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In Northern Genabackis, a raiding party of savage tribal warriors descends from the mountains into the southern flatlands. Their intention is to wreak havoc amongst the despised lowlanders, but for the one named Karsa Orlong, it marks the beginning of what will prove to be an extraordinary destiny.
Some years later, it is the aftermath of the Chain of Dogs. Tavore, the Adjunct to the Empress, has arrived in the last remaining Malazan stronghold of Seven Cities. New to command, she must hone 12,000 soldiers, mostly raw recruits but for a handful of veterans of Coltaine's legendary march, into a force capable of challenging the massed hordes of Sha'ik's Whirlwind, who lie in wait in the heart of the Holy Desert.
But waiting is never easy. The seer's warlords are locked into a power struggle that threatens the very soul of the rebellion, while Sha'ik herself suffers, haunted by the knowledge of her nemesis: her own sister, Tavore.
And so begins this awesome chapter in Steven Erikson's acclaimed Malazan Book of the Fallen.
©2002 Steven Erikson (P)2013 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.
"Ralph Lister is missed"
Yes, but only in the sense that I want to continue with the Malazan series but do not have the time to read traditionally (I listen while commuting etc). While Page is competent, the memory of how vastly superior Ralph Lister was makes it difficult to enjoy the performance (as opposed to the book itself).
It is a huge shame that Ralph Lister seems to no longer be narrating the books. While Michael Page is generally decent enough as a narrator, he simply doesn't have the range of voices, accents and intonations that Lister used. Admittedly, he makes an effort to distinguish characters (more than most narrators do), but he simply isn't as good as Lister. Lister's Kruppe will be missed!
What is also off-putting is that no effort seems to have been made to match pronunciation with the previous books. While I have no idea what led to the (very unfortunate for us readers) decision of letting Ralph Lister go, Michael Page should have acknowledged that he is picking up a series part way through and therefore should have made sure to maintain a consistent pronunciation. It is incredibly jarring to hear Page pronounce things in a manner which I (thanks to 3 gigantic books prior to this) think of as incorrect. Every time this happens I am brought out of the narration; constant interruptions to the flow of the narration like this make it difficult to enjoy the book. Unfortunately, with a book series like this with so many fictitious names and terms, it happens a great deal.
I only review the best and the worst. Mediocre is left to the listener.. Follow me on my quest of the best epic series and narrators!
"New Narrator ruins experience."
Malazan Book of the Fallen is one of the most complex Epic Fantasy series every written. I listened to book one, and book two, then book 3. When I listened to book three, everything clicked. I went back and listened to the series again from the beginning, and this vast world is amazing. Gods walking among men, warrens, magic.. I could go on and on.. Ralph Lister was amazing. And now we have Michael Page... Who I've never heard narrate before... And to be blunt, all his voices are the same voice, with different variances of 'grate' to it. And I couldn't concentrate on the book. I couldn't connect to the characters. I was sad to look on Brilliance Audio's website to see the rest of the 10 book series will be released over the next 3 years, and they all have this new narrator. I've never reviewed a book where I focused on the narration before, but wow. This world is too rich to go from someone who narrates a character like Fiddler with a very fast, witty voice... Then have the have the same character turn into a gruffy sounding soldier who just grunts.
I'm just... Disappointed.
"New Narrator is a Bummer"
This fourth installment os more or less on par with the pervious three but it is getting kinda carried away. One of the main reasons I loved the first three books as much as I did was because while there were wildly powerful characters in the story, many more were normal people in the midst of extraordinary situations. In House of Chains most of the characters have near god-like powers and I think it is getting a touch extreme.
As has been noted in other reviews the new narrator leaves a lot to be desired. The new voices for old characters is pretty jarring, Quick-Ben, for example, sounds nothing like he did in the first three book and it is distracting. There are other voices as well that have been dramatically altered.
Jaqen Hgar
"Write Brilliance Audio to get Ralph Lister back!"
This book made me realize how spoiled I was by Ralph Lister with the first three books. Love this series so far but handing narration duties over to Michael Page was a big mistake. I'm not saying that Michael Page is a bad narrator, he does a wonderful job with the Locke Lamora series by Scott Lynch, he just is not the right guy for this series. They had the right guy, he read the first three books. Maybe it was a scheduling issue, but on the Brilliance Audio website it has Michael Page listed as the reader for the rest of the books in the series. Hopefully they come to their senses and switch back to Ralph Lister, if not I will probably be reading the rest of the series in print.
"Viewing a landscape through a keyhole."
Erikson's ability to construct the rich and historically vast world that is unveiled to us through his endearing character's adventures is mastery.
This is a parallel closest to the Deadhouse Gates in terms of timeline and the continent it mostly takes place on.
Absolutely change the narrator. Micheal Page tries but his range is too narrow to even attempt to pull this off. He mindless ploughs through the deadpan humor of the soldiers and doesn't grasp the subtle performance needed to breathe life into dialogue. He approaches every interaction from the same perspective and it unfortunately removes any identity from the characters whilst making the scenes seem repetitive. But Mr. Page is not to blame, Brilliance Audio gets an F for not recognizing that this was not a good match.
The scenes that would have moved me were lost in the abyss of the narration.
Huge fan of the series. Don't think I'll subject my beloved characters to anymore of this narration. If the plan was to release these over the next couple of years, its a stupid policy. Re-record these wonderful books and allow some life back into the story.
"Story is Great, Narriation is Disappointing"
I was introduced to this series through audible.com - as such I connected with these characters through the interpretive narration of Ralph Lister. I have to agree with other comments concerning the change of narrator. I think that had the series started with Michael Page - I may not be writing this review. But that is not the case - not only does the characterization of Fiddler, Sorry, and Cutter not match the mental picture I have of those characters - the pronunciation of certain words takes some getting use to (Felisin, Taverore, and Raraku). At this point, I am not certain I will continue with the remainder of this series - sorry Steven.
"Narration is pretty bad"
Steven erickson is great but Michael dosent do the series justice
The other malazan books
If the narrater had been different
The first 3 books were a great listen if you like big fantasy series and the naration was great. Michael page was not a good choice to replace R lister, the characters are a bit grey in a good way but lister brought them to life giving them each a uniqueness. Michael gives them all a similar drab voice along with severely different pronunciations. I found it hard to stay engaged in the story. The book is great just not brought to life as well as the first 3
"No Brilliance in this audio"
This is my first review which should give some clue as to how important it is for buyers, producers, and anyone having anything to do with this series.THE NARRATION BY MICHAEL PAGE IS TERRIBLE. I don't see why audio production companies are so geared towards ruining longer series. At the very least they could have made Page listen to Lister's narration so the names, titles, and places would sound the same as in the earlier books.
Even if he couldn't pull off close to the same voices as Lister he could have tried to make the characters sound like different people or beings. It is clear there was no effort put in to this production.
