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Never before has world-renowned psychoanalyst Alice Miller examined so persuasively the long-range consequences of childhood abuse on the body. Using the experiences of her patients along with the biographical stories of literary giants such as Virginia Woolf, Franz Kafka, and Marcel Proust, Miller shows how a child's humiliation, impotence, and bottled rage will manifest itself as adult illness--be it cancer, stroke, or other debilitating diseases. Never one to shy away from controversy, Miller urges society as a whole to jettison its belief in the Fourth Commandment and not to extend forgiveness to parents whose tyrannical childrearing methods have resulted in unhappy, and often ruined, adult lives. In this empowering work, writes Rutgers professor Philip Greven, "readers will learn how to confront the overt and covert traumas of their own childhoods with the enlightened guidance of Alice Miller."
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William Drake established the firm in 1974 after completing an apprenticeship, in which he built a small award winning organ. Initially, the company was part of John Loosemore Centre for Organ and Early Music - an entity that taught a number of subjects concerning the organ - such as playing of the organ, history, and building of such instruments. Eventually the program was discontinued, but Drake's firm has continued since that time. His firm has built organs, as well as restored instruments in a number of countries, including New Zealand and the United States.
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4 Margarita Recipes for National Margarita Day
National Margarita Day falls on February 22, which is a Saturday this year, which means it's a good excuse for a party! These four new margarita recipes from restaurants around SoCal add fun flavors to elevate the drink -- a couple don't even use tequila, but opt for mezcal instead. Be safe and have fun mixing!
Smoky Margarita
Courtesy of Kim Haasarud, Omni Hotels & Resorts
1.5 oz Mezcal (Kim uses Del Maguey VIDA)
.75 oz Grand Marnier
1 oz lime juice
.5 oz lemon juice
1 oz agave nectar
Garnish: Lime wheel
If salt is desired, rim half the glass with a lime wedge and dip into salt. Set aside.
Combine all the ingredients in a cocktail shaker. Top with ice and shake vigorously. Strain into the ice-filled martini glass. Garnish with lime wheel.
Ginger Margarita
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2 oz. Tequila Blanco (Loteria uses Cazadores)
1 oz. Agave Nectar
2 oz. Pressed Ginger Juice
1 oz. Fresh Lime Juice
.75 oz. Fresh Pineapple Juice
In a mixing glass, combine tequila, agave, ginger, and lime. Shake. Add the pineapple juice, add ice and shake again. Strain over fresh ice into a rocks glass. Garnish with a lime wedge and candied ginger.
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1 Jalapeño Slice
1 1/2 oz. El Silencio Mezcal
3/4 oz. Passionfruit Syrup
3/4 oz. Orange Curaçao
3/4 oz. Fresh Lime Juice
In a mixing glass, with a muddler press a jalapeño slice. Add rest of ingredients, add ice and shake. Strain over fresh ice into a rocks glass. Garnish with a lime wedge.
Cucumber Lavender Margarita
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2 oz. Casa Noble Organic Tequila (or other 100% agave silver tequila)
2-3 ½ Inch Cucumber Slices, muddled
1.5 oz. Fresh Squeeze Lime Juice
0.75 oz. Lavender-Infused Simple Syrup
(soak 4-5 sprigs of lavender in simple syrup for 2-3 days, or purchase at farmers' markets and specialty grocers)
Shake. Pour into a 12.5 oz. glass on rocks. Garnish with cucumber and fresh lavender blossoms.
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Please note this game is loaded with action, and may load on your cpu. If you have any slow frame rates try to lower the graphic settings. Also note Echoes is a heavy story-teller, with scenes and dialogues. If you're in only for the action, there's always a skip button in the corner.
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- Mouse - aim, shoot
- W,A,S,D - movement
- Shift - sprint
- Q - command, drag for select units
- E - action circle
- 1-6 - activate abilities
- Z,X,C,V,B - select weapon
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- Space - switch to Combat mode.
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1- that girl, when destroyed that mecha, and she and that bolnde guy that look like rick astley go out, the girls foot dont move, i think they dont move in the whole play with she, i dont know if she got rollers, or if is something, but if she got real legs, they legs should move
2- why in the last part, when diaboulous or something like goes out from the "boss of bosses" talk and he jump like chuck norris? how do he jumping can get out from there?, i waith you fix those bugs and pay more atention to the stupid un-realistic parts
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well didnt get a chance to play cause i had this little box that kept poping up on my screen saying that newgrounds want to upload shit to your computer, repedidlty clicked DENY but just kept coming back then i pressed it again and the whole screen just went white. farrrrrk :@ newgrounds
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AWSOME! But I would change the controls because W,A,S,D is kinda hard to use on my keyboard.
