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The top 10 lies Pakistani officials tell
- By Thomas E. RicksThomas E. Ricks covered the U.S. military from 1991 to 2008 for the Wall Street Journal and then the Washington Post. He can be reached at email@example.com.
Best Defense is in summer re-runs. This item originally ran on April 10, 2014.
From the tell-it-like-it-is Prof. Christine Fair. No. 1 is, "Our relationship should be strategic rather than transactional." Second is that it is us, not them, that has been an unreliable ally.
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BRUSSELS (Feb. 21)
A united Germany will have to remember forever its collective guilt for the Holocaust, the European Jewish Congress declared in a resolution adopted here this week.
German unification, rising anti-Semitism in the Soviet Union and the European Community's deteriorating relations with Israel were areas of concern addressed by the EJC at a meeting Monday and Tuesday.
It was called to consider anti-Semitism in various countries, in light of the historic changes taking place in Eastern Europe.
The EJC is the Western and Eastern European branch of the World Jewish Congress. Its resolution on German unification recalled the sufferings of European Jewish communities at the hands of the Third Reich and expressed concern over the prospects of a united Germany.
"It is imperative that all forms of racism, anti-Semitism, xenophobia and exclusion be outlawed" in the united country, the resolution said.
"This Germany will have to recognize today and forever its collective guilt for the Shoah and its victims."
Another resolution voiced alarm at "the wave of anti-Semitism today in the Soviet Union, which is inspired by ultranationalist movements acting more and more openly." It urged the Soviet authorities to act against the phenomenon, including the enactment and enforcement of stiffer laws.
The EJC expressed dismay over last month's vote by the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, recommending trade sanctions against Israel and the suspension of scientific cooperation with that country. The E.C. legislative body was expressing displeasure with Israel's treatment of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
The EJC welcomed the groundbreaking ceremony in Poland for an interfaith prayer center, where Carmelite nuns are to be relocated from their present quarters on the grounds of the former Auschwitz death camp.
It expressed hope that "the definite departure of the Carmelites, in peace and dignity, will occur within a reasonable time."


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Safety And Efficacy Of Rescriptor In Patients For Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Patients
This study has been completed.
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First received: January 14, 2009
Last updated: June 2, 2010
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|Tracking Information
|First Received Date ICMJE
|January 14, 2009
|Last Updated Date
|June 2, 2010
|Start Date ICMJE
|December 2003
|Primary Completion Date
|March 2009 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Current Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE
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|Change History
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|Brief Title ICMJE
|Safety And Efficacy Of Rescriptor In Patients For Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Patients
|Official Title ICMJE
|Drug Use Investigation For Rescriptor (Regulatory Post Marketing Commitment Plan)
|Brief Summary
|The objective of this surveillance is to collect information about 1) adverse drug reaction not expected from the Local Product Document (LPD) (unlisted adverse drug reaction), 2) the incidence of adverse drug reactions in this surveillance, and 3)factors considered to affect the safety and/or efficacy of this drug.
|Detailed Description
|All the patients whom an investigator prescribes the first Rescriptor® should be registered consecutively until the number of subjects reaches target number in order to extract patients enrolled into the investigation at random.
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|The patients whom an investigator involving A4351010 prescribes the Delavirdine Mesilate(Rescriptor).
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|Drug: Rescriptor
RESCRIPTOR® TABLETS 200mg, depending on the Investigator prescription. Frequency and duration are according to Package Insert as follows. "The usual adult dose is 400mg of Delavirdine Mesilate administered orally 3 times daily.This drug must always be administered in combination with other anti-HIV drugs."
Other Name: Rescripter
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Patients not administered Rescriptor®.
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Freeport Indonesia Resumes Mining After Accident
By Ben Otto and Deden Sudrajat
Freeport Indonesia has resumed open-pit mining at its massive Grasberg mine in Papua, two weeks after shutting it down following one of the worst accidents in industry history in Indonesia, a company spokeswoman said Wednesday.
"Operations at the Grasberg open-pit mine began on Tuesday, though not at full capacity," Daisy Primayanti, vice president of corporate communications, told The Wall Street Journal.
She said current operations were well less than half the capacity of the mine—one of the world's largest open-pit copper mines and the largest gold mine–but added that work would be ramped up in the coming days.


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Gramercy Capital Corp. (NYSE: GKK) today announced that it has called a special meeting (the "Special Meeting") of the holders of its 8.125% Series A cumulative redeemable preferred stock (the "Series A preferred stock") on January 17, 2012 at 9:30 a.m., local time, at the offices of Clifford Chance US LLP, 31 West 52nd Street, New York, New York. At the Special Meeting, the Series A preferred stockholders will be asked to elect, as permitted by Article FIRST, Section 10 of the Company's Articles Supplementary, an additional director to the Company's board of directors in accordance with the provisions of the Company's bylaws and other procedures established by the Company's board of directors relating to election of directors. Nominations may only be made by holders of record of the Series A preferred stock in accordance with the Company's bylaws. No such nominations have been received by the Company as of the date hereof. Holders of record of the Series A preferred stock as of the close of business on November 11, 2011 will be entitled to notice of and to vote at the Special Meeting. COMPANY PROFILE Gramercy Capital Corp. is a self-managed integrated commercial real estate finance and property management and investment company whose Gramercy Finance division focuses on the direct origination, acquisition and portfolio management of whole loans, bridge loans, subordinate interests in whole loans, mezzanine loans, preferred equity, commercial mortgage-backed securities and other real estate securities, and whose Gramercy Realty division focuses on the management of commercial properties leased primarily to financial institutions and affiliated users throughout the United States. The Company is headquartered in New York City and has regional investment and portfolio management offices in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, Charlotte, North Carolina, and St. Louis, Missouri. To review the Company's latest news releases and other corporate documents, please visit the Company's website at www.gkk.com or contact Investor Relations at 212-297-1000. (GKK-EN)
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Have a Tax Question? Ask a Tax Expert
Good afternoon. Per the IRS instructions, you would calculate ATNOLD as follows:
The ATNOLD is the sum of the alternative tax net operating loss (ATNOL) carryovers and carrybacks to the tax year, subject to the limitation explained later on this page. Figure your ATNOLD as follows.
Your ATNOL for a loss year is the excess of the deductions allowed for figuring AMTI (excluding the ATNOLD) over the income included in AMTI. Figure this excess with the modifications in section 172(d), taking into account your AMT adjustments and preferences (that is, the section 172(d) modifications must be separately figured for the ATNOL). For example, the limitation of nonbusiness deductions to the amount of nonbusiness income must be separately figured for the ATNOL, using only nonbusiness income and deductions that are included in AMTI.
Your ATNOLD may be limited. To figure the ATNOLD limitation, you must first figure your AMTI without regard to the ATNOLD and any domestic production activities deduction. To do this, first figure a tentative amount for line 9 by treating line 11 as if it were zero. Next, figure a tentative total of lines 1 through 27 using the tentative line 9 amount and treating line 11 as if it were zero. Add any domestic production activities deduction to this tentative total. Your ATNOLD is limited to 90% of the result.
However, the 90% limit does not apply to an ATNOL that is attributable to qualified disaster losses (as defined in section 172(j)), qualified Gulf Opportunity Zone losses (as defined in section 1400N(k)(2)), qualified recovery assistance losses (as defined in Pub. 4492-A, Information for Taxpayers Affected by the May 4, 2007, Kansas Storms and Tornadoes), qualified disaster recovery assistance losses (as defined in Pub. 4492-B, Information for Affected Taxpayers in the Midwestern Disaster Areas), or a 2008 or 2009 loss that you elected to carry back more than 2 years under section 172(b)(1)(H). Therefore, if an ATNOL that is carried back or carried forward to the tax year is attributable to any of those losses, the ATNOLD for the tax year is limited to the sum of:
The smaller of:
The sum of the ATNOL carrybacks and carryforwards to the tax year attributable to net operating losses other than those losses described in 2a below, or
90% of AMTI for the tax year (figured without regard to the ATNOLD and any domestic production activities deduction, as discussed earlier), plus
The sum of the ATNOL carrybacks and carryforwards to the tax year attributable to qualified disaster losses, qualified Gulf Opportunity Zone losses, qualified recovery assistance losses, qualified disaster recovery assistance losses, and any 2008 or 2009 loss that you elected to carry back more than 2 years under section 172(b)(1)(H), or
100% of AMTI for the tax year (figured without regard to the ATNOLD and any domestic production activities deduction, as discussed earlier) reduced by the amount determined under (1).
Enter on line 11 the smaller of the ATNOLD or the ATNOLD limitation.
Any ATNOL not used may be carried back 2 years or forward up to 20 years (15 years for loss years beginning before 1998). In some cases, the carryback period is longer than 2 years; for details, see Pub. 536. See Pub. 4492-A for the part of an ATNOL that is a qualified recovery assistance loss or Pub. 4492-B for the part of an ATNOL that is a qualified disaster recovery assistance loss. If you elect to carry back a 2008 or 2009 ATNOL 5 years under section 172(b)(1)(H) as amended by Public Law 111-92, the 50% taxable income limit under section 172(b)(1)(H)(iv) is applied separately based on the previously-determined AMTI for that carryback year. In other words, the ATNOLD in that 5th preceding year is limited to 50% of your AMTI for that year, which is determined without using the ATNOL for the loss year or any later tax year.
The treatment of ATNOLs does not affect your regular tax NOL.
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Ferrero USA Inc. Tic Tac mints
Tic Tac® mints have a delicious and refreshing flavor for every occasion! Freshmints, Orange, Wintergreen, Powermint and NEW Strawberry Fields are available as every day items for placement at your front end Gum and Mint section. The Tic Tac® Brand is also pleased to offer you several display opportunities throughout 2012 for both permanent and temporary displays, as well as several exciting seasonal offers for Summer, Holiday, and Cancer Awareness in October.
For more detailed information on all our flavors, displays and promotional programs, please visit our website at www.cstore.ferrerousa.com.


