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26 of 27 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Every book has a soul....
Translated from Spanish by Lucia Graves.
I loved Zafon's breakaway bestseller novel The Shadow of the Wind and have eagerly awaited the release of The Angel's Game from Random House Canada.
David Martin is raised in poverty in Barcelona in the early 1900's. Orphaned, his love of words is what saves him. The owner of a bookstore - Sempere and Sons -...
Published on Aug. 5 2009 by Luanne Ollivier
3.0 out of 5 stars Dark, Mysterious & Gothic but Confusing
Reason for Reading: I had heard great things about Zafon's first book and the mysterious plot of this one intrigued me. It has taken me a long time to get around to reading it though as the book was so heavily reviewed at the time of its publication I kind of got tired of hearing about it and lost my desire to read it, however the time was now right for me.
Published on Aug. 4 2011 by Nicola Mansfield
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26 of 27 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Every book has a soul....,
Luanne Ollivier - See all my reviews
Translated from Spanish by Lucia Graves.
I loved Zafon's breakaway bestseller novel The Shadow of the Wind and have eagerly awaited the release of The Angel's Game from Random House Canada.
David Martin is raised in poverty in Barcelona in the early 1900's. Orphaned, his love of words is what saves him. The owner of a bookstore - Sempere and Sons - also plays a significant role in his life. David lands a position at a newspaper and over the years works his way up to being a writer. He is befriended by a wealthy, older writer - Don Pedro Vidal - and begins writing successful, sensationalistic fiction under a pseudonym. When a mysterious French publisher, Corelli, offers him a small fortune to write a book that Corelli thinks will change the course of a belief system, he leaps at the chance. David moves into a small mansion that has been shuttered for years and begins to write. But Corelli is not what he seems and David's new home has secrets that threaten to consume him and those he loves.
The Angel's Game is intriguing, combining subtle supernatural elements with an actual mystery. It has a very gothic feel to it. There are many twists and turns, that change the story and keep you glued to the edge of your seat. Obsession is a theme running throughout the book - with love and language. David's love of Cristina - Vidal's wife and the written word are captured by Zafon's prose. His language is beautiful, seizing settings and bringing them to life. I could taste the dust in the bookstore.
The Cemetery of Lost Books plays a part in The Angel's Game as well. For those who haven't read The Shadow of the Wind, here's a passage that absolutely captivated me:
" This place is a mystery. A sanctuary. Every book, every volume you see, has a soul. The soul of the person who wrote it and the soul of those who read it and lived and dreamed with it. Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down it's pages, it's spirit grows and strengthens. In this place, books no longer remembered by anyone, books that are lost in time, live forever, waiting for the day when they will reach a new readers hands, a new spirit..."
The ending is another one that I think will gender discussion. It is definitive, but may not necessarily be the one you saw coming.
Although Angel's Game and Shadow have connections, it is not necessary to have read Shadow to enjoy this new book. There are four books planned around The Cemetary of Lost Books - each able to be read as a 'stand alone.'
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars AMAZING,
A. Jacobson "AJ" (Ontario) - See all my reviews
one word for this book- AMAZING... I was reading for three days without closing the book once.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Gripping, compelling story, had to put down,
Stardust "FK" (Toronto, ON) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Angel's Game (Paperback)
Carlos Ruiz Zafon's 'The Angel's Game' came into my possession a few days ago when I was desperate to read "something" of the non-fiction selection in my local book store. It took me a while combing the shelves and finally my eyes fell upon his book. Love the cover, rich creamy pages, and bought it without hesitation. Opened it up and started to read it. I could not put it down. Set in Barcelona, with a rich flowing narrative, we get to know, and understand the complex characters like the hero, David Martin, a struggling writer to signs up for a deal he couldn't refuse, and ends up with more than he bargained for. Witty, well-written, and mysterious, the book does not fail to deliver.
A description of the book can be found on the author's website [...].
4.0 out of 5 stars Carlos Ruiz Zafon : The Angel's Game.,
This review is from: The Angel's Game (Paperback)
I have read The Shadow of the Wind by Ruiz Zafon and I liked that important novel very much. When I started reading The Angel's Game, at the beginning I had the feeling that this novel is also expansive, wise, and would become a classic. The character of Isabella is unforgettable, and the final redemption of the 'would-be' writer Vidal is deeply felt. However, in about the middle the book became messy. There are too many characters, too much betrayal, and the impression that if everyone is bad, then it doesn't matter who is who. A great novel slips into a detective thriller.
