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Four Fiction Book Series I Have Read Over and Over
I've never been able to decide what I love more, reading, or writing. But I can tell you I've spent a hundred-fold more hours reading in my lifetime, so I guess that's my answer. When I was a kid I read all the Nancy Drew books, Hardy Boys, Dr. Seuss, etc. But I mostly read individual books of fiction or biographies. When I became an adult, I rarely read a series. But I have read book series a lot the last 10 years, and I have some favorites that I've read again and again. I'd like to share them with you, and I'll bet you are familiar with some of them.
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
This brilliant work by C.S. Lewis is among the greatest classic book series of all time, and beloved by children and adults alike for many years.
Strange Characters and Lands
The land of Narnia is a magical world where the Great Lion, Aslan, who is High King over all high kings, and Lord and Creator of Narnia, lives and rules. Although not in every book, four siblings, Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy Pevensie are the central characters throughout the series. They become queens and kings of Narnia and fight battles under the guidance of Aslan, and the many Narnian heroes he sends along their way. The books are filled with strange and endearing creatures, like Mr. and Mrs. Beaver who shelter the children and tell them about Narnia, Alsan, and Queen Jadis, the White Witch; Mr. Tumnus, a Faun who saves Lucy from the White Witch; Reepicheep, the Chief Mouse of Narnia, a fearless, courageous, creature who is a skilled fighter with his Rapier. There are hundreds of creatures, giants, fauns, dwarfs, witches, and even a few humans, good and evil. The only negative thing I can say about the characters is there are so many, it's difficult sometimes to remember who is who.
There is no end to discovery, adventure, heroism, evil, battles and wars, and yes, magic. I find the Narnia series to be spell binding. I cannot put any of the Narnia books down once I sit down and open it up. I have read the series at this point about four times, and I plan to read them many more.
Lewis brilliantly takes his readers to lands, seas and forests, fortresses, dungeons, dark realms of evil, and brilliant, colorful, indescribable places, which somehow, only he has the skill and imagination to describe.
The Chronicles of Narnia are not just tales of fantasy, but there are spiritual messages and characters woven through the series. Most notable is Aslan, the High King of all high kings, and Lord and Creator of Narnia, who is a type of Christ.
The Chronicles of Narnia Seven books in order are:
- The Magicians Nephew
- The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
- The Horse and His Boy
- Prince Caspian
- The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
- The Silver Chair
- The Last Battle
C.S. Lewis
C.S. Lewis was a strangely, versatile writer. He wrote many intellectual works on Christianity. Mere Christianity, one of his best and most read intellectual writings on Christianity, was a masterpiece of skillful and persuasive use of the tools of reason, logic, and the Scriptures. While being a great intellectual communicator, Lewis was at the same time, a brilliant fantasy writer with an imagination that knew no end. The combination of being such an intellect, and also a man of great imagination was a rare gift. Being able to think, reason, and imagine to the stratosphere that he did was impressive in and of itself, but to be able to communicate it so beautifully and skillfully takes his fan's breath away.
The A.D. Chronicle Series by Brock and Bodie Thoene
The A.D. Chronicles take readers back to first century Israel. The political climate was hot and tense. The High Priest Caiaphas, ruler of the Sanhedrin council in Jerusalem, and Herod Antipas, were continuously vying for power. Rome ruled and occupied Israel with tryanny and contempt. Amidst of the tumult of this time, comes a young rebel healer and preacher, Yeshua bar Joseph of Nazereth, leader of a band of commoners, spreading a message of love, forgiveness, repentance, and the Kingdom of God. Caiaphas, his cohorts on the High Council, and all the political and religious leaders of the day were jealous, and felt threatened by Yeshua's popularity. They made it their responsibility to discredit, harass, and ultimately kill him.
The A.D. Chronicles bring to life the characters of the Bible who were healed or touched by Yeshua in some way. Peniel, the blind beggar of Nicanor gate, is healed by Yeshua after a lifetime of blindness, rejection, and abuse by society and family. He receives more than just his sight, however. He also receives the healing of a broken heart, and a newfound purpose and joy in life. Yeshua becomes a friend and Rabbi, the only man he has ever been able to trust.
Zadok, the one-eyed Chief Shepherd of the flocks of Jerusalem sees his three adopted sons healed, and finds a rich and abiding relationship with Yeshua. He spreads the message of Yeshua wherever he goes, and risks and loses much to follow him.
Manaen bar Talmai and his beloved Susannah face one obstacle after another in being able to marry; so much so that he is blinded by his bullying and jealous brother and put in prison. Yeshua works in a mighty way for Manaen, who spends the rest of his life in service to Yeshua.
Throughout the book series, we are introduced to a variety of other Bible characters and groups, in which the author's Brock and Bodie Thoene depict with authenticity and believability. The Thoene's take few liberties with these stories, other putting names to some of the nameless in the Bible, and perhaps little background of their life. But the central biblical message remains strong and true, without compromise or deviation.
A.D. Chronicles Series Books in Order:
- First Light
- Second Touch
- Third Watch
- Fourth Dawn
- Fifth Seal
- Sixth Covenant
- Seventh Day
- Eighth Shepherd
- Ninth Witness
- Tenth Stone
- Eleventh Quest
Brock and Bodie Thoene - Author's and Historians
Brock Thoene, a Christian of Jewish heritage, is a brilliant historian and does all the extensive research for their novels. Bodie, his wife, does all the writing, skillfully weaving the historical research into her into a tapestry of biblical stories. The Thoene's have won several literary awards for their many book series. Some of their other book series are the "Zion Legacy" series, "Zion Chronicles" series, and the "Zion Covenant" series, all three brilliant and historically accurate book series. I highly recommend them.
The Mitford Series by Jan Karon
This endearing series is beloved by readers everywhere. And speaking of endearing, the characters in this series are truly delightful and draw you heart and soul into their lives, and you will fall in love with them over and over again.
