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Stumbling Into Graceby Kay Harper
Follow Kay Harper as she stumbles headlong, tangled in her sly, quicksilver, shooting-star life, skidding sideways, sliding down rainbows into pits of her own making. When she finally hits the bottom of the bottom, Harper looks up and finds that even when we don't understand God's course for us, He is always waiting and hanging onto us tight. This is a read you must not miss.
Jean Archambault-White,
Author, Simple Faith; and
Eloise of Westhaven
Stumbling Into Grace is the beautifully written, inspiring story of one woman's struggle toward fulfillment and inner peace. No matter what your religion, Kay Harper will lift you up with her as she builds a new life of faith.
Esther Gordon
Eden Literary
We never know what other people have been through. Kay Harper's unapologetic telling of her reckless journey struck a chord in me, increased my compassion for all I meet and intensified my desire to tell them about the living God.
Pastor Bill Pierson
Joy Fellowship
If you or loved ones suffer from Clinical Depression, Kay Harper's vivid account of her own battles with this debilitating condition will give you insight, understanding and hope.
Valerie Balandra
Integrative Psychiatry
A fast paced read! Stumbling Into Grace follows Kay Harper's mad dash journey as she seeks fame and fortune. Recognition eludes her, sickness overpowers her, but God is about to do a brand new thing!
Barb Lataillade
Author, Under the Rubble
Kay Harper spent her childhood exploring, 20s rebelling, 30s on a quest, 40s in Never-Never Land and 50s lost and found. Through it all her pen has been a trusted friend. Kay writes from her home in Florida-minutes away from the picturesque, white-sand beaches of the Gulf of Mexico.
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- 9781619042407
- Publisher:
- Xulon Press
- Publication date:
- 10/31/2011
- Pages:
- 212
- Sales rank:
- 946,605
- Product dimensions:
- 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.48(d)
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So, today I figured I'll put up a review of Stumbling into Grace. Its a book on spiritual growth using real life experiences. It reads like a conversation between good friends and Lisa Harper shares secrets and tips on the walk of faith and I like how it's more like she is gisting with me than lecturing me. The use of modern terminologies to explain scripture also made me see things in a different, clearer light. Although I read this book all at once at first, because it is that engaging, I will definitely be reading it over and over again; the next time, like a devotional. She has Group discussion and journal entry pages for every chapter for you to reflect on. I will recommend this book for anyone, anyone at all. There is something in it for the old, the young, the good, the 'bad'. As long as you are human, you'll take something meaningful from it.
One book I read recently that challenged my perceptions of the "Books for Christian women" genre was Lisa Harper's Stumbling into Grace. Harper brings seminary training, the ability to write clearly and persuasively and a wicked sense of humour to the table and this is one book that challenges many of the stereotypes I am less than enamoured with. Harper is also a single woman engaged in travelling and speaking and so maybe I find myself associating with her on that level too. I will say that the book is very American but given that Harper is, and so too her publisher, I guess that is both to be expected and understandable. Harper draws from a deep well of biblical and systematic theology, as well as ministry and life experience. Her willingness to acknowledge her clumsiness is so darn refreshing!
Stumbling Into Grace by Lisa Harper is a collection of stories from Lisa's life, which takes readers on a journey about faith and the misconceptions we often have about Christ. Lisa has a delightful way of meshing humor with her personal stories that relate to Biblical truths. I love that Lisa's stories were relevant and allows readers to connect on a deeper level. I think most of us have had similar fears, doubts, shame, misconceptions as Lisa. Her candidness allows others to see that they do not have to be overtaken by their guilt, shame, past mistakes, etc., but their lives can be transformed into a life full of joy that is ultimately centered around their relationship with Christ. This would be a great gift for someone who feels that they aren't good enough for Christ's love or struggling with the theological truths presented in the Bible. Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from the publisher through the BookSneeze®.com book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's 16 CFR, Part 255: "Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising."
