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BlackBerry Monday signaled that change is on the way. The beleaguered smartphone maker's board of directors announced that the company has formed a special committee tasked with exploring strategic alternatives. Those alternatives include the possibility of joint ventures, strategic partnerships or alliances, and even an outright sale of the company. The committee will evaluate all its options moving forward and will ultimately decide BlackBerry's long-term fate.
"Today, BlackBerry blackened its future, admitting it has no idea about how to compete and grow market share itself," said Bob Egan, founder and CEO, Sepharim Group. "They admitted defeat." Indeed.
The board's task is not an easy one. The company has a string of failures stretching back years, with few shining moments.
[ Could going private buy BlackBerry valuable turnaround time? Read BlackBerry Ponders Going Private. ]
BlackBerry launched a brand-new smartphone platform, BlackBerry 10, earlier this year, and with it two new smartphones. BlackBerry hasn't said definitively how many BlackBerry 10 devices it has sold since the February launch of the Z10, but we know it sold only 2.7 million BB10 phones during its most recent quarter. The hardware of these newer devices is of middling quality, and the operating system doesn't quite compete with those from Apple and Google.
According to IDC, Strategy Analytics and others, BlackBerry's worldwide share of the smartphone market has fallen below that of Microsoft's struggling Windows Phone platform. In other words, BlackBerry 10 has a single-digit market share and is fighting for last place among the major mobile operating systems. Who wants to buy the last-place company, especially one that squandered an incredible lead?
Before BlackBerry 10, the company didn't release a significant new smartphone for almost an entire year. That allowed Apple, Samsung and others to steal its core enterprise customer base. BlackBerry failed miserably at competing in the tablet market with the ill-conceived PlayBook, which famously shipped without mobile email. BlackBerry has missed many of its own self-imposed deadlines for product launches. (Where's BBM for Android and iOS?) And its financials are an utter mess, with its stock roughly 75% off its all-time high.
What is it that BlackBerry might actually be able to sell? Surely it still has an attractive base of enterprise customers -- if not in the U.S., then elsewhere around the world. Maybe other mobile device management firms would like to snap up its BES 10 technology and add it to their own MDM services. It's hard to envision another company might want to buy BlackBerry's struggling handset division, save perhaps for upstart firms looking for BlackBerry's manufacturing facilities.
BlackBerry's patents? Probably not a good acquisition target. BlackBerry famously lost a mobile email patent fight with NTP several years ago and was socked with a monstrous $640 million fine.
At best, BlackBerry can hope to sell pieces of itself to competitors. An outright sale of the entire company doesn't seem plausible. The best-case scenario might include a sale of its handset business to another firm, while it keeps its operating system and BES businesses in order to license them out.
It's also difficult to see how partnerships, alliances or joint ventures will help BlackBerry. The company has a cloudy future, of that there is no doubt. With any luck, its board will find a forecast that has at least a few rays of sunshine in it.
BlackBerry did not provide any guidance on when it might make a decision about its future. Change might come quickly now that the firm is effectively for sale, or it might not come at all.


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Blizzard will be introducing a massive cross-game Achievement System, which will be featured in all three announced Blizzard projects. If things go well, the system is also likely to be applied retroactively to existing Blizzard titles.
World of WarCraft's lead designer, Jeff Kaplan, has told MTV Multiplayer that the Wrath of the Lich King's Achievement System is just the first step…
…he revealed that eventually players will have a Blizzard Account that shows Achievements from other Blizzard games they've played, including the upcoming titles "Diablo III" and "StarCraft II."
"Eventually, our plans are for the Achievement system to become an account-based system," he explained.
The Achievement System will undoubtedly introduce a long term, life-time spanning reward system for loyal Blizzard fans. It might even include retroactive achievements which won't be available to newcomers, as promised by Blizzard on the Wrath of the Lich King achievements web page:
Feats of Strength will be awarded retroactively (that is, they'll be immediately granted to your character if you qualify) since many of them will be impossible to earn in Wrath of the Lich King.
Blizzard intends to unify all the player's achievements under a single Blizzard account which will contain a permanent record of achievements. Having to make an educated guess, based on the interview and the somewhat similar systems implemented on other platforms, Blizzard will probably keep record of your highest WarCraft 3 ranks, Diablo 2 levels and official StarCraft tournaments, as well as other multiplayer and single player in-game achievements.
You'll have this Blizzard identity, and you'll be able to see things like 'Oh, this guy was great at Diablo III, but he never played Starcraft and he was mediocre in WoW.'
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I learn from others and hope that at the end of the day, they would learn something from me.
I also made the decision recently to "improve" myself. As I have always loved the English language I decided to do a Cambridge course in teaching. I passed in November 2014 and am now a Cambridge certified English teacher.
Hypnotherapy is also a subject that I am developing an interest in. Being able to help people control pain, reduce stress or increase confidence is an invaluable skill. I hope to do a diploma course for it soon.
I love to learn.
Picking myself up and getting on with life. Being optimistic.
I do have one of those television things but use it mainly for comedies, documentaries and the news.
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5. "Me" time (from time to time).
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Following the unveiling of 'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull' second trailer in early May, a new trailer of the action adventure film has made its way to the interwebs.
As "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" is nearing to its theatrical release, a brand new trailer of the action adventure movie has surfaced on the net. It runs a few seconds less than the second trailer coming out few weeks earlier and look pretty similar to the latter though still gives out a slightly different footages.
Giving a bit varied look from the second trailer, this one exposes the actual Crystal Skull. It also shows a plane flying over markings in a farm land. Slash Film explained that the markings are known as the Nazca Lines, which is located in Nazca Desert, Peru. The lines are said to be the evidence of early contact between man and aliens. Since the release of "Indy 4" first trailer, the movie has been linked to the ET matter as the first indicated that the movie hinted close relation to a constricted government facility in Roswell, New Mexico which holds strong connection with aliens.
Less than a week away, "Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" will be having its first previewing at the 61st Annual Cannes Film Festival. On Sunday, May 18, it is reported that cast, including Harrison Ford, Shia LaBeouf and Cate Blanchett, and crew of the fourth installment of iconic "Indiana Jones" are going to walk down the Cannes' red carpet to celebrate its world premiere. Meanwhile, fans would get the chance to see Indy in action once again starting on May 22.
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Australia has taken over as chair of the G20, giving the nation a key role in setting the agenda and managing the summit to be held in Brisbane next November.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott joined Queensland's Premier Campbell Newman and Treasurer Tim Nicholls, and Brisbane Mayor Graham Quirk in Brisbane on Sunday to mark the occasion.
Mr Abbott says Australia's 2014 chairmanship will structure the global leaders' discussion around the themes of boosting economic and employment growth, and making the global economy more resilient to deal with future shocks.
He would also like to see international tax reform.
"Getting taxes and regulation down and productivity up is the best way forward," he said.
"You should pay tax where you earn the revenue."
As host, Australia will extend the G20 invitation to Singapore and New Zealand.
"It will be the most important gathering in Australia's history," Mr Abbott said.
The G20 is the top global forum for examining the world's economic and financial challenges, with member countries representing 85 per cent of world GDP and 80 per cent of global trade.
It is estimated about 4000 delegates and 3000 media will attend the summit on November 15 and 16 next year.
The event is expected to cost Australia $400 million but could generate $100 million for the local economy.
The first ministerial-level event leading up to the leaders' summit will be the finance ministers and central bank governors meeting in Sydney on February 21-23.
Canberra will host a deputies-level meeting in January.
Cairns will host a second meeting of finance ministers and bank governors from September 20-21.


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What does Jackson mean?
Jackson [jack-son]▲ as a boys' name is pronounced JAK-sen. It is of Old English origin, and the meaning of Jackson is "son of Jack". American President Andrew Jackson; Civil War General Stonewall Jackson; artist Jackson Pollock; singer Jackson Browne.
ASSOCIATED WITH old english, war
VARIANTS Jack, Jackie▼, Jacksen, Jacky, Jacson, Jakson, Jax▲, Jaxen▲, Jaxon▲, Jaxson▲CREATIVE FORMS
(male) Jackon, Rickson, ..
(female) MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Jackson Kingsley (J.K.), ..
How popular is Jackson?
Jackson is a somewhat popular first name for men (#615 out of 1220, Top 50%) and an even more popular last name for all people (#18 out of 150436, Top 1%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Jackson reached its apex rank of #16 in the U.S. in the year 2013, and is at #17 currently. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2015)
Which version is better?with its variant forms and related boy names. Popular related forms of Jackson (#17 IN 2015) are Jack (#40), Jackie (#1725), Jacky, Jax (#214), Jaxen (#651), Jaxon (#44) and Jaxson (#84). These forms of Jackson were at the top of their popularity in 2015 (ADOPTION OF 1.9%). Jack has been the most prominent, though Jaxson has grown popular as well over time, while Jackie is now less common.
Similar NamesRecommended names are Babson, Babsson (see Babson), Cason▲, Davison, Dawson, Dickson, Erikson, Garson, Haakon, Hacon, Hakon, Hansson, Jacan, Jacen, Jachin, Jacian, Jackman, Jacko, Jackob, Jaco, Jacopo, Jacot, Jacqin, Jadon▼, Jaedon, Jaelon, Jailon, Jaisen, Jaison, Jakov, Jalon, Jameson▲, Jamison▲, Jansen, Janson, Janssen, Jansson, Jaron▼, Jarron, Jasen▼, Jasin, Jason▼, Jasun, Javon, Jaydon▼, Jaysen, Jayson▲, Jayvon, Jensson, Jocko, Johnson▼, Jonson, Judson, Karlson, Karson▲, Lakon, Larson, Lawson▲, Madison▼, Madyson, Masson, Maxson, Nachshon, Nachson, Nickson, Packston, Parson, Paulson, Rawson, Sampson, Samson▲, Tamson, Tanson, Tayson and Watson. These names tend to be less commonly used than Jackson.See names in meaning and etymology.


