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Quiz: What You Don't Know About Air Conditioning
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You know how much you rely on air conditioning to escape the summer heat. But what do you know about the energy that goes into keeping you cool?
In 1978, less than one-quarter of U.S. households had central air conditioning. By 2005, central air systems were cooling what percentage of homes?
- 25 percent
- 50 percent
- 60 percent
- 80 percent
Sixty percent have central systems, and if you count homes with room or window units, 84 percent of U.S. households have some type of air conditioning.
In 1914, the first home air conditioning system was installed in what city?
- Miami
- Minneapolis
- Atlanta
- Chicago
The Minneapolis mansion of Charles Gates, son of Gilded Age industrialist and gambler John Gates, is believed to be the first to have had an air conditioning system installed.
Because of air conditioning use, Americans use how much more electricity at the peak of summer than they do on coldest days of winter?
- 12 percent
- 22 percent
- 32 percent
- 42 percent
Summer peak electricity demand is about 22 percent higher than the height of demand in winter; many power plants—called "peakers"—are kept on hand to run only on those days of high demand. In many cases, the plants are old and expensive to run.
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), once widely used in air conditioning, were phased out under the 1987 Montreal Protocol because of the damage they did to the Earth's ozone layer. But policymakers are trying to address a remaining problem with the replacement chemicals now in use, hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs.) What is this problem?
- They are greenhouse gases
- They are toxic
- They are flammable
- They don't work as well as CFCs
HFCs don't hurt the ozone layer but, just like the CFCs they replaced, they are super-potent greenhouse gases, with hundreds or thousands of times greater global warming potential than carbon dioxide.
In China's cities, by some estimates, ownership of air conditioning units was about 30 percent in 2004. How many urban Chinese households had air conditioning in 1992?
- Almost none
- 10 percent
- 15 percent
- 20 percent
There was virtually no room air conditioning in China in the early 1990s, but its use has spread rapidly.
If you have unused rooms in your house, how can you save money on central air conditioning?
- Close the air conditioner registers in the unused rooms and close the doors
- Open the windows in unused rooms to increase air circulation
- Add window air conditioners to the unused rooms, and run them only when the room is occupied
- Keep registers open in the unused room, and use a programmable thermostat to set back air conditioning at night or when no one is in the house
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory scientists showed that air leakage from hot, unused rooms with closed registers increased energy use throughout the home. The best way to save energy is to use less air conditioning throughout the home.
Turning on the air conditioner reduces the fuel economy of a conventional gasoline engine by about 20 percent, according to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency testing. What happens when you use the air conditioner in a hybrid gas-electric vehicle?
- It has about the same impact
- There is less loss of gas mileage
- There is a greater loss of gas mileage
- There is no impact on gas mileage
Studies show a greater percentage of gas mileage lost in hybrids than in gasoline vehicles, since the air conditioning has a greater absolute impact on fuel economy in high-efficiency cars.
Since 2005, Japan has tried to reduce office air conditioning through its Cool Biz campaign, in which workers are encouraged to dress light and informally. The need to save energy is even more urgent in the wake of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. What's the minimum office temperature in what is now known as Japan's "Super" Cool Biz program?
- 68º F (20º C)
- 72º F (22º C)
- 78º F (25.5º C)
- 82º F (28º C)
Cool Biz offices must maintain a temperature of 82 degrees (28 degrees Celsius) or higher.
If you are driving slowly around town on a hot day, which should you do if you want to save gas mileage?
- Roll your windows down and drive with the air conditioner off
- Keep your windows rolled up and the air conditioner on to reduce aerodynamic drag on your vehicle.
Although vehicle drag might become a problem at high speeds, the air conditioner eats up more gasoline at slow speeds. About 7 billion gallons of gasoline a year, or 5.5 percent of U.S. passenger vehicle fuel use, goes to running the AC.
True or False? When differences in climate are taken into account, homes in Europe use air conditioning at about the same rate as households in the United States.
- True
- False
Although statistics are sparse, even warm European countries like Italy, Spain, and Greece use less air conditioning than is used in the United States. But energy analysts believe that air conditioning use in Europe and around the world is growing rapidly.
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After the "Preparing For Professions" Conference
Getting the diploma is a great achievement.
Getting the job is another.
Students who packed the classrooms at LDS Business College's recent "Preparing for Professions" Conference came away with new tools to help them land that job. More than 50 seminars on career preparations topics taught by area professionals, employers and experts gave students the opportunity to learn about effective interviewing skills, resume writing, employment research, keeping skills current and marketable, networking, problem solving, professional dress, workplace etiquette, online identity development, and more.
Keynote speakers for the day were Clark Gilbert, president and CEO of Deseret Digital Media; Marilyn McSweeney, executive recruiter and career consultant, The McSweeney Group; and LDS Business College President J. Lawrence Richards.
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SEC's Top 25 players: No. 11 Craig Loston
Published: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 at 12:00 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 at 3:33 p.m.
Gatorsports.com counts down this season's standout players in the nation's toughest conference.
No. 11 Craig Loston
Position: Safety
School: LSU
Height: 6-foot-2
Weight: 205 pounds
Year: Senior
Why he's No. 11: Hard-hitting safety with excellent instincts. Loston earned All-SEC second team honors in his first full season as a starter in 2012, finishing with 55 tackles and 3 interceptions. His highlight play last season was a 100-yard interception return for a touchdown against Mississippi State. Loston has played in 35 games in his career, with 14 starts. He's registered 91 career tackles with 4 tackles for loss and six takeaways (four interceptions, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery). With the departure of safety Eric Reid to the NFL draft, Loston will be counted on to lead LSU's secondary in 2013.
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Wardrobe Malfunction Averted on Semi-Homemadeby FN Dish Editor in View All Posts, October 31st, 2008
FN'ers love their holidays but no one does Halloween like Semi-Homemade star, Sandra Lee. Aside from coming up with some of the most inventive tricks, treats, cocktails and tablescapes of this spooky season, Sandra knows costumes.
We aren't talking about bedsheet ghosts and rubber masks. Sandra could literally step onto movie sets with the costumes she discovers.
We caught her between takes, wardrobe changes and a million other things as she shot her AMAZING Halloween Queens episode which aired earlier this week. Imagine cooking, hosting and finishing a long day of shooting — all while balancing a huge, top-heavy wig on your head.
What's Halloween without tricky costumes?
