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RAHIM YAR KHAN, April 20: The Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) has become the largest educational institute in the country.
This was claimed by AIOU Vice-Chancellor Dr Nazir Ahmed Sangi while addressing a function on the occasion of setting up of the AIOU new campus in Rahim Yar Khan here on Wednesday.
He said the AIOU was a distance learning university where a large number of male and female students were getting education. Dr Sangi said at least 12,000 matric, 16,000 intermediate and 22,000 graduate students were enrolled in the AIOU.
The vice-chancellor said the AIOU had set aside Rs10 million for the training programme of 30,000 teachers while a training programme for the quality education had been started in 12 different districts of the country.
The AIOU was launching a PhD programme in computer sciences from next month in which foreign teachers would also teach students, he said.
Dr Sangi said a new AIOU campus would be established in Rahim Yar Khan, adding that Rs58.8 million funds would soon be released in the first phase of the project. In the second phase, he said, an overseas employees training institute would also be established.
He said Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani had approved a studio in Multan and the project would cost Rs53 million. Earlier, Dr Sangi along with MPA Javed Akbar Dhaloon and AIOU representative Abdul Khaliq Shakir visited the Government Polytechnic Institute, Government College of Commerce in Chak 72-NP, Technical Training Centre on Thali Mahatma Road and Agriculture College near Abu Dhabi Road. —Correspondent


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Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Podcast: Faeries, Panthers, VooDoo, OH MY!
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Sunday, August 22, 2010
Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer got married!
Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer got married on Saturday, August 21, 2010 Us Weekly reports.
The 'True Blood' couple reportedly wed at a private residence in Malibu, exchanging vows under a tent near the beach.Guests including True Blood co-star Carrie Preston and Elijah Wood, Anna's costar from their upcoming movie, The Romantics were in attendance.
This is the first marriage for Anna; Stephen has two children, Billy and Lilac, from previous relationships.
They announced their engagement last August, and have frequently spoken to the press about their onscreen vampire sex.
Paquin and Moyer recently posed nude with 'True Blood' costar Alexander Skarsgard for the cover of Rolling Stone.
Thursday, July 8, 2010
True Blood Premiere Party from Charlaine Harris' point of view
I've been asked by more than one reader to give a better account of what actually happens at a premiere, so here goes.
The premiere for "True Blood" has been held every time at the Cinerama Dome in Hollywood. For those of you who don't remember what Cinerama was, it was a new way of filming back in the sixties, and you could go to special theaters and view the action on a sort of curved semicircular screen. This Cinerama is the original one, but now the building has a regular flat screen, as far as I know. You can Google it if you're interested. This theater seats 800.
The arrivals of the principal people are orchestrated. I was an early arrival, since I'm not that important in the "True Blood" scheme of things, and I have no problem with this. Premiere night is to celebrate the show and the people who work on it, particularly the actors. So us lesser fry (the woman who plays Ivetta, the young man who plays the lover of the King of Mississippi) get there earlier. Then come the more important people like Todd Lowe, Rutina Wesley, Kristin Bauer Van Straten. Then the even more important people come – Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Alexander Skarsgard. So the event always starts late. We had a start time of 7:30, and we finally all got seated at 8:15.
Anyway, to get back to drop-off time. There actually is a red carpet. When I scramble out of the limo, my family is ushered inside the theater and they're checked off the list and given special bracelets to wear to verify that they're invited guests. I'm assigned a handler from HBO who takes me along the red carpet where the press stands behind a waist-high barrier. Every reporter is backed up with a cameraman or two and usually one or two other people. They're from all over, and represent very big organizations to very small ones. HBO itself, MTV, and on and one; some French, some Spanish, most American.
The handler very kindly explains who I am to the reporter, I step close to the barrier and answer four or five questions, we indicate we're through with each other by saying "Thank you!" I step back, and my handler and I wait for the next free reporter.
So that's how it works, and if I've described this before, I'm sorry. All the seating in the theater is assigned, too. The HBO executives are there, the actors and their plus ones are there, and I was able to bring my agent, my husband, and my three kids. I noticed that Alan got a whole row to invite – I was envious!
