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The number of people donating organs after death has increased by 50 per cent in the last five years, helping transform more than 3,000 lives.
Over the last 12 months more than 1,200 people in the UK donated organs, NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) said.
But doctors say more needs to be done, as many families refuse to consider the possibility of organ donation when a loved one has died.
The sharp rise is largely due to the creation of a network of specialist nurses who support bereaved families and discuss the possibility of organ donation with them.
Specialist nurses are one of a number of recommendations made in 2008 by the Organ Donation Taskforce, following a decade of almost no increase in the number of donated organs.
The taskforce also pushed for the creation of specialist organ retrieval teams and wider promotion and campaigning around the importance of organ donation.
The recommendations led to an increase in organ donors across the UK between 2007/8 and 2012/13 - rises of 49.1 per cent in England, 15.6 per cent in Wales, 74.1 per cent in Scotland and 81.8 per cent in Northern Ireland.
"This is an outstanding achievement that few thought possible at the time this ambition was set," said Bill Fullagar, chairman of NHSBT.
"It is the result of the hard work and dedication of staff in hospitals and communities across the country.
"We must also share our heartfelt thanks with every family who, at a great time of sadness, supported their loves one's wish to donate their organs and transform the lives of up to nine other people."
The increase in donated organs has led to a 30.5 per cent boost in the number of people receiving a life saving or enhancing organ transplant in the last five years.
Professor Anthony Warrens, professor of renal transplantation surgery at Barts Health NHS Trust and the Royal London Hospital and president of the British Transplantation Society, praised the NHSBT for the increase in organ donors.
He said: "There can be few greater achievements than to have given life to those who were on the verge of death - but that is the reality of this achievement.
"Data show that an individual who donates his or her organs after death gives the recipients an aggregate of an additional 56 years of life. And despite the sadness of the moment, this usually becomes a major comfort to bereaved families as time passes."
Dr Paul Murphy, an intensive care consultant in Leeds and NHSBT's national lead for organ donation, called the 50% increase a "landmark event in donation and transplantation for the UK".
He said: "It is testament to the changes we have made at every level in hospitals to deliver this, to the commitment of critical care and emergency department staff to donation, and most of all to the generosity of donors and their families.
"But we can and must do more, because patients continue to die needlessly waiting for an organ transplant.
"Now we have the foundation to push on and create a donation and transplantation service that we can be proud of. Too many families continue to say no, sometimes even overturning their loved one's commitment to donate after death."
Despite the increase in organ donors, the numbers of families refusing to grant consent remains among the highest in Europe, and NHSBT is calling for more to be done.
Sally Johnson, NHSBT's director of organ donation and transplantation, said: "Although I am delighted that we have made such big advances in the UK, we can and must do more.
"We need a transformation in donor and family consent to organ donation because the UK's family refusal rate remains one of the highest in Europe.
"Without that, there is only a limited amount more the NHS can do to offer further hope to those on the waiting list for an organ transplant."
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Samsung's Galaxy Pro takes the Android OS and shoehorns it into the messaging device form factor. There aren't a huge number of messaging phones around that run Android and we've never found the OS to be that good a fit for this type of form factor, so does the Galaxy Pro, which is available on Three for as little as £15 a month on contract, do anything to change our minds?
Decked out in a grey and black colour scheme, the Pro at least lives up to its name in terms of design, as it does come across as a very professional looking device. It's relatively wide at 67mm, so it doesn't initially feel all that comfortable to hold up to your ear when you're using it to make calls, but you soon get used to it. Like a lot of Samsung's smartphones it feels a little bit plastiky to the touch, but at least it's light at 106g and the textured finish on the battery cover means it won't easily slip from your grasp.
The handset has the usual messaging device layout, with the landscape screen at the top and a QWERTY keyboard nestled beneath. However, in between these Samsung has added four Android buttons for menu, home, back and search. But while the power button is usually found at the top of most Android phones, Samsung has move it to the right hand side on this device. There's no dedicated camera button, which is a bit of a pain, but there is a volume rocker switch on the left hand side and a standard 3.5mm headphone jack at the top. The top is also home to the microUSB port that's hidden behind a sliding flap. As you'd expect this is used for both charging the phone, as well as syncing it with a PC.
Unfortunately, the screen is one of the worst aspects of the Galaxy Pro. While we accept that screens are always relatively small on these types of devices, the fact that there's quite a thick border around the edge of this model's 2.8inch display makes us think that Samsung really could have afforded to fit it with a slightly larger screen. But it's not just the size of the screen that's a problem, it's also its low resolution of just 320x240 pixels. The result is that websites are very difficult to read even when you've zoomed in quite far on them and even normal text in the Gmail client or on icons in the app drawer look rough and poorly formed. Viewing angles are quite narrow too, especially on the vertical axis and the screen suffers from poor contrast so it has a drab and dreary look. And despite the fact that the screen uses capacitive touch technology, the phone doesn't support multi-touch gestures such as pinch to zoom in the web browser or photo gallery apps - something that's pretty much standard on most other smartphones now.
My samsung Galaxy pro Gt-b7510 is very new. i use it only 5 months but it is not fully charged when i charge it. its battery is only work for 2 or 3 hour i m not satisfy from the battery what can i do now..
how to get good battery life for this phone?
my gps dont work :(
My downloaded apps go to internal memory which is very low. How do I store downloads in SD card
i cant make call with my Samsung galaxy pro recently but receives calls and messages and also have access to the internet
please let me know what to do
i need help please when i hard reset my phone it turnds back to chinese\
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Q&A | Leigh Ann DeLyser, Computer Science Curriculum Consultant
Leigh Ann DeLyser is the computer science curriculum consultant for the Academy for Software Engineering, a new public high school near Union Square that aims to produce the next generation of software engineers, web developers and internet entrepreneurs. She's the co-author of the report Running on Empty: The Failure to Teach K-12 Computer Science in the Digital Age.
In a conversation with New Tech City host Manoush Zomorodi, she discusses why computer science courses are important for high schoolers, how they will become a part of English classes and what lies ahead for the inaugural class of 135 students entering AFSE as ninth graders this year.
Tell us about the Academy for Software Engineering.
This school was founded because there's so many technology jobs in the city and there's not nearly enough people to fill them. We're hoping to turn out students that not only pursue a four-year college education whether it be in computer science or even a discipline with a minor in CS that gives them extra knowledge and marketability as a professional, but maybe some kids graduate and decide not to go to college. Then they take a short career course or transitionary role and then step right into the industry without a college degree.
Tech is booming in New York City. Is this something you feel the Department of Education is well-placed to capitalize on?
In a nation as big as ours, there are only 2,000 computer science teachers across the entire country. We have less than 20,000 students taking the Advanced Placement Computer Science exam, and to give you a comparison, there's over 150,000 students taking the AP Calculus exam every year. This problem is not just one of ongoing numbers, but we've actually seen a decline in the past five years in the number of students taking the tests, in the number of courses offered, the number of teachers in schools.
To me the greatest history teachers were the ones that were good at telling stories. But how do you do that with conceptual ideas?