If you missed Halloween Queens, fear not. Another great Sandra-fied Halloween episode airs today at 4pm ET / PT. Sandra…or should we say Marilyn, or Liz, or Vivien, serves up spicy bat wings and sweet & sour eyeballs, to name a few.
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The importance of BCG Mainentance therapy: A large German retrospective analyses (2004) saw a "statistically significant superiority for BCG compared with MMC [Mitomycin intravesical chemo] for the prevention of tumor progression only if BCG maintenance therapy was provided."PubMed Abstract
Abstracts about the use of low dose bcg: RATIONALE: less side effects, better compliance with treatment protocols and just as effective:
Low dose BCG as adjuvant therapy for superficial bladder cancer and literature review
Sufficient prophylactic efficacy with minor adverse effects by intravesical instillation of low-dose bacillus Calmette-Guerin for superficial bladder cancer recurrence.Int J Urol. 2003 Apr;10(4):183-9. Irie A, Uchida T, Yamashita H, Matsumoto K, Satoh T, Koh H, Shimura S, Iwamura M, Baba S.Department of Urology, Kitasato University School of Medicine Japan. "Conclusions: Half-dose of BCG Tokyo 172 strain had a similar efficacy and its toxicity was significantly lower compared to the standard dose. Thus, half-dose of this strain might be suitable, at least for initial BCG therapy, for the prophylaxis of bladder cancer recurrence. Further study would be necessary to clarify the efficacy of low-dose instillation in high-risk patients.
Low dose bacillus Calmette-Guerin for carcinoma in situ of the bladder: long-term results. J Urol. 2000 Jan;163(1):68-71;Losa A, Hurle R, Lembo A. Division of Urology, Ospedali Riuniti di Bergamo, Italy "Conclusions: Intravesical BCG is the best available conservative therapy for patients with carcinoma in situ of the bladder. Low dose BCG is similarly effective, with a lower incidence of side effects and long lasting positive outcome"
Long-term follow-up of a randomized prospective trial comparing a standard 81 mg dose of intravesical bacille Calmette-Guerin with a reduced dose of 27 mg in superficial bladder cancer. BJU Int. 2002 May;89(7):671-80. Hospital La Paz, Avenida San Luis 95, 28033 Madrid, Spain, Martinez-Pineiro JA, et al "Conclusions: We recommend continuing to use the standard dose for high-risk tumours, while we consider the reduced dose safe and effective for intermediate-risk lesions and for maintenance schedules"
BCG is the most studied and most commonly prescribed immunotherapeutic agent for use in bladder cancer treatment. For more detailed BCG treatment information, see Dr. DL Lamms protocol, research and extensive list of referenced studies, including his findings about the efficacy of maintenance therapy.
Bacillus Calmette-Guerin has been in use since the 1980's, and is the most proven and effective form of immunotherapy at this point in time. Immunotherapy has a mechanism of action different from that of chemotherapy. It uses materials made by your own body or made in a laboratory to boost, direct, or restore your body's natural defenses against disease.
Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG), which is an inactivated form of the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, is given both intravesically mixed in a saline solution and instilled directly into the bladder via a catheter, as well as in the form of a percutaneous vaccine. Although it is not yet totally understood why BCG and other immunotherapies work against cancer, they are thought to elicit an immune response.
It's been shown that BCG induces a variety of cytokines into the urine of patients with non-muscle-invasive TCC, and that some cytokines have antiangiogenic activity. One study demonstrated that interferon- inducible protein 10 (IP-10) and its inducing antiangiogenic cytokines, interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) and interleukin-12 (IL-12), are increased during intravesical BCG immunotherapy of bladder TCC. These data suggest that, in addition to a cellular immune response, BCG may induce a cytokine- mediated antiangiogenic environment that aids in inhibiting future tumor growth and progression.1
BCG has resulted in complete tumor regression in one half or more of treated patients with papillary tumors, and in more than 70% of those with CIS. Controlled studies have demmonstrated a significant reduction in tumor recurrence, protection from which has been observed to persist for 5 years or more. Dr. Lamm's studies have also shown statistically significant reductions in the rate of disease progression and a significant reduction in the mortality rate, after treatment with BCG immunotherapy.2
The proven effectivenes of BCG in treating carcinoma in situ has made it the treatment of choice for CIS.3 Although European studies have reported less spectacular results after a long term study of comparing BCG to Mitomycin C, the reported studies used a less than optimal protocol according to Dr. Lamm's recommendations. Still, the superiority of BCG over chemotherapeutic agents in treating high risk tumors and CIS is acknowledged.4, 5
BCG is usually reserved for higher grade tumors or recurrences, while solitary, non-muscle-invasive papillary tumors are most often treated (if treated at all) with an intravesical chemo as first line of attack. Once a tumor has shown signs of muscle invasion (T2), BCG is no longer considered a viable option.
Though side effects vary with the individual, the great majority of people find BCG treatments tolerable with side effects being temporay, and some have no adverse reactions at all. Dysuria (pain or difficulty upon urination) and urinary frequency are expected as a consequence of the inflammatory response, and cystitis is the most frequent adverse reaction-occurring in up to 90% of cases. Blood in the urine may occur with cystitis and is seen in one-third of patients. Irritative bladder symptoms are unlikely in the week after the first intravesical BCG. Side effects of BCG are cumulatory, and generally increase with successive treatments.6 Some people complain of flu like symptoms including fatigue, joint pain and muscle ache. 7
The toilet must be neutralized of any live bacteria; this is done by pouring 2 cups of household bleach into the water and letting it stand for 15-20 minutes.
The bladder should be thoroughly flushed after BCG instillation by increasing fluid intake.
Call the doctor if you experience
Urinary problems
For a more complete description about use, side effects and possible complications, drug interaction, etc, see RxMed's Drug Reference for two commonly used strains of the vaccine: Pacis ImmuCyst . See also http://www.immucyst.com/ for more info.