Even the main character, David Martin, doesn't know who he is. How guilty is he?
I don't understand the two Cristinas. Why is the mature one so desperately unable to be happy, and who is the child Cristina, who is brought to Martin by Lucifer? Is she a child of human parents,or did the Devil create her to please and torture Martin for eternity?
In every work of art there should be a believable outline. Only then can we believe in the unbelievable,that is,if the feeling of normality is maintained all around. So, I must say that this novel was a disappointment considering the expectations.
5.0 out of 5 stars couldnt be happier,
This review is from: The Angel's Game (Paperback)
the book i received was in great condition, i love this book and im so glad i got it at such a great price thank you !!!
5.0 out of 5 stars Great read.,
G. Holland (Vancouver Island B.C.) - See all my reviews
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Love the style, love the era, love Barcelona.
Follows from the first book, some of the same charcaters, some new ones.
5.0 out of 5 stars Just as awesome as its predecessor,
G. Larouche (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) - See all my reviews
After reading "Shadow of the Wind", I knew I would ravenously read anything else Zafon would publish, and I was not disappointed in the least with the second installment of his "Cemetery of Forgotten Books" series. Both novels are stand alones, so don't need to have read its predecessor before you tackle with gorgeous Neo-Gothic novel.
Set in Barcelona during the Spanish Civil War, "The Angel's Game" follows a young aspiring writer, David Martin, who after making a living writing penny dreadfuls, gets an enticing offer from a mysterious stranger: he must write a book that will change the world... But his love for the beautiful Cristina grows into an obsession that will torment him within an inch of his sanity, while bodies pile up and ominous characters cross his path. Eventually, you start wondering if everything that Martin sees is really happening, or has he gone mad and sold his soul?
This novel is a masterful love letter to Barcelona and a stunning homage to noir fiction: blood, money, books, love, insanity and dark strangers are elements that Zafon plays with to make you loose yourself in a story within a story. The writing flows beautifully: you can almost watch the movie of the book happening right in front of your eyes as you compulsively turn page after page to find out what happens next.
If you liked "Shadow of the Wind", this will not disappoint. Highly recommended to fans of dark, Gothic books, and any book lover who wishes to walk the aisles of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars This book rocks!,
NorthVan Dave (BC, Canada) - See all my reviews
If you're looking for a quick review, then just read this: I LOVED THIS BOOK!
If you're looking for a little bit more of an explanation, then read on.
I was/am a great fan of Carlos Zafon's novel The Shadow of the Wind. And the items that made The Shadow of the Wind book such an awesome read - suspense, romance, action, great character development - are all present here too.
In short, this book is about novelist David Martin. As he goes about his business of writing he becomes befriended by a mysterious French publisher. The publisher asks Martin to write a special novel and from there, the book takes on many different twists and turns. I'll refrain from writing any more as I don't want to give away too much of the plot. However know this. Give this book a read. You won't be disappointed.
5.0 out of 5 stars The Angel's Game,
Dr Eric A Saibil (North York, Ontario, CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Angel's Game (Paperback)
Great read. The writer repeatedly lulls you into thinking this is a mystery, but then surprises you with sensitive interpersonal stuff that make the characters' personalities leap off the page and make you desperate to find out how the relationships play out. Buy it and buy his other masterpiece, Shadow of the Wind.
3.0 out of 5 stars Dark, Mysterious & Gothic but Confusing,
Nicola Mansfield (Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Angel's Game (Paperback)
Reason for Reading: I had heard great things about Zafon's first book and the mysterious plot of this one intrigued me. It has taken me a long time to get around to reading it though as the book was so heavily reviewed at the time of its publication I kind of got tired of hearing about it and lost my desire to read it, however the time was now right for me.
