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Fotuali'i is one of seven British-based players in the South Sea Islanders' starting XV which also includes Quins flank Maurie Fa'asavalu, who played for England and Great Britain at league.
They have made six changes to the side that beat Canada 42-12 in Colwyn Bay, with Fotuali'i and Fa'asavalu in for Jeremy Su'a and Tivani Foma'i.
Former Sale back Paul Williams returns from injury to start at centre but there is no place for Robert Lilomaiava, who scored four tries against Canada but is left out in favour of David Lemi.
Only seven substitutes have been named, with the final player to be added in due course.
Samoa: 15 Faatoina Autagavaia, 14 Paul Perez, 13 George Pisi, 12 Paul Williams, 11 David Lemi (capt), 10 Tusi Pisi, 9 Kahn Fotuali'i, 8 Taiasina Tuifua, 7 Maurie Fa'asavalu, 6 Ofisa Treviranus, 5 Filo Paulo, 4 Daniel Leo, 3 Census Johnston, 2 Ole Avei, 1 Sakaria Taulafo.
Replacements: 16 Ti'i Paulo, 17 Villiamu Afatia, 18 James Johnston, 19 TBA, 20 Tivaini Fomai, 21 Jeremy Su'a, 22 Johnny Leota, 23 Robert Lilomaiava.
Date: Friday, November 16
Kick-off: 19:30 GMT
Venue: Millennium Stadium
Referee: Pascal Gauzere (France)
Assistant referees: Wayne Barnes (England), J�r�me Garces (France)
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A Legacy for all time
TONASKET – The U. S. Armed Forces Legacy site was dedicated Saturday, May 18, 2013, ...
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Mayor Patrick Plumb gets hosed down by a Tonasket Fire Department Truck during the Tuesday, ...
Five VISTA positions open at Tonasket this summer
The VISTA program, a companion program to AmeriCorps, has five positions open in the Tonasket School District this summer, according to VISTA coordinator Bob Ashmore.
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U.S. Armed Forces Legacy Project dedication this weekend
TONASKET – Tonasket's Armed Forces veterans and their supporters have created one of the state's true crown jewels in its Legacy Project on the south end of the city. The Legacy Project, which serves as both a memorial and a service center, will be formally dedicated this Saturday, May 18, with a parade and ceremony. [...]
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NORTH COUNTY - The Okanogan River, which has been at flood stage since late last week, began receding Wednesday morning after topping out at about 17.1 feet. The river is considered to be at flood stage at anything above 15.0 feet and has been there since May 10. At 17, flooding is considered "moderate" but water [...]
Tonasket frosh shock at FFA state
When the Tonasket FFA's parliamentary procedure team went to the national convention two years ago, ag teacher Matt Deebach thought called it a once-in-a-career experience. Turns out Deebach was wrong.
Thursday and Friday, May 9-10 Sports Results
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Larry Taylor
Larry Taylor, 79, was born April 4, 1934 in Cadillac, Mich. to Dale and Edith Taylor. He died on April 22, 2013 in Tonasket, Wash. He served in the United States Air Force for 13 years and was a retired Postal Service Carrier.
79th Oroville May Festival this Saturday
OROVILLE – "Paradise in the Valley" is the theme for this year's Oroville May Festival which pays tribute to Oroville's location and Lake Osoyoos.
Mary Ann Sasse
Mary Ann Sasse, age 78, of Tonasket passed away April 29, 2013 at North Valley Extended Care in Tonasket. Mary was born May 11, 1934 in Omak to Anna and Jim Bear. She lived her entire life in Pine Creek and Tonasket

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Then here is our desk from a wider angle. No, global thermal nuclear war has not rained down on us (cue the young Matthew Broderick and the CPU: Would you like to play a game?).
While we would like to say that it has been a lazy summer, having the kids around has put us in who's on first and what's on second mode big time! Especially now that Illusive Middle Child has football (American style, not soccer) and Girl Friday has Cheer practice. To see other clean, messy, and creative spaces, please hop over to Julia and the Stamping Ground.
However, we did make time for our design team card for Tuesday Trio's Sketch #78: Summer Vacation Theme. As we usually go to the beach during the summer, this is what Creative Me came up with!
Also, PA Me gets to do the happy dance, as our chipboard got settled down last round (post here). OCD Me has had no problem keeping them corralled (mostly because Creative Me doesn't use the much and the Inner Hoarder is more likely to pick up a cute piece of patterned or a cute pack of brads)!
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"At long last!!"
I have had this book in print format since 1990 and have probably read it at least 15 times. It has always made me feel better when I was a little depressed and I have been waiting for it to come to Audible US even since I saw it on the British Audible website (www.audible.co.uk). It is a wonderfully funny book with much to say about what we call "the human condition" and I love it, but I feel I should warn potential readers that the humor is decidedly British. When my sister read this book her comment was that she thought it was trying to be funny, but she kept missing the point of the jokes. So while I strongly recommend this book, that recommendation is mostly aimed at those who understand and appreciate British humor.
I have only one complaint about the way this book was read. Martin Jarvis should have paid more attention to those places in the book where line spacing was used to separate different threads of the story. Normally readers, when coming across those kind of breaks, supply their own silence to let listeners know that a different story thread is picking up, but Mr. Jarvis often runs directly from one thread to another without supplying any audio indication that the story line was changing. This is a minor point, but I found it annoying at times.
With the above caveats I heartily recommend this book to any Neal Gaiman or Terry Pratchett readers!
"Another teenager book"
This is the second book of this type that I have bought not knowing that it was a teen adventure. The first, The Second Ship, turned out to be a great book even though the main protagonists were about 50+ years younger than I am and I had a great time listening to it. This book was not as gripping and far less interesting.
