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Hotel de Carnavalet was originally built in 1548-60 on commission by the president of the Parlement of Paris, Jacques de Ligneris. The name Carnavalet comes from its second owner, whose real name was actually Kernevenoy, or Kernevenoch.
The street front on Rue de Sevigné retains only a fragment of the original due to a rebuilding by Francois Mansart in 1655-61. However, Mansart kept the rusticated entrance arch from about 1550, which is commonly attributed to Pierre Lescot. Rusticated arches, inspired by Italian models, already existed at Fontainebleau, at Grotte des Pins or Hotel de Ferrare, but is here much smoother in texture. The relief decorations were added after the house passed to Kernevenoy and features a figure on the keystone, representing abundance, standing on top of a carnival mask, presumably as a pun on the name Carnavalet.
The single storey entrance arch was originally flanked by two pavilions of equal appearance; with ground floor, mezzanine and a top storey with pitched roofs and dormer windows. By 1654, the house had passed to Claude Boisleve, who wanted to increase the floor space. Mansart therefore built over entrance arch and created a new facade, which nevertheless does its best not to overpower the original arch. The additional relief decorations are by Gerard van Obstal.
Mansart also did his best to keep the main features of the courtyard facades, though the gallery on the left was originally a single storey and the wing on the right had been built as stables and was replaced entirely. The main block was reworked by Victor Parmentier during a restoration in 1866-70. The mullioned windows, though not the original dimensions of the windows, were returned, while the balustrades and dormers were based on an engraving from 1650 by Marot, but which probably never existed before. Decorative medallions on the ground floor were also removed and the 17th century mansard roof was replaced with a new sloping roof with a very steep pitch. The relief decorations were part of the original scheme and are allegorical representation of the seasons. They are sculpted in the style of Jean Goujon and may have been executed by him personally. The decorations on the lateral wings, as altered by Mansart, are by van Obstal and executed in the same vein as the originals on the main block.
The statue of Louis XIV was placed in the courtyard in 1890.
The original features of the garden front (right) is not known but may have included some kind of rustication. The arcade running across the middle of the garden was built by architects Felix Roguet and Joseph-Antoine Bouvard after 1871. It includes a central pavilion which originally belonged to Hotel Desmarets, a building by an unknown architect from 1710. Elements of several buildings slated for demolition were added to the new garden wings at this time, as Hotel Carnavalet had been bought by the city of Paris in 1866 and turned into a museum. This includes a frontispiece of the merchant draper's guild from 1660 by Jacques Brand and Arc de Nazareth, which belonged to Palais de la Cité and was built in 1552-56 by Guillaume le Breton.


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Our Attempt at Planning a Family Vacation and Baby's First Fever
We had been planning our vacation to upstate New York for six months. The hotels book up by the end of August, so we made the reservation well in advance. Adrian, my significant other, got his freshwater fishing license, and we ordered our daughter a ton of new summer clothes. Everything was packed, even Grandma, who was accompanying us on the trip because she loves New York and offered to babysit in an attempt to let Adrian and me have some time alone on our vacation.
But plans never work. Not for me, at least. I look at the entire scope of my life and can say that almost anything I planned went awry. I had planned to have a Jewish wedding with a Jewish husband. But when I fell in love, it was with Adrian, a devout Catholic from Mexico. We aren't married, we have a beautiful daughter and nothing went as planned. But still we planned our trip.
The first night at the hotel, our daughter, Helen, seemed different. I couldn't put my finger on it, but something in her personality had shifted. We attributed it to the fact that she had been in the car for five hours with only a few short breaks in between. We also put her to sleep in a Pack 'n' Play instead of a crib, because it's all we had and Helen won't sleep with us. We went to sleep and the next day—our first official vacation day—we went to the lake.
Adrian packed his fishing gear into the car. I planned what food we would eat, what toys Helen would play with and what bathing suits everyone would wear for the photos I planned to take. We propped up a tent with a blanket for Helen. Adrian went off to fish. Grandma and I stayed and played with the baby. At one point I took Helen into the water and she started to fuss. This was also unlike her. Helen loves the water, and she's not usually fussy when it comes to trying new things. But I just thought she was over-stimulated. I'd kept her out of the sun and covered, and I couldn't think of what could be bothering her. So I took her out of the water and we spent the afternoon playing and napping.
When we finally got back to the hotel, Helen had a fever and was crying. I noticed that her eyes looked sick. I did what any new mother with a sick baby in a strange town would do: I freaked out! I took her clothes off and left just her diaper. I washed her with a warm washcloth. I hugged her, I kissed her, I told her everything was my fault and I cried.
This is when being in an interfaith family comes into play. Sometimes interfaith also means inter-culture. Helen is from two distinct and beautiful cultures: Jewish and Mexican. Whereas I was raised to panic and have high anxiety, Adrian grew up in a village where, when a child was sick, you waited before you panicked. I had already gone out to buy Tylenol; Adrian said no Tylenol. I had already gone out to buy canned chicken-noodle soup because I didn't have a kitchen to make soup in; Adrian said chamomile tea. I was taking Helen's temperature with the thermometer every five seconds; Adrian just felt her back. I was taking the baby's clothes off; Adrian said to let her sweat it out and cover her.
So we called the doctor in Brooklyn. I have the best pediatrician in the world, or at least I'd like to think so. Adrian and I have been taking Helen to Tribeca Pediatrics in Boerum Hill since she was two days old. They're a good fit for us because they understand our religious and cultural differences and look at each child as an individual. They know Adrian's concerns about modern medicine and my concerns as a Jewish mother who wants to make everything better with food.
They told us to watch the fever and that Tylenol wasn't necessary, unless Helen couldn't sleep. They said the fever would most likely be gone by Saturday. Saturday came, and a full-body rash came with it. The fever was not down; it was up and down. We called the doctor again. "Give it one more day," was the advice from the other end of the phone. Apparently the rash was a reaction to the virus, and there's no medicine to give a child for a virus. According to Tribeca Pediatrics—and the wise mothers of Mexico—the baby has to fight it.
Adrian did what any father would do when he saw the rash: He freaked out! It was then my turn to assure him that the rash was part of the process. Helen was also getting her big teeth in the back, and in addition to the fever and rash, she was teething like crazy. By Sunday she had no fever and the rash was going away. We went back to the lake. I bought her a teething ring and Adrian bought her a lamb chop, which he cooked on the grill and let cool. She chomped on the lamb-chop bone the whole day, and I think it was better than any teething ring ever made. She was smiling and happy and was her own self again! We planned the rest of the week and then threw the list of plans in the garbage and said, "Let's just play it by ear."
Weddings Speak To All of Us…And We're Listening
Recently I attended a long-time friend's Conservative Jewish wedding, and the event found me reflecting on my own interfaith wedding, now ten years in the past. The wedding took place in the Conservative synagogue she'd attended since her bat mitzvah, a large, well-appointed synagogue outside a major East-Coast city.
The ceremony started in the traditional Jewish way, with the ketubah signing and bedecken, where the groom places a veil over the bride's head and face, in a reference to Jacob's being tricked into marrying Leah instead of her sister Rachel. As two rabbis watched, friends and relatives signed the ketubah, and I felt tears spring to my eyes as I remembered my own friends bending over our ketubah to pen their names in Hebrew characters. Today's bride was one of those friends. My maid of honor was also present at this friend's wedding. She is not Jewish, and had carefully transcribed her name in Hebrew onto my ketubah before also signing in English. Sitting next to me at our mutual friend's wedding, she turned to me and smiled.