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The singer, 29, will take to the stage at London's Cambridge Theatre for seven weeks from 2 July.
He steps into the shoes of Dynasty star Maxwell Caulfield. The role has also been played by David Hasselhoff, Marti Pellow and Torchwood's John Barrowman.
James made the top 10 with hits like All Rise and One Love as part of the boyband Blue from 2001-2004.
He then launched a short-lived solo career, before competing in ITV1's Dancing On Ice show last year.
After making it to the finals, James took third place and has just completed a five-week tour with his co-competitors and mentors Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean.
Chicago celebrates its tenth anniversary in the West End in November, while the Broadway production notched up its first decade last year.
The show has become known in both the UK and US for so-called "stunt casting" - putting well-known faces in the lead roles to boost interest at the box office.
Among those who have graced the stage are Wonder Woman actress Lynda Carter, R&B star Usher, and actresses Brooke Shields and Melanie Griffith.
The musical was also turned into an Oscar-winning film starring Richard Gere, Catherine Zeta Jones and Renee Zellweger in 2002.
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Entitled 'People, Hell and Angels', the new album will contain 12 previously-unreleased tracks of the legendary guitarist.
An album of unreleased songs by iconic rocker Jimi Hendrix will be released more than four decades after his untimely death from an accidental drug overdose in London in September 1970 at the young age of 27. Entitled "People, Hell and Angels", the new album will contain 12 tracks and will be released in a couple of days on March 5.
The tracks included in the new compilation were actually done by the late Hendrix, as recorded by his sound engineer Eddie Kramer, beginning in 1968 as a follow-up to his "Electric Ladyland" album but were never officially released, until now. A preview of the entire album can now be streamed online.
"When I listen to 'Hear My Train a Comin', it feels almost ghostlike," said Janie Hendrix, Jimi's stepsister and CEO of Experience Hendix, about one of the tracks in the album. "It's so deep south of the universe and filled with the blues. When we transferred the tapes, my heart got so full I started to cry."
The new compilation features the prolific guitarist and his collaborator Stephen Stills performing on "Somewhere" and early Hendrix mentor Lonnie Youngblood on "Let Me Move You". Hendrix also recorded the funky track "Mojo Man" with Ghetto Fighters' twin vocalists, the Aleem brothers. Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell, his British bass-and-drum collaborators in his "Jimi Hendrix Experience" album also assisted him in the previously-unreleased tracks.


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" Brand: Sainsbury's / Type: Shower Gel / Suitable for: Body "
Being on a budget this month i decided its time to buy shops own brand products. So i decided to try sainsbury's blueberry burst shower gel. Priced at only £1.02 for a 250ml bottle. Working out at only 41p per 100ml! Being only half the price of the normal shower gel i buy. I thought this must be the way to go to help me save money. First time i used it as soon as i opened the bottle i could smell the sent of blueberrys fill the bathroom. As it foamed up and i rub it into my skin and WOW! my skin felt fantastic. After rinsing the shower gel off my skin felt so soft and smooth. It felt great. I couldnt believe that i had spent so much money on shower gel perviously. When something that was so cheap was just as good.
There are many more scented shower gels avaliable from the same range. Other scents avalible include, Coconut, lemon sorbet, mint blast and pomegranate cursh.
This will be a regular item in my trolley now. And the money i saved well i can treat myself to a chocy bar now.
It just goes to show you dont need to spend a fortune to pamper yourself.
I absolutely hate shopping. I would do all my shopping online if I could but until our new Tesco opens in February next year I am unable to have home delivery on my food. So until then I still have to brave the crowds in the shops.
Yesturday I went shopping to sort out my Christmas food with my friends Lynne and Caroline so we went to the biggest Asda, Tesco and Sainsburys within an hour of us. Mix the hate of shopping with two women that love it is just not the best especially when you went out the night before and sampled far to many Ciders.
As these ladies were strolling around Sainsburys (and I mean slowly strolling) I had already done my food shopping in Asda so I was getting more than a little annoyed with being pushed and shoved by people. So I just stood in the Toileteries aisle to sample some lovely aromas, plus I knew I would need a long hot bath that night because I was so cold and fed up.
As I was smelling the gels I came across the Sainsburys Blueberry Burst shower wash. It is from the sainsburys own range and comes in a clear squeezy triangular shapped bottle and you can see the lovely lilac gel on the inside. At the bottom of the bottle is a black cap with the flip lid to get the gel out.
On the front of the bottle from bottom to top is the word Shower written in Lilac with Sainsburys written on the 'R' and Blueberry buirst written across the middle in a black strip. It is a very basic front but it caught my eye when I was scanning the shelf. The back of the bottle has the usual Directions, Ingredients, warnings and contact details on.
The back does also advise that Sainsburys are against animal testing which is good to know because I always try to ensure we use stuff that is not tested on poor animals. Sainsburys advise also that the gel is to 'awaken your senses and step into the shower with this juicy blueberry shower gel. With blueberry extract and an irrsistable fruity aroma to energise and rejuvenate your body ready for the day'.
I know I was using this at night but I could wait. As a hypermobilty sufferer I have a lot of back pain and basically pain in my joints so this was going to certainly help them. As we had been out the night before then out in the cold all day I knew I was going to be in a lot of pain and I was so right. This morning I have very poorly legs and my lower back is really bad.
As soon as I opened the bottle as I was stood in Sainsburys I could smell the lovely blueberies. To me it smells exactly like blueberry Vodka. This is not unusual to me that it smells like Alcohol, I have another Imperial Leather Shower gel that I think looks like Eggnog and smells like Reef! I think it is because I hadn't been out for ages and I had Alcohol on the brain.
Getting into the bath last night though I couldn't wait to try it out. Squeezing the shower gel out was really easy due to the bottle design which also made it easier to get the correct amount out. Smoothing the gel onto my body enhanced the beautiful smell and the lather that was made was amazing. It even left the bath water cover in bubbles so I didn't need to use any bubble bath.
Even as I was drying myself the smell was lovely, I can still smell it this morning even after a full nights sleep. And as for my skin, it is so smooth and nice which after the dryness of the last few weeks was great. I can't wait to warm my joints in the bath with this one again tonight.
I paid £1.00 for this 250ml bottle and I am so glad that I did.
Sainsbury's Blueberry Burst Shower Gel -A refreshing burst
I am very fond of trying out new brands of personal hygienic products and with this quest I picked up Sainsbury's Blueberry Burst Shower Gel last month from my nearest store.
The branding effort of Sainsbury's is pretty visible as the letter shower gel is pretty obvious and the packaging also provides a visible impact of the gel.
The tube is very user friendly and you can squeeze the exact amount of gel as required by you. The gel itself is consistent enough and the blueberry ingredient has a magnificent scent however do not expect this to last like a day long fragrance. I do not find lathering up like esteemed brands but it does solve the purpose it has set out for.
I normally find a soothing and soft feeling on my skin after each usage and highly surprised with the performance of this store's own brand product.
I think I will buy it again as with only 99p price tag it is value for money.
This is a Sainsburys own brand shower gel. Although it is not in their basics range it comes at a budget price of 99p for 250ml.
The bottle itself is well designed with a tube effect. The lid is also the base which it stands on, this flips up and you squeeze the bottle to get the shower gel out. This works very well in the bath but with there being no hook the bottle would get very wet in the shower. The product does come out the bottle in a smooth manner and it is very easy to get the right amount of the shower gel. The labeling is basic but does not look cheap and tacky, I don't mind people seeing it at the end of my bath.
The shower gel is very smooth and is quite thick so doesn't run through your fingers as you use it. You have to work quite hard to get a lather up but you can get quite a lot from a small amount of product.
The scent is subtle and is not too overpowering on your skin. That said it does smell georgeous. The blueberry scent has a very sweet undertone which really comes out as you use it but dies away quickly meaning it will not interfere with any aftershave/perfume you may wear. I find the balance perfect.
This shower gel bursts out of the budget range and is far better than some premium products I have purchased.
In an effort to stop my teenage daughter using my nice shower products, I always buy a supermarket own fruity gel to appease her slightly. The trouble is I always end up using them myself as well.
My favourite at the moment is the Sainsbury's own blueberry burst shower gel. It comes in the great budget scale of 99p for 250ml, which is a bargain in my weekly trolley.
I like the way this shower gel is packaged differently to other supermarket own brands. Instead of being packaged in a bottle with a hook for hanging in the shower, this one is designed in a more sleek way in an almost triangular tube. The lid is bottom down with a flip lid, and the tube is a flexible material to enable ease of application from the tube. As it's see through you can see the colour of the product you are about to apply.
I remember choosing the blueberry burst for the colour of the product. A nice deep blue that borders almost on being purple but not quite. It appears to have a nice sheen to it through the packaging and looks like its worth much more than the small price you pay for it.
Opening the tube I was expecting a huge waft of blueberry to hit me, but it's slightly more on the subtle side until you put your nose into the product a bit more. When the smell does get you it's a nice sweet blueberry smell that does represent the actual fruit quite well, albeit with an overload of sweetness to it.
The gel itself comes out of the tube well, but in quite a gloopy manner. I found very quickly that I didn't need a lot to get a decent lather up on my body, but what I did find straight away was that the shower gel was acting like a jelly substance on my skin until I massaged it in quite well. This put me off the first time I used it but I soon found it was nothing to be concerned about.
For 99p I wasn't expecting miracles on how it made my skin feel after use, but I can report that it does make my skin feel averagely soft, in fact a lot better than some of the other more expensive products I have used lately which was a nice surprise. I can smell the blueberry faintly a couple of hours after use but it doesn't stand out as a product alone on my skin, so wouldn't act as a nice fragrance through the day unfortunately.
Overall I was pleasantly surprised with the results this gel gives me. I have found that the tube will last just over a week with constant use by a teenager as well as occasionally use by me. I think this could be eeked out to last longer but I'm sure my daughter wastes a lot in the shower.
I will definitely be looking out for the other fragrances in the range when I need to buy some more.


