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Hotel Las Golondrinas in the heart of Playa del Carmen two blocks from 5th Ave and a few steps from the beautiful stretch of white sandy beach.
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An excellent retreat after a beautiful day on the beaches of Playa del Carmen.
The Hotel Las Golondrinas offers a restaurant. Bar. Swimming pool. Tobacco shop. Laundry service. Telephone. Cable TV. Air conditioning. Safety box right in your room. Free parking for your car.
Beach Club at half-price for Hotel Golondrinas guests. More information below.
All hotel Golondrinas comfortable and spacious rooms overlook the green tropical garden and one of the two pools. The rooms at Las Golondrinas are nicely decorated with rustic wooden furniture and hand painted tiles.
Air conditioning of course, ceiling fans, cable TV LCD, telephone, Wireless Internet WiFi, safety deposit box, hair dryerers, closets, bathrooms with showers are their standard features in all rooms at the Hotel Las Golondrinas.
Hotel Golondrinas Playa del Carmen has four types of rooms: the Apartment Suites and Standard room with 2 Queen size beds (Standard), Standard rooms with a King size bed + 1 Queen size bed (Standard Plus) and finally Twin rooms.
So take your pick. Now how many hotels offer two queen beds in a standard hotel room? OR one king and one queen?
Very special. A special place for special people.
Please check all room types to see which one suits best for your vacation.
American breakfast in Hotel Golondrinas is served from 7:00am-10:30am
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|I love those lamposts in the town near Hotel Golondrinas Playa del Carmen.
And so do these butterflies. Try to move the monarch butterflies anywhere with your mouse by dragging them. Then release the mouse. See what happens.
Notice the grey arrow at the bottom right corner. Click it to see the special charm of Hotel Hacienda Maria Bonita.
Then click on the return arrow to see the street area again.
Me encantan esas lamparas. Y también a estas mariposas. Trate de mover las mariposas monarcas a cualquier parte haciendo click y arrastrandolas con el ratón. Despues suelte el ratón. Vea que pasa.
Everything is close to the hotel. From some free parking to banks to shopping. Bus terminal. These Playa del Carmen lodgings are next to it all.
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UPDATE: Following a quality assurance review of the book, Amazon has removed it due to poor customer experience and feedback.
A racist Israeli book hoax is topping Amazon's list of bestselling books in Israel. Assaf A. Voll claims his book, "A History of the Palestinian People: From Ancient Times to the Modern Era," is the product of "many years of research" and "thousands of sources…in libraries and archives worldwide." And, despite Voll's false claim that his book is based on "the most comprehensive and extensive review of some 3,000 years of Palestinian history, with emphasis on the Palestinian people's unique contribution to the world and to humanity," there is one catch: all 132 pages of the book are deliberately blank.
The insidious hoax is a laughable attempt at spreading the Israeli myth that the Palestinian people are an invented fiction—think Golda Meir's "no such thing as a Palestinian people."
Although the Jerusalem Post reported "it remains unclear if the book's multiple buyers were duped by the promising title or were in on Voll's sardonic joke," that such a screed could also earn a 3.9 out of 5 stars from 210 customer reviews is certainly no coincidence.
Voll promotes his racist politics on his social media accounts, such as mocking an appeal to aid Africans in Israel or rehashing the propaganda that Palestinian mosques incite violence, and encouraged his friends and followers to purchase the book and boost its ranking so they may "stick the Israeli flag on a pile of reporters' corpses" Other right-wing sources promoted the book, and partisans left gleefully mocking reviews on Amazon:
A few reviewers attempt to correct the record. "This is not a book. Its blank pages erase thousands of years of Palestinian history and culture," wrote one. "Blatantly racist," wrote another. But, with 71% of the reviewers likely in on the joke, these comments are less visible.
Voll and his anti-Palestinian tribe might gloat about their achievement topping Amazon's book list, but a complete forgery falsely advertised probably runs contrary to Amazon's rules and ethics. "If Not Now," an anti-occupation activist group dubbing itself the Jewish Resistance, has encouraged a campaign to remove the book from Amazon.
If the Palestinian people truly did not exist, one wonders why Voll and his racist ilk try so hard to erase them. Check our Bookstore to see for yourself.
This racist book is blank. The Occupation is not a joke. Tell Amazon.com to stop selling it. Call them at 1-888-280-4331 or send a tweet to @AmazonHelp
Posted by IfNotNow on Wednesday, June 21, 2017
We hear there's a racist #Israeli book hoax on #Amazon. Don't worry, we got you covered, our books aren't blank! https://t.co/NgVT6TRoSr pic.twitter.com/7Q662NaIOW
— Palestine Studies (@PalStudies) June 22, 2017
My upcoming book:The Merits of the "Jewish & Democratic" Constitutional Paradigm.Main excerpts from the book, which stretches over 135 pages, can be found in the comments section bellow.
Posted by Fady Khoury on Thursday, June 22, 2017
This is disgusting. Please click on link and help to get Amazon to drop this callous insult.
Posted by Vanessa Cerda López on Thursday, June 22, 2017
Hey @AmazonHelp, you are helping perpetrate and scam at best and a hate crime at worst. Not a good look. #racist https://t.co/bJ0WOHAmPf
— Terra Sancta Wines (@TerraSanctaCo) June 22, 2017
Why is @Amazon @AmazonHelp selling this racist, anti-Palestinian 'book' (132 blank pages)? The occupation is no joke https://t.co/IHT2M2JIdt
— (((Esther))) (@estherfruma) June 21, 2017
#Israeli top selling racist book on #Amazon is what I'd call "alternative writing"
— Dorgham Abusalim (@dabusalim) June 22, 2017
https://t.co/KApyULRI1m this is an outrageous erasure of the Palestinian people. @AmazonHelp Take it down!
— (((emma rosenthal))) (@emma_rosenthal) June 21, 2017
Hey @AmazonHelp why is this inaccurately labeled and honestly just hateful product #1 in a category??https://t.co/uTYkZxoAiY
— anarcho PR (@kropotkinsqtips) June 22, 2017
@amazon @AmazonHelp this racist book is blank and falsely advertised as a history book on Israel/Palestine. No reviews under 5 stars visible pic.twitter.com/rrKvpBv058
— ✨☭✨ (@mineteeth) June 21, 2017

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When Will They Ever Learn?
By the end of the 1960s, however, my father (and almost everyone he had worked with on programmed instruction and teaching machines) had abandoned his projects in favor of renewed concentration on direct student/teacher interaction. It was there, he and the others had found, where real learning takes place.
This is a story I've told many times, but I'm telling it again in response to a story in The New York Times about the impact (or lack of it) of technology on education. It seems that there is a bit of surprise, today, that test scores do not necessarily go up under the influence of technology:
To be sure, test scores can go up or down for many reasons. But to many education experts, something is not adding up — here and across the country. In a nutshell: schools are spending billions on technology, even as they cut budgets and lay off teachers, with little proof that this approach is improving basic learning.
What my father learned, what Fred Keller learned, is that technology can only serve as an adjunct to education. And it continues to amaze me that others don't seem to get it, even half a century later. If students don't desire to learn, no amount of gadgets will make them learn. The desire to learn comes from what one has gained through the family, of course, but it can also arise through teachers, who have to do much more than simply act as facilitators if they are going to succeed. The good teacher provides motivation–even for those students coming to school already enthusiastic. Without it, no program, technologically based or now, will succeed.
Charles Blow makes this point, though without talking about technology, also in The New York Times:
She put her arm around me and pulled me close while she graded my paper with the other hand. I got a couple wrong, but most of them right.