Author, Lisa Harper takes us on her personal journey of a life of faith, in a witty, honest way. The book reads sort of like a diary/ devotional. Each chapter is broken into sections that include: Scripture The Heart of His Story Hope for Our Ongoing Stories Living in Light of His Story - a prayer Personal Reflection and/or Group Discussion Questions Journal Entry My thoughts: It's an easy read, only 189 pages, but it did sit on my coffee table for a while before I really sat down to read it. It wasn't as funny as I thought it would be, but still made me chuckle a bit. I like the reflection parts as they made me give serious thought to issues in my life.
I wish I read a sampling of "Stumbling into grace" before I bought it. If you could return ebooks I would have returned this. I made it to page 30 or 33. I was hoping it would get better. The reviews I read on the book were great. For me the author was trying to hard to put humor into her story. It was like a teenage girl wrote the book not a grown women. In the 30 something pages I read I do not recall anything really about grace just too many silly exsamples of how un graceful the authors stories are. I'm sure this book was a blessing to someone, just not me and I really wish BN would let you get a credit for ebooks. p.s I would give this 0 stars but it seems you have to check at least 1 to submit a review.
This book has a lot of funny, little stories throughout it that will keep you entertained and even make you laugh out loud. One such story involving pantyhose and toes still brings a chuckle whenever I think about it. In each chapter, Lisa focuses on a section of Scripture and then uses a story from her life to illustrate how it is just as meaningful as it was when it was written. At the end of each chapter, there is a section for you to have a personal reflection or a group discussion over what you just read. Then there is a journal entry sentence for you to write your personal thoughts regarding what you read in the chapter. I especially liked this because it really did encourage you to reflect on what the teaching means to you and how you can apply it to your life. There were areas of the book where I felt it did drag and I had moments of wanting to skip over these dragging parts of the book (but I didn't). There was also a comment she made at the end of chapter 2 that made me uneasy because I don't believe that women are meant to be a Pastor of a church. She says regarding church, "So our Creator provided a divine pit stop - whether we go to the theater with cup-holders presided over a man wearing skinny jeans on Saturday night, or to an elegant room ringed with stained-glass windows that's presided over by a woman in a robe on Sunday morning - wherein we can have our souls refueled by worshiping Him and hanging out with other limping, like-minded disciples." Perhaps I read this wrong, but I don't think so, and because it came so early in the book, it colored my reading for the rest of the book. Now this may not be a big deal to some, but because the Bible states so clearly that women should not teach men, I questioned her Biblical standing for the rest of the book. Overall, it was an entertaining book and I did enjoy reading it, but I would have to give it 4 out of 5 stars for the dragging bits and for my uneasiness about the woman pastor part. ************** This book was provided to me for my honest review by Thomas Nelson Publishing
Let me count the ways that I love this book... 1. The Title: Stumbling into Grace. Isn't that a great word picture! It is a wonderful title that I feel describes me extremely well! What about you? 2. The Subtitle: "Confessions of a Sometimes Spiritually Clumsy Woman." This would fit all of us Christian Women, if we were as honest as Lisa Harper, true?! 3. The Picture on the Cover: The little girl makes me smile! She reminds me of my little girls. They twirling around in their very creative dress-up outfits fully confident in who they are and how much they are loved -- may we be more like that as we worship our Jesus! ...Anyway, I haven't even got to the inside of the book! It is split into three sections: Real Life, Real Gifts, and Real Growth... 4. The Humor: Lisa Harper uses humorous stories to break the ice and get the readers' heart open to listen, learn and grow. Like the title, the chapter titles are even humorous, including names like "The Very Real Problem with Pantyhose - Jesus and Binding Things" and "Getting Your Squeeze On - Jesus and the Gift of Touch"! 5. The Honesty: We got a glimpse of Lisa Harper's openness in the subtitle. This honest writing continues throughout the book. 6. Personal Refection/Group Discussion questions: These are very thought provoking, outside of the box questions that kept me thinking throughout the day. I plan to use this book in a group setting soon, and I look forward to the discussions that will occur. 7. Journal Entry: Lisa Harper encourages the reader to complete these sentences in your personal journal. An example is "So, I've been thinking about becoming absolutely devoted to and dependent on You, Jesus, and..." These could be used over and over as ideas to use in your journalling. Lisa Harper is like a great friend with whom you are comfortable enough around to laugh often and cry hard because that's the openness in which she writes! I look forward to reading some of her others books. Disclosure: I received this book free from the publisher through the BookSneeze®.com book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own.