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Deuel Creek North
Directions • Hiking in Davis County is a great way to beat the Cottonwood or Millcreek Canyon crowds without adding much time to your commute.
This trail is a bit of a challenging hike, more so than the other entrance at Deuel Creek South. It's located in Centerville, just above 100 South and Island View Drive in a residential area. At the gravel road, take the left-hand fork.
The hike begins with pretty steep climb that's exposed to the sun don't forget the block! After about a half-mile, it drops into the canyon and continues along the creek, criss-crossed by several fun log bridges. There's even a swing that someone set up a while back with a rope and a plastic seat. The trail begins to climb again in about half-mile or so, ending in a pretty waterfall. Be careful on the way back it's occasionally easy to lose your way, but not too hard to find the trail again.
Lindsey Whitehurst Destination Deuel Creek North
Hiking time 3 hours
Round trip miles 5.6 miles
Elevation gain 2,306 feet
Difficulty Moderate
Trail head restrooms No
Dogs allowed Yes
Bikes allowed Yes


text: i figured we could do this thread to keep the finals one from getting cluttered with our spurs/lakers/mavs offseason talks. with free agency and the draft not too far off, and trades coming soon after the finals, we can discuss that stuff here. ill start it off with this... beasly might be headed to the lakers soon after the finals are over Now, more reports have come out that the team is once again interested in the former number two overall pick. And, it also seems that the feelings are mutual. According to sources close to the Timberwolves organization, Minnesota General Manager David Kahn told team owner Glen Taylor that the team was interested in pursuing a sign-and-trade with the Lakers in July. http://www.opposingviews.com/i/spor...lves-michael-beasley-join-kobe-bryant-lakers#


