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Syntesis of cobalt ferrite core/metallic shell nanoparticles for the development of a specific PNA/DNA biosensor
Autores:Marcos Pita Martínez, Jose María Abad Pastor, Cristina Vaz Dominguez, Carlos Briones , Eva Mateo-Martí , José A. Martín-Gago , María del Puerto Morales , Víctor Manuel Fernández López
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Controlled synthesis of cobalt ferrite superparamagnetic nanoparticles covered with a gold shell has been achieved by an affinity and trap strategy. Magnetic nanoparticles are functionalized with a mixture of amino and thiol groups that facilitate the electrostatic attraction and further chemisorption of goldnanoparticles, respectively. Using these nanoparticles as seeds, a complete coating shell is achieved bygold salt-iterative reduction leading to monodisperse water-soluble gold-covered magnetic nanoparticles, with an average diameter ranging from 21 to 29 nm. These constitute a versatile platform for immobilization of biomolecules via thiol chemistry, which is exemplified by the immobilization of peptide nucleic acid (PNA) oligomers that specifically hybridize with complementary DNA molecules in solution. Hybridation with DNA probes has been measured using Rhodamine 6G fluorescence marker and the detection of a single nucleotide mutation has been achieved. These results suggest the PNA-nanoparticles application as a biosensor for DNA genotyping avoiding commonly time-consuming procedures employed.
Palabras clave:Magnetic nanoparticle; Gold shell; Peptide nucleic acid; DNA–PNA hybridization; Mutation detection; Rhodamine 6G

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What 76 percent of Americans don't do every week
Two-thirds of Americans don't walk or bike for more than 10 minutes continuously in a typical week, reported a study out of the Yale School of Public Health.
The study's goal was to find out how many Americans used active transportation (getting from A to B through any kind of self-propelled travel) and whether they were healthier as a result.
As it turns out, those who choose to regularly walk or cycle to and from their destination had lower BMI (body mass index), trimmer waists and a lower risk of hypertension and diabetes.
"Active transportation is an untapped reservoir of opportunity for physical activity for many U.S. Adults," said the Yale researchers.
Other countries like Germany have two to seven times more people opting for active transportation, partly due to better urban planning and an infrastructure that promotes walking and cycling.
Bike sharing programs like Montreal's Bixi service and dedicated bike paths are examples of how cities can promote active transportation. Other good ideas are encouraging walking and cycling to school, adding more bike racks next to stores, offices and municipal buildings and keeping sidewalks well maintained, even during the winter months.
This change in culture, says the researchers, can have the most significant impact on the health of those who don't engage in any formal exercise by making it easier for them to move more and sit less.


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In what is becoming the Web search world's equivalent of TV ratings, comScore yesterday released their March US search rankings:
Yes, we are talking small numbers and the other search rankings services have their own slightly different ratings (e.g. Hitwise which had both Microsoft and Yahoo down for the month), but it didn't look good on a day when Wall Street was already less than pleased with Yahoo performance.
One final caveat: search is really a world market and it's also worthwhile to consider how things are going in non-US venues. To that end, Heather Hopkins of Hitwise UK blogged their UK statistics for the four weeks up to April 15 and Google has nearly an 80% share and is running away with the game while Microsoft is in fourth place behind Yahoo and Ask.com and falling. Two countries don't make a worldview, but one wonders whether there is some place where Microsoft is doing well.


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This technique illustrates several of the future trends in evaluation highlighted by Michael Patton in a webinar that I mentioned in an earlier post: transdiscipline (graph theory, content analysis), systems thinking (interdependence), and complex concepts (emergent categories). An illustration of networks of self-categorisation by Rick is below.
For most people in the field, the most challenging aspect of this technique will be obtaining the UCINET (by Analytic Technologies) software, which must be purchased and takes some time to comfortably use, but can quickly and easily generate two-mode data. However, the software, Netdraw, which graphs the data can be download, installed and used for free.


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Oak Hills Christian College is a Christian academic community whose mission is to provide biblically centered higher education which contributes to growth toward Christlikeness and prepares students for effective service in their homes, careers, churches, and communities.
To accomplish its mission, OHCC uses the means of undergraduate higher education, including the study of the Bible as central to the formation of a Christian life and worldview; the study of human thought, history, and culture; the study of the theory and skills of Christian ministry; and the application of this learning in ministry and internship experiences.
This academic program is conducted within the context of a Christian college community in which all members are encouraged to treat each other respectfully as persons made in the image of God. Oak Hills seeks to serve a broad section of qualified students who profess faith in Christ and who desire a Bible-centered education. This educational foundation is provided through programs leading to our degrees.


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I think probably the main thing to say about the decline of NME is that it's difficult not to view the jig (I wonder if they ever covered jigs back in the '50s?) as being up regardless of its quality: the MOJOs and Uncuts of this world just about battle on as monthly magazines with a heritage bent, but I would think even a weekly of equal quality to that of the music press's golden age would struggle to find a foothold in 2015, where all music is a click away. The music press – but NME in particular – has been battered by not only a loss of gatekeeper status, but also another byproduct of streaming culture, namely the fragmentation of the national musical conversation that's resulted from streaming. Both NME and its erstwhile rival Melody Maker dipped in popularity in the late '90s, because indie rock had fallen out of fashion, something that shuttered Melody Maker in 2000, while NME limped on for a few months before being saved by indie becoming cool again in the summer of 2001 (an event I remember with fondness as normal people – some of them female – suddenly started going to indie discos). But it's hard to imagine any one scene could now command the nation's collective attention again, and since 2008 or so NME has floundered around without a zeitgeist to attach itself to. In its last years as a paid publication it sort of meekly attempted to get by as a 90s nostalgia mag rather than making a go of it as a new music magazine.
So anyway, after its circulation dipped way below that of Melody Maker in its final days, NME was shuttered and then relaunched as a free magazine, going where my own dear employer has gone so successfully. General reaction to the cover stars of the new look free NME from the awful snapshot of society that constitutes the people I follow on Twitter seems to have gone from a sort of respect for its chutzpah (Rihanna) to slight confusion (Robert Pattison) to an actual full-on deluge of hatred (Chris Moyles).
In my own sort of detached way I was broadly in agreement without all these points without actually having read it, but then I flipped through the Moyles issue and yeah, it's a total disaster, though not necessarily in the way I expected. The thing is that the Chris Moyles interview is pretty decent read. It would be the perfect cover story for any weekend mag supplement. But instead it's in NME, not only feeling inappropriate generally, but more so because everything else in the magazine is unmitigated shit. I follow NME's newsfeed on twitter, and there are stupid, clickbaity listicles they churn out, because that's what everyone does these days, but I didn't think they made it to the mag. Now they basically are the mag - new NME is mostly made of dashed off blogposts ('the 10 best Simpsons characters to only appear in a single episode', 'everything we know about the new Twin Peaks' [not a lot, it turns out]), a flaccid news section, some half-arsed lifestyle features clearly written by people less good at writing lifestyle features than Shortlist or Stylist and the worst bit, a dementedly incomprehensible reviews section (two album reviews, a recycled listicle ranking Drake's album, a guide to some E4 show, two film reviews, and another recycled listicle, 'the 10 most important gigs this week', that stretches on for an incomprehensible five pages despite the fact you could fit the content plus decent sized picture into two pages tops). And in many places it's HORRIBLY designed, not decision that haven't paid off but just rushed-looking.
My first thought was that its editor, a chap called Mike Williams, is hugely out of his depth, and probably I'm not wrong. But on reflection the he must have a microscopic budget to work with - it smacks of a cheap rush job, a last roll of the dice from publisher Time Inc rather than a statement of great belief. And on further reflection, three of their now four cover stars – Rihanna, Taylor Swift and R-Patz – were probably not especially easy interviews to land. So after all that effort, why is the rest of it so terrible? Given how expensive it must be to nationally distribute a free magazine, the lack of the further investment required – a couple of new writers, a couple of new designers – to make NME reasonably good is pretty depressing - the model simply seems to be one primo interview, done well, plus whatever other crap they had lying around. I know some people have taken great delight in seeing 'loyal' NME readers dismayed by the pop stars on the cover, but given it's such a generally shoddy product now, with the only bit done well the bit not aimed at the magazine's fanbase, you can hardly be surprised. Christ knows what the answer is, and as far as I know it could be performing incredibly well against all commercial targets, but it just seems so moribund. Do they care? Are they just out of their depth? Might it turn around? If these are the terminal days of NME – and by extension the weekly music press – then they seem not to be spent raging against the dying of the light, just lazily waggling a fist and hoping nobody notices they don't really care.


