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Researchers have determined that caffeinated coffee fights Alzheimer's disease in mice.
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Neither caffeine alone nor a decaf version of the beverage provided the same protection as caffeinated coffee. Researchers found that caffeine interacted with an unknown compound in coffee to increase blood levels of a growth factor called GCSF, which helps create neurons in the brain.
"We are not saying that daily moderate coffee consumption will completely protect people from getting Alzheimer's disease," said lead researcher Chuanhai Cao in a University of South Florida press release. "However, we do believe that moderate coffee consumption can appreciably reduce your risk of this dreaded disease or delay its onset."
Though results have been mixed about coffee's effects on human health, the research contributes to a growing body of evidence showing the beverage may not be that bad after all.
The findings have been published in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease.
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Yes, well coffee is an environmental factor - they have the genes and in study aims to discover more about coffee amongst other environmental factors. Indeed they have found a link. I would be worth redoing the test again to check it wasn't a random cluster event and they get the same or similar results. I've heard that using your brain more is meant to be preventative - and coffee seems to do two things, stimulate digestive function and stimulate brain activity - I always become more chatty and out going if I have coffee - it gives me a high - perhaps that feel good factor has a function also. But it's great that they do studies about it, so that we can quantify benefits and risks.
Personally though I think that being tested for genes that are a risk, might just cause additional stress that would tip you over the edge. Perhaps worth a study on it's own.
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GoldenEye: Rogue Agent - XB - Review
By now you've heard plenty about a first-person shooter that is still considered one of the best FPS ever to be conceived aside from Halo and Half-Life. GoldenEye on the Nintendo 64 seemed to breath new life into the genre with its perfect controls (that's pretty high praise for a first-person shooter), a great story and plenty of shooting action. GoldenEye: Rogue Agent attempts to continue the tradition yet aside from the fact that this game is in no way connected to the N64 classic, does it have what it takes to be a first-person shooter worthy of being an instant classic?
Meet GoldenEye, an agent working for MI6 who not only loves what he does but also takes full advantage of his License to Kill. His methods, while completely crude and on the brink of homicidal, get the job done but those cronies at MI6--particularly M, the head director of Her Majesty's Secret Services--think his methods unethical and that he's on the verge of becoming everything they're fighting against. Insulted by the severe tongue-lashing after his most recent training mission with James Bond, GoldenEye vows to show them a thing or two and thus becomes the dark angel that fell from grace. It's bad enough that, while on assignment, the villainous Dr. No shot his eye out but now he has to suffer such an insult. So accepting an offer from Aulric Goldfinger (who fans of the classic Sean Connery Bond films will remember as the "man with the Midas touch."), he is given a new mechanical golden eye (hence the codename) and has fallen into the dark side.
Never mind the chivalry and dashing heroics of James Bond. This is not about safeguarding the planet from evildoers or rescuing gorgeous ladies--although our boy GoldenEye certainly keeps himself in the company of lovely ladies like pilot Pussy Galore (another classic Bond character) and the psychotic Xenia Onatopp (from the original GoldenEye starring Pierce Brosnan)--from the clutches of some rich madman. It's all about revenge and it seems that Goldfinger is also on bad terms with Dr. No. Goldfinger associate Scaramanga has constructed an eye for the rogue agent that is capable of performing interesting technological feats and thus makes you the perfect instrument of destruction. GoldenEye is the sort of fellow that isn't afraid to do what it takes to get the job done from the start of the game when you're encouraged to grab a stunned enemy and toss him out a window.
You'll quickly come to notice that the rogue agent is not afraid to mix and match weapons he is able to wield with a single hand. He can fire a desert eagle-styled pistol in the left hand while firing a submachine gun with the right. He can stun a bad guy by pistol whipping him and then use the poor soul as a human shield before tossing him out a rooftop or into a vat of chemicals. Your mechanical golden eye is often upgraded but you only get four different abilities. MRI Vision allows you to see through solid objects while EM Hack allows you to tamper with certain weapons and electronic controls. Polarity Shield, one of the most useful of the GoldenEye abilities, offers a protective shield while Induction Field allows you to create a field that can throw enemies like rag dolls. While these abilities sound great, many of them just don't translate well in action. This is but the beginning of what's wrong with this game, but we shall get into its flaws a little later.
As far as first-person shooters are concerned, the controls are decent enough thanks to the fact that you can chose your own control setting from the very start of the game. You can also duck for cover for when enemy fire becomes too intense and you can always pick up various weapons dead enemies drop. However, you're not able to jump so you're basically stuck either strafing or crouching your way through environmental hazards. There are armor pick-ups but no med-packs (your health regenerates itself in time much like it does in Halo). Your choice of arsenal is the best feature in the game, allowing you to mix an assortment of cool weapons (like the Venom gun that shoots a venom dart that stuns enemies). You'll even get to fire a rail gun that shoots right through solid material.
Unfortunately, Rogue Agent quickly shows its numerous and quite disastrous faults early in the game. For starters, while the levels are designed nicely and do touch on the 007 mythology (you'll encounter the table Bond was tied to when Goldfinger threatened him with a laser), there seldom occurs moments that seem spontaneous or not scripted. The enemy AI is also quite horrendous. You'll find the enemies acting in questionably dumb ways such as ducking for cover behind a cache of explosives or flammable barrels. At one point when I faced the Chinese Triad in the Hong Kong level, one enemy just ran right past me shooting at nothing. What genuine moments of great in-your-face action are spoiled by repetitive battles.
It's great to be rewarded for doing something as simple as locking an enemy into a steam room and raising the temperature to its highest level, but the reward points are only redeemable for unlocking art galleries. Like 007: Agent Under Fire, the multiplayer modes are fun for a limited time and its ability to go online thanks to Xbox Live support sadly doesn't change things either.
Rogue Agent is actually a decent-looking game on the Xbox with a few dazzling moments that really stand out from time to time. The character models are actually pretty nice to look at . . . although the rag doll effects in this game are completely unrealistic. You'll see limbs contort in the oddest of positions. As for the environments, there are some really dull looking corridors in the game but then again there are some striking outdoor settings. The main characters look accurately like the actors that portrayed each character during the cut scenes so gamers will get quite a kick out of looking at Goldfinger or Pussy Galore.