I couldn't remember a teacher ever smiling with approval, or putting their hand around me, or praising my performance in any way.
It was the first time that I felt a teacher cared about me, saw me or believed in me. It lit a fire in me. I never got a bad grade again.
For Blow, for all of us, it is the motivation that makes learning possible. And teachers, not machines, are the motivators in our schools.
Without them, we never learn.


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Canadian Charges Still In Force in the Amanda Todd Case
Posted by Jason Koblovsky in Cyber-Bullying, Federal Politics, Justin Trudeau, Liberal on October 27, 2015
Recent media headlines have somewhat suggested that charges against the accused man that cyber-stalked Canadian teen Amanda Todd have been dropped. Most will remember the story of Amanda Todd. A Canadian teen who was harassed, extorted and bullied by a cyber stalker. Heart wrenching pleas for help to make the abuse go away were posted to Todd's Youtube channel. Todd later took her own life as a result of the abuse of her cyber stalker.
In 2014, the RCMP laid the following charges against the dutch man accused of cyber-stalking Todd:
- 1 Count of Extortion (Section 346 (1.1)(b));
- 1 Count of Internet Luring (Section 172.1(1)(a));
- 1 Count of Criminal Harassment (Section 264);
- 1 Count of Possession of Child Pornography for the Purpose of Distribution (Section 163.1(3)); and
- 1 Count of Possessing Child Pornography (Section 163.1(4))
The dutch authorities have dropped international charges against the accused, meaning the dutch man will only face charges in the Netherlands for dutch cases to which he is tied too. The man accused is currently in jail awaiting trial on similar cases he is tied to in the Netherlands. The accused has been charged with nine offenses, including indecent assault and production and dissemination of child pornography of dutch victims.
It'll now be up to the newly elected Liberal Government to seek an extradition order against the accused to bring him to Canada and stand trial on a case of cyber-stalking that gripped not only Canadians, but many around the world. Many legal experts agree that the drop of international charges against the accused is to ensure that as a result of extradition treaties, the accused is not in a position of being charged twice for the same crime (aka double jeopardy).
With the newly formed Liberal Government's list of priories growing daily, Canadians should be vocal with their MPs on making sure that the Todd family receives justice for Amanda and the accused is brought to Canada as soon as possible to stand trial.
Amanda Todd, Cyber-Bullying, Justin Trudeau, Liberal
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Recovery from drug or alcohol addiction is a process, one that by its very nature may include relapse. Occasional relapses during recovery are to be expected and are not indications of failure. For some individuals, recovery is a more lengthy process than it is for others. So long as efforts are being made on the part of the recovering individual to maintain sobriety and adhere to treatment and recovery program guidelines, progress in the process is being made.
Annual Memorial Day and Fourth of July Picnics.
For more information, call 860-889-1717
AA Breakfast & Meeting
1st Sunday of every month - 9am to 10am.
Cost for breakfast: $5.00 for visitors, children under 12 free
For more information, call 860-889-1717
Softball Tournaments
with visiting teams from the Hartford League, New Haven and Waterbury League, and the Veterans' Hospital. A cook-out follows for all the clients from Lebanon Pines and the other teams who participated.
This year we had a spring tournament in early May and planned one for the end August.
Alumni Night
The last Monday of each odd month i.e., March, May, July etc. There is an open invitation to clients that have completed Lebanon Pines program. Alumni Night continues to have many graduates attend.
Annual New Haven Spring Conference
At the Omni Hotel in New Haven, Connecticut.
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"Saudi art is trending"… perhaps it is on Twitter or glossy art magazines. Self-identified 'Saudi art' has indeed been increasing in popularity both in production and reception. Galleries are multiplying to support young 'Saudi artists' that are creating a "flourishing art scene". It is undeniable that the young generation has been increasingly aesthetically conscious and exploring modern and contemporary art. While I disagree that art is something that trends, I can't argue with the claims that the self-identified movement or 'Saudi art' phenomenon is trending. That this occurrence is"pushing boundaries" and "challenging taboos", no it is not. There may be a degree of challenging socially-accepted norms or provoking thought on a cultural or social problem in one work or another, and for particular audiences. But the most controversial works provoking drastic reactions from certain audiences still remain kosher enough to be exhibited, and of course well-received internationally. So in my honest opinion, so-called 'contemporary art' in Saudi has done more PR than art. Which is why I have reservations for defining 'Saudi art'.
There are certain individuals within these contemporary art spaces, however, that have genuinely demonstrated the qualities of an artist. One such artist is Abdullah Al-Othman. Actively experimenting, inquiring, and engaging his audience in the process, Abdullah interrupts the everyday life requiring thought and sight beyond the ordinary routine. This to me is the most pure form of art. It's disruptive, dynamic, spirited, and doesn't fall into a particular artistic style or category.
It's a sort of philosophical interrogation of the present. When the individualistic expression of the artist enters the public realm, it becomes part of the collective production of culture. Saudi culture is difficult to read and touch because it is private or lies within isolated spaces. These are the boundaries that need to be pushed. Having designated places for sharing our thoughts and experiences creates a limitation not only in our creativity and imagination, but more importantly our consciousness.
The Internet and social media do not offer a solution to this problem, for they can never shape our collective identity, attitudes, and ideals the same way as human activities and interactions in the everyday life. I can blog about Abdullah Al-Othman, tweet about shubook, and share photos of graffiti on Instagram. But none of that can substitute anexperience.


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Layers of TimeThere are layers of time within London. The street names, the tube stops, the accents; even the laws reflect the city's age.
But, not being time travellers, the past is gone. Except in our imagination, and in our literature, which peels back the years and makes the past alive.
Yesterday I went to see A Midsummer Night's Dream, a play that's over 500 years old. It was raining but the audience didn't seem to mind. The actors wore Elizabethan costume and spoke in archiac English, but the jokes were still funny; the message of the play still current.
All this in a theatre that was famous once, 500 years ago, before it burnt down. It's been rebuilt and is now so popular that there's standing room only.
Or maybe Shakespeare's right, and this whole world is but a dream...including this post.


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The yards between Katie Wernert's and mine all bled together like one collective playground. We innocently took tomatoes from her neighbor's garden and sold them on the street. There were no boundary lines for little girls who were discovering the world. Between her house and mine was a stretch of life waiting for our search.
Some nights we played until the fireflies were on display and filled jars with these flickering luminaries that we hoped might last all summer in our confinement.
Caterpillars were pets and the stars were a light show and digging to China was a possibility.
These were the years where I learned that I was made for wonder.
When I hit my twenties at race-pace, seeking to make an imprint for God on the world around me, with a one-sided perspective on a God that never slept (so why should I?), something in me longed for these days when I went to bed with dirt under my fingernails and a plan to continue building that fort out back tomorrow.
Wonder happened when I gauged time by my mom's dinner bell and the setting of the sun. But I wore a watch in my adult years. Everything was timed. Scheduled. Planned.
And my heart was dry.
I'd need to press pause on the pace of life and hike the Blue Ridge and let my feet get wet in the Atlantic when I wasn't wearing a watch before that wonder could be restored.
To mamas of those who don't yet hold a learners permit …
We're in a culture crisis and our children are at risk for living small lives with small dreams, small vision and a small perspective of God.
Their wonder years are now. The years of developing their appetite for the finer things of life — the things that will fill their minds with questions, not answers, and pack their fingernails with dirty earth — are at hand.
Scoot them outside.
It's there that they'll learn to find wonder.