Other moments, though, emphasized the difference between this wedding and my own. We chose not to do a bedecken, for example, and our rabbi was all right with this. At my own wedding, my spouse and I each circled the other seven times, and then we circled each other simultaneously once. Yes, I felt dizzy in the ninety-degree heat! At my friend's ceremony, she circled her groom seven times, as is traditional, but he did not circle her. Despite these differences, tears again sprang to my eyes as I saw the bride and groom make faces alternately amused and loving at each other. I remembered my gathered friends and family laughing at the funnier facial exchanges during our own circling.
These small differences, though, hardly bothered me, and in fact, served as pleasant reminders of my ceremony. I find that I cry more at weddings with Jewish elements now than I do at Christian or non-religious ceremonies: the distinctive elements of a Jewish ceremony have such a strong association in my mind.
During that day's wedding ceremony itself, however, my mood shifted as one of the rabbis addressed the couple under the chuppah. First he made the guests laugh: "It is easy to marry the person you love, but much more difficult to love the person you married." A chuckle rose up through the audience, emerging from my own mouth as well.
The rabbi moved on, though, to a comment that gave more pain than amusement. "We have here what could be called a best-case scenario." I expected another amusing quip, but instead, I ended up feeling awkward, and then even angry. "Both the bride and groom come from Jewish families; both of their parents are still married, and both of them also attend the same synagogue," he explained. I felt a sudden stab of anger and even rejection.
By implication, my own marriage was not a best-case scenario, on two counts, no matter how I might feel about it! Not only has my husband married someone who is not Jewish, but he married someone whose parents are no longer themselves together! Did missing two out of three constitute a worst-case scenario, or something in-between?
When I got over my initial shock, I wondered who else in the wood-paneled sanctuary might have felt a sudden jolt of pain at the rabbi's words. Who else there was divorced? Married to the son or daughter of divorced parents? Or (possibly worse!), dating or married to someone of a different faith? It seemed a reasonable guess that these descriptions applied to more than a few people in the room. Was it fair of the clergy to imply that we were all in something less than a best-case scenario?
I could give the rabbi's words a more charitable spin: As the rabbi knew, my friend's mother converted to Judaism prior to marrying her father, making her own inclusion in the "best-case scenario" in some ways a near miss. Perhaps the rabbi's words were meant to sooth any fears the new in-laws' may have had about the Jewishness of their new daughter-in-law? Perhaps he meant only to reinforce her status as a "member of the tribe"?
Whatever the rabbi's reasoning, the fact remains that this was one of the first times when I, even if indirectly or without intention, felt the sting of wider Judaism's fear of intermarriage. Despite that sting, I chose to take the moment as a reminder that we have the responsibility to our partners, of whatever gender or marital status, to create our own best-case scenarios. Those of us who have joined ourselves together with a ketubah have a valid and binding covenant that enjoins us to create our own best-case scenarios, whether those involve intermarriage, divorce in a part of the family or other elements of awkwardness.
As my friend's new husband stomped on the glass (I remembered hoping my new husband would not step on my foot as we crushed the glass together), I resolved, again, to work to create my own best-case scenario for myself, for my husband, for our daughters and for our loved ones.


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On December 20, 2009, Duncan Adams' phone rang. Josh Berman of Level 1 Productions had some news to share.
"It's not 100 percent sure, but it's 99 percent," Berman told Adams. "You got your first Powder cover."
a Breckenridge team rider, had just turned 17. The photo that graced
the cover, shot by Vail-based photographer Jeff Cricco, showed Adams in
perfect form on top of a steep powder spine in Haines, Alaska.
Adams, known by most as a promising pipe skier who took third at the
2008 Dew Tour stop in Breckenridge, the Alaska photo was not only the
biggest thing to happen in his career, but also proof that he was a
more complete skier than anyone realized.
What got lost in
Adams' glowing moment, however, was the event that immediately preceded
its capture. At just 16 years old, he'd flown to Haines to ski some
gnarly lines for one of the industry's leading film companies. He'd
climbed out of the helicopter for their first run, perched on top of a
massive cornice. One guide scrambled to unload their skis from the
basket, while another held the door. A second athlete got out, then a
Suddenly, a huge chunk of cornice calved off the
mountain and began rumbling down the steep mountainside. Adams and
Stefan Thomas, another pro skier, went with it. They fell an estimated
400 vertical feet before coming to rest 100 feet above a giant crevasse.
following morning, still shaken from his near-miss, Adams dropped in to
a spiny line called Dick's Picks. It was the first run he'd ever skied
in Alaska. It became the February 2010 Powder cover.
Adams was
named the No. 3 skier in the world under the age of 18 in the
accompanying story. Berman, an esteemed talent evaluator, was quoted as
saying, "I don't know of anyone outside of Tanner Hall that was on the
podium in a major pipe or slope comp and rounded out their season
shredding big lines in AK. Duncan is well on his way to a long,
successful, and comprehensive professional ski career."
has come far, fast. He grew up in Stowe shredding with his friends, not
skiing in any sort of structured program. "We pretty much just skied
park and all the trees and stuff," Adams recalled from Crested Butte,
after a day of backcountry filming with Level 1.
The son of a
former World Cup racer (his mom is Tiania Tutt, who raced on the U.S.
Ski Team in the late '70s), Adams caught the eye of Berman, Spy's team
manager, when he was 12. His parents soon moved him and his sister
Colby to Breckenridge so they could train full time.
Adams said the Powder cover didn't change much right away. "My sponsors
are the same — they have been pretty much the same since I was 14."
They are: Dynastar, Spyder, Spy, Level Gloves, and Breckenridge.
is already earning a salary in addition to the gear, travel budgets and
incentives — a rare distinction for a skier so young. His largest
salary is $10,000. The largest incentive he received for the Powder
cover was $1,000. "It was a logo-displayed cover," he said, adding:
"But you have to think about the expense that goes into that cover. I
spent $7,000 on the trip."
Still, Adams is happy with where he
is in the industry. "It's starting to work out," he said. "I can pretty
much travel to wherever now, for whatever opportunities that turn up."
year, that means going to Mt. Baker; British Columbia; Aspen for the X
Games; Vermont for the Dew Tour; Laax, Switzerland; Tignes, France, for
the Euro X Games; Aspen last week for a Spyder shoot; Crested Butte;
and he'll finish with a filming trip to Valdez, Alaska, then some park
shoots in Mammoth.
Adams still signs his share of Powder covers
(the issue is on newsstands through the summer) for sponsors and shops,
and when he's at the family's home below Hoosier Pass, he's not above
shoveling the deck or washing dishes.
But things have changed
nonetheless. No longer is he just following the sport's park and pipe
pioneers; he's also absorbing everything he can to become a better big
mountain skier. He admires in particular snowboarder Gigi Rüf, who rips
perilous spines like they're park features; the king of versatility,
Candide Thovex; and the incomparable Sage Cattabriga-Alosa.
But as hungry as he is, Adams is not intimidated.