It is not recommended to instill BCG until at least one-two weeks after resection of the tumor. BCG should not be given if irritative symptoms from the previous instillation are present, nor in the presence of undetermined fever or urinary tract infection. Fewer than one in 1000 people who use the BCG percutaneous vaccine develop significant local reactions, and potentially fatal disseminated disease develops in fewer than one in a million. Complications usually result from faulty technique, including the accidental intracutaneous injection of the stronger percutaneous vaccine, or poor selection of subjects for vaccination. BCG should never be given to people who are known to be infected with HIV. 8
The viability of BCG is crucial for induction of a local immune response and for effective therapy. Favorable results occur more frequently among patients who exhibit a granulomatous inflammatory response in the bladder and delayed hypersensitivity skin test response to purified protein derivative. Marked variability in viability of bacillus Calmette-Guerin organisms has been observed among different lots of BCG, and a direct relationship has been observed between vaccine viability and therapeutic efficacy. In one study, most patients who failed initial therapy with a low viability lot of bacillus Calmette-Guerin responded favorably to re-treatment with a higher viability lot.9
Men having this treatment can pass on BCG during sex. To protect your partner from coming into contact with BCG, you should not have sex for 48 hours after each treatment. Use a condom if you have sex at other times during the six weeks of treatment. You should also use a condom for sex for six weeks after treatment has ended. http://www.accv.org.au/cancer1/patients/bladder/howtreated.htm
In case of BCG instillation therapy, the antibiotics in the class of quinolones, doxycycline and gentamycin should be avoided in concomitant urinary tract infections. In case of severe systemic complications, 5-quinolones might be used additionally if one of the anti-tuberculosis drugs including isoniazid, rifampicin or ethambutol is not tolerated. Cycloserine, previously proposed for the early treatment of BCG-sepsis is not recommended any more. Only the appropriate use of antibacterial drugs during intravesical BCG immunotherapy preserves the therapeutic safety and efficacy. X
Quinolone *antibiotics:
Antibiotics For bladder cancer
Another line of research is investigating the usefulness of antibiotics against superificial bladder cancer, more on WebCafe, here
Other medicines:
Amphotericin B by injection (e.g., Fungizone) or
Fever—Infection may be present and could cause problems
Concerns over high grade tumors - long term risk
One 2002 study involving 307 patients with mulitiple, recurrent Ta, T1 and CIS tumors were followed for a median of 12 years (range, 10--18 years). Extravesical tumors were detected during follow-up of positive urine cytology after no tumor was found in the bladder. Of the 307 patients, 78 (25%) developed tumors in the upper urinary tract (UTT). Of the 251 men 61 (24%) had tumors detected in the prostatic urethra or ducts (T4p). The median time to UTT and T4p was 56 and 11 months, respectively. UTT and T4p were diagnosed more frequently during the first 5 years, but such tumors occurred over 15 years of follow-up. The median time to UTT was 50 months among 246 patients with tumor recurrence in the bladder vs 114 months in 61 patients with no bladder recurrences. 88% of UTT occurred in patients with intact bladders and 12% after cystectomy. 32% of UTT and 44% of T4p relapses were lethal. 12
2005: Risk of understaging upon progression after BCG fails in high-risk non-muscle-invasive blc: "Five-year disease-specific survival rate was significantly lower in understaged (38%) as compared with not-understaged patients (90%) after a median follow-up of 40-months (range 1-142) (p=0.006). Overall five-year disease-specific survival was 79%. CONCLUSIONS: RC should be performed prior to progression in high risk non-muscle-invasive tumors that fail after TUR and BCG. In patients with clinical and pathological nonmuscle invasive disease,radical cystectomy (RC) provides an excellent disease-free survival. One third of patients with high-risk non-muscle-invasive bladder tumors who underwent RC after BCG failure were understaged and had a shorter survival. Tumor in the prostatic urethra at endoscopic staging was the only factor associated to understaging and shorter survival.14
BCG and PSA
Studies and trials are underway for other intravesical immunotherapeutic agents such as interferon alpha2b (or Intron A), which has shown activity against papillary tumors and CIS both as primary treatment and as secondary treatment after failure of other intravesical agents. 11 See below.
BCG and Statin drugs in the news - is there a risk?
An article published in Dec.'06's New England Journal of Medicine by Hoffman and colleagues reported that statins posed a risk for bladder cancer disease progression when used during BCG treatments, and advised stopping statin use during BCG therapy. However, those findings were quickly refuted in March, '07, in another article in the New England Journal of Medicine, from Dr. A. Kamat 17, expert uro-oncologist from M.D. Anderson's cancer center, who has also investigated the use of statins concomitant with BCG therapy, in a larger patient cohort, and for a longer period of time. That article states;
Can we predict non-response? Researchers reported in 2007 that heat shock proteins (HSPs) could be useful predictive markers in BCG responses. A significant correlation was found between lack of expression of HSP90 and BCG response. HSP expression was evaluated by immunochemistry. Low HSP90 expression (<40%) could be useful to predict BCG failure and early stage cystectomy could be proposed for these selected patients with primary high-risk grade 3 non-muscle-invasive bladder tumours.
For a short history of how the BCG vaccine was developed, read this abstract from an article published in Sept. '99 issue of Toxicon; Doctor Albert Calmette 1863-1933: founder of antivenomous serotherapy and of antituberculous BCG vaccination, By BJ Hagwood.
Further Reading:
For a great article which explains in depth the mechanisms of action, research on the efficacy of, and latest discoveries in the field of intravesical therapy (including both chemo and immunotherapeutic agents), register (it's free and open to the public) at http://www.medscape.com and see (from The Journal Room: 'Infections in Urology') : Intravesical Therapy for Superficial Bladder Cancer Ashish M. Kamat, MD, Donald L. Lamm, MD West Virginia School of Medicine, Morgantown, W. Va. March, 1999
For some very interesting articles and discussions between experts around the world, see this issue of European Urology,"BCG - A New Standard for Superficial Bladder Cancer", online here: http://www.immucyst.com/21-S2-92.htmlReferences
BCG and antibiotics; Interference of modern antibiotics with Bacillus-Calmette- Guérin (BCG) Viability Christoph Durek, Sabine Rüsch-Gerdes, Borstel; Dieter Jocham and Andreas Böhle, Lübeck, Germany (Presented by Dr. Durek). Pasteur Mérieux Connaught, Toronto, Canada AUA annual meeting, 1999
Rischmann P, Colombel M, Chopin DK, et al. Prophylactic ofloxin to improve tolerance of BCG intravesical instillations: A randomized prospective, double blind, placebo-controlled, multicentre study in patients with mid to high risk superficial bladder tumors. Program and abstracts of the American Urological Association 2006 Annual Meeting; May 20-25, 2006; Atlanta, Georgia. Abstract 835.
