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Wednesday, April 30, 2014
""Why innocent people plead guilty": Judge Jed Rakoff suggests "tens of thousands of innocent people" have been "coerced into pleading guilty""
Doug Berman at Sentencing Law & Policy excerpts and links to an article covering the judge's speech:
"Plea bargains have led many innocent people to take a deal," Rakoff said. "People accused of crimes are often offered five years by prosecutors or face 20 to 30 years if they go to trial. … The prosecutor has the information, he has all the chips … and the defense lawyer has very, very little to work with. So it's a system of prosecutor power and prosecutor discretion. I saw it in real life [as a criminal defense attorney], and I also know it in my work as a judge today."
April 30, 2014 | Permalink | Comments (0)
"Botched Oklahoma execution reignites death penalty debate"
From the Washington Post:
Tuesday night's botched execution in Oklahoma, which resulted in an inmate's writhing death from a heart attack 43 minutes after he received what was supposed to be a lethal injection, was just one in a series of bungled execution attempts the past few years. It's prompting calls for a moratorium on capital punishment from death penalty opponents.
The inmate, Clayton Lockett, was confirmed unconscious 10 minutes after the first dose in the state's new three-drug protocol was administered. The first drug, midazolam, is intended to render a person unconscious. But three minutes later, he began breathing heavily, thrashing and straining to lift his head, media witnesses said.
Reporters for Tulsa World and KFOR-TV in Oklahoma City said Lockett called out from the gurney, "man."
The blinds were then lowered to prevent people in the viewing gallery from seeing inside the death chamber. Oklahoma Department of Corrections Director Robert Patton answered a ringing phone and left the room with a few officials.
April 30, 2014 | Permalink | Comments (1)
Rudovsky on Effective Assistance of Counsel
David Rudovsky (University of Pennsylvania Law School) has posted Gideon and the Effective Assistance of Counsel: The Rhetoric and the Reality (Law and Inequality: A Journal of Theory and Practice, Vol. 32, 2014 Forthcoming) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
There is general agreement that the "promise" of Gideon has been systematically denied to large numbers of criminal defendants. In some cases, no counsel is provided; in many others, excessive caseloads and lack of resources prevent appointed counsel from providing effective assistance. Public defenders are forced to violate their ethical obligations by excessive case assignments that make it impossible for them to practice law in accordance with professional standards, to say nothing of Sixth Amendment commands. This worsening situation is caused by the failure of governmental bodies to properly fund indigent defense services and by the refusal of courts to provide adequate remedial measures to ensure that appointed counsel have the time and resources necessary to meet their constitutional obligations.
I propose a litigation strategy as a means of confronting the issues of funding and resources that incorporates both Sixth Amendment and professional responsibility standards to enable courts to order structural relief in cases of systemic deficiencies.
April 30, 2014 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Yesterday's oral arguments on cellphone searches
Transcript in Riley v. California is here and in United States v. Wurie is here. Commentary on the arguments is collected at ScotusBlog.
April 30, 2014 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
College sexual assaults
Two pieces today. First, from The New York Times:
WASHINGTON — Reacting to a series of highly publicized rapes on college campuses, the White House on Monday released guidelines that increase the pressure on universities to more aggressively combat sexual assaults on campus.
The recommendations urge colleges, among other measures, to conduct anonymous surveys about sexual assault cases, adopt anti-assault policies that have been considered successful at other universities and to better ensure that the reports of such crimes remain confidential. The guidelines are contained in a report by a White House task force thatPresident Obama formed early this year, and the administration is likely to ask Congress to pass measures that would enforce the recommendations and levy penalties for failing to do so. The government will also open a website, NotAlone.gov, to track enforcement and provide victims with information.
And second, from Philadelphia Magazine, regarding problems at Swarthmore:
But in the midwinter of 2013, Sendrow says, she was in her room with a guy with whom she'd been hooking up for three months. They'd now decided — mutually, she thought — just to be friends. When he ended up falling asleep on her bed, she changed into pajamas and climbed in next to him. Soon, he was putting his arm around her and taking off her clothes. "I basically said, 'No, I don't want to have sex with you.' And then he said, 'Okay, that's fine' and stopped," Sendrow told me. "And then he started again a few minutes later, taking off my panties, taking off his boxers. I just kind of laid there and didn't do anything — I had already said no. I was just tired and wanted to go to bed. I let him finish. I pulled my panties back on and went to sleep."
April 29, 2014 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Baer on the Two Faces of Corporate Fraud
Miriam H. Baer (Brooklyn Law School) has posted Confronting the Two Faces of Corporate Fraud (Florida Law Review, Vol. 66, No. 87, 2014) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
Some criminals engage in meticulous planning. Others commit crimes in the heat of the moment. Corporate fraud incorporates both planned and spur-of-the-moment misconduct. Although law and economics scholars have traditionally viewed corporate fraud as a manifestation of opportunism among the corporation's agents, a new generation of scholars, influenced by findings in behavioral psychology, has focused on the temporal aspects of corporate misconduct. Wrongdoing comes about, not simply because an agent opportunistically takes advantage of her principal, but also because her short-term self falls prey to temptations and cognitive biases that effectively disable her law-abiding long-term self.
April 29, 2014 | Permalink | Comments (0)
"Applying the Fourth Amendment to the global Internet"
Orin Kerr has this post at The Volokh Conspiracy. In part:
The global nature of Internet surveillance is one of the many revelations from Edward Snowden's disclosures that began last summer. A decade or two ago, Internet surveillance meant surveillance inside the United States. When asking how the Fourth Amendment applied to the Internet, we naturally assumed that the target, the evidence, and the government were inside the United States. But the Internet has changed. That assumption is less and less true. A fascinating opinion handed down on Friday from Magistrate Judge Francis in New York showcases the problem. In a routine application for a warrant to obtain a target's e-mail in a domestic investigation, it turned out that the data was stored on a server in Ireland rather than the United States. How do the rules change? How should Fourth Amendment law adapt?
April 29, 2014 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Monday, April 28, 2014
Austin on Sentencing Mitigation Videos
Regina Austin (University of Pennsylvania Law School) has posted 'Not Just a Common Criminal': The Case for Sentencing Mitigation Videos on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
Sentencing mitigation or sentencing videos are a form of visual legal advocacy that is produced on behalf of defendants for use in the sentencing phases of criminal cases (from charging to clemency). The videos are typically short (5 to 10 minutes or so) nonfiction films that explore a defendant's background, character, and family situation with the aim of raising factual and moral issues that support the argument for a shorter or more lenient sentence. Very few examples of mitigation videos are in the public domain and available for viewing. This article provides a complete analysis of the constituent elements of these videos, particularly their narrative structure. It raises strategic considerations that are pertinent to the decision to use a video during the sentencing process and explores questions of image ethics that can arise when a defendant's children and parents are enlisted as video witnesses. Finally and most importantly, it addresses the hearsay challenges that not only present obstacles to the admission of sentencing videos in formal sentencing proceedings, but also impact the weight they are accorded in general.
April 28, 2014 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Givati on Social Values and Plea Bargaining Regimes
Yehonatan Givati (Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Faculty of Law) has posted Legal Institutions and Social Values: Theory and Evidence from Plea Bargaining Regimes (Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Forthcoming) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
How do social values shape legal institutions across countries? To address this question I focus on one important legal institution -- the use of plea bargaining in criminal cases. I develop a model in which the optimal scope of plea bargaining depends on social values. Specifically, a lower social emphasis on ensuring that innocent individuals are not punished, and a greater social emphasis on ensuring that guilty individuals are punished, lead to a greater use of plea bargaining. Using unique cross-country data on social preferences for punishing the innocent versus letting the guilty go free, as well as an original coding of plea bargaining regimes across countries, I obtain results that are consistent with the model.
April 28, 2014 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Player on Public Assistance, Drug Testing, and Population-Based Legal Analysis
Candice T. Player (University of Pennsylvania Law School & the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania) has posted Public Assistance, Drug Testing, and the Law: The Limits of Population-Based Legal Analysis (American Journal of Law and Medicine, Vol. 40, Pg. 26, 2014) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
In Populations, Public Health and the Law, legal scholar Wendy Parmet urges courts to embrace population-based legal analysis, a public health inspired approach to legal reasoning. Parmet contends that population-based legal analysis offers a way to analyze legal issues — not unlike law and economics — as well as a set of values from which to critique contemporary legal discourse. Population-based analysis has been warmly embraced by the health law community as a bold new way of analyzing legal issues. Still, population-based analysis is not without its problems. At times, Parmet claims too much territory for the population perspective. Moreover, Parmet urges courts to recognize population health as an important norm in legal reasoning. What should we do when the insights of public health and conventional legal reasoning conflict? Still in its infancy, population-based analysis offers little in the way of answers to these questions. This Article applies population-based legal analysis to the constitutional problems that arise when states condition public assistance benefits on passing a drug test, thereby highlighting the strengths of the population perspective and exposing its weaknesses.
April 28, 2014 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Today's criminal law/procedure cert grant
Issue summary is from ScotusBlog, which also links to papers:
- Yates v. United States: Whether Mr. Yates was deprived of fair notice that destruction of fish would fall within the purview of 18 U.S.C. § 1519, which makes it a crime for anyone who "knowingly alters, destroys, mutilates, conceals, covers up, falsifies, or makes a false entry in any record, document, or tangible object" with the intent to impede or obstruct an investigation, where the term "tangible object" is ambiguous and undefined in the statute, and unlike the nouns accompanying "tangible object" in section 1519, possesses no record-keeping, documentary, or informational content or purpose.
