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In any great anime there are a few intangible qualities you just might miss when you've got less experience with it. In many ways this can be a blessing because you come across a title like this one that on the surface is actually pretty good if you're still fresh into anime in general. Unfortunately the flip side is also true being that you begin to notice the little things that can unravel a perfectly good anime into one that just irks you too often. This title, for me, is such an example of what happens when you become so familiar with something that you notice all the little flaws turning a gem into a stone.
There was a -ton- of potential here, it had an interesting premise, great writing, and a fun way of telling the story. Sadly, this is also where the show started to go kinda wrong. Consistency, in my most humble opinion, is one of the most important elements to good story telling. If you're going to go with a random and some what fluid style of plot line, then stick it kind of needs to stay in that style. If you're going to go with a linear and unbroken plot line, then once again it kind of needs to stay that way. To suddenly, and without any hint or warning to jump forward or backward in the timeline causes confusion and breaks the immersion in your story if you're in the linear path. To remove your audience from the story's immersion is a cardinal sin, and one that this story commits, more than once. Due to the fact that the story was good as a whole I gave it a -very- generous score.
Once more, consistency is important, for the first half of this show, even during the plot skips, the animation was solid, consistent, and pleasing. Once you get into the second half things kind of go awry. Odd artistic cut scenes with calligraphy, a real life picture of flowers, once again served to remove us from the world the creators were trying to show us. Still, once again I gave it an overly generous score due to it's merits separate from this sin they committed filing it under "artistic license".
Nothing impressive here, I did notice a few times where the sounds would suddenly break off and/or suddenly restart, presumably for a commercial break that was no longer there since I wasn't watching it as a broadcast. Still, that aside this was yet another element that served to break the immersion in the show and once again found it's way into my critical field of vision, by that I mean as a critic. No extra points for bland and forgettable OP/ED songs.
The one thing I have pretty much nothing to complain about. I really liked most of the characters, they made most of their actions and motivations realistic and even for the villain I found myself sometimes rooting for everyone. It truly illustrated the saying "the road to hell is paved by good intentions". Anyway, the majority of the characters had a lot of growth and there was great development as the story progressed.
Honestly, the above says it all. Inconsistency, and the breaking of immersion really served to destroy this show as a whole from my point of view. A lot of people that watch this and then read my review will more than likely see this as a bit harsh but this is how I feel about it and I'm sticking to my guns. I will never be generous in my rankings towards stars or overall score. This show just did not deserve better than I gave it in my opinion.
At nearly 40 episodes, this show was barely worth my time, I most certainly will never watch it again, but it's inaccurate to say I disliked this show or didn't enjoy myself watching it for the most part. Just not something I'd ever recommend to anyone.
Story: On the surface, Hanasakeru Seishounen might seem like it is just a romance, but there is much more to it than that.
The first big plot introduced is that involving Kajika and her father, Harry Burnsworth, a rich businessman. In the very first episode, Harry presents the idea of a "marriage game" to his then-14-year-old daughter. He has selected three men. They do not know that they have been selected, and Kajika will not be told who they are. Harry tells her that she will "just know" when she meets them that they are the ones selected by her father. When Kajika chooses the man who will eventually become her husband, her father will then reveal a major secret about her destiny to her. If she chooses someone else, or if she chooses not to pick anyone at all, then he loses the game. Her father assigns her childhood friend, Li Ren (who is about 19), to be her guardian. She also has another loyal bodyguard, Toranosuke.
The marriage game is not the only major plot, though. There is also quite a bit of political intrigue involving the fictional Middle Eastern country of Raginei. Betrayal, secrets, conspiracies, and complicated allegiances are all involved. Personally, I found this story to be even more interesting than the marriage game plot. Incidentally, the political struggles in Raginei are at the forefront of the anime for many episodes.
I only have a few minor issues with the story. The first is the inclusion of Yui. Her storyline was the only superfluous part of the story. While watching, I had expected her to have some sort of tie-in to one of the two main stories, but she did not have any sort of connection to them. Other than her story, which really could have been dropped, I felt that the plot was very intricate: almost every other part of the story interconnected with the other plot points. As for the marriage game, Kajika makes her choice fairly early, and I personally would have liked to have seen her decision come a little later. The last little thing is that there is one scene (can't elaborate, as I don't want to spoil anything) that completely lacks credibility. The anime seems to acknowledge this and does offer an explanation, but the excuse given is not very believable.
Overall, though, these flaws are minor. The story is nonetheless interesting, well-done, and entertaining.
One of the things that I liked the most about the story is that if you think about it, every single character finds love in one way or another. I'd love to go into more detail and explain that better, but I can't elaborate on that without spoiling it. Suffice to say that even though not every character finds romantic love, the main characters (Rumaty, Kajika, Eugene, Li Ren, and Carl) all find some form of love.
Animation: I loved the character designs. There are a lot of foreign characters and I feel that the character designs are true to the native countries of these characters.
Sound: I LOVE the opening and closing themes and listen to them both frequently. The background music always fits the scenes well.
Characters: Kajika irritated me a bit at times, but at other times she showed amazing courage and loyalty to her friends. Li Ren and Rumaty were by far my favorites and both of them underwent a good deal of development, as did Eugene. I found Eugene to be fascinating: I hated him at first, but as time went on, I came to understand him and appreciate him, even admire him in some ways.
Overall: I loved this anime. I could not stop watching. I definitely recommend it to those who enjoy politics with a little romance thrown in.
Hanasakeru Seishounen
Plot: "Kajika is the fourteen-year-old heiress of the Burnsworth Corporation who just wants to live a normal life, but her father has other plans. He informs Kajika that her fate is a heavy one to carry and he will only tell her the full details when the man she intends to marry is by her side. As such he has set up a 'marriage game' for her; Kajika will meet three men that he has specifically picked out and she is to select one of the three to become her husband. There's just one catch; Kajika must also make her chosen man fall for her, since the 'suitors' are unaware of the game in which they are participating. For a girl who has never loved anyone except for her pet leopard, this game will prove to be a trial. With her over-protective childhood friend and personal shadow, Li Ren, keeping a close watch, will Kajika be able to choose who will become her lifelong partner and finally learn of her true fate?" (site synopsis)
Story: A few words before starting, Hanasakeru Seishounen in my opinion is probably one of the best romance/drama animes that aired in 2009.I seen probably 90% of the anime series/movies/OVAs that were released this year and i have to say that none of them impressed me as much as Hanasakeru Seishounen.The story of this anime is centered on a fourteen year old girl named Kajika Burnsworth.She is the heiress of the Burnsworth Corporation a very influent oil company.Apparently she seems like a normal girl for her age but in her case the appearance is betraying, sometimes she can become a scary, serious person with qualities that are seen only at wise, mature people but of course the age still has a word to say, she is still unexperienced, carefree like a teenager but aside from this stuff what i liked the most was that she doesnt places herself first she always cares about the people around her.Surprizingly, even though she is the daughther of a wealthy man, Harry Burnsworth, she isnt a arrogant, self-centered and greedy person like most of the wealthy persons are.Anyway her fate doesnt seem to be such a easy one, her father called her to New York to propose to her a very weird idea, a "marriage game".So Kajika in the future will meet three men that were chosen by her father.From this three men she must choose the one that she will marry in the future.But the task isnt so easy, you cant just fall in love with someone that you dont know (in this anime we dont talk about love at first sight) but also she must make her choosen man to fall for her as well.She is informed that the persons do not know about the game.In her case this game is difficult because she never loved someone other than her leopard pet aka Mustafa.On her journey to find a suitable husband she will be accompanied by Toranosuke, her bodyguard and Li-Ren, her childhood friend who happens to be the leader of the Huang Corporation, a Corporation who colaborates with the Burnsworth Company.In the first episodes she gets to meet one of the men that were chosen by her father.That one is Eugene de Volkan, an extremely handsome man (seriously this dude can even turn normal men into gay men) who Kajika confused him with Mustafa (he had the same eyes and moods like the leopard).A characteristic of this anime is that its filled with bishoujo and bishounen characters.Even though Eugene is handsome and very attractive, he is a looner, a gloomy person, a very misterious dude with very weird thoughts and personality.This anime always ends interesting, it has a warm and nice romance aspect and also some bitter drama aspects but if you start watching it you will definitely like it (especialy because of the interesting story development and the turn of events that take place in this anime). The ending of this show was kinda predictable (never subestimate the childhood friend!), after quite a while the one that shall remain with Kajika became quite predictable but the twists and Kajika's decisions at the end of the show made the ending even more tasteful, definitely something that worths watching especially for die hard romance lovers.
