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We have had shocks all over the country with Premier League teams being embarrassed by clubs from the lower leagues and this was the lift it sorely needed. And if you consider Bradford's remarkable win over Aston Villa in the Capital One Cup semi-final over two legs as well, it has been an outstanding week for cup football that has breathed new life into both of the competitions.
There used to be a time, certainly when I played in this country, when the FA Cup was the mega competition and there was no way the big clubs would ever have played weakened teams. The anticipation for the third-round draw was one of the highlights of the football calendar but in the past few years the big clubs have dominated.
I would not necessarily say the FA Cup has been in the doldrums but this was the weekend where it all changed, and for the better.
Shocks are what makes it the competition everybody tunes in for and shocks are what it needed – and this weekend we have had at least four or five results that have really made people sit up and take notice.
Liverpool are just one of the big clubs to have been knocked out and you would have to say that against Oldham Athletic it was a very poor performance over 90 minutes.
They obviously played a weakened team but even with the players starting that match, and others such as Steven Gerrard coming off the bench, they should still have had enough to beat Oldham, who are close to the relegation zone in League One. The defence was the one area particularly weakened but when you have got Luis Suárez and Daniel Sturridge in your team they should still be winning that game.
I would say it was clear after just 10 minutes that Liverpool were up against it and going to struggle.
It has always been said that when you play against clubs from the divisions below you have got to match them for commitment and get your foot in for the first 20 minutes. Then when you have taken the sting out of it, the quality should shine through and come out on top.
But it was evident early on that Liverpool were not going to match Oldham as they started so slowly. Oldham simply wanted it more and nothing can be taken away from Paul Dickov and his players because it was a magnificent afternoon for their football club.
Those players fought for their manager and the shirt and deserve a chance to try and beat another club from Merseyside when they face Everton in the next round.
Liverpool's defeat shows once again where the priorities of the bigger clubs lie. Spurs are the same, after they were humbled at Leeds United in the game earlier in the day. An FA Cup game on the Sunday against lower-league opposition is never going to be as important as their two Premier League games in the next seven days.
Liverpool have got two very difficult away games in a row and it would suggest Brendan Rodgers had them in mind with the team he picked at Boundary Park.
They play Arsenal on Wednesday and then Manchester City on Sunday and while there is still a chance of finishing fourth, that will be the priority.
The amount of money on offer if you can qualify for the Champions League is so vast now that the FA Cup is way down the pecking order.
It was not just Liverpool's result that caught the eye though – Millwall beating Aston Villa on the Friday night set the tone for the weekend.
I know Norwich City have been on a poor run of late but for Luton – a club playing in the old Conference – to win at Carrow Road was an amazing achievement. Milton Keynes Dons also had a tremendous result at Queens Park Rangers. The players at those clubs will remember this weekend for the rest of the lives, and it will give them a massive lift going into the next round.
This was the weekend when the FA Cup got a shot in the arm and I hope that will continue for the remainder of the season, and beyond.


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Are health clubs selling value or selling failure? While every business has the right to make a profit, whether or not the fitness business model will achieve long-term success remains to be seen.
Our industry is going through some exciting yet scary changes. No one really likes change, but change is the only thing in life that is constant. Today's marketplace has five to 10 times more competition than just a few years ago. We're seeing the emergence of more large club chains, some of which have already gone public or are planning to shortly as well as a proliferation of small 1,000-square-foot storefronts. The latest trend is the no-frills, no-service, low-priced clubs.
The cheap, no-frills clubs have, at the very least, sent a message to all the other clubs in the market: what you were giving your members previously wasn't really service that had any real value. So, they left to go to the cheaper choice. After all, aren't all treadmills and weights the same? If you think that you were giving them real service or value, think again. The customers did their talking with their feet (and their money).
This environment will force clubs to show how they are different, not better (most consumers don't believe you when you say better, because every business claims they are). You must find your niche, articulate your difference and then you'll own that position in your market. Your difference can't be based solely on size as the larger chains can move into town tomorrow and take that niche from you. It hopefully won't be based on low prices because too many low price competitors are already out there, and tomorrow that also can change. It must be based on value, which includes the continuing value after the sale. The real sale begins after you get your members' money. You need to make raving fans out of all your members, so they in turn will refer their friends. To achieve that, you must answer the question we all ask every time we make a purchase of anything, "What's in it for me?"
The big question for the industry is will this last? Most of the no-frills clubs have oversold their memberships with the same hope that much of this industry had 30 and 40 years ago — let's keep the price so low that no one quits, but let's also hope no one shows up. They are usually selling failure, along with many of the existing clubs that charge a lot more for their health club memberships. Just look at your retention numbers and how challenging it is today to increase your sales. I thought by this point, we'd all try to deliver better quality and service and actually show we care about our customers. Since the time of the "spa war" days, most of the growth in this industry has come from regular non-exercisers looking for help and guidance — not just access to a piece of equipment. Our future growth will also come largely from non-exercisers. Just look at the problem of childhood obesity, which has more than tripled over the last two decades.
Achieving growth in your business will require you to sell value, not failure. I am convinced that most Americans are looking for an excuse not to exercise. When we give them crowded clubs, no service and no results, we fulfill their excuse. In the International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association's Health Benefits of Exercise Report, John McCarthy, executive director, states that "the health benefits of regular exercise are the health club industry's most under-leveraged asset, and they represent the industry's number one opportunity to turn members into missionaries for regular exercise. No other industry has anything even remotely like this. It is an unpaid and unearned asset. And yet all too often this research is taken for granted. Few clubs communicate this information to their members, prospective members, the local media, health educators, etc., even though any other industry would love to get for one day what this industry gets almost every day."