Stumbling Into Grace: Confessions of a Sometimes Spiritually Clumsy Woman by Lisa Harper is a beautifully written book organized into very easy to digest chapters. At many points throughout the book, I found myself laughing so hard that I was almost in tears! Her writing is so eloquently transparent that you feel as though you have known her for years. Her frankness and head on style are a breath of fresh air. The book dives deeply into spiritual principles without the weighty and sometimes confusing terminology that often accompanies subject matters like this. Lisa has a Masters of Theological Studies and it is obvious as she applies the Word of God chapter by chapter. She delivers some much needed straight talk about the graciousness and truths of God. Upon investigation of her Bible references, one can only conclude that there is truly nothing we can do in our own strength to earn our way into the presence of God. It is a gift. This book is filled with wonderful authenticity about the obstacles we often find ourselves trying to hurdle over. The author expounds that as we fall back on the Lord, He will give us what we need. Each chapter concludes with a prayer, reflection questions, and a challenge to further your pondering with a journal entry directive. The book is systematically designed to be used in in a small group study or as an intimate heart search between the reader and the Lord. Either way, the experience will leave you stronger for having walked with her through the pages of her life and His Word. I highly recommend reading this book! It is one that I would like to discuss, one chapter at a time, with a small group of sweet friends around a warm crackling fire and a hot cup of coffee. Enjoy! I would like to thank Thomas Nelson Publishing Company through BookSneeze for providing me with this review copy of Stumbling Into Grace by Lisa Harper. The opinions I have expressed within this review are completely my own.
I had the pleasure of interviewing Lisa Harper on our radio show "Kingdom Highlights", about her new book, "Stumbling Into Grace" published by Thomas Nelson. The best way to describe what "Stumbling Into Grace" is to do what Ms. Harper does in her introduction. She focuses on God. Some of us actually believe that God is too busy to be bothered with us especially in our little things. And if we mess up not only is God upset but His punishment is severe. Ms. Harper states that this belief system is totally inaccurate and not only that God knows that we are going to continually mess up but He has provided a way for us and that way is His grace. I hung on every word. In every chapter Ms. Harper looks at a way that people mess up then takes a section from the Gospels that show the response of Jesus to that situation. If you are like me you will be amazed on how current Jesus was portrayed. At the end of every chapter there is a "Living In The Light Of His Story" where a prayer is provided to repent of that chapter's particular situation. Following that is a "Personal Reflection and/or Group Discussion Questions" which will allow the reader to probe deeper into the issue. In my opinion everyone needs this book. I know I sure did and do. I will read this book again and again because I need to be reminded of God's great love often and this book will do it every time. I recommend it highly. I have to say that Ms. Harper is an excellent Bible teacher and I am going to go out and acquire all of her previous books and be ready for all her new ones simply because she is that good. If you missed the interview for "Stumbling Into Grace" or "A Perfect Mess" and would like to listen to them and/or listen to interviews with other authors and professionals please go to Kingdom Highlights where they are available On Demand. To listen to 24 hours non-stop, commercial free Christian music please visit our internet radio station Kingdom Airwaves Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from Thomas Nelson. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's 16 CFR, Part 255: "Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising."