As for the game's sound, the soundtrack is pure Bond and would have felt right at home on a 007 game so it's fitting here. The voice acting is pretty good, with just a few lines from actress Judi Dench and Christopher Lee reprising his role as evil genius Scaramanga. However, when it comes to the enemies, they spout some really inane lines. "He's using his golden eye!" one enemy would shout while the other would shout "He's got a longbow!" The explosions and gunfire sound excellent thank to the THX.
GoldenEye: Rogue Agent has all the makings of a brilliant first-person shooter but sadly enough it's a flawed experience that doesn't come close to matching the exceptional NES classic. With interesting characters and some neatly designed levels, the game's repetitive action just makes this one a real lackluster experience from start to finish. If you're a fan of all things 007, give this one a rental.
#Review Scoring Details for GoldenEye: Rogue Agent
Gameplay: 6.5
The mix and match of cool weapons is certainly a plus and the controls are just right, but the repetitive action makes for a go-from-point-A-to-point-B-while-shooting-everyone-in-sight type of game. There's very little diversity in the game's action and rewarding players for doing evil deeds is a wonderfully delightful idea but it really does not get you anything in the end.
Graphics: 7.2
Some decent character models and slightly better looking environments make up the game's graphics. The visual effects are pretty good but nothing out of the ordinary. The great part is that all the classic bad guys look strikingly a lot like the actual actors that portrayed them.
Sound: 7.5
Sound-wise, there's a soundtrack that's actually pretty good and the voice acting is quite excellent. While many of the bad guys will spout out many of the same things over and over again, it's the sound effects that will win you over.
Difficulty: Medium
There are some levels where the enemies might overwhelm you but thanks to the unintelligent AI you'll be breezing through the game's levels.
Concept: 7.0
It's good to be bad, especially if you're rewarded for tossing bad guys off building or activating some kind of deadly trap. Fighting alongside the likes of villains like Oddjob and Pussy Galore is a rare treat fans of the Bond series will like.
Multiplayer: 6.0
Up to four players can take on each another in deathmatch (called Showdown here) and team deathmatch-type multiplayer modes. There's even Xbox Live multiplayer support for up to eight players, but the multiplayer matches really don't offer anything exciting beyond Showdown.
Overall: 6.6
The idea of a 00 agent going rogue and teaming up with classic Bond villains sounds delightfully wicked on paper but, unfortunately, GoldenEye: Rogue Agent's execution leaves much to be desired. Aside from the number of flaws that are too hard to ignore and its repetitiveness, this one hardly comes close to the outstanding N64 original in terms of level design. At the most, this is certainly a weekend rental.
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Published on August 19th, 2010 | by Zachary Shahan
Green Your Transport! (Going Green Tip #4)
Green your transport, not only for the environment, but for your health, happiness, personal finances, and time….
I discussed the environmental impact of eating meat and dairy a bit in the previous Going Green Tips post, due to it being a leading contributor to global climate change, air pollution, and water pollution. Another clear biggie when it comes to the environment is transportation.
Transportation is one of the leading causes of global warming, the largest net contributor to climate change, and a major source of other pollution (as we all know by now). This is a topic I'll come back to in more detail in a future post, but, for now, let's focus on some positive transportation topics.
So, knowing that driving a car is horrible for the environment, a lot of people might feel guilty that they drive (or drive so much) and might feel a great pressure to drive less. But it doesn't have to be a pressure!
Ditching the car, or, at least, letting it rest at home, is an opportunity.
Driving Less Saves You a Ton of Money
- Transit riders in the U.S., on average, save nearly $10,000 a year. (This is not counting the money you would get if you sold your car.) Could you use another $10,000?
- I'm sure people who bicycle for transportation purposes save even much more — a bike and a lock costs a lot less than transit in most places.
Riding Transit and Bicycling is Good for Your Health and Lengthens Your Life
- Living in transit-oriented, "smart growth" communities is also much better for you health and saves lives (a lot of them).
- Again, I'm sure living in bicycle-friendly communities and bicycling for transportation purposes is even much better for your health than riding transit.
Bicycling and Riding Transit Can be Fun
- Bicycling is one of the most popular recreational activities in the U.S. Why? Because it's so much fun. You may think, "Sure, it's fun on bicycle paths in nature, but not in the city." I would disagree completely. Though bicycling in nature is nice, bicycling through the city is (or can be) a great deal of fun and very interesting. I can honestly say that I prefer it.
- Riding transit is not for everyone, but I love it because buses, streetcars, and trains are interesting places to interact with people and observe society or humanity, in general. I've always loved that about riding transit, but maybe it is just the sociologist in me.
Bicycling and Riding Transit Can Save You Time
- A lot of people think they need to drive because they have so little time in the day. I beg to differ….
- On transit, you can often work (or do whatever else you need or want to do) — you don't have to focus on driving. So, aside from the moments when you are getting on or off transit (or observing humanity), you have free time to use however you want. With all the technological advancements that pop up every day, this is even more true.
- Cities are, by definition, places where a lot of people live and work in relatively small areas of land. Big vehicles for individuals are naturally inefficient in such locations. With more than 50% of the population living in urban areas (and the number increasing every day), using big, single-occupancy vehicles is an increasingly inefficient way to get around. In many places, a bike is faster.
- Riding a bike is also a way to get much-needed exercise. So, even if your ride to work is longer on a bike, if you don't need to spend another 15 minutes to an hour exercising to stay fit and healthy, you are probably still saving time!
These are just a few of the many reasons why I recommend trying out green transportation for your daily transportation needs.
If you are interested in getting on the bike more but a little unsure on how to get started, stay tuned — our next Going Green Tips post will be a guest posy by Chip Hanes, author of Wearing Smaller Shoes, on just that issue.
If you are already a bike enthusiast, consider joining the Biking Revolution of Love & Freedom facebook group.
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SOFIA, Bulgaria, July 24 (UPI) -- Bulgarian officials said they were investigating possible suspects believed to have helped a man carry out a suicide bombing last week in Burgas.
At least seven tourists, including Israeli citizens, were killed Wednesday in a suicide bombing of a tour bus in Burgas, Bulgaria. The Israeli government accused Iran and Shiite movement Hezbollah of carrying out the attack, allegedly conducted by a man carrying a false U.S. identification card.
An autopsy report revealed the bomber was a white male, 20-30 years old.
