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The visit of the UN Secretary General, His Excellency Ban Ki-moon to Seychelles from Saturday, May 7 to Sunday, May 8, can certainly be described as an important and friendly encounter between the representative of the longest lasting and most universal international political body in the world and the Republic of Seychelles represented by its current President James Alix Michel.
The two days' visit went by in a flash … ending with both parties understandably praising each other for the success of this historic event.
HE Ban Ki-moon & Seychelles President James Michel
Understandably, the accepted agenda converged on areas of common interest like piracy, maritime security, global warming, and of course the Blue Economy, an area which was singled out as demonstrative of the leadership quality of President Michel who has been at the forefront of the initiative to proclaim and to bring to international awareness the plight of small island nations whose interests have been overlooked and neglected in the past.
There was of course no mention of yesterday's claim that Seychelles should get a non-permanent seat on the Security Council and no mention of the fact that the question of succession to Mr. Ban Ki-moon is today an international talking point with many wondering that the time had come for the next Secretary General to be a lady.
Whilst Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has certainly revitalized the international body since he assumed the august position as the world's most important civil servant, unfortunately several of the outstanding questions are not constitutionally within his competency to solve.
As we know, the United Nations replace the inter-war League of Nations in an attempt to ensure world peace and secure the economic, social and political conditions under which this can be achieved. It started as an agreement between the allies fighting Hitler's Axis Powers in the Second World War and much of its structure and subsequent problems followed from this. The charter originated from discussions held at Duambarton Oaks, Washington DC in 1944 between the USA, the United Kingdom, the USSR and later China and the charter was signed in June 1945 when I was only 6 years old. It had an initial membership of 51 countries. Seychelles, when it became a sovereign nation under my presidency in June 1976 became its 145th member and today the United Nations is a club with nearly 200 members.
The UN's wartime origins show also in its basic organizations. The most important organ of the UN is the Security Council, in permanent session and charged with maintenance of international peace and security, including calling on the member states to put together peace keeping forces to monitor ceasefires and conflicts and specific disputes. The body has 15 members of which 5 are permanent. They are, in effect, the main victorious allies of the Second World War – the USA, Russia (having inherited the seat of the USSR in 1991), the UK, France and the People's Republic of China who, in a controversial move replaced Taiwan who had been a founding member in the UN. The 5 permanent members each have an absolute veto on Security Council resolutions. First, it can be said that the international power balance was effectively freeze-framed in 1945 and anyone which is a permanent member has frequently been able to block effective UN actions. Until and unless this situation is looked into, the role of the Security Council and its membership will remain a subject of controversy and beyond the competency of the Secretary General to solve.
The other main organ, the General Assembly, consists of all members who can debate and pass resolutions on any matter covered by the charter, except for disputes already on the agenda of the Security Council. However today it has become largely regarded as being a propaganda area and an ideological battlefield to which few nations in conflict pay any attention.
Needless to say, perhaps the most important work of the UN apart from security matters are those done by the Specialized Agencies and by the direct personal diplomacy of the administrative head, the Secretary General. Up to now, the Secretaries General of the UN have nearly all been extremely widely respected International states people whose personal interventions have often been of great help. In this respect we cannot under look and under value the position of the Secretary General who sits at the top of the Specialized Agencies such as the World Health Organization, the International Labor Organization, the UN High Commission for Refugees, the International Court of Justice, and others.
The funding of the UN however remains the subject of continuing controversies with major contributors like the USA often taking the view that "he who pays the piper should call the tune." In this respect the United Nations as a body must remain concerned that the politics of "might is right" does not override the politics of "right is might."
In conclusion, seen in realistic perspectives, the world must indeed appreciate how things would be much worse especially for small nations if this body did not exist, within the spirit that "talk talk is better than war war."
Incidentally this morning I have received a poem written by my friend David Krieger, President of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, an organization which is committed to a world free of nuclear weapons, entitled "Earth Day," which I would like to share as the concluding paragraph of this opinion page. But before doing so I would like to wish Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Mrs. Ban Ki-moon bon voyage and to assure them, just as President Michel did, that a warm welcome awaits them in Seychelles at any time and that after their retirement Seychelles will constitute a great destination for a second honeymoon and offers them an excellent environment to reflect and to pen their respective memoire for the benefit of this generation and its posterity.
Earth Day
We celebrate a small planet,
made large by who we are,
a planet in shock,
rotating around a lonely star.
We honor our water planet,
with its oceans, lakes, rivers, streams,
with its mountains, valleys, desserts,
plains and forest dreams.
We rejoice in this speeding planet,
paying tribute to our pale blue dot,
trying to keep it healthy, peaceful
and not too hot.
We bow deeply to our only planet,
knowing we need it to survive.
despite all we've done to harm it,
we must change course
and make it thrive.
We vow to be worthy stewards,
tending to our planetary home each day
and, like the Little Prince, still take time
to love and play.

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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49462712994738109872014-10-04T19:11:14.513-05:00Perils of Pollyabout romance novels, academia, werewolves, and whatever else strikes my fancyPollyhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946271299473810987.post-51374716352148927132010-03-20T00:46:00.004-05:002010-03-22T11:23:09.419-05:00Review: Lead Me On, Victoria DahlTitle: Lead Me On
Author: Victoria Dahl

Publication Info: Harlequin, 2010

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Grade: B+

I've really enjoyed Victoria Dahl's contemporaries--they're smart, fun, and witty. The main characters are interesting, and maybe I wouldn't be best buds with all of them, but they seem like really, truly possible people. My biggest complaint with Dahl's books, both the contemporaries and her historicals, is that there's always a lame suspense side plot. Leave it out! The books are so much better without the murder/stalker/assaulter/blackmailer. Lead Me On is no exception: the perfectly lovely story has a tacked on suspense plot that absolutely detracts from the novel, and keeps this book in B territory.

The book centers on plain Jane Morgan, who revels in just how plain and put-together she is. She's got her life in order, no messiness, and is looking for an ambitious, put-together, upwardly mobile guy. Trouble is, she's not particularly attracted to those guys. Instead, she's weak at the knees for bad boys, with crappy clothes, big boots and tattoos. The bad boy who's got her blood going is Chase. She thinks he's everything she doesn't want but is really attracted to. He thinks she's an uptight, prim secretary. Something about her draws him. She knows exactly what about him draws her, but doesn't want it to.

