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On "Game of Thrones," Lena Headey plays Cersei Lannister, the diabolical but damaged queen who hides behind a face of royal beauty, but fans of the HBO medieval epic might need a moment to recognize the British actress in the sci-fi film "Dredd," which is scheduled to arrive in September. Like Cersei, Madeline "Ma-Ma" Madrigal ruthlessly puts down all challenges to her authority, but her scarred face is no facade — it's more like a map of the cruel metropolis called Mega City One.
In a world scorched and sickened by radiation wars, Mega City One is one of the last pockets of civilization but it tests the bottom limits of the word. Madrigal is the fierce gang leader who rules Peach Tree City Block and that puts her squarely in the sights of the film's title character, Judge Joseph Dredd — played by Karl Urban of "Star Trek" and "The Bourne Supremacy" — the most feared of the city's Street Judges, the elite armored agents who bring the entire criminal justice system to the sidewalk; they are arresting officer, judge, jury and, yes, executioner.
The film has being called a remake of the 1995 Sylvester Stallone film "Judge Dredd," but it might be more precise to think of it as do-over adaptation; in his 35th anniversary, Judge Dredd remains the most iconic creation of the British comics scene, but none of the savage and scabby spirit of those comics (think "Dirty Harry" on patrol in the "Death Race" world) reached the screen in the glossy bloat of the Stallone film.
The first Judge Dredd comic premiered in March 1977 — the same month the Clash released their first single, "White Riot," and the Sex Pistols signed a contract with A&M Records at the gates of Buckingham Palace. All of London seemed up for grabs, and the choices seemed like anarchy or fascism. Headey, during a recent interview at the offices of HBO in Santa Monica, says the goal of this new "Dredd" was to get back to the blood-bruise qualities of those comics.
"The world [in the film] feels really British, and I don't know if that's because it's so dirty and dark," Headey said. "And it's … violent. Just in terms of gunplay, they're not afraid to show blood and gunshot wounds. And it's set up in this concrete sort of shanty town — it's shanty but they're blocks — concrete favelas."
With that backdrop, many citizens are ready to accept the glowering Dredd with his Lawgiver pistol and police-state promise. Others, however, would rather escape with Slo-Mo, the reality-bending drug that is funneling though Madrigal's gang.
Madrigal was conceived as a much older character, in her 70s or older, but Headey won over Alex Garland, the screenwriter and a key engine of the project, to the idea of a middle-aged woman who has logged a lot of city miles.
"She's a prostitute who then kills her pimp and takes over his drug-running business," said Headey, whose acting credits include Queen Gorgo in "300" and the title role in "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles." "And Ma-Ma is a bit of a man-hater."
Headey said she came up with the image of a sullen and cynical predator to help her find an entry point to the role.
"I think of her like an old great white shark who is just waiting for someone bigger and stronger to show up and kill her," Headey said. "She's ready for it. In fact, she can't wait for it to happen. And yet no one can get the job done. She's an addict, so she's dead in that way, but that last knock just hasn't come. This big, fat, scarred shark moving through the sea and everyone flees and she's like, 'Will someone just have the balls to do it? Please?'"
The big question in the air around "Dredd" is whether the Lionsgate film is actually going to be any good. There were reports that director Pete Travis ("Vantage Point") was fired during post-production, but then a released statement insisted that he was still onboard and that he and Garland ("28 Days Later") had agreed early on to share duties in an unorthodox way. (You can read the back-and-forth of it all at 24 Frames.) Working with Garland was the draw for Headey.
"'Dredd' was a weird, little, out-of-the-blue thing for me," Headey said. "We met up and I read, and he kind of loved what I did and I loved the script. I think he's a brilliant writer, he's good guy, Alex. So I ended going out to South Africa to shoot this mad thing. In terms of the scale of the movie, the budget was tiny."
Indeed, the film has a lean budget — reportedly $55 million to $60 million — but an approach of austerity and bleak shadow may actually help the film separate itself from the shiny sci-fi of the 1995 movie (which also had an especially odd cast that included Diane Lane, Max von Sydow, Rob Schneider and rock star Ian Dury).
That version, directed by Danny Cannon (who would go to be an executive producer and director on all three "CSI" franchises), infuriated longtime Dredd readers by jettisoning the dark satire of the comics, adding a romance for the title character and daring to let Dredd walk around without his helmet, which is akin to letting the Lone Ranger ride into town without a mask. Adding insult to injury, those fans would hear again and again that "Mad Max" and "RoboCop" took direct inspiration from the Dredd comics and produced genre classics — while the character's own spotlight moment ended up as a dim-bulb project.
But will the lawman's second shot be any closer to the target? At least this time the project has started with the correct ammunition, judging by the comments of Urban, who grew up as a Dredd fan: "It's going to be much more gritty, much more real — the environment, Mega City One, is going to feel like a real city," the actor told Chris Tilly of IGN back in 2010. "It's not going to feel like a Hollywood back lot. There will be no gold cod-pieces, and we're definitely going to stay faithful to the way that the character was originally conceived and written. He'll keep his helmet on."
— Geoff Boucher
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New adult education programs coming to Berkshire Community College
GREAT BARRINGTON -- After the closing of the South Berkshire Educational Collaborative last summer, southern Berkshire County residents had no comprehensive adult basic education program to turn to for help and guidance in the fall.
Through a Berkshire Community College effort of securing a new state grant, adults in the region will have two new venues where they can take English language classes, learn new workforce skills and/or earn a GED, beginning this spring.
In addition, the Literacy Network of South Berkshire is recruiting students for a new financial literacy program for adults beginning this month.
Bill Mulholland, dean of lifelong learning and workforce development, told The Eagle that the college applied for and received a one-year $192,423 grant from the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education in November to provide courses for adult basic education and English language learners.
The program is eligible to be funded on a five-year renewable cycle.
"It's going to cover those two areas and have a workforce preparation component," said Mulholland.
He said BCC is "delighted" to be able to offer new day and evening classes at the college's South County Center and at Monument Valley Regional Middle School in Great Barrington.
Mulholland said that in the interim period back in the fall, the South County campus rolled out a new program called "Conversation Circles."
It gives students a weekly opportunity to practice speaking English in an informal setting. The dean said the program will continue in the spring, among the other new opportunities for adult learners.
BCC is currently reviewing applications for what it's calling a "half-time" position as program director for South Berkshire Community Adult Learning. The position carries a posted grant-funded salary of $26,250 a year with benefits and is scheduled to begin this month.
Mulholland said the college is also now in the process hiring new instructors and staff for the program.
Prospective students are being asked to register now. An assessment period will take place in mid-February, with courses set to begin in March.
The new South County adult education program will offer beginning, intermediate and advance-level English as a second language courses as well as classes to prepare students to take a GED certification exam.