As an industry, we have an opportunity to affect everyone's life in a positive way. You need to position your club as a vital health resource for your entire community. Consumers spend more money today than ever before, but they tend to only spend it where they see value. People are willing to pay higher rates only when they understand your difference and appreciate the value. To successfully sell value rather than price, you need to have a proven system of sales, service and retention that can positively affect your long-term growth.
Ed Tock is a partner in Sales Makers, a marketing and sales training consulting firm that specializes in on-site seminars and performance and profitability programs by delivering staff training, proven systems and marketing programs. They have worked with more than 983 clubs worldwide including 192 pre sales since 1981. Tock has spoken at more than 60 Club Industry shows and IHRSA conventions. Sales Makers is a winner of IHRSA Associate Member of the Year. Tock can be reached at 800-428-3334 or at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Finishing my incomplete projects:
- the black pants
- the brown shirt
- finish my white crocheted pullover
- I have embroidered a tablecloth, I need some borders on it.
- Finish my crocheted hat (before this summer) – already failed lol
Paint the jewelry box for my mother-in-law
- Sew a big 'rug' for the little one, where he can play
Let's make a zippered pouch for my crayons– done, but I don't like it that much, so I didn't make photos :p
Baby projects:
- Sew some pillows for him – in the same style (denim patchwork)
- Make some letters with felt – with his name – started
- Create a nice a book holder for all of his papers (hospital things, x-rays, etc)
- Create 4 baskets for his toys (denim patchwork)
New projects:
- Make my California scrapbook
- Get a place for the clothes, threads, etc… for all my crafting things. Probably it has to be a big bag
- Sew myself at least 3 tunics (0/3)
- Sew myself a LBD (little black dress)
- Sew 3 skirts for myself (0/3)
- I want to get at least 20 drawing projects done (1/20)
Post a work on any craft challenge – I am changing it to: Sign for any craft SWAP thing – and it's done, I'll post the details soon 🙂
- Cook 20 new recipes (5/20)
- Organize my recipes, make an own cookbook
- Crochet some flowers, what I can wear
- Create a big bedspread for ourself (patchwork/applique)
A crocheted bag for my mother's mobile–> it was a felt one, but that's count!
- At least 10 reusable grocery bags for me and my family members (0/10)
- Laptop case/cover
Create some 'Hungarian style' necklaces
- Write a tutorial
- Sew a patchwork/applique style tabletop
- Sew some cushions for desk chairs in the weekend house
- Make 5 projects from my Burda magazines
Make 100 items to my shop – and sell something! (100/100 made, 1/1 sold)
- I want to make a family tree for my mom, as she will be 65 years old in this spring! – won't do because someone just passed out! 😦
Let's make some bracelets from felt as well!-> wasn't Hungarian style, but I think, that beautiful flower set has to count here. 🙂
Christmas presents, and some other projects for Christmas; here are some ideas:
- sew some flourish Red-Orange-Yellow-Violet pillows and a blanket for my parents (I think, this will be their 2013 Christmas present)
- I have started an embroidered tablecloth for my parents for Christmas –
I will do my best to do it in time – I mean, in 2012–> 2013 then
- sew a snake for my son
- sew a bag for the car to hold the baby toys there
sew a kitty-style something for my friend, Detty
- sew a Sunflower bag for my godmother
- sew some toys (probably a dog, or something) for the babies around
- Christmas stockings for our-self, and for our friends
create some gift boxes for Christmas, or at least a nice gift wrapping Create some polimer clay jewelries for family members Create the dragons for my friends (polymer clay too) Paint some cups (3/3)–> those were ugly, I didn't want to post them
- Make a Christmas tree, or any ornaments. I don't want to kill any more trees. .( –> 2013 then, decided to make a 'real Christmas' to my son!
- Create a quilt project with my friends and followers (if there will be any): make something together.
- Create a definitive list for the presents (will upload it here, and track it)
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Here's an entire article from the NZ Herald:
A free Christmas play for Wellington children in Child Youth and Family care contained swear words and sexual references.
Together with their foster parents, the 140 children, the youngest of whom was six, watched the entire opening night of 'An Adagio Christmas' at Wellington's Downstage Theatre.
The play contains the use of the "f" word and one character spoke of losing her virginity and mimed a slapstick orgasm.
However, Ray Smith from Child Youth and Family says despite the suggestive themes, the children loved the show.
"I watched some of the little faces during the course of the show and the little kids were on the edge of their seats wondering if the wonderful acrobats were going to fall off their chairs and poles," Mr Smith said.
Mr Smith hopes the children will look back and remember how much they enjoyed the outing.
So, this is what happens when children are taken into state 'care', including those children who are taken from good parents on nothing more than a suspicion of smacking.
Let's imagine that a family came under scrutiny from Child Youth and Family, and CYF found out that the parents had sent their children to such a play. Would CYF say "Well done, good parents", or would CYF say "Highly inappropriate, you bad parents", take the children from the family home, and send them for sexual abuse counselling?
It's always the same with the government: do what we say, not what we do.


