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- "Contemplative Virtues and the Active Life of Prelates." In Bernard of Clairvaux: On Baptism and the Office of Bishops. Cistercian Publications, 2005.
- "Text and Authority in the Formation of the Cistercian Order: The Early Cistercians Read Gregory the Great." In Reforming the Church before Modernity: Patterns, Problems and Approaches, edited by Louis Hamilton and Christopher Belitto. Ashgate Press, 2005.
- "Crucified by the Virtues: Laybrothers and Women in Thirteenth-century Cistercian Saints' Lives." In Gender and Difference in the Middle Ages, edited by S. Farmer and C. Pasternack. University of Minnesota Press, 2003.
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Your Pure Beauty Orchids enjoy low light, a warm climate and lots of humidity
Place them in a north or east-facing window or behind sheer curtains in a south or west-facing window. Be careful of direct sunlight as it may cause the leaves to burn. If you can't provide natural sunlight, you can try a fluorescent plant light.
Just like in real estate, the location of your Pure Beauty Orchid is important. Do not place your orchid in front of a window or vent, but be sure to open a window in the summertime and allow warm, fresh air into the room. During the winter months, place a small fan in the room to move the air around.
Temperature changes help the plants bloom. Daytime temperatures should range between 65 and 80 degrees, while the nighttime temperature should be around 60 degrees.
Your Pure Beauty Orchids love moist air so try to keep the humidity level around 55-75%. While that may be pretty moist and difficult to sustain, proper watering will help the orchids adjust to lower levels of humidity.
It is important to not over water your Pure Beauty Orchid. Since Pure Beauty Orchids are grown in moss, the moss will hold moisture for a long period of time. You can also sign up for weekly watering alert reminders.Check your orchid every 7 days, (for arid climates, you may want to check more frequently).Check to see if the moss is damp. If the moss is dry, water and drain the excess from the container. You just want to make the moss damp and not have standing water in the container.
Smile. You're done!
Trimming Orchid Stems
Once all of your flowers have faded, you can cut the stem, or spike, to encourage new growth. Be sure to heat sterilize your cutting tool before you start so that you do not infect your Pure Beauty Orchid.
Locate a node and cut the spike above any node located toward the bottom of the plant. The nodes are the triangular bumps along the spike that contain dormant buds. Be sure to cut just above the node – about ½". Replant your cut spike in potting soil and if there is enough energy, a new Pure Beauty Orchid may grow.
Apply fungicide to seal the spike that you just cut and prevent bacterial infection. If you don't have fungicide, you can apply cinnamon powder or melted candle wax to protect your orchid. Wait a few weeks for a new flower spike. If the stem dries up, simply cut it back to the base and a new spike should grow in a few months.
Note: If the spike is brown or yellow, new buds will not form. Simply remove the entire spike if it is discolored.
How To Get Re-bloom
Ideally, with proper rest, food, light and cooler nights your Pure Beauty orchid will produce flowers twice a year. After the last flower falls, use a sterilized tool to cut the spike halfway down the stem. Let your plant rest for several days before you trigger new growth.
After re-energizing, your orchid will need cooler nights in order to re-bloom. Because Pure Beauty orchids are temperature sensitive, they require at least one month's worth of nighttime temperatures around 55-60° F.
You should also feed your orchid a balanced houseplant fertilizer mixed with room-temperature water at ½ the recommended strength every other week. Place the plant in the sink, ensure drainage holes are visible and thoroughly water using this weakened solution.
Lastly, provide a consistent light source. Mark the side of the pot facing the light and after watering, replace the pot exactly as it was before you moved it. This prevents the flowers from twisting as they bloom.
New growth will appear as mitten-like roots growing upward as opposed to sideways or downward. Once this occurs, return your Pure Beauty orchid to its normal environment. Loosely secure the new spike to a stake being careful not to damage the roots or the new growth.
Note – If the stem turns yellow after the last flower has bloomed, there is no chance of re-blooming that spike. Simply cut it back as close to the bottom of the plant as possible and let your Pure Beauty orchid rest. Also, do not to feed your orchid while in full bloom.
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What kind of fertilizer mixed and where do I GET IT.
I love my plant it is so beautiful
Hi there. I purchased two Orchids small pots. The one has the moss discolored a yellowish tone, is that normal if not what should I do. (this one is on my desk at work), the second I noticed has white fuzzy mold in the pot around the roots and on moss. This one is kept in my bedroom. Is there anything I should do to care of these two issues?
Thank you, Danielle
I received a orchid and placed on a table facing a southeast window all the blooms have shriveled and died. The orchid came in a plastic sleeve and placed in a white ceramic pot. I removed it from the pot thinking it wasn't getting enough light. I hardly water it but it always seem moist. Is the plastic sleeve supposed to be removed? Our house remains around 73 degrees which may not be cool enough and maybe not enough humidity although this it is in the kitchen. I'm thinking of moving it to the cellar but won't be able to enjoy as well. This plant was received in May in bloom. Will it not bloom again for six months?
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After the blooms drop, how low do you cut the stem?
I just received my beautiful orchid in the mail from my boyfriend who is deployed! They are my favorite flowers and this is by far the prettiest orchid I have ever seen and I want to keep it that way!
It is encased in a plastic sleeve and then placed into a ceramic pot. Am I supposed to remove the plastic sleeve and place it back in the ceramic pot?
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I received one of your beautiful orchids as a gift. It arrived in a plastic tube/vase about 23″ tall and 6-3/4″ in diameter. Maybe the same as the 'plastic sleeve' noted above. The plant is about 2″ shorter than the tube. In the bottom of the tube there are clear gel beads about 5″ deep and cover the 'node' where the leaves join the stem. Although there is no visible water even on the bottom of the tube, the beads are very damp-to-wet under the top layer. I cannot see through the beads to see if the orchid is planted in anything else inside the tube. The instructions say to water when the moss is dry, but I don't see any moss. Is the orchid supposed to grow "as is" in the plastic tube/container or should I take it out? Do I need another container/pot to plant it in? Thanks for your help!
As with BJ, my orchid is encased in a clear tub with the growing medium hidden by wet beads. How and when should I water it, or should it be removed from the tube to let stand on it's own?
My question is very similar and I have written once before as well…
I received an orchid as a gift and have no idea on how to care for it as it is potted. It came to me in a GLASS long vase like enclosure with just a few buds peeling over the edge. The rest is in this glass cylinder along with the clear beads other people have mentioned that appear to anchor the plant in the said vase. The instructions are really difficult to follow with the glass apparatus. I am surprised by your company that there are not more specific instructions for the sale of these orchids potted this way. How to water – how to check if watering needed- ???? Any attempt to try and get at the bottom end of the orchid will result in damage to the flowers. It is too narrow a vase. HELP! Thanks.