If we want them to develop a taste for the wonder of God we have to teach them how to fight for it, by how we fight for it for them and how we fight for it ourselves.
The life outside your front door tells the story that God is big and is capable of capturing our affections if we leave walls behind to explore it.
What makes the flower bloom, now? Why does the earth worm burrow? How long does a toad live? are precursors for What started the world spinning? Why do all the planets stay in line? Who knows how many grains of sand are on the earth?
Wikipedia spits out facts. Getting soiled in His creation instills wonder.
We teach them the depths of God, early, as we make what He made to be their playground.
Our mamas would laugh at these words. What else makes up a childhood except ponytails whipping in the wind and tree forts? It's just what they did in their day, shooing us outside to find life. I can hear that screen door slam as if it was yesterday.
But today there's a fierce, but subtle, competition.
We live in a world of Cliff's Notes where the plot matters more than the language of the story and "give it to me quick" trains our children, young, to have flash-pot attention spans and a starved capacity for wonder.
We spoon feed them candy-like bursts of excitement and are perplexed, when, at sixteen and eighteen and twenty, they have no hunger for His Word. The world's version of "fun" will capture them when they're young, if we let it.
He is the God who created the stars and used the cleft of a rock to hide Moses and teaches His tender-care through the sparrow.
Mamas, His timeless Truths are right outside your kitchen window. Scoot them outside. Give them permission to roll through the grass and climb tall trees and catch crawfish in the creek.
Their wonder years will be over before you know it and they'll have a lifetime of feasting on what first won their affections when they were young.
Give them a taste of true wonder and they'll be captivated by the One who made it.
Scoot them outside.
Even better: shut down your screen, press pause on your "to do" list and let the corners collect dust while you tramp out there with them.
A mama who has been touched by the wonder of God in creation will teach her children, with her life, about a love that captivates.
Is today your day to catch a butterfly?
Photos compliments of Mandie Joy.


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If you are a resident of a community that participates in the Regional HHW Collection Program (see list below), then you are able to take your HHW products to any of the program's mobile collections or the permanent collection facilities in Kansas City, Missouri, and Lee's Summit, Missouri at no cost (Proof of residency is required).
If your community is NOT listed below, you can dispose of HHW for a fee at the Public Disposal Area in Lee's Summit, Missouri for $50 for up to 100 pounds of HHW per visit. Please contact your city council or county commission and make them aware of the regional HHW collection program.
For more information about this program or other solid waste issues, call Nadja Karpilow at 816-701-8226.
Unincorporated county membership in the Regional HHW Collection Program allows residents of communities with populations less than 500 to access program services at no charge.
*In Clay County this includes residents of Mosby, Missouri City, Prathersville, Randolph, Birmingham, Holt, Oakview, Oakwood, Oakwood Park and Oaks.
*In Jackson County this includes residents of Levasy, River Bend, Sibley and Unity Village.
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We were losing money as insurance companies and Medicare decreased payments to doctors.
Hermosa Beach, CA (PRWEB) January 22, 2009
Medical Management Corporation is offering an updated program to handle outsource billing needs of physicians, especially in Orthopedics.
The program allows physicians to keep control internally, while letting someone outside the office handle the complicated billing cycles, which updates as new billing issues come on the scene.
For years the CEO of a full-service orthopedic practice resisted outsourcing medical billing for all the usual reasons. He feared losing control of revenue - the lifeblood of his enterprise - and he was certain his operating costs would rise when he hired outside help.
But Bernie Leff, who for 20 years has operated Seaport Orthopaedic Associates (SOA) in New York City, increased cash flow, seized more control and gained a deeper level of comfort by doing the very thing he swore he would never do - outsource billing.
"I don't feel like I gave up control. I feel I have much better control. I don't have to worry when my employees are out sick. And I don't feel the fear. We've sped up the process," he says.
Two events helped change Leff's thinking. First, it was obvious that over the years insurance company billing procedures had grown more complicated, not simpler. This made it more difficult to collect fees, because the degree of knowledge needed to bill correctly had also expanded. "We were losing money as insurance companies and Medicare decreased payments to doctors."
Second, while advising two doctors at a different practice who didn't have the time or revenue to train, oversee and pay an in-house biller, Leff discovered a solution for his own billing dilemma: Medical Management Corporation of America (MMCOA), a 13-year-old firm that had the expertise, 50-member staff and data-sharing system necessary to efficiently assist small and large-scale medical practices.
"I was very impressed. They knew the answers to all my questions. And I didn't know what the questions would be until we got together - there was no sneak preview. They displayed a tremendous knowledge of the billing process. I was impressed with how informed they were," Leff says.
More Control, Less Work
Although he advised his colleagues to outsource their billing needs, Leff needed more assurances before he made a change. After all, SOA is not a two-doc shop. Rather, it is a full-service orthopedic surgery, sports medicine, physical medicine, rehabilitation and pain management practice. Its staff is large and includes some of the top doctors in New York City. Any glitches in billing would cause major headaches and possible seizure of cash flow.
So Leff and his staff traveled to Brewster to observe the billing firm's operation and ask more questions. The conference was led by Alisa Rivera, director of billing operations, and included the firm's founder and owner, Barry Haitoff. Leff recalls a meeting that was "loaded with staff" all of whom were energetic, happy people who knew their trade. "I was wonderfully impressed with their team. We made the decision to bring them in."
The changeover to the new system took six weeks and included frequent meetings, a great deal of data sharing and lots of in-house consultation. Leff never looked back and today he is very pleased that he took the leap of faith: the billing system is working well and has solved a myriad of problems.
"I feel right now I have much better control. The reason is they have an incredible system with excellent reports. Any time we want to research an area, they can develop any report I want. And they are very cooperative about coming down. They continue to supply us with all the help and expertise we need. I don't have to train people and interview people or watch them. This is the way to do it with the right company."
Rivera said her firm can save doctors money because service fees are tied to collections. The fees only go up if a medical group's collections rise. Also, the firm can help physicians leave those insurance plans that may be economically harmful. "Sometimes physicians are considering opting out of insurance networks or participating with a new insurance plan, and they need consultation about rates and general directions in the industry. We offer assistance so that changes are not traumatic events that cause decreases in cash flow."
Money Left on the Operating Table
Dr. Peter D. McCann, chairman of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery of Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City, says he has used various billing firms for his private practice. He prefers Medical Management because the fee structure will always be directly proportionate to money coming in. This is critical because physicians have only two methods of remaining profitable - increase revenue and decrease expenses. Therefore, doctors may save money by cutting the salaries of employees who may lack the expertise needed to do the billing correctly.
All of which leads to another compelling reason for outsourcing billing: many doctors don't know how much money they are leaving on the table. "If a doctor doesn't realize how much he is leaving on the table, he won't know how much more he can get," says McCann.
But patience is necessary when changing medical billing methods. "Yes, cash flow improves. Based on experience, it takes a minimum of three to six months before you see changes," says McCann.
Also, hiring a billing firm does not mean doctors can ignore fiscal responsibility. McCann insists a doctor must never abdicate complete control or he'll soon lose perspective. "Partnering with Barry's firm is not losing control. This is a partnership. The surgeon knows more about the procedure than any billing company. Unless the surgeon is involved you will not maximize collections."
Staying on top of things need not be time-consuming, however. "They need to look at the business profit and loss statement to be sure they're maximizing their monthly charges. I can guarantee if you don't take five minutes each month to do this, you're definitely losing money," says McCann.