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Tuesday, August 7, 2007
Atomic Fireballs
Atomic Fireballs were invented in 1954 by Nello Ferrara, the son of the founder of Ferrara Pan. The spicy flavor and the exceptionally long lasting candy was instantly popular (coupled with the pop culture obsession with all things atomic at the time).
Atomic Fireballs are made in a process called hot panning, where layers of sugar syrup and flavor are deposited on a single sugar grain core. The pans are hot as they tumble the developing candies through this long process. It takes two weeks and at least a hundred layers to make the familiar spicy jawbreaker. You can see the process here at the Ferrara Pan website. Ferrara Pan sells over 15,000,000 every week!
Atomic Fireballs come in two sizes, a little pea sized one in boxes similar in format to the Lemonhead and the more popular full-sized, individually-wrapped jawbreaker. (Ferrera Pan still makes Red Hots, which are cinnamon imperials and though they're nice they're NOT the same thing.) I haven't seen the little ones in years, but a quick search on the internet indicates that they're still around. (Here's a great shot of their old packaging.)
It's still easy to find Atomic Fireballs individually wrapped, usually for a nickel or dime each at checkout stands at convenience stores or liquor stores.
All that history and nostalgia aside, how are they?
The outside is rather mild. The shiny ball is smooth and takes a moment to release a strong blast of cinnamon (and a little bitterness too for those who can taste Red 40). Either I've become extremely resilient over the years (and judging from my inability to eat my husband's chili, I'd say not) or they've decreased the hotness of this product.
The cinnamon was definitely tingly and spicy but didn't really gain any momentum until the second "major" layer. I recall not being able to hold one in my mouth for very long as a kid ... it's no issue at all now.
I also think the texture has changed slightly. It feels a bit lighter, a little more chalky now. It loses flavor after that second internal layer. I had no problem crunching one open for the cross section with some nutcrackers ... something that was extremely difficult years ago because of the density (and possibly they were larger back in the olden days). The best way when I was a kid to break them open was to drop them onto concrete. This was more fun with the old full-sized Everlasting Gobstoppers because they had colored layers.
Fireballs were one of those candies I enjoyed eating while reading and later on long car trips where I found the hotness kept me alert while driving. I'm a cruncher, but the sphere has to be dissolved down to at least a third of its original size before I can crack it open with my teeth. I wish they were as strong as I remember them, they'd get a full on 9 out of 10 if they did. But this watered down version is still a fun 7 out of 10.
Other fun things I found out while researching this:
This package was made in Mexico, I'll try to find out if they still make them in the United States.
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The Human Division
Following the events of The Last Colony, John Scalzi tells the story of the fight to maintain the unity of the human race.
The people of Earth now know that the human Colonial Union has kept them ignorant of the dangerous universe around them. For generations the CU had defended humanity against hostile aliens, deliberately keeping Earth an ignorant backwater and a source of military recruits. Now the CU's secrets are known to all. Other alien races have come on the scene and formed a new alliance - an alliance against the Colonial Union. And they've invited the people of Earth to join them. For a shaken and betrayed Earth, the choice isn't obvious or easy.
Against such possibilities, managing the survival of the Colonial Union won't be easy, either. It will take diplomatic finesse, political cunning…and a brilliant "B Team", centered on the resourceful Lieutenant Harry Wilson, that can be deployed to deal with the unpredictable and unexpected things the universe throws at you when you're struggling to preserve the unity of the human race.
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- 23/05/2013
A Middling Position
First and formost, if you haven't read the Old Man's War series and are considering picking up this book - what are you doing?
Right now.
Even if you've stumbled onto this page by accident and your curiosity is naught but a faint glimmer in the distance, that's good enough. Go to the search bar and find his earlier works before coming to this one.
It's not that the Human Division (located in the same universe as OMW) won't make any sense (it won't) or even that there are spoilers in the Human Division for the previous series (there are) - the truth is that Scalzi's first foray into this world was better. As a matter of fact, it was fantastic.
His characters had more shades, the aliens were more interesting, the science was explored more deeply, and the plot line was more intricate.
Scalzi is true to his style in this newest novel - easy and interesting, funny without pandering to the audience, and the story zips along - but it's clear that the Human Division is propped up by the strength of the last series.
Don't get me wrong - Scalzi stands heads above the rest of herd, and is still one of the most engaging sci-fi writers around. I'll continue reading the series with the same relish as I read most of Scalzi's work, but given how high he set the bar with the first series, it's hard not to feel a little let down.
Also, as an aside: the dialogue tags. My god, the dialogue tags. In the written form it's easy enough to gloss over the word "said", but listening to it repeated over and over and over was occasionally, frustratingly, hugely distracting.
Every so often, I found myself thinking of synonyms that Scalzi could have used in place of the word "said" and noting the rare occasions he chose to use them.
If that's liable to bother you, you might want to consider getting the book.
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- GadgetDon
- 14/07/2013
Smart People solving problems
This story takes place in John Scalzi's Old Man's War universe. Personally, I liked but didn't love Old Man's War, and the sequels dropped off fast for me. I'd given up on that universe, but this story was originally released serially, I'd heard good things about the first episode, so risked a buck. Enjoyed it so much, got the series, and then the collection when released.
For centuries, the Colonial Union didn't have a lot of use of diplomacy. When humans broke out into interstellar space, they were really good at this fighting thing. An overcrowded Earth supplied an unending number of soldiers and colonists, so the CU went where they wanted, kicked everyone out of their way, and killed anyone who wouldn't move. Their soldiers were highly developed cyborg forces that originally had been the old and dying from Earth (put them in a new body with genetic and nanotech improvements). Many died in the wars, but there were a lot of old people on Earth who wanted a second chance.