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Dancing With the Stars Season 18: Amy Purdy and Derek Hough's 5 Best Dances (So Far)
It shouldn't be a surprise that Amy Purdy and Derek Hough made it to the Dancing With the Stars Season 18 finals. Amy combines athleticism, artistry, and a compelling story into one irresistible package, and Derek's ability to always wow the judges with his choreography doesn't hurt, either. This pair has been solid from the start, but some of their dances have stood out more than others. As we head into the last week of performances, we've taken a look back at our five favorite dances Amy and Derek's season so far. Week 2 Swing
A beautiful, memorable performance that really shows off Amy's artistry.
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According to Tech Crunch, the Ring enables gesture controls, including drawing letters in the air for text input, gesture-based authorization for finalizing payments, and transmit alerts from connected devices via a built-in vibration motor and onboard LED.
The sensors in the device are receptive to even smallest finger movements and the device works with preset gestures for common controls like calling up messages, playing music or activating the camera.
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A large open-plan bar with a separate games area. Live music every Saturday. Food available.
Reputedly the cellar once had various passageways linking it to other buildings in the town. A Victorian brewery was located on site.
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hi all. Im a dedicated mac user now but i have friends who arent and one guy was having trouble with an external harddrive. Its a brand new 300gb drive and we initially put it in a case from maplins,which didnt support large drives. So it got stuck at 127gb even in a better caddy, then the only machine i had spare to format it in was an xbox. This got the capacity back to 300gb and i then took it to my iMac to format it in the new caddy.
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She was the daughter of the Danish factory owner Jess Diederichsen. In Copenhagen, she socialized within Det Norske Selskab. She fell in love with Carl Frederik Dichmann, but married in 1787 to Johan Koren for economical reasons, and left Denmark for Norway.
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Another day, another headline for the Montreal Canadiens.
In a season marked by disappointment and curious moves, the NHL's most decorated franchise was the talk of the league again on Thursday night when news broke that Michael Cammalleri had been traded to Calgary for René Bourque.
The teams also swapped a prospect and a pick in the deal, which Canadiens GM Pierre Gauthier said was done to add size to the Montreal lineup. The 5-foot-9, 190-pound Cammalleri had a tendency to play on the perimeter while Bourque, at 6-foot-2 and 215 pounds, is a drive-to-the-net player with a physical edge.
"We've been trying for all those weeks to try to get bigger up front," Gauthier told reporters following Thursday's loss to the Boston Bruins. "We felt as the season started that was one of the things [we needed]. We felt that if we want to improve the club, we need to be bigger up front.
"We need to score the goals that are not the fancy ones and not the outside shots. The outside shots don't go in anymore. It's the second chances, the third chances, the rebounds, the screen shots, the tip-ins. And the stats show it very clearly. And that's why Mr. Bourque was a very attractive player to us, because he scores most of his goals from the hard areas."
While the deal itself, which included a prospect and draft pick on both sides, came as a surprise, it was how it went down that garnered the most chatter.
Cammalleri was set to head out for the third period against the Bruins when general manager Pierre Gauthier pulled him aside. His absence on the bench raised eyebrows, even more so when revealed to be a team decision and that Cammalleri wasn't injured. Shortly thereafter, confirmation came that he was headed back to the Flames.
The timing was later explained, in part to do with the trade call and the Canadiens wanting one more game off Bourque's suspension before heading east.
Despite the unusual timing, it's nothing new for the Habs this season. It began with the firing of assistant coach Perry Pearn, announced just two hours before a puck drop, and Gauthier meeting with media while his team was on the ice for warm-ups. Then Jacques Martin was let go just ahead of a morning skate.
Bourque, who admitted to always wanting to play in Montreal, arrived in the city on Friday night and met his new teammates and media the next morning. Set to make his Canadiens debut on Sunday against the Rangers, he doesn't anticipate a letdown in his physical play, despite coming off a five-game suspension – his second ban in a month.
"It changes your perception," he said after Saturday's morning skate. "I'm not worried about it, I know what I've done and I'll learn from it."
The left-winger brings 13 goals to his new team, a total it hopes to see grow. Inconsistency has been a knock on Bourque's game, a label he wants to shed in Montreal.
"I'm working on it every game, I have to get better every game," he said. "This is a fresh start for me here; it's a clean slate. I'm looking to shed that reputation, I guess."
