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By Frederick Stakelbeck
Chinese President Hu Jintao's first visit to the U.S. last week to meet with President George Bush and corporate executives from Boeing Co. and Microsoft Corp. comes at a difficult time for the Chinese leader, as concerns regarding his country's meteoric global rise continue to grow. Deputy Secretary of State Robert B. Zoellick warned China recently that it must begin to take definitive steps to address what he called a "cauldron of anxiety" in the U.S. and abroad over Chinese global intentions. "Many countries hope China will pursue a peaceful rise, but none will bet its future on it," he said.
Almost seventy years ago, Japan sought to dominate "Greater Asia"; eventually going to war with the United States and its allies. But unlike Japan, China in the 21 st century has adopted an aggressive global positioning strategy that promotes relations with a select group of diverse global partners aimed at guaranteeing its continued cultural, economic, political and military transformation while at the same time, pursuing the systematic dismantling of perceived Western hegemony led by the U.S.
Indeed, China's plan is global in scope, reaching deep into Asia, Europe, Latin/South America, Africa, the Middle East and even North America.
In Asia, China continues to threaten Taiwan with military force, employing a policy of total capitulation, rather than bilateral cooperation. Last year, China's emerging navy challenged regional heavyweight Japan by violating the country's sovereign waters. More troubling for the U.S., Indonesia, Myanmar, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand, Burma and Vietnam increasingly look to Beijing for guidance on regional issues. Beijing continues to support a nuclear North Korea without hesitation or regret. The country's leadership role in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), comprised of member states Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, has raised fears among Western observers that the arrangement is a modern day "Warsaw Pact." The announcement this month by SCO secretary general Zhang Deguang that Mongolia, India, Pakistan and Iran would become permanent members in the near future has heightened concern.
In Europe, Beijing has reacted angrily to coordinated attempts by the EU to protect its decimated manufacturing base. Like their counterparts in North America and Latin America, millions of Europeans have lost their jobs as a result of cheap Chinese imports. Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko and Russian President Vladimir Putin have developed close trade, energy, intelligence and defense relationships with Beijing. Joint military exercises by China and Russia in August and the prospect of expanded exercises in 2006 present national security concerns for the U.S. and its Western allies. China's recent bilateral energy agreement with Russia gives the country a deep footprint in Eastern Europe. Former Soviet satellites such as Georgia and the Ukraine have fallen under Beijing's spell as well.
In Latin/South America, Cuba, Venezuela, Chile, Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina, Columbia and Panama are receiving instructions from Beijing on a regular basis. Recognizing an opportunity for a permanent base of influence and operations in the Western Hemisphere, China has stepped into the void left by the Soviet Union's collapse to create a new, multi-faceted communist umbrella, using defense, trade and energy agreements as ammunition. Recent elections in Bolivia, Peru and Chile have resurrected fears in the U.S. of a socialist, pro-China continent devoid of economic pragmatism and resentful of U.S.-led free trade initiatives and long-held security alliances.
Venezuela's leftist agitator Hugo Chavez has become a close ally of China, regularly visiting Beijing and hosting high-level dignitaries from the country. "China offers the best option for breaking 100 years of U.S. domination," Chavez noted last year. In its haste to gain Beijing's favor, Caracas pledged to ship 300,000 barrels of crude a day to China in February, placing U.S.-Venezuela relations in a state of severe disrepair. Last month, U.S. Army General Bantz J. Craddock told a Senate Armed Services Committee, "More and more Chinese non-lethal equipment has been seen in Latin America and military officers from the region have become frequent students of Chinese military training."
Not surprisingly, China's president Hu has become fast friends with Cuba's aging dictator Fidel Castro, developing synergies in the areas of energy, intelligence and defense. Taken collectively, these developments translate into growing Latin/South American apathy towards the U.S. and greater convergence with the Chinese model of globalism.
In resource-rich Africa, Nigeria, Sudan, Angola, Algeria, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe and South Africa, have worked with Beijing in the areas of defense, trade, minerals and energy development. China has gained several strong allies on the continent by supporting known dictators like Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and Sudan's Omar al-Bashir; providing the economic, intelligence and military means for both leaders to remain in power.
In the volatile Middle East, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Iran have become close energy partners with Beijing. In December, Kuwait, an important regional U.S. ally, signed a multi-billion dollar energy agreement with China to invest in the country's refinery and petrochemical infrastructure. At approximately the same time, Beijing began high-level discussions with OPEC to secure energy supplies from the organization's suppliers. Another U.S. ally, Saudi Prince Abdullah, visited China in January and signed several bilateral agreements to assist China in the development of its strategic reserves and refinery capacity.
Of particular concern to the West is China's close relationship with a nuclear obsessed Iran, borne from China's need for energy to run its growing economy and Iran's need for cheap manufactured goods for its young, Western-leaning population. With a $100 billion, 25-year investment by China's state-run energy enterprise Sinopec and an agreement to develop Iran's lucrative Yadavaran oil field, Beijing's continued presence in the country is virtually assured.
In North America, China has made energy and trade agreements with traditional U.S. allies Canada and Mexico, while increasing its industrial espionage activities on the continent. Last year, Canada's National Post reported that the Canadian Security and Intelligence Service (CSIS) warned the country's parliament that foreign spies were seeking Canada's science and technology secrets. The annual report specifically cited China as a "very aggressive pursuer" of sensitive information which could be used for military purposes. The report also noted, "China's intelligence services are preparing Chinese scientists and students to act as spies to steal Canadian technology and classified information." Beijing has actively pursued Canada's valuable oil sands, natural gas and mineral deposits ahead of the U.S., increasing national security concerns in Washington.