The after-party was held a few blocks away at a place that specializes in such things. The decorations were amazing; stuffed wolves, fountains, a huge projection of the poster on the wall, various food stations with "southern" food (much fancier than the real thing) and about a million waiters who picked up used glasses and plates, brought drinks, and generally kept very busy. I had a designated table there, again not in the Great People corral, but special enough. Some readers stopped by to have their pictures made with me, I got to have a nice conversation at the theater with Michael Emerson from "Lost," and director Alexander Woo. Rutina was as warm and charming as she always is. I did get to speak to Anna and Stephen briefly at the after-party, and Alexander (Skarsgard) was sweet enough to let me get a picture of him with my daughter.
So, that's how it works. We were glad to get into our car and go back to the hotel afterward, and I reflected that it's oddly easy to get used to almost anything.
Charlaine Harris
Monday, July 5, 2010
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Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Charlaine Harris talks Vampires with Vanity Fair
by Maria Ricapito, Vanity Fair
Dead in the Family is the latest bestselling vampire fantasy novel from Charlaine Harris, and the 10th book in the series that inspired the hit HBO show True Blood (now in its third season), starring Anna Pacquin as telepathic barmaid Sookie Stackhouse.
In the books, Sookie is a blonde and buxom resident of the Louisiana town of Bon Temps, where she spends less time fighting vampires than getting busy with them. But will she end up with the courtly ex-Confederate Bill, or has she permanently hopped coffins to cozy up with Eric the bloodsucking Viking? In the mix are sundry tigers, werewolves, dogs, witches, house cats, maenads, goblins and fairies.
Harris set her series in Northern Louisiana, which is less swampy and gothic but just as creepy as the southern bayous and French Quarter streets where Anne Rice's vampire novels take place. "My thinking was that Anne Rice had done such a great job with Southern Louisiana, that I would take the part [of Louisiana] no one wanted," Harris says. "Her works were groundbreaking and very innovative and I thought it would be fun to kind of rappel off of them."
"I didn't want to write about being a vampire," she continues. "I wanted to write about people who were interacting with vampires. I thought it would be fun to write about a woman dating a vampire, so I imagined what kind of woman would do such a stupid thing. It'd have to be a woman who couldn't date humans for another reason." In Sookie's case, the reason is that her telepathy doesn't work on the undead, which give her a rest from hearing the despicable thoughts of her neighbors in the town her family has inhabited for generations.
Harris wanted to bring the vamps in her fictional world down to earth. "They're just like everyone else," Harris says. "Some of them are good; some are bad." She adds, "I wanted to kind of anchor them in reality and make them unromantic, since I just thought that would be funny." Those are not exactly the words you'd pick to sell any of the other bloodsucker-centric books, TV shows, or movies that are currently engorging our pop culture. The Twilight books and movies, CW's The Vampire Diaries, ABC's The Gates, and even True Blood revolve around the uncanny beauty and superhuman sex appeal of the vampire.
Asexual vampires are strictly kid stuff, according to Harris, who points out that her books predated those of Twilight author Stephenie Meyer by several years. "My books are just aimed at adults. There's not the fairy-tale aspect in my books that there is in hers," says Harris. "Her books are very Romeo and Juliet; I think mine definitely aren't." She adds, "How are they different? Bill turns out to be betraying Sookie the whole time. Sookie finds that out and it's devastating to her. But this leaves her to look in many different directions for love." Well… and sex: Sookie's carnal forays into the supernatural lead to some pretty explicit bodice-ripping. In Harris's pages, when heaving, virginal bosoms are pressed against cold, marble-like chests, things don't stop there. Few details are omitted, and sometimes it gets downright gymnastic. Contrast this with Twilight's Edward and Bella, who ends up preggers when they finally consummate, a zillion pages into the series. Harris declined to elaborate on other differences: "You can talk to Stephenie Meyer about her books. I'm not her critic. I'm glad she's been successful."
Harris is unreservedly enthusiastic about showrunner Alan Ball, whom she picked to translate her books to TV. "I knew that he got the mixture of humor and horror that the books are. I knew he would do them justice," she says. "He wouldn't gloss over painful parts and make everything shiny." She says she was a fan of his previous series, Six Feet Under, although "sometimes it was too painful to watch. There were some really intense truths. It got very close to the bone."