A couple of years ago, I attended a Women of Faith event in Houston, TX and was introduced to Lisa Harper for the first time. (Well, not literally introduced. But wouldn't that be cool??!!) I had been to other WOF events in the past, but Lisa was a new speaker for me in 2009. I loved every moment of her talks on stage, so I knew I'd enjoy this book! While our lives are very different, our hearts & minds are very similar. Lisa is one of those women that I think would be a fun party guest for my girlfriends slumber party. (You know...the same one where I'll invite Angie Smith & Beth Moore & Patsy Clairmont, Priscilla Shirer & Jennifer Rothschild to come hang out. If you don't know who those ladies are, look them up. They are all AWESOME authors & speakers.) So anyway, I have this book...... I began reading it a couple of weeks ago & have read it in bits & pieces. I've read it in bed at night before I doze off. I've read it while I'm at work, doing lunch duty for the teacher down the hall. I've read it on the treadmill when I'm working out. Anytime I can quietly get a chapter or two in is great! And you know what? I love this book! Stumbling Into Grace has the subtitle "Confessions of a Sometimes Spiritually Clumsy Woman". I love that! What woman among us wouldn't claim to feel like a spiritually clumsy person now & then? Lisa weaves her personal stories of silliness or embarrassing moments throughout the book, always drawing the reader back to God's truth in Scripture. She eloquently takes stories from the Bible & adds a creative touch here & there to make them more understandable & applicable to our lives today, while never distracting from the original meaning, characters and motive. Ms. Harper's writing is so funny & fresh! You can't help but laugh...or cry... or laugh until you cry! The book is sort of like reading the author's diary, seeing into her private life & her heart and then seeing how God reels her back to Him over & over and points out truth to bring Him glory with her life. Even when life doesn't look like she'd like it to! Each chapter ends with some questions that could be used in a small group setting, or just for further study with an individual reader. I thoroughly enjoyed this book & strongly recommend it for Christian women. It's a light, easy read with a lot of meat. P.S. I think the cover of this book should get a prize for one of the cutest covers ever!
When I first read the title of this book ,"Stumbling into Grace: Confessions of a Sometimes Spiritually Clumsy Woman", I thought "that sounds like something I can relate to." And relate I did. In this easy to read, diary-like devotional, Lisa Harper shares her own ongoing, often clumsy journey of faith. She weaves her real-life stories that are laced with honesty, humor, and sometimes deep pain with Biblical principles and offers encouragement through a better understanding of God's grace. She ends each chapter with a prayer, series of questions for discussion or reflection, and a journal entry prompt. I really enjoyed this book. Having had the opportunity to hear Lisa Harper speak at a Women of Faith event, it was fun being able to "hear" her voice in the stories she shared. I love Lisa's ability to take events from the Bible and make them relatable to today. As I read this book, I appreciated Lisa Harper's easy, conversational style and her willingness to be real and honest as she shared her stories. I found myself at times laughing right out loud and at other times feeling great heartache while I read each story. And with each chapter read, I received another gentle reminder of Christ's love for us and his abundant grace in our lives. I appreciated the questions and journal prompts at the end of each chapter as they encouraged me to pause and let what I had read soak in deep. If you need some encouragement and a reminder of Christ's unconditional love and abundant grace, then pick up this book, read it, and keep on stumbling into your grace-filled journey of faith. Disclosure: This book was provided to me by Thomas Nelson Publishing through BookSneeze. All opinions expressed are my own. I was not required to write a positive review.I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's 16 CFR, Part 255.
Very witty yet inspirational.
I'm a teenager and I decided to read this book which caught my attention by the title. When I first started reading it, it was good it made me cry in the introduction and made me laugh in the following chapters. I just like how she explains things from another angle or expression. I just think that Lisa was genius enough to put example from her own life experience to bring what she wants to bring. I really recommend this book for a women's bible study at church or simply for your own personal satisfaction. I like how at the end of every chapter she has this little prayers, personl reflection and/or group discussion questions and journal entries that ar good for yourself and bible study. Lisa has like this unique way of expressing, and still be funny with her own hilarious stories. I learn things that where really interesting for me to learn with questions that I really didn't put attention to them. Also is great how she applies the truth's found in God's Word. In conclusion I recommend this book for young womens and womens specially in a bible group study, so not only you have your opinion but you have others opinios an if you have a doubt you have somebody to ask for aclaration. But in general is a great-magnificent-amazing-book. I received this book free from BookSneeze as part of their Blogger Review Program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own.
This is the 2nd book of Lisa Harper's I have read and I love her writing style. She is SO down to earth, witty and comical that she makes reading her books a joy. Like others she has written, this book works well for personal reading, devotional or as a group. Lisa uses her own personal stories to relate back to biblical basics. Great read!