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I have a form that gets populated with data from the database. Before is start describing my problem, some snippets:
One class:
Second class
The method in EmployeeController called to return data to the jsp
The jsp, showing the dropdown for the areas and, if no new employee is returned, the known data
The controller method doing validation and either returning some errors or not
For the problem: This all works fine, dropdown is populated, data gets filled into the inputs. But when I click the submit, I get the following error:
As far as I understand it, the form just submits the plain string for 'area' instead of binding the objects from the List.
How do I get the string submitted for 'area' to be the appropriate object of type Area? Otherwise validation will always fail.
Thanks for your help!
One class:
// @Entity for areas public class Area { @Id @Column(name = "area") private String area; @Column(name = "deleted") private boolean deleted; getter/setter }
// @Entity for employees public class Employee { @Id @GeneratedValue @Column(name = "ID") private long id; @ManyToOne @JoinColumn(name = "area") private Area area; @Column(name = "name") private String name; getter/setter
protected String createDialog( @PathVariable("id") Long id, Model model ){ Employee employee = id == 0 ? new Employee() : employeeService.findById(id); //return employee model.addAttribute("employeeModel", employee ); //add data needed to create dropdown holding areas //areaService.findAll returns a List<Area> model.addAttribute("areas", areaService.findAll( new Sort( Sort.Direction.ASC, "area" ) )); return "employees/dialogUpdateEdit"; }
<form:form action="employees/ajax" commandName="employeeModel" method="POST" id="createForm">

 Area	  <form:select path="area" items="${areas}" class="fullWidth"> </form:select>

 Employee Name	 <form:input path="name" class="fullWidth"/>

  <input type="submit" value="Save Changes" id="btnSaveEmployee" class="fullWidth" />

  <form:hidden path="id" /> </form:form>
@RequestMapping(value = "/ajax", method = RequestMethod.POST) protected @ResponseBody ValidationResponse createOrUpdate( @Validated @ModelAttribute("employeeModel") Employee employee, BindingResult bindingResult) { if (!bindingResult.hasErrors()) { employeeService.createOrUpdate(employee); } return validate(employee, null, bindingResult); }
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Cannot convert value of type [java.lang.String] to required type [com.whatever.Area] for property 'area': no matching editors or conversion strategy found
How do I get the string submitted for 'area' to be the appropriate object of type Area? Otherwise validation will always fail.
Thanks for your help!


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Michigan cops have found the body of BREENA MACHUS, 20, who was abducted from a discount store found near Detroit.
Investigators found the remains in a secluded wooded area in suburban Detroit, less than 2 miles away from the abduction scene.
Machus, an assistant manager at a Family Dollar store in Dearborn was last seen Monday night. A co-worker, Joseph Orlando, 20, was found fatally shot when other employees arrived in the morning for work.
The identity of the slain girl was confirmed as Machus, Nancy Hamood Strutz, assistant to Dearborn Police Chief Ron Haddad told media.
Haddad said one of two women who were in the store between 7 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Monday contacted police and are cooperating in the homicide investigation.
Police say she is not a suspect.
The Family Dollar's surveillance video captured images of a suspect, who appeared to wave as he strolled into the store. Police are urging the public to call with any tips about the man who wore dark clothes with a hood over his head. His face isn't visible on the video.


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AN INVESTIGATION has been launched after fire engulfed a Southend garage twice in two days.
Police and the fire service have launched a joint investigation after firefighters were called to the Southend MOT and Service Centre in Fletchers Square, on the Temple Farm Industrial Estate, on Thursday evening and again in the early hours of Saturday morning.
Assistant Divisional Officer Martyn Hodder said: "Being called to the same address just 48 hours later to find the building well alight is unusual so both police and fire service investigation teams were called in at a very early stage."
Neighbours reported a worker escaping uninjured after a vehicle inside the garage caught fire "suddenly and unexpectedly" at about 7pm on Thursday.
The fire, which gutted the MOT centre, filled a neighbouring garage with smoke and took 15 firefighters and hour to get under control, was recorded as accidental.
But investigators were called in again after the 6,450sq foot garage, which was filled with building materials, was completely engulfed in flames once more at about 3.20am on Saturday.
When crews from Southend, Leigh and Rochford arrived the building and roof – which collapsed - were completely alight, threatening other businesses in the terrace.
It took about 25 firefighters two hours to get the fire under control and crews were still dousing flames at midday on Saturday.
Mr Hodder, who is Southend station commander, said: "The aerial ladder platform was used to fight the fire from above, while crews on the ground in breathing apparatus did a fantastic job under punishing conditions to prevent the fire from spreading beyond the first unit.
"The units on either side of the fire were very heavily smoke logged and have both suffered some structural damage caused by the collapse of the roof of the MOT Centre where the fire started."
Neighbouring businesses found their properties full of smoke when they opened on Saturday morning.
The owners of the business declined to comment.
NEIGHBOURING businesses fear the fire may have damaged their building and they may be targeted next.
A structural engineer will assess the garage today, but other businesses have been warned at least a couple of walls in the terraced properties on Fletcher Square may need taking down as a result of the damage.
Dan Ife, of building plastics firm Eurocell, three doors down from the garage, opened his shutters to clouds of smoke on Saturday morning.
The manager said: "It's worrying because we hold one the largest stocks of building plastics in the UK.
"They don't know how it started or happened. If it's vandals, are they going to attack the rest of us?
"We have been told they are going to have to take a couple of walls down there. If they remove those walls are we going to have to close?"
Mr Ife opened his fire exit, used an extractor fan and sprayed air freshener, but his business still smelled of smoke hours later.
Matt Gilbert, of the MOT Centre Southend Ltd, another garage in the row, was surprised by the fire.
He said: "I got a call at about 5am and came down to check the workshop. There was a bit of smoke."We have never had any trouble around here."


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Dog Veterinary
Ask a Dog Vet and Get Answers to Your Dog Health Questions
Hello, thanks for your question today! I am Dr. Drew, and I am a licensed veterinarian. I'll be happy to help you in any way I can.
Over the counter anti inflammatory options for dogs are quite limited,
due to the risk of side effects,
but in a situation where prescription medicines are not available, buffered aspirin is often suggested.
the usual amount given is 5mg per pound of body weight, every 12 hours.
with repeated use, there is an increasing risk of stomach ulcers,
so it's far from ideal,.
but it is safer than the other over-the-counter anti inflammatory medicines.
As for joint supplements,
my preference is Dasuquin, or the lesser version, Cosequin.
Glyco-Flex is another good brand.
I'd avoid the generic glucosamine products, as their purity and potency isn't verifiable.
Dasuquin and Cosequin have lots of science behind them,
and I trust their quality.
is this common for it to happen like that he was playful and loving right after and like I said it was only like 1 or 2 minutes..anything I can do naturally that will help with spasms
he is doing fine. Im not sure what happened. Ty for following up. he has been good