Each program is open to those age 16 and up, and will run for 32 consecutive weeks. Students who may have high school credentials but need to work on skills in subjects like reading, writing, English language or math are eligible to take classes.
Mulholland said the college is looking to serve about 40 students during the program's initial roll out.
He said the programming will be developed and marketed in partnership with organizations like the Berkshire Immigrant Center, Comm-unity Health Programs (CHP), Literacy Network of South Berkshire, and the Adult Lea-rning Center in Pittsfield.
"I'm encouraged by the fact there will be more opportunities for adult learners in South County," said Laura Quall-iotine, executive director of Literacy Network of South Berkshire, also known as LitNet. The agency provides students with free one-on-one tutoring services to adults in reading, GED preparation, English for speakers of other languages and U.S. citizenship preparation.
Qualliotine said that when the South Berkshire Edu-cational Collaborative closed, LitNet saw an increase in enrollment of former collaborative students seeking services during the fall. Although students were welcomed to attend classes at the Adult Learning Center in Pittsfield, she said several of them either declined or attended and then dropped out, due to transportation challenges -- a huge factor for students, she said.
Both Qualliotine and Bill Mulholland at BCC said that adult and English learner programs are beginning to become more aligned with national goals of grooming students to be college and career ready.
"Today's workforce requires education levels past secondary. For adult learners, [the new program] is a great start," Mulholland said.
It is part of the reason why Qualliotine said LitNet is currently writing a new financial literacy curriculum designed for "new Americans," people who have been living in the U.S. for five years or less. Tutors for this and its other programs are also being sought.
The program will help people learn about opening and managing bank accounts, applying for and using credit, financial goal-setting and more. "We're expanding on the idea of what it means to be literate," said Qualliotine.
"As agencies in this field, we need to think about how to help people become more employable and reach their own potential. We have to work in a different way to figure out how to help people meet their needs," she said.
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GREENVILLE, Ill. – Greenville Baseball (8-16, 7-3 SLIAC) kicked off the first of a five-game home stand on Tuesday with an afternoon double-dip against Fontbonne University. Greenville stumbled in the opener with a 7-6 loss, but got back on track with a 10-2 decision in the capper. With the win GC Baseball has now won four of their last five games.
In the opener's loss Scotty Voyles was the lead contributor offensively, batting 3-for-5 with an RBI. Senior Kyle Hobar also turned in an impressive effort, hitting 2-for-5 with two runs scored.
In game one a questionable no-call on the base paths allowed for a seventh inning rally by Fontbonne and helped level the score at 5-5 looking into the ninth. In the top of the ninth the Griffins were able to post two runs on two hits, dealing GC a two score deficit heading into the bottom of the final inning. Greenville got a SAC fly from Scotty Voyles to score Daniel Covert and pull GC within one run. With runners on first and second with one out, freshman Reid Cerruti grounded into a game ending double play that handed the Panthers the 7-6 heartbreaker.
Freshman pitcher Michael Wittmer (1-4) was charged the loss, giving up two runs in two innings on three hits.
In the capper Greenville started hot, posting a score of 6-1 through three. GC would add four more insurance runs in the fifth to cruise to the 10-2 victory.
On the mound, David Massengill was dealing as he notched a complete game performance. Massengill pitched seven innings with one earned on five hits with eight strikeouts.
Offensively the Panther club had one of its most balanced outings of the season, as the team racked up ten runs on twelve hits in 28 at-bats with six batters picking up at least one RBI. First Baseman Wes Letizia had a standout performance in the win with a 3-for-4 effort at the plate and two RBI.
Greenville Baseball will return to action Friday, April 15, as they play host in the first of a three game set against Westminster College. The game is scheduled for a 3:00 pm afternoon start and will be broadcast on WGRN 89.5 FM.


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Honda is a car manufacturer with big aspirations. That's understandable when you consider the engineering excellence and sheer ingenuity that underpins this company. Yet sometimes those aspirations can run a little ahead of the actuality of their product range. After all, with no options included, you could conceivably walk into a dealer and pay over ?£27,000 for a diesel Civic or over ?£32,000 for a top Accord. Now think of the heavyweight talent that these cars would run headlong into at that money. If you don't want to hand over anything like that sort of cash, there's always Honda's supermini contender, the Jazz, to consider. It's a car that's incredibly underrated. What's more, Honda has improved the value proposition by replacing the outgoing ES model with an ES Plus variant that builds in additional kit. Is it enough?
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Motive power comes courtesy of a 99PS petrol engine badged as a 1.4 but which only has 1,339cc of swept capacity, so strictly speaking it's a 1.3-litre. As you might expect, you're not going to perform any Type-R antics away from the lights with that sort of power output but the Jazz's body is agreeably light so it'll hit 62mph in 11.5 seconds and run onto 113mph, which is hardly glacial. The manual gearbox fitted to this car is a superb piece of kit. It's maybe not quite up there with those wristy shifts you got in the S2000 and the Civic Type R but it's leagues better than what you'd find in most very serious performance cars and it makes driving a Jazz surprisingly good fun. Visibility is excellent and the latest generation chassis is far more rigid than early versions. Aerodynamic tweaking has also helped reduce wind noise at speed.
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The Jazz has quietly metamorphosed into something quite elegant. The ES Plus wears the latest family look, which means sleeker front and rear bumpers, plus bumper and air dam assemblies designed for genuinely effective aerodynamics. With a drag coefficient of 0.33, the latest model cleaves the air very well for such a high, squat vehicle. The projector headlights also give it a beady-eyed look. The interior benefits from a generous slathering of both leather and chromium which makes it feel a little more upmarket and the instruments feature orange backlighting. There's still the usual Japanese design crime of about 101 different character fonts visible but on the plus side, the dashboard materials have been improved no end. The ES Plus features Honda's 'Magic Seats' whereby the back seats can fold down in one fluid motion into the footwell with the headrests in place. Lift up the rear seat cushion against the rear seat back and there's a tall protected space in the rear seat footwells for items like plants. This model also gets rear seats which recline 73mms to increase rear passenger comfort.
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The asking price is pitched at around ?£14,500, which gets you much the same gear as you got in the old ES with the addition of 16-inch alloy wheels, cruise control, privacy glass, a driver's front armrest and leather trim for the steering wheel and gear stick. That's on top of gear such as a CD stereo with MP3 compatibility and speed-dependent volume control. Safety has been a major concern in the design process of the Jazz. The car features Honda's ACE body structure which works to help avoid crash situations where larger vehicles ride up over smaller ones. Standard safety equipment looks very generous with dual front and side airbags, plus full length curtain airbags.