Our first course here we're calling a "toolbox." Regardless of the background students have, we want them to have a common set of tools that their teachers can rely on, so the English teacher can give an assignment that has computer science in the English classroom without having to teach it. One of the first tools they're learning is the program called Alice. It was developed at Carnegie Mellon by Randy Pausch, who gave the famous last lecture. Alice is a 3-D modeling and simulation environment where you have characters. Writing a program is exactly that, it's telling a story. There's been a lot of research done that shows that students who learn through Alice actually engage and are more likely to remain in a computer science program than their cohort who start with something more text-based like Python.
Have we ever seen a precedent for this before? How much are we looking at something that is truly brand new?
As a school focused on computer science, this is brand new. There are a number of private schools in the United States where you can get a computer science sequence, and there's even a few public schools like Stuyvesant, which are well-placed, which have students that come in having been screened or having applied beforehand, but it's a very selective and special case. What we're hoping to do here at the Academy is that we're an unscreened school: Any student in New York City can apply to be a student here in this school as long as they pass eighth grade, and it's a lottery for entry. It's not based on their grades. It's not based on their academic performance. Computer Science has a range of jobs for all. Everything from website designer all the way up to theoretician working in a university, and we're really focused in this school with providing a diverse experience for all of our students and giving them all the chances to be successful regardless of the prior knowledge and skills set they come in with.
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MoBL DP - Power down feature of MoBL with the control pin configuration | Cypress Semiconductor
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MoBL DP - Power down feature of MoBL with the control pin configuration
Can the MoBL dual port be powered down? What are the features and pin configuration if such a condition can exist?
Yes, MoBL dual ports can be powered down.
Low power consumption and small footprint are the key factors on which the MoBL is based. It has an automatic power down feature, controlled by deactivating the chip enable (/CEL and /CER) and it permits the circuitry of each port to enter a very low standby power mode. The low power standby mode can also be achieved when both the byte select pins (/UB and /LB) are inactive, irrespective of the mode of /CE. During power down the output pin states are in the Hi-Z mode. The typical and maximum values of current for the low power mode (Isb3) are 2mA - 6mA for 1.8V, 4mA - 6mA for 2.5V, 6mA - 8mA for 3.0V I/O devices.
The condition for minimum power configuration is when both chip enables, both semaphores /SEML, /SEMR and the special function enable pin /SFEN are deactivated. Under these conditions, if the input I/Os do not toggle (f=0) , the power consumed is minimum and the current drawn will not be greater than that stated in the Isb3 specification for the device.
Each of the ports could be individually powered down.
The time taken by the MoBL a dual port to power down is specified in datasheet, i.e., from chip enable de-assert to the point when the operating current reaches the specified Isb value.
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Tires "Just One Example"
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There has been much debate about tires and this IS NOT ONE OF THEM.
Pure and simple this is one experience that I am sure will lift some eyebrows.
Most of you that know me know that I am firmly planted in Florida. I have lived at various locations up north, in the west and throughout Europe so I know cold and snow, I just don't like it any more..prefer shorts and flip-flops. So when it came time to re-up on tires I went with a summer type tire, ContiExtremeContact. These tires hug the road like a slot car. Dry, wet and standing water, they do very well overall and I am extremely pleased by there performance, and even more so after you learn what I am going to tell you.
So recently I had to travel for business and found myself on an interstate that was just closed behind me because of a winter blizzard. The only thing moving on those mountain roads were snow plows and an occasional tractor trailer and here I am on summer type tires.
Well the long and the short of it .onward ho. Albeit with caution I was still passing everything on the road until the snow got so deep that only 1 lane was open and that one time I tried to pass a State Trooper who threw the lights on to dissuade me, which he did.
The bottom line is ContiExtremeContact appear to be excellent in the snow.
This is just one man's experience.
You forgot the legal disclaimer about how you're not exactly recommending people use summer tires to drive in the snow and all that mess. :eek:
How much do those tires cost and how long can you run on them?
Just sayin...
There's more to winter driving than just getting thru snow on a straight freeway.
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The ContiExtremeContact is still considered an all-season tire. It is NOT a summer-only tire. I can almost guarantee your results would have been much different if you were riding on a summer-only tire.
Glad you made it through without issue and glad you are happy with that tire - I have heard good things about them.
With Summer tires, the rubber compound typically hardens in consistency when the ambient temps drop down below 40 degrees, making them unpredictable....not good....
There are 2 versions of this tire. The Extreme contact DW is the summer only version. The Extreme contact DWS is the all season version. You must have the DWS, because I have the contact summer only tires and my car gets stuck on a few flakes in the winter. I only made that mistake once, and the car stays in the garage in the winter now.
I used to have the DW's, tragic in the snow. DWS, OK in the snow.... enough to get around but not much else. That first pic looks like pretty darn light snow to me.
Put some sand bags in the front and rear and give it a try.
Ten minutes later and for the next 3 hours is was less than 50 visibility with to total accumulation of over three feet. Didn't dare take my concentration away to take a picture in those conditions. The car was sliding on the undercarrage and the traction control going off like a dot matrix printer until I turned it off.
The main point is, the DW tire performed surprisingly well under those conditions. However this is not an endorsement of DW for winter driving. The car was loaded to max which helped.
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Amanda Peet fears she is losing out on roles to younger actresses because she is scared to have cosmetic surgery.
In an essay titled Never Crossing The Botox Rubicon for Lena Dunham's "Lenny" newsletter, the actress explains that while she cares about her looks, she is too scared to cross the line into Botox and fillers.
It's going to be an extra-merry Christmas for Amanda Peet as she gave birth to her third child on Sunday (December 7).
The "Igby Goes Down" actress and her handsome husband David Benioff are thrilled to add a baby boy to their brood which already includes 4-year-old Molly June and 7-year-old Frances Pen.
It was a huge evening last night (October 8) as the 51st New York Film Festival took over Manhattan's Lincoln Center with a plethora of celebrity sightings.
"Prometheus" hunk Michael Fassbender showed up at Alice Tully Hall to check out the premiere of "12 Years A Slave."
Gathering as a cast to promote their latest work, Sarah Jessica Parker and Amanda Peet took part in a photo call for "The Commons of Pensacola" on Wednesday (September 25) in New York City.
The lovely ladies were joined at the shoot, which was held at Manhattan Theatre Club Rehearsal Studios, by veteran actresses Lynne Meadow and Blythe Danner.
It's one of the biggest nights of the year for the television industry, and Amanda Peet looked like she was ready to have a good time as she arrived at the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday evening (September 22).
The "Good Wife" starlet was all smiles as she meandered around outside the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, showing off her designer duds as fans and photographers looked on.
It's one of the most anticipated comedies in the pipeline, and "Identity Thief" has just released a new teaser trailer ahead of its February 8th release date.
And with lead stars like Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy, the expectations are high for plenty of awkwardness and hilarious situations.
Ready for an exciting night in Tinseltown, Amanda Peet hit the buzzing red carpet as she arrived to the 64th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday (September 23).
The 40-year-old actress posed arm in arm with her hunky husband David Benioff while roaming the grounds of the Nokia Theatre LA Live held small screen celebration.