Chinese President Hu Jintao's recent visit to Mexico City to meet with Mexican President Vicente Fox marked a new beginning in Sino-Mexican relations with both leaders signing agreements in the areas of bilateral trade, mining and energy. "The motive of my visit is to deepen the strategic association between Mexico and China," Hu said.
At this time, it is important to understand that the Chinese philosophy of "globalism" is a far cry from the U.S. model based on individual freedoms, market competition and democracy. Instead, China's philosophy is based on the development of a global system with limited individual freedoms, a state controlled media, highly regulated economic expansion and the use of state-controlled entities to secure strategic resources. The U.S. and China have different perspectives concerning global growth and responsibility, as well as different levels of capabilities. But what will occur once China's global capabilities are well-established and in full working order?
If China's recent history is any indication, the world is in for a time of exasperating change. Over the past year alone, Beijing passed an "Anti-Secession Law" asserting its legal authority over Taiwan, pressured Central Asian republics to remove U.S. bases, obstructed UN Security Council action against Iran, actively supported several African and Latin American dictators, armed the authoritarian Nepalese regime and oppressed the people of Tibet. These are not isolated examples of a country laboring through a maturation process – unfortunately; this is the Chinese leadership model that will one day be applied to the rest of the globe.
China has used military force several times since the Korean War, including operations in the Spratley Islands and Vietnam. These actions were not taken to defend freedom or to address social injustice; rather, they were taken to settle differences with the country's regional neighbors. Those who believe that an empowered communist China with global military and economic dominance would choose not use that dominance against its ideological enemies are trading long-term security for short-term peace of mind.
Although the U.S. welcomes the opportunity to work with competitive world powers, it cannot blindly ignore a competitor's preparedness for armed conflict and the creation of hostile, anti-West global alliances. In the case of China, both are being actively pursued. Beijing has no interest in joining the current global security structure led by Washington and the UN – That much has been made very clear recently. China's global actions should be carefully monitored and a proactive plan of action formulated to address an emerging adversary, not a potential friend and partner. Diplomatic visits aside, America must be prepared for what will come in the future – an increasingly capable China with military, economic, political and cultural influence and power.
Michael Green, former director of Asian affairs at the U.S. National Security Council noted recently, "China is trying to expand its influence in the world at the expense of the U.S., which is not something we are going to give them a pass on." As concerned American citizens, we can only hope that Mr. Green's candid opinion concerning U.S. vigilance in the face of China's unprecedented global expansion is heard by Washington very soon.
Fred Stakelbeck is an expert on bilateral and trilateral alliances as they relate to China foreign policy. His writings address the implications of China's emerging regional and global strategic influence and relationships upon U.S. national security. He can be reached at
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Friday, August 06, 2010
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Guess the Plot
Heir to the Sun
1. After a lifetime of surfing (and not a single day of work), Jay's totally bummed to learn that he's next in line to drive the big ol' ball of flaming gas. Clearly there's only one thing to do: con a homeless guy into taking the job.
2. When he learns that the sun's last will and testament leaves him the entire solar system, Larry's thrilled--until he finds out the sun won't die for another five billion years. Now Larry's looking for a way to speed up the process.
3. Alan sighed as his village was vaporized under the flaming star. Aunt Agatha always said she would get him for spilling tea on her furs; now, as the edges of the will in his hand crinkle, he has to admit that he never saw this coming.
4. When his dad dies, Alph Baumer is left sole proprietor of the local newspaper, started by his great, great, grandfather. Alph moves the Sun online, but when his office gets swarmed by picketers protesting the demise of folded newspaper hats, will he cave and go back to print?
5. Alluria, more beautiful than the sun, is a priestess whose chastity must be defended at all costs by the warrior Caol'nir. Turns out the only actual threat to her chastity is Caol'nir, who desperately wants to get into her pants. Also, the usual elves, faeries and kings you find in books with characters with names like Caol'nir.
6. Jasef was raised in orbit on Helios station by his father, Dr. Akagi, pioneer of solar-energy generation via space-based collectors. Now grown and very wealthy, he wants to go to Earth and marry his fiancée, a girl he's only ever seen online. Only one problem: he never learned to walk.
Original Version
I am seeking representation for my fantasy novel, Heir to the Sun: A Chronicle of Parthalan, complete at approximately 115,000 words. Currently, there are three more Chronicles of Parthalan featuring the same characters, with the sequel nearly complete and the following two in progress.
The land of Parthalan was born when I was in middle school, and my mother refused to buy me a music box that featured a princess with long red hair. [I could have killed her. It was a lousy eight bucks.] I was distraught as only an eighth grader can be, [and so I created the fictional prison planet known as Parthalan, where inconsiderate tightwad mothers are brutally tortured to death over and over;] and since I could not own my treasure, I created a story about the princess. I named her Latera, and ended up self-publishing her story in a novel called Rise of the Deva'shi. The book was well received, [garnering dazzling reviews from my father, my BFF Darlene, and Publishers Weekly,] and I decided to continue writing about these faeries and elves that heretofore had only existed in my mind [and in my novel]. [Anyway, by the time I was in tenth grade my series had grown to six books and had brought a million dollars into the family coffers, allowing my parents to retire. And still my mom wouldn't let me have the frigging music box.] [But enough about me.]
