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Issue #61 (November 1, 1998)
Issue #61 (November 1, 1998)
What To Do?
As I sit in my study at my keyboard, I can survey the bookshelves that comprise the entire room - they are filled with romance, and, for some reason, I can't find a thing to read. Yes, folks, I seem to be in a romance slump, which is why I've been reading a lot of non-romance books lately (I have to read something, you see). Like you, that's one of the things I do when I lose that romance groove. This time, however, it doesn't seem to be working, and I'm getting a bit panicky. Try explaining that panicky feeling to a person who is not an obsessed reader and they will look at you like you are from the planet Zoroth! I think I'll try re-reading one or two of my all-time favorites next - maybe that'll work.
One of the strangest things I've noticed during this break from romance reading is how much longer a book I can read when it isn't a romance. Most romances over 350 pages, historicals at least, seem padded to me; indeed, many in the 350-page range seem padded as well. I have a shorter attention span for romance novels than I do for general fiction. Before I started reading romance, I used to buy books by how thick they were - the thicker the better. Just a couple of weeks ago I tore through Wally Lamb's I Know This Much is True in a couple of days, and it weighs in at roughly 900 pages.
Anyone else notice that many of the longer romances seem harder to read? Perhaps it's inherent in the structure of the genre. When a book is focused on a love relationship, maybe there are only so many ways to fill the pages. I'd love to hear your ideas on this, but first I'll share with you what other readers say about getting out of a romance rut. Most of you who wrote in continue to read, but perhaps switch sub-genres, switch to another genre or general or non-fiction, or re-read a favorite or two (or three). Others go on magazine binges, which I've tried, but they just aren't substantial enough to be a good fix in my case. Still others, horror of horrors, actually go cold turkey on reading for a time. Some of you are actually in reading slumps right now - perhaps we could form a club of some sort and post about our feelings of desperation?
Here's a smattering of what you wrote in on this question:
Genia: "I read one of my favorites from the past to get back in the mood for more romances - the last few times it happened I picked up Son Of The Morning by Linda Howard once, and Lord Of The Storm by Justine Dare another time. I have a groaning shelf of keepers but return to about a dozen tried and true goodies as though they were chocolate (!) and they have a similar soothing effect."
Joan: "I usually take a long break from reading (a week or two) doing cleaning, cross-stitch, or just watching TV to unwind instead of reading. Sometimes, though, if a book leaves a particularly bad taste in my mouth, I read a book from my keeper shelf or a non-romance book."
Lainy: "I go back to my old standbys - Johanna Lindsey's Mallory series, Elizabeth Lowell's Untamed, Untouched, or Forbidden, or Jude Deveraux's Velvet series or The Conquest. I have read these over and over again. I read about 5-10 of them, and then I usually snap out of it."
Julie "I do something completely different for a while. It's usually a remodeling project or knitting for the winter - by the time the project is finished or everybody has enough mittens, I'm usually ready to read again."
Tamera: "In my tbr pile, I have titles that I save for 'special occasions' - reading slumps. The pile is made up of favorite authors, favorite plots, or books that have been raved about. Also in this pile are special books that I feel will be one night reads - you know, so good I will read all day and night just to finish? Another solution that has worked for me is to avoid reading for a week or two. By the end of my exile, I can usually find something that sounds good to me. I feel a reading slump indicates I have reached the saturation point of romances, and nothing I pick up will interest me. It's like taking a vacation to recover from burnout."
Deanna: "Are we talking winter or summer here? I'm from northern New England, and if I go through a reading slump in the winter the first thing I do is pull out my hair. No, seriously, I don't think I can go through reading slumps in the winter....I have to read during the winter. Good or bad. During the summer, I quit reading all together if I get into a slump for a week. There are other things to do, hike, swim, and play tennis, until I cannot wait to get back to reading. All that healthy non-sedentary activity starts to stress me out after a while until I'm dying to read. After all, isn't that why we were blessed with Garwood? She's always great for a re-read."
Angel: "When I am sick of romance (did I really say that???) I will switch off and read a true crime novel or mystery. I may pick up my cross-stitch for a few nights or watch a good movie. Another great remedy for the slumps is a trip to Barnes & Noble to the bargain shelves...last time I got one on photographs of the Civil War, one on Russian Royalty and one on Letters from women on Wagon Trains...great change of pace. Then in a week or two, I am ready for a good, old juicy romantic tumble with a hot hunk and a gutsy heroine! Slump solved!!!"
Monica: "I am currently in a reading slump. As you can see, I'm cruising the 'Net! I also like to go to the book store and find a novel with an eye catching cover to restart my romance engines."
Alecia: "I go back to a tried and true. Upon reading the 2nd (3rd, 4th, 5th) time, the emotional punch is usually lessened, but I still feel as though I spent my time wisely, not wasting it on some 'throw it against the wall to hear the bang' junk story. And usually after the 2nd time through, the 'I don't want to read anything else blues' are not as prevalent as they were the first time."
Benita: "To get out of a romance slump sometimes I reread favorite romance novels, and sometimes I read or reread totally different types of books. For example lately I've reread The Grapes of Wrath and Animal Farm. I also read a few books in Spanish like Cien anos de soledad and Boquitas Pintas (100 Years of Solitude and Heartbreak Tango). After a couple of weeks hiatus from romance novels, I am now reading the release of High Energy by Dara Joy. It feels good to be back!"
Sabrinne: "Usually I give up romance for a while and read those books that my friends recommended to me a couple of months ago but I was too busy reading other books to pay attention to. Just a while ago I fell into a romance reading slump so I read a few of Dean Koontz's books and they were fantastic, it was what I needed to clear my head a little but eventually I picked up a Nora Roberts and began reading again."
What To Do? The Flip Side:
The flip side of being in a romance reading slump after having read one too many sub-standard romances is determining what to read after you've read a fabulous romance by which everything else pales in comparison.
Maudeen Wachsmith's article, I Got Dem Just Gone Done With A Really Good Book Blues, posted last year at AAR, tackles this question. Since I only read a handful of books a year that are of this level, this is not a problem I face very often. But it does come up from time to time. After reading Elizabeth Lowell's Too Hot to Handle this summer, I knew I wouldn't be able to read another romance for awhile - this book was one of those that brought my emotions so close to the surface that I felt it in my skin. I was so raw after reading this book that I had to leave the romance genre altogether; I had to cleanse my palate.
Here's a link to Maudeen's article, which is followed by reader comments on what they do when they have those Just Got Done With a Really Good Book Blues. There's a link directly back to this column when you're finished. If you want to weigh in on this topic, use the email link on the Blues page.
Always Reading:
If you are like Alecia (see reader comments to Maudeen's article) or me, you simply have to read. Doesn't matter what it is - cereal box, shampoo bottle, air freshener ingredients, whatever is handy at the moment. (Whoever emailed me that she reads in the shower, please let me know (again) how you keep the book from getting wet!) AAR Reviewer Blythe is the same way, She really identifies "with the 'always reading' problem. I have trouble even watching TV without a book in my hand. Eating without something in front of me drives me crazy. When I am visiting someone else's house and there is no newspaper to read at breakfast, I have to contain the desperate, panicky feeling. When I saw my little girls playing house and they borrowed a newspaper for the table ('because tables need newspapers, mom'), I knew the apples hadn't fallen far from the tree."
Deanna is another reader who has to have a book in her hands at all times - she wrote, "Has anyone figured out how to read while flossing? I always drop the book. I've tried to hold it with my feet, but it always slides out!" Reader Teri, btw, recommends using a flosser; I guess she reads while she flosses as well.