Spending some quality time with her daughter Frances Benioff, Amanda Peet was spotted at Disneyland yesterday (January 24).
The "Igby Goes Down" actress and her adorable little girl hung out with Rapunzel from "Tangled" at the Anaheim, California amusement park.


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50's brakes lock up
On a single circut brake system, as found on the 50's cars, the rear brakes lock up first. Would an adjustable porotioning vale to the rear help ???
Makes sense that the rear aren't doing as much and would lock up first, never thought about that. But I also have noticed that if on my daily driven 59 Rambler my ebrake is on just a little bit where I didn't release it all the way, the rear brakes lock up very fast when applying the brakes just above normal hard a bit. So adjustment has a lot to do with it too. Where as under normal hard braking, they don't. I even had a serious panic stop a while ago and they didn't lock up, it was beautiful.
I loosened the back ones off, helps some , not much. YES, on a firm stop they lock up every time , but a slow stop they don't , on a real hard stop, they both stop really good.
Oil or brake fluid on the shoes will make then lock up easily. If there are no leaks and the car has always done this, then yes, a proportioning valve in the rear line will likely cure the problem. It is better to do that then to back off the adjustment.
To balance brake the brake system on the old cars it was done with wheel cylinder diameters. If the wheel cylinders have been changed out over the years and the wrong ones installed on your car it can cause the problem you are having.
everything has checked out, I even pulled the drums off again, and re-checked the cyl sizes. After alot more research, I think the problem is main brake line from the front to the rear. I think it's too small. It's been replaced at some piont with a 3/16, and I'm told it should be 1/4 to the rear then splits off to 3/16. Supposed to make it a tad slower to rear. We'll see...............
lining length
Are the brakes a self energizing design ? Different front to rear Because of a brake Swap or axle. different years parts used ... also the shoes have different amounts of lining material and must be oriented correctley.. " When Replacing Your Shoes , Place The Shoe With The Short. Lining To The Rear "
The shoe with the short lining goes to the front.
checked out a repair manual.
I quoted from Ford brake service ,1938 to 1948, goodhart-wilcox 1955 edition . I better go check out one of my motor manuals. this wouldn't. be the first time different manuals were not the same.
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OE Federal: New Look, More Swagger
At OE Federal, we're rolling out a new look and a refreshed commitment for telling our credit union's story. Members will notice a newly-designed website and communications materials.
All of this effort reflects the credit union's long-held mission of serving our union brothers and sisters and their families. We plan to shout it louder and prouder. So, we've kicked up the colors, added a dash of swagger and selected photography to reflect members' real lives centered on working hard and playing hard.
Our OE Federal team takes pride in being union loyal and extending that philosophy to great rates, convenient services, and friendly smiles. We stand by you, never wavering, always available, and focused on keeping your financial future secure. And that's the story we're telling our union family.


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It seems as if the the better-for-you movement is yet to trickle down to the kids menu. Health advocates hold onto your hats as you take a glimpse at the below data that reveals the greasy, fried truth behind what restaurants are serving kids. The most frequently mentioned items on menus for kids is french fries, followed closely by burger. Rounding out the top three is pizza.
And if the skeptic in you is saying the results must be skewed by lower priced, fast food restaurants, then prepare to be dismayed. All restaurants, regardless of how high end or low rent they might be, offer french fries and burgers to children above all else.
If we take a look at just vegetables mentioned within kids menus, we find that they are mentioned on menus less than half the amount of times that french fries are. In fact, even when they are, the most common vegetable is still the potato! We could easily infer the next two most mentioned vegetables (tomato and lettuce) to be toppings on burgers, making the first legitimate mention of a healthy vegetable as a meal part broccoli at 2 percent.
Stacked against the CPG children's industry, kids menus seem even further behind the times. Kid friendly food brands like Annie's, Revolution Foods, and Plum Organics and a slew of others have made it their mission to make and market not only healthy, all natural and organic foods for children – in large part due to consumer demand. Where is the demand for healthier options for children in restaurants? When will the leaders of the better-for-you QSR movement like Lyfe Kitchen and Protein Bar roll out kids menus? If you are interested in learning about healthier ideas for kids menus catch us on Twitter, LinkedIn, or contact our office.


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Obscure Logic of the Heart (edition 2011)
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Anil comes from a wealthy and liberal Sikh family; his background seems a world away from Lina's devout Muslim upbringing, but that doesn't stop them falling in love.
Although we know from the start of the novel that this love took place some time in the past, the reader is still drawn into the story of their love affair and the obstacles placed in their way by family and friends on both sides. Running alongside Lina & Anil's story is a second story of another cross-cultural romance, and parallels between them provided added depth and interest.
The love story is beautifully told; however, the book is much more than that. The author has messages for us about religion and tolerance, the obligations that the love of family and friends place on us, and the dangers of guns and violence. All set against wonderful landscapes of Kenya and Sudan, and the metropolitan bustle of New York.
I have read and reviewed this novel as part of the Transworld Book Group Reading Challenge
Muslim Indian girl fall in love with Hindu Indian boy, SHe lives and grew up in UK, he in Kenya. They meet at University. Have secret affair that ends in pain but is rekindled several year later.And that is where the book ends.
An immediate attraction between our 2 lovers plus 2 different cultures and the opposition of family ... you can see the Romeo and Juliet link but this book has a fascinating backdrop of art, politics and human rights that made this an excellent read. As the only child in a very affluent, liberal, Sikh family Anil can sometimes seem arrogant but he is an intriguing mix, often seen by his friends and family as too patient and thoughtful, his passionate love for Lina is never in doubt. Her family background is a more humble and more religiously devout Muslim home in Birmingham; the close relationship with her Dad is the main thing that seems to hold her back. Lina loves Anil but her family, her religion and her 'human rights' activities all lead to barriers that she finds difficult to surmount. I have slight niggles as some characters didn't get fleshed out as much as I thought they could have been in a 500 page novel: Merc, Anil's best friend, seems totally unlikeable and I couldn't see why they were close and Hans, the human rights activist, seems a little too good to be true but others like Lina's parents seemed very real to me.
Because of the way the story is told we know that the relationship reaches a point where they separate but how they get to this stage and whether the upcoming reunion might lead to reconciliation proved a real page turner for me as I became more and more involved in their story. Woven between the Anil and Lina story is another tale, told through letters, of another cross-culture romance that had ended and although many might guess at the writer early on the parallels make for added depth.
Some of my favourite elements of the book actually have nothing to do with the central story: the debate on whether African art and culture should embrace the western influences; the discussions by Hans and UN worker Susan on 'rape as a weapon of war'; plus the whole gun culture issues – "... those who have guns end up killing" is countered by "Ay, and those who don't have guns end up dying." This added dimension really lifts this book and the landscapes of New York, Kenya and the Sudan are beautifully brought to life.
I received this through the Transworld Book Challenge and found it a great read. I will definitely look out for more books by Priya Basil as I found her writing style very readable plus the extra dimensions made for a thought-provoking read.