I found the first hour or so of this book boring beyond belief with all of the concerns about teenage problems and the adopted-non adopted dynamics, but after that it became interesting enough for me to want to know what was going one and what was the story behind the adopted children. The book did finally provide that information and the story line turned out to be moderately interesting as a concept. I even finally lost my boredom with all of the teenager problems and their trouble interacting with their friends and parents. I was interested enough to want to know what was going to happen.
I had hoped that this first book in the series would be complete as it was, but that turned out to not be the case. The end of the book, which did tie up all of the loose threads as far as the story line was concerned, left me without any end to this part of the story - it was a classic cliffhanger and readers who want to know what happens to the characters will have to buy the next book. I will not do that for several reasons.
The first is that I have no emotional tie with the main characters and that is not because they are teenagers. I bought the second and the third Rho Agenda books because the characters were real to me and the story was well done. I cannot say the same here. It is not a bad book, but it is not a great one either./
The second reason is that, having read the promo for the second book, it is clear that the author either has some continuity issues between the first and second book or has changed the story line enough so that characters are not who they were supposed to be in the first book. I cannot explain further without giving away some of the story and I don't do that in reviews, so the reader will have to either take my word for it or read the first book and then the promo for the second.
The narration of the book was very well done and made reading a somewhat boring book more interesting than it otherwise would have been. On the whole, a 4 star book.
"The view from the other side"
This book covers the period from the end of World War II through the end of the Soviet Union as seen through the eyes of the Soviet leadership and, as such, it adds a great deal to a balanced view of what happened and why. While it may not be surprising that the Soviets viewed the causes of the crises that arose between the Soviet Union and the West differently it is sometimes surprising to find out exactly how they viewed these causes and what they saw as the possible solutions. This book is written by Vladimir Zubok who appears to have been a member of the Soviet government during part of the time covered by the book and his views and statements are backed up by Soviet archives. The book seemed to me to be facts, as seen from the other side, not just opinion.
In looking at the period from 1945 through 1991, when the Soviet Union dissolved, the book looks at the actions of each of the Soviet leaders – Stalin, Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Gorbachev and the others – and I found it interesting to find out what was on their minds, how and why they proceeded as they did and what others in the leadership thought of their actions.
I found the book to be slow going at first and I was unsure if I could actually finish it. However either I got used to the somewhat wooden narration or the book became more interesting after the first 3 or 4 hours. All of the book is interesting enough and I found that it changed my view of the causes of some of the events covered. In particular it became clear that the Soviet Union was falling apart in it's last decade and that had someone other than Mikhail Gorbachev been head of the Soviet State things might have ended quite differently.
While this book stands on it's own I found it helpful to have also read "Revolution 1989: The Fall of the Soviet Empire" as the two give a very good view of the last 10 years or so of the Soviet Union's existence. The feeling that the whole system was coming apart is clear in both books. The end of the Soviet Union was an enormous political event and this book does it's part in explaining what led up to and transpired during that event as seen from the Soviet side. As such I think it is helpful in understanding the late 20th century.
As I mentioned I think that the narration of this book is a bit wooden and uninspiring. It is not bad, it is just not very good. Still, I believe this book is a help in understanding what happened and, as such, I feel I can recommend it in spite of the narration.
"An indictment of the Tudors"
I, like many people, have always been fascinated by the Tudors. Perhaps it is because of our popular culture, from the BBC to our movies, but the Tudors have always seemed like a remarkable group of rulers so I was particularly interested in G J Meyer's book on them. It was all I could have asked for and more.
My Meyer's examination of the Tudor dynasty, from Henry VII through Elizabeth I, is thorough, detailed and incisive. The book is full of detail, in some cases almost too much detail, and leaves little to the imagination. His indictment of the Tudors flies in the face of today's cultural view of the Tudors, but leaves little doubt as to the validity of his assessment.
Understandably much of the book centers on the two best known Tudor monarchs – Henry VIII (or, perhaps we should say Henry VIIJ as you will read in the book) and Elizabeth I – although Henry VII, Edward VI and Mary I are hardly ignored. Mr Meyer's indictment of both Henry VIII and Elizabeth I are based on fact and opened my eyes to a part of history that I did not know. Most of what I knew about Henry was related to his break from the Catholic Church and his efforts to secure a male heir. While I have always condemned what I saw as his "excesses" I thought I understood his desperate search for a male heir since there had never been a successful British Queen before that time. However I never really knew how much of a tyrant he was and I never really knew how much the British Parliament of his day had been made a creature of the crown. His slaughter of all of those who stood in his way, and of those who served him faithfully, are facts ignored by most contemperary accounts, at least those with which I was familiar.
His description of Elizabeth's reign also brought to my attention much I never knew. I had always thought that Elizabeth failed in perhaps her main responsibility to the British state – marrying and producing a successor – and I always thought that she did so out of her own selfishness, but I never knew much about her persuit of practicing Catholics in the country. I knew of the general policy and I knew about how her agents persued Catholic Priests to arrest them, but I never really felt that I knew why they did so. Mr Meyer explained the thinking behind this policy and, perhaps, why British policy up till the 20th century continued to exclude Catholics from most government positions. None of this is meant to excuse this policy for Mr Meyer makes clear that most Catholics, including those slaughtered for their beliefs, were loyal British subjects. In particular the story of Edmund Campion ended for me the idea of "Good Queen Bess".