Not having read 'The Shadow of the Wind', I cannot compare the two books. Many others say that the first is much better. This is a very intriguing story; dark, mysterious and Gothic in all the perfect ways: an old creepy house with a tower, a gruesome death from the past, an unrequited love story, a mysterious man in dark, expensive suits and a perpetual atmosphere of gloom. I really enjoyed the story, though I found it slow-going. The pace meandered along and while things became strange and spooky, they never reached intensity for me. It was not a page turner. The magical realism elements added quite an entirely new perspective to a story which could have been written straight without the supernatural involvement for a tale of mystery and madness. I did enjoy the book but I'm afraid I never did really 'get' the meaning of the plot, the overall theme. I thought I had it all figured out quite early, that this was the story of a man who had sold his soul to the devil, and part of me still believes that but by the ending I felt that had been disproved and it left me unsatisfied. It could also be the story of a man's descent into madness but again the ending can disprove that theory too. The ending blew my general grasp of the story out of the water and I finished up with a big 'huh?' and a question mark hanging over my head as to what it all meant. But then the whole story is told by an unreliable narrator and the ending leaves one wondering what, if anything, was the reality. A very strange story but I can say I'm glad I read it. I will read the author again; I just won't expect the ending to answer any questions.
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Goshen Police DepartmentDaily activity blotter for Thursday, November 1, 201212GOS06460 10/31/2012Nature of Call: CRIMINAL MISCHIEFBlotter: The Goshen Parks Department, Goshen, reparted a case of criminal mischief. A case report was taken.Case_Number Date_Report Officer Name: ZOLLINGER, DAVID A.,0986Incident Location: 102 CHICAGO AVE,GOSHEN,IN10/29/12 2:00 pmDate_Incident12GOS06461 10/31/2012Nature of Call: BATTERYBlotter: A juvenile male was arrested for battery on a school employee at Waterford Elementary . The juvenile was placed in theJuvenile Detention Center, pending a Court hearing.Case_Number Date_Report Officer Name: JENNETTE, H. WAYNE,0980Incident Location: 65560 SR 15,GOSHEN,IN10/31/12 10:20 amDate_Incident12GOS06457 10/31/2012Nature of Call: NEGLECT OF DEPENDENTBlotter: DCS reports a child possibly not being cared for in Goshen. The Department is investigating.Case_Number Date_Report Officer Name: BIGLER, JERE D.,0962Incident Location: 205 S 8TH ST,GOSHEN,IN10/30/12 4:07 pmDate_Incident12GOS06458 10/31/2012Nature of Call: NEGLECT OF DEPENDENTBlotter: DCS reported to police children possibly being neglected at an address in Goshen. The Department is investigating.Case_Number Date_Report Officer Name: BIGLER, JERE D.,0962Incident Location: 1611 S 14TH ST,GOSHEN,IN10/30/12 1:58 pmDate_Incident12GOS06459 10/31/2012Nature of Call: BATTERYBlotter: DCS reports to police children in Goshen possibly being battered. The Department is investigating.Case_Number Date_Report Officer Name: BIGLER, JERE D.,0962Incident Location: 1302 BERKEY AVE,GOSHEN,IN10/30/12 1:58 pmDate_Incident12GOS06459 10/31/2012Nature of Call: Battery/OTHER ASSAULTSBlotter: DCS reports to police children in Goshen possibly being battered. The Department is investigating.Case_Number Date_Report Officer Name: BIGLER, JERE D.,0962Incident Location: 1302 BERKEY AVE,GOSHEN,IN10/30/12 1:58 pmDate_Incident12GOS06463 10/31/2012Nature of Call: BATTERYBlotter: David Yoder, 61 yoa, Goshen, reports he was pushed to the ground by a known individual. David was given a PoliceDepartment Battery Form, explaining it to himCase_Number Date_Report Officer Name: SCHROCK, JEFFREY A.,0989Incident Location: 323 S MAIN ST,GOSHEN,IN10/31/12 12:23 pmDate_Incident12GOS06464 10/31/2012Nature of Call: BATTERYBlotter: Goshen school officials reported to police a possible case of battery. DCS was contactedCase_Number Date_Report Officer Name: JENNETTE, H. WAYNE,0980Incident Location: 405 N INDIANA AVE,GOSHEN,IN10/31/12 1:36 pmDate_Incident12GOS06465 10/31/2012Nature of Call: PUBLIC INTOXICATIONBlotter: Kevin Hochstetler, 28 yoa of Goshen was arrested for Public Intoxication after showing up for a Probation appointment atthe Court House in Goshen after he had been drinking.Case_Number Date_Report Officer Name: PRIEM, STEPHEN M.,0984Incident Location: 101 N MAIN ST,GOSHEN,IN10/31/12 1:43 pmDate_Incident12GOS06466 10/31/2012Nature of Call: OFFICERS REPORT - POSSIBLE FRAUDBlotter: Samuel Burnett, 