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The Charles Manson follower who admitted stabbing Sharon Tate 16 times in the 1969 "Helter Skelter" murder spree that horrified the nation died of brain cancer in a California prison.
Susan Atkins, 61, died at Central California Women's Facility in Chowchilla, Calif. on Thursday night. Atkins, who had been turned down repeatedly in bids for parole, was "the scariest of the Manson girls," according to one prosecutor who worked the landmark case.
Atkins, along with other followers of the creepy cult leader carried out the violent rampage that left eight people dead, including Tate, a young starlet who was pregnat and married to director Roman Polanski. Atkins confessed to stabbing Tate, leaving the actress and her unborn baby dead. The next night, the gang killed Leno and Rosemary LaBianca after breaking into their home.
Atkins also pleaded guilty to an earlier murder of musician Gary Alan Hinman.
Stephen Kay who helped prosecute the Manson case and argued against Atkins release during her parole hearings, told the Los Angeles Times, "She was the scariest of the Manson girls. She was very violent."
Atkins, who was diagnosed with terminal cancer in 2008 and later lost a leg, last appealed for parole in September, with her attorneys citing her pending death. But authorities denied the request. She served 38 years of her life sentence, which made her the longest-incarcerated woman in the California penal system.
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Authors: Pierse, A.
Date: March 31, 1857
A. Pierse wrote from Washington, D.C. to Eli Thayer in Worcester, Massachusetts. Pierse was born in North Carolina and lived most of his life in the South but had been living in Minnesota Territory for the past seven years. He told Thayer that he planned to move to Kansas in the spring of 1857. Pierse offered Thayer his opinion on what free state supporters should do in Kansas Territory. He informed Thayer that, although he had "Southern opinions on the subject of slavery" and believed the federal government had no right to prohibit slavery in the territories, he was "without prejudice for or against either side" in the debate over slavery in Kansas Territory. Pierse suggested that the best course for free staters to take would be to accept the Dred Scott decision, actively participate in the political process in Kansas Territory, and work for the admission of Kansas as a state with or without slavery. Once Kansas was admitted, he contended, free state supporters would be on firmer legal ground to advocate for the prohibition of slavery, since it was generally accepted that "the people have the power to prohibit slavery in their state." He concluded by stating that once Kansas was a state, free staters could make the case that property would be worth 3 or 4 times more if slavery was prohibited in the state.
Keywords: Admission, Kansas (see also Statehood); Dred Scott decision; Free state prospects; Pierse, A.; Proslavery perspective; Slavery; Southern emigrants; Southerners; Statehood (see also Admission, Kansas); Thayer, Eli, 1819-1899
Letter, [E. B. Whitman?] to [Franklin B.] Sanborn
Authors: Whitman, E. B.
Date: May 10, 1857
E. B. Whitman (letter not signed, but author's identity is pretty clear), an agent in Lawrence for the National Kansas Committee, wrote Franklin Sanborn in Massachusetts regarding his disappointment with the lack of support being given by "our professed friends" in the East. To their discredit, according to Whitman, Massachusetts "supporters" had refused to provide assistance which was desperately needed for the Kansas settlers who had just endured a very "severe winter." He believed false information was being circulated for political purposes by individuals within the Free State movement: "Kansas, bleeding Kansas, is of value to them only so far as it subserves their selfish ends."
Keywords: Dred Scott decision; Free state cause; Free state movement (see also Topeka Movement); Free state settlers; Free state supporters; Land claims; Lawrence, Kansas Territory; Massachusetts; Massachusetts State Kansas Committee; National Kansas Committee; Relief funds; Sanborn, F. B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1831-1917; Settlement; Vermont; Whitman, E. B.
Article, "History, as Espounded by the Supreme Court"
Authors: Plumb, Preston B.
Date: June 6, 1857
This article was printed in the very first edition of the Kanzas News, edited by Preston Plumb and printed in Emporia, Kansas Territory. It included excerpts taken from the May edition of Putnam's Monthly. The article documented the reaction of free soilers to the Dred Scott decision, which was passed by the Supreme Court in March 1857. Since he had lived on free soil for several years, Dred Scott had sued his master in an attempt to gain his freedom. However, the court determined that Dred Scott, and other slaves, were not legal citizens of the United States and therefore could not sue the government. As a result, Scott would remain a slave until his master voluntarily freed him shortly thereafter. This decision also annulled the Missouri Compromise of 1820.
Keywords: African Americans; Antislavery perspective; Dred Scott decision; Emporia, Kansas Territory; Newspapers; Plumb, Preston B., 1837-1891; Scott, Dred; Slavery; Slaves; Taney, Roger B.; United States Government; United States. Constitution; United States. Supreme Court
Letter, J. Thompson to My Dear [James W.] Denver
Authors: Doniphan, J.
Date: January 29, 1858
J. Thompson wrote to James W. Denver from the U. S. Department of the Interior regarding the current debate over the Lecompton Constitution. Thompson advised Denver to stand his ground in support of it, regardless of what the President might say; "to turn aside now is downright weakness" and a show of cowardice. Thompson's opinion was that a Territorial decision to abolish slavery would be against the Dred Scott decision, and therefore unconstitutional.