Cutting close to the bone happens to be a specialty of Harris's as well. She lives with her husband, her college-age daughter (she has two other, grown-up kids), various dogs, and a duck in Arkansas, just over the Louisiana border. Harris's bestseller count stands at 10 (9 of which appeared simultaneously on the list last year) and the body count in her books is incalculable. She's branching out— Dynamite Entertainment (publisher of Kevin Smith's Green Hornet and Red Sonja) will bring out a comic based on the first book of her series about corpse sleuth Harper Connelly. Indeed, all the TV attention to Sookie and co. has drawn readers to her other series—including the one featuring Lily Bard, a rape victim who's trying to hide from her past. "They're selling more than when they were first published," she says. "I don't know what happened with those books. I know I was really discouraged when they were released. I really thought at the time, That's the best I can do and if this isn't successful I just don't know what I could do that would be as good. Well, luckily for me, I did come up with something." Harris is currently writing Sookie book number eleven.
The recent feeding frenzy around novelist Justin Cronin's vampire trilogy (the first book, The Passage, came out from Random House on June 8th, and producer Scott Rudin reportedly splurged on the movie rights) is a sign that readers don't have bloodsucker burnout quite yet. "Maybe there'll be a few less writers in the genre if the public's fancy passes on," Harris says. "I think that's just a thing that will happen because there are always people who write what's current. It's not necessarily a bad thing; there's nothing wrong with being commercial." Harris credits the ubiquity of vampires to "our youth-obsessed, perfection-obsessed culture." When asked if all the other vampire writers muddy the pond, she responds crisply.
"Not my pond."
Monday, June 14, 2010
Podcast: True Blood Season 3 Premiere Recap
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About a month ago I was charged with recapping new episodes of True Blood. Initially I hesitated, because I believe there are two vampire camps: Twilight and True Blood. I subscribed to the clean, doe-eyed tale Twilight told. But I accepted the challenge and committed to watching the first two seasons on HBO. After watching season one, I was hooked. Sure, the series is nauseating at times and a little (read: a lot) vulgar, but it's good. Insanely good. And no offense to my confederate friendifers, but True Blood sure does capture the redneck allure of the deep south. And as a reminder, the North won.
Take it away!
So here we have Bill in a hostage/kidnapping situation, while Sookie wonders who took her beloved (after she made him wait for an answer to the question. Now Bill is in a car with awful men who taketh his blood for the sake of getting high off V).
"I'm in no mood for lesbian weirdness tonight, Pam." Zing!
I'm so glad True Blood stuck to their promise of more nudity. I see Eric's behind, and I'm alright with it. Skarsgard sounds sewwwwww much like his father, Stellan.
Lafayette is in first place for best character in the series. The boy defends the honor of his friends, all while wearing feathers and rhinestones. I like him. He's good people. And I'm quite certain I just heard Lafayette say "Sorry Snook," to Sookie.
Sam just had an, um, "intimate" dream about Bill. Is it because he has Bill's blood?
Where oh where does Lafayette gets such clothin' as bedazzled smedium jerseys? And a feather in his fedora? Boyfriend don't need no trip to the big city. He's the queen of Bon Temp.
I don't like Hoyt's haircut. He looks even more like a child than last season. But I suppose we should applaud his effort to cut the cord and move out of mama's house.
Eric and Sophie-Anne are dealing V illegally and running from the law. What will become of the Louisiana vamps if Fangtasia goes out of business because the queen is hiding from the IRS?
Who is Sam's daddy and what does he do? How does one inherit shape-shifting?
Even after Maryanne's death, everyone in Bon Temp is so messed up. Tara can't recover from Eggs' death and Jason can't stop envisioning the bullet he put in Eggs' head on the girls he's trying to get biblical with. The devil went down to Louisiana, and he ain't never left.
Oh snap, now we're Twilight? Werewolves? For reals? At least we're not dragging out the "Bill's been captured" storyline.
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Seven Sisters Prairie
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"The mountain" of Seven Sisters Prairie rises 190 feet above Lake Christina. It offers visitors a panoramic view of the surrounding countryside and of Lake Christina--an important stop for many species of waterfowl during migration--and of the rolling topography of the Alexandria moraine (including the Seven knolls, or the "sisters").