Animation and Sound: Well another thing that realy impressed me is the animation of this anime.As i said there are many bishoujo and bishounen characters in this anime.The character designs are also damn cool, i damn liked how Kajika was designed (the silver eyes always kept her in the center of atention).Also related to male characters most of the men around Kajika are very well designed, Eugene, Li-Ren and some other characters. In terms of sound this anime also exceeds.The opening and ending songs fit the anime environment and are more than listenable, enjoyable i should say.Even the background songs werent that bad.I always enjoy songs that combine japanese words with english words in its lyrics x3.
Characters: Related to characters this anime is also briliant.There is a masive character development in this anime.Around the begining we started with like 3-5 main characters but as we pass through episodes more interesting, captivating and weird characters appear which have a semnificance in the story devlopment.Kajika, Eugene, Li-Ren are by far the most complex and interesting characters i ever seen.
Overall: Impressing, surprizing, shocking, always with nice turn of events Hanasakeru Seishounen exceeds in terms of romance/drama genres.The characters are very interesting and complex and the story development is quite impressing.From over 800 animes that i seen i cant find a suitable similarity with this anime.Until now i seen modern type of romance animes (pointing at Nana and White Album) and of course a huge load of classic romances (Clannad, Air, Itazura na Kiss, etc so many of them meh its like all of them are born from the same mother) but this anime is like placed between modern and classic romance type animes.
~Enjoy and Cya around~
I can't give a complete review, as I dropped the series after five episodes, but I think I can give a pretty good snapshot of what you can expect.
This is supposedly a reverse harem, and it jumps right into that plot with the main premise--a girl is literally given a choice of several men with whom her father approves for marriage. A very basic but alluring idea for a reverse harem-addict such as myself! But then...
You find out right off the bat that the main protagonist is fourteen years old. Fourteen. And her father wants her to choose a husband? What is worse is that the men she meets are not other young teenagers, except for one (oh, and he's apparently her cousin). They are older teen to early 20's aged men. Um, what? And they can potentially see this little girl as a love interest? Ew!
I understand that there is a political plot that does develop, so I may have missed out. But...I just wanted some nice fluffy romance! :'(
The main reason I couldn't continue was that it's fairly obvious right from the start who Kajika will end up falling for at the end. The dialogue and relationship developments make it easy. And to me, what's the point of watching this girl bumble through several "relationships" if I can already tell what the endgame is. As Oscar Wilde so wisely put it, "The very essence of romance is uncertainty."
But you'll see that I gave the animation a fairly high score, so I'll be honest with you. The bishy characters' designs are drool-worthy! Honestly, I think I lost interest in the plot in episode 2, but the beautiful men kept me for another three. It's pretty darn good.
I was a little hesitant to watch this anime at first. Honestly, I only gave it a chance out of boredom. The story seemed a little childish and well, even after watching a few episodes, I still didn't know whether I liked it or not.
Hanasakeru Seishounen is about a teenage girl, Kajika, who is the only daughter of Harry Burnsworth, the head of a major coorporation. When she's 14, he decides to put an idea to her about a "husband finding game." The game is that she will meet three men, which he has chosen, and chose from them a husband, but she also must make them fall in love with her because they will not know about the game. Lee-leng, Kajika's protector and bodyguard, will help her in this game. The three men she meets are Eugene, Lumati, and Carl. Lumati is part of a major inner-plot dealing with the country of Raginei. He is the second son of the King.
Although, you pretty much know the outcome of the story long before mid-way, you'll still want to watch it to find out how everyone made it through. I found that my biggest issue with this anime wasn't the story, however; it was the character, Kajika. She's just a child. At 14, she doesn't even know what love is and she's really naive. She goes throughout the whole anime believing that each "type" of love she has with these men are the same. She acts very childish at times and I just wasn't liking her character at all. I spent the whole time wishing that the character had been a little older and more mature.
The other characters, however, I did like. Lee-leng, the head of the Huang family cooporation, was my pick from the beginning. He was a childhood friend and protector of Kajika. Eugene is one of those characters that you sometimes like and sometimes don't. I never cared for Carl that much, but he's very helpful in some situations. Lumati was above all my favorite character. He grows so much throughout the anime (which spans a little over 2 years). At first, he's a very immature brat, but grows to be a handsome mature King.
After reading some of the other reviews on this anime (before I watched it myself), I have to disagree with a few comments. With the artwork, it's not bad, but it's not my favorite style either. There are a few random things in much later episodes that weren't in the earlier ones...like the random Kanji scenes, but it's so little that you barely notice. It didn't bother me that much.
Ultimately, this anime wasn't bad, but it wasn't great either. If you're looking for something to watch, then give it a shot, but otherwise...don't worry about it. It's not going to be one of those animes that you'll love and want to watch again. Like I said before, I only really wanted to finish it because I wanted to know what happened to the characters, Lumati most of all. If you do watch it, you'll like the ending. Even though I loved Lumati's character the most, I wasn't sad about the way it ended.


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Am I Likely To Be Celiac?
Posted 18 August 2012 - 05:26 AM
I felt well most of the time but occasionally I would get severe stomach cramps. When I was really young this was only once every six months but as I got older and by the time I was 8 the frequency was once every few weeks. Whenever this happened I would be doubled over in pain for 3-4 hours before passing out. An hour or two after that I would wake up (often late in the day) and be fine again.
Mother knew this wasn't normal so we did some testing (when I was 8, in 1999 after I failed to gain a pound for a whole year along with a stool color that was turning WHITE???!!!)
We proceeded to do some blood work for gluten after hearing that some children like myself who have autism are possibly more likely to be celiac.
Blood results:
AGA gliadin IgG: borderline
EMA: negative
Due to a confusing result at the time, our doctor decided that rather than put me through the 'child-abusive' biopsy process, we would do a fecal fat stool test where I ate a diet of rich and heavy foods along with staying on gluten foods.
That 72 hour fecal fat test came back POSITIVE at the end of '99. The doctor said to not bother wasting our time and money with a gastroenterologist and to give the gluten-free diet a good strict try.