Fear of change may be another reason why some physicians don't outsource billing, even though they are unhappy with their present situation. After all, doctors must share more than data. For example, when patients have questions about billing they are referred to the billing firm. How the staff of that firm treats clientele is an important part of a doctor's success. But this is of no concern to McCann, who says Medical Management's interaction with patients is always, "direct, appropriate and complete."
Haitoff sympathizes with the tough choices medical groups and individuals must make regarding medical billing. "If they change, they don't know what they'd get, so they stay with a sub-par in-house service. That means doctors often won't reach out until he or she is feeling pain - a key biller just quit or the computer system crashed. Pain equals change. Our job is to find those doctors before the meltdown."
For more information, contact Medical Management Corporation of America by writing 1620 Route 22, Brewster, NY 10509; Phone: 888-323-8823; Fax: 845.278.9022; or visit http://www.mmcoa.com
Douglas Glenn Clark is a business writer based in Los Angeles, California


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Wednesday, 8 December 2010
Sound familiar?
Nearly all of the West Mainland and Island schools seem to have been closed for an extended period, roads in Orphir were completely blocked and impassable, the water went off in Stromness, Evie, Rendall, Sandwick and Orphir and there were milk shortages due to farmers being without water, electricity and transport. Milk was being dumped at some farms.
Mr Alastair Whyte, manager of the Kirkwall Claymore milk factory said: " I have never known so much chaos in my time."
Worst of all, there was no telly for a significant proportion of the population! The Radio was working, however, and Radio Orkney was on air for three hours one night keeping the population up to date with developments and boosting morale with music and phone-ins.
The worst Orkney power cut story I have ever heard was recounted in the staff room one day. It must have been around about 1983 when the power cut out across most of the mainland. I know this, because this is when the fabulous guilty pleasure of a mini-series The Thorn Birds was shown. The power cut happened IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LAST EPISODE.
In these new-fangled days of iplayer, youtube and dvd box sets, this would be, at worst, a minor irritant but in the early 1980s such an event was truly desperate. Fans of the charming yet ambitious Father Ralph de Bricassart were reduced to roaming the streets, tearing their hair out and shouting "Does anyone have power? Will Ralph ever find out that Dane is his illegitimate son?!!"
Some people still tear up when it is mentioned and it is fun to prank call Orkney numbers and whisper "her dress was ashes of roses..." until the recipient of the call dissolves into confused and helpless sobs.
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A classic informational early reader gets a substantial, long-overdue update.
Kirkus criticized the 1985 edition for conveying outdated and misleading information—chivalrously leaving the stodgy colored-pencil illustrations unmentioned. All of that has been addressed here. Revised by the late Milton's brother Kent, the text highlights or at least names over a dozen dinos, from the diminutive Citipati to the humongous Argentinosaurus, "as big as a house, longer than three buses, and as heavy as thirteen elephants!" Prehistoric contemporaries that were not dinosaurs also get nods, as do modern paleontology, the great extinction and the continued survival of birds: "So the dinosaur days go on." Tempesta's cover painting of a brightly patterned Triceratops being attacked by a T. Rex with a feathery spinal fringe opens a suite of equally dramatic group and single portraits. They feature mottled monsters viewed from low angles to accentuate their massiveness and reflect current thinking about feathers and coloration.
Eye candy and intellectual nourishment alike for newly independent readers. (Informational early reader. 6-8)


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Fresh out of college, Desert Noises frontman Kyle Henderson took a job in business analytics, a move that would him put on track for a successful career in the field.
However, Henderson soon decided business wasn't where he wanted to spend his life.
"I was really unhappy, so I just kind of quit everything and went on the road," the 24-year-old Henderson said. "It was a really good place for me to be, I just wasn't happy."
Thus, Desert Noises — named from a dream Henderson had — was born out of Utah Valley, Utah. The psychedelic rock band has since toured with Local Natives and The Head and The Heart and is comprised of Henderson, bassist Tyler Osmond, guitarist Patrick Boyer and drummer Brennan Allen.
Influenced by Americana and blues and set in the American pastoral landscape of the west, Desert Noises just released its debut album, "27 Ways," on March 25.
The album's tour will bring the band to Knoxville on April 15 when it performs at Barley's Tap Room and Pizzeria.
Though the band's music is influenced by a love for 60s and 70s rock 'n' roll, it is also influenced by the members' Mormon background. And though the group has left the religion, the musical community they grew up with instilled a passion for singing and songwriting in them, Henderson said.
"Growing up was a lot about singing," Henderson said. "There's a lot of music in church, so everybody was always really involved in the music.
"I learned how to sing, what a song is, and that influenced us being able to sing the way we do."
So far, Henderson said the new experience of touring has been incredible for him and the rest of the group. The band has played at Austin City Limits and recently announced they would be performing at Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in June.
"I just never knew what this was gonna be like," Henderson said. "Now that we're doing it, I just can't be more grateful for what we have."
Henderson said "27 Ways," with its beachy rock and honest melodies, reflects the band's nomadic touring lifestyle.
"I think it's about a part of our life where we've been on the road," Henderson said, "the experiences we've lived on this journey so far.
"It's about leaving and taking a step to become what you want to be."
The show at Barley's in the Old City will start at 10 p.m. More information on Desert Noises can be found on their website and Facebook page.


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According to the experts in Monster, essentially, networking is getting to know people who can help you develop your career prospects. You don't need to be a big shot or the most outgoing person in the world to network effectively.
Take it a step at a time. Begin with people you know, at work and in your social life. Keep your ears open and listen for information that could work to your advantage.
What are the benefits of networking?
A lot of good jobs never make it to the pages of a recruitment website or newspaper. They get filled by word of mouth and the more senior the position, the more often it happens this way.
Even if the job is advertised, it helps to know someone inside the new organisation who can give you the inside line. They may even end up interviewing you which will always make it a less stressful experience.
Like any other form of social behaviour, networking follows certain rules to follow:
* First impressions count – both face-to-face and via the phone or email. Always stay sharp.
* Don't ask directly for a job – networking is not a job fair; it's an opportunity to gather potentially useful information.
* Give and take – networking is a two-way exchange, there's no such thing as a free lunch.
* Do the groundwork – research your contacts before meeting them and always follow up good leads or they pass on.
* Think laterally – try to expand your network outwards, beyond your comfort zone or usual sphere of operation.
* Patience is a virtue – getting involved in networking is being in there for the long haul; don't expect to land a plum job at your first meeting.
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Even if you're new to the game, you may have lots of worthwhile contacts you hadn't seen in that way before:
* Old school, college or university classmates
* Distant family members
* Your friends' family
* Your doctor, lawyer or accountant
* Former colleagues or bosses
* Club members or anyone else you meet socially
Keep good records of who you meet and the conversations you've had – there's no point building a network of contacts that you then forget. Also aim to stay in regular touch even when you're not after anything specific. You don't want to be known as the person who only ever gets in touch when they're after a favour.
Networking events and conferences are good ways to build a network if you're not sure where to start. Make sure you know why you are there and what you want out of it and make sure you have a few copies of your CV or some business cards to hand out to the important contacts you meet.
Don't wait until you've lost your job before picking up the phone to speak to people in your industry – even if you're happy in your role and the company is in a stable position, there's never any certainty as to what could be around the corner.
Networking 2.0
If you're not used to the idea yet, networking can be scary; like it's something for super-confident types who get all the best jobs anyway. But that's not the whole story. People are well-used to networking as a valuable business tool.
The Internet has made networking a viable option for everyone and there are many forums and business networking sites which enable business people to share and discuss their views and knowledge.