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Honda has worked at improving the economy and efficiency of the Jazz but the gains made aren't huge. Choose this ES Plus with its 1.4-litre petrol engine with a manual gearbox and the emissions are pegged at 126g/km, while fuel economy is 51.4mpg. That's not the best in its class but it's far from the worst. An Audi A3 1.2 TFSI is a bigger, heavier vehicle with 6PS more under your right foot, yet that will manage 53.3mpg fuel economy and 123g/km emissions. Granted, these cars aren't direct rivals but it demonstrates how Honda could do a little better with the Jazz - especially so given that the Japanese brandmakes much of its engineering-led product development. The Jazz has always done well in terms of residual values, largely because the mature ownership profile means that cars are usually serviced on the nose, driven sympathetically, cover low mileages and aren't destroyed by kids or borrowed by teenagers.
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In a long career now spanning some firty years, Dion Dimucci (of Dion and the Belmonts, above with Bo Diddley) has experienced many ups and downs. Through it all, he has maintained a rare purity in his work. At every stage of his career you can hear the blues coming through.
In 2003 Dion appeared as part of an oldies show at the Iowa State Fair, a show that I am reliably informed was pathetic until Dion took the stage. My informant described Dion as sounding vocally closer in age to 16 than 64, as he was then, and commented that he was superb.
The musical highlight of his Iowa State Fair show was introduced by Dion's 9/11-related comments, comments from the perspective of a native New Yorker. He spoke of the guys who died because their jobs had called them that day. He said that many of them had learned about duty and doing the right thing as he had in parochial school. Then Dion gave a stirring performance of his comeback hit "Abraham, Martin and John" — one of the few topical songs he has ever recorded. The song's message –"They freed a lot of people, but it seems the good die young" — was one with which few would argue, and it soothed many souls in 1968.
The only other "message song" I know in Dion's catalogue apart from his 1980's work in gospel music is "Your Own Backyard" from 1970, a harrowing account of his own nasty battles with alcohol and heroin:
My idea of having a good time
Was sitting with my head in between my knees.
I knew everything there was to know —
Everything except which way to go.
I cried, "Oh, God, take me will you please?"
A little further along in the song he adds: "I can't tell nobody how to live their life." He concludes: "It's gotta start right in your own backyard."
In 2006 Dion stripped down his sound for "Bronx in Blue," a recording of blues songs (mostly classics, though Dion wrote two that fit right in). Dion accompanied himself handsomely on guitar and has never sounded better. He performs the difficult task of making these songs utterly his own. Writing about the disc, Dion revealed the secret of his access to what Gram Parsons called the Cosmic American Music:
Some people think I grew up on Rock & Roll (not so). When I was a kid, there was no Rock & Roll. In the early Fifties late at night, I'd tune into some southern radio station that somehow reached the Bronx, listening to The Blues, Howling Wolf's How Many More Years, Jimmy Reed's Bright Lights, Big City.
After school, I'd run home to catch the last half hour of the "Don Larkin Country Show" comin' out of Newark, New Jersey. I was a Hank Williams junkie. For me, putting country and blues together, that's what I call Rock & Roll.
Black music, filtered through an Italian neighborhood, comes out with an attitude. Rock & Roll. Yo! The music on this CD was the undercurrent of every song I did: Runaround Sue, The Wanderer, even the foot stomping on Ruby Baby I got from John Lee Hooker's Walkin' Boogie.
Late last year Dion revisited the same territory with that certain attitude on "The Son of Skip James." Catching up with Dion's tour supporting "Bronx in Blue" a few days before Dion's birthday in 2006, reader Edward Van Bomel noted the highlight toward the end of the show:
Dion told the audience, "I recorded this song in 1968." In anticipation and appreciation of Dick Holler's "Abraham, Martin & John" the audience applause began…causing Dion to interrupt the audience and applause for the only time of the night: "I'd like to dedicate this song to the most wonderful, brave, heroic, outstanding military people protecting our country."
Today Dion turns 69. He's an American classic with a voice crying to be heard.
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Giant panda at DC's National Zoo gives birth
August 23, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — A giant panda at Washington's National Zoo has given birth to her third cub.
Zoo officials say Mei Xiang's water broke at 3:36 p.m. Friday and she gave birth at 5:32 p.m.
Her second cub died last fall. A cub in 2005 survived.
The zoo began monitoring Mei Xiang (may-SHONG) around the clock Aug. 7 in case she was pregnant. Zoo officials had said they could not be sure if the panda was pregnant because she would not permit them to examine her closely.


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Live Nation Chairman Azoff Resigns
Irving Azoff, the executive chairman of Live Nation Entertainment Inc., left the concert-promotion giant's board and resigned as an executive, the company said Monday.
The 65-year-old music-industry veteran said he is taking with him his business managing the Eagles, Christina Aguilera and a handful of other major acts.
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WEST POINT — Ella Ellis was too hyped up, too pumped on senior night on Wednesday at Christl Arena. He was Army's senior standout surrounded by a bunch of kids. It was supposed to be his night. It had to be his night for the Black Knights to record one of their biggest wins in years.
WEST POINT — Ella Ellis was too hyped up, too pumped on senior night on Wednesday at Christl Arena. He was Army's senior standout surrounded by a bunch of kids. It was supposed to be his night. It had to be his night for the Black Knights to record one of their biggest wins in years.
Then Ellis went out and bricked 8-of-11 shots in the first half. He went scoreless for the first 16:34, looked like he was trying to will shots into the bucket. Some of them weren't even close.
"I was kind of emotional in the beginning of the game,'' Ellis said afterward. "Coach came over and talked to me and said that I'm not a player that is defined by how many points I score.''
Maybe not, but Ellis' scoring sure helps define the Army Black Knights. And on this night, with so much at stake before a spirited crowd led by fellow cadets, Ellis again symbolized the talent and grit of the Army basketball team.
He scored 23 points in the second half to finish with 31, his second 30-point game in three contests, as Army beat Holy Cross 69-62. He never panicked before finally discovering his shot in those final minutes of the first half, a half Army led 30-28 despite shooting 33 percent. Ellis was only 4-for-8 shooting after halftime, but he finished 13-of-13 from the foul line.
Ellis and Army simply found a way to clinch their first .500-or-better season in 28 years. The Black Knights (15-13, 8-5 Patriot), also clinching their first Patriot League winning season, play Saturday at Lehigh in the regular-season finale before opening the league tournament on Wednesday.
"It's definitely fun and exciting,'' Ellis said, "but at the same time, coach talks about us not being done yet.''
Absolutely not. Army has the mental and physical toughness required to beat anybody in this league.
Look at Army's fifth straight league win, another first for the Black Knights. They shot 35 percent, the first game they won all season shooting below 40 percent. Until Wednesday, they were 0-10 when the opponent shot a higher percentage. Make it 1-10 after Army squeaked out the win despite Holy Cross shooting 47.8 percent.