I gained 3 kilograms in the first 3 weeks of being gluten free! The doc wrote a letter stating that I would require a gluten-free diet.
Mom got screened for the celiac gene about 5 years ago and has hla DQ 2 & 8. She had normal blood tests back in 99 altogether.
Now I have some questions:
Do you think that, based on the above information I have provided, that I am celiac? Or am I more likely gluten sensitive?
Also, tell me what you think is more sensitive: the biopsy or the older 72hr fecal fat test? If I have elevated fecal fat is it sufficient to say that my biopsy would have been abnormal?
Let me know your thoughts on this based on the above. I'd like to have a better idea of where I likely lie on the gluten intolerance spectrum.
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Posted 18 August 2012 - 03:04 PM
A properly done biopsy w/ enough samples could have provided sufficient evidence to dx celiac. It's a little surprising to see the biopsy called "child-abusive". The endoscopy often sounds worrisome even to adults then afterwards ppl say it was a breeze.
Besides my own niece at 6 or 7 yo, I think a lot of kids get endoscopy/biopsy w/out a problem.
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Celiac 1st diagnosed as a toddler, in the 60s. Docs then, between bloodletting & leech-tending, said "he'll grow out of it" & I was back on gluten & mostly fine for 30yrs.
Gluten-free since 12-03
Dairy-free since 10-04
Soy-free since 5-07
Posted 18 August 2012 - 11:01 PM
Sorry to say I'm not sure the celiac vs intolerance likelihood question is answerable in your situation.
A properly done biopsy w/ enough samples could have provided sufficient evidence to dx celiac. It's a little surprising to see the biopsy called "child-abusive". The endoscopy often sounds worrisome even to adults then afterwards ppl say it was a breeze.
Besides my own niece at 6 or 7 yo, I think a lot of kids get endoscopy/biopsy w/out a problem.
My mother thought the biopsy/gastroscopy was a joke because a lady in the local area who was quite well known in the community was convinced she had celiac disease. She did the celiac blood tests and they came back completely negative.
She then had her first endoscopy. It was completely normal (Marsh 0). She insisted that the specialists were wrong and insisted on a repeat gastroscopy.
Her second one was completely normal. We would have given up, but she was so sure she had it that was willing to make her doctor really annoyed with her and ask for a third one.
The third one showed sub-total villous atrophy (Marsh IIIc).
She immediately did a gluten free trial and felt MUCH better despite the inconsistent biopsy readings. She told my mother to not put me through the procedure and do the fecal fat test instead (apparently more people show up with a positive reading on this than on the endoscopy) and to try a gluten free diet even in the event of a normal score. The doctor we had at the time was quite knowledgeable and (independently of her advice) also told us that going to a gastroenterologist was unnecessary.
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Looks like you have done better without gluten, so you should probably stay gluten-free.
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A reasonable hike
Although Donna Keiser ("Point misunderstood," Feb. 20) did not explain the details in her first letter, I do understand.
No matter what the governmental entity, they are supposedly put in office to protect the taxpayers, which has nothing to do with not respecting its employees.
The taxpayers of Nueces County pay hefty property and sales taxes. Is it fair for us to make up the difference in your health care when there are many of us on fixed income?
No matter the pay scale, an increase of $387.84 for a year is very, very, reasonable.
My husband and I have the pleasure of paying $200 a month for (insurance) from the employer he retired from after 31-½ years, which pays nothing until we spend $5,000 out of pocket in one year. The company did this to all its retirees, and then had the nerve to take bailout money, and continues to do business as usual. Does $387.84 a year still seem unreasonable?
We must all pay or have socialism rammed down our throats, and believe me you don't want that. Every citizen in this country right now is suffering for what is being done in Washington, but nothing can compare to how our children and their children are going to suffer in the future.
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We received a letter from the United States Department of Commerce telling us that they would be sending us the 2010 Census form in the mail. They also sent one addressed to our garage, literally. My question to Robert M. Groves, Director of the U.S. Census Bureau is why waste all that money sending us a letter first? Apparently there is some protocol I just don't understand. How many businesses would have the money to send out millions of letters telling people that they will receive another letter? I just don't get it.
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After reading "It will come down" (Feb. 27) by Harley F. Doerfler, as a veteran and a citizen of this beautiful city for most of my life, my question is why must this beautiful building be demolished? What if the City Council of San Antonio decided to demolish the Alamo? If they did, the City Council would probably be tarred and feathered. There will never be another building that holds the memories our coliseum holds. What can the chosen few be thinking? Can progress really be this important by destroying the memories of our heroes who gave their lives so we could enjoy walking the streets of America? This bunch should be put on one of the termite-infested Spanish fleet ships and sail to a new sunset, never to return.
I was in Korea from 1950 to 1952, wounded twice, frostbitten hands and feet, no telling what kind of diseases I could have gotten, slept in fox holes at 40 below zero, can still hear the screams of women and children taking their last breath, and the many young soldiers, Marines and sailors who will never walk our streets again. Yet we elected people who have no respect for our veterans, for all in the name of progress. I can't believe this garbage. Where is the respect for the ones who made the streets of this country safe for our children? May God have mercy on these poor, misguided money-hungry souls.
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Usefulness past
Concerning the coliseum, let's get rational just once. This old building needs to come down. Its days of usefulness are long past.
Oh, and it shouldn't upset any veterans if we finally do the right thing. My dad was a 30-year Navy man and World War II vet; I spent 30 years in the Air Force and am a Vietnam vet; my brother was a 30-year Army soldier and a Gulf War vet. We don't need memorials and such to let us know that we did our duty. For those that do, build yourselves a statue and save the rest of us a ton of money!
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Thank you, Ms. Berlanga, for standing up for Hispanics. My great-grandfather, Eulalio Marin, earned a reputation for fighting for the integration of public schools. His overall objective through example and mutual exchange of concepts was an understanding and recognition of an appreciation for the dignity, worth and potential of all individuals. It was 1928 that he began this fight, so that all individuals would be treated as equal. Here we are in 2010 and it seems like nothing has really changed. So, Ms. Berlanga, thank you for walking out... because as far as I am concerned you were just standing up!
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TWO former Burton RFC stars will be gracing the top flight of English rugby next season after securing moves to newly promoted London Welsh.
Jimmy Litchfield and Nathan Taylor came through the ranks at Peel Croft before both went on to play at Hartpury College with great success.
The 22-year-olds were both integral as Hartpury had a hugely successful season last year, achieving promotion to National League One and winning the BUCS Championship.
Taylor captained Hartpury as they became National League Two champions by eight points from Ampthill.
The hooker had earlier led Hartpury to a fifth BUCS Championship with a pulsating 28-24 victory over Leeds Metropolitan University at Twickenham.
Prop Litchfield was also an important part of that side and in 2013 he also lined up for National League One side Cinderford as well as Gloucester United in the Aviva Premiership A League.
Both Taylor and Litchfield played for Hartpury while also studying for degrees at the college and both have signed professional terms at London Welsh after completing their studies.
London Welsh were promoted to the Aviva Premiership following an impressive two leg win over Bristol last month in the Championship play-off final.
Alan Martinovic, director of rugby at Hartpury, said: "At Hartpury, we take great pride in developing young sports men and women and helping them on the path to their dream career.
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"We'll continue to closely follow their careers, whether they remain a part of the Hartpury set-ups or not, and celebrate their successes."