1. Intravesical bacille Calmette-Guerin induces the antiangiogenic chemokine interferon-inducible protein 10. Poppas DP; Pavlovich CP; Folkman J; Voest EE; Chen X; Luster AD; O'Donnell MA Department of Surgery, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.Urology 1998 Aug;52(2):268-75; discussion 275-6 PMID: 9697793 UI: 98361258
2. Long-term results of intravesical therapy for superficial bladder cancer Lamm DL Department of Urology, West Virginia University Health Sciences Center, Morgantown. Urol Clin North Am 1992 Aug;19(3):573-80 PMID: 1636241 UI: 92343130
3. Maintenance BCG immunotherapy of superficial bladder cancer: A randomized prospective Southwest Oncology Group Study (meeting abstract). Lamm DL, Crawford ED, Blumenstein B, et al:Proc Annu Meet Am Soc Clin Oncol 1992;11:A627. Abstract
4. Long-term follow-up of an EORTC randomized prospective trial comparing intravesical bacille Calmette-Guerin-RIVM and mitomycin C in superficial bladder cancer. EORTC GU Group and the Dutch South East Cooperative Urological Group. European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Genito-Urinary Tract Cancer Collaborative Group.Witjes JA; v. d. Meijden AP; Sylvester LC; Debruyne FM; van Aubel A; Witjes WP Department of Urology, University Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.Urology 1998 Sep;52(3):403-10 PMID: 9730451 UI: 98398219
5. Future of Urological Oncology in Clinical and Basic Research through European Collaboration http://www.uroweb.nl/ Congress held in Turkey in 1996, a talk by Dr. A. van der Meijden from the Netherlands
6. Complications of bacillus Calmette-Guerin immunotherapy. (Review) Lamm DL Urol Clin North Am 1992; 19:565-572. PMID: 1636240 UI: 92343129
7. Local toxicity patterns associated with intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guerin: A Southwest Oncology Group Study. Berry D.L., Blumenstein B.A., Magyary D.L., Berry DL; Lamm DL; Crawford ED Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems, University of Washington, Seattle Int J Urol 1995;2 PMID: 8689518 UI: 96253590
References 6 and 7 as reviewed by Drs. Emmanuel Schenkman, M.D. and Donald L. Lamm, M.D.; http://www.duj.com/Article/Schenkman.htmlSuperficial Bladder Cancer Therapy
8. Complications of bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccination and immunotherapy and their management.
9. Intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guerin therapy for superficial bladder cancer: effect of bacillus Calmette-Guerin viability on treatment results.Kelley DR; Ratliff TL; Catalona WJ; Shapiro A; Lage JM; Bauer WC; Haaff EO; Dresner SM J Urol 1985 Jul;134(1):48-53PMID: 3892051 UI: 85237760
11. NCI/PDQ physicians statement http://cancernet.nci.nih.gov/clinpdq/soa/Bladder_cancer_Physician.html
12. Extravesical tumor relapse in patients with superficial bladder tumors.Herr HW.Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.J Clin Oncol. 1998 Mar;16(3):1099-102. PMID9508196 PMID
13. Elevated prostate specific antigen serum levels after intravesical instillation of bacillus calmette-guerin. Leibovici D, Zisman A, Chen-Levyi Z, Cypele H, Siegel YI, Faitelovich S, Lindner A Department of Urology and Laboratory of Biochemistry, Assaf-Harofe Medical Center, Zerifin and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel. J Urol 2000 Nov;164(5):1546-9 PMID: 11025701, UI: 2048
14. Cystectomy in patients with high risk superficial bladder tumors who fail intravesical BCG therapy: pre-cystectomy prostate involvement as a prognostic factor. Huguet J, Crego M, Sabate S, Salvador J, Palou J, Villavicencio H. Urology Service, Fundacio Puigvert, C/Cartagena, 340, 08025 Barcelona, Spain. PMID: 15967252
15. Changes in prostate specific antigen levels during intravesical instillations with Calmette-Guerin bacillus: relationship with transurethral resection of the prostate * Lopez Llaurado H, * Palou Redorta J, * Montanes Bermudez R, * Samper AO, * Bayarri JS, * Villavicencio Mavrich H. Servicio de Urologia, Fundacio Puigvert, Barcelona, Espana. PubMed
16. Use of Statins and Outcome of BCG Treatment for Bladder Cancer
17.Statins and the Effect of BCG on Bladder Cancer
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DUDLEY borough's series of popular free Sky Rides kick into gear this month with events to suit cyclists of all abilities.
The cycle rides of varying distances and difficulties are organised by British Cycling and Sky, in partnership with Dudley Council.
The programme continues tomorrow (Sunday August 10) with the Quarry Biker Nature Trail, which starts at 10am from Stevens Park and takes in Saltwells, Barrow Hill and Fens Pools nature reserves together with scenic views along Dudley's canal towpaths.
In the afternoon, there's a traffic-free ride arranged around Saltwells Wood, one of the UK's largest urban nature reserves.
More accomplished cyclists are invited to take part in the more challenging Kinver Klimber on Sunday, August 17.
Cyclists should meet at Mary Stevens Park for 10am and prepare for an undulating route around the rolling hills of South Staffordshire.
That afternoon, a much easier ride is on offer with the Kingswinford Urban Escape, starting at 2pm and comprising of a four mile traffic free ride along a section of the Kingswinford railway walk trail which runs from Himley to Wombourne.
Other Sky Rides available include another Quarry Biker Nature Trail on Sunday August 24th, starting at 10am from Stevens Park, and the Saltwells Wood Explorer, which follows in the afternoon starting at 2pm.
For more details, visit www.goskyride.com/Dudley.


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This article was published 26/11/2012 (1728 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
It may not hurt Sam Katz, but it certainly doesn't help him.
The moment on Monday an Ontario judge removed Toronto Mayor Rob Ford from office for violating conflict-of-interest laws, many eyes in this town turned toward the Winnipeg mayor, who is fighting his own conflict-of-interest legal battle.
Katz will be in court this April over allegations he violated conflict-of-interest laws in this province when he spent $2,900 in taxpayer money entertaining councillors and city staff at a restaurant he owned at the time.
To be clear, we're talking about a different case involving an entirely different politician in another province governed by a different piece of provincial legislation. Yet it's hard to shake the feeling Ford's downfall will have a ripple effect in Winnipeg.
The Ford case does not serve as a legal precedent; the testy Toronto mayor is not the first politician to be removed from office for ethical transgressions, although he may be the highest-profile victim of this type of legal challenge. However, Manitoba's law is fundamentally the same as Ontario's. That is, a judge who finds a politician guilty of a conflict of interest has but one option: to order the office held by the politician vacated.
