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Revenge Factor March 11, 2016 Azusa Pacific's 16-0 run to close out the first half helped secure a 77-66 first-round NCAA Tournament win over Seattle Pacific. The One That Got Away March 5, 2016 California Baptist kept PacWest regular-season champion Azusa Pacific from claiming the tournament title, defeating the Cougars 101-64 Saturday. Eyes On The Prize March 4, 2016 Azusa Pacific avenged a regular-season defeat to BYU-Hawaii with a 92-75 win in the PacWest semifinals. Leslie's Repeat Honor Leads All-PacWest Selections March 2, 2016 Justin Leslie claimed his second consecutive PacWest Coach of the Year honor. How The PacWest Was Won February 28, 2016 Azusa Pacific claimed its second consecutive PacWest championship with an 85-75 win at Hawai'i Hilo. Life Support February 25, 2016 Joey Schreiber's corner three late in OT lifted Azusa Pacific to a wild 100-99 win over Chaminade to keep the Cougars' PacWest title hopes alive. Haunted House February 23, 2016 Azusa Pacific's struggles at BYU-Hawaii continued for the fourth straight year with an 84-61 loss Tuesday. The Final Countdown February 23, 2016 Azusa Pacific wraps up the regular season with three games in Hawai'i this week, starting tonight at BYU-Hawaii. Cougars Collect PacWest Honors February 23, 2016 Petar Kutlesic and Connor Peterson received PacWest Defender and Freshman of the Week awards. Conquering Concordia February 19, 2016 Azusa Pacific kept the PacWest regular-season title race interesting with an 83-74 win over conference leader Concordia. Men's Basketball Seventh In First Set Of Regional Rankings February 17, 2016 Defending West Region champion Azusa Pacific is ranked seventh in the first of three sets of regional rankings. Will Rebound For Revenge February 15, 2016 Four offensive rebounds on the final possession helped Azusa Pacific rally for a 96-94 double-OT win over Dominican. Power Forwards February 13, 2016 Petar Kutlesic's career night in Saturday night's 77-72 win over Point Loma helped Azusa Pacific avenge its early defeat to PLNU. The Wild, Wild West February 5, 2016 Connor Peterson's free throws with two-tenths of a second left lifted Azusa Pacific to an 83-82 win over BYU-Hawaii. Shark Attack February 1, 2016 Azusa Pacific suffered its third straight defeat with Monday's 83-80 loss to Hawai'i Pacific. Cougars Edged Late By Fresno Pacific January 30, 2016 Azusa Pacific went scoreless for a late five-minute stretch as Fresno Pacific rallied for a 94-90 win over the 19th-ranked Cougars. Cougars Iced By Penguins January 25, 2016 Azusa Pacific's eight-game winning streak was snapped with Monday's 78-76 loss at Dominican. Artistic Differences January 23, 2016 Azusa Pacific put a close game out of reach with a strong second-half effort in an 85-71 win at Academy of Art. Leslie Claims 200th Career Victory January 21, 2016 Azusa Pacific's 94-83 win at Holy Names Thursday gave head coach Justin Leslie his 200th career coaching win. Balanced Leadership January 18, 2016 Azusa Pacific maintained its PacWest lead with five players in double figures in a 91-75 win over Notre Dame de Namur. The Road Less Traveled January 16, 2016 Azusa Pacific claimed sole possession of the PacWest lead with a 73-71 road win over No. 8-ranked California Baptist. Zoller Named PacWest Defensive Player Of The Week January 11, 2016 Senior forward Jared Zoller's back-to-back four-block efforts netted him a PacWest Defensive Player of the Week award. Last Minute Survival January 9, 2016 Azusa Pacific rallied in the final minute for an 88-87 win over Chaminade. Changing Of The Guard January 7, 2016 Bruce English scored 19 points to lead Azusa Pacific to a 69-63 win and a season sweep of Dixie State. New Year Rekindles Old Rivalry January 5, 2016 Azusa Pacific's 80-72 win at Concordia was the Cougars' first win over the Eagles in Irvine since 2010. Basketball Bounces Back At Dixie December 19, 2015 Three straight three-pointers sparked a second-half Azusa Pacific rally that lifted the Cougars past Dixie State, 72-65, on Saturday. Cougars Cold In Seattle December 12, 2015 Azusa Pacific fell behind early and couldn't close the gap on 13th-ranked Seattle Pacific in a 71-54 defeat Saturday night in Seattle. Home Away From Home December 11, 2015 Washington native Joey Schreiber scored a season-high 24 points to lead Azusa Pacific to an 82-63 win over MSU Billings in Seattle. Cougars Claim Another Classic December 5, 2015 Time ran out on a late California Baptist rally as Azusa Pacific held on for a 73-72 win over the No. 10-ranked Lancers. Cougars Edged In OT Opener December 3, 2015 Azusa Pacific dropped its PacWest-opening visit to Point Loma in overtime, 92-86. A Feast In The Paint November 27, 2015 Azusa Pacific scored 50 points in the paint and out-rebounded Young Harris College in an 87-75 win Friday night. All Roads Lead To Defense November 24, 2015 Azusa Pacific won its second straight road game against a CCAA foe with a 72-66 win at Cal State San Marcos. Mastering A Craft November 20, 2015 Azusa Pacific forced 20 turnovers and won going away, 104-49, over The Master's College. Men's Basketball Signs Two In Early Signing Period November 19, 2015 Azusa Pacific men's basketball signed two players for the 2016-17 season in the NCAA's early signing period. The Beauty Of Ugly November 17, 2015 Azusa Pacific emerged from a low-scoring physical matchup with Cal State L.A. with a 54-46 road win Tuesday night. Cougars Edged In Classic Thriller November 14, 2015 Cal Poly Pomona held off Azusa Pacific's second-half rally for a 79-72 win over the Cougars. Zoller Gets Cougars Rolling November 13, 2015 Jared Zoller scored 18 of his game-high 21 in the first half in Azusa Pacific's 85-65 season-opening win over CS San Bernardino. An Exhibition Of Readiness November 9, 2015 Azusa Pacific overcame an eight-point halftime deficit and beat Westmont 100-86 in a Monday night exhibition game. Tough Road To Repeat August 7, 2015 Azusa Pacific's 2015-16 men's basketball schedule features five of last year's seven West Regional participants. The Legend Of Troy August 4, 2015 Troy Leaf added the PacWest Athlete of the Year honor to an unforgettable senior season for the Azusa Pacific men's basketball program. Cougars Honored In NABC Awards August 4, 2015 Three Azusa Pacific men's basketball players earned NABC Honors Court recognition as the Cougars claimed a second consecutive NABC Team Academic Excellence award. 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DJI Phantom Review
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Video Review of the Phantom 4
Here's a video review of this amazing quadcopter. I can hardly wait to see what they think of next!