In A Word Undone, Mr Meyer's history of World War I, he alternated chapters between events and background information. His background sections were particularly helpful in explaining the "whys" in what was happening. He uses the same technique in this book, although there are not as many background chapters, to explain why things were as they were, why particular policies were followed and why particular solutions worked or did not work. I found this extremely helpful in understanding what was happening during the 120 or so years of the Tudors. Another thing I took away from this book is an understanding of how stable today's politics are compared to the world of the 16th century where the English, French, Spanish and Hapsburgs were constantly making and breaking alliances for the most transient of reasons.
This book is narrated by Robin Sachs who does a splendid job.
I recommend this book to anyone who has an interest in the period of the English Reformation or to those interested in British history of any period. So much of what happened during the reign of the Tudors is central to what came after that this book is enormously helpful in understanding events that happened hundreds of years after the last Tudor monarch died.
"Humiliating the living dead"
I bought this book thinking it was a biography of Stalin. It is not and you will not find much about his young life, his marriage and children, his life in the early Communist Party and so on. Rather the book is a study of Stalin during a series of political crisis, many of his own devising, how he came to dominate the Communist Party and State, how he disposed of his rivals and how he maintained that control. It is a frightening portrait of how one person could terrify first a party organization and then an entire state. It is also a view of how a ruthless person who has no controls on his behavior can keep and maintain terror as a weapon.
The author's family apparently grew up in Russia during the time of Stalin and this connection allows him to add a personal touch to the episodes in this book. The very first story in the book concerns Stalin's birth and how the entire Soviet State observed a fictitious anniversary on his "birthday". This episode is meant, I assume, to assure us that everything we thought we knew about Stalin as likely to be wrong and simply a device through which the dictator fashioned and maintained the information the public thought they knew about him.
Most of the information is related to Stalin's seizure and maintenance of power. Other events, such as the Second World War, occupy little or no space at all. However the re-imposition of terror after the Soviet Union's victory in World War II is given a great deal of space as is his plans for a final round of terror prior to a new war. The book is chilling and one is left with the feeling that only providence prevented World War III.
While much in this book was surprising to me perhaps most surprising was the willingness of some of Stalin's victims to be victims. Their loyalty was more to the Communist Party and the Soviet State than to their own lives and they were prepared to be humiliated and degraded rather than be seen as varying from "the party line". This seemed to be true of almost all of the early Communist revolutionaries with the exception of Trotsky who never was willing to bend to Stalin.
The title I gave to this review is from a line in the book. Stalin's associates apparently knew that their day would come and felt that as long as he was humiliating them, they were safe. Hence the line – humiliating the living dead. They knew they were, as the expression goes, dead men walking, and he seemed to get a great deal of pleasure out of humiliating the living knowing that they were eventually doomed to be killed in one of his purges. And their view of Stalin is shown in the story of how Khrushchev acted when he found Stalin almost dead from a stroke. While I had read this story before Khrushchev's actions explain perfectly the way Stalin's associates viewed him.
While this book did not give me much information about Stalin's life outside of his struggle to gain and then maintain power, he left me with much more knowledge about this despot than I had before and I feel that it was well worth reading. The narration, by David McCallum, was powerful and perfectly suited for the subject. I would have given it 6 stars had I been able to.
Highly recommended with some warnings. It is not a biography and it is not for young children.
"A different view of Camelot"
I have been looking for a balanced history of the time of the Kennedy brothers for a long time. Although I was too young to vote in 1960 when John Kennedy ran for President, I was old enough to be serving in the US military so I remember the Presidential campaign and his Presidency very well. And, like most people who were adults at the time, I remember exactly where I was when I first heard about his assassination in Dallas, Texas as well as the assassination of Robert Kennedy in Los Angeles, California.
I thought that histories of the Kennedy Presidency written shortly after the assassinations of John and Robert tended to lack objectivity and to be more paeans of praise than real histories and that those written during the 1980s tended to be revisionist and overly critical focusing on conspiracy theories, long on innuendo but short on facts. I bought this book because I felt that perhaps the 40+ years since the assassinations was enough time for historians to have gained the necessary objectivity to view the events of the period more dispassionately and write in a more balanced fashion.
This book centers on the relationship of the brothers during their time in office and especially during the time of John's Presidency. The central idea of the book, as described in the introduction, is that Robert's actions as Attorney General led directly to the events in Dallas and his brother's death. To describe the events and their linkages to the assassination the book covers the details of John's Presidency in a good deal of detail and, for me, that seems to be one of the main issues with the Audible version. Meetings between mafia Dons, labor leaders, high level US government officials, Soviet officials, Cuban exiles and the like are described and quotes from these meetings are used liberally. While the events and the quotes may well be accurate, the Audible reader is given little information concerning the source of the quotes. Perhaps there are footnotes in the print version of this book but nothing in the Audible version indicates where the quotes came from. However Mr Mahoney's credentials as the Kennedy Scholar Emeritus of the University of Massachusetts seem above reproach and I assume the quotations are valid. Given that, the conclusions one are drawn to are hard to avoid.
This book is dense with facts, meetings, events and quotes and normally I would suggest that such an event rich book would be better understood in print where it is easier for readers to return to the previous paragraph to re-read something. In fact I found myself rewinding 30 seconds or more frequently to make sure I understood who was saying what, but the events themselves are fresh enough in my memory to have compensated for the lack of a print version and I found myself listening to hours at a time when I would normally have been doing something else. In fact I finished this book in less than 3 full days. Given it's length that gives some indication as to how the story and the narration held me.