Heidi wrote that she too is always reading, whether it is the yellow pages in a motel, or a list of ingredients in a bottle of hairspray (aren't those chemicals hard to pronounce? The ones on air freshener are harder to read than those on shampoo, but I've never tried hairspray before). Both Heidi and Shelley like to read on their lunch break, and are amazed at how many people are amazed to see someone reading. Shelley wonders, however, why people assume it's okay to interrupt her lunch hour with business questions, as does AAR Reviewer Ellen. She wrote, "I'm getting very, very tired of people who think it's weird to read while I'm taking my coffee break, or after I've finished lunch, or if there is nothing on the TV. If I hear, 'Oh you're always reading' again in that supercilious tone of voice that some people have been using lately, I'm going to scream and throw things (not my book of course). Sorry for the rant, but I'm beginning to think readers are rare."
Marjorie also reads all the time, during commercials (another TV reader!), when on hold on the phone, when pages are loading on the computer, and even, at times, when she's walking. She added, "I am a little too paranoid to drive in heavy traffic, although I have seen people reading the newspaper. I read on my breaks at work and during lunch. I even keep a selection of paperbacks in my glove compartment in case some unexpected waiting comes up or I finish the book in my purse before I expected (as a side issue - you might do a little survey on how many purse straps we have broken due to carrying books and how many of us take books into consideration whenever we by a purse). In addition, I read signs, flyers, menus, boxes, truck panels and - my favorites - bumper stickers and vanity plates (my current favorite HIOFSIR)."
Ann is much like Marjorie; although she draws the line at reading while walking because she's "seen too many people crash into light poles." Like Marjorie, she's been tempted to read while driving, but has never crossed that particular line. I'll 'fess up here - I have, but only at stoplights, and it's been an unconscious type of thing. I'll find myself getting honked at when the light turns green, and I won't even have remembered picking up the darn book!
Katsy is another reader who has been reading the backs of cereal boxes and billboards on long trips since childhood. While her children were growing, she always had something to read during while waiting for Little League practice, dance lessons, or music lessons to be over. She reads, "Every time I have a dental or doctor's appointment I have a new romance with me. It keeps my mind off of some occasional unpleasant procedures and of course is loads better than the ancient magazines which are kept in most waiting rooms. I am the organist at our church. Occasionally I have to play for more than one Mass on a weekend, so after I have heard the sermon once, I feel that I can read during the sermons for the next Mass or two. (I can get away with this since the choir loft is in the back of church and I found a quiet little corner)"
Christine was pleased to discover that there are others who read the backs of cereal boxes. She wrote, "I thought it might be an aberration peculiar to my family. My father did, I did, all my siblings did, and my children do." Other card-carrying members of the cereal box club include Lisa, who remembers reading them at the breakfast table as a child. She cannot be without a book, and reads "while waiting for food to heat in the microwave, while on hold on the telephone, while waiting for my children at various classes or events.....you name a place or a time and I am probably reading. Most people think it is odd, but I have found people through the years who understand perfectly. Those people have become my good friends more often than not." Then there is Teresa, whose parents used to laugh at her for reading cereal boxes. She rarely goes anywhere without a book, and counts herself lucky for finding a compatible husband who is the same; they often read at the table during dinner, and neither gets offended.
Teri, who always promises "When I'm an old lady, I shall wear purple," reads when she goes fishing, which used to prompt her beloved late father-in-law to comment, "Whut the hayell you gonna do, Teri, read out loud ta them fish?"
If you are enjoying what these bookaholics had to say, please click here for a full page on You Know You're a Bookaholic When. . . .
That Reminds Me. . .
When I asked readers to post about "always reading," Kathy wrote this:
Why is it that no one I know will admit to liking and reading romance novels? Whenever I ask a friend what they are reading, they usually tell me about some self-help book or 10 Steps to a Better Hair Day type book they just finished. But peek behind the glossy hard bound editions and dry How To's on their bookshelves and guess what? Yep there they are!!! The novels with the hero and heroine in a passionate embrace! Titles that include the words: Savage! Desire! Passion! On the other, I display my paperbacks proudly for all to see! Most, my favorites at least, I have read and reread so many times they are falling apart. My husband teases me also, calling them 'bodice rippers'. He also knows that when I get a new book, I am 'checked out' for the evening! And yes, I am always reading!! And when my friends ask me what I'm reading I tell them loud and proud about the latest, GASP!!!! romance novel or newest author I've discovered. The friend in question usually wrinkles her nose and tells me she's just not into that anymore....uh huh, yeah, right. The next week we are visiting again and as she goes to refill our tea, I always go and sneak a peek behind the 'presentation books and, hey, well, what do you know? It seems that my friends' guilty pleasures stash continues to grow. Hmmm. Imagine that!"
Kathy's posting reminded me of my own situation. Yes, me, Laurie Likes Books, whose work day revolves around the romance novel, sometimes does not proudly proclaim the type of book I write about when queried, particularly when queried by someone who works with my husband. We were at a business-related dinner party this summer and I was in a discussion about reading historical novels with a partner's wife, and when she discovered they were historical romance novels, all conversation ceased. Later that night I discovered my husband had practically been handing out our bookmarks - seems he doesn't let the "bodice ripper" bugaboo bother him as much as I sometimes do. What about you, and/or your friends?
More on Reader Idiosyncrasies:
We've talked about glomming (first discussed more than two years ago in Issue #9 of this column), GWHR(glomming without having read), "saving" books, reading from back to front, and now we've talked about reading while taking a shower. What are some other idiosyncrasies readers have 'fessed up about? Here's a sampling:
Mark writes that he buys books knowing he won't be able to read them for years. With my tbr shelves of 600 or so romances, well know this feeling. I continue to buy romances today, even though I can't possibly read them fast enough. But to consider not buying more until I catch up seems more ludicrous than continuing to buy. As for those books Mark continues to buy, "I buy (them) when I find them because I know how hard it can be to get them later�many books go out of print very quickly and availability in used book stores is unpredictable. My unread romance books number in the hundreds and unread SF in the thousands, but I won't start a new book unless I can finish it the same day. I reread favorites a lot�I will reread a book over a period of several days when time doesn't permit a one-day read. In fact, I currently make sure I get a daily dose of humor by rereading part of a funny romance."
Kathy, like many a glommer before her, will not read books that are part of a series until she gets the whole series. She waited, for example, to read Nora Roberts' Dreaming series until she had all three books. While this may work with established authors, this can be, in fact, GWHR, and it can be dangerous. Why, I've bought all five of the (proposed three-book) Merlin's Legacy series by Quinn Taylor Evans. Will I ever read the series? What if I don't like the first one I read?
Teresa tends to "buy books and keep them often for two or three years before reading them, like another reader who commented, until the right mood strikes me. Also, with books based on something historical where I know something bad will happen I read about 3/4 of the way through then stop and leave the book, often for months, then go back and finally finish. And, I often put down a book I'm really enjoying and again, leave it for months before going back to it. Why? Because I like to be able to stretch it out, rather than reading it through really quickly. Can't explain it more than that. Other books I'm really enjoying I'll just keep reading till they're done. I guess again that it all depends on my mood. My husband can't figure out my penchant for reading 2 or 3 books at the same time - usually a romance/historical fiction, a mystery and a non-fiction book."
Many of us are multiple readers - I often have three or so books going at a time, although with magazines, I have to just finish it and toss it in the trash to have that satisfied feeling. I have often stopped in the middle of a good book either right before or after something bad happens because I need to wait to handle the intensity. But while I can't relate to stopping in the middle of a good book for longer than a day or so (that's about how long I can delay gratification!), apparently Carol can. She wrote, "I do virtually everything that Teresa does except I don't necessarily stop at a place where something bad is going to happen. It can be anywhere! I'm always reading multiple books. If it is a great book, however, I will usually blast right through it! I have a pretty good memory. I can remember everything right up to the point I left off. I assume Teresa does too."