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Thomas McNulty, having fled the Great Famine in Ireland and now barely 17 years old, signs up for the US Army in the 1850s and with his brother in arms, John Cole, goes to fight in the Indian Wars - against the Sioux and the Yurok - and, ultimately, in the Civil War. Orphans of terrible hardships themselves, they find these days to be vivid and alive, despite the horrors they see and are complicit in. Moving from the plains of Wyoming to Tennessee, Sebastian Barry's latest work is a masterpiece of atmosphere and language.
In the first book of this brilliant series, Stephen King introduces listeners to one of his most powerful creations: Roland of Gilead, The Last Gunslinger. He is a haunting figure, a loner on a spellbinding journey into good and evil. In his desolate world, which frighteningly mirrors our own, Roland tracks The Man in Black, encounters an enticing woman named Alice, and begins a friendship with the boy from New York named Jake.
"should have been a short story"
After a violent coup in the United States overthrows the Constitution and ushers in a new government regime, the Republic of Gilead imposes subservient roles on all women. Offred, now a Handmaid tasked with the singular role of procreation in the childless household of the enigmatic Commander and his bitter wife, can remember a time when she lived with her husband and daughter and had a job, before she lost everything, even her own name.
"Wait! It Mightn't Be What You Think--"
Meet Ove. He's a curmudgeon - the kind of man who points at people he dislikes as if they were burglars caught outside his bedroom window. He has staunch principles, strict routines, and a short fuse. People call him "the bitter neighbor from hell". But behind the cranky exterior there is a story and a sadness.
"I Laughed and I Cried"
Why would we need music if our lives were exactly as we wanted them to be? Karl Bender is a quiet guy who lives in three places: his bar, his apartment, and the cheap Mediterranean place on the corner that keeps him well fed with his daily portion of hummus and chicken shwarma. But that's all about to change. When he stumbles upon a time-traveling wormhole, Karl develops a business selling access to people who want to go back in time to hear their favorite bands.
"Interesting, character driven story."
Chesterton's talent as a mystery writer is displayed in this collection of detective stories, The Man Who Knew Too Much. In each story, the star detective, Horne Fisher, deals with another strange mystery: the vanishing of a priceless coin, the framing of an Irish "prince" freedom fighter, an eccentric rich man dies during an obsessive fishing trip, another vanishing during an ice skate, a statue crushing his own uncle, and a few more.
"The Prince who Knows Paradox Too Well"
The Bodine ranch and resort in western Montana is a family business, an idyllic spot for vacationers. A little over thirty thousand acres and home to four generations, it's kept running by Bodine Longbow with the help of a large staff, including new hire Callen Skinner. There was another member of the family once: Bodine's aunt, Alice, who ran off before Bodine was born. She never returned, and the Longbows don't talk about her much. The younger ones, who never met her, quietly presume she's dead.
"Heart-rending story... good overcomes misogyny"
In this second volume, Roland encounters three mysterious doorways on a deserted beach along the Western Sea. Each one enters into a different person's life in New York - here, he joins forces with the defiant young Eddie Dean and with the beautiful, brilliant, and brave Odetta Holmes in a savage struggle against underworld evil and otherworldly enemies. They also become the companions, forming a ka-tet, who will assist him on his quest to save the Dark Tower.
"The story was a little thin, but the narration!!!"
Neil Gaiman has long been inspired by ancient mythology in creating the fantastical realms of his fiction. Now he turns his attention back to the source, presenting a bravura rendition of the great northern tales. In Norse Mythology, Gaiman fashions primeval stories into a novelistic arc that begins with the genesis of the legendary nine worlds; delves into the exploits of the deities, dwarves, and giants; and culminates in Ragnarok, the twilight of the gods and the rebirth of a new time and people.
"A Comedy-Tragedy of Gods Giants Dwarfs & Monsters"
Memphis, 1939. Twelve-year-old Rill Foss and her four younger siblings live a magical life aboard their family's Mississippi River shantyboat. But when their father must rush their mother to the hospital one stormy night, Rill is left in charge - until strangers arrive in force. Wrenched from all that is familiar and thrown into a Tennessee Children's Home Society orphanage, the Foss children are assured that they will soon be returned to their parents - but they quickly realize the dark truth.
"I was rivetted, finished in three days."
Welcome to Derry, Maine. It's a small city, a place as hauntingly familiar as your own hometown. Only in Derry the haunting is real. They were seven teenagers when they first stumbled upon the horror. Now they are grown-up men and women who have gone out into the big world to gain success and happiness. But the promise they made 28 years ago calls them to reunite in the same place where, as teenagers, they battled an evil creature that preyed on the city's children.
"We All Float Down Here…"
Meet Eleanor Oliphant: She struggles with appropriate social skills and tends to say exactly what she's thinking. Nothing is missing in her carefully timetabled life of avoiding social interactions, where weekends are punctuated by frozen pizza, vodka, and phone chats with Mummy. But everything changes when Eleanor meets Raymond, the bumbling and deeply unhygienic IT guy from her office.
"Please be warned"
Pirriwee Public's annual school Trivia Night has ended in a shocking riot. One parent is dead. The school principal is horrified. As police investigate what appears to have been a tragic accident, signs begin to indicate that this devastating death might have been cold-blooded murder. In this thought-provoking novel, number-one New York Times best-selling author Liane Moriarty deftly explores the reality of parenting and playground politics, ex-husbands and ex-wives, and fractured families.
"Oh, Calamity!"
A Gentleman in Moscow immerses us in an elegantly drawn era with the story of Count Alexander Rostov. When, in 1922, he is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, the count is sentenced to house arrest in the Metropol, a grand hotel across the street from the Kremlin. Rostov, an indomitable man of erudition and wit, has never worked a day in his life and must now live in an attic room while some of the most tumultuous decades in Russian history are unfolding outside the hotel's doors.
"A Memory of a Time of Civility"
Pino Lella wants nothing to do with the war or the Nazis. He's a normal Italian teenager - obsessed with music, food, and girls - but his days of innocence are numbered. When his family home in Milan is destroyed by Allied bombs, Pino joins an underground railroad helping Jews escape over the Alps, and falls for Anna, a beautiful widow six years his senior. In an attempt to protect him, Pino's parents force him to enlist as a German soldier - a move they think will keep him out of combat.
"Heartbreaking but amazing story"
Paulo Coelho's enchanting novel has inspired a devoted following around the world. This story, dazzling in its simplicity and wisdom, is about an Andalusian shepherd boy named Santiago who travels from his homeland in Spain to the Egyptian desert in search of treasure buried in the Pyramids. Along the way he meets a Gypsy woman, a man who calls himself king, and an Alchemist, all of whom point Santiago in the direction of his quest.
"Very special... a keepsake."
In this third volume, several months have passed, and Roland's two new tet-mates have become trained gunslingers. Eddie Dean has given up heroin, and Odetta's two selves have joined, becoming the stronger and more balanced personality of Susannah Dean. But while battling The Pusher in 1977 New York, Roland altered ka by saving the life of Jake Chambers, a boy who - in Roland's world - has already died. Now Roland and Jake exist in different worlds, but they are joined by the same madness.
"He's a great reader..."
EarthCore is the company with the technology, the resources, and the guts to go after the mother lode. Young executive Connell Kirkland is the company's driving force, pushing himself and those around him to uncover the massive treasure. But at three miles below the surface, where the rocks are so hot they burn bare skin, something has been waiting for centuries. Waiting...and guarding. Kirkland and EarthCore are about to find out first-hand why this treasure has never been unearthed.
"Loved it"
A writer visits his retired grandparents in Florida to document their experience during the infamous siege of Leningrad. His grandmother won't talk about it, but his grandfather reluctantly consents. The result is the captivating odyssey of two young men trying to survive against desperate odds. Lev Beniov considers himself "built for deprivation." He's small, smart, and insecure, a Jewish virgin too young for the army, who spends his nights working as a volunteer firefighter with friends from his building.
"Stunning Tale. Great Narration."
In the chaotic aftermath of World War II, American college girl Charlie St. Clair is pregnant, unmarried, and on the verge of being thrown out of her very proper family. She's also nursing a desperate hope that her beloved cousin Rose, who disappeared in Nazi-occupied France during the war, might still be alive.
In a little dive in a small Israeli city, Dov Greenstein, a comedian a bit past his prime, is doing a night of stand-up. In the audience is a district court justice, Avishai Lazar, whom Dov knew as a boy, along with a few others who remember Dov as the awkward, scrawny kid who walked on his hands to confound the neighborhood bullies. Gradually, teetering between hilarity and hysteria, Dov's patter becomes a kind of memoir, taking us back into the terrors of his childhood.
"Grossman is a genius/performance is excellent"
Shelby and her family traveled on an old dirt road in Texas that ended in tragedy. Now, Shelby is out for blood. Beaten, broken, and left for dead, Shelby is out to find those who hurt her and killed her family. She wants revenge. Except she isn't just out to spill their blood. She wants to bathe in it. Shelby Meadows is what happens when you mess with a Butcher Bitch.
Rose has loved Quinn since she first set eyes on him at age fifteen. A tragedy causes him to spiral out of control and use saloon women and drinking to forget. She knows she can save him by tricking him into marrying her. Misfortune leaves Quinn grieving. He turns away from family, friends, and good, clean Christian living. Rose's trick works, but there would be consequences to pay because Quinn refuses to consummate the marriage.
The Reno brothers were well known by the North and South during America's Civil War as daring, fearless, inventive, and cagey guerilla fighters. After the war, however, they felt useless. It wasn't long before the Reno brothers decided to reignite their fame by making world history and robbing the first peace-time train. From there they proceeded to baffle authorities with their ingenuity. There was nothing left for Indiana to do but call in the legendary Allan Pinkerton, America's greatest detective.
With its acid edge and wicked humor, JL Davis (writing as Jeff Davis) delivers a rapid fire depiction of bureaucracy gone wild that digs underneath the fingernails of the typical blue collar worker, satirizing both modern day relationships and business life. Specifically, if we can't stand our jobs and families, live for the day to escape!
In the mode of a story like the classic Twilight Zone television series: A young woman loses herself in the rush of Grand Central Station, waking up in a mysterious place with a bizarre history....
Jake Logan is a cowboy and a drifter. He served with the Confederacy during the Civil War. Since the end of the war, he has traveled from town to town with no real purpose in life but survival. When he arrives in Baker's Town, he finds the love of his life, but he realizes he may not get out alive. Even if he does, his life will never be the same.
The Pink Pistol is a story that evolved from a contest by Outlaws Publishing LLC. In January 2017, a call went out for wannabe authors to sign up to win a one year contract with Western Publisher, Outlaws Publishing. The first part of a Western story was given and the author was supposed to finish it in their own words. Outlaws is very pleased to announce the first entrant is Manuela Schneider. She did a great job with The Pink Pistol, therefore winning that coveted one year contract.
Built by a madwoman during the Victorian era, Lake House is a 160-room mansion in the Adirondacks with stairways that lead nowhere, bizarre rooms designed to distort the senses, endless series of mazelike halls - and a century-long history of violent deaths. Lauren Montgomery, her son Garrett, and her new rock star husband Stephen Ransom have just arrived at Lake House, anticipating a long and relaxing summer. But what they don't know is that their rental home is actually a labyrinthine puzzle at whose center lurks something unspeakably evil....
It's crass gun porn filled with fanboy pandering action movie references. Do you like action movies? Do you like dark, edgy, hard-boiled heroes? Do you like fully automatic weapons blasting guys' heads off? How about product endorsements that are awkwardly placed between depictions of intense violence? Yeah? Then this book is for you!
After the tragic and bloody end to The Cartel's reign, Carter is forced into isolation to evade the law. With his wife, Miamor, facing federal charges and his dear brother six feet under, Carter has never been more alone. His empire is at his feet, and he has no idea how to rebuild his kingdom. The only thing that is certain is that he has to stay out of the way and off the radar of the feds until he can figure out how to get his lady out of prison.
"Not what I thought it would be"
When Amanda Gallo, fresh from the backwater of local TV, lands the job of her dreams at FAIR News - the coveted morning anchor slot - she's finally made it: a six-figure salary, a wardrobe allowance, plenty of on-air face time, and a chance to realize her dreams, not to mention buy herself lunch. But she finds her journalistic ideals shredded as she struggles to keep up with the issues in a ratings-crazed madhouse.
When Katie Doyle moves across the country to the Hamptons, she is hoping for summer employment, new friends for her young son, and a chance to explore a new love affair with a dazzling investor. What she finds is a strange cocktail of classes, where society's 1 percenters vacation alongside local hardworking people who've lived in the Hamptons for generations. The more Katie becomes immersed, the more she learns the secrets of both the upstairs and downstairs, the upper crust and middle of the road.
All he ever wanted to be was a good son. Shai Clark was an all-American basketball player with aspirations of one day making it to the NBA, but that all changed when his father was viciously murdered and he found himself thrust into the role of the new head of his family's criminal enterprise.
On a summer evening in 1931, Lilly Blackwood glimpses circus lights from the grimy window of her attic bedroom. Lilly isn't allowed to explore the meadows around Blackwood Manor. She's never even ventured beyond her narrow room. Momma insists it's for Lilly's own protection, that people would be afraid if they saw her. But on this unforgettable night, Lilly is taken outside for the first time - and sold to the circus sideshow.
When 15-year-old Margot and her three sisters arrive at Applecote Manor in June 1959, they expect a quiet English country summer. Instead they find their aunt and uncle still reeling from the disappearance of their daughter, Audrey, five years before. As the sisters become divided by new tensions when two handsome neighbors drop by, Margot finds herself drawn into the life Audrey left behind. When the summer takes a deadly turn, the girls must unite behind an unthinkable choice or find themselves torn apart forever.
First published in an 1843 edition of The Pioneer, "The Tell-Tale Heart" is one of Poe's best-known stories. In it, an unreliable narrator is increasingly troubled by the clouded eye of the old man he lives with. Similar to "The Black Cat", "The Tell-Tale Heart" focuses on the effects of mental instability, crime, and guilt.
In this collection of nine works of short fiction, Sarah Hall uses her piercing insight to plumb the depth of the female experience and the human soul. A husband's wife transforms into a vulpine in "Mrs. Fox", winner of the BBC Short Story Prize. In "Case Study 2", a social worker struggles with a foster child raised in a commune. A new mother runs into an old lover in "Luxury Hour". Hall has composed nine wholly original pieces - works of fiction that will resonate long after the final word is heard.
After the loss of her beloved husband, Phil, Joan Walker struggles to stay afloat in a sea of grief. Then she happens upon a discovery that will impact her entire family and challenge her future. But will Phil's legacy be able to restore joy to her broken heart? And how will she navigate her first Christmas without him and step into the New Year? Join your Sandy Cove friends in a tale of love and unexpected gifts in this poignant and inspiring tale of starting over.
Paul Gallo saw the report on the news: a mass murderer leading police to his victims' graves in remote Dread's Hand, Alaska. It's not even a town; more like the bad memory of a town. The same bit of wilderness where his twin brother went missing a year ago. As the bodies are exhumed, Paul travels to Alaska to get closure and put his grief to rest. But the mystery is only beginning. What Paul finds are superstitious locals who talk of the devil stealing souls, and a line of wooden crosses to keep what's in the woods from coming out.
World War II has ended, and American women are shedding their old clothes for the gorgeous new styles. Voluminous layers of taffeta and tulle, wasp waists, and beautiful color - all so welcome after years of sensible styles and strict rationing. Jeanne Brink and her sister, Peggy, both had to weather every tragedy the war had to offer - Peggy now a widowed mother, Jeanne without the fiancé she'd counted on, both living with Peggy's mother-in-law in a grim mill town.
Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead, serving in the household of the enigmatic Commander and his bitter wife. She may go out once a day to markets whose signs are now pictures because women are not allowed to read. She must pray that the Commander makes her pregnant, for in a time of declining birthrates her value lies in her fertility, and failure means exile to the dangerously polluted Colonies. Offred can remember a time when she lived with her husband and daughter and had a job, before she lost even her own name....
"A heartwrenching story read absolutely brilliantly"
Penobscot Indian Molly Ayer is close to "aging out" out of the foster care system. A community-service position helping an elderly woman clean out her home is the only thing keeping Molly out of juvie and worse.... As she helps Vivian sort through her possessions and memories, Molly learns that she and Vivian aren't as different as they seem to be. A young Irish immigrant orphaned in New York City, Vivian was put on a train to the Midwest with hundreds of other children whose destinies would be determined by luck and chance.
"Moving story of sharing and transformation."
The modern audience hasn't had a chance to truly appreciate the unknowing dread that readers would have felt when reading Bram Stoker's original 1897 manuscript. Most modern productions employ campiness or sound effects to try to bring back that gothic tension, but we've tried something different. By returning to Stoker's original storytelling structure - a series of letters and journal entries voiced by Jonathan Harker, Dr. Van Helsing, and other characters - with an all-star cast of narrators, we've sought to recapture its originally intended horror and power.
Traumatized by the bombing of Dresden at the time he had been imprisoned, Pilgrim drifts through all events and history, sometimes deeply implicated, sometimes a witness. He is surrounded by Vonnegut's usual large cast of continuing characters (notably here the hack science fiction writer Kilgore Trout and the alien Tralfamadorians, who oversee his life and remind him constantly that there is no causation, no order, no motive to existence).
"Everything is nothing, with a twist."
As a young girl in 14th-century Norway, Kristin is deeply devoted to her father, Lavrans, a kind and courageous man. But when as a student in a convent school she meets the charming and impetuous Erlend Nikulaussøn, she defies her parents in pursuit of her own desires. Her saga continues through her marriage to Erlend, their tumultuous life together raising seven sons as Erlend seeks to strengthen his political influence, and finally their estrangement as the world around them tumbles into uncertainty.
"Amazing novel!"
When a forgotten journal materializes decades after Drake Ramsey's father vanished in the Amazon jungle, Drake decides to follow in his footsteps and search for the legendary treasure of the Inca empire hidden in the lost Inca city of Paititi.
"Super fun listen"
World War II comes to Farleigh Place, the ancestral home of Lord Westerham and his five daughters, when a soldier with a failed parachute falls to his death on the estate. After his uniform and possessions raise suspicions, MI5 operative and family friend Ben Cresswell is covertly tasked with determining if the man is a German spy. The assignment also offers Ben the chance to be near Lord Westerham's middle daughter, Pamela, whom he furtively loves. But Pamela has her own secret.
"Fun New Characters"
It's a story you think you know: the age-old tale of "star-cross'd lovers"; two families at war; a romance, so pure and absolute, fated for a tragic end. It's a story so thoroughly embedded in our culture, and so frequently retold. Yet, nothing captures the spark, the possibility, and the surprise of Shakespeare's work quite like this....
"The Story and The Voice"
Hailed by The New York Times as "a marvel of storytelling", The Things They Carried's portrayal of the boots-on-the-ground experience of soldiers in the Vietnam War is a landmark in war writing. Now, three-time Emmy Award winner-Bryan Cranston, star of the hit TV series Breaking Bad, delivers an electrifying performance that walks the book's hallucinatory line between reality and fiction and highlights the emotional power of the spoken word.
"Heavy Load"
Pulitzer Prize, Fiction, 2016. It is April 1975, and Saigon is in chaos. At his villa, a general of the South Vietnamese army is drinking whiskey and, with the help of his trusted captain, drawing up a list of those who will be given passage aboard the last flights out of the country. The general and his compatriots start a new life in Los Angeles, unaware that one among their number, the captain, is secretly observing and reporting on the group to a higher-up in the Viet Cong.
"The Great Vietnamese Novel(Port)Nguyen's Complaint"
A natural storyteller and raconteur in his own right - just listen to Paddle Your Own Canoe and Gumption - actor, comedian, carpenter, and all-around manly man Nick Offerman (Parks and Recreation) brings his distinctive baritone and a fine-tuned comic versatility to Twain's writing. In a knockout performance, he doesn't so much as read Twain's words as he does rejoice in them, delighting in the hijinks of Tom - whom he lovingly refers to as a "great scam artist" and "true American hero".
"Stop what you are doing!"
When four classmates from a small Massachusetts college move to New York to make their way, they're broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition. There is kind, handsome Willem, an aspiring actor; JB, a quick-witted, sometimes cruel Brooklyn-born painter seeking entry to the art world; Malcolm, a frustrated architect at a prominent firm; and withdrawn, brilliant, enigmatic Jude, who serves as their center of gravity.
"Brutal, But Beautiful"
Lara's life looks perfect on the surface. Gorgeous doting husband Massimo, sweet little son Sandro and the perfect home. Lara knows something about Massimo. Something she can't tell anyone else or everything Massimo has worked so hard for will be destroyed: his job, their reputation, their son. This secret is keeping Lara a prisoner in her marriage. Maggie is married to Massimo's brother Nico. She knows all of Nico's darkest secrets - or so she thinks. The one day she discovers a letter in the attic....
Facing down an unprecedented malevolent enemy, the government responds with a nuclear attack. America as it was is gone forever, and now every citizen - from the President of the United States to the homeless on the streets of New York City - will fight for survival. In a wasteland born of rage and fear, populated by monstrous creatures and marauding armies, earth's last survivors have been drawn into the final battle between good and evil, that will decide the fate of humanity.
"Simply an Amazing Story"
Narrator Dan Stevens (Downton Abbey) presents an uncanny performance of Mary Shelley's timeless gothic novel, an epic battle between man and monster at its greatest literary pitch. In trying to create life, the young student Victor Frankenstein unleashes forces beyond his control, setting into motion a long and tragic chain of events that brings Victor to the very brink of madness. How he tries to destroy his creation, as it destroys everything Victor loves, is a powerful story of love, friendship, scientific hubris, and horror.
Of all of John Irving's books, this is the one that lends itself best to audio. In print, Owen Meany's dialogue is set in capital letters; for this production, Irving himself selected Joe Barrett to deliver Meany's difficult voice as intended. In the summer of 1953, two 11-year-old boys – best friends – are playing in a Little League baseball game in Gravesend, New Hampshire. One of the boys hits a foul ball that kills the other boy's mother. The boy who hits the ball doesn't believe in accidents; Owen Meany believes he is God's instrument. What happens to Owen after that 1953 foul ball is extraordinary and terrifying.
"The Best ever audio book"
A biting satire about a young man's isolated upbringing and the race trial that sends him to the Supreme Court, Paul Beatty's The Sellout showcases a comic genius at the top of his game. It challenges the sacred tenets of the United States Constitution, urban life, the civil rights movement, the father-son relationship, and the holy grail of racial equality: the black Chinese restaurant.
"Brilliant book, fantastic narrator!"
The richest, most depraved man on Earth, Malachi Constant, is offered a chance to take a space journey to distant worlds with a beautiful woman at his side. Of course, there's a catch to the invitation....
"Absolutely Outstanding"