As long as you can keep a good barrier between your personal and professional online presence, this is a great way to pick up on the latest goings on in your industry, but can never completely replace actually getting out and showing your face.
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Yahoo Looks for Positives in Weak Q3 Numbers
Yahoo reported another weak quarter, with key metrics about its search and display advertising businesses performing poorly.
Still, shares were up 3.3 percent, or 51 cents, on news that it had topped expectations.
In Q3, the Internet search giant said profits had slipped and revenues dropped — the fall just wasn't as steep as analysts had anticipated.
As this was the first quarter since Carol Bartz's firing, analysts will have plenty to ask about, from the company's search for a full-time CEO to its potential sale. Today will be a busy call.
Since our in-house Yahoo aficionado Kara Swisher is in Hong Kong, where Yahoo's Jerry Yang will be appearing at our own AsiaD conference on Thursday, I'll be helping her out today by covering the call.
While there's no replacing Kara, here's my best interpretation of her liveblog style:
2:01 pm: Here we go, time to get started after all of the standard regulatory warnings.
We are pleased that the results exceeded expectations, says interim CEO Tim Morse.
The board is looking for all options to return to robust growth, and to create value for employees, users and shareholders. Also, when the board has something to say, it will do so. It will not be today and not on this call. This call will focus on third-quarter results and fourth-quarter guidance.
Darn, if only Kara were here, she'd have something snarky to say about that.
Perhaps this call will be shorter than we thought.
Typically, Morse, who was CFO, is doing double duty by also going through all the numbers.
2:15 pm: Sorry, a few technical difficulties. After a very thorough review of the business, it's been turned over to Q&A.
Morse already warned analysts that he wasn't going to address any hot topics, so don't expect any fireworks.
Morse says attrition is lower as we went through the quarter, and headcount stabilized. According to the company, it ended the third quarter with 13,700 employees — or 400 fewer employees — than a year ago.
Not to mention Kara's exclusive scoop earlier this week that Raymie Stata stepped down as CTO.
2:20 pm: Zipping through all these questions on Microsoft partnership and the state of the display industry and how Yahoo is reorganizing its sales force.
Kara would definitely consider this the norm. Analysts haven't asked about anything related to questions surrounding the board, the CEO search or a sale — at least not yet.
Once again, having some audio difficulties.
2:27 pm: Morse is feeling a little bullish about how some of the things they've been talking about over the past two years are coming to fruition. In particular, he's speaking a lot about an "anchors and tent pole" approach, which is working.
In response to a question about some of Yahoo's growth opportunities, Morse actually uses the b-word.
"We really are quite bullish on where we can take some of the investment areas. As we go forward, the goal is to balance growth opportunities and cost efficiencies. The cost structure is right on track, so it's largely focused on revenue growth."
Finally, a good question: So, why did the board fire Carol if you were on track to exceed consensus?
Morse: "We are pleased to exceed consensus. All I can say is, the board's process is the board's process."
Here's another relevant question from an analyst: How's the CEO search going?
No comment, essentially. "On the CEO search, all I can tell you is that it's under way and that's the board process."
2:37 pm: Next question, please!
Another question that is getting to the heart of the matter: When will the board communicate its decisions about the future of the company? I think a lot of folks would be interested in knowing if and when some of these things will be resolved.
Morse draws from his opening comments: "This will take some time. The board wants to do what's best for the company, and it will take some time. … That's my only comment on it."
2:43 pm: Isn't anyone following instructions? Only one question each, and that last guy just asked five boring ones.
Next question, please!
Morse says congratulations to the product team, which has been busy launching things over the last quarter, like a news product on Facebook.
"We have some really talented people, and are refreshing the way we go about launching products and the innovation we use. They will be a big part of our success going forward."
Last question, and it was really just clarifying something, so Morse signs off by saying he appreciates everyone joining the call.


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A United Airlines Boeing 787-8 diverted to New Orleans due to a "mechanical issue" today, according to the airline.
The pilots of flight 1146 told air traffic controllers that they had an "electrical malfunction" on the aircraft after declaring an emergency, according to a Liveatc.net recording.
The aircraft (N26902) was enroute from Houston Intercontinental to Newark when it diverted while over Mississippi to New Orleans and landed at 09:25 today, according to FlightAware.
Chicago-based United says that the 787 landed safely without incident. There were 174 passengers and 10 crew members onboard.
"United will work with Boeing to review the diversion and determine the cause," it says.
The airline says that it continues to fly its other two 787s, N20904 and N26906.
United received N26902 from Boeing in October.
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After years of waiting, the first footage from Alfonso Cuaron's first film since "Children of Men," "Gravity," is now online. In a teaser for the full trailer, which drops tomorrow, Sandra Bullock and George Clooney face outer space peril when their shuttle is destroyed.
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It was dip-dip-dip a week ago with not a Dipper to be seen. Good news today, the pair were obligingly waiting for a quick photo call (I only seem to call in January -memo to self - must put that to rights!!)
Here's the delightful twosome.....
The next good news was that they didn't fly off but proceeded to search for food.....
Ever wondered why they are calleed Dippers?
They are quite adept at 'swimming' around for food
Or maybe this is the reason?
Whether they are hunting, swimming or dipping - they are fascinating birds to watch.
They sometimes stand still too!
Next stop Bury Ditches and I was virtually there when news of a Glaucous Gull present at Telford - Trench Pool, came through - I was feeling a little bit 'twitchy'....
Saturday, 22 January 2011
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Sandra Bullock's latest character, "Calamity" Jane Bodine, is a ruthless political consultant given to rattling off guileful quotes from Sun Tzu and Machiavelli. She's damn good at her job, tends to pull frat-boy pranks when on a bender and couldn't care less if she doesn't have a date lined up. In Hollywood shorthand, she's as ornery as Paul Newman in Cool Hand Luke and wilier than George Clooney in Ocean's Eleven. And if Jane Bodine sounds two steps beyond tomboy, that's because she was a he in the original script for Bullock's new film, Our Brand Is Crisis, in theaters Oct. 30. Inspired by pugnacious political hit man James Carville, the role called for a swaggering archetype–Clooney was once attached to the part–which is exactly why Bullock wanted it for herself.
For generations, top actresses fed up with playing the adoring wife or eye candy have bemoaned the relative dearth of meaty roles for women–the kind that bring Meryl Streep awards acclaim on an annual basis. Despite Bullock's Best Actress Oscar for The Blind Side and a worldwide box-office take of nearly $5 billion, she struggled in recent years to find challenging scripts that didn't ask her to don another spacesuit for a Gravity copycat or play another thorny-on-the-outside but goofy-on-the-inside singleton. Where were all the great roles? Apparently, they were sitting in Clooney's slush pile. So she asked her agent to start sending her parts written for men.
"I thought of it a couple years ago before I did The Heat, when I was looking for comedies," Bullock says on a recent morning at the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills, sipping tea with Our Brand Is Crisis producer Grant Heslov and director David Gordon Green. "I said, 'I want to do what Jim Carrey's doing.' I was looking for something he didn't want."
Consider that sentence: despite being one of the most bankable actresses in the world, Bullock wanted to scoop up the crumbs from Carrey's banquet table. Imagine the parts women merely nominated for Oscars must be offered.
It's not just an issue of character depth; it's one of sheer volume. Among last year's 100 top-grossing films, 12 featured female protagonists. Of all the speaking characters, only 30% were women, according to research from Martha Lauzen at San Diego State University, who began issuing an annual "Celluloid Ceiling" report in 1998 to lay bare Hollywood's gender gap.