Northeast Notes
Despite a 3-1 record in their recently completed homestand, the Boston Bruins aren't pleased with the efforts they've put forth. "We need to be on top of our game, execution, and our decision making is something we put our focus on," coach Claude Julien told the team's website. "For a while, it hasn't been up to par to our expectations." That homestand was followed with Saturday's 4-2 loss in Carolina, where the Bruins gave up three goals in the final six minutes of regulation. ... Ottawa Senators winger Colin Greening will join his four already-named teammates at the 2012 All-Star Game in Ottawa. The 25-year-old, who qualifies as a rookie by virtue of only 24 NHL games played last season (one below the limit), will take part in the SuperSkills competition. "It'll be fun to have a lot of familiar faces there, but it's going to be nice to see all the other all-stars, too, and meet all the other rookies," he told ottawasenators.com. ... Buffalo Sabres owner Terry Pegula isn't laying the blame on his team for its disappointing season but rather an injury-ravaged roster. "Forget about the season. I'm talking about the last 25 games. We've had 18 players go down," he told the Buffalo News. "It's like a merry-go-round every night. You look on the ice and what are your defensive pairs tonight? Hell, who knows? Who's healthy?" ... Rumors were swirling that Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Luke Schenn might be on the move, with speculation including a move to the Philadelphia Flyers for winger James van Riemsdyk. Maple Leafs general manager Brian Burke denied any such talk. "We are not in trade discussion for Luke Schenn," he told media on Friday. "I told (Schenn) I can't guarantee him he won't be traded (if the right deal came along), but nothing's been offered. I don't know where the rumours started . . . but it's not happening."
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Immigrant-owned taco stands and
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In Los Angeles' predominantly Latino neighborhood of Echo
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A shortage of workers also extended to some restaurant
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A graphic novel hit the bookshelves today in South Korea about Kim Jong Eun, North Korea's expected heir. Ha Tae-kyung, the writer and president for Open Radio for North Korea, a Seoul-based North Korea watching group, said he wanted South Koreans to have better knowledge about their "enemy."
"A famous Korean proverb says 'if you understand your enemy and yourself, you will never lose in a battle,'" he said. "North Korea would not dare another provocation in the future" if the South is armed with information and knowledge on the regime's next leader, he said.
In the book, he portrays the younger Kim as the mastermind of a series of provocations by North Korea in 2009 and 2010, including a cyber attack on government offices in Seoul, including the president's office, the sinking of Cheonan warship, and the attack on Yeonpyeong island.
The book also suggests there is a palpable sense of disillusion inside the country. Ordinary people scoff at the regime's efforts to create a personality cult for the younger Kim, such as his ability to hit a shooting target at the age of three, or his yearning for a strong power behind its nuclear technology.
Meanwhile, Mr. Ha's group cites sources inside North Korea as saying that the number of public executions has increased sharply over the last two years, and that Kim Jong Eun has ordered security guards to shoot anyone caught trying to cross into China illegally. South Korean newspaper Chosun Ilbo yesterday quoted a South Korean government official as saying there were 60 public executions in North Korea last year, up three times from a year earlier, a suggestion that the regime is using terror and fear to solidify power around the junior Kim.
Mr. Ha think the succession process won't go smoothly because "a leader can't stay in power that long if he fails to win the hearts and minds of the people," which he believes the younger Kim isn't succeeding in.
Several books on Kim Jong Eun have already been published. One of the most notable was published late last year by Kenji Fujimoto, a former personal chef for Kim Jong Il, and one of the very few outsiders who experienced the Kim dynasty first-hand.
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Concentrations and trends of halogenated flame retardants in the pooled serum of residents of Laizhou Bay, China
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He, S., Li, M., Jin, J., Wang, Y., Bu, Y., Xu, M., Yang, X. and Liu, A. (2013), Concentrations and trends of halogenated flame retardants in the pooled serum of residents of Laizhou Bay, China. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 32: 1242–1247. doi: 10.1002/etc.2172
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Your inline style is correct in using numbers only. I think browsers assume px measurements here. It's incompletely cut/pasted here so I don't know that it's not working because your format is wrong... Should be something like this -Your CSS does need a measurement specified. Add the bits highlighted in red -Code:So, both your inline and your CSS image sizes are the same. What are you trying to resize from and why can't you actually resize the image so as not to make the end user download a large image they will never see?Code:.reviewimage /*also tried reviewimage img*/ { padding: 5px 15px 0 0px; width: 143px; height: 82px; float:left; vertical-align:text-top; }
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Geez, it's always the little things. I set the pixels and it worked fine. As to why - well, the larger image is viewable elsewhere on the site. Better resize an existing image that may be in cache than have two separate images and get dinged twice.