Both John and Robert Kennedy are presented as real people with both foresight and limitations and the descriptions seem fair and real. Given the material being discussed (assassination attempts against Fidel Castro, collusion and communication with the Mafia and the stories behind both the Bay of Pigs and the Cuban Missile Crisis, among others), what we see is a very different view of Camelot that detracts from the highly burnished view that many people have of the Kennedy Presidency. I should also mention that this is not a book about who killed John Kennedy. The book, through quotes, follows several threads involving individuals and groups who threatened to kill him, but makes no judgment concerning who may have actually done it. It does, however, have something to say about the judgment of the Warren Commission about a single shooter.
The final section of the book describes the change in Robert Kennedy after he left the office of Attorney General, ran for the U.S. Senate, became an opponent of the Viet Nam war and ran for the Presidential nomination. Of particular interest to me was the change and growth he underwent as he became more aware of the plight of the poor and neglected. The Robert Kennedy that appeared in 1969 seems like a very different Robert Kennedy from the one involved in the Kefauver Committee hearings in the 1950s.
The narration by Peter Altschuler is very good and well suited to the contents. The events described in this book may be at variance with many people's current views of the Kennedys but I think the book is very well done and well worth reading. I recommend it although some parts of it may be hard to listen to, especially for those whose view of the period was formed by the legend of Camelot.
"Very good mystery"
This is the third volume in the Matthew Shardlake mystery series. While I felt that the first book in the series was first rate I was disappointed with the second book which, I felt, had little real plot and in which the identity of the murderer was fairly obvious. I had hoped that the third volume would be better and I was not disappointed.
The events of this book take place during the period when Catherine Howard was Queen and the King and Queen were on a Royal Progress to the North Country after a northern rebellion. Matthew Shardlake, who is part of the Progress because of a job he has been given, finds himself involved in the investigation of a death and that investigation takes him deeply into matters that involve the Royal Family, the succession and the rebellion. And, for him, these are very dangerous waters for him to be involved in.
Everything about this book is great. The death may be an accident or may be murder. If it is murder, the reason might be pedestrian or involve treason. Matthew's position and personal safety are in jeopardy, there are many different threads to the story and they may or may not be related and, on top of that, there are sufficient red herrings that the truth is not clear until the very end. On top of all of that you get the chance to learn more about Matthew's assistant, John Barack, and the people involved in his life. All in all, as much as I liked the first volume I felt that this one was far better.
Part of the enjoyment of this book is the chance to learn something about early sixteenth century life in England – how people lived, how they thought, the tension between those who were still Catholic and those who now believed in the Church Of England and, most horrifying of all, imprisonment in The Tower Of London and what passed for justice at the time.
This book is narrated by Steven Crossley who does as good a job as he did with the previous volumes. Individual characters are generally recognizable by their own accents and way of speaking and there is continuity of tone with the previous volumes. If you enjoyed Dissolution you should enjoy this even more.
"Two novels, two reviews"
There are a number of things that made buying this book an interesting idea. First, the idea of two novels written by two authors based on the same basic idea. I wondered exactly how different the stories would be, how interesting the second would be after reading the first and how dated the earlier version of this story might be. Second, any novel by John Scalzi seems worth at least some investigation as I have not read anything by him that I have not considered to be worth the time spent. Third, Wil Wheaton does a good enough job narrating a book that his narration made the purchase even easier. So, how are the two different stories?
Fuzzy Nation (approximately 7 hours, 20 minutes)
Simply put, this book is a gold mine and, at the same time, a roller coaster ride. It is one of the few books I have read where I could say I really did not know how it was going to turn out. Of course you have a general idea that things will turn out for the best, but this book has so many ins and outs, so many legal turns and so many unexpected developments that I was unable to figure out precisely what would happen.
At the same time this novel is just plain fun. There are laugh-out-loud moments when my wife just looked at me as if perhaps I needed to see a doctor, suspenseful moments when I did not want to stop listening and just plain interesting moments when time seemed to fly past. I have not had this much fun listening to a book is quite some time. In particular I had no idea how the courtroom drama at the end of the novel would turn out, who would win, who would lose and how all of the lose ends would get tied up. In the end Mr Scalzi did a neat job of closing all of the loose ends and answering all of the questions and in a way that caught me completely by surprise. This is not a simple book and the plot is quite involved, but also quite satisfying at the end.
The narration, of course, is first class. The writing is first class. The story is first class. The first novel in the book is worth the purchase price alone. Five stars.
Little Fuzzy (approximately 6 hours, 25 minutes)
I had such a good time with Fuzzy Nation that I was actually reluctant to start listening to Little Fizzy. It was hard for me to see how the story could match John Scalzi's re-writing of it and the narration by Peter Ganim sounded harsh and uninviting by comparison. I actually waited for a day before I even began listening and, after 20 minutes or so, stopped listening and waited another day before getting back into the novel. I should not have worried.
The main character, Jack Holloway, exists in both books but is a completely different type of person in each. He is an independent mineral prospector on the same planet in both novels, but that is the extent to which the characters match. In Little Fuzzy he sounds like an older grizzled loner as compared to the young ex-lawyer in Fuzzy Nation. His views and opinions are much more dated and altruistic in Little Fuzzy, but he is still a main character worth spending time with in both stories. He is open and welcoming to the fuzzies when he finds and makes a home for them.
Little Fuzzy is a much simpler book than Fuzzy Nation. The plot is fairly straight-forward, the characters are mostly what you expect them to be and the "bad guys" seem to be operating with a much simpler set of goals. However the story is also interesting in its own way with what turns out to be a parallel, although somewhat clearer, set of plot lines. Still, the characters are interesting, there is a good deal of uncertainty as to what will happen to the fuzzies themselves and the courtroom drama at the end is, in its own way, as interesting as the first book.