Now 51, an age at which Hollywood generally starts relegating actresses to secondary roles such as high school principal, judge or grandmother, Bullock didn't have much to lose by approaching producers with her flip-the-script scheme. "I figured, What are they going to say? No? I hear no a lot. I'm used to it." – TIME
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Nothing amazing or earth shattering has happened, but this past week or so has been filled with so much goodness. My life is quite ordinary and I find such joy living in it. So here are a few of the high points.On their way from moving from Pittsburgh to Atlanta this sweet family asked if they could make a pit stop at our house for the night. They had been driving for I know, seemed like forever and around 8:45 that evening, I heard a little knock knock at my front door. I looked up and saw the happiest little boy waving at me! Hudson, Easton, Bella and their mommy and daddy, Sara and Aaron blessed our home with so much joy. Unfortunately, it was a too quick of a visit. Early the next morning they piled back into the car and continued on their way. I'm so happy they decided to move closer to family.Two days later, I drove to Seabrook Island to refresh my weary soul. I am so blessed with such loving friends, like Angie and her husband Jack, who invited me to the beach. We rode bikes, snuggled with horses, walked the beach and found so many sand dollars! Luckily Charleston is on the way to Seabrook, so I made a quick stop to see my girl and her husband. Sometimes a momma just needs to hug her kid. My momma always said that ocean water is the perfect treatment for what ails you. I believe it…sunshine, salty air, waves lapping, toes in the sand and precious friends make the perfect medicine.On the way home from the beach, I decided to make a stop in Columbia overnight. Here I am with sisters Laura, Annie and Jane at my sister Jane's house for lunch. That evening our brother David came by my mom's for dinner, joining us girls. We were only missing sister, Susan. She was enjoying her grandsons Hudson and Easton! I could only stay in Columbia overnight because Superman, Adam, Elizabeth and I were going to our first hockey game! Watching the minor league, Swamp Rabbits, was so much fun! We have no idea how the players know when to hop on and off the ice, what the numbers mean that the announcer calls out when someone gets put in time out or what is this power play thing? It reminded us a lot like soccer in many ways. The adorable 4 year old little boys, who sat behind us, knew more than we will ever know. I guess we'll just have to go to more games!
Hmmm….do you think they'd let me drive the zamboni?Guess what? Two days later Superman and I are driving to the Tennessee/North Carolina border to drop him off for his 6 day 75 mile solo backpacking trip. He packed and repacked his backpack for days. Measuring and counting each bag of Fig Newtons, freeze dried dinners and tea bags. It was forecasted to be cold and raining or snowing the entire time. Sounds fun right? This is the text he sent to the fam the first day: "8.5 miles today…almost all uphill with rain most of the day. Got to the shelter at 2:00 and chilled. It's getting cold and it starting to snow–temp drops to 17 tonight. For dinner–2 cups hot tea + honey; Mexican rice with beans; cookies; almond joy bar; sipping on some merlot wine right now! Wine in first night only–have to rough it from now on. The shelter is full of young folks–an odd collection of weirdos who are out to do the 2000 mile AT in 4 to 6 months. It's below freezing–one dude has no long pants so he is wearing a down parka with shorts. One gal is playing some sort of Indian flute–I'm waiting to bust out the "someone's a crying me lord" song. All in all, we h she young folks don't have a care in that the world–no job, no mortgage, no long term plan–I'm thinking about pontificating about Donald Trump is the greatest of all time and Obama's a communist–I'm pretty sure I would be booted from the shelter so I'll keep my mouth shut. All in all I'm as happy as a pig in mud right now. Everyone is talking about all the bears they have seen–I'm 👀 ING forward to seeing my share. I love all of you–a few of you should be here with me…" He is loves this stuff! Like Superman says "This ain't no big deal". This was his view the next morning. Beautiful.After dropping Superman off at the trailhead, I decided to stop off at the Folk Art Center on the Blue Ridge Parkway. As soon as I stepped through the doors, this lady was demonstrating weaving. Not only does she weave her own cloth, she sews it into gorgeous jackets and tops. I can't imagine putting scissors into the cloth that just took me hours to weave! There were many artisans demonstrating their craft while answering questions and explaining the tools and process. I was mesmerized. As I walked up the ramp to the exhibition hall, I was taking pictures of everything. When I reached the top, I almost ran into a semi frantic woman looking for the person who was taking pictures! Who me?!? Not me, but some other unsuspecting soul. I get it. The artists don't want their artwork copied. I respect that. So I put my camera down. Just remember No Pictures Allowed! I guess I'm so drawn to this type of artwork because it represents the common folk. According to Wikipedia: Folk art encompasses art produced from an indigenous culture or by peasants or other laboring tradespeople. In contrast to fine art, folk art is primarily utilitarian and decorative rather than purely aesthetic. Take for example Grandma Donaldson in the photo above. She didn't go to a fancy art school or travel the world to be inspired. She used the materials she had around her and made something beautiful. Whether it was the farmer who used his knife and a piece of wood or a stick to whittle a toy or the mother who took the outgrown clothes and repurposed them into a beautiful warm quilt. I LOVE IT! When I finally got home that day it was raining, so it was the perfect time to finish up some stuffed animals that people have ordered. Luckily for me, Joann's had a big clearance sale on yarn among other things, so I stocked up for other orders of rabbits, elephants, monkeys and unicorns. I've got lots of work to do!This weekend, I have two more boxes of bees arriving! I need to get their supers and frames ready. Here are 40 frames that need the wax panel put in each. This requires I chisel carefully out a thin piece of wood, slide in the wax sheet then hammer the wood piece back on to hold everything tightly in.I went to the local hardware store to buy some very small nails and a small hammer. When I found this beauty, the young man assisting me kinda sorta rolled his eyes when I squealed with delight. He just doesn't understand how things like this can really make me happy. I got 20 of the 40 frames done. Tomorrow is a new day. I was feeling a bit pooped.Are you feeling as tired as I felt? I had the house alone. It was quiet, just me, Sam and Lilly. I poured myself a cup of hot tea, snuggled down in my favorite chair and started reading my favorite book/magazine. Quiltfolk is a bi-monthly, beautiful magazine of 180 soft pages of no advertising, wonderful stories about the people behind the quilts and what inspires them to stitch. Each issue takes you to a different state or area and tells you their stories in the quilt world. The issue above takes us to Arizona. It quiets my soul and feeds my heart with inspiration.
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The 10 most in-demand job skills
Posted on 28 October 2016
Cloud and distributed computing is the most sought-after skill among employers for the second year in a row, according to the latest LinkedIn data. The Top Skills of 2016 list (released this week) also highlights demand is growing for people with cybersecurity, data analysis and UX/UI design skills.
Nathan Bryant-Taukiri, Manging Director of Potentia Recruitment, says the technology disruption is driving this demand: "Tech is not just transforming our daily lives but also the whole job market – it is not purely about start-ups and digital businesses."
"Tech is truly changing the way we do all kinds of business, right across the country and globally. Professionals with tech skills will increasingly be needed by businesses of every description, in every industry – from retail to financial services and the public sector."
Here are the skills that are most in-demand by employers (Source: LinkedIn, October 2016):
1. Cloud and distributed computing
2. Statistical analysis and data mining
3. Web architecture and development framework
4. Middleware and integration software
5. User interface design
6. Network and information security
7. Mobile development
8. Data Presentation
9. SEO/SEM marketing
10. Storage and systems management
"It's practically a given that tech skills will continue to be the most sought-after," says Nathan Bryant-Taukiri.