April 28, 2014 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Sunday, April 27, 2014
"Another States Moves to Criminalize 'Revenge Porn'"
From Time.com:
Colorado joins some two dozen other states working on legislation that would criminalize the nonconsensual online publication of sexual photos of a person specifically to humiliate or blackmail them.
April 27, 2014 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Restitution for child porn
Eric Posner has a post critiquing the Supreme Court's approach at Slate.com. In part, addressing how much should be paid to the victim by the convict:
How much should he have to pay her?
Zero, three of the conservative justices argued in dissent Wednesday. All $3.4 million, argued Justice Sonia Sotomayor, also in dissent. Something, held the majority, in an opinion written by Justice Anthony Kennedy. The conservatives got the law right, Sotomayor got the morality right, and Kennedy—characteristically trying to have it both ways—created a muddle.
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Kennedy essentially tells district court judges to go figure it out. He uses vague directives for determining the restitution awards like "reasonable and circumscribed." On the scale between zero and $3.4 million, where does that fall? Who knows? When a court goes squishy like this, you know something is wrong. Kennedy certainly could have been more precise if he had wanted to, but precision would have exposed the defects in his argument.
April 27, 2014 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Top-Ten Recent SSRN Downloads
in criminal law and procedure ejournals are here. The usual disclaimers apply.
|Paper Title
|Last Words: A Survey and Analysis of Federal Judges' Views on Allocution in Sentencing
Mark W. Bennett and Ira P. Robbins
U.S. District Court (Northern District of Iowa) and American University - Washington College of Law
Date posted to database: 13 Mar 2014
|The Due Process Exclusionary Rule
Richard M. Re
Yale Law School
Date posted to database: 28 Feb 2014
|Thinking Slow About Sexual Assault in the Military
Matthew David Burris
United States Airforce
Date posted to database: 26 Mar 2014
|Law and Neuroscience
Owen D. Jones, Jeffrey D. Schall andFrancis X. Shen
Vanderbilt University - Law School & Dept. of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University - Department of Psychology and University of Minnesota Law School
Date posted to database: 19 Mar 2014
|Will There Be a Neurolaw Revolution?
Adam J. Kolber
Brooklyn Law School
Date posted to database: 19 Feb 2014 [6th last week]
|Flawed Convictions: 'Shaken Baby Syndrome' and the Inertia of Injustice: Introduction
Deborah Tuerkheimer
DePaul University - College of Law
Date posted to database: 3 Mar 2014 [5th last week]
|A Perfect Storm Brewing for Fire Investigators in Court
Terry-Dawn Hewitt and Wayne J. McKenna
University of Denver Sturm College of Law and University of Denver Sturm College of Law
Date posted to database: 9 Mar 2014
|How to Lie with Rape Statistics: America's Hidden Rape Crisis
Corey Rayburn Yung
University of Kansas School of Law
Date posted to database: 6 Mar 2014 [10th last week]
|Shadow Sentencing: The Imposition of Supervised Release
Christine S. Scott-Hayward
California State University, Long Beach - School of Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Emergency Management
Date posted to database: 21 Feb 2014 [new to top ten]
|The New Jim Crow? Recovering the Progressive Origins of Mass Incarceration
Anders Walker
Saint Louis University - School of Law
Date posted to database: 7 Mar 2014 [new to top ten]
April 27, 2014 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Saturday, April 26, 2014
Ross on the Myths of American Corrections
Jeffrey Ian Ross (University of Baltimore - School of Law - Center for Comparative and International Law) has posted Debunking the Myths of American Corrections: An Exploratory Analysis (Critical Criminology: An International Journal, Vol. 20, No. 4, 2012, pp. 409-427) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
This article briefly reviews the literature on the myths of corrections and then identifies sixteen of the most prominent misrepresentations about jails, prisons, correctional workers, and convicts in the United States. It then systematically examines the reality of each. The article uses scholarly research, governmental and news reports, and personal experience of former inmates to cast doubt on many of the myths that have been developed. It argues that most of the misrepresentations about corrections can be called into question.
April 26, 2014 | Permalink | Comments (0)
From AP:
MIAMI (AP) -- In the latest challenge over digital age technology and privacy rights, a federal appeals court wrestled Friday with the authority of law enforcement to obtain and use records from cellphone towers, which reel in a treasure trove of user information every minute and can link suspects to crime scenes.
In Quartavious Davis' case, authorities obtained from cellphone companies more than 11,000 tower location records spanning 67 days, some of which placed his phone near Miami-area stores hit by a string of robberies in 2010. Davis, 22, is serving a 162-year prison sentence.
April 26, 2014 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Next week's criminal law/procedure arguments
Issue summaries are from ScotusBlog, which also links to papers:
- Riley v. California: Whether evidence admitted at petitioner's trial was obtained in a search of petitioner's cell phone that violated petitioner's Fourth Amendment rights.
- U.S. v. Wurie: Whether the Fourth Amendment permits the police, without obtaining a warrant, to review the call log of a cellphone found on a person who has been lawfully arrested.
April 26, 2014 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Friday, April 25, 2014
Bilz on Testing the Expressive Theory of Punishment
Kenworthey Bilz (University of Illinois College of Law) has posted Testing the Expressive Theory of Punishment on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
This article presents empirical support for the argument that punishment of a wrongdoer affects the social standing of his victim. This argument is most closely associated with the expressive theory of punishment, especially as articulated by the moral philosopher Jean Hampton (1988, 1992). In three experiments I show support for the basic point of Hampton's expressive theory, that punishing a criminal offender does increase the victim's social standing in the community, and failing to punish diminishes it. I show this effect across three very different types of crime: rape, credit theft, and battery. I also test some logical extensions of Hampton's expressive theory of punishment. For instance, if victims gain or lose social standing as a result of punishing, so — inversely — should offenders. In addition, different punishers should affect different sources of social standing (such as in-group versus out-group). Finally, the effects on perceived social standing should be felt not just by victims, but by third-party observers as well. I also test these subsidiary predictions, and find support for them.
April 25, 2014 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Steinhoff on Shalom on Self-Defense Against the Tactical Bomber
Uwe Steinhoff (University of Hong Kong - Department of Politics and Public Administration) has posted Shalom on the Impermissibility of Self-Defense Against the Tactical Bomber on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
A standard example of a justified aggressor is the tactical bomber who is about to destroy an ammunitions factory in a proportionate, justified military attack, full well knowing that an innocent civilian bystander will also be killed by his attack ("collateral damage"). Intuitively it seems hard to believe that the innocent bystander threatened by the tactical bomber is morally prohibited from killing him in self-defense. Yet, Stephen R. Shalom indeed endorses such a prohibition. I shall argue that all the examples Shalom offers in support of his view are disanalogous to the case in question, and provide examples that are analogous and strongly suggest that Shalom's claim leads to counter-intuitive implications. Moreover, I will provide a clear-cut case that demonstrates that Shalom cannot rely on a general principle prohibiting lethal violence against permissible violence. Thus, I conclude that Shalom has failed to provide a convincing argument in support of his case.
April 25, 2014 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Bi on The Death Penalty for Drug-Related Crime in China
Yingxi Bi (International Centre on Human Rights and Drug Policy) has posted On the Death Penalty for Drug-Related Crime in China (Human Rights and Drugs, Volume 2, No. 1, 2012) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
This article analyses the death penalty for drug-related crime in China. It considers the basis upon which China applies the death penalty for drug-related offences, and the debates surrounding the imposition of the death penalty for drug-related offences from the perspective of both penology and human rights. Based on the evidence discerned about China's current situation, the article discusses the possibility of China abolishing the death penalty for drug-related crime in the future.
April 25, 2014 | Permalink | Comments (0)


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There is no saving this series. Even if from here on out it turned into perfectly written prose with truely erotic and edgy sex scenes it would not be worth salvaging. Oh my fucking god.
Nothing much happens in chapter twenty four. Anita wakes up. Cherry the wereleopard is there (I still cannot trust any character in this series named Cherry) and is crying over Anita. Anita's throat is sore from where they intubated Richard. Because Anita has some kind of stigmata thing going on, apparently. Jean Claude is almost dead, too. Lillian shows up. Anita and she discuss the slapping. No judgement is passed. It's just discussed. Did you do this? Yeah, I did. Moving on. Apparently Lillian opted out of the mass rape. I guess even LKH clued in that raping your doctor isn't the smartest idea in the universe. Nate is eating non stop burgers and Damian is draining blood by the galleon just to keep Anita, JC and Richard alive.
Bully for them. I still don't buy that the tri-whatever made of two people who are so cannon-weak they're the crisis of the chapter over and over and over again can suddenly support the three biggest powers in the series. That's like spending all your time shoring up a dike and then expecting it to take the storm surge from a cat five. It's been hammered into our skulls that Nate and Damian are the weak children in need of being protected. Now we need to believe that they're rising to the challenge when over and over again we've been told that they have no hidden preternatural strengths. LKH, you cannot suddenly let your designated victims take a load that would burn them out completely in any other novel.
Edward shows up. End of chapter.
Next chapter: Anita realizes that Jean Claude is unconsious and her best backup is here. She gets out of bed, grabs her gun, walks into Jean Claude's room and shoots him in the head. Fade to black. Epilogue: It is so awesome getting myself back again.
*Sigh* Don't I fucking wish.