Is it Good or Not?
One of my idiosyncrasies is that I'm a crank. I can read a romance and be thoroughly enjoying it, and then come across a sub-plot towards the end, or encounter a twist of plot three quarters through a romance that, in essence, destroys the entire read. This has happened at least twice with romances that went on to become favorites with other readers. Most recently, it happened with Edith Layton's The Cad. This book started out as a keeper for me, and would have earned an A had the author not written the lengthy hero/heroine separation she did.
Two readers whom I greatly respect, including AAR Reviewer Marianne Stillings, also found this separation, and its attenuating circumstances, problematical. And yet, Marianne graded the book a B+. My grade? A C-. My other friend said if she had graded it, she would have given The Cad a B-. All three of us absolutely loved the first two-thirds of this book, and yet, as much as they disliked some 80 or so pages, they ended up placing this book on their recommended list.
Are you fairly forgiving, or can you be as cranky as I am? This may tie into the padding issue I briefly hit upon earlier in this column, because it is often those sub-plots which appear towards the end of a romance which can transform a recommended read into a merely average one. All of a sudden, a clever and different premise becomes mundane and stereotypical. While that wasn't the case with The Cad, it was the case with Hidden Magic, which I reviewed when I was at The Romance Reader.
The Message Board:
It's time to post to the message board again. Here are the questions I'd like you to consider responding to:
Romance Reading Slumps - Are you in one now? Do you get a panicked feeling when you are in one, as though you're never going to love another romance novel again? Do you do what other readers do to get out of your slumps? How long was your longest dry spell?
Romance versus Non-Romance - Do you prefer shorter or longer romances, shorter or longer non-genre fiction? Do some romances give you the feeling they were padded by an editor's request to fulfill a word count? Buying books by their thickness - does that strike a chord? Do you "tolerate" or prefer longer non-genre fiction than genre fiction?
Romance Reading Slumps: The Flip Side - Do you do what other readers do after you've read such a magnificent romance that others pale by comparison? (You can post here or send me an email from Maudeen's article page.
Always Reading - Are you always reading? Will anyone 'fess up to reading while driving or while stopped at a red light? Do you get the feeling others think you are odd because you enjoy reading as a leisure activity?
Still Embarassed (Sometimes)? - Are you still sometimes embarassed to have people know you read romance? Do you know people who are "closet" readers? What are some horror stories you can share about your experiences with rude behavior on this subject?
Romance Reader Idiosyncracies - Do you read multiple books at once? If you've ever GWHR'd, did you ever end up trading the entire series without reading it? Do you buy and buy (and buy) more books, knowing you'll be dead before you can read them all?
Is It Good Or Not? - How forgiving are you when you read a romance which takes a turn for the worse, or features what reads like a padded sub-plot? Are you cranky like me, or are you more forgiving like Marianne?
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my temper stanids this scorching,
withering, shining. The sun opens
his great, big eye in the~ early morning
and glares pitilessly down upon us,
without ever so much as blinking, the
live-long (lay. The nights here are
cool, and in the morning theecrops look
refreshed; but at midday the sun silent
ly suggests a "Wilt thou," whereupon
the corn blades become rope-, and the
cotton leaves hang like dogs' ears.
Mollohon is as dr as a powder-horn
and is 'getting drier. Our oldest citi
zens span a considerable stretch of
years in trying to find the equal of this
drouth; they say it is worse than that
of '81 and as disastrous as that of '45.
And yet the few clouds that float lazily
and mockingly past, seem bent on
giving us "niver a drap of wather, at
all, at all." Our farmers here take a
rather gloomy view of the crop pros
pects, though the cotton in this neigh
borhood is said to be the best between
Newberry and Laurens. In places it
is well fruited, but the bolls, which are
beginning to open, are little bigger
than small marbles, and the yield can
not be great. Ini calculating for the
future., little account is taken of up
land corn. There is a great deal of
young bottom corn which will do well, if
the rains comne within a few days. The
prevailing impression here is that the
farmers will have ample time for sow
ing wheat atnd oats next fall-thme cot
ton crop will soon be gathered.
A number of Mollohonites havc
gone to the mountains; partly for rec
reation. partly to see the mountains,
and partly to be awvay from the thirsty
crops while they are waiting for rain.
'One finds little pleasure in seeing his
crops and his hopes withering under
an August sun.
I saw a man yesterday who has no
time to go lishing; he has been too
busy all the sumnier-waiting for rain.
Hang him if his temper stands this
waiting, waiting, waiting !
On Sunday there was a big meceting
at Liberty Hall, big meeting at Dun
can's creek. and. big mieeting at Flint
Hill, colored Baptist church. Strange
to say, three big meetings on one day
did not bring a shower.
Last week the small dwelling house,
just above Liberty Hall, on the old
Young place. in which Mr. Luther Ris
er formerly lived, was destroyed by
fire. All the contents, belonginmgto an
old negress who was absent at the time,
were burned. Cause of fire unknown.
Mrs. Duncan, wife of Mr. Joseph
Duncan, in the lower edge of Laurens
County, died Monday morning.
There is no searcity of laborers out
of job, in Mollohon. The hands of
Messrs. Luther Riser and Jno. Scott,
and others, contracted to labor until
the first of August, thinking after that
time they could make money at cotton
picking. They are in wont of work,
and, what is worse, some of them are
out of "rations," and nobody needs
their services. It is likely that they will
set in for the year next January.
The annual picnic and dance at Mr.
J. C. Hargrove's will take place next
Mr. J..G. Houseal has decided to sell
his place here, and move to town-he
will move about the end of the year.
He is one of the oldest, as well as one
of the most highly esteemed citizens of
No. 4, and his neighbors will regret to
see him leave. The shadows of his life
are gradually lengthening, and in his
old' age, he wishes to avoid the annoy
anees to which he is now subjected.
Mr. E. B. Blease returned Friday
last from a pleasant trip to Asheville.
Miss Mamie McCaughrin is off on a
visit to relatives at Due West.
Mr. M. B. Kelly left for the paternal
roof Saturday.
J. F. J. Caldwell, Esq., has return
ed to Cokesbury.
Mr. Henry A. Burns has returned
from his visit to Abbeville.
Mr. L. W. Jones, Esq., is on - visit
to Ohio, where he expects to remain
about one month.
Mr. Reuben Maybin has charge of
Hon. George Johnstone's plantation,
during his absence.
Mr. B. M. Dennis returned home on.
last Friday from Glenn Springs, much
Prof. Holland is back again from I
Virginia, to look after the interests of
Newberry College.
Miss Florence Pollock, of Columbia,
is in town on a visit to Miss Mamie
Miss Lizzie Glenn, daughter of Dr.
G. W. Glenn, is in town, the guest of
Mr. B. J. Ramage.
Miss Sarah Frits, aunt of Mrs. A. C.
Jones, came up on Monday and will
remain in Newberry for some time.
Mrs. H. W. Boozer, of Columbia,
who has been on a visit to relatives in
the county, returned home Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. S.P. Boozer went down
Saturday to spend a few days with
their daughter Mrs Johnson in Sum
Col.'Dogan, of the Register, was with
us a few days last week. His genial
face and jolly laugh are always grate
ful and cheering.
Messrs. R. C. Maybin Aid -Paul
'Johnstone are back from their Atlanta
trip. We trust the object of their visit
was attained.
Mr. Richard Sondley, now of Abbe
ville, spent the last few days with his
friends in this county. "Dick" is still
hale, handsome and hearty.
Misses Janie and Fanny Wardlaw
left yesterday for Columbia where they
will attend the exei-cises of the State
Normal Institute.