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Paris (AFP) April 09, 2013
Loss of land through desertification and drought costs up to five percent of world agricultural gross domestic product (AGDP), or some $450 billion (340 billion euros), every year, said a study presented at a UN conference Tuesday.
Each year an area roughly three times the size of Switzerland is lost through soil degradation, it said, as 870 million people suffer from chronic hunger.
Between four and 12 percent of Africa's AGDP is lost due to degraded land annually, and in Guatemala the figure is 24 percent, the report said.
In Uzbekistan, food yields have declined by 20-30 percent due to deteriorated land, while in East Africa nearly 3.7 million people need food assistance as a result of the drought of 2011, it said.
The study, a summary of published research, was presented at the opening of a four-day conference in Bonn of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).
It is the most detailed exploration of the economic cost of degraded and desertified land since 1992, the UNCCD said.
At that time, the direct annual cost was estimated at $42 billion.
"For current estimates, the best guess is $450 billion per year as a result of land degradation, drought and desertification and loss in fertile soil," said Walter Ammann, head of Global Risk Forum Davos, which promotes debate on issues of world risk.
"For example, Bangladesh is losing two percent of its fertile soil on an annual basis," Ammann said in a phone interview from the former West German capital.
"If you calculate this on a linear basis, then in 50 years' time, Bangladesh will have no fertile soil available."
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Joe Scarborough did his best to attempt to rewrite the failings of conservative governance we've suffered over the last few decades along with some of his own history, surprise, surprise with a big assist by some of his fellow panel members, Jon Meacham, Mika Brzezinski and Willie Geist.
While discussing some of the right's disdain for the current crop of Republican presidential candidates, Scarborough throws out the first whopper during the segment, that George W. Bush was not really a conservative.
Joe Scarborough Offers Up a Big Dose of Revisionist History on Morning Joe
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Sometimes I just think the world is collapsing under the weight of its own complexity. My water bill last month was twice its usual already-outrageous amount. Since we hadn't (to my knowledge) taken any more showers than normal, I figured there had to be a leak somewhere. Duh, right? I did a cursory review of all toilets and faucets in the house. Nothing. I had my gardeners check out the landscape irrigation system. Nothing. So I called my plumber/golf buddy Ted who said he had a guy who did leak detection and this guy was the best there is. Twenty years in the business and that's all he does. Leaks. So I told Ted to send him on over, because this hydro-hemorhhage was mounting up fast.
Twenty minutes later the guy shows up and immediately starts diagnosing. He turns off the main valve at the house and sees that the meter wheel stops spinning, so he figures since it's not between the meter and the house, it has to be inside the house. That's bad.
He goes to his truck and gets a bunch of fancy detection devices all neatly stored in separate anvil cases. One looks like a stethoscope; another like a fancier version of those metal detectors they use down at the beach to find spare change. He tells me, "Don't worry, I'll find that sucker. I do this all the time." Loved his bedside manner. Miraculously, after listening to all the sink pipes on the ground floor, he determines that the leak is in the hot water system – definitely not the cold – and that it's somewhere in the slab under the house. That's bad.
After twenty minutes of further dousing for pipes under the slab and listening through his high-tech stethoscope, he assures me he has found the leak. It's definitely "right here in the slab under the dryer but just beneath this bearing wall. We'll have to jack-hammer up all your matching [expensive] travertine tile, remove the wall, reinforce it and replumb all the way to the water heater to be sure." That's REALLY bad. I ask, "you sure about this?" He looks at me like I'm an idiot and says, "Absolutely. This is all I do all day long. It's right under here." OK.
He leaves me with a bill for $300 and drives off. Nice work for 45 minutes. I didn't make that even when I was a "trainer to the stars."
I'm about to call plumber/golf buddy Ted and tell him to bring the crew and the jack-hammers over on Monday when I get a wild one and decide maybe I'll get a second opinion first. I call another leak detecting service from the Yellow Pages who sends a guy right over. He gets out a similar assortment of detection equipment and spends 25 minutes putting blue tape all over the floor to mark where the pipes are before I suggest (wink, wink) that maybe it's in the hot water system. Another 25 minutes passes and he says, "there's no freakin' way there's a leak in your hot water system or inside your house. Have you checked your pool auto-fill valve?" "uh, no." "Let's look." Sure enough, the autofill valve (it's like the one in your toilet) was stuck, causing water to flow into our infinity pool which was, in turn, leaking water infinitely through an obscured underground drainpipe. Case closed. Since this guy wasn't "the best in the business," he only charged $250.
I tell you all this as an illustration of how easy it is to become enamored of "specialists" and "professionals" in a world that has grown increasingly complex. I could easily have gone and had my entire kitchen floor jack-hammered at great expense and disruption only to have the initial problem continue to drive me crazy for months. I find that this happens all too often in many other areas (tech support from Mumbai that has you defragging your disc or reinstalling your operating system when a patch or reboot would have done), but most notably in medicine. How often do we all hear stories of expensive surgeries undertaken because a battery of tests (that weren't that solid to begin with) "indicated" that there was a problem that needed fixing? Many prophylactic mastectomies or prostate biopsies or quadruple bypasses are probably not necessary (in my humble opinion). Yet they can severely compromise lives forever if they really weren't necessary or if a few lifestyle interventions might have done a much better trick. How about the prescribing of multiple drugs to address symptoms or bring a few "out-of-norm" numbers back into the proper range? And then prescribing additional drugs to offset the side-effects of the first drugs – all based on sketchy diagnoses. My knee surgery last year would not have been necessary had my doctor not hastily shot cortisone under my kneecap. Long story. But, hey, he only had seven minutes of office visit time to make the (wrong) diagnosis and, hey, he was my friend. Oh well, my bad. If anyone should have seen that coming it was me.
I tell anyone who will listen that lawyers, doctors and CPAs don't have answers. They only have opinions and sometimes those opinions are no better (and often worse) than your own instincts. This is why we at MDA are on a mission to try to help you better understand how your body works, so you can make educated, informed decisions when it comes to matters of health. Armed with an understanding of what might truly be behind your problem, that little extra you pay for a second or even third opinion might just make the difference.
Further Reading:
My Knee is Killing Me… No Really.
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Health Engagment: Where Do You Find that Personal Touch? [1]