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It was so good in fact that the firm with the Midas touch reported record net earnings of $13.4 billion on revenues of $45.2 billion. Which, of course, means its ranks will receive big and beautiful bonuses this year—but not as big and beautiful as they could've been.
Amid all the public criticism heaved Goldman's way in anticipation of the firm passing out huge incentive checks not long after the U.S. government helped them and others through a very rough patch, the firm decided to set aside just a measly $16.2 billion for bonuses, or about 36 percent of revenues. Sure, $16.2 billion is no bag of coal, but Goldman could've gone higher. Consider that in 2007 the firm set aside $20 billion for bonuses and in 2008 the percentage of revenue devoted to incentive compensation equaled 48 percent.
What hasn't been announced yet is how much CEO Lloyd Blankfein will bank for his efforts in 2009. We do know that he (and other Goldman top executives) will only be receiving a stock bonus (no cash), but seeing how Goldman killed it this year while its competitors still struggled (Citigroup booked a monstrous loss for the year and Morgan Stanley booked its first annual loss in history) Lloyd should get close to the record $68 million he made in 2007.
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My roster is: QB: Rivers Young Freeman RB: Jones-Drew Slaton Wells Lewis Taylor Moats WR: Jackson A. Johnson Austin Smith Edwards Bennett TE: Winslow Heap Cooley K: Folk DEF: Arizona San Fran 1 QB, 2RB, 3 WR, 1 TE, 1 K, 1 DEF is the starters. Also, this is a keeper league, so I would be keeping Brees if I traded for him. If this trade doesnt happen I would most likely keep Rivers, V-Jax, Andre and Jones-Drew. Any thoughts? THanks |
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You have almost the same team as my buddy who is undefeated. You are loaded dude. Since you have Miles Austin and Steve Smith (NY or Car?) I would do that trade in a heartbeat. No question. You are loaded.
I just made this trade: Cedric Benson Derrick Mason for Ray Rice Kevin Walter Think it was a good trade? Ray Rice has been awesome. I will pair him with Steve Slaton and Matt Forte (who has started to get hot). I am hurting a bit at WR but have Crabtree, Nate Burleson, Steve Smith (NYG), and Braylon Edwards. I think I would be deep enough at RB to be fine with that. Thoughts? |
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Thanks for the advice. I'm hoping the trade doesn't get vetoed(only one trade so far this year hasn't) Lucky pick ups off the waiver wire of Smith and Austin lol.
I think you get the better end of the deal there with Rice. Benson has gotten the yards but hasnt really hit on as many touchdowns as you would like. Rice has also gotten better as the season has worn on. |
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"Good. You should get it."
Simple as possible review. If you want help changing things, habits, and your life; make this one of the set you should have. Listen twice, do the work. Just about like you'd expect it to be. Get it.
"Keys to successful change"
If you're true to yourself and want to make changes this is the right book for you to reach your goals.
"Life changing and liberating"
Of course this book is life changing as that is its purpose. Having majored in psychology, I am drawn to self help and behavioral science books. This book is liberating because it downplays personal motivation, which I have been considering as faulty reasoning before but didn't understand why until I read this. I really do believe I can change my problems and the world, in a sense. Who doesn't want to change the world?
"Great encouragement to take control"
Loved this read! It was a required book for a class I am taking and I am so glad it was. I look forward to applying the 6 sources of influence to many different behaviors I struggle with.
"Definitely worth a list"
Like their earlier book, Influencer, Change Anything is an interesting and somewhat actionable self-help book that, if I were seriously committed to changing something about myself, I would probably find more useful. They do make change sound like a lot of work, and there's nothing I currently feel that desperate to change to make it worthwhile. That said, I've listened to this book several times and will probably re-listen to it periodically (although I might be better off just keeping notes from it on an index card- the basic tenets could definitely fit on one). I do have to take a few points off for the interview at the end. While it's an interesting summary of the book, it's also a somewhat saccharine circle-jerk, and that's an unfortunate final impression for an otherwise motivating and occasionally inspiring (if periodically melodramatic) book.
I enjoy reading fantasy, science fiction, and horror the most. To improve, I read about language, psychology, spirituality, and art. I read about computer science and business for professional reasons.
"A good self-improvement book"
A non-fiction book on how to improve behavior. Most examples were on conquering unhealthy habits with higher level thought, planning, and practice. Finances, relationships, diet, exercise, and addictions were described as being products of various influences. Internal personal influences and social influences were described as factors to be assessed for change. Routines for changing the patterns were described as a means of encouraging new good habits to replace old bad ones.