Common Question 1: Should I get the Phantom or the Inspire?
DJI makes two quadcopter types. The first is the Phantom, and that is what this review covers, but you can also check out my DJI Inspire Review. But what people always ask, is, "Which one should I get?"
I generally recommend the Phantom 4 series over the Inspire series. It's much more convenient, which is a big thing for me. In terms of convenience:
- The Phantom is smaller and lighter
- The Phantom 4 has collision detection, which is pretty sweet!
- The Phantom fits in a cool carrying case in which it's shipped.
- The Phantom is quicker to set up and launch. I can get it out of the case and into the air in less than 4 minutes. The Inspire can take forever, especially if you have to raise it up and attach the camera.
- The Phantom is quicker to break down. I can break it down and get it back in the backpack in 2 minutes.
- The Phantom has the same camera by default as the much bigger Inspire
- The Phantom is easier to travel with, as the Inspire has literally its own bulky suitcase (that has no wheels even!)
Okay that's great, Trey, you seem pretty sold on the Phantom, eh? Well, what are the advantages of the Inspire? Well, here they are, to me:
- The Inspire can have two controllers, one person to fly and the other to control the camera
- It is steadier in bigger winds and generally more stable
- Some models have detachable camera for a new Micro-Four-Thirds interchangeable lens system that has great potential.
Common Question 2: Which flavor of Phantom should I get?
I recommend the Phantom 4. It's more expensive than the other Phantoms, yes, but it has that slick collision-detection feature that will save you $1,000s in careless or innocent mistakes. It just takes one bad dead reckoning with a tree branch to possibly ruin the quad!
A video and link to the review for the DJI Inspire!
You can see more about the Inspire in this crazy video below I made in Hong Kong!
First Video: A look at the power of the quad
Here's my favorite compilation of video shots I've collected over the past three years. Enjoy!
Another Video
Here's a good example of what you can do in about a week in a location!
Another Video: Floating Above Bora Bora
I'll put a little making-of version of this video below. Note this was made with the Phantom 2 with the GoPro attachment, and now the video quality is even better with the Phantoms beyond that one.
The music in there is "Jetstream" by the incredible Luscine. Click that link to see their Soundcloud channel! And thanks again to the team over there at the Four Seasons Bora Bora for making such a fabulous resort that was so amazing to shoot from the skies above…
Flying the Quadcopter in Sydney. It's so easy and fun to fly! Love to Mick Love for taking this cool photo during our Google/HBO Game of Thrones photowalk event!
What's it like to fly?
It's REALLY easy and fun! Here's the key thing that new people are surprised by… if you just let go of the controls, it stays steady in the air. It's also connected to at least a dozen GPS satellites that helps keep it steady if there is a cross wind.
Now there's a really nice tutorial built into the app that takes you through the paces. Anyone can do it… literally, anyone.
Let me back up a second. So, there are two pieces to the puzzle. There's the quad and then there's the DJI Go app that you run on your phone or tablet. I like running it on my iPad because the screen is so big and I like to see the live video. The app lets you do all kinds of stuff. Not only can you configure everything, but you can also use the app to take photos, record video, and more.
Photo Modes Galore
I do love taking video, but maybe I get the biggest kick out of taking photos from unique angles! And there are as many options for this camera that people are used to with modern digital cameras. You can even do auto-bracketing if you wanna make an HDR photo. Mega cool! You can shoot in RAW mode too, which gives you a lot more flexibility for post-processing. Plus, all the photos are a pretty meaty 12 megapixels. One complaint is it does take the photos a little slow. For a set of 5 brackets, it may take up to 3-4 seconds. It's not the end of the world, but it's definitely not as fast as my handheld cameras.
Other Awesome Features
This Phantom series of quads has So Many Features I could go on and on. The camera itself is 3-axis auto-stabilized, which makes for buttery smooth video. The controller itself is very fun too — it's almost like an XBox controller and you can do most anything right from the controller rather than clicking around on the screen on the app. For example, it's really easy to use the controller to aim the camera straight down or any angle you wish. There's even a built-in flight simulator so you can practice! Fun!
Second video – Beijing from Above
Here's a video I made in Beijing. I actually got detained by the Chinese Police for this. If you click on that link, I have the whole story!
That music is by the great Jon Hopkins. The name of the track, fittingly, is "A Drifting Up." Thanks to Chris Craker for the introduction.
Flying the Quadcopter – behind the scenes
Here's a video that shows more about the Bora Bora one. Sorry it starts out with some stuff about my Sony A7r, so you can just skip that bit if you wish!
Sample Photos
And here are some sample photos!
I love aiming the camera straight down… I think this is also why I like looking out of a plane window so much… I want to do it all day long!
Oh my gosh – how beautiful is this place? Even though it is beautiful from the ground level, it's really remarkable how surprising the view is from just a bit above. I showed this photo to several people that have worked there at the Four Seasons for many years, and they were absolutely shocked at the angle. I think taking photos from new perspectives like this is so exciting!
If you watch the behind-the-scenes video for this on the review page, you can see more how this shot was made… mostly just lucky!