Nope. In Real life Anita admits she's glad to see Edward because that means she's finally safe.
Edward is a sociopathic killer who does not give one solitary fuck about Things. You should not feel safe.
He comments that Anita couldn't even stay alive for a full day. They had to restart her heart, so it fits. Lillian makes a funny joke ("Fine, but let's ease her into it; she's been mostly dead all day.") and LKH ruins it by smashing it into our faces like a TV pie. Apparently Edward was talking to the ambulatory members of Anita's gang, and he has a plan.
"You feed the ardeur on the head of another animal group, and take their energy the way you did the wererats'."
Instead, she praises Edward's problem solving skills.
He didn't flinch or hesitate, even though he'd only known about the ardeur for a few hours. He'd landed in the middle of a crisis of metaphysical proportions and it hadn't fazed him, or if it had, it didn't show. In that moment I loved him, in a guy-buddy sort of way. He'd never fail me, or fuck with me, and I loved him for it.
Edward is suggesting that Anita, who has just raped several hundred people, now go out and rape several hundred more people. Because she can and she needs more power. Anita's reaction isn't "What's wrong with you" or "What about the people I'm about to rape", nope, it's "Edward is so awesome, he takes such good care of me."
Note: None of Anita's victims are in the room. Lillian was exempt from the rapening. Anita is making this decision without having seen the reprocussions of her actions. At least last time one of her victims started freaking out in front of her. This time everyone is like "Hey, let's do it again!"
It's not even like their first thought is sex. Nope. Something that is cannon acknowledged as rape is the very first thing they're reaching for. They want rape. And more rape. And more rape.
And the best part? Anita's last thin excuse for raping people is that Jean Claude controls her. He's always been the one shoving her into the major sex acts. The sex with Auggie. The sex with Rafael. There's always that little note about Jean Claude's hunger or Jean Claude's lust. Well, this time Jean Claude is fucking unconscious and it is all Anita this time. This is her chance to say "Fuck no". What does she say instead?
"Which animal group?" I asked.Who should my victim be.
This is actually a really good setup for an entirely different protagonist. Someone is psychically raping hundreds of were-animals at once, weeding their way through the leadership like a roto-tiller on crack, and only Our Hero Of Unestablished Gender can stop this evil force from assaulting every preternatural group in St. Louis. Anita will be the half-crazed Renfeild guarding the door. The HUG shoots Jean Claude in the head and offers Antia a good rehab contact for once she gets into the prison system.
Anita's gonna go rape the swans.
Yeah, it's the first time she's choosing her rape victims on her own and she's going right for the prey animals.
Anita can't hit a more powerful group because she knocked out most of the were-rats and devistated Jean Claude's guards in the process. That means the wolves and the heyenas are off limits. The lions would work, but Jason, the leader, was like "FUCK no" when they called him.
Anita swears that the lions will get theirs for betraying her.
Yes. Refusal to let his entire pride be psychically raped=personal betrayal of Anita worthy of active vengence.
"The lions would let the vampires die." I said it out loud, because I needed to hear it. I couldn't quite believe it. "That's how I'd take it," he said. We looked at each other, and I felt my eyes go as cold as his. I think we were thinking the same thing. The lions would suffer for this. Ungrateful bastards.
Probably the most disturbing thing about this is that it's raising a good question: Whose life has priority over the lives of others? If the only way for a group to survive is by feeding off of and/or draining another group, do they have a right to do so? Saying yes means that you're subordinating the rights of one group to the other--the subordinate group is not deserving of free life. Saying no means the same thing to the other group--that the predatory group are not deserving of free life. But if the lives and individuality of both groups are equally valid and equally valuable, how can you say that neither group is deserving of life? It's wrong for the predators to consume the prey, but it's equally wrong for the predators to die. It's a shades-of-gray question that I don't believe has a good, clean answer. For both groups to exist in something approaching happiness, a very ugly compromise has to be made. (If you read 'em, that's the question behind Starbleached.) In my opinion (and you can scream at me if I'm wrong) it's a question with three answers: slavery, genocide, or the production of a third, never-before seen option that allows both parties to exist to each other's betterment, rather than at their expense.
LKH is answering that question in an extraordinarily ugly way. In effect, she's saying that the predatory group ALWAYS has right-of-life over the prey. The weaker group should always bow to the stronger. The dominant paradigm deserves everything belonging to the subordinate, including their possessions, joy, bodies, thoughts and lives. By stating that Jason and his pride deserve to suffer for placing their pride's physical and mental integrity over Jean Claude's need to survive--that this is a line they are not willing to cross, not even for him--Anita is stating that if she, the dominant figure, demands something the subordinate is not willing to surrender, the subordinate should surrender it anyway.
By having Anita make this statement, LKH is effectively condoning the slavery option.
There's a scene in That Hideous Strength where Mark, the male lead, chooses to do something illegal for the N.I.C.E for the very first time. To me, it pretty much sums up how disgusted I am with this scene:
But the moment of (Mark's) consent almost escaped his notice...There may have been a time in the world's history when such moments fully revealed their gravity, with witches prophesying on a blasted heath or visible Rubicons to be crossed. But, for him, it all slipped past in a chatter of laughter, of that intimate laughter between fellow professionals, which of all earthly powers is strongest to make men do very bad things before they are yet, individually, very bad men.--C.S. LewisTHS is a very flawed book, but I love it because of observations like that. Anita Blake is consenting, for the very first time, to initiate a horrible crime of her own free will. And it goes by without any remark at all. Anita's only concern is that it won't be enough. There aren't that many swanmanes in the city.
Edward says that's fine. Donovan is Swan King of the entire country.
Anita is now contemplating nation wide rape. And she's completely okay with it. She's not asking Donovan to send a text to all his swans giving them a heads up. Nope. She's just like "Okay, can you hall his feathered butt over here so we can do this?" Not only that, but like the were-rats, Anita knows these people. She protects them. THEY STAY AT HER HOUSE SOMETIMES.
"He says that he leaves his swan maidens in the care of your leopards when he's gone for a while." I nodded. "There's only three of them in town." "They've stayed over at your house," Edward said.Anita does exactly one thing right, and by "right" I mean "Something that should go without saying for a decent human being". She makes Edward promise that he won't use any of the info she's giving him to hunt a were-whatever. He gets a shifter contract, he cannot use this information to act on it. I have no idea how that would work, but he promises so there is that.
The lions, though, are fair game. Anita just has to throw them out of the club first.
I used to worry about becoming like Edward. Lately, I counted on it.
And that is why most of the fanbase hates LKH's books. End of chapter.

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I have just read a study done by Maria Isabelita O. Riego de Dios regarding the different Chabacano dialects. In her study she compares the different words used in the Chabacano dialects of Zamboanga, Ternate, Cavite (city), and Cotabato.
Maria Isabelita O. Riego De Dios is an RVM sister and she produced a dictionary on the Chavacano de Cotabato with a Zamboangueño, Ternateño, and Caviteño Chabacano equivalents.The following are some observations on her work: A Pilot Study on the Dialects of Philippine Creole Spanish.
One of the first observations that she makes in her research are that there are words like the Cotabato and Zamboanga Chabacano gordo wherein the 'r ' becomes an 'l' in the Chabacano dialects of Cavite and Ternate. This is a very peculiar phenomenon but it affirms the theory that the Chabacano of Zamboanga underwent some hispanification over the last centuries. This theory appears in the study of John M Lipski on the Chabacano de Zamboanga. This also explains why a significant number of words which appear to be creolized in the Chabacano dialects of Ternate and Cavite are actually in their original Spanish state in the Chabacano of Zamboanga.
I remember writing an article in this blog about the differences between the Chabacano dialects of Cavite and Zamboanga and saying that the Chavacano de Cavite seems to sound more Spanish than our Chabacano. I received a ton of comments then from Zamboangueños that my statement was incorrect and that the Chabacano de Zamboanga is more Spanish than the Caviteño variant. So now, I am saying that I stand corrected. After researching about my lengua materna over the years, I now realize that the Chabacano de Zamboanga is more Spanish than its counterparts in Luzon. I can just picture out how happy the hispanophiles would be in Zamboanga with that statement.
Another observation De Dios makes is that the word alcansa in the Chabacano languages of Zamboanga, Cotabato, and Cavite becomes encansa in the Chavacano de Ternate. However, any speaker of the Chabacano de Zamboanga knows that the word encansa also exists in our Chabacano. It isn't included in the dictionaries though because everyone knows that the real word is alcansa and so encansa is treated like it is just a different way (or a slang way) of saying alcansa. In the dictionary of De Ocampo on the Chavacano de Cavite, this word is listed as inkalsa.
The researcher also says that the word nape is different in each Chabacano language: tangkugu in the Chabacano de Catobato, batuk in the Chavacano de Ternate, selebro in the Chavacano de Cavite, and ombrura for the Chabacano de Zamboanga. It should be noted though that the word for nape in the Chabacano de Zamboanga is also tangkugu. Camins, his dictionary, spells it as tancugu. Santos meanwhile spells it as tancúguh. Nowhere in the Chabacano de Zamboanga dictionaries did I find the word ombrura.
This concludes my preliminary entry on De Dios' work.
A copy of the dictionary mentioned in this post can be downloaded here.