"Being the youngest," he said, "is something I've gotten used to at this point."


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This is by far the most requested feature (in my opinion) by the users of Windows Mobile devices that I meet wherever I go. "How can I change the UI? How can I replace the Today screen? How can I have my own program launcher?".
Rabi Satter, one of our consultants in the Mobility SST (SWAT) team posted recently about how today, with Windows Mobile 5, you can create your custom shell, although it's more of a hack than anything else.
I can't wait to see more custom shell and skins for Windows Mobile like the JGUI's Vista skin. I know, we don't have support for developers to build that into our shell easily but don't worry, we're working on it. 🙂


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Alexis DeJoria Debuts Tequila Patrόn Funny Car with Great Fanfare in Dallas
Ennis, TX September 24, 2011- NHRA Driver Alexis DeJoria made her long-awaited Nitro Funny Car debut this weekend at the 2011 Texas Fall Nationals, proudly racing her brand new Tequila Patrόn Toyota Camry Funny Car for the first time.
The weekend started off on a great note for the newest member of Kalitta Motorsports. Alexis kicked off her career on Friday afternoon. She was the first pair out the gate and had a good solid run, driving right down the middle of the track, resulting in a 4.281-second, 294.37-mph run. At the end of the first round, Alexis sat comfortably in the number eight spot.
With the support of friends and family by her side, Alexis and the team were feeling good going into the next round. She started off well off the line, but at about halfway through the run, the fuel line separated, causing an engine malfunction. A small burst of flames came from under the car and the engine went silent. The car suffered minor body damage, including a cracked windshield. She ran 4.310-sec at 238.38-mph, dropping her to the number fourteen spot at the end of the round.
Day two, and Alexis' birthday, began with an air of celebration and anticipation. In the third qualifying round of the weekend, Alexis again looked to be good out the gate, but the car dropped a cylinder, pushing her over to the wall. The car smoked the tires at around 300 feet and Alexis shut the car off, resulting in a 5.349-sec at 137.50-mph lap, which put her at number sixteen- aka the 'bump spot.'
The fourth qualifying run of the weekend was the last chance for Team Patrόn to advance to day three. She needed a 4.98 to qualify, but the Tequila Patrόn car lost traction. Knowing it was her last chance, Alexis tried to get the car down the track, pedaling it once, but the tires broke loose a second time and the car got out of shape. While she was forced to shut the car off, she did a good job managing it and keeping it in her lane. Although the weekend was cut short for Team Patrόn, Alexis leaves the track in high spirits.
"We're a new team, and Alexis is a new driver. This weekend was all about getting more time under our belt," Jim Oberhofer, crew chief, said. "I take full responsibility for the car and what happened, but we had some gremlins in the car bite us a couple of times this weekend and that certainly didn't help. We're testing on Monday which will help better prepare us for our next race." He added, "I'm very proud of Alexis and how she drove the car. She did a great job throughout the entire weekend."
"Overall, I was pleased with how my first race went, and really happy we have such a great group of people working with us. I thank my entire team for all their hard work this weekend and am looking forward to our next race," said Alexis.
Alexis DeJoria and the Tequila Patrόn Toyota Camry Funny Car team will compete next at the NHRA Nationals in Phoenix, October 14-16th.


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Which Festivals Are Really Worth the Money?
As a consumer, you have the option to choose from dozens of different festivals with top-notch talent, high-end production, and thousands of beautiful people.
Yet there's still those legacy festivals – the ones that broke into the scene a decade before their present-day counterparts – that have a reputation for being the best.
But do they have the best value?
(Regardless of ranking, it's all smiles for the people at Bonaroo)
The folks over at Pretty Famous decided to compare the value of a handful of 'top tier' festivals to see which fans really win big. The festivals were analyzed by the total number of performers, the cost of attendance, and the number of plays from each festival's top listened to artists.
Lollapalooza won out in the total number of performers for Chicago's annual festival, followed by Coachella.
Although dates aren't made present in the graphic, does Lollapalooza get an unfair advantage with a four day festival? Nor does the graphic mention whether the number of Coachella performers is for a single weekend or across the festival's b2b events.
With the total number of performers at each festival, Pretty Famous then ranked the festivals by the highest number of plays on last.fm for each festival's Top 30 most listened to artists.
Next, each festival was ranked by the price of a general admission ticket. It is important to note that Coachella's $399 ticket price includes service fees...
With these factors considered, Pretty Famous decided that Lollapalooza was the festival with the highest value.
We've got a major beef with these findings though. The method for determining which festivals have the most value is flawed. Last.fm was used as the basis for determining which artists had the largest number of plays. The last time we logged into our last.fm account was 2012, so it's unlikely that the data is accurate or even representative of which artists are actually the most popular.
A larger sample size and a side-by-side play comparison with Spotify would have been more representative of what people are actually listening to, but hey…sometimes that's just marketing.
The festival with the best value is the one that leaves you smiling in a sea of people listening to a song that sends chills down your spine. Now THAT'S priceless.
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Graphs Courtesy of Pretty Famous
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Al Maag, chief comms officer for tech distribution company Avnet and the chairman of the Business Marketing Association (BMA), told us this morning during a visit to the Mediabistro office that Avnet has worked with its PR firm, Brodeur Partners, since 1999. That's rare.
Maag credits the relationship's longevity to a few things some of the standard qualities: they have a similar geographic footprint (Avnet is based in Phoenix where Brodeur has an office, for example), Brodeur's tech capabilities, etc.
But one thing that stood out to Maag was the firm's decision to hire a third-party to handle some of Avnet's media training duties.
"They didn't say they could do everything," Maag said. "They have trainers on staff. But they made sure we had the best person versus their person."
Avnet places a premium on PR, with Maag saying that they prefer it to advertising.
"What folks write is more compelling than us running an ad," he said.
Avnet is in 100 countries with 17,000 employees and 40 divisions. The company has spokespeople across the globe and media training is an ongoing task that Brodeur helps with. (Moreover, Maag praises the "somebody who made the right decision not to charge us for extra services.")
All that said, everyone in the company can speak with the media if they're an expert, Maag said.
"I don't care if the janitor speaks to the press. If you're an expert, you're an expert," he told us.
To that end, C-level executives speak for the company as much as anyone else. This week CEO Rick Hamada would be among those conducting media interviews, speaking with Jim Cramer today at six, according to the Avnet website.
Brodeur also has access to the C-suite to discuss strategy and other matters, Maag said, meeting with the execs at least once per quarter.
"I know when you win," he added. "It's when the C-level wants you in the meeting."
And Avnet thinks a continuous search for a firm is a waste of time.
"I don't understand why people continually do the RFPs. The time wasted when you could've been doing PR makes no sense. You check out the credentials and after a while, you have to be comfortable with who you're married to," he says.
Of course, that comfort level is reached when you see results, which Maag said Avnet has gotten. According to the chief comms officer, among Avnet and its competitors, Avnet gets 50 percent of the media coverage.
As we mentioned previously, Avnet has a favorable attitude towards PR, which includes a willingness to try something new. The company is very active with video, opting to launch its own channel rather than going on YouTube. Not because they don't like it, said Maag. But as a B2B company and with the volume of clips on YouTube, Avnet couldn't be sure how much attention they would get on the site.