In a broader sense, the Ford case is just plain bad timing for Katz. Without suggesting a judge here would be influenced by what happened there, it would have helped Katz immensely in his legal battle if the whole country weren't involved in a debate over political conflict-of-interest principles.
Katz's lawyer, Robert Tapper, went immediately on the offensive Monday, suggesting the Ford case had no bearing on Katz's legal predicament. A master of hyperbole, Tapper said comparing the two cases would be like comparing "apples to horseshoes." Perhaps, but that is Tapper's attempt to focus on the differences to the exclusion of the similarities.
It would be hard to find a more arcane case than the one that brought Ford down. In March 2010, before he was mayor, a charity Ford founded accepted $3,150 in donations from lobbyists and their clients. The charity provides football equipment to underprivileged high schools. Ford solicited the donations using city council letterhead.
The city's integrity commissioner found Ford violated code-of-conduct guidelines and advised him to repay the money. Council voted to support that recommendation, but Ford refused despite six reminders.
This past February, council reconsidered the sanction against Ford, now the city's mayor. In that deliberation, Ford not only spoke to the motion but voted in favour of giving himself a stay. Those actions prompted a citizen to file a complaint that Ford had violated conflict-of-interest laws.
There are similarities between the Ford and Katz cases, starting with the fact it took complaints by people outside civic politics to spark the court action. And it appears both cases have less to do with magnitude and more to do with principle. Namely, that a conflict of interest is worrisome, regardless of its monetary value.
There are those in Toronto now lamenting the fact a judge has removed from office a politician who won a landslide electoral victory just two years ago. And given the paltry sum of money involved and the rather mundane circumstances of the transgression, that the punishment does not fit the crime.
It is true both Ontario and Manitoba law rather arbitrarily say all ethical violations, regardless of magnitude, should be subject to the same penalty. Perhaps a more complex law would have given the Ontario judge more options. Perhaps Ford should have repaid the money, paid a fine, then carried his conviction into the court of public opinion in the next election.
On the other hand, perhaps there is virtue in a law that warns politicians to steer clear of conflicts of interest, both big and small. Perhaps lawmakers realized that small ethical misdeeds are like gateway drugs; once a politician develops a tolerance for misdemeanours, they are more likely to experiment with more felonious forms of self-interested dishonesty.
And by the time an addiction to big transgressions is uncovered, we'll be left wondering why we didn't step in when the politician was dabbling in a more recreational form of chicanery.


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Howard paces 15-hit attack with three hits, three RBIs in return
MIAMI -- The Phillies have found scoring runs to be a remarkable challenge this season.
It had Charlie Manuel expressing his concerns in the past week about hitters doubting themselves and getting depressed about it. It quite possibly is the reason Cole Hamels has not uttered a word publicly since his start Monday as he has the seventh-worst run support in baseball this season. But for one night Tuesday, the pitching staff could breathe easy as the Phillies tied a season high with 15 hits in a 7-3 victory over the Marlins at Marlins Park.
"We haven't been scoring many runs and I haven't been contributing like I'm capable of," said Delmon Young, who started the night with a solo home run to left-center field in the fourth inning to give the Phillies a 1-0 lead. "It's good. It was the most hits I've seen since I've been here. Hopefully we can carry what we did today into tomorrow and for the rest of this road trip, because we're going to need to score runs to win these games against the clubs we're going to be playing."
The Phillies (22-24) can move within a game of .500 with a victory in the series finale Wednesday, which has been a challenge for them. They are winless in their last eight chances to move within a game of .500.
So what happened Tuesday? How did they finally score some runs?
They got an assist from Marlins manager Mike Redmond, who pulled rookie Jose Fernandez for a pinch-hitter in the fifth. Miami had a runner on third with one out, when pinch-hitter Jordan Brown's sacrifice fly scored Placido Polanco to make it 1-1.
Fernandez had held the Phillies scoreless in 13 innings in his first two starts against them this season. He has a 4.94 ERA in his other six starts. Young snapped the streak at 16 with his homer in the fourth, but the rookie otherwise kept the Phillies in check.
"We didn't tear him up," Philadelphia manager Charlie Manuel said. "Maybe one of the best things was they took him out."
The Phillies took advantage of the Marlins' bullpen, scoring six runs in the next three innings, while Phils right-hander Tyler Cloyd allowed eight hits, two runs, two walks and struck out five in seven innings to earn his first win of the season. Cloyd was 1-4 with a 6.57 ERA with Triple-A Lehigh Valley, but is 1-0 with a 2.70 ERA in two starts acting as Roy Halladay's replacement in the rotation.
"Here, I'm definitely keeping the ball down a lot more than at Triple-A," Cloyd said. "That's the biggest thing."
Ryan Howard singled and Young doubled to lead to the go-ahead run in the sixth. Howard went 3-for-5 with three RBIs after missing the past two games with left knee inflammation. Young went 2-for-4 with a double, home run and two RBIs.
Clearly, the Phillies need more from those two, especially with some uncertainty surrounding Chase Utley. They scratched him Tuesday when he felt a burning sensation in his right ribcage after taking a swing during batting practice.
He will be reevaluated Wednesday.
Young homered in his first at-bat with the Phillies on April 30 in Cleveland. He went 2-for-3 in his debut that night, but had hit just .163 (8-for-49) with three doubles, three RBIs, five walks and 13 strikeouts in 16 games since.
Manuel said before the game he thought Young was close to finding his timing at the plate.
"I feel like I have to keep playing him for a while and give him that chance," he said. "That's why we brought him over here."
Young hopes that is the case.
"The second game against Cincinnati [on Saturday], I was feeling better," he said. "I started driving the ball. I just missed a couple. When I drove the ball to right-center [Monday] night, I knew my timing was almost right where I need it to be. Tonight it was pretty much right there. I was able to see the pitches early and recognize them."
The Phillies loaded the bases in the seventh with infield singles from Jimmy Rollins, Ben Revere and Michael Young, then Howard singled to right field to score Rollins and Revere to make it 4-1. Michael Young scored on Delmon Young's fielder's choice to make it 5-1, and Delmon Young scored on Brown's double down the right-field line to make it 6-1.
It was just the 21st time this season the Phillies have scored four or more runs in a game. They are 16-5 in those games.
Imagine what they could do with just a hint of consistency.