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" Author: Sophie Kinsella / Genre: Fiction "
* Prices may differ from that shown
Rebecca Bloomwood is a young woman who works as a finance correspondent for a small magazine, despite her low income she has an obsession with fashion, and good fashion on that. She lacks the ability to window shop, always managing to find a way to explain away buying 2 pairs of £100 boots, or an £180 scarf.
Constantly being bombarded with letters from her various credit card companies demanding the settlement of her debts she fobs them off with feeble excuses such as glandular fever, a broken leg, etc.
Finally realising her situation she begins to desperately try to rectify it, signing to up make frames for a company, not the solution, cutting down her spending, definitely not the solution! And finally deciding to marry her flat mate's multi millionaire cousin, who has had a crush on her for years!
Whilst her troubles are occurring she is being cautiously pursued romantically by the head of a P.R. company, Luke Brandon.
Finally, she gets her first big scoop; her neighbours were advised to swap their savings to a new company, just 2 weeks before all their customers received a massive windfall. Rebecca decides to do an expose on the situation.
Much to her surprise her article is then bought by a mainstream newspaper, and she is asked to appear on a popular morning television programme. The head of PR for the company Rebecca is ousting just so happens to be Luke Brandon, and the pair are forced to debate the companies reasons and ethics on live TV.
The company seem to like Rebecca's ability to explain finances in an easy-to-grasp way, and invite her to appear as the show's finance expert for views to call up, and the money's good too!
So finally she's got some credit, and with Luke recently broken up from her girlfriend it looks like she might just get the guy too!
Writing style and content:
Sophie Kinsella is an excellent writer, her style is engaging and entertaining. She is able to easily paint a mental picture of the scene, and has a great knowledge of her writing matter.
The first half of the book was quite tedious, it didn't seem to be going anywhere. It was just a list of Rebecca's obsessive purchases and her reasoning behind them, which became dull and frustrating after the first 2/3, and when you can see from the outside that what she was doing was a bad idea, it just made you want to jump into the book and tell her to stop being such an idiot, and to put down the designer boots!!
Once the book actually began to have content though it was an entertaining read, although had I not been sat on a train with nothing else to do I probably wouldn't have reached that point.
Reader profile:
Young adult (most likely female)
Shopaholic is one of those books that is so easy to read that I devoured it in an afternoon when the kids were at their dads. The book tells the story of Becky Bloomwood who is a journalist at a financial magazine which is a job she hates as she bluffs her way through most of it by going to launches and just copying the information from the press releases. She would much rather be working on a beauty or fashion magazine.
Although she works on a financial magazine and so should know better Becky also has a problem when it comes to shopping. Namely she can't get enough of clothes and items that she is convinced will make her life better. Once she decides she wants something she obsesses over it until she gets her hands on it much to the chagrin of her bank manager and credit card company.
During the course of her work Becky meets Luke who is a successful business man and although sparks fly between them the course of true love never runs smoothly and can Becky curtail her shopping habits and get her life under control.
I adored this book and thought it was hilarious. It is the beginning of a series featuring Becky and she makes a great heroine and one who is immediately relatable to most of us. She is a good person who just wants nice things in her life and who is willing to go in to debt to get them which is something that I and I am sure a lot of other women can relate to. She is also really likeable straight away even when she is doing all these mad cap things.
The book is littered with laugh out loud parts and I found myself sniggering when reading it. I am only glad I wasn't on the train or else I am sure I would have gotten a lot of strange looks from people. There are some really funny parts which made me cringe as well as laugh.
The romance part of the book works really well and I found myself rooting for Luke and Becky to get together. The romance was a bit predictable in parts but no less enjoyable for it.
Luke was written so well that I found myself having a crush on him by the end of the book and unfortunately am still on the lookout for my own Luke.
The rest of the supporting characters are also really well fleshed out especially Becky's best friend and her parents. Becky's mother gets more to do in further books as she is a standout amongst the supporting cast.
This is the first in the Shopaholic series of books and although you could get away with reading them in any order as there isn't a lot of plot to speak of you really should start with this one as this and the second are my favourites in the series and while the rest of the books are good fun they haven't managed to reach the heights of the first.
This is a funny lighthearted book that is a perfect holiday read. You can relate to Becky Bloomwood's ways with shopping and understand how she feels when she see the wonderful 'sale' signs in her favourite shop windows.
The book is an easy one to read a bit, put it down and read a bit more later which is good for an easy read book. It isn't anything too heavy that will take your mind and soul away until you have reached the end. There are other books in the series too that you could go on to read after if you likes it enough which is what I have done.
The book is written by Sophie Kinsella and I personally like her style of writing. This book has now been made into a film but I haven't yet seen this as I normally prefer to read the book first.
As you read on through the book, you will find yourself getting hopeful for Becky and think she has found her breakthrough and she will not have money troubles anymore. This keeps happening and when you get to the end of the book, you will have to see if she can manage to sort out her finances and be debt free.
The book can be purchased from all good book shops for £7.99 but can be purchased from amazon at as little as £0.01 + p&p. I really recommend this book to women of any age really, anyone who loves shopping.
After seeing the movie trailers being shown repetitive all over the TV, I just couldn't refuse to read this book after it popped through my door. And I'm so glad that I did, because I totally enjoyed it, as you can tell by my rating of the book.
Sophie Kinsella is a new author to me, and although I know some of the books she has written, this is the first book I've ever read from her. I have just found out that Sophie Kinsella is a pseudonym used by Madeleine Wickham. I have to admit I dislike people who use a pseudonym; it aggravates me to think that authors such as Meg Cabot and Anne Rice and now Madeleine Wickham think it's a good idea to use a different name to publish their books, and it feels like they are doing it to delude the public. If anyone knows why authors feel the need to do this I'll e very interested in knowing. Anyhow, apart from that, I found this book amazing, and Sophie Kinsella's writing is amazing and it captured me in seconds. I sure hope the subsequent novels are just as good.
This is the FIRST book in a series that currently has 5 books in it at this moment in time (although that could change soon). This one focuses on the main character: Rebecca Bloomwood. She is obsessed with shopping (so it's really easy for most people to relate to her) and she has recently gone into debt. So she tries to help herself, by buying lottery tickets and a self-help book and everything, however the one thing she does wrong is ignore the bank people who have been calling her up to talk to her about her outstanding debts.
We learn very early on that she is a journalist, she went to Bristol University and presumably studied a journalism course (again I can relate to her as I want to go down that route, but not Bristol Uni), and she is now a financial Journalist working for "Successful Savings", however she is in a lot of debt and is trying her best to get out of it, but will she manage to do so? Well you'll going to have to find out!
I don't know if there is a message hidden behind this story, I think that there might be, as in that sometimes you have to take a leap out of your own life, but also it tells you to be in control and know what you are doing. But if you don't care about that you can just read it, like I did, as an enjoyable read, because it really is like that!
The genre for this is unmistakably chick-lit, but what really is chick-lit? People believe that it is only for girls, others believe that there is no such genre and books written by female's are just put into that genre. Me, personally, don't care what specific genre something is, as long as I find it enjoyable, who cares? But my theory is that chick-lit is basically rom-com (romantic comedy), as this is what I would put this into, and I would never ever tell someone not to read a book because it's only for girls, as that is extremely sexist, and books shouldn't be sexist at all!
Personally I would say this book is similar to other novels such as Meg Cabot novels, and Janet Evanovich books, as they are in the same sort of style! I also love both authors and so of course I knew I'd like this book too!
I found this amazingly interesting, and I could relate to the main character as I want to be a journalist in the future, and as I read more and more and learned more about her job, I got more and more interested purely because I knew that I would enjoy being in the job she was in, and I could see myself doing that (for the first time in my life, I felt strongly that I really wanted to become a journalist). So I have to admit I've got a lot of thanks for this book because I reckon I would have been still unsure what I would like to be in the future! Furthermore, I loved the writing style of this book, and it is extremely easy to get into and engaged me from the start! I also felt that the ending was amazing and it did come to me as quite a shock, which is always nice when that happens! And to be perfectly honest, I would definitely re-read this, if I didn't have a mountain of books that need reading!
This book would appeal to many different people, people would say this is definitely not the sort of book I would enjoy purely because I'm a Goth, and I read many horror books, however that is not always the case and as you know I fully enjoyed this book. I hate being stereotyped, but everyone does it so there's nothing I can do about that. Personally I reckon people who have read and completely enjoyed Meg Cabot or Janet Evanovich's books will fully enjoy this book, but I'm not one to judge and you are the ones who should decide whether it's a book for you or not so it's really up to you to decide!
I don't think I can say a bad thing at all about this book, I think it was amazing and good, and I couldn't stop reading it, but maybe the letters that are shown in the book may not interest many people and maybe a few people wouldn't like them, but they only appear a few times and I personally think they help structure the book and show us who the main character really is like.
I have not watched the film yet, and the reason being is that the film is based on the first two novels in the series, this causes me a problem as I need to read the second book in the series, which, unfortunately is near the bottom of my amazingly long to be read pile, so do not expect to see a review on that for quite a while. The problem I've got is that I pass my books on to family and friends, and my sister has read the first book, and really wants to watch the film, however she doesn't like reading a book after she's watched a film (which I cannot understand as I do not mind either way) so I think I might just [ass this book onto her before I've read it.
I have given this a rating of 5 stars out of 5 as I totally enjoyed it and the writing style is magnificent and I believe that I will forever enjoy this book and I find that I will enjoy the novels that come next in the series!
Thank you all for reading, and I hope I have helped some of you out on the decision whether or not to read this book!
If I was delighted with the movie Confessions of a Shopaholic, I was twice as delighted when I finally read the novel. Part of my enjoyment of the reading was the fact that I- like hundreds of other girls- could see myself in the story. This was one of the rare instances where I actually watched the film before reading the novel, and I have to say that the novel was really more engaging, gripping and definitely less shallow than the movie- even if I adored the film! Kinsella's writing is extremely approachable in Confessions of a Shopaholic, and her flair for a well-constructed plot, albeit a lack of powerful climax really comes across till the very last page. I do have to say that the film and the book were two completely different- but enjoyable- experiences!
Rebecca Bloomwood is a shopaholic. It's virtually impossible to her to walk past a shop without entering it. She hates her job- working for a financial company and writing finance articles are not her kind of things, but it helps to pay the bills. However, the bills are mounting at an alarming rate. Rebecca tries to cut back on her spending, and take weekend jobs, but nothing seems to help. Rebecca sinks deeper into debts- and only shopping can take her mind off things...
The overall plot has a rather gloomy edge to it, but I have to say that the story is written in an extremely upbeat and feisty tone. Despite Rebecca's recurrent financial problems, at no point did I feel overwhelmed or even depressed by the realistic happenings in the story. I think that many of us reach for a book to escape from real life, but the realism in the plot was really poignant: and yet, a great deal of escapism is provided because Kinsella kept a very light-hearted tone and humor all throughout. Had she adopted a different tone or less humoristic structure, I think that this book would have been an extremely dark read. The character of Rebecca in the book is even more feisty, daring and interesting than the character depicted in the film version. As usual, the author portrayed an extremely realistic personage that we can all find something to relate to.
Being a self-confessed shopaholic myself, I have to say that relate to Rebecca in the novel was quite an easy thing to do. In fact, I think that many would understand this lure of pretty shoes, handbags or clothes that is so brilliantly depicted in the novel. Kinsella really played on the mind eye in Confessions of a Shopaholic; the visual aspect is so artfully crafted that you do get drawn in the happenings, as well as the emotions of the protagonist. I am someone who loves anything relate to fashion, and anything girly, and I was quite delighted by the vivid description of clothes/shoes/jewelry in the novel.
It does sound like a shallow read- and to some extent it is. However, I noticed that whenever the plot becomes too shallow, the author discreetly pulls you back to reality by reminding the reader of Rebecca's debts looming in the background. I really admired this interactive side of the book. For example, the author randomly throws in letters that Rebecca receives from her debt collectors- and does not elaborate or even mention these letters in the main plot. This really did enhance my response towards the protagonist's situation.
In typical Kinsella style, the wording and sentences are extremely casual and informal. The characters are all very well-developed and they are realistic ones that immediately draw you in. However, the one thing that I didn't like about the book was the rather abrupt ending. You are very much drawn and absorbed into the book- and then it ends. Just like that. Personally, I would have preferred a smoother and more gradual build up to the ending of the novel.
Overall, very highly recommend. This is, according to me, a book that fans of chick lit are going to love. Love and romance fade in the background as shoes and clothes steer the story, but it is still a highly enjoyable and entertaining read.
Thanks for reading!
Confessions of a shopaholic is a must read if you're one for chick flicks and witty comments. Since the moment i picked up this book I knew it was going to be a fantastic read. The book written by author Sophie Kinsella is about a financial journalist called Rebecca Bloomwood, who has more than enough financial problems of her own without having to handle everybody else's! She lives behind lies of her credit cards and massive overdrafts to please the people in her life including best friend Suze who always has her back. Rebecca has a dream to make it big and have all the money in the world so that she can splash out on high end fashion without having to worry about her ever familiar bank manager popping up on her mobile phone.
But never did Rebecca think that her obsession with fashion and temptation to spend would land her one of the best businessmen in the country, Mr Luke Brandon, who is on his way to making millions!
With her inspiring views and determination to buy a green Denny and George scarf, Luke decides to take her on at his firm and they end up going on a business trip where their friendship blossoms into so much more than they ever first imagined.
I read this book when visiting New York and I can honestly say it made it even better as I related to her situation and walking down the streets of Manhattan in her manor would be funny footsteps to follow! This book is a must read as I said and only Sophie Kinsella could write with such whit whilst creating a story line which makes you not want to put the book down until the final page is finished.
I definitely recommend this book and am looking to read the sequels to this fabulous read. The only fault if any with this book is that it made me laugh so much, I often looked silly when engaged within this read in a public place!
Confessions of a Shopaholic, by Sophie Kinsella
This book was originally titled 'The Secret Dream World of a Shopaholic', so you may have heard of either title.
After finishing 'Diamonds are a Girl's best friend' (which I reviewed on here yesterday) in just two days, I was in a reading mood and craving something else to read. I was on holiday with the family, which can be like a holiday to hell at times!! (no offence to my lovely family of course!) So, I needed something else to read or I could see I was going to get in a mood and probably end with being annoyed or angry with my two younger and very annoying little sisters!!
Whilst we were shopping in a town not far away from where we were staying, mum decided to take us all into a charity shops. At home, I must admit I never shop at charity shops, and really I think people should go to them more, because it means giving to charity and getting something out of it at the same time.
So, we all went into British Heart Foundation. I could see there wasn't going to be anything for me in the clothes section or toys, so I went straight over to where the books, CDs and DVDs were.
My mum, who was also looking at the books, offered to buy me something else to read (I don't have any money at all at the moment, thanks to some gatecrashers wrecking me and my friends party and now we had to pay for the damage) and so I had a browse to see if there was anything that looked appealing to me.
Sitting there at the top of the shelf was this book. I pulled it down and read the back.
Of course I had seen the film advertised on TV, and some friends of mine had been to see it and told me it was really good. So, I thought since the film was apparently so good, I'd read the book and see what that was like.
About the Author
~I know this review is supposed to be about the book itself, but some people might want to know about the person who wrote it in order to make their buying decision. So that's why I've just done a little section about the author~
I'll be honest (as I always am!) that I had never before heard of this author, either (I should probably get reading more)! Her name is Sophie Kinsella.
I have researched online a bit about her, here is what I have found:
She has got three sons, called Freddy, Hugo and Oscar. She lives with her family in England, and she used to be a financial journalist (which is also the occupation of Rebecca, the main character in the book).
You can find out more about her at http://www.randomhouse.com/bantamdell/kinsella/.Other books you may have read or heard about by this author are:
Can you keep a secret?
The Undomestic Goddess
Remember Me?
Characters in the book ~ Plot of the Story
The main character of this book is a woman called Rebecca Bloomwood. As the title of the book suggests, she is a huge shopaholic!
All the characters in this book are very easy to relate to, and they are all very likeable. Rebecca is a fun, warm person who seems like she would be very easy to get along with if you knew her in real life. She is a really kind, friendly person who is also really intelligent, she just doesn't realise it.
Rebecca is a financial journalist working in London, but her dream job is to be on TV. She can't afford her own flat; I think this is probably because of her spending habits!, so she shares with another girl called Suze, who happens to have lots of money. It seems that everyone around Rebecca has plenty of money.
The ironic thing is that Rebecca is a financial journalist whose jobs is advising others how to deal with their money, when she is really bad at dealing with her own!
Other main characters in the book are:
* Rebecca's flatmate - who I mentioned before, she comes from a rich background. Her name is Suze and she is a really good friend to Rebecca and is really helpful to her. There are times in the book when you think thank God she is there to get Rebecca out of this mess! Such as the time when Rebecca desperately needs money so signs up to do some piece work, and gets sent some frames which she has to put together. She will get £300 for putting all the frames up, and she needs to pay off some debts. Unfortunately she is no good at making the frames, she finds them really difficult to make one and within about three hours has only made a couple really bad ones, basically making a mess so she realises she is never going to get all the frames make before her deadline and she just doesn't have enough time before then.
One day when she comes home Suze has made up all of the frames for Rebecca so she can send them off and get the money to pay off her debts. Rebecca expects Suze wants the money, but kindly Suze says that she has only done these to help Rebecca by giving her a head start with them.
* Tarquin, Suze's annoying cousin. He tells Rebecca that he has fallen in love with her and invites her to dinner. She says yes, hoping not to hurt his feelings and planning to later cancel and giving an excuse later on. However between this time she sees his face in a magazine under 'Richest Bachelors' and discovers he has over £25 million! She changes her mind and decides she will go after all! This is one of the times in the book where the story can be quite funny and can make you laugh out loud. I think this book is definitely comedy genre!
In the end Tarquin gets the message that Rebecca does not like him, this is led up to by a series of events causing the reader to both cringe and laugh aloud!
* Derek Smeath, from Endwich Bank. Before each chapter in the book there are a few pages which are letters from places such as banks, telling Rebecca things like "'buying clothes and make up' is not an acceptable reason for getting a loan" or there are letters asking for payment for some of the many items Rebecca has bought. These letters are all really funny and make you laugh as you read them. I really enjoyed reading the letters as they are a funny and interesting part of the book.