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Someone who assiduously clips coupons and hunts for bargains at the supermarket, but buys untold yards of fabric, regardless of price.
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Someone who sees life through the eye of a needle, and that is a very special thing.
Someone who is bored silly hearing about other people's dumb hobbies, such as sky-diving, motor cycling or stamp collecting, but constantly fascinates everyone she comes in contact with by sharing her quilts and quilting experiences.
Someone who has not been able to balance her check book since March 1979,but can figure the yardage requirements for a Log Cabin Quilt and have just enough left over for a pin cushion.
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Went down to 1492 on Clinton St in the Lower East Side last night. Before I get into the more critical part of this post, let me first say that we really liked this place. The people are really friendly, the place has a great simple look, there's a great selection of wines including nice dry sherries by the glass at VERY reasonable prices ($5,$6) and there are lots of yummy things to choose from at great prices. We concentrated on the tapas menu. The tapas come in two sizes Tapas @ $3-$4 and Raciones @ $5-$10.
First of all I'd like to mention two nice little touches.
1) If you sit at the comfortable bar and order wine by the glass, the bartender (who had a bit of an ownerish feel to him) will pour you a tiny taste first so you can ascertain if the selection is to your liking.
2) When you get to the table, they bring out a nice basket of delicious crusty bread with an absolutely ass-kickin' garlic alioli (sic).
On to the Tapas. In the interest of brevity (ha!), I will simply list the items we tasted with a few comments on each one.
Croquetas de Jamon - Serrano ham croquettes
These were deliciously light, with a golden crunchy exterior and a creamy Serrano suffused interior.
Gambas a la Plancha - Whole prawns grilled w/ sea salt
This one was a 2-1 split, with the two shrimp-head eaters (my wife and I) raving, and our friend-who-lived-in-Spain-but-doesn't-suck-shrimp-heads saying that it did not live up to her expectations. Big, meaty head-on shrimp, grilled tender-perfect, with a nice smokiness from the grill on the head.
Albondigas - Meatballs in tomato sauce
Meatballs in tomato sauce.
Gambas al ajillo - Shrimp, garlic, and extra virgin olive oil
These gambas were a little rubbery and didn't have great flavor. On the other hand, if you made sure that you had plenty of the delicious minced garlic and spices which completely covered the bottom of the dish with your shrimp, you found that you didn't mind so much.
Mejillones a las vinagretta - Steamed mussels w/ pepper vinaigrette
I am not a mussel fan, but my wife and friend pronounced this dish good.
Tortilla - Spanish Frittatta with alioli sauce
Dull. Kind of an uncrispy hash brown with some of that nice alioli on it. There are better ways to acquire calories and spend cash here.
Piquillo peppers stuffed w/ codfish Bechamel sauce
Excellent. Just about anything that has Bacalao in it seems to be good here. the filling was creamy and subtly coddy, the peppers roasted beautiully and the brilliant orange puree it was served with was a nice counterpoint.
Plato de embutidos - Manchego and Cabrales cheese, chorizo, Serrano ham, Cecina, goat cheese
This is a very serviceable cheese, ham and sausage platter. The one standout here was the Mojama - air-dried tuna imported from Spain. It was smoky, complex, delicately salty, with a prosciutto-like texture that dissolved into an unctuous delicate smoothness in your mouth. Outstanding and a must-try. I don't know if this always appears on this platter as it is not listed in the menu description, however it is also listed as a seperate item on the Tapas menu.
Bunuelos de bacalao - Codfish fritters
They know how to fry here. These fritters were light and delectable, perhaps a little touch shy on the salt, but then you can always add a little salt more easily than you can subtract it.
Patatas tres salsas - French fries w/ three sauces
These are not earth-shaking fries, but they are good. The sauces include the ubiquitous alioli (hey, I'm not complaining), the brava which was kinda like fra diavolo - fairly unexciting, and cabrales sauce which is actually quite nice.
Grilled Sardines
Actually one big grilled sardine, nicely grilled, very simple with a little garlic and olive oil dressing. Tasty and simple.
All in all, pleasant, tasty, simple, affordable, friendly, and not at all crowded (on a Tuesday). Smoking is permitted throughout the restaurnt, they are now accepting MC & Visa, they have a full bar and a garden area.
The only thing that confuses me is that when I read about this place, other hounds mentioned a Jewish/Spanish connection and I didn't notice this at all - it all seemed pretty Spanish to me.
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6th S.D.: Cronin backer predicts victory; updated with GOP retort
Sen. Liz Krueger (D-Manhattan) has her "No Bad Apples" campaign aiming to help those she calls strong progressive candidates around the state become future colleagues in Albany. Krueger's latest endorsement is of Ryan Cronin, the Democrat opposing longtime incumbent Sen. Kemp Hannon (R-Garden City).
Beyond criticizing Hannon's record as chairman of the Senate health committee, and positions deemed as opposed to abortion rights and stronger insurance measures in the state, Krueger just argued in a conference call with the candidate that she believes Cronin is "absolutely going to win," based on the district and "how it is trending" and the work he's put into reaching out to various communities in its borders. She compares presidential years — how neophyte candidate Kristen McElroy lost by a relatively slim margin in 2008 while "Ryan is running five times as aggressive a campaign as she had." She said she believes that the Nassau Democrats, who have "dropped the ball on a few things" in recent years, are "passionately committed to winning this race."
UPDATE: From GOP spokesman Scott Reif comes this response:
This "No Bad Apples" effort is also behind Democrats Bridget Fleming, running in Suffolk, Cecilia Tkaczyk in the northern Hudson Valley, Justin Wagner in Putnam County, and George Latimer in Westchester.


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Operating System Wars: Coming to a Power IC Near You
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The advent of Digitally-Controlled Power (DCP) in electronic equipment promises to bring the flexibility of software programmability to the traditionally hard-wired world of analog power control ICs and subsystems. However, the ascendance of DCP also could spur a battle over power Operating Systems (OSes) reminiscent of the market fight between Microsoft Corp.'s Windows and Apple Computer Inc.'s Mac OSes.
In today's electronic equipment world, the concepts of OSes and power systems seldom meet. But when viewed functionally, the hard-wired connections on today's analog power ICs constitute a type of power OS.