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Senators could be asked to vote for the full sale of Telstra as early as Wednesday, with the Federal Government to introduce legislation directly into the Senate this week.
Five bills associated with the Coalition's plan to sell its 51.8 per cent share of the telecommunications carrier are being prepared.
The Government is pressing ahead despite Telstra launching a series of attacks on the Government over what it claims is excessive regulation, and a top executive saying he would not recommend his mother buy shares in the company.
The legislation to approve the sale and a second bill covering regulations will be introduced into the Senate by Communications Minister Helen Coonan.
The Government, which has a majority in the Upper House, wants to quickly lock in the support of its senators after Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce agreed to back the sale. It would then go to the House of Representatives for approval.
But three other sale-related bills must first go to the Lower House because they are money bills. These will establish the $2 billion communications fund to provide for future services in the bush. The income from the fund is to be used for upgrades.
There will also be a $1.1 billion upgrade over the next three years including: $878 million to expand broadband coverage; $113 million for health and education services to be provided using broadband; $30 million to extend mobile phone coverage in remote areas; and $90 million for phones, internet and video-conferencing in remote indigenous communities.
The regulations bill will require Telstra to introduce "operational separation" of its wholesale and retail businesses. But because the company is resisting it, the detail of this policy will not be in the legislation as it is still being worked out. It will come later in a regulation introduced into Parliament.
Senator Coonan said there would also be new consumer protection measures, such as a cap on untimed local calls of 22 cents and other regulatory reforms to promote competition in the telco market.
The author owns Telstra shares.
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Lord Huron, 'Lonesome Dreams'
Many among us assert that folk is dead. A vocal minority has grown tired of the revival kickstarted by the likes of Conor Oberst and Sam Beam, claiming the indie folk movement has begun to implode. It's become derivative of itself, it's going out of style, paving the way for electronic wunderkinds like James Blake to usurp the throne once occupied by Justin Vernon.
But these last two years have been infused with resistance to this false death knell. Bands as disparate as Fleet Foxes and the Mountain Goats have released new albums declaring folk's continuing and powerful presence. New on the scene is Lord Huron, and the movement should be glad to have them.
The band is fronted by Ben Schneider, a guy who must have spent countless hours spinning his parents' Graceland LP unstoppably as a youth. Paul Simon's spectral influence looms just beneath the surface of almost every track on their new album, Lonesome Dreams. This charge of Simon is intriguing and subtle, though, as you won't find much of the African harmonies that made Simon's work so famous in the 80s. It's more the rhythm of the saints and the hopeful lyrics Simon is so fond of that you'll find here; Schneider is never content to rest with an acoustic guitar, instead heading for hills populated by nearly nautical tones accompanied by percussive hits on instruments aplenty.
The album opens with "Ends of the Earth," and one cannot help but think Schneider's goal is to take us to the world's terminating point and prove it's not so bad after all. The high-pitched vocals kicking off the track steer clear of shrillness or even predictable comparisons to the great indie falsettos of our day (see James Mercer of The Shins). If anything, Schneider sounds more like Panda Bear from Animal Collective than anyone else, only surrounded by straightforward lyrics and penetrable music. Out there's a land / That time don't command / I wanna be the first to arrive, he sings. To the ends of the earth, won't you follow me / There's a world that was meant for us to see.
A line like that is what you need for an album opener—and for a first LP. It has to be an ambitious invitation, an almost jealous appeal for the listener to come along.
You just have to have the goods to back it up.
But there's a place for songs that may not get at the unfortunate shortcomings of interpersonal relationships because songs like these can push the listener to love and live better overall. They fuel us with hope that one day these lyrics may be more than wishful thinking, may encourage us to be more overcome with love.
I have been trying to find her, wanna give what I got / She lit a fire and now she's in my every thought, goes the couplet on album centerpiece, "She Lit a Fire." Where could that girl have gone? / Where? I've wandered far / Where could that girl have gone? / She left no trail but I cannot fail, I will find her.
This is a man who knows no defiance and no slowing down. He's writing lyrics unaffected by the modernist sentiments of men like Ernest Hemingway. "You are as in love as you think you are!" he seems to make his goal of conveying throughout the album. "Don't let your own guilt, your own cynical convictions keep you from scaling mountaintops, rushing through forests to head for what you love and what you need."
What Lord Huron seems to be getting at more than anything else is what love would be like, should our hearts be redeemed from their own contradictions and their succumbing to the wages of sin and selfishness.
It's an album to be played on jagged crags, jutting forth in glory before a roaring ocean. It's the sound of a young sailor before he departs for the uncertainty of the sea, of Jim Hawkins before the days of Long John Silver.
Though Schneider allows for uncertainty and fear, these are not considered paralyzing. Instead, they are overcome by the hope and love he seems hellbent on getting his listeners to recognize. And recognize it we do. When optimistic messages come packaged with guitars sounding like they were recorded in a grotto in the Caribbean, how can we do otherwise?
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Mushroom Records is an Australian record company started by Michael Gudinski and Ray Evans in Melbourne in 1972. After its sale in 1998, it joined with Festival Records (Australia) and became Festival Mushroom Records. In 2006 it became one of the record labels owned by Warner Bros. Records. It is currently internationally known as WEA International Inc.


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Kabbi Kabbi is a recently released Bollywood film. It is a Hindi romantic film which was directed by Rushan Abbas. It was produced by Gauri Khan. The key actors include the first time actor Ali Fazal and other notable names in the Indian movie industry such as Giseli Monteiro, lilette Dubey, Vijay Raaz, among some other names in the industry.
This is another interesting movie produced in India, those who are in love with this movie said that it is as bad as the name is. The first half of the movie was dull while the second part was full of action and very interesting.
The story line was about a popular school that is known as St Marks. The school was set to make names as best among the schools and most of the students there are bright teenagers who want to make the best out of the academic career. However apart from the pursuit for academic excellence other activities take place in the school. The school was not just for love there are other things which the students are also up to and it includes the crazy for romantic love.
The school is a place where everybody is growing up and they are therefore in a hurry to move to the next level. The major characters in the movie acted their roles and their destinies have to take them to different positions in life.


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Call Center Supervisor's job entails organizing and directing the daily activities concerned to the call center's operation. The main responsibility of a call center supervisor is to manage, train, and guide call center agents to execute their tasks. By resolving problems and complaints, a supervisor supports the team. The supervisors monitor agents and calculate call center performance, and analyze reports. They prepare and develop schedules to control adequate staffing levels.
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Okay, here's the deal. You get to pick 3 war games from the AppStore and that's it. They have to be your absolute favorite. It may be hard to narrow the list down, but you have to do it. Include a link to the game on iTunes, just in case someone would like to check out your suggestion. For whatever reason, I always have problems trying to search for games on iTunes.
SuperPower - World at War
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This game is text-based game and it's very different from everything else that you'll find on the list. The other two games on my list are first person shooters, but I still consider them to be war games. Even though this game is vastly different and a lot of people consider text-based games to be a thing of the past, I still enjoy the hell out of this game.