Otter Tail County (near Ashby)
136 acres
The unusual plants of Seven Sisters Prairie have attracted botanists since 1893, when the first collections were made. The dry and wet environments support a variety of plants, including a dozen plants at the eastern edge of their ranges, more commonly found in the Dakotas. All three grama grasses can be found at Seven Sisters: sideoats grama, blue grama, and hairy grama. Prairie June grass, needle-and-thread grass, and thread-leaved sedge are also found at the site.
Lake Christina's average water depth of four feet allows a profusion of water plants to grow, and these nourish large flocks of canvasback ducks. Other bird species that inhabit the preserve include the Baltimore oriole and the larksparrow.
Why the Conservancy Selected This Site
This acquisition was made to protect the gravel prairie that occurs on this site.
What the Conservancy Has Done/Is Doing
The Nature Conservancy purchased the land from the Richard A. Trow estate in July 1978 to protect the gravel prairie. A wildfire burned the entire preserve in 1980, and a second wildfire burned part of it in 1982. Grazing ended and fire was reintroduced as a management tool at the preserve when the Conservancy acquired it. Controlled fires reduce plant debris accumulated from previous growing seasons and suppress invasion by woody species.
Measures to control invasive European buckthorn and prickly ash are especially important to the health of the preserve. Erosion threatens a population of broom-rape which grows in and around the gully. The rim of the gravel pit is especially vulnurable to human erosion and visitors are asked to avoid this area.
For more information on visiting this and other Minnesota preserves, check out our Preserve Visitation Guidelines.
Take the Ashby exit off I-94 and go north through town on Hwy 78. Seven Sisters Preserve is the notable ridge on the north side of the road about three miles east of Ashby, along the shore of Lake Christina. Park in front of the gated road leading into the gravel pit.
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The School of Business resides primarily in Jaynes Hall on the main FSU campus. The School of Business offers one graduate degree:
and three undergraduate degrees:
- B.S. Degree in Accounting
- B.S. Degree in Information Systems (more info is on the Academic Website for BSIS)
- B.S. Degree in Business Administration:
- The BS in Business Administration has the following major options:
- Business or Human Resources Management,
- Finance,
- General Business or Entrepreneurial Studies,
- Hospitality Management,
- Marketing, and
- Sport Management.
- In addition, students may obtain a B.A. Degree in Education with an emphasis in Business Education.
Student Organizations
Information Systems Student Organization
Dean: Harvey, Richard
Associate Dean: Kirby, Jack R.
Associate Professor of Economics/ Business Administration: ALSHALLAH, MOHAMED
Professor of Business Law: HINTON, GREGORY T.
Senior Associate Professor of Finance/Accounting: BENNETT, GARY K., CPA
Professor of Business Administration/Economics: KHALIL, MOHAMAD A.
Assistant Professor of Accounting/Information Systems: BURNELL, MARY A., CPA
Professor of Business Administration: CASSELL, MACGORINE
Associate Professor of Accounting: LAWRENCE, JOAN, CPA
Assistant Professor of Information Systems: DODSON, TRACIE M.
Professor of Marketing and Management: SURENDRAN, SUNIL
Assistant Professor of Business Administration: GAILEY, EDWARD D.
Assistant Professor of Management and Marketing: WEAVER, ROBERT C.
Assistant Professor of Information Systems: GIORCELLI, REBECCA
Assistant Professor of Information Systems: WILSON, ROGER W.
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Chijioke Okafo's Fresh Calico V2
Chijioke Okafo just built up a fresh Calico V2 and whipped up a sick custom paint job for it. Check out a couple more photos with a parts list after the jump and watch out for Chi's official 'Welcome to the Team' edit, dropping soon. Both him and Jack Leonard have been putting in some serious work on it and it's gonna hit hard. Stay tuned!
Frame: Calico V2
Fork: CKS
Bars: Tabarnak, 8.75″
Stem: Top Shelf
Headset: Integrated
Cranks: Connect
Sprocket: Lambo, 28T
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I have a serious problem.
Since this afternoon my gaming PC's graphics card doesn't work anymore. It shows a garbled view.
I believe it could have something to do with the great heat + great humidity here right now, and if it's only that, then I'm relatively fine and I can hope that it'll work within the next days again.
Otherwise I'd have to buy a new graphics card.
(Or win one at the Games Com,
So please don't count on me unless I inform you of the problem having been solved.