Many of these letters are from Derek Smeath. Throughout the whole book he is trying to get hold of Rebecca to help her sort through her debts. You can see that he is actually trying to help her, but she keeps running away and either cancelling their meetings or just not turning up. At the end of the book it seems as though Rebecca will actually go to the meeting, but it turns out she cancels this one aswell.
* Luke Brandon, Luke is a top businessman working for a bank, I think this bank is one of the ones in London, and that Rebecca reviews and writes about in her magazine everyday. In the book, you can tell that they are falling for each other. However they do have a 'rocky ride' as they say meaning they have some fall outs such as when they are in a store and Luke has invited Rebecca to help him choose a suitcase, she thinks he is coming on to her. Then he invites her to dinner revealing that the suitcase is for his girlfriend. Rebecca gets extremely upset, has a go at him and walks out.
Another event where they have a 'disagreement' (as one could call it) is when they are both appearing on a breakfast show on TV and they are supposed to be arguing against each other about a crisis that has happened involving Luke's bank. The whole idea of the debate is for a financial expert (Rebecca) to be going against someone from the bank involved (Luke). At first Rebecca is extremely nervous when she finds out that it is Luke who is going to be fighting against her, but it turns out she need not have worried as she wins the debate, shows him up on TV, making him look like a fool, and it ends up with Luke admitting to the world watching that he thinks his bank is a really bad one and did a terrible thing and he will be handing in his resignation after that interview.
After the interview Luke invites Rebecca to dinner the next night, for 'strictly business' purposes. Rebecca agrees - it is obvious she can't resist, although she keeps telling herself that she is only going for business reasons, like he said.
The next morning, the two wake up next to each other in a posh hotel room, as I could tell they were going to all the way through the book, although at times you aren't sure if it will end this way after all. As soon as she wakes up, another laugh out loud event happens, which is Rebecca watching TV in bed and the shopping channels are on... she sees an expensive but irresistible offer on designer sunglasses and orders some right away! Despite the fact she has a meeting with Derek Smeath, from Endwich Bank that morning! They two of them are supposed to be sorting out Rebecca's debts and she has promised she will go, however, as always she gives into temptation and decides she will cancel the meeting and stay where she is with Luke instead.
My Opinion on the book
I loved reading this book as I found it funny, entertaining and I couldn't put it down. For me it is one of those books that from the minute you start reading you are hooked. The storyline is exciting, and there are times in the book when you are generally worried about what will happen to the main character, Rebecca, who you grow to love and care about as the book goes on.
I would recommend the book to most girls and women who love books that make you laugh and have fun characters in them. It is good for girly girls and people who love a little bit of romance, as well.
I think the book is suitable for everyone over the age of twelve. I don't really think it is suitable for children. The book is written really well and is very easy to understand from the way it is written, but there are some scenes in the book which I think younger children wouldn't understand, as there is quite a lot of finance related stuff in it and they may not understand what it is about.
Also there are a few swearwords in the book and references to sex etc, so I don't think parents would particularly want there children reading this.
Prices ~ Availability
I got this book for a very good price- only £2.00 which I didn't even have to pay myself as my mum bought it for me! - from a charity shop which I would recommend to anyone who wants to read this to get it from a charity shop and help someone from it at the same time.
The price on the back of the book is £7.99, so this is probably how much it costs in Waterstones etc, which I think is very expensive for a book. With most items, you could probably find it cheaper on sites such as Amazon or eBay. I'm also sure you could get the book in a library. I think the book should be available in all good book shops in this country as it is British and not American as a lot of books are.The good thing about this book is once you have finished it, and you want to read more if you enjoy it that much, there are more books after it in the same series:
Shopaholic Abroad
Shopaholic ties the knot
Shopaholic and sister
Shopaholic and baby
(this is the order they are in inside the book, no idea if thats the order you're meant to read them in though)I think I will have to try and get hold of some of these books myself as I really enjoyed this one!
I haven't yet seen the film, but I might rent it from Lovefilm or borrow it from someone if I find out anyone I know has got it!
Any questions just leave a comment and I'll get back to you as soon as I can!
Thanks for reading!
If youve seen this film and are expecting the book to be a published version of its script.... then your in for a disappointment! They are virtually unrecognisable from each other.
Having read the book years before the film came out (and having read the whole series over and over) i was totally excited for the movie - but was sadly disappointed... the film paled in comparison.
The only good thing about that was the fact that it reiterated just how good this book actually is.... the main character; Becky Bloomwood, is a character that any girl can relate to (didnt you ever just HAVE to have that impulse bought purchase!) and you will find yourself sinking into her world and living her life alongside her.
True testament to the book is the fact that i instantly bought the rest in the series - and was never disappointed once!
A great girly book - perfect for the beach!!! If your struggling for a gift for your girlfriend... this is it!!!
A while ago I rented the film version of this book and both me and my wife found it to be an enjoyable watch. I reviewed the film on here and some of the comments I recieved from my fellow Dooyooers mentioned that the book differed from the film, and as I happened to mention this to my wife she decided to buy herself a copy to have a read and find out what the differences were.
It didn't take her long to finish the book, a couple of days at the most, and as she chuckled all the way through it she mentioned to me that I should read it myself. I should point out here that that my type of book is generally horror and with the exception of reading a Marion Keyes book when I was desperate one year when I was abroad 'Chick-Lit' really isn't my genre or usual taste. However, there is a first for everything, and as the book came highly recommended I gave it a shot.
Similar to the film, the plot follows a young woman by the name of Rebecca Bloomwood although people call her Becky. She is a journalist for a financial magazine and writes about personal money matters. She is smart, independant and seems to have the ideal life, however, despite owning all the latest fashion items and having impeccible taste Becky is also in debt.
She juggles her credit and store cards maxing them out and only pays the minimum repayments each month. Her student overdraft from her uni days is well over its limit and Becky is starting to recieve letters from her bank asking her to contact them to discuss matters. Unable to deal with her debts but not wanting to face up to her problems Becky ignores the letters and continues with her flippant ways.
As time goes on and the letters and phone calls become more persistant Becky decides that she has two options; Cut Back or Make More Money and we follow her in her endeavours to make these work all with varying results. A chance meeting and being in the right place at the right time takes Becky in a direction she never expected to go and what follows is a funny and charming tale that is easy to read and follow.
As stated above, this isn't my usual genre and to be fair there were aspects of the book I couldn't relate too. Then again, I am a 37 year old man so this book wasn't written with my demographic status in mind. The designer names of some of the products that Becky longed for and the desirability of them are not something that I personally could relate to, however saying that there was plenty about the book that I could enjoy and lots that I found funny.
I liked the portrayal of Becky as being somewhat ditzy and when she goes off into her own world in her mind she does come across as charming if not a little naive. The daydreams and scenarios she creates are often funny and I have to admit that even I could see similarities to one of her fantasies when she is convinced that she will be winning the lottery.
The author - Sophie Kinsella has created a likeable character that i'm sure would recognisible to a lot of her readers - my wife included. Her writing is easy to read and flows nicely and it is an easy book to pick up, read a few chapters and then put down for a while. Although I'm more used to 'page turner' books where I can't put them down once I've started reading this made for a nice change of pace for me.
Overall the plot does move in a forward direction albeit a bit slowly at first and fortunately for me there were not that many overly romantic moments apart from the inevitible one that I knew about from the film.
Yes, the book does differ from the film and I was surprised by how much actually. Apart from the names and a few of the situations the majority of the book is different. I did like the film I have to say, so although I wasn't disappointed with the book I'm not sure now which version I actually preferred as they both had their good points.
In summary then, I found this to be an enjoyable book to read that did have some funny moments. I can't say that I have been converted to the world of 'chick lit' but must admit to being intrigued as to what happens next to Becky, and given the fact that my wife has ordered the other books in this series it is safe to say that I may just find out!
A fair rating from me would be 3/5 dooyoo stars, it wasn't the best book I have ever read and it wasn't the worst. It did pass a few hours, was easy to read and held my interest so for those reasons I would certainly recommend it. I have to add here that my wife says I should give it 5 stars, so from her point of view it was fabulous.
Thanks for reading my first review of a 'chick lit' book, I hope I have been fair with my comments. I acknowledge that I am not your typical reader nor who the book was actually aimed at however other guys reading this may appreciate a blokes point of view.
My wife bought her copy of this book from Amazon for a couple of quid and is available from their Market Place for less. Worth a read if you enjoyed the film, but be aware it is different!
I'll be honest, a few months ago I never would have considered picking up this book. However, since I began downloading books to use with my Reader, I've often ended up with titles as part of a job lot that I wouldn't have personally opted for. Undecided on what to read next, I decided to choose an easy, fun book until I made my mind up. This title fit the bill perfectly.
Little did I know that half an hour later I'd be anxiously turning pages (or rather pressing the "page turn" button as it were) and even laughing and gasping at loud at what happened. I was officially enjoying a chick lit book, and I couldn't believe it.
Which is why I decided to write this review. Book reviews are not something I do that often, unless a book particularly moves me to write about it, but this made me feel almost ashamed that I'd turn my nose up at titles like this in the past. Why SHOULD reading be all about important books and nice prose, can't it sometimes be fun and silly too? I now think so, and wholeheartedly vow to be more openminded in the future!
Confessions of a Shopaholic is the first in a series of books about Rebecca Bloomwood, who despite writing for a financial magazine is hopeless at managing her own money. Her main priorities at work are snatching an extra glass of champagne to hide under her chair in case the press conference gets boring and gossiping with colleagues. Any serious financial questions thrown her way are usually brushed aside because she really is completely and utterly cluless.
That's not to say that Becky is without talents. Quite on the contrary, if anyone knows where to get the best bargain on a pair of leather gloves or designer sunglasses, it's certainly Becky. Not that she bothers to pay too much attention to the pricetag herself. And she absolutely NEVER uses the same imaginative excuse twice when explaining to her bank manager why she couldn't possibly pay off her overdraft or go in for a meeting.
Unfortunately for Becky, the more lies she tells - whether it's about about knowing ANYTHING about mortgages or how much that new pair of boots really cost - the more likely she is going to get caught...
Like I said, I really enjoyed this book and found it really funny. Part of its humour is that it's very relatable. Aren't the best stand up comedians the ones who tell jokes where, after you finish laughing, you say "yes, that's SO TRUE"? The same applies here. Becky's rationalising purchases is all too familiar, even to me who, on the whole, keep my spending pretty well controlled (if anything, I'm tight). But it does strike a chord when she explains to her housemate Suze how she absolutely had to buy that pair of sandals, because they were on sale and, well, she is just making an investment, as now she will not have to buy any next year. Sound familiar?
Despite her quite obvious flaws and blatant lies which she can't seem to help pouring out of her mouth each time it's opened, Becky's character is quite charming and you can't help but root for her as she sinks to her lowest, self-inflicted ebb. It's like a trainwreck, you can't help but keep reading to see how it will end.
As an aside, I have also seen the movie, which I also didn't expect to enjoy and did. The plot is slightly different, I do actually prefer that of the book, but I think the characters are written well enough that casting must have been pretty easy, because they are spot on and if I was the author I'd be very pleased!
So, now I have to work my way through the rest of the series. I will be interested to see how long the author can keep the topic interesting through the entire set of books, I believe there are at least five. She does, after all, for the most part shop and regret it. Still, for an easy and light read this was a great choice.
Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella is also known by its original name, Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic. I bought this book, because I had seen the advert for the film and thought it looked great, when I saw the book I thought it might be worth a read.
The book centres around Becky Bloomwood, a financial journalist who's sinking in her mountains of debt. Living with the high life with a great flat and wardrobe, she has been in denial about the fact that she cant actually afford it. She realizes that she will have to do something, because sitting there and hoping her debt would go away didn't really work at all. Every day, she gets serious letters from the bank and Derek Smythe which continue to worry her, these letters are included at the start of every chapter. However, she decides to ignore these and instead makes up a very funny story to cover which is essentially that the bank is stalking her. Her two plans to get out of debt are Cutting Back and Making More Money, however neither of these work and Becky starts to really worry about what she will do. Her attempts at these are really well written, and also quite funny, a good read.
The characters were also very believable as young single London socialites who weren't too serious, and really enjoyed their lives. Suze was someone I could totally relate to, she loves fashion and shopping but isn't really that interested in her job so doesn't have the money to fund her love. Good thing I don't have a credit card yet or I could be like that! Throughout the book we see her grow as a person and as a writer as she begins to look at things differently. During the book she becomes romantically entangled with two men, one she's trying to dump and one she desperately wants. Luke Brandon is the executive of Brandon communications, and bumps into Becky often during the course of the book. After one awful job interview, Becky walks into him yet again at a bank and spends a great afternoon with him in Harrods, only to feel totally used afterwards. However, she still fantasises about him and is really serious about wanting him to be her boyfriend. Meanwhile, Tarquin is her best friends cousin who shes hated for a while. However, when she spots that he's on the top 50 richest bachelors list, her feelings on the surface change, but it doesn't go well at all. Her best friend and flatmate is Suze, who is quite like Becky just without the debt as her parents are still paying her a hefty allowance. Throughout the book she is Becky's go to, and is always a reliable and loyal friend.
I enjoyed how the book is written, the letters from the bank really helped add a bit of realism to the book, it was something that you might expect to receive. The plot seemed like something that could happen in real life, and the characters were also great. Parts of the book were also quite funny and made me laugh, there were very different sections of the book.
The book was obviously quite well received since there was a film made, and also after it followed another four shopaholic books.
The author, Sophie Kinsella is really good and has written many other books in the chick lit genre, such as Remember Me and The Undomestic Goddess, both of which are very good.
The film was really different to the book, while still keeping the essence and the main themes of it. The most notable difference is that while the book is set in England, the film is set in London. It stars Isla Fisher and Hugh Dancy, and I have a separate review on it, written a few months ago.
When I bought it was good value because in WHSmith it was half price, and so I paid £4 instead of the normal £8. While I felt this to be good value, I would not have paid the full price, and this is normal as I usually only buy books when they are on special offer.
Confessions of a Shopaholic - Sophie Kinsella
I need to begin by explaining that I am an avid reader. I read really quickly and my favourite kind of books are crime fiction, Phillip Pullman, autobigraphies and Terry Pratchett among others. I don't buy chick lit usually but will pretty much read anything so if I am given it, and will give it a shot as soon as I run out of other things to read. That is how I came to read Confessions of a Shopaholic which I believe has also been released on film. Since buying it, I have actually looked for others in the series, so watch this space for further reviews!
This novel introduces us to Becky Bloomwood. Becky hasn't met "Mr Right", is working in a job she hates and isn't particularly good at and has an addiction to shopping. This may not sound particularly original or entertaining but in actual fact, it is well written and surprised me by making me laugh.
I won't explain what happens so as not to spoil it for those who haven't read it but the book manages to contain some highs and lows and some very funny situations. Suffice to say, it is a light and amusing read which ends on a cheerful note. If you enjoy reading chick lit style books then this is sure to delight you. I am looking forward to reading more of the Shopaholic series!
I definitely recommend that you give this book a go, the characters are likable and the plot easy to follow and fun. Look out for the letters to the bank manager etc!
Confessions of a Shopaholic - Sophie Kinsella
Confessions of a Shopaholic is the hilarious story of Becky Bloomwood, Rebecca graduated from university and began working in a job sha hates (and doesn't really understand). Becky has a big problem, she is a shopaholic and despite ever growing debts, she just can't help herself. This is because Becky was born to shop! She cannot resist that gorgeous designer bag, those stunning shoes or that soft and sensuous scarf - and she will go to any lengths possible to get them.
The book will have you laughing out loud. Of course it isn't life changing, doesn't really contain any deep and meaningful messages and is unlikely to make you a better person for reading it. It will however brighten up your day and make you laugh, which is always good.
Mrs Assasin bought this book and I recently started skimming it when I was unwell and unable to leave the house to buy myself something more manly. I always have to finish books once starting (even if they are awful, just in case they redeem themselves at the end) and am a very fast reader so within a few days, had finished this one. Mrs Assassin normally likes crime thrillers or autobiographies but was given this from a friend and found it hilarious, and I am not ashamed to admit that I did too! Yes it's chick lit but hey, we can't be sexist!
What else can I say, this book is very funny and should definitely appeal to the woman in your life, and who knows, maybe the man if they have nothing else to read!
A very funny book, well written and worth reading.
I had never heard of this book until the film version came out at the cinema, staring Isla Fisher.
One look at the film trailer made me think - 'no way am I going to see that film' and 'that looks like a load of codswallop!'
Then at the airport one day I was looking for a book and I decided to try Confessions of a Shopaholic. I was sceptical because I thought it was going to be the 'chick flick' of the bookworld.
The book centres around the main character, 25 year old Rebecca Bloomwood. Rebecca is a a Financial journalist living in London.
This all sounds very impressive, but Rebecca herself admits that her job is a farce, and that she actually knows zilch about financial journalism, rather she 'blaggs' it on a daily basis. Rebecca also lives an expensive lifestyle, living in a lovely flat and wearing designer clothes. The problem is that Rebecca cannot actually afford this lifestyle, instead she is relying completely on her credit card.
Rebecca is a shopoholic and completely in denial.
I won't give the plot away, but the story leads to possible romance from an unlikely source, and after a series of tribulations Rebecca finds herself in a bizzare situation which changes her life and career.
Overall opinion>>>>>
I never thought I would enjoy this book - but I have to say that it was hilarious. I laughed from start to finish reading this book. Whilst I am more careful with my money than Rebecca, I could also emphasise and relate with her character. We would all like to be able to buy things we can't afford - however Rebecca actually does buy what she wants - by slapping the cost on her credit card and avoiding the consequences. This includes hiding bills and ignoring her bank manager.
I would certainly recommend this book. I haven't seen the film but my suspicions are that it will not be as good as the book!
For some reason i had read other books from the "shopaholic" series before i read this one. I was at the airport about to get on a long haul flights and spotted this on special offer as the film had just come out. I had really enjoyed the other books in the series so thought i would also enjoy this one and i did. I didnt enjoy it as much as other books from the shopaholic series but i still found it witty, funny with a bit of romance in there too. It definately had me laughing out loud on a few occasisions. Its quite a short book, as im a quick reader i finished in a 1 day around the pool.
The story is based around a character called Rebecca Bloomwood who has fallen into a job as a financial journalist - writing articles about personal finance and advising people on successful saving. However outside of work her life is completely different - she's addicted to shopping. The story basically follows her as she realises she's in debt and tries comically to spend less money, and when this doesnt work she tries to make more money with amusing consequences. The whole story is lighthearted and fun with a hint of romance - perfect holiday reading!