Observations on A Pilot Study on the Dialects of Philippine Creole Spanish
2 comments:
- AnonymousMay 10, 2013 at 8:05 PM
I have been interested in Chabacano for a while (as a first-language speaker of a Northern Luzon language that isn't Tagalog,) and I wanted to say -- keep up with the amazing work!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 18, 2013 at 1:29 PM
The Spanish term for nape is "cogote" so the chabacano de cotabato or zamboanga term isn't that far off. The same term is also most likely the origin of the tagalog term "kokote" as in "gamitin mo iyang kokote mo!"ReplyDelete
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What recent award winner is known as being a bit of a lecherous sleaze with a penchant for sleeping with his Gothic fan base despite being married? I'll give you another clue: his new movie tanked.
-Paige Sexie
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
blind item
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- snackywombat said...
yeah the quasi jeri curl gave away the sleaze factor.
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When we think of assistant jobs, what often comes to mind is an assistant to the boss – the individual whose job consists mainly of answering phones, taking messages and getting coffee. Office assistant jobs can be the pits, but there are still assistant jobs out there that are rewarding, and can lead to quick advancement in the field. If you are just starting out in the work force, you might consider a few of these stellar assistant jobs that will allow you to get through the day without picking up anyone's dry cleaning.
Dental Assistant
This professional works a long side of a dentist as the dentist performs his or her duties. While dental assistants answer phones, help schedule appointments and may take payments from patients, they aren't chained to a desk all day, taking orders from the boss. Dental assistant programs can generally be completed in one year, depending on the program you choose. Also, depending on the state, you may need to be certified or licensed to be a dental assistant. With experience and training, a dental assistant has the potential to later become a dental hygienist or dental office manager.
Legal Assistant
Also known as paralegal, this individual works in legal settings and assists lawyers with many of the tasks normally performed by lawyers. They do filing, drafting documents, corresponding court dates and contacting clients, among other things. The educational requirements for legal assistants varies from state to state. However, most states prefer or even require their legal assistants obtain certification as paralegals. A legal assistant can use the experience gained to become an advanced paralegal, or working as a paralegal before or during law school can be a great resume-builder if you plan to be a lawyer.
Lab Assistant
As you might guess, this professional generally spends most of their time in a laboratory. The duties may include filing reports, running specimens, updating patient's medical files and writing specimen reports. Duties also may vary by the area in which the lab assistant works. For instance, a medical lab assistant's duties will be different than someone working in a research lab. Lab assistants may receive on-the-job training or complete a certificate program at a community college. According to the professionals of ABES College who provide a medical lab assistant course in Calgary, with additional training and certification, a lab assistant may later go on to become a laboratory technician or technologist at a reputable lab.
Engineering Assistant
This individual provides support to engineers, such as writing and updating technical documents, managing program files, creating and tracking spreadsheets, corresponding with clients and attending project meetings. A lot of an engineering assistant's duties may vary by the type of engineer the assistant is working with. Becoming an engineering assistant doesn't require a lot of education. In fact, some receive on-the-job training while taking some college courses. With training and experience, this job can lead to an engineering technician position, and looks great on a resume for those who are planning for a career in any engineering field.
Medical Assistant
This medical professional works in a medical facility and assists doctors while they treat and diagnose patients. They also perform administrative duties within a medical office. To become a medical assistant, an individual is typically required to complete a formal training program, which can take from one to two years. With work experience, training and required certifications, the medical assistant can advance to management positions within the healthcare industry.
If you're looking for a career that offers rewarding work experiences, chances for advancement and growth, consider one of the five listed above. You might think that working as an assistant will mean that you have to do all the grunt work, however, plenty of assistant jobs provide real responsibility and exciting prospects. Everyone has to start somewhere, so if you are looking for an assistant job, think of your future career aspirations and find a field that interests you. There are plenty of companies and organizations that need enthusiastic beginners, so just remember that being an assistant today could mean being an expert later down the road.


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Dena Fishbein is a very talented lady! You have probably know her better as Dena Designs, the name of her studio.
Her designs can be found worldwide on stationery, home apparel and of course fabric. Her recent lines for Freespirit include Leanika, Snow Flower and Monaco.
Her newest line McKenzie has just been released for Freespirit Fabrics and you should be able to find it in fabric stores very soon. The line is a wonderful mix of florals and geometrics and has a fresh vintage feel to it.
You can find Mckenzie at the Fat Quarter Shop and Pink Chalk Fabrics.
I chatted to Dena to find out more about her and McKenzie.
You are extremely busy with a tv show, a newspaper column and your design work. Which do you enjoy most?
Well actually the television show ran for 2 years, for a total of 26 episodes and then I decided against continuing. It is now just re-runs. It was too intensive. For each episode I had to make the finished item and then each project in each step from start to finish. I am very particular about my projects, so finding the materials and doing the research was also very time consuming.
I still write a newspaper column for Scripps Howard which is distributed to about 420 newspapers.
But I focus mainly on product design. My favourite thing to do is designing and painting. I design all sorts of products from paper, fabric, bedding, melanine, kitchen and stuffed animals.
You say on your website that you enjoy scouring flea markets for inspiration. What has been your best find?
Oh I just love going to flea markets. Probably my best find was a painting. I had been looking for an old painting of palm trees in oils in a gold frame and I saw somebody pick it up. You should have seen my face. I hovered next to her until she put it down and then I just grabbed it and gave whatever money the man asked for to him. No haggling!
I go to one which is held once a month about half an hour away from where I live and wherever we are vacationing I try and find a flea market.
So, McKenzie is your newest line for Freespirit. Why is your line named McKenzie? What was your inspiration?
Simple answer! My husband was walking by when I was thinking what to name the line and he suggested McKenzie. He said it was a cute name and you know what, it is a cute name!
Freespirit give me no brief but they did say that at the moment people are buying bright happy colours. Fabrics with a neutral palette are just not selling. People want to surround themselves with fresh, happy colours.
When designing the line I thought about what I would like to go together. I like the combination of florals and geometrics. It has a modern fresh feel. So I start by sketching ideas out in the look I want.
I keep files of colours, flowers and pattern layouts and use those to work out what look I am after.
What was your design process for McKenzie?
I usually paint on computer paper. I do a very fast pencil sketch. In about 2 minutes. I look at it and write notes and imagine which colours it would look good in. I then list the colours on the side.
I then sketch the pattern onto watercolour paper and mix the colours. I paint one colourway and then develop the other colourways using the computer.
In this collection the colourways stayed the same and there are usually 1 or 2 prints that are dropped each collection.
Describe to us the colour palette you chose for McKenzie.
The colour stories are black / pink, aqua/green and lilac. I knew that lavender was selling really well and was a trend so I wanted to incorporate that into the line. I love the richness of black and how it makes things look rich and beautiful. And aqua is my favourite colour so a little aqua worked itself into the collection It gives it a modern / vintage feel.
What projects do you have in mind for McKenzie?
I think the line combines very well for all sorts of projects, not just quilting. We have just designed an apron, pillows, dog bedding and I think clothing would look good in the line.
The collection McKenzie will be used for other products as well. I usually design the fabric first as I am always working on fabric collections and then I use those in my other product lines.
What's next for Dena Designs?
I am currently working on another fabric line but I am not sure what it is called yet. The line I am working on at the moment has a very watercolour feel.
Then there are 2 other lines which are already finished. Pea Garden and Cummary Garden. I am also going to be working on a Christmas line for 2011. I always have several projects on the go. I am working on some greeting cards too at the moment.
Look out for projects designed using Dena's line in our October Issue!
Friday, June 25, 2010
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Opportunity presented itself for some intensive 3d matte painting work on Mad Max - Fury Road, therefore Its been quiet on my blog for a while now. I joined the Method Studios team in Sydney,re-branded to Iloura now and so far its been a great experience. We have just finished a trailer - link below. Matte paintings will be shared with you guys once we see Max on the big screen! I hope I'll post some personal work soon. Thanks for checking out!
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text: The French wrestling comedy "Les Reines Du Ring" (Queens Of The Ring) had one of its first screenings on february in Germany at the European Film Market (EFM), an annual international film trade event. The comedy centers around a woman who has just gotten out of prison after 5 years and decides to become a WWE Diva in order to help build a relationship with her son, who has become enamored with wrestling. The woman works in a supermarket, so several of her other female co-workers decide to train with her. The film features appearances from WWE talents CM Punk and The Miz as well as former Divas champion Eve Torres. The WWE talents are in the film for cameos and there are a lot of WWE related materials featured over the course of the film, which climaxes at a WWE event. WWE Studios partnered with the producers and holds the first rights for the film's distribution in the United States.


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Here's a short and simple video that Jamie created showcasing some of the features of the Reporter lens in SlideDeck 2. He takes you through some of the lens specific options and the reasons behind them. He chats a bit about the transparent background feature of the lens, the dynamic reformatting, and the way it handles images. We hope you enjoy this video and find it useful.
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Beth is available for a wide range of commission works in oil. She has done commissions on everything from Portraiture (both human and animal), to achitectural (homes, schools, and businesses), vintage automobiles, antique camera collections, and more. She welcomes the unique or creative requests for paintings that come from her customers. For more information, or to ask specific questions, please use the "contact" page above.
Additional artwork is in stock, so if you're interested in something specific, but don't see it on this website, use the "contact" page to ask about it.
"Take a deep breath of life, and consider how it should be lived."
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Sunday, 14 August 2011
Pencil drawing - Shreya Ghoshal portrait
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Love the way you draw the hair...
Nice one...
you are very talented. You must continue to work on your skills.
Good one Shanoj.