Mrs. Evans, of our town, has been on
a visit to Laurens. While there she
attended the charades Monday and
Tuesday nights, which were a success.
There were no services at the Pres
byterian Church Sunday on account
of the indisposition of the beloved
pastor-Col. R. A. Fair.
Mr. W. W. Suber, of Walton, sent
his son, Wm. Henry, to Lexington
Business College, on yesterday. We
wish him bon voyage, and a happy re
The Rev. Mr. Hanckel will conduct
the regular monthly services at the
Episcopal Church on Sunday, at 11
o'clock in the forenoon and 57 in the
Dr. H. P. Tarrant left last week for
Ocala, Fla., where he has accepted a
situation as pharmacist, which, we
trust, he will find pleasant and pro
Messrs. Albert Gibson and John
Caldwell returned from Washington
Saturday, only to be off again on Mon
day for Atlanta, and probably thence
on to the Louisville Exhibition.
Mrs. Lewis W. Simkins and her boy,
Thomas Moorman, are at Chappell's
imbibing the pure air and invigorating
waters of that fashionable summer
Mr. John E. Bacon, jr., the secom
plished chief of "The Soudh Carolina
Collegian" was in town the first of the
week-the guest of L. W. Simkins
The Rev. Mr. Rahn arrived on Mon
day from Augusta-his new home-to
spend a week with his friends in New
berry, who are always glad to welcome
him back.
Amongst the names of those pois
oned by Ice Cream in Camden last
week, we notice that of Miss Sallie
Wright of our town. We are pleased
to hear however that she has quite re
S. McG. Simkins, Esq., the worthy
junior of the law firm of Butler &
Simkins, Edgefid S. C., spent the
last few days with his relatives and
friends in Newberry at iyhich place he
imbibed the legal lore he won so grace
fully dispenses in our sister county.
Mrs. Nancy Wicker and her son Mr.
Lambert Wicker who have been visit
ing their many friends and relatives in
this County, returned to their home in
Georgia yesterday. Their visit was
highly appreciated and they return with
the good wishes of our community.
Speaking of Laurens, we have had
with us for the last two days one of her
most excellent clergy-the Rev. James
Fair, who has just returned from a
visit to his old stamping grounds at
Abbeville. He is equally beloved
there, here and at Laurens.
Mr. J. Ward Simmons is back from
the Louisville exhibition-a:nongst
other notables, he there saw Capt. J.
C. Wardlaw who is now conductor on
som4 Railroad in Kentucky. Ward
also saw the grand fire in Atlanta Sun
day; he says it was amusing to see our
young merchant prince B. H. Cline
hustling unceremoniously out of the
hotel-Iraving. been aroused only in
time to flee for his life.
Trial Justice Packer who has held
the scales with even hands for some
six years has forwarded his resigna
tion. We ate not yet advised who will
apply for the office;,but we take it for
granted that applicants will not be
wanting; and only hope that from the
number some fair minded and peaceful
citizen may be appointed; many of
these conservators of the peace, are too
much the friends of legitation. But
such an one if appointed must be pre
pared for small pay and plenty of curs
ing. The latter he will surely get, and
of pay he will get but little except the
satisfaction of honorably filling an
offlee necessary for the public good. Mr.
Packer now has charge of the clerical
work of the Hon. Y. J. Pope's law
office. _______
A Noble Deed to a Noble Man.
During the recent severe illness of our
esteemed friend, the Rev. Mark Boyd,
we learn through the Monitor of Edge
field, that the Edgefleld friends of this
good father in Israel came over and
worked out his entire crop. How
pleasant it is to hear of kind acts like
this. We are pleased to say that Un
cle Mark is better, and we trust may
be spared many more years to labor
in the Master's Service. Few families
can show the record exhibited by this
family-the three boys living, J. M.
Boyd and Geo. Boyd having been ac
eeptable ministers of the Gospel for
many years, while the third, Pettus
Boyd has but recently been taken into
the ministerial connection by the
Methodist Conference. The father
is greatly blessed in such worthy sons.
The daughters also are Christian wo
men loved and respected by all who
Various and all About.
Money is still scarce.
Pearl Buttons-at Cline's.
Dots are hard to find.
Particularly about the HERALD of
Read B. H. Cling & Co.'s new adver
Stationery drummers are quite live
ly this season.
Cotton-picking was begun in the
Broad River section last week.
The melon cronp seems inexhausible.
Todd reeeived 500 more a day or two
All kinds of handsome stationery at
the HEAnLD Book Store, at startlingly
low prices.
Master Albert Gilliard is behind the
counter at Flynn's where he will glad
ly wait upon his friends.
We hear that the ice cream festival
at Prosperity Tuesday night netted
about $22. and no one poisoned.
There was a very pleasant dance
at the Skating Rink Hall on Tuesday
night under the auspices of the Lotus
Col. A. L. Campbell, Walterboro, S.
C.. says : "A member of my family
used Brown's Iron Bitters with good
We feel like rejoicing now that the
long, dull season will soon be at an
end. September brightens up trade of
all kinds.
Wood will be shortly needed at this
office, and we will be pleased to receive
it in exchange fur the HERALD. Bring
it in at your leisure, friends.
The uniforms of the Newbcrry Rifles
have arrived. They are very hand
some' The public will soon have an
opportunity of inspecting them.
We see by the Church Record that the
Rev. W. W. Duncan, D. D., will
preach at Hopewell, North Newberry
Circuit, on the 4th Sunday of this
The Female Academy will begin its
Fall session on the 15th of September.
Ample time is thus airorded to parents,
guardians and pupils to get ready for
this auspicious event.
In honor of the Centennial year of her
City, the Charlestonr News and Courier
has put on a new dress and starts out
on the next hundred years in very
noonday splendor.
The Rev. Z. L. White, and others
left Tuesday afternoon for a fish on
the Saluda River. We have not vet
heard the returns but the weather seems
favorable to them.
Some of the guano agents who have
a lein upon the cotton craps for their
pay, begin t eel "shaky." In some
parts of the ounty the cotton is dis
tressingly pr.
Rain at la ! God be praised ! As
we go to press, reports come in from
all parts of the county indicating gene
ral showers. Now that it is fodder
pulling time, we will likely have
The junior editor is rusticating in
and around the Mollohon country.
We hope that he will return bright and
handsomer th -n when he left. All
work and no play makes Jack a dull
Do not allow worms to cheat your
children out of their living. Shriner's
Indian Vermiiuge will destroy these
miserable pests, and give the little
fellows new armors for the battle of
life. For sale by Dr. S. F. Fant.
Sniffles has been sick for two months
-like the Irisl:man in the six weeks of
the long hot month of August, his on
ly cry has beent "wather." We hope
he has the sympathy of the numerous
readers of the HEmALD.
Ask our pric.:s for the printing of
Bill Heads, Le.-ter Heads, Cards, Cir
culars, and e .zerything else in Job
Printing, and if you are not convinced
that they are I .w, we will do the work
for nothing. All that we want is to
keep our print rs employed and out of
There was never before such a going
and coming among our citizens as there
has been this summer. Their trips
seem to be short and often. Con
sequently the time and talents of the
local reporter have been taxed to keep
up with their movements.
At the depot last Thlursday after
noon Mr.. Todd's horse which wvas left
for the time by the driver, took fright
on the approach of the down passen
ger and ran away with the wagon.
No damage except to the wagon and
that was slight.
The junior editor is at the old home
steadl in the country, taking a well
deserved rest from his labors.- and the
senior is unfortunately confined to bed
by sickness. So the "sins, negligences
and ignorances, of this issue must not
be visited upon the innocent head of
either of these but charitably forgiven
youth and inexperience.