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'I Was an Athlete Masquerading as a Student'
Ed O'Bannon testifies as antitrust trial against NCAA opens
Oakland, Calif.
For a case that was originally about video games and now focuses on the commercial use of athletes' images in television broadcasts, there was an awful lot of talk about education during the opening day of testimony in the Ed O'Bannon trial here on Monday.
Mr. O'Bannon, a former UCLA basketball star whose federal antitrust lawsuit challenges the NCAA's rules on amateurism, told a packed courtroom that he had gone to college with the goal of making it to the NBA and had spent little time on anything but basketball.
"I was an athlete masquerading as a student," Mr. O'Bannon testified. "I did basically the minimum to make sure I kept my eligibility academically so I could continue to play."
Mr. O'Bannon said his basketball commitments—as much as 45 hours a week—prevented him from taking certain classes and majoring in what he wanted. He said he missed some 35 classes a season because of team travel, typically spent only a dozen hours a week on schoolwork, and left college seven classes short of a degree in part because of the university's priorities for how he should spend his time.
A lawyer for the National Collegiate Athletic Association, Glenn Pomerantz, questioned Mr. O'Bannon, highlighting that he had far more free time that he could have spent on his classes. He also got the player to acknowledge that, during his time at the University of California at Los Angeles, he received numerous benefits, including a free education, meals, and special treatment that other students didn't get.
One of the NCAA's justifications for not paying players for the use of their images is its argument that its athletes are not professionals and that they are integrated into the academic side of their college or university.
The back and forth over Mr. O'Bannon's academic background was not the only unexpected storyline. Following are some other key takeaways from the day.
Kinks in Plaintiffs' Testimony
Mr. Pomerantz cited several examples in which Mr. O'Bannon had changed his testimony. In a 2011 deposition he told NCAA lawyers that he didn't think college athletes should be paid. On Monday he said the opposite.
A second plaintiffs' witness, Roger Noll, an economist at Stanford University, testified about the intricacies of cartels, monopolies, and "inefficient substitutions," describing how, instead of paying players, colleges often spend money on high-paid coaches and lavish facilities.
Judge Claudia Wilken, of the U.S. District Court here, had to stop Mr. Noll two or three times to have him clarify what he was talking about.
"Who is harmed by these inefficiencies?" she asked, questioning whether it was an antitrust injury. "Clearly, it's not the coaches."
Mr. Noll could not identify a specific party, a kink in his testimony that could benefit the association's case.
The judge later asked Mr. Noll to clarify the "buyer" and the "seller" in the two markets in which he said NCAA athletes are being harmed.
Michael D. Hausfeld, the plaintiffs' lead lawyer, tried to step in: "May I help?" he asked the judge.
After attempting to do so through his witness, Mr. Hausfeld asked if that had helped.
"I'm not going to answer that," Judge Wilken said.
An NCAA Witness for the Plaintiffs?
During Mr. Noll's testimony, he referred to the NCAA as a cartel that creates a price-fixing agreement with its member colleges. He said that many economists, including one the NCAA plans to call as an expert witness, agreed.
Mr. Hausfeld showed excerpts of a book by Daniel Rubinfeld, an economics professor at the University of California at Berkeley, describing the association as a "cartel organization" with a "persistently high level of profits" inconsistent with competition.
According to one excerpt, Mr. Rubinfeld once wrote that, to reduce the bargaining power of athletes, the NCAA creates and enforces rules regarding eligibility and terms of compensation.
Mr. Rubinfeld has testified in the O'Bannon case that the NCAA imposes trade restraints, one reason that it has been profitable.
The plaintiffs could use the excerpts to establish the restraint, one of the burdens they must prove in order to win the case.
O'Bannon's Mostly Unruffled Performance
In some ways, Mr. O'Bannon seemed like the perfect witness. He was soft-spoken and thoughtful, often taking several seconds to respond and frequently asking his questioner to repeat something he didn't understand.
A couple of times, he broke tension in the air by making fun of himself or saying something humorous.
When Mr. Pomerantz, the NCAA's lawyer, asked him if he recalled ever saying that players shouldn't be paid—the second or third inconsistency the NCAA had discovered in his testimony—Mr. O'Bannon said he assumed the lawyer was about to show him a time when he did. The comment drew several laughs.
Mr. O'Bannon did not help the NCAA reinforce differences it was trying to establish between collegiate and professional sports. When Mr. Pomerantz asked him to describe how college and pro basketball were different, Mr. O'Bannon had a quick comeback:
"The difference was, in the pros I had money in my pocket," he said, "and in college I didn't."
But there were times when he seemed to go along with his questioner, even if it was the lawyer for the opposing side. And there was one awkward moment when Mr. O'Bannon made a comment that his lawyers probably would have liked him to take back.
Near the end of Mr. O'Bannon's 90-minute testimony, Mr. Pomerantz asked him if he had ever objected to not being paid in high school or college, even though he knew he was playing on TV. Mr. O'Bannon said he hadn't.
Then the NCAA's lawyer asked him if he thought high-school players should be paid.
"Yes," said Mr. O'Bannon, "if they are generating revenue for their school."
How about Little League baseball players?
"Absolutely," Mr. O'Bannon said, as long as they are generating revenue.
After the testimony ended for the day, Mr. O'Bannon took questions from reporters outside the courthouse.
Asked if he regretted the remark, he said, "I probably should have thought a little bit before saying that. Little Leaguers getting paid, probably not."