Despite her best intentions, she finally agrees to go out with him. She's willing to pursue a physical relationship with him, and is flabbergasted when he ultimately turns down sex if that's all she's willing to offer him. This being a romance, we know they're going to get together, but really, the story isn't really about them, it's about Jane, and her personal growth.

And woo boy, does she have a lot of growing to do. Jane's extreme put-togetherness is her masterwork of self-fashioning. She had a hard childhood, and even harder teenage years. She was wild, dangerous and self-destructive, and though she got herself together, her life since sixteen has been to prove that she's the opposite of that wild, dangerous and self-destructive teen. Which, for Jane, means a new life, a new name, a new type of guy, and as few ties with her past as possible, including minimal contact with her family.

She is ashamed of who she was, and that part of her is still that same person, evidenced by what she sees as a self-destructive taste in men. She has convinced herself that the person she wants to be would never fall for a guy like Chase, who, though she doesn't know it (and doesn't find out until the very end--thank you, Dahl), may not look like the guy she thinks she ought to want, but has the credentials, including a college degree and a successful business, that she requires. He is none of the things Jane thought he was based on his appearance; Chase is practically walking proof that Jane's reliance on appearances is misguided, though she, of course, takes most of the novel to realize that.

A family crisis compels Jane to spend more time with her family, and incidentally with Chase, and she begins to like him more, and see what a good person he is. What I like, though, is that Dahl is smart enough to make the story more complicated. It's not a simple "now that I know him better I realize how wrong I was" story; instead, Jane responds to the possibility that her judgment might have been wrong the way most people would--by holding even harder to her opinions. She has constructed her sense of self around certain ideas, and when they are challenged, she resists because rethinking a sense of self is scary. She keeps pushing Chase away. Chase is practically a saint, and keeps coming back, only to be pushed away again. All I can say is, may I be so lucky as to meet a guy with that much integrity, commitment to me, and a nurturing streak a mile wide.

I really liked watching Chase and Jane interact. Jane's issues are big and scary, but the tone of the book is light, and Chase and Jane are a fun couple to eavesdrop on. I did wonder a bit, though, what drew Chase to Jane to strongly, since he fell for her very quickly, especially given the crap he had to put up with from her. I giggled and laughed, though, and definitely rooted for Jane's growth, so she could see how great Chase was. Not a lot of growth for Chase, who is basically a static, though yummy, character. As I said, the book is really more about Jane, than Jane and Chase.

Two things keep this book from an A: Jane's resolution with her mother felt too fast, and the stupid assault/blackmail plot shoehorned in at the end. Why oh why, Victoria Dahl, are your heroine's so persecuted by the men in their lives, especially their exes? The episode with Jane's ex at the end of the book was completely spurious and I would have much preferred the novel without it. As for Jane's resolution with her mother, I had a hard time believing that their issues could be resolved in one or two conversations, and that Jane could subsequently come to terms with her own past so quickly.

Overall, though, Lead Me On was lovely, and I highly recommend it. I hope there are more to come.

p.s. I read the book from the library.
Pollyhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946271299473810987.post-67208297028573736052010-02-24T19:01:00.002-06:002010-02-24T19:04:40.526-06:00HeadacheI've got one. Why do headaches always strike when I have no food to eat so that I could take ibuprofen? Or there's the whole matter of not having time to do the whole dark room, no sound thing. Oh yeah, and there's the nausea to deal with too.

Stupid migraine-prone genes.

On the plus side, I finished Victoria Dahl's Lead Me On earlier. I really liked it. More to come later.
Pollyhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946271299473810987.post-31048523337229232942010-02-18T17:08:00.005-06:002010-02-18T17:38:02.801-06:00category romance is apparently not for meI've never been a category romance reader. I have very fond memories of my grandmother, whenever she came to visit, bringing four or five contemporary category romances with her. She'd read them over the course of her visit, and tell me about them when I asked. I remember one about skiing, where snowblindess played a role. She was greatly amused by how the main characters always noticed each other's eye color, even at great distances. I'll always have a soft spot for the distinctive covers of category romance because of her, but even as I became a romance reader many years later, I've never tried her favorite part of the genre.

A few weeks ago, I decided to read a few, and see what I thought. So, over the last week or two, I've read a few contemporary category romance, and I'm coming to the conclusion that they're just not my thing, grandmother notwithstanding. I read a few by Jill Shalvis and Kathleen O'Reilly, after seeing lots of recommendations for them on SBTB and DA, saying they're some of the best authors writing today. And they just don't do it for me. I don't care much about the characters, I'm not compelled by their problems, the story leaves me unmoved, and the happy endings don't give me the warm fuzzies.

I think the problem is that they're not funny enough for me , and there's nothing in the story but the romance. I know that's a weird complaint to make about a romance--that there's only romance in it--and yet, that's the problem. In historical romance, the language and setting, when well done, become a character as well. In a witty/funny romance, there's the wit and humor competing, hopefully harmoniously, with our main couple. I love Jennifer Crusie's early category romances, mainly because they're so smart and funny, and really sharp in the best way, but I haven't come across other category romance that works as well as hers (for me, at least). I'd love to have people tell me about other greats, but I'm absolutely not interested enough in more of the variety I read, to keep trying in the genre on my own. In a paranormal, there's the whole paranormal aspect, which keeps me interested, even when the relationship problems themselves are pretty mundane. But in a straight (not in the queer sense, but in the sense of straight delivery) contemporary, it's all the same crappy problems I or my friends have in real life. I don't read romance to read about other people dealing with intimacy issues, troubled childhoods, etc even when there's a happy ending promised for the main characters. Or so I've discovered. Yeah, I'm not a fireman, or dating a fireman, or a social worker, or a movie star, or whatever. But I'm not comforted and intrigued to read about their problems, mainly because their problems are my problems. To be fair, I stay away from what I consider straight historicals as well. If they're not funny, or otherwise edgy, they're probably not for me. Issue books--I'll mostly leave them alone. I'd rather read about improbabilities, whether it's werewolves or people who can always come up with a bon mot on demand.