As well as Taylor and Litchfield, London Welsh have added the signings of Taione Vea, Ricky Reeves, Shane Cahill and Jack Gilding to the club's front row options and it takes the number of new signings for the club to 10 so far this summer.
London Welsh will be playing their Aviva Premiership games on Sunday afternoons at Oxford United's Kassam Stadium, with the club having committed to playing its home games there for the next three years.
London Welsh head coach Justin Burnell said: "What's exciting about all six of these new signings is that they may have different levels of experience but they all fit in to what part of London Welsh is about.
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Mississippi State has one of those in Chris Jones.
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It works fine, except that when you draw really slow, the brush line you draw wiggles and squirms alot, making a slow curve or circle drawing really impossible. This does NOT happen with Windows 2000 for some odd reason.
So I moved my Win XP Pro to my ghetto/web box, and put a copy of Win2000 Pro on the workstation.
I'm not sure if this is a Cintiq only issue, or happens with all Wacom tablets, but I was able to duplicate this bug in my friend's workstation as well. He also uses Cintiq 15X.
I'd say the best OS for use with Painter 7 is by far Windows 2000. The worst is OSX. Brushes are painfully slow on OSX for some reason, and Painter 7 is now supposed to be OSX native! I think Corel just really pooched the Painter 7 transition to OSX.
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Carter: Dazed and confused
We're not talking Led Zeppelin, but rather Richard Linklater here.
Last weekend, I found myself in the northwest corner of an American Legion parking lot talking to people sitting on the trunks of their cars.
Inside the Legion hall, a slew of all-ages metal bands were playing—some good and some not so good. The people I was talking with were waiting to see the headliners.
At some point in the conversation, I realized like I was like in a scene from the Linklater classic movie, "Dazed & Confused." Set in 1976, the director's film is about the last day of high school and the hanging out and partying that ensues that night.
"Not to Worry," the ever-classic movie character Wooderson said, "there's a new fiesta in the making as we speak." Entertainment in his small Texas town was all about making your own parties and gatherings like the one near the city's Moon Tower.
Not much has changed since then. Area high school and college-aged kids—who love metal and indie music—are still making their own entertainment. Partially because many are not old enough to go into bars, and partially because no area bars would host that kind of music.
The shows the kids come up with are generally called Legion shows, and the shows and the kids are generally referred to as the all-ages scene.
There has been talk over the last two months or so that the area all-ages scene is dead, nearing death, in a coma, sick, not doing so well, have a bad month, or just having a series of less great weekends. There are people who think it's never been better.
The interpretation is up to the reader, of course, but I cannot imagine anyone not missing the firepower of a JonBenet or any of the other great touting acts that have checked in here from time to time. The last JonBenet show here was a year ago this week.
Just for the record, I respect anyone who brings shows to this area and the hard work they do to bring that music and make sure it's safe for people to attend the shows. Without that work and financial risk, the scene would be dead.
But whether or not the local scene is ailing, it's not unusual for people stand around in the parking lot at shows considering that the musical events they love are nearing end times. If larger cities happen to be getting great shows, then you hear a lot of talk about where those people want to relocate.
The other natural thing for people to do, while standing in a dark parking lot with an ominous musical cloud hanging over them like a vulture, is to tell funny stories about themselves, their friends, their problematic family and past cool events.
But even when people are making light of things like that, there is almost always a darker element of loss behind their words. People lose parents and friends and friendships and significant others to accidents, illnesses and other bad things.
Cars pull into the lot, cars pull out, people leave for fast food runs, stereos blaze everything from to Lil Wayne to Lycergus CDs.
There are the musicians who know they are never going to make a living at what they do, and then there's the sadder lot who haven't quite figured that out yet but are beginning to suspect it.
And there are the younger musicians who think the sky's the limit. That kind of attitude is definitely infectious and keeps things from mildewing.
In any small city, things like music scenes rarely end. Rather, scenes and music move in cycles. When things near an end, that usually means new beginnings and a lot of rationalizations. How things manage to sort themselves out is a matter of how one catches the wave or manages to skate a choppy sidewalk or drive a poorly signed or lit highway.
Bur it's worth it to wait and stand and talk and joke and laugh in poorly lit parking lots, because there's a good band about to play that you want to see.
After the show is over and a broken bass rig gets consigned to expensive repairs, the next rounds of shows will be posted on Myspace.com soon enough. There's always the chance that right show can spark a live music renaissance like a wildfire gone amok.
So, was the headline last Saturday night any good? That's like asking if the then forthcoming Aerosmith show (In "Dazed and Confused") was any good?
Of course, it was.
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This is the legendary novel of technological speculation and social satire that launched an entire genre of adventure fiction: Verne's From the Earth to the Moon and 'Round the Moon is the first story of space exploration and remains a beloved work of daring exploits-and surprisingly accurate scientific conjecture. When the members of the Baltimore Gun Club-bored Civil War veterans-decide to fill their time by embarking on a project to shoot themselves to the moon, the race is on to raise money, overcome engineering challenges, and convince detractors that they're anything but "Lunatics." With this work, Verne inspired the first science fiction film, 1902's Le Voyage dans la lune, and accurately predicted that that ideal location for a space base is in Florida.
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During the War of the Rebellion, a new and influential club was established in the city of Baltimore in the State of Maryland. It is well known with what energy the taste for military matters became developed among that nation of ship–owners, shopkeepers, and mechanics. Simple tradesmen jumped their counters to become extemporized captains, colonels, and generals, without having ever passed the School of Instruction at West Point; nevertheless; they quickly rivaled their compeers of the old continent, and, like them, carried off victories by dint of lavish expenditure in ammunition, money, and men.
But the point in which the Americans singularly distanced the Europeans was in the science of gunnery. Not, indeed, that their weapons retained a higher degree of perfection than theirs, but that they exhibited unheard–of dimensions, and consequently attained hitherto unheard–of ranges. In point of grazing, plunging, oblique, or enfilading, or point–blank firing, the English, French, and Prussians have nothing to learn; but their cannon, howitzers, and mortars are mere pocket–pistols compared with the formidable engines of the American artillery.
This fact need surprise no one. The Yankees, the first mechanicians in the world, are engineers— just as the Italians are musicians and the Germans metaphysicians— by right of birth. Nothing is more natural, therefore, than to perceive them applying their audacious ingenuity to the science of gunnery. Witness the marvels of Parrott, Dahlgren, and Rodman. The Armstrong, Palliser, and Beaulieu guns were compelled to bow before their transatlantic rivals.


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Man is essentially a dreamer, wakened sometimes for a moment by some peculiarly obtrusive element in the outer world, but lapsing again quickly into the happy somnolence of imagination.
Save this 10-year-old girl from an "honour" killing!
At just ten years old, Brishna is a survivor of brutal rape. A local mullah has been charged and is awaiting trial -- but Brishna isnt safe yet.
Powerful groups in the community want to kill Brishna for bringing shame on her family.
Death threats have been pouring in from relatives, religious leaders, and powerful members of her community.
After she was released from hospital, Brishna was taken to a shelter run by Women for Afghan Women for protection.
The head of the shelter, Dr Hassina Sarwari, says male relatives have threatened to kill her and dump her in the river.
Shockingly, local police have removed her from the shelter and returned her to her family -- despite the risk to her life. Staff from the shelter have also been receiving death threats.