Witty and Fun, Stumbling Into Grace, written by Lisa Harper, keeps you engaged as you read through tales and stories that are real as well as Gospel accounts. Lisa Harper has a way of writing that is fun and engaging. When you think you have read all the stories there are to read about Jesus, here is one more take/angle on it. Lisa Harper first engages the reader with a tale of her own. Sometimes about others, but mostly about her, which really captures you as the reader. You gain an understanding that we all make mistakes, but that our Savior is in fact there to lift us up from those mistakes by His Grace. There were a few chapters that were not as engaging for me, simply because I didn't see the correlation between the "tale" as I like to call it that you read first with the Gospel account that you read second. However, there were other chapters that I have dog-eared to go back and read and to really take the time to make it a devotional setting for myself. Lisa Harper includes a prayer and questions as well as a journal entry prompt. All of which are great to do as a devotional for yourself or with a group. I think this would make a great group Bible Study as there can be a lot of conversations about how we stumble, but by God's Grace alone we are given a second chance. I would love to read more books by Lisa Harper. She reminds me of Liz Curtis Higgs in many ways. Only through Booksneeze would I have had the great opportunity to read these two amazing authors!
I picked this book because I was so in love with the front cover. Isn't she cute? The story is all about the Author, Lisa's inspirational life. The moment I read this book I dont want to stop. I even brought it to my work just to finish it. I liked her life story a lot. I highly recommend this to all the ladies out there go ahead get a copy of this. I bet you gonna love it. Trust me, Lisa will going to inspire your life. Anyway, I would like to thank the Booksneeze for sending this for free.I love working with you guys.
Each chapter of Stumbling Into Grace has its own topic. Lisa talks about fear, strongholds, food, forgiveness, healing, community, honesty and more. Within each chapter are examples and stories from Lisa's own life, as well as a biblical reference - sometimes paraphrased by Lisa, and these are the best, as she brings Bible verses to life in modern times in ways that might surprise you. Included in each chapter is a closing prayer, questions for group discussion or personal reflection and a lead-in question for writing in your personal journal. Harper utilizes personal stories and a healthy dose of good humor to share experiences that are common to all of us and spiritual insights that will challenge and inspire you. This book is great as a solo devotional or possibly in a small group setting.The books was a pretty easy read! Miss Lisa is quite hilarious (and ever-so-slightly crude at times) but her lover for her Savior is beautiful. Each chapter starts off with a story, the middle includes a Bible passage, and the end explains the passage and shows how it can be applied to our lives today.A very good book if you are looking for something to help you get back on track in your walk with God!
I recently got to reveiew this wonderful book named Stumbling Into Grace Confessions of a Sometimes Spiritually Clumsy Women by Lisa Harper.This is the first book of Lisa that I ever read and I am already thinking of buying more books written by her.In this book Lisa Harper shares ordinary stories of her life with a tinge of humor to it.Everything about this book is so addictive that I just didn't feel like putting it down once I started to read.I especially love the cover of the book,it is absolutely adorable Lisa has not only shared her experiences but has also provided journal entries after every chapter of the book.Her humorous take on life and her everyday day examples make you relate to the book so well that you feel that it is the part of your life.Many a times while reading the book I was like oh yes this is so me...This book can make you laugh it can make you cry it makes you think it makes you love yourself.I definitely recommend this book for every women.
Stumbling Into Grace is just as wonderful as the other books by Lisa Harper that I've read. Ms. Harper has a real gift for storytelling and sharing Biblical truth in a simple way. Her stories in the chapters of this book made me laugh and they made me think and they made me feel very convicted at times! I really appreciate the way that this author shares her struggles and foibles so honestly, and then follows it up with strong Biblical teachings and encouragement. Stumbling Into Grace is what I would call a "life tune-up" book. It covers topics like becoming less critical, becoming more grateful, enjoying the gift of community, scary things, forgiveness and contentedness, to name just a few. Each chapter of this book ends with a short prayer and questions for personal reflection and/or group discussion questions, followed by a journal writing prompt. I'm so glad to have gotten the opportunity to read Stumbling Into Grace, and I highly recommend it for any Christian woman who's looking for a good laugh and quality, relevant Biblical instruction. Disclosure: I received this book to review as part of the Booksneeze book review program. I was not compensated in any other way and all opinions posted here are mine and mine alone.