The Mitford series takes place in the fictional town of Mitford, North Carolina, nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Tiny, quaint, and full of charm, Mitford feels homey and familiar. Father Tim, a middle-aged, Episcopalian rector, lives a comfortable life in Mitford, faithfully and lovingly shepherding his flock. But something is missing in his life and he struggles to find his way. Enter Barnabus, a large, black, stray, mixed-breed dog who takes to stalking Father Tim, enthusiastically seeking to win Father Tim's affection. It works, and Barnabus has a new home. Not only is he friendly, but when he gets overly excited, he calms down when Father Tim quotes Scripture.
If that weren't enough, along comes Dooley Barlowe, a dirty, crude, mountain boy who needs some love and a home. Thus, Father Tim becomes a father as well. While all this is going on, Cynthia Coppersmith moves in next door with her white, cat, Violet. Father Tim and Ms. Coppersmith become smitten and soon there are wedding bells. Life, as he once knew it, would never be the same, but that's okay with him.
Life in Mitford is not all sugar and spice. There is evil lurking in the backwoods, and Father Tim is thrust into their lives, seeking to find Dooley's siblings and parents. Along with that, Father Tim is continually vesting his time and heart into the lives of his community and congregation friends. He weeps with those who weep in tragedy, and rejoices with those who rejoice in triumph. Readers will too. I wish all could have a pastor and friend as loving, encouraging, and faithful as Father Tim.
The events that rock the world of Father Tim and friends and family, are serious; domestic violence, alcoholism, crime, death and loss, child neglect and abuse. There are joyous times as well; marriages, births, new community projects (such as a hospital, restaurant), the growing up and refining of Dooley, and the finding of his mother and siblings. Father Tim finds solace in his beloved Cynthia, poetry, and gardening, when he needs peace and quiet for rest and reflection.
The Mitford Series Books in Order:
- At Home in Mitford
- A Light in the Window
- These High Green Hills
- Out to Caanan
- A New Song
- A Common Life
- In This Mountain
- Shepherds Abiding
- A Light from Heaven
Author Jan Karon
Ms. Karon herself lives in a small hamlet in North Carolina called Blowing Rock, coincidentally (or not) also nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains. No doubt, this setting and her life in this little town gave her much material for her book. Karon was once an advertising executive, but from a young age wanted to write a novel. Looks like she got her chance, and what a job she's done. Ms Karon, thank you for this enchanting, heart-warming, and delightful series.
Which of these book series would you be most like to read?
Miss Julia Series by Ann B. Ross
The refined, southern, lady of a certain age, Miss Julia Springer has lived a dull life in Abbotsvile, North Carolina, dutifully being a proper lady and wife to her husband, Wesley Lloyd Springer. Her closest friend is Lillian, her black maid, to whom she confides in. Lillian has a heart of gold, but boldly tells Miss Julia where she's going wrong.
The series starts with Miss Julia having recently been widowed and finding out that her boring, frugal, rather controlling, and indifferent husband was a very rich man. Upon his demise, she finds out he owns half of Abbotsville and beyond. Understandably, she is angry and embarrassed to have found this out after 40 years of marriage; however, after the sudden realization that she will never have to worry about money again, she is soon feeling a sense of freedom.
Then, yet another and much worse, unthinkable, surprise shatters her world, or so she thinks, and her life takes a very strange, almost bizarre twist. Miss Hazel Marie Puckett, a blonde, 40-something bombshell, and her small son Wesley Lloyd appear on Miss Julia's doorstep one day. Miss Puckett informs her that this child is her deceased husband's offspring, and since he left his son and Miss Puckett nary a dime, she leaves little Wesley Lloyed Springer Jr. on Miss Julia's doorstep while she goes to a nearby city to get some job training. Miss Julia is horrified of course, and rattled to the bone that little Wesley Lloyd is a scrawny, exact image of her dead husband. In light of all of this, Miss Julia is none too kind or sympathetic to the boy, and seeks to have his Mama found and brought back to take care of her own son. Worst of all, Miss Julia finds out that everyone has known about her husband's wealth and philandering for years. When Hazel Marie is found through a series of events, she and little Wesley Lloyd become part of the household of Julia Springer. One, big, happy family.
Little Wesley Lloyd's name is soon shortened to little Lloyd, and he becomes the apple of Miss Julia's eye. Miss Julia takes Hazel Marie under her wing and teaches her about fine, southern manners and etiquette, and takes them to the Presbyterian church across the street for some much needed religious instruction. However, as Miss Julia is always at odds with Pastor Larry Ledbetter, things can get kind of tumultuous. Miss Julia, Hazel Marie, and little Lloyd find evidence that the late Mr. Springer left everything to little Lloyd. Miss Julia's handsome, amorous, former, attorney friend, Sam Murdoch, informs her that because of certain laws of the state, she is able to keep half of the money and estate. But trial after trial assaults the Springer/Puckett family, and uncharacteristically, Miss Julia finds herself entrenched in adventures she never would have imagined.
The rest of the series we see one mystery after another come upon Miss Julia, her family, or her friends, and in all her anxiety about it, she takes it upon her self to solve them all. Although a staunch and faithful Presbyterian, she is not reluctant to lie and gossip to find answers and solutions the stressful trials that test her. Miss Julia is hilarious. I find myself laughing out loud, deep belly laughs, at the things she and Lillian say and do. With Miss Julia being a bit crochety and prudish, Sam Murdoch has his work cut out for him convincing Miss Julia to be his girl. You will have to read what happens on your own.
The Miss Julia series is not a literary masterpiece or classic work by any stretch of the imagination. Nor do I believe Ms. Ross intended it to be. This is light, fun, imperfect storytelling, and it is utterly delightful.
Miss Julia Series books in Order:
- Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind
- Miss Julia Takes Over
- Miss Julia Throws a Wedding
- Miss Julia Hits the Road
- Miss Julia Meets Her Match
- Miss Julia's School of Beauty
- Miss Julia Stands Her Ground
- Miss Julia Strikes Back
- Miss Julia Paints the Town
- Miss Julia Delivers the Goods
- Miss Julia Renews her Vows
- Miss Julia Rocks the Cradle
- Miss Julia to the Rescue
Ann B. Ross
Ann B. Ross holds a doctorate in English from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and has taught literature at UNC, Asheville.