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For those of you who don't know, I am very pregnant.
As in, hopingtohaveababyinthenext7days pregnant. That being said, when baby comes, I will understandably be a little slow to repsond to emails and comments (Although, not too slow because I am, in fact, addicted to the computer and my email!).
In preparation, I have set several yummy blog posts up to auto post over the next few weeks so that you do not get bored and abandon me and the N&M blog. Blog posts will be on the light side, but there will still be activity. Eventhough this is a craft blog, maybe I can fill in holes with baby pictures?!?!
Of course, when the big day arrives, I will happily share the news. Until then, we wait and wait and wait and try not to melt in this Texas heatwave of 100+ degree days with heat indexes from 105-118!
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Fair Warning
For those of you who don't know, I am very pregnant.
Posted by Noodles & Milk at 7:18 AM
6 comments:
- Lisa said...
Best wishes for a smooth and easy labor and delivery SOON!
- September 1, 2010 at 7:39 AM
- Kristine said...
Good luck! I was pregnant with my daughter last summer - she was born at the end of August. It is not fun being pregnant in the summer! Hope the baby comes SOON! :-)
- September 1, 2010 at 7:54 AM
- Rebecca said...
Congratulations on your upcoming arrival=) our little boy turned 1 month old yest- it goes by soo fast=) praying it is a smooth transition for everyone=) Enjoy him!
- September 1, 2010 at 8:07 AM
- Rafael's Mum said...
Oooooh... that's SOON!! Very best of luck for a good delivery. No worries about being absent. The very BEST of reasons! Looking forward to the photos allready!
- September 1, 2010 at 9:28 AM
- Garilyn said...
Praying for a safe delivery. I will be looking forward to some pictures!!
- September 1, 2010 at 12:11 PM
- Stephanie said...
pregnant really? i would never have guessed. :) thinking about you!! xoxo, s
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James Dashner's "The Maze Runner" Trilogy: Book 3, "The Death Cure." I just received this book in my latest book order. If you are a fan of "The Hunger Games" series, you'll LOVE this series!! There are many twists and turns and you will want to read the second book the minute you finish the first…you'll want to read the third book the moment you finish the second!!! I have all three, but they are often checked out–come get them from Mrs. Folker if you want to be the next to read these amazing books!!
I'm reading "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson. It's a great book that tells about the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. I am learning all kinds of new things from that book. I never knew that there was also an assassination plot for other government officials on the same night of Lincoln's assassination. I didn't like reading about the brain ooze coming out of his head though. YUCK! That part kind of grossed me out, but so far the read has been well worth it. We are getting this book for one of our book club choices soon. If you are interested in reading about the assassination of Lincoln, you'll definately have to read this book!
I'm reading a book called the "Book of Mormon". It's a religious book for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saint, a.k.a. LDS. Contact Tommy Morgan for a free copy.
A book that I have read is the Hunger Games and it is about how every so often they chose a certain amount of kids to go into battle against each other and fight for life or death. If you win you are treated as royalty. Tis was probaly one of my favorite books yet.
I am reading "Who Put A Hair On My Toothbrush" by Jerry Speneli. It is a funny book about a guy named Greg, and and his sister named Megan. Each chapter it goes back and forth telling what Greg is doing and what Megan is doing. Greg is in love with girl named Jennifer. He has been working out all month to try to impress her. When he comes back to school he figures out that she has moved. He then findes ways to get to her. Megan works at Dunkin' Donuts. She gets paid in dounuts. She then sneeks a dount to a friend of hers named Emily. Emily is 81 years old.
I am reading a book caleed I was Jane Austens Best Friend By Cora Harrison. This book is about a girl and her best friend gets sick, she feels obligated to take care of her. Jane and Jenny live in a house with a whole bunch of other girls in there teen glorious lives(;
My favorite part is where Jenny meets a handsom young guy(:
You need to read this book it is legit!(:
The book I am currently reading is called "cloaked" by alex finn
this a story that has a mixture of two fairytales the frog prince and the elves and the shoemaker. So there is a princess whos brother turns into a frog by a witch so she relies on a poor teenager,Johnny, the rest is a secret…….. I would recomend this to anyone who love exciting mysteries! My faveorite part is the part where well I can not tell you because it would ruin the whole rest of the story! Well, have to go and finish my book thanks for reading, Liz a.k.a Lizard or Samwise Gamgee p.s read or watch lord of the rings!
Im reading "The Icewind Dale Trilogy". And my favorite part is when Dritz uses magic on his enemys. I would suggest this book to any one who likes fantasy books. One of the characters is making a weapon while the enemy summons a major Demon.
Im currently reading maniac magee by jerry spenelii. i cant really tell anything about it. cause i just started to read it.but I recemend any of his books.exspeaily this one.but i have read it before i just cant remember what happens in it.
im reading who put that hair in my tooth brush my faivorite part is when greg kissed some body else and he realy wanted to kiss jennifer it was funny.this book is about a kid who likes a girl named jennifer wade but she moved to conestoga.and hes still in love with her.i recomend you this book because its realy interesting and funny.
I am reading a book called "The Penderwicks." Im not sure who its by….. but its about this family who goes on vacation and they meet these people that are really fancy and have like a mansion it starts off this little girl who lost her bunny,
and the bunny leeds them to this giant house [mansion] and i love the part where the girl goes to see her crush at night and instead sees her crush kissing some other girl and she falls into a minature pond. lol. and if you like adventure or funny books you would be really happy with this one :]
Im reading who put that hair in my tooth brush its written by jerry spinelli its about a brother and a sister who are always fighting and what goes on thier lives my fav part is when greg and megin start throwing donuts at eachother you should read this book becuase its a good book and its pretty funny and you would like this book if you like drama and stuff.
Tiltle:Who put a hair in my toothbrush Author:Jerry Spinell the book talks about the drama with brother greg and sister megin because greg has a crush on this girl called jennifer wade but this girl named sara used to like him until greg bought a braclet that said jennifer wade so sara got mad. If like reading about drama I recommned this book for you.
I am currently reading who put that hair in my toothbrush.
It is mostly about this sister and brother that always fight.The story also changes to the brother and sister's point of view. Like if they both wrote a book but the same story but each one has a diffrent point of view and made one book out of it
My favriote part is when the brother and the sister have a donut fight.And thier mom gets mad at them cause they had jelly donuts and it made the kitchen a total mess.
And i recomend this book to who ever likes to laugh.
Right now I'm reading a book called " the nine lives of chloe king by Celia Thompson." I know what your probably thinking that WOW RAIGNA REALLY THE NINE LIVES OF CHLOE KING! Let me tell you something my mom got me that book and thats the truth It's actully a really good book its about this girl that has nine live! you know like a cat. but theres this guy and he goes around killing people that have some kind of a realtionship with an animal. he does this because he is also related to an animal ( i dont know what kind of animal just bary even know enough to right this summary so if he is the only one of his kind ( the animal realationship thing) he will become the alfa male!!! i know enough that i can tel thats its an action, romance, and uhh….. cant remember but i know its almost an everything story. even though i have had the book for almost a year i still have'nt finished its a pretty big book! but if like almost everything books ( in genere) i think you should read it!
the book i am currently reading is who put that hair on my toothbrush well i am not reading it by myself i am reading it in english with the entire class. the book is about to people megin and greg and each chapter is in the other person perspective. in the chapters from megs perspective meg just quit her lacroa team and met an old lady named emily. emily is a very nice lady who is alot like meg they both love spots and mostlt they both love french crulers meg bringd one to emily every time she goes to see her which is pretty much every day. in the chapters with gregs perspective is all about how much he is in love with ennifer wade and has been working out all summer to try to impress her but then finds out that she transfored school. he then becomes involved with sara bellomy who is jennifers friend he goes to all these parties and things with her to try to get closer to jen. the reason i like this book s because it is from two diffrent peoples perspective!!! <3
I am reading the power of six second book in the I am number four trilogy. It is ritten by pittacas lore. a planet named lorean was attacked by a rase called the mogadorans. lorian sent nine of thier children to earth in hope of defeating the mogadorians. John smith number the forth lorion on earth is soon found by the mog and is also thought to be a teriost by the police. him and his pretend dad finally have to face the mogs. and johns dad dies. the second book that im reading is about him on the run as a wanted crimmanal by the police wile the mogs are traking him. if you want to read a great thriller you should defanetly read this book. i am also reading brisenger by Christopher Paolini. its about dragons and a evil king i am rereadin this book to get ready for the fouth book.
I'm curently reading Fablehaven. I have already read this series, but I wanted to read it again because it is a great series!
These books are my favorite I like books like this these
"adventure-action books". I like books like this because they are suspensful and very fun to read! i would recomend this to every one they are very fun books to read!!!
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Summary: "I am currently reading a series called CIRQUE DE FREAK. I am on book #7. I'd describe it as – Funny, Gory, Action, Halloweenish, and Adventurous! It's a great book and I know most of you have already finished the series, but those of you who haven't yet… READ IT NOW!!!!! It's a really good book and I want all of you to READ IT!!! It's mainly about a teenager who goes to a circus called CIRQUE DE FREAK. He meets a real live vampire that was part of the show (all of the people in the show are real people such as a werewolf and a bearded lady) and blooded him. Darren (the teen) has to adjust to lving as a vampire and sucking people's blood. Darren doesn't want to, but eventualy he finds his friend's dead corpse and sucks his blood to save his siprit. Later in the series Darren and Mr. Crepsly (the vampire) travel to the dreaded VAMPIRE MOUNTAIN! But, before they do they encounter the evil side of the vampires, the VAMPANEZE (vamp-a-knees)! It happens in book #3 I think and my favorite part of that book is, well I don't want to spoil what happens in that book OR Darren's true identity (book #6)!!! My request to you is that you read this book and enjoy it because it is a really good book. You have not yet lived fully if you have not read this book!"
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I am currently reading a book called "Virals" by Kathy Reichs. This is one of my favorite books ever! This book is about four teenagers. Tori, the main character and her friends rescue a wolf pup from a testing lab. Dr. Karsten has injected the pup with parvovirus a disease deadly to the dog family. He also injects a human form of parvovirus. Tori and her friend's start feeling really sick. A week or to go by and Tori and her friend's are back to normal, but they start having weird symptoms afterward. They can see things better then they ever could, they can hear things as far as 2 miles away, and they can smell things up to 5 miles away. They don't realize yet but the disease injected into the wolf (Cooper) has infected them. They have the hearing,taste,and smell capabilities of a wolf. There was a murder 20 or so years ago and the teens are now trying to solve that mysterious death. They have recently found the journal of Katherine Briggerman (the mysterious death person). I didn't really have a favorite part, I like all of it. It's ine of my favorite books EVER!
iT IS REALLY FUNNY AND GROSE.BUT THIS ONE BOY NAME IS GREG.HIM AND HIS SISTER IS THE MANE CARICTOR.HER NAME IS MEGAMOUTHH.THAT IS HER NICKNAME HER REAL NAME IS MEGEN.HE WORKEDOUT FOR THIS ONE GIRL JENNIFER.AND HE WAS REALLY SKRONY BUT IN THE SUMMER HE WORKED OUT ALOT. BUT WHEN HE GOES BACK TO SCHOOL AND SHE IS ONLY THERE FOR A DAY.BUT THIS ONE GIRL SERA LIKES HIM BUT HE DOES NOT LIKE HER.BUT HE JUST UESES HER TO GET TO JENNIFER.HE BOTE A BRASLETE WITH A J ON IT.SARA INVETES GREG TO GO TO A PARTY.HE BROT THE BRASLET BUT SEARA KNOES ABOUT THE BRASLET.BUT I WOULD RECOMEND TO READ THIS BOOK BECOUSE IT IS REALLY FUNNY. AND IT IS ROMANTIC SO IF YOU LIKE ROMANTIC BOOKES I WOULD RECOMEND READING THIS BOOK OK I AM DONE.
The story i am reading is the red pyramid by Rick Riordan. He made all the Percy Jackson books. He has made two books of the red pyramid called the throne of fier. The main charecters of the book are fourteen-year-old Carter Kane and his twelve-year-old sister Sadie Kane. They are in this adventure trying to save ther dad frome this bad greek god of the underworld. They find out that they are from this magical family and they can do magic. I dont want to spoil the book for you so read it its so amazing. so just lay down enjoy the book and eat some popcorn have fun!
Ok peoples i am reading books from this totally awsome website called wattpad. wattpad is a website for you to write your own stories and read and comment on others!! wattpad is a website for all ages 12 and up, and its a site for unpublished authors!!!! anyway im currently reading a romance by xxRomanticVampireXx called the emo-dare [a harmless dare . . . . .right?] if any of you girls perfer a good clean romance you should check out charly, sam, brianna my brother, and the blog, along with other books by Jack Weyland. If you are a dude and are looking for a good conflict and action book and you like fantasy here are a few books you might like. . . . Eragon series by Christopher Paolini, I am number four series by Pitticus Lore, and Dragon rider and inkheart series by Corneilia Funke!!! I have lots and lots of books that ive read and they are in a variety of genres soo you need help picking a good book that you might like e-mail me of find me in school and i can probably find you a really good book that you will love dudes and chickas!:D peace out peeps, but remember books can take you places that youve never been to before!! and a shout out to all you peeps always read a book to the END!!!@ cause usually when your reading the beginning its kinda boring and doesnt quite interest you but i promise majority of the time when you read tghe book all the way to the end from beginning to end you willl find that it will really entertain you.
im not currently reading a book right now. the only book im reading right now is amoung the hidden i dont know whos the author. its about how this world doesnt allow third children and theres only four people in each family. and this family dicided to have a third child.
Im currently reading Flipped. i dont know who its by. its about a boy and a girl and each chapter is from there point of view. its like who put that hair in my toothbrush.
the book i am reading is called match it is about hoe one girl gets matched with a boy that is her best friend but when her picure comes up with her match it is a diffrent boy then she had now she has to find out if it is true
Who Put That Hair In My Toothbrush is the title of the book that I'm reading. I like it a lot although Greg doesn't know anything about women.
I just finished reading DIVERGENT! It is the best book in the world! It's about a future Chicago, but has five different fractions. When you turn 16 you get to choose which fraction you want to live in. The time has come for Beatrice to pick. She has chosen a fraction(What fraction? That I can not tell) She leaves her mom, father, and her older brother. She also finds out she is divergent. That she has to keep a secret, if anybody found out she could be killed or worse. Her older brother has chosen a different fraction too. In the process of becoming a member of her fraction she finds herself getting bet up, finding friends, and falling in love. One scene a guy gets he's eyeball stabbed with a butter knife! Then there is a drastic change. She loses her friends, parent, and her true love. To find out if she gets them back you'll have to read it.
the book i am reading is called wait till helen comes by mary downing haun, the book is really good because i am really in to paranormal stuff and myths so the book really fits in with me and the whole book is really good but my favorite part is when the stepsister of the boy and the girl starts talking to this little girl ghost named helen and is really protective over her, the book is really about how these two kids named molly and steve and they live in this beutiful town but when the mother gets married they decide to move out to the country and molly and steve are not very happy but the moms new husband has a daughter so they have a stepsister now and when they get to the new house they find out it used to be a church but now it is a house and they find a graveyard in the backyard so then and on the stepsister starts talking to a ghost and the ghost wants to hurt molly and steve.
I just finished reading DIVERGENT by:Veronica Roth.It is the best book in the world! It's about a future Chicago, but has five different fractions. When you turn 16 you get to choose which fraction you want to live in. The time has come for Beatrice to pick. She has chosen a fraction(What fraction? That I can not tell) She leaves her mom, father, and her older brother. She also finds out she is divergent. That she has to keep a secret, if anybody found out she could be killed or worse. Her older brother has chosen a different fraction too. In the process of becoming a member of her fraction she finds herself getting bet up, finding friends, and falling in love. One scene a guy gets he's eyeball stabbed with a butter knife! Then there is a drastic change. She loses her friends, parent, and her true love. To find out if she gets them back you'll have to read it.
I am currently reading "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott. I personally wouldn't think of myself reading this book because I am not into books like this.I am into books of fantasy and mystery. But when I got this book, I couldn't put it down. So if you don't think you could read a book about four sisters who struggle with problems in the everyday world in 1832, then you should read this book and you will fall in love with it like I did.
Julia Call Submitted on 2011/11/18 at 3:58 pm
I am currently reading Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone. I've read this series twice already. So, if you like adventures, magical creatures, danger, and magic powers, you need to read this popular book series by J.K. Rowling.
brenden brooks Submitted on 2011/11/18 at 3:14 pm
i just recentily finished the hunger games seiries and if i were to put it in words a few i would use would be romantic/action/thrilling/sad.it was a very good collection of books
Sam Brinkley!! Submitted on 2011/11/18 at 2:19 pm
I am currently reading Who put that hair on my toothbrush. It has nothing to do with hair and toothbrushes…but its pretty good.The Author is Jerry Spinelli.Its from Two different perspectives one is from a girl named Megin. Theres not much going on in her part but its pretty much just saying stuff about her life. But the other half is way more intersesting. A boy named Greg is MADLY in love with a girl named Jennifer Wade but Sarah Bellamee is geting in the way. So a ton of stuff happens and its really good somewhere in there megin bites a chicks boob and greg french kisses Sarah….its way good.
Andrea Cisneros Submitted on 2011/11/18 at 2:11 pm
i am reading matched about a girl who gets matched with her best friend which is a boy and when she looks at the screen another face appears instead of her match the picture flashed for a second then dissapeared and she has to find out why that happened
Im reading Who Put That Hair In My Toothbrush.Greg really likes this girl Jennifer Wade. For christmas he gets her a bracelet and sends it to his crush. He got a note from hersaying thank you so he called her and sayed thank you for the note then he asked her if she wanted to go on a date and she said she had to visit he family for christmas or maybe she was making up an exscuse so she doesnt have to go on a date with Greg.
I am currently readin diary of a wimpy kid by jeff kinny. it is the 6th book in this series, it is called cabin fever. its funny. One of the things is that greg and his friend rowley are being scared by a And there is many others but i dont want to spoile the book to whoever is going to read it.
I'm currently reading an anime book called 'Alice 19th' by Yuu Watase…I read other books at the same time but this one anime is my favorite. Its about a high school girl who is in love with Kyo Wakamiya. Tragic happens when she found out her sister likes him too. Sh finds a rabbit in mid-street and reaches for it, a car zooming for her. She smells something sweet and opens her eyes and sees Kyo holding her out of the way of the zooming car. As Kyo and her went buying carrots for the rabbit., the rabbit leaps out of her hand with the carrot. Well thats as far as I can say, this book is amazing. I've only gotten to book 5 since i read other animes .
The book that I am reading right now is called The thief lord. The Author of this book is Cornelia Funke. She is the same author that wrote the INKHEART triology. This book is a mystery/Fiction book. There is a couple that become guardians over two kids, but these kids run away to Venice, Italy and they meet the Theif lord, and help him with his daily stealings….. If you like a book with suspense, and mystery read this book.
I am currently reading Brians Hunt by Gary Pulson. It is the second book in the Brian series following Hatchet a best seller.
It's about a boy who decides he wants to live in the woods after his life changing experience about survival in the first book. He finds a dog that has a large gash in it's side so he goes to a family's cabin to see if they knew who's it was. When he gets there he finds the cabin destroyed by a bear and two of his friends dead. He then finds his third friend and decides he's going to track down and kill the bear. The bear took Brian by surprise and attacks him Brian can't reach his bow but he grabs some arrows and stabs the bear with them.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever by Jeff Kinney. It is about how Greg Heffley gets snowed in while he is paranoid about the police arresting him. He accidently had poster board bleed onto the school and booked it. He is also hiding from his dad, because they aren't really on the same page about things. His mom tries to help the family out and puts out "Santa's Little Helper" which Greg thinks is going to ruin Christmas.
A book that I am currently reading is THE RED PYRAMID by Rick Riordan the same person who wrote the percy Jackson and the olympians series. Any way this book is about two siblings a girl and boy they are sepearated when the girl was six because there mother died in some way and the moms mom goes in court against the dad and wins the right of one of hte children but the dad is able to see the girl two or three times a year. When the book begins the dad and son go to get the girl they get her and go to a museum the dad is a guy who study's egyptian artifacts he goes to the museum and tells the kids to lock the one guy in charge of the museum they lock him up and then hte dad writes some heiroglyphs on the rosetta stone some one comes out and battles there dad they figure out later that it is Set and evil egyptian god and that there dad had unleased at least five of htese gods. There dad gets defeated and the kids black out. This is my thrid time reading it and I think that it is a rally good book if you liked the percy jackson series you should read this series.
Im reading "caching fire" the 2 book of the hungergames series. This my 2nd time reading the series but its still as intense as the first time i read it. In the first book this girl named Katniss Everdene is chosen to be put in the "74 hunger games". It takes place every year in a different arena that the game-makers control. So in the Games 24 kids(12-18 year olds) have to kill each other to win. But in the hungergames that Katniss is in there can be two victors if there from the same district (there are 12 districts). Then Katniss goes and fineds Peta melark,and they win. But in the next book the president goes to Katniss's house and said if you don't act allot that you love Peeta the i will do some thing bad. I wont tell you any more so i wont spoil the book. I would totally recommend this series to any one who will listen this is the best book ever better then all the ones above my comment!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Read this book especially if you like gore or romance or just need a book to read!