I absolutely loved this book. I like that she uses real life stories of herself in the book, like using her pincher like toes to pick on someone wearing pantyhose. Another plus of this book is that it is also a devotional for the reader with a study lesson at the end with a journal entry space for you. I was not expecting that as I was reading it and was surpised after the first chapter and I got excited. I have been looking for a devotional/study guide and this was a great one. I liked reading her stories and then liked how she pulled in some scripture into it to make it go together. This book could be used in a small women's group using the questions and the end of the chapters to make it more of a study guide but it is great as a personal devotion as well.
The author brings the reader face to face with Jesus with regard to Real Life, Real Gifts, and Real Growth in topics concerning fear, addiction, and danger, as well as the need for forgiveness, touch, humor, community, and rest, and battling criticism, dishonesty, discontent, independence and lack of gratitude. Lisa Harper does a good job making her points while using illustrations, both funny and poignant, from her own life. Lisa's writing style is very conversational, which makes it easy to read. Each chapter is structured in such a way that the author shares an anecdote, illustrates her topic with a scriptural passage, elaborates in her own words, and gives an application. Included at the end of each chapter are excellent questions for personal reflection or group discussion. This book is well written and thought provoking with Scripture used effectively. I received this book for free in exchange for my unbiased review through the Thomas Nelson BookSneeze Program.
Have you ever taken a moment to look at your crazy, chaotic life and wondered how God could still love you, imperfections and all? Lisa Harper in her book Stumbling Into Grace: Confessions of a Sometimes Spiritually Clumsy Woman walks us (or rather, helps us stumble) through her real-life experiences and imperfections and how she manages to still hold on strong to her faith while intricately working the teachings of Jesus into her day to day life. A speaker and Bible teacher, Harper takes many known and unknown stories of the Bible and shows us why they are still applicable to today's high-tech, fast-paced world. Everything from talking about the disciples tweeting and Facebooking to giving entertaining, relatable and intricate back stories to some of the sinners depicted in the scripture, she brings to life many of the teachings of Jesus. Speaking very openly and honestly about her own life experiences, Harper has her readers literally laughing through one chapter and crying through the next. Wonderfully written and easy to read, the book leaves you longing to head out for some drinks with the author. Harper is funny, witty and very well versed in scripture gaining her credibility and relatability through the entire book. Whether you are brand new to the Bible or are a highly educated theologian, this book will bring Jesus' teachings to life in new and exciting ways, making the Bible relate thoroughly to our lives today while reminding us of its true purpose: to show us God's unending and amazing love despite all of our stumbling and staggering. I would highly recommend this book to all audiences as an easy read that is sure to leave you in high spirits and looking at life through new and refreshed eyes. Disclaimer: I was provided with a complimentary copy of this book from Booksneeze for the purpose of an unbiased review. I received no other compensation for this review.


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Have you ever wondered just how much physical activity is recommended to achieve health benefits, or which types of activity you and your family should participate in?
Canada's Physical Activity Guidelines can help answer these questions.
Through new scientific evidence and expert input, the Government of Canada and the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology have updated Canada's Physical Activity Guidelines.
These guidelines provide specific recommendations on how to get moving and stay active for:
- Fast Fact - Canada's Physical Activity Guidelines recommend at least 60 minutes every day for children and 150 minutes a week for adultsthe early years (0-4yrs)
- children (5-11 yrs)
- youth (12-17 yrs)
- adults (18-64 yrs)
- older adults (65+ yrs)
Also, check out this interactive booklet. It shows how you and your family can plan to be physically active every day using the Canadian Physical Activity Guidelines.Plus, it incudes sample log books with plenty of examples of ways you can incorporate physical activity into your schedule. Use the blank logs at the back of the handbook to track your own progress!
Children need at least 60 minutes of physical activity each day and should include muscle and bone strengthening activities like running, jumping or climbing at least three times per week.