Rather, on its webpage, the company links to products, white papers, and other content for visitors. They'll even post videos for other companies, like Texas Instruments, complete with the other company's logo.
This open-mindedness goes for other platforms as well, including Facebook and Twitter. As long as it's focused on the B2B space, it basically up for grabs.
Speaking of B2B, the BMA is focused on B2B organizations, and they've announced today that pre-registration is open for its 2012 international conference, taking place in Chicago May 30 through June 1. Speakers from Motorola, Dow Corning, and other companies are already confirmed. To learn more about the conference, click here.


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A new program called Autography will allow fans to digitally collect an author signature—and a photo posing with an author—and insert it into an e-book, creating something like a signed copy of a print book. (New York Times)
Yesterday the PEN American Center awarded imprisoned Iranian writer and lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh its 2011 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award, which honors "international literary figures who have been persecuted or imprisoned for exercising or defending the right to freedom of expression."
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Borders has been trying to explain why it plans to recommend $8.3 million in bonuses for executives in a year the company went bankrupt. (Publishers Weekly)
From the Guardian: A childhood poem of David Foster Wallace's was found in the archives of his papers at the Harry Ransom Center in Texas. According to the discoverer of the early verse, it's "pretty powerful stuff."
As the home run king of baseball, Barry Bonds, is convicted of obstruction of justice in a performance-enhancing-drugs case this week, Jacket Copy points out two books that help explain the backstory.
Salman Rushdie has a new job: selecting ten classic American books to put in each hotel room at Andre Balazs's Standard Hotel in New York City, where folks will be staying for the PEN World Voices Festival later this month. (New York Post)


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TONY PULIS, the Stoke City manager, faces another test of his authority after forward Tuncay Sanli reacted petulantly to his substitution in the 53rd minute at the Britannia Stadium on Saturday and flounced out of the ground early.
It is the second time this season that the Turkey striker has left the ground before his team-mates returned to the dressing room. Pulis, who has also had to deal with the fallout of an alleged head-butting incident with James Beattie, now has to decide whether to sanction the player.
Beattie has been frozen out after his altercation with the Stoke manager and looks set to leave the club this summer. Tuncay has struggled to hold down a regular place since joining from Middlesbrough for £5m last August as Stoke have continued to overachieve.
In November, after Abdoulaye Faye was sent off in a 2-1 defeat by Hull City, Tuncay was replaced in a tactical reshuffle only seven minutes after coming on as a late substitute and ran down the players' tunnel to leave the KC Stadium by taxi.
Tuncay and Mamady Sidibe were withdrawn nine minutes into the second half of Saturday's match against Aston Villa. As the crowd booed the decision, the former Fenerbahce player ignored Pulis as he ran straight for the exit.
Ricardo Fuller and Dave Kitson, the substitutes, promptly helped Stoke to lift their game, the latter linking the play well and Fuller coming close to scoring on four occasions.
"I don't have to justify my substitutions to Tuncay or anybody else," Pulis said. "I do it because I feel it's right for the team, it's nothing personal."
Fuller has also provided Pulis with plenty of man-management challenges. Most recently, he was arrested after an incident in a nightclub before charges against him were dropped.
In Stoke's previous home game, a 3-1 defeat by Arsenal, Ryan Shawcross left the ground after he was sent off for the challenge that left Aaron Ramsey with a double fracture of his right leg. On that occasion, Pulis had nothing but sympathy for the player.
In a rigorous battle on Saturday, Villa showed all the mettle that has earned them the best defensive record in the Premier League. Richard Dunne and James Collins, in particular, were "really great", according to Martin O'Neill, their manager.
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As a consumer of electrical items, you are entitled to bring your waste electrical equipment to your electrical retailer when purchasing an item of similar type. Waste batteries can be brought back to any battery retailer that sells similar batteries, even if you don't purchase anything. WEEE and waste batteries can also be brought to your local civic amenity site free of charge. For further information or to find your nearest civic amenity site, visit recyclefree.ie.
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Tortillas filled with cheddar cheese, portabello mushrooms, and spinach. Cut in fours and serve with guacamole and sour cream. Enjoy!
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Lovebean Dairy Free Super Food Chocolate and Caramel Spreads Review!
Spread on a little love with Lovebean Superfood fudge spread !
Lovebean superfood fudge is a raw spread that is not only the perfect topping for any baked good but is also vegan, Paleo and raw!
Lovebean Fudge spreads are made from organic ingredients and are based with coconut oil providing us with healthy fats plus rich in antioxidants.
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It all began with the intent to create the most delicious chocolate bar in Costa Rica where Mr. Lovebean was residing out by the breathtaking beaches, all of the ingredients were there but finding chocolate that was not only organic but healthy too was next to impossible at local retailers.
He then realized just how much hard work went into making chocolate bars entailed so he chose a different route and concocted Lovebean Fudge !
Lovebean Fudge provides a creamy yet delectable texture and taste that any chocoholic is sure to love! It's thick, it's creamy, it's chocolaty, and so delicious no matter what you pair it with from fruit to ice cream it's insanely fudgey!
Lovebean superfood spreads are available in four flavors
*Original Coconut
*Raw Chocolate
*Roasted Hazelnut
*Sea Salt Caramel
Growing up as a kid my all time favorite treat from our local ice cream shoppe was an ice cream sundae maybe it was the hot fudge and how it melted hitting the cold ice cream.
With each spoonful it had the perfect ratio of ice cream and hot fudge and what's a sundae without the cherry?
What's not to love when you've got thick and creamy chocolate fudge on top of your favorite ice cream? That's right there is nothing better first you get that cool refreshing yet creamy ice cream and that warm gooey rich decadent chocolate only with Lovebean it doesn't melt it hardens like magic shell only healthier!
Makers of Lovebean were more than kind enough to send me samples of their spreads to try out for review and being that I love desserts I couldn't wait to taste them!
Here are the flavors that I received to facilitate this review.
Raw Chocolate:
Thick decadent rich smooth chocolate with a slighty nutty taste of coconut making it the perfect spread for any cake, brownie even muffins or as an ice cream topping! I was in for a real treat because as soon as the fudge hit the ice cream it formed into magic shell and for good measure I added in some chocolate chips and a cherry!
Roasted Hazelnut:
This spread made for the perfect spread on top of hazelnut muffins it provided a thick texture with it's creamy rich chocolate giving a slight crunch of roasted hazelnuts that were absolutely divine !
Sea Salt Caramel:
Rich and buttery gooey stringy caramel sprinkled with a touch of sea salt that will provide you with a luscious experience ! I added a drizzle of caramel to some dairy free chocolate ice cream and topped it off with a sliver of Hail Merry's Almond Butter Tart !
I enjoyed each Lovebean fudge flavor they were sweet but not too sweet and didn't offer any weird yucky after taste as other spreads do each unique and flavorful in their own special way!
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There are a few things that pretty much everyone knows about Walmart:
1. They sell a lot of stuff!
2. They have great prices!
3. You can spend a lot of money in their stores!
But, while there are many reasons to do a good deal of your shopping in this type of large-scale retail environment, there are still some products that are better bought online, and Garcinia Cambogia seems to be one of them. So, before you head out to buy your Garcinia Cambogia at Walmart, here is some information that might help you decide.