I really wish the tag came with instructions! That makes no sense to me. There are many I imagine not caring adequately for their orchid because of something that is totally avoidable and that is a shame. I think I may have over watered because I was ignorant as to what to do. I am not sure how to salvage what I have done other than to take the orchid out until the beads dry out some.
Thanks very much for your reply. It helps considerably but also raises a few more questions. The large leaves near the bottom of the stem seem a little constrained. This is not a concern and the plant can live permanently in the plastic sleeve as long as the beads are replenished with water? To remove and replace the orchid in the beads/sleeve is it OK to gently grab it by the stem and pull it out? Thanks, again, for your help.
The vase is what I was referring to. The leaves look like they could use a vase at least 1 to 1-1/2 inches bigger. But it does seem to be doing well in a room that gets a lot of light but the orchid is not in the direct sunlight even though it is a bit on the cool side. If it's happy, I'm happy. thank you!
A couple things: My husband left a light on near the plant and it seems to have burned one of the leaves! I'm not sure whether I should cut it off and stop it from trying to save it or if I should leave it so that it doesn't stress the plant. Also I noticed some black spots on the underside of another leaf. I'm worried that it's a type of mold. It seems to come off when I rub it. Any suggestions? Thanks so much, I received this plant as a gift over the holidays and I intend to keep it as part of the family! Thanks again!
Hi there – I happily got the my orchid as a gift a few weeks ago. The last two buds have bloomed and I have watered it once, 5 days ago, with the recommended 4 oz. water. It seems that the moss is dry again at least on the top. I don't want to overwater and the instructions say wait 10-15 days. Is it ok for the media to stay dry for another 5 days? I live in a very dry air environment so there's not much moisture – I don't want it to be too dry if it's used to greenhouses and moisture. Thanks!
I had a VD surprise gift from my bf in his place and it was a very beautiful orchids! I was so happy and very excited to bring it in my place. It was very cold and windy that day and I took a train, while walking on my way home, i noticed that the blooms started to get frozen and withered the next day Everytime I see it, it looks like it's dying but the leaves are still green and perky, what do I need to do so it will survive? Should I cut the stems before the blooms drop, this is the 3rd night that it is sitting on my office table, maybe it had rested already. Please help me save this very first orchids I have
Thank you in advance.
The plant is so beautiful! But I noticed some white mold with black spots on the surface of the water beads after watering. Will the plant die? How can I treat it? Please help! Thank you so much!
Hello! I've had my orchid since January and it's been in bloom and looking generally happy. It's got green roots and I've been watering it every 10 days and spraying it with Orchid Mist. It has six green leaves, and I've noticted over the last two weeks that the bottom two leaves have black mold spots on them. Can you explain why this is happening and how I can get rid of it? Should I try to wash the leaves and wipe the mold away? I'm not sure why it's forming. Is it because I haven't been using bottled water to water it? Thanks!
We bought one of your Orchids at a local Whole Foods Market for out first home a couple weeks ago. We love the orchid and have it placed in out bedroom next to a windows that has vinyl blinds that stay closed to just allow a little sunlight in. Our home stays between 64-70 degrees. We have a humidifier that we run so keep the humidity level between 45%-55%. The Orchid we purchased is what looks like a mini orchard where the flowers don't get as big as a normal orchid. The orchid sits in a glass vase and has purple pearl water beads.
The problem we are having is that over the past couple days some of the beads on the top are starting to have a white fuzzy mold develop on the beads surface. Its only on the beads at the surface that are not covered with other beads. The beads below the top layer to the bottom of the vase are fine…for now. What are your recommendations to get rid of the mold and stop this from happening again?
Any help will be greatly appreciated. We love the easy care style you folks have as orchids can be tricky sometimes. Also any other recommendations for future care of the orchid will also be helpful. Thank you!
my flowers are dying? i purchased this about 7 weeks ago? what's going on?
I purchased a Pure Beauty Orchid for my grandmother this mothers day , and she loves it. However, neither of us have had one before. It's in a glass cylinder with clear pearl beads. She is keeping it out of direct sunlight and hasn't watered it yet because the beads are still full. I read that the roots are wrapped in a plastic sheet with moss to keep the air flowing to them.. Once all the blooms have bloomed and we snip it at the bottom node how would you recommend to replant it?? Moss? More beads?? And if the beads become yucky, can we just purchase more? Sorry for all the questions, just want to keep it lasting and beautiful.
Hi I just received a colorfluzel orchids for mother day i dont know how to take care of this plant today is the 13th the plant is moist at the tip of the plant turing brown the flowers dieing I don't know what to do next I change to another area what next!!!!#!
my pink orchid is beautiful and perfectly arched weeks after i got her. One bloom has wilted and there are no other blooms on the stem that has wilted. Please advise me on how to treat he wilted bloom. There are no triangular nodes on the wilted blooms stem Thanks for your help
Hi, I've had my orchid since March 12th of this year and just about 2weeks ago the flowers started dropping off, then leaves started turning yellow and fell off. Is there any hope of saving this??
I found your beautiful orchids in a local grocery in Howard Beach, I bought one, the following week I had to get another. The first one has two flower spikes in addition to the one in bloom. They are both growing new roots and are absolutely beautiful.
I received this beautiful orchid plant in April. It sits in my office. About a week ago, the flowers fell off. This week, I notice the stem is turning brown at the top. The leaves are still very green and strong. Should I cut the stem at this point? Is there hope that it will stay alive and re-bloom?
All the flowers fell of the stem and the green leaves are healthy New tiny pink regrowth is seen where the original blooms fell off. I am unclear as what to do next to insure regrowth. The orchid stem has a curve and I dont know which end to cut and even if I need to cut or just let the plant grow naturally Should I cut the bottom of the stem that is enclosed in the moss? Please post answers Thanks for your time
How do you know when to re-pot the orchid? Also, I see there are various instructions on the internet about how to do this. What do you recommend for your orchids?
I've received one of your colorfuze orchids in blue and purple. it is one stem with six beautiful blooms. The sixth one opened yesterday. I took the flower giver's advise to water with ice cubes(Two small ones) and i just read your site that doing that in not good at all. I've been doing it once a week going on 4 weeks now. But no more ice cubes for me. I didn't realize it wasn't good. Next week I will use luke warm water, but how much should i use?