I enjoy my shoot'em ups, but I also enjoy games that involve a lot of strategy and require you to think about your next move. This game is one of those games that you have to have a good strategy if you want to conquer the entire world. Also, it implements social networking capabilities, so that makes things very interesting.
Modern Combat 3: Fallen Nation
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This is a game that actually gets compared to the Call of Duty series a lot. If you are looking for a game that's close to playing a full-fledged FPS on a console, you're going to be really hard-pressed to find a better game than Modern Combat 3. This is one of the closest you can find if you're looking for that experience on a mobile phone or a tablet.
N.O.V.A. 3 - Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance
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Are you a fan of the Halo series? If so, this game gets compared to Halo a whole lot. It's an absolutely beautiful game and this is the third installment in the franchise. These games just keep getting better and better as they go. If another one is released in the future, you may see me edit this post and put it above Modern Combat 3.


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"Sexual harassment" is a form of sex discrimination and means unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature when – such conduct has the purpose or effect of creating an intimidating, hostile or offensive working or academic environment or unduly interfering with an individual's work or academic performance. For purposes of this policy, "undue interference" is defined as improper, unreasonable or unjustifiable behavior going beyond what is appropriate, warranted or natural.
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Engaging in harassment, whether physical, psychological, verbal, written or digital-based, which is beyond the bounds of protected free speech, and directed at a specific individual(s), and likely to cause an immediate breach of the peace; conduct which threatens the mental health, physical health or security of any person or persons including stalking, intimidation, or threat that unreasonably impairs the security or privacy of another member of the university community.
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In April 1968, student activists at Columbia University schemed to take over the dean's office as a protest against the Vietnam War and plans to build a new gym. More than 700 students were arrested, and the uprising won national attention. But the school's buttoned-up administrators hadn't wanted to involve the police, and the rioters eventually were allowed to graduate. The mayor of New York, John Lindsay, even arrived in December to address the students and applaud "the urgent, authentically revolutionary work of this generation." How much of that revolution has carried over to the Columbia of 2004? Registered students […]» Read More
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As president of the SMU chapter of the Young Conservatives of Texas, Brad Julsonnet is on a mission to protect First Amendment rights for students. He and the other members of YCT want SMU students to feel free to express themselves. To encourage freedom of speech, YCT members will be on the west bridge of the Hughes-Trigg Student Center today between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., handing out fliers to accompany 25 stake signs scattered across campus. YCT stresses the importance of being able to use symbolic speech to express opinions. The signs show two images, one of a burning […]» Read More
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Famed First Amendment lawyer Floyd Abrams told a national group of editorial writers last week that threats to the First Amendment these days come more often from the left than the right. It was a provocative statement from Mr. Abrams, himself a man of the left. Yesterday's action by Southern Methodist University seems to back it up. On Wednesday, SMU officials shut down an "affirmative action bake sale" sponsored by Young Conservatives of Texas. It was a theatrical form of political protest, in which the group sold pastries whose prices were determined by the ethnicity or gender of potential customers. […]» Read More
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In Wimereux between October 24-28, 2009 the French Freestyle Championship scored three days of winds between 20-30 knots. After a single elimination for junior and men and double elimination women, we are proud to announce Cabrinha rider Caroline Adrien's win and Sarah Demdoum's 3rd place. Mathieu Judic (Cabrinha) finished the 4th place. Congratulations to all the riders that participated!


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but now I have a bill for $3,000. I haven't paid it.
I never signed anything, I never received an estimate. I tried to use the boat yesterday and oil shoots out of oil line next to the starter. Oil has filled the area under the engine. Diesel fuel drips out of the injector line. I'm not sure what I should do. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Observe with interest as he demonstrates how to start it "Properly"
Ask about things of interest you notice during the process of him demonstrating
his proper process.
Listen with interest to his explinations for the oil and fuel leaks you'll notice.
Remain calm, let him convince you that all is well and that nothing is really a problem and stay calm as he offers to cure these new problems at added expense.
When all is said and done and everybody is smiling and happy and about to go their seperate ways.
Add a simple observation of your own.
Mention that you have his $3000 bill for getting the engine to it's current condition, and that you would assume from that, that it will Likely take $3000 more in time and effort to get back to where you started.
Now the tricky bit. "Mention" that since the engine could mean the difference between Life or death. you have now lost confidence in his work for obvious reasons and intend to have a new mechanic give you a second opinion (make it sound like a reasonable thing to do for sake of your peice of mind).
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1 take it well
2 become twisty
3 get angry
for 1, proceed as suggested and have your new mechanic detail any shoddy workmanship and simply refuse to pay while also questioning qualifications, insurance's and liability cover for damages. If bad mechanic is lacking in any of these areas theres little chance of him persuing the matter.
For 2 or 3 rip up his bill infront of him then break his jaw on the spot Throw him of your boat with the warning that IF he ever happens to see you on the street it would be advisable for him to cross to the other side since you will break more bones for him any time he comes with in reach. (thus building in the means to be sure he won't want to esculate things further) (Ok so thats not nice , But enjoy the image for a bit anyways)
If the latter is not part of your disposition. You will need a friendly Hulk to step in on your behalf. Thats way esier than you'd think.
Just go find yourself a hulking Biker/mechanicy type and Ask if he knows any good mechanics. Any bike worth his salt will know a dozen if not fit the bill perfectly himself.
Biker mechanics are generally able to Fix an engine with anything that comes to hand. To do so means they generally KNOW what is really what and how to rig a work around even if the proper parts are not available. You can imagine how easy a fix would be for them with proper parts suppilied as required. Most are keen to earn a few extra $ and if the options come down to a biker watching some jerk mechanic scam you for $3000 for a bad repair when HE could have a slice of that for ACTUALLY fixing it. You can bet that the Biker may take an interest in running the dodgy mechainc out of dodge ( or at least out of your hair ) and deal with those repairs in short order.
Not really.Shiny happy people with boats are easy prey stereotyped as having plenty of cash to burn. Docky side mechanics seldom expect anyone to challange to their so called expertise.
Boat engines are not complex. Bikers (real ones ) know engines and don't like being stranded by breakdowns any more than boaters do. but most signifigantly the legacy of the somewhat earthy biker image is Not something that your average dockside mechainc wants to mess with.
Picture the scene.
Mechanic 1 spinning you bull about your engine and Bubba roars up, steps on board and asks him a bunch of leading Mechanical questions will becoming visably less impressed with each answer.
Bubba will inevetably tell him to sling his hook and fix the thing himself.
Bubba gets that engine sorted and bad mechanic out of your hair for a few $.
Bubba sees you as a new friend that can Pay him for EASY WORK
Bubba don't like people ripping of his Friends.
Bubba tells Bad mechanic that its a bad plan to Upset Bubbas friends. Bad mechanic won't want to risk calling Bubbas bluff.
You save money, your engines sorted and you can get a professional service done on the FIXED and WORKING engine for peice of mind with the change.
(just don't rub Bubbas nose in that)
How do you find the right Bubba?