Heir to the Sun takes place in Parthalan, a land of faeries and magic, and neighboring Tingu, which is ruled by elves. [Is everyone in the book an elf or faery, or are there people?] It follows two individuals, Caol'nir and Asherah, [As this land has elves and fairies and who knows what else, I'd identify what each character is, rather than call them individuals.] who have markedly different existences yet have a common goal: to rid Parthalan of corrupt King Lotharian. Parthalan has been ruled by Lotharian for three thousand years, [What's the standard retirement age in this place? No way would I work the same job for more than even two thousand years.] but the king has grown bored in his long reign, and feels that power is the only thing he wants. He seeks to conquer the entire realm, [Right now I'm bored, but if I had more faeries and elves to rule over I could stand to be king another three thousand years.] and to that end has struck a bargain with Ehkron, [Anagram: Honker. I mention this because I think you should call him Honker. Seriously, he could be the comic relief. He's always blowing his nose, making a honking noise.] ruler of the demons he once triumphed over, in order to raise a half-demon, half-fae army loyal only to him. [Can you really trust an army of demons you once defeated to be loyal only to you?
Lotharian: Let's let bygones be bygones. We'll make a deal, You order your army of demons to be loyal only to me. After we conquer the neighboring lands I'll be the leader of the entire realm.
Honker: And what do I get out of this? Honk!
Lotharian: Let's not get ahead of ourselves. We'll discuss that after we win.
Honker: Deal. I'll go fill my boys in on my . . . er, your plan.]
Caol'nir is a warrior sworn to defend his king from harm, as well as defend the chastity of the temple priestesses. Despite the vow he has sworn to keep her chaste, [No need to repeat the terms of his vow.] Caol'nir falls deeply in love with Alluria, an orphan priestess from the east. [No man can resist a woman named Alluria.] When Alluria suspects that her temple is no longer the haven it once was, Caol'nir betrays both his king and his oath to ensure her safety. [He betrays which oath? The one to keep her chaste? How does that ensure her safety?]
Asherah was enslaved by the king's foul plot and doomed to a life bearing demon whelps, [which can get really old in a place where people live more than three thousand years.] yet she managed to escape and flee to the elf king for aid. Now, as Asherah leads her band of freed slaves and elfin warriors back to Parthalan and free her kind, will she prevail? [That's a lousy last sentence, and not just because it isn't a sentence.]
Thank you, for both your time and consideration. I look forward to hearing from you.
After you publish a dozen books in the Chronicles of Parthalan series and are so famous you get to do a solo panel at the World Fantasy Convention, I guarantee one of your fans will ask you how you came up with your world. That's the time and place to tell your story about the music box and how miserable your mother made your childhood.
The names are somewhat bothersome. You have two main characters, one with a Hebrew name and one whose name was formed by randomly choosing Scrabble tiles. Your king may be a lothario or lotharian, but who would give their kid that name? I don't mind Alluria because it rolls off the tongue, but it is suggestive, sort of like naming a male character Hunky. At least I managed to talk you into Honker.
Caol'nir may be a main character, but Alluria and the king are getting as much or more query space. Asherah gets two sentences of plot, but at least she does something worthy of a main character. I think the query would be better if it focused on Asherah and left Caol'nir out entirely. Slave-girl escapes and recruits army to take down corrupt king. It's Spartacus with demons.
It's not clear why you continue to set all your writings in this world you thought up when you were in eighth grade. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with the world, but continuously pumping out 115,000-word books about the same characters is a lot of work. Better to wait and see if Book 1 sells before putting forth the effort. (And while you're waiting, write something completely different, possibly with a human being in it.)
Who is the heir to the sun (whatever that means)?
17 comments:
- fairyhedgehog said...
I'm guessing that an editor or agent might be put off by hearing about how you thought up this world, as it doesn't come across to me as professional. Can you focus more on who did what and why it mattered?
I'd be inclined to focus in on your paragraph four and start there.
- none said...
Probably better to set aside childish things, at least in the query. Pared of the irrelevant, this reads a lot like sub-Tolkien, and the market's full of that already. Show us what's different about your Fantasy world and your plot, not what's the same.
- Stephen Prosapio said...
I remember the day I started following EE's blog. It was the middle of the week, Tuesday or Wednesday probably and I had just eaten a tuna wrap for lunch. A friend of mine send me a link with...
Okay author, can you see how boring personal stories foisted on you can be???
Kudos to you for following up your fantasy with the very difficult task of writing a novel. Not many complete that step.
As for the query:
1. The only thing I hate more than a really bad title is a title that has no connection whatsoever to the story told in the query. If you need a primer on this, go to the box office this weekend and look at the films that are out. "Inception" - about the placing the inception of an idea into someone's dreaming mind. "Dinner with Shmucks" - which is about... dinner with smucks. Don't forget The Sorcerer's Apprentice (although all moviegoers have)! It's about... you guessed it, a sorcerer's apprentice.
So after your personal story the first real zinger you give us is a king ruling a land of pixies and magic for 3,000 years. Okay. Then "but the king has grown bored in his long reign, and feels that power is the only thing he wants." You want us interested in a story where the main character has already grown bored??? And worse that sentence makes no sense.
"I'm bored after ruling for 3,000 years."
"What is it sire that you wish for?"
"But sire you already have that."
"Now you know why I'm so bored."
As for the rest of it, it sounds like stuff we've all heard before. Who's the lead character? What do they want? What will happen if they don't get it?
Lastly. So is it me or did anyone else wonder what the compounded interest would be if you put $1 into a 401k account and accumulated the interest over 3,000 years? I mean would you really need all the war and conquering or could you just purchase the entire realm?
- Anonymous said...
Editor, shouldn't that dialogue in the middle be between Lotharian and Honker? Other than that, I agree with every word.
And that last paragraph needs a transition. "Meanwhile, over in Tingu . . ."
And this sentence:
Alluria suspects that her temple is no longer the haven it once was
has an uncomfortable proximity to the one about Caol'nir getting the hots for her. Are you saying it's his lust that's compromised her haven? Just want to make sure, because that's what it looks like.
- Unknown said...
Who is the main character? You only have about 200 words to describe the story in a query so you have to focus as much as possible on the conflict between that person and her antagonist.