29YOA, 1103 W Wilkinson, reported a male subject called him telling him he won a Mercedes Benz,and a Check for paying his electric bill on time. Samuel reported he didn't give the accused any information. An officer's reportwas taken.Case_Number Date_Report Officer Name: HUSER, TYLER,9156Incident Location: 1103 W WILKINSON ST,GOSHEN,IN10/31/12 2:34 pmDate_Incident12GOS06468 10/31/2012Nature of Call: DOMESTIC BATTERYBlotter: Officers responded to a domestic dispute in the parking lot of Northern Pride car wash 602 Lincolnway E. Officers spokewith Tamra and Paul Bulva, both parties involved. There were no injuries as a result of this battery. Tamra was uncooperativeand refused to sign the battery form which was explained to her and she was given a copy.Case_Number Date_Report Officer Name: RODRIGUEZ, RAYMUNDO C,911Incident Location: 2602 LWE,GOSHEN,IN10/31/12 2:52 pmDate_Incident12GOS06474 10/31/2012Nature of Call: CRIMINAL RECKLESSNESSBlotter: Paul Bulva 47 yom, Goshen, reported having a knife pulled on him at 624 Lincolnway East by a known person. A casereport was taken. 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So here is a photo of my real purse with everything layed out for you to see. Other things I always have is some kind of snack (my current food obsession Trader Joe's PB&J Milk Chocolate Bar ) my iphone, wallet, car keys.
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The Ordeals of A.J. Burnett
At their current trajectory, the Yankees are going to be eliminated in the first round of the playoffs. Here in the Bronx, A.J. Burnett – to my thinking the most important player on the roster – has again succumbed to the yips, and, for the fourth time in his last nine starts, surrendered six or more runs – twice in twelve days to the less-than-daunting Orioles. As on Monday, Burnett, staked to a 1-0 lead, wobbled in the second, giving up a blast to Nolan Reimold and then walking Matt Wieters with one out. There followed three successive singles – the last two of them dink hits by Aubrey and Andino – and then the almost predictable kaboom: a crushed and crushing grand slam by Brian Roberts.
Burnett's ability to handle misfortune – or even ordinary adversity – seems to be declining. And as was speculated here in the press box by Pete Caldera of The Bergen Record, on what can the Yankees depend if they were to lose a Sabathia playoff opener 1-0 and had to hand the ball to Burnett in an essential second game? More daunting still, until today Burnett had made 14 starts at Yankee Stadium and only once given up more than three.
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Ah Keith.. Come now. You know that Playoff atmospheres make a big difference in a player's mindset, preparation and performance. AJ will be Squared Away… when the time comes and his teammates need him!
Hey, Keith! My thinking is that some of these players are already looking ahead to the playoffs and when they do get into that atmosphere, like a previous comment, it's time to turn it up! On a personal note…..I grew up in L.A. and enjoyed your sportscasts back when we were both much younger. Regards, David
Geez Krith:
Previous 14 starts and no more than 3? Why, great record discounted by one night? Good thing your other job does not require you to be on each night. As a long standing fan of your other passion, there are nights you never hit it out of the ballpark and your opposition scores more points than you.
Lighten up. You must have felt the "press"ure to be so negative by sitting in the wrong box.
Keith is dead-on. As mediocre as Burnett has been all year, his worst starts have come when there's been some pressure. (Burnett's ERA is exactly league average. Yankee Stadium has proven to be only a slight hitter's park. Baseball-Reference rates it at 103. While balls have been flying out of there, doubles and triples have been depressed equally significantly. Both the Yankees and their opponents have scored almost as many runs when the Yanks are on the road as when they're at home.)
Once the post-season starts, there will be no more Mitre, Wang, Penny, Smoltz, et al. In games started by Sabathia, Chamberlain, Burnett, and Pettitte, 117 games in all, the Yankees are playing .658 ball. In games started by Lester, Beckett, Buchholz, and Wakefield, 89 games in all, the Red Sox are playing .699 ball.
Add into the equation the fact that Beckett and Lester on the Sox side and only Pettitte on the Yankees side are proven big game pitchers and the fact that the Million Dollar Arm/Ten Cent head (see: Burnett, AJ and Chamberlain, Joba) doesn't play well in the post-season, and Keith has ample reason to be concerned.