Easy watch for a huge scruffy monster on a pristene but heavily modified bike and compliment him on it. Ask as though in awe if he did it ALL himself and watch him glow with pride. tell him your prediciment and mention that you'd sure appreciate a second opinion about your engine from a guy that can turn out that kinda quality and you'll be only too happy to cover his time and fill his tank in return
oh.. yeah..
Your boat will be SAFE but don't EVER introduce your Daughter to Bubba ( Murphys law dictates she's sure to marry him)
Btw. I have utmost respect for you keeping your cool thus far. I would have long since had him dangeling by a rope round his ankles of the peir, waiting for the tide to come back in to start negotiations about trading his BILL for a haul back up
@ $3000 to be faced with leaking oil and fuel, I'd crack. probably to the point of explaining at lenght and in very great detail about the resultant COST of a cleaning up after him, with a firm grip of his throat to ensure he was paying best attention..
|I think I would take pictures of the leaks. Perhaps even have another mechanic look at it, if one is available. Take him to court before he can file a mechanics lein, small claims court if the sum is not too great.
Mechanic from hell
I have a Perkins 4.108 engine in my Irwin 37 sailboat. A mechanic has been working on it since the second week of May. The problem was initially that it would not start. He has pulled off the hydraulic fuel injector pump and had it rebuilt. Then he said the starter was bad so that needed to be rebuilt. I have inserted an image of his bill. Note how many times he has charged me for going over the fuel sysem.
Now last week he says it's fixed and sent me a bill within a day. I was shocked. I said it was ok to fix the fuel system and then ok to pull the starter but now I have a bill for $3,000. I haven't paid it.
I never signed anything, I never received an estimate. I tried to use the boat yesterday and oil shoots out of oil line next to the starter. Oil has filled the area under the engine. Diesel fuel drips out of the injector line. I'm not sure what I should do. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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The 2013 General Tire Mint 400, presented by Polaris – is now available to rent or purchase through Apple iTunes. The special two-hour digital version of the primetime television show captures the most dynamic and thrilling off-road racing on the planet – at the most prestigious and challenging off-road race in America. Read the rest of this entry »
- The 2011 Class 1 Mint 400 winner sits down to answer a few questions about this year's race.
Las Vegas, NV – March 21, 2012. The tradition of the General Tire Mint 400 continues this weekend as the off-road community descends upon the Nevada desert. Read the rest of this entry »
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Course DescriptionIntroduces the normal appearance of anatomical structures in multiple planes. Enables student to differentiate between normal anatomical structures and abnormalities. Designed for graduate technologists or senior radiography students. ARRT certification or department permission required.
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This course is designed for radiographers in all stages of their career: whether still in school, training for a new field or furthering one's knowledge. This class offers both 1 hour of college credit and/or 12 hours of continuing education. It can be taken for a grade, as pass/no pass or as an audit. The student's grade for the course will be based on the final exam results given throughout the class. The student must earn above a 50% on the final exam for a pass mark. These both will earn Category A continuing education credits. With an audit, the student will receive Category B continuing education credits.
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Differentiate between normal and abnormal sectional anatomy of the head and neck on medical images.
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This book made ripples in the literary world when it was published in 1990; it won a Whitbread Prize for Literature and was made into a four-part mini-series on the television. Set in the 1970s, it tells the story of a half-Indian, half-English boy called Karim growing up in the suburbs similar to a more adult version of Adrian Moles Diary, but addressing a lot more complicated issues and lots of sexual content.
The author
Hanif Kureishi was born in Bromley, Kent and as well as being the author of novels, also writes screenplays including My Beautiful Launderette and Sammy and Rosie Get Laid.
The story
Karim has a somewhat complicated family life. His father, Haroon, is in love with a woman that isnt his wife and wants to move in with her; the rise in interest in spiritualism has led to his popularity as a teacher. His dads best friend, Anwar, is losing the will to live, because his daughter, Jamilla, with whom Karim has regular sex, will not marry the man that has been chosen for her. His dads sister is an alcoholic and Karim himself is confused about his sexuality, having strong feelings for his step-brother to be, Charlie. Karim is also struggling to find his identity in a racist environment, when trends in the pop world are having a strong influence on society.
When his father finally leaves his mother and moves in with his mistress, Eva, Karim goes with him and under her influence, becomes involved in the acting world. He goes on tour and falls in love for the first time. But then things change, and his newly-found identity starts to fall to pieces as a huge black cloud of depression comes down on his head. Can he sort himself out or is he on a path to self-destruction?
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Karim is a sensitive teenager when we first meet him, confused about sexuality and feeling displaced because of his fathers relationship with his mistress. He has no idea of what he wants to become; he slowly stops going to school because there just seems no point. He finds racism in every part of society, which he finds difficult to cope with, particularly being only half-Indian. But acting brings out the best in him; finally he has a reason for living .until things start to go wrong. I warmed to Karim immediately he is all too aware of his faults, yet is basically a kind and caring person who wants to do right by all the people in his family. This is a vivid portrayal of a young man growing up in the 1970s, but Karim is also a character that most people will find something to associate with, no matter when they grew up.
Karims father, Haroon, Harry for short, moved to the UK to study law as a young man, but didnt finish his studies and ended up as a pen-pushing civil servant. He loves living in London and has no desire to go home, yet his job bores him and his wife no longer provides him with what he needs. Eva, on the other hand, his mistress, is vibrant and beautiful, believes in Buddhism and encourages Haroon to teach Buddhism. Together they make an excellent couple; Haroon provides Eva with the assurance that she needs and Evas caring and demonstrative nature brings Haroon and Karim out of themselves.
Haroons friend Anwar, who came over to the UK with him runs a convenience store with his wife, Jeeta, and daughter, Jamilla. Despite his comfortable lifestyle, he still has strict Indian principles and expects his daughter to enter into an arranged marriage. Jamilla, on the other hand, a feisty young woman who has more English principles, refuses until her father goes on a hunger strike. Enter Changez, fresh from the Indian provinces. He is overweight and has a withered arm, but is kind and caring and although Jamilla refuses to consummate their marriage, they do have a relationship together. Karim also becomes close to Changez. I loved Changez. He brought a humorous element to the book; yet the author manages it so that he doesnt become the butt of all the jokes he is just a simple soul who wants everyone to be happy.
I really enjoyed this book. It was a refreshing look at growing up, relationships and racism. The racism that the characters have to suffer is shocking, but it isnt a case of them putting up with it they fight back in an organised way that makes the skinheads look ridiculous. The strongest part of the book for me was the characters. They were so vividly drawn and although larger than life, still managed to come across very naturally. The authors ability to write humour into the story was excellent I had a smile on my face from start to finish. There is a strong sexual content, which includes bondage and homosexuality, so if you are offended by this, you should keep away from this book. Highly recommended.