Hi I purchased one of your beautiful orchids in May and enjoyed the blooms til the middle of June. I cut the stem down and removed one leaf that was turning yellow. I put the plant in my 3 season sunroom in a southside windows. I continued watering with orchid fertiler and recently I noticed not one but 2 new leaves. Is it normal to get the leaves first then the flower stem? Or does this mean it won't deflower? Should I bring it back in the house in which the air-conditioning gets put on hand off or leave it it the sunroom where temperatures vary daytime 70 -85 nighttime 60-70. Thanks for your help. This is the first time I haven't lost an orchid after the blooms died off!!
Hi I purchased one of your beautiful orchids in May and enjoyed the blooms til the middle of June. I cut the stem down and removed one leaf that was turning yellow. I put the plant in my 3 season sunroom in a southside windows. I continued watering with orchid fertiler and recently I noticed not one but 2 new leaves. Is it normal to get the leaves first then the flower stem? Or does this mean it won't deflower? Should I bring it back in the house in which the air-conditioning gets put on hand off or leave it it the sunroom where temperatures vary daytime 70 -85 nighttime 60-70. Thanks for your help. This is the first time I haven't lost an orchid after the blooms died off!!
Hi, I need some advise for my Pure Beauty Orchid that I received for mother's day. It bloomed very well on the eastside window in my living room, but when all the flowers died, there was many roots around the pot, it was planted in moss. A friend told me I should transplant it, I didn't know how, so she brought me some bark, I had a funny feeling about the bark, I would have liked to transplant it in moss. The problem is I do not know if it needs water, the water goes through as soon as I water it. I've cut the stem to the bottom, close to the top of the pot a couple of months ago, I placed it the kitchen where there is no bright light. Now the leaves don't look healthy and one, close to the stem, is turning yellow at the base. Can I repot it now in moss if I can find some, can green moss be allright?
Thank you very much for you help.
What do you think of the ice cube watering technique?
I received a pure beauty orchid from a family member as a gift after a surgery and it was beautiful. But once the bloom fell, it doesn't seem to be doing well. I never knew that much about orchids, but I am now learning. I had to take all the moss out of the pot and off the roots as it was so tightly packed, and the roots were rotting. I have re-potted it using some moss and bark. I'm hoping that it will recuperate as I had to cut a great deal of root rot off.
My pearl beads have what appears to be algae on them (and it seems to be spreading to the glass tube container). What should I do to correct the situation?
hi i just got a pink orchid for prom and its in water beads and i dont know how to care for it . Help , its so pretty i dont want it to die.
Can I use water beads.
is watering an orchid with an ice cube recommended.
Real brain power on diylpas. Thanks for that answer!
When I bought my orchid, I was told to water them was "ice cubes", and that the instructions were in the enclosed pamphlet. There was nothing in the pamphlet and I haven't found the information on your site. Are ice-cubes a good way to water the plant? How many? How frequently?

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Your art inspires me to keep practicing my watercolors. I'm getting better. But you set the bar high! Awesome work. And I love the books and show.
this is so spot on!! brilliant
She's definitely a beauty! No wonder Robb fell so deeply in love
Ohh... This is awesome!
I love your draws!! i love Game of Thrones too...
Well, i think they decided that it would be easier to introduce Talisa to the series than Jeyne, but i still hate Talisa : /
I'm so bummed they're not bringing her into the HBO Series "Talisa" is nice... but she's no Jeyne!
YEAH!! i don't undertand this, why they invent Talisa and not used Jeyne?? why??
I think they chose Talisa so they could have a character to die with Robb and add more drama, but that was a stupid choice to make a completely new character instead of bending the storyline a bit.
Well, the show creators said they'd be holding off on some characters until next Season. Mainly because they've had so many already for this Season.
Still... I WANT JEYNE!
Still... I WANT JEYNE!
me too!
is not logical, couse in the previous chapter Robb and the girl have sex!! And Robb only have sex with Jeyne...jum
is not logical, couse in the previous chapter Robb and the girl have sex!! And Robb only have sex with Jeyne...jum
some of us are hoping that talisa is going to turn out to be a noblewoman in disguise....and that she will really be jeyne of house westerling >
it would be cool...
it would be cool...
Well I guess I should've seen the Robb-Talisa bit coming, since having read an article with D.B. Weiss basically saying "we won't be doing a DIRECT adaptation."
wow this is so beautiful, great work!
La actriz (Oona Chaplin) que representa Jeyne en la series es Española
Beautiful, but not beautiful enough to lose a kingdom over. Very apt portrayal on your part. Awesome work!
just a bit maturer for her age
just a bit maturer for her age
Beautiful. Your colour choices are exceptional!
Absolutely beautiful!
wow! This one looks great.
Love how you worked with the colors!
Love how you worked with the colors!
Stunning textures and colors. This is really impressive. It's... perfect.
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Astronaut's Video Taken Down After Copyright Expires
Astronaut Chris Hadfield covered David Bowie's "Space Oddity" while he was in space. In the copyright agreement, Bowie said the YouTube video could stay up a year. The year ended at midnight.
And today's last word in business is: Legal Oddity.
Of the many things astronaut Chris Hadfield did during his time on the International Space Station last year, his video version of David Bowie's hit song, "Space Oddity" gained the most attention.
CHRIS HADFIELD: Ten, nine - (Singing) Ground control to Major Tom. Eight, seven, six - (Singing) Commencing countdown engines on...
The video of commander Hadfield's singing while floating in his tan can, went viral.
INSKEEP: But before filming it, Hadfield had to negotiate copyright terms with David Bowie. Yes, copyright extends to space.
MONTAGNE: Bowie OK'd the plan, but only if the video was removed from YouTube after one year, which came at midnight last night. The video is now gone. Can you hear me, Major Tom?
And that's the business news on MORNING EDITION, from NPR News. I'm Renee Montagne.
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Regarding the July 18th article by Anthony DiMattia, "Bensalem seniors want casino intersection fixed": Fact is, residents of the "entire" community need this intersection fixed. Those who must walk or drive through the intersection every day want to feel safe.
PARX is willing to spend $1.6 million to help the community and it is being held up by people who do not want progress. Asks one of those people, a business owner: "Why sidewalks? There is not one single sidewalk on Mechanicsville Road." Well, it is time to come into the 21st century.


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Making for quite the star-studded spectacle, the world premiere of "The Avengers" was held in Hollywood, CA on Wednesday night (April 11).