What Is Garcinia Cambogia?
This is a natural weight loss product that is made from the extract of the tamarind fruit, which is a small pumpkin-looking fruit that is grown in certain parts of India. This fruit is extremely high in anti-oxidants, which we all know are great for your body, help to slow down the aging process, fight disease, and even inhibit the storage of fat.
How Does This Supplement Work?
This is one of the few natural products that actually attacks your weight problem on two fronts - it deals with hunger and it deals with stored fat. First and foremost, the extract from the tamarind fruit is known as an appetite suppressant, which means that you will feel less hungry throughout the day and you will eat less at each meal. That is obviously a big selling point.
The other benefit of taking this product is that it helps to burn off the fat you already have while also preventing more fat from forming. So, you should see a weight loss in addition to a drop in size, especially around the middle of your body.
Where Can You Buy Garcinia Cambogia?
This is perhaps the trickiest aspect of the product, because it is extremely new and everyone is jumping onto the Garcinia Cambogia bandwagon. This product was initially only sold in health food stores, but when the story launched on a recent television program about how successful this product was, everyone sold out of it.
A lot of people wanted to know if they could buy Garcinia Cambogia at Walmart, but because this is an enormous chain of stores, they are unable to act quickly enough to satisfy their buyers. It can take months for a new product to make it into Walmart stores. So, if you were able to buy Garcinia Cambogia at Walmart, then you were one of the few who did.
The good news is that you can now buy this supplement for weight loss online, where it is not only cheaper than it is at Walmart, but you will get a money back guarantee.
What Kind of Guarantee Will You Get?
There aren't a lot of retail stores that will give you a guarantee on the effectiveness of a diet pill, and that is why you don't want to buy Garcinia Cambogia at Walmart. When you buy it online, you will have a full 30 days to try it out and if it doesn't work for you (or you don't like it for any reason), you can return it.
This is obviously reason enough to buy this product other than at the large superstores, and when you go to one of the Garcinia Cambogia retailers, you will be able to learn more about what this powerful anti-oxidant, appetite suppressant, and fat burner can do for you, too.
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Obesity is on the rise in the United States, and those who suffer from this condition often feel overwhelmed when it comes to losing their excess pounds. Many people are turning to dietary supplements to aid in their efforts. Numerous supplements are giving people a boost of energy and jump starting the fat burning process. Thus providing the motivation to forge ahead.
What is a Dietary Supplement?
By definition a dietary supplement is something you eat or drink, and may come in pill, capsule, tablet or liquid form. They are usually vitamins, herbs or minerals, and are available as prescriptions, online, in health food stores, department stores, grocery stores or pharmacies. These are not regulated by the FDA, and although manufacturers are not allowed to state their products can treat or prevent an illness or disease, they are allowed to say that their supplements can give to a person's health and well-being. However, most active ingredients have been used for centuries to cure illness.
Types of Dietary Supplements
People trying to lose weight and maintain optimal health have a myriad of choices when it comes to dietary supplements. There are thermogenic fat burners, stimulant-free thermogenics, appetite suppressants, and thyroid regulators. Many are available over-the-counter, however, if someone is dangerously obese, their doctor may choose to prescribe a dietary supplement in conjunction with dietary changes and an exercise routine.
Common Dietary Supplements
Alli, an over-the-counter version of the prescription medication Orlistat, helps reduce the amount of fat your body absorbs from the food you eat.
CLA helps reduce body fat while increasing lean muscle mass. The muscle mass you have the more fat you burn for a longer period, even while you sleep.
Hydroxycitric acid prevents your body from storing carbohydrates as fat, and suppresses appetite as well. It comes from the fruit garcinia cambogia, which is similar to the citrus found in other fruits such as oranges.
Using the spice cayenne, or the substance capsicin helps suppress hunger and burn fat simultaneously.
Drinking green tea per helps both burn fat and boost metabolism due to the polyphenols it has. These are plant substances derived from plants containing antioxidants--these serve to protect the body from cell damage and free radicals responsible for cancer.
Dr. Oz's Picks
Dr. Oz is the world's most famous weight loss advocate and cardiologist, advocating for Americans to get healthy and lose weight. His goal is for everyone to eat healthy and get moving. He does, however, have a special list of dietary supplements he believes helps in the weight loss process. If a supplement makes the Dr. Oz list, you know it is not only safe, but effective as well.
His first choice is Calcium Pyruvate. Although he explains that calcium is naturally occurring in the body, he believes adding an extra 1,000 mg per day in supplement form before meals expedites the fat burning process. The calcium complements the pyruvate, helping it enter fat cells quickly, than firing up the cells to burn fat more efficiently and quickly.
Next on his list is chitosan, a derivative of the exoskeleton of shellfish. Chitosan prevents fat from entering the intestines, allowing only healthy food to enter.
Finally he recommends Gamma-Linolenic Acid. Found in primrose and black currant seed, this omega-6 fatty acid forces fat cells to release excess fat from the body.
The Role of Exercise
No matter how effective these supplements are, they are not a magic cure for obesity. People must do their part as well to reach their weight loss goals. This includes exercise. Regular physical activity, which can include 45 to 60 minutes of walking, swimming, biking or dancing five days a week, helps burn calories and fat, ultimately shedding excess weight. To burn fat even faster, two to three times per week a person should strength train. This can include lifting free weights, working out on a home gym or performing abdominal exercises.
Losing weight takes time, motivation and dedication. However, a person can make it easier on themselves by adding a dietary supplement to their regime. Choose carefully based on each need. Additionally, a person should always check with their doctor to make sure any medications or health conditions will not interfere with their chosen supplement.
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This question arises in the minds of all mothers nursing their newborns. Well, it has been scientifically proven that Garcinia extract contains no harmful side effects or life threatening repercussions. However, breastfeeding and pregnant women should refrain from using the same without consulting their medical experts and advisers.
What is Garcinia Cambogia?
The potential adverse effects of this supplement for lactating mothers can be best understood by taking a closer look at its ingredients, history and mechanism of working.
Garcinia Cambogia is typically a type of fruit which resembles a small pumpkin. Grown mostly in Central Africa, India and regions of South East Asia, it has been used as a part of the staple diet for thousands of years. Garcinia has a filling effect, is affordable and can be used to make a variety of dishes. It was used as survival food by travelers covering long distances in ancient times.
What Are Some Of The Ingredients?
Until recently, there were very few reports regarding the ingredients of Garcinia Cambogia. According to experts, it contains a compound known as HCA (Hydroxycitric acid). HCA has a positive effect on weight loss and has been used by people looking for easy means of losing weight.
How Does It Work?
HCA, the most active ingredients of Garcinia Cambogia supplements serves to inhibit the production of an enzyme called Lyase. Lyase is responsible for restricting the conversion of carbohydrates into glycogen and glucose. Glucose and glycogen are stored in the body as fats and are used to provide energy to the body.
Since the extract contains HCA, it brings about an improvement in the communication channels connected with the mind and body and provides a sense of fullness. This in turn prevents hunger pangs in people wanting to lose weight. The "feel good" hormones generated by the body also keep emotional eating at bay.
Why should Garcinia Cambogia be Avoided by Breastfeeding Mothers?