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I think I must read the Father Tim series. Sounds great.
I loved the Mitford series. It was such wholesome reading. I remember feeling really peaceful when I read the books. :) I've read the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon several times, but I think that's the only series that's really stayed with me. Great hub- love hubs about books :)
No problem, lambservant. Nice to hear back from you.
Interesting! I know the first two but not the last two--now I am curious!
Thank you for sharing such an extensive list of reading fun. Voted up!!
Thanks, and no problem. Keep hubbing, and reading to those grandbabies. They teach us so much, don't they?
God bless.
Max is such a cutie! Give him a special hug and kiss from all of the "Hubber" community. I also love reading to my grandkids. I used to love reading to my kids, siblings and cousins when they were little, too.
Really nice Hub! I've never heard of any of these series before --- except Lewis. Those other three look so good. I really want to start the Thoene series right away. (Not sure if I can, but hey --- a girl can dream, right :-) )
I like a good series, because you "know" the characters. You can make periodic "visits".
BTW ---- I hope I'm not breaking any rules here --- but you can probably make this into four separate hubs, one for each series. Just a suggestion.
Thanks again. Up, awesome, interesting, beautiful.
Great reviews and information in this! C.S. Lewis is a given with many of us, but it's wonderful to keep including his work in lists for younger readers that perhaps didn't grow up with his band of heroes like those from our generation did.
I wasn't familiar with the other series in the list, but they sound very interesting, and I'll be happy to add them to my "must read" list. :)
By the way, your grandson is beautiful!
Nice collection. Wasn't aware of the A.D. Chronicle Series so shall give it a go. Thank you for the information.
Lambservant, I am impressed with your reading list. I've read many quotes from C. S. Lewis, but have never read an entire book. Thanks for your insight on him and all the others.
Well written - I love Chronicals of Narnia. Voted up!
OOh! I like this hub! Love series... thanks for sharing!


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I am done with the tax papers, now I just have to take them to the accountant on Monday and hope I don't get reamed. Ugh….
Meanwhile, I need to get back to work on the Harper Blaine novella which has been staring at me all the past three days as I dug through my piles of paper looking for the last of the Receipts Errant. At this point, the story, set during El Dia de las Muertos, is called The Third Death of the Little Clay Dog, but who knows how long that will last…? Right now, I feel like that poor clay dog.

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Paris, 24 September 2018 – Total announces a successful appraisal of the A6 block Shwe Yee Htun-2 discovery, offshore Myanmar, completing a major step towards confirming a commercial project. The well was drilled to a final depth of 4,820 meters and encountered 40 meters of net gas pay in a high quality reservoir. Preliminary tests confirm good reservoir quality, permeability and well production deliverability.
The Shwe Yee Htun-2 adds to the Shwe Yee Htun-1 (2016) and Pyi Thit-1 (2017) gas discoveries made earlier on the Block. The cumulated resources are evaluated in the range of 2 to 3 Tcf.
"This new discovery on A6 block is a major step towards unlocking new gas reserves in an area closely located to the fast growing regional markets. Total's track record of Myanmar's Yadana gas field exploitation is a key asset to lead these discoveries to commercial development," outlined Arnaud Breuillac, President Exploration & Production at Total.
Total holds a 40% interest in A6 block, alongside Woodside Energy Ltd (40%, technical joint operator for exploration and appraisal operations) and MPRL E&P Pte Ltd (20%, joint operator). As per joint venture agreements, Total is to take over operatorship in the development phase.
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A 17-year-old male was taken into custody on Wednesday (June 28) and charged with two counts of trafficking in a controlled substance, and one count each of possession for the purpose of trafficking, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, fail to stop for police and breach of undertaking.
The Abbotsford Police Department's Gang Task Force attempted to pull over the male in his vehicle on Highway #11, however, the 17-year-old male failed to stop for the police, ran a red light and went into oncoming traffic at a high rate of speed attempting to evade the police. The male parked the vehicle and was arrested a short time later by police. Early indication is that the drugs seized contain fentanyl.
The identity of the accused is protected by the Youth Criminal Justice Act. This is the second arrest in the past two weeks of young people connected to the Lower Mainland Gang Conflict.
On June 21, Abbotsford Police had announced the arrest of Akshay Sachdeva, 18, who is associated to the Lower Mainland conflict. He was charged with four counts of possession for the purposes of trafficking in controlled substances (including fentanyl) as a result of their investigation after they executed a search warrant at his home on June 7. He was on a recognizance of bail for a May 26 assault charge at the time of this arrest.
On June 14, Abbotsford Police arrested 18-year-old Inderdeep Minhas for failure to appear in court on charges connected to three firearms-related weapons offences and for obstructing a police officer.
Police, in an unusual move, released a photo of Minhas being arrested, apparently in a move to send a strong message to youth involved in the gang conflict and their families that such a lifestyle is not the best choice to make.
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Pentecost 08/25/2013
Another healing story; another healing story that takes place in the synagogue on the Sabbath thus irritating the leaders of the synagogue. It seems like, with slight variations, we've heard all this before and it's true. If you were to go backwards through Luke's gospel from chapter 13 where this story comes from, you would find that there have been a number of healing stories already, some of which have taken place on the Sabbath; this isn't exactly new territory. So, one could ask, "What purpose is served by Luke including another story like this? Hasn't he already made his point?"
One thing about this story is that it might tempt you to take the side of the leader of the synagogue in his complaint about Jesus healing on the Sabbath. According to the text, the woman in question had been crippled for eighteen years. She was bent over and couldn't stand up straight all of which is unfortunate but it doesn't seem like it calls for immediate action. She's not close to death or anything like that.