If you look at the moments in his career when AJ signs new contracts- he is super good prior to signing the new contract, and then mediocre the following year. This could be a case where AJ is suffering from the New York jitters. New York isn't the most forgiving environment for a player especially if you sign a huge contract and you are told anything but winning the world series is unacceptable.
Keith, this is on a different subject, but I just read that you had written the forward in the book "More Than Merkle" by David Anderson. Did you know Fred Merkle personally? I went to school with his daughter Marianne, and dated his business partner's daughter Joanne Thornton in the late 40's.
Don Haff
Keith, this is on a different subject but I just read that you had written the forward in the book "More Than Merkle" by David Anderson. Did you know Fred Merkle personally? I went to school with his daughter Marianne, and dated his business partner's daughter Joanne Thornton in the late 40's.
Don Haff
Keith, this is on a different subject, but I just read that you had written the forward in the book "More Than Merkle" by David Anderson. Did you know Fred Merkle personally? I went to school with his daughter Marianne, and dated his business partner's daughter Joanne Thornton in the late 40's.
Don Haff
Although I'm not a baseball fan, I enjoy your blog.
Off topic, my best thoughts and prayers go out to your Dad. I hope he gets out of the hospital soon. My mom-in-law just had a major stroke so I have some idea of what your family may be feeling. Take care!
I think Burnett will be okay. He's too good for this to keep going on. I think emotions can get the better of him but still he needs motivation (like the PS) to get him to work at his best.
You're so insecure K-money.
In the 90's a great farm system was coupled with some amazing acquisitions. The kind of guys who had been avg. good and some real good and the thing that united them the most was how they were a Yankee. Even Redsox fans can attest to that teams greatness. Those guys all played up to the bill. They were a great "TEAM". Then somehow we and I mean Cashman lost his touch for putting an "Octoberish Picture" together. In recent years we have brought in the types of heroes that couldn't fetch the damsdal in distress and left her tied down to the tracks. 18-2 one night and then lose 3-2 the next 10 nights. We are back on track or the tracks, we've got the girl in our arms and we are about to fly away having saved the day. And all of this is because a great team assumes each others mistakes and makes damage control look like fun. The Yankees are having a great year, they are having fun and there is no one guy, and even though the pitching has been good it is nice to know it doesn't have to be. Also Beckett hasn't looked so hot lately.
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Until we get the robot cars we've been waiting for, sleeping and driving just don't mix. The Anti Sleep Pilot is a gadget that lives on your dashboard and does its level best to keep you awake and safe while you're behind the wheel.
To tell you how sleepy you are, the Anti Sleep Pilot first needs to know your initial sleepiness level, on a scale of one to four. Four corresponds to "been out on the town the night before," according to the manual. Once you've got that set, you can hit the road.
In addition to monitoring your driving using an accelerometer, the Anti Sleep Pilot will give you a little reaction test every once in a while. It will make a sound and turn orange, at which point you have to smack it as fast as you can. The longer it takes you to do this, the more concerned the device gets about your reaction times, and if you're too slow on four tests in a row, it will turn an angry red and demand that you pull over and rest.
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It's that time of year, brrr, and I'm cleaning all our fall coats. I notice that both my boyfriend's raincoat and mine have big DRY CLEAN ONLY labels, but are both made of polyester/nylon, so the 'dry clean only' seems a crock (I always prefer to hand or machine wash when possible, because we have a washing machine at home, and I am both lazy and cheap, and dislike extra chemicals). Given the material, it seems like I should be able to do this at home EXCEPT!: Does the raincoat have some sort of coating which boosts its magical raincoat waterproofness, such that machine washing would ruin it? I am confused. Help! And thank you! READ MORE
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The owner of a former VIP escort service says that Tiger Woods was one of her celebrity clients and that he "had a pretty big appetite for women." Read more on what Michelle Braun had to say on Woods below.
Michelle Braun said her VIP escort service that closed last year after personal legal problems, "introduced" men and women together with employees received commissions of up to 60 percent of the booking fee.
Two of her former employees included women from Tiger's mistress list, porn actress Holly Sampson (pictured above) and Jamie Jungers.
Holly Sampson and Jamie Jungers did not comment on Braun's claims but she did provide copies of their 1099 tax forms that showed what they made working for her company last year.
Jamie Jungers introduced Braun to Tiger.