Unfortunately for the Colonial Union, the good times have come to an end. Earth has learned how much the CU was holding it back, so no more colonists or soldiers. And the other races have formed an alliance. So brute force won't work anymore, they have to be smart.
And I like smart.
The first story, for example, has a nice bit of problem solving at its core - how do you find a black box that isn't meant to be found unless it responds to the right signals, and the battery has run down. And once the black box is found - how to deal with the data inside and its implications.
This story builds on the tech from the OMW universe. It's possible, if you haven't read OMW, you may be at sea with some of the references (BrainPal, SmartBlood, and so forth). They get explained, briefly, I don't know if that will be enough (having come into it knowing about those).
As I said, the story was originally released serially. This collected edition includes two bonus stories. The first, After The Coup, was a prequel to the other stories, amusing but not at the same level I thought. The second, though, was a gem. Starting with the title, "Halfte Sorvalh Eats a Churro and Speaks to the Youth of Today", it is placed after the events in the other stories. It's a wonderful little vignette of an alien talking to some schoolkids after the traumatic events in the last episode.
Yes, traumatic events in the last episode. While this is a great tale on it's own, the final episode all but has a "to be continued" sign stuck on the end. I don't mind, and am looking forward to the "next season" of the Human Division.
One minor annoyance, though. First, when writing dialog, John Scalzi does way too much "Blah Blah", he said. "Stuff stuff stuff", she said. "But interjection interjection", George said. In an audiobook, that does get annoying. Annoying to the point that the performance got four stars. I know these books are "unabridged" when recorded - but maybe a little editing for things like that would be appropriate.
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- Julie W. Capell
- 26/05/2014
Best entry in series since first book
Good characters, good plot and lots of laughs make this the best entry in the "Old Man's War" series since the book that gave the series its title. The main character, Harry Wilson, bears what I think of as the typical Scalzi acerbic wit and ability to creatively solve just about any challenge thrown at him. I lost count of the number of times I laughed out loud while listening to this on Audible. I tried bookmarking some of the places that made me laugh, like this part, where Wilson is telling an ambassador that something has gone horribly wrong:
"Humped the bunk … Screwed the pooch … Gone fubar… insert your own metaphor for things going sideways here."
But somehow all by itself it's not quite as funny as when heard as part of the flow of the story. The banter is fast and furious, and nearly all the characters talk like they are delivering one-liners from a sitcom, but somehow it works. I lay a LOT of the credit for that with the narrator of the audio version, William Dufris.
This book was definitely meant to be heard, not read. Eschewing his usual narrator of choice (Wil Wheaton) for Dufris was a good move. Dufris does a better job than Wheaton of giving the characters different voices, even though they are all dishing out one-liners at breakneck speed.
A good example is the story of the kingsflower plant. This is a huge, Venus flytrap-type plant that eats an ambassador's dog. So naturally, our hero has to get swallowed by the plant in order to retrieve said dog. The laconic voice used by the narrator for the character of the gardener ("Don't be alarmed when the plant starts cutting off the circulation to your extremities, it's a perfectly normal part of the process,") was the defining reason this section was laugh-out-loud funny.
It is definitely worth it to stick around after the main story has wrapped up to listen to two additional short stories set in the same universe. I enjoyed both "After the Coup" and "Hafte Sorvalh Eats a Churro and Speaks to the Youth of Today."
After reading some of the other reviews here on Goodreads, I now realize that this was originally released as a serialized novel via Audible and that a sequel(s) are forthcoming. As long as Scalzi is writing and Dufris is reading, I will be listening.
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- Christopher Evers
- 23/03/2015
it was difficult to accept the fact that this is not a John Perry and Jane Sagan book. This one centers in on Perry's friend Harry Wilson and I promise that if you make it through the first 30 minutes that you will be absolutely hooked. great novel.
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- Jim "The Impatient"
- 16/01/2014
I am a huge fan of Scalzi. I had listened to the first episode, The B-Team for free and liked it, so I got the whole book. I found I liked episode 1, even better the second time around. There are 13 episodes and two stories. You do not get the final two stories if you just get the episodes. The final two stories are funny and great. Many of the episodes are very good I was bored by episode 9 and 10, but the rest were good to great.
These are loosely connected, so it is mostly 15 short stories with a common theme. It is rare to have this many good stories in a collection. If you are a fan of short stories this is a must.
Scalzi's writing in these stories remind me a lot of Asimov's Robot stories. Asimov would expand on his robots and the laws of robotics with each story. Here Scalzi often expands on Smart Blood and what can be done with it. Asimov was not as funny, but it was a different time. If you like Asimov try this series.
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- A reader
- 31/05/2013
SciFi TV series in audio book form
This book was originally a series of short stories released once a week, a format Scalzi will repeat again. Tellingly, in his announcement that he would be writing another Human Division novel, Scalzi said that he had been renewed for "Season 2." The metaphor of a science fiction television series exactly nails the good and bad of this novel.
The books are a loose story arc of self-contained episodes taking place in the Old Man's War universe. Some of the episodes- sorry, I mean stories - are very solid, some are pretty mediocre. The overarching plot is dished out in small doses, which makes the pacing feel uneven. At its best, it is like watching a great Star Trek episode. At its worst, it is like watching a bad one. There is never a moment where the novel breaks down, but it is rarely very compelling either.
