have already been enjoying a month of baseball as rabid fans stream in from all over the country to attend spring training games. And as the official opening date of the professional baseball season was April 5, this is a great time of year to crack open some books with baseball themes.
As a kid, I really enjoyed In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson by Bette Bao Lord, a charming book about Shirley Temple Wong, a young girl who immigrates to Brooklyn from China. As she struggles to assimilate, she finds herself inspired by Brooklyn Dodger Jackie Robinson, who is proving that minorities can live their dreams in the United States.
While I was reading about Shirley Temple Wong, my older brother fell in love with Ball Four, an expose by pitcher Jim Bouton, which peeled back the curtain on professional baseball. When it was first published in 1970, it created a firestorm of controversy and was banned by some libraries. By 1999, it was being hailed by the New York Public Library and Time magazine as one of the most important works of nonfiction of the 20th century.
My first novel, The Perfect Game, is set against the backdrop of professional baseball. My protagonist, Lauren Rose, is devastated when her older sister and only sibling, Liz, is murdered. It's a tragedy that is compounded by the fact that Liz was married to professional baseball pitcher Jake Wakefield. Jake's fame quickly attracts a national spotlight to the murder and the ensuing investigation.
Why does baseball create an interesting setting for books? Perhaps it is because the topic takes many of us back to lazy summer days of enjoying peanuts and cracker jacks. Others relish the opportunity to get a glimpse into the glitzy and glamorous lives of professional baseball players. And the truly hardcore fans might be looking for a way to combine their love of the game with the joy of reading.
The slow pace of baseball play also allows time for reflection between plays. For baseball fans, that allows times for thinking about the possible implications of a hit or a fly ball. For authors, this allows time to discuss the reaction of the players or the spectators in between the action.
Additionally, baseball allows for reflection on individual performance more than most sports. For example, in my book, Jake pitches a perfect game, a tremendous achievement for a baseball pitcher. While other athletes might excel in a game, it isn't really feasible for players in other sports, such as quarterbacks or basketball point guards, to accomplish a "perfect" outing.
Overall, I think for most of us, baseball represents the quintessential experience of long, relaxing days spent rooting on our favorite teams. So in between pitches in the next game of your favorite MLB team, consider reading some of these other popular books that feature the all-American sport:
I hope that one of these, or some other baseball book that you pick up this summer, might be a grand slam for you!
Thanks, Leslie! Readers, The Perfect Game is now available from Poisoned Pen Press.
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We've all seen it. Most of us have ignored it. Some of us even vomit a bit everytime we witness it happening.
The insistent and irritating Facebook couple.
These are the two, passionately in love lovers that upload photos of themselves, and 4 minutes later go back to comment and or "like" said photos. They're the only recent posts on each other's walls, only due to the over whelming input they receive from each other, when realistically, they are probably sitting on each other's laps.
I want it to end.
I am pledging and starting a new game. I want to ruin every post I see that is "Lover's Only" posting. I am third-wheeling up these bitches. Post and submit your best awkward third-wheeling for the rest of us poor, miserable, deparately alone slobs, so we can all rejoice in the fact that no, we will never find anyone, and will die considerably younger than people who have.