HCA effects the supply of vital nutrients in the body and brings about changes in the functioning of the metabolic system. Apart from heightening the rate of metabolism, it also brings about a sense of fullness which encourages lactating mothers to indulge in under eating. It has an adverse effect on the blood sugar levels of the breastfeeding mothers as well.
As these drastic changes are not safe for infants and lactating mothers; most health experts advice breastfeeding and pregnant women to stay away from Garcinia Cambogia supplements. Diabetics and patients suffering from the signs and symptoms of Alzheimer's disease should also avoid taking the extract without their doctor's recommendations.
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Tarpley will be on hand to take pictures with Canstruction® Madison teams and sign autographs for event attendees. She will also choose two teams (including a youth only team) to win the coveted "Judge's Choice" award.
Canstruction® Madison is a competition where local businesses build incredible, highly imaginative structures out of canned goods and packaged food. After the structures are built and the winners are declared, all food used in the structures is donated to the MOM Food Pantry. Teams plan their structures weeks in advance, and then come together on the day of the event to build their displays. Prior to the evening event, the structures are judged by design professionals and community leaders. Many awards are given, including youth only categories and one chosen by the Celebrity Judge. The final award is decided by the community, who vote for the People's Choice Award. Trophies are awarded for use of color, creativity and engineering. During the first three years, the event raised nearly 150,000 pounds of food in total.
Middleton Outreach Ministry has seen an increase in use of services. MOM, which works to prevent homelessness and end hunger in the West Madison, Middleton and Cross Plains areas, distributed approximately 800,000 pounds (or 400 tons) of food in 2012, enough to fill 20 semi-trucks. This is up nearly 7% from 2012. MOM's Eviction Prevention program also prevented approximately 250 families from being evicted from their homes and kept the lights on for 740 people, 50% of whom were children.
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LSU's star running back Leonard Fournette has officially signed with Jay Z's Roc Nation Sports, which represents current NFL stars like Dez Bryant, Todd Gurley, Victor Cruz and Ndamukong Suh.
Fournette has also announced that he has played in his last college game and won't be suiting up for the Citrus Bowl on New Year's Eve to ensure that he's fully healthy for the upcoming NFL Draft. An ankle injury has caused him to miss five games this season alone.
"This is one of the hardest decisions I've ever had to make, not playing in the bowl, but it's best for me and my future," Fournette said. "It was hard telling the guys. I love them dearly. You grow so close together through this. I'll forever thank them and support them."
Stanford's Christian McCaffrey also wants to be in tip top shape for the Draft and announced that he'll be skipping his team's matchup against North Carolina in the Hyundai Sun Bowl Game as well.
Both of their decisions to sit out the bowl games have been met with criticism from some current and former NFL players, including Donovan McNabb who is "worried about the example this sets for the kids." For the record, McNabb has two DUIs.
"I don't agree with this. It sets a bad examples for the kids."— Mike & Mike (@MikeAndMike) December 19, 2016
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All these young guys deciding to skip their bowl games 🤔.I would do anything to play one more time with my brothers in that scarlet and gray— Ezekiel Elliott (@EzekielElliott) December 19, 2016
And there is a difference between not coming back for your last year and not finishing your last season.— Ezekiel Elliott (@EzekielElliott) December 19, 2016
My bad though I didn't realize they were already battling injuries. So I guess it makes sense.— Ezekiel Elliott (@EzekielElliott) December 19, 2016
I just know how much I loved my university and the guys I played with. My last game was the most memorable moment from my college career.— Ezekiel Elliott (@EzekielElliott) December 19, 2016
I hate players skipping bowls. But I get it. It's a complicated issue.— Danny Kanell (@dannykanell) December 19, 2016
I'd want to play another game w/ my boys. Are you kidding me? Ask any player from my generation-Should skip whole year if that's the concern https://t.co/PVoKaDgjzV— Kirk Herbstreit (@KirkHerbstreit) December 19, 2016
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Paleontologists have long been puzzled by the so-called Cambrian explosion some 540 million years ago, when most of the great phyla that were to dominate the subsequent history of life appeared, in geologic terms, quite suddenly. Whereas many Precambrian fossils were known, none of them contributed much to an understanding of the remarkable increase in animal diversity at the start of the Cambrian Period. During the year a report drawn from knowledge of developmental biology offered an explanation for the lack of any evidence that would presage the dramatic events that were to occur at the beginning of the Cambrian. E. Davidson and R.A. Cameron of the California Institute of Technology and K. Peterson of the University of California, Los Angeles, argued that before such wide diversification could occur, organisms had to overcome a barrier that limited their size and complexity by restricting to about 10 the number of times a fertilized egg could divide. According to the authors, the solution lay in the appearance of cells, of a kind found in the embryos of some organisms living today, that are not destined to develop into a particular kind of tissue. It was those cells, the authors contended, that may have provided an opportunity for the evolution of much larger and more complex organisms. Davidson and his colleagues concluded that this crucial development would have taken place in soft-bodied, embryolike animals, which almost never would have left any trace, hundreds of millions of years before the Cambrian explosion.
Clusters of fossil dinosaur eggs presumed to be the remains of nests have been known for decades. A discovery in south central Mongolia, however--an example of the recent continuing Chinese-U.S. cooperation--appeared to demonstrate that dinosaurs not only laid eggs in clutches but tended to them as well. In a press conference at the American Museum of Natural History, New York City, it was announced that the skeletal remains of an oviraptor, a toothless predaceous dinosaur about the size of an ostrich, were found positioned with at least 15 eggs in such a way as to suggest that the animal had been sitting on the eggs when it was killed in some catastrophic event, perhaps a sandstorm, in the late Cretaceous Period about 80 million years ago. The eggs, which measured about 18 cm (7 in) long, were found arranged in a circular pattern under the skeleton. Mark Norell of George Washington University, Washington, D.C., who found the specimen, pointed out that, judging from the skeleton, oviraptors were more closely related to birds than to other meat-eating dinosaurs--which perhaps accounted for the birdlike brooding behaviour.
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I've been a fan of fantasy literature since I was a kid, and of late I find that I really like political intrigue in my fantasy. I just finished Martin's excellent A Song of Ice and Fire books, and since I now have to wait for book six, I'm looking for a new good epic fantasy series to read.
I just picked up the first Witcher book (Blood of Elves), but I have to wait for the rest of those to be translated as well, so no go there. :-/ I'm looking for something akin to Ice and Fire- well-written, good prose, political intrigue, interesting characters, grittier setting, etc.
Go nuts if you've got a recommendation. Feel free to love all over a book you enjoy, I'll be sure to take any recommendations into account. :)
EDIT: Thank you all for the wonderful suggestions. I'm definetly going to check out these books, oughta keep me busy for a while. xD Thanks again!
Robin Hobb's Liveship Traders is pretty good.
Has some interesting politics, great character development and some great original lore.
Well of course there's The Lord of the Rings, but that's not particularly similar to A Song of Ice and Fire, despite what people say.
If you want a good and long fantasy series, I suggest the 'Malazan Book of the Fallen' series by Steven Erikson. IT's chock-full of interesting characters and has a very gritty setting though it might be a little light on the political intrigue.