I agree with EE that Asherah sounds like a more compelling character than Caol'nir. With Asherah you have "Spartacus with demons" with a strong female protagonist. That differentiates you from 99% of the sub-Tolkien market, which is more likely to get you a request for a partial.
If Caol'nir is the main character, you get a fairly common plot - man defies empire for the love of a woman. Snore.
It's also unclear how your two main characters interact.
So, if I can narrow what you've written down to Asherah, you get something like:
In order to obtain dominion over the demons, King Lotharian sells Asherah to the demon king. Though doomed to a life bearing demon whelps, Asherah somehow escapes and somehow convinces an elf king to let her lead a band of soldiers against Lotharian.
If you use the space you take up with your writing life history for story details, you can flesh out the query. You need to convince me that Asherah, the demon broodmare, is qualified to lead an army.
Good luck
- M. G. E. said...
I was really looking for a unique conflict and plot-question out of yet-another-fantasy-story. Sadly, it was another run-of-the-mill "take over the world" plot.
I agree that explaining the genesis of the fantasy-world is both unnecessary and probably detrimental to your cause.
As for EE's comment here: "Caol'nir betrays both his king and his oath to ensure her safety. [He betrays which oath? The one to keep her chaste? How does that ensure her safety?]"
Come now, the dangers of virginity couldn't be more plain :P I'm sure Caol will craft some story about those three girls that died of virginity just last week :P
EE's plot-hole comments are right on as well. Trusting demons, that works out really well in most story :P
- Dave Fragments said...
As a reader, when I see 115K words, I would like a lot more plot than what is described here.
And as someone who is not used to the Kingdoms of the Fae, I think of fairies as TinkerBell and Lady Cottingtom. I don't automatically think of fairy kingdoms filled with human sized characters as you describe.
That makes it hard for me to see temple virgins and hunky centurion-type, sword-wielding warrior fighting against demons and a 3000 year old king.
This absolutely blew me away: doomed to a life bearing demon whelps.
My eyes popped at that statement. That's a fate worthy of an entire novel itself. Impregnated by a demon and made to give birth to demons for years after? Give the demon a virgin, some cheap rose' champagne and a few minutes between the sheets and she'll pump out an army of half-breeds willing to destroy the king.
Sorry if I any of that sounds impolite but there is the excitement in your novel. Hunky guard deflowers virgin to save her from giving birth to demon spawn.
- Sarah from Hawthorne said...
Don't include the story about the source of Parthalan. For one thing, it immediately gives the impression that this is intensely personal to you, to the point where I'd be worried how open you'd be to critique and revisions.
For another, a query is a business letter and you want to present yourself in a professional light. Think of it as a job interview. The HR guy sitting across from doesn't care about how you learned to type, he just wants to know if you can.
For right now, I'd strongly advise you to focus on making the first book as brilliant as you can rather than moving on to multiple sequels. Who knows what will change should an agent and then an editor pick your book up?
- Kellye Parish said...
Pared of the irrelevant, this reads a lot like sub-Tolkien, and the market's full of that already.
^ This.
Here's my take:
1) No personal stories unless you are describing something a) larger than life, and b) directly related to the content of the novel. The music box story is neither, and besides that, it's boring and irrelevant and inappropriate for the beginning of a query (which is when you want the editor to be hooked in - we are notoriously impatient and attention-deficit).
2) Name Soup - There are so many character and setting names in this query I don't even know what the hell is going on. If I don't know who the protagonist is in the first few sentences, it's a pass.
3) Some people may disagre with me on this one, but I wouldn't admit to self-publishing, because all that says to an editor is that your writing is questionable and cannot be traditionally published. Also, don't try to pitch a novel based on how well something else you have written was received. The editor doesn't care. The only thing they care about is how well THIS book would be received.
Author - I checked out excerpts of your self-published work on your website. Watch your sentence fragments. And you need to be very careful of "Hollywood narrative" - there's a good article about it here on Author! Author!: http://www.annemini.com/?p=11246
- batgirl said...
Lotharian would probably benefit from reading the Evil Overlord list:
If I were in charge of the guards who had to protect the chastity of an order of priestesses, I'd make sure the guards were all eunuchs. Brutal eunuchs.
Author, as others have said, explaining how you came up with your world is sweet but very unprofessional. Remember, the agent needs to sell your book, not its charming backstory.
I'd also leave out the self-publishing - if the books sold badly, it means there's no market, and if they sold well it may mean you've saturated the market.
- Rebecca Christiansen said...
I'd be careful with the name Parthalan, too. P.C. Cast, a bestselling author, writes a series about a fantasy land called Partholon.
- Phoenix Sullivan said...
Watch your sentence fragments.
*pulling out my pro-frag lobby cards*
I scanned likely the same excerpts and had two takeaways:
1) The grammatical structure was fine and what frags were there appeared to be stylistic frags, not "where did the rest of the sentence go?" frags. I wasn't bothered by them at all.
2) The prose, however, perches on the precipice of purple. Even properly punctuated purple prose frequently falls flat.
This query is one that really does give us a glimpse into the author's writing style, which is, IMO, just a tad overblown. The words don't feel as though they flow on the page. Phrases such as "markedly different existences" jar the ear.
There are a couple of grammar lapses in the query, but overall, the author has the technical part down okay. Now to work on word choice and rhythm and communicating emotion through the writing. Work on leading readers through the reading experience rather than sitting them down and just narrating a story. This is the craft part that must be honed. Essentially, it's the part that needs to come through in the query to help it stand out.
- Anonymous said...
I think I've found an ambiguity problem. (The deuce you say.)
When Alluria suspects that her temple is no longer the haven it once was, Caol'nir betrays both his king and his oath to ensure her safety. [He betrays which oath? The one to keep her chaste? How does that ensure her safety?]