Just what I always wanted, my own small deserted island! How cool! I find that when I do these straight-down shots that I prefer to have the GoPro set on the wide-angle mode because it makes it look like the quadcopter is much higher than it really is.
Now, I don't love this shot, but I'm putting it up anyway. The light was starting to get low here, and this is when the GoPro doesn't do so hot. There are many artifacts and other problems with this photo. But, I still kinda like it, despite the flaws.
I love that the top-down view is often kind of confusing. This was taken wide-angle, but I used the Profile Correction in Lightroom to make all the lines nice and straight again.
The amazing blues that the GoPro can capture!! This is a view of the Pacific ocean in the other direction off the island.
Here's my Yoga teacher Sara doing some light paddleboard yoga in the morning! And here's a shot of me!! hehe
This is one of my favorite shots and I didn't even take off yet! This kind of shows how awesome the GoPro camera is!
Another crazy view from above that shows the lovely colors of blue. I also profile-corrected this one so the horizon was straight across. Sometimes I leave it curved though, because I like the effect.
Which one do you want to live in? I shot this from room 101, right below. I was laying on my back by that little plunge pool. Actually, one of my favorite ways to fly this thing is laying on my back!
The perspective from up above is truly amazing. I find myself trying to picture what it looks like from above then launching the quad to confirm. It really makes you think about 3D space in a different way.
Here's one from their little World Park where they have all the world's monuments in semi-miniature. It's a strange place, truly. I treated this one with the new Analog Efex Pro 2 from the Nik Collection
I didn't even notice there were trees growing on top until I got the quadcopter up there!
Looking down near the drum tower.
I like how they lay out the towers for the Ming Tombs in this pattern. I bet the original designers would have enjoyed seeing this perspective.
Getting up high in the 798 area gave a nice perspective on the industrial detritus.
One of the Ming Tombs from above. This is honestly the straightest shot I've ever taken! I didn't even have to rotate it 1% in Photoshop… and I was 1000 feet up in the air!
The amazing drum tower sits right in the middle, along the central axis.
A beautiful path of willows bends into the distance.
Here's a view from over the Northeast Tower. This is the most popular area to take photos in Beijing… so I was happy to see what it looks like from a thousand feet up with the sweet DJI. I had this set to take a photo every 5 seconds while recording HD video!

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— Bernard Cornwell
Blood Eye (Raven Trilogy #1)by Giles Kristian
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In a thrilling adventure of brotherhood, warfare, and treachery, Giles Kristian takes us into ninth-century England, a world of darkness, epic conflict, and an unforgiving God served by powerful priests. On ships shaped like dragons, bristling with oars and armor, Jarl Sigurd and his fierce Norsemen have come in search of riches. And riches they are promised, by an
In a thrilling adventure of brotherhood, warfare, and treachery, Giles Kristian takes us into ninth-century England, a world of darkness, epic conflict, and an unforgiving God served by powerful priests. On ships shaped like dragons, bristling with oars and armor, Jarl Sigurd and his fierce Norsemen have come in search of riches. And riches they are promised, by an English ruler who sends Sigurd and his wolves to steal a holy manuscript from another kingdom. Osric, an orphan boy, sees beyond the terror of these warriors, and somehow knows the heathens' tongue. Renamed Raven, rechristened in blood, he will join them. They are his people. And they will be his fate.
"Astonishing and riveting, a powerful, lightning-paced tale."—New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell
"A gripping tale that splendidly conjures up the sounds, sights and smells of Dark Age Britain."—Harry Sidebottom, author of the Warriors of Rome series
"[Kristian] compares favorably with writers like Bernard Cornwell and Conn Iggulden."—Historical Novels Review
"A rip-roaring Viking saga . . . fine, powerful, thrilling stuff."—Manda Scott, author of The Crystal Skull
Editorial Reviews
— Bernard Cornwell
Product Details
- 9780345535078
- Publisher:
- Random House Publishing Group
- Publication date:
- 08/28/2012
- Series:
- Raven Trilogy, #1
- Pages:
- 448
- Sales rank:
- 254,804
- Product dimensions:
- 4.34(w) x 6.70(h) x 1.27(d)
Read an Excerpt
Chapter One
It was April. The lean days of fasting and the long months of winter had been forgotten with the full bellies of the Easter feast. The people were busy with the outdoor tasks that the icy winds had kept them from: straightening loose thatch, replacing rotten fences, replenishing wood stores, and stirring new life into the rich soil of the plow fields. Wild garlic smothered the earth in the shady woods like a white pelt, its scent whipped up by the breeze, and blue spring squill sat like a low mist upon the grassy slopes and headlands, stirred by the salty sea air.
Usually I was woken by Ealhstan's mutterings and one of his bony fingers digging into my ribs, but on this day I rose before the old man, hoping to be away catching a fish for our breakfast before having to suffer his ill temper. I even imagined he might be pleased with me for being at the task before the sun reddened the eastern horizon, though it was more likely he would begrudge my being awake before him. Fishing rod in hand and wrapped in a threadbare cloak, I stepped out into the predawn stillness and shivered with a yawn that brought water to my eyes.
"The old goat got you working by the light of the stars now, has he?" came a low voice, and I turned to make out Griffin the warrior leading his great gray hunting dog by a rope that was knotted so that the animal choked itself as it fought him. "Keep still, boy!" Griffin growled, yanking the rope viciously. The beast was coughing, and I thought Griffin might break its neck if it did not stop pulling.
"You know Ealhstan," I said, holding back my hair and leaning over the rain barrel. "He can't take a piss before he's had his breakfast." I thrust my face into the dark, cold water and held it there, then came up and shook my head, wiping my eyes on the back of my arm.
Griffin looked down at the dog, which was beaten at last and stood with its head slumped low between its shoulders, looking up at its master pathetically. "Found the dumb bastard sniffing around Siward's place just now. He ran off yesterday. First time I've laid eyes on him since."
"Siward's got a bitch in heat," I said, tying back my hair.