Mes8rs. Editors:-Who wrote the fol
History of the Dutch Republic. His
tory of .John of Barneveldt, and the
History of the 30 years War.
Bf answering you will oblige one
who has FORGOTTEN.
The first Is by Motley, the famous
American historian, now dead. The
second is, we think, also by him.
The best history of the 30 years War
is by Schiller, the great German author.
This has been translated into English.
MEssas. EDITORs :-While home items are
so scarce and the summer heat Is boiling the
marrow in one's' bones, it is delightful te
turn aside from e-rery day life and take a tripa
almost anywhere Our summer travel hat
been very modes, but the enjoyment is none
the less intense. Our readers need not ex
pect a trip to Louisville and turn away iE
disgust, being satiated with the voluminous
epistles from that great cynosure of every
eye; nor from Long Branch, nor Coney Ir
land, nor Newpo~rt, nor any of the seaport
places, where Mrs. Langtry, in her morning
bath, rises like A phrudite from sea, and Fred
dy Gebhardt gesticulates like an Africax
Chimpanzee on the beach, (for further parti
enlars see Illustration in Police Gazette) We
will not deal with any of these celebrities,
or conduct one through the labyrinths 01
crowded cities, but will give, in simple langu
age, what we saw in a trip through our ows
State along the route of the C. C. & A . and
the C. & G. Railroads. Early one morning
we left Augusta, seeking from the torrid ravi
of an August sun whose fiery heat seems tc
pierce through and through like red ho: ar
rows. We sped along through an unreelaim.
ed swamp until the hum of busy labor greet.
d our ears at Graniteville, one of the most
go-ahead little places In the State. The
melodious tones of a breakfast bell broke
upon our ears, and we thought that at least
here was refreshment, If not rest for the
weary. The wicked, however, did not cease
from troubling, for the terrible gamins fou
whIch this place is noted, created a regulai
small sized pandemonium along the streets
It seems tat a base ball match~ was to be
played that day between the Mechanics ol
Columbia and the Graniteville Club, and ol
all things in the world a base ball game is
like heaven to the small boy. It Is like man
a to the hungry soul. The game was one
score standing 2 to 1 in favor of the Mechan
ics of Columbia. The Graniteville fellows who
couldn't "catch on" to the pitcher's twisters,
were ruied out one by one. We understand
that the Mechanics are to play a match
game at Hendersonville next Saturday against
the Union Club, who are considered one of
the crack clubs of the State.
From Graniteville to Leesville we sped like
lightning through undoubtedly one of the
finest farming countries in the South, com
monly called the "Ridge Section." This
ridge extends from Northeast to Southwest
through the entire country striking South
Carolina along the borders of Old Fdgefield.
The crops here are fine, and, indeed, it would
be something wonderful if they were not.
Such a thing as failure is unknown. The
people are happy, pro.perous and refined,
have all comforts and luxuries of life To
them as to the youth in Richlieu there i= no
such word as "fail"; Johnston is the live,
best and largest place on the Ridge, and is
increasing steadily. The County Normal
School general meets here, and the place is
devoted to the cultivation of intellectual,
social and moral happiness. A dance was in
progress, and through the windows of Hardy
& Kempson's palatial Hall. we could see in
the gay mazes of the waltz or promenadinx
in the verandah, the fairest of Edgetield's
daughters and the bravest of Eigefield's sons
than whom Jere are tione fairer or braver.
From LeJe to Columbia we ride through
a veritable dert of sand and pines, with
nothing to relieve the monotony but Gubert's
Hollow, where there Is a splendid saw and
turpentine mill in operation.
Columbid is "fiat, stale and unprofitab:e"
at this season of the year. All who can beg.
borrow or steal a ride have left the city on the
Congarce Even the youths have strapped a
knapsack on their backs and set out on foot
for a cheap and extended tour in the moun
tains. The extension is not elastic, and their
pocket-books loot as if they had been
stepped on by an elephant. They find it a
very expensive affair. There is nothing here
to allure or to deter, nothing lifts its head
above the level, but all is one obliterated.
unvaried waste. We feel as if we tread
the streets in loneliness and despair like the
Trojan returned amid the ruins of Ilium. The
politicians have fled to the mountains to
smoke One cigars and talk over the Presi
dential campaign. The courts of law are
deserted. The Judges of the Supreme Court
are taking a much-needed rest and recreation.
The belles and their sweethearts are dancing
beneath the brilliant chandelabra of Ashe
ville to the strains of soul inspiring music,
while darkness settles upon their beautiful
old home and silence reigns supreme.
This gloomy picture, however, will soon be
relieved by the State Normal Institute, which
will be in progress when this letter is pub
lished, and our capital will blossom for the
summer season. The entertainments, dur
ing the progress of the school are very
numerous and pleasant, fresh blood being, as
it were, infused into abe lifeless body.
The University buildings have been won
derfully improved lately. We would venture
to say that an old Alumnus of the institution
would hardly recognize them. They have
been entirely renovated from top to bottom
inside as well as outside. It Is a beautiful
site for a college. The shade invites one to
repose and Oriental meditation, classic as the
spot where McDuffie, Thornwell, Legare,
Preston formed the bright day dreams. wttich
their genius and character in after lite trans
formed into gtowing realities. Beneath the
dark Egyptian portals of the old Library or
around the beautiful Doric columns of the
old Chapel, they no doubt caught glimmer
ings of those noble forensic and senatorial
efforts that have since thrilled their State
and country. It is indeed a beautiful spot
and one well worthy the memory of illustri
ous men and gr2at deds.
The factories are steadily arising, and
there is now some hope that we shall begin
to realize the dreams of the much-abused
and much-praised canal, that eternal bone of
contention to the State. Workmen have
already been advertised for in the Stocking
Manufacturing Company, who are now pre
paring to furnish these fascinaing but hid
den articles of female apparel, Iud which we
see swaying so voluptuously and in all fan
;astic shapes and colors from the windows.
Oh! what would this world be without stock.
ings ? The charm and romance would have
fled and every female vessel would.be like a
ship without a flag.
Don't be frightened, dear reader. We will
not !inger ansy longer in the city. Our nexi
topic will not be the Penitentiary or the Asy.
lum or other outlandish subjects. We Will
not enter their portals and conduct you oveu
the old hackneyed ground. We wilt leave
these to be discussed by abler and titter min
strels. To attempt theta, after so much
criticism has been written, would be "-te
paint the lily or gild refined gold." As the
subjects are so very poetical, we' take this
occasion to bring in our poetical quotation
and humbly beg pardon if we have offended
anyone, but the opportunity was too pre.
clous to lose. But, as a letter without them
would be, of course, the height of ill breed
ing, we would humbly remark that they are
both still standing (that is, are not burnt) In
unapproachable splendor and in all theii
pristine glory, the one on the "Asylum
Road," the other by the blue(?) rippling
waters of the Congaree. And long may they
thus stand forever and ever, Amen. * *
The Grand Central Depot is one living mass
of humanity, who jostle and push against
each other in their eagerness and haste. The
noise and chatter is like that which fills an
African forest with the shrill cries of\ Chim
panzees, parrots. &c. The engines screech,
the porters cry to each, the truck wagons
ran over and ruthlessly murder a half a dozet
people, and all is noise and confusion. Whal
is the cause of all this? There is a colored
excursion to Greenville to-day, which will
follow immediately beliind the regular pas.
senger. We leave with a crowded train,
consisting of two in one. Half is dropped at
Aston for Spartanburg and the mountains,
and we notice that It. is literally overfiowing
with tourists. We continue our route ovei
the main line which is now in excellent eon
dition and compares favorably with any in
the country. The cars are generally crowded
and are excellently fitted up and embellished,
the employees polite, and the rate of speed
excellent. Our trip was heartily enjoyed, but
when we reached Greenville we were literal.
ly choked up and buried five feet it
dust We thought of all the horrors of being
buried alive and all the stories of that char
acter thronged our brain in a distmal kind o1
way. However we managed to fight and
pull and literally dig our way out of the
moving grave not into h-I, as the old chain
palgn joke goes, but in the Mountain City of
the State, old Greenville.