I am half way though the book and probably have twice the hours of the length of the book into it. Why?, you ask. Because of rewinding from confusion of who is who. Little difference in characters' voices make hard to know what is going on and that is a shame because this world is a complex and diverse world ruined by a bad narrator and producer. There is a reasons people listen to audio books and for me one of those is not having the time to pick up a book. I listen as I work or do chores and now I fear I will miss out on the rest of this series due to horrendous narration and oversight.
"Terrible vocal performance- audio production is of"
The same voice actor from the first three in the series.
I can barely follow what is going on there is no distinction between characters by the person reading. I am having a hard time hearing clearly what is being said in general because of the audio mastering on this one it seems to have a high amount of reverb, and needs to be run through an audio compressor.
He cannot change his voice enough to distinguish between characters. He doesn't create enough space between settings and characters so as to allow me to follow what he is saying. In general he is simply no where near as good as the narrator from the first three audio books in the series which is making me upset. I was really enjoying the series and now I am afraid I wont be able to finish it.
Not really sure what characters are in it I cannot follow what is going on with this narrator reading.
Get rid of this narrator
"Listening ends here and reading begins."
The Narrator. If Michael Page had started the series I might have been content with him narrating it as a whole. Alas, he did not.
I only made it into the second chapter. If I can edit this after I read the book I will be back to inform you of my Most Memorable Moments.
Even noticing the change of narrators I felt obligated to give Michael Page a chance. His performance felt insufficient compared to the previous performances by Ralph Lister. Ralph brings a potent energy to his narration. He empowers the characters with vitality, personality/individuality, and substance. Made for a fantastic journey. After listening to Mr. Page's performance I couldn't help but be reminded of Ben Stein's character in Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
No movie is the equivalent of its book, Ever! That being said, if the movie makes a genuine effort to portray the book's true essence, e.g. The Lord of the Rings, then yes. If it's another Eragon, then No.
I am sad to see that Michael Page has narrated the rest of the series. No offense to Michael but Ralph Lister created a world that I giddily dove into every opportunity I had. My long road trips and hours at work will return to their rightful location, North of Xanth. I am looking forward to reading the rest of the series though
P.S. I won't say the name, but a character that was recently stabbed in the chest needs to find a way back into these novels. Hopefully there is a way around Hood's Gate, or Hood needs to put him/her back in play, or anything that will bring him/her back! Keeping my fingers crossed
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Some small businesses, sole proprietors and independent contractors may have had a rude awakening while having their 2013 Kansas income tax prepared this spring if they're used to claiming an operating loss.
The same 2012 tax overhaul that eliminated Kansas income tax on many forms of non-wage income when their side business earns a profit also eliminated their ability to use a business loss to offset other forms of taxable income, including wages, beginning on their 2013 Kansas income tax return.
Some people, including Sharon L. Gordon of Udall, are calling that an unintended consequence of the law that needs to be addressed by the Legislature. But two experts on Kansas tax policy say it's a logical outcome of eliminating the tax on profits.
Gordon, who lives on a farm outside Udall, was laid off from her job as a corporate attorney about a year and a half ago. She collected unemployment, withdrew money from her IRA to get by, and then started practicing law for a f ew clients out of her home.
Her fledgling law practice produced a net loss for the year, which she had hoped to use to offset some of her tax liability for her unemployment income and withdrawals from her IRA. That worked on her federal taxes, but then she was surprised when she had to add the operating loss back into her Kansas income.
"So I paid more to Kansas this year than to the feds. When does that ever happen?" she said.
Richard Cram, director of policy and research at the Kansas Department of Revenue, and Martin Dickinson, a tax law expert at the University of Kansas, said it's a matter of fairness.
"The rationale is simply that if we're no longer going to tax sole proprietorships or non-wage income by proprietors, farmers, partnerships, it doesn't make sense that you should be able to use losses to protect other taxable income," Cram said. "If you are a full-time wage earner and have a sole proprietorship on the side and your sole proprietorship loses $50,000 and as an individual you have $50,000 in salary income, the fact that your business is losing $50,000 shouldn't shield other taxable income."
Dickinson said that a small business or sole proprietorship can sometimes manipulate gains and losses from year to year by arranging the dates of payments on major sales and create losses to offset other income.
"I think what the Legislature had in mind was that if we're not going to tax businesses in a year with income, it would not be fair for businesses to deduct a loss from other income in years with a loss," Dickinson said.
However, Gordon said that's "completely nonsensical."
Most small businesses, she said, lose money when they're getting started. Who, given the new Kansas tax policy, would want to start a business in Kansas? she asked. What small business person would want to stay in Kansas when they pay more in state income taxes in years when their business loses money than they do in years when their business makes money?
"All that shows me is that they (legislators and state officials) are mean-spirited and don't care about people who are spending money on a business in hope of turning a profit someday," she said.


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Melbourne, Dec 15 (ANI): Ever wondered how the world would look like through Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook eyes? Well, an intern with the social networking giant has created a map of the world by joining the dots between friendships.
The eastern half of the US, Europe and parts of Indonesia shine the brightest, while China, Russia and central Africa are mainly dark.
Paul Butler, an intern with Facebook's data infrastructure engineering team, said the map was based on about 10 million friendships.
"I began by taking a sample of about 10 million pairs of friends from Apache Hive, our data warehouse," News.com.au quoted him as writing in a post on Facebook.
"I combined that data with each user's current city and summed the number of friends between each pair of cities. Then I merged the data with the longitude and latitude of each city," he wrote.
Butler said he was surprised when he first saw the project worked and the lines took the form of a map of the world.
"Not only were continents visible, certain international borders were apparent as well. What really struck me, though, was knowing that the lines didn't represent coasts or rivers or political borders, but real human relationships.
"Each line might represent a friendship made while travelling, a family member abroad, or an old college friend pulled away by the various forces of life," he added. (ANI)


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Congratulations! You made it! You're the new leader. Now what?I know you're supposed to always look like you know what you're doing but -- truth be told -- new leaders often don't even know where to start. They drift around for a month or so, smiling a lot, ordering new stationery while they act as if they've got it covered.I came across this all-too-familiar scenario recently while coaching a young executive at a non-profit. He had been moved unexpectedly....Read the rest of 12 … [Read more...]
When All You Can Do Is Trust
A recent airplane flight reminded me that there are times in life when all you can do is trust. They happen much more than we might think, these life moments that require faith from us.My reminder came with a brief airplane ride, one of those where it takes you longer to drive to the airport than it does to fly to your destination. Because the flight was short, the plane was small. Kind of like a can turned sideways with jet engines attached. And a few vinyl seats tossed in to fool you into … [Read more...]
Failure: How to Bounce Back from Your Next One
Failure. You are planning to experience it again aren't you?Some years ago I added this line to my life mission statement: "Embrace failure as the only path to success." [ Tweet this! ] I've had to remind myself of it far too often of late.How to Bounce Back A recent failure reminded me of a family scene from a few years ago. We were vacationing in sunny Charleston, SC. It was our kids' first experience with ocean surf. At the time, they were toddlers who had trouble walking on solid … [Read more...]