I only found the specifics slightly useful, although a good review on why some habits are good for health and some aren't. I was able to abstract and generalize some good principles on the various influences though. Through the description, I was able to be more conscious of the various factors that create habits, and even dispositions and beliefs. Finally, I liked the "be your own social scientist" perspective, as that was a decided improvement over the "opponent social scientist" perspective encouraged so often on television propaganda and academic environments
"Provides Good Ideas and Support For Those Ideas"
I haven't read the print version, so I can't compare, but the narrator reads clearly and is very easy to listen to.
The best part of this book for me was the various case studies.
The idea of altering influences in order to accomplish goals more easily.
"Great Helpful Read"
Absolutely, the strategies and information taught in this book were fantastic the first time and I anticipate them helping me even more the next go around.
Hard to say seeing as how it was a self help book, but there were several memorable and eye opening statements and I loved how it was all backed up with academic research. The whole thing was memorable.
There aren't really different characters, just the narrator.
Yeah, it was shocking in its ability to portray new and helpful information, and helped me realize that I have approached change in my life in exactly the wrong way for a long time.
I have absolutely no doubt that the tactics and strategies taught in this book will work. I've read quire a number of self help books and I feel like this one took elements from many of them and formed it into a cohesive and effective strategy for enacting change or overcoming addiction in ones life.
"Practical, realistic advice for making changes"
One of the best!
I was most impacted by the idea of crucial moments and vital behaviors.
I'm using the concepts to work toward some extremely challenging goals this year. The idea that you can identify and plan for your most tempting or challenging moments was a big breakthrough for me.
Loved the reader!
"good sound method for change"
the narration - the content - none of this was new but it was presented in a thoughtful and well organized manner
This was my first listen and I thought he did a great job.
the idea of thinking about a "default future".


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Short & Happy (or not)
Richard Bunning
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Words: 60,040. Language: English. Published: October 21, 2014 by
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SHORT & HAPPY (or not) is an anthology of 35 stories by 25 authors from English speaking countries around the globe and a sprinkling of ex-pats who enjoy life in non-English speaking countries as well. The stories cover just as wide a spectrum of subjects. Humor (or humour), light romance, science fiction, fantasy, memoir, satire, reflection, exotic locales … it's all here in bite-sized pieces
Fifty Egg Timer Stories
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Fifty Egg Timer Stories is a collection of 50 shot stories of between 600 and 1000 words. The stories are by one author and are of mixed genre. Some of these stories are flippant and/or amusing whilst others touch on serious topics. The common theme, if one can be found at all, is the provision of short bursts of entertainment. I hope that all readers find some stories to their individual liking.
Another Space in Time, Returns
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When the Captain of the local police persuades Rodwell to help pursue the Earth Trash Terminators his life is thrown into turmoil. Standing in for his twin brother, Rodwell is thrown into the terrorists' world. Can he fight dirty enough to survive, even when his new family is threatened? What will happen in this parallel earth-like world? This is the standalone sequel to Another Space in Time.
Another Space in Time
Richard Bunning
Words: 138,050. Language: English. Published: August 30, 2011. Category:
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The adventure in another time in space of Rodwell Richards who, when murdered on Earth, finds himself pursued on Goranas as a terrorist killer. This earth-like parallel world, to which Rodwell must quickly adapt, is just perhaps the kind of place that any of us could one day visit. Enter this speculative world of human drama, and observe the pursuit through Rodwell's eyes.
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The Superiors
on Nov. 04, 2011
This is an exciting book in the "Vampire" genre, which keeps one's interest boiling, and builds a close intimacy with the necessities of vampire "life". The ending isn't quite as sharp as the rest of the book, but this can be excused as it builds the start of the second in the series. Hillbrand brings the interesting mind set of her academic background to help her build a very creative and dynamic, "possible", future vampire society. We see her vision through the eyes of the "undead" and through those of the human prey, reduced as they are here to little better than the status of cattle. I was gripped by Hillbrand's easy style, and well-engineered and exciting plot. This book is well written. It is deserving of a wide audience from the genre fanatic, to those who are just interested in good adventure and the psychology of both human and "Superior" beings. This book is 4 star for me, and I will be reading "The Vigilantes" for sure. The fifth star is unusual from this reviewer, but I just know I will have to consider it when I am engulfed by Hillbrand's second.