Stepping out for a fun-filled evening, Audrina Patridge was spotted at a screening of "Waiting for Lightning" presented by DC Shoes last night (April 10).
Joined by Corey Bohan, the former "Hills" hottie looked to be having a good time as she headed inside to watch the flick, a documentary about skateboarder Danny Wayon.
Adding a pop of color to the black carpet, Audrina Patridge stepped out for a night at The Pool After Dark at Harrah's Resort in Atlantic City, NJ on Saturday (March 24).
The former "Hills" hottie looked ready for the fun-filled festivities while clad in a bright yellow mini dress and strappy sandals as she encouraged her Twitter fans to come join her, tweeting, "Come out this weekend to @thepoolafterdark at Harrahs Atlantic City ! see you at 11:30 pm !!"
Making her return to SoCal, Audrina Patridge was spotted at LAX International Airport yesterday (March 4).
The former "Hills" hottie donned a tank top from the Coachella Music Festival and some slim-fitting trousers as she towed her Louis Vuitton luggage through the terminal.
Enjoying another night out in Sin City, Audrina Patridge hosted an evening at Chateau Nightclub & Gardens on Saturday night (March 3) in Las Vegas, Nevada.
With entertainment provided by DJ Casanova, "The Hills" star partied the night away in a bright orange mini skirt, grey tank top and black strappy heels.
Looking oh-so sweet and sexy, Audrina Patridge hosted the grand opening of the newest Sugar Factory location at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Friday (March 2).
The 26 year-old "The Hills" alum showed off her gorgeousness in a figure hugging blue indigo dress and black strappy heels as she licked on a lollipop and played with a duck stuffed animal.
Bringing her sexiness to Sin City, Audrina Patridge was the center of attention at PURE Nightclub in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday night (February 18).
Tending to her duties as face of the brand, the former "Hills" hottie showed off her fabulous figure as she celebrated the launch of Curve Appeal for Men at the Caesars Palace Resort and Casino nightclub.
Enjoying the southern hemisphere's summer season, Audrina Patridge was spotted out on the beach in Byron Bay, Australia over the weekend (January 13).
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The Greatest Game Ever Played
The most recent home video release of this movie is April 10, 2006. Here are some details…
If you also believe golf is The Greatest Game Ever Played, then you'll want to cover the whole course available on this DVD release from Walt Disney Pictures. Offering two audio commentaries, one with director Bill Paxton and the other with writer Mark Frost, the disc also features A View From The Gallery (on the set of The Greatest Game Ever Played), Two Legends and the Greatest Game (a short documentary about Francis Ouimet and Harry Vardon), and From Caddy to Champion (a historical interview from 1963). Audio tracks are available in English (Dolby Digital 5.1) and French (Dolby Digital 5.1), with subtitles in English and French.
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Considered by many to be the greatest golfer to ever play the game, Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius tells the story of this talented athlete's trials and triumphs. Shia LaBeouf, who fills the role of Francis, also plays a young boy mistakenly charged with stealing a pair of shoes in the movie Holes.


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P-47 Versus Me 109
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The Bf109 was already an old design by the time the P-47 first flew, The P-47 designers had the opportunity to adjust their design in the face of war experience. The original Bf109 was a (relatively) light fighter, whereas the P-47 was deliberately built as a heavy fighter (a continuing debate in US aircraft purchasing see F-15/F-16 ... earlier the F-5 and F-104 discussions).
The Bf109 was weighted down as it was expected to tackle heavy bombers and became overweight and much less easy to manage. The role of the fighter as a bomber destroyer (its true role) may have been more difficult if bombers had been equipped with 20mm cannon as defensive armament, but I think only the Soviets had a light, reliable, high rate of fire 20mm cannon.
In 1937-41 the Bf109 would have eaten the P-47, by late 1944 the P-47 could eat the Bf109 (especially given the 'defense of the Reich' tasking of the Bf109).
The P-47 was never called on to defeat any serious operation of heavy bombers.
Posted 03 May 2012 - 01:30 AM
It's an edited record of a single combat. The Jug reversed direction, just as you described in your thought experiment. The light fighter, in this case a FW-190, stayed with him through every turn he made, just as Edgar predicted. Leading to the sad, inevitable result- the explosion and flames seen at the end of the clip. I hope the pilot survived, but regardless, it's a real world example of what happened under the starting conditions you proscribe, even down to the tactic attempted by the unfortunate victim.
Can you please state what part of this film shows a reversal of bank angle? I've watched several times now and can not remember that happening. As far as I can tell, it is a single circle fight.
Posted 03 May 2012 - 01:37 AM
No, 120" was not "far too long".
The 4000lb HC "Cookie" was 110" long. The 500lb MC bomb was 60"+ long, and the Mosquito held four of those, two end to end on each side of the bay.
The problem may have been the tail, becuase teh square American tail may have been bulkier than the round tails used on British bombs.
The Mosquito had difficulty with weight balance with the 4000lb HC cookie when the original B.IV conversions were done. The IX and XVI had the two stage Merlins, so were better balanced, but sticking something 2.5 times teh weight in teh same space would be bound to cause difficulties.
The Mossy used "Short Fin" versions of those bombs, not the standard size you mentioned. Down load the picture of the plane in the USAF Museum and measure the length of the bomb bay and divide that into the LOA. See what I mean.
Posted 03 May 2012 - 01:47 AM
The Mossy used "Short Fin" versions of those bombs, not the standard size you mentioned. Down load the picture of the plane in the USAF Museum and measure the length of the bomb bay and divide that into the LOA. See what I mean.
The Mosquito only used short fin versions of the 500lb medium capacity/GP bomb.
The 250lb GP bombs the Mosquito was originally intended to carry were 56" long.
The 500lb GP bomb had a length that varied between 68.7" and 70.6". The shortened version became the standard version, IIRC.
btw, I scaled a Mossie bomb bay from a model and calculated it to be approximately 130 inches long.
Posted 03 May 2012 - 01:56 AM
How do you define efficiency?
Speed+load+range/MTO+HP? The B-17 was faster on less power, had more range at any given MTO and flew higher at any given weight. All symptoms of a more aerodynamic plane.
Even unladen the Lancaster's ceiling wasn't that high, and certainly not high enough to avoid flak.
At ~24,000' with 14,000 pounds up, how much would it have gone up with 8,000 pounds less?
Certainly the Lancaster would have been less able to carry such heavy bomb loads had it needed the guns that the B-17 did.