However, a hard-wired power OS is not reprogrammable"although it is possible to re-spin the mask used to produce the IC"and the architecture is just about as closed as the patent attorneys can make it. Analog IC suppliers often proudly refer publicly to their power ICs as "proprietary standard products." But because of the high price of these products, purchasers of these devices sometimes refer to them with names that cannot be repeated in this article. Purchasers' language gets even more colorful if proprietary standard products don't quite meet all the needs of users' systems. When the best available standard proprietary IC just doesn't meet 100 percent of a system's needs, the purchaser has the opportunity"if he is lucky enough to be considered a major account"to meet with the supplier's design team in order to develop a custom version of the already proprietary IC. Some months and many more dollars later, with good luck and considerable design skill, the purchaser finally gets the power OS he needed in the first place.
Of course, this assumes that system design changes made in the meantime do not mandate alterations to the power OS. Power analog IC suppliers often anticipate some of the hard-wired OS options that users may need and design the known alternatives into the silicon from the start. In this case, suppliers need only to make a metal mask change to connect the circuit, i.e. reprogram the power OS, to accommodate a purchaser's needs.
Suppliers call this a "lock." Users call it sole sourced and expensive.
There has got to be a better way to get power OSes to do the job required. DCP offers a better way.
iSuppli defines DCP as the use of ICs and software algorithms for system monitoring, internal and external communication and control of power systems. DCP ICs employ OSes that allow users to program their functionality. The ideal DCP OS itself would be open, at least to certified users, in order to allow power architects maximum reasonable latitude to rapidly meet changing system power requirements. Such an OS also would have a friendly Graphical User Interface (GUI) that allows the system architect to work directly with the OS and manipulate the system and see in real time the Bode plots and S parameters that power engineers need.
DCP solutions emerging today utilize a variety of hardware, including MCUs, DSPs and programmable ASICs. They also employ a range of firmware, i.e. open vs. closed OS architectures, some with GUIs and others with not-so-friendly interfaces. The landscape of choices at this early date looks a little like the California gubernatorial recall ballot.
The good news is that just like in the battle between Macs vs. PC, or DOS vs. GUI, the user gets the ultimate vote on which approach to use. The winner may not be the very best OS or the very best hardware. Rather, the victor simply may be the most open and easy to use approach for an army of developers to realize the potential of DCP solutions.
DCP offers system developers flexibility and time-to-market advantages unattainable with today's hard-wired analog-only solutions for power management. DCP can drastically reduce the passive network shrubbery surrounding an analog-only solution, saving valuable space and simplifying place-and-route issues, which in turn may allow optimal placement for improved thermal and electrical performance.
However, the migration of power management to the digital realm is at a very early stage. There presently is no ideal power OS candidate on the ballot. Thus, a battle over OSes is looming.
Furthermore, the rise of DCP means that some of the incumbent suppliers of power ICs will lose their valuable position selling proprietary analog solutions. Thus, not everyone is welcoming DCP with open arms"and open architectures.
Nevertheless, the rise of DCP and the appearance of open power OSes is inevitable, as is the development of friendly GUIs, iSuppli predicts.
Gary Vick is a director of Advisory Services for iSuppli Corp. and manages the company's Power Technologies practice. Contact him at email@example.com


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XP: Boot up with Caps Num and/or Scroll Lock Enabled or Disabled
Posted December 17, 2003 by AlexTheBeast in Windows
Series of registry changes to control caps lock, num lock, and scroll lock.
Here is a little guru trick that often gets me brownie points around the office. Using this registry change, it is easy to set the state of the scroll lock, num lock, and caps lock keys upon bootup.
Open the registry and goto:
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Keyboard
Change the value of InitialKeyboardIndicators to whichever state you wish…
- 0 – Indicators off
1 – Caps Lock on
2 – Num Lock on
3 – Caps Lock on and Num Lock on
4 – Scroll Lock on
5 – Caps Lock on and Scroll Lock on
6 – Num Lock on and Scroll Lock on
7 – Caps Lock on, Num Lock on, and Scroll Lock on
Close regedit…. and reboot.
Of course, you should always backup your registry before playing.
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Lil Links: These Family-Friendly Cruises Will Give You Vacation Envy
- Kid-friendly character cruises that mom and dad can enjoy, too! — Parenting
- Did Jessica Simpson reveal her baby girl's name? — The Stir
- Four family vacation spots for less! — LearnVest
- Kristen Davis wants to focus on her daughter! — Celebrity Baby Scoop
- What I wish I knew before I judged other moms – HuffPost Parents
- Sienna Miller says her pregnancy is moving along nicely — Celebrity Baby Blog
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The thing is, I quite like Christmas.
This seems strange given that I seem to hate everything about it. I hate the endless advertising (if I see that Argos alien one more bloody time -). I hate the conspicuous consumption. I hate all the God stuff (I'm on Team Richard Dawkins). I even hate the food, partly down to my vegetarianism (1) and partly down to the fact I can't stand mince pies and Christmas pudding (all those raisins). And don't get me started on Brussels sprouts. Those aren't vegetables. Those are some kind of American military black ops weapon masquerading as veg.
Mostly, though, I hate not being very good at the whole Christmas thing. I never send the cards on time (if I send them at all). And I'm rubbish at wrapping presents. In fact I suspect I'd be better at rapping than wrapping, and as a rapper I'm MC Hammer standard at best (2). Then again, that hardly matters since the presents I'm wrapping are usually such ill-chosen examples of the form that they are a disgrace to the word "gift".
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It's not that I'm doing my Christmas shopping in the local garage on Christmas Eve or anything. That would at least excuse my ineptitude in the gift-giving area. No, the problem is I just choose badly. I veer between the poorly judged and the disastrously judged. In my wife's wardrobe there are any number of coats, dresses and jackets she has never worn. Not once. OK, maybe once, but only because I've guilt-tripped her into wearing said item and even then she never actually leaves the house. There are bracelets that have never left their boxes, necklaces I've found down the back of the settee still in the plastic.
One year, in a bid to change my luck, I bought her a robot. I know. WTF and all that. But I was desperate. And I didn't give myself any time to think. I just bought it. A tiny little plastic thing that had some LEDs in its chest and made vaguely R2D2-ish noises. It also carried a tray. That was its main ability. Tray carrying. Not a very big tray. You could get a tiny cake and an espresso cup on there. And J doesn't like coffee.