Jesus was familiar with Judaism and with the significance of the Sabbath so what would have been the harm in him saying to the woman, "I'm staying in the house across the way; come by tomorrow and I'll take care of this for you." After eighteen years would one more day make that big a difference? Was it really necessary to upset the synagogue authorities, again? Wait a day and everyone's happy; the woman is healed and the Sabbath has been properly observed. Why rock the boat unnecessarily?
On the other hand, maybe it's hard for us to identify with the concern of the leader of the synagogue because it's hard for us to see what the big deal is relative to the Sabbath. What we have to try and understand though, is that it was a big deal. We've pretty much lost the notion of the Sabbath, of Sunday being a day set apart. For a lot of people it is just another day and even for those who do take time for worship the idea of Sabbath rest is still somewhat foreign. Even if you go to church on Sunday morning, the rest of the day is open.
But in Judaism, part of what was going on in the "Remember the Sabbath" commandment was the idea of trusting that for one day a week, God could take care of things; it was a faith statement. To do any work on the Sabbath was to say that we don't trust God's ability to provide. I don't know how central that is to Judaism these days, but back then, it was. We may have trouble understanding that, but Jesus wouldn't have. He would have known, and still, he acted. But again, in Luke's gospel none of this is new. So what's the point of another story that raises the same issues? It's got to be about more than emphasizing the significance of the Sabbath.
With any writer or speaker, if they keep repeating a theme it must mean that it's important. In this case you go back to Luke's account of Jesus' first sermon in his hometown of Nazareth. He read from Isaiah, "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor, release to the captives, recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free," and he followed that with "Today, this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing," a bold statement to say the least. Later in Luke, when John the Baptist sent two of his disciples to ask Jesus, "Are you the one?" he says "Go tell John what you've seen and heard: the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the deaf hear, the lepers are cleansed, the dead are raised, the poor have good news brought to them."
These things that Isaiah says and Jesus repeats are signs of the kingdom and throughout Luke making the kingdom known and identifying Jesus as the one who brings the kingdom near is more important than anything else; anything, including that which is held sacred in the tradition represented by the Torah. Making the kingdom known and identifying Jesus with it is so important that even the violation of a good rule is permitted and observation of the Sabbath is a good rule.
For Jesus, what there is here is an urgency that takes precedence over everything else. It's kingdom urgency and for Jesus this kingdom business is serious; hence Luke's repetition of this theme. It's not an effort to say that the law doesn't matter; like I said, Sabbath keeping is a good rule and obviously Jesus knew that. But for him, making the kingdom known was a matter of urgency; it couldn't wait even one more day.
For most of us, the kingdom business isn't so serious. We don't share Jesus sense of urgency. But…making the kingdom known and identifying Jesus as the one who brings the kingdom near is as important now as it was then. There really ought to be a sense of urgency about it especially because there does seem to be a sense of urgency among some who want to make it known that religion in general and Christianity in particular are bad, relics of unenlightened thinking that ought to be abandoned because it's done more harm than good.
The sad part of it is, some of what they say is true. You can't argue with the fact that many battles and wars have been fought for religious reasons, people of one group being convinced that they're right and those who disagree deserve to die. As soon as I say that I'm sure people think of Muslim terrorists, but be careful; it's not just them. I'm rereading a history of the Reformation I read a few years ago and it really isn't a pleasant read. It didn't take long for bloodshed to become a part of things and a lot of it was Christians fighting amongst themselves about theological issues that one would think should be open to interpretation. But instead, those who had different ideas were called heretics and burnt at the stake. Martin Luther himself was a target, but directly or indirectly he also sanctioned some of this violence. He had his flaws.
All of which is more evidence that there is an urgency about making the kingdom known, about making the teachings of Jesus known, about making the teachings about Jesus known, because over the course of 2000 years a lot of distortion has taken place, much of it self inflicted. That distortion can make Christianity seem to be a religion of intolerance and bigotry, a religion of ideological certainty that leaves no room for disagreement or other possibilities. That kind of hard headed certainty does not help to reveal the kingdom Jesus talked about, thus the need to share in Jesus' sense of urgency. The distortion of Jesus' life and message and what it means can't go unchallenged! It's urgent!
It's hard to say what is most urgent about making the kingdom and Jesus' role in it known. We have to try though because to simply say we have to preach Christ and Christ crucified is about the same as saying nothing these days. That's insider jargon that doesn't reach very far. But what are the kingdom characteristics that the world most needs to hear? For the sake of discussion, let me offer three.
The kingdom Jesus proclaimed is about welcome, it's about inclusion not because anything goes or because on our own we are good enough to be welcomed, but because we are, every one of us, simultaneously saints and sinners as Luther put it so well. Christianity is not a holier than thou comparison game; we all share the same saint/sinner identity and we are welcomed and forgiven as such, every one of us. As soon as we start making comparisons, distortion takes place.
The kingdom is also about possibilities, possibilities most fully revealed in Jesus' death and resurrection where cruel, unjust death was transformed into new life, a death and a resurrection that are a reflection of God's love for all of us, love that won't let death and evil have the last word. The kingdom is about hope that God is in control and that we are moving toward something better.
The kingdom is about radical care for each other, the kind of care that Jesus demonstrated in the story today and in many others. Our basic instincts are selfish, me first but in the kingdom those instincts are set aside and overcome for the sake of the other.
Those are three things that, for me, the world urgently needs to know about being a follower of Christ and what Christianity represents. They are not the only three but it is urgent, because the distortions are out there.
I'll end with a quote from our ELCA bishop elect Elizabeth Eaton. I was curious to know more about her and found a post election article earlier this week. One of the things she was asked was who are your theological influences and she said, St. Paul, Martin Luther and…Walter Brueggemann! She must be pretty good!
Anyway, she was also asked about her vision for the church and she said this: "We want to be a place that says we can disagree on things that are vitally important but still listen to each other and see in the other a brother or sister in Christ and more importantly, someone for whom Christ died." That's good, and that too is something the world urgently needs to hear.