I'm currently reading Diary of A Wimpy kid #6 Cabin Fever the author is Jeff Kinney, in this book Greg starts talking about christmas and how if he isn't good then he'll get less presents for christmas , then he starts saying how he hates christmas hbecause if he does somthing bad then he'll get punish for what he did on christmas.But then he gets this new toy baby for christmas the name of the baby is Alfrendo, and greg just loves this toy doll , cause he takes it every where with him, but one day he was takeing Alfrendo on a walk and Alfrendo was in a wagon but Alfrendo somehow fell out and greg can't find him, Then later on in the book it talks how greg wins student of the week, so his prise was a sticker and he doesnt know what to do with it so he just gives it to his little brother Manny and Manny sticks it on his dads brand new car and greg trys to clean it off but while he's cleaning it off some of the paint comes off the car. and thats all i've read so far
The book i am reading is called found. It is full of surprises, you never know what will come next. If you like books that will shock you, I suggest you should read this book.
I am reading Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins. It's the sequel to the Hunger Games. It's about how Katniss and her District 12 tribute Peeta have to go see all the disticts for the Victory Tour. Stakes are high when she has an uprising defying the Capitol in their hands. They have to convince that they are in love with eachother or they will have horrible consequences.
I'm reading: Who Put That Hair In My Toothbrush.
By:Jerry Spenilli
Greg really likes this girl Jennifer Wade he tries his hardest to get with her. He flirts and much more.. For Christmas he gets her a bracelet and sends it to her. He got a note from her saying thank you so he called her and said "Thank you for the note". Later he asked her if she wanted to go on a date, she said she had to visit family for Christmas.
I'm reading a book series called "Fablehaven". I have read the series twice already and I started over again and I'm currently on the third book. This book is by Brandon Mull. It is illustrated by Brandon Dorman. Here is a tiny summarized part of book 3!Strange things are happening at Fablehaven. The book takes off right were the second book left off, during the same summer of their second year at Fablehaven. Kendra and Seth helped save Fablehaven from the Society of the Evening Star, but new troubles present themselves almost immediately.
I am reading To Kill a mockingbird by Harper Lee and it is a winner of the PULITZER PRIZE. I am not far in the book, not far at all. Not enough to tell you anything that could relate to the whole book because I don't know. I started it today and am only on page two or so. I did not read about the book because I love a good suprise:) so I'm just going out there to see what Harper Lee has to offer me. I know its a good book and lots of people love it and you've probably heard of it. You have an option to read it as well and why not?:) if not now then when? It's now… or never. You never know what'll happen next:)
I'm reading a book called dead center.It's about a marine sniper's two-year odysse in the vetnam war. I just started the book on but, I like the book as far as I am.I hope that the book gets better as go along.
Kiah Clemons
Submitted on 2011/11/20 at 7:43 pm
This book I am reading is called Babysitters club. It os about some teenage girls who start their own babysitting club. Some of the girls start to not gey along because a new girl moves in nextdoor. She troes to become a part of tthe club but the others disagree.
Whitney Shupe
Submitted on 2011/11/20 at 7:16 pm
I am reading the first hunger games, it is about 12 districts and a capital. Every year they have what is called the Hunger Games, where they pick one boy and one girl from each district. In the Hunger Games they have to fight for there life. There are 24 contestents and only one can win.
Brecklyn Boyer
Submitted on 2011/11/20 at 12:37 pm
I Am currently reading The Hunger Games, again. I have already read it and i am reading it again because I am IN LOVE WITH THE HUNGER GAMES! Its a trilogy about teenagers who are thrown into the arena to fight to the death, "The Hunger games". IT is full of excitement and Adventure and will keep you on the edge of your seat reading it. Like i said IM IN LOVE WITH THE HUNGER GAMWES! They are the most amazing books EVER. I have made my friends read them and they love the hunger games, so im sure you will too! READ THE BOOK! Im sure if you read them you'll love them as much as i do! Trust me, the Hunger games are the next big thing! First it was harry Potter, Then Twilight, Now its
The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins.
Laine McDonald
Submitted on 2011/11/20 at 11:21 am
I am not curently reading a book but i am waiting for The Hunger Games. We are reading a book in english and it's called "who put that hair on my tooth brush." It's really wierd! i would honestly say that it is not my favorite book but it will have to do. The auther of this book is Jerry Spinelli.
James Herndon
Submitted on 2011/11/19 at 8:57 pm
Recently, I've been reading "Smiles to Go" by Jerry Spinelli. This book tells about chess player Will Tuppence, protons dying, Monopoly on Saturdays with his friends, skateboarder Anthony "BT" Bontempo and stargazer Mi-Su Kelly, and star parties. Will's problems started the night of the star party, with his sister coming along, and Mi-Su and BT *cough, cough*. No spoilers. This book is really a great book, and if you had a choice to read any book by Jerry Spinelli, I suggest either this or "Milkweed", which is a book about the Holocaust.
Katee Hughes
Submitted on 2011/11/19 at 9:53 am
I am currently reading The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan. I like this book because from page one it is action. It really grasps your attention and makes you want to keep reading all day long. It is one of those books that you won't know how much you truly have read until your mom is calling you to dinner and you have been reading since 10:00a.m. I throughly suggest that you start reading The Red Pyramid as soon as you can get your hands on it. I am glad that I did!
A book I am reading a book called "FOUND" by Margaret Peterson Haddix. Its about a bunch of important kids from the past that have gone Missing. It turns out that people from the future came and kidnapped them. When they landed in the 20th century. Read the book to know more.
Im reading a book called who put that hair in my toothbrush. Its about a brother and a sister and each say a chapter.The brother's name is Greg and the sister's name is Megin.My favorite part was when he sent Jennifer a bracelet with a J on it.
I read a book called Alex Rider by Anthony Horowitz. It is a great book because he is always in danger and IT grabs your attention on the first page. It always ends with a twist, and you are always suprised. This book keeps you in suspense. You should really get this book and start reading!
the book that i am currently reading is called the hunger games. the hunger games is on of the best books that i have read. it is about 12 disticts with a capitle that is controll of them all. each year they have a reaping wich is a time of year when they choose a boy and a girl from each district to go and fight to the death. this year they said that there could be two winners as long as they are from the same distirct. but when the last two people are in the ring sitting there waiting for the aircraft to come and take them home they say they have to kill each other. but they out smart the capital and are about to eat pousin berries when they say stop and they both win but the capital is furios.that is what book one is about.
I'm reading pathfinder by Orsan Scott Card.You can find a picture of it on google. It is about a boy who can see paths of any living thing, exept his father. Here is a spoiler
a powerful secret. A dangerous path.
Rigg is well trained at keeping secrets. Only his father knows the truth about Rigg's strange talent for seeing the paths of people's pasts. But when his father dies, Rigg is stunned to learn just how many secrets Father had kept from him — secrets about Rigg's own past, his identity, and his destiny. And when Rigg discovers that he has the power not only to see the past, but also to change it, his future suddenly becomes anything but certain.
Rigg's birthright sets him on a path that leaves him caught between two factions, one that wants him crowned and one that wants him dead. He will be forced to question everything he thinks he knows, choose who to trust, and push the limits of his talent . . . or forfeit control of his destiny.
I am reading "Who Put That Hair on My Toothbrush" It is a good book that is told from two percepectives. One from this girl named Megin. One from this guy named Greg. Greg is in love with this girl named Jennifer. Wade. Megin visits this old lady named Emily. Emily is on a diet and Megin always brings her a donut.
im curently reading the hunger games and it is a verry good book! it is verry interesting and a great book
chance endo
Submitted on 2011/11/20 at 8:45 pm
I am currently reading THE READ PYRAMID by RICK RIORDAN. It is a book about a brother and sister named carter and Sadie Kane. In this book carter and Sadie find out they are Egyptian Heroes and have to stop the set the Egyptian got of destruction. You should read this book because it is really funny and it has alot of action.
Jamie Foster
Submitted on 2011/11/20 at 8:20 pm
I am currently reading "Matched" By Ally Condie. This is the first book in a three book series. This book is similar to the Hunger Games in a way that it is based in the future, and is about a society that tries to control all of the people. The society chooses you "Match" to marry. So far this is a way good book and i recommend you read it. "Matched" is a bit of and intense and love story book.
who put that hair on my toosh brush
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told from two percepectives. One from this girl named Megin. One from this guy named Greg. Greg is in love with this girl named Jennifer. Wade. Megin visits this old lady named Emily. Emily is on a diet and Megin always brings her a donut.
Aaron Judkins
Submitted on 2011/11/21 at 9:12 am
I am reading a book called Demonata and it is about a kid whos parents get murderd by demons. It is a really good book but I wouldn't recomend it to someone who gets queezy easily. The author is Dareen Shawn
Aaron Judkins
Submitted on 2011/11/21 at 9:11 am
I am reading a book called demonata and it is about a kid whos parents get murderd by demons. It is a really good book but i wouldn't recomend it to someone who gets queezy easily.
The Summoning by terry brooks its a really good book its about a scitzophrenic person and she has to go to a insane place i would reccomend this book
I'm currently reading a book called the zombie survival guide. It is about how to survive zombies if and when they take over (not really) and everything you need from places to live to weapons you need. I salute you Max Brooks and your amazing book
in english we are reading "who put that hair on my toothbrush"by jerry spenilie.it is about a brother and sister,the brother talks about his love life and how he is in love with jen wade and her friend is in love with him.the sister side is about her friends and this girl named zoe from california.well that is the book we are reading and its pertty good!
i am reading valdimir tod by hetheer brewer. this book is way beter then twilight. this is about a boy whos parents die in a hows fire and threw out every book he find out about about himself more and more.you should read this because it is beats mode:)
The book that i'm reading right now is called: The Lost Hero. It is by: Rick Riordan. He also wrote the Percy Jackson Series. The Lost Hero is about a 12 year old boy named Jason, Hera took away his memory so he at first couldnt rememmber his name or family where he came from he just awoke on a summer camp bus. It was a trip to the Grand Canyon. He has a girlfriend named Piper, shes the daughter of Aphrodite. But before i get carried away im not gonna tell you who jason is the son of. You'll have to read it and see for yourself. I highly recomend this book if you liked the percy jackson series it basicly just the next book.:)
jaycie hart
Submitted on 2011/11/21 at 2:58 pm
right now I amreading star girl and just started whimpy kid #6 they are both really good books one of my favorite books is Savy though it's a really good book I love it!
I've just got done reading a book called hunger games for the second time, it's a very good book the author is suzanne Collins. It centers around twelve districts there used to be thirteen but it got blow up as a reminder that pamen the capital is in charge. The main character in this story is katniss everdeen of district twelve but every year pamen has a day called the reaping where one girl and one boy are chosen from every district to join in the hunger games where you fight to the death intell there is one remaining and the person wins food and wealth. So when katniss sister is chosen to go to the games katniss steps up and takes her place but there is one problem the boy how is chosen to go is in love with her and maybe just maybe she is in love with him.
Maximilliano barnard-call me Dr.koolguy — November 21, 2011 @ 4:11 pm
A book I am reading right now is Magician:apprentice. it is about a boy named Pug getting chosen to be the apprentice to a magician. This is actually the best book I have ever read [this is my second time reading it]. I would recommend it to you because it is full of adventure, but not to much like lord of the rings I didn't like that book I personally think that book stinks. But no matter what kind of books you like this is THE BEST book ever written. If you liked it [no matter what you will] there is a sequel called Magician: Master. [if there are typos I'll let you know that I was having trouble with my computer I don't like computers much so I don't really get on them…] rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrraaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnddddddddddddddoooooooooooooooooooooooommmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1.Terik Lopaz — November 21, 2011 @ 5:02 pm
The book's I have finished reading is Percy Jackson the series. I would love to have almost everyone read these book's. These book's are a lot of fun to read. They have a lot of adventures in them. The best book (to me, my opinion) would have to be the first one because Percy gets to find out what his best friend Grover is and he gets to finally meet his father Poseidon (God of the sea's).
i am reading the candy shop war by brandon mull.
this book is about three fifth graders who meet a new kid in town and lets him in their club. when they pay a visit to the candy shop that just opened, the find more than just great tasting candy, but a peculiar lady who makes magic candy. i definetly recomend this book to anyone with an active imagination and a thirst for adventure
I am currently reading "Maximum Ride" by James Patterson. I love this book so much!(: It is a series. It is about 6 young kids named Max (oldest and leader of the group), Fang, Iggy, Nudge, the Gasman, and Angel(the runt of the group). Who are pretty normal in most ways. Except that they're 98 percent human, and 2 percent bird. They grew up in a lab, living like locked up gorrilas in cages, but now they're free. But, of course, they have to have something wrong.. They're prey for Erasers! Nasty wolflike creatures with a taste for flying humans..! They work for the lab that the kids grew up in, and they want them back.
This is one of my favorite book series'!(: I think you can get it at the Pleasant Valley library, or maybe you could find it in our very own Th Bell library!(: Check it out for yourself!
I am currently reading stare wars revenge of the sith it is an amazing sci-fi adventure with the jeti read it if you get the chance
I just finished the newest Diary of a Wimpy Kid called Cabin Fever. The main character is Greg Heffley. He is about my age and I really like the funny situations he gets into with his friend Rowley. I have liked all the books and think most kids would like it, too.
who put that hair in my toothbrush by Jerry Spinelli I thought this was a wierd book and kind of strange it is about megan and greg who are bro and sis and its is about there funny stories i recomend this bookto anyone 😀
I am currently reading world war z. It's a book about survivors who lived and fought through the war against the undead. It is a science fiction book, and it has lot's of action. It is for mature readers.
Caitlyn Atkinson
Submitted on 2011/11/29 at 7:32 pm
Right now i am reading breakind dawn. It the the last book in the twilight series. My favorite part is when Bella has the baby and when Edward changes her. It's all mixed into one part basicly.I am almost finished but it's a really big book. It;s about 800 pages or around there i am about half way through.
Kalyn Messer
Submitted on 2011/11/29 at 2:47 pm
I am reading Catching Fire the second book of the amazing series the huner games trilogy. I am not very far but thats ok because my brother and sister and the rest of my family say its the best of the whole serise.
madison jenkins
Submitted on 2011/11/28 at 2:47 pm
The book i am reading right now is a child called it. it is a wonderfull book about a abused kid named david pelzer. he eventually gets into a foster home lives his life struggling. it is a true story written by david pelzer himself. definetley read!!!
Laine McDonald
Submitted on 2011/11/28 at 11:59 am
i am not currently reading a book. sooo i cant really tell you abou tmy book.
right now i am reading a book called things not seen it is a book about a kid who one day wakes up and he is invisable and what he has to go through now that he is invisable
Recently I read a book about two kids that are brother and sister that hate each other,but end up liking each other. It's called
"who Put That Hair In My Toothbrush." READ IT NOW OR ELSE!!!!!!
Laine McDonald
Submitted on 2011/12/09 at 9:30 am
I am reading a book called " the gift" and this book is about a man who does not celebrate Christmas because he doesnt like it. then this boy with cancer changes his mind.
cole cook
Submitted on 2011/12/08 at 4:38 pm
i am currently reading,"juila and the wolves." it is about how this girl runs into a pack of wolves and gets traind by them
I am currently reading The Huger Games.Its about a girl named Katniss that goes to The Hunger games, and the Huger Games are a fight to the death between 24 people.
i am currently reading a book on lizard care is a book on stuff that you would need to do if you were getting lizard i have been trying to learn about crested geckos.
i am currently reading a book called the horn of moran it is a book by m.l forman it is the second book in the series it is about a group of adventures that are trying to find the horn of moran.
Miss Duke this is my extra credit book report summary i read "Holes" by Luis Sachar. This book is about an overweight kid named Stanley. His family seems to have bad luck so one day a pair of shoes fall on his head. They were a pro baseball players shoes. He ends up getting caught even though he doesn't know who the shoes belong too. So he ends up in court. He has two choices, go to camp green lake or jail. So he goes to the camp where he has to dig a hole every day. The warden says it is to build character. So hes not liked but he finds a friend named zero. He teaches him how to read until one day they escape and run from the camp. they find an onion path and live of that until Stanley remembers his great grandfather was robbed here and that that is why they have to dig the holes. So they come back and dig and find the treasure until the warden finds them but is unable to get them because poisonous lizards protect them. So they get out and find that the treasure chest has Stanley's name on it. His father who is a inventor finds a cure for foot stink and and gets rich enough to get a lawyer to take Stanley and zero home the chest was filled with treasure and they go home. The end. By Bailey White period 5
I am currently reading the second book of the "Dragon Tattoo" trilogy – The Girl Who Played With Fire –
I am an old math teacher and so far the book there has been a connection to math. Cool! Who would expect to see such a thing in a suspense/thriller novel? I am enjoying it.
well i am readin the last book of hunger games. and it is about these districts 10 12 13 and how district 12 moves to a place and that is all i no so read the book it is really good.
i am reading wensday wars i think it is a good book i like that book alot it is about how a boy thinks that his teacher hates him when she might not.
in the book wensday wars is about how a kid is stuck with a teacher that might hate him and is stusk with her for a whole year even on wensday when everone leaves but not him i like the book so far
i am reading wensday wars i think it is a good book i like it alot i hope i get to the end to find out what happens
I am currently reading Mockingjay, the 3rd book in the hunger games trilogy. I only have a few chapters left. I am at the part when they are at camp and Petta just came to take over the position of the dead girl that was on their squad.
I am Reading the Percy Jackson Seriws again. Their my favorite books and if your interested in them, read them all cause the 5th one is my favorite.
I am currently reading Fahrenheit 451 and I'm kind of scared of the mechanical dog in the book!! I hope that it doesn't attack Guy Montag.
I am currently reading lots of student assignments, lots of e-mails, KSL News Online, and a teacher book called "Visible Learning." (Unfortunately, not much time for fun novels lately). This summer though I was able to read the following novels: "Escape: Children of the Holocaust," by A!man Zullo and "If I Stay," by Gayle Forman. In English, I have read the stories "Duffey's Jacket," "Girls," "Eleven," and "Riki Tiki Tavi" with 7th Grade students thus far. We also just recently read an article about "Salem, Massachusetts" as we have been learning about the Salem Witch Trials.
I am reading big Nate: Dibs on this chair and so far its been good I love big Nate books because they are comics an they are easy to read and he got a girl friend and every one was surprised because they all though the would be that last one to get a girl.
Im reading "a child called it". its about this boys that is getting abused by his mom and only a few people know.
im reading diary of a wimpy kid and he got wrecked by a girl in wresling
I am currently reading "The maze runner" where Thomas the main character is trapped inside the maze where it is almost impossible to escape from unless they are able to figure out the way the maze shifts ever night.
I am reading one and only ive it is war sad that the baby elfet has to leve
I am reading kid owner it starts out slow but it seems like its a great book
The book that I am reading is Cirque Du freak the vampires assistant. Darren is the main character and so far the book is very good. It is not as bloody as I thought it would be. But it has a very good plot.
I am reading about a book about football and about there team.
I loved learning about this and I read about the witch trials
i am reading chilling tales of horror dark graphic short stories
the city of ember and it is an amazing book
I like to read:)….
I am reading Percy Jackson: The Sea of Monsters right now. It is the second book in the Percy Jackson series, and I love Percy Jackson so much because it is so interesting and every time you read part of it, you just can not stop!!
i am reading short ghost stories.
I was reading about a babysitter that knows how to kill monsters and stuff like that. In one part (this is as far as I get) the boogey man appears and frighten the child and she kills it with angel fire.
I am reading a book called Delirium and it is sometime in the future and the president or someone says that love is a disease. So they made a "cure" for it and Lina has turned the right age to get the cure.
I am currently reading Dead and Gone. It's so cool. The book has zombies in it, and since I love zombies then it makes the book a whole lot better than how good it already is because it also as some gory part and some fighting pars too. One time, a guy's leg was cut off, (note that it was a zombie) well I may be exaggerating a little because his tendons were cut off s it couldn't stand.
I am reading the Heir and it is about a princess that is learning how to becoming a queen every day.
I am currently reading The Cabin. The Cabin is about a girl named Mackenzie. She goes on a trip with her best friends and two people end up dead. It's up to her and her friends to find out what and who killed the two dead friends.
I am reading the 5th wave which is about a girl that has to survive different disasters that happen throughout the story.
The Martian is about a man and his space crew but they thought he died on their way back from Mars so they left him there, and he had to learn how to survive until they got him back to Earth.
I am reading the 2 book of Alice in Zombie-land I really like its every interesting it is a book about zombies that killed her family and shes now in a group who kill them zombies and are trying to get away from a anther group who also kill the zombies i love it!!!
I am reading haryy potter and it is such a good book and it is field with mystery and envencher and ih is about magic it is so fun to read
I am reading haryy potter and it is such a good book and it is field with mystery and envencher and ih is about magic it is so fun to read