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New Fuel Efficiency Standards Won't Reach Goals
NCPA Expert Says New Fuel Efficiency Regulations may Result in Premature Death and Demise of Auto Industry
April 05, 2010
Dallas (April 5, 2010) - President Obama's finalized tougher gas mileage standards for new cars and trucks seems intent on pushing policies that will result in increased production of smaller, less safe cars, and that could bode ill for the auto industry, said H. Sterling Burnett, Senior Fellow with the National Center for Policy Analysis.
"Research shows that in any kind of accident, small cars are less safe than larger cars, on average, and that's exactly what the administration's new fuel economy standards will put all but the wealthiest Americans into," Dr. Burnett said.
Burnett noted that data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Insurance Institute for Traffic Safety states that size and weight reductions undertaken to meet current fuel economy standards had resulted in more than 46,000 deaths.
The heads of the Transportation Department and the Environmental Protection Agency set fuel efficiency targets to 35.5 miles per gallon for new passenger vehicles and light trucks by 2016, which is four years earlier than required in the 2007 energy bill. This is the first time the EPA issued rules on vehicle greenhouse gas emissions after a 2007 Supreme Court decision.
"This is part of President Obama's plan to cut CO2 emissions that contribute to climate change and ease U.S. dependence on oil," Burnett continued. "However, there is no conceivable way this will have the effects they intend."
In past years, CAFE forced auto manufacturers to meet certain mileage standards in order to reduce America's reliance on foreign oil or pay a fuel consumption tax for vehicles not in compliance, Burnett points out. Since 1974, domestic new car fuel economy has increased 114 percent, and light truck fuel economy has increased 56 percent. Yet over this same period, imported oil has risen from 35 percent of the oil consumed in the U. S. in 1974 to nearly 60 percent today.
"As with so many other moves made by this administration much hype has surrounded the proposed policy," Burnett said. "This particular plan will limit consumers' freedom and raise the cost of vehicles by thousands of dollars, which would devastate the already faltering auto industry."