"Pretty good, wasn't it?" Manuel said.
Todd Zolecki is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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WILTSHIRE Council is making the most of the recent spell of dry weather by getting teams out fixing roads badly damaged by the recent heavy rains.
The council has dealt with more than 1,250 flooding-related incidents across the county this year.
Forty per cent more potholes were reported in the first two months of 2014 than in the same period last year. The council was told of more than 2,600 carriageway defects by the public or council staff over the period, compared to about 1,900 last year.
The council said earlier this year it was investing an extra £250,000 to fix potholes. The money is in addition to the £52m increase in road spending announced in November last year that will see 150 miles of the county's roads resurfaced every year until 2020.
Urgent repairs are being carried out by 22 community stewards using material which can be used even where potholes are full of water.
Highways maintenance contractor Balfour Beatty Living Places says it is targeting damage that can be repaired without the need to close roads.
Pothole reports are made via the MyWiltshire app, social media, email and calls to the council on 0300 456 0105, as well as by the council's area teams around the county.
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The report, co-authored by Johnson Dean Soumitra Dutta, shows European countries the world's most innovative, with encouraging signs from sub-Saharan Africa
The Global Innovation Index 2014, a chief benchmarking tool for business executives, policy makers and others seeking insight into the state of innovation around the world, was released today in Sydney at a gathering of international business leaders (known as B20). The meeting, part of Australia's preparations to host the annual Group of Twenty (G20) Leaders' Summit in November 2014, provided a showcase for the annual ranking of nations' innovative capabilities and readiness.
The study is co-published by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), a specialized agency of the United Nations; INSEAD, and Cornell University. Soumitra Dutta, the Anne and Elmer Lindseth Dean of the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, is co-author of the study, now in its seventh year. The GII 2014 surveys 143 economies around the world, using 81 indicators–to gauge both their innovation capabilities and measurable results.
Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and Sweden topped this year's Global Innovation Index, while Sub-Saharan Africa posted significant regional improvement. Switzerland remains the leader for the fourth consecutive year. The United Kingdom moves up a rank to second place, followed by Sweden. A new entry into the top 10 this year is Luxembourg (9th). Top-scoring middle-income economies are narrowing the gap on innovation quality with China in the lead, followed by Brazil and India.
"When reviewing the GII quality indicators, top performing middle-income economies are closing the gap with high-income economies," Dutta said. "China significantly outperforms the average score of high-income economies across the combined quality indicators. To close the gap even further, middle-income economies must continue to invest in strengthening their innovation ecosystems and closely monitor the quality of their innovation indicators."
Top Ten 2014 ranking
Switzerland (Number 1 in 2013)
United States of America (5)
United Kingdom (3)
Singapore (8)
Sweden (2)
Denmark (9)
Finland (6)
Luxembourg (12)
Netherlands (4)
Hong Kong (China) (7)
The GII 2014 confirms the persistence of global innovation divides. Among the top 10 and top 25, rankings have changed but the list of economies remains unaltered. A difficult-to-bridge divide exists where less-innovative economies have difficulty keeping up with the rate of progress of higher-ranking economies, even when making notable gains themselves. This can be partially explained by their difficulties to grow and retain the human resources necessary for sustained innovation, which is the focus of this year's report.
Sub-Saharan Africa: Becoming a Region of "Innovation Learners"
Among low-income countries displaying above par-performance, the Sub-Saharan African region now makes up nearly 50 percent of the so-called "innovation learner" economies. These are defined by the report's authors as those that that perform at least 10 percent higher than their peers for their level of gross domestic product.
Sub-Saharan Africa now has more "innovation learner" economies than any other region, with five African economies joining that status in 2014: Burkina Faso, Gambia, Malawi, Mozambique, and Rwanda. These five economies demonstrate rising levels of innovation, particularly in the areas of human capital and research (collectively improving in their ranking on this pillar by 71 places) and market sophistication (collectively improving by 148 places).
Overall, Sub-Saharan Africa has seen the most significant improvement of all regions in the GII rankings, with Côte d'Ivoire showing the biggest improvement (20 places) and Mauritius taking the leading regional position (40th, an improvement of 13 places from 53rd in 2013). . Of the 33 African countries surveyed in the GII 2014, 17 saw an improvement in ranking.
Complete rankings, analysis, and the full Global Innovation Index 2014 report are available at www.globalinnovationindex.org.
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They may not be showing in the current London men's fashion week, but Savile Row tailors Huntsman are making news nonetheless – in womenswear.
New owners Roubi L'Roubi, a British womenswear and costume designer (he made the clothes for the upcoming Nina Simone biopic starring Zoe Saldana) and his partner, hedge fund manager Pierre Lagrange, who just bought the brand for an undisclosed sum from undisclosed former owners, have outlined their vision for the storied bespoke brand; and it is female-centric. Read more


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Newton County Chairman Keith Ellis keeps a small egg timer near his microphone to track the minutes when a resident speaks during the public comment portion of the Board of Commissioners meetings. Ellis knows that is not enough time for some problems. So this week, he launched bi-monthly Chats with the Chairman. Every Monday before the BOC meetings are held between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m., Ellis will be in his office so Newton County residents can privately air their concerns and views.
Feedback from Newton County residents last month helped shape the latest version of the Salem Road Overlay the Board of Commissioners heard Tuesday night.
The Mystic Grill building on the Covington square is set to become a real restaurant as its new owners hope to play off the popularity the building has gained through the hit TV show "The Vampire Diaries" as the outside façade of the Mystic Grill restaurant.
Got a neighbor with a dog that barks all night, or want to know what new employers have jobs in Covington? On Saturday, March 23, Covington officials from a wide array of city agencies will be ready to help residents find solutions to problems and answers for questions.
Board of Commissioners Chairman Keith Ellis has a vision for Newton County and it comes in the form of a big map fastened to a 3x4-foot board. Thin purple lines form a huge diamond encompassing Newton, Jasper, Walton and Morgan counties. Ellis dreams that one day those counties will be what he calls a "Research Diamond," a hub for medical research, hospitals, medical device makers and bioscience giants like Baxter.
LB Recycling and Waste Service's bid to collect recycling centers' scrap metal and remove discarded metal from the landfill was unusual, county commissioners and county attorney Tommy Craig agreed.