Rev. Warren Geier
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Living & Learning Centre - Flourish
Flourish is a recovery focused program designed to support people with mental health needs who want to make positive changes in their lives. Flourish aims to provide participants with the tools to understand what's most important to them and develop a renewed sense of identity, meaning, and direction in their journey of recovery.
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Dr. Clay Albrecht grew up in Sugar Land. He earned a medical degree at the University of Texas at Houston and completed general surgery training in Phoenix, Arizona. His interests include general, laparoscopic surgery with an emphasis in gallbladder surgery, complex hernia repairs, surgery for a variety of cancers—including breast, colon, and small bowel—and skin lesions. He also performs port placement for chemotherapy.
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Kim Harrison is @BurningBunnies on Twitter
I've been locked away for an entire month editing my book. Obsessively focused on the task at hand means I've been in all work no play mode. It freaked a lot of people out because I'm a Google Whore and Social Media Butterfly so going off-line cold turkey forced a lot of peeps to face their Internet addiction to my blog (and inadvertently generated a massive amount of e-mail regarding what's going on in my backyard - LOL).
Yes, I missed you guys madly (and will do a blog answering most of your Life With Wee People e-mails). I lurked silently when I cheated from the self-imposed ban because this I wanna be a author thing is a serious goal requiring an amazing amount of concentration. I love my virtual home but in order for me to meet my deadlines I had to stay away from Club Chaos long enough to keep my writing team happy. Now I have to please my beta readers and editor... (happy sigh)
I formed a brand new corporation with one million shares. What we're going to do with them has kept me busy (and a wee bit stressed - silly grin). Luckily for me I earned my break from writing/organize, then run a new corporation-hell and am starting my vacation so I can enjoy the 16 city Kim Harrison book tour for A Perfect Blood.
If you want to know what all the Kimaholic excitement is about read the first five chapters of A Perfect Blood here. By the time you finish them you'll be stalking Amazon waiting for the book to download because the 9AM wait for Barnes & Noble will just be too damn painful (LOL). I have a four pack of Starbucks to keep me wired and awake for tonight's amazing speed read. Yup. There will be a Book Club Bookie review when I'm done. I'm staring at my Kindle app waiting for my Android to load. I have no control when the damn thing will release so I'm a bookaholic twitching in electronic withdrawal drooling in anticipation for the wild ride to come. ;-)
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Late last year Oger Telecom decided to defer its IPO in Dubai and London due to what it described as volatility in the market. While the operator remains headquartered in Dubai, its operational base is out of Istanbul, from where Oger Telecom CEO Paul Doany reveals the company's strategic direction to CommsMEA.
Strategy|~|Oger-Feat.200.jpg|~|Paul Doany believes Oger Telecom's US$6.55 billion acquisition of a 55% stake in Turk Telecom represents better value than MTC's US$6.12 billion licence fee for the third mobile licence in Saudi Arabia.|~|Late last year Oger Telecom decided to defer its IPO in Dubai and London due to what it described as volatility in the market. While the operator remains headquartered in Dubai, its operational base is out of Istanbul, from where Oger Telecom CEO Paul Doany reveals the company's strategic direction to CommsMEA.
The plan remains to list Oger Telecom within three years of its formation in the middle of 2005, leaving it just over a years in which to stay on track. In the meantime, the operator appears set to continue trawling Central and Eastern Europe, Central Asia, as well as the Middle East for further investments, according to the company's CEO, Paul Doany.
Even in Africa, Oger Telecom is looking at innovative ways to participate in the communications sector revelry that is taking place on the continent, and Doany reveals the company is looking at opportunities to establish mobile virtual network operations in at least two markets in Africa. Oger Telecom is a 75% indirect shareholder in South Africa's smallest mobile operator, Cell C, which in June 2006 launched a 50/50 joint venture MVNO, Virgin Mobile, in partnership with the Virgin Group.
"We have begun to build expertise in this MVNO area, which we would like to export to other markets where we think we can utilise it to best-advantage," Doany comments. "In fact there are two specific markets that we are looking at with this type of model, which is a pure virtual model, and I think that will be interesting from an operator perspective," he adds.
Far and away, Oger Telecom's most significant investment is its position as a stakeholder in a 55% share in Turk Telecom, and Oger's continuing role in the African market is not clearly defined at this time. Last month, speculation in South Africa swelled that Oger Telecom, the majority shareholder in Cell C, was potentially looking to exit the operation, which is yet to turn a profit since launch in November 2001.
"No final decision has been made in relation to how to handle all the shareholder interests in acquiring a stake in Cell C," Doany states. "Shareholders will need to make a decision about this and continue to support the operator while expressions of interest are considered," he adds. Cell C shareholders consist of Oger Telecom, with a 75% indirect stake, and the remaining shareholding is divided between local empowerment group Cellsaf and South African securities company Lanun Securities.
Shareholders are expected to reach a decision regarding their longer-term plans for Cell C within the coming year or so, and have already been instrumental in effecting change on an operational level at Cell C in order to improve the company's financial performance. In May last year, Cell C replaced long-term CEO Talaat Laham with Jeffrey Hedberg, a former CEO and chairman of Deutsche Telekom USA, and at the time Oger Telecom suggested the change in management could also see a change in strategy, with the South African operation becoming a springboard to other investment opportunities in Africa.
So while the longer-term future of Oger Telecom's presence in Cell C is fluid at this time, Doany says that for the meantime at least, Cell C remains an important asset for Oger Telecom, on a continent that has a lot of expansion opportunities. Thus he believes Cell C operates in one of the most important countries in Africa, if not the most important one, with respect to sourcing of resources. "So in that sense Cell C is a strategic asset and there is lots of opportunity including retaining Cell C within our group and using it as a springboard for alliances with other companies and there are discussions along those lines as well. So all options remain open at this point," Doany says.
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Oger Telecom Limited was established in the middle of 2005 following the company's successful participation in the privatisation of Turkish telco Turk Telecom, where it led a consortium that bid US$6.55 billion for a 55% stake in the telco. Telecom Italia is a partner in the consortium that was successful in Turkey, and it was decided to form Oger Telecom Limited, a company based in Dubai International Finance Centre. Doing this, Doany explains, would enable both shareholders to introduce new shareholders and the company's expressed intention remains to seek a public listing within three years of its formation.