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Allen Birnbach Is Instructor at Anderson Ranch Arts Center
January 5, 2014
Advertising, fine art, portrait, lifestyle and documentary photographer/director Allen Birnbach is now instructor at Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass, Colorado. The Center offers workshops, residencies, scholarships with visiting artists and critics for the visual arts. Birnbach also works with the Santa Fe Workshops. He is based out of Denver and Los Angeles and is represented by Doug Truppe in New York City. See more work at his website.


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Llewelyn Powys was born 13 August 1884 and died 2 December 1939.
From a family of distinguished British writers, his brothers,
Born in
Nevertheless, this episode and threat of impending death somehow seems to have energized Powys,
for he devoted himself from then on to his writing.
From 1914 to 1919 Llewelyn Powys lived in
Three more books were published in 1924, and in October that year, Llewelyn Powys married the managing editor of the
Published in 1925,
after another severe recurrance of his besetting malady of
At a loss for publishers in England for his autobiographical essays, upon his probably ill-advised return to his homeland in 1925, Llewelyn took a commission to write a biography of a famous world explorer. This quite notable biography
Almost immediately upon returning to the United States, the couple again returned to
England. This move, in contrast to those of Powys' past, was much more sucessful than previous efforts.
Thus, for five years, from 1931 to 1936 Powys remained in his beloved
In autumn 1936, Llewelyn Powys' health
severely deteriorated and he left England in December for the
This nearly 100 page manuscript book, bound in 3/4 cloth with marbled sides and a handwritten paper label listing the contents in ink pasted on the front, contains five handwritten essays, four in pencil and one in ink, by Llewelyn Powys, some published and some not published. The essays are as follows:
The manuscript book, along with the letter to
This collection is arranged chronologically.
No restrictions.
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog of Cushing Memorial Library. Researchers wishing to find related materials should search the catalog under these index terms.
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Bound manuscript book containing approximately 100 pages of lined paper, covered in 3/4 cloth with marbled sides. Measuring about 23 x 17 cm., the book has a paper label with a handwritten list of contents in ink pasted on the front cover. Five of the six essays are handwritten by Llewelyn Powys in pencil, one in ink. Along with other materials in this collection, manuscript book contained in a half-morocco folding case by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, measuring 25 x 20 cm., possibly made at the request of rare book dealer George Sims in the 1950s after receiving the manuscript book as a gift of appreciation from Llewelyn Powys' widow, Alyse Gregory.
Letter titled "Instructions as to the disposal of my body in the case of my death," with a note in another hand in ink, "For Alyse [Gregory], Private, Not to be Lost", which was apparently written by Alyse Gregory. Envelope may have been typed to hold the letter by George Sims, a rare book dealer, in the 1950s. Typing is similar to that on index card described below.
A 3 x 5 inch lined index card with a typed list of the contents of the manuscript book. Unclear as to whether the index card was inserted by George Sims in the 1950s, or the later rare book dealer, David J. Holmes Autographs, but physical appearance of card suggests the earlier date.
16 pages bound in blue paper, with cover title A Catalogue of The Llewelyn Powys Manucripts, [offered by] G.F. Sims (Rare Books), Peacocks, Hurst, Berkshire. Printed by Robert Stockwell Ltd., 5-13 Baden Place, London.
Description of the collection as purchased by the repository, containing extensive quote from George Sims, rare book dealer, in his essay, More of the Rare Book Game, published in 1988, about how the manuscript book was saved out from the general sale of Llewelyn Powys' papers when put on the market in the early 1950s, and given to Sims by Alyse Gregory . The letter to Gregory from Powys was found slipped into the manuscript book at the time it was given to Sims.