With 29.8 million people enslaved today1, the curse of modern slavery is a significant barrier to the wellbeing and economic prosperity of the world at large. Victims of modern slavery are often prevented from receiving an education, receive little or no pay, and cannot speak or move freely. This is not only a grave injustice for those experiencing these conditions but the knock on effects are unfathomable the world is missing out on the potential of millions of people. Unbelievably, ending modern slavery is not yet a clear priority in the proposed Sustainable Development Goals a transformative action plan which will help shape governments policies for years to come.2 Countries who agreed to the last set of goals the Millennium Development Goals achieved some remarkable things. Together, they halved global poverty, and halved the proportion of people who lack an adequate water supply.3 Imagine what could be achieved if they committed to ending modern slavery. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said, I want this to be the most inclusive global development process the world has ever known.4 Call on him to ensure ending modern slavery is prioritised in the Sustainable Development Goals.
In the early hours of 7 August 2012 Claudia Medina woke to the frightening sound of marines breaking into her home in Veracruz City, Mexico.
Bertrand Russell is our favourite humanist philosopher. In this short video he shares some of his thoughts on faith in God. It is very little, but don't worry, we will soon add a few of his brilliant essays.
Since the days of Britain's colonial rule of India, there has been a law on the books forbidding sexual relations "against the order of nature," which is generally interpreted to be gay sex. Violating this law can mean up to ten years in prison.
Michael Schmidt Solomon
This is our newest publucation and probably the first atheist book for little children.
Police investigate photo of little girl with Catholic death threat face paint
(Christian love in practice)
Watch the video to see how the institution of the European Union meet their obligation to maintain an open, transparent and regular dialogue with philosophical and non-confessional organisations.
[Atheist song]
Number one on the list of best atheist songs by Phil Zuckerman!
(We prefer his films to his books)
The Root of All Evil? - The God Delusion 1
The Root of All Evil? - The Virus of Faith (2)
(English subtitles)
This is an abridged version of a documentary produced by Centre Laique Audiovisuelle and devoted mainly to the role of the Catholic Church in infringing the rights of women in several European countries - particularly in Poland.
Apart from the well known restrictions on abortion and other reproductive rights, the documentary reveals briefly the hideus role of Catholic Church in defending the traditional family - the collective considered far more important than the basic rights of its members, particularly women, even if they are victims of most extreme forms of abuse ast the hands of their husbands.
Most interesting documentary based on talks with 8 renowned philosophers, including Peter Siinger - one of our favourite thinkers. We do not agree with everything they say but most of it is certainly worth pondering.
Please, sign the petion for free and secular Middle East and Norther Africa.
Many suggest that Hitler did not hold a traditional belief in God because he believed that he was God. True, Hitler thought himself Gods chosen leader for the Aryan race. But he never claimed to be divine, and never presented himself in that manner to his followers. Members of the Wehrmacht swore this loyalty oath: I swear by God this holy oath to the Führer of the German Reich and the German people, Adolf Hitler. For Schutzstaffel (S.S.) members it was: I pledge to you, Adolf Hitler, my obedience unto death, so help me God.
Richard Dawkns is reading a few excerpts from his GOD DELUSION. the lack of faith among eminent scientists and generally the relationship between education, intelligence and religiosity.
Richard Dawkns is reading a few excerpts from his GOD DELUSION. the lack of faith among eminent scientists and generally the relationship between education, intelligence and religiosity.


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and 165 with Morningstar apparently not making the trip.
and 165 with Morningstar apparently not making the trip.
RIP Jacob Schlottke; KR1963 and rpayton
Is there any indication as to why Morningstar isnt going?
No, I haven't heard anything about M*.
RIP Jacob Schlottke; KR1963 and rpayton
I have heard he will be touring Living History Farms and making butter, the old fashioned way.
Back to HAWK WRESTLING, yeah, has anyone heard what's going on with M*? I get particular enjoyment when underclassmen step up in the absence of upperclassmen. I know the Hawks are deep, but no team is so deep that losing a top 5 starter won't hurt. Who will wrestle in M*'s place? This Eastern tour may be more of a challenge than expected.
SO far It was Janssen (lost 10-2 vs Rendos)against Bucknell and Kerr ( Lost in OT after being up 4-1)against Rutgers
RIP Jacob Schlottke; KR1963 and rpayton
Super 32 Challenge - October 26-27, 2013
"Good things happen when you wrestle for a full seven minutes." -- Jayson Ness, post-finals press conference
II didn't say they were discussing everything just UTILIZING the definition...
But I can't wait to see what you throw in the pot!
Go Duke!


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Vegetarian Hye Rollers
|Chopped cucumber
|3⁄4 Cup (12 tbs) (Preferably Hothouse Or Seedless)
|To Taste
|Tahini dressing
|5 Tablespoon, stirred
|5 Tablespoon, stirred well
|Lemon juice
|3 Tablespoon
|2 Clove (10 gm), minced
|2 Clove (10 gm) (Minced)
|Green onions with tops
|6 , chopped
|Green onions
|6 , chopped (With Tops)
|8 Large, chopped
|Plum tomatoes
|3 , finely chopped
|Plum tomatoes
|3 , seeded and finely chopped
|8 , drained and sliced lengthwise into quarters
|String cheese
|1⁄4 Pound, torn into 1/4-inch strings
Place chopped cucumber in colander in sink and sprinkle lightly with salt.
Let drain for 20 minutes.
Meanwhile, prepare dressing and vegetables.
To Make Dressing: In a small bowl, stir together tahini, 3 tablespoons water, lemon juice, garlic, and salt to taste.
It will be as thick as mayonnaise. (Dressing may be refrigerated up to 1 week.) To Prepare Vegetables: Squeeze cucumbers dry in a clean towel.
Add green onions, radishes, and tomatoes and squeeze gently to remove excess liquid.
If not using immediately, refrigerate in towel until ready to assemble sandwiches or up to 6 hours.
Transfer to a bowl and toss together.
To Make Pita Sandwiches: Cut pita bread in half crosswise to make 2 flat rounds.
If they are not soft and pliable, place on a plate, cover with plastic wrap, and microwave on high (100%) for 30 to 50 seconds.
Spread each round with 2 tablespoons dressing.
Spread a layer of vegetables and peperoncini down the center.
Sprinkle with cheese and roll up tightly.
Repeat with remaining ingredients.
Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 1 hour or up to 4 hours before serving.
Cut each sandwich in half to serve.
To Make Tortilla Sandwiches: Follow directions for assembling pita sandwiches. (Tortilla sandwiches may be refrigerated overnight.)


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Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has linked up with the University of Warwick, United Kingdom, to launch a joint global programme for neuroscience research.
The universities both ranked among the top four in the world in 2012 QS Top 50 ranking of young universities under 50 years old have jointly funded two appointments to the new Warwick-NTU Neuroscience Research@Singapore programme and will hold their first annual symposium at Warwick today (September 13 -15).
The collaboration will allow Warwick to tap into the research powerhouse of Singapore's world-renowned Biopolis biomedicine hub and the critical mass forming in neuroscience research in the country.
Dr Ayumu Tashiro and Dr Albert Chen have been taken on as the first professors to the Warwick-NTU joint programme based at Biopolis. A joint PhD in neuroscience is also currently being developed by the two institutions.