Keywords: Buchanan, James, 1791-1868; Calhoun, John; Denver, James William, 1817-1892; Doniphan, J.; Dred Scott decision; Elmore, Rush; Indian Affairs, Commissioner of; Lecompton Constitution; National politics; Proslavery perspective; United States. Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Speech of Hon. Reuben E. Fenton of New York, "The Designs of the Slave Power"
Authors: Fenton, Reuben E.
Date: February 24, 1858
Representative Reuben Fenton, of New York, delivered this speech on the floor of the House of Representatives, in reaction to the Congressional debate over the validity of the Lecompton Constitution. Believing that the repeal of the Missouri Compromise was a mistake, meant to allow the extension of slavery into the new territories, Fenton emphasized that their forefathers recognized that slavery and anti-slavery men could not coexist. Thus, under the authority outlined in the Constitution, slavery in all Territories should be abolished, in line with the Federal Government's duty to "install a government [in the Territories] conducive to the greatest degree of happiness and welfare" of its residents. Fenton did not believe that the Lecompton Constitution represented the will of Kansas' citizens, insisting that the majority, as free state supporters, were proposing no challenge to the Government constructed by the founding fathers.
Keywords: Antislavery perspective; Buchanan, James, 1791-1868; Dred Scott decision; Fenton, Reuben E.; Kansas Territory. Legislature; Lecompton Constitution; Missouri compromise; New York; Popular sovereignty; Slavery; Speeches, addresses, etc.
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Indigenous Communities and the Digital Realm
What could the digital space do for Indigenous communities asks Phil Gordon?
The Museum has around 40,000 Indigenous objects from all around Australia. We work closely with communties to document, preserve and understand more about these items. Now that the digital world is here, especially the ever-pervading increase in mobile access, how can we now harness to power of the web to maintain cultural continuity and work even more closely with our diverse Indigenous communities all across Australia?
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To the citizens of Ellis, Trego and Rooks counties:
If you 70 years, 6 months or older and looking for a better way to support your favorite charity without it costing you time and taxes, I've got the answer for you.
Here's one of the best possible ways you can make some organization very happy very soon. If you have an IRA with a required minimum distribution before Dec. 31, you can receive a tax-free distribution (of up to $100,000 per taxpayer, per taxable year) by simply transferring the amount you wish on or before Dec. 31 directly to the Heartland Community Foundation or to another eligible charity.
The Heartland Community Foundation is a nonprofit entity that works for the betterment of the communities in Ellis, Trego and Rooks counties. The HCF is the home of 24 charitable organizational funds to which anyone can contribute at any time. Donors also can establish a new, permanently endowed fund that supports one or more charitable organizations of their choice.
Additionally, there is no better time to start an endowed fund or give a tax-deductible gift to the Heartland Community Foundation, because all monetary contributions (with the exception of scholarship funds) are being matched by the Kansas Health Foundation by either 25 cents on the dollar or 50 cents on the dollar, depending on the direction of the gift.
The match funds support the public health of the Heartland area and the growth of the HCF. Examples of these recent public health grants made possible by these matching dollars include grants to support a park crawl workout in Hays, a bicycle safety rodeo for children in Trego County, and books for first-time parents about children's health.
If you are interested in this beautiful way to support your community, call me at (785) 621-4090 or your personal financial manager. Together, we will talk about your IRA gift and the legacy you want to establish in your respective community.
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- Title: Lord of the Shadows
- Author: Kathryn Le Veque
- Series: N/A
- Genre(s): Historical
- Publisher: Dragonblade Publishing, September 2012 (originally published February 2011)
- Source: Amazon, free promo ($2.99 ebook)
- Length: 273 pages
- Trope(s): Perfectly Perfect Heroine, Deadly-Yet-Sensitive Assassin Hero, Evil King, Instalove, TSTL Sibling, In Disguise, Intrigue & Espionage
- Quick blurb: Feared royal enforcer falls for daughter of king's most hated enemy
- Quick review: Not bad, exactly, but…you know, it's not quite… Oh, just read the damn review. That's what you came here for, isn't it?
- Grade: C-
Like the allure of a good beheading, it was pure entertainment.
OK, I will admit I was wrong. I WAS WRONG. During the first read, this seemed pretty dreadful, and I even tweeted some snotty things about it.
But after finishing this, I read By Royal Command, aka Death By Thesaurus. And then I read a certain gay BDSM mistorical (Full Snark Bitchfest coming soon!) that will forever be the definition of "dreadful."
So I upgraded Lord of the Shadows from a D+ to a C-. I can't really recommend it, but it's a helluva lot better than some of the other dreck I've been reading.
The plot….
In 1215 England, our hero, Sir Sean de Lara, is a long-time enforcer for the disgusting King John. But when he meets Lady Sheridan St. James, the daughter of the monarch's most hated enemy, he's tempted to sacrifice his decade of soul-crushing espionage for the chance to live a normal life.
We'll just ignore the dorky and unrealistic names so we can move along to the important stuff. Like kissing. And sex.
And history. MY GOD, the history. THE FATE OF ENGLAND IS AT STAKE, PEOPLE, YOU HAVE NO IDEA. You'll see what I mean when we get around to more of Sir Sean. And there's a LOT of Sir Sean.
The meet-cute, part 1….