The Spitfire never used the Merlin XX series that the majority of Lancasters did. Also, see (1).
Yes it did. See page 156 of Stewart Wilson's AC of WW-II.
The Hawker Hurrican did, and it had a ceiling of 36,000ft. But it was also an excellent climber - something I doubt the Lanc could be accused of. So the engine was able to pull to 36,000' what was wrong with the airfraim that stopped the Lanc from doing the same?
The empty weight of the B-17 isn't much different to a Lancaster. The Lancaster stil has 3 gun turets (front, dorsal and rear - some early models also had a periscope aimed belly turret). The Lancaster also, probably, carried more electronics equipment and navigation aids.
The problem with advocating the B-17 as being more efficient is that it really wasn't. They required more crew per aircraft and more aircraft to put the amount of bombs onto a target. The guns provided some deterrent to the Germans, but the lass rates were unsustainable without escort regardless.
German records show that more of their AC were downed by B-17s than the next two types combined.
The upside to using Lancasters is that they can carry bigger bombs.Not in dispute. So while the USAAF threw lots of 250lb, 350lb, 500lb and 1000lb bombs at target the RAF could lob down some 4000lb, 8000lb and 12,000lb bombs, potentially reducing the number of times the bombers would need to return to put a facility out of action, or keep it out of action.
What is in dispute is that those bombs were nearly as effective. 50% of them missed the entire city they were aimed at. The rest failed to hit any factories, except by secondary fires. Less than 2% of American bombs hit inside the factory fence, but 98% of the rest certainly landed inside the city. Which score was truely more effective?
Posted 03 May 2012 - 02:01 AM
The 4000lb HC cookie didn't have a special fin/tail to be used in the Mosquito.
It was 30" in diameter and 110" long.
4000lb High Capacity Bomb
Then there was the 4000lb MC bomb, designed because teh HC would break apart on low level drops.
4000lb Medium Capacity Bomb
Posted 03 May 2012 - 02:07 AM
Posted 03 May 2012 - 02:18 AM
[COLOR="red"]Yes they could have, every major participant back then thought so. After Dunkirk, the RA was out of all most everything. Two more days bombing the RAF air fields and the BoB is lost. The Germans invade and the Brits have nothing to fight with. Blitzkrieg rolls over England and the Germans consolidate till next spring. You take it from there.
Then please accept some friendly advice from somebody who is a moderator in several forums – when posting always think how your posts could be interpreted. Remember that tone (while there in your head when you read it to yourself) is missing on screen. Smilies can help.
It is true that planes have different strengths, so (for example) using a MiG-3 as a low-altitude fighter will handicap it. However, that is more the fault of those giving the orders than a fault of the plane itself – no plane is the best at everything, not even (sorry Lightning;)) the P-38 or (sorry England:p) the Mosquito Absolutely true!
I have some issues with your example above though. The idea that the B-17 only carried fewer bombs due to extra weight or height is not correct. The B-17 could not fly as far or as fast as a Lanc if both carried the same bombload.Where did you get that idea? The B-17 could not fly as far or as fast as the Lanc even when carrying a smaller bombload - which it always did. Plus the B-17 cannot significantly increase its bombload without carrying bombs externally - further reducing range and speed. The only advantage the B-17 had is height, which does help keep it safer but also lowers bombing accuracy.You want to compair accuracy? 50% miss the city at night and the other 50% hit more homes than factories. Really? As to survivability, take a look at how many additional defensive guns the B-17 picked up in its lifetime, and how ineffective these were at actually defending it. The biggest factor in B-17 loss rates was the demolition of the Luftwaffe's day fighter force, not any feature of the B-17. The B-17 contributed to that destruction. The Germans claim more losses to B-17s than any other type.
Lancs, meanwhile, operated at night, not in formation and without escort, against a branch of the Luftwaffe that remained largely uninterrupted by the course of the daylight bombing campaigns. Lets see, a few dozen night fighters at any one time, vs several thousand day fighters at any one time? I would argue that the differances in asset allocation by bthe Germans tells us which they considered to be the larger problem?
Not really. It was a heavy tank (technically a 'breakthrough' tank) designed to spearhead assaults, and in that role it was fantastic.No it was not. Sending twenty out and having two arrive at the destination a few dozen miles away was fantastic how? Count the total number of engagements fought by tigers. They can be cronicaled in a single book. Of the ~1500 made, less than 1/4th ever saw combat. 1/4![/COLOR
It is worth noting that only 1,347 were produced (compare that to 3,971 Pz III, 8,800 Pz IV and 6,706 Panthers – the German medium tanks).MY memory was faulty, they only made <1,400 and less than 1/4 of them saw combat because they broke down so often!
Germany couldn't conquer Britain, Sure, if Germany ends up fighting a 1-front war somehow then WW2 will be longer, but never, ever, can Germany win.
Posted 03 May 2012 - 02:31 AM
What is in dispute is that those bombs were nearly as effective. 50% of them missed the entire city they were aimed at. The rest failed to hit any factories, except by secondary fires. Less than 2% of American bombs hit inside the factory fence, but 98% of the rest certainly landed inside the city. Which score was truely more effective?
When the RAF bombers were missing entire cities the B-17s weren't even operating in the ETO.
By the time the USAAF started to bomb Germany (August 1943) the RAF had developed new navigational and bombing aids, as well as creating the pathfinder force (initially with Lancasters) and could bomb at night as accurately as the 8th AF bombed by day.
Due to Bomber Harris' desire to bomb German cities they didn't attack factories very often. When they did they were far more effective than the B-17s.
Donald Miller in his book that the RAF hit Leuna only a couple of times, but did more damage than the USAAF in many more attacks.
Speed+load+range/MTO+HP? The B-17 was faster on less power, had more range at any given MTO and flew higher at any given weight. All symptoms of a more aerodynamic plane.
The B-17 wasn't that much faster. The range wasn't longer, unless they added bomb bay fuel tanks.
Load was much smaller.
Yes it did. See page 156 of Stewart Wilson's AC of WW-II.
Is he an authority on WW2 aircraft. The Spitfire?
Ok genius, what mark of Spitfire was fitted with the Merlin XX, and how many were made?
So the engine was able to pull to 36,000' what was wrong with the airfraim that stopped the Lanc from doing the same?
Probably weight. Even empty the Lanc was more than 4 times the weight of a fully loaded Hurricane.
German records show that more of their AC were downed by B-17s than the next two types combined.
You can believe that all you want, but it doesn't make it true.