Who Else is There?
on Jan. 12, 2012
If you like a whodunit, and are prepared for brutal accurate description of murder and general physical and sexual violence then you will love this book. Let me be clear that when the plot requires these pictures to be brutally accurate they certainly are. Generally though graphic description of murder and sexual and physical violence is avoided, or rather left to the deprivations of our own imagination. When we the plot requires that we see every tear or drop of blood we do. The main characters are very well rounded and believable, but personally I found it hard to keep up with the entire cast. This was more my fault than Philip Catshill's. The first requirement of any whodunit is to keep up. My reading was too broken to allow this. When reading Agatha Christie as a youngster I always used to write a key word or two on each character on a rough piece of paper. Unless you can read this book in a couple of close sessions I would consider doing the same here. Those who have the opportunity to read this book quickly will obviously not have this problem. The book certainly has the power to keep one going provided the real world doesn't intervene. The main characters, all as flawed as any real people, and all add real dimension to the story. We soon have a deep understanding of what makes them tick as individuals, with always a little held back for an appropriate moment of revelation. This is an adult book, which brings out many dark emotions as it explores some of the extreme aspects of human behaviour. Both mental and physical sicknesses are described very believably, as are so many of the raw emotions associated with these conditions. Perhaps by chance I did second guess the murderer, but never with anything like a freedom of doubt that could have spoilt the story. And although I can't be certain, because as I have said I didn't always keep up with all the nuances of every character, I certainly didn't see any flaws in the plot. Generally speaking the reading was very easy, though I was rather irritated by being told by the author what certain medical words he had just used meant. I would have preferred that the word was explained, if really necessary, in a more natural flow of the story, or an old fashioned use of the asterisk had been employed. I rather felt as though a pedantic editor had meddled. I look forward to reading more from this author. I don't except in very rare cases give five stars to any book. For those who like this crude device and regret that I have broken the full sets of previous reviews, let me say that I am inclined to five for plot, and five for the complex psychologically and mostly very believable characters. I can't think of any aspects of the book that failed to score well.
Keeping Counsel
on Nov. 08, 2012
The mechanics of the plot are well designed, the first requirement of any legal thriller. I have no idea as to whether all the detailed legal structure holds up, or even the total psychological profile of the killer, not that such exactitudes have much influence on the stories excitement. What is important is that I was drawn in, founding myself to be genuinely concerned for the safety of Tara and Shining. The menacing power of the killer seemed only too real. I had no trouble believing the mix of sexual attraction and repulsion that Tara felt for both the killer, and her ex-lover, Ben. People are a mix of often contradictory and always confusing quirks, characteristics that Forster plays very well. All the characters worked for me, all flawed, all, including the killer, a mix of good and bad. The only relationship I struggled to believe was Bill's with his mother, but here we are on the very fringes of the story. To be a five star book I felt I needed better legal resolution, through playing the story out a little longer. It crosses my mind that Forster felt compelled to pander to the mass of readers that don't like to read too long. I can't argue against commercial sense. Also note that I'm not suggesting that the ending lacked punch, it certainly had that. I see this novel as more of a psychological thriller than a legal one. It is so full of very penetration observations about what makes people tick. I am sure that I will be reading many more of Forster's books.
Puppet Parade
on Nov. 16, 2012
This beautifully written book is full of inventiveness, emotion, and clever re-examinations of a host of fantasy ideas. This is a modern adult fairy story, which draws on so many classic themes and cultural tales that it is difficult to guess which ones were originally uppermost in Alayan's mind. It is not that we need to de-construct to enjoy the story; it is simply that as a writer I cannot stop myself wondering from where the spark came. What we do need to do, if cynical adults, is to re-construct some aspects of our childish selves. After all, this is a fairy story in which wooden puppets can talk. Remember back to when Pinocchio seemed plausible. Now get on with finding your own way onto the train with Oliver and Sophie. Alayan enables us to see a complex world through the eyes of the variably innocent and naïve, whilst at the same time she avoids creating a childish story. Her fairy tale grows out of what is already a fantasy world, one a dimension away from our own, and takes us into fantasy inside fantasy, and even a fantasy inside that, like a sort of giant layer cake. It is as though the Brothers Grimm had taken five or six folk tales, stripped each to its core, and then rebuilt their own complex dark fantasy from the result. The whole book is all the cleverer as it is written through two pairs of childish eyes, one pair that hid from facing an outside world and one that were hidden from it. Actually, the pictures are so well drawn that it is easy to become submerged. For the times I took to read this work the Parade really existed, strings really did control the humans, and not the puppets, and if Alayan had asked me to see water flowing uphill I would have done so. As with any fantasy that starts to have a solid quality some structure needs to become predictable. Some stops on the train did little more than draw us a little further into understanding, but the length of the description and the multiple stops were necessary. Modern fantasies are often written far too short. Alayan's generosity of quantity, as well as undeniable quality, made the conclusions so much more complete. This is a longish book, because it needs to be long enough to draw us into the Parade, long enough for the reader to be "absorbed" and for the principle characters to grow. I don't want to read a sequel. This is a completed fairy tale that needs no revisiting. It has its own encapsulated magic, which would only be damaged by reopening. However, I absolutely will be looking out for new works by Zeinab Alayan, just to see whether she can pull off such a feast again.