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[2] viXra:1610.0278 [pdf] submitted on 2016-10-23 16:35:25
Authors: Yigal Gurevich
Comments: 8 Pages.
The method of multiple scales is applied and the second order two-scale approximation is calculated for a linear dispersive wave equation with a small perturbation proportional to the amplitude cubed.
Category: Functions and Analysis
[1] viXra:1610.0244 [pdf] submitted on 2016-10-21 04:28:14
Authors: David Eelbode, Eckhard Hitzer
Comments: 16 Pages. published in Advances in Applied Clifford Algebras, 26(3), pp. 953-968 (2016), Online First: 22 Oct. 2015, DOI: 10.1007/s00006-015-0600-7.
In this paper we study Clifford Fourier transforms (CFT) of multivector functions taking values in Clifford's geometric algebra, hereby using techniques coming from Clifford analysis (the multivariate function theory for the Dirac operator). In these CFTs on multivector signals, the complex unit i∈C is replaced by a multivector square root of −1, which may be a pseudoscalar in the simplest case. For these integral transforms we derive an operator representation expressed as the Hamilton operator of a harmonic oscillator.
Category: Functions and Analysis


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During Monday night's City of Thomasville Council meeting, LaGrange Police Chief, and former chairperson of the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies Inc., Louis Dekmar formally presented Thomasville Police Department with the Gold Standard of Accreditation with Excellence Award. For TPD Chief Troy Rich, receiving the award acknowledged the joint effort of his entire department toward earning this distinction.
According to Chief Rich, obtaining the Gold Standard signifies that TPD is an elite organization.
"The Gold Standard is proof that our officers, day in and day out, are committed to the best practices in modern law enforcement," Rich said. "This award is achieved only through a team effort and from a commitment by all of my officers to serve the community with nothing less than their best."
During his presentation, Chief Dekmar spoke about the rigor of the accreditation process, stating, "It is not a rubber stamp process; of the over 18,000 law enforcement agencies in the country, less than 1,000 are accredited."
Chief Dekmar went on to say that "the Thomasville Police Department has further distinguished itself by receiving the Gold Standard Accreditation with Excellence Award, which is awarded to about 10 percent of the accredited agencies."
The criteria for achieving accreditation through CALEA is a rigorous process that reviews every area of a law enforcement agency, achieving the Gold Standard of Accreditation with Excellence Award takes an already involved and detailed process and holds those agencies to an even higher degree of accountability. Some of the areas that are reviewed include patrol/traffic, community relations, training and evidence.
"The process we underwent was much more in-depth than the standard file review," Thomasville Police Chief Troy Rich said. "CALEA representatives performed site visits which included thorough checks and multiple staff interviews to ensure we were adhering to all 348 applicable standards."
The accreditation process was managed by Lieutenant Kathy Baillargeon. Chief Rich acknowledged that Lt. Baillargeon's efforts were key in achieving reaccreditation and being named a Gold Standard recipient. "She did an outstanding job of managing the entire process," he added.
CALEA accreditation is a voluntary, national program that operates on a three-year award cycle. The program is a joint effort between CALEA and four major law enforcement executive membership associations: the International Association of Chiefs of Police, the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives, the National Sheriff's Association and the Executive Research Forum. Thomasville Police Department first acquired CALEA accreditation in 1987 and has maintained that accreditation through all subsequent reviews.
"As a fellow Georgia police chief and friend, I am particularly proud of Chief Rich and his agency's commitment to professional police services, which is recognized not only throughout Georgia, but throughout the United States," Chief Dekmar said.