Insta-Love from the get-go. Our Dark Lord gets his first glimpse of His Beloved as she tries to prevent her TSTL younger sister from flinging herself out a window:
His attention then moved to the woman attempting to prevent the suicide; he couldn't make out the features at this distance, but he could certainly distinguish the blond hair that shimmered against the afternoon sky as gold would shimmer against the sun. He found himself more intrigued by the beauty of the hair than by the chaos unfolding around it.
Unfortunately, our heroine isn't much of a crisis negotiator, because — oops…. But never fear! Sir Sean is here!
She was still screaming when he caught her.
After accepting their gushes of gratitude, our Hero of Darkness mysteriously disappears (he does this a lot) and waits patiently to see His Beloved again. Which, of course, happens in the very next chapter.
The meet-cute, part 2….
Our Lady of Loveliness and Her Large Lord are reunited a few weeks later during a Secretly Secret Meeting of the Moguls at the Tower of London. When Lady Sheridan is forced to flee the attentions of a handsy (and footsy) priest, Sir Sean follows for her protection:
"Come no closer. If you try to take me to the king, I'll scream as you have never heard screams before. I'll fight as you have never seen a woman fight. I'll… I'll kill you if you try, do you hear me?"
It all came out as a rapid stream of high-pitched threats. Sean stopped in his tracks and his eyes widened. After a moment, he broke out in laughter. In all his years, he'd never seen or heard anything so hilarious. For a man who had not openly laughed in ages, it was a liberating experience.
But why is our heroine so distrustful of the man who saved her sister's life? Because he has a, well, um…you know…reputation.
"I was told that you are not only the king's protector, but that you assist him in his… his dastardly and distasteful deeds."
You don't see much "dastardly" nowadays, and here we get some AND with bonus alliteration! If that's not good writing, I don't know what is.
Where were we? Ah, yes — a quiet evening walk along the Thames. They chit-chat for a while (RU my enemy? Nuh-uh! Yeah-huh! Whatever. *Flounce*) until…
He caught the glint of a blade and knew before the shape came fully into view that it was an assassin sent to kill him. In his world, it could be nothing else.
I hate it when that happens, don't you? Despite the "eerie cry of death" sung by the assassin's expertly-wielded lightweight sword, Sir Sean quickly disposes of this annoying intruder:
Sean stood there, gazing impassively at the corpse. This was not an unusual occurrence and he had faced better.
Lady Sheridan reacts in true dimwit damsel-in-distress fashion:
"Are you saying this sort of thing has happened before?"
[My Kindle note: "He's an ASSASSIN, you dumbass!"]
And then it's HER turn to save HIM when her own security force (yes, really) finally arrives to Protect Her Virtue. After that we get some intrigue and some TSTL sister antics and more intrigue and whatnot.
The wooing and the lusting….
He gave her a look that suggested she was in for a spanking if she didn't curb her mouth.
Don't worry, the perfume merchant's stall isn't a secret BDSM lair — that's the one-after-next book in the review queue. Besides, no one actually did that sort of thing in the Middle Ages because everyone was a virgin until they got married and sex toys caused leprosy.
In fact, our Medieval Maiden is so virtuous that Sir Sean is able to stun her stupid with just one smooch:
He shook his head as if she was the most unintelligent creature on the face of the earth. Throwing caution to the wind, he threw an arm around her slender waist and pulled her hard against him…. He held her fast, a great warm embrace, his face lingering an inch above her own.
"Aye, you silly wench," he growled. "In case you have not yet understood my meaning, you will marry me. There is no one else on earth worthy of you."
I can't decided if that last line is supposed to mean what I think it means, or if it's code for something subversively sinister.
*AHEM* We interrupt this Snark Fest for a brief outburst of Good Writing:
All he knew was that, from the moment he first spoke to the woman, she cleared all else from his mind like a divine flood, washing away the old in favor of the new. He'd hardly spent more than an hour of combined time with her, but still, that time had been nothing like he'd ever experienced. She made him feel alive and warm. She made him feel that life was worth living. He wanted to feel that way forever.
Done. Carry on.
At this point in the narrative, we're introduced to the obligatory Sudden Appearance of Former Childhood Pal All Growed Up and Sexy. This, of course, causes Sir Sean the Kitten-Hearted to elevate his angst level even more.
The wedding and the bedding….
But never fear! All is right with the world when Bad King John's anger issues…
John took one look at Sheridan and Sean knew they were in for a world of trouble.
…force Sir Sean and Lady Sheridan to become ♥Sean&Sheridan♥ in the obligatory Secret Ceremony Under the Stairs.
Then, FINALLY, the long-awaited deflowering. They only have five minutes, but they make Every. Second. Count.
Sean's gaze was powerful, consuming, as his hand gently tightened over the delicious fleshy mound. Then his lips descended on her again, with such passion that she sucked in her breath at his lustful attack….
Though she was a maiden, Sheridan knew she must have more of him. She must have all of him. The man was her husband and she would know him.
Not done yet….
The more he moved, the more heated her loins became until she gasped his name.
Almost there….
…he felt her tender walls pulling at him…
Done. Carry on. But I must note that the author wisely resisted the "oh, he's so tall and broad his Mighty Penis of Manhood will be MUCH too large for my Untouched and Delicate Velvet Channel" nonsense. So, major bonus points for that.