"He had a pretty big appetite for girls," Braun stated. And, supposedly, Tiger had a type. "He would request the college-cutie, girls-next-door look."
The last time she communicated with Tiger Woods was in 2008 and that Tiger "liked to communicate by text message."
Woods reportedly spent three weekends in Las Vegas with her girls over the years, Braun said, dropping $30,000 to $40,000 per trip.
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Srikanth has multiple meanings and origins. The Indian version of Srikanth means Unknown. The version of Srikanth means Sree represents respect, esteem, wisdom, light, wealth and fortune!.
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Republican lieutenant governor hopefuls are promising to boost the party's presence in the Texas Senate and all four candidates say they will get rid of the two-thirds majority rule.
This would scale back traditions that allow Senate Democrats to have a say and keep Republicans from going to the far-right on issues like immigration, guns and education.
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples said he will not allow a minority to control the Senate's agenda:
San Antonio's historic Franciscan Missions could join the ranks of the Pyramids of Egypt and the Grand Canyon as the most cherished and visited landmarks on Earth. The missions are being considered as U.N. World Heritage Sites.
But a problem with Palestine, UNESCO and U.S. foreign policy is standing in the way.
As you likely know, the city-wide Dvořák Festival finds several classical music assets doing live concerts of the composer's music. The yearly one-composer focus was begun by the San Antonio Symphony, and this is its fourth year.
"This week is the only week where we have two different programs on Friday and Saturday so you have to come twice this weekend if you want to hear the entire Dvořák cycle," said Symphony Music Director Sebastian Lang-Lessing.
Acclaimed soloist Michel Dalberto performs with the symphony first.
In the first segment:
Yesterday Beam Inc., the company behind Jim Beam and Maker's Mark, was bought for over $13 billion by Japan's Suntory, another large spirit provider. But they didn't buy it because they love whiskey -- this is big business.
Consumption of American whiskey was up so much in 2013 that a shortage was briefly feared, posting a 5 percent bump between 2011-2012 according to Tecnomic, an spirits' industry analyst.
Last night the City of Alamo Heights met to discuss what one city councilor called the largest and most divisive project to come before their city council in years.
The developer, Alamo Manhattan, proposed to redevelop the tract of land at the crossroads of Broadway and Austin highway in what is to be called the Alamo Heights Gateway Complex.
In an overwhelming vote in favor of a well-publicized zoning case in Beacon Hill, residents of the community just north of downtown gave their approval for an art gallery and design business.
The neighborhood vote Monday night is just another step in the process of re-zoning French & Michigan, which takes its name from the intersection at which it is located. The building is currently zoned as residential, but its legacy has been mostly as a commercial structure located just off Fredericksburg Road.
An attorney representing the Brownsville Independent School District in a lawsuit against the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association said he is appalled by the state agency's reaction to a new set of 854 emails sent between TWIA employees and their private partners, some of which contain the same offensive and racist terms that were discovered in the latter part of 2013.
On March 5, Texas voters will weigh in during a primary election for what many say is the most powerful job in state politics: Texas lieutenant governor.
Four well-known Republican candidates are vying for the nomination and a chance to face off against state Sen. Leticia Van De Putte, D-San Antonio.
Local PBS station KLRN is putting on a screening that has an interesting twist.
"We are one of 95 communities around the United States that are holding film screenings throughout the year," said Marketing VP Katrina Kehoe. "They are Independent Lens films...(Independent Lens is a recurring PBS documentary series)…and we are encouraging the community to come out with us, screen these programs, before they broadcast on KLRN."
About 300 students were allowed back into their dorm rooms shortly after 6:00 a.m. at Texas State University following a bomb hoax that forced an evacuation for about four hours.
Texas State officials say the incident began after midnight when a police officer spotted a person smoking in violation of the school's smoke-free campus policy. The officer found a potentially explosive device in the back of the individual's pickup truck, which officials said had an ignition mechanism attached.


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33 U.S. Code § 24 - Big Tarkio River, Missouri
The Big Tarkio River, in the counties of Holt and Atchison, in the State of Missouri, is declared to be not a navigable water of the United States within the meaning of the laws enacted by Congress for the preservation and protection of such waters.
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Source(Feb. 15, 1910, ch. 33, §§ 1, 2,36 Stat. 194.)