Posted 03 May 2012 - 02:32 AM
see page 4.
Really brilliant! It shows that the 14SM engine had more than enough power to get up to at least 30,000' but at a weight of 62-63,000 pounds. Knowing the ceiling is related to wing loading and availible power, all we have to do is see how much weight has to be removed to get to the same altitude as the B-17! Note that the 14SM engine has 1,710 HP vs the R-1820's ~1,200. So the air fraim requires ~2,000 more HP to do about the same job? Right. That is what I mean by efficiancy.
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A special Summit dedicated to employment took place in Prague to identify practical ways to keep people in jobs and to get those who have lost their jobs back into work as quickly as possible. It was also the occasion to discuss how coordinated action at European level can best complement actions being taken at national level, and how to make the best use of the tools and resources at European level including the European Social Fund and the European Globalisation Fund. In a press conference at the end of the summit, José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, said that with this employment summit, the European Commission is telling citizens that employment is Europe's objective number one. He added that the EU must succeed on employment because there can be no economic recovery on the foundations of social collapse, just as there can be no social progress in an economic desert. Barroso explained that the employment summit increases strongly the chances of success because it has generated concrete ideas.
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SOUNDBITE by José Manuel Barroso, President of the EC (in ENGLISH): EU action on employment neither starts nor stops with today's summit. But this summit is a significant step towards more and better coordinated action on employment.
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SOUNDBITE by José Manuel Barroso (in ENGLISH): With this employment summit we are telling our citizens that we want their employment to be Europe's objective number one. At least on the European Commission point of view this is our first concern in the current crisis – employment. We are aware of the uncertainties and hardships citizens are facing. We came here to address their concerns and to act in our citizens' interest. We all know, we must succeed on employment because there can be no economic recovery on the foundations of social collapse, just as there can be no social progress in an economic desert. The employment summit increases strongly the chances that we will succeed and this summit generated concrete ideas. They can in particular give hope to young people facing the daunting prospect of finding their first job.
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SOUNDBITE by José Manuel Barroso (in ENGLISH): I will personally ensure that the voices we have heard today will find their echo at the June European Council. I am confident that all 27 EU leaders will be serious about working together to tackle unemployment and give it a European angle. We owe this to our citizens. Europe is not only an economic and political project, it has always been and will always be a social project as well.
Cutaway: the speakers
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The Biebster is the current crown prince of pop - and it's a very brave person who says anything against the precocious pop moppet, because his army of "Beliebers" are swift to exact their vengeance.But that's exactly what that nice Scottt Mills from Radio 1 did after an unpleasant interview with an unfriendly Biebs.He said: "Someone needs to have a word with him. He's a precocious little brat."We're Team Scott all the way on this one! (Pic: PA)
And we could file Britters in exactly the same drawer as Li-Lo, although hopefully she's a little further along the road to recovery after her shocking meltdown in 2008.When we look back at early shots of Britney, like this one, it's brings home how precocious - in a slightly seedy and exploitative way - she was when she launched her pop career.She said she was "not that innocent" in her song and, despite what she said in interviews to the contrary, we all believed her. (Pic: PA)
OK, she might be a fully-grown woman now, but we remember when Charlotte Church was a fresh-faced, and rather precocious, young singing star.Not in a bad way of course. In fact we interviewed her when she was 12 and she was a delightful young lady.She was smarter, funnier and more engaging than most adult celebs we've met - so we'll always be on Team Charlotte. (Pic: PA)
Precocious doesn't always have to mean bad though - as the perfectly pleasant young Jaden Smith proves.The star of the Karate Kid remake may have had a little help getting the job from his famous dad, but he's undeniably talented and not at all a brat. (Pic: PA)
Same hair, different celebs! But at least Jedward have better dress sense than Ke$ha. Arf arf.We're not sure that the terrible twosome fit the usual meaning of precocious - since it's usually applied to people with a certain amount of talent.One thing we do know is that we won't get sued if we say they're definitely brats.Just kidding lads, we love you really. (Pic: PA)
They've not really made much of a splash over here yet, but the Jonas Brothers have been massive in the states for a few years now.The group started as a vehicle for Nick Jonas, who's been performing since the age of seven when he appeared in a Broadway play.They got their first real break as a band by appearing alongside the equally precocious Miley Cyrus in Disney's Hannah Montana - and later had a starring role in the same channel's Camp Rock.They're now as big as Jesus in the states - although they wouldn't dare say that. (Pic: PA)
And precocious doesn't always have to mean young either, as far as we're concerned. And we think Ke$ha proves our point nicely.The attention-seeking pop star might be 23 years old, but she's made a career out of acting like a spoilt teenager.We could go on... but just look at the photo and we think you'll get the picture. (Pic: PA)
Li-Lo might be making headlines for all the wrong reasons now that she's in her twenties, but rewind a decade or so and people were only talking about how talented she was.She hit the big time by starring in a series of family movies, culminating in an amazing turn in the classic teen comedy Mean Girls.Unfortunately it's only been downhill since - and that's the unhappy flipside for many precocious young child stars. (Pic: PA)
Speak of the devil. Here's the artist formerly known as Hannah Montana herself!Miley Cyrus has left her clean-cut Disney persona far, far behind her now though - and seems to have taken over from Pete Doherty as the most controversial star in celebland.Well, she was filmed sucking on a bong at her 18th birthday party anyway.Miley has also hit the headlines several times for wearing skimpy clothes (such as this side boob-revealing outfit), dirty dancing with older men and generally being rather precocious. (Pic: PA)
We regard Gossip Girl star Taylor Momsen as the American version of Kevin the Teenager.But that's doing her a dis-service, because she could also be described as Courtney Love's mini-me.Whatever has caused the wannabe rock chick to cop such an attitude, we hope she gets it out her system soon because it's getting a bit tiresome now. (Pic: PA)
She's in her early 20s already, but to us there'll always be something of the precocious teenager about Peaches Geldof.With a failed marriage behind her already and a series of sex, drugs and daft comments scandals to her name she's always good value from a celeb journo's point of view.And her recent habit of posting pretentious comments about French philosophers on Twitter ups the precocious count nicely. (Pic: PA)
Now don't get us wrong, we're not having a go at four-year-old Suri Cruise - that would hardly be very fair - but you must admit it's a teeny tiny bit precocious to be wearing heels at that age.Rumours from the sets of her parents' films are that she can be a bit of a handful as well, and seems to be used to getting her own way.We will reserve judgement until we meet the young lady ourselves though. (Pic: PA)
Hair-whipping cutie Willow Smith is definitely giving big bro Jaden a run for his money in the precocious stakes.She's lined-up to play little orphan Annie in a remake of the, erm, classic musical - again produced by dad Will Smith.Still don't think she's precocious? Check out this quote: "I get my flow from Daddy, my singing ability from Mommy, and the camera stuff from both."Case closed. (Pic: PA)


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Kaze to Ki no Uta
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|風と木の詩 Poem of Wind and Trees The Poem of the Wind and the Trees The Song of the Wind and the Trees The Song of the Wind in the Trees
|TAKEMIYA Keiko
|TAKEMIYA Keiko
|Drama Historical Psychological School Life Shoujo Shounen Ai Tragedy
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|It is 1880 at the all-boys school, Lacombrade Academy in France. Serge Battour is a cheerful and kind new student who is trying to fit in with the rest of the student body, despite the taboo of his gypsy heritage, made obvious by his dark skin. However, his roommate Gilbert Cocteau, known for sleeping with anyone at the school to manipulate them to his advantage, is not helping the situation, especially when he makes it his personal goal to bring about Serge's downfall.