Saudi Oger, the Saudi Arabia-based telecoms investor backed by Lebanon's influential Hariri family is the main shareholder in Oger Telecom, with a 25% direct shareholding in the company and a 70% shareholding in Oger Telecom Saudi Arabia, which in turn has a 43% direct stake in Oger Telecom. Telecom Italia holds a 10% stake in Oger Telecom, with equity investors, including an array of regional and international banks holding a 22% stake.
Oger Telecom thus counts 35 million subscribers over its fixed, mobile, broadband and internet customers across the five countries in which it is operational. Aside from its investment in Turk Telecom, Oger Telecom also controls Turkey's third largest GSM operator Avea, and operates ISPs in Jordan, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia under its Cyberia brand. Oger also maintains its 75% indirect stake in Cell C in South Africa.
Doany enjoys Oger Telecom's rather unique position of being within the Middle East's wider telecoms fraternity, while at the same time being apart from it given that none of its most significant operations are materially in the region. This allows the operator greater perspective of the investment opportunities that exist, and impacts quite directly on the operator's assessment of value.
Oger Telecom remains acquisitive and going forward, Doany says the company's preference is to target fixed and mobile opportunities where possible otherwise mobile only, or in cases where no mobile opportunity exists, then at least the ability to offer limited-mobility type services through the use of alternative technologies. Doany confirms that Oger Telecom is currently looking at a number of opportunities to provide alternative services.
"On the mobile side, it is our feeling that mobile assets are actually at the top-end of valuations, they are over-priced, and you can see this exemplified by all the recent acquisitions in the last year that have actually been at very high prices," Doany points out. "We can see the Vodafone acquisition in Turkey, we can see the third licence in Saudi Arabia, we can even see Orange's acquisition in Spain," Doany states.
A comparison Doany likes to draw with respect to what constitutes value in today's telecoms market is of the US$6.12 billion MTC paid in Saudi Arabia for the kingdom's third mobile licence. "What is the value of that asset, which you have to amortise over, say, 25 years? Who knows what it is, but surely it will be much less than US$6 billion," Doany asserts. "Now for (nearly) the same money - US$6.55 billion - Oger Telecom paid for the purchase of 55% of Turk Telecom, which is a strong operator with 19 million customers. It owns an 80% stake in a mobile operator that has about 8 million customers. As well as owning an ADSL network, which at the time of acquisition had approximately 1.5 million customers."
"What Etisalat paid in Egypt (for the third mobile licence) is roughly equal to the market capitalisation of the largest operator, which has the best customers, and the best ARPU. So the first operator has customers, a network, has management in place, has everything well-established, then a company pays the value of that company just to buy a licence," Doany comments.
The performance of management will be a huge differentiator for the operators that are expanding rapidly, Doany believes, suggesting that the vision of management and where it is physically based has a significant impact on the underlying operations.
In the case of Oger Telecom, the company has established Istanbul as its operational nerve centre, while the Dubai office provides leadership on the marketing, communications, finance and accounts, basically investor relations, because the company is headquartered out of the city.
"Based on this, and looking at how the market will unfold, the key differentiators will not be just what companies own, but what management they have in place, what ability they have to manage all these large operations and where do they base this management, and is that something that leads to growth or is it just something opportunistic," Doany concludes.


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Just as Aidan O'Brien dominated proceedings at Newmarket on Saturday, the Ballydoyle trainer proved virtually unstoppable at Naas on Sunday.
Like at Newmarket, O'Brien took the first three races on the card, with Magna Grecia looking a smart prospect in winning his maiden, Hermosa taking the Weld Park Stakes and Cypress Creek lifting in the Loughbrown Stakes, all ridden by Ryan Moore.
Star of the show, though, was arguably Japan, who, like Magna Grecia, earned Derby quotes as he got up close home under Seamie Heffernan to beat Moore-ridden stablemate and favourite Mount Everest in the Beresford Stakes.
In doing so he gave O'Brien an astonishing 18th success overall in the Group Two feature - won by some real stars over the years - and eighth in succession.
Mount Everest looked like justifying his position as the 11-8 market leader when he took over from Sovereign, O'Brien's third runner in the mile heat, but could not quite shake off the opposition.
Heffernan got a terrific response from Japan (11-2), who hit the front in the final few strides to get the verdict by a short head. The leading pair pulled three lengths clear of Michael O'Callaghan's Power Of Now in third, with Sovereign fourth.
O'Brien said: "You couldn't be happier. He followed the pace when the other two were going along.
"I thought he'd come forward again from today, he's a big, hardy horse, so he could be the type of horse for what was the Racing Post (Vertem Futurity Trophy at Doncaster).
"He travelled well and did everything right, so you'd have to be delighted with him really."
He added: "The second (Mount Everest) did nothing wrong and ran a lovely race, too. There were no prisoners taken and it was an honest straightforward race.
"We're all learning together. Donnacha's (O'Brien, Sovereign) is a massive big horse and they are all big middle-distance colts. The experience will do them really good."
Magna Grecia suggested his 340,000 guinea price tag might prove a snip in time in taking the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden, showing a professional attitude to sneak through a gap on the far rail.
"You'd be delighted with that, he's a lovely horse," said O'Brien.
"He was just ready to start today. He's a possible for the Killavullan or something like that.
"He's a big, powerful, strong horse. I don't think you could ask him to do more than that, he was green but when he got straightened up he found plenty."
Hermosa (5-4 favourite) was rewarded for her fine run in the Moyglare Stud Stakes by landing the Weld Park Stakes.
Third in the Curragh Group One, the Galileo filly made virtually all the running as she went two places better in this Group Three heat over seven furlongs, and could now head for the Fillies' Mile at Newmarket.
"She's a lovely filly and she's coming with every run," said O'Brien.
"She's a lovely, laid-back filly and is learning with every run.