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Sex offender uses crowdfunding to raise money for gender reassignment surgery
Crowdfunding is popular in Portland, where people go on line to ask the public for money. Now, one of the people asking for your donations is Lisa Summers, who wants your help for gender reassignment surgery, what some call a sex-change operation. However, her web site does not explain what some of her would-be donors feel is crucial information: that she has a criminal past as a child molester.
"It feels like they're trying to hide something. I feel somewhat deceived, like they're trying to lead me in the wrong direction," said Dominic Rivera, who saw the site for the first time on Wednesday.
Lisa Summers was born a man, with the name Sydney Sezer. Sezer was convicted in 1996 of repeatedly molesting a 13-year-old girl for almost a year. He was sentenced to more than eight years in prison, and after he got out, he legally changed his name to Lisa Summers.
Some members of the public say it is wrong to leave that part of the story off of the site that is asking for $18,000 for surgery for Summers to complete the physical transition from man to woman.
"That means they're lying to get money," said Sueanna Post in North Portland. "I have no tolerance for liars."
For some parents in the Portland area, this issue is about more than money. Some are concerned that a registered sex offender could use a name and gender change to hide their past.
We took their concerns to Officer Bridget Sickon with the Portland Police Bureau's Sex Offender Registration Detail.
Sickon said she has seen a number of sex offenders who change their genders, and she does not believe they are doing it to hide.
"I have found that most people going down this route are very forthcoming about the process and want to know what to do," said Sickon. "All of the people I have dealt with have been very honest about that."
Sickon said police are able to track sex offenders even after they change their names and/or genders. But, she added, the average citizen does not have that same ability, so if a sex offender changes his or her identity, that could make it harder for the public to find out his or her past history.
That is a concern, she said, because she sees many parents who allowed a sex offender access to their children because they did not know about the offender's past convictions for child molestation and/or other sex crimes.
Sickon said she tried to help change the laws so that more sex offender information would appear on the state of Oregon's sex offender registry web site. Currently, she said, only about 1,000 out of total 18,000 sex offenders appear on the site, because the state only shows the offenders considered to be the highest risk.
She said the law is changing, but the changes will add only about 4,000 new sex offenders. In her view, that's not enough.
"That is tough for citizens," said Sickon, "I think the citizens have a right to know. When you talk about safety and keeping our children safe, information is what parents need."
KATU tried to reach Summers for comment. She sent an e-mail saying she was afraid to show her face on television in connection with her past and transgender status, and then refused to say anything more in e-mail.
Some of the people she is trying to appeal to for money said they sympathize with her desire for surgery. Some said they would have considered helping, if Summers had told the full story of her past.
"Personally, I wouldn't mind donating had that been disclosed when I read that on the web site," said Rivera. He recommended that Summers put the information on her site.
Others said that Summers' request for money from the public is wrong, under the circumstances.
"They did something extremely wrong. They shouldn't get money to help them now. They didn't help that child," said Brammer. "Once you do something like that, it sticks with you. The child has to deal with it for the rest of their life."