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It's official — Lena Dunham finds herself in the most awkward moments imaginable as Hannah on Girls. We could barely keep our eyes open as we looked back at her most cringe-worthy moments from the show, and we have a feeling you'll be feeling the same way. It's a perfect refresher before the season three premiere this Sunday on HBO.


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The allure of the King Arthur legend has endured centuries and remains popular today. In the hands of Hollywood, the Arthurian legend often takes a bias towards emphasis on the more fantastic elements: the Lady in the Lake and Merlin most prominently. The History Channel has scoured its archives and collected various programs produced on Arthur, presented in a brisk two-disc set appropriately titled "King Arthur and Medieval Britain." Viewers interested in the subject should be warned though, as the two most recent programs in the set date back to 2004, with the oldest stretching almost a decade further, airing original on A&E in 1995. However, don't let that scare you away, because most familiar with the long history of The History Channel, much of the network's finest programming remains far back in its archives, before the days of sensationalism and "reality" programming.
The set begins on a very high note, with the 2004-produced "Quest for King Arthur." Running around an hour-and-a-half and narrated by none other than Patrick Stewart, the program has ample time to cover various aspects of Arthur's life, from his initial claim on the throne, the building of Camelot, quest for the Holy Grail, and eventual demise. The program features strong narration as one would expect from the caliber of Stewart, with historians adding their own thoughts often over recreated footage. While the production does make sure to highlight the major elements of Arthur's life such as his love of Gwenivere and the legendary Excalibur, overall the program attempts to try and dispel rumors and get to the bottom of the case: was there really an Arthur? The evidence laid out, while not nearly as intriguing as the myth it has been built into today, is believable and the viewer is left with some level of closure, despite lingering intrigue.
The same praise can't be heaped onto "King Arthur: His Life and Legends" which frankly, feels incredibly redundant following the superb opening. Produced in 1995 for "Biography" the program is incredibly dated, never stopping to catch its breath during its meager 45-minute runtime. Various historians lend their opinions as well as produce evidence, but viewers not fully captivated by this will fight the urge to tune out as the visuals are limited and bland, often consisting of ancient drawings. For its time and place in the "Biography" series, "King Arthur: His Life and Legends" is a moderately successful program, but placed against the other programs in this set, it feels like unnecessary filler.
To be fair, the same complaints could be leveled against a 1995 episode of "Ancient Mystery" titled "Camelot," but where the previous program is a bit bland and boring, "Ancient Mysteries: Camelot" brings Leonard Nimoy on board as narrator for a 45-minute journey into the life of Arthur, with the underlying question "Was Camelot real?" driving the narrative. At this point in the set, a lot of the information is duplicated, but here the focus is on the big issues in the Arthurian myth, and while "King Arthur: His Life and Legends" had a great quantity of facts, "Camelot" brings the quality. This program mostly survives on nostalgia and Nimoy, which might fairly be lumped together as the same thing. It's no "In Search Of..." but it still retains some minor elements from that classic series.
"Knights and Armor" is the odd-man out in this set but a welcome breath of fresh air. A 90-minute exploration into medieval technology, it has a very relevant place in a set detailing the Arthurian legend. It does an excellent job detailing the various weapons and styles of armor utilized by knights and soldiers of the time. The topics cover ground from how the weapons were used to how they were made and even some time spent on the role of the knight itself is examined. It's not overly flashy and thankfully straight-to-the-point in its approach to educating viewers. When I often rant about what The History Channel has become, it's programs like this that I cite as what made the network popular in the first place. It's inclusion in this set is a logical, welcome inclusion.
Last but not least, we take a journey back to "Ancient Mysteries," this time covering a specific saga in King Arthur's life, his quest for the Holy Grail. Airing in 1997 at the tail end of the series' lifespan, "Ancient Mysteries Quest for the Holy Grail" is another 45-minute, Leonard Nimoy narrated journey into intrigue. While Arthur does play into the saga of the famed chalice, this program is more focused on the overall myth of the Grail itself and might overall, be the most controversial inclusion in the set. Like "Ancient Mysteries: Camelot" there is a sense of fun to the program and the information is delivered at a steady, easily digestible pace. By and large, this program gives viewers a sense of why this was such an important object in history and why Arthur would be compelled to seek it out.