I am a Scalzi fan, but, as much as I like his work, he can be extremely uneven. His most compelling work (Old Man's War, for example) is like a smarter, modern-day Heinlein, with wonderful characters and interesting settings. At his less-than-best (Redshirts, this novel) he is still entertaining, but the formula of witty, insubordinate characters and repeated low-grade mystery-solving becomes a little obvious. He is still one of the best writers of fun science fiction out there, but I keeping hoping for another home run. While a solid entertaining time, with occasional moments of brilliance, this is a base hit.
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- Dubi
- 16/02/2015
Structured Like a TV Series
I haven't read Old Man's War, so I'm approaching The Human Division as a new series, a spin-off set in the OMW universe. In fact, the way the book was written -- chapters called episodes published weekly -- this omnibus volume has the feel of a TV series. For me, this is a good thing.
But it's more than just the publication schedule (13 episodes, the standard for a cable drama). The way the episodes and the overall story are plotted are key to the feel of a TV series. The episodes stand up on their own, for the most part, as complete stories, and they also figure into the overall story arc -- attempts by various forces to either divide the human race scattered across the galaxy from Earth or keep them united.
Every other episode centers on the main characters -- Colonial Union officer Harry Wilson, diplomatic aide Hart Schmidt, and ambassador Ode Obumwe (there are several other major recurring characters). In between, the stories follow other characters, some of whom figure more or less as the overall story unfolds. The emphasis on characterization over plotting is highly successful, as it would be on the best TV series.
The book ends with a cliffhanger that leaves the central mystery unresolved, anticipating the next entry in the series, due out this year (2015) -- indeed, in announcing the next entry, John Scalzi said "The Human Division has been renewed for a second season".
Having previously listened to all of Scalzi's novels except any of the OMW series, I was worried about having a narrator other than Wil Wheaton, who is my favorite. But William Dufris, who reads most of the OMW series, is excellent as well. Maybe not as funny as WW, but maybe this series is not supposed to be as funny (though Harry Wilson is a bit of sarcastic Scalzi cut-up, and Dufris does him justice).
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- Jonathan Scruggs
- 14/02/2015
Another great entry in the OMW universe
Great story arc, loved the episodic structure. Left me hanging at the end but that just means another great story is yet to come.
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- mike
- 18/05/2013
If you could sum up The Human Division in three words, what would they be?
A TV show.
Would you recommend The Human Division to your friends? Why or why not?
Probably not. See below for why.
Have you listened to any of William Dufris's other performances before? How does this one compare?
Mr. Dufris is a competent and consistent narrator. He does a good job with Human Division.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Any additional comments?
I loved Scalzi's Old Man's War and the next two books in the series. I laughed at Agent to the Stars. I'm having a hard time finishing this story. I've met the primary character before. He's the same sarcastic, wise cracking guy we saw in Agent to the Stars, Red Shirts and Fuzzy Nation. The name has been changed, but not the voice. I want new characters in a new book.
A small but irritating point is that Scalzi almost never omits the "he said - she said" after dialog. This intrudes into the narration. Wilson said. Schmitt said. Wilson said. Schmitt said. Wilson said. Schmitt said. Wilson said. Schmitt said. Wilson said. Schmitt said. That works fine for written work, but with more and more books getting made into audiobooks there should be a class for writers that brings home the point that not every utterance needs a he said after it to keep the conversation clear.
Another minor point is that this, strictly speaking, isn't a novel. It reads like a series of TV shows that loosely revolves around a theme and cast. Honestly, it isn't working to hold my interest, and I've read or listened to every novel that Scalzi has had published.
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- Julius Butcher
- 30/10/2013
The B Team in action
When reading a book I often was wondering what happened to the secondary characters. What they did when not helping the hero? What kind of life they lived? Now I had the possibility to get to know more about some of them.
In The Human Division I met Harry Wilson of the Old Farts. If you haven't read the Old Man's War, you may not know who the hell I'm talking about. I can tell to you: you missed a great story, so you better go and read it. If you did, probably you remember the group of old people who signed up for the Colonial Defence Force, got a new enhanced body and became green in the process. Yes, they were the good Old Farts. They went in different ways in the CDF, Wilson became a Lieutenant in the technical service. Lately he got assigned to assist diplomats, who - well, to put it mildly - were the B Team. But don't get it wrong, in this dangerous universe even the B Team saves the ass of the Colonial Union once or twice. You may think that the most dangerous in diplomacy could be that you die of boredom during endless speeches in meetings. But rest assured: even diplomats get shot at or sucked out into vacuum from the space lock of the ship. And the assisting personnel may be beaten up by half size aliens and they may have to perform skydiving while the space station they just left is blown up. Yo know, the usual space stuff.
The book consists of 13 seemingly separate stories, but by the end a grandiose conspiracy plot takes shape against the Colonial Union. Or the Conclave. Or both. It's not really clear who is behind the scenes, and what is their purpose exactly. This is why I can hardly wait for the next book of the Old Man's War universe.
I really enjoyed Scalzi's sarcastic humour, it is one of the reasons he became one of my favourite authors. The narration was excellent, William Dufris got Scalzi's humour right.
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- Utilisateur anonyme
- 27/03/2018
the universe John scalzi created is fantastic that you don't even miss John Perry or Jane sagan. I love it.