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EMU joins International Cyber-Security Education Coalition
YPSILANTI — Eastern Michigan University will join several other higher education institutions in signing the International Cyber-Security Education Coalition agreement (IC-SEC). The signing will take place Friday, April 21, 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. at Eagle Crest Golf Club.
The IC-SEC is a joint venture between the Centers of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education at EMU and the University of Detroit Mercy), Regis University in Colorado, Henry Ford Community College, Oakland Community College, Delta College (Mich.), Lansing Community College and Washtenaw Community College.
The coalition's purpose is to help strengthen national security, establish business/industry partners in Michigan and nationally, and provide an articulated education that can lead to nationally critical cyber-security jobs. Information assurance deals with areas such as information management, data integrity, software security, cryptography, intelligence and network security.
"The IC-SEC coalition provides a seamless vertical articulation from the community college associates through bachelors, master's and post graduate work in the critical infrastructure of information assurance," said Gerald "Skip" Lawver, associate professor in the NSA Center of Academic Excellence at EMU.
"The International Cyber-Security Coalition (IC-SEC) is dedicated to fostering excellence in education for the crucial areas of homeland and cyber security protection. It is the largest consortium of its type in the Midwest," said Dan Shoemaker, director of University of Detroit Mercy's Center. "Eastern Michigan University was chosen to host the event this year because of its designation as a NSA National Center of Academic Excellence and its reputation as a leader in the field of information assurance and critical infrastructure protection. The recognition that this event will provide will continue to underwrite Eastern's status as an important source of training and education for this vital new field."
Lawver said students will benefit because they will be assured of curriculum that meets and/or exceeds standards set forth by the Committee on National Security Systems (CNSS).
EMU earned its designation as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance from the National Security Agency and Department of Homeland Security in 2005. EMU is one of only three schools in the state to have the designation. University of Detroit Mercy and Walsh College are the others.
Eastern Michigan University is a public, comprehensive university that offers programs in the arts, sciences and professions. EMU prepares students with the intellectual skills and practical experiences to succeed in their careers and lives, and to be better citizens.
Eastern Michigan University is a public, comprehensive university that offers programs in the arts, sciences and professions. EMU prepares students with the intellectual skills and practical experiences to succeed in their career and lives, and to be better citizens.
Editor's Note: Looking for an expert source for a story? Check out EMU's Eastern Experts online at www.emich.edu/univcomm/easternexperts.
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The Islanders returned Kevin Poulin to the Bridgeport Sound Tigers yesterday. Poulin did not see any game action in the week he spent as Al Montoya's back up.
The move appears to be a precursor to the return of Evgeni Nabokov, who has been on injured reserve retroactively since November 17 with a groin injury. Prior to the injury he was 1-5-0 with a .910 save percentage in eight appearances.
The goaltending trio the Islanders had will, for the time being, return to a more conventional goaltending duo of Al Montoya and Evgeni Nabokov.no comments
Uniondale, NY -- The Islanders six game point streak came to an end last night with a sobering 6-3 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Penguins James Neal tied the game twice before his team wrestled control of the game away from the Islanders. They were also assisted by a controversial penalty called against Travis Hamonic; a five-minute major elbowing and a game misconduct.
The play in question occurred at the 7:35 mark of the second period with the Islanders already on the penalty kill. Orpik passes the puck off to a teammate and Travis Hamonic gives Orpik a shove. Incidentally from the shove by Hamonic, Orpik hits himself in the face with his own stick.
The refs called Hamonic for elbowing gave him a five-minute major, a game misconduct and sent him to the dressing room.
"It was a joke, that's how I saw it," Marke Streit said about the call after the game. "I mean it's ridiculous, but referees make mistakes too and we just gotta keep working."
Hamonic was visible frustrated with the call after the game as well. He told reporters that that was a play he wouldn't have even been credited with a hit.
"You watch the play and I skate by him and I make minimal contact with the opposing player," he said still upset over the call. "He hits himself in the forehead with his own stick and he goes down and he's bleeding. Next thing you know five minute major and I'm kicked out of the game. Tough call to make in those circumstances I guess."
Hamonic, Streit and Islanders head coach all said they were not given an explanation regarding the penalty.
"I was just told to leave the rink because I had a five-minute major," Hamonic explained. "You watch that replay and in my opinion that was a terrible call. I didn't hit him, that wasn't a head check, that's not my style of play…and I didn't in any sort of way. I kept my elbows down, hit him right in the stomach and he follows through with himself with his own stick and hits himself in the forehead."no comments
I ask everyone to head over to NHL Hot Stove and check out my latest piece on the Islanders recent resurgence. The story includes quotes from Isles head coach Jack Capuano, PA Parenteau and Steve Staios. To read the story click here.
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It was a memorable night for Tim Wallace and David Ullstrom as they both contributed in the Islanders 5-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning. Wallace was credited with his first point as an Islander and Ullstrom scored his first career NHL goal at the 3:39 mark of the third period.
The Islanders came into the game without Jay Pandolfo and Michael Grabner, who are both sidelined with respective injuries. The injuries did not prevent them from rolling over the Lightning in a game that saw five different Islander players score.
It was the Lightning who opened up the scoring with a goal from Martin St Louis at the 6:55 mark of the first period. It would take the Islanders seven minutes after the Tampa goal to answer back. John Tavares scored from in front of the net to tie the game at one. Four minutes later, Matt martin made it a 2-1 lead scoring on a feed from Tim Wallace behind the net. The point would be Wallace's first since January 1, 2009 and his first as a New York Islander.
The Isles added one more goal on the power play in the waning seconds of the period. Milan Jurcina finished an impressive tic-tac-toe play to score his first goal of the season and make it a 3-1 lead. Josh Bailey and Steve Staios were credited for the assists on the play.
The second period was a strong period for the Islanders, but they did not score during the period. The Isles and Lightning tied in shots (11) and had three power play opportunities during the period.
The third period saw the Islanders add two more goals to increase their lead. Ullstrom scored early in the third period off a drop pass from Josh Bailey. Matt Moulson scored his team leading 14th goal of the season on the power play to make it a 5-1 lead.
Al Montoya put on another solid performance stopping 23 of the 24 shots he faced for a .958 save percentage.
The Islanders went three for three on the penalty kill against the Lightning and went two for five on the power play.
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In case you missed today's episode of the Power Play you can check out the podcasted version. On today's episode we talked about the NHL realignment, the New York Rangers and the John Steigerwald's accusation of Steroid use by Alexander Ovechkin.
Kevin DeLury of the New York Rangers Blog joined us at 5:15 and Greg Wyshynski of Puck Daddy joined us around 5:35.
In case you haven't been tuning in tuning in, every Tuesday I host a hockey talk show, the Power Play, on WCWP Sports.org at 5 PM. The hour-long program consists of talk, between my co-host Jack Torrey and myself, regarding the New York Islanders, New York Rangers, New Jersey Devils, and the top stories in the NHL
Today we'll be talking NHL realignment, discuss the New York Rangers loss to the Maple Leafs and preview tonight's game between the New York Islanders and the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Our special guest will be Kevin DeLury of the New York Rangers Blog. He will call in at 5:15 pm to discuss all things New York Rangers. We are also expecting Greg Wyshynski to call in around 5:30 to discuss NHL realignment.
The Show starts at 5 PM and goes to 6 PM. Click here to listen in or visit www.wcwpsports.org and click the listen live button.no comments
The Islanders announced the emergency recall of Kevin Poulin and Tim Wallace. The two have been called up from the Bridgeport Sound Tigers in response to injures to Andrew MacDonald and Jay pandolfo. Both have been placed on injured reserve retroactively from Nov. 29 and Nov. 26 respectively.
Poulin has appeared in 13 games for the Sound Tigers with a 3.37 goals against average and a .892 save percentage. He also went 4-2-0 last season with the Islanders in 10 games with the club. It's hard to see Poulin getting too much action while he is here. Montoya has been on fire during his last starts and Poulin is still young, where you don't want to rush him or throw him right into things.
Wallace comes to the NHL as one of the Sound Tigers top offensive threats. He leads the team with 20 points (nine goals, 11 assists) in 24 games. Wallace has played 24 games in the NHL with the Pittsburgh Penguins and joined the Isles as a free agent this past off-season. Wallace will surely make his Islanders debut tomorrow night when they host the Tampa Bay at the Coliseum.no comments


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The proceeds from the sale of any bonds issued under authority of this article shall be applied only for the purpose for which the bonds were issued:
, That any accrued interest received in any such sale shall be applied to the payment of the interest on the bonds sold:
Provided, however
, That if for any reason any portion of such proceeds may not be needed for the purpose for which the bonds were issued, then such unneeded portion of said proceeds may be applied to the purchase of bonds for cancellation or payment of the principal of or the interest on said bonds, or held in reserve for the payment thereof. The costs that may be paid with the proceeds of the bonds include all redevelopment costs described in section five of this article and may also include, but not be limited to, the following: The cost of acquiring any real estate deemed necessary, the actual cost of the construction of any part of a downtown redevelopment district project which may be constructed, including architects', engineers', financial or other consultants' and legal fees, the purchase price or rental of any part of a downtown redevelopment district project that may be acquired by purchase or lease, all expense incurred in connection with the authorization, sale and issuance of the bonds to finance such acquisition, and the interest on such bonds for a reasonable time prior to construction, during construction, and for not exceeding twelve months after completion of construction and any other costs and expenses reasonably necessary in the establishment and acquisition of such downtown redevelopment district project and the financing thereof.