How to Talk to Your Kids: 3 Simple Steps to Success
It shouldn't be that hard to do, should it? To talk to your kids? To carry on a conversation with a 5, 7, or 12-year-old? You'd think we wouldn't have to give it too much attention to make it happen.After all, we drive and talk all the time. You can multi-task when trying to talk to your kids can't you? Well, sometimes. Maybe.But we're not likely not have much success, and certainly not much intentional growth. [ 5 Steps to More Intentional Living by Faith ] Maybe we should take some simp … [Read more...]
5 Steps to More Intentional Living by Faith
I've never heard anyone say they accidentally became a more faithful follower of Jesus Christ.I've heard many say they wish they could be. I've heard the sound of disillusionment in their voices, as if they've resigned themselves to not being among the chosen ones wise enough to decipher the secret code to more intentional living by faith.But living by faith simply means that you act, speak, and think based on what you believe to be true -- not on what you feel to be true. The Bible … [Read more...]
Pope Francis I: Sectarian Culture Warriors Trump Ecumenical Culture Wimps
I'm always eager to introduce opinions from people who know more than I do about a topic, such as the selection of the new Pope, Francis I. Privileged to feature a guest post from P. Andrew Sandlin, President of The Center for Cultural Leadership. He founded CCL in 2001 with the conviction that only eminently equipped cultural leaders will actually create a new Christian culture — and that only transformed Christians can transform the present anti-Christian culture of the West. Follow his blog h … [Read more...]
Choosing a New Pope: Why the Media Cares about the Next Italian Idol
What the klieg lights give, the klieg lights take away. Such is the double-edged sword of media coverage.My Catholic friends would do well to remember it in the rush of media coverage over choosing a new pope. The 24/7 coverage of papal smoke signals all seems like a twisted dream sequence of American Idol -- just in Rome -- and without the horiffic singing. Call it The Search for the Next Italian Idol. (No offense intended to my Catholic friends, but it might be cool if one of the … [Read more...]
Ask God Why? When Is It OK?
Why? For many Christians, it's the question we should never ask. We tend to think we should just shut up and do what God tells us. He is, after all, a consuming fire. We know the whole story of when the earth opened to swallow those who dared to ask too many questions. So we keep our mouths shut, thinking it's never OK to raise our hands and ask God the ultimate question -- why?There's some truth to that thought. God is God, and we are not. His authority is non-negotiable. At a deep and fa … [Read more...]


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text: Draft Watch: Inside linebackers By Dan Pompei Sporting News An analytical look at the top inside linebackers in the 2006 draft: 1. Abdul Hodge, Iowa, 6-0 3/8, 233. Is considered too short by some scouts but so were Mike Singletary and Sam Mills. A very instinctive player, he always is around the ball. Makes a ton of plays. Plays with great intensity, intelligence and toughness. Is a natural leader. Comes off blocks well. Hits with force. Better vs. run than pass. Doesn't have the speed to run with fast tight ends, or the change of direction to keep up with shifty backs. Worst-case scenario: He will excel as a two-down player. 2. D'Qwell Jackson, Maryland, 6-0 1/2, 230. Was very productive in college. Always is around the ball. Is a tackling machine, solid although not very explosive. Has a nose for the ball. Takes good angles. Hustler never gives up on plays. Has a knack for getting through traffic. Doesn't get caught out of position. Has a good feel for how to blitz. Can drop back in coverage, but doesn't have elite speed. Is a better player than athlete. Works hard and leads on the field. Can also play the weak side. Lacks ideal height. 3. Spencer Havner, UCLA, 6-3 3/8, 233. Is built well; has neither great athleticism nor speed but makes plays. Diagnoses plays well. Is a clutch performer. Helped himself with workouts. Has trouble breaking down and tackling in open field. Can cover efficiently when he drops in short zones. Also could play the strong side. 4. Tim Dobbins, Iowa State, 6-1 1/4, 246. Tough run stuffer takes on blockers. Gets good leverage and is strong at the point of attack. Is a little stiff athletically and can be exploited in open field. Isn't ideally aware in coverage. Works best in the box. 5. Dale Robinson, Arizona State, 6-0 3/8, 231. Shorter linebacker diagnoses well and gets to the ball carrier quickly. Was very productive in college. Can effectively drop into zones. Lacks ideal strength. Is somewhat of a 'tweener; lacking in strength to play inside and a little short on athleticism to play the weak side. 6. Gerris Wilkinson, Georgia Tech, 6-3, 231. Reads plays and gets to holes before blockers can get to him. Doesn't take on much, but makes plenty of plays. Is a bit stiff and mechanical. Plays best when on the move. Has a good feel for blitzing. Has played strong side and been an edge pass rusher. Could play strong side as pro. 7. Leon Williams, Miami (Fla.), 6-3, 245. Is a big athlete with speed and explosiveness. Finds the ball. Is a little limited in coverage. Works hard. Was highly ballyhooed coming out of high school but never played up to potential in college. Should excel as a special teams performer in the NFL. 8. Kai Parham, Virginia, 6-3, 256. Is big with a thick build. Physical player works best in the box. Packs a punch. Early-entry junior is a dedicated athlete. Isn't neither very athletic nor fast. Can be exploited in coverage; probably won't contribute much on passing downs. 9. Stephen Tulloch, NC State, 5-9 7/8, 234. Short, stocky early-entry junior made a ton of plays in college. Is instinctive and has quick feet. Is aware in his zone drops. Struggles at the point of attack. Also has a difficult time disengaging from blockers. Is most effective in open field. 10. Anthony Schlegel, Ohio State, 6-0 1/2, 250. Isn't very fast but gets to ball carriers quickly by taking good angles. Has quick feet. Is aware. Plays solid vs. run and pass. Transfer from Air Force has good character and intelligence. Should quickly become a valuable special teams player. 11. Tim McGarigle, Northwestern, 6-0 5/8, 242. Is an instinctive and productive defender. Shows toughness and relentlessness with blue-collar work ethic. Makes solid tackle and hits. Operates best with big tackles occupying blockers in front of him; needs to be in the right system. Offers top intangibles. Doesn't take on plays very aggressively. Is short and short-armed. Lacks ideal speed. 12. Freddy Keiaho, San Diego State, 5-11 1/4, 230. Undersized defender was a big college producer. Has speed and athleticism. Is aware and plays with instincts. Has some pop in him. Sometimes gets engulfed. Also could be considered for the weak side. Former running back who didn't become a starter until his senior year. 13. Brandon Hoyte, Notre Dame, 5-10, 230. Is a pure football player. Well spoken and intelligent, he is a good teammate and leader. Is instinctive and tough. Works hard. Makes big plays. Steps up in the clutch. Has only average speed, quickness and athleticism. Will need to overcome lack of height. 14. Trent Bray, Oregon State, 6-0 3/8 227. Is an instinctive player with football smarts. Son of a coach plays like it. Comes downhill to deliver hits and solid tackles. Lacks good speed, and it shows when he drops back. 15. Freddie Roach, Alabama, 6-1 3/4, 258. Aware player finds the ball and takes good angles. Excels at tackling. Is a big run stuffer, strong at the point of attack. Lacks good speed and sideline-to-sideline range. Strictly is a two-down player. Senior writer Dan Pompei covers the NFL for Sporting News. E-mail him at email@example.com.