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Hi All,
I've been toying with making all my presets for my ESi2000 using a software editor so that I can make all my samples, keyboard layouts and presets all in software, where it's easily edited, then upload them to my ESi2000 via SCSI. This seems to have become possible by the use of soundfonts.
My research has found that what is available out there in the big wide web are 2 software programs: Creative Vienna (freeware, but you need a Creative sound card for it to install), and Xtrakk soundfont to wav extractor.
So the procedure is: create your keyboard/sample layout in Vienna, then save it as a sound font (.sf2)
Now, open it in Xtrakk, and send it to the ESi sampler via SMDI SCSI dump (Xtrakk has a special dump output option just for Emu samplers), and you should have it all laid out in hardware.
I have nearly everything I need, but I am yet to get a Creative sound card (Live or Audigy etc) to try all this out - easy enough to find on ebay. I'll get one soon.
Has anyone tried this before?
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Conversation with a governor
On the evening of Dec. 12 my wife Kathy and I found ourselves alone with Gov. Dannel P. Malloy in one of the parlors of his Hartford home. The occasion was the renewal of a holiday tradition of the governor inviting members of the state news media to the official residence to socialize with him and members of his staff. Some governors have used the century-old house only for such official occasions. Gov. Malloy and his wife, Cathy, have made it their home, renting out the house where they lived in Stamford while he was mayor there.
Some of my colleagues, I am sure, question the appropriateness of socializing with the governor and sampling some free hors d'oeuvres. Keep an arm's length from those you have to report or comment on, accept no favors, goes the argument. While I can't speak for others, I don't see my opinions being influenced by a petit burger or a bottle of beer to wash it down. Since becoming editor for The Day opinion pages in 2007, this was my second opportunity to attend, the first during the administration of Gov. M. Jodi Rell.
What such rare events do provide is a chance for people to relate on a more human level. While people will always disagree on matter of politics and policy, we all have families and want what is best for them, even while diverging on how to achieve that end.
My intent in attending was to try not to talk shop, leaving budget deficits, economic strategy and tax policy for another day.
And somehow, at a very crowded gathering, my wife and I wandered into a room just as the governor was finishing his conversation with a couple of other guests, leaving us and him.
Gov. Malloy had noticed us looking over the large collection of festive nutcrackers that lined shelves and tables in the room. We soon found ourselves talking about children and the reality of the sometimes violent society we live in. The words, seemingly routine cocktail conversation then, would strike me as poignant just a couple of days later.
The nutcrackers, Gov. Malloy explained, were gifts to one of his three sons, Benjamin. With his December birthday, it had become an annual tradition to give Ben, now 25, a nutcracker. Noting my wife and I also have three sons, I said my youngest, Jon, a sophomore at the University of Hartford, is a member of the cross-country and track teams and sometimes jogs through Elizabeth Park and past the governor's home.
Gov. Malloy brightened, saying he loved jogging through the park. "It's particularly beautiful in June," he said.
I recalled photos of President Bush jogging with a phalanx of Secret Service agents. "Do you have to be accompanied by a state trooper?" I asked. Indeed he did, said the governor, and by a squad car nearby. "That's my reality. And there's good reasons for it," he said, seemingly ready to explain the threat was more than theoretical. Then, perhaps reminding himself he was talking to a journalist, stopped. "Well, let's just say there's a good reason for it."
About 36 hours later, on Friday, Dec. 14, the governor would find himself at a scene of inexplicable, incomprehensible violence. The target of that violence was not some public official - it was children. And on that day Gov. Malloy did what I suspect will be the hardest thing he will ever have to do as governor. He told the parents of 20 Newtown children that their kids would not be coming home.
As I later listened to Gov. Malloy struggle with his emotions as he recalled for reporters why he felt it was not appropriate to let the parents linger with false hopes, I thought of nutcrackers, and childhood traditions, and the challenges and triumphs of helping children become adults. For those parents the traditions ended. They will never learn what their child would have become, never experience the joy and angst that comes with working to get them there.
And how sad, I thought, that we live in a time and place where not only can't a governor go for a run through a park without police protection, but children cannot safely go to their school without it. Something is very wrong.
Paul Choiniere is the editorial page editor.
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A WOMEN has told how she watched Sir Jimmy Savile and Gary Glitter abuse underage girls in the DJ's BBC dressing room.
Tormented Karin Ward claims she saw paedophile Glitter having sex with a 13-year-old while Sir Jimmy abused another girl.
Everybody knew he was a perv and everybody knew he would be groping and wanting sex and wanting other worse things than just plain sex but he brought lots of nice things with him
She said the Top Of The Pops presenter fondled the terrified youngster under her skirt as she sat quivering on his lap.
Karin, who also alleged Sir Jimmy molested her in his car, said she felt "disgusted" and "ashamed".
And she claimed she was also abused by a third celebrity in the same dressing room when she was just 14.
She now plans to make a complaint to the Metropolitan Police about the unnamed TV star.
Karin was a pupil at Duncroft special needs school in Surrey.
She claimed Sir Jimmy regularly abused girls from the school by taking them on trips to London to see his shows.
She told ITV News: "I saw Gary Glitter have sex with a girl in Jimmy Savile's dressing room in that little alcove bit.
"I didn't see it completely but that's what was going on and nobody batted an eye-lid.