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CIT Q1 Volume Up 51%; Reports Loss on Refinancing Charges
CIT Group reported a net loss for the first-quarter 2012 of $447 million compared to net income of $66 million for the first quarter of 2011 and includes debt refinancing charges of $620 million related to the prepayment of $6.5 billion of high cost debt, while the year-ago period included debt refinancing charges of $46 million. Pre-tax income excluding debt refinancing charges was $214 million, up from $178 million in the year ago quarter.
CIT said funded new business volume of $2 billion increased 51% from the prior-year quarter, while committed new business volume of $2.5 billion increased 46%. Corporate Finance and Vendor Finance each reported double-digit percentage increases in both funded and committed volume from the prior year.
Factoring volume was $6 billion, down 2% from the prior-year quarter. Sequential volumes declined reflecting fewer aircraft deliveries in Transportation Finance, and seasonal factors in Vendor Finance and Trade Finance. In addition, CIT Bank purchased a $200 million portfolio of loans secured by aircraft.
CIT noted that its credit metrics further improved, as net charge-offs, non-accrual loans and inflows to non-accruals all declined from the prior-year quarter and sequentially. Net charge-offs were $22 million, down from $140 million in the year-ago quarter and $24 million in the fourth quarter. CIT said the improvement from the prior-year quarter was driven primarily by Corporate Finance.
The first-quarter provision for credit losses was $43 million, compared to $122 million in the year-ago quarter and $16 million in the fourth quarter. The decrease from the prior-year quarter reflects improved portfolio credit quality, including a reduction in specific reserves, and the continued reduction in non-accrual loans.
"We made further progress this quarter positioning CIT for profitability and growth," said John A. Thain, chairman and chief executive officer. "We grew commercial assets and significantly advanced the transformation of our funding profile as we successfully issued unsecured debt and redeemed legacy high cost debt, which caused the majority of our debt to become unsecured. CIT Bank online deposits surpassed $1.1 billion and we expanded our online deposit product offerings. We will continue to focus on improving our core profitability as we work to meet the financing needs of our small business and middle-market clients."
The following highlights on Corporate Finance, Trade Finance and CIT Bank were excerpted from the news release:
Corporate Finance
Excluding accelerated FSA interest expense, pre-tax earnings rose nearly 40% from the prior-year quarter, reflecting significant gains on asset sales, interest recoveries, lower funding costs, and lower credit costs offset in part by lower net FSA accretion. The sequential quarter decline reflects an increase in gains on asset sales and higher finance margin that were offset by credit provisions to establish reserves on asset growth and lower net FSA accretion. Gains on asset sales totaled $150 million in the current quarter, approximately double the amount in each of the two periods of comparison, and reflected the completion of the final phases of a loan portfolio sale.
Financing and leasing assets increased nearly $300 million from year-end to $7.4 billion. New committed loan volume rose 93% from the prior-year first quarter to $1.5 billion, while new funded volume increased 139% to $1.0 billion. Current period volumes, both funded and committed, were above those of the prior quarter. Approximately 82% of U.S. funded volume was originated by CIT Bank.
Non-accrual loans declined 33% from December 31, 2011 to $329 million, primarily reflecting sales and repayments. Net charge-offs of $7 million declined from $116 million in the year-ago quarter and $10 million in the fourth quarter, reflecting declines in gross charge-offs and, in comparison to the prior quarter, higher recoveries.
Trade Finance
Excluding accelerated FSA interest expense, the improvement in pre-tax earnings from the loss in the prior-year quarter reflected lower funding costs that were partly offset by higher operating expenses.
Factoring volume was $6.0 billion, down slightly from the prior-year quarter. Factoring commissions of $32 million were down slightly from the prior-year quarter, primarily reflecting lower commission rates, and flat sequentially. Non-accrual balances decreased substantially from a year-ago and December 31, 2011, primarily due to accounts returning to accrual status and reductions in exposures. Net charge-offs of $1 million were well below both the prior-year quarter and prior quarter levels.
CIT Bank
CIT Bank continued to expand commercial loans and deposits. Asset origination activity reflected increased volume from the year-ago period in Corporate Finance, Vendor Finance and Transportation Finance. Committed loan volume more than doubled from the year-ago period and rose 18% from the prior quarter to $1.6 billion, of which nearly $1.2 billion was funded. The sequential quarter increase reflected growth in Corporate Finance activity, including volume from Real Estate and Equipment Finance. Additionally, the Bank purchased a $200 million portfolio of loans secured by aircraft.
Total assets were $9.6 billion, up from $6.8 billion at March 31, 2011 and $9.0 billion at December 31, 2011. Loans (including held-for-sale) totaled $6.6 billion, up from $5.2 billion at March 31, 2011 and $6.1 billion at December 31, 2011. Commercial loans of $5.0 billion increased $3.4 billion from a year ago and $1.1 billion during the first quarter. Assets held for sale totaled $1.1 billion, down from $1.6 billion at December 31, 2011 as $0.5 billion of student loans were sold during the first quarter. Cash was $2.6 billion at March 31, 2012 up from $2.5 billion at December 31, 2011. CIT Bank's preliminary Total Capital ratio was 32.9% and the Tier 1 Leverage ratio was 23.1%.
Total deposits were $6.7 billion at March 31, 2012, up from $6.1 billion at December 31, 2011 and $4.3 billion at March 31, 2011. During the first quarter, CIT Bank placed over $750 million of deposits at an average rate of approximately 1.1% that replaced maturing deposits at higher rates. Deposits originated through online channels exceeded $1.1 billion and, in March 2012, CIT Bank online launched a high yield savings account product to supplement the current range of CD offerings to consumers.
To read the full text of the CIT Group news release, click here.