The traumatic separation….
No, not THAT one. Or that other one. THIS one:
"If I do not make it out of here alive, then know that it is my wish for you to marry de Braose. He is an honorable man and will be good to you…. You are my angel and I will be with you, and no other, in this life and beyond."
Tissues. I need tissues.
And wuv…twu wuv….
(I waited THIS LONG for a Princess Bride reference. I have such admirable self-restraint.)
He kissed her with something more powerful than joy or passion; it was love in its purest form.
Tissues. WHERE ARE MY TISSUES, DAMMIT???
And they all live happily ever after:
The Shadow Lord died on that cold January night; Sean de Lara, however, did not. He lived through the [NO SPOILERS! BE PATIENT!] and the cause that he had fought so hard to ensure…. He lived through the Chronicles that his wife had kept for safekeeping and in the love he had for her. Most of all, he lived through the nine children that he and Sheridan eventually had. The beautiful twin girls born in October of that year were only the beginning.
The de Lara legacy lived on.
Forget tissues. Pass me the barf bucket.
The villain….
Yes, I'm making you wait for Sir Sean. You need to understand why our Heroic Assassin is so angsty:
"For nine years I have catered to his every repulsive whim. For nine years, I have kidnapped men's wives and delivered them to the king like a gift on Christmas morning. For nine years, I have cleaned up his leavings, disposing of the women who have died as a result of his lust and delivering those who managed to survive back to their homes."
If that doesn't drive a Sensitive Giant like Sean to the edge of the Cliffs of Angstiness, I don't know what would. That passage and a few others would have been more than enough to fix an image of John as the worst type of lecher. But then the author just…can't…stop with the repetitive "ew, gross, ick!!!" descriptions every time John appears:
…Physically, he was a man of small stature, bad hygiene, and one heavily lidded left eye that gave him a rather dull appearance.
…a short man with a droopy eye and noticeably bad hygiene.
…a short, weak, twisted man, hardly enough of a male to be in the same category as men like Sean.
In other words, the EXACT depiction of Prince John in Lion in Winter…
…which for me turned him into an over-the-top, almost comic, caricature instead of a truly menacing bad guy.
*AHEM* We interrupt this blog post for yet another bit of irrelevant but completely fascinating historical trivia:
A castle in Ireland once captured and nearly destroyed by King John commemorates his legacy in this moving tribute:
"Moving" tribute — get it? get it? Hahaha! He looks so forlorn. What do you suppose he's thinking?
I do believe this Epic Opus of Visual Snark requires further study. Anyone wishing to fund my research sabbatical to Northern Ireland, please email to request my PayPal information.
Our heroine….
Nothing about her was foul or defective. She was, in a word, perfect.
I probably shouldn't have used a quote with the word "foul" immediately following an image of a medieval toilet.
How perfect is Lady Sheridan St. James? In addition to her glorious blond hair, luminous blue eyes (see below), creamy skin, pert nose, slender neck and shapely shoulders, and "lovely white teeth, with slightly protruding canines," she's also a filthy rich heiress with actual political power:
Though as a woman she should have kept silent, as Henry St. James' heiress, she controlled the powers of the earldom. She would speak on behalf of her father….
Henry St. James had no sons, and Sheridan had been inevitably directed into the role. She was the eldest child, intelligent and wise, and like her father in every way. She would have made a fine son and heir, and Henry had raised her as if she had been male… As Lady Bath's daughter, she wielded the power of an important earldom and in these days of political upheaval, wise council was needed more than ever.
But her womanly wise councilship lasts for exactly one scene before Fair Maiden Mode kicks back in. She gets kidnapped a few times, goes shopping (she has a fabric fetish), rides a stolen horse into the middle of a battle, gets stabbed in the thigh whilst hiding in a hay wagon…
It hurt terribly and Sheridan wasn't very brave…. She gazed up at Guy with her luminous blue eyes. "I do not want a badge of honor."
…and proves her fertility by getting pregnant with twins during her deflowering.
That's pretty much all you need to know about Lady Sheridan — she's just a prop for the Evil Villains to abuse and the Manly Men to rescue. Which is a HUGE loss for the story, because she could have been a kickass partner for Sean.
Our hero….
As he arrived on scene, the few people that [WHO, not THAT, gah] were standing about noticed his presence and quickly moved away from him. The movement was innate, like oil parting from water. No one with a sane thought in their head would dare stand within proximity of Sean de Lara. Like cockroaches, they scattered.
He's large and in charge. He's feared and fearless. He knows all and he sees all. He's the Devil's Disciple.
And he's MASSIVE. How MASSIVE is he? He's described as MASSIVE (as a whole, as individual body parts, and as articles of clothing and/or weaponry) at Kindle locations 513, 686, 944, 1333, 1475, 1815, 2109, 2199, 2645, 2682, 2931, 2946, 3043, 3455, 3541, 3701, 3852, 3883, 3885, 3977, 5005, 5280 and 5301. So, you know, pretty big.
Who is this Shadowy Specter of Stealthy Strength, you ask?