In addition a small research team will be formed with a post-doctoral research fellow being assigned to each of the two new academics, and graduate studentships will be made available.
The two professors, who hold a joint-appointment with the two universities, will be teaching undergraduate and post graduate students at NTU. Students from Warwick are set to benefit from the programme through two-way visits and exchanges of materials.
Professor Tim Jones, University of Warwick Pro Vice-Chancellor: Research (Science and Medicine), Knowledge Transfer and Business Engagement, said: "Both the University of Warwick and NTU are ambitious, globally-connected universities with a strong track record in neuroscience research.
"Neuroscience at Warwick is one of our strategic priorities and has undergone significant investment and expansion in recent years. This link up with NTU offers significant opportunities to accelerate our activities in this area."
Professor Stephen Smith, NTU's Vice President (Research) said: "It is an
|Contact: Lester Kok
Nanyang Technological University


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A stunning portfolio site for a web development agency. I love the changes in state caused by rolling over different designs.Posted in Web Design → Design
A clean and crisp design for a site that uses iconography in an effective way.Luis patrick VillaruzPosted in Web Design → Education
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A simply blog design that features some really clean social icons.Posted in Web Design → Blog
A superb iOS app concept that uses iconography extremely effectively.Posted in Interface → iPhone App
Kerry James Photography offer creative and contemporary wedding photography to couples in the Norwich and Norfolk area.Adam EngledowPosted in Web Design → Blog
A slick interface for an iPhone app that helps you discover new places to go. I particularly like the bright design aesthetic and the use of colour.Posted in Interface → iPhone App
A simple landing page for a cycle shop with some fancy CSS3 animations.Green ChameleonPosted in Web Design → Sport
This simple one page theme excels as a beautiful portfolio theme that accentuates the beauty of your own work. Cascade helps to make your work the focus.Alan ChangPosted in Web Design → Portfolio
A superb minimalist icon that sticks in your mind through its use of clear iconography.Posted in Interface → iPhone App
The Band Agency, building long-term Victoria Advertising solutions and Web Design in Victoria, BC Canada.The Band AgencyPosted in Web Design → Portfolio
Squarespace is a software company that places a lot of emphasis on design. As such, an inordinate amount of effort went into perfecting not just the template designs available on the site or the frontsite (www.squarespace.com), but the interface itself.Julia OhebshalomPosted in Web Design → Design
Conversion Forge is a quality landing page design service with a unique focus on craftsmanship and performance.Taiyab RajaPosted in Web Design → Design
A simply stunning redesign of the Safari icon inspired by iOS 7. I love the use of colour and simplification of the compass design.Posted in Interface → iPhone App
A superbly simple logo design that uses colour extremely effectively.Posted in Branding → Logo
SAGR Logo Design: Initial Concept 1 of 3.Samadara GinigePosted in Branding → Logo
A striking portfolio for a digital agency that uses interaction in an effective way.Posted in Web Design → Portfolio


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Justin Bieber Flashes His Famous Abs
Beyonce Isn't as Flawless as We Thought
What Does Kylie Jenner Look Like Without Makeup?
Watch Miley Cyrus Fall Down on Stage Wearing a Fake Butt
Is Meri Brown Quitting Sister Wives and Leaving Kody Brown?
Hollywood's Weirdest Couple Is Staying Strong
Ariana Grande's Insane Diva Demands Revealed
This Girl's Fake Pregnancy Prank Totally Backfired
Military Husband Jaw Dropped After Seeing Her Transformation
Caitlyn Jenner Shows Off Her Tomboy Side
Michael Jackson's Daughter Paris Reveals Her Boyfriend
Kris Jenner's New Boyfriend Claims Kanye and Kim Don't Spend Much Time Together
Duchess Kate's Huge Allowance is Mind Blowing
Caitlyn Jenner Shares Magnificent Father's Day Photo
12 Celebrities Who Are Kind of Gross
Celebrities with Diseases: You'll Be Surprised by Who Has Been Diagnosed
Emma Watson's Intentional "Side Boob"
You Won't Believe How Brad and Angie Travel
Halle Berry Can't Keep it Together: The Latest Drama Unveiled
Watch Ellen Shut Down Bethenny Frankel's Ignorant Comments
Kylie Jenner Says She Has To Act Fake For The Kardashian Image
Rob Kardashian Has Finally Resurfaced!
Halle Berry Just Dropped Major Surgery News
Famous Kids: Where Are They Now?
12 Fascinating Transgender Celebrities
Scott Disick Talks Baby Number 4 With Kourtney Kardashian
Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie: When is it Time to Seek Help?
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West Having a Baby Boy!
7 Things To Know About Kris Jenner's Boyfriend
Weighing in on 8 Celebrities Weight


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Boat cabin and galley replacement parts. Whether you are looking to upgrade your boat cabin or galley, or trying to find a replacement part, check our large selection of replacement parts and décor. We also have exterior boat items, such as marine flags, vinyl boat lettering, grills, coolers and more to make your life on the water more enjoyable.
Reliance Double Doodie Toilet Waste Bags, 6-pack
No mess, easy cleanup of all portable toilet waste
Double zip locking mechanism
Tight, leak-proof seal
Tough outer bag that minimizes punctures
Replacement Cartridge for Johnson 500 GPH Pump
For Johnson 500 GPH Pump
SeaLand 962 Portable Toilet Bonus Pack
Includes 2 rolls of double-ply toilet paper
One 8-oz. bottle of tank deodorant
2.5 gal. waste tank
2.6 gal. freshwater tank
Reliance Fold-To-Go Collapsible Toilet
Folds down to just 5 inches
Weighs only 5 lbs.
Integrated handle
Innovative leg locking system
Rule-Mate Automatic Bilge Pump RM500 - 500 GPH
Non-mercury float switch allows automatic start
No power used until pump comes on
Open Flow Capacity: 500 GPH (gallons per hour)
4"H x 5"W
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Black corrugated polyethylene
Resists oily bilge acids and sea water
Molded cuff every 12" for easy installation
TRAC Portable Washdown Pump Kit
Kit with high pressure diaphragm pump
Can run dry without damage
Includes fully sealed pump
Two gallons per minute flow rate
Jabsco Spare Motor Pump Assembly
Spare motor pump assembly
For Jabsco electric marine toilets
Rule-Mate Automatic Bilge Pump RM750 - 750 GPH
Non-mercury float switch
No power used until pump comes on
Open Flow Capacity: 750 GPH (gallons per hour)
4-1/2"H x 5"W
SeaLand 974MSD Portable Toilet
Easy view level indicator
Smooth finish for easy cleaning
2.6 gal. holding tank
2.3 gal. freshwater tank
Rule AquaCharge Rechargeable Portable Water Pump
Fully submersible
Pumps fresh water or salt water
Connect charger to 110V AC or 12VDC power source
Includes 8 garden hose
Hand Bilge Pump
Great for emergencies
Self-priming hand pump
Perfect for small boats, dinghies, bilges, etc.