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1 tbsp olive oil
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2 hot chilis, chopped
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Beginnings: For centuries, miles of prairie grass spread across the spot that would become Hicksville. When Welsh settler Robert Williams proposed in 1648 to buy a large portion of the eastern plains, including Hicksville, the Matinecock Indians didn't think they were giving up much as they preferred to live in the forest. Most British settlers were just as uninterested because it was so remote. The land lay vacant for almost two centuries, until Jericho businessman Valentine Hicks, son-in-law of the nationally famous Quaker preacher Elias Hicks, turned his attention to the prairie land he had acquired.
Photo: At St. John's Protectory, Hicksville (Photo from "Long Island To-day" by Frederick Ruther, 1909)


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How can we best engage college students in the idea of learning instead of just getting a degree?
I work at a 4 year, public university and I see a great deal of students who come to school to get their degree (which they equate to money/success) and do not care about learning. What are your thoughts on the best way to engage them in the actual process of learning. I have my thoughts, but would love to hear my fellow TEDsters thoughts.
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Mike KubusMar 27 2013: Today going to college is considered the "social norm". Students believe they have to go, even if they may not be "college material". Now I'm not saying everyone shouldn't try college, but if students are going to give college a shot , they need to stop thinking it is a prison. As a current college student, I see my fellow classmates just go through the motions of the college life. I feel students will learn more outside of the classroom. If a student was to get involved with clubs or organizations and go out to places like a homeless shelter or give a presentation on something they are passionate about, they will gain more knowledge and experience that the classroom can't teach.
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Julia Andree Delbourgo, who hid from the Nazis in wartime France and, after immigrating to the U.S. with her family, taught French in Baltimore private schools, died of cancer Sept. 7 at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson.
The longtime Pikesville resident was 85.
The daughter of a wealthy businessman and a dealer in Egyptian antiquities, the former Julia Andree Menache — she never used her first name — was born and raised in Paris.
Her parents divorced when she an infant, and she did not met her father until she was 18, when, after the end of World War II, she was brought to Alexandria, Egypt, to live with her family.
Her parents were French, and their roots extended back to the days when Egypt was under French rule before it became a British protectorate in the 1880s.
"Her grandfather had in fact been Maurice Nahman, the great Egyptologist, and much of her family was long established in Egypt when it was still a French colony," said a daughter, Manuele Wasserman of Ruxton, in a eulogy for her mother.
When Mrs. Delbourgo was 5 years old, she was placed in the Institute Boileau, a Paris boarding school.
When World War II broke out, she was sent to the College Feminin de Bouffemont, a boarding school in the south of France.
"Decades later, the headmistress of that school received recognition as one of the righteous few to be commemorated at Yad Vashem [a memorial to victims of the Holocaust in Jerusalem] for having saved Jewish children," said Mrs. Wasserman.
"My mother, told to keep her Jewish identity secret, did not realize during all those years that she was not alone being protected in the idyllic environment of that educational institution," said Mrs. Wasserman.
Mrs. Delbourgo studied under the French baccalaureate system of education.
"After she completed the baccalaureate, they came to Egypt, where they gave her the test, which she passed," her daughter said.
"Those postwar years in Egypt were a rapturous time for my mother. She blossomed in the warmth of a newfound family, abundance of comforts and food, and pleasures afforded in the waning years of a fading but still glamorous colonial world," wrote Mrs. Wasserman in the eulogy.
In 1948, she married Edward Daniel Delbourgo, a British merchant.
With the coming of the Suez Crisis in 1956, all French and British Jews were exiled from Egypt, including Mrs. Delbourgo, her husband and her children.
"They lost everything, all of their possessions and money," said Mrs. Wasserman, who wrote that overnight the family "found themselves to be immigrants and wandering the world from France to South Africa."
"My father was finally able to get the necessary papers and they were able to leave for New York in 1961, where they established a new life," said Mrs. Wasserman.
Mrs. Delbourgo's husband died in 1977.
"This tragedy was a watershed event for her, marking her new greatest challenge — survival on her own in a new land. Looking over all these challenges, my mother's resilience is remarkable" her daughter wrote. "It is not that she survived that is extraordinary but the fact that she did not let these events dictate who she would become as a human being."
In the 1980s, Mrs. Delbourgo moved to a home in Pikesville, where she lived until moving to the North Oaks Retirement Community early last month.