My first read of this (and EE's read seemingly) was, "In order to ensure Alluria's safety, Caol'nir breaks his oath to ensure her safety." Now I'm getting, "Caol'nir goes with his lust."
Of course that leaves us wondering what the relation between the events is. What I've got is, Caol'nir gets the hots for Alluria, she becomes aware of it, he becomes aware that she's aware, and he says "To hell with everything" and grabs the girl and rides off, breaking his oath to the king in the bargain.
Now, does anyone care?
- Anonymous said...
The day I started following Evil I was accosted by a lady boy, robbed of my computer with my first ms on it and ate bad seafood which kept both ends going against the middle for about at week. It was the worst and the worster of times. Some things you never forget. I did however buy a new computer, sucked up the loss of the ms which I'm sure wasn't very good and writer - do you really want to hear how I came to write my next 3 ms's? Didn't think so. Not very interesting.
I cringe when I read the first of. We all write the first of and not too many can stand together well. What Evil says and the commenters who chipped in.
Hope you revise and resend.
- _*rachel*_ said...
Read through a year or so of these archives, and maybe head over to some other good places like QueryShark, the Turkey City Lexicon, and agent blogs. Then start from scratch.
Which character has the most screen time? That's your main character. Give a very brief description of who s/he is, and the world s/he lives in. Then tell us the problem, what the character does about it, and what complications ensue.
And I'll be honest--my first and longest story was started in 8th grade, too. The characters and situations still appeal to me, but, looking back, what I wrote was really, really bad. I'd advise moving to a different world/story for at least 6 months. Give yourself room to grow and try new things. Then come back to this and see how you like it.
- Kellye Parish said...
1) The grammatical structure was fine and what frags were there appeared to be stylistic frags, not "where did the rest of the sentence go?" frags. I wasn't bothered by them at all.
I'm pro-stylistic frags too incidentally, and have been known to use them (sparingly for utmost emphasis). But where there is one well-placed stylistic frag, there are probably two dozen in the manuscript that can be re-written or cut for redundancy. That's why I told her to just watch them, and not necessarily cut them out. :)
I agree with you though Phoenix, that the writing style is what needs to be worked on the most. Purple prose + potential overuse of stylistic sentence frags = a nightmare of Twilight proportions.
The Hollywood narrative thing is important too, because it doesn't make sense to have a character explaining something to another character that a) the other character already knows, or b) the READER already knows. If the reader already knows what happened, don't bore them with a recap via stilted info-dump dialogue.
- Sylvia said...
"Even properly punctuated purple prose frequently falls flat."
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The existence of the separate criminal jurisdiction in Scotland is ignored by most criminological texts purporting to consider crime and criminal justice in 'Britain' or the 'UK'. This book offers a critically-informed analysis and understanding of crime and criminal justice in contemporary Scotland. It considers key areas of criminal justice policy making in Scotland; in particular the extent to which criminal justice in Scotland is increasingly divergent from other UK jurisdictions as well as pressures that may lead to convergences in particular areas, for instance, in relation to trends in youth justice and penal policy.
The book considers the extent to which Scottish crime and criminal justice is being affected both by devolution as well as the wider pressures resulting from globalization, Europeanisation and new patterns of migration.
While the book has a Scottish focus, it also offers new ways of thinking about criminal justice – relating these issues to wider social divisions and inequalities in contemporary Scottish and UK society. It extends the 'gaze' and analysis of criminology by exploring issues such as environmental crime, urban disorder and the new urbanism as well as crimes of the rich and powerful and corporate crime, giving it a relevance and resonance far beyond Scotland.
Criminal Justice in Scotland will be an essential text for students in Scotland taking courses in criminology, sociology, social policy, social sciences, law and police sciences, as well as criminal justice practitioners and policy makers in Scotland. It will also be an essential source for students of comparative criminology elsewhere and academics wishing to take Scotland into account in thinking about criminal justice in the UK.
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This is a absolutely delicious pasta, I have made it twice and I am gonna make it over and over again in the future. My hubby loves it and he was raving about it the other day when I prepared it, so I decide to make it again today so that I can take some pictures.
The combination of smoked salmon and greek feta cheese (both salty), together with cherry tomatoes (sweet), cucumber (crunchy) and apple cider vinegar (sour) makes it a very wholesome and appetizing dish. Just look at the colours and you will know that it packs in a whole lot of vitamins and nutrients, isn't it?
This is something you can easily prepare within 10 to 15 min, easy peasy. Really suitable for dinner after a long day's work since there is no need to fuss around in the kitchen. It just took me 8 min to cook the spirelli to al-dente and a couple of minutes more to chop up the rest of the ingredients to bite-size. You don't have to cook the veggies, just throw them in together with the feta cheese and smoked salmon, drizzle with the vinaigrette and voila, the pasta is ready!
This pasta is actually more suited as a cold dish in summer, but you can eat it all year round. In fact, I prepared it as a warm dish for dinner today. Well only the pasta is lukewarm, the rest of the ingredients are cold from the fridge. It was meant for 4 to 5 servings so there was a lot of leftover for tomorrow which I can choose to eat it cold from the fridge or warm it up in microwave for lunch.
Recipe adapted from Hof Van Eten (recipe in Dutch)
400g pasta, preferably spirelli or penne
250 - 300g smoked salmon
200g greek feta cheese
1 big cucumber
200g cherry tomatoes
some finely chopped fresh dille (optional)
* For the vinaigrette:
3 tbsp apple cider vinegar (original recipe used white wine vinegar)
3 tbsp olive oil
1/4 tsp fine sea salt
1/4 tsp white pepper
1. Cook the pasta in a big pot of slightly salted boiling water for about 7 to 8 minutes or until al-dente. Then drain the boiling water, rinse the pasta under cold water and allow it to drain and cool in a colander.