Seems U like Bengalis more.This one speaks Ur talent Good.Nice
Great work Shanoj, I am really happy to land up here, would love to see these in large formats
thanQ Arnab. click on the image 2 view in larger resolun. :)


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Twitter is also a great place to gain followers. There are billions of Twitter users out there and they're all potential readers. Start following fellow bloggers, reply to their general questions or comment on one of their Tweets. Don't stop at just engaging with your current readers; engage with your potential readers as well. The more your name pops up, the more curious they will get and will come visit your blog.
Instagram was the best way for me to gain followers. I would hashtag all of my handmade items or photos relating to my blog, which brought people to my photos, which brought them to my profile and in my profile is my blog URL... and the great thing about that is that the people who have clicked on your photo, may have liked it, and visited your blog is someone who may share the same interests as you. If they like you, and they follow you, they probably will tell someone else about you. I also started following a bunch of bloggers on Instagram and they followed back and ended up following my blog.
Most of all, though {in addition to these tips}, you should always be genuine and be you or people will see right through you and be disinterested in following. Many times have I stumbled across a blog that seemed fake, forced, or I've seen somewhere else, which results in me leaving immediately and not clicking 'follow' or adding them to my reader. Be yourself and people will find you interesting enough to add them to their daily reads.
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Political FlashbackSaturday, May 5th, 2007
I continue to be amazed by the memory trip that I'm getting out of my new Mad Magazine DVD-ROM — and so far I've only skimmed over parts of three out of the fifty total years of issues.
The latest mindblower is this group political caricature from 1971 by master caricaturist Mort Drucker:
click here to view the picture with my notes, and here to see the largest size.
See how many of these people you can name, and, more importantly, how many you can't.
Just remember that 36 years ago, these were the political movers and shakers, and very, very few are alive and active today.
Note also that there are zero women, and only one non-white, and I think he was a Black Panther, and not an elected or even appointed official.
It's weird to remember how white-male everything used to be.


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This pet-friendly log cabin is a beautiful rental perfect for a glamping getaway in upstate New York. The rental has two bedrooms, one has a full-size bed and the other has a bunk bed with twin beds - perfect for five guests and pets. There is one full bathroom for guests to share. The kitchen and living room are an open, connected space, great for family time. While the kitchen doesn't have an oven, it is complete with anything and everything else glampers might need to enjoy a meal at home.
Outside, there is a picnic table to enjoy a meal together outside, as well as a barbecue. After dinner, guests can gather around the fire pit to toast marshmallows and relax under the stars. Read More
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Located in the foothills of the Adirondacks, Central New York, these cabin rentals are just a short distance from Utica. Syracuse is less than an hour drive and Albany is roughly two hours away and they both offer plenty of sightseeing and shopping opportunities for glampers to enjoy both a city and nature escape. This glamping site is just two hours away from West Canada Lake and is even closer to Ferris Lake and Black River, where glampers can spend their days hiking and exploring their inner adventurer within the vast wilderness that surrounds them, all while basking in the beauty and serenity of this stunning place. Read More
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This glamping site caters to all different types of outdoor enthusiasts and boasts a wide range of activities to suit all desires both on land and in water. Glampers will be able to take part in numerous activities on land such as; bicycling, camping, cross-country skiing, snowboarding and snowshoeing, and horseback riding. For water enthusiasts, enjoy the calming lake waters and take part in activities such as boating, kayaking, fishing and white water rafting.
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There comes a time, especially for girls, when sleepover parties become popular. Whilst children excitedly plan for a night of fun, you may be left wondering if you've bitten off more than you can chew and if you'll get any sleep at all! Here are some ideas from other mums and dads, of how to prepare for a sleepover, how to set ground rules and when to say enough is enough.
"I knew I was in for a noisy night, but just thought of it as a treat for my daughter's birthday which I was going to grin and bear. When it got to about one in the morning I became slightly more stern to help them settle down and put on a quiet DVD so they could drift off to sleep."
Most parents of boys said their sons rarely had sleepovers other than one or two friends who would stay over to play on the computer and watch films. One mum got round this by setting up the tent in the garden, which was secure. She said her son and his friends loved it – although she made sure she set rules beforehand such as no fires and no wandering off in the neighbourhood at night. She also made a 'Plan B' in case it rained too heavily or got too cold.
Some parents were nervous about allowing their child to sleep over at a family home they didn't know. One mum decided to get round the problem by saying her child could go, but as they were going out early the next day they would pick up their child that night rather than in the morning. Once she got a feel for the family and how comfortable her child was she felt much more relaxed the next time her child was invited for a sleepover.
If you would like support and advice, you can talk to one of our Family Support Workers by calling our confidential helpline on 0808 800 2222. You can also share experiences and advice with other parents on our Forums. Family Lives is here for you and you can contact us about any family issue, big or small.


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The Ice Sector
View from the sky
The Ice Sector on holomap
Temperature: -15°C (5°F)
Climate: Polar
Characteristics: Nocturnal atmosphere
Humidity: None
Description: A night and dark atmosphere for calmness comparable to that of the freezing big cold. Winter permanently falls on this Sector, however, the snow never falls. It ceaselessly covers the soil with a fine layer, soil which is constituted only of eternal ice! (We will notice in season 1, small brown parts of virtual land sometimes appear under the ice. The evolution of the design after the season 1 will eliminate this anomaly).
It is clear that so much ice makes the soil slippery for heroes as monsters. The latter handle more or less this element (although Kankrelats is sometimes hard put to slow down themselves). The Heroes, them, carefree stem the sideslip as long as they are in their bodies and not in those of a friend (like Odd and Yumi in episode 42 "A Fine Mess").
Such is the Ice Sector: Large plateau of ice linked by long paths, just as frozen. Mountains of ice are very present, fewer than in the Mountain Sector since none floats above the empty however icebergs grow everywhere on frozen plateaus of the Ice Sector, and with them, they bring other surprises: sumptuous ice caverns, waterfalls, rivers and tunnels!
The Ice Sector is by far the Sector where we find the most water!
Topological particularities
Numerous characteristics make the Ice Sector an uncommon Sector and pleasant to visit. Some fights that lead our heroes inside are simply one-off.
If soils Desert, Mountain and Forest are very hard, the soil of the Ice Sector is no exception unlike that it is fissile and breakable. Odd and Ulrich therefore take advantage of this rather unusual attribute in episode 38 "Temptation" when they crack the plateau where they are in multiple little pieces of ice floating on which it is very delicate to keep his balance. So it is a half a dozen of Tarantulas that the two Lyoko Warriors send in underwater!
In episode 31 "Mister Pück", four Bloks hide under the ice to make a noteworthy output.
Returning to the decor elements uncommon of the frozen stretches.
First of all, the caves. They often create many worries at the heroes. Not because it reigns a polar temperature but because the towers are very well hidden modelled on episode 9 "Satellite" and 41 "Ultimatum". When the entrance is behind a waterfall guarded by Tarantulas, the task is even more complicated.
Making a stop on the word "waterfall" which itself is interesting. In the Ice Sector, water plays a key role ! Indeed, it is present in the form of small lakes and waterfalls. Yet in the virtual world, impossible to drown for a Lyoko-Warrior knowing swim. This is why, Odd, in episode 44 "Vertigo", makes a small dive in order to avoid two Frôlions which guard the entrance of a cave and saves Aelita who was in the Scyphozoa's tentacles!
Water is rather beneficial at the Lyoko-Warriors because the monsters cannot swim. If they fall in water as we see in "XANA Awakens" they sink and are prisoners of the marine depth...
It does not confuse the vast lakes which we find in the Ice with the Digital Sea. For differentiate them, a manner is simple. The Digital Sea gravitates much more low than the plateaus of the Ice. The water of the lakes is measure up to the paths. In Ice Replika, this time, a big lake also has its water level at the same height as the plateaus and when Jeremy starts up the multi-agent program, freezing the Digital Sea to trap the Kolossus in the lake, the ice unites just for a moment, all platforms (Episode 92 Cold Sweat).
The next episode (93 "Down to Earth"), we see well that the sea level is lower when the carcass of the Skid falls of the platform.
Finally, come the funniest elements of Ice Sector: Its tunnels! Often used to link a platform to another, these are long paths crossing the icebergs which would be perfect for a descent by sled!
We find it everywhere across the Ice Sector and they always give rise to picturesque pursuits (Aelita pursued by a Hornets itself pursued by Yumi and Ulrich in episode 26 "False Start")! Only Kankrelats and Hornets can creep into these passages too narrow for other monsters. The Virtual cockroaches are besides hard put to keep their trajectory. The heroes often cross them by vehicle because this is the more practical. From then on they are private it, they remain them that only two choices: Slide as ice skaters or go down on the buttocks!
It is necessary also to note that the exit of tunnels often leads to a cliff and so, one needs to expect a good fall, sufficient to destroy a Kankrelat!
This is also one of the reasons for which these tunnels make us good laugh.
The Replika informs no other difference with its model of Lyoko. It is similar.
Monsters and the Ice Sector
A monster who is happy in the Ice Sector is the Hornet. Indeed, in Season 1, every time the heroes go in the Ice Sector, they nearly always meet squadrons of these monsters which make to rain a torrent of laser on the iced stretch of the Sector. Consequently, Mantas feel also comfortable in this Sector. This is there that we saw them most often, apart from Sector 5. They wander the sky very quickly, spreading bursts, explosive landmines and hopelessness on the mortals
Conversely, Megatanks appear here hardly ever, the soil must be too slippery to allow them to roll at high speed prudently.