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The 1.33:1 original aspect ratio transfer varies from program to program with "Quest for King Arthur" and "Knights and Armor" looking the best, but just barely. Both feature soft detail, some artifacting and slightly muted colors. The remaining three programs show aspects of video transfer with the "Biography" episode looking the worst in terms of color and detail.
The Dolby Digital English 2.0 audio track is serviceable, with the newer programs having a hint of warmth and depth, with the three 90s era shows having a flat, narration dominant mix.
"King Arthur and Medieval Britain" isn't a spectacular set, but what it lacks in grandiosity, it makes up for in fun. The truth Arthur nut might want to add this set to his or her collection, while everyone else would be best suited with a rental. At the end of the day, only "Quest for King Arthur" and "Knights and Armor" sport solid replay value, with the two "Ancient Mysteries" episodes acting as light entertainment and the poorly aged "Biography" episode disposable filler. Recommended.


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This paper discusses the development of management as a theory and concept through to the present day. The issue of leadership is drawn out as subset of management being the specialist skills and circumstances relating to influencing others for a particular outcome.
Banda, B. (2007) The development of leadership as a subset of management: A historical analysis, Academy of Management Annual Conference, Philidelphia, August


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Shadows for Silence in the Forest of Hell is a novella set in the Cosmere. Who names their daughter Silence, and what does it imply? What is it like to grow up with this name? The answer's built into the concept of a stout pioneer woman who ran an inn on the frontier, drawing the seediest criminals the land had to offer. She'd then track them after they left her inn and murder them for their bounties.
Perfect State sets God-Emperor Kairominas on a date. What happens when the most important man in the world is forced to have dinner with the most important woman in the world?
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"Two Perfect Sanderson Miniatures"
Brandon Sanderson's imagination is prodigal, spitting out richly developed worlds at a rate much too fast for even his breakneck writing to keep pace with. Some of the worlds get long novels, some get very long novels, and some even get whole series of very long novels devoted to them. Some (THE EMPEROR'S NEW SOUL, SHADOWS FOR SILENCE IN THE FOREST OF HELL, and PERFECT STATE) get only novellas. But regardless of the volume of prose, one always has the sense that one is visiting a complete world, with its own history, laws, and tensions. Some visits are brief, some protracted, but all are rewarding.
This program offers the listener two brief visits: two novellas set in different worlds. Both are very interesting and exciting places, with unseen depths we would like to see explored. The experienced Sanderson fan should have no trouble imagining either of them getting its own epic trilogy. A fan who has kept track of his recent output, though, will doubtless realize that he already has too many irons in the fire. We won't get those trilogies, and must be content with miniatures. Both of them are delightful.
"Brilliant novellas"
I loved Shadows of Silence and the concept of Perfect State. Both the novellas develop character and story in the few hours.
Shadows of Silence was very well written and conceptualized. I ended up caring for the characters in just a few hours of reading.
Perfect State character development was a little slow and dull. the concept was brilliant.
Narrators are great as always.
"Great stories"
kate reading was fabulous as usual but i didnt love the other narrator... stories both were fantastic though.
"state is good silence is better"
Perfect state was a 3 star and silence was 4 star yay. I love Brandon Sanderson which is a dedicated writer.
"you want to hear this"
oh my... for such short stories I was completely hooked! my only regret is knowing how they end so I cannot re-enjoy the thrilling twists
"awesome book"
The main character was a bad a** woman who you could not help but love her spunk. Reading about how they lived made you wish the book was longer. You really hated the villain and you were very happy when you saw how Silence defeated him.
"Perfect was great while Shadows... was ok."
I'm a huge fan of Brandon Sanderson. Shadows for silence was good but should have been twice as long. Too many questions were left unanswered and narration was bland. maybe that was the point. 3 stars for this book
On the other hand, Perfect state couldn't be better named. I would like to see more of this world for sure. Anything can happen. 5 stars for this book.
"These were ok listens"
I prefer hearing complete stories. Both of these would make great full length novels but the way they are I am left feeling like I am missing something in the beginning and in the end. These stories are a 3 course meal but only the meat is on the plate.
Impressive performance and an unforgettable story. As always Brandon Sanderson never fails to impress. My favorite author after David gemmell.