On Christmas Day, she guided it round the room a couple of times until its tiny wheels got clogged in the shagpile of the carpet and that was the end of it. The robot was put away in the cupboard and we've never spoken about it again.
Or not until I reminded her this morning. "I liked the robot," she said. Which, I think, translates as "That was one of your better gifts".
Thankfully, I've learned my lesson now. When it comes to buying her a present I just ask her what she wants. Saves a lot of grief all round.
That and a veggie lasagne and I'm good to go for Christmas Day. Have a good one.
[1] Ever since Morrissey told me Meat Is Murder circa 1983, more or less.
[2] Actually I think even that's bragging. I suspect Mr Bean is probably a better rapper than I am. And he's mute.
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The Budget Deal: What We Have Left Undone
Making fiscal policy is never going to be easy, but it would be easier if we broke the process down into a logical sequence of steps. Here are those steps, as I see them:
- Decide how large a government we want in terms of government purchases and transfer payments. Any such number will necessarily have to be a political compromise, because not everyone will agree, but the result should be consistent with inescapable realities such as demographic trends.
- Agree on a set of budget procedures for prioritizing line items within the constraint imposed by (1), and then follow the agreed procedures.
- Determine the tax revenue needed to support the desired level of spending. This amount should be consistent with long-term considerations of sustainability.
- Agree on a set of rules for adjusting spending and revenue over the business cycle. The rules should allow for a prudent amount of cyclical stimulus and restraint as appropriate, while maintaining consistency with decisions (1) and (3).
- Agree on a tax structure that collects the amount of revenue required by (1), (3), and (4) in a way that is consistent with efficiency (broadest feasible base, lowest feasible marginal rates) and fairness (another political compromise).
Which of these five steps did Congress accomplish in 2012? Not one of them. That conclusion will hold whether or not the House approves the last-minute stopgap measure passed by the Senate on New Year's Eve.
In the consensus view, two things are holding back the recovery. One is the fear of an "austerity bomb"—a dose of British-style front-loaded austerity early in 2013, when what the economy really needs is a fix for its long-run inability to manage its budget. The other is sheer uncertainty—how many kilotons of fiscal TNT? Will it be all cuts? If so, which programs will be hit? If revenue is to rise, how much will come from structural tax reform and how much from increases to marginal rates? The New Year's deal does nothing to answer these questions. All it does is to ensure that we go through the whole exercise again at another midnight a couple of months from now.
So here's a resolution for the Honorable Members of the incoming Congress: Let's do in the New Year those things which we left undone in the old. All five of them.
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nelswight • January 1st, 2013 at 12:55 pm
We can only hope someones listening, or at least have their heads at the proper end of their alimentary canals.
Bryan Willman • January 1st, 2013 at 1:34 pm
The failing of this proposal is that it treats government spending and tax policy as economic topics focused on things like "well being" and "optimal growth" and "competitiveness of society over time" and "maximizing individual opportunities and incentives across society." In spite of my views being fundamentally different from what I perceive yours to be, you and I could negotiate good solutions to this in a few days.
But those aren't what government spending and tax policies are about. Some large part of them are about "punishing winners" and other forms of resdistribution for it's own sake. Some part of them seem to be about creating "dependents" sure to vote for those who create the dependency. Other large sets are designed to address a problem by having "government fix it" rather than having government enable and support citizens fixing it. This sometimes backfires.
And of course, various forms of vote-buying and cronyism. So even #1 is a non-starter, even though it would be wise policy, because it's not what the political process is actually about.
Bryan Willman • January 1st, 2013 at 1:39 pm
Part II – but if we're going to talk about a dreamworld where policy is driven by sensible lines of thought like Ed Dolan proposes, let's add one more point:
Regardless of where a person is on the economic spectrum, the total implicit marginal tax rate across fed/state/local taxes/benefits should always be reasonable. In particular, the marginal "cost of working" should never be infinite nor higher than say 50%.
It makes no sense to tell a retired person that working to supplement their social security income is pointless, because the tax hit associated with a small amount of revenue will make their hourly return very small or even negative.
It makes no sense to tell a single mother with housing assistence that getting a job, even a reasonably well paying one, is net loss, because the sudden total loss of housing benefits will exceed her net income gain from the job.
We must never ever, at any level, punish people for working or saving. Phase benefits out? Sure. Phase marginal rates up? Sure. But the *total* of those effects should always be restrained (to, say, 50%.)


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I frequently hear people say that the costs of noncompliance are greater than remaining in compliance. While this is true, it is surprising how many executives do not realize the true liability associated with clear compliance violations. Indeed, it is the indirect costs of compliance violations that are most crippling and can easily exceed the statutory liabilities.
For instance, consider the direct and indirect liabilities associated with paying illegal bonuses to loan officers based upon the profitability of originated loans. The direct liability for a lender as provided by statute is extreme: repayment of all finance charges and fees. Worse, such claims can be brought without regard to the threee year statute of limitations as a counterclaim or set-off to a foreclosure action. Of course, borrowers are also entitled to all attorneys fees associated with such actions.
As bad as this sounds, the indirect costs of non-compliance are far worse. For instance, in the example of improper compensation, the associated TILA violations would almost certainly trigger substantial repurchase claims from investors. In addition the CFPB could/would likely issue significant fines, which can exceed 1 million dollars per day for willful violations.
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In sum, from a single (albeit serious) violation a bank can legitimately be facing extinction level damages with officers and directors subject to significant personal liabilities. It can therefore truly be said that the risks and costs of non-compliance far exceed whatever it costs to remain in compliance.


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Director Crowe's Famous venture
By BBC News Online's entertainment correspondent Tom Brook
The London Film Festival opens with the much-anticipated international premiere of Cameron Crowe's new movie Almost Famous.
Its promoters say this picture from Dreamworks is the next American Beauty.
Like that film - launched in Toronto - it could bring the studio critical kudos and possible Oscar glory.
Almost Famous is a partly autobiographical coming-of-age tale for Crowe.
It chronicles the teenage exploits of a rock journalist working for Rolling Stone magazine in the 1970s.
Although the film focuses on the young journalist, nearly all the principal characters in Almost Famous have to reassess their lives.