Oh, wait – never mind. Our hero doesn't have much of a penchant for random rhyming. Sir
Ulrich von Liechtenstein Sean de Lara (aka Viscount Darlington, but DON"T call him "Darlington") has his hands full being King John's enforcer extraordinaire — and his fearsome reputation isn't based solely on his ginormousness.
He's earned the title of Lord of the Shadows…
He walked with the stealth of a cat, disappearing into the shadows from whence he came. As quickly as he had appeared, he was gone.
…and he has a LOT of whatever the medieval equivalent of "street cred" would be:
…He had been rumored to kill men with his bare hands, appendages as large as trenchers, and there wasn't one in the room who did not disbelieve that.
…."Not only is he physical power, but he has intelligence. His tactical knowledge is without compare. No army will go up against John during these times because of de Lara's very presence."
…"His presence, his very name, is synonymous with pain and death. If you see the man, run for your life."
And yet, he's kind of an angsty emo whiner. Which is understandable when you remember that Sir Sean has been living a lie for nearly ten years. Every evil deed he performs for Bad King John is all in the name of Justice.
"Never in my life have I ever wanted anything other than to serve the cause," he growled. "Since I was seventeen years of age, I have been completely selfless and dedicated to my task. You have seen nothing but flawless duty from me and it was because I had convinced myself that someday, I would be rewarded for my service. I knew this world would pass away and a new England would take hold where I would not have to stay to the shadows, where I would not be feared and loathed, and where I would not have to defend my life every moment of every day. Now, when I can see the light at the end of the road and I have found the only thing I have ever wanted, you are telling me that I am going to have to fight for this, too?"
So, you know, like a double agent with a license to kill:
But instead of taking orders from Judi Dench (Best. Casting. EVER.), Sir Sean has sworn allegiance to his mentor and father figure, who just happens to be…wait for it….
The door to the confessional suddenly flew open. William Marshall stood in the entry, his weathered face taut with rage.
Yes, THAT William Marshal(l). Are you keeping up with all this? Massive yet stealthy, deadly yet sensitive. Still with me?
If not, hang on, because there's more!
Are you ready for this? This is that EMPERILED ENGLAND ZOMG history stuff I mentioned way back up yonder.
All righty then, don't say I didn't warn you:
"I nearly forgot to ask. The document I wrote; did you receive it?"
"Father Simon delivered it. That is what we were examining the other night when you saw us in the St James' apartment."
"I thought as much. Did it incorporate everything it should?"
"That and more. Your text is brilliant. You clearly have a talent with written prose."
"Under your direction, of course. But remember; I do not want my name mentioned anywhere. I am not responsible for this document that will change the course of this country. I would rather be an invisible contributor. Leave the glory to those who wish it."
Are you getting the vibe here? Was that enough of a teaser/hint/foreshadowing? What if I give you a reminder that this story is set in the year 1215?
Maybe a visual hint would help:
No? Oh, fine then:
"Have no fear. The impression was given that the Bishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of London were the authors. No one will ever know that you are the true creator of the Magna Carta."
"Is that what you are calling it?"
"Fitting, is it not?"
I shit you not — our hero is the author of the Magna Carta. Which means we have to add…
…to our character inspiration board. So, if you're going to write Sir Sean Fan Fic (SSFF), keep this equation in mind:
The storytelling….
…It was like being in a roomful of predators; each man had the look of both killer and prey.
Despite all the snark in this review, this book did have nearly all the elements for a great story — the only thing missing was a strong heroine.
Unfortunately, the snark was necessary because some seemingly minor, but cumulatively damaging, flaws proved too distracting, kicking me out of the story often enough to think snotty thoughts about the characters.
The nitpicky it's-probably-just-me annoyances included typos (…her distain); anachronisms (corsets, pantalets and bloomers, silk and porcelain); anachronistic language (orchestrate, flighty, ruckus, blow his cover); clichés ("He is a wolf in sheep's clothing…."); thesaurus abuse (…able to discern one prevalent concept); and (yawn) platitudes ("War was never easy…..").
In addition, the head-hopping was Out. Of. Control, flitting back and forth between major characters, flinging over to a one-scene-only cameo character, then zooming out for an ominiscient perspective that lasts all of one paragraph.
Let's not forget the repetition and redundancy — oy, the REDUNDANCY and the REPETITION. In the last third of the book, I made notes like "you already told us this!!!" more than a dozen times.
And the author even managed — quite remarkably — to work some of the "well, DUH" and "WTF?" moments into single sentences:
…The panting had been a dead giveaway that something terrible was amiss.
…The voice hissed, the gesture of an individual with strong opinions.
…"Sean, Sean," the voice moaned, sing-song.
…men were non-committal and easily distracted creatures.
…If she were to purchase a wonderful fabric and have it back to the apartments by the nooning hour, her maid could baste together an acceptable gown by suppertime.
…One must always look their best when challenging the king.
…"Will these events in the future affect us?"
Do poorly-edited conglomerations of verbiage like this negatively impact my opinion of self-published books? Yes. Yes, they do.


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Dirk Nowitzki's former fiancee Cristal Taylor is not pregnant, according to the NBA player's attorney.
Robert Hart, Nowitzki's attorney told NBCDFW.com he has medical records to prove it.