Originally published in the 1970's, Kaze to Ki no Uta is considered by many to be the first true yaoi manga. In 1979, this series was awarded the prestigious Shogakukan Manga Award for shounen/shoujo manga.
For those who don't like yaoi - this manga is more of shounen-ai and the sex scenes are nothing like the ones you can see in modern yaoi mangas. A bit of warning: "Kaze..." includes scenes of rape and child abuse (but no shota).
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Probably the most beautiful manga I have ever read, Kaze to Ki no Uta is revolutionary. I'm not joking! It touches on some serious subjects, though: Racism, pedophilia, drugs use, incest, homophobia and abuse of every kind. It's really amazing, and if you think you can handle the...er, breaking bones amidst the sprinkling of romantic piano music, then you've got yourself a really amazing experience.
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Social Skills Training for Young Adolescents: Symbolic and Behavioral Components
Thompson, Kathryn L., Bundy, Kaarre A., Broncheau, Christina, Adolescence
Social skills training has been associated with positive outcomes for adolescents, such as enhanced self-esteem (Stake, DeVille, & Pennell, 1983), increased problem-solving skills (Guerra & Slaby, 1990; Sarason & Sarason, 1981), drug refusal (Horan & Williams, 1982; Williams, 1980) and sex refusal (Rayvid & Brock, 1986). Assertiveness, one type of social skill, has been defined as expressing one's rights and opinions with respect for the rights of others (Alberti & Emmons, 1974; Lange & Jakubowski, 1976). Wise, Bundy, Bundy, and Wise (1991) studied the acquisition of this skill in adolescents from a social cognitive theory approach. They found that adolescents could learn and retain cognitive information that is basic to understanding the concept of assertion. According to Bandura's (1977, 1986) social cognitive theory, this acquisition of symbolic representation is only the first step in changing behavior. Understanding assertion and behaving assertively are not the same thing.
Bandura (1977, 1986) suggests that many components are necessary for making use of acquired knowledge to produce a desired behavior. For instance, according to his description of antecedent regulatory mechanisms, in order to choose assertive behavior, a person must interpret a situation as indicating that desirable consequences are available as a result of that behavior. This supports the importance of accurately perceiving the social cues. Curran (1979) suggests that inaccurate perception of these cues generally leads to inappropriate social responses. Another component is the individual's self-efficacy for assertive behavior. Bandura's (1977, 1986) construct of self-efficacy implies that persons must believe they have the potential to make the appropriate assertive response if they are to choose this response.
Bandura's theory regarding the transition from stored knowledge to behavioral applications is well supported by Flavell's (cited in Hains & Ryan, 1983) model of social cognition, which includes the following components: (1) Existence (the structure of knowledge a person possesses about social cognitive phenomena); (2) Need (a person's awareness that a situation requires some social cognitive activity); (3) Inference (the selection of an actual strategy); and (4) Application (subsequent behavior in which a person engages as a consequence of inferences made).
Bandura's and Flavell's theories suggest the importance of studying the adolescent's transformation of stored symbolic information about assertiveness into appropriate behaviors. We cannot accurately predict whether people will behave assertively in given situations from measures of their stored knowledge alone. In the present study, we expanded the curriculum from Wise et al. (1991) and replicated the measures of symbolic acquisition and retention. In addition, we measured the verbal content of assertive behavior in a pretest-posttest role-play as a beginning step in examining the transition from knowing about assertion to behaving assertively.
Subjects consisted of 56 sixth-grade students in comparable classes from two elementary schools. The control group consisted of a class of 11 boys and 13 girls. The other class (12 boys and 16 girls) made up the experimental group and received the assertiveness training.
Cognitive acquisition. Cognitive acquisition was measured using the same pretest, posttest, and follow-up used by Wise et al. (1991). The pretest and follow-up were identical, and the posttest was matched question for question in terms of content and difficulty level. Each test consisted of 26 multiple-choice questions with one correct answer and three incorrect distractors, and was designed to measure recognition of definitions and examples related to assertion, aggression, nonaggression, and their likely consequences.
Behavioral measures. Performance measures of the verbal content of assertive behavior were made using two role-play situations modeled after those from the Behavioral Assertiveness Test for Children (Bornstein, Bellack, & Hersen, 1977). …


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EXIT MUSIC - Ian Rankin
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Exit Music
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Ian Rankin
Author's Home Country:
United Kingdom
John Rebus
Crime Fiction
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There is a mandatory retirement age of 60 in the Scottish Police Force, so Rebus is finally on his way out. Weird really that with all the suspensions, life threatening events and the number of times that he's annoyed Siobhan to the point of shooting him, it's age that's going to see Rebus move on. At the very least you'd think something spectacular. Depending on how Rankin feels about his creation, I guess he could equally have killed him off with a massive whiskey, beer and fish and chip induced heart attack. But Rebus is alive at the end of Exit Music and this is his retirement book - not his total end.
Starting off the book with the same first line of the first Rebus book, Knots and Crosses, Rankin proceeds to give Rebus a low-key, almost dignified final exit. Well apart from a last minute suspension, the sniff of an allegation of an assault charge pending for a while, and an uncertain future that is.