"So the wife tells me," Griffin said, a smile touching his mouth. "Can't blame him, I suppose. We all want a bit of what's good for us, hey, boy?" he added, rubbing the dog's head roughly. I liked Griffin. He was a hard man but had no hatred in him like the others. Or perhaps it was fear he lacked.
"Some things in life are certain, Griffin," I said, returning his smile. "Dogs will chase bitches, and Ealhstan will eat mackerel every morning till his old teeth fall out."
"Well, you'd better dip that line, lad," he warned, nodding southward toward the sea. "Even Arsebiter here has less bite than old Ealhstan. I wouldn't get on the wrong side of that tongueless bastard for every mackerel the Lord Jesus and His disciples pulled out of the Red Sea."
I looked back to the house. "Ealhstan doesn't have a right side," I said in a low voice. Griffin grinned, bending to rub Arsebiter's muzzle. "I'll bring you a codfish one of these days, Griffin. Long as your arm," I said, shivering again, and then we parted ways, he toward his house and me toward the low sound of the sea.
A pinkish glow lay across the eastern horizon, but the sun was still concealed and it was dark as I climbed the hill that shielded Abbotsend from the worst of the weather blowing in from the gray sea. But I had walked the path many times and had no need of a flame. Besides, the old crumbling watchtower stood visible at the hilltop as a black shape against a dark purple sky. Folk said it was built by the Romans, that long-disappeared race. I did not know if that was true, but I whispered thanks to them anyway, for with the tower in sight I could not lose my way.
My mind wandered, though, as I considered taking a skiff beyond the sea-battered rocks the next morning to try to catch something other than mackerel. You could pull in a great codfish if you could get your hook to the seabed. Suddenly, a metallic tock stopped me dead and something whipped my eyes, for an instant blinding me. I dropped to one knee, feeling the hairs spring up on the back of my neck. A guttural croak broke the stillness, and I saw a black shape swoop up, then plunge, settling on the tower's crumbling crown. It croaked again, and even in the weak dawn light its wings glinted with a purple sheen as its stout beak stabbed at its feathers. I had seen similar birds many times—clouds of crows that swept down to the fields to dig for seeds or worms—but this was a huge raven, and the sight of it was enough to freeze my blood.
"Away with you, bird," I said, picking up a small piece of red brick and throwing it at the creature. I missed, but it was enough to send the raven flapping noisily into the sky, a black smear against the lightening heavens. "So you're scared of birds now, Osric?" I muttered, shaking my head as I crested the hill and made my way through stalks of pink thrift and cushioning sea campion down to the shore. A damp mist had been thrown up to blanket the dunes and shingle, and a flock of screeching gulls passed overhead, tumbling down into the murk, leaving behind them a wake of noise. I jumped across three rock pools full of green weed, the small bladders floating at the surface, then onto my fishing rock, where I knocked a limpet into the sea with the butt of my rod before unwinding the line.
After the time it takes to put a keen edge on a knife, nothing had taken the hook, and I thought about trying another spot where I had once pulled in a rough-skinned fish as long as my leg with wicked, sharp teeth. It was then that I caught a strange sound amid the rhythmic breathing of the surf. I wedged the rod in a crevice, the line still in the sea, and scrambled higher up the rocks above the shingle. But I saw nothing other than the sea-stirred vapor, which seemed alive, like some strange beast writhing before me, concealing and revealing the ocean time and again. I heard only the shrieks of white gulls and the breaking waves and was about to jump down when I heard the strange sound again.
This time I froze like an icicle. My muscles gripped my bones rigid. The breath caught fast in my chest, and cold fear crept up my spine, prickling my scalp. The thin hollow note of a horn sounded again, and then came the rhythmic slap of oars. As if conjured from the spirit world, a dragon emerged, a wooden beast with a belly of clinkered strakes that flowed up into its slender neck. The monster's head was set with faded red eyes, and I wanted to run but was stuck to the rock like the limpets, fixed by the stare of a great bearded warrior who stood with one arm around the monster's neck. His beard parted, revealing a malicious smile, then the boat's keel scraped up the shingle with a noise like thunder, and men were jumping from the ship, sliding on the wet rocks and falling and splashing into the surf. Guttural voices echoed off the rocks behind me, and my bowels melted. Another dragon ship must have beached farther down the shore beyond Hermit's Rock. Men with swords and axes and round painted shields stepped from the mist, their war gear clinking noisily to shatter the unnatural stillness. They gathered around me like wolves, pointing east and west, their hard voices rousing shrieks from gulls overhead. I mumbled a prayer to Christ and His saints that my death would be quick as the warrior from the ship's prow stepped up and grabbed my throat. He shoved me at another heathen, who gripped my shoulder with a powerful hand. This one wore a green cloak fastened with a silver brooch in the shape of a wolf's head. I saw the iron rings of a mail shirt, a brynja, beneath the cloak, and I retched.
Now, after all these years, I might essay a few untruths. I doubt any still live who could prove my words false. I could say that I stuck out my chest and took a grip on my fear. That I did not piss myself. But who would believe me? These outlanders leaping from their dragons were armed and fierce. They were warriors and grown men. And I was just a boy. A strange and frightening magic fell across me then. The outlanders' sharp language began to change, seemed to melt, the percussive clipped grunts becoming a stream of sounds that were somehow familiar. I swallowed some of the fear, my tongue beginning to move over those noises like water over pebbles, awakening to them, and I heard myself repeating them until they became no longer just noises but words. And I understood them.
"But look at his eye, Uncle!" the man with the wolf brooch said. "He is marked. Ódin god of war has given him a clot of blood for an eye. On my oath, I feel the All-Father breathing down my neck."
"I agree with Sigurd," another said, his eyes slits of suspicion. "The way he appeared in the mist was not natural. You all saw it. The vapor became flesh! Any normal man would have run from her." He pointed to the ship with its carved dragon's head. "But this one stood here as if he was . . . as if he was waiting for us. I want no part in his death, Sigurd," he finished, shaking his head.