Jerry Maguire director Crowe explained: "I love the period of time in someone's life where they re-evaluate and learn something new and have those private moments where the world tilts a little bit."
Other than Frances McDormand, Anna Paquin and Billy Crudup, the rest of the Almost Famous cast - including the central role of the 15-year-old journalist - is made up of relative unknowns.
However, nearly all are exceptionally talented.
It is hard to predict how Crowe's film will fare commercially because of the lack of star names.
The fact that it is set in the dated world of 1970s rock may also lessen its box office appeal.
But the picture does contain some powerful acting, from McDormand, and Patrick Fuget who plays the young journalist.
My own view is that it's an admirable film, but contrary to Dreamworks' hype this is no American Beauty.
I felt that, artistically, Crowe compromised what could have been a very strong work by creating a feel-good ending that significantly undermines the overall story.
With around 200 films set to unspool between now and 16 November, both the public and industry delegates will have their work cut out for them.
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Crowe's Almost Famous should be among the privileged few.
Almost Famous goes on release across the UK in the New Year.
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I don't know if it actually got there, but I know it was far. I got all of that one. I've hit just one harder in my life, but yeah, that one — that one felt great. —Grantsville's Wyatt Barrus, on his sixth-inning home run
OREM — It wasn't the hardest ball that Grantsville's Wyatt Barrus has ever hit in a baseball game. But it was a close second.
In the top of the sixth inning of Grantsville's 11-7 win over Juan Diego in the 3A state tournament at Brent Brown Ballpark Thursday, Barrus sent a laser shot over the right-field fence that appeared to land right on the University Parkway freeway on-ramp to I-15 — roughly 100 feet beyond the fence.
"I don't know if it actually got there, but I know it was far. I got all of that one," Barrus said. "I've hit just one harder in my life, but yeah, that one — that one felt great."
More important than the distance was the 9-3 lead the two-run shot gave the Cowboys near the end of a two-inning offensive explosion started by Barrus in the top of the fifth.
It was during that fifth frame when Barrus sat dead red on a fastball in a bases-loaded situation, got the pitch he expected, and uncorked it to deep center field. The ball came up just short of clearing the fence, but brought around every base runner to give Grantsville a 4-3 lead.
"He started me off with a change-up, so I knew that fastball was coming," Barrus said. "Credit goes to my teammates in front of the order to get on base and really get it going for us. We needed a lift — I needed a lift — and those guys getting on to load them up gave us that lift. Credit goes to them."
Barrus finished with a resounding 3-for-4 effort with six RBIs from the plate.
"Wyatt has been on fire and consistently gets us big hits, it seems like in every game," said Grantsville coach Loren Anderson. "He completely crushed those pitches and really came through for us in a big way."
As smooth as Barrus' effort was from the plate, his effort from the mound didn't exactly follow form.
The junior battled the best he could, but admittedly didn't have his best stuff in allowing seven runs — six of them earned — and 11 hits through 6 2/3 innings.
"It wasn't my best effort from the mound for sure, but fortunately I had my defense and Matt (Garrard) to bail me out."
Juan Diego didn't go quietly and plated four runs in the bottom of the sixth to cut the lead to 11-7 before loading the bases with two outs in the bottom of the seventh.
It was then that Anderson pulled Barrus in favor of Garrard.Comment on this story
"I'm proud of how Wyatt battled, but felt we needed to make a change there for that last out," Anderson said. "He had thrown a ton of pitches up to that point, so we just needed a fresher arm in there."
Gerrard got that last out with some big assistance from Clay Matthews, who was able to track down a well-hit deep fly to left field.
"I knew their guy didn't get all of it, but yeah, it made us a little nervous when it left the bat," Barrus said. "Fortunately we have Clary out there and he gets to everything, so it wasn't too big of a worry."
With the win, Grantsville advances in the no-loss bracket and will take on Desert Hills Friday.
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Dems Pick Up Five Repub Senate Seats, Races Still Unclear
Democrats picked up the majority plus at least five seats in the Senate Tuesday by seizing seats from Republican incumbents in New Hampshire and North Carolina, while also gaining seats left by retiring Republicans in Virginia, Colorado and New Mexico.
The New York Times has a comprehensive Senate map with the state results as they come in, but at 4:30 EST on Wednesday Democrats had 56 seats and Republicans had 41. Fifty-one is considered a majority, but it could be a few weeks before Democrats learn the final stats.
Democrats are still short of the 60-vote majority that would enable them to push bills to a vote by overcoming filibusters.


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Hey friends, I'm back with another recipe! Monday I posted my Salted Caramel Oatmeal, and today I'll be sharing this delicious Wild Blueberry Cinnamon Bun Smoothie Bowl (long name, but tasty!) that I'm entering into a Wild Blueberry smoothie contest! I haven't entered a recipe contest in quite a while, so I thought this would be fun to try. Recipe contests are a great way to think outside the box a little bit and get creative – and I'm always up for that!
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Up until just a few weeks ago I haven't actually tried Wild Blueberries, so that was new for me! When I decided to enter this contest, I went to the store and bought a BIG bag of frozen wild blueberries and have been using them in my oatmeal in the mornings or just to snack on during the day. I'm loving them! The Wild Blueberries are smaller and stronger tasting than cultivated blueberries, and they are delicious and full of flavor. Plus, blueberries are low-FODMAP so my tummy is super happy with these, too. Wild blueberries are definitely a must-try if you love cultivated blueberries.
So you might ask yourself if there really is a difference between Wild Blueberries and cultivated blueberries? Absolutely! If you have never had wild blueberries, put them on your shopping list, you'll love them! Here are a few of the major differences between Wild Blueberries and cultivated blueberries:
- Wild Blueberries are smaller than cultivated blueberries and have a more intense blueberry flavor
- Wild Blueberries have 2x the antioxidant capacity of cultivated blueberries
- 99% of Wild Blueberries harvested are frozen immediately after harvest, preserving their nutrients and freshness
- Wild Blueberries are truly wild: they haven't been planted by people, they grow naturally in barrens and fields in Maine and Eastern Canada
For this contest, I wanted to make a decadent tasting smoothie recipe that's a bit like my Snickerdoodle Cookie Smoothie (a big hit!), so I came up with this cinnamon roll version: Wild Blueberry Cinnamon Bun Smoothie Bowl. Since this one is pretty thick, it is great as a smoothie bowl so you can eat it with a spoon rather than drinking it from a glass.