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Sarah Ferguson has said that Princess Diana would have been the "naughtiest, funniest" grandmother had she lived to meet the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's son Prince George. Sarah, a close friend of the late princess, spoke fondly about Diana, her sons William and Harry, and Duchess Kate during an appearance on The Meredith Vieira Show this week.
"She would have just been the naughtiest, funniest and the best ever, just because she loved her boys so much and she would be so proud of all of them and what they've achieved," she said, when asked what kind of a grandmother Diana would have been.
In April, the royal couple will welcome their second child together – and Sarah was asked about reports in the US that they are expecting a little girl they will name after Diana. "Ummm, no," she replied. "I have not heard that."
During her appearance, Sarah spoke briefly to again defend her ex-husband Prince Andrew, who she divorced in 1996 after ten years of marriage. "Knowing him as I know him, he's one of the greatest men I've ever met in my life and my best friend and great father to my children," she said.
"Buckingham Palace put out a denial on his behalf, that's how it works with the Royal Family. They stand by that denial. There is nothing more to be said."


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Berkeley has joint ventures with developers in London's Paddington Basin and King's Cross as well as schemes in Cardiff and Leeds. Its existing portfolio of joint ventures is with major developers such as Land Securities, Chelsfield and Amec.
The placing will replicate the £47m it set aside last October from borrowings of £253m with gearing at 28%. The group expects a similar gearing level at the end of the current financial year in April 2002. Last December, the group's indebtedness was £366m.
Meanwhile, its Berkeley Homes division continues to maintain sales. In December, founder and managing director Tony Pidgley reported monthly sales ahead of last year. In the period to 21 January this trend has continued with sales up on January of 2001. The shares slipped 2 1/2p to 742 1/2p.
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Barnett fixes broken nose with ballpoint pen
doctor baby face at your service
Wow, what are we paying real doctors for?
lmao nice work. Love Barnett some more now I know he's a Dr.
hard times.
Seriously though that was crazy lol.
I already posted this mate ;)
Good to know that after Barnett breaks your nose that he can at least straighten out for you.
He's one of those guys who has expertise in everything. what a douche mobile.
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In just its third year of existence the Japan Post Group team swept to the top of Japan's corporate women's league, winning the 36th running of the National Corporate Women's Ekiden Championships Sunday in Sendai, Miyagi. Featuring Rio track Olympians Ayuko Suzuki and Hanami Sekine, Japan Post was in it from the start. Lead runner Kyoka Nakagawa got the team off in 4th as she covered the 7.0 km First Stage in 22:01, 11 seconds off leader Mao Ichiyama's 21:50 course record and 9 seconds under the old course record. Still on the mend from the injury that hit her just before Rio, Suzuki was 5th on time on the 3.9 km Second Stage but still improved Japan Post's position to 3rd. Sekine and fourth runner Rina Iwataka held steady in 3rd before fifth runner Rina Nabeshima got to work.
Covering 10.0 km on the Fifth Stage, Nabeshima caught leaders Yukiko Okuno (Team Shiseido) and Maki Ashi (Team Kyudenko) just as Yumi Kozasu (Team Wacoal) and Rio Olympics marathoner Tomomi Tanaka (Team Daiichi Seimei) entered orbit 2 km into the stage, forming a line five-wide across the road. Not having any of that, Tanaka surged past and was pursued by Nabeshima. Together they dropped the other three, Nabeshima continuing to look calm and relaxed but Tanaka starting to strain and grit her teeth. When the time came Nabeshima effortlessly dispatched Her Olympian rival to open a 17-second lead before the handoff to the 6.795 km anchor stage.
Daiichi Seimei anchor Fumika Sasaki closed five seconds on Japan Post's Nozomi Terauchi but could get no closer before Terauchi launched into a 3:03 last kilometer to seal the win in 2:15:08. Last year the Denso corporate team set a course record of 2:14:22. With Suzuki still far less than 100% and running a much shorter stage than would be normal for her position on the team it's very likely Japan Post could have taken that record had she been fully operational. The team's performance was a testament to head coach Masahiko Takahashi's ability, a new team in just its second national championships appearance winning decisively and casting the long shadow of a potential dynasty over the years to come.
Daiichi Seimei was 2nd in 2:15:21, more than a 30-second improvement over its performance last year. Just 11th on the first stage, Yamada Denki spent the race moving forward and ended up 3rd in 2:16:08 thanks in large part to its fifth runner Sakiho Tsutsui, second on time behind Nabeshima, and anchor Kasumi Nishihara's stage-winning run. The top eight are seeded for the following year's Nationals, and an intense battle for 8th upped the anchor stage drama. Five teams were in the running for the last two spots, and in the end it came down to the last 100 m as Universal Entertainment's Moeno Nakamura outkicked Hokuren anchor Reno Okura in the home straight for 8th in 2:17:16. Hokuren was 9th in 2:17:18, its third year in a row getting bumped back to the Princess Ekiden qualifier on the anchor stage. Having lost star runner Yuka Takashima to the Shiseido team, course record holder and three-time defending champion Denso finished only 11th in 2:18:00.
More drama came earlier in the race for teams further back in the field. Yutaka Giken's leading runner China Takano was in obvious trouble almost immediately, falling off the pack in the first kilometer and limping visibly. Her pace slowing to almost a walk it looked doubtful that she could finish the 7.0 km First Stage, but incredibly she saw it out, staggering in to the exchange zone more than nine minutes behind stage winner Ichiyama and over five and a half minutes behind her nearest competition and immediately collapsing. Pure guts running.
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Yutaka Giken finished 21st, but they finished the race. Not so lucky for last year's runner-up Toyota Jidoshokki. In 3rd at the end of the First Stage, incoming Toyota Jidoshokki runner Yui Fukuda looked in vain for her outgoing runner Miho Shimada in the exchange zone, jogging forward as her momentum carried her. Shimada leapt in from the side and grabbed the tasuki, but on review judges ruled that the exchange had happened outside the zone, resulting in Shimada and the entire Toyota Jidoshokki team's disqualifications. Outgoing runners not being ready in time does happen at the amateur and junior levels, but it's rare to see in a pro race let alone a national championships. The upset showed just how unpredictable the ekiden format can be, success or failure riding on every single member of the team.