This is, in many way, a very different book from Fuzzy Nation, but is worth reading on its own. While the narration is, in my opinion, not as polished as that of Fuzzy Nation, it is still well done. Four stars.
Both books are worth spending the time. Fuzzy Nation seemed to me to be a much more sophisticated novel with deeper character development, a more nuanced story and a more satisfying ending. Little Fuzzy, which I think is worth the time on its own, seemed more superficial by comparison with a much simpler story line, more straight-forward characters and has a more paternalistic feel than Fuzzy Nation. I believe the narration of Fuzzy Nation to be better than that of Little Fuzzy, but both are good. I have rated the combined book at 5 stars since I cannot give 4 ½ stars which would be the average of the two novel ratings.
An interesting question is how my views might have changed if I had read the stores in the reverse order. Having finished both books I clearly cannot do that but readers might want to think about which one to listen to first. Regardless, I recommend this combined book to those who like science fiction and are looking for a light read.
"Very, very good, but very, very long."
The first part of Edmund Morris' biography of Theodore Roosevelt is absolutely wonderful. This volume covers Mr Roosevelt's life from his birth through his selection as Vice President under McKinley and McKinley's assassination and is long enough, at 26, hours to cover everything of importance. While this is not the first Roosevelt biography that I have read it is the first that has covered all of the relevant parts of his early life with what seems like completeness.
Theodore Roosevelt led an extraordinarily varied life – young naturalist and student of animal life, Harvard student, New York assembly man, corruption fighting reformer, Civil Service Commissioner in Washington, cattleman in the Dakota Territory, Police Commissioner in New York, assistant Secretary of the Navy, mayor of New York City, Rough Rider and more and all of it comes to life in the wonderful writing of Mr Morris and the flawless narration of Mark Deakins. While parts of his life seem incongruous (for example his ability to be both a nature conservationist while, at the same time, engaging in hunting trips to kill wild animals and mount their heads and skins at his house) we need to remember that this occurred well more than 100 years ago and was perfectly in line with the common views of his day. What stands out above all are his enormous energy, his quick and subtle thinking and his absolute honesty. It is easy to see why he was so popular with the voters while, at the same time, so unpopular with some of the political class of his own party. His rise to power, given the unhappiness of some of the powerful politicians of his day, seems remarkable.
Mr Morris' writing of Theodore Roosevelt is largely positive, but not fawning. He writes about both the positive and negative sides of Mr Roosevelt's habits, views and opinions and his writing seems well balanced. However there is also a tendency to attribute the motives Mr Roosevelt's opponents to either meanness or greed and he (Mr Morris) seems unwilling to believe that those opponents might have held honest views which just were at odds with those of Mr Roosevelt. It is not enough to spoil the book but, while listening, I kept thinking to myself that perhaps the person in question honestly believed that Mr Roosevelt was wrong.
This is a very long book. All three volumes, in Audible format, add up to about 77 hours. While that length itself seems long it seemed even longer when compared to some of the other popular political biographies – Ron Chernow's biography of George Washington is about 42 hours, David McCullough's biography of John Adams is about 30 hours, H W Brand's biography of Ulysses Grant is about 28 hours, Jean Edward Smith's biography of FDR is about 33 hours and so on. As I said, this is a very long book. To find a comparably long biography one has to look at William Manchester's 3 volume biography of Winston Churchill which, at about 133 hours, eclipses even this book.
While listening to the Audible book I kept thinking that the book might have benefited from some judicious editing but I could never really put my finger on anything that should have been left out. It is long, but all of the information seems to be important, interesting or both. While 77 hours seems very long perhaps it is necessary for a life so varied, intense and central to the history of the US and the world. Theodore Roosevelt's life deserves a great biography and has found it in this book.
Highly recommended for those interested in history during the beginning of the 20th century.
"Not the book I expected."
The title of this book - Temples, Tombs and Hieroglyphs – led me to think it was about the various temples constructed in Egypt, how they were built, how they were used, how the pyramids were built, what current scholarship believed to be the purpose of the various interior spaces and, perhaps, a description of Jean Francois Champollion's successful efforts to decipher the hieroglyphs. Instead what I found was an overview of the thirty or so Egyptian dynasties and, along with that, a brief history of Egypt.
I don't want to be misunderstood. The information provided is interesting and well presented. The overview of the Egyptian dynasties was informative and Ms Mertz's explanation of what is known and, perhaps more importantly, what is not known and why it is not know, was very helpful to me as a casual reader. I found the competing ideas as to what happened and why to be of great interest. Still, the book did not address those questions which the title led me to believe were the contents of the book.
Ms Raver's narration is superb and the content both interesting and, at times, witty. However, after finishing the book, I am left with almost all of the questions I had when I bought the book – what does current scholarship say about the interior rooms of the pyramids? How were the tombs discovered? What is the history of the archeological efforts in Egypt? How were the hieroglyphs deciphered (yes, I know about the Rosetta Stone, but it would have been nice to have some information on the effort and process itself)? Who were the main Egyptians involved in the design and building of the pyramids? What processes were used in the construction? What efforts were made to protect those buried from tomb robbers? Why did those efforts fail so badly? And many more.
Given that this book did not cover what the title implied I felt compelled to give it no more than 3 stars. However the narration was so good that I decided that 3 12/ stars would be better. Since I cannot give it what I would like I settled on 4 stars. This is, I fear, too much.
"An old favorite, but poorly narrated"
I first read this book in paperback when I was very young and it has been one of my favorite Heinlein novels ever since. Although, as I got older, I found myself liking Heinlein's writing style less and less, I always had found memories of this book so, when I saw it on Amazon, I purchased it.