2. Cut the smoked salmon, greek feta cheese and cucumber into small bite-size blocks.
3. Cut the cherry tomatoes into halves or quarters if they are large.
4. Put everything together (salmon, feta cheese, cucumber, tomatoes and pasta) and mix thoroughly.
5. To prepare the vinaigrette, simply mix about 3 tbsp olive oil and 3 tbsp apple cider vinegar with 1/4 tsp salt and 1/4 tsp pepper. Then drizzle the vinaigrette onto the pasta and mix thoroughly. Finally sprinkle some fresh dille (optional) and we are ready to serve.
* Note : The quantity of olive oil and vinegar is just my estimate, you can adjust accordingly based on your own preference. I think that 1/4 tsp salt should be enough since the salmon and feta cheese already gave the pasta a salty flavour.
I am submitting this dish to the Little Thumbs Up event (March: Tomatoes) organized by Mui Mui of my little favourite DIY at this link, and Zoe of Bake For Happy Kids.
This dish was actually posted on 1 Mar (Singapore time), which happened to be 28 Feb night (belgian time). I have switched back to belgian timezone for my blog, without realising that I have caused the blog post to be shifted from 1 Mar to 28 Feb, haha! My blog used to be in Singapore timezone for a while for a baking bloghop event. :)
This dish was actually posted on 1 Mar (Singapore time), which happened to be 28 Feb night (belgian time). I have switched back to belgian timezone for my blog, without realising that I have caused the blog post to be shifted from 1 Mar to 28 Feb, haha! My blog used to be in Singapore timezone for a while for a baking bloghop event. :)


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RN74 Seattle, the local outpost of the Michael Mina wine bar concept so popular in San Francisco, debuts today on 4th and Pine Streets (for lunch) and Thursday for dinner. The restaurant held some soft-opening parties this weekend; see pictures of the place over on Eater.
And if you were wondering: Yes, Mur the Blur (Murray Stenson, bartender extraordinaire) has left Zig Zag to take a job with RN74. But! Murray's got an injured shoulder to nurse, so it'll be a few months until he's front-and-center behind RN74's bar. Meantime, Zig Zag is in the steady, perfectly capable hands of Murray's longtime cocktail buddy, Erik Hakkinen.
In case you missed it: Zippy's is open in its new White Center location, and Josh Henderson opened the Skillet Diner on 14th and Union two weeks ago, and the place is darling to look at and busy busy busy.
Finally, sorry Portland: it looks like it's our turn to be the New York Times' Northwest darling. Frank Bruni, who worked at the New York Times restaurant critic for six years, wrote a Travel section piece (published yesterday) praising our oysters, Dungeness, mentioning lots of favorites (Tavern Law, Walrus & Carpenter, Madison Park Conservatory) and taking a road trip to Lummi Island to visit Willows Inn (watch for my Island Dining feature next month for gorgeous pictures and my take on Willows). It's always a delight to see Seattle given some much-deserved love.
But as a local reviewer and food writer, I found it an interesting piece for a couple of reasons. First, I couldn't help but feel a twinge of annoyance that such a great writer fell so willingly into the town cliches around biking, weather and whatnot. This takes almost as much work as going to New York and writing about how everyone talks with such funny Brooklyn accents.
The most intriguing part, though, is what Bruni chose not to say. Granted, he's no longer a "food critic," but one can almost sense him straining at the bit because of that fact. To wit: He goes to the edge but doesn't quite call Blaine Wetzel's food at Willows Inn derivative. Then again, how would most of us ever know? I can count on one finger the number of people I know personally who've eaten at both Noma and at Willows. But Wetzel was Bruni's English-speaking contact when Bruni visited Denmark for last year's glorious Noma story. So Bruni would know, but he pulls back. Why?
Finally, Bruni named Maria Hines' Tilth one of the 10 Best New Restaurants in the Country back in 2008. But he rolled right over his mention of her latest, the Golden Beetle. Hmmm, I think I know why; you can read my review in our July issue.


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Being that many of us here at Movies.com hold John Carpenter's The Thing in very high regard (I'll go so far as to say it's one of the greatest horror films of the past fifty years), we've been pretty nervous about Universal's remake/prequel. We're trying to be positive, though – after all, Carpenter's version was a remake and it turned out pretty well, so we're trying to give Matthis van Heijningen Jr.'s prequel the benefit of the doubt.
The first trailer for the film is now online – and it's not bad. Van Heijningen's take on the origin of the monster from beyond the stars who can mutate into any lifeform it comes into contact with seems to ape the style and tone of Carpenter's version quite nicely. Sure, it's got a few more jump-scares based on the trailer, but the feeling of isolation and dread seems to be present and accounted for.
Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Joel Edgerton star in the prequel, which tells the story of what happened at the Norwegian base camp after they unearthed the extra terrestrial lifeform buried in the Antarctic ice. We still have some concerns (the film went back for reshoots to punch up the special effects, which is always a cause for unease), but at least the trailer uses some of the classic Morricone score. We won't know how the finished film turns out until The Thing lands in theaters this October, but have a gander at the trailer and see what you think in the meantime.
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Stay here Randy. Nothing about this Sticky that you cannot add to. I have never done that but on the page
http://www.shirtpocket.com/SuperDupe...scription.html there is a link to a 60 page pdf Users Guide. Let us know what you find out. k
Stay here Randy. Nothing about this Sticky that you cannot add to. I have never done that but on the page
http://www.shirtpocket.com/SuperDupe...scription.html there is a link to a 60 page pdf Users Guide. Let us know what you find out. k
I needed that.