"It is important that professionals across the Information, Digital and Technology landscape keep their technical skills current and aligned to those most in-demand. In addition, now is a great time for people who are thinking about a career in tech to acquire new skills - particularly in the areas highlighted above - that will help them to get hired by employers."
Businesses are increasingly looking to leverage the latest technology and data to gain a commercial edge, which has led to an exceptionally high demand for professionals with cloud and distributed computing and data and analytical skills. Cloud and distributed computing continues to dominate the #1 spot (2015 and 2016) and statistical analysis and data mining came in at #2 in 2016 and 2015, and #1 in 2014 in the Top Skills list. With demand for candidates with the relevant skills currently exceeding supply, employers need to be creative when it comes to attracting specialists to fill roles and are increasingly putting a greater emphasis on re-training and upskilling existing staff.
Web architecture and development framework now ranks #5 in the Top Skills list, up five places from #10 last year as web increases its dominance as the preferred delivery channel.
The LinkedIn report also highlighted that demand is slowing for marketers: "While marketing skills like marketing campaign management, SEO/SEM, and channel marketing were in high demand in 2015, things have changed. This year, SEO/SEM dropped five spots from #4 to #9 and marketing campaign management dropped completely off the list. Demand for marketing skills is slowing because the supply of people with marketing skills has caught up with employers' demand for people with marketing skills.", says Catherine Fisher, LinkedIn's Career Expert.
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Book Review: 'Which Way Tree' a fun, old-time Texas tale
An unnaturally cunning and powerful mountain lion who goes by the name of El Demonio de Dos Dedos (the demon of two toes) prowls the Texas Hill Country and borderlands, terrorizing families. A violent, sociopathic Confederate soldier intent on cheating and killing. An preacher with a troubled past, looking for salvation. And of course, an old, half-blind dog in need of an adventure and with a heart of gold.
It's hard to imagine a more Texas story than Elizabeth Crook's "The Which Way Tree."
Set in the Texas Hill Country in the years surrounding the Civil War, the novel opens with 17-year-old Benjamin Shreve testifying to a judge and grand jury regarding possible crimes committed by the Confederate soldier, Clarence Hanlin, against civilians during the war.
Because Benjamin is humorously intent on giving his audience all the details and appropriate context to his testimony — "I'm uncertain if you're providing a deficit of information or a surplus, son," the judge tells him — and the traveling judge has a lot of other testimony to get through, Benjamin is ordered to write his testimony down and mail it to the judge. The ensuing letters form the bulk of the novel, and each one balances beautifully between the 17-year-old Benjamin and his growing friendship and father-figure relationship with the judge, and his testimony of events three years earlier.
Like a true Texan, Benjamin can't pass up the chance to regale his newfound audience of the judge with a good story: The hunt for El Demonio de Dos Dedos. It's during the hunt that Benjamin and his half-sister Samantha encounter Clarence.
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Samantha is a piece of work. The mountain lion killed her mother and scarred her face. Selfish and obsessed, her entire life is built around her dream of revenge against the beast who mauled her, no matter the cost to those around her, and it's that Moby Dick-like drive that fuels the story. She is frustrating and, like Benjamin, sometimes I wanted to strangle her, but I couldn't help but root for her.
Benjamin and Samantha are orphans eking out a life in a squalid little house, living off of Benjamin's carpentry. Samantha dreams of a life of adventure beyond tending a garden and cooking and cleaning, and Benjamin, through his letters to the judge, realizes that he, too, seeks escape and finds some in writing.
So when the opportunity arrives to join forces with the old preacher, his "panther dog" and a Mexican man to hunt and kill the mountain lion, neither can pass it up. But when the adventure goes awry and Benjamin starts to have doubts about continuing, he considers that "home" isn't such a great option, either.
"I knew what I would find at the end of a ride back home. I would find nothing but back home, and it was a place I had already been in my life, and knew well, and I was not sure it was any more safe than where the canyon might take us," he writes to the judge.
It is at this moment of consideration that the preacher prays beneath a sycamore tree for the Lord to send the group a sign of what path they should take: keep going or go back. The tree gives them the sign they need and tells them which way to go.
Despite the construct of each chapter as a letter that addresses both the "present" and the past, Crook's novel manages to keep the plot moving fast and the dramatic tension high as the group faces down Dos Dedos and Clarence. It's a story that hooked me from the get-go, and when Benjamin finishes his last letter to the judge, I wanted the story to continue.
Crook provides an ending built on a new generation's correspondence. It's a bit precious, but I was grateful for the tidy bow that wrapped up this story because I cared too much about the characters to have their story simply end.
Fans of Paulette Jiles' "News of the World" will be gratified to find another well-told, old-time Texas tale of big adventure and big characters.
Elizabeth Crook will be part of the San Antonio Book Festival April 7.
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Phillip Harding has contributed an excellent new volume on Didymus to the Clarendon Ancient History series.
Didymus, who was active in Alexandria in the second half of the first century BC, was one of the most prolific scholars of the Hellenistic period (thus his nicknames, Chalcenterus, or "bronze guts," and Bibliolathas, or "book forgetter"). He supposedly wrote some 3500 or 4000 books. His works on Greek poets, historians and orators were frequently cited by later scholiasts, and he has been esteemed for his efforts "to preserve the scholarly heritage of the Hellenistic age."1 Until 1904, little remained of Didymus' vast output, and so the discovery of a papyrus with his notes on orations 9, 10, 11 and 13 of Demosthenes was especially welcome, not only because of its great contribution to our understanding of Didymus and Hellenistic scholarship but also because it is the only extensive ancient commentary on a Greek prose author. It was previously assumed that Didymus' work must have been hasty and less than careful, and the text of the papyrus did little to help his reputation. Some modern scholars condemn Didymus for his historical mistakes, inconsistent coverage and long-winded digressions.2 Others apologize for Didymus by suggesting that the papyrus preserves only an excerpt of a longer original work, which may have offered more even coverage and contained fuller notes.3
Harding admits that Didymus' work may sometimes seem "idiosyncratic and less than satisfactory," but he does not find it helpful to judge Didymus by the standards of modern scholarship (41). Harding argues that Didymus did more than just preserve the work of his predecessors. He demonstrates that Didymus was an active scholar who collected evidence to support his own views without relying solely on earlier Hellenistic compilations and commentaries.4 Harding reasonably rejects the theory that the notes in the papyrus were selected from a longer exemplar commentary by someone with specific historical interests, observing that such a theory "fails to account for the large amount of non-historical material in the text."5 Harding presents the papyrus text as an intact example of Didymus' work and invites the reader to consider it as a significant contribution to ancient scholarship on Demosthenes.
Like other volumes in the series, Harding's features an introduction, translation, and commentary for historians. The notes are designed for readers who do not know Greek, with English lemmata from the translation. Harding's volume differs from others in the series in that it presents a full Greek text facing the translation, based on the author's own examination of the papyrus, and several notes address Greek textual issues. The book also includes a photographic reproduction of the entire papyrus, which gives readers an excellent sense of the overall physical state of the manuscript. The plates are at a reduced scale; they are big enough that readers can see much of the text, but not large enough to be very helpful in places where the text is difficult to read.