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AFL-CIO Seeks Answers in Crisis
Labor Federation Discusses Partnerships With Grass-Roots Groups
The head of the AFL-CIO, in a far-reaching interview, said organized labor is in a crisis and that the nation's largest labor federation is adopting a new strategy to revive unions' political and social clout.
"What we've been doing sure hasn't been producing the results that we would like to see, and we have to change," said Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO president.
The centerpiece of the strategy, which was hashed out...


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'Breaking Dawn' Star Ashley Greene Talks 'Twilight' Reboot: 'I Always Though Rachel Leigh Cook Would Make a Cool Alice'
Earlier this year, rumors of a Twilight reboot hit the internet, and while the actress says she'll "be jealous" if the saga gets remade, there's only one actress she would like to see step into her role.
"I always thought Rachel Leigh Cook would make a cool Alice," Greene told The Huffington Post. "She was rumored when the first Twilight was being made."
In fact, Greene, 25, even pictured Cook, 33, in the part while she was reading Stephenie Meyer's book series.
"Before I booked the role, they had all this stuff online about who Stephenie Meyer had in mind, and Rachel was the one on there where I thought, 'Yeah, OK.' That's who I saw in my head," added Greene.
But for now, the only thing on Greene's mind is Breaking Dawn – Part 2 — and The Twilight Saga's incredible fans.
"Seeing how we brought these characters to life and seeing how the fans respond to it and how passionate they are, it's definitely a cool memory to have," she said. "The whole journey has been really incredible."
Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson might hurt the film.
"Hopefully it won't taint [the movie] and people will still be able to enjoy it," Greene said. "I think a lot of people see us as our characters. I really want them to still be able to do that."
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Tonight Neil Gaiman spoke to a packed audience at the Peacock Theatre about his new novel The Ocean at the End Of The Lane. The Q&As threw up some interesting tidbits.
Regarding Sandman Zero, Gaiman reinforced that more favourable contract terms led to the project coming about. He's driving his editors 'mad and sad' with his achingly slow progress. One of the joys of the project is getting JH Williams III to draw the impossible, citing an image in the first couple of pages where he requested an image of Morpheus as a flower, with the leaves suggesting his cloak. Williams has surpassed this, with a great use of the petals to present his face.
When Gaiman first heard the BBC radio adaptation of Neverwhere, he realised he was ready to return to this world. In an upcoming anthology collection curated by George RR Martin, entitled Rogues, he will be contributing a short story from the Neverwhere world, How The Marquis Got His Coat Back. It will delve into the back story of the Marquis de Carabas, as well and extending the world of Neverwhere, introducing, as an example, the Shepherds of Shepherd's Bush. He also has the title of the next Neverwhere novel – The Seven Sisters.
He briefly touched on Doctor Who, pointing out that he has memories of the show from before he has memories of reading. He gave us some slightly mis-remembered facts from the 1965 Dalek Annual, which he still owns. He described writing for the while as like being god – writing the words 'TARDIS interior' was the ultimate supreme power!
I have some blurry photos, I was too far back to get good ones.
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Ankit Neil Sharma
Hardwork - Poem by Ankit Neil Sharma
hardwork, the key to reign,
when everyone steals your luck
just make it the weapon gainst them,
and, they the ultimate faces blow away,
hardwork keeps my soul fresh
and my body away from the illness
its the only jewellery, that i possess,
the reason, God has provided it to me.
If you have the courage to outshine yourself,
be with it, have it, be proud of yourself.
Comments about Hardwork by Ankit Neil Sharma
Bri Edwards (7/9/2013 4:55:00 PM)
i think hardwork is hardly ever one word. yes, i see my spell-checker does NOT like it. Hardwork is now underlined in RED and if i type hard work it is not. but i understand! that is more important. i also think you use too many commas. i don't understand the line: ....they the ultimate faces blow away,
i almost told you that you misspelled jewellery but then i thought this guy lives in India, so i checked it out and came up with this to paste: ......Jewelry vs. jewellery
For the noun referring to articles, especially of gold, silver, or precious stones, used for personal adornment, jewelry is the preferred spelling in American English. Jewellery is preferred in varieties of English from outside North America. Both spellings appear in Canadian English, but jewelry prevails by a two-to-one margin.
i DO live in the u.s.a. but my spell-checker did not mind jewellery.
i enjoyed: .....hardwork keeps my soul fresh
and my body away from the illness
its the only jewellery, that i possess,
the reason, God has provided it to me. ...though i would spell its (sic) as it's, for it is.
and also i would spell gainst as 'gainst (for against) but this time my spell-checker underlines both gainst and 'gainst! we poets should be allowed a little leeway though in our writing! ! !
i assume in the lines: .....If you have the courage to outshine yourself,
be with it, have it, be proud of yourself.........the it refers to hardwork. well done. i hope all your hard work pays off in your life...........and not necessarily with money or just money. thanks for sharing, and since this poem was short i will read at least one more, especially since you sent your request twice, asking me to read. (Report) Reply
Jenie Franksay (7/8/2013 9:18:00 PM)
Unwritten Soul (7/8/2013 8:47:00 PM)
Thanks for invitation, and here welcome to join PHunter, and be a part of us in this nice community...Good write Ankit, do more poem so you will get more to try and new way to have in the next poem! _SOul (Report) Reply
Is It Poetry (7/8/2013 1:35:00 PM)
Hard work is the
magic key.
To all success...iip (Report) Reply
David Wood (7/8/2013 1:15:00 PM)
Welcome to poemhunter. A fine poem about life. Keep it up. I suggest you read other poets on Poemhunter to see their styles and what we all write about. Well done. (Report) Reply
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One of the worst family fights I ever got into was over a relative's accusation that Violet had gotten her child sick.
"But I didn't–you know, we didn't know if she was sick or not," I said over the phone. Violet was two, and had come down with coxsackie for the third time, and we'd taken her to a holiday party just before she broke out in little spots all over her trunk. "I'm new at this, you know? We saw a spot, we weren't sure what it is, she was acting fine, we figured, OK, she's not sick."
"All I ask is that you inform us if she's sick and then we can decide whether to go or not," said the injured party, breathing fire down the wires. "It is so irresponsible for you to bring her without even telling us!"
It went downhill from there, and ever since, I've been sensitive on the topic. And I kinda hate people who play sick detective, and, each time they get sick, try to figure out whodunit, as if it were a bullet that flew from a gun. Who was coughing at the party? Who had suspicious mucus? Whose kid was absent from school Friday but showed up at the winter faire Saturday?
Feh, I say to all of it. The world is filled with germs. Trying to suss out the source of one particular one is like trying to figure out if the wind tickling your ear blew from India or the North Pole. What does it matter where the sick came from? You're sick. Put your energy into dealing with that.
In addition, there seems to be very little agreement on when people are contagious and when they are not. Most people agree that a 24-hour quarantine is observed after a fever or vomiting, but that's only what most people agree. Many disagree (should it be shorter? longer? Only if the fever or vomiting reaches a certain intensity), and everything else is a big confusing gray area. Green mucus? I had a doctor explain to me at length why clear mucus was really more of a danger sigh. If the kid is coughing, is he sick? Is she sick when she's acting tired and well when she's acting frisky? Should a child stay in for a week after she gets better from the flu, or just an afternoon? If I throw away Violet's tissues, does that mean I'm now a Typhoid Mary too?
Trying to parse all that gives me a headache, and you have no idea where people's lines lie until you cross them. So my current policy is just giving people information. If Violet coughs or sneezes or barfs or sweats, my party guests get a phone call or an email. It might be nothing, I say, but I thought I'd let you know. People have begged off, and people have come anyway, taking their chances. No one has died. People have kept getting sick, with or without our help, because, as I mentioned before, the world is full of germs. I just make sure people can't blame us for sneaking ours in.
And when we get sick, I just deal with it. I don't try to figure out who did it to us. If figuring out when your kid is sick is a judgment call, I'm not going to lay judgment on someone else. If I can't pity a fellow mom who maybe just needed to get out of the house to go get Ricolas and Pedialyte, then there's just no justice in the world.


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