Queen's Ekiden
36th National Corporate Women's Ekiden Championships
Sendai, Miyagi, 11/27/16
22 teams, 6 stages, 42.195 km
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Top Team Results - top eight seeded for 2017
1. Japan Post Group - 2:15:08
2. Daiichi Seimei Group - 2:15:21
3. Yamada Denki - 2:16:08
4. Kyudenko - 2:16:38
5. Wacoal - 2:16:44
6. Tenmaya - 2:16:50
7. Shiseido - 2:16:52
8. Universal Entertainment - 2:17:16
9. Hokuren - 2:17:18
10. Sekisui Kagaku - 2:17:36
DQ - Toyota Jidoshokki
Top Stage Performances
First Stage (7.0 km)
1. Mao Ichiyama (Wacoal) - 21:50 - CR
2. Risa Takenaka (Shiseido) - 21:51
3. Yui Fukuda (Toyota Jidoshokki) - 21:58
Second Stage (3.9 km)
1. Tomoka Kimura (Universal Entertainment) - 12:04
2. Yuki Hori (Panasonic) - 12:10
2. Harumi Okamoto (Mitsui Sumitomo Kaijo) - 12:10
DQ - Miho Shimada (Toyota Jidoshokki)
Third Stage (10.9 km)
1. Yuka Takashima (Shiseido) - 34:33
2. Hanami Sekine (Japan Post) - 34:50
3. Misaki Kato (Kyudenko) - 34:52
Fourth Stage (3.6 km)
1. Shure Bulo (Toto) - 11:05
2. Susan Wairimu (Denso) - 11:21
3. Ann Karindi (Toyota Jidoshokki) - 11:24
Fifth Stage (10.0 km)
1. Rina Nabeshima (Japan Post) - 32:39
2. Sakiho Tsutsui (Yamada Denki) - 32:42
3. Tomomi Tanaka (Daiichi Seimei) - 32:47
Sixth Stage (6.795 km)
1. Kasumi Nishihara (Yamada Denki) - 21:25
2. Fumika Sasaki (Daiichi Seimei) - 21:28
2. Moeno Nakamura (Universal Entertainment) - 21:28
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When I first came to college I was sure I wanted to be a theoretical physicist. I took the most advanced introductory classes in mechanics and electromagnetism along with multivariable calculus, linear algebra and differential equations and was on my way to classical and quantum mechanics when I realized that I was more interested in the 'big' questions traditionally addressed by philosophy and theology: why is the world the way it is, what makes science possible, what is the place of human beings in the Universe? I decided to major in religion, but my interest in science did not abate, and I continued to explore my interests in neuroscience, computer science and philosophy of mind. The goal that drove my investigations was to achieve an integration of the best science and the best theology in an intellectually rigorous yet spiritually satisfying worldview. That goal still animates me, as it does some of the greatest scientists alive today (not coincidentally also those who have actually wrestled with philosophy and theology instead of just dismissing them as 'metaphysical hand-waving').
That commitment implies eschewing simplistic construals of the interaction of science and theology. Both are hugely complex social and intellectual phenomena with a rich and varied history of conflict, tension, cooperation and mutual support. This much is well established by historical investigation. The steady retreat of theology before the relentless advance of materialistic science is a myth, part of the story that early modern philosophes told in order to advance their socio-political agendas. It is easy to understand from a psychological point of view why adherents of a particular worldview would like to claim the prestige of being 'scientific', given science's enormous instrumental success and its connotations of being objective, universal and (relatively) certain knowledge. But despite atheist materialism's rhetoric the truth is that this materialism did not gain any further legitimacy due to the advance of science than it already had, and too many failed metaphysics (such as Comte's 'religion of humanity', eugenics, Marxism, etc.) have claimed the title of 'scientific' for that boast to be taken seriously, at least without a lot of detailed historical and philosophical argumentation.
But this commitment also implies eschewing the simplistic, evasive and/or triumphalist rhetoric of some believers. History shows that while conflict between science and religion was not inevitable, nevertheless it did break out on occasion. Whenever believers of any traditional affiliation make empirical claims (for example, by predicting the exact date when Christ will return to Earth or arguing that the Universe is only 6,000 years old) they expose themselves to the possibility of being proven wrong. The advance of empirical science CAN make certain worldviews seem increasingly implausible. It's no wonder that ancient Greek religion, for example, with its insistence that the gods lived on Mount Olympus is no longer a live option, because anyone can go up to the summit and see that there is no temple, no dwelling place of the immortals (arguably this is not an instance of empirical science per se rendering such beliefs implausible, because it is simply a matter of observation; this only shows how difficult it is to demarcate science from other human intellectual activity, as we will see).
Nevertheless, in this brief essay I want to argue that there is no genuine conflict whatsoever between empirical science and a properly nuanced Christian theism, where by genuine conflict I mean a tension that makes adherence to both at the same time rationally impermissible or even suspect. On the contrary, I find a very fruitful and satisfying consilience between them and both contribute immensely to my overall worldview. To accomplish this I will examine the different levels of interaction at which conflict is alleged to arise and show that in each case the conflict is either 1) real but not very momentous, 2) real but based on a conflict at a metaphysical rather than scientific level or 3) illusory, the product of misleading rhetoric from one side or the other.
There are two main levels at which science and theology can come into conflict: the level of content and the level of method. We'll examine each in turn, focusing on content issues in this post.
It seems pretty clear that particular facts or theories of science can directly conflict with particular religious beliefs about the world. For example, our best science shows the age of the Universe to vastly exceed 6,000 years. For anyone who believes, based on a certain interpretation of the Bible, that the Universe is 6,000 years old, there is a direct conflict between their religious beliefs and our best science. What should be noted here is that this kind of conflict, while real, is of little significance for most believers, because a belief about the exact age of the Earth is peripheral in their web of belief, not central. There are few sophisticated believers who will say that, if the Earth is more than 6,000 years old, our faith is in vain. The same arguably goes for a great many other particular empirical facts, like the historicity of Adam and Eve, the exact mechanism of cloud formation or the shape of the Earth. What we often find in these cases of direct empirical conflict is that Christians (and Israelites or other peoples before them) have unconsciously assimilated the understanding of their immediate cultural environment to their theology. So if the author of Genesis 1 understood the heavens to be a literally solid 'vault', with holes in it to let light through being the sun, moon and stars (as Baruch Halpern argues), that was just the cultural framework from which he gave expression to his belief that God was the creator and orderer of all things, just as Christians today can express the same beliefs in the context of modern cosmology.