"Jimmy Savile had a girl on his lap and he had his hand up her skirt and inside her underwear. She came from Duncroft and she was 14 and we were good friends.
"The girl Gary Glitter was having sex with also came from Duncroft. I think she might have been not quite 14."
Karin claims Sir Jimmy would bribe vulnerable girls with cigarettes and sweets in return for sex.
She added: "Everybody knew he was a perv and everybody knew he would be groping and wanting sex and wanting other worse things than just plain sex but he brought lots of nice things with him.
"He used to bring a thousand cigarettes with him and of course cigarettes was the currency in that kind of environment so girls just flocked around him.
"He brought sweeties. Sometimes he bought perfume, he brought make-up."
She claims BBC production staff turned a blind eye. Karin also relived her horror of allegedly being abused by a TV personality in the same room.
"I didn't like him because he smelled like my stepfather and it frightened me and freaked me out," she said.
"I rebuffed him and he humiliated me in front of everyone in the dressing room by saying something really unkind about my lack of breasts, which to a 14-year-old girl was just awful.
"I'm almost certain that some of the production staff must have known what was going on."
Meanwhile a gold plaque in Scarborough, where Sir Jimmy lived, was daubed with the words "rapist" and "paedeophile".


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April 29, 2006
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. - The top-seeded UC Santa Barbara men's tennis team won the doubles point and three of the five completed singles matches to defeat Cal Poly 4-2 in the semifinal of the Big West Conference Tournament Saturday at Indian Wells, Calif. The Gauchos advance to the championship match against Pacific on Sunday.
The Gauchos used doubles wins at No. 1 by Nick Brotman and Anders Dalskov and at No. 3 by Elad Stern and Bijan Hejazi, to post the victory. Brotmand and Dalskov, which is a duo that has had an outstanding season, defeated the Mustang's John Nguyen and Brett Van Linge, 8-3. Stern and Hejazi topped Matt Baca and Aaron Elbert, 8-6. Cal Poly posted a narrow win at No. 2 doubles. Kyle Rybal and Darryn Young edged UCSB's Carsten Thorstensen and Scott Hohenstein, 9-8 (3).
UCSB needed three singles winners and got them.
The Gauchos posted victories at No. 2, No. 4 and No. 6 singles to record the win.
Freshman Bijan Hejazi extended his outstanding first season in Santa Barbara with a 7-5, 6-3 sweep of Matt Baca at No. 2 singles. For Hejazi, it was his 18th singles win of the season.
At No. 3, Anders Dalskove, a sophomore, dropped a 6-3, 6-3 decision to Brett Van Linge, but at No. 4, junior Elad Stern, who has been idled by injuries for much of the 2005-06 campaign, logged a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Fred Dewitte.
While the Gauchos' freshman Scott Hohenstein dropped a 6-4, 6-3 decision to Kyle Roybal at No. 5, Max Taylor put UCSB over the top with a 6-1, 6-3 win over aaron Elbert at No. 6.
UCSB's No. 1 player, Nick Brotman, was in the midst of his match with the Mustang's John Nguyen when the Gauchos secured the victory. Brotman's contest was not completed.
With the win, Santa Barbara advances to the Big West Conference championship match on Sunday. The Gauchos will take-on Pacific, a winnver over UC Irvine on Saturday, for the title On April 1, UCSB blanked the Tigers by a 7-0 tally.
Big West Conference Tournament Semifinals
No. 1 UC Santa Barbara 4, No. 5 Cal Poly 2
Singles No. 1 - Nick Brotman (UCSB) vs. John Nguyen (Cal Poly) - DNF No. 2 - Bijan Hejazi (UCSB) d. Matt Baca (Cal Poly) - 7-5, 6-3 No. 3 - Brett Van Linge (Cal Poly) d. Anders Dalskov (UCSB) - 6-3, 6-3 No. 4 - Elad Stern (UCSB) d. Fred Dewitte (Cal Poly) - 6-2, 6-4 No. 5 - Kyle Roybal (Cal Poly) d. Scott Hohenstein (UCSB) - 6-4, 6-3 No. 6 - Max Taylor (UCSB) d. Aaron Elbert (Cal Poly) - 6-1, 6-3
Doubles No. 1 - Brotman/Dalskov (UCSB) d. Nguyen/Van Linge (Cal Poly) - 8-3 No. 2 - Roybal/Darryn Young (Cal Poly) d. Carsten Thorstensen/Hohenstein (UCSB) - 9-8 (3) No. 3 - Stern/Hejazi (UCSB) d. Baca/Elbert (Cal Poly) - 8-6


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I love the summer. The absolute best thing about it is the time I get to spend at home with my favorite little sidekick. The first day I was home, I made her these blueberry pancakes. Pancakes are always a hit with her, so I make a bunch and freeze them. My favorite are the banana pancakes - they don't even need syrup. Happy Summer!
Best dishes and yummy dreams.
Chocolate Chip Banana Pancakes with Wheat Germ
Makes 6-8 Pancakes
1 ripe, mashed banana
2 tsp. wheat germ
2/3 c. skim milk
1 c. Bisquick Heart Smart mix
1 large egg white
1/2 c. dark chocolate chips
Heat a griddle/pan over medium heat.