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The Best Thing Apple Can Do With its Cash
Andrés is a member of The Motley Fool Blog Network -- entries represent the personal opinion of the blogger and are not formally edited.
Hedge fund manager David Einhorn has made a lot of waves recently by urging Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) to put its cash to better use. Einhorn is right in pointing put the fact that the company is mismanaging its assets by keeping an enormous amount of cash in low-return investments as opposed to unlocking that value in the benefit of shareholders.
His proposal regarding that money is certainly smart and innovative, but I have a better idea: Apple should simply implement a big fat buyback program.
The Cash Problem
Apple has more than $137 billion in balance sheet cash; this is more than enough to go through any difficulties that may arise in the future, especially considering that the company generates tons of free cash flows on a quarterly basis. This is an inefficient use of the shareholders' capital, and it needs to be worked out.
Einhorn's idea of issuing preferred stock at no cost to current investors makes a lot of sense from the point of view of a financier. It would be tax efficient and take advantage of the market's appetite for yield while preserving operating and financial flexibility, like the hedge fund manager said in his letter. From a financial perspective, this would be a far more efficient use of capital than the current strategy of simply hoarding cash.
Others like Jim Cramer disagree with this idea. Cramer thinks that Apple should go shopping for growth with that money, buying a company like Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), for example. Such an acquisition could benefit both companies, and many investors would prefer that road over preferred shares.
Netflix could certainly profit from a partnership with Apple and its enormous financial resources. The company is under financial pressure to acquire content and continue building its competitive strength in streaming, so it could give a very good use to all that money. Besides, joining forces with the most successful hardware company in the last decade could have plenty of strategic value for Netflix, facilitating for example its access to Apple's gigantic user base.
Apple could gain a leadership position in the exciting online streaming business, which could ease recent concerns regarding slowing growth for the Cupertino giant. Jim Cramer and others would like to see Apple reclaiming its place as a leading growth stock, not a value play with attractive dividends.
Apple is not prone to big acquisitions, and even if it wanted to buy Netfilx it would still have more than enough cash to pay for the deal and return cash to shareholders. At a market cap below $10.2 billion for Netflix, Apple has enough cash to pay a considerable premium to market value, finance content acquisition and still reward its shareholders with cash distributions.
The debate is quite interesting as it points out the differences among those who view Apple as a growth stock that should make exciting acquisitions to remain at the forefront of business innovation and value investors who focus on the efficiency of capital allocation and shareholders' return. But there is a better solution.
Listening to Buffett
Back in 2010 Steve Jobs met with Warren Buffett in a search for advice about what to do with Apple's already big and rising cash balances. Buffett explained to Jobs that, in case he felt that the stock was undervalued, a buyback would be a good idea.
This is a basic but powerful concept: when a company is repurchasing its own shares at a convenient price, it's not only reducing the share count and increasing earnings per share, it's also putting the company's cash to work in a profitable investment. This is a double benefit for investors.
Unfortunately, Steve Jobs believed the shares were cheap, but he didn't listen to Buffett. The stock was trading between $200 and $300 per share in 2010, so Apple would have made a fantastic investment buying its own stock that price. At a P/E ratio below 11, Apple is dirt cheap at current levels, so the market is giving the company another chance to repurchase its shares at a very convenient price; let's hope Tim Cook doesn't let this one go too.
Speaking about Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) provides an excellent model for Apple to replicate when it comes to stock repurchases. The Oracle of Omaha knows a thing or two about capital allocation, and he has designed for Berkshire what is arguably the most efficient and transparent repurchase program around.
Berkshire will repurchase stock under two conditions: the shares must be trading at an attractive valuation – which Buffett has defined as a price to book value ratio below 1.2 – and the company must have more than $20 billion in cash at hand for different uses. This provides clear and objective measures regarding the convenience of the program, and investors in Berkshire can feel comforted on the fact that the company won't repurchase stock unless it's in their best interest.
Berkshire's buyback strategy is simple and smart: if you have more cash than needed, and the stock is undervalued, a buyback is the way to go. Apple evidently has more cash than it could possibly spend, and the stock is trading at historically cheap valuation levels, so there are some fairly strong reasons to put that money to work in an investment opportunity like Apple itself.
Bottom Line
Einhorn is right about Apple's necessity to put its money to work in something better than low-yielding securities, but considering how undervalued the stock currently is, a buyback should take priority over all other alternatives.
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