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As the rumored ship date for the Apple iPad nears, digital book fans got a closer look at the future of the enhanced eBook recently. Our digitally-obsessed sibling eBookNewser has more on the new kind of reading experience demonstrated in the video above.
Here's an excerpt: "As we get closer to iPad launch, we're beginning to see more and more content specifically designed for the device's functionality. Penguin CEO John Makinson demoed some of the company's forthcoming iPad books in London yesterday … Makinson also said that Penguin will do a lot of steaming, audio, and other rich content in its iPad books, and he predicts that eBooks could account for as much as ten percent of revenue by next year."


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Sailors too much for Wildcats
For coach Mark Young, it's been a short three years since Fruita Monument High School started a boys lacrosse team.
The buzz surrounding lacrosse on the Western Slope is enormous. Teams like Steamboat Springs and Aspen have battled with Denver-area powerhouses like Grandview and Valor Christian. Fruita wants be part of that mix, sooner rather than later.
The Wildcats jumped out to a 4-0 start, including a win over rival Grand Junction, and for the first time found themselves contending in a top-heavy Mountain Lacrosse League.
But Fruita has suffered growing pains when facing top-tier opponents, falling to Battle Mountain 12-7 on Wednesday, and then losing again Saturday, this time to Steamboat Springs 12-4.
"Aspen beat Battle Mountain and we have a shot to beat Aspen," Young said. "In this league, anybody can beat anybody on any day. What's great is that this is third year Fruita's had a lacrosse team. Steamboat's had a team for forever and our youth still shows at times. We're going to build on the experience and keep growing."Turnovers hamstrung the Wildcat offense. In the first half, Fruita (4-2, 4-2 MLL) turned the ball over 12 times in its defensive third and four times in the midfield. After Fruita scored the first goal of the game, those turnovers led to a 7-0 run by Steamboat Springs. Steamboat went up 8-3 at halftime, and held Fruita without a shot in the third quarter.
"All our problems were fundamental," Young said. "We couldn't scoop, we couldn't clear, we couldn't pass or catch and we couldn't score. We have to keep our heads up and keep looking for opportunities.
"The opportunities are there, but we're too nervous to convert on anything."
Upperclassmen leadership showed in the loss. Wyatt Allen assisted on three of Fruita's goals and Jack Deitl had a goal. Junior Aiden Woomer led Fruita with two goals, and converted both his shots on goal.
Corey Hendricksen saw 18 shots on goal and snagged six saves. Steamboat (7-1, 6-0 MLL) outshot Fruita 28-14 and Fruita had eight shots on goal.
"We're a good group," Young said. "Archer (Maddox), Aiden (Woomer), Jacob Lynch and Chaz (Lakin) are all true leaders on this team. We have a good group, we just happened to have the three toughest games on our schedule right in a row."
Fruita hosts a nonleague matchup against Thompson Valley before facing off against Eagle Valley at home. The Wildcats opened the season beating Eagle Valley 10-2 in Gypsum.