"As we suspected from the start, we did not believe that she was pregnant and now that has been confirmed," Hart told ESPN.com.
U.S. & World
Her prison records were released to Hart on Thursday, DallasNews.com reported.
Taylor's Texas-based attorney told ESPN he did not if Taylor miscarried or if she was never pregnant. He said he may never know.
NBCDFW.com contacted Taylor's mother in Missouri, but she said she had "no comment at all."
Nowitzki called off his and Taylor's engagement and hired a private investigator after he learned of her criminal background in April. Taylor, 38, was arrested May 6 on two outstanding warrants at Nowitzki's Dallas home. The first was a probation violation from the Missouri corrections department and the second, a theft of service charge from Jefferson County, Texas.
Since her arrest, Taylor has said she was pregnant with Nowitzki's child.
On July 24, a judge ordered a pregnancy test and said the results would determine whether DNA testing is necessary. Nowitzki was seeking sole custody of the unborn child Taylor claimed to be carrying.
On Aug. 24, Taylor was sentenced to five years in a Missouri prison for violating her probation in a 1997 forgery and theft case.
Nowitzki is currently in South Africa taking part in the NBA's Basketball Without Borders program and has not been reached for comment.
But fans around the Metroplex and Mavs owner Mark Cuban were reacting to the news Thursday.
"It will help Dirk -- he is not worrying about her," one fan said.
"I bet Dirk will have a heck of a season next year," another fan said.
And Cuban had this to say on Twitter: "Good news on Dirk's ex. No surprise."
The Dallas Mavericks' first preseason game is Oct. 5 against Orlando.


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Four Hope softball players have been named to the Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division III Central All-Region team.
Seniors Kylee Brouwer and Jessica Regnerus have been named to the first team. Junior Kelli Duimstra is a second team honoree while sophomore Beth Yahraus is a third team choice. Brouwer was chosen at the designated player position while Regnerus, a centerfielder, was named to one of three at-large spots. Duimstra (a first baseman) and Yahraus (a shortstop) were honored at-large players.
Brouwer, Regnerus and Duimstra are from Hudsonville and graduates of Hudsonville High School while Yahraus is from Bryan, Ohio (Bryan HS). Brouwer and Regnerus have each received All-Region honors four consecutive years.
All-Region first team honorees become eligible for All-America recognition which will be announced in conjunction with the NCAA Division III championships later this month. Brouwer received All-America recognition in 2005 and Regnerus in 2006.
All four Hope honorees had robust seasons at the plate for the Flying Dutch who posted a 25-14 record and finished third in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA).
Brouwer set a single season batting record with a .533 average while Duimstra batted .448, including a team-leading 35 RBIs. Regnerus had a .400 average and Yahraus batted .342.


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Washington Nationals first baseman Adam Dunn could be dealt to the White Sox if Chicago is willing to sweeten the pot and add a second substantial minor league player in return.
Any deal for Dunn would have to include Daniel Hudson, the White Sox's top pitching prospect. The Nationals also want one of three White Sox prospects: catcher Tyler Flowers, outfielder Jordan Danks or injured infielder Brent Morel, according to a major league source.
The White Sox turned down a Washington request for a Dunn-for-Gordon Beckham deal straight up, according to the source. …
July 27, 2010
Washington wants Dan Hudson and a top prospect for Adam Dunn
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Improving Blood Safety and HIV Testing in Brazil
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01681420
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : September 10, 2012
Last Update Posted : January 18, 2018
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|Condition or disease
|HIV Herpes Simplex 2 Hepatitis C Hepatitis B Chagas Disease
|Behavioral: HIV Counseling and Testing Behavioral: Blood Donation
|Not Applicable
Although all donated blood is screened for HIV antibodies, a residual risk of contamination persists due to the immunological window period before antibodies are detectable. Deferral of donors with behavioral risks for HIV is one means to reduce window period contamination; recruitment of voluntary donors from the community (versus family replacement donors) is held to be another. Contrary to expectation, a shift to community donors has not resulted in a decrease in HIV prevalence in units of blood collected by the investigators transfusion service. The investigators preliminary research indicates that some persons at elevated risk use donation as a means of testing for HIV. These test-seeking donors have high trust in the blood bank, do not know other places to receive testing, have low understanding of the immunological window period and believe it is acceptable to deny risk in order to be tested through donation. The test-seeking phenomenon may therefore threaten the safety of the blood supply. Test seeking at blood banks also ill serves persons who need risk reduction counseling because they cannot disclose their true behavior during the donation process and still be tested. Donors also have a low rate of return for test results and therefore do not receive confirmation or referrals to care.
To assess whether HCT at the time of donation will improve blood safety and address prevention and care needs, the investigators will randomize donor candidates to be offered this service on-site. As a biological marker for elevated risk for HIV, the investigators will compare the prevalence of HSV-2 among donors choosing testing to those choosing to donate when offered the choice (Aim 1). The impact of the intervention will be measured as an increase in persons receiving their test results, disclosure counseling and referrals (Aim 2). Secondary outcomes include differences in prevalence of transfusion-transmitted infections (HIV, HCV, HBV, syphilis, HTLV I/II, Chagas disease), donor motivations (e.g., test-seeking vs. altruism), donor deferral rates, use of confidential unit exclusion, satisfaction with procedures of the blood bank and volume of blood available for use. RCT results will provide rigorous evidence for or against the provision of on-site HCT as an effective means to improve blood safety and link individuals to needed health services.