It was the dryest, hottest ride we had evei
seen. The drought seemed terrific. The
corn actually seems to be turning to foddet
on the stalk, and the cotton was stunted
and withered. We hope, however, that the
crops have improved since the rain.
Greenville Is quite lively now in conse
quence of the United States Court being it
session. Several dis 'ed lawyers were
in attendance among , Col. John R.
Abney of Columbia. Tbe Court room wat
packed by nine o'clock, although business
was not opened until ten. The moonshiners
were in the predominance- long, gaunt,
fearless-looking men, used to hard work,
and all kind of mountain weather. They
were evidently very sauch excited over the
cases to be tried. They came In from al)
points of the compass and in all sorts o1
conveyances. They. stood about in groups
and talked with significant gestures. They
were altogether a formidable set of men and
were of that class of mountaineers who al
ways have and always will cast their vote
for Andy Jackson. After spending severs.
hours in the Court House, we wandered it
the afternoon over the city, enjoying the
splendid weather, and gazing at the moun
tains in the distance until the sun kissed
heir already glowing tops and sunk to rest
behind them. SOr, NUAT MONTas UK
naNTun. On our return trip, we stopped
at your delightful town, and were carried
away by its new and nleat buildings, andi de,
lightful residences--not to mention the hcs.
potality and kindness of its citizens. Aftet
spending two or three days of pleasure, wei
with difficulty tore ourselves away. having
spent one of the pleasantest times of our life
Rooms comfortable and newly fur
Table well supplied with the best the
market aff'ors.
Sertats attenie to every want.
P ermanent and transient boarder:
amply accommodated.
Sisfcto guaranteed in ever
Don't forget tha
and elegant store,
Iavird's. From i
Goods almost at
as we don't want t
a few days for the
in selecting a stoc
our store the
of Newberry and
success far
we will spread ou
large and attractiv
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aug. 7, 32-tf.
Anderson Military School,
The cheapest first-class school in the
South for boys. For circulars address,
W. J. LIGON, X Principals.
H. G. REID, j
aug..1 ,31-2mos.
Court of Probate.
D. Augustus Dickert and Mary C.
Dickert, Plaintiffs,
Susauuah Cromer, Sarah Dominick,
and David Cromer, and John L. Cro
mer, William Cromer, and Martha Cro
mer, heirs-at-law of Lemuel Cromer,
deceased, Defendants.
Summons for Relief.
To the defendants, John L. Cromer,
William Cromer and Martha Cromer,
heirs-at-law of Lemuel Cromer, de
You are hereby summoned and re
quired to answer the complaint and
petition in this action, which was filed
in the offlee of the Judge of Probate
for said Co,.nty, on the first day of
March, 1883, and to serve a copy of
your answer to the said complaint and
petition on the subscribers at their
office at Newberry Court House, South
Carolina, within twenty days after the
service hereof, exclusive of such
service; and if you fail to answer the
complaint and petition within the time
aforesaid, the plaintiffs in this action
will apply to the Court for the relief
denianded in the complaint and peti
tion. Dated August 1st, 1883.
JOHNSToNE & CBoMERn,
Plaintiffs' Attorneys.
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Where It Can Be Executed
Yisiting Card to a Poster,
With superior Presses, a large assort
ment of Job Type, good Ink, fine
Paper and Cards of which a full stock
is kept on hand, this office is fully prei
pared to do any and alU kinds of work
entrusted to It.
Prices Lower th a the Lowest.
A call solicited and satisfaction
guaranteed. ti
.Tw .dvertisesnts.
t Cloud & Smith will move September 1st to their new
(now being built by Mr. Crotwell), opposite J. 0.
Low till September 1st come to the Old Stand and buy
nur 0wn Prices,
D move any Goods to our new Store. We will leave in
Northern Markets and
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k that will suit our customers. We propose to make
iecond to none in the Up-Country. Having met with
rselves more than ever this Fall, and wil lay in a very
e stock.
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Vivian Pauline Curfman, 93, of Beaver, Okla., died Friday, Oct. 20, 2006. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday in Beaver First Christian Church. Burial will be in Pioneer Cemetery. Clark Funeral Service.
Ona F. Terrell, 99, of Amarillo died Friday, Oct. 20, 2006. Services will be at 3:30 p.m. Monday in Schooler-Gordon Funeral Directors Bell Avenue Chapel, 5400 S. Bell St. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery.
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Jose Alfredo Garcia, 33, of Plainview. Rosary will be said at 5 p.m. in Lemons Funeral Home Chapel. Prayer services will be at 6 p.m. Monday in the funeral home chapel. Burial will be in Mexico at a later date.
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Though its nickname is the "Sunshine State," Florida leads the nation in indoor marijuana cultivation operations busts, as local law enforcement raided 818 Floridian "grow houses" in 2010, according to DEA statistics. The much larger state of California was next with 791, but then California has more territory and more ideal outdoor growing conditions
Not surprisingly, the majority of the indoor pot busts are in South Florida, the hub of the state's drug trade, according to the Los Angeles Times. Already in 2011 Southern Florida cops have reported seizing and burning over 1,000 plants in undercover operations as part of an awkwardly named "program" known as the South Florida High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area. (Their propaganda can be found here: http://www.sflhidta.org/).
On the one hand Florida police report that indoor pot growers are becoming more sophisticated using closed-circuit cameras to monitor grow houses while offsite and stealing electricity from adjacent utility lines to avoid high electric bills. Yet grow houses with shoddy wiring and/or improper lighting lead to fires and even explosions – and this is sometimes the means by which the police discover indoor pot gardens – not through expert detective work. A February 2011 grow house explosion in Broward County had neighbors comparing the vibrations and noise to a plane crash.
To avoid proximity to such neighbors, some growers have relocated operations to rural Palm Beach and Miami-Dade counties. The locale's oppressively hot climate actually aids large-scale grow-houses utilizing their own electricity – because it's typical for such properties to run air-conditioning year-round in South Florida, so there is no police suspicion of excessive electric bills. Florida grow houses can sometimes also come with high property values, as indoor pot farms have been broken up in ritzy neighborhoods in Boca Raton.
Tempering these figures somewhat is that not all law enforcement agencies across the country report their individual pot grow house busts to the DEA. To the extent these statistics can be relied upon, one encouraging finding is that overall indoor pot garden raids by law enforcement across America declined in 2010.


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A reader asked: "Do you have any data and/or analysis of Norman G. Fosback's performance?"
Norman Fosback discusses two investing systems on fosback.com: (1) Fosback's Fund Forecaster; and (2) The Seasonality Timing System.
Regarding Fosback's Fund Forecaster, the offeror states:
"Mr. Fosback's system to beat the system starts with a scientific computation of each fund's One-Year and Five-Year Profit Projection, the best forecasts of its future performance. Next, the system determines each fund's Risk Rating, which tells you at a glance its relative risk of loss compared to every other fund. Then Mr. Fosback integrates each fund's Profit Projections and Risk Rating to determine its appropriate Action Advice. The funds with the highest Profit Projections in a particular Risk Rating category earn a 'Buy' recommendation, and the funds with the lowest Profit Projections in the same risk group are marked 'Avoid'. The very best funds are awarded 'Best Buys' and require your immediate investment attention. Finally, Fosback combines the best-of-the-best into specific recommended Model Portfolios, designed for investors and traders with different growth and income goals, ranging from ultra-aggressive growth to conservative income."