"Amazing stories"
Always pleasantly surprised when a short story can give so much satisfaction. Perfect State is such a wonderful story about people in simulated worlds finding it isn't enough for them. I feel so sorry the story ended when there was still more potential adventures that could be built from this.
"Like a Teaser Trailer for something more"
Just enough to get me interested....what a pity these were just novellas! (I'd be clamouring for more, but in order of clamouring priorities, the next Stormlight instalment is at the top of my list)
Both of these stories are short, yet perfectly formed. Helpfully, well narrated too.
Silence: Set in the Cosmere (along with the Mistborn and Stormlight worlds), the characters develop real depth quickly. This world is dark, and the mood sinister. There is so clearly a deeper tale here with the Forescouts, and "the god beyond". This novella is just a window into this world.....
Perfect State: Think medieval fantasia colliding with digital gaming.... It has the same light tone as the Reckoners series. Urban fantasy, almost. Again, this was just scratching the surface of a what could potentially be a really rollicking good yarn. It felt like an introduction to something bigger - and I was left with a sense that the real story was only about to begin with the meeting of the "contents of the closet 10 jars"
If you're a Sanderson fan, you won't be disappointed. As ever, I'm left in awe of the author's endless imagination for new worlds and magic systems.... I'd be more than happy to read the next instalment of either of these.
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|Re: [TenTec] Airpax Breaker Part and Source
|art davis <firstname.lastname@example.com>
|Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <email@example.com>
|Tue, 14 Dec 2010 10:18:41 -0600
Yes they do, but you have to look past the marketing and look at the data sheet. According to the trip curve for their "instant" breakers, the typical operating time for current of 2X the breaker rating is just over 100 milliseconds, where the "non-instant breakers can hang in for over a second at the same current. Definitely faster, but far from "instant". In fact the fastest time they are guaranteed to operate is 10 milliseconds and that's at currents at least 8 X the breaker rating (i.e. 160A for a 20A breaker). > From: firstname.lastname@example.com > To: email@example.com > Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2010 10:49:16 -0500 > Subject: Re: [TenTec] Airpax Breaker Part and Source > > Airpax calls some models "instant," don't they? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "art davis" <firstname.lastname@example.com> > To: "TenTec reflector" <email@example.com> > Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 1:24 AM > Subject: Re: [TenTec] Airpax Breaker Part and Source > > > > I'm no expert, BUT... > > > > be very careful with the use of the term "instant trip" when referring to > > a circuit breaker or fuse. All circuit protection devices take a finite > > amount of time to operate, no matter what type they happen to be. Look at > > the response curves (i.e. trip curves) for any breaker or fuse and you'll > > see that it may be very quick indeed (less than a millisecond in many > > cases) if the fault current is high enough, but not "instant". And in the > > world of semiconductors very quick might not be fast enough. And look at > > the curves to see the level of current that can flow through the device > > without it tripping at all. You might be surprised. I may be wrong but I > > doubt that there is any circuit breaker on the market that, when located > > upstream at the power supply, can operate fast enough to protect > > semiconductors from damage due strictly to overcurrent. If the fault > > current is high enough (many times the circuit breaker rating) they may > > offer some limited protection from the heat generated > > by the overcurrent flowing through the device, but the semiconductor > > itself must be capable of surviving the current in the first place. > > > > The primary reason to specify different response time characteristics > > (trip curves) for circuit breakers (slow blow, fast, etc...) is to make > > sure that the power feeder circuit maintains proper trip coordination > > among the various circuit protection devices in the circuit in case of a > > fault in the wiring upstream of the load. In most power distribution > > systems the fuses and circuit breakers upstream of an end user (i.e. > > radio) are there only to protect the wiring between the power source and > > the load. The load (in this case, the radio) must protect itself > > internally. My guess is that there could be significant damage done > > inside a transceiver long before a 20A breaker all the way back at the > > power supply knew what was happening. > > > > Of course, the flip side to all this is that it couldn't hurt, right? You > > certainly won't have any protection if you don't use something, so put the > > fastest breaker in there that you can find and keep your fingers crossed! > > Just don't call it "instant" > > > > Art, N4UC > > _______________________________________________ > TenTec mailing list > firstname.lastname@example.com > http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list firstname.lastname@example.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec
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