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|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Improving Blood Safety and HIV Testing in Brazil: a Randomized Controlled Trial
|Actual Study Start Date :
|August 1, 2012
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|May 31, 2013
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|January 31, 2015
Experimental: Approved Intervention Counseling
Approved blood donors randomized to intervention and choosing HIV counseling option with no donation.
Behavioral: HIV Counseling and Testing
HIV counseling and testing in lieu of blood donation.
Experimental: Approved Intervention Donation
Approved blood donors randomized to intervention and choosing donation with no HIV counseling.
Behavioral: Blood Donation
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Experimental: Deferred Intervention
Deferred blood donors randomized to intervention with HIV counseling.
Behavioral: HIV Counseling and Testing
HIV counseling and testing in lieu of blood donation.
- HSV-2 Prevalence in Blood Donors [ Time Frame: Up to three years. ]As a biological marker for elevated risk for HIV, we will compare the prevalence of HSV-2 among donors choosing testing to those choosing to donate when offered the choice.
- Intervention Impact in Blood Donors [ Time Frame: Up to three years. ]The impact of the intervention will be measured as an increase in persons receiving their test results, disclosure counseling and referrals.
- Prevalence of Transfusion-Transmitted Infections in Blood Donors [ Time Frame: Up to three years. ]Differences in prevalence of transfusion-transmitted infections (HIV, HCV, HBV, syphilis, HTLV I/II, Chagas disease) between arms.
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- Study subjects will be Portuguese-speaking persons age 18-65 years (determined by Brazilian law to be the age of donation), who present to donate blood at our center during the study period and who provide written informed consent.
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- All those not meeting inclusion criteria.
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Sam Miller of the Orange County Register tweeted this last night, and it's kind of amazing. (Ignore his mention of Jered Weaver.) Tonight's scaring-everyone-shitless Yankees starter A.J. Burnett's xFIP (expected Fielding-Independent Pitching) was 3.86 this year. xFIP is on a scale roughly equivalent to ERA, and AJ's figure was better than those of many other starters, including tonight's opponent, Rick Porcello.
And, hey, xFIP is the best available predictor of future ERA, better than current ERA or FIP, through adjusting for home runs. (A few analysts have quibbled with this.) All of which is to say: Don't sleep on the scrappy underdog Yankees and their $16.5-million malcontent starter! Game four's 8:37 p.m. on TBS.


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I know who he is now. Don't worry about what people say about your avi. It does not break the rules at all.
I've been indicted on 3615 counts of humor since I started using that avvie.
Who did your avatar kill? Lol.
Just sayin' hi, Jim! Been a while since I've been round these parts, and you're the only one on that I recognize. Hope all's well!
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Because I'm watching CNN, and not enjoying it, I'm not watching Fox, and Mary Katherine Ham tells me Fox news is saying Keyes didn't meet the criteria to be included. Booo, Register.
I was wondering about that, since I thought one of the requirements was paid campaign staff in Iowa. Keyes has paid campaign staff in Iowa? Paid with what, the change behind the couch cushions?
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Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2004 11:55 pm
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I figured I'd pull the revolving back off my B&J today and give it a little clean since the old lubricant kind of turned to a thick paste making it harder to rotate then it probably should be. This is the first time I've taken a back off, so it was a whole new experience for me. Anyways, once I got it off, the heads of several screws on the inside of the back caught my attention. I just always assumed that the whole back was one piece of molded aluminum, but here are screws holding something on. It couldn't be two pieces could it? Well, it actually was 4 pieces (5 if you count the disc that is riveted on) and now I'm sitting holding a nice piece of Bakelite fit for my camera with a nice smooth face. Well, it will be if I dismantle the two additional rivets that hold the aluminum onto the board. Anyways, at this point now the word
goes swimming through my head.
I've actually never used, touched, or seen a Graflok back, but looking at pictures of them(
such at this eBay auction
), it appears to me that all they need to be installed is a flat back to be screwed onto, which I seem to now have on my hands. Am I correct here? If I am, the only issues I see would be the possibility that the screw holes for the Graflok would land right along the track of the rotating disk, or that the size of the backs for graphics are significantly larger then the back of the B&J.
Does this idea seem feasible? It would be an excellent solution to by broken spring problem. Someone who has one care to measure its height & width for me? If it is close enough, we could also scan it, and my board at the same DPI and do a digital overlay to see where the attachment screws fall. Of course, all this is assuming that my assumptions on how the Graflocks attach are true.
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Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2004 12:41 am
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The "Graflok" back, like the backs it was made to replace, is slightly concave; it fits over a raised lip that runs around the back of the camera. The ones I've seen are held on by two screws at top and bottom, and one screw on the right (where the cutfilm holder enters).
It would be worth investigating whether removing the two rails from the rotating back of the "Speed Press" leave you with a surface onto which you might screw a thin piece of plywood (perhaps the 1/8-in. stock you can get from model-makers' supply houses like Micro-Mark). That piece, cut accurately to match the lip around the back of a "Graphic," and cut out for the filmgate, would give you a foundation to which a "Graflok" back might be fastened -- that is, use the existing holes in the B&J back plate to hold the plywood, then secure the "Graflok" back to the plywood using its existing holes.