"You look at the numbers,'' Army coach Zach Spiker said, "and I'm not sure how we won.''
Oh he knows how they won. "There is a lot of toughness in our players,'' Spiker said. "In large part, that has to do with Ella Ellis. Once he got out of that fog a little bit with a few minutes left in the first half, he was as good as anybody on the court.
"If you were to tell me how a guy should play on senior night, this was it.''
The kids came up with some big plays, as well.
Senior Jordan Springer dragged around a couple bum shoulders and, on one occasion, grabbed a one-armed rebound. But it was Ella Ellis' night in the final 23:26. Ellis' night. Army's night.
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When Vladimir Saldana moved to Lowell from the Dominican Republic at 10 years old, he couldn't speak English. But he was a fast learner, moving into mainstream classes within eight months. And the rest, as they say, is history.
Saldana, a graduating senior majoring in business finance, was recognized as one of "29 Who Shine" – an honor awarded to a student from each of the state's public colleges and universities who has a strong academic record and has made contributions to society.
Surrounded by his parents and sisters, Saldana was excited about his first-time visit to the State House and hearing Gov. Deval Patrick speak.
"Each one of these students has a remarkable story to tell," said Patrick at the awards ceremony. "Collectively, they remind us that investing in them is investing in our future."
"I felt that the governor was speaking directly to me," said Saldana. "He didn't have a script and I could tell that he meant what he was saying. It made me feel powerful, that I could accomplish anything."
Saldana, a member of the Omicron Delta Kappa Honor Society, has assumed leadership roles on campus. He became a resident adviser in the fall of 2012 and is the academic success chair of the organization Men Achieving Leadership, Excellence and Success (M.A.L.E.S.). He gained professional experience through an internship with the Merrimack Valley Sandbox, an initiative to foster entrepreneurship and leadership in the region, and he has worked part-time at the Northern Massachusetts Telephone Workers Community Credit Union for the past four years.
The "29 Who Shine" award is not his first time in the spotlight. In October, he was one of two students chosen to ask a question at the nationally televised U.S. Senate debate between then-Sen. Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren. The experience was thrilling, but nerve-wracking, he says.
"This University gave me the opportunity to be on a national stage," he says. "It was intense." He is considering a career that would combine his business and leadership skills with his desire to serve the community. As the first person in his family to attend college, he feels the weight of responsibility to succeed.
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The path to the presidency is a long and hard grind, and a candidate makes a lot of promises along the way. Many are throwaway lines that have little chance of ever becoming policy. Everyone knows it, and hardly anybody cares. Not long after launching his presidential bid in 2007, for example, Barack Obama promised that, as president, he would deliver an annual "State of the World" speech, laying out his foreign-policy agenda. Obama has never given the speech. Few people have noticed.
But then there are promises like the one he made about closing the Guantanamo Bay Detention Center—promises that become central themes of the campaign. They're repeated often enough, and they involve such a critical issue, that keeping or breaking them can partially define a presidency. And that's the case with Guantanamo, which remains in operation. Having failed to distinguish himself from George W. Bush on this issue, it's as if Obama resigned himself to embracing many of Bush's draconian policies regarding the "war on terror" and civil liberties.
How has Obama done in keeping the rest of his promises?
His record is fairly impressive overall. The website PolitiFact tracks the promises made by politicians and assigns them one of five labels: promise kept, promise broken, compromise, stalled, and in the works. According to this formula, Obama has kept 174 promises, broken 63, compromised on 54, and stalled on 67. Another 148 are still in the works.
Many of these promises have to do with issues that are important to progressives. By that measure, Obama's record in office is less inspiring. He kept or at least achieved a compromise on many of his key promises—most notably, healthcare reform. But he broke many of them as well.
There are plenty of reasons for the administration's broken promises, the most persuasive being that the GOP has controlled the House since the start of 2011, and it has effectively controlled the Senate by filibustering nearly every piece of important legislation. And the administration can argue that there is value in putting an idea on the agenda, even if it doesn't yet have the support to become law. A broken promise is better than no promise. Raising the issue creates some momentum in the right direction.
But whatever the explanations and rationalizations, Obama's failures are deeply disappointing. His grandest promise of all was to bring "hope and change" to American politics, and any calculation of whether he has fulfilled that promise—and deserves a second term—must take account of his failures as well as his successes.
Here's a rundown of the most important promises that Obama has broken, based on data collected by PolitiFact. They can be grouped into five categories.
Clean and open government
You might recall that the debate over healthcare reform was supposed to be broadcast live, on C-SPAN, "so that the American people can see what the choices are, because part of what we have to do is enlist the American people in this process," as Obama said during his campaign. The idea was that the best way to build support for the "public option"—a government-run alternative to private insurance plans— was to debate its merits publicly. Both the C-SPAN broadcasts and the public option quietly died when the healthcare debate actually began. The president's first spokesman, Robert Gibbs, later pooh-poohed the importance of the C-SPAN idea, saying that Obama never "intimated that every decision putting together a healthcare bill would be on public TV."
Obama hadn't done that, of course, but he had promised to create an extraordinarily open legislative process. He had also promised to push for the public option that most progressives favored. It's at least plausible the two failures are connected.
Obama also promised to put an end to lobbyists working in the White House. Once in office, Obama did formally ban lobbyists. But his administration also set up a waiver and recusal process that allows some former lobbyists to serve in the administration. Only a handful of waivers have been granted, but "no means none," as PolitiFact puts it, "and the concerns about waivers and recusals … have convinced us that this promise is not being kept in letter or in spirit."
Progressive taxation
Obama has made and broken several promises that involve higher taxes on the wealthy and on corporations. The Bush tax cuts have not been repealed for couples making more than $250,000 and individuals making more than $200,000 per year, as promised. But Obama did receive concessions from Republicans (an extension of unemployment benefits and a reduced Social Security tax rate) in exchange for a two-year extension of the lower rates. That 2010 compromise involved another broken Obama promise. There has been no increase in taxes on investment income, which affect primarily the wealthy. Without Congressional intervention, all of these rates will expire later this year.
With gas prices nearing record levels, and oil companies making record-breaking profits, another of Obama's broken promises is relevant. During the 2008 campaign, he promised to impose a new windfall tax on oil companies. The money would be distributed directly to American consumers—$500 to individuals and $1,000 to couples. Obama hasn't mentioned this promise since the campaign ended.
The declining power of American labor unions—and the related rise in economic inequality—are among the most important stories of Obama's first term. Those problems defy simple solutions, and obviously no single piece of legislation could solve them. But at least two of Obama's promises, if fulfilled, would have helped stem the tide of bad news. The Employee Free Choice Act was designed to help unions win bargaining rights by granting them automatic recognition when 50 percent of workers signed a card supporting the union. (As it stands, there is a secret-ballot election once 30 percent of workers sign a card.) Obama also promised to raise the minimum wage to $9.50 per hour by 2011.