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Ride Like the Wind on Road House Custom Motorcyclesfrom Dardanelle, Arkansas(877) 855-5785"Be nice until it's time to not be nice."—Patrick Swayze as Wade Dalton in Road House
Fix up your Harley with motorcycle parts installed at Road House Custom Cycle in Dardanelle, Arkansas. We offer motorcycle repair and service on any type of Harley-Davidson motorcycle. Take care of your bike by contacting us today to learn more about our custom motorcycles.
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Call (877) 855-5785 in Dardanelle, Arkansas, today for more information about installing or replacing Harley motorcycle parts.


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A Guide To Dental X-Rays
Not just fodder for the sci-fi fan, x-rays are truly amazing. Doctors use them to evaluate broken bones and serious medical issues that would be difficult to treat without the ability to "see" what is going on. Dental x-rays are a crucial component to your twice-yearly dental exams and cleanings because they are "pictures" of your teeth, bones and the soft tissues that surround them.
Damage to your teeth and gums that is not visible to your dentist's naked eye becomes visible in an x-ray. The bone structure of your face and jaw and the location of impacted teeth and teeth that have not yet developed can also be seen. Cavities, gum disease, abscesses, tumors, and cysts can be seen and treated, sometimes with life-saving results.
Do you have concerns about how often you should get dental x-rays?
Every mouth is unique, so dental x-ray schedules are likewise unique. For our new patients, we find it helpful to take full-mouth x-rays. This helps us better evaluate your oral health and to track it for future visits. If you are switching dentists and recently had x-rays taken, you can ask your former dentist to send them to us.
There are 4 common types of dental x-rays:
1.The most common type is the "Bitewing," which requires you to bite down on a piece of plastic with x-ray film in the center. Bitewings can determine the presence of decay between your teeth where decay-causing bacteria often hide.
2."Occlusal" x-rays image the roof and floor of your mouth. They are used to locate teeth that have not yet broken through the gums, jaw abnormalities or fractures, and growths or cysts.
3."Periapical" x-rays image the entire tooth, including the root, to help evaluate root structure and bone level, and to detect possible cysts and abscesses.
4."Panoramic" x-rays produce a broad view of your sinuses, nasal area, teeth, and temporomandibular (TMJ) joints. They typically find impacted teeth, bone abnormalities, tumors, infections, and fractures.
Your individual needs and dental conditions are our first priority. We prescribe x-rays when they are appropriate. We invite you to call and schedule an appointment, today: 973.328.1225.