The upshot is that central theological affirmations, such as belief in God as creator of heaven and earth, have a very tenuous connection to specific empirical facts: it is very hard to specify which exact set of empirical facts would be compatible or incompatible with that affirmation. For example, some Christians think the multiverse hypothesis is clearly inconsistent with divine creation (see William Dembski, The End of Christianity, pp.32-33), while others think it provides a remarkable illustration and confirmation of divine plenitude and generosity (see Nancey Murphy and Robin Collins). It is not at all clear that the doctrine of human beings made in the image of God demands a particular metaphysical conception of human nature (such as dualism). But in this Christian theology does not differ from any other metaphysic, including physicalism, which has a notorious problem with defining what it means by 'the physical' in giving particular content to its worldview and how it relates to current or future science (known as Hempel's dilemma). Problems like these have led many philosophers to propose that the facts of empirical science underdetermine the range of metaphysical views compatible with it. As Eric Reitan puts it,
"The deeper question [in the science-religion discussion] is whether scientific discovery speaks to a particular metaphysics--whether what we now know about the empirical world tells us that a naturalistic/materialistic metaphysics is the most plausible one. Here, the historical fact that naturalism has emerged alongside science is insufficient. The methodolical naturalism of science--the focus on looking for naturalistic explanations for empirical phenomena--might slide readily into a metaphysical naturalism, but the explanation would be psychological rather than logical."
To illustrate the complex interplay between empirical science and metaphysics, consider another, more serious case of conflict between science and theology: the alleged impossibility of divine action (or even mind-body interaction in the case of substance dualism) due to its conflict with our understanding of the laws of nature. The claim is not just that divine action would be unusual in the context of our perception of the regularity of nature; it is that we have knowledge of certain universal laws that absolutely define the range of possible behavior of matter, and exclude the deliberate action of a divine agent. One formulation of this claim involves the principle of conservation of energy. If energy cannot be created or destroyed, how can God act in the physical world without violating this law in such a way that we could detect it empirically? The problem, however, is that a universal interpretation of the law of conservation of energy goes well beyond what empirical science tells us. COE is an example of a symmetry or invariance principle that places constraints on acceptable physical theories. The great theoretical physicist Eugene Wigner argued that "the spatiotemporal invariance principles play the role of a prerequisite for the very possibility of discovering the laws of nature." However, as Brading and Castellani point out, "Wigner's starting point...does not imply exact symmetries — all that is needed epistemologically is that the global symmetries hold approximately, for suitable spatiotemporal regions, such that there is sufficient stability and regularity in the events for the laws of nature to be discovered." Similarly, Robert Bishop argues that the causal closure of the physical-which states roughly that physical events have their chances of occurence fixed by purely physical causes-is at best a typicality condition of modern physics, which tells us what happens in the absence of any non-physical influences.
Thus a Christian can perfectly well affirm the regularity of nature as described by science which accounts for its spectacular instrumental success (and which is also affirmed on theological grounds, as in Matt 5:45: "For [God] makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.") without thereby being committed to an understanding the laws of nature that excludes the possibility of miracles. One intruiging possibility for conceiving of miracles in the context of modern science arises by analogy with the relation between Newtonian and relativistic mechanics. Just as the former holds approximately in a certain range of conditions (namely where objects are neither very massive or moving very fast), so we can understand the laws of nature that we have so far discovered as holding approximately, to the best of our knowledge, in a certain range of conditions, while the true order of the world, which is divine, includes those laws as a subset of the more comprehensive order God has established to accomplish His will.
Of course some believers will insist that a larger set of empirical facts is necessary for the plausibility of Christian belief, perhaps including the historicity of Adam, the fall of Jericho and others. For those believers, the undermining of those facts by historical investigation will cause cognitive dissonance and strain their plausibility structures. But it is worth pointing out that these problems are a result, not strictly of empirical scientific investigation into the structure of the world (except in a few cases like the age of the Earth), but of application of more general investigative principles. It is considerations like these that Philip Kitcher has in mind when he argues that the conflict between science and religion arises not primarily due to difficulties in one isolated area of investigation, but as a result of investigations in a wide range of fields, including natural science, biblical studies, comparative religion, etc. (see his essay 'The Many-Sided Conflict Between Science and Religion' in The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Religion, pp. 266-282, and his recent book Living With Darwin; for a critical review of the latter, see here) This is not so much a conflict between theology and empirical science as a (potential) conflict between a Christian worldview and the totality of evidence from human experience. Of course, the latter is the BIG question on which the rationality of Christian belief hinges. But a simple appeal to natural science is not enough to substantiate Kitcher's challenge. What's more, as long as the set of empirical facts necessary for the plausibility of Christian belief is controversial even among Christians themselves, it is hard to see how one can argue that theology and science are incompatible at the level of content. The central points of empirical contention, such as the empty tomb and the resurrection appearances, are the same as they always have been. Modern science did nothing to change the terms of that debate, unless to contribute dubious hallucination hypotheses for the use of hyper-critical bible scholars.
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When I first came to college I was sure I wanted to be a theoretical physicist. I took the most advanced introductory classes in mechanics and electromagnetism along with multivariable calculus, linear algebra and differential equations and was on my way to classical and quantum mechanics when I realized that I was more interested in the 'big' questions traditionally addressed by philosophy and theology: why is the world the way it is, what makes science possible, what is the place of human beings in the Universe? I decided to major in religion, but my interest in science did not abate, and I continued to explore my interests in neuroscience, computer science and philosophy of mind. The goal that drove my investigations was to achieve an integration of the best science and the best theology in an intellectually rigorous yet spiritually satisfying worldview. That goal still animates me, as it does some of the greatest scientists alive today (not coincidentally also those who have actually wrestled with philosophy and theology instead of just dismissing them as 'metaphysical hand-waving').
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Now, the default sort order can be set to relevance. (This is enabled by default.) Recency Weighted Relevance Scoring Relevance scoring can now be influenced by how recently a document was created. This follows from the idea that information from several years ago may be outdated but should still be returned if it matches the search closely. This is implemented with a half-life system that halves the document's score for each time period that has past: This option is enabled by default. Failed Index Queueing If the Elasticsearch service goes down or is inaccessible for any reason, documents which are unable to be indexed will now be stored and inserted later. The indexing process will be tried several times (with increasing delays between tried) until the document is successfully inserted or the index request has failed too many times. 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|Reviews for You Never Forgot Me
| Elle G chapter 3 . 7/11/2016
How romantic! I love this story and i can't wait to read more!
| Bored chapter 2 . 2/2/2014
"Merlin! Amilele was hot!
Merlin's beard! Amilleela and Sirius were a couple.
Oh merlin, Amiele, will you get the door?"
Could use some editing... :P
"A" for effort, though.
| theme chapter 1 . 7/4/2006
Sweet )
| shmokey-bear chapter 4 . 6/13/2006
hey! i love it! it's so good! please update soon, and i can't wait to read your rewritten prequel!
| Absurd Insanity chapter 4 . 6/9/2006
This fic is a lot better than the old version. The style got better, and so did the grammar. Can't wait for the next chapter!
| Gwenny chapter 4 . 11/10/2005
Hey Evy!
It's me again.