The Employee Free Choice Act—a bill that Obama co-sponsored when he was a senator—nearly became law, but it finally fell victim to a Republican filibuster in the Senate. The minimum wage increase never seemed to be a high priority for Obama and has never been seriously debated.
Immigration reform
Immigration reform is important to a key Democratic constituency—Latino voters—and it has also been one of Obama's highest priorities, at least rhetorically. And until 2010 election, when Democrats lost control of the House, there appeared to be sufficient votes to get something done. But very little has, in fact, been done.
On the campaign trail, Obama had promised that passing comprehensive immigration reform would be a priority of his first year in office. His vision of reform included new security measures on the border, but it also included creating a path to citizenship for undocumented workers. He followed through, primarily, by delivering speeches—not by actually putting his weight behind a bill in Congress. Meantime, the administration sought to inoculate itself from right-wing attacks, and gain leverage for reform, by deporting a record number of illegal immigrants.
In retrospect, Obama's promise to pass immigration reform in the first year was a sound plan. But the strategy that the administration actually pursued—building momentum with speeches while trying to appease the GOP with a ramped-up deportation policy—went down in flames in the election of 2010. Republicans have little incentive or inclination to compromise with Obama on this issue, and the prospect for serious immigration reform is now as distant as ever.
The environment
Obama made dozens of promises relating the environment on the campaign trail, so it's only fair to note that there is a substantial amount of good news in this category. He has increased funding for national parks and forests and for sustainable agriculture; designated stimulus funds for projects that will advance climate change research; invested billions of dollars in the green-energy sector; and pushed the Department of Energy to update the nation's efficiency standards, among many other successes.
On the other hand, there are significant broken promises. Obama hasn't restored Superfund programs, which make polluters pay for their messes; hasn't implemented an annual "state of our energy future" address, as promised; and has failed to push through cap-and-trade legislation, which would reduce carbon pollution by imposing a limit on the amount of carbon that any individual company can emit.
Polluting beyond that point would require the company to buy permits from the government, or from other companies. Obama promised to use the revenue raised from this program to fund various conservation and clean-energy programs. That might have been possible as late as 2010, but cap-and-trade is a dead idea so long as the GOP controls either branch of Congress.


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The Dallas Morning News has an article about antiquing in Albuquerque, or "The Burq" as locals apparently call it. (Hat tip to Duke City Fix for spotting this.)
Give the man a hand and a leg up. Because his severed hand was grafted to his ankle for safe keeping until it could be reattached, and therefore puns are in order.
It may not quite be Mission Impossible, but the secret bidding war to repatriate long-lost Hopi artifacts to the tribe was still pretty cool.
The End of the World has finally come for Doomsday prophet Harold Camping.
Stores like Toys R Us are going to stay open for nearly 100 straight hours in the run up to Christmas. So you can get your toy shopping done at 3am on Sunday night if you're the creepiest person on the planet.
New Mexico Agriculture Department's huge, two-story tall "animal carcass grinder/digester" is still not working. And thank God, I say, because that sounds terrifying.


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"All who are building the Culture of Life have lost a great leader and friend in Fr. Jim Whalen," said Fr. Pavone. "Fr. Jim understood that contraception, abortion, and euthanasia are enemies of the human family, and he fought these evils with truth and compassion. Fr. Whalen played a key role in starting the international growth of Priests for Life. We look forward to continuing to work with our Canadian brothers and sisters."
Priests for Life is the nation's largest Catholic pro-life organization dedicated to ending abortion and euthanasia. For more information, visit www.priestsforlife.org.


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Public Media Institute is committed to the region's cultural ecology and is evident through our series of programs, spaces and projects.
Programming highlights include our annual arts convergence, Version Festival. With over hundreds of participants a year, the festival presents multiple platforms for experiencing a wide variety of public cultural programs, artist-run initiatives and projects.
PMI publishes several periodicals including Proximity Magazine, the international arts and culture journal, as well as Lumpen magazine, Materiel Magazine, and Mash Tun Journal.
Public Media Institute showcases emerging and established artists from Chicago and around the world in our network of art spaces and partner organizations. Our main exhibition facility is the experimental cultural center, Co-Prosperity Sphere: a 5,000 + sq ft visual arts and performance space. PMI coordinates the Co-Prosperity School, an artist led initiative that discusses the contemporary art worlds of Chicago. PMI also coordinates and supports the Small Manufacturing Alliance (SMALL). SMALL promotes companies and individuals that manufacture products locally.
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Editor's note: The day after The Nation published this video, it sparked a heated debate during a meeting of the City Council's public safety committee. Since then, the New York Police Department's stop, question and frisk tactic gained national notoriety and became a major factor in the city's 2013 mayoral race. Footage and audio from this video were incorporated into a PSA video by the artist Yasiin Bey, and, perhaps most significantly, and the video was mentioned in the August 2013 decision of the landmark federal case Floyd v. City of New York, which found stop and frisk to be unconstitutional and racially discriminatory.
Exclusive audio obtained by The Nation of a stop-and-frisk carried out by the New York Police Department freshly reveals the discriminatory and unprofessional way in which this controversial policy is being implemented on the city's streets.
On June 3, 2011, three plainclothes New York City Police officers stopped a Harlem teenager named Alvin and two of the officers questioned and frisked him while the third remained in their unmarked car. Alvin secretly captured the interaction on his cell phone, and the resulting audio is one of the only known recordings of stop-and-frisk in action.
In the course of the two-minute recording, the officers give no legally valid reason for the stop, use racially charged language and threaten Alvin with violence. Early in the stop, one of the officers asks, "You want me to smack you?" When Alvin asks why he is being threatened with arrest, the other officer responds, "For being a fucking mutt." Later in the stop, while holding Alvin's arm behind his back, the first officer says, "Dude, I'm gonna break your fuckin' arm, then I'm gonna punch you in the fuckin' face."
Listen to the full audio of the stop:
"He grabbed me by my bookbag and he started pushing me down. So I'm going backwards like down the hill and he just kept pushing me, pushing me, it looked like he we was going to hit me," Alvin recounts. "I felt like they was trying to make me resist or fight back."
Alvin's treatment at the hands of the officers may be disturbing but it is not uncommon. According to their own stop-and-frisk data, the NYPD stops more than 1,800 New Yorkers a day. A New York Times analysis recently determined that more than 20 percent of those stops involve the use of force. And these are only the numbers that the Department records. Anecdotal evidence suggests both figures are much higher.