This recipe is quick to make, and a delicious no-cook breakfast option or snack for anytime. It's nice and thick and is more filling than a smoothie made with just fruit and almond milk. If you want a bit more protein, you can stir in a little protein powder to balance your meal or snack.
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- 1-1/2 cup unsweetened almond or coconut milk
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- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- Dash salt
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- Combine all ingredints in a blender or NutriBullet and blend until smooth
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Inspector Artsy
In Praise of Billy Shakespeare
Most artsy people, myself included, like writing. But not even the most highfalutin literary artsies that Harvard can muster like Expos. Almost no one likes Expos. It's a marvel that the course, Harvard's cruel admissions gift to unsuspecting freshmen, has stuck around for this long. Faculty and administrators are always rushing to reassert the importance of a humanities education in an increasingly technological world. Maybe abolishing the hefty deterrent of Expos would give the appeal of such an education a bit of a boost.
Can you blame freshmen for wanting to avoid writing-heavy concentrations when their introduction to scholarly writing at the collegiate level is almost uniformly painful? There are, of course, good arguments in favor of Expos. Harvard students come from such a wide variety of educational, cultural, and linguistic backgrounds that there is a genuine need for a single course to establish some common ground.
A Long, Hard Look in the Mirror
For my spring break, I exchanged drunkenness for drizzle and returned to my hometown, that gloriously unprepared host of the 2012 Olympic Games, London. I spent much of the week catching up on the blockbuster art exhibits around the capital, as any self-respecting artsy would.
By far the most remarkable show I saw was a retrospective of Lucian Freud's portraits at the National Portrait Gallery. Freud, who died just last year, was by far the most influential British painter of his lifetime, and as far as I know, no one has stepped up to fill the admittedly enormous shoes he has left behind. The exhibition charts his work chronologically, moving from the far more whimsical and stylized portraits of his first wife, Kitty Garman, to the remarkably luxuriant depictions of the obese social worker Sue Tilley, who famously came to be called "Big Sue."
A Nasty Tradition
Last week The Crimson ran a story that must have plunged a certain subset of the artsy elite into a tailspin. The article detailed potential plans to implement a university-wide smoking ban that would prohibit smoking on any part of Harvard's campus. Difficulty of enforcement aside, one cannot help but feel that this policy deliberately targets a certain type of Harvard student for whom the decision to smoke is—much like wearing thick-framed glasses—a fundamental expression of artsiness. To be a young smoker in this day and age, and in this country, is no easy feat. In fact, being a smoker at Harvard is already well nigh impossible; the smoking table that used to serve as a perch for smokers of Kirkland and Eliot Houses is no more, and smoking is not allowed in the immediate vicinity of the houses, so smokers have to stand in the street in ignominy, puffing away under the disapproving eyes of passersby.
Keeping It Classy
It is a sad truth that our culture does not compensate artists very generously. For some unintelligible reason, being able to choose the right stock is more desirable and profitable than being able to chose the right turn of phrase. This system of valuation has divided aspiring young professionals into two camps: those who want to be creative in their careers, and those who don't—or, more crudely, those who do not care much about making money, and those who rather fancy a decent salary. The financial crisis and the ailing job market it brought with it have pitted these two camps against each other. The veiled disdain artistic people once had for those who chose more lucrative paths has been replaced by hostility. As a junior in the thick of the summer job search frenzy, I am acutely aware of the contempt the self-appointed "artsy elite" have for those seeking lucrative internships. I have heard the terms "soul-seller," "sell-out," and several which The Crimson could not print applied to people aiming at more conventionally remunerative careers.
To repudiate financial motives so thoroughly one must either already be quite well-off or truly devoted to lofty artistic ideals at the expense of material comfort. Needless to say, at Harvard I find the former to be the case more frequently. This is not to say that those who choose to pursue financially unrewarding careers in arts are all rich brats—far from it. I have nothing but admiration for those who prioritize artistic fulfillment over financial security. It is just to say that it is a lot easier to condemn careers in finance or management consulting if you don't have to worry about paying bills.
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I was indifferent to the Occupy Harvard movement for a long time. Yes, it was a pain to present my ID every morning as though I were trying to buy beer rather than drag myself to class. Yes, I cried out in frustration when I realized the gate I had been hurrying toward was unyieldingly barred. But in some ways I admired the protesters. If I were them, I would get bloody sick of looking at John Harvard and thinking of how many people's pee has coursed down his breeches. One day, however, my ambivalence toward the Occupy movement turned to unbridled dislike. I was walking from the direction of Annenberg through the Yard one nippy evening during finals period when a security guard asked me, "What's with everyone wearing these big glasses?" My reaction, admittedly, was rather severe, but I couldn't help it. I was incensed. "Sorry that I'm minus 5.5 in one eye and have thick frames," I snapped.
But as soon as the words were out of my mouth I felt guilty—not because I had been rude to the security guard (What right did he have to comment on my eyewear, anyway?), but because I had lied. I lied not about my eyesight—yes, my myopia really is that severe—but about the reasons I wear thick frames. Who am I kidding? Just because I'm almost blind in one eye doesn't mean I have to go around with frames as thick as Velma's. Thankfully, technology has advanced enough to allow large visual correction with relatively slender lenses. Indeed, technology has advanced so far that, if I wanted to, I could chuck my glasses out the window and get laser eye surgery for as little as $299 an eye, according to Google ads.


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" Author: Ira Levin / Format: Paperback / Date of publication: 23 June 2011 / Genre: Modern & Contemporary Fiction / Publisher: Constable and Robinson / Title: Rosemary's Baby / ISBN 13: 9781849015882 / ISBN 10: 1849015882 "
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Although most people will have heard of 'Rosemary's Baby' and many will have seen the unsettling 1968 film by Roman Polanski I'd guess that few will have read Ira Levin's original novel. Levin also wrote 'A Kiss Before Dying', 'Sliver', 'The Boys from Brazil' and 'The Stepford Wives', all of which would become successful movies, but it is probably 'Rosemary's Baby' for which he is best remembered.