There is not enough information in this description to support testing of the concept, and no Model Portfolio performance data. There is some relevant and publicly available formal research on mutual funds, such as:
"Mutual Fund Stock Selection vs. General Market Timing?"
"New Funds Outperform (Again)?"
"Stock Picking or Industry Picking?"
The net of such research suggests that selecting mutual funds for future outperformance may be possible but is probably difficult. See the Mutual/Hedge Funds category for a broader sweep of research.
Regarding the Seasonality Timing System, the offeror states:
"…the Seasonality System identifies a handful of buy and sell points each month that are combined into a continuous trading program, alternating positions in equities – generally index mutual funds – and money market positions – usually money funds. In other words, portfolios are invested in the stock market during prospectively bullish periods and in the money market during periods expected to be neutral or bearish. Of course, only after the fact can we know for sure which periods in the market really were bullish, neutral, or bearish. But the Seasonality System gives us a keen insight into the probable answers – in advance. …a big advantage of the System is that the bullish periods account for less than a third of all market trading days. This enables an investor to keep his or her investment in risk-free money market securities more than two-thirds of the time."
Again, there is not enough information in the description to support testing, and no system performance data. However, past columns by Mark Hulbert at MarketWatch offer insight to Norman Fosback's seasonality approach:
In "Timing System Gone, Not Forgotten" from 2003, Mark Hulbert lists Norman Fosback's past timing system rules:
According to Mark Hulbert, these rules derive from Normal Fosback's work in the mid-1970s and the "model proceeded to have the best long-term risk-adjusted return of any the Hulbert Financial Digest has followed." Mark Hulbert followed up in 2006 ("It Worked Again") and 2007 ("Making Lemonade out of Lemons") to report that the basic method continues to work.
See also various relevant research summaries from the " Calendar Effects" category, such as:
"Stock Returns Around Labor Day"
"Turn-of-the-Month Effect Persistence and Robustness"
"Trading Around Option Expiration Days"
"Turn-of-the-Month Effect in Rising and Falling Markets"
"Stock Returns Around New Year's Day"
"Stock Returns Around Christmas"
"Stock Returns Around Thanksgiving"
The net of this research is that there may be anomalies associated with the above rules that are exploitable over many iterations (subject to worries about data snooping bias and wildness of return distributions per "The Demon's Drudgery").
Fosback's Fund Forecaster Model Portfolio performance data/assumptions and Seasonality Timing System performance data/assumptions would be useful to those considering subscriptions to Norman Fosback's service.
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Scrabble word: FOWL
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Definitions of FOWL in dictionaries:
- noun - a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl
- noun - the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food
- verb - hunt fowl
- verb - hunt fowl in the forest
- Any of various birds of the order Galliformes, especially the common, widely domesticated chicken (Gallus gallus).
- A bird, such as the duck, goose, turkey, or pheasant, that is used as food or hunted as game.
- The flesh of such birds used as food.
- A bird of any kind.
- verb - to hunt birds
There are 4 letters in FOWL: F L O W
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Two more arrests in Indian general stabbing investigation
16:41 22 November 2012
Detectives investigating the attempted murder of an Indian general near Marble Arch have made two more arrests.
A 36-year-old man was held in London on suspicion of conspiracy to murder and inflicting grievous bodily harm with intent over an attack on Lieutenant General Kuldeep Singh Brar.
Lt-Gen Brar, who was involved in a military operation against Sikh militants in 1984 that left around 1,000 people dead, had his neck slashed as he walked with his wife on Old Quebec Street near Marble Arch early last month.
A 55-year-old woman was also held today on suspicion of assisting an offender and later released on bail.
The arrests, in Hammersmith and Fulham, are the latest in a series made by officers investigating the attack.
Two men - Barjinder Singh Sangha, 33, from Wolverhampton, and Mandeep Singh Sandhu, 34, from Great Barr, Birmingham - have been charged with wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm.
Singh Sangha also stands charged with the common assault of Meena Brar, the general's wife.
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It's been great to watch David Wilson's career progression through promos for Adam Buxton, Metronomy and Keaton Henson to name a few since he joined us for an interview with the We Got Time promo for Moray McLaren. David's latest excursion into the land of music videos is a psychedelic romp into a lusty student/teacher fantasy in which live action and animation combine to the sounds of Tame Impala's Mind Mischief.
I love that the track's baseline instantly had David imagining "this bum walking down the corridor". That's exactly the kind of inspiration we can get behind (sorry!).
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I wanna be just like you … chimpanzee Nim with his first human "mother", Stephanie LaFarge. Photo: Icon Films
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WHAT a long, strange trip it turned out to be for Nim Chimpsky, perhaps the most celebrated ape of his day, torn from his mother as an infant in 1973 and parachuted into a wealthy Manhattan family to test the possibility of ''animal language acquisition''.
Nim has been the subject of several books - including one by Herbert J. Terrace, the Columbia psychology professor who instigated the study - and his life is chronicled once more in this fascinating, harrowing documentary by James Marsh, the follow-up to his Oscar-winning Man on Wire (2008).
That film told the story of Philippe Petit, who made headlines in 1974 by walking between the twin towers of the World Trade Centre.
Young Nim plays happy families.
Returning to the same historical moment, Project Nim is likewise concerned with an effort to achieve an ''impossible'' utopian dream; if Man on Wire was modelled after a caper film, the initial memories recounted here suggest a druggy screwball comedy.
To care for Nim and teach him sign language, Terrace drafted his former student (and lover) Stephanie LaFarge, along with her second husband and their seven children. Little Nim was treated as a member of the family: breast-fed, toilet-trained, plied with beers and joints. Logbooks and daily routines were dismissed as overly bourgeois; no one involved had more than the vaguest grasp of either signing or animal management.
Still, LaFarge's home movies give glimpses of a fanciful idyll: romps in the park, Nim cuddling a kitten. In other respects, the situation was a volatile one, particularly as the rapidly maturing Nim began to compete with LaFarge's husband for the position of dominant male.
Eventually Terrace rejigged the terms of the experiment, shifting Nim to a mansion supplied by the university and bringing him on campus for regular schooling. But after several outbreaks of violence, it was time to call a halt. Nim was sent back to his birthplace at a primate research centre in Oklahoma - and despite his obvious intelligence, the final scientific verdict cast doubt on how much he had truly learnt.
The second half of the film shows Nim passing from one group of caretakers to another, in a series of sequences that have the pathos of early Disney (like Pinocchio, he's almost but not quite a real boy).
The self-accusations of a vet in a medical lab will force almost anyone to think twice about the morality of using animals as test subjects; Marsh also gives us a couple of clearly delineated heroes, notably the radiant Bob Ingersoll, a hippie grad student who befriended Nim in Oklahoma and did his best to help him later on.
Like Werner Herzog, Marsh is more yarn-spinner than journalist or historian; like Errol Morris, he makes documentaries that telegraph their ''constructed'' nature as blatantly as any fiction. Artifice is evident in every aspect of Project Nim, from the use of re-enactments to the lighting of the interviewees, set against a grey, ostensibly neutral studio backdrop. The film aspires to the status of a parable - with many potential meanings.
The film teases us with a paradox: arguably Nim's keepers were wrong to try to endow their protege with human attributes, but can we empathise with his suffering without making the same mistake? Is it possible to communicate with other beings without viewing them as mirrors of the self?
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Junior (2009-10)Did not compete during the cross country season ... ran a season best 2:18.36 in the 800m at the Kentucky Indoor Invitational to finish 13th ... ran 4:59.93 in the 1,500m at the Alabama Relays ... named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll.