The book is available from Amazon for £3.99. Published by Faber and Faber, it has 288 pages. ISBN: 0571142745
The Bhudda of Suburbia was written by Hanif Kureishi in 1990, it went
on to win that year's Whitbread Prize for best novel and was definitely a
deserving winner. It was made into a television show in the mid nineties
starring Naveen Andrews now better known for the show Lost currently showing
around the world. The TV adaptation caused a huge furore in the british press at
the time for its graphic depictions of sex. This was not so much for the nudity
but due to a scene involving the protagonist Karim experimenting with another
man.But back to the novel:
The book centres around a young man named Karim Amir and spans his life between
the years 1971 to 1979 in Thatcherite Britain. Karim is half Indian with an
english mother and finds himself caught between cultures whilst he looks for a
future he is unsure about. As well as this, Karim is a bisexual, a fact that
doesn't go down too well with his father "My son a Bumbanger" etc. His father
is the Bhudda Of Suburbia, a working man who spends his nights going around
middle class homes teaching meditation and mysticism to new age housewives.
Consequently, he begins having an affair with one of these women, a fact that
should tear Karim apart. The brilliance of the novel is in Kureishi's
charcterisation of Karim as a lazy, detatched slob who really doesn't care that
much at all. In fact from his dad's new relationship, he gets to hang out with
his new brother in law, a boy he is obsessed with.
As the novel goes on, Karim ends up living in squats, hanging with an arty
crowd and getting into punk, A movement his brother in law is a huge part of.
Karim finds himself indulging in numerous sexual experiments with men and women.
He becomes an actor and finds himself in a world of weird orgies and S & M.
the above description, it would seem Kureishi's novel was just about sex but
that's really not the case. The Bhudda Of Suburbia is a beautifully drawn out
and brilliantly witty insight into life for an Indian growing up in Britain in
the seventies. The book handles issues of Racism and every other phobia in an
assured and humorous manner. This book will really make you think. Highly
This summer I reread one of my all-time favourite books: The Buddha of Suburbia by Hanif Kureishi. Published in 1990, it deservedly won the Whitbread Prize for Best Novel. The title may mean something to people who haven't read the book as it was made into a television series in the mid-1990s and sparked a huge furore in the conservative press for its depiction of one particular sex scene. This ridiculous Puritanism did plenty for the viewing figures and book sales, but sadly overshadowed and distorted what is a perceptive, funny, touching, brilliant, life-enhancing work of fiction. The story spans the years 1971 to the beginning of Thatcherism in 1979, and follows the life of Karim Amir, known as Creamy to his mates, a 17 year old Londoner and Millwall supporter with an English mother and Indian father. Karim is an extremely likeable selfish bastard who throughout the book struggles to find his identity whilst living life to the full. His own journey is mirrored by that of Britain which muddles through the chaotic Labour years of discontent and confusion. Karim's identity issues are multiple. First, he is an Englishman with English tastes, who is also half Indian in both race and culture. He is lazy and unambitious, but needs to earn a living. He is bisexual in an intolerant world (Father: ?A bumbanger! My own son ? How did it transpire??). His allegiance is torn between his slovenly, adulterous, opinionated, inconsistent father and his put-upon, timid, depressed and housewifely mother. Karim's life changes when his father's lover propels him into arty society as some sort of philosophical guru. Here Karim comes into contact with others who are free and easy about his life choices and who encourage him to experiment with life. Again he is thrown into the centre of conflict, however, as the other side of the family impress upon him their white middle-class values. Rather than being torn apart by the dichotomies tha
t pervade his life, Karim merely notices them from a distance and carries on regardless. This is partly his laziness, partly his genuine, though unstructured, desire to progress through his own experience. Through his new arty acquaintances, Karim's life becomes a journey of discovery - political, personal and sexual. From secret torrid sex sessions with his female friend Jamila - herself dealing with the inner conflict of being a Muslim and rampant feminist - he begins to enjoy sex with his own sex too. Indeed, if there's one thing Karim loves, it is sex, and he's not averse to trying it on with anyone just for fun. He also loves to have sex with the daughters of white racists, gaining enormous satisfaction from the thought that he is retaliating in a way that would disgust them beyond measure. But Karim is not the only victim of racism in this book. Instead, we get to see it from all sides, with Karim's father and uncle frequently railing against other Indians and all Pakistanis. Politically, we find Karim living in a squat with devout socialist Terry, who he tries but fails to seduce. Socially, we see Karim climb the social ladder of the arty set as he becomes an actor with a co-operative theatre group. Sexually, he progresses to a sublime orgy scene which is so funny and excruciating that it is impossible to forget. Where traditionally the novel sees its main character go through a process of learning, TBOS merely observes Karim as he dips in and out of different sides of life. Karim does not learn any great moral lessons in the way that many main characters in books do, but instead takes us through a multitude of dimensions of 70s British life. Karim is refreshingly amoral. He intends to hurt no one, but inadvertently hurts many. His mother, for instance, often feels neglected and unloved by him. He carries on his affair with Jamila while befriending her arranged husband, Changez. He sleeps with anyo
ne and everyone, even after he has had his heart broken by an actress and learned what it is to feel the pain of rejection. It is testament to Kureishi's great skill as a writer that Karim is at once so dislikeable and so utterly lovable. What shines through are Karim's good (or perhaps that should be his doesn't-mean-any-harm) intentions, his open heart, his lack of judgmentalism and his have-a-go attitude to everything. He is always on the lookout for a new experience, a different bandwagon to jump on, and his constant shifts make the book exciting and fun. After just a few short chapters, you are on Karim's side whatever he says or does, because you know that going with him is a hell of a lot more interesting than siding with anyone else in the book whose lives are more structured, more normal and more parched. Other characters are equally unforgettable. Karim's father, Haroon, is a talented but cynical snob. His Uncle Ted and Auntie Jean are so 70s middle class they would not be out of place in Abigail's Party. Jamila perfectly captures the feminist fervour of her age. And Changez ('The Dildo Killer' for reasons I won't divulge as I don't want to spoil a fantastic scenario) is a superbly crafted naïve hedonistic consumer. It is difficult to do justice to the inherent comedy of TBOS in a review. You have to read it to appreciate the sly social commentary, the cultural satire and sometimes even the slapstick. There have been many times I've had to put the book down and have a real good chuckle. Ultimately for me, TBOS is about identity, and it examines identity in a way that few others had at the beginning of the 90s. TBOS eschews the idea that we are one thing. Remember the 60s, 70s and 80s, when people were forever springing up in the media as the spokesperson for you and me, just because they also happened to be female, male, black, white, disabled, gay or whatever? I am a
woman, and you reading this might be a woman, and therefore we would have something in common. But we would also have many, many things that set us apart. TBOS shows that we are each unique. As a half white, half Indian, bisexual, lazy but successful Pink Floyd loving punk, Karim speaks for no one but Karim. Yes he has much in common with the white side of his family. Yes he has much in common with the Indian side of his family. He has things in common with every set of people with whom he comes into contact. But put them all together and you have an individual. TBOS is not the story of what it is to be of mixed race in Britain, though naturally there will be parallels with the experiences of people who also share that situation. Karim, and thus Kureishi, speak on behalf of no one but themselves. For this reason, and for the fact that this is a wonderfully crafted, bitingly funny, invitingly warm novel, TBOS has a universal appeal that accounts for the book's mainstream success. If I could, I would make The Buddha of Suburbia a prescribed text for everyone who enjoys a bloody good read. Published by Faber and Faber 1990 ISBN: 0571142745 Amazon: Paperback £6.39