Or you might make a pair of "Graflok"-type rails, and look for an OEM focusing panel. The difficult part is the little hooks recessed into the inner faces of the rails, which engage the lugs on the free ends of the spring-loaded arms pivoted to the end of the focusing panel.
I once formed a pair of such hooks from a short length of L-shaped brass section about 3/32 in. thick; my "Graflok" surrogate worked, but I made the mistake of forming the rails from hardwood, which did not inspire confidence. The 1/4-in. aluminum bar you can get at hardware stores would be a better material, if you could mill it to the appropriate bevel angle.
The slides are a bit easier, or you might salvage a pair from a junker. I cut mine out of .064-in. brass. The slides are perforated by two angled slits, and held onto the rails by bolts passing through those slits. Making the slits without a good vertical milling machine is tedious but not impossible.
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Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2004 10:50 pm
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Sounds like a good idea to pursue.
A Pacemaker Graflok back measures 6 7/16ths wide by 7 3/16ths high. If you have a flat surface this big it should mount directly with no problem. The mounting holes are within a quarter inch of the edge.
If you want to avoid making new holes in the B&J back, T.R.'s suggestion about using a plywood spacer is good. But I think it will have to be thicker than the 1/8th he mentions. About 3/8ths will provide enough meat for the screws to be secure, at least to my taste.
Hopefully the parts of the B&J back that are being set aside for the conversion were part of the setback dimension of the filmplane. That way the Graflok conversion will not push the film plane farther back than you are used to. While this is probably not an issue if you use normal or longer lenses, wideangles could conceivably have issues reaching infinity if the conversion has the effect of lengthening the minimum lenght of the camera.
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Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2004 11:16 pm
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I actually did a very simular converstion on a speed, except in the exact opposite, I used a rotating linhof back and put a 1/8 in spacer on the back of the speed and then attached to rotaing graflok on the speed, worked great and was very stout, the spacer works great and if you use 1/8 high density hard board, and use a very small drill, to pre-drill your holes you get a very strong mount.
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Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2004 1:34 am
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The B&J board measures 6 3/4ths in both dimensions. I think that would make it incompatable with the back you measured. Unless there was some serious kludging going on, but then it would probably look goofy and intrude on rangefinder & viewfinder windows.
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Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2004 4:26 am
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The top and bottom half-inch of a "Graflok" back consists of two attractive reverse curves which do nothing to hold accessories onto the back. The top one supports the "Graphic" frame finder back sight, but you surely can work around that.
I think you could make a pair of narrower rails that would carry the slides efficiently, while still fitting onto the B&J back plate. As noted previously, the trick would be to form the little hooks that engage the focusing panel.
You might also cut down a "Graflok" back, which would solve the hook problem neatly, but would seem to entail filling the hollow rails at top and bottom with something durable and opaque, perhaps one of the epoxy-based compounds sold for repairing metal.
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Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2004 11:04 pm
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it would probably look goofy and intrude on rangefinder & viewfinder windows.
?? there are no RF or VF windows on the back, and I suspect there are none on the B&J. Get a Graflok back, preferably not a pretty one, and cut it down neatly to fit. You will have to use some kind of epoxy filler to complete the modifications as T.R. says.
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Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2004 12:47 am
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I was implying that if the Graflok was bigger then the chasis of the camera, it could be far enough past teh edge to make using the rangefinder or viewfinder difficult. Like how I can't see the viewfinder if I have a grafmatic in the camera with the back set to vertical.
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There is always that! A couple of thoughts --(1) Bolt another viewfinder to the side of the camera. If you presently have the "Watson" VF that seems to have been standard on the "Speed Press," anything you add will be an improvement.
(2) Enjoy the RB when you have the camera on a tripod. When hand-holding it and using an accessory that sticks way out, like a Polaroid "545" or, perhaps, a "Grafmatic," just hold the instrument on its side.
(3) See whether the RB will rotate clockwise from its normal horizontal position and, if it will, rotate it to the vertical so that the end of the accessory that sticks out is on the bottom.
(4) If it won't, you might consider mounting the "Graflok" upside down, so the business end of the accessory protrudes from the left, and will point down when the back is rotated to the vertical. It probably would take five minutes to get used to working a "Grafmatic," or pulling the darkslide from a cutfilm holder, with your left hand.
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Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2004 4:35 am
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Yeah, I normally don't touch the rotating back if I'm not working on a tripod. Just easier to turn it sideways. But jusy playing around with it I realized it blocked the VF when in horizontal mode. I've tried it stick out from the left, that was no good as it was real akward tryng to hold onto the strap with the grafmatic jabbing my wrist. And lets just say working with it downwards presents problems with trying to set the camera down.
I agree about the Watson finder. I dislike that thing. Holding the camera horizontally I have to cock my head so my nose can get past teh grafmatic so I can get my eye close enough to see the thing. I'm still learning keep the camera level and not tilted at the same angle of my head. The reason it would be nice to have the back set vertacle is that I could turn the camera to put it in horizontal mode, and easily get my eye to the finder, but alas, the formentioned issues with that.
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