I haven't looked but if it supports Applescript/Automator, you should be in business.
On the other hand, let that sucker run 24/7.
"Imagine if every Thursday your shoes exploded if you tied them the usual way. This happens to us all the time with computers, and nobody thinks of complaining." -- Jef Raskin
I always used to run 24/7 but have been on a real consistent recently 13 hour off and 11 hour on. So I guess I am being a tightwad.On the other hand, let that sucker run 24/7.
My GigaMDD, never tried SuperDuper cloning a drive with both OSX and OS9.2.2. Nor was I sure that running the 10.4.9 combo update would leave 9.2.2 still bootable and untouched. I have four drives in the MDD. Whole operation worked great. Two of the drives are 10.4.9 only, normal boot and backup boot. Other two are 10.4.9 and 9.2.2, boot and backup boot.
Only one item did not clone which has always happened before with other clone software too, the OS9 Conflict Catcher serial number. I did not want to boot to OS9 without Conflict Catcher controlling what loads. Took me about 30 minutes to find the CD with serial number sticker on the sleeve, while CC waited patiently at the beginning of the boot with a window for typing the info. k
BTW, you can download and use SuperDuper without paying for it, but paying does unlock scheduling, Smart Update (which saves a lot of time), Sandboxes, scripting and more!
Don't underestimate Smart Update. That alone is worth the price. Instead of a 30-60 minute full backup, Smart Update only clones what has changed, anywhere from 8 to 10 minutes for me on my G5. Yet to do Smart Update on my GigaMDD. Wife's iBook G4, cloning the internal 4200RPM drive to an external FW400 drive would take all day for a full backup. Smart Update goes way faster. k
Kaye delete this if it screws the thread. But with Super-Duper if I read things right you can only erase and copy to a drive/partition right?
No sync? No just adding without deleting items? Right?
Thanks to all, I finally have a back-up system TZ might approve of.
If you purchase SuperDuper, you can use Smart Update which will only copy new files and those that have changed. I did a Smart Update this morning and it took about 10 minutes cloning my primary boot drive with about 160GB used to my backup, both 500GB drives. Did I answer all of your questions? k
I don't think you can actually synchronize two folders.
Add w/o delete missing items, yes.
I ended up purchasing Intego Personal Backup as a replacement to PPC only Tri-Backup which seems like they will never have a UB version. That does allow the freedom to easily see what you are doing and nice options though.
Intego you need to edit or use their's pre-assigned scripts.
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I've used it on/off and like it. Heres the deal. I have 20GB of installers that are not "with my data" sitting on a single backup partition. I supposed I can put them with my data but then I push that partition to 70 percent full vs. 40 percent now. I can see them easily erased and no backup. A blessing - all old stuff?
I have the room and flexibility now so it would be easy to recreate partition sizes. Trying to cut most partitions out.
I had been using CCC since the Panther days. I plan to get a new MacPro next week. Is CCC not the way to go for bootable clones anymore?
CCC 3 looks to hold great promise....but had been in beta a long time. Hope it get released.
SuperDuper is at least as easy, works well, is fast, and even free for basic use: Clone whole drives. Such a great tool....I think everyone should pay to support it, not to mention the added features are well worth the cost.
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CCC 3.0 as a Beta makes me a bit uncomfortable. The CCC v2.3 runs under Rosetta unfortunately.
If I understand things correctly, the best solution available today for a true Universal Binary is SuperDuper?
"best" I don't know but Universal yes. But I love the Smart Update feature you can set when you pay for it. Typically with 160GB used on my boot drive and after several updates plus 686 photos added to iPhoto and creation of a slideshow in iDVD with those photos, plus archiving the iDVD slideshow, still took about 11 minutes to Smart Update to my backup boot drive.
And you can set that Smart Update preference even before first creating a full backup which would probably take me 70 minutes now. Then just leave it set for whatever you want to do. Smart Update in that circumstance will do a full backup. Works great on my G5 but I don't know about a Mac Pro. k
Current version is 2.1.4 and is not fully compatible with Leopard. Author is working on it. k
My G5, got a crash yesterday in Tiger 10.4.10 while SuperDuper cloning to a FW800 2-drive RAID. Desktop grayed with a window in the middle to shutdown via the front button. At first I thought maybe the leaking coolant problem. Nope, so then I thought about it for awhile and then decided to download the latest version of SuperDuper again, thinking perhaps SuperDuper had somehow become corrupted. That was it or perhaps some momentary glitch, electrons flowing in the wrong direction. Ran SuperDuper for almost 4 hours cloning to several drives. No problems. k
Funny you should mention SuperDuper, I prepared a clone of 10.4.10 on a FW800 HD today for a Leopard upgrade.
Well, I should say that I had to try to clone twice. I first tried System Restore in Disk Utility which left me with an unbootable clone -- I had forgotten that I experienced this before with the MBP.
After that remembered SuperDuper, which gave me a functioning clone without issue. Leopard update ran smoothly and is working fine at the moment. Given Leopard a whirl on an external before installing it on the main drive.
That was exactly what I intended too eric. Not happy with that FW800 2-drive RAID however. Took about 2.5 hours to do a full clone. Don't know why the RAID runs so slow in SuperDuper. The RAID boots and runs fast in 10.4.10. k
SuperDuper v2.5 is out. I should also have mentioned before that I figured out why that FW800 2-drive RAID ran so slowly in SuperDuper. I had another FW800 drive running. Even if not being accessed, it splits the FW bus bandwidth on my G5. k
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So, I was talking with Rob Courain yesterday about this crazy idea he has to raise money for missions. Rob is a member of First Baptist who was baptized in the James River on August 18. He is also a co-founder of RVA United, the ministry with and for 20-30somethings in Richmond that rocks First Baptist Church with a powerful praise service on Tuesday nights (Rob plays guitar in the band). And, as it turns out, he is something of an entrepreneur.