I prayed they would not see the fishing rod in the crack in the rock, and I hoped the mackerel were still asleep, for mackerel fight like devils and if one took my hook, the line would jump and the heathens would see me for what I was.
"I can help you," I spluttered, buoyed suddenly by the hope that the outlanders were lost, blown off course on the way to who knew where.
Meet the Author
Having Viking ancestors himself, Giles Kristian believes that the story of Raven has always been in his blood—waiting, like the Norsemen, for the right time to burst upon the world. The Raven series has been published to great acclaim by Transworld in the UK. Giles Kristian currently lives in Leicestershire, where he writes full-time, though he enjoys nothing better than working in his family cottage that overlooks the mist-shrouded Norwegian fjords.
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The storyline is similar to Bernard Cornwells last kingdom. There were many times that the book was a real page turner but it also had lulls that were tedious. The opening action scene is quite violent and not for the weakhearted however it is appropriate for this period. Although well written it seemed to lack originality. If you enjoy reading about this time period it is well worth your while (800 ad). I think this author has great potential and I am eager to see what comes next.
If you are into historical fiction this is a very enjoyable journey. I really enjoyed all the characters. Can't wait till the author writes another author about Raven's adventures.
I am a big fan of bernard cornwell. This book follows in that tradition. I could not put it down. If you dont want to stay up all night reading then this book is not for you.
Perfect summer read....great read any time!
it would be a great movie!
The story line was very griping and it kept me from putting down the book because I love this time period about brotherhood, bloodshed, and darkness within this time period. Every chapter kept me in depth about the battles and sorrow that has happened. If your interested about mid-evil times through a vikings point of view this will be a interesting book for you to read.


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Students practice clinical skills — why not political and professional ones?
Nursing comprises the largest group of healthcare providers, according to a recent report by the Institute of Medicine. Nursing is a vastly diverse profession, with all walks of life and educational levels represented. Part of the American Nurses Association code of ethics states that all nurses must try to make needed changes to systems, whether hospital or government, to improve the health of people. That lofty goal requires that nurses of all specialties and settings work together.
Student nurses associations offer the perfect opportunity to develop these essential skills for modern nursing, much like a hospital rotation helps develop clinical skills.
Student nurse organizations, whether undergraduate or graduate, can help students develop professionalism.
The activities and events of a student organization mirror the activities of professional organizations providing real-life experience in conceptualizing, organizing and promoting events in line with nursing goals.
For some students, a student nurse organization may be the first experience in group governance or professional etiquette. Others will be able to refine their skills and take on new levels of leadership and responsibility. Learning to disagree with colleagues yet find common ground on which to take action is essential if we are to increase the voice of nursing and protect the health of people everywhere.
Untapped power in numbers
Student nursing organizations often are under utilized in their ability to affect politics and policy. The sheer number of students in nursing could lead to real political influence if this was capitalized on. The diversity in nursing can make solidarity in political and policy issues daunting; however, negotiating interests among hundreds of people is an essential skill for later attempts to bring together larger segments of professional nurses.
Like clinical rotations, students in nursing programs should be encouraged to practice their political skills both on matters internal to their school, and in local, state and national matters affecting nursing practice.
If nurses do not have the skills to join together to affect policy in a small, intimate community like that often found in schools, how can they be expected to do so later in their careers?
Improving interdisciplinary relationships
Since it's clear that an increasingly interdisciplinary approach to healthcare is better for the health of patients, nurses must be armed with the skills to work side by side with other professionals in collegial ways. Student nursing associations could be the laboratories for relationships with other professional students, such as those in medicine, psychology, physical therapy and social work.
It is easy to stay within the field nurses know and love, but the obligation to promote the best care for patients means nurses need to become experts at collaboration.
If this starts during the student experience when so many habits and opinions are formed, imagine how much the interprofessional relationships in the workplace could be improved.
Practice makes perfect
No one expects student nurses to suddenly become clinical experts once they graduate, yet the expectation for nurses to have the professional, political and interdisciplinary skills to optimize patient care remains largely unsupported in the already cramped curriculums in schools of nursing.
Some nursing faculty, such as Rosanna DeMarco, ACRN, PhD, PHCNS-BC, FAAN and Nancy Allen, RN, PhD, ANP, at Boston College, have made contacting state representatives about nursing issues part of courses taught to graduate nursing students.
Schools of nursing should encourage such marriages of the academic and the political and consider offering incentives to students for participation in student nursing organizations. This could be a small credit requirement earned through participation in the organization. It also could be awards, tuition credit, or academic credit offered in conjunction with a professional role course for more extensive involvement in student nursing organizations.
Schools of nursing must be clear about the kind of nurses they hope to produce and the ways to educate those nurses. Student nurse organizations have the potential to be the laboratories and clinical rotation equivalents for building political, policy, and professional skills essential for the kind of nurses we need to move the profession forward in the 21st century.


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Public humanities is the work of federal, state, nonprofit and community-based cultural organizations that engage the public in conversations, facilitate and present lectures, exhibitions, performances and other programs for the general public on topics such as history, philosophy, popular culture and the arts. Public humanities programs engage everyone in reflecting on diverse heritage, traditions, and history, and their relevance of the humanities to the current conditions of life.
Workers within the public humanities endeavor to create spaces where the public can engage in conversation, learning and reflection about issues and ideas. Public humanities projects include exhibitions and programming related to historic preservation, oral history, archives, material culture, public art, cultural heritage, and cultural policy. Practitioners of public humanities are invested in ensuring the accessibility and relevance of the humanities to the general public or community groups.
The American Council of Learned Societies' National Task Force on Scholarship and the Public Humanities suggests that the nature of public humanities work is to teach the public the findings of academic scholarship: it sees "scholarship and the public humanities not as two distinct spheres but as parts of a single process, the process of taking private insight, testing it, and turning it into public knowledge."[1] Others suggest a more balanced understanding of the ways in which history, heritage and culture are shared between the academy and the public.