In this video, exclusive to TheNation.com, Alvin describes his experience of the stop, and working NYPD officers come forward to explain the damage stop-and-frisk has done to their profession and their relationship to the communities they serve. The emphasis on racking up stops has also hindered what many officers consider to be the real work they should be doing on the streets. The video sheds unprecedented light on a practice, cheered on by Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, that has put the city's young people of color in the department's crosshairs.


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Aramis Ramirez hit two of Milwaukee's five homers to lead the Brewers to a 15-4 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Monday night.
Ramirez, who played for the Cubs from 2003-11, hit a two-run shot in the fifth and a solo homer in the ninth as Milwaukee beat Chicago for the sixth straight time.
Aramis Ramirez hit two of Milwaukee's five homers to lead the Brewers to a 15-4 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Monday night.
Ramirez, who played for the Cubs from 2003-11, hit a two-run shot in the fifth and a solo homer in the ninth as Milwaukee beat Chicago for the sixth straight time.
Ramirez's second homer followed a three-run shot by Ryan Braun that landed on Waveland Avenue, his NL-leading 35th of the season. Braun had four hits and five RBIs.
Corey Hart followed Ramirez with another shot that reached Waveland, giving Milwaukee back-to-back-to-back homers for the first time since Sept. 7, 2007 at Cincinnati.
The Brewers sent 14 batters to the plate and tacked on nine runs and eight hits in the ninth, finishing with a season-high 21 hits.
Utilityman Joe Mather got the final out of the inning for Chicago, the first position player to pitch for the Cubs since Gary Gaetti on July 3, 1999.
Carlos Gomez had four hits, including his 14th homer, and all nine Brewers in the starting lineup hit safely.
Marco Estrada (2-5) allowed three unearned runs over five innings and struck out eight. His only other victory this season came against the Cubs on Aug. 21, when he struck out nine in six innings.
Justin Germano (2-4) gave up five runs and 10 hits in five-plus innings and has lost to Milwaukee in two straight outings. He gave up seven runs in 42/3 innings against the Brewers in his last outing on Aug. 20.
All three ninth-inning homers came off Alex Hinshaw, who was pitching for the second time since being claimed off waivers from San Diego on Aug. 19.
Brett Jackson hit his third homer in four games and walked twice for Chicago. Alfonso Soriano added two doubles and drove in a run.
The Brewers improved to 18-5 against the Cubs since the 2011 All-Star break, while Chicago has dropped 19 of 25 overall since the July 31 trade deadline.
Milwaukee erased a two-run deficit on consecutive pitches in the fifth. Braun rolled a double just past the third base to score Rickie Weeks. Ramirez then clubbed Germano's first pitch into the bleachers in left to give the Brewers the lead.
Ramirez hit 239 homers in nine seasons during his time with the Cubs, but went 1 for 11 in his first series against his former team at Wrigley Field on April 9-11.
Ramirez, who is 8 for 16 with eight RBIs over his last four games, added an RBI double, his major league-leading 43rd double of the season.
Jackson, Chicago's rookie center fielder, hit his fourth homer leading off the sixth off Kameron Loe to cut the lead to 5-4.
NOTES: Cubs 3B Josh Vitters went 0 for 5 with three strikeouts, falling to 5 for 53 with 19 strikeouts since being recalled from Triple-A Iowa. . The Cubs acquired C Anthony Recker from Oakland for C/1B Blake Lalli and assigned him to Triple-A Iowa. Chicago also designated LHP Scott Maine for assignment. . The Cubs were looking to win consecutive games for the first time since winning three straight July 28-30.


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Big Eden is a tiny town tucked away in the timberland of northwestern Montana, where cowboys lounge on the porch of the general store to pass the time away, and keep their eyes on things. Although it's been years since he was back, Henry Hart, a successful but lonely New York artist, returns to Big Eden, the town of his childhood, to care for the ailing grandfather who raised him. Once home, Henry finds he must come to terms with his relationship to Dean Stewart, his best friend from high school, and the object of his unrequited love. Henry's feelings for Dean, which caused him to flee Big Eden nearly twenty years ago, seem to have only grown stronger over the intervening years. At the same time, Henry's reappearance sparks a transformation in Pike Dexter, the shy, unassuming, Native American owner of the town's general store. Pike is as surprised as anyone, and completely unprepared, when he finds himself falling in love with Henry. As this unspoken triangle unfolds under the scrutiny of Big Eden's community, nearly everyone in town develops a stake in its outcome.


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Alzheimer's Association lauds enactment of the Food and Drug Administration Bill
As the leading care, research and advocacy organization for Alzheimer's disease, the Alzheimer's Association applauds President Obama for signing the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act (S. 3187). With strong bipartisan support, Congress recently passed this legislation that will help millions of individuals with chronic conditions, including Alzheimer's disease. Specifically, the bill includes language that strengthens the pathway by which much needed treatments are developed for those who need it most.
Today, more than 5 million Americans are living with Alzheimer's disease, and this could grow to as many as 16 million by midcentury without effective treatments and interventions that change the course of the disease. The Alzheimer's Association remains a strong proponent of supporting all endeavors that help to ensure the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has the resources it needs to expedite the drug review process for life-threatening diseases.
"Beyond the untold human devastation of Alzheimer's, the economic costs to the nation of the disease are profound," said Robert Egge, vice president of public policy for the Alzheimer's Association. "A drug review process that carefully weighs the benefits and risks of new treatments and is more streamlined is a more effective vehicle for reducing the devastating personal toll on individuals and the financial toll on the nation's health care system."
A disease-modifying or preventative therapy for Alzheimer's could save millions of lives and has the potential to save billions of dollars in health care costs. According to the Alzheimer's Association report Changing the Trajectory of Alzheimer's Disease: A National Imperative, if a treatment became available in 2015 that delayed onset of Alzheimer's by five years, savings would be seen almost immediately with Medicare and Medicaid spending reduced by $42 billion in 2020. Exploring all avenues to accelerate the drug review process without compromising scientific rigor of the process remains an important priority for the Association.
The Alzheimer's Association stands with millions of Alzheimer's families in praising Congress for passing this legislation and the President for signing the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act into law.
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The Alzheimer's Association is the world's leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer care, support and research. Our mission is to eliminate Alzheimer's disease through the advancement of research; to provide and enhance care and support for all affected; and to reduce the risk of dementia through the promotion of brain health. Our vision is a world without Alzheimer's. For more information, visit www.alz.org.