To foil this frightfully unstable soil, XANA also willingly sends monsters of which their legs are grasping that is to say Krabs and Bloks! Small Kankrelats, them, go "live" permanently on the soil frozen as if nothing had happened!
Tarantulas are present just as in the other Sectors but something which allow them to grip on the soil default them and heroes take advantage in episode 38 "Temptation" when Odd and Ulrich do slide in turns the Tarantulas in water cracking the icecap in multiple islets of ice floating and unstable!
Just like Mountain, the huge plateaus seems rather in favor of William who launches hard frontal offensive, traps the heroes against an iceberg (Episode 84 "Guided Missile"), uses profusely his Supersmoke (Episode 84 and 93 "Down to Earth").
The Ice and its Replikas are the only places where we are present at the fight against the Kolossus. The monster can move without difficulty on the plateaus of ice. The heroes cannot barricade themselves in the caves because the Kolossus' powerful arm is fully enough to break an iceberg, striking several times at a stretch (Episode 94 "Fight to the Finish").
Appearances in episodes
Season 4
#94 - Fight to the Finish
#93 - Down to Earth
#92 - Cold Sweat
#84 - Guided Missile
#82 - Distant Memory
#80 - Dog Day Afternoon
#76 - The Lake
Season 3
#61 - Sabotage
#60 - Temporary Insanity
#59 - The Secret
#56 - False Lead
Season 2
#50 - Contact
#48 - Is There Anybody Out There?
#45 - Cold War
#44 - Vertigo
#42 - A Fine Mess
#41 - Ultimatum
#38 - Temptation
#37 - Common Interest
#32 - Saint Valentine's Day
#31 - Mister Pück
#27 - New Order
Season 1
#26 - False Start
#24 - Ghost Channel
#19 - Frontier
#17 - Amnesia
#9 - Satellite
#8 - End of Take
#7 - Image Problem
XANA Awakens (Part 1&2)
Important events
- In XANA Awakens, Aelita enters in a Tower, types the Code Lyoko for the first time and remembers her name. It is also the place of the first virtualization of Yumi.
- Yumi, prisoner of Guardian in episode 7 "Image Problem".
- XANA creates a virtual world in episode 24 "Ghost Channel".
- Destruction of the Sector in episode 61 "Sabotage".
- Rebirth of the Sector in episode 67 Double Take.
- William struggles against the control of XANA in episode 76 "The Lake".
- New virtual world created by XANA and appearance of Franz Hopper in episode 82 "Distant Memory" to save Aelita.
- Appearance of the Kolossus on a Replika and salvage of the William's codes stolen by XANA in episode 92 "Cold Sweat".
- Destruction of the Skidbladnir by the Kolossus and return of William on Earth in episode 93 "Down to Earth".
- Appearance of Franz Hopper to help the heroes to finalize the anti-XANA program in episode 94 "Fight to the Finish". New appearance of the Kolossus and dead of the monster.
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November 26, 2008
This Thanksgiving comes at a time of tremendous upheaval, economic dislocation and a truly historic presidential election. As a country, we are exhausted and jittery, and nothing makes us think the way ahead will be any easier or calmer.
That makes this a good - no, an imperative - time to remind ourselves of the blessings of our great country, our freedoms, our families, our friends, and our lives. We are grateful to servicemen and women, police officers, fire fighters, airport security screeners, border guards, FBI and CIA agents, the Administration and Members of Congress of both parties who believe and speak and vote with the understanding that our nation is still at war. We believe it is the combination of all these people working under difficult and often-dangerous circumstances - not a lack of trying on the part of the bad guys - that has have kept us safe for another year. We are grateful to the parents for raising the children who grew into the adults who serve America in so many ways at home and abroad, and grateful to their families for sharing them.


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Children with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) have difficulty expressing their emotions or understanding other people's emotions. They find it hard to make friends and to communicate with others and they have problems reading people's facial expressions. They are also less likely to engage in imaginative play, for example, they would find it hard to pretend that a wooden block is a train or a rocket. They can also be quite sensitive to stimuli in their environment such as loud noises.
There can be speech and language difficulties in children with ASD but not always. Examples of speech and language difficulties are: not speaking by 16 months, repeating words and phrases over and over again, repeating questions rather than answering them, not being able to communicate their desires and not understanding humour.
Children with ASD can be quite inflexible, for example, they do not cope well with changes in routine. Other signs of ASD are: attachments to strange objects such as wires or keys, lining up toys or spending long periods of time staring at moving objects such as a wheel spinning on a car. Some children with ASD can also show an amazing memory for facts such as train schedules.
ASD may lead a child to feel anxious. Many autistic people have certain routines that help them deal with their anxieties e.g. wearing the same clothes, eating the same foods and repeating the same movements (hand flapping, finger flicking).
So what are the signs of ASD in babies? One of the major signs of ASD in babies is lack of eye contact. Babies with ASD often do not babble or mimic facial expressions. Very young babies cannot smile but if babies are not smiling by six months, it can be a sign of ASD. Another sign of ASD is when older babies do not use gestures to communicate such as pointing or waving goodbye.
Some babies will develop normally but then regress between 12 and 24 months. A toddler who stops using words or stops playing social games such as peek-a-boo could have ASD. If your child regresses, it is a good idea to speak to your doctor or health visitor as this is an indicator of ASD.
Simon Baron-Cohen suggests that children with ASD have problems understanding that other people have different thoughts to them. He developed the Sally-Anne task to test for ASD. It is possible to use an adaptation of this task at home with children over 4 years old, although a diagnosis should always be done by professionals. You can put two puppets together and say that both puppets are watching whilst a toy is placed in a basket or container. You then tell your child that one of the puppets is going out of the room. The next step is to explain to your child that the second puppet is going to hide the toy in a different place. You bring the first puppet back into the room and ask your child, where the first puppet thinks the toy is. Children over 4 years older who do not have autism should be able to understand that the first puppet thinks the toy is still in the original place. However, children with ASD tend to think that the first puppet will know the new hiding place for the toy. This is because children with ASD have difficulty understanding that others do not always know what they do. They have trouble comprehending that other people can have different thoughts and feelings to them.
So what can parents do if they think their child has ASD? First of all, you need to get a diagnosis of ASD. The Peach Charity recommends early diagnosis and intervention to improve communication skills. Parents may be told not to worry by GPs and health visitors but if you suspect your child has ASD, it is a good idea to push for diagnosis. Your child may then be assessed by a range of professionals including a paediatrician, a child psychiatrist, a speech therapist, an occupational therapist, a psychologist and an educational expert such as a specialist teacher or educational psychologist.
One intervention programme that has been found to be effective is ABA (Applied Behaviour Analysis). ABA involves teaching children with ASD the skills to communication effectively and interact with others. The programme also involves rewarding children for appropriate behaviours such as waiting for their turn in a game.
So what does the research say about parental involvement? McConachie and Diggle (2007) argue that parents should be given training in how to help their children with ASD. They say that parents can benefit from the increased skills especially as children with ASD can be difficult to manage. They also point to research that says that training parents in groups can help them to form a support network with other parents (Baxendale, Frankham, & Hesketh, 2001; Symon, 2001). They reviewed a number of studies and concluded that training parents in how to use ABA at home helped children's communication skills and behaviour. They also point to studies that suggest that parental training can reduce parental stress levels and even lower the incidence of mothers developing depression. Some parents report that being trained in how to deal with ASD also helped them with their other children (Laski et al. 1988).
'Psychology for parents: Birth to teens' is for sale as an e-book on Amazon, Smashwords.com, Barnes and Noble, Kobobooks and Apple ibookstore.


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Nvidia has announced the availability of quad-core (Tegra) based chips for tablet and smartphone market before the end of 2011. The Android OS loaded tablets powered by quad-core processors are expected to hit shelves around Christmas, while smartphones with the new chips are likely to come by next year. Confirming the news, Nvidia's chief executive officer Jen-Hsun Huang says the update will help the company surpass rivals such as Qualcomm.
Huang also talks about Nvidia's plans for the smartphone market. He hopes the company will be rolling out nearly 1 billion mobile processors a year by 2015. "We'll be very pleased if we can be a sizable player in the mainstream phone market," says Huang. Huang further reveals that Nvidia has a sizable 70 percent share of the Android tablet market, which is nearly 30 percent of the overall tablet market.
Presently, majority of the tablets are powered by single core processors with few exceptions such as Samsung Galaxy Tab and Acer Iconia that come with dual core processors. Incorporation of quad-core processors in the Android tablets will certainly lend a huge push to the device, boosting its multitasking capacity by multifold.
Nvidia had showed off its multi-core future earlier this year along with a roadmap entailing the then-codenamed 'Kal-El' processors. Nvidia had then promised five times the speed of the existing Tegra 2 architecture. Check out our previous coverage here.
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At the tender age of 13, Ricky Baker (Julian Dennison) already wants to be a gangster. The portly orphan believes firmly in the power of pop culture; he wears a puffy red and white jacket with Tupac lyrics stitched on the back, walks with imposing confidence like a gangsta rapper and has "a history of causing trouble." That's a quote from the Child Welfare Officer (Rachel House) who drops him off at the farm of newly anointed foster parents Bella (Rima Te Wiata) and Hec (Sam Neill). But Ricky's a traumatized kid, a sweetheart posing as a tough guy, and his new guardians see right through the façade.