The first thing I found was that the Audible version is different from the version I first read back in the 1950s. I was surprised enough by the differences that I did some research about the early book. What I found was that some of the anti-communist content, which is in the current Audible version, had been removed from the print version that I originally read because it was felt to be inappropriate. That seems a little surprising to me considering that the 1950s was thought to be a strongly anti-communist period and yet the anti-communist content was removed so as to not influence young minds. Interesting fact.
More than 60 years after the first publication of this book it feels a bit dated. Heinlein always had a libertarian view toward society and that view is clear and present in this book, but many of the background assumptions simply seem odd today. Taxis do not fly, cars cannot jump over rivers and marriages are not contracted for a specific period of time. None the less the book is still a fun read and retains a good deal of the appeal it had for me when I was a pre-teen.
The one truly annoying thing about this book is the narration. Mr James has the habit of pausing continuosly thoughout the book for no specific reason. Person 1 speaks, pause, person 2 replies, pause, person 1 replies, pause, ... It got so bad that I ended up listening to this book at 1.25 x speed (using the Android Audible reader) and thought about trying to listen at 1.5 x speed. The pauses are just maddening and detract a great deal from my ability to enjoy listening.
Still, if you can put up with the pauses, I believe this to be one of the better Heinlein novels. Still enjoyable after more than 60 years.


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MIAMI (AP) — Brian Kelly says leaving Notre Dame "isn't an option." Alabama's Nick Saban says he has no "unfinished business" in the NFL.
While Oregon coach Chip Kelly ponders which NFL job — if any — he wants, the coaches getting ready to meet in the BCS championship said during media day at Sun Life Stadium that they have no interest in jumping to the pros.
Brian Kelly is in his third season with the top-ranked Fighting Irish and has led them to an undefeated season. Notre Dame will try to win its first national championship since 1988 by beating No. 2 Alabama on Monday night.
The 51-year-old Kelly has steadily climbed the coaching ladder, from Grand Valley State to Central Michigan to Cincinnati to Notre Dame, winning big at every stop along the way.
The next logical step would be the NFL, but for now, he said he has no desire to give it a try.
"Leaving is not an option. I don't even think about it," he said Saturday.
Chip Kelly is being courted by the Cleveland Browns, Philadelphia Eagles and Buffalo Bills. There haven't been the same type of rumors and speculation about Brian Kelly.
He said even if an NFL team was interested in talking to him about a job vacancy, he wouldn't know.
He said there is a strict protocol in place and any NFL team would have to speak with his agent first, and that information wouldn't be passed along to him until after the BCS championship game.
"I think from my perspective I've got the best job in the country, NFL, college, high school, whatever," Kelly said. "I just look at the place that I'm at and thankful for the opportunity that I have." Continued...
Saban, who did a two-year stint with the Miami Dolphins before taking the Alabama job in 2007, doesn't seem to have any interest in going back. But the rumors about NFL teams being interested in the Crimson Tide coach come up just about every year.
"I don't have any unfinished business in the NFL," Saban said. "It's not something I'm concerned about. It's not even anything I want to do."
It's getting easier to believe the 61-year old Saban with every passing year, but the way he left the Dolphins will always leave some doubting what he says.
"I guess I have to say it. I'm not going to be the Alabama coach," Saban said on Dec. 21, 2006, two weeks before he became Alabama coach.
Saban has a chance to win his third national title in the last four seasons with the Crimson Tide, and fourth championship overall. He also won one in 2003 with the LSU. He left the Tigers for the Dolphins after the 2004 season and went 15-17 in two seasons with Miami.
"I'm not looking for new challenges," he said. "I'm just trying to take advantage of helping the challenging situation that we have and continue to be successful."
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Why did you decide to join the boards?
I hung back for a couple of weeks after the boards opened, but I ended up posting when I saw a thread about internet relationships, and decided to stick up for a friend of mine who was in one. Funny how such things work, eh?
Has Scarleteen helped you in any way?
I was also so clueless about sex, it was unbelieveable. I joined right away. I thought that I knew about sex, and I was good at giving advice. Well I ws wrong, but from day to day I learn, and it got me far. I am glad I joined, or I still might be clueless about sex and what it really means.
"Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer, but wish we didn't" -Erica Jong<~~~no thats not me :) *~*Scarleteen Advocate*~*
I must be the only one that didn't look around first. I joined right away and started posting. I started here in July 2000, but was posting under 'AngelsBrat'. I was a little sh*tdisturber, to say the least ... always posting in the mensroom and ask a sexpert ... LOL I changed my nickname this in september or something, when i moved.
I just love giving advice ... So that's why i'm here. And i love learning. I've been an advocate since October 2000, and was tickled pink when the job was offered to me
------------------'Cause I'm just a girl, little ol' meDon't let me out of your sightI'm just a girl, all pretty and petiteSo don't let me have any rightsOh... I've had it up to here!
------------------"I like a man with rock in bum." -Tom Green
------------------...an angel who didn't so much fall as saunter vaguely downwards...
"Ni! Ni! Niii!" -Monty Python & the Holy Grail
"Dream dangerous, and thanks for the poem!"- what Neil Gaiman signed in my copy of "American Gods". I gave him a poem I wrote.
"Christina Aguilera tried to make out with me! But I shut her down!" -Joel from Good Charlotte. Its a loooong story. ;)
I'm extremely glad I found scarleteen- everyone's so friendly and helpful, and Heathers' articles are wonderful (not to mention the fact that I've learned so much from scarleteen in the past year). Plus, I've made many awesome friends (you guys rawk). It's so cool to have a place to go, where no one will judge me and the people are so positive. When they asked me to be an advocate (about 4 or 5 months ago- I forget) I was thrilled.