1. Mix all ingredients together in a large bowl.
2. Pour desired amount on pan/griddle and wait until the pancake bubbles to flip.
Blueberry Flax Pancakes
Makes 6-8 Pancakes
2/3 c. skim milk
1 c. Bisquick Heart Smart
1 large egg white
1 tbsp. ground flax seed
1 tbsp. honey
3/4 c. - 1/2 c. thawed blueberries
Thanks for reading! Enjoy! xo


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This is a small nuisance I've had in Ubuntu forever. When I set my computer to login automatically, Network Manager asks me for my keyring password every time it boots and it refuses to connect to the Internet until I enter it. Is there a reason for that?
Also, other network managers such as Connman don't have this problem, and I have noticed the latter also has an application indicator while NM-applet runs in the Notification Area. Are there plans to migrate to Connman, or to adapt NM-applet for Natty?


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The latest issue of Classical Fighting Arts, has a story about Kanbun Uechi in it. However, based on what Kanei himself told me I say that parts of the article are not correct, here are the items that I found to be to be incorrect.
(2) I started practicing toe kicks in earnest when I was allowed into a small Chinese family martial arts system in Toronto. Of course in most Chinese systems shoes were worn, although they were flexible. In China this tradition of using toe kicks is widespread. One Chinese system specializes in them, Tam Tuie (Tam Toy, Tom Toy, et al). This system consists of one form (versions from 10 to 12 to more rows of techniques). A row is a series of techniques done in an east-west axis, and then the row reverses in the opposite direction for the next series (often found in Northern systems of Shaolin, Tai Chi, N. Mantis, N. Eagle Claw, etc). One form is a complete system in its own right.
The kicks are delivered with great force and at toe, ankle and lower shin heights as well as into the mid leg range. The kicks are practiced with a lock out focus, and there are layers of delivery. One advanced variation has the toes dragged across the floor to slingshot off the floor at the end for a very different angle of delivery, where the first variations are thrust kicks out parallel to the floor.
The famous Jing Mo (Ching mo, et al) association used it as one of the dozen basic forms all members first studied (all of which are very complex in their own rights). Jing Mo members would then study their instructor's primary arts, such as Northern Eagle Claw, after those forms for basics.
The art of Faan Tai Ying Jow Pai, utilizes the entire range of Chinese kicking technique (including aerial and ground technique) and in the most advanced forms, Tam Tuie kicking is most definitely a part of the study. (I want to thank Victor Smith for supplying some of the above information.)
(4) While training in Miyazato Ei'ichi's Jundokan (Goju-Ryu) in Naha, Okinawa in 1994, for example, I never saw the toe kick used (Miyazato is one of several Okinawan teachers who were senior students of Chojun Miyagi, founder of Goju-Ryu karate. Miyazato is considered one of the inheritors of Miyagi's system) . According to Glenn Cunningham (Jundokan for NYC), he asked Masaji Taira (a leading teacher in the Naha Jundokan headquarters, who is known for his innovative kata applications) about toe kicks and was told that toe kicks were still used occasionally, but were taught primarily to kick up under the groin when you had captured an opponent's kicking leg.
(12) Research done by the PPCT Management Systems, Inc. in the early 1980's, a company specializing in teaching defensive tactics to law enforcement personnel, included the use of specific pressure points to assist in gaining compliance when necessary. Their research found that different types of strikes seem to elicit different muscular reactions.
The most reliable motor (muscular) dysfunction (which inhibits secretion of the neural transmitter acetylcholine which acts to fire resistive muscle action) for targets identified to be struck was when the target received maximum kinetic energy transfer.
This was achieved with what they called, "the fluid shock wave" strike which "sticks" to the target for one third of a second.
This allows weight and forward momentum to dissipate into the target (thick muscle mass), which maximizes kinetic energy transfer. The results included motor dysfunction and mental stunning.
That's one of the first things I learned as a student of Bak Sil Lum kung fu back in the mid 70s and still practice. Springing legs.
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Michelle Chu, a Boston EMS dispatcher, was in the middle of training today on how to handle high-stress situations when she found herself in the middle of one, coaching a Hyde Park man over the phone as he delivered his wife's baby.
Chu talked the new father through the delicate process of delivery while her training instructor, EMT Mike Mynahan, listened over her shoulder, Boston Emergency Medical Services said in a statement.
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More drama surrounds Lady Gaga's Born This Way Ball tour in Asia, as her Indonesian gig has been canceled. After dealing with Christian protests and an under-18 ban at the April 27 kick off gig in Seoul, South Korea, the show went on as planned. The same will not be said for her sold-out concert in Jakarta.
The June 3 gig has been canceled after the national police denied the concert permit, seeming to crack under the pressure of Islamic protesters who feel Gaga's show is too raunchy, that she shows too much skin and that she is a threat to the nation's morality.
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The Indonesian gig would have been the biggest on Gaga's tour, filling 52,000 seats at Gelora Bung Karno, but sadly, it is no longer to be.
SPIN reports that extremist fringe Muslim groups, which are made up of lawmakers and religious leaders, are relentlessly and excessively targeting the show. We reported that a group had planned to intercept Gaga at the airport when she touched down. Now, the group is threatening use "physical force to prevent her from stepping off the plane." That was enough reason for authorities to give into the pressure to shut the show down, with a spokesperson for the national police admitting that the local squad was not sure it could guarantee Gaga's safety or that of the Indonesian little monsters.
The status of refunds for those who have purchased tickets to the show is up in the air.
The Mother Monster has yet to tweet about the cancellation, but we're pretty sure that she will.
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