Wow it was a really long time ago that we were all together on the boards. It was 2001 when I first came onto the boards it was about October 2001 I think so it was almost 2002. It's been five years since I first came to the hp boards and became a minion. And it wasn't long before that that you started the board so it's been about five years since it all. So many memories. lol. I kind of miss it :-(
Oh well, we still have this and YNSM to remind us of the good times lol. Keep posting!
| aRiElLe ElLeIrA chapter 4 . 11/1/2005
bump (
| LiLyGrE chapter 4 . 10/19/2005
love it :)
| JAMES' FREAK chapter 1 . 10/5/2005
c'mon i look for your update every single dayy ! want more :D:D (just a reminder so you know your readers are still here!)
| Dellarouge chapter 4 . 9/12/2005
ah so very funny
| NJ McRiley chapter 4 . 9/5/2005
thats good so far. keep it up!
| love-jonasxx chapter 4 . 9/5/2005
yet another good chapter! keep it up!
| bluferret chapter 4 . 9/5/2005
The flings between both cousins and best friends is extremely cliched...It is a well written story though, I enjoyed reading it :D
| JAMES' FREAK chapter 4 . 9/5/2005
:D! finally i can't take the idiotic grin out of my face :P i can't waitt i want something happening with lily and james! is the fic equally l/j and s/c? i like a lot more l/j, but it's like the first time i don't mind reading about other relationships ... ohohohoh i just can't wait for you never saw me! but why did you unpublish them? i mean you lost like all the reviews!
| Krstna chapter 4 . 9/5/2005
I like the awkward feelings between them all, the past is always hard to leave behind and I think you've captured it so well.


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Ideally located near downtown Montgomery, AL and Auburn University at Montgomery, the Staybridge Suites Montgomery EastChase is an upscale extended stay hotel featuring premium services and a community-oriented atmosphere. Our convenient Montgomery hotel is adjacent to the Shoppes at EastChase and provides easy access to the area's most popular restaurants, attractions and businesses.
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I Miss Are Old Love Peeta
"Peeta, I was looking on Prims shelf today and I saw us when we where seventeen." He shurgs "What dose this mean" he asks unsure. "It means I miss are old love the one we used to have until Snow Hijaked your mind."I cry. Tears stream up on his face. "I also saw my sister Prim." I rub my swelled up belly from the baby where having in a month "I was thinking mabey, just mabey Since 13 brought back all the tributs from the hunger games....they could bring back Prim from the dead, mabey evern your family." Peeta crys harder as if someone has told him he had to kill me and his children. "Mabey we..we should take a trip to 13 with the kids and everything. I can scrape up the money to do it." he says "You should call Beete and see if he can get us a hotle room." I grab the phone and call up Beete who is now 77. "Hey Beete! I'm sorry for calling you so late but me and Peeta where thinking about comeing to 13 for a week do you think you may be able to see if there is an empty hotle room for me and the kids." I say. "Oh sure Katniss I would be glad to do that! Any special reason your coming." He asks?


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Alexandra V.
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Alex is our regular after-school Nanny. My boys adore her. She is reliable, fun, and has a very positive attitud...
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Hey there, thanks for taking the time to view my profile. If you are looking for a reliable nanny that you can call day or night then I am the girl for you. For the past two years I have been working developing software but for two year before that I was a nanny for an amazing family helping to take care of their two young boys (they are now 8 and 11) and I loved and enjoyed every second of it. We are still very close, but unfortunately they no longer need a nanny so here I am!
I'd like to start by telling you about the responsibilities that I had with my previous nanny family, just so you can understand my expertise and skills. I picked up the boys from school each day and provided a healthy snack before charting them off to their after school activities. Once we are home I helped with homework as well as helped to teach the boys multiple musical instruments. Each night I cooked a very healthy (mostly vegan) home cooked meal, and then it's time for bath and lights out! On our less busy days we loved to spend time making lots of creative projects, or we would play outside when it's not raining - and sometimes even if it was raining.
As well as my responsibilities with the boys I would take care of my "nanny family's" lovely pitbull-lab mix. Each week I would bring Vida home and give her some much needed play time with my little pug, Barbra. I have absolutely loved the past two years with this family and am so sad to be saying goodbye (though it's not goodbye forever, as I am right down the street).
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Alex is our regular after-school Nanny. My boys adore her. She is reliable, fun, and has a very positive attitude. She is great at managing chaotic little-boy energy. And she even gets the boys to eat some vegetables.
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Heather, I love those boys, and getting them to eat vegetables is just as rewarding as it is making the vegetables for them. However, I can only make them the way "Mommy makes them", according to the boys. :]
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Members of one of Sweden's major political parties are arguing that incest and necrophilia should be made legal.
The youth wing (LUF) of the Swedish Liberal People's Party has called for laws to be changed so you can legally have sex with your brother or sister, so long as they are over 15, reports The Independent.
However things just get weirder, as the group is also calling for people to donate their bodies for sex after death, in order for necrophilia enthusiasts to avoid prosecution.
Cecilia Johnsson, president of LUF Stockholm, told Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet:
I understand that [incest] can be considered unusual and disgusting, but the law cannot stem from it being disgusting.
The controversial – and pretty f*cked up – group voted on the change at its yearly meeting last Sunday.
If adopted as law, it would mean that if two family members over the age of 15 want to hook up, then they are entirely free to do so.
Whereas if a person wants to get frisky beyond the grave, then all they need do is write so in their will – somewhat similar to how a person goes about donating an organ.
How very liberal of them…


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|Property type
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|3 - 7 nights
This charming lakefront home is available all year round. This House has 6 Bedrooms + Convertible Bed(s), 5 Baths and one ½ baths, and sleeps up to 20. Our wish is that our home will provide the backdrop for many wonderful memories for friends and family of all ages.
Pampering is the key to this luxurious yet comfortable home featuring panoramic lake views from virtually every room. There are two master suites with king-sized beds. Exquisite furnishings, quality linens, and toiletries are provided for your convenience. This house is uniquely suited for reunions, executive retreats, poetry groups, workshops, family getaways, and church retreats. For the golf enthusiasts, golf courses are only few minutes away. The home is also only minutes away from the Lexington or Port Sanilac Marina, the 'Barn Theater' featuring local productions, 'Music in the Park' at Harbor Park on weekends throughout the summer, and several great restaurants within walking distance.
There is also a detached two guest house available. Each of the guest houses can accommodate up to eight individuals. please Visit VRBO # 451356 and 484682 for additional information and photos.