It's not that there aren't contemporaries out there for me. I loved Lisa Kleypas' recent contemporaries. I like most of SEP's stuff. And of course Jennifer Crusie is a huge favorite of mine. Kleypas is about as close as it comes to straight contemporary for me, and I can't really say why her books work for me when so much else doesn't. Maybe it's because they're always something over the top about her books, be it the extreme wealth or crazy issues, that it reads to me as enough of an improbability that I enjoy it.

Anyway, if I have acquired any readers, and you've got suggestions for contemps I should seek out, let me know.

Pollyhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946271299473810987.post-89423180334674339602010-02-15T11:46:00.003-06:002010-02-15T12:14:04.346-06:00the trouble with travelingIs that you pick up inconvenient germs. I've just gotten back from an interview, which went well, I think. But I've also come back with either stomach flu or food poisoning. Not fun. Really not fun.

And with all the traveling, I'm behind on the monstrosity. Oh well. At least I'm not puking and can sit at my screen and stare at it now.
Pollyhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946271299473810987.post-13031148788402867812010-02-08T15:44:00.003-06:002010-02-18T19:10:43.629-06:00Review: Something Sinful, Suzanne Enoch
I'm feeling all kinds of rant-y today, so for your reading pleasure: A review-rant of Suzanne Enoch's Something Sinful.

Title: Something Sinful
Author: Suzanne Enoch
Publication Info: Avon, 2006

Genre: Historical Romance

Grade: F

In a nutshell, the story is about Sarala Carlisle and Shay Griffin. She's just arrived in England after living most of her life in India, and feels pretty out of place in London society. He's a stock, not-interested-in-marrying romance novel guy who succumbs to her wiles. They share an interest in commerce, and there's weak side plot about stolen/contraband imperial Chinese silks that Sarala manages to buy out from under Shay, and that eventually have to be returned. He's enticed by her beauty and commercial smarts. She's enticed by his beauty and commercial smarts. Danger is averted, the lovers unite, everything ends happily.

The romance is pretty standard. What really bothered me in Enoch's book, and what I'll now rant about, are the huge racefail/culturefails found throughout the book (I'm not even sure what kind of fail this one is, but it some many aspects just scream "wrong!" to me).

What's so wrong with the book? The main character, Sarala, self-identifies with Indian culture and feels really uncomfortable with British culture. Her name is Indian (though I'm guessing Enoch picked it off a babyname site, and chose it for its ability to be shorted to Sara in English, especially since the name is usually written Sarla and is pronounced more like Sarla than Sarala), she addresses her father in Hindi, she wears Indian clothes, etc. And almost all the details are wrong! There are actually two issues at hand that troubled me--the just plain wrong Indian material, and relationship Sarala had to India vs England.

To writers everywhere: Stop exoticizing India! Please! I'm begging you. India can be a great place, and Indians can be great people, but stop a) making it a backdrop for white people to have spiritual odysseys, and b) treating everything and everyone from there as exotic, spiritual, etc.

And, if you're going to use Indian words, phrases, clothes, what have you, get them right! Get the words transliterated correctly. The word for "father" is "pitaa," though to be honest, calling your father "pitaa" is very formal. Plus, if you're that formal, you'd probably say "pitaaji." If you're less formal, try "papa," or "bapu." Not "pati," which is what the main character of Enoch's novel calls her father. "Pati," when pronounced with a short a and dental "t," in Hindi actually means husband, and is not something you want a daughter calling her father, and when pronounced with a hard t, doesn't mean anything. This example wasn't the only Hindi misuse, but it's the one that I remember the most (and I don't have the book at hand at the moment). And while it's true that "pati" and "pita" only differ, in English transliteration, in vowel placement, there's a world of difference between the two in Hindi.

Get the clothes correct, if you're going to make a big deal about the cloths. For example, you don't wear a sari ON TOP of a salwaar kameez, as the novel's main character does at a masquerade. And, it's called a salwaar kameez. I can't remember off-hand what how Enoch spelled it, but it wasn't right, at all (salwaar kadeez, maybe). A sari is a long piece of fabric that, today, is worn with a short blouse and a petticoat, and is draped around the body, has pleats, and, in the most common way of draping it, one end of it goes over your shoulder and hangs down your back. Two hundred years ago, most women probably didn't wear petticoats with a sari (you can tell the petticoat is an introduced article of clothing, since the word in Hindi is "petticoat," though it's pronounced "payticote"), instead just a string around the waist that the sari could be tucked into, though to outward appearances, it probably would have looked much the same. A salwaar kameez is a style of clothing more popular in the north of India, and is loose trousers with a long top. You don't wear a sari with a salwaar kameez--in fact, I'm not even sure how you could. It's just too much clothing, like wearing shorts on top of jeans, or a skirt over trousers. Besides which, if you'd done much research on Indian fashions of the early 19th century, you'd probably have discovered that high class women in Delhi are more likely to be wearing long skirts with blouses and a scarf, called ghagra choonis or langhas, or a version of salwaar kameez where the kameez is fitted to the waist and then flairs out into a knee-length to floor-length wide skirt, and pants that are tight and long enough that they gather in folds at the ankle. Anyway, I'm willing to accept that Indian fashions of two hundred years ago are difficult to research, but don't get them plain wrong!

And to Enoch: Do you realize how ridiculous it is that your main character identifies with India and Indian culture to the exclusion of English culture? That's actually weird and sad, that she feels so disconnected from her own heritage. This aspect of the novel, the strange disconnect the main character felt to English culture, really troubled me. As a psychological problem, it's very interesting, though this novel didn't explore that problem. I didn't feel like there was close to enough exploration of what had led to identify so closely to Indian culture (laying aside for the moment that Indian culture is not monolithic, and so there's not really any one "Indian culture" for Sarala to identify with).

Also, I got really tired of the repeated descriptions of how exotic and tanned the heroine was. First of all, growing up in India isn't going to make an Englishwoman look more Indian. She might get more tanned--although, really, the voyage back to England took months, and even the most persistent tan is going to fade over the course of months--but her skin won't be permanently a different color. And--let's retire "exotic" as a descriptive word.