The final case that Rebus and Siobhan handle is the bashing murder of a dissident Russian poet. It looks like a mugging gone wrong, but there is a high-level Russian delegation in town, keen to bring business to Scotland and the local politicians and bankers are keen to get the investigation wrapped up and "put away" out of sight. Big "Ger" Cafferty and his presence around the edges of the Russian delegation is just one more thing that makes Rebus suspect that there is a lot more to the mugging than it seems and a second, very brutal death, just seals the suspicion for Rebus.
There's an elegant balancing of focus in EXIT MUSIC. Rebus isn't fading into the background, but then again Siobhan's not going anywhere either. As Rebus is suspended and goes "solo" Siobhan steps out into the light just that little bit more and, bless her, she does her own bit of bucking authority in her own way. She's definitely a bit quieter about the rebellion than the old dinosaur but she's just as effective. The other elegant act of EXIT MUSIC is to cast a light on the delicate (and frequently lost) balance of politics and business, and just how much influence money can have in all the wrong and right places. It's no co-incidence that Rankin has recently been in Melbourne as patron of the Crime and Justice festival (Crime Fiction and Social Justice issues being discussed), as the one thing that the Rebus books do so well is ask the reader to contemplate the subject matter - the circumstances in which the crime is committed and the criminals are created.
Finally Big "Ger" and Rebus. There's a lot of unfinished business there. Will Rankin go there, post retirement. Who knows. EXIT MUSIC tantalises but doesn't reveal.
LIBERATION ROAD - David L Robbins
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Liberation Road
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From the Book: 1944. The Allies battle through Nazi-Occupied France, only the Red Ball Express - a massive convoy of trucks that serves as a fragile lifeline to the expanding front - supplies this immense effort.
Against this hellish backdrop the lives of two men are changed for ever.
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LIBERATION ROAD is billed as a novel of World War II, but it's really a story of two men. Rabbi Ben Kahn is a Chaplain with the American Army in France - his personal crusade is to find out what happened to his son - a missing fighter pilot. Joe Amos is a black truck driver on the Red Ball, supplying the military machine, somehow not quite equal to those he is fighting with. Whilst Joe and Ben, in separate parts of the same theatre for most of the story, struggle with their own personal demons, an American man makes his fortune in the Black Market in Paris. Is this mysterious Chien Blanc Ben's missing son?
The concentration of LIBERATION ROAD is on Joe and Ben's individual wars. There's a very intimate, personal feeling to their stories which makes this the sort of book that the characters are absolutely central to. There's little by way of coverage of the full horror of the Second World War to the local people, or any acknowledgment of the rest of the Allies fighting. There are some small cameo's by two local French people in Joe's story - a romantic attachment in particular which could be seen as poignant on the face of it, but as it ends, there's little opportunity to understand what war has done to those locals trying to simply survive in such appalling circumstances. Whilst Joe and Ben struggle with the war that goes on around them - how to cope with the divide between white soldiers and black truck drivers; how to comfort the badly wounded and the dying; in Paris, Chien Blanc ruthlessly makes his money and lives as high a life as you possibly could under an occupation. The reader knows he is an American, but who is he really?
Ben and Joe slowly move towards each other (without knowing it), until a climax point of the book where the advance of the American Army is temporarily interrupted with profound results for both men. Ultimately, with LIBERATION ROAD the reader has to connect completely with Ben and Joe, be involved in their stories, their war; care whether Ben can ever find the truth about his son; whether Joe stays alive and gets home to his family; how their individual experience will affect both men for the rest of their lives.
DEARLY DEVOTED DEXTER - Jeff Lindsay
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Dearly Devoted Dexter
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Dearly Devoted Dexter is the second book from Jeff Lindsay "staring" forensic blood splatter specialist and serial killer Dexter Morgan. Dexter is, by his own observation, not exactly a normal human being. He has a busy sideline in righteous serial killings - he kills people who undoubtedly have avoided retribution for crimes they have committed. Dexter and his darker side "The Dark Passenger" work very hard at their chosen craft and Dexter spends a large amount of time explaining himself, his motives and his methods in an internal voice, shared with the reader.
Dexter was adopted as a small child and his foster father, a cop himself, taught him all sorts of tricks whilst grooming him for his role of avenging angel. His sister, Deborah, was groomed for a role in the police force and it is her Dexter is having lunch with one day (she knows all about Dexter's extra-curricula activities) when they are called to a particularly gruesome crime scene. Dexter develops a sneaking sense of regard for a serial offender who has a line in gruesome that makes Dexter look like a bit of an amateur. Meanwhile Dexter is quietly executing his own plans for some retribution against a pair of child molesters. Unfortunately this plan is being seriously interfered with by local Police Sergeant Doakes who is absolutely convinced that Dexter is up to something and undertakes some pretty close surveillance.
Dexter's own crime scenes are elaborate and graphically described but that is absolutely nothing compared to the crimes that he finds himself having to investigate, firstly, by happy co-incidence with Doakes, which gets Doakes off his own back and away from his own activities. Secondly because his sister's own personal life is involved.
As in the first Dexter book (Darkly Dreaming Dexter) there is a heavy dose of black humour in DEARLY DEVOTED DEXTER. Dexter is very self-deprecating, whilst simultaneously firmly convinced of the necessity of his actions. Nearly all of the insights into Dexter and how or why he does what he does are through Dexter's own internal musings. This provides an unusual insight into the mind of Dexter the serial killer but I could see how after a couple of books you could possibly be wishing that Dexter would just stop talking for just a few pages. Black humour, slightly on the heavy handed side with a very unusual central character, it will be interesting to see how long the Dexter series can continue.


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Hi! My name is Lily Norris, my world is full of creativity!
I love the art & craft and I am an artisan since I was a child! Mother of a 8 year old girl my love for cute things always is in my ...
Hi! My name is Lily Norris, my world is full of creativity!
I love the art & craft and I am an artisan since I was a child! Mother of a 8 year old girl my love for cute things always is in my mind!
I have a degree in Graphic Design from CEDIM in Monterrey Mx. I was working like art director in some publicity agencies, and now I have my own Graphic design studio.
I grew up in a house filled with love and with three generations of artists! My maternal grandmother made quilted, sewer & expert cooker, my paternal grandmother excellent at sewing machine, woven and crafts. My mother is a excellent artist, she love to sew clothing, crafts and oil paint and weaver also. They we have inherited to my five sisters great qualities as designers, in the home and business . I still remember that at age 13 was the first time that I woven with needles there was born a taste for crochet. In my free time I started crocheting for my beautiful girl Nicole and then launched my shop handmade accessories since 2010 & now I sell the most popular patterns in my store and new pattern collections in my store.
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