So begins Taika Waititi's Hunt for the Wilderpeople, a leisurely and hopeful coming-of-age comedy adapted from Barry Crump's 1986 novel, Wild Pork and Watercress . New Zealand's lush, mountainous countryside (aptly titled "the bush") provides an epic backdrop for a simple story unconcerned with the hustle and bustle of urban life. In fact, the film feels like one extended retreat from it; our modern culture of unflinching media frenzy and social media speculation is toxic.
Upon spending a few days in the quiet of nature, Ricky softens up, realizing that his new home is a place to heal, not hurt. Patience is not only a virtue for Bella and Hec; it's their ornery philosophy. Responsibility must be earned, and Ricky seems up for the task. Then this idyllic new reality tragically falls apart, leading to a series of events that land Hec and Ricky stranded in the wilderness. State bureaucrats misinterpret their untimely disappearance as a kidnapping, resulting in an overblown nationwide manhunt.
Here, Hunt for the Wilderpeople turns into a full-blown satire, albeit a charming one. Militarized police squads, local hunters and clueless peons from social services vigorously track Ricky and Hec, forcing the pair to become militant survivalists in order to escape unjust punishment. The duo gains popularity among the country's youth but are considered pariahs by the government, a human stain that cannot see the light of day. Why? That's anyone's guess. Nightly news recaps remind us of the absurdity.
The film slyly examines such overreactions and judgments that are placed upon Hec (a roughneck ex-con deemed unfit to be a single father), and the escalation into a frenzy of miscommunication and wasted energy. Ricky isn't oblivious to his role in stoking these fires, and he often feels badly that his shenanigans have caused so much confusion.
Waititi's characters feel things deeply. They never shy away from expressing themselves in grand verbal gestures. Sincerity is what makes them resonate as people despite the often overly sentimental material. Neil and Dennison develop a natural chemistry that elevates the emotional impact of their exchanges. Their characters try to find ways of communicating without seeming weak, transcending the masculine cultures from which they gain so much of their identity.
Hunt for the Wilderpeople , which opens Friday, July 15, is a jovial children's fable that grapples with serious themes such as death and loneliness without being silly or dramatic. It may peak early on during a hilariously confusing eulogy from one wacky minister (played by Waititi himself), but the film is consistently endearing. For proof, see Ricky's final bit of self-reflection to Hec: "I got carried away being an outlaw. I was having too much fun."
For this lonely MÄori kid facing isolation and marginalization, a purposeful romp through the woods carries with it so much possibility and joy. It's about finding your place in the world, and possibly someone who cares enough to sneak a hot water bottle under your blanket before bed. Comfort can come easy around the right people, even if you're on the lam in the far, far away.


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ASTRO LORDS: OORT CLOUD (Canceled)
Next-Gen MMOG 3D STRATEGY based on cutting edge scientific theories designed for platforms: iOS, Android, WEB/PC/MAC/LINUX
ASTRO LORDS: OORT CLOUD (Canceled)
Next-Gen MMOG 3D STRATEGY based on cutting edge scientific theories designed for platforms: iOS, Android, WEB/PC/MAC/LINUX
ALL our backers will get an ACCESS to CLOSED BETA in January 2014!
Update #1: Access to BETA & AstroLords nomination
Update #2: "Arseniy and the Oort Cloud" and a sneak peek of soundtrack
Update #3: Happy Holidays and Astro Lords Backer's avatars
Update #4: Announce of access to CLOSED BETA of Astro Lords
Update #5: Game Story & Voiceover
Long ago when humans were only just beginning to explore the cosmos, an asteroid passed by planet Earth. An automatic research probe was sent out: having landed on the asteroid this probe made an unexpected discovery that forever altered the course of human progress.
The probe discovered an energy source, which became known as a 'Rune'. This new energy source possessed remarkable properties: it had been created by an unknown ancient race, which subsequently came to be called the 'Forerunner Race'.
After this discovery humans quickly learnt how to build space ships: even subspace portals between two given points in the Solar System soon became a reality. More and more Runes were discovered, which further sped up technological progress.
Continue reading at the official AstroLords web site >
We are proud that our game - "Astro Lords: Oort Cloud" was nominated in the Selected Projects competition in the "Online" category during the Game Connection Europe 2013 conference in Paris!
The Judging Committee of Game Connection (highly respected around the globe professionals) were shown a wide range of very different games for Console, PC, Mobile and Social Networks, coming from more than 35 countries. AstroLords was chosen from almost two hundred games sent to this competition, that means we are definitely on the right track and that our game is surely in line with current trends.
The IGDA also supported the Selected Projects program by helping to spread the buzz around the world.
More information at Game Connection web site >
«AstroLords: Oort Cloud» - is a Next-Gen 3D multiplayer space-strategy game with combat management in real-time.
The game was developed using the Unity 3D engine for web browsers, PC/MAC, single-server iOS and Android and built on a proprietary custom-designed Cloud technology. This allows players to access an unlimited game universe.
Each player begins the game as an Astro Lord on their own asteroid base. This base enables players to extract minerals and build factories, which will be used to produce ammunition and spare parts for their space ships. This base is the player's primary stronghold: other Lords can raid it but they won't be able to capture it.
Players can also capture up to five additional asteroids, which will be used to extract minerals. But beware: the player will have to remain on alert to keep other Lords from recapturing the asteroids.
You can construct buildings on asteroids to produce weapons, cyborgs and mine resources.
Each base is protected by an orbiting space station, which can be equipped with Runes and artifacts. The station also has guns that can be loaded with different types of ammunition.
One of the game's distinguishing features is the unique Radar, which is located on the space station. Not only will it enable you to monitor the location of your enemies and allies, but you'll also be able to carry out pirate raids!
During raids and other attack missions you can send out up to 6 ships but you can only control one of them in battle. You can also have up to 5 allies take part in your defense and attacks. A maximum of 12 ships can be simultaneously present in battle at any given point.
Player bases are located on asteroids, which travel within the Oort Cloud. Once they've acquired the appropriate skills, players can control their asteroid's movements.
This can be extremely useful for:
- Navigating into nebulae rich with minerals and other useful elements;
- Searching for victims;
- Trading expeditions: searching for the most lucrative market prices or using the asteroid to transport resources;
- Pursuing enemies;
- Escaping from persistent robbers and invaders;
- Carrying out clan raids;
- Locating safe places within trade zones;
- Being recruited by other players to escort their more vulnerable asteroids;
And lastly, exploration of the vacant sectors of the galaxy within the Radar's radius, which can provide you with resources and other useful bonuses.
You will experience complete freedom of action and social interaction.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oort_cloud
The Oort cloud (named after the Dutch astronomer Jan Oort), or Öpik–Oort cloud, is a hypothesized spherical cloud of predominantly icy planetesimals that may lie roughly 50,000 AU or nearly a light-year from the Sun. This places the cloud at nearly a quarter of the distance to Proxima Centauri, the nearest star to the Sun. The Kuiper belt and the scattered disc, the other two reservoirs of trans-Neptunian objects, are less than one thousandth of the Oort cloud's distance. The outer limit of the Oort cloud defines the cosmographical boundary of the Solar System and the region of the Sun's gravitational dominance.
The Oort cloud is thought to comprise two separate regions: a spherical outer Oort cloud and a disc-shaped inner Oort cloud, or Hills cloud. Objects in the Oort cloud are largely composed of ices, such as water, ammonia, and methane.
Every Astro Lord commands up to 6 hero-generals: a Commander-in-Chief and 5 mercenary generals. Throughout the game heroes progress, level up and acquire skills. They also possess their own ships. These ships can be equipped with ammo, officers, artifacts and Runes.
Players will have access to seven different types of ships of varying size and capacity, which they will be able to change depending on a particular general's skills.
Mass-combat enthusiasts will love the Arena: here players can battle it out against alien races (AI) or other AstroLord players. Those battles take place in real-time and that allows players to actively take part in the game instead of just having to wait for the completion of their building projects. Players can take part in these battles whenever they like – or they can entrust a battle to their general, who will fight according to his skill level and equipment.
One day, a new aggressive alien race arrived from the far reaches of space. As it turned out this race was also on the hunt for Forerunner Runes and artifacts: it is likely that they know more about the Forerunners than the humans do.
This race is warlike and unsociable. They field immense Boss ships and crews at the Arena: in order to determine the military capabilities of our own ships.
More screenshots & media on our site >
BUILD YOUR ASTEROIDS Build factories and infrastructure, produce ammunition and cyborgs on your main Asteroid. Capture up to 5 additional asteroids, which will be used to extract minerals and can be recaptured.
EXPLORE OORT CLOUD Player bases are located on asteroids, which travel within the Oort Cloud. Exploration of the Oort Cloud, trading expeditions, spying and robberies of another players and pirate raids. One of the game's distinguishing features is the unique Radar, which allows to find various objects. You will experience complete freedom of action and social interaction.
REALTIME MULTIPLAYER BATTLES In Arena players can battle it out against alien races (AI) and Bosses or other AstroLord players with up to 12 players in one battle. Battles take place in real-time and that allows players to actively take part in the game, unite with other players in teams and fight for win!
CUSTOMIZE YOUR GENERALS Your General's ships can be equipped in the Hangar with ammunition, Officers, Runes and Artifacts. The orbiting space station can be equipped with Runes and Artifacts and also have guns that can be loaded with different types of ammunition.