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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army has launched a wide-ranging investigation into how a private suspected of downloading thousands of secret reports and diplomatic cables and handing them over to WikiLeaks was able to do so and whether other soldiers should face criminal charges in the case, McClatchy Newspapers has learned.
The Army confirmed the investigation but wouldn't release details. An Army official familiar with the investigation told McClatchy Newspapers that a six-member task force has been given until Feb. 1 to complete a report that will look at everything from how Pfc. Bradley Manning was selected for his job and trained to whether his superiors missed warning signs that he was downloading documents he had no need to read.
The report could change how the Army — the largest distributor of government security clearances — grants access to government documents as well as lead to recommendations of charges against soldiers who worked with Manning and may have been aware of his activities.
It's the second time in two years that Army procedures have been the subject of an intense internal investigation. A similar inquiry was undertaken after an Army psychiatrist was accused of opening fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas, in November 2009, killing 13. That investigation focused, in part, on how superiors failed to notice signs that Maj. Nidal Hassan, who had exchanged e-mails with a radical Yemeni-American cleric, might turn violent. The inquiry resulted in dozens of changes in Army procedures.
Manning worked as an intelligence specialist in Baghdad in 2009 and the early months of 2010. He is accused of downloading hundreds of thousands of classified documents during that time.


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Equine neonatology (Proceedings)
Apr 01, 2009
"07 Slow to go" is a 48 hour old Thoroughbred filly that was born to a 15 year old Thoroughbred mare. The foal was found in the stall with the mare at 6 am on day 355 of gestation and was standing but was wet to the touch. The foal was first seen to nurse about 1 hour later. The foal passed meconium within 30 minutes. The owner checked the foal at 4PM that day and she was following the mare and nursed immediately after he approached the stall and again about 15 minutes later.
The mare has had 4 uncomplicated pregnancies previously with healthy foals delivered between 350 and 357 days of gestation. The mare foaled in the stall and that the mare and the placenta appeared normal when discovered.
The owner again checked on the pair at around 11PM on the night of delivery and all appeared well. However, at 6 am the following morning, the foal was recumbent in the stall and did not get up when first approached. The owner walked next to the foal and the foal got up but did not nurse. The owner went back out to check the foal before leaving for work and the foal nursed for a short time. When the owner returned from work at 5:30 PM, the foal was recumbent and did not rise until he assisted the foal to stand. At this time the foal did not nurse at all, so a veterinarian was called. The foal is now 24 to 36 hours old.Examination reveals injected sclera, petechiation in the pinna of the ear, hyperemia of the oral mucous membranes and hyperemia of the coronet. Body temperature is 102.6 degrees F, heart rate is 100 beats/minute, and respiratory rate is 36 breaths per minute. The umbilicus and joints palpate normally and thoracic auscultation is normal. Loose yellow feces are adhered to the perineum and tail.
This foal exhibits clinical signs of sepsis causing bacteremia from bacterial infection via the intestinal tract, lungs, or umbilicus. The prodromal signs of sepsis are subtle and are often not recognized by caretakers. Knowledge of normal foal behavior and frequent monitoring are paramount for early identification of illness. During the first week of life, healthy foals suckle for 2 minutes 5 to 7 times an hour. Healthy foals nearly always suckle when approached by humans. Therefore, it is very unlikely that a healthy foal will not nurse each time they are observed by caretakers. Failure to nurse during checks should alert caretakers to a problem a veterinary examination is warranted. Complete blood count and immunoglobulin concentrations should be assessed during this examination.
Sepsis rapidly progresses as the bacterial infection stimulates production of inflammatory mediators in an exaggerated fashion resulting in the systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS). As the inflammatory response intensifies, changes in blood pressure, vascular resistance, cardiac output, vascular permeability, clotting function, and body temperature occur that manifest as altered mental status, hypo- or hyperthermia, shivering, cold extremities, mucous membrane pallor, hyperemia, or cyanosis, bradycardia or tachycardia, poor pulse quality, poor capillary refill, and petechiation. Further progression can result in complete loss of suckle, recumbency with inability to rise, coma and death due to septic shock. Because the SIRS usually results from progression of bacteremia in the early stages of sepsis, clinical signs of localization of infection (nasal discharge, coughing, joint swelling, umbilical swelling) are rarely identified in this stage. Identification of secondary sites of infection is usually delayed by 1 to several days if the foal survives the septic shock. In some cases, localization to secondary sites occurs without development of septic shock. Pneumonia, omphalophlebitis, and septic arthritis are the most common sites of secondary infection. Meningitis, nephritis, endocarditis, and hepatic abscesses occur much less frequently.


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Burnhouse Manor , Barmill Road, Burnhouse, KA15 1LJ
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Absolutely the nicest most helpful staff great food room obviously newly upgraded
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Room was dirty, ceiling rotten.
Skylight above bath which had another room looking over!
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All staff were very friendly and helpful.
Suited our particular needs well. Relaxed atmosphere. Older building which has been refurbished.
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Stayed here overnight for a wee romantic break the week before Valentines night.
Staff were all lovely and helpful. We were staying in the suite. The rooms were very comfortable and the double jacuzzi bath was excellent. We did notice some of the paintwork could be doing with an update. This was only minor and we thoroughly enjoyed our stay. Would definitely stay again and would highly recommend it.
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I booked a room as a special offer that include evening meal for a business stop over Although the room was OK it was not in the main section of the house and on reflection was the special offer, room was clean and tidy but the bed was tired and being a moderate weight of 65kg I felt all the springs in the bed (not a good night sleep.
breakfast of porridge and toast was very satisfying but ordered this on the back of the evening meal, which was very disappointing. the main complaint was a steak that should have been cooked medium was in fact rare and not very hot in the centre to the extent only the outside areas of the steak was eaten. I did not complain because my meal had been spoilt and nothing could have been done to regenerate my appetite
Taking into account this was a damp November night stay and very few staying in the hotel which may have had some impact on my judgement although certain things are unacceptable.
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We knew as soon as we turned the corner and seen the grounds of the hotle that it was going to be amazin.
Staff were friendly and a joy to speak to, quickly booked us in and showed is to our room which was beautifully decorated and lovely, only thhing is mention is the bathroom doesn't quite match the bedroom decor but was clean and tidy.
And possibly add in a long length mirror, I am Quite short so struggled to see in the mirror in the bathroom. Had a lovely stay, and the barman had some Good banter, will defo be back next year for our anniversary :)
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