on Jan. 19, 2013
I loved reading this book. Some parts of it held my attention like a vice. I can still hear the roar of roller blades, the shatter of glass, the cawing of circling crows. Some passages needed a touch more editing. However, the little stutters in the flow, the very occasional clumsy phrase, certainly didn't spoil the book. I guess it might if you happen to be the sort of grammarian that suffers pain from every linguistic deviation, but then you must often be short of reading. I had the constant nag at the back of my mind that the electricity supply for Geneva should have died, along with 99.9% of the population. Though this continuing availability was never explicitly explained the implicit assumption I eventually made tied the threads together satisfactorily. Another strand that I felt needed earlier enforcement was the childhood experience of Dan, which led to his life of chronic tinnitus. The early avoidance of these issues was I'm sure in part due to a determination to hold the surprise of the ending. I, though, like to see all the main circles of direction earlier in a plot build. We start with reports of animal population crashes that might have come from the culturally shifting writing of Rachel Carson, move through a quiet apocalypse, then delve into the individualistic process of survival. Finally, Marino pulls together an episodic and dystopian past history of mankind, and the promise of a new galactic spirituality for our species. Erich Von Däniken, Philip K Dick and Arthur C Clarke might all have been sitting around a table collectively weaving together the elements of the new start instigated by the Daimones. I can see Marino sitting at the end of the table rapidly scribbling notes. Then finally, he selected a touch of each to colour his vision. Though each of these great authors probably inspired a few sentences, I feel that there is a lot of novel speculation to come in the rest of the planned trilogy. I really found this to be a very enjoyable read. I am sure this is partly because I'm a writer of speculative science fiction of a similar nature. But also it's because this is, even with science fiction discounted, a very entertaining book. The differing psychological profiles and difficulties of the main characters are well drawn, giving very real feeling grist to Marino's speculative ideas. Not every aspect of the book deserves 5 stars, but we are required to use this crude classification. As you will have noted, I gave 5. I thank you for having taken the trouble to read my review.
on Feb. 28, 2013
This is not the easiest Forster to get into, not that that will deter her fans. When you do catch up with the characters, a problem we share with the local police, one will be rewarded in as least as big a way as is customary in a Forster. The parallel story telling requires a little effort, a temporary requirement to multi-task. I found it necessary to be relaxed about remembering the early flood of characters, and corpses. Soon enough we get to know all the characters we need very well. There is always a lot going on, plenty of energy to keep the mind's lightbulb lit. The mix of cultural expectation, and the deeply engrained private pasts that we all carry with us are the keys to this powerful read. The parallel storytelling, the sub-story that starts the chapters will provide the glue. You will need the glue, but be relaxed about watching it set. The witness theme gets a clever redesign, rather than just a new coat of paint, in this one. Waves of all the characters past experience and the physical forces of the present, lash through the pages creating yet another brilliant Forster novel.
The Inevitable
on Aug. 15, 2013
I was half-hooked on this book before I even started. I'm a fan of the speculative and philosophical in the sort of Science Fiction that this book promised to be. However, such raised expectation can so easily be dashed. Like watching a "must see" film, too much expectation can be a terrible spoiler. I wasn't disappointed, not for a moment. I also enjoy the sort of light prose that this author can produce. Humour is always bubbling away somewhere in the text, sometimes dark, sometimes, dry, or observational, or occasionally just plain funny. The ground covered, though, is serious enough. This book is entertainment with plenty of hard speculative though behind the flowing words. I actually felt at times as though I now knew what it could be like to be the artificial intelligences that are Tuck and David, I even thought I understood what it was like to be the biologically enhanced and yet emotionally autistic personality that is Maze. The story was very well structured with flashback type memories from Tuck's long-past. We actually get a sense of how this robot became the personality he most certainly is. What is it to be human, and what is it to be a technological construction, which, through experience and self-modification, has become almost human? Above all what is it like for any intelligent creature to contemplate its own mortality? I won't compare this work with that of other writers, not because this one is uniquely different, it isn't, but simply because it deserves to be judged by its creativity. Nowadays, true originality is hard to achieve in any genre; almost invariably, works can only be original to some small percentage of the individuals they touch. Perhaps I can best describe the read as being fresh, vivid, smart, rather than being full of brand new ideas. Oh! Just in case I didn't make things clear, "The Inevitable" isn't short on excitement.