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Hand-held infrared scanner for early detection of melanoma Project Summary/Abstract: Melanoma incidence is increasing at one of the fastest rates for all cancers in the United States, with a current lifetime risk of 1 in 58 [1]. Approximately 68,720 melanomas will be diagnosed in 2010, with nearly 8,650 resulting in death [2]. At present, there are no systemic agents available that significantly extend the lifespan of patients with advanced disease and the key to improved survival in all affected individuals remains early diagnosis and treatment. The vast majority of cutaneous melanomas present as pigmented lesions of the skin, and current detection of atypical lesions rely on the subjective ABCDE criteria. The existence of an accurate, simple, objective and quantitative, non-invasive screening and diagnostic tool would therefore be invaluable for the early detection of malignant melanoma in a variety of clinical settings. We hypothesize that malignant pigmented lesions with increased proliferative potential generate quantifiable amounts of heat and possess an ability to reheat more quickly than the surrounding normal skin, thereby creating a marker for melanoma detection. Prior research of the PI, involving a patient study, suggests that the high-accuracy and resolution visualization of the transient thermal response of the skin to a cooling excitation allows for the identification of melanoma lesions in an early stage of the disease and holds the promise of quantifying the malignant potential of skin lesions using a simple numerical scale (from 1 to 10). In the proposed study we plan to: 1. Design, build, calibrate and test in a patient study a prototype hand-held, high-resolution infrared scanner for distinguishing pigmented lesions of varying malignant potential 2. Conduct a patient study to establish quantitative scale describing the malignant potential of a pigmented lesion based on measurement of the transient thermal response 3. Develop and optimize the software and hardware for the imaging and quantitative assessment of pigmented lesions of varying malignant potential The long-term goals of this study are to design, build and optimize a noninvasive, in vivo infrared imaging tool for the quantitative assessment of cutaneous pigmented lesions in order initiate large-scale clinical trials to evaluate and compare the sensitivity and specificity of the proposed tool with other in vivo diagnostic and imaging techniques. Such a tool is expected to decrease unnecessary skin biopsies of benign pigmented lesions and the morbidity and mortality associated with melanoma diagnosis and therapy. An interdisciplinary team will be involved in the research effort: two engineers will be responsible for the development of software and hardware and the modeling effort, three clinicians with expertise in dermatology will be leading the patient recruitment effort for the patient study, and one expert from the public health area will be leading the clinical trial design, conduct, and data analysis efforts. Intellectual property generated through these studies is expected to lead to a biotechnology startup company focused on infrared imaging of cutaneous lesions.
This new, collaborative R01 grant proposal seeks to develop a novel infrared imaging tool, a high-resolution, high-accuracy, hand-held scanner, to aid in the clinical detection and quantitative assessment of atypical pigmented lesions, and melanoma in particular. Translational goals include the design and manufacturing of a prototype device, the evaluation of the utility of high-resolution infrared scanning of cutaneous lesions in the diagnosis of pigmented lesions to identify high-risk lesions and melanomas and optimization of this scanning technology and the computational model supporting the diagnostic feature.
|Cheng, Tze-Yuan; Herman, Cila (2014) Motion tracking in infrared imaging for quantitative medical diagnostic applications. Infrared Phys Technol 62:70-80
|Bhargava, Akanksha; Chanmugam, Arjun; Herman, Cila (2014) Heat transfer model for deep tissue injury: a step towards an early thermographic diagnostic capability. Diagn Pathol 9:36
|Herman, Cila (2013) The role of dynamic infrared imaging in melanoma diagnosis. Expert Rev Dermatol 8:177-184
|Li, Yuanyang; Herman, Cila (2013) Possibilities and limitations of the ART-Sample algorithm for reconstruction of 3D temperature fields and the influence of opaque obstacles. Int J Heat Mass Transf 62:680-696


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Death can bring about confusion regarding who has control over a decedent's finances. Because a power of attorney for finances expires upon the death of the principal, or by an earlier termination date, the executor of a will is charged with settling posthumous estate matters. During the life of the principal, however, a POA can grant either limited or broad powers to the agent and can be written to either terminate or continue when the principal becomes incapacitated.