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I wanna sleep on the cold groundIn the comfort of your arms,On a pillow of blue-bonnetsAnd a blanket made of stars
Mostly I like the people here and I like to be helpful when I can. Sometimes I watch quietly and sometimes I am very talkative (as you guys probably know, 'cause my posts are all long... )
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Why I decided to stay ? Because there were so many things I didn't knew. I realised there was so much over here, specially here at the boards. So I just stayed and I'm enjoying this place !!!
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I was surfing for lesbian porn and I stumbled across scarletletters. I saw the link out for under 18's wasn't "disney.com" so I clicked it and arrived here :0)
I first went to the boards to ask about a good way to come out to my parents. Since then I've been pretty much addicted, except for a few longish gaps when school was tough.
Hugs & Scully,Winnie :0)
its interesting... and i can ask questions without worrying about my friends knowing... except the one that showed me this place, but... he's cool like that, and doesnt care
Someone had a question, and i knew an answer, so i joined... and soon after, my friend joined to, so its great to go read his posts... lol
yeah, not as much as i would like, and seriously, some things get annoying (like to search before you post, or else it will be closed) and other stuff i would like to se here, i wont mention becuase my friend will read this
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This person is a natural product. The slight variations in color and texture enhance its individual character and beauty and in no way are to be considered flaws or defects.
Has Scarleteen helped you in any way?Yep! Its helped with some questions and I've learned bunches more than I did.
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------------------I panic and hold on tighter, but that makes it worse. How am I supposed to take it when she says, "This is something I'm going through; it's got nothing to do with you"?
------------------"I've learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow."
Care to read my thoughts?
Thanks for all you guys do!
------------------"-and i hope i'm not shooting my mouth off...again...and i pray i'm not tempting the fates....." -james, off millionaires"dun bun can't be undone" -steven king, insomnia
Alli at girlmomm actually told me about this site. as you can see i dont post much but im glade im here.
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I stumbled in here looking for who knows what. It was probably through yahoo.ca, and all I know is that it was a while ago.
I stay because I like hearing what other people have to say, and cause it's a good resource to refer back to.
I can ask questions on the boards
Scarleteen has helped in some ways, yes.
I don't really wanna say anymore, I'll just retreat back into my reading shadow
What made me stay here? I love anatomy, I think it the coolest thing. And this site has a lot of it!
I love Scarleteen. Nothing could ever make me resign from here!
Oh yeah, how has ST helped me?I've found that I'm not the only 15 year old girl in America who is strange! Everytime I have a question, I know that ST won't judge me. It's a spiffy site!
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------------------~*Scientists say that one out of 4 people are crazy. go to 3 of ur friends and if they are okay, you are it.*~
~*In faith i do not love thee with mine eyesfor they in thee a thousand errors notebut tis my heart which love what they dispise,who in despite of view is pleased to dote,Nor are mine ears by thine tounge's tune delighted,Nor tender feeling base touches prone,Nor taste nor smell desire to be invited,To any sensual feast with thee alone.But my five wits nor five senses can dissuade one foolish heart from serving thee,Who leaves unswayed the likeness of a man,Thy proud heart's slave and vassal wretch to be.Only my plague thus far can i count my gain,that he who makes me sin awards me pain.~*William ShakespeareSonnet 141
Oh yeah, I forgot one of the questions. I joined the boards because well, I just love message boards in general, yep. So I decided it was high time I registered and joined in on some of the discussions, cause I read these message boards usually everyday.
Anyways, MUCHO LOVE to Scarleteen.
------------------Prosperity thatthe golden Musesgave me was nodelusion: dead, Iwon't be forgotten-Sappho
okay, i admit that before scarleteen, i was *really* clueless about most things sex-related. my love affair with scarleteen )shh! don't tell my boyfriend!) began around february of this year. i had just started a very serious relationship and had only been in one other in my whole life (in junior high school).
so when things started progressing with my bf, and becoming more physical, i had a minor freak out. i vaguely remembered reading a "dear abby" column, of all things, about "getting pregnant with your blue jeans on." or something like that.
so i rushed to my handy-dandy computer and spent many hours looking for information about pregnancy risks, etc.
somehow, i stumbled upon scarleteen and quickly found the answer to my question. after that, i knew where to go for any other questions or concerns that arose. i finally decided to join the boards in march, after lurking for a month or so.
scarleteen is something i check out regularly. i'm always learning new stuff here, which is great. especially since my bf and i are still experiencing new things with each other. when we decide the time is right for us to move to the next level, i know i will prep myself here at scarleteen beforehand.
also, i've found that since coming here, i have been sharing my newfound knowledge an awful lot. i dispelled *several* myths that my bf was buying into, and have wowed him with my sexual savviness.
so thanks scarleteen. i know i say this almost everytime i post, but i mean it. this site is a huge service to all who visit here i'm sure. i only wish everyone knew of/had access to this place because i'm sure that *lots* of problems could be remedied if only people cared enough about their bodies and well-being (sexual and otherwise) as much as scarleteen does.
------------------~Who live in a pineapple under the sea?~
~ Jenni
October 2001.
My Phys Ed. Teacher Suggested a site called iEmily.com, I went to that site for a while, but one day it closed down, so I searched for "Sexual Education Site" and I found Scarleteen. I looked at the Articles for a long time not realizing there were even message boards!
What made you stay?The boards! the information is so amazing, and accurate, how could I leave? and it's always fun to help out someone if you kow somethin they don't know, and you gain so much knowledge from Scarleteen!