Corrosion-proof and easy to use
Johnson Cartridge Bilge Pump, 1000 GPH
All-in-one motor/impeller unit
No tools needed for maintenance
Extremely energy efficient
Water-cooled motor for long service life
Includes straight and 90 ports
FloJet 4405 143 Quiet Quad Water System Pump with Bypass
Internal bypass
Self-priming up to 7.8 vertical lift
Runs dry without risk of damage
Includes plug-in ports for easy installation
Rule Submersible Bilge Pump 25D - 500 GPH
Great for small craft
Open Flow Capacity: 500 GPH (gallons per hour)
Moisture-tight teflon seals
Replacement Cartridge For Johnson 750 GPH Pump
For Johnson 750 GPH Pump
Rule-Mate Automatic Bilge Pump RM1100 - 1100 GPH
Non-mercury float switch allows automatic start
No power used until pump comes on
Large capacity pumping at a competitive price
Open Flow Capacity: 1100 GPH (gallon per hour)
4.5"H x 5"W
TRAC 600 GPH Bilge Pump Kit
600 gph bilge pump
3/4" outlet
Includes hose, clamps, and thru-hull fitting
Anti-Airlock Pump
Clears airlocks automatically
Versatile mounting options
Hardwall 1" Water Hose, per foot


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Beyond Smart Cities: How Cities Network, Learn and Innovate
May 24, 2012 // 3:00pm — 4:30pm
To achieve the real promise of smart cities—that is to create the conditions of continuous learning and innovation that has led cities like Seattle, Barcelona, Ahmedabad and Curitiba to keep pace with economic change—we need to understand what is below the surface of smart and connected places. Yet, city learning is a blind spot in policy on urban development and city innovation.
New Directions in Brazil's Innovation System: Lessons for the Global Economy?
May 16, 2012 // 3:00pm — 5:00pm
On Wednesday, May 16th, the Brazil Institute hosted a discussion with Public Policy Scholar Dr. Ted Hewitt to discuss innovation in Brazil.
Why the U.S. Is Not Destined to Decline: A Debate
May 02, 2012 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
Robert Lieber, author of the new book "Power and Willpower in the American Future: Why the US is Not Destined to Decline" will debate the book's premise with Michael Mandelbaum, Christian A. Herter Professor of American Foreign Policy, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.
The GEF at 20
April 11, 2012 // 3:00pm — 5:00pm
On April 11th, Monique Barbut of the Global Environment Facility will discuss climate change and the lead up to the Rio+20 conference.
Brazil-U.S.: Partnership for the 21st Century With Her Excellency Dilma Rousseff, President of Brazil
April 09, 2012 // 8:00am — 6:00pm
On April 9, a conference convenes on President Dilma Rousseff's visit to Washington, D.C.
A Press Roundtable on President Dilma Rousseff's Visit to Washington
April 05, 2012 // 8:30am — 10:00am
On April 5, the Inter-American Dialogue and the Brazil Institute will hold a press roundtable to discuss President Rousseff's visit to Washington, D.C.
Second Congressional Study Mission on Innovation: United Kingdom
April 01, 2012 // 10:30am — April 03, 2012 // 12:00pm
Is Brazil's New Industrial Policy Working?
March 29, 2012 // 10:30am — 12:30pm
On Thursday, March 29, the Brazil Institute and the Brazil-US Business Council host a discussion with Mauro Borges Lemos on the Greater Brazil Plan.
A Conversation on Climate Change with Brazilian Expert Luiz Gylvan Meira Filho
March 28, 2012 // 3:00pm — 5:00pm
On Wednesday, March 28, the Brazil Institute invites Dr. Luiz Gylvan Meira Filho to discuss climate change.
A Conference on U.S.-Brazil Relations on the Eve of President Dilma Rousseff's First Visit to Washington, D.C.
March 12, 2012 // 9:00am — 11:30am
On March 12, the Brazil Institute will host a seminar to assess the state of U.S.-Brazil relations and preview President Dilma Rousseff's visit.


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On June 17, 1991 the Grateful Dead opened with "Eyes Of The World" at Giants Stadium in
East Rutherford, NJ; marking the first time
in an unbelievable 1,083 shows the song was performed in the first set. Not only did the
band play "Eyes" that night, they also delivered one of the finest versions of the era. As
if that wasn't enough, later in the evening they treated fans to three "Dark Star" jams
including one that connected "Brown Eyed Women" and "When I Paint My Masterpiece" in the
opening stanza.
"Eyes" was featured on the ABC program In Concert allowing us to view sensational
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This page serves as a starting point for our English book club in Zürich, Switzerland.
To help pick books for future meetings, check our List of Open Books and add your opinions or propose your own. Go there, add books, and vote! We're all set until September but time flies …
To edit a book meeting page:
There is no login required, just pick any username you like when saving.
What: The Tin Drum by Günter Grass
When: 15 July, 19:30 – RSVP on Meetup (optional ;))
Where: Bistro Lochergut (tram 2+3 'Lochergut')
On his third birthday Oskar decides to stop growing. Haunted by the deaths of his parents and wielding his tin drum Oskar recounts the events of his extraordinary life; from the long nightmare of the Nazi era to his anarchic adventures is post-war Germany.
First suggested: February 2015
Supporter(s): Richie, Uli, Nicole, Patrycja, Karina
What: Stone Junction by Jim Dodge
When: 17 June, 19:30 – RSVP on Meetup (optional ;))
Where: Bistro Lochergut (tram 2+3 'Lochergut')
A while ago, this book was recommended to me – and reading it was a pleasure. It is full of witty, beautiful and clever language (an appropriate example that comes to my mind: "do you understand what i'm messing up saying?"). Though I must confess it is quite dated and thus might seem a bit aged. But it was never a problem while reading it - which in my humble view marks it as being a candidate for a classic …
From Amazon: "Starting with his mother's 'roundhouse' right to a nun's jaw, Stone Junction is a modern odyssey of one man's quest for knowledge and understanding in a world where revenge, betrayal, revolution, mind-bending chemicals, magic and murder are the norm. With jaw-dropping scope, a stiletto-sharp wit and an array of utterly bizarre characters, Jim Dodge has woven a mesmerising and age-defining tale. Like a river constantly changing direction, Stone Junction is both stomach-clutching hilarious and heart-rendingly sad - but always utterly compelling. Prepare to step into a world where nothing is ever as it seems."
First suggested: March 2015
Supporter(s): Leon, Uli, Nicole Dominik, Karina
What: Orient Express by John Dos Passos
When: 20 May, 19:30 – RSVP on Meetup (optional ;))
Where: Bistro Lochergut (tram 2+3 'Lochergut')
Work doesn't permit me to travel half as much as I'd like, but how about another piece of travel literature? This one is from a 1921 trip that took the author from Istanbul to Damascus, by way of Anatolia, the Caucasus, Persia and Mesopotamia (or Iran and Irak, respectively) – and from before the author was made famous by Manhattan Transfer. It sounds like a beautiful way to read about a region that nowadays only ever seems to appear in public view together with 'crisis' or 'war'.
Note: This book appears hard to get in English. A recent German translation is much more readily available, from bookstores as well as libraries.
First suggested: March 2014
Supporter(s): Uli, Richie, Jessy, Michaela
What: Stoner by John Williams
When: 15 April, 19:30 – RSVP on Meetup (optional ;))
Where: Bistro Lochergut (tram 2+3 'Lochergut')
… the New Yorker calls it. And goes on to say "In one of those few gratifying instances of belated artistic justice, John Williams's "Stoner" has become an unexpected bestseller in Europe after being translated and championed by the French writer Anna Gavalda. Once every decade or so, someone like me tries to do the same service for it in the U.S., writing an essay arguing that "Stoner" is a great, chronically underappreciated American novel. (The latest of these, which also lists several previous such essays, is Morris Dickstein's for the Times.) And yet it goes on being largely undiscovered in its own country, passed around and praised only among a bookish cognoscenti, and its author, John Williams, consigned to that unenviable category inhabited by such august company as Richard Yates and James Salter: the writer's writer."