Here's what he's thinking:
Using the business model made popular by Groupon, Rob has made arrangements with Arianna's Grill at 700 N. Sheppard Street to offer up to 500 vouchers to our congregation valued at $20 each. When you buy a $20 voucher and take it to Arianna's you get $20 worth of delicious Italian food. But here's the interesting part: in exchange for the in-church publicity and promotion, Arianna's will give half that money to the mission cause of our choice, in this case to Mark and Sarah Williams, CBF missionaries working to save the lives of AIDS orphans in South Africa.
Before reading any further, stop to appreciate that last point: Arianna's—a friendly neighborhood restaurant less than two blocks from the church—is going to give half of the money it earns on these vouchers to missionaries in South Africa, evidence that the Kingdom of Heaven is coming to Richmond, Virginia.
Now, here's the catch: in order to offer this kind of deal Arianna's has to sell at least 200 vouchers. If they don't sell 200, the deal is off. They believe that the publicity and promotion they receive through the church will be well worth the minimum of $2,000 they send on to Mark and Sarah. And they are hopeful, of course, that people who discover Arianna's through this promotion will like it and want to come back at other times.
I have.
In fact, I've had lunch there the past two days. I love their lunchtime specials, their big, conversation-friendly booths, and the charming and attentive wait staff. But I looked at Arianna's differently when I was there yesterday. It wasn't just a friendly neighborhood restaurant, serving up good food at good prices: thanks to Rob I looked at Arianna's as a partner in mission.
Vouchers go on sale at First Baptist on One Sunday, September 8. I want to be the first person in line, holding my $20 in the air, knowing that half of it will go to Mark and Sarah Williams and the good work they are doing in South Africa.
I hope you will be right behind me.


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Judge orders forfeiture of Texas polygamist ranch
SAN ANGELO — A judge has ordered the forfeiture of a polygamist group's West Texas ranch to the state of Texas.
State District Judge Barbara Walther's order came Monday in Eldorado after the ranch owners failed to appear for the hearing.
The San Angelo Standard-Times reports Walther authorized the Schleicher County Sheriff's Office to enter the Yearning for Zion Ranch and inventory the property.
The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints formerly owned the ranch. The Texas Attorney General's Office filed to seize the ranch in 2012, citing numerous sexual assaults of children committed there.
The state has prosecuted 12 male members of the polygamist sect, including leader Warren Jeffs. He is serving a life sentence plus 20 years for sexually assaulting two girls, ages 12 and 15.


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It's every MC's worst nightmare: you drop your secret weapon, nobody moves. Orlando Higginbottom saw it first-hand when visiting London - club floors full of people trying to talk and update their statuses at the same time. No-one truly losing it; no spasming slaves to the beat. Then, like Kick-Ass, he had a revelation, went back to Oxford and sewed himself a T-Rex costume. Shortly afterward, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs was born, delivering nugget after nugget of computerised soul while dressed as the king of the theropods - try remaining static to that one, metropolis!
Keen to make a collection of dance tracks with a shelf life, Higginbottom has a flawless technique for Trouble: style yourself after Hot Chip's smaller sulkier cousin, bring tunes, wear a headdress, and sing about the things that other people omit from love songs. It's a simple approach that produces 14 straight hits, ideal for snake-hipped miserablists who like their electronica to be passive-aggressive. On 'You Need Me On My Own' Higginbottom blasts Calypso music on analogue synths, searching under his bed for any signs of his absent lover. He's either got it really bad, or he's a cannibal. The swirling keyboards on 'Trouble' recall a druggy night wandering, the Dinosaur having bopped so wildly he scared off his target girl. Both are outdone by the melodic 'Garden' and its slushy Berlin electro which has already shifted a busload of Lumias. Here, Higginbottom puts another heartbreaker in her place, his shy paranoia salted with Game Boys.
If the concept of Trouble sounds twee then its music is the exact opposite, hooking its creator as sure as it'll hook thousands of clubbers these summer months. Higginbottom's lost with the crowd in the beats, dark thoughts spilling out of his mouth like baby food. "Everywhere I look / I just see you / On your own / All that it took / Was one call / From his phone / Forgive me if I'm wrong / But you look shit / All alone / Don't get a shock / Because I could be / A dog to your bone, or something…" It's the "or something" on 'Household Goods' that sells it, the snarling lights igniting Higginbottom's fire at the opposite sex. 'Promises' is his nod to the scorned nerds of clubland, and 'American Dream, Pt. II' steals its shuddering chorus from Grandmaster Flash's 'White Lines'. Track after track triumphant circuitry pumps, with only 'Your Love' offering any kind of apology, a guest vocalist mentoring the Balearic grooves.
Higginbottom's neutered voice softens some of his bile but there's a lot more on Trouble to save it from total self-loathing. Perhaps it's that it connects years of singles, such as the suave, sing-along house of 'Tapes & Money' without once tripping up, or that when it does wobble - the knockabout samba of 'Panpipes' - it self-corrects so quickly you're lost in the next beat. Drifting as far between extremes as his niche allows him, Higginbottom's made one of the most delicious records this year, so sharp it's got him bombarded with remixes but catchy enough to get him into bedrooms, and festivals, and the offices of the big cheeses at Polydor. If you wish Berlin electro would occasionally stop to drop a Molotov then you need Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs; you need Orlando Higginbottom's wry voice and his skills on the decks. Dance can't be accused of being dead-eyed anymore. This is the album Morrissey could have made if he'd been treated to MDMA and burgers.
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