I have two of The Witcher books in english, enjoyed both though read them a while ago. Never managed to get into Song of Ice and Fire. A third of the way through I realised I couldn't empathise with any characters, didn't like the world or care what happened :\ Like you though, I'm a big fan of fantasy writing with plenty to recommend.
There's the obvious "Wheel of Time" series by the late Robert Jordan (last book is being written by Brandon Sanderson, due out this or next year). It's the single mosst epic series in the genre bar none. Characters are great, world is interesting and immersive and there are some great story arcs and developments throughout.
Beyond that, I'm a big fan of Jennifer Fallon and Fiona McIntosh. Fallon's "Second Sons" trilogy is a brilliant twist on epic fantasy (it's basically all about a world without magic, but in which people are still fooled by it. It uses the precept "Anything sufficiently advanced to a primitive people, will be as magic". Dirk is a wonderful protagonist. The "Tide Lords" quartet is phenomenal, probably my favourite series atm. It's a little cheesy at times but the characters are simply brilliant. Cayal in particular is an incredible character, deeply flawed and you just want to hear everything he has to say. He's an immortal Tide Lord, one of about 20 that roam the world, and he's suicidal. The very concept of an immortal desperate to kill himself but unable to do so is simply genius. A real page turner.
For McIntosh, her "Quickening" and "Percharon" sagas are great. The first is classic high fantasy with real despicable villains, an epic love story and some interesting twists. The latter is a fascinating world and a love story to challenge Shakespeare himself. Also full of really evil villains. I guess when McIntosh does a villain, she really pulls out all stops to make them as hated and horrid as possible. I didn't really like her "Valisar" series much. There were very few likeable character and I didn't much care what happened to them, except for one or two who were killed off :\ If you read the last book and ignored the first two, it would be a lot more enjoyable.
Lastly, I will mention Robin Hobb. The "Farseer" and "Tawny Man" trilogies both tell the story of Fitz, a royal bastard and assassin. "Tawny Man" I believe is set about 15 years after the first trilogy IIRC. It's told from the first person which is great in itself, really allowing you into Fitz's mind and thoughts. You will really get to know him so well it's scary. There are some great "set pieces", a lot of mystery, some real tear jerker moments and a great cast of characters.
I could recommend more, but those are my best picks and this post is already immense. If I had to suggest one series, it would be "Tide Lords" but I highly recommend all the above.
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I would recommend The Riftwar Saga by Raymond E. Feist, as well as anything written by Terry Pratchett.
Well obviously Lord of the Rings if you haven't already. The Inheritance (Eragon) series is really good in my opinion but it might be a bit too simple for experienced readers. Most hardcore fans of fantasy I know absolutely hate the Inheritance series
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Then there's Matthew Stover's Acts of Caine. Simply stunning. Easily one of the best series I've ever read -- an instant classic. Nobody does action better than Stover.
Also try Joe Abercrombie's First Law trilogy. This one's gritty.
R. Scott Bakker's Prince of Nothing is awesome as well. It's to the Crusades what ASoIaF is to the War of the Roses. Really amazing.
There's also the Gentlemen Bastard sequence by Scott Lynch. Good stuff.
Tad Williams' Memory, Sorrow and Thorn isn't particularly dark or gritty but it's a good one too.
Finally, I second Jennifer Fallon's The Second Sons trilogy. Sci-fi dressed up as fantasy done right.
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Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind. It's absolutely full of win.
Thought about that too, of course. Decided against mentioning it because quite a few people hate Goodkind for this series. His books are filled to the brim with Objectivism and then some (*hint* Faith of the Fallen *hint*). The first book -- Wizard's First Rule -- is easily the best so there's that.
Anyways, Greg Keyes' The Kingdom of Thorn and Bone is also very good. You may also enjoy some of K. J. Parker's trilogies but Parker is a hate/love thingy. I liked his/her Devices and Desires trilogy the most. Oh, don't forget Peter V. Brett's Demon Cycle.
All these books should keep you reading for a while.
I wouldn't call myself "hardcore", though for all I know I may well be the dictionary definition of the term, but I detested it. I don't know what it was that drove me to read the whole thing...maybe because I'd started so figured I ought to finish.
Paolini isn't a bad writer per s�, but he's a terrible story teller. The characters were lifeless and bland, the "love story" was abysmally told and all I could think of was that Eragon was a stupid child who simply didn't learn anything at any point. The villains were so stupidly powerful, along the lines of Superman, that even the battle scenes were tedious to read.
The thing that really got the bit between my teeth (and this is a MAJOR SPOILER for anyone who plans to read it) is when whatshername leading the Varden is captured and imprisoned by Galbatorix. He decides to physically torture her, despite that by his own admission he could "rip" anything he wanted straight from her mind. This was the most ridiculous thing in the whole series, making no sense whatsoever. Nothing of the little we knew of the character would suggest he would have done that and all it served was to make him more evil to the reader. Why didn't he just cook babies for cyring out loud? Oh and of course he dressed entirely in black, because that's clearly what villains do. The most powerful man in the world and undisputed leader of the mankind, with the ability to simply pluck thoughts from peoples' minds would not resort to petty physical torture, especially not when an army is at his city's gates, especially not with his lofty plans and goals, especially not with his timetable, especially not when considering *any* of his previous motivations until that point.
Sorry, I went on a rant there. It could have been great high fantasy. The farmboy becomes dragon rider, chased out of village by nazgul...errr...insect people, whatever, is unoriginal but I can live with that. But the characters were all wooden and uninteresting, couldn't have cared less what happened to any of them. The end was pretty atrocious too and completely unsatisfying, though in fairness to Paolini he kinda painted himself into a corner with that. Tedious, infuriating, boring, unsatisfying. The nicest things I can say about Eragon.
It's pretty good, though I would skip books 4/5-8. They add nothing to the story and aren't particularly interesting either. Not badly written, but even skipping them they wouldn't add much to the story. Except for "Faith of the Fallen". That and "Wizard's First Rule", and the last in the series "Confessor" are all bloody brilliant.
That sports match in the last book is some of the best written action I've ever read. That whole scene and the chapters either side of it are simply superb and Goodkind's finest. Also, Nicci is totally hot and she'd totally get it. :-) The whole thing with the sculpture in "Faith of the Fallen" also was really amazing storytelling.
I'm one of the haters, and I'd recommend reading Wizard's First Rule - it's moderately entertaining - and skipping the rest. Terry Goodkind is full of crap. After his initial success he seemed to decide that he couldn't write another book without beating the reader over the head with objectivist bollocks.
I'm with JCD on Joe Abercrombie's First Law trilogy. And Brandon Sanderson too, Mists and his new one. Hmm, Robin Hobb's Assassin trilogy (err, that wasn't its name, but the main character's name is Fitz! You should be able to find it) had its fair share of politics too.
CJ Cherryh's Fortress books (Fortress of Owls might have been the first one?) is very politics heavy, loooots of dialogue.
Oh oh oh and when you get tired of the more traditional fantasy, check out China Mieville. He does toss in some of his political leanings, but the imagination of the man is. . .well, it leaves me speechless. Perdido Street Station is the first book out of the fantasy trilogy, but many argue The Scar is where it's at. Personally I've enjoyed every book he's written, faults and all.