• Amenities
o Washing Machine & Dryer
o Air-Conditioning: Central Air
o Linens Provided
• Beds
o Sleeper Sofa /Futon
o Baby Crib
o King
o Queen
o Child Bed
• Entertainment
o Ping Pong Table
o Music Library
• Kitchen
o Full Kitchen: microwave, refrigerator and small appliances.
o Dish Washer
o Cooking Utensils
o Plates and silverware
o Microwave
o Ice Maker
o Refrigerators
• Outdoor Features
o BBQ Grill
o Balcony
o Deck/Patio
• View/Location
o Lakefront
o Beachfront
• Communications
o Telephone
• Suitability
o Minimum Age Limit For Renters: 25
o Children Welcome
o Pets Not Allowed
o Handicapped Accessible (May Have Limitations)
o Non Smoking Only
• Activities
o Golf
o Cross Country Skiing
o Snorkeling/Diving
o Mountain Biking
o Jet Skiing
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o Wine Vineyard, Fine Dining
Additional amenities include furnished multilevel decking areas and an outdoor fire pit for star gazing or just enjoying the breathtaking sunrises over Lake Huron. The lake is just a few steps out from the back door with full privacy. The lower level is partial walkout and has pool and ping pong tables, along with few exercise equipments.
With fall coming on I am thinking back to our family vacation and I am really feeling blessed that we discovered this property on Lake Huron. This lake house easily accommodates multiple generations of our family. It has a basement game room, multiple living rooms, large eating area, porches, large yard, fire pit, grill, laundry room, main floor handicap/grandparent suite, all the facilities we want. And for those of our family who want more privacy, there are two other cottages on the same property which can be rented separately. The beach is great and not overrun with tourists – just the way we like it. And every year we arrive to find something has been added to enhance our visit.
Our family enjoyed our third year in the big house for our family reunion. The house accommodates our family of 14 (3 generations of us!) comfortably with plenty of room to spare. We enjoyed family meals in the large and well-equipped kitchen and dining area. Most of our time was spent on the beautiful beach, enjoying the water, kayaking, and watching the boats and birds--even a bald eagle!--go by. Our evenings were spent relaxing in the house and game room, and enjoying the fire pit and grounds with outdoor games. Our trips into Lexington and Port Sanilac for ice cream and shopping were fun, and we especially enjoyed our putt-putt golf outing in Lexington. We were very well taken care of by Sam, the property manager. After getting us settled in, he was available to help and answer questions whenever we needed him. We had an amazing vacation and owe its success in large part to our beautiful accommodations and the welcome that Sam provided. We look forward to going "home" again next year, and for many years to come.
My extended family (3 generations) and I rented all 3 houses for our family reunion. We grew up in Michigan and now live all over the country and had not all been back to the "Mitten" together in nearly 40 years! The property was wonderful. The main home was very large with plenty of room for a group of 12-20+. The bedrooms were huge, kitchen large, fun fire pit, great porches, huge basement with pool table - ping pong - etc.; a family friendly house. The cottage and the beach house were great additions and give you lots of ways to divide up families as needed and sleep 6 people each if needed. The cottage was very quite, while the beach house had wonderful view of the lake and an extra kitchen for use down by the lake. As for the lake; Lake Huron is very pretty. The water was very clean and clear, the beach was nice. Kayaking was a blast. Watching the freighter go by in the distance was fun. Best of all Sam, the rental agent was great to work with. Very professional and accommodating.
Overall we could not have asked for a nicer location for the money.
Our family of 32 rented all three properties and have a ball the big house has ample accommodation for 24 although the configuration of beds in some rooms might result in you using all the beds - we comfortably slept 16 adults and four babies in the big house but left beds for 8 unused. We didn't have enough age appropriate folks to use all the bunk beds which sleep 9 . But at the very affordable rates we fit everyone's needs by renting all three properties.
The big house is spacious and the lower level games room is well equipped with games to entertain everyone. The TV room has lots of toys for little children which was a bonus for our younger family members who traveled in from out of state and could not bring many toys for toddlers.
Sam,the property manager was welcoming and attentive - we had hot weather and he came out to help us adjust the air as needed.
In addition to the house the grounds are spacious and well equipped with lawn chairs, grills and fire pits and of course the beach is awesome. We used the kayaks daily and brought our own 8 person inflatable which we also used daily on the beautifully clean and inviting Lake Huron.
Overall a fantastic vacation and a great location
Our family rented all three homes. There was tons of room for many people and we had the best time. There was so much room and the view was so beautiful we didn't want to leave to explore the area. We hope to go back every couple of years for a family get-together. Sam was very accommodating and handled any issues and questions very promptly. Thanks!
We enjoyed the super large home which had everything we needed. The kids enjoyed the beach and kayaks. The view is beautiful. There are many activities to enjoy in the area. Sam was right there for any questions about the home or area.
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Off Peak
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3 night minimum stay
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Ahead of the north London derby on Sunday, both Arsenal and Tottenham have plenty of injury problems.
Laurent Koscielny and Francis Coquelin are both doubts with injuries picked up against AC Milan and Sunderland respectively, while fellow defender Sebastien Squillaci and midfielder Aaron Ramsey are also nursing knocks picked up in that FA Cup defeat.
Mind you, it's not all bad news for Gunners fans, as Carl Jenkinson is back in training following his three-month absence with a stress fracture in his back.
As for Spurs, the news that Tom Huddlestone will be out for the rest of the season may not hit them too hard, as they have had to deal with his absence for most of the campaign. The same could be said for William Gallas, who is also still sidelined.
They are boosted by the news that striker former Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebayor and midfielder Rafael van der Vaart are both on course to return in time for the short trip to the Emirates as they recover from respective knee and calf problems.
Elsewhere, Aston Villa manager Alex McLeish expects midfielder Fabian Delph to be out for the rest of the season after his loan spell at former club Leeds was curtailed by an ankle injury.
Bolton midfielders Stuart Holden and Lee Chung Yong are both said to be making good progress following their long-term injuries. Trotters boss Owen Coyle is hopeful that Lee could be playing again next month, although insists he will not rush either back for the club's fight against relegation.


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Stuck in sand.
Um, um, ummm,
It's not finished yet.
But Dane said I'd get eaten if I didn't write something >.<
Oh well...
Have you ever felt scared?
Lost? Or alone?
Have you ever had a fear?
A doubt?
Nowhere to call home?
Like you didn't have a meaning...
a reason...
a chance...
like music,
through the season,
without the dance.
Flashes of light,
in a world full of darkness.
Sparks of hope,
in a place so heartless.
Permanent marker,
on the back of your hand,
a reminder of the memories,
things you can't forget,
too painful to bare,
too paintful to stand.
stuck in sand,
like the last leaf in autumn,
falling to the ground.
waiting to catch the rest,
no way of turning around.
always second best.
but if all you try,
is turning around,
then you'll always stay,
on the same crumbeling ground.
made mistakes?
no one's perfect.
been hurt?
no one's worth it.
running a race that's never-ending,
searching for someway to feel less alone,
looking for a place not quite so haunting,
wondering if i'll find somewhere to call home.
stayed up all night,
lay awake,
stare at the stars,
so bright,
stuck in sand,
Like a drifting leaf,
through the summer wind,
trying to find my place to land.
Dane made me do it....... n_n