As I'm sure is becoming increasingly evident, I had a hard time engaging with the story, as I could not get past how a slipshod use of Indian culture was being used to exoticize the heroine. But even if all the Indian details had been right, I couldn't get past the heroine's bizarre insistence on identifying with India, with little explanation or examination of why and how that had developed. That kind of identification with a culture not your own is weird to me at the best of time (Trustafarian, anyone?), but in a historical, colonial setting, not only really weird, but just disturbing. It's historically incredibly unlikely, and for me as a reader today, it's problematic for the colonial and imperial overtones of why Sarala and her family were in India in the first place.

The romance on its own, dissociated for the culture stuff, was probably a C, but with the culturefail and historyfail, it was, for me, and F.

p.s. I got the book from the library.

Pollyhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946271299473810987.post-46983342753628959792010-01-21T14:55:00.003-06:002010-01-21T15:48:49.576-06:00Job landThe only thing harder than finishing a phd is using that phd to get an actual, honest to goodness job. Getting a job in any field is hard enough, but getting a job where that phd is a wanted asset--that phd that you spent the better part of a decade acquiring--now that's really hard.

I'm somewhere in the middle of job land. It's a weird and awkward place. I know so many other grad students and recent phds who are there too. I'm competing with people I like and respect for one of only a handful of jobs. I wish the profession was different, but I don't see any change coming immediately, with the number of phds produced each year so far outstripping the number of jobs available.

Actually (and this is part of a much larger rant), I get pretty mad at what I see as irresponsible graduate education. I don't think most people, when they start grad school, have any real idea of how difficult it is to get a job in academia. It's hard, and I don't think most grad schools are very upfront about how hard it is. Then again, why would they be? Most schools rely on very cheap grad student labor to teach. Knowing that 80 or 85% (I can't remember the actual number, but it's awfully high) of people who start phd programs won't get jobs in academia, would, I think, be a big deterrent. Most won't even finish the phd. If you manage to actually finish the phd, you then pretty much have to be able to wait around for a few years before you get a real (tenure-track) job, taking one-year positions or post-docs if you can get them. And this is after the years of grad education where you're not really earning (but at least hopefully you're not being charged for--in fact, note to potential grad students: DON'T GET A PHD IF YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR IT!). I'm very lucky, in that I was funded for grad school, and I'm coming out the other end with no debt. If I get a job, it'll all be golden. But I can tell you, if I ever have any students thinking about academia as a career, I'll make sure they know what all is involved, and what the prospects really are. It's not that I don't think anyone should do it (I'm here, aren't I?), I just want people to know what they're signing on for.

Back to the monstrosity.
Pollyhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946271299473810987.post-80378292649295900412010-01-17T21:22:00.002-06:002010-01-17T21:40:53.675-06:00the RubricI should probably make my rubric clear, since all the grades are my own personal judgments, and something that absolutely didn't work for me might be someone else's bestest favorite ever.

A: Fantastic. Plot, characters, themes, writing--all worked for me. The book stayed with me, and might very well end up on my keeper shelves. Ex: The Grand Sophy, Georgette Heyer.

B: Pretty darn good. I might have some problems with the book, but it make me think, was over all well done, and is something I'd recommend. Ex: Spymaster's Lady, Joanna Bourne

C: Neither good nor bad. It's fine, but not something I'd recommend, nor something I'll reread, probably. Overall, the book might work, but not really for me, and I might have some big issues with it. Ex: Again the Magic, Lisa Kleypas

D: Not great. Probably leaves me thinking, why did I buy/read this. Has some massive problems, in theme, characterization, plot, writing. Ex: Dark Prince, Christine Feehan

F: Terrible. How did this get published? There's probably a massive fail in it. It might be something I'll pass on, but not in a good way. Ex: (nothing comes to mind at the moment, probably since I try and forget them as soon as possible, as soon as I remember one, I'll stick it in)

DNF: Pretty self-explanatory. Did not finish. Either because it's all around so bad, or it hits an absolute no-no for me.
Pollyhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946271299473810987.post-49682382260976191232010-01-17T19:02:00.005-06:002010-02-18T19:10:59.052-06:00Review: Awaiting the Moon, Donna Lea SimpsonTitle: Awaiting the Moon
Author: Donna Lea Simpson

Publication Info: Berkley, 2006

Genre: Gothic romance

Grade: C

Ok. I just finished Awaiting the Moon, and my gut reaction is: Huh? I was very excited when I found this book at the UBS; after all, what's not to love about a historical romance with a hint of werewolves? So many of my favorite things combined. And it turns out, that's part of the problem--there's just too much going on in the book. A warning--massive SPOILERS ahead.

The premise of the book is that Elizabeth Stanwycke, an English woman, has arrived at the castle of the count of Wolfram, to tutor the niece of the house on the proper comportment and manners of an English woman of breeding. Elizabeth's in need of a job far away from her old home because she had an affair with her old employer's brother, who promised to marry her, but instead revealed the affair and left her with a tattered reputation, no home, and no means of support. A friend, Frau Liebner, happens to be in need of someone just like Elizabeth to tutor her great niece in Germany, and so Elizabeth and Frau Liebner (ne Wolfram) head to Castle Wolfram. Note to writers looking to set novels, especially ones with gothic elements to them, in German-speaking lands--STOP NAMING CASTLES AND FAMILIES AFTER WOLVES! If it's not Castle Wolfram, it's Castle Wolfenbach, or Castle Wolfheim, etc. How about a normal German name? Something without Wolf in it?

Anyway, there are strange goings on in Castle Wolfram. It's a gothic. Need I say more? Mysterious tragedy, nighttime wanderings, half-heard arguments, blondes wandering nude in the snow (I'm not making this up), murmurs of werewolves, secret drugging and/or opiate addiction, mute servants who know all but reveal nothing. You might be thinking, more or less standard gothic fare (except for the nudity, I suppose). The central mystery seems to be whether or not there are actual werewolves in the forests around Castle Wolfram. And there's also the matter of the mysterious blonde woman. And someone in the castle is spreading dangerous and destructive rumors about the other members of the Wolfram family. And on and on and on. Since I don't want to reveal everything, let me just say that there is not a single inhabitant of Wolfram castle without a secret of some sort. Not a single one.