The introduction begins with a summary of our knowledge of Didymus and his many works. It continues with a description of the papyrus, with some papyrological detail for specialists. The next section, on the scribe, suggests that the papyrus was written at an educational establishment by a student in the late second or early third century AD. Harding next offers a useful summary of the content of the papyrus, listing each lemma and briefly describing the corresponding note. The fifth part of the introduction discusses the century-long debate on whether the surviving work is a commentary (hypomnema) or monograph (syngramma). Harding concludes that our work was "Didymus' main study of the speeches of Demosthenes" (with a separate work devoted to the De Corona), which displays some similarities to other ancient commentaries, although its author thought it was "somehow different" (19). The next section surveys the sources that Didymus used in his research and provides useful background information on authors such as Androtion, Hermippus and Philochorus. The seventh section presents Didymus as an original researcher (see above, third paragraph). Then comes a short section that considers the relation between the text of Didymus' Demosthenes quotations and the Byzantine manuscript tradition of the orator. Like other ancient papyri of Demosthenes, Didymus' text fails to show a pronounced affinity to any one group of Byzantine manuscripts.
Harding's translation is clear and accurate. He uses square brackets and italics to mark restorations of illegible material and partially legible material. He previously employed these same editorial conventions in volume 2 of the Translated Documents of Greece and Rome series,6 which also features short extracts of Didymus. In his earlier versions Harding tends not to employ square brackets within a word, but now he is more willing to do so in order to denote accurately the condition of the surviving papyrus. For example, he now writes "[Phili]p" and "[Her]m[ia]s" (col. 4, ll. 67-68) where neither word had any brackets before. He also uses italics more frequently in his latest version. In these same few lines, we now read "writes" and "though he was" in italics, indicating that the word is likely but not certain, whereas before Harding didn't feel it necessary to signal any doubt to the reader in these instances. The brackets and italics effectively indicate where readings are in doubt, and this reader found them very helpful and not particularly distracting.
Some of these doubtful italicized readings are the result of Harding's reexamination of the papyrus. The most recent critical edition of the papyrus left much to be desired, in the opinion of most reviewers.7 Harding himself says that he was often "unable to substantiate the readings of the most recent editors and quite unwilling to accept many of their very speculative restorations" (v). His printed text reflects his doubts about their readings and restorations. He adds many dots, brackets more letters, and leaves difficult lacunae unfilled in his text. When these textual difficulties impact the meaning of the text, as is often the case, Harding discusses proposed restorations in the commentary. This new edition has profited greatly from critical reactions to the recent Teubner edition, and it would be very useful to have textual material summarized in some sort of critical apparatus--if not at the bottom of the page, then at least in a separate appendix. Readers who are looking at the Greek text and want to know more about a particular word or gap must look over to the English translation and then find the relevant note in the commentary with its English lemma, where textual discussion may be embedded in a longer historical note.8 Harding does a good job of explaining the historical implications of different textual restorations, but his discussion is occasionally impossible to follow without a critical edition at hand.9 Along similar lines, in some places (e.g., p. 141 on col. 5, l. 53) the textual discussion is conducted almost entirely in English with no Greek, requiring Greek readers to consult another edition's apparatus. These are minor complaints, and perhaps it is ungrateful to complain too much about the Greek when the series is not aimed primarily at serious textual critics and usually doesn't provide any Greek or Latin text at all. The author and the Press are to be congratulated for printing a highly useful Greek text opposite the translation.10
In addition to arguing for Didymus as an original researcher and discussing the textual material, the commentary primarily focuses on the historical background. These historical notes present relevant information clearly and concisely, and they regularly specify the ancient sources and direct the reader to useful modern bibliography. The note on col. 7, ll. 31-32 (pp. 177-178), to take a typical example, presents an admirably concise summary of the career of the Athenian general Conon. Harding's page-long note is slightly longer than the corresponding OCD entry11 and provides more bibliography for primary and secondary sources. Harding provides more narrative detail and the note is perfectly pitched for its audience of ancient history students. On the whole, the commentary is quite full, with 155 pages of notes on 25 pages of translation. Throughout, Harding does an excellent job discussing earlier scholarship on fourth-century history, Didymus and his sources. I learned much from his notes and noticed no significant bibliographic omissions.
The book has been carefully produced. It would be extremely helpful to print the current column number in the running header of the text and commentary, and to add line numbers for individual notes. I noticed only one typographical mistake.12
1. R. Pfeiffer, History of classical scholarship: from the beginning to the end of the Hellenistic age (Oxford, 1968), 279. 2. S. West, "Chalcenteric Negligence," Classical Quarterly 20 (1970) 288-296 concludes that Didymus presents "potted scholarship" and "hurried compilation" (296). Her arguments are endorsed and amplified by E. M. Harris, "More Chalcenteric Negligence," Classical Philology 84 (1989) 36-44. 3. The first editors of the papyrus proposed that it is a selection of material from a larger work: H. Diels and W. Schubart, Didymos Kommentar zu Demosthenes (Berlin, 1904). C. A. Gibson, Interpreting a classic. Demosthenes and his ancient commentators (Berkeley and Los Angeles, 2002) 51-69 revives their suggestion. 4. This argument is nicely summarized in section 7 of the introduction, "Didymus the Scholar" (pp. 31-39). In several notes Harding identifies signs of "original scholarship, not compilation" (109). See, for example, notes on col. 1, l. 30 (p. 109), on the heading of col. 4 (pp. 117-120) and col. 7, ll. 55-62 (pp. 182-183). 5. Pp. 17-18. Harding also interprets the large lacuna of intentionally blank space in column eight of the papyrus as a key piece of evidence against excerption. He hesitantly follows earlier critics, who thought that the space was left by Didymus himself in the hope of adding a quotation later, and that the papyrus is an exact copy of Didymus' original (195). For further arguments against excerption, see notes on the heading of col. 7 (pp. 164-165), col. 11, ll. 14-15 (pp. 221-222), and col. 11, ll. 20-21 (pp. 223-224). 6. From the end of the Peloponnesian War to the battle of Ipsus (Cambridge, 1985). 7. L. Pearson and S. Stephens, Didymi in Demosthenem Commenta (Stuttgart, 1983). For representative reviews, see H. Wankel, Gnomon 59 (1987) 213-223 and J. Rusten, Classical Philology 82 (1987) 265-269. 8. The process can take a little time, since the commentary notes only rarely have line references (and the columns are rather long) along with the lemmata. For example, at col. 11, l. 12, Harding prints ην, the papyrus reading without any diacritics. Some editors defend this reading as the relative pronoun, while others suggest that the beginning of the word has dropped out. In order to find Harding's discussion of this point, the reader must skim through three and a half pages of notes on the beginning of column 11 to find the textual discussion that starts in the middle of a two page note. Once located, Harding's discussion is valuable and fuller than an apparatus would allow. Still, some sort of critical apparatus would allow a Greek reader to digest the essential points much more quickly. 9. For example in his discussion of col. 5, l. 71 (p. 146) he says: "the alpha at the end of the line is clear and renders Crönert's restoration, which I find opaque in any case, untenable." The reader has to turn to the supplement of the Teubner to learn that Crönert's restoration is ἀνακρινόμενος. 10. As Harding observes (v), the combination of text and translation is not available elsewhere. Gibson's recent work on ancient Demosthenic commentators (above, note 3) offers the first full English translation but does not print a Greek text of Didymus. 11. OCD3, s.v. "Conon (1)" (p. 376). 12. In the bibliography on page 265 the second "R. Parker" should be distinguished from the first.


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DLNA by itself does not provide any security, it is up to the implementer to implement some sort of authentication or authorization, whether it is through username and password or the all to familiar "allowed device list" or "shared files list". Even then, most DLNA applications that I have tested on my Linux and Windows boxes (as well as Android tablet and smartphone), do not come with a security by default configuration. This is just the way those developers chose to develop their applications and is great to get things up and running right out of the box, but not so great when you don't understand the risks.
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