on Feb. 22, 2015
As the book starts we are already on the other side of a dystopian meltdown. The rebuild, worldwide will be painfully slow, but progress will be made. The story is set in one small area, the area that will be served by one new power station. Some of the wealthy, in their gated communities have come through a worldwide conflagration relatively unscathed, not so most of the population. There is a lot of excitement, heaps of intrigue, and a very clever interplay of characters in the plot. Sometimes the detail was actually too clever for me, to mathematically complex, but I breezed on to find, as I suspected, that the maths of who did what to whom and when didn't particularly matter. The story is in the series of results from the complex interplay of competing and variously empowered players. I don't hesitate in giving this book five stars, but the proof-reader needs eliminating and replacing before the next book, just as unceremoniously as are so many of Miller's characters that fail to keep pace with this developing new social, material and financial order. One more edit would be more than worthwhile, so I hope Miller organises just that. Miller's writing style is robust, eloquent, and fashionable short of superfluous adjectives and adverbs. This Hemingwayesque style is popular, certainly, though less plot detail and more expansive description would have enriched the reading for me. I would have liked to have been given a few more colours from the peeling paint, and a deeper penetration of the souls driving the characters. I enjoy more ingredients than a plot demands. But as it is the word count is fairly long, as I said, we see a complex sum. The author is an intellectual thinker, with many scientific and social views about where the future might go. Miller combines this with writing very engaging fiction that works on so many levels. I certainly enjoyed reading 'Troubles'. Miller does just exactly what all good speculative fiction writers do, entertains with aplomb whilst providing food for both frivolous and serious thought.
Redemption: Supernatural Time-Traveling Thriller with Sci-fi and Metaphysics
on March 26, 2015
This has elements from a mix of genres; including supernatural, spiritual, romance, sci-fi, and speculative fiction. Overall, it is well written and very entertaining. I particularly enjoyed reading this as a series of short-stories, being only disappointed with the lack of connect between the science fiction, the regressive themes, and the end of the book. The past lives are all exciting reads, though saddled with my common complaint that it is funny how more often than not past life memories are of infamous and famous events and times, rather than of ordinary lives. This makes for good entertainment, whilst reducing plot 'credibility'. A-Lo, if this is 'future biography', certainly gets the Halo. However, the bar to reaching redemption is set so high that I'm quite sure I'd be stuck in Limbo, or Clapham, or Mean Street forever. Perhaps like most superb destinations the already resident wish to stop 'Heaven' getting too crowded. Only special friends of Michael may here enter. So if you want to get into this exclusive club you had better be pretty damn superhuman first. This is a good read with a positive ending, which probably tips the book more into the romance genre than any other. There aren't any original plot elements here not that that is of much consequence except to those that devour books. There are signs enough that Lo is capable of writing more ambitious books, so she is an author I'll follow. I would like the opening and closing elements to be integrated better- especially in tying in the science fiction artificial soul, the strongest character in the book and the real 'romantic' lead, with final death and arrival at station Nirvana. As to the short-life stories, they are very entertaining both standing as independent reads and as a part of the overall theme. Written in clear and simple style, this is a very easy book to get into.
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In an interview with The Times of India on Saturday, Union minister Sushilkumar Shinde was asked whether the ruling Congress government would consider issuing an ordinance to nullify the law which could see gay people jailed for up to ten years.
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HOLLYWOOD—"The Purge" beat out the competition and took the No. 1 spot in this weekend's box office. It earned $36.4 million from 2,536 movie theaters.
The thriller averaged a strong $14,345 per theater. "The Purge" was written and directed by James DeMonaco, the film stars Ethan Hawke and Lena Headey. It was made for only $3 million and had a great marketing campaign and premise that gave it a big opening.
"Fast & Furious 6" took the no. 2 spot, with $19.8 million in its third weekend. "Now You See Me" took the no. 3 spot with $19.5 million. "The Internship" starring Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn fell below expectations bringing in $18 million for the no. 4 spot. The animated action adventure "Epic" took the no. 5 spot with $12.1 million.
This weekend two of summers most anticipated films "This Is The End," a comedy directed by Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen starring James Franco, Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel, Danny McBride and Craig Robinson arrives at the multiplex. "Man Of Steel" brings Superman back to the big screen. The picture is directed by Zack Snyder and written by David Goyer, and stars Henry Cavill as Superman and Amy Adams as


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