But wait, there's more. As our various mysteries build and are eventually revealed (and really, isn't the world spooky enough without random secret keeping for what seem to be, at least some of them, somewhat flimsy reasons?), our intrepid Elizabeth and Count Nikolas are unable to keep their hands off each other, engaging in not-so-secret nighttime adventures (which everyone in the castle seems to know about within days, and take with no comments--huh?). Which is one of my biggest problems with the book--I mean, Elizabeth lost her home, position, and reputation for sleeping with a guy in England. Why in the world is she doing the same here? So technically they don't quite sleep with each other, just doing everything but, but pregnancy shouldn't be her only concern here. She's totally aware of the dangers of losing her reputation. After all, it happened before. And, I found it entirely unbelievable that Frau Liebner and Count Nikolas weren't more concerned about her past. It's one thing for them not to know, but another entirely, for that period, for them to know and keep her as tutor of a young girl. Plus, he's her employer. Part of me still just finds their relationship icky. I would have expected someone with Elizabeth's past not to take such a risk again, not even for Twue Wove. At least not without some stronger guarantee of how she'll be protected from any consequences.

Not to mention that Elizabeth is ridiculously assertive. To the point where I was thinking: she's an employee in the house! Why is she telling everyone how to better run their lives? Why don't they tell her to shut up? She'll think about how she's not supposed to be assertive, and how she should keep her nose out of everyone's business, and then do it anyway. It's not that people can't mean to do one thing and then do another; it's just that in her position in the household, I found it ridiculous that she got away with it.

 Also, the big reveal about Nikolas? Totally threw me for a loop. Gothic is all about atmosphere and silly coincidences, not actual supernatural stuff. Given the big build up and eventual rational (ish) cause of one of the other Big Secrets, I found the revelation about Nikolas one secret too many.

I had such high hopes for the book, but then found myself getting more and more frustrated with it, especially the second half. I really liked seeing a setting outside of England, and I liked the snowy winter atmosphere that hangs over the book. But too many secrets, and too many decisions where I thought, Why would you do that? Don't you directly know, from you own personal experience, that the consequences are dire? Maybe as I mull it over, my opinion will change, but as it stands--Grade: C

Disclaimer: Bought the book myself.
Pollyhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946271299473810987.post-77299984363872894782010-01-17T16:43:00.002-06:002010-01-17T16:52:09.622-06:00a monstrosity in the worksI've been working on my dissertation for years now. I'm not slow in the wider grad. school scheme of things (unless you're talking about a science diss, in which came I'm way behind), but it feels like I've working on it forever. I remember a few years ago (!) when someone told me that for every grad. student, there comes a time when you suddenly spend 6 intensive months and finish the damn thing, albeit somewhat crazier and more badly groomed than you were 6 months before. But what's a little crazy and a few split ends against the satisfaction of a spanking new, complete dissertation? I thought the theory sounded bonkers, yet now I kind of long for a six months' trial by fire, as long as there's the promise of being done on the other end. Or maybe I'm in it now, and won't even realize till I'm a few months on the other side. There's enough misery going on that it would be nice to know that it's going to get better and not worse.

Ok, back to the monstrosity.
Pollyhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946271299473810987.post-51625699091154368372010-01-17T00:14:00.000-06:002010-01-17T00:38:41.736-06:00There are more things in heaven and earth, HoratioWhat the old posts of First Page Saturday at Dear Author (and a whole bunch of other posts on that wonderful website) have taught me is that there is a whole world of crazy kink out there that had never, ever, occurred to me. I mean, stone statues as objects of desire!? Dendrophilia?! Look it up, I kid you not. Savage Love has always been my "weird stuff that exists in the world" point of reference, but romancelandia, and especially the suburb of erotica has really, when all is said and done, plumbed the depths of "weird stuff" far more effectively. Probably because it's a genre that's about extensive description at minimum, and psychological examination (for good or for ill) at best. And sometimes, it's a psychological place that makes me scratch my head in bemusement, or shrink away in horror and repulsion (you know you've got the wrong book when all you can think is "eww").

And, by the way, props to the good folks at DA for First Page Saturday. Being still in the abyss of dissertation writing, I truly relish the chance to let my inner editor off leash and sic her onto someone else's writing.
Pollyhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946271299473810987.post-86921544196240179382010-01-15T19:45:00.000-06:002010-01-16T14:30:55.405-06:00Some authors I love-part the firstDorothy Dunnett: She's my absolute reference point for beautiful writing, plotting, and complex characterization and emotional depth. Oh, Lymond! Oh, Niccolo! I spent most of the summer before college reading the Lymond chronicles, and probably far too much of my first year of college reading the House of Niccolo. I don't love her mysteries nearly as much, but the historicals--!!! They made me rethink what a talented author could do with historical fiction. If you're a Dunnett newbie, beware that the first of the Lymond books, The Game of Kings, was her first book ever, and it doesn't really take off till page 75 or so. If you can make it through that, it's all clear sailing.

Georgette Heyer: If you want to know what the Regency genre can and should look like, look no further. My first Heyer was Devil's Cub, and it was quickly followed by others. My favorites are Devil's Cub, The Grand Sophy, Sylvester, and Friday's Child. But how can I leave off The Convenient Marriage, The Corinthian, Cotillion, and Frederica? She showed me how funny and smart the most frivolous of plots could be. I'm not a fan of the historicals, which all suffer from Very Important History Syndrome, but the light, silly ones? I gobbled them up, they're all on my keeper shelves.

Jennifer Crusie: Oh, Jennifer Crusie, how I adore you. Rom-coms in book form, only better, smarter, and funnier than any rom-com you'll find in theaters today. Crusie is what the screwball comedies of the 30s and 40s would look like if they could be transplanted to today--meaning, edgy, sharp, and actually witty. In true "show, don't tell" fashion, no one is described as witty, they just are. I love it. My favorites are Faking It and Bet Me, though you can't go wrong with Fast Women, Agnes and the Hitman, Charlie All Night, and Anyone but You. Am I forgetting a favorite? Probably. You can't really go wrong with anything by Crusie.