Several universities have established programs in the public humanities, including:
- Bishop Grosseteste University, Lincoln, UK, whose newly created BA Sociology degree has deliberately been placed within a School of Humanities, and will be delivered by members of a research cluster wherein the idea of "public sociology" (i.e. a sociology that engages audiences beyond the academy in cultural, literary and sociology debate) is activeliy cultivated and fostered.
- Brown University, whose John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities and Cultural Heritage supports public humanities programs and offers a masters degree in public humanities. Brown's public humanities program emphasizes practice, balanced with theory and a ground in a field of study.
- The Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities at the University of Washington offers a Certificate in Public Scholarship.
- Michigan State University, whose Public Humanities Collaborative "provides a gathering place, a commons, where faculty, students, and outreach professionals can collaborate with community groups to build strong campus-community partnerships and enhance public understanding of liberal arts for democracy."
- New York University, whose Draper Interdisciplinary Master's Program in Humanities and Social Thought "is one of the largest and best-known interdisciplinary graduate programs in the country."
- Portland State University, whose Portland Center for Public Humanities provides a yearlong forum of talks, roundtables, and workshops where the public can engage with humanistic questions, knowledge and debates.
- University of Sheffield, UK The University of Sheffield, UK offers an *MA in Public Humanities] [1] with pathways in Digital humanities, Public Engagement and Cultural Heritage.. The course combined modules taught by experts in their field with project work with external partners and dissertation research
- University of Western Ontario, where a new program called The Public Humanities @ Western "is "designed to enhance the Faculty of Arts and Humanities' commitment to the promotion of innovative forms of publicly engaged knowledge creation, experiential learning, and campus-community collaboration."
- University of Wisconsin–Madison, whose Center for the Humanities is the primary vehicle on the campus for interdisciplinary work in the humanities, has a public scholarship program, Public Humanities Exchange that supports collaborative work between humanities grad students and the community.
- Yale University, whose MA program in Public Humanities is part of the American Studies Program at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
Related fields include public history, public sociology, public folklore, public anthropology, public philosophy, historic preservation, museum studies, cultural heritage management, community archaeology, public art, and public science.
Examples of some private/public institutions and organizations that implement public humanities programs are:
- Museums
- State and National Parks
- Cultural Organizations, such as community centers
- Libraries
- Archives
- Historic Sites
- Schools and universities
- Cultural Policy institutes
- Historic and Preservation Societies
- Public Art and Public History Projects
- Public Radio
- Community Building Initiatives
- State Humanities Councils
- ^ Quay, James; Veninga, James (October 5–7, 1989). Making Connections: The Humanities, Culture and Community. National Task Force on Scholarship and the Public Humanities. Racine, Wisconsin: American Council of Learned Societies. Retrieved 25 Jan 2016.
We think it more useful and more accurate to consider scholarship and the public humanities not as two distinct spheres but as parts of a single process, the process of taking private insight, testing it, and turning it into public knowledge.


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I was just flipping through back issues of Linux Journal looking for an idea for this column. What caught my eye was the change in profile of Linux Journal advertisers. CD-ROM distributors such as InfoMagic, Trans-Ameritech and Yggdrasil have been there from the beginning as have the systems distributors like Fintronic and Promox. The only Linux application that was advertised was Techplot from Amtec Engineering.
Things are changing. We have seen press releases and advertisements from hardware vendors (Cyclades communications board, for example), and software vendors. While I expected development software there is a whole new area where Linux is becoming active: database software.
New products from Revolutionary Software, Infoflex, WorkGroup Solutions, Poet Software and Ray Ontko & Co. offer commercial alternatives to Ingres and Postgres that come with many Linux distributions.
Finally, trade shows are starting to recognize the potential of Linux. Linux Journal is sponsoring a 2-day Linux track at Open Systems World. This puts Linux on an even keel with commercial tracks on NT, SCO and Solaris at the same show. Hopefully this will be a good chance for those of us in the Linux community to not just rub shoulders with "the commercial guys" but also to show them what we have to offer.
What does this mean? To me it means that Linux is well on its way to the commercial market. Six issues from now I expect that I will see ads and press releases for applications using the databases that have recently appeared. End users probably won't be asking "is it Linux" vs. "is it Unix" or "is it Netware" or "is it NT". What they want is a solution and if we can offer the solution that works well we should get the market. And, the cost of Linux gives us a serious advantage.
Phil Hughes is the publisher of Linux Journal. He is a DeadHead who claims he's 33-years-old, and that he'll move to Montana as soon as he gets his staff trained.
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Billy Joel Can Easily Be Found at His House
"It didn't take you long to find me," the singer says, after being ambushed at his own home. Huh?
For a brief period in our lives, we tried working for a celebrity magazine, which once dispatched us to Ashlee Simpson's hotel so that we could ask her how Jessica was doing after her divorce from Nick Lachey. During the roughly five to six hours we spent at the Ritz that evening in pursuit of the quote "She's doing great!" we had a lot of time to think about where we had gone wrong in life that this was our job, and how odd it was that this was a job at all, and ever since, we've really appreciated those times when tabloids include a detail that reveals the bizarre and shameless lengths the reporter has gone to in order to extract utterly banal comment from a celebrity. Such as this little scene from this morning's Post story about Billy Joel's latest divorce:
Joel told The Post on the front porch of his Sagaponack spread that he "can't talk about it."
"Oh, boy, here we go," he said. "It didn't take you long to find me. Sorry, no comment. I don't want to say anything."
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Teaching Linux
Education means several disparate things. Education re Linux could mean using Linux in the classroom to teach subject matter unrelated to computing or operating systems. It might mean using Linux to teach Linux. It might mean teaching about Linux.
For over a decade, Silicon Graphics has built the highest-quality graphics machines, running Irix (a BSD derivative) on MIPS chips. A few years ago, they began a line of Intel architecture boxes. Now you can get one of those boxes running Linux. (I know there are ports of Linux to the MIPS architecture, too; but SGI isn't supporting them at this time.)