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If upon reading the first sentence of Moses Isegawa's debut novel, Abyssinian Chronicles, in an Amsterdam bookstore a few years back, I quickly re-read it a few times and committed it to memory, it was because it reminded me so strongly of the sunny afternoon in Jerusalem twenty years earlier when my father recited to me what he considered the greatest opening line of any novel ever. It was the famously whiz-bang first sentence of One Hundred Years of Solitude: "Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice." Unfortunately, that was far from the last time my father would recite García Márquez's line to me, and it loses a bit of suspense with each go-round. But it remains a great model for opening sentences–the movie-trailer temporal hopscotch, the exotic locales, the ambiguous figure of the father at the center of an implied mystery. I've even used the model myself, occasionally.
The leadoff of Abyssinian Chronicles– "Three final images flashed across Serenity's mind as he disappeared into the jaws of the colossal crocodile: a rotting buffalo with rivers of maggots and armies of flies emanating from its cavities; the aunt of his missing wife, who was also his longtime lover; and the mysterious woman who had cured his childhood obsession with tall women"–was a naked homage to García Márquez. (Serenity, we learn at the beginning of the next sentence, is the narrator's father. How the narrator might be privy to what was going through his father's mind at the moment he was being eaten is typical of the book's occasional inconsistencies in point of view, which are either lazy or ingenious–it's hard to decide.) In interviews in the late 1990s, Isegawa professed a desire to do for African writers what García Márquez had done for Latin American ones. Opening up with such a blatant tribute was a daring move: Isegawa was tying his anxieties of influence around his forehead and coming out swinging. But it worked. In 1997, when he dropped off his unsolicited manuscript at the Dutch publishing house De Bezige Bij, Isegawa was an unknown Ugandan émigré living in the nondescript planned town of Beverwijk. Three years later, he was the next big thing in postcolonial literature.
Having won himself an audience, Isegawa proceeded to scandalize it. The hero of Abyssinian Chronicles, Mugezi, spends the book's final chapters heaping abuse on the patronizing reverse racism of the left-wing Dutch society that takes him in, and Isegawa apparently shared Mugezi's critique. In interviews, he attacked the media and his public for expecting him to represent the African viewpoint; denounced Western development aid as a scheme to sink African countries further into debt; and characterized the Dutch welfare state as a way of bribing the population into political quiescence. In 2001 he published (in Holland only) a semi-fictional essay, Two Chimpanzees, which alleged that AIDS had been deliberately spread in Africa by the US government, and that humanitarian organizations' vaccination programs in Africa had destroyed the continent's immune system. Isegawa's enormous literary talent began to be overshadowed by his politics.
It has been four years since Abyssinian Chronicles came out in the United States, and Isegawa's second book, Snakepit, is at last being published. The delay might seem to signal a case of sophomore nerves, but in fact Snakepit was published in Holland in 1999. (Isegawa is in the odd position of having his books translated and published in Dutch before they ever appear in the original English.) Why the long wait? Obviously, Isegawa is a bigger phenomenon in Holland than in America. But Snakepit also seems a particularly risky book to publish. Abyssinian Chronicles was a grand, playful, exotic ramble, a violent picaresque novel in the spectacular setting of Idi Amin-era Uganda. Its bitter characterizations of familial conflict and civil war were sweetened by affectionate character portraits and sympathetic interior dialogues. Snakepit returns to Amin's Uganda, but it has all of the earlier book's bitterness and little of its sweetness. As its title suggests, this is a slimy, tortuous, poisonous book.


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Rob Eastland wasn't sure what his future held when he arrived in northern Illinois from his home in Portchester Fareham, England to play college soccer at Judson College. After his dreams of playing professional soccer overseas went unrealized, he found a second home in Johnsburg, where he coaches both varsity boys and girls soccer and where he and his wife run the Johnsburg White Lightning travel soccer program. On Saturday, Eastland guided the Skyhawks' girls team to a fourth-place finish in the IHSA Class 1A state tournament, marking the first time in school history a Johnsburg team won a state medal.
I was the guy who almost made it. So what's important for me is that kids don't let anyone set their barriers – they've got to set their own standards and they've got to really go for their dreams. When you let someone else limit you, well then, it's over. I learned some tough lessons as a player and as a coach and so it's real easy to remember back and remember the important things of what you're really playing for. We put that in the kids. We're a little community and we're such a small little area. But you can put fight in anyone if they want it.
We came into Johnsburg 10 years ago and I saw this small little community and a small little high school and I saw the development possibilities because everything fed into that high school. So me and my wife took over the club (team) and we started working with the 8s, 9s and 10s and those are the ones who just graduated this year. The boys were conference champions and the girls finished down at state. Half of our [club] players go to Richmond-Burton and they had the success last year. I just feel like we've bred a generation of successful players. It's been hard work and it's been a lot of time on the practice field, but it was a time in our life we could do it. For a 10-year model of development, we could judge it in terms of plaques and trophies and conferences we've won, but to be honest with you, when we see the kids going on to that next stage of life, we just know they're going to be successful in whatever they choose.
(Soccer) is one of those sports where you can get so many kids on the field and they all get the chance to touch the ball and join in and play and there's a place for every sort of ability level because different positions need different types of players. It's just one of those sports we see so many kids fall in love with. (My wife and I) started this journey together. We met at a soccer field and we both have the passion for the sport, so (the White Lightning) was a project we did together and look what we produced in the last 10 years. It's something we can both turn around and say, 'They feel like our kids.' I think that's where the significance is – when the relationship off the field has actually enhanced the relationship on the field.
When I go back to England and I sit around a table in a pub with my friends, we don't get out our medals or accolades. We just talk about the memories and you realize that's the important thing about the game, coaching that way makes it easier because kids will chase memories a lot more than they'll chance trophies. I think that's what we try to impress on them.
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Swallowing Darkness
- Meredith Gentry, Book 7
- Narrated by: Claudia Black
- Series: Meredith Gentry, Book 7
- Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Release date: 04-11-08
- Language: English
- Publisher: Random House Audio
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"Bearing an heir has placed me halfway to my aunt's throne, that much closer to my reign over the Unseelie Court and well ahead of her son, my cousin Cel, in this race. Now I must stay alive to see my children born and claim my place as queen.
"But not all in faerie are pleased with the news, and conspirators from every court in the realm plot against me and mine. They seek to strip my guards, my lovers, from me by poisoned word or cold steel. But I still have supporters, and even friends, among the goblins and the sluagh, who will stand by me.
"I am Meredith Nic Essus, and those who would defy and destroy me are destined to pay a terrible price for I am truly my father's daughter. To protect what is mine, I will sacrifice anything, even if it means waging a great battle against my darkest enemies and making the most momentous decision ever made as princess of faerie."
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- Miss C. Hamlett
- 15-03-17
Constant escalation is not a good thing.
It is not exactly a new criticism of the writing of LKH but it holds true of this book.
The constant escalation of the main characters power seems to be used instead of meaningful plot progression. Instead of using the tools and allies she has in new ways to overcome an issue there is a constant barrage of the new. It sacrifices neauanced story leaving the narrative feeling shallow and rushed.