Connie Willis: For To Say Nothing of the Dog alone, she'd make my favorites list. If you haven't read it, it's only because you've never realized how much better your life would be with a mad-cap, time-traveling novel about the Blitz, Victorian times, ruffles, ugly art, dogs, and fate. Not to mention naiads, cathedrals, and punting. The plot's a bit complicated (how'd you guess?), but it's a book that makes me laugh just thinking about it. I love just about everything she's written--she's another rom-com writer, only with a sci-fi bent, but To Say Nothing of the Dog is far and away my favorite.

Pollyhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946271299473810987.post-82363094395025819732010-01-15T13:24:00.000-06:002010-01-15T13:43:46.176-06:00Shouting into the VoidHere's my yawp to the world. What do you need to know about me? I'm a grad student, getting my PhD. I love, and am sometimes infuriated by, romance novels, urban fantasy, paranormals, etc. These are the things I'll be talking about. I'll try and post a review or two a week, old stuff and new, and see where that gets me. And hey, if I pick up a few readers along the way, it could be worse.Pollyhttp://email@example.com


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Filled with glorious, atmospheric illustrations and with a charming, highly motivational narrative, Taking Flight teaches children the importance of enterprise and innovation, and that you should never be afraid to dream big! This is the heart-warming story of two brothers from humble origins who went on to change the world, and a perfect example to children of the success that comes from courage, hard work and dedication! My 10 year old son Diego has always been fascinated by this story so much so that he has always expressed an interest in aircraft engineering and often found making planes with paper, cardboard, Lego, Meccano and other materials.
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LEGAL – Health and Safety
This could have affected my product negatively because if I had wires hanging around then it would affect the performance of my project. I would have had to film again and ensured I neatened up the wires at the side.
This has affected my work positively because I had a risk assessment form to fill in to help me identify the risks that was found during my production stage at all times. This has helped me because I had found many risks which would have affected my filming as most of the level of the risks were either high or medium which occurred mostly.
Also if I didn't create a risk assessment sheet whilst am in This is when the area that the production stage then it an individual is working at would have been a major must be tidy and clean for problem as I wouldn't be able to a business to work at. identify the hazard within filming. Health and Safety is really important everywhere The negatives of not having a where there is work going risk assessment sheet is that I on. In business they need would of damaged the to make sure that the equipment and I would have environment that the been at risk because I would of people are working at is paid for the damages. It would tidy and safe for them to of also made my production work at. process longer because I would of waited for someone else so In the Media industry that I could use the equipment. health and safety is the main point as when the camera operator is filming they must ensure that the wires to cause obstruction whilst they carrying out their project. The director must be responsible at all times to make sure that the wires are not in the way whilst
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This could have affected my product negatively because if I was to accuse someone about driving without insurance in my documentary it could lead my documentary to be unsuccessful and less people would want to watch it. It would also make the person look bad towards the public and can lead to negative views on the person. However I would not accuse someone that hasn't driven without insurance and state the negative side of them in my documentary because I would be breaking the media law.
This has affected my product positively because I haven't accused anyone driving without car insurance. This is an advantage because if I did then it would have caused issues and the person accused would have made complaints.
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It is clear and it is not misleading to the target audience by me not having to accuse someone driving without car insurance. The car insurance companies wouldn't think it's a good idea as well because they manage driver's car insurance.
This is where an individual piece of work that they have produced is kept secure. Every company must ensure that they keep peoples work secure and have passwords and high security in order to protect their work and privacy. In the Media industry they must ensure when producing a film and other work they must make sure that they don't disclose other peoples information into the work that they have produced this is because it would lead them to get a fine up to £5000 as they haven't asked permission form the owner. LEGAL AND ETHICAL – Race and Ethnicity
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causing them to comment as they wouldn't prefer to be in the documentary. I have also used archive footage of the boy driving, the cutaway of the examiner and the BSM car reversing for when I am introducing my driving instructor. I have used archive footage which belongs to someone else and could be risky as they will find out. I have put their contact details on my blog. However this can be a concern as people might send irrelevant messages to the experts and annoy them.
Even though I have displayed the contact details of the experts I have only stated their number and name and their company. However even though I have stated the above I haven't mentioned their full address which means it protects me from getting into major trouble.
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being fair and respecting other race and ethnicities in their work. No one would like their race and ethnicities to be left out this are because they don't want to watch a project or see any written statements without having to include their race. In the Media industry they must ensure that they treat all the member s in work equally. When producing a task they must ensure that they include different race and ethnicities in order to balance it out. Also when audience watches their projects they are likely to make a negative feedback based on this point. LEGAL AND ETHICAL – Privacy
Information which has been protected from in order for the public not to use it in any circumstances. It is important that any work which is being produced by someone else must be protected to ensure that no one else is taking it and making it theirs.
This could have affected my product negatively because I have used someone else's footage and I believe that this would not impress the owner as they wouldn't want their information to expose. However if I was to have a learner involved and I had filmed them without them knowing I would of got punished and they may make a complaint.
This has affected my product positively because I did not film any expert of young driver, and people in the vox pop without having their permission and using them in my documentary. I also didn't get personal information about the experts in my documentary. The only information that I had to provide was the name and the role so that the audience would know who the experts are. Below is a link to the emails that I had sent and received from my contributors. For my driving instructor I had to inform her face-to face and she agreed same as the young driver who recently passed his driving test. Mike Gapes (MP) http://halimasaidyear13media.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/uni t5-emails-to-and-from-mike-gapes-mp.html Lark insurance company http://halimasaidyear13media.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/uni t5-emails-to-and-from-lark-insurance.html
In the media industry they must make sure they have protected the producer's work this is so that they will not get their work stolen by anyone else. If they allow people to use it without having to ask the producers permission then it would lead them into major trouble. PROJECT SPECIFIC Budget
This is when the amount of money is set to carry out a specific task. Budget is very helpful because allows an individual figure out what they have left over so they could spend it on something relevant. In the Media industry budget is vital this is because it benefits the producers in order to see whether they have went over the budget or under the budget. It also helps the media industry as they will be able to manage their finances so it would signal them to know what equipment they have spent on the most in order to make them aware of how much they have got left. It also helps the media industry as it saves them a lot of
This could have affected my product negatively because I have used equipment which is not necessary and has taken a lot of my spending away. If I had spent my money wisely and mostly on important equipment then I would have been left with a bit more money. I have notice that I had to pay the editor however at this time I didn't require an editor as I had edited my own documentary without any assistance. Below is a link of my budget http://halimasaidyear13media. blogspot.co.uk/search?q=budge t
This has affected my product positively because I had an opportunity to set out a budget which helped me organise and plan what I will require in all the stages of the project such as the pre-production, production and postproduction. If I didn't have a budget then I would have spent money on expensive equipment. Setting out a budget has also helped me see where I have made a mistake on purchasing unnecessary equipment. It has also given me an idea on how I could manage my money.
time towards working out the budget buy themselves and having to buy expensive equipment and not knowing how they could manage it and if they have spent all their money which means they won't have enough left to purchase the important equipment which is mostly needed in the production stage. PROJECT SPECIFIC technology
This is the facilities that the business or an individual needs in order to operate. Technology is important the reason to this is because it allows an individual or a company to work at the pace that they require. Technology helps support the time that the business or an individual requires. In the Media industry technology is the main aspect. Therefore they must ensure that they are spending their money on a highly approved technology. The reason towards this is because they will waste a lot of money if they are purchasing technology which runs at a low pace. TV INDUSTRY SPECIFIC – Regulatory and self-
This has affected my product negatively because I wasn't able to use professional camera which is used in the media industry. If I had the opportunity to use a camera such as the HD it would of made the quality of my documentary much clear for the audience to view. I would have been able to delete the shots that I did not require on the HD this is an advantage as I would not have to keep rewinding back whilst importing my footage as I could click from the shot I filmed at.
This has affected my product positively as I was able to use a medium quality camera and I was able to use a boom mic. However although I did require a boom mic because the background sound was too noisy such as the interview that I had with Lark Insurance company made it really unclear to what the expert had to say because of the air conditioning in the company. I also thought I would require a boom mic for my vox pop but luckily there was hardly anyone around at the time I went to film it which made it a huge advantage and success in the sound of what the people had to say about car insurance.
This has affected my product negatively because if I was to
This has affected my product positively as I did not break the OFCOM law this is an advantage because I wouldn't
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break the OFCOM code such as criminality then it would influence my target audience to commit the crime by driving without car insurance. If I didn't ask permission for my experts to be filmed then I would have got serious trouble.
This is a regulation where programmers such as BBC must not break the conduct of OFCOM.
If I was to use potential offensive material then it would have influenced my target audience. It wouldn't set a good example to them.
not get into major trouble. I have asked permission from my experts to be filmed so that I will be approved to film them.
It is very important that if any individual has to film a project they must ensure that they do not break the OFCOM code the reason for this is because they will not bring success in their programme. In the Media Industry they must ensure that they do not break the code of OFCOM. There are several of codes that OFCOM requires a programmer not to break they are reconstructions, dealing with contributors, potentially offensive material and criminality. TV INDUSTRY SPECIFIC – Regulatory and selfregulatory (BBC)
These are codes which BBC programmes have to follow in order for their programme to be broadcasted. In the media industry
This has affected my product negatively because I have made a mistake on one of the facts at the end of my documentary which was "you can get up to 612 penalty points off your license". When the actual fact was "6-8 penalty points off your license". I felt that this was a big mistake that I have made and I should of researched it again to make sure that I have found the accurate fact and I could of went to a trusted website maybe an car insurance company website.
This has affected my documentary positively because I haven't broken all the BBC codes and therefore I believe it is sort of successfully even though I have just broken one code it wouldn't be a major issue because it's a small mistake involving with the figures. However apart from that I have used accurate information throughout my documentary.
they must ensure that they do not break the BBC regulatory this is because they will get into serious problems and can lead to viewers to complain if one or more of the BBC regulatory codes are broken.