A very large number of potential users see SGI as an Irix company. The result is SGI's Linux University, a traveling roadshow that made many stops this past autumn. Beginning in Washington, DC and ending up weeks later in Los Alamos, NM, Linux University brought information on Linux, about SGI's policy concerning Linux and on SGI's commitment to open source to several thousand users.
While I found much of the content of the talks truly interesting and valuable, the most important revelation may well have been the fact that SGI has contributed its proprietary XFS journaling file system to the community under the GPL. Giving away one of the crown jewels is a true sign of commitment. As Kurt Akeley, CTO at SGI, put it: "In a bacon and eggs breakfast, the chicken is involved, but the pig is committed." SGI is committed.
What the university tour did was two things: provide a context for SGI's commitment, and supply education about Linux itself—the values, tools and future. At five of the sites (Huntsville, AL; Dayton, OH; Denver; Albuquerque; and Los Alamos), I supplied context by talking about the origins of UNIX, Linux and Open Source.
The tutorial sessions were very impressive. While they varied from site to site, they comprised XFS and CXFS, Networking and Clustering on Linux, Interoperability in a Heterogeneous Environment (Samba), Security in Linux, Web Serving in a Linux Environment and OpenGL in Linux.
Also impressive was the number of attendees. Most sites had over 200 folks present, with over 900 in Washington, DC. Many of the attendees were knowledgeable about computing, and simply not Linux users. The queries and comments I heard during breaks were at an extremely high level. They might be Linux newbies, but not Irix or BSD newbies.
Perhaps yet more significant, in Huntsville (NASA), Dayton (Wright-Paterson AFB) and Los Alamos (LANL), a large proportion of the attendees were from the U.S. federal government. Linux infiltrating the shops of the feds is a terrific toehold.
Don't forget that Linux was first put on the Net in October 1991. As recently as January 1996, USENIX was offering a single Linux tutorial. The next year, there was a USELINUX track, concerning Linux Application Development and Deployment. Since then, there have been Freenix tracks in both 1998 and 1999. This is important, for it shows exactly why something like SGI's Linux University can have great influence. The first Linux Expo was held in North Carolina in 1996; the first Atlanta Linux Showcase in 1997; and the first Linux Business Expo at Comdex in 1999.
Readers of this magazine may know Linux. But there are many, many programmers and system administrators who know that Linux exists, but have little or no notion of what it can do.
We could sneer at companies like SGI and say they just want to latch onto the business that supporting Linux will bring them. I'm convinced that's not the full story. I've now seen Linux applications running on several different pieces of SGI hardware: a 1400L server, a 540NT workstation, an Irix02 workstation. They all demonstrated to me that high-quality, robust software was running on first-class hardware.
If the Linux University is coming to your area, register for it. I think SGI is doing a lot for the Linux community, and it's teaching thousands of people about the Linux system. Knowledge is power.
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well that's just, like, your opinion, man
He's got a future in PR with those bland responses.
This is the first time I've heard we can't let Bama beat us "12 times". Obviously the players are being coached to stop saying "Twice".
On Big Will? Didn't think they had any called that game.
I was unaware that that was anatomically feasible.
He's getting pretty big. That being said... the Bama players were huge. There is still a size advantage at the top... not muscle wise, just genes-wise. We're getting bigger players through recruiting though so dont be surprised to see bigger and bigger necks in the coming years. Veiny necks is where its at...


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Funds With Maximum Flexibility
Some managers have done well mixing and matching disparate holdings. But it's not a sure thing.
An increasing number of investors have been pouring money into so-called go-anywhere funds that give their managers wide latitude in their investments.
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But some analysts caution that these funds vary just as widely in their approaches and performance. And that makes it difficult for investors to know how to fit them into their overall portfolio.
Since the end of March 2009, $146 billion has flooded into go-anywhere funds, bringing the total in assets to $415 billion, according to Strategic Insight. The allure: Broad flexibility gives managers the opportunity to look for the best investments instead of pigeon-holing them in a part of the market with limited prospects.
IVA Worldwide, a fund launched after the financial crisis, sits with $10 billion in assets. Its managers Charles de Vaulx and Chuck de Lardemelle decided to close the fund to new investors in February so they could stay nimble enough to move in and out of some smaller stocks and less liquid assets like high-yield bonds.
Having that kind of flexibility gives go-anywhere funds the ability to "cover a lot of ground that I can't," says veteran financial planner Vern Hayden, who says he doesn't have the resources to stay on top of so many markets and regions. Mr. Hayden allocates as much as 50% of his clients' assets at Hayden Wealth Management to these types of funds.
Broad Umbrella
But the problem for investors is that if anything goes, there's no way to know beforehand where the money will go, which means such a fund may not complement other investments. In addition, it's difficult for investors to compare the myriad offerings that fall under the broad go-anywhere umbrella.
Some funds, for example, stick mostly with stocks, while others will shift among stocks, bonds and cash. Still others invest in just about anything—from various private transactions and commodities to real estate and emerging markets, not to mention derivatives. Some funds tend to stick with holdings for a while, but others are much more tactical and prone to trading.
To complicate matters further, these kinds of funds don't fit neatly into the categories used by research firms Morningstar Inc. and Lipper since their mixes can change drastically.
"It's difficult to know exactly what is in those funds at any one time, and it messes up our asset allocation," says Gordon Tudor, a principal at San Diego-based financial advisory firm Wealth Analytics, which oversees $90 million in assets.
Mr. Tudor says he prefers instead to pick fund managers concentrating on certain areas of the market he wants, like international stocks or bonds.
To be sure, many of the managers who have run flexible funds understand the hesitation and work hard to boost comfort levels. Ivy Asset Strategy and IVA Worldwide managers issue monthly rather than quarterly updates, and some managers offer incredibly detailed communications on their market view as well as positions.