Bryant Thomas told the city council that his family first moved into their Robinson Street house 80 years ago. And today, "after paying our taxes on time all these years," they still are not connected to the city sewer line. Thomas explained at last night's meeting that his house is on a downslope. Decades ago, there was no way way to pump sewage uphill. Now, there is a pump, yet his home and about 27 nearby houses must rely on septic tanks that sometimes overflow.
Porterdale's March 16 Saint Patrick's Day parade will start at Porterdale Baptist Church and end downtown in a Hemlock Street party with battling pro wrestlers, country music, food, inflatable bouncy houses - and a colorful transformation of the Yellow River.
William Durden keeps photos of the flower beds his small company tended for Newton County scrapbooked alongside recognition his landscaping company has received since 2001.
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No IMs either.
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Of all the current fashion trends, this is one I do not look forward to. I don't care if it's on straight or a plus size girl, I'm not a fan. The dreaded crop top is making a come back. I don't know why, but I guess belly baring is not just for teens anymore.
This Abby Cropped V-Neck from Alloy is currently sold out. What does that tell us?
I've have seen some fashionistas wearing crop tops with short shorts on a few of the "street style" blogs, of course they are all skinny minnies. I haven't seen any curvy girls wearing this daring trend.
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Sr. Connie Kramer - A Woman of Influence
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The Women of Influence event is designed to identify and recognize top women leaders in the Wabash Valley for their positive influence. This years' event honored 10 women who make significant contributions to the community. All have influence in the community that extends beyond their organizations. Noted for her ability to offer hope and care for the poor, Sr. Connie Kramer '64, SP is one of those remarkable women.
A woman who gives so many people a reason to smile, this Woman of Influence had a vision to be a servant leader with a desire to increase the quality of life in the Wabash Valley. Her vision included the creation of Saint Ann Medical Clinic, Saint Ann Community Outreach Services and Saint Ann Dental Services. Having acted as a Pastoral Leader for 21 years to the Community of Saint Ann Parish, she ran the programs and clinic overseeing every detail involved in creating a state of the art medical/dental facility, which served the poor who were in need of emergency dental repair.
A member of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, she serves as a Trustee of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College and has been a member of the Closing the Meal Gap Catholic Charities Campaign Steering Committee. She embraces her field of pastoral ministry to develop life-giving services, experiences, and opportunities to our community.
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Supporters of the shelter have been shopping online and raising money through the fund raising tool, which redirects donations from the retailers like John Lewis and Marks and Spencer when a purchase is made. So far more than £800 has been raised for the shelter, which looks after 1,000 plus animals a year and relies on the generosity of individuals, businesses and fundraisers to provide the necessary finance to survive.
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The batfish, with its red lips, is the only fish in the world that walks on its four fins. Fins that are created to enable walking, a weird-looking nose and big red lips make the appearance of this fish quite unusual. What enables the batfish to walk on the sea floor like a human being is its pectoral and pelvic fins. Using these fins, the batfish can easily stand on the sea floor and walk on the tips of its fins.
Apart from this ability, the batfish with red lips has another interesting feature. It has small appendages below its nose, which it uses as a fishing line to deceive other fish. Batfish are carnivorous. Using their fishing lines, they prey upon other fish, crabs, larvae and cockles.
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Ruth Galloway receives a phone call that bears shocking news. A friend of hers from college, Dan Golding, has been killed in a fire at his Lancashire home. Her shock turns to alarm when she gets a letter from Dan. He has made a discovery that will change archaeology forever but he needs Ruth's advice. Even more alarming, he sounds vulnerable and frightened. DCI Harry Nelson is also rediscovering his past. Up north for a holiday, he meets his former colleague Sandy MacLeod, now at Blackpool CID. Sandy tells him there are strange circumstances surrounding Dan Golding's death. Many of those who worked with Dan seem to be afraid.
Many have secrets to hide. Ruth is drawn deep into the mystery, and where she goes, so does her toddler daughter, Kate. This time, it's not just Ruth's life at risk.
©2013 Elly Griffiths (P)2013 Quercus Publishing Plc
"Still a great series"
Action, suspense, great characters and a well-written story. I am getting used to the narrator/voices in my head disconnect (you know, when what you're hearing isn't how you thought the characters should sound ); Ms Corbett is absolutely capable-her men sound like men, her accents are amazing, and I like her voice.
If you're up for a decent forensic series without a lot of gore and isn't going to leave you unable to sleep at night, allow me to suggest this entire series. And I do suggest you start at the beginning to get the full flavor of how things are put together and who these people are.
And I'm delighted to say that while this series is beginning to flag a bit, it is still a solid 4 stars.
Always looking for twists in a story that surprise me!!!!
"Great Ruth Galloway Mystery!!!"
Ruth remains one of my favorite mystery characters. She is very real with believable strengths and weakness. Like all of us she is always second guessing herself. DCI Nelson and the Druid Cathbarth, other characters in these tales, are well developed with their own strengths and weakness. Ms. Griffiths' books, well plotted and riveting until the last paragraph, leave the reader wanting more.
"Cant do a male voice to save her life!"
Didn't read print version.
BRING BACK Jane McDowell! Clare Corbett is a terrible match for these characters! I'm going to finish the book, bit I'm dreading hearing the male characters talk. I can't comment on their accents, but she sounds as if she's doing parodies of male voices.
Love books! Classics and lighter fiction, mysteries (not too violent please :-). And selective non-fiction--whatever takes my fancy.
"Another good episode in series"
The Ruth Galloway series is well-written and interesting, with good continuing character development throughout. Ruth is an archeologist who tends to always become involved in forensic activities, so has developed a strong relationship with some of the local police, as well as her friends from the university where she teaches.
In this book, Ruth receives a letter from a friend from an earlier time in her life, just after he has been killed in a fire, hinting at a stupendous archeological discovery. Ruth feels she must travel to Pendle University where he taught to investigate. So she sets out with her young daughter. Her friend Cathbad the druid is there, and so, conveniently, is Nelson, the policeman who is also father to her child.
As she looks into the discovery, dark and strange events begin to occur. Someone does not want her there, and will go to great lengths to get her to leave.This is a very good series. But it is always frustrating that Ruth manages to put herself into otherwise avoidable danger. In this book, it is her daughter who is at risk.
If the reader simply accepts that an intelligent woman with a young child seems to take chances that always lead to danger, this, like all the others, is a good book. It has good interaction among the characters beyond the mystery itself. I had read all the previous books, and this was the first with a narrator I have listened to. I was unimpressed with Clare Corbett's interpretation of male voices, but when she was simply reading the story itself, she was quite good.