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A true craftsmans showpiece cust designd home sits on 1.6acres in one of Warrens finest neighbrhds.This truly unique home redesigned at every turn w/the utmost atten to detail. Featured twice on GMA!
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As the title suggests, I got these videos from Facebook (:
Starting to like Yonghwa more after I saw this. So handsome!! :D
I've been watching this time and again, and still wondering how come he can sing so well. Like his pronunciation and all is pretty good! (: I like people who can play the guitar and sing! Instantly +10 points!
But "quote Sebas", Caleb is still the best. lol.
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Okay I really don't understand why a girl would stop talking to me. Even though I wasn't going after her. There is this one girl that I had a class with. I think at one point she liked me, but at the time I didn't like her that way. It wasn't until recently that I started to think about her. So I asked her for her number and she gave it to me. I would mainly text, see her in person or on facebook. I have a harder time seeing her face to face since or schedules conflict. She stopped answering me, so I don't know if she is trying say buzz off and why don't you actually call me (a.k.a try harder)?
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Description: The NOK-1 monoclonal antibody reacts with human Fas (CD95) Ligand, a 40 kDa type II transmembrane glycoprotein. FasL is a member of the TNF family and is expressed by neutrophils, monocytes, and activated T cells and NK cells. The interaction of FasL with its receptor (CD95, Fas) induces Fas-mediated killing of lymphocytes. Human FasL is cleaved from the surface by matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), resulting in a 26 kDa soluble form. Therefore for optimal detection of surface FasL on activated peripheral blood cells, incubation of cells with an MMP inhibitor is recommended.
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Fas ligand (FasL, CD 95L) is a type-II-membrane protein, whose N-terminus is in the cytoplasm and its C-terminal region extends into the extracellular space. Its receptor Fas (CD 95, Apo-1) is a cell-surface-type-I-membrane protein and a member of the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and nerve growth factor (NGF) receptor family. As a member of the TNF-cytokine family FasL induces apoptosis when interacting with its receptor Fas. FasL may exist as either membrane bound (45 kD) or soluble forms (26 kD). The soluble protein can be released from cells upon cleavage by metalloproteinases. Binding of FasL to Fas leads to oligomerization of the receptor and triggers apoptotic cell death through the interaction of other proteins. FasL is predominantly expressed in activated T-lymphocytes and natural killer (NK) cells also it is expressed in the tissues of immune-privilege sites such as testis and eye. FasL expression is also reported in various tissues as thymus, liver, ovary, lung, heart and kidney. The Fas/FasL system has been shown to play a role in a number of human diseases, for example AIDS, hepatitis or cancer. It is assumed that induction of apoptosis through FasL is predominantly involved in anti-viral immune responses.
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So I went back and was looking over the original post where I first announced my knowledge of Red Bull's cola creation. And I had said I would review it when I laid hands upon it. Well, I've had a few of these thus far, so let's knock this out. I'm a Widge of my word, after all. Mostly. Kinda.
True to their word, it appears the thing is all natural, caffeine taken from coffee beans, no artificial flavors, real sugar, natural flavors from vanilla, mustard seed, lime, kola nut, cacao, licorice, cinnamon, lemon, ginger, coca leaf, orange, corn mint, pine, cardamon, mace, clove and something called galangal. I think I had a cousin once whose galangal went malignant and they had to remove it. Oh, and there's lemon juice concentrate. In the cola, I mean, not in that cousin.
I can see now why most colas use artificial flavors--it's probably a helluva lot easier. And cheaper. You can pay some guy off the street to go, "Yup, that's how you get cola--use that cola syrup over there." You've got to pay real money to get somebody good enough to say, "You know what's missing? Pine!" Jaysus.
Okay, so here's the good news. The taste isn't bad. Of course, it's not anything that will blow you away. It's a good alternative to Coke, since, for example, they do use real sugar--something Coke isn't bright enough to do in this country regardless of a great free idea somebody gives them. But it doesn't distinguish itself from any other natural cola I've tasted. In fact, when it comes to "alternate colas," I actually like the taste of Fentiman's Curiosity Cola better.
And then there's the buzz: granted, this isn't really touted--except by virtue of being a Red Bull product--as an energy drink, so it's not good to go in expecting any sort of real buzz from the real caffeine. Which is good, because there isn't any.
So pretty much the only thing one can say is that: it's all natural. That's about it. So while it's a capable drink and decent tasting, it doesn't really make me want to seek it out to actually pay for it--which is a bad sign, I suppose.