"I think she'll go for the Fillies' Mile. She crying out to go up to a mile."
Cypress Creek (6-1) put up a solid staying performance to land the Group Three Loughbrown Stakes.
The full-brother to Capri had finished last in the Irish St Leger on his previous start behind stablemate Flag Of Honour, but was much more at home at this level and over two miles.
"He's a lovely, straightforward, uncomplicated horse. He's a brother to Capri and he stays very well," said O'Brien.
"He's a horse that stays very well. He stays forever and will get much further than two miles.
"He's Kew Gardens' work companion and that will determine a lot of his time.
"Ana (daughter) rides him every day and I don't have much to do with him. Ana is more or less training him."
Making sure it was not quite all about O'Brien was North Yorkshire-based Karl Burke (above), who added to his Irish gains this season as Unfortunately finished with a real dash to deny Ballydoyle representative St Patrick's Day in the Renaissance Stakes.
Burke, who recorded a Group One double on Irish Champions Weekend, said of his 100-30 winner: "I'll have to speak to Chris Richardson (of Cheveley Park Stud) and the team.
"The only race now for him is the Ascot sprint (British Champions Sprint) and if that came up with a bit cut in the ground we have nothing to lose by having a go at that.
"I'd say he'll go to stud at the end of the season. He was a very good two-year-old last year and he's shown he's still got some ability now. I'm sure he'll do very well at stud and he'll be a very popular commercial little horse."


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'Vero's Hero': Supporters honor Navy petty officer at Vero Beach cemetery
VERO BEACH — With flags of all sizes, people lined streets from Crestlawn Cemetery to downtown Vero Beach Saturday morning for the motorcade carrying the remains of Jonathan Clement.
A social media campaign started by some military veterans and Indian River County residents helped organize the community gathering. Many, wearing red, white and blue, convened to pay respect to the fallen Navy first class petty officer who graduated Vero Beach High School in 2006.
"When I heard about this, I was all for it," said 10-year-old Aidan Lund of Vero Beach, who sat in the back of a pickup truck near his family on 14th Avenue.
His mother, Julia Mitchell, said she has many family members who are military members or veterans, which prompted her to show up.
"I couldn't imagine what it would be like if this was my son," she said.
Aidan also has some aspirations for the Armed Forces.
"He wants to be an army engineer," Mitchell said.
Despite his age, Mitchell said she's had talks with Aidan about sacrifices that Clement and other fallen soldiers make in the military.
"We don't talk about the gory details, but I'm pretty open and honest with him," she said.
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Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Jonathan Richard Clement died July 31 after an accident at Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego, California.
He suffered severe head injuries when an auxiliary fuel tank on a HH-60H Sea Hawk helicopter disengaged during training, striking him and a fellow Navy member July 30. Both men were assigned to the elite "Firehawks" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 85.
The Navy did not identify the second injured sailor but said he suffered minor injuries.
Dozens of cars lined up in the lot east of Crestlawn as gatherers held signs and waved flags for the procession.
"You need to honor someone serving our country," said Floyd Blackwill, 59, of Vero Beach, who stood on 14th near 20th Street. "Being here is the least we can do."
One sign, held up by Amanda Bermudez, hailed Clement as "Vero's Hero." She and her family of six stood across from Crestlawn.
"I didn't know him, but I may as well have known him," said Steve Mitchell, 34, of Vero Beach. "He's part of the community. That's why we're here."
Storm clouds darkened the sky during the ceremony at Crestlawn and thunder cracked a few times. However, no rain fell on the attendees.
The ceremony at Crestlawn ended about 12:15 p.m. Navy personnel participated in the ceremony, performed with military honors.
Clement moved to Vero Beach with his family in 2000. He attended Gifford Middle School, where he played soccer, ran track and played youth baseball. At Vero Beach High School, he played baseball his freshman and sophomore years and football his freshman, sophomore and junior years.
After graduating Vero Beach High School, Clement worked construction for The Hill Group of Vero Beach, and later as an apprentice for Piper Aircraft Co.
Clement enlisted in June 2007 and had deployments in Afghanistan and the Philippines.
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TITLE: "Nonconvex ADMM and Its Applications"
ABSTRACT: The alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM) has been successfully used in solving problems arising from different fields such as machine learning, image processing, statistics and so on. However, most existing works on analyzing the convergence and complexity of ADMM are for convex problems. In this talk, we discuss several recent results on convergence behavior of ADMM for solving nonconvex problems. We consider two nonconvex models. The first model allows the objective function to be nonconvex and nonsmooth, but the constraints are convex. The second model allows the constraints to be Riemannian manifolds. For both models, we propose ADMM variants for solving them and analyze their iteration complexities for obtaining an $\epsilon$-stationary solution. Numerical results on tensor robust PCA, maximum bisection problem and community detection problem are reported to demonstrate the efficiency of the proposed methods.


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A 4ft x 4ft green coloured Firebird C20 Combi boiler was taken from the premises.
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East Haven Police Chief Leonard Gallo retires amid police department controversy
EAST HAVEN — Mayor Joseph Maturo Jr. said today that Police Chief Leonard Gallo will retire, effective Friday, and a search for a new chief will begin immediately.
Maturo made the announcement at a morning press conference. He said the police chief told him last Friday he intended to retire and reiterated that intention today.
Earlier, Gallo's lawyer Jonathan J. Einhorn confirmed the purpose of the news conference would be to announce that Gallo is stepping down.
Einhorn said last week that he believes Gallo is the unnamed "Co-conspirator 1" in the indictment that resulted last week in the arrest of four East Haven police officers
Gallo did not return multiple calls for comment.
Maturo, shortly after arriving at work, refused to specify the nature of the press conference and said he could "neither confirm nor deny" widespread speculation that Gallo would either resign or retire.
But several sources, including Board of Police Commissioner Chairman Fred Brow, have said either that Gallo had requested empty boxes recently or that there were boxes in his office.