The novel begins with Rosemary Woodhouse and her struggling actor husband Guy moving into a prestigious apartment block in New York City. They can't really afford it but they're hoping that Guy will land a big role soon and hoping even harder that Rosemary will fall pregnant. The accommodation and the area would be perfect for children. The neighbours are fine too; mostly elderly people. They soon become firm friends and, when Guy's work does indeed take off and Rosemary does indeed find that she's going to have a baby, then everything seems perfect for them.
In these initial stages the book portrays an idyllic version of life in 1960's New York. It's 'Friends' for the Baby Boomer generation. Cocktails, house parties, actors and artists. It could also be seen as slow. The book definitely doesn't start with a bang. It revels in the details of Rosemary's everyday life as it slowly turns the screw on the terror that begins to take over her life.
Readers who remember the film version may be surprised at this as Mia Farrow's brilliant portrayal of the stifling claustrophobia of her life pretty much from the beginning of the film isn't here. She and everyone around her appear perfectly 'normal' (given their supposed lifestyles) until well into the book. Indeed it's a perfect study of everyday life among the wannabe glitterati until late into Rosemary's pregnancy when she begins to suspect that something is very wrong indeed. That's when her panic sets in. That's when she becomes sickly and in need of near-constant doctoring. And that's when she begins to worry that she's becoming paranoid and maybe a little insane.
Is she paranoid? Is she crazy? Is it just her raging hormones playing tricks on her? Or could those that she's come to know and love actually be more than they seem? She doesn't know, and neither does the reader until very close to the end. It's that psychological confusion that adds to the book's unsettling effect.
Any parent - especially mothers - will be able to identify with Rosemary's terror that something is wrong with her baby. That someone wants to abduct her baby. Or worse. Even talking about it is a taboo that is rarely broken and certainly wasn't in the late sixties when this novel was written.
There's no graphic violence here, no huge jumpy shocks, nothing to make you throw the book across the room in disgust; just a collection of unsettling ideas that build into a whole idea that couldn't possibly be true. But the moment that we put ourselves into Rosemary's position and wonder "What if..?" it becomes one of the scariest horrors ever put to print.
I borrowed the film based on this book not long ago, but with one thing and another, ended up not having enough time to see it. I hadn't realised it was a book, but when I came across it in my library, I picked it up straight away. Although I haven't read any of Ira Levin's books in the past, I did know the name; not surprising really as he is also the author of The Boys from Brazil and The Stepford Wives. Although it is not of the genre that I would usually read, the book certainly lived up to my expectations.
Guy and Rosemary Woodhouse are about to move into a newly rented flat, when the offer of a flat in the Victorian Bramford building, where flats are much in demand. Delighted, they get out of their original contract and grab the chance to move to the Bramford. Rosemary's friend, Hutch, warns them against the move, claiming that there have been a number of strange happenings and suicides in the building; too many to have been by chance.
Laughing him off, the Woodhouses move into their new home and happily settle down. Rosemary's only gripe is that she hates going down into the basement to do the washing, a problem that seems to be solved when she makes a friend and the two make plans to do their washing together. Then her new-found friend apparently commits suicide and Rosemary meets the Castavet's, the people with whom she lived. From then on, nothing quite seems to go right in Rosemary's life, despite the fact that she is finally pregnant. I'm not giving anything else away!
I did manage to see the first 15 minutes of the film before I had to take the DVD back and it was very similar to the opening of the book. However, somehow I found the book a lot more gripping. I had no idea what the book was about, but I immediately felt myself intrigued and from then on, only having to go to work got in the way of my reading. I managed to finish it in about a day and a half.
The story is very well handled. There are hints as to what will happen further on in the book, which were obvious once I had finished it, but weren't always at the time of reading. The story was leaked a little at a time, so that the reader picks pieces up gradually, although it does have to be said that Rosemary, the main character, doesn't pick it up anyway near as fast.
It was a good job that the story was so good, because I didn't really feel very much for any of the characters. Rosemary is initially too naïve and trusting for her own good; if I ever met her in person, I'd be tempted to give her a good smack. However, it is necessary to remember that the book was written in the 1960s when women were more sheltered; Rosemary has not got out much since her marriage. She wasn't a dislikeable character; I just struggled to have all that much sympathy for her although she goes through a horrifying experience. There is unfortunately something that I can only describe as smugly American (read over-confident) about both her and Guy (sorry - I don't mean to offend anyone American, but in my experience - and I've met many over the years - they do tend to be far more confident that the Brits!) and that did put me off a little.
Guy features much less in the book, but to me at least, it is clear that he is a no good narcissistic plonker right from the start. It's just a shame that Rosemary couldn't see it! I felt very little sympathy for him.
Much better character-wise were the Castavets, the mysterious neighbours. Initially, they keep well clear of the Woodhouses, but after their friend's suicide, the two couples begin to spend much more time together. The reader sees them more through Rosemary's eyes than anything else; she alternates between thinking that they are very odd to feeling very sorry for them. There is a great aura of mystery built up about them; the reader knows that there is something not quite right there, but it is hard to say what. I thought these two were characterised very well.
I think that anyone who is very into Stephen King, Dean Koontz or any other 'mystery thriller' authors may find this book a bit tame compared to what is written these days. As someone who likes the occasional Dean Koontz, I found it to be an enthralling book. There was enough mystery in it to keep me wanting to read, particularly because I knew that somewhere along the lines a baby would become involved. Moreover, it wasn't anything like the length of a typical Koontz book, which can sometimes be way too long. Recommended for fans of the supernatural and possibly crime fiction too.
The book is available from play.com for £5.49. Published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, it has 288 pages. ISBN: 0747557772
Rosemary Woodhouse and her struggling actor husband Guy move into the Bramford, an old New York City apartment building with an ominous reputation and only elderly residents. Neighbours Roman and Minnie Castavet soon come nosing around to welcome the Woodhouses to the building; despite Rosemary's reservations about their eccentricity and the weird noises that she keeps hearing, her husband starts spending time with them. Shortly after Guy lands a plum Broadway role, Rosemary becomes pregnant and the Castavets start taking a special interest in her welfare, and as the sickened Rosemary becomes increasingly isolated, she begins to suspect that the Castavets' circle is not what it seems.


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A Westwood, Massachusetts mother attacked her 9-year-old daughter with electric gardening shears. The girl suffered serious injuries, but is still alive thanks to her father who stopped the attack, police say.
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