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Perfectly legal for US roads.
Having swapped his Hummer for this bespoke Unimog U1300 SE 6.4, Arnold Scwarzenegger has decided it's time to cash in on his modified monster. Priced at 208,250 Euros, the vehicle was built using an original 1977 chassis, and is road-legal in both the US and Germany. Created specially for Arnie, the Unimog comes with a 6.4-liter diesel engine rated at 320 horsepower, and a set of 22-inch alloys.
Other unique features include an air suspension, bull bar, trailer brake system, reversing camera, remote-controlled electric winch, roll bar, Hella lights, and a flatbed with built-in bench complete with seatbelts for three passengers. With just over 13,000 miles on the clock, Merex is selling the bespoke beast for 208,250 Euros. That's around $25k more than Arnie paid, but that right there is the price of celebrity.


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Restrictions, exemptions and how to apply for a street collection licence.
If you want to collect money or sell items on the street for charity, you will need to apply for a street collection licence.
Only one organisation can be permitted to collect in any town or village at any one time, please contact our licensing department to check availabilty. It's not just 'streets' that are covered - you'll need a licence if you collect money in public areas, for example a shop doorway or car park.
You don't need a street collection licence if you're selling or collecting as part of a business.
How to apply
Street Collection
Street collection licence online application GOV.UK
There is no fee.
You'll also need to complete and return the 'form of statement' below within one month of any collection.


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Congress has passed three funding bills since the DACA program was eliminated by Donald Trump back in September. None of them have done anything to protect Dreamers despite plenty of rhetoric from both sides of the aisle.
January 19 is the next opportunity for Congress to ensure the safety and protection of Dreamers by passing the DREAM Act as part of any spending bill. Immigrant youth have waited too long for a permanent solution to the crisis created by Trump's vicious deportation agenda.
Every member of Congress should be making their stance clear. Here's what you can do right now to hold our members of Congress (MoCs) accountable and ask them to stand up for Dreamers:
Call Senators Markey (202-224-2742) and Warren ((202) 224-4543) and Representative Keating ((202) 225-3111) to thank them for taking the Dreamer Pledge and being a Dream Hero and to ask them to follow through on their commitment to vote against the Jan. 19 spending bill unless it contains the Dream Act.
Congress has four days to pass the DREAM Act: Funding for the government runs out by the end of next week, on January 19. With Republicans in control of Congress and the White House, it's on them to put a bill on the floor that can become law. It's also on them to clean up the mess Trump made when he eliminated the DACA program back in September. 122 DACA recipients continue to lose their protections every single day.
The best way to reject Trump's racism is to protect the people who he wants to deport. It's up to Democrats to make sure that Republicans do right by Dreamers. They must take a stand and refuse to vote in favor of any new funding bill that fails to protect Dreamers from deportation.


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Friday, 25 July 2014
Hell's Teeth (The Vetala Cycle Book 3) - G.R. Yeates
Title: Hell's Teeth (The Vetala Cycle Book 3)
Author: G.R. Yeates
Genre: Horror
Published: 2012
Formats: Ebook
Available at:
Amazon UK
"Hell's Teeth "by G.R. Yeates is the third book in the Vetala cycle, a rather dark and quite surreal collection of horror novels. Again Yeates has focussed on WWI but this time he has decided to use the Eastern Front as the basis of his story with the Anzac forces being pushed back by the Turks at Gallipoli. In this chaotic place is Tom Potter who must deliver messages between the various commanding officers. However, on one mission he finds himself lost and enters an underground lair where the Vetala are waiting. Whilst Tom manages to escape his respite is only temporary and before long his own personal nightmare begins.
So, the first thing I noticed about this book is that it felt less structured than the previous novels. The reader is dragged quickly into a story that loops back on itself multiple time and jumps between different points in the protagonist's life. As the story can become rather surreal and quite intense in the visions of horror it portrays it wasn't always easy to know where I was in the story. The reader really has to concentrate and stay fully engaged with the story or they could easily get lost.
As with the other books in the series, Yeates has created a very dark and bleak world in the novel. It is incredibly atmospheric and the rather surreal and confusing feel of the plot helps to enhance the feeling that you are watching a real journey into hell. I will admit that by the end of the novel the constant barrage of dark horror along with the concentration required to understand what was actually going on did leave me feeling a bit drained.
The writing itself is very poetic and descriptive which has become a sort of hallmark style of Yeates. The beauty of his writing wonderfully supplements and enhances the very dark and terrifying story he is telling. Without doubt Yeates' prose has been a real plus point to this series and his writing has at times reminded me of H.P. Lovecraft.
Overall, this is another dark atmospheric horror story from Yeates that competently completes the Vetala cycle of novels. I have to say that the rather unstructured nature of the book meant I didn't enjoy it is as much as the other novels but it was still entertaining enough. Once again, if you enjoy dark and surreal horror novels then I am happy to recommend this this book and the rest of this series.
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Tuesday, 1 April 2014
Reading the reports of their deliberations and seeing the photographs and televised sessions, one does have to laugh at the irony of their railing against 'Big Oil' consumption by the 'Industrialised Nations' - shorthand for 'The Western Democracies' - while sitting on the chairs which would not exist without the hydro-carbon industry, and carrying laptop computers, smart phones and a plethora of other gadgets that could not exists without oil, or the 'energy' they want everyone to shut down.
I have said it before, and I continue to say it. The climate is changing. What I don't believe is that there is a single driver - CO2 and related trace gases - pushing it. This focus on one aspect is blinding the world to several much larger, and, I believe, far more pertinent, problems. Killing the western industrial base and 'redistributing' its wealth won't reverse the climate change, nor will it fix the problem. If anything it will make it far worse. I will cite an example of what I mean.
In 1982 the world watched in horror as a major famine developed in Ethiopia, and we were bombarded by images of starving and dying children. Various celebrities and pop-stars rushed to respond with 'Band AID' and raised millions, sending in emergency food Aid, medical assistance and so on. What I see nowhere in the media today is the fact that Ethiopia, Somalia and a couple of their neighbours have trebled their populations, famine is again endemic, but, instead of reorganising and addressing the root problem the local governments and the UN are pouring even more 'Aid' in and sustaining the problem.
Yes, humans do impact the climate, but in ways I don't see anyone discussing. In the UK and Europe, flood plains are being built over. Even where we have not built in a flood plain, we pave vast areas, reducing the land's ability to absorb the water and this increase the 'run off'. Greenpeace and other 'ecological' organisations have their placemen in the Environment Agency who block any attempt to get sea defences rebuilt and maintained, or to have drainage channels dredged and rivers cleared - so flooding does increase. Britain's population has trebled since the 1940s, and housing, with all the additional paving and run-off from drainage has as well.
In the Indus valley, millions of people are tilling, building and paving the flood plain, and historians would know that the events of a couple of years ago were a repeat of an event on the late 1880s. On that occasion the flooding displaced huge numbers of people and killed thousands, but we didn't have the mass media and television to beam it into everyones home. Ergo, in the modern mind it didn't happen. Even the Band AID crisis in Ethiopia is now on the edge of memory. Most of those now marching for 'action on the climate' or rushing about symbolically turning off lights to save the planet weren't born when it happened.
Another of the ironies of the 'Green' campaigning is their refusal to accept the need to adapt our food production. Far too many seem to be wedded to the idea that the world can be returned to some sort of subsistence economy with cottage industries, barter and mutual ownership of everything. They seem to be dreaming of a world that has never existed, and probably can never exist. The main objection to GM foods is always presented as 'ecological and health risks' but the truth is these have been addressed comprehensively. The real reason they object is actually that the companies that have done the research and invested vast amounts of money developing grains that need less water, produce higher yields, have less gluten, more Vitamin A or D and are less susceptible to destruction by insects, will 'make a profit' from their work. It comes across very strongly that their objection would be instantly withdrawn if Monsanto, DuPont and others handed everything over to the UN or some other 'non-profit' organisation to be distributed 'free'.
I firmly believe that we must adapt if we are to ride out the effects of Climate Change. My travels to some of the supposed 'beauty' spots and 'tropical paradises' - probably because I haven't gone as a 'tourist' have shown me the image of 'Paradise Lost' with fouled rivers running with raw sewage, forests decimated, not for western profit, but for firewood for exploding populations, beaches littered with plastic and other waste, and animals being poisoned, shot and driven to extinction as ever increasing numbers of people try to scratch a living from ever decreasing areas of usable land.
Sadly, I think I may saying the unsayable, but I think we are looking the wrong way on climate change.
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Unfortunately the "climate change" movement has little to do with being sensible and adapting to environmental changes, and everything to do with taking away people's rights and reverting back to the stone age.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous3 April 2014 at 15:13
Slim Jim says: I agree with the Monk on this issue of global warming. Or is it climate change? It seems to me that the Left and their allies have found a useful and potentially productive seam to mine on this issue. Of course, all the green taxes and windmills or solar panels will not be able to give us the power we require in our advanced industrialised societies. We need a mixture of the aforementioned, along with more nuclear and fracking. As you observe correctly, they are happy to utilise the technologies of today, but without them, they wouldn't be able to survive for long. Of course, we do need a carefully thought-out, intelligent and coherent policy for the future. Unfortunately, we are not seeing that at the moment, as the debate has become rather polarised and one-sided (note the derision and cold-shouldering of anyone who speaks against the current dogma, like Professor Tol...). It was interesting to see that dredging has begun on some rivers in the Somerset Levels following the recent flooding. Thanks to Lord Smith and his predecessor Baroness Fookwit (I can't remember her name), this area was overlooked in favour of the wildlife, and I wonder how badly damaged it is now due to their policies? We haven't heard very much from them, have we? It's serial troughers like them that need a limpet mine...ReplyDelete