Why did you decide to join the boards?I used to have ALOT of questions to ask (I still do sometimes) and the replies here are quick and accurate, so I've just been here ever since.Also the boards make ya learn something new everyday!
Has Scarleteen helped you in any way?in SO many ways! If I have a questions about my family, myself, my boyfriend or anything, the Scarleteener's have always been there for me!
I love scarleteen so much, because I don't really have anyone I can talk to about Sex and stuff, so It's great to come here and I don't have to be embarrassed to ask or tell anything! THX Scarleteen!
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The cast and crew of Theatre Centre want to make that tradition even more special with a live performance of the story about a good man who almost loses his faith, and the angel who helps him save it.
On Dec. 5, 6, and 7, beginning at 7 p.m. each evening, the National Guard Amory in Centre is transformed into Bedford Falls, where George Bailey's life is played out in living color. Tickets are $10 each and can be purchased at the door.
New and veteran actors are becoming familiar characters from the movie under the direction of Kay Davis.
Davis has directed Theatre Centre's Christmas plays for the past two years, and has gone all out to bring this film favorite to the stage.
"This play is such a beloved Christmas memory, and I'm so excited to bring it to Cherokee County," Davis said.
The story is one of community and friends helping friends, but it centers on two main characters.
George Bailey is your average nice guy, who does above-average things for his fellow man. When George comes to a crisis in life that he can't see a way out of, he wonders if he would be better dead than alive.
The other main character in the story is an angel who doesn't look very angel-like. In fact, Clarence looks just like another average nice guy who has been sent to help George see that even in the midst of crisis, he does, in fact, have a wonderful life. Clarence is also hoping that by saving George he will finally earn that one thing that every angel wants — his wings.
George Luttrell Varnell III plays George Bailey. While not necessarily a newcomer to the theater, Varnell admits he has never played a part like this.
"I wanted to play this part because it is true. I've had a wonderful life. No matter how things get, we really are blessed," Varnell said. "I think it is a spiritual movie. We do have angels I believe. They show up in our lives a lot."
Varnell credits his mother, Martha Jane Varnell, with getting him interested in theater in the first place.
"My mother started plays in this area with Ann Jordan in 1972," Varnell reported. "I just wanted to honor my mom by being in this one."
Varnell adds another reason the community will enjoy the show.
"They'll see that this happens every day. Local people in our town have the courage to see themselves really having a wonderful life," Varnell said.
Clarence, played by Larry Guffey, believes folks who see the play will get more than just a night out .
"People who come to see the play will get their Christmas spirit started," Guffey said. "I think the play is better than the movie."
Guffey knew from the start that he wanted to play Clarence.
"I fell in love with the character Clarence, because Clarence really tells the story," Guffey said.
And what story is that?
"He needs some wings!," Guffey explained. "And Clarence gives George Bailey his wish that he had never been born, and then Clarence has to reverse it. I think people can relate to this play because everyone at one time or another has wished they had never been born."
There is also a character in the play that most who have seen the move love to hate. Mean, old Mr. Potter is played by Charles Garrett.
Garrett is a veteran of Theatre Centre Christmas plays, and has enjoyed getting into the Potter part.
"I wanted to be Mr. Potter because he is a mean, old man, and I thought it would be fun to be that for a change," Garrett said with a grin.
Garrett joined Bob Bright to build the play's sets as well, which include the Bailey home at Christmas and the famous snowy bridge where George Bailey first meets his angel, Clarence.
"Bob Bright and I work together as a team," Garrett explained. "I get to see this play as an actor and as a set builder. We want the sets built as quickly as possible so the actors can feel their part. George and Clarence can practice their parts better when they are standing on that bridge covered in snow."
Noting that the play would obviously not have Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed in their familiar roles, Garrett thinks this production offers the community something even better.
"This play is our local interpretation of a classic movie, and that is what America is about. We take something good and do our interpretation of it," Garrett said. "We have a good cast for this play and they love what they are doing."
Other cast members include Amy Bennett as George Bailey's wife, Mary. His children are played by Alanna Huskey, Hannah Horton, Chelsea Hill, Grace Locklear, Dylan Keasler, and Maggie Mullaney.
Joel Bishop plays George Bailey as a boy. Mother Bailey is played by Lana Evans. Playing two parts, Will Bailey plays both Harry Bailey and Sam Wainwright.
George Bailey's muddled Uncle Billy is played by Al Gordan, and Charlotte Taylor plays Aunt Tilly.
Others in the cast include George Scroggin, Shai Whaley, Ted Bridges, Gary Davis, Joy Coker Perry, Ginger Cobia, Tracy Bishop, Terry Dean, Ron Belscher, Cassandra Aschwege, Alexia Wood, Melanie Jones, Mary Wade, Bethany Leonard, Lindsey Izell, and Addison Johnson.
As movie-watchers know, it all works out somehow for George Bailey, and he does get his faith back with a little help from his friends.
But the real question remains – does Clarence ever get his wings?
To learn the answer to that question, theater-goers will have to pay special attention to one of the most famous lines uttered, and one of the last.
Six-year-old Maggie Mullaney who plays George's youngster daughter, ZuZu, will have the privilege of letting the audience know how Clarence faired. With her full head of curls and big eyes, Cherokee County's own "ZuZu" could even help mean old Mr. Potter get into the Christmas spirit.
When asked what she thought her famous line about bell ringing might mean, Mullaney replied, "It means an angel gets their wings. Behind their back."
Director Davis hopes everyone will take the opportunity to see Theatre Centre's production of It's a Wonderful Life during one of the three performances offered.
"What people have seen on TV they will get to see in real life," Davis said. "And anytime you have live actors it makes everything special."


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