It is a pity as in many ways the world building is very interesting and absorbing but the feeling that the rules will constantly be changed to bring more and more power to the main character distracts from it.
However Claudia Black puts a lot of power and emotion into the performance which make this enjoyable listening despite the books faults.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
- Saluki Selfie
- 18-06-15
What did you like most about Swallowing Darkness?
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- Teresa Cooper
- 27-05-15
Oh my!
Merry and her very handsome men win the day again. We finely find out who killed Merry's father and just how far onadias would go for her evil son. Again L K H a super book ( audible and paper ) read brilliantly by Claudia Black. It would be fantastic if there were more L K H books on your shelves. 😃
- Rebecca Porisch
- 17-11-08
Tastey Morsel
I had resigned myself to having to be patient with this narrator after reading previous reviews. I had credits to burn and didn't want to drop cash on a hardbound book. However, I found myself pleasantly surprised. Granted, some of her pronunciations are a bit different, and I agree that Merry should speak with an American accent.
I have always loved this series and wasn't disappointed in this new installment (it ISN'T the last book-check the author's blog). Lots of plot, a few tasty erotic moments, and great character development made for a fast paced read. If you're still enjoying this series, this will not disappoint. Tasty morsel!
8 of 8 people found this review helpful
- Kristy
- 22-12-08
Story is great, narration was not so great
I've read and then listened to all of the Merry series. The story itself was great. A lot of information this time around. Reviewers in the past have criticized LKH as too much sex, not enough plot. That's not the case for S/D. This story takes up right after Merry is rescued from her uncle and quickly takes off. I was pleased to see her character actually get stronger. I got sick of reading/hearing "I don't understand" in various other books. In this one, she leads the way and you can actually see that she would make a good queen. I'd give the story itself **** but the narration only **. If you want to listen to this series, do NOT start with this one. There are so many characters in this series and to get a good reading, the narrator really needs to be able to change the voice accordingly. This narrator has a monotone voice, and over enunciates throughout the reading. I was really disappointed in this purchase. Thank goodness I had read the book first. Again - recommend listening to other books in the series first as had I listened to this one first, it's highly unlikely I would have purchased the others.
8 of 9 people found this review helpful
- Vicki
- 07-11-08
Good Book
I always enjoy this series, but I really prefer Laural Merlington as the narrator. Meredith was raised in the United States, not England and an English accent is intrusive to the story.
8 of 9 people found this review helpful
- Greenaway
- 18-11-09
Poor narrator
Because I love Claudia Black as an actress I was really looking forward to her reading this book. Big mistake I found her voice very monotonous and her pronunciations wrong. BUT then the book wasn't very good either. I was so disappointed. Loved the previous narrator Laurel.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
- RavenHarte
- 05-02-09
Pleasantly Surprised
I have to disagree with the criticisms of Claudia Black's narration. I have read all of Laurell K Hamilton's books, so had been anxiously awaiting these audio versions and started with the Merry Gentry series since its shorter. I loved Laurel Merlington's narration and yes after so many books in a row with her voice I too was worried about suddenly having Claudia Black narrating. However I LOVE Claudia Black (Farscape's Aeryn Sun, Stargate SG1's Vala Maldaran) so I gave it a shot.
I admit it took about an hour for me to get used to her since I literally went from "A Lick of Frost" to this while at work, but then it was fine. I adjusted to the accent easily because I always imagined the charecters would have European accents, except for Merry, anyway. And she did a good job doing the American accents for solders and the different accents for Red Caps, goblins etc.
ALSO this book was written MUCH better than previous books. I mean how many times has can you read "It was as if...." "It was like....". You can definately tell how much Laurell K Hamilton has grown as a writer listening to all the books one right after another. Good book, I hope there are more but I'm on to Anita now!!!
7 of 8 people found this review helpful
- Keith
- 13-01-09
What were they thinking?
The story is excellent and a great addition to the series BUT I give this audio a 2 *stars if it were read by some one else it would be 5 *stars as are the first 6 stories. You don't give the cast of characters a heavy British accent when they are from central USA and have always talked about having lost all traces of accent centuries ago! I can understand if the reader (Laural Merlington) is busy or asks for to much money(she is worth whatever she asks) BUT there are a numerous choices out there that would stay true to the tone and personality of the story. Accent & personality count a lot when it comes enjoying an audio!
I listened to about 10 min and deleted it and went and read the hardback, had I listened to it before it was purchased as a Christmas present I would not have let them waste the money.
7 of 8 people found this review helpful
- 07-12-08
Almost unbearable Narrator.
As with all of LKH books this one did not disappoint. I was however distracted greatly by the narrator. It is hard to follow a book with as many characters as LKH's books posses and not have the narrator at least try to distinguish between the characters by altering her voice. I could have purchased this on my kindle and have it read it back to me in it's computerized voice with more inflection possessed by this narrator.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
- Gabby
- 26-11-09
Story ok ... Narrator lousy!
The Mary Gentry series is by far my favorite amongst Ms. Hamiliton's works and I have faithfully purchased each new 'episode' as they have been released. Swallowing Darkness is, unfortunately, NOT her best work. The descriptive passages drag on and on and the new narrator is atrocious! Please, if Ms. Merlington is no longer available, at least try to find someone who can read with inflections. Aside from the lackluster reading, it would appear that American born and raised Mary now sports a British accent. Too bad about this release ... hopefully the next one will be up to previous standards.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
- Shelly
- 26-11-08
Pleased as pie
I was a little afraid to buy this book after reading all the comments about the narrator but was very pleasantly surprised. I'm a BIG LKH fan but I have been disappointed with the last few books of both series because it seemed like there was nothing more than seen after seen with the main character hopping into bed for one more sexual encounter, with what felt like very little meat between (sorry for the pun). But this one had a story line and a lot less sex. I enjoyed the narrator actually more than the other; she has a very pleasant voice and had a good pace. The narrator of the other books tended to be to slow for me and I ended up listening to it sped up just to get the book to move along. This one I didn't have to do that which was nice.
5 of 6 people found this review helpful
- Karen
- 12-11-08
Great book, so-so narration
Like the rest of the reviewers, I love this series of books by Ms Hamilton, but I prefer Laurel Merlington's narrations. Claudia Black is a great actress with a wonderful, very enthusiastic voice...but very distracting over certain pronunciations, and at times too much emotion in the reading. ie, ska-lee-tal instead of skel-etal.
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BOSTON – The Bulldogs narrowly lost to the Crimson at the annual Harvard-Yale meet on Oct. 2, the final score totaling 26 to 29. Even with their loss, however, the Bulldogs have proved that they can compete with higher-ranked teams in the Northeast region.
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