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More than 70 go-anywhere funds have been introduced since the end of 2008, bringing the total to 254 at the end of April, according to fund researcher Strategic Insight. With so many new funds in play, analysts recommend sticking with managers who have gone through a bull and a bear market, and allocating primarily longer-term money to these funds. The reason: With their strong focus on curtailing risk, a lot of them also lag behind in go-go markets.
The popularity of these funds also means that many of them are much larger than they were a few years ago, which can make outperformance more difficult.
"These funds are not a panacea," says Ryan Leggio, a fund analyst at Morningstar. "Just because they go anywhere doesn't mean they can't have a terrible year."
Here are four funds that have been time-tested and that get high marks from advisers and analysts.
Mostly Stocks and Bonds
Launched in 1989, BlackRock Global Allocation is considered the grandfather of go-anywhere funds, investing assets throughout the world in stocks, bonds or cash. The $55 billion fund is managed very loosely around a benchmark of 60% stock and 40% fixed income. It regularly deviates from that allocation when it sees new opportunities.
Lately, that has meant boosting the fund's exposure to globally minded companies based in the U.S. to 37% from 26% at the end of 2007.
"Today, to the greatest extent at any time in my career, it is the biggest companies that are the most reasonably priced," says Dennis Stattman, senior portfolio manager of the fund. Like others, Mr. Stattman is cautious about government bonds and wary about inflation, putting just 26% of assets in fixed income. Over the past year, the fund has lagged behind peers as the market has favored riskier assets, but it ranks in the top third of Morningstar's world-allocation category over the past 15 years.
Just About Everything Is Game
Run by noted contrarian Steven Romick, FPA Crescent can invest in private transactions such as farmland and building loans, as well as the usual stocks and bonds. Mr. Romick says the fund's allocations to exotic and illiquid assets always total less than 15%, in keeping with limits set by the Securities and Exchange Commission. He says the fund's exposure to farmland is small these days, in part because it is "getting too much attention."
The $6.4 billion fund has recently been focusing on inexpensive stocks of large companies with significant international exposure, and is paring back on its corporate-bond exposure. The fund has a 1.5% position in Japanese stocks, and Mr. Romick could add more.
He sees little of interest in Europe, he says. "Just because we go anywhere doesn't mean you have to go everywhere," Mr. Romick says.
The $28 billion Ivy Asset Strategy is also run by veteran go-anywhere managers. It can take its stock exposure anywhere from zero to 100%; ditto for bonds and cash. It can also invest 25% of assets in precious metals, but has typically stuck with gold bullion. The fund uses derivatives, but mostly as protection against the fund's stock holdings rather than doubling down on a bet.
Lately, 88% of the fund's assets were in stocks and 11% in gold bullion. About half of the stock exposure is in the U.S. and a quarter is in Europe. The European investments are emerging-market-oriented plays like luxury-brand companies or auto makers that stand to benefit from a burgeoning middle class in countries like China. The rest of the stock exposure is directly in emerging markets.
"We will look at the last 30 years as relatively easy for money management, but the next 30 years is going to be tougher," says co-manager Michael Avery, who sees a period of higher interest rates, limited growth prospects for developed markets and issues for the dollar ahead.
The $22.5 billion Pimco All Asset can invest in just about any asset class to achieve its goal of returning 5% plus inflation. Pimco All Asset is run as a fund of other Pimco funds. Manager Robert Arnott uses a quantitative model to tactically allocate assets into investments ranging from Treasury inflation-protected securities and commodities to real estate and emerging-markets stocks.
As of April 30, it held about a third of assets in alternative bond strategies such as emerging-markets debt and unhedged foreign bonds, 19% in alternative equity strategies that provide exposure to stocks while using derivatives to dampen volatility, and 18% in inflation-related strategies including commodities and real estate.
In a note to investors, the fund's manager said he planned to reduce risk by taking a more diversified and defensive approach. Equities make up just 10% of assets, with the bulk of that in emerging markets. The fund is in the bottom 20% of Morningstar's world-allocation category over the past year, but it ranks in the top 5% for the past three years.
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PNCA'S MASTER OF ARTS IN CRITICAL THEORY+CREATIVE RESEARCH (CT+CR) prepares students for opportunities at the intersection of art, theory, and research. Through rigorous training in critical theory, research design, and methods, cultural and institutional critique, and ethics, students develop skills and modes of thinking that crisscross the boundaries between visual and verbal, linear and nonlinear, digital and analog, theoretical and practical.
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Last year, Nease's boys soccer team sneaked up on the field.
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Led by Joe McKinley and A.J. Nelson, Nease boasts a sensational midfield that will be relied upon to carry the squad back to the playoffs.
"We have the talent to make a good run (at defending the title)," Nease coach Ken Kirsch said. "The biggest question I have is leadership. We had great leadership last year. We also now have a big target on us. Last year, we were more of the underdogs."
Nelson returns to the fold after a great finish to his sophomore campaign. He scored the game-winning goal in a 1-0 victory over Fernandina Beach in the state championship game on an assist from McKinley.
"A.J. is a phenomenal player," Kirsch said. "He's very technically sound and everything will go through him this year at the center-mid spot. I think he's going to be an All-State player, who will lead us in assists. He's going to play D-I college ball."
Nelson and McKinley combined to score 25 goals and dish out 21 assists last season. That's good news for a Nease bunch that lost most of its defense. Sweeper Ryan Corning, the Record's reigning Player of the year, graduated. Goalkeeper Austin Davis, the Most Valuable Player from the Final Four, will not be back after choosing to sit out this season.
"I'm really banking on our offense," Kirsch said. "They need to give me a month to work with the defense. We should be able to score a ton of goals."
The reloading process also will be sped up thanks to familiarity. Last season was Kirsch's first with the Panthers.
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The loss of Corning should be somewhat lessened by the return of Nick Janacko, an honorable mention All-County selection last season.
In goal, Kirsch believes he's already found his answer in Fernando Duffoo.
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