Sophomore (2008-09)Competed at the Belmont/Vanderbilt Opener running a 16:07.37 over the 4,000 meter course ... placed 23rd in the 800m (2:19.97) at the SEC Indoor Championships as well as 10th in the DMR (12:21.69) ... finished fifth in the 800m (2:20.42) at the Adidas Classic ... finished 26th in the 800m (2:19.79) at the SEC Outdoor Championships ... posted a personal-best time of 2:17.05 in the 800m to finish seventh at the Alabama Relays ... ran the 400m hurdles for the first time running a time of 1:07.43 at the Ole Miss Invitational.
Freshman (2007-08)Posted a 4,000m time of 15:55 at the Belmont Opener during the cross country season ... Alabama's fourth finisher at the 5,000m Sean Earl Lakefront Invitational running a time of 19:52 ... posted a time of 25:08.62 at the NCAA South Regional 6,000m course ... competed in three events for the Tide, the 800m and mile indoors as well as the 400m and 800m outdoors ... Alabama's fastest 800m runner indoors even though her personal-best came outdoors when she ran a 2:21.59 at the Stanford University Invitational ... ran a personal-best in the 400m of 60.77 at the Vanderbilt Invitational ... at the Adidas Invitational, she ran a 5:36.92 in the mile to set a new personal record in the event.
Prep and PersonalCompeted in the 400m and 800m under coach Greg Echols at Mountain Brook High School ... led Mountain Brook High School to the 2007 indoor state title ... 2006 Indoor State Champion in the 800m ... 2007 Indoor State Runner-up in the 400m ... won the 2007 indoor and outdoor State Championship in the 4x400m relay ... named All-American at the Nike Indoor National Championships ... took second place at the 2007 Nike Indoor National Championships in the 4x800m relay and third place in the distance medley relay ... clocked a personal-best of 2:14.9 in the 800m and 57.4 in the 400m ... member of the National Honor Society and the National Spanish Honor Society ... is the daughter of Larron and Lere Harper ... has one sister, Courtney ... is a nursing major.


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In this interview, Business Standard reporter Devina Joshi talks with Prof. Stuart Diamond about the role of emotions in negotiations. Originally published in Business Standard here.
What does it really take to be a good negotiator?
Focus on other people and their needs to figure out what you can give them so they can give you something in return. You have got to be empathetic but dispassionate. You can't be emotional; if you are, you lose. It is important to focus on your goals; make sure your actions are meeting your goals, that you're not getting distracted. And finally, you have to be able to treat each situation differently. You need to find out the tools and methods for each situation. There are no stereotypes. The only rule is that every situation is different. We have to be future looking as we can't fix yesterday.
How can negotiation help in creating value for businesses and their clients?
Negotiation helps people meet their goals. I have found that if we have different needs, we can trade them through negotiation. I'll give you an example. Four months ago, one of Google's negotiators wanted their fibre-optic installation done in Southern US. The price was $6 million. The Google negotiator went to the vendor for a discount and asked him, 'What can Google do for you?' The vendor in turn said that if he received a letter of reference from Google, he could grow his business on the basis of it and in turn, reduce the price.
Google agreed, and in exchange for a letter of reference, the vendor decided to give Google a price of $6,000. The vendor gave the company a 99.9 per cent discount – that's how valuable that letter was to the vendor. This is what negotiation can do – when you're trading items of unequal value to both parties, it can boost your business. You need to figure out what people value.
The problem is that people don't get enough information about the other party. They must be more curious. I have been a journalist earlier with The New York Times, so I believe I know how to get information from people.
What are the biggest mistakes people make when they enter a negotiation? How can you avoid being exploited in negotiations?
Fighting yesterday is the biggest mistake. How do you prevent being exploited? You don't take risk, except incremental. You say, 'I'm not comfortable with this situation, how can I be more comfortable?'
Is it really important to get everyone on the same page? Isn't effective negotiation likely to lead to homogeneity, which in turn can adversely affect the output of an organisation? Aren't different points of view conducive to better output?
No, it isn't crucial to get everyone on the same page. Studies show that the more people disagree, the diverse their views, the more value they add and the more the creativity produced. In fact, with its diverse population, India should be in much better economic shape than what it currently is if only most people valued those who are different. Silicon Valley is the most diverse place in the US. If you don't value diversity, you have Rwanda Genocide. If you value diversity, you have companies like Google.
Less than 10 per cent of the reason why people reach agreements has anything to do with facts, it has more to do with emotions, as you once said in your Google talk sessions. Would you say that decisions at a corporate level are influenced more by emotions than facts? How does negotiation help in such situations?
Yes, only eight per cent of decisions have to do with facts and all sorts of decisions, including corporate, are influenced by emotions. Decades ago, in the US, former football player OJ Simpson was on trial for murdering his former wife. He walked free despite a yard of DNA evidence against him. Why? Simply because the jury didn't like the prosecutor. So, it really doesn't matter if you're right; you won't get people to agree unless they like you.
I gave a speech to 400 people from Microsoft a few years ago. I began the talk by telling them I googled Microsoft this morning, typing in three words, 'Europe hates Microsoft.' I got five million hits in a tenth of a second. Why did that happen? I asked them to think about the attitude they project to the public. This is more important than the product that is offered to consumers.
A negotiation is not a contest. It is not a stressful event. It is just a conversation where emotional payments need to be given, whether that is an apology, a concession etc. Effective negotiation is not about logic. Studies show that the more important the negotiation is to the people involved, the more emotional they are. When people get emotional, they stop listening. And if they stop listening, they won't be persuaded.
Speaking of emotions, in your book Getting More, you have stated that emotion reduces people's information-processing abilities as it destabilises a situation. What do you think should be the ideal emotional temperature of an organisation?
Calm and empathetic. The right emotional temperature would equal the statement 'I love you but I'm not crazy'.
So, what is better: a conflict model of negotiation or a collaborative one, and under what kind of situations?
Most definitely, collaborative. This model has four times as much value to give than a conflict and twice as many chances of successful deals too. A typical conflict model involves walking out of situations, power play, using leverage or threats.
Eighty per cent of Indians mistrust each other, so conflict is the model of the day. This is the polar opposite to Sweden's collaborative model with 70 per cent trust. In fact, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark and Switzerland all have a 60-70 per cent trust-based collaborative model.
As per my research, if India's model were like that of Sweden, the country would make $95 billion a year in GDP. Indians would have 8 per cent more jobs – which would equal 38 million jobs, double the population of Mumbai. Collaboration is about giving people a chance: being less reactive and more constructive. After the 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai, India and Pakistan didn't talk for a whole year. That doesn't solve a problem. It is no country's fault; it is just a failure to understand how to make it better.
You are Google's principle negotiation instructor. Now here is a company known for keeping its employees happy, with a work environment that almost spoils them with free perks etc. Can working for a market leader like Google automatically instill a hint of superiority in its employees? Does this influence their negotiation abilities?
It could but it doesn't at Google because it has very strong values. You can be well-off and successful and still be humble. Yes, there are people in the company who are not the way they should be but by and large, Google is an ethical, straightforward company that cares about its employees.
How do you negotiate with irrational people?
You have to give them emotional payments. Value what they say. Say to them 'tell me more'. If they place the onus of the solution on you, I will say, why not solve the problem together. I won't say, this is too expensive, I can't fix this. I will say, tell me why it is like this so we can fix it.
Be clear about your goals, what you want out of a negotiation. For instance, I can negotiate with my son who cries out for Lego toys – 'I give Lego toys to children who clean their room, are you such a boy?' Dito with banks – 'I give business to banks that give good interest rates, are you such a bank? It is about consultation, not confrontation.


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