Makes one curious!
What: Lies of Silence by Brian Moore
When: 18 March, 19:30 – RSVP on Meetup (optional ;))
Where: Bistro Lochergut (tram 2+3 'Lochergut')
Lies of Silence by Brian Moore
"The plot revolves around the protagonist, Michael Dillon, and his wife, Moira Dillon, who are held hostage in their house by terrorists that are members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). The men force Dillon, an apolitical hotel manager, to drive his bomb-laden car to the hotel he manages in order to kill a leading Protestant reverend, members of the Orange Order, and militant Protestants, all of whom are attending the same function." (from Wikipedia)
Review from the New York Times
What: Archangel by Andrea Barrett
When: 18 February, 19:30 – RSVP on Meetup (optional ;))
Where: Bistro Lochergut (tram 2+3 'Lochergut')
Looking at a review of a different book, I came across this one that's also in a sense historical fiction, though with an approach that had me intrigued: Five long short stories, not on the people at the forefront of discovery but how their contemporaries try to reconcile the new theories with their existing view of the world. From said review:
"In her new book, Archangel, Barrett—who has already written a number of superb fictions involving the history of science, among them Ship Fever, The Voyage of the Narwhal, and The Air We Breathe —here offers a group of interconnected stories that take place in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, each of which centers around an event or moment in the history of science and technology. "The Investigators" gives us the 1908 flight of an airplane made by Glenn H. Curtiss, as seen through the eyes of a twelve-year-old boy. In 1920, in "The Ether of Space," astronomers argue about the implications of Einstein's theory of relativity; in "The Particles," geneticists returning from a contentious conference in Edinburgh in 1939 are bombed by a German U-boat and forced into even closer quarters on a rescue ship. "The Island" concerns a young woman on a Cape Cod summer study program led by Louis Agassiz in 1873, when he began what later became the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. And "Archangel," set in northern Russia in 1919, concerns medical science, as an X-ray technician copes with the implications of her work in a war that inexplicably drags on.
(…) Because Agassiz was such an important and serious scientist, the scene is as sad as it is funny. The resistance to new theories, the pain of change, is one of Barrett's central themes. Like Henrietta, who eventually recovers, we see creatures in a new way—implicitly—as products of natural selection. While we do not regret the knowledge, we also know that every gain is also a loss, here the loss of the certainty that everything makes sense because it is all from the mind of the creator, arising from a single cause. Moreover, profound uncertainties about love, and about the possibility of happiness, beset the characters in these stories even as they search for clarity in new knowledge and understanding of science. Like Darwin, and Einstein, and all her other heroes, Barrett the storyteller pulls us relentlessly away from false comforts, into the dazzling, often chaotic, world as it really is." (New York Review of Books)
First suggested: March 2014
Supporter(s): Uli, Rene, Leon, Ronel, Michaela
What: Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
When: 14 January, 19:30 – RSVP on Meetup (optional ;))
Where: Bistro Lochergut (tram 2+3 'Lochergut')
I got this book also from a list of a 100 books to read in your lifetime. The last one "Life after Life", I took down, after finishing it on my own and not enjoying it very much. However this books sounds different. I started the first couple pages and there were already points in the introduction, which I enjoyed that made me put the book on this list to discuss with the club .
Here's an excerpt from Wikipedia: Man's Search for Meaning is a 1946 book by Viktor Frankl chronicling his experiences as an Auschwitz concentration camp inmate during World War II, and describing his psychotherapeutic method, which involved identifying a purpose in life to feel positively about, and then immersively imagining that outcome. According to Frankl, the way a prisoner imagined the future affected his longevity. The book intends to answer the question "How was everyday life in a concentration camp reflected in the mind of the average prisoner?" Part One constitutes Frankl's analysis of his experiences in the concentration camps, while Part Two introduces his ideas of meaning and his theory called logotherapy.
According to a survey conducted by the Book-of-the-Month Club and the Library of Congress, Man's Search For Meaning belongs to a list of "the ten most influential books in the United States." At the time of the author's death in 1997, the book had sold over 10 million copies and had been translated into 24 languages
First suggested: May 2014
Supporter(s): Nadya, Richie, Nela
What: The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
When: 17 December, 19:30 – RSVP on Meetup (optional ;))
Where: Bistro Lochergut (tram 2+3 'Lochergut')
If you believe Wikipedia, "The Prophet is one of the best-selling books of all time."
From Goodreads.com:
Kahlil Gibran's masterpiece, The Prophet, is one of the most beloved classics of our time. Published in 1923, it has been translated into more than twenty languages, and the American editions alone have sold more than nine million copies.
The Prophet is a collection of poetic essays that are philosophical, spiritual, and, above all, inspirational. Gibran's musings are divided into twenty-eight chapters covering such sprawling topics as love, marriage, children, giving, eating and drinking, work, joy and sorrow, housing, clothes, buying and selling, crime and punishment, laws, freedom, reason and passion, pain, self-knowledge, teaching, friendship, talking, time, good and evil, prayer, pleasure, beauty, religion, and death.(less)
First suggested: August 2014
Supporter(s): Adl
What: The Diary of a Nobody by George and Weedon Grossmith
When: 19 November, 19:30 – RSVP on Meetup (optional ;))
Where: Bistro Lochergut (tram 2+3 'Lochergut')
The authors, a pair of brothers, were comic actors in late 19th century London; George played the lead character in a series of Gilbert and Sullivan pieces. I guess we may expect some light entertainment!
Synopsis from Wikipedia: The Diary of a Nobody originated as an intermittent serial in Punch magazine in 1888–89 and first appeared in book form, with extended text and added illustrations, in 1892. The Diary records the daily events in the lives of a London clerk, Charles Pooter, his wife Carrie, his son Lupin, and numerous friends and acquaintances over a period of 15 months.
First suggested: Well, seems to have popped up spontaneously during the October meeting …
Supporter(s): Nela "The Dictator" D
What: Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
New date: 22 October, 19:30 – RSVP on Meetup (optional ;))
Where: Bistro Lochergut (tram 2+3 'Lochergut')
We've read two previous novels (Purple Hibiscus and Half of a Yellow Sun) by the same author before in this book club and most of us liked both of them a lot, so I'd like to propose her latest book for reading here.
From the Guardian review: There are some novels that tell a great story and others that make you change the way you look at the world. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Americanah is a book that manages to do both. It is ostensibly a love story – the tale of childhood sweethearts at school in Nigeria whose lives take different paths when they seek their fortunes in America and England – but it is also a brilliant dissection of modern attitudes to race, spanning three continents and touching on issues of identity, loss and loneliness. This is Adichie's third and most ambitious novel – her first, Purple Hibiscus, was longlisted for the Booker prize and her second, Half a Yellow Sun, won the Orange prize. A highly acclaimed 2009 collection of short stories, The Thing Around Your Neck, cemented her position as one of the most promising African writers of her generation.
First suggested: June 2014
Supporter(s): Uli, Jessy, Richie, Nicole, Nela