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i am not really worried about that boy. he nor anyone else can compare to dude that lives in my home so he can e-chase me all he wants. ... that does not bother me in the least... i went from worried, to scared, to now im pissed.. and that is not the proper time to fuck with me...
on to you... the clowns still gotta go!
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on to you... the clowns still gotta go!
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Glad to see you are hyped up lol. The clowns are gone :P any suggestions on what to replace em with. I don't wanna put anything x-rated up to get the members all hot and bothered muhahaha


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Direct Impact: Talking with victims of IWT. Neil Anderson, Barb Ashbee, Richard Braithwaite, and Gerry Meyer — Sun. April 8th, 7pm ET
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WWR will be talked with the victims of industrial wind from different areas.
Barbara Ashbee was forced out of her Amaranth, Ontario home by the siting of industrial turbines too close. Barbara could easily count 15 turbines from her yard. Her experiences with the local and provincial government is scary and disturbing.
"The Ontario government did not help, in fact they mislead us on the number of complaints they had received and were claiming all was running in compliance when it wasn't.
The Ontario Chief Medical Officer of Health (CMOH) released a literature review in May 2010 concluding there are no direct health issues linked to turbines. The developers and government actually use this review to approve new wind projects and they hand out copies at wind meetings but theThe CMOH Dr. Arlene King, was well aware of the serious problems in many wind projects in Ontario before she signed off on the literature review. She was made well aware that families were being made sick with some being forced from their homes and chose not to speak with even one of them. She was warned. …
There is a wall of silence but as the evidence mounts they will have to answer to it at some point. These people are in a position of public trust and their lack of action or even acknowledgment of what they are doing to people is very serious
Neil Anderson hails from Falmouth, Massachusetts and has been a leader in the effort to tell the story of the many families in Falmouth who have been severely impacted by the turbine know as Wind One. Wind One is located at the town's wastewater treatment plant a little more than 1300 feet from Neil's home. As many as 50 families have been impacted and they have managed, for now, to get the turbine turned off. Neil was an advocate of the turbine before it turned on and started to impact his health.
Richard Braithwaite lives in Keyser, West Virginia and was one of seventy-five neighbors who signed a petition seeking a solution to the noise coming from the Pinnacle Wind project. He purchased an inexpensive sound meter and routinely registers 60 – 70db outside his home. As he says, "Let them bring their thousand dollar machine and take their own readings." The wind developer has paid lip service to the complaints and is installing, of all things, a muffler!
Gerry Meyer lives in the 86 turbine Forward Energy project in Brownsville, Wisconsin that was erected by Invenergy of Chicago. There are 5 – 400' turbines within ¾ of a mile and 11 within a mile of his house.
Gerry attended the first few public meetings about the Forward Energy project. (that was long after many local farmers were signed up to host turbines). The Invenergy representatives and the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin told the public the turbines were quiet and would be a great benefit to his community. Gerry left those meeting feeling good about wind energy.
Gerry knew know about the Horicon Marsh Advocates, a group fighting for a 5-mile set back from the Horicon National Wildlife Refuge, however he did nothing to help them in their cause. As a rural mail carrier he drove within the project often stopping to take photos and on his way home from work stopped to talk to workers and take more photos. As a former construction worker the turbine construction was intriguing.
On March 3rd, 2008 he walked out of his house and heard a jet flying over. He looked to the sky for that jet. There was no jet. It was the large industrial wind turbine 1560 feet straight north of his house. This was the first day of operation of this turbine. He immediately knew he was lied to by Invenergy about the quiet sound of the turbine. This did not sound like the wind blowing through the trees. It sounded like sitting on the runway at O'Hare Airport. He began writing a daily noise diary which can be read at http://lifeinawisconsinwindproject.tumblr.com/.
"In the house there are thumping sounds everywhere, especially upstairs in the sewing room. Very tense and sickening."
Just a few of the heath affects caused to Gerry's quality of life are sleep deprivation, high cortisol levels, chest pain, pulsating the neck, nausea, exhaustion, no longer has dreams, cognitive thinking issues and the concern of what other heath affects are down the road due to constant sleep deprivation.
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