About 9 a.m., three state Latino leaders — including Isiais Diaz, chairman of the Connecticut Latino & Puerto Rican Affairs Commission, Werner Oyanadel , acting executive director of the commission and state Rep. Andres Ayala Jr. D-Bridgeport — arrived at Town Hall and went into Maturo's office for a private meeting, along with state Sen. Leonard Fasano, R-North Haven.
"They contacted us," Diaz said moments before heading into Maturo's office.
Afterward, they said they had a good meeting and termed it a start.
A few minutes earlier, Board of Police Commissioners Chairman Brow arrived at Town Hall and filed a meeting notice for a special meeting Tuesday night — Brow's last day before his term ends — consider three resolutions.
One will recommend that Maturo terminate Gallo and one will recommend that Maturo disband the new Law Enforcement Advisory Resource Network committee, or LEARN, Brow said.
The third resolution concerns the filing of a complaint against Maturo with the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities "arising out of his comments surrounding the racial profiling allegations, the Justice Deparment investigation and the indictments of four … East Haven police officers," according to the agenda.
Brow said the board wants Maturo "to fire Gallo" and "save the town the $150,000" that would be involved in a retirement settlement "because of his terrible behavior as chief," he said. "He should be terminated" for his "terrible performance."
Asked whether the action might be considered a "parting shot" before Brow leaves the police board, he said, "There's no parting shot. It's just dealing with the continuing problems here."
He said that LEARN should be disbanded because three members, Gallo, Maturo and former Town Attorney Lawrence Sgrignari, "are part of the problem," and because it duplicates work that the police board already is doing.
Among other things, LEARN recently approved a new mission statement and a new bilingual citizens complaint form, both things the Board of Police Commissioners already had done, he said.
The FBI arrested the four police officers last week on allegations that they waged a campaign of harassment against Latino residents and businesses, including assaulting people who were handcuffed and intimidating people who tried to report misconduct claims.
All four officers: Sgt. John Miller and officers Dennis Spaulding, Jason Zullo and David Cari, have pleaded not guilty.
Federal authorities are targeting additional suspects, and state officials are preparing for possible widespread arrests that could cripple the town's police department.
Brow and Paul Hongo, a former top aide to former Mayor April Capone, both have said that additional arrests are likely. Both have dealt with federal authorities previously.
Hongo also has said that a federal Grand Jury has looked into additional issues that go beyond the Police Department to possible municipal corruption.
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The IIHF Ice Hockey World Junior Championships (WJC), commonly known simply as the World Juniors, are an annual event organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) for national under-20 ice hockey teams from around the world. They are traditionally held in late December, ending in early January. The tournament usually attracts top hockey players in this age category. However, some NHL teams do not release their top players as the tournament overlaps with the NHL season.
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4 Steps for Longer and Stronger Hair Growth
As a beauty editor, I'm always looking for new products and techniques that I can recommend to readers for hair growth. My latest discovery didn't come from anywhere I would have expected; it wasn't a blog, an article in another magazine, or a research study or advertisement for a designer hair product. It was my co-worker, Kirsten.
I witnessed an amazing transformation. In three months she added inches to her hair, and it had utterly changed. It was now soft, silky, smooth, and had plenty of volume and body.
1) Kick your bad hair habits.
What's your worst hair habit? Kirsten told me that her next step was to cut out all the following bad hair habits:
- Sleeping on her hair (she now pulls it out of the way when she lies down).
- Blow-drying (this is one of the WORST things you can do to your hair; it dries out all the oils and causes breakage!).
- Too much shampoo (Kirsten only shampoos her hair a couple of times a week now).
- Washing her hair every day (Kirsten wears a shower cap most of the time now).
The beauty industry has sold us all on the idea that we need to buy pricey shampoos and conditioners and wash our hair everyday. In reality, those shampoos dry out your hair, which is the only reason you need the conditioner—to repair that self-inflicted damage. So do yourself a huge favor, and break the cycle!
2) Address any health issues that are standing in your way.
Sometimes medical issues can actually trigger hair shedding and slow growth. Kirsten suggests that you check for thyroid problems, hormonal imbalances, and iron deficiency. Any one of these may be the culprit for your thin hair. If you don't treat these underlying issues, you will continue to struggle with hair growth.
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The Reprieve
Finally we're on our way.
Our leave has been approved, the tickets are booked, our hotel room is reserved, the relevant authorities have been informed… we're going on our first vacation as a family (Xander included).
There are worries of course. My wife said last night we are apt to do things unconventionally, and to take a flight when she's 27 weeks into her pregnancy might seem a little risque. We have been assured by our ob/gyn that travelling will be perfectly fine during this time; we just need a letter endorsed by the doctor that the wife is good to go. But then there are other things to consider.
For one, there's probably going to be a lot of walking involved. I'm contemplating bringing a foldable stool along and stopping every 500 metres for her to catch her breath en route to wherever it is we're going.
Someone also told me about in-flight radiation. I may need to wrap my wife's belly in aluminum foil before we get on the plane.
Food may or may not be a problem. We've always been akin to the street-side food there, but at this point, we're not sure if exposing Xander to the beauty of haphazard cooking is such a good idea.
But despite all these concerns, I think the most important thing on our minds right now is that we're going on vacation. A proper, full-fledged vacation to another country where we don't have to deal with the bureaucracies of daytime Singapore life. Sure it's just 4 days and 5 nights; that's why this time, we got to make it count.
Hopefully Xander doesn't decide he likes the place too much and decide to pop out for a good look, otherwise we're gonna have a hell of a time doing paperwork at immigration.


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You guys suck. I finally get into a decent clan that's upbeat and full of activity but then everyone and their bitch starts to leave.
ffs. Knew it was too good to be true...well bye man.
IMO, the only resignation to freak out about was Tempo's. It was rather sudden.
CrazyGreek already told us he was leaving soon anyway. In fact, he DID leave, for like a day, due to real life events apparently, but then decided to stay on for a while longer.
Moop, well, he hasn't been on for a while anyway.
Not trying to undermine anyone's resignations or anything. You all matter and will be missed.