"terribly terrible narration!"
I would recommend only reading this book. The narrator does dreadful male voices. I am going to finish the story by reading it and return this to Audible.
Only with the narrator of the first books in this series.
The narrator of the first books or anyone who can do believable male voices.
"Where is the original series narrator?"
The new narrator ruined the book for me. Her male voices were so annoying I could barely finish listening. Bring back the original narrator!
"Great Story, absolutely Terrible Narration"
Go back to Jane McDowell as your narrator. Clare Corbett is irritating right from the beginning but when she starts to do the "voices" of the various characters she becomes unbearable. She is not able to keep the voices consistent with the associated characters and her idea of the local accents is just insulting. I could not finish listening to this book and will read it instead.
Change your narrator and a book should be read not performed!!!
I am a voracious reader (average about 4-5 Audible books a week, in addition to those I "eyeball".) I have been hooked on recorded books since the time of cassettes/CDs and was thrilled when I became an Audible member in 2007. I find reader reviews good guides to spending my credits, so have finally decided to write a few (although, I would rather be reading!)
"Another great entry in the series"
This 5th volume is my favorite of the series. I appreciated the different setting: Blackpool sees Ruth consulting on recent find by her old college chum (now dead in a mysterious fire.) Druid friend Cathbarth and Kate are in tow.
DCI Nelson and wife are vacationing in Blackpool, visiting his mother. Naturally, the 3 become entangled in solving the mystery behind archaeologist Goldingls fiery death.
I like the introduction to Nelson' family (his mum is a hoot and bonds quickly with Cathbarth) as well as his old "stomping" ground and colleagues. I look forward to seeing more of Sgt Tim (hoping he will follow Nelson back south, as he is an intriguing character.)
The mystery holds together fairly well and Kate isn't too much an intrusive part of the story (I typically prefer the surly loners). I actually find myself looking forward to seeing how Griffiths handles Kate's aging.
Some of the transitions between scenes are a bit choppy, but I suspect this is due to the format (probably wouldn't be as harsh in text.)
Narrator handles the different accents and characters with aplomb.
Highly recommend to any mystery lover.
"When will this series score a decent narrator?"
A nice addition to the series--I love the main character, Ruth--and the location, which is another "character" in the stories.
However the narration has been consistently horrid. Jane McDowell's strident, grating voice would leave me clenching my teeth after only a few moments of listening. However, Clare Corbett is worse--but in a different way. She has a pleasant enough voice, easy to listen to, until she attempts to do a male voice. At first I thought I was hallucinating--no WAY her clownish male characterizations would have been permitted. Wrong.
C'mon people--will somebody please just LISTEN to these performances before inflicting them on the paying customers?
"Worst narration ever but a good story"
The narrator attempted to do several accents. If I were from Yorkshire, I would have been offended. Just because someone has an accent is no reason to make them sound stupid. The regular narration was so soft, I had to turn the volume way up. Even then, I could hardly hear it. But the "accents" were so loud and horrible that the dialogue seemed as if it were being yelled. Even the poor two year old screamed every single word of her dialogue. All in all, a ridiculous circus that really detracted from the book.
I have enjoyed all of Elly Griffiths books about Dr Ruth Galloway.
What a pity the publisher changed the reader for this unabridged book.
The general narration was fine but I thought this reader was very poor on the mens' voices..
A good story spoiled for me by this.
If there are any more planned, please revert to the original reader.
"Great story"
Loved this story. Preferred narration by Jane McDowell in previous books listened too.
Love the characters Already downloaded number 6!
"Hugely enjoyable series"
As I currently have a visual impairment the audio edition is a lifesaver for me!
The continuing story of Ruth Galloway and friends. If you have never read any of this series I would suggest starting at the beginning.
Yes I have listened to many of her performances and she is definitely one of my favourite narrators. This is one of her best performances, she really makes you feel a part of the story and the characters lives.
It is not an unputdownable gripping story but it does draw you in over the course of the book.
I love the Ruth Galloway series and would highly recommend it. This is not the best in the series as the story gets a little silly in places but I still loved it!
"I miss the performance of Jane McDowell."
I miss the performance of Jane McDowell. <br/>For the female voices and the story line, Clare Corbett does an excellent job, but her male and child voices sounds like a caricature.
"Good book, annoying narrator"
Not a bad story, quite interesting at times but the narrators attempt at male and the child's voices set my teeth on edge.
"Great book but narrator misses"
Fun, different, entertaining
The Characters and the archeology aspects coming together within a mystery.
The original narrator was great. Please bring her back! Other reviewers have said the same. Clare Corbett is a good narrator and have liked her very much for other books but she was not good for this book. Her take on the regional accents was poor and whenever the child Kate appears SHE SCREAMS in this awful fake child voice. I found it so disturbing that it almost ruined a wonderful fun book for me as it was actually unpleasant and jarring.
book yes - narrator no.
"Good story spoilt by bad narrator"
Jane McDowell
I loved the story, but the narrator spoilt it for me. Her male voices were awful. Unfortunately I have already bought the next story and Clare Corbett is again the narrator. However, I shall not buy any further books in this series if she continues to read them.
"Back on Form"
Great to see the author back on form. In this book we discover more about our favourite characters from the previous books and also discover new characters added to the family. I have to say I loved Nelson's Mum and her interpretation of Cathbads name.
I bought this novel without reading any synopses as I like the author so much. So imagine my surprise settling down on my train trip to Blackpool from Scotland to discover the book set in and around the blackpool area, which brought the whole story alive for me as I knew where Ruth and Kate were located.
Superb read that had me laughing, crying and near the end so shocked I could hardly breath and shouting aloud "Oh NO!: If you read you may discover why lol.
I Highly recommend this book.
"Not brilliant"
The story in this was a bit odd and far-fetched, but okay-ish. I did get irritated by the fact that so much was made of the Lancashire, Yorkshire divide yet the accent that was used was Yorkshire NOT Lancashire. It also gets a bit over the top in the 'oh dear I am so fat and frumpy!' department (Ruth). I don't think I'd bother with another in the series, especially with this narrator.
"Mildly Enjoyable but Main Character Irritates"
I would probably read another book in the Ruth Galloway series (I have read all of them published so far) but I would hope that the character (and author) get over the 'I'm a mother now!' fixation. I understand the sketching of a character's concerns but the narrative's harping on the New Mother self-consciousness makes for irritating reading.
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