The title of this book may ring bells with some people who haven't read it, as it was made into a BBC drama series in 1993. More importantly it won the Whitbread Prize for Best Novel in 1990. Hanif Kureishi (HK from now on) is probably better known for his 2 excellent films, My Beautiful Launderette, and Sammy and Rosie Get Laid. Well, I think so anyway, because I've seen them, and I didn't see The Buddha of Suburbia. Subjective stuff, I know, but what the heck, it's Thursday, an anniversary of sorts for me as coincidentally it's the day I was born on. This is HKs' debut novel, and it is sublime, well worthy of winning prizes, which is why I mustered up the energy to try and write about it. It's the sort of book that should be thrust upon people, I'm going to buy all my relatives a copy for Christmas. Mm, maybe not, it cost £6.99. Definite school syllabus stuff though as it covers so many social issues in a humorous, sartorial and self-deprecating fashion that is rare in contemporary fiction. Only it's not really contemporary, as the story runs from about 1971 through to the arrival of Ma Thatcher at No 10 (1979, for you young 'uns). However, it felt contemporary to me, as HK makes you feel like you're there. The central character of the tale is Karim Amir, Creamy to his friends, a 17 year-old Englishman (Though not proud of it), who has an Indian father, Haroon, and an English mother, Margaret. Karim, it is reasonable to assume from the story, is fairly vanilla coloured, as he goes to the Den to watch Millwall occasionally and returns alive. This is an important part of the story as Karim struggles with his origins when philosophical circumstances force him to, not often though, as he is delightfully slovenly of both thought and action, except in his thirst for useless knowledge. His father, who is from a wealthy Indian family, is also a useless article, as he always had servants
in India, and now works as a lowly, incompetent civil servant. All this changes though, as Haroons' bit on the side, Eva, exploits his talent for expounding Eastern Philosophy as part of her master plan to propel them from the dull suburbs - I never quite figured out which dull suburbs, but maybe you aren't supposed to know – into arty-farty London society, which HK then proceeds to take great delight in poking fun at. This ranges from having sly and not so sly pops at the temperamental luvvies, through to ragging the politico types such as Terry, the Communist actor whom Karim repeatedly tries to seduce purely for the amusement of seeing him squirm. Karim has one asset to counter his idle nature, charm. He loves sex, with either boys or girls, ranging from Charlie, Eva's soon-to-be pop star son, to Jamila. Haroon catches Karim with his hands on Charlie's assets, and approves not, "A bumbanger! My own son – How did it transpire?" Karim, in his usual fashion, just blackmails his Father into leaving him alone. Casual sex partner Jamila is the daughter of Anwar, Haroons best friend, and his wife, Princess Jeeta, who run a grocery store. Being a devotee of women's rights and the daughter of a Muslim make for one of the books major conflicts, but she has sex regularly with Karim in toilets, building sites, or wherever the opportunity rises. That's not to say this book is all about sex though, although there's plenty of it, right up to Karim getting roped into a foursome. Racism also rears it's ugly head, but HK turns it upside down, at least from a white perspective, with Haroon and Anwar frequently disparaging their hated Pakistani cousins. Jamila responds to racism with violence, whilst Karim uses his more cunning skills and has sex with his tormentors' daughters. Karim is completely self-centred and self-obsessed, and almost unashamedly, so it's
a wonder that he's so damned likeable, but he is, and is the hero of the book rather than the anti-hero, which is a testament to HKs skill as a writer. Most writers just couldn't carry off making a character so devious, deviant, horny, lazy and unrepentant without the reader feeling loathing, but with young Creamy this just doesn't happen. Characterisation is one of the keys to both the plot, and the book itself. Creamy goes on to become a character actor, which introduces some extremely amusing situations ranging from brawls to orgies, and HK spends about 2 pages wittily describing each character, and equally important something of their background and tastes, as they are introduced, which really gives the reader a feeling that they are involved. Changez is a fantastic character and alone is worthy of reading the book, he's probably my favourite, but to say more about him would reveal too much. Suffice to say he ends up being called "The Dildo Killer" Haroon, or Harry as he likes to known in his attempts at anglicising himself, is the Buddha of the title, and his philandering and philosophising are bad examples from which Creamy takes a lead, he also disrupts the lives of Jean and Ted, his wife's sibling and in-law, with his strange utterances, which we don't really hear much of, just the fallout from them. Ted and Jean are the real suburbanites here, and are lampooned by HK in a fashion that is subtle enough to ensure that if their contemporaries read the book, they would probably fail to notice the irony of it all. I've tried to convey the flavour of this book without giving too much of the plot away, but I guess it's one of those novels it's just too hard to do justice. Get it from your library, buy it, borrow it, or anything. This is a book not to be missed. As a parting comment, here's one of the cover quotes "It is a wonderful novel. I doubt I will rea
d a funnier one, or one with more heart, this year, possibly this decade" Angela Carter, Guardian. Maybe a bit over effusive, but she's not far off the mark.
You like your fiction the way you like your men - snazzy, sexy with a great sense of humour? Try Kureishi for size. Here's a novel for our times which charts the experience of growing up in suburban London -boredom, claustrophobia and the desperate search for an identity the vast majority of us experience in our teens. All this is hampered in Karim's case by the fact he's a bisexual 'Englishman born and bred' - with an Indian father who is masquerading as a Buddhist and having a less than secret affair. The plot is fast and furious - it is no surprise the book was adapted for the small screen as it has a real cinematic feel. Although the tone of the novel is extremely entertaining - judging by this performance, Kureishi has certainly earned his status as one of Britain's foremost contemporary writers - the humour seems to have been used to depoliticise the novel's main issue: race. Mostly racist incidents are portrayed as being farcical rather than threatening or disturbing. Kureishi seems afraid of making his novel too overtly political for fear of alienating his mostly white readership. Like Meena Syal in Anita and Me, Kureishi is using humour as a way of sweetening the bitter pill of racial conflict. I think this would be a great gift for someone you'd like to coax into reading more books as its very accessible - and saucy! Don't read it on the train though, not unless you want bewildered commuters to turn around and stare as you snort with laughter...
Winner of the Whitbread Best First Novel, 1990.


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Construction is under way at a heated pace inside the building that will showcase the late Harry Clark's model railroad display in downtown Connellsville.
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Playing up the military aspect of the Connellsville Canteen — local women who fed 500,000 World War II soldiers and sailors who stopped at the B&O station during the war — the trust urges local residents to purchase commemorative dog tags.
Complete with beaded chains, the metal tags range in price from $25 to $500 a pair. More than $2,500 has been raised from the dog tags since they were introduced last fall. They are available at ArtWorks Connellsville Gallery and Learning Center along West Crawford Avenue next to the model railroad museum building.
The model railroad display was the lifelong hobby of Harry Clark of Normalville, who died in November 2011 at 91. Shallenberger initially displayed Clark's masterpiece of railroad history at the Wild Side, which was part of Nemacolin Woodlands Resort of Farmington.
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