Bioshock was basically entirely about Objectivism, and I still really enjoyed it. A writer can preach all he/she wants on a subject, as long as they tell a good story I could care less.
READ THEM AGAI... lol, no, just kidding. xD There's always that series that you just can't get in to. I could see that happening for some people with Ice and Fire.
Thanks for the recommendations. I've heard good things about Wheel of Time, I'll probably check it out soon enough.
It's funny, I read those books when I was in middle school (waaaay back when the second book came out). I remember loking them then, but I couldn't bring myself to reread them. I started to notice quite a few part where he cribbed from other sources, and the main plot (I think) is pretty forgettable. Doesn't help that I managed to predict how the series would end almost wholesale once Book 4 came out.
I think it's very impressive that he got a book published at such a young age, it's very lucky for him (and rather inspiring for my younger self). I do think his writing matures as the books go on, so hopefully if he starts a new series it'll be a little more original.
The Faarseer trilogy and The Tawny Man trilogy. Didn't read the others but these two are brilliant.
Ahhh, thank you! Yes, both of those put me through the full run of emotions.
Liveship was. . .different, but I enjoyed it very much at the time (some of the characters irritated me very much).
Soldier Son trilogy was amazing for its take on clashing cultures (civilization vs savagery), as well as socially acceptable beauty standards (fat vs fit) . . .but I didn't actually finish the last book (I got frustrated with how she was choosing to get her point across in the last one).
I have not read the latest, and I'm not sure I want to.
This is a good suggestion, i'd also recommend all the other books in the series though. (Farseer trilogy and Tawny man trilogy)
Another recommendation would be the Dragonriders of Pern series, very good books in my opinion.
More horror/ urban fantasy than proper fantasy, but Sergie Lukyanenko's (hope i spelled that right)'Night Watch' series is pretty good.
I quite liked Trudi Canarvan's books as well, although i would say read either the 'Black Magician' series or the 'Priestess of White' series, but not both because they are the same story. Seriously, same mechanics for the magic, cut and paste protagonists etc. Either one is good, but i felt cheated after reading both.
I can also heartily recommend the first trilogy of Stan Nicholls 'Orcs' series.
I'd recommend the Warhammer books, particularly Caledor. I've never played the table top game but the books are an excellent read.
BioShock was about objectivism. That's not the same thing as promoting objectivism - if anything BioShock is a cautionary tale, whereas Goodkind's books eventually turn into little more than thinly-veiled propaganda.
I had thought to mention Canavan, but decided against it. Sonea and whatever her name is in Priestess of the White are interesting enough characters, but noone else in the series' is of any interest whatsoever. The magic seems like something out of a kids book, the robe/mage school thing as well is just a little naf. She's a bloody good writer, and a very good storyteller, but she's told uninsteresting stories.
The latest series follows Sonea's son's adventures with a side-plot of thieves guild shennanigans. Neither are interesting and the plot seems forced. Many decisions made simply don't make sense in context but they're made anyway. At any given time, I probably only really cared about one character and the rest was just tedious. I would go so far as to call her son a bit of a pr**k and certainly not protagonist material. Not a scratch on Hobb, Fallon or McIntosh's characters.
I would have happily read a plot summary of the entire book and skipped reading it myself. I actually cannot name any characters in the book except for Sonea and Ceri, that's how forgettable and uninteresting they are. Take Jordan's Wheel of Time characters however, and I could tell you every characters backstory with about 75% accuracy, along with Eddings, Goodkind and Hobb.
Wholeheartedly agree here. While Richard Cypher/Rahl's opposition to everything branded "destiny" (this in spite of the fact that he's observably fulfilled it at every step of the way) and constant yammering about free will, right to choose, etc got old, fast. Goodkind was browbeating us with philosophical nonsense that BioShock handly superbly. Ryan makes a point, Ryan even gives up his life to make it. And when it's made, it's a shock and sets the tone for the player's actions and that's the end of it.
SoT doesn't stop. I have actually come to detest the word "prophecy" in any form simply because of how frequently it is used in SoT (and again in Omen Machine). I have no trouble with author projection, or using his works to promote his personal philosophy to a small degree, but the constant, unceasing browbeating was hard to bear. The saving grace was that there was enough stuff of interest going on that one could forget (if not forgive) the philosophical nonsense.
I have to admit though the people and attitude of the Old World never sat right with me. It was simply hard to believe but we had to go along with it for the story to make sense.
It's a comic instead of a novel, and it's not fantasy in the sense of most of the stories in this thread, but Fables is fantastic, and I recommend it to everyone. It's about how all the characters of fairy tales and fables and mythology all get driven from their mythical homelands and have to live in secrecy in New York. It's got interesting spins on a lot of established characters, like how Prince Charming gets into bed with every girl he meets and then takes advantage of them until he gets bored, or how Cinderella is a poor shopowner by day and a secret agent by night, or how the Big Bad Wolf is sheriff of Fabletown. It's got great characters and great villains, and the art is fantastic. The story starts running out of steam after the first great conflict is resolved about 80 issues in, but it's definitely worth a read.
Not really in the same vein as the fantasy mentioned here, but Terry Pratchetts Discworld novels have a lot going for them.
This. This right here. The Discworld novels are some of the funniest things I have ever read, and have done a real number on my view of the world of fantasy. Out of curiosity, which one did you start out with?
Thief Of Time. I've read several of them since, but that's probably still my favourite, or maybe Night Watch.
David Dalgish is a very prolific Fantasy Author. All his stuff is great, really well done combat and characters that you care about. It can get pretty darn dark but I like that.
The ShadowDance series is probably the best one being about badass assasins. But the Half Orcs is great too. The Paladins series really gets good when it gets into its stride.
It's established in Eldest that the elves prefer to do things (especially tedious labor) by hand rather than with magic, because that would make it too easy and the task would lose all meaning. Galbatorix dressed in black and rode a black dragon because, yes, it's what villains do. Remember Darth Vader? Villains are just doomed to rock the darker hues. Who the hell would take an antagonist seriously if he wore bright pink and rode into battle on a sparkly Twilight vampire?
Also couldn't disagree more about the ending. Wrapped up as well, if not better than any series that comes to mind at the moment. I mean, what were you hoping for? Even if it was a little predictable, it's still better than Mass Effect 3.
The wheel of time. So badass it murdered its own author and kept going
I can only agree with this sentiment, and that if the first book doesn't do it for you, skip forward and try something, say, 'Men of Arms' or after.
Personally I think Jingo is one of the finest books about the stupidity of war I've read. (I admit I've not read any other books about the stupidity of war, but, but, oh leave me alone.)
There was a point where he moved from just parodying the stale fantasy genre to using satire to reflect our own world in the discworld. At that point I found his books far more enjoyable.
I'll throw in Chronicles/Legends of The Raven, by James Barclay. Thoroughly enjoyed them all.
Also, if any of you happen to run across Mr G RR Martin at some event, for the love of god please ask him when there will be a follow up to Tuf Voyaging, thanks :)
Can't recommend the Wheel of Time series enough. The cultures and societies of the world are remarkably well fleshed out. The characters are probably the major selling point, with some of the best realized female characters in fantasy.
The first couple of books are fairly down to earth though the wizz-bang-magic-wahay does start to ramp up as things go on. Certainly worth checking out.
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