We have thought very hard and chosen the best rewards for YOU! There will be both: digital and physical rewards! You can choose rewards from sincere THANKS!, postcards, magnets, wallpapers, art-books, t-shirts, polo-shirts with AstroLords' logo and 1m x 2m printed banners with your face on them To various deuterium packs, premium accounts, officers with your name inside the game, special asteroids and badges only for backers, the list goes on. We also give you a unique and limited opportunity to have your face on our 8th Exclusive General (this General is only available to backers) inside the game on ALL platforms!
We have been developing AstroLords for almost 2 years, working intensely and full-time with a team of more than 20 people in order to bring AstroLords to life. All of us are highly committed and we truly believe in our game's success. We are very proud to have become a part of AstroLords and Oort Cloud and especially happy to provide you the opportunity to become a part of the world we have created.
We are sure we can make it much better and more interesting! But we need more time to fully accomplish what we've planned and that's why we are here. AstroLords need your help!
Crowd-sourced fund-raising will allow us to finish the game for WEB/PC/MAC/LINUX and iOS/Android platforms and release the multi-platform version of our creation in spring 2014.
We have a big team which has enough experience, a comfortable office to work in, professional equipment and tools to work with and of course an enormous motivation to complete this game and open it to all players in the world! There is only one thing that is stopping us at the moment - we need four more months to get the game ready! That's why we are here and that is what we are going to spend your money on.
We need your help! If you believe in AstroLords - back our project and we will reward you and be very grateful to you!
If we'll reach our goal here, We promise to donate 5% of the Astro Lords game profits to help fund other Kickstarter projects!
You can get special Astro Lords Backer's avatars for Kickstarter profile here
We gathered one of the best teams consisting out of high skilled professionals who are also passionate about games.
Meet us:
Visit our site http://AstroLords.com
Like our Facebook page http://facebook.com/AstroLords
Follow our Twitter page http://twitter.com/AstroLords
We hope that you are inspired by AstroLords. Feel free to contact us, share your comments and ask any questions!
Thank you for your support!
Risks and challenges
We have been working on AstroLords for almost 2 years with a strong team and full-time. Our team consists of many specialists who have already been working for quite a while in the game industry meaning they perfectly fit the job and have enough experience to fulfill our most exciting and complex requirements.
Unfortunately we have struggled to overcome a few obstacles on our way. Like the wrong choice of technology at start and then quickly changing it to Unity3D, lack of free highly experienced specialists on the market, funding shortages, difficulties porting to mobile platforms, interface and control development, etc. Fortunately we have now overcome all these difficulties!
We've learnt a lot from our mistakes and had a very long journey to this point. Our team has solved all fundamental problems and overcame all obstacles that could have caused serious consequences. We now know exactly how to accomplish this project quickly and efficiently at the highest level of quality and we require only 4 additional months to get our game ready to open its doors to the World!
We feel very responsible for our backers' money! More to that we will definitely try our best in releasing our unique next-gen game even earlier!
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Funding period
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"Spectacle Art creates the Grand Moment, unforgettable ethereal beauty"
Spectacle Art events unite the audience in a shared experience by consolidating attention on a memorable moment. Installations have been commissioned to mark important occasions, captivate mass crowds and attract media publicity. Clients include directors from major Art and Music Festivals, National Museums, City Councils, Fashion Shows, Circus Troupes, Rodeos, Speedways and New Years Eve Celebrations.
The installation designs seamlessly integrate state of the art lighting and special effects into the sculptures. Productions are adventures and combine Extreme Performance with Pyrotechnics, Searchlight Choreography, Laser Animation and Data Projection.
Clint Hurrell is a visual artist with over twenty-five years experience as a production designer specialising in large-scale outdoor Art Installations. Clint is an expert in the theatrical presentation of temporary monumental sculpture and has helped develop the genre of "Spectacle Art". This site is a comprehensive portfolio of his work.


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When you look into her eyes, what do you see?
She been hurt, abandoned, abused, & misused.
Day by day she stands strong.
With a smile on her face like there's nothing wrong.
"Are you ok?" They ask her
She replies "yea I'm fine, just tired"
She tired of the cheating& the games.
These boys play nowadays.
Built up a wall
To keep out the hurt.
Careless & heartless, is now how she works.


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Publication Date: July 15th 2001
Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton
Age Group: Adult
Genre: Literature/Adventure/Crime
Source: My beloved bookshelf
Lootability: *****
There is another 1985, where London's criminal gangs have moved into the lucrative literary market, and Thursday Next is on the trail of the new crime wave's Mr Big.Jasper Fforde has made the world of literary classics into an intriguing and fascinating world of mystery and conflict. With Baconian's and Oxford supporters promoting the 'true' author of Shakespeares plays, SpecOps fighting werewolves and a super-villain who can't be caught on film, Fforde creates a literary world surrounding LitTech Thursday Next's adventures.
Acheron Hades has been kidnapping characters from works of fiction and holding them to ransom. Jane Eyre is gone. Missing.Thursday sets out to find a way into the book to repair the damage. But solving crimes against literature isn't easy when you also have to find time to halt the Crimean War, persuade the man you love to marry you, and figure out who really wrote Shakespeare's plays.Perhaps today just isn't going to be Thursday's day. Join her on a truly breathtaking adventure, and find out for yourself. Fiction will never be the same again...
Fforde's books, and the subsequence sequels, surround the 'Book World' a place individuals from the mundane world and characters from the literary worlds can move between. Encounters with Mr Quaverly, Mr. Rochester and Jane Eyre cause chaos in the 'real' world where villain Archeron Hades has not only kidnapped Thursday's eccentric uncle Mycroft and his latest invention, but he steals the original manuscripts of both Charles Dicken's Martin Chuzzlewit and Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre.
The narrative is constantly moving and evolving, new information coming to light and being cast on the protagonist – Thursday Next. 'I was born on the Thursday and named Thursday. My brother was born on a Friday and he was named Anton.' Fforde's Thursday is considered by critics such as Juliette Wells, as a recreation of the literary classic Jane Eyre, with a plain appearance and a practical nature. Fforde weaves a parallel with the classic, not only in the characterisation of Next, but in the events that follow her through the novel. The man she loves is crippled, the wedding of her partner is interrupted by a solicitor and her uncle, like Jane's, opens up a whole new world for her.
Fforde provides the reader with a strong background for the adventure in the existing tales of Jane Eyre and Martin Chuzzlewit, that parallel the tale, but doesn't make it necessary to know more than the basic plot of the narratives in order to follow The Eyre Affair. Of course, having taken ten years to write, and be published, Fforde was sure to provide enough tidbits, much like DVD easter eggs, for those who have enjoyed the classics to enjoy character and plot jokes that the uninitiated would unfortunately miss.
Often a book or novel is thought to be made up of nothing more than the words that create the story. However, it takes much more than just the story for the fantastical secondary world existing within the text to manifest. Few take into account the materials that are crucial to reading and understanding a novel, and most, if not all, contain much more than the words that tell a story. Jasper Fforde's The Eyre Affair is a detailed example of a story existing beyond its words, for while all texts have the title, cover, publishers, blurbs and acknowledgements that are part of the creation, The Eyre Affair is a stronger, more resounding evidence of paratext.
Fforde doesn't leave his reader with merely the words on the pages of his book to tell the story, but provides a colourful array of paratext surrounding the narrative. Gerard Genette who conceptionalised paratext explained it as 'the means by which a text makes a book of itself and proposes itself as such to its readers, and more generally to the public.' Fforde has created the paratext of The Eyre Affair through a series of websites surrounding his books where he has posted pictures, encyclopaedias, vouchers, advertising and legal notices that bring the world of The Eyre Affair out from the pages. Jasper Fforde's website, provides the links to the websites of each of his novels, including the Thursday Next Chronicles. Paratext is becoming an increasingly common phenomenon through the advancement of technology, and provides a way for authors to interact further with their fans, through interviews, additional story details and publishing updates.
To truly enjoy the wonderment of The Eyre Affair a reader must enjoy not only the words, but the other myriad details that Fforde provides us with. I recommend Jasper Fforde to anyone with a basic understanding of the classics, and a willingness to find the humour in the most boring of characters.
This review was originally published June 18th 2010 on an old blog. Read the original here


text: Glenn Wilkins - Thursday, February 01, 2018 Facebook Revenues Beats, Shares Hike Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) reported adjusted fourth-quarter earnings and revenue on Wednesday that crushed expectations, as it made more money than expected from each user. The company's shares, which initially dropped sharply in after-hours trading, recovered after CFO David Wehner maintained the company's 2018 expense forecast and said Facebook would benefit from a weaker dollar in the first half of the year. Earnings per Share came in at $2.21 vs. a projected $1.95, and compared to earnings of $1.41 per share on revenue of $8.81 billion in the year-ago period. Usership also rose about 14% from a year ago on both a daily and monthly basis. Revenues were $12.97 billion vs. a projected $12.55 billion. The company said it had made changes, including a crackdown on viral videos that reduced the amount of time users spent on its social network by 50 million hours a day in the quarter, or 5%. Shares at first fell as much as 4.5% after hours, but recovered after executives said that advertising prices increased, balancing out audience declines, and that they expected operating expenses guidance wouldn't change, remaining at growth of 45% to 60%. Facebook's fourth quarter marks the close of 2017's fiscal year, one of the company's more difficult years as a public company — and it showed in parts of the company's earnings report. Said CEO Mark Zuckerberg, "Already last quarter, we made changes to show fewer viral videos to make sure people's time is well spent. In total, we made changes that reduced time spent on Facebook by roughly 50 million hours every day." FB shares gained $1.82, or 1%, to $188.71 early Thursday.