Limited and Broad Power of Attorney
A financial power of attorney grants another person, known as an agent, powers to act on behalf of the grantor, or the principal. The power of attorney is a legal document that specifies the extent of the authority the principal has given the agent. The principal may grant an agent limited or broad authority, also known as a general power of attorney. A limited, or special, power of attorney may grant an agent the authority to perform a specific act, such as selling a house on behalf of the principal. On the other hand, a general power of attorney may allow the agent to take care of all financial responsibilities for the individual, such as paying bills or filing taxes, as laid out in the agreement.
Durable Power of Attorney
A durable power of attorney allows the agent to act even when the principal becomes incapacitated or incompetent. Most POAs are durable, unless provided otherwise in the agreement. Throughout the process, the agent is restricted to acting only as directed by the agreement. Many individuals use a durable power of attorney so they can select an agent while they have the ability to do so. If your POA is not durable, the court may appoint a guardian to act on your behalf if you become incapacitated.
Power of Attorney Expiration
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Warner Bros has unveiled (on Facebook) the posters for "The Hobbit" and "Pacific Rim" in advance of Comic-Con; a "Man of Steel" poster is also expected to be released in the coming days. All three films will be featured on the WB Panel at Comic Con in San Diego on Saturday.
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Make Room for Marklar
?"> Make Room for Marklar? Finally, I want to touch on the latest flurry of reports about Apples sub rosa Mac OS X-on-x86 efforts, a longstanding project to which we first applied a code name (Marklar) and a project size (somewhere in the neighborhood of 20 software engineers, some of them transferred from Apples receding Mac OS 9 development efforts).When we first reported on this project, which reportedly hearkens back to the earliest days of Apples acquisition of NeXT Software Inc. and its Unix-based OpenStep OS, we couched it as primarily a backup plan that offered Apple insurance in case something went terribly wrong with the PowerPC architecture underlying current Macs and (most immediately) as a tool for negotiating with PowerPC developers IBM and Motorola. Now, recent reports have made the rounds to the effect that Apple may have something more substantial in mind for Marklar. Most recently, my very clever and well-informed colleague Ian Betteridge of MacUser UK has offered up some confirmation of an anonymous letter (posted to the MacRumors site and elsewhere) that asserts Apple is contemplating offering a shrink-wrapped x86 version of its client OS to capitalize on expected user dissatisfaction with Microsofts Palladium security moves. Meanwhile, Ive also heard rumblings that Apple has shown off Marklar to a number of server hardware manufacturers, including Hewlett-Packard. Whats going on here? I happen to believe that Apple is indeed dipping a toe here and there into the waters of PC compatibility. I also believe (like most Mac observers) that there would be tremendous hurdles to any such effort, client or server. As has been said many times before, Apple is primarily a hardware company; thats where the revenues are, and the company is not about to gut its core business on the slim chance that it can win significant OS share from disaffected Microsoft customers. While a server play would mean the company could charge more per seat and avoid blowing a gaping hole in its 25-year-old commitment to vertical integration of client hardware and software, it would also run the very real risk of alienating IBM (apparently a key architect of its forthcoming 64-bit platform), not to mention driving a stake through its own nascent Xserve server efforts. My theory? Apple, like any smart technology company in these troubled times, is working very hard to expand its visionto evaluate all possible scenarios in case one of them contains the germ of a business model that will carry it through the coming decades. To evaluate something as radical as a multiplatform Mac OS, Apple has had to ease up on its traditional veil of secrecy and afford more vendors and customers a peek. While that gambit carries the risk that Mac watchers will misinterpret dialectic as product strategy, Im encouraged that Apple seems prepared to re-examine both its strategy and its tactics to ensure its continued relevance during the current tech shakeup and beyond. Mac veteran Matthew Rothenberg is online editor for Ziff Davis Medias Baseline and CIO Insight magazines.
Friends, Mac fans, chip champions, lend me your ears: I come not to stir up Marklar rumors, but to frame them.
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Cisco Inches Data Center Strategy Forward
The company's Data Center 3.0 vision could be three to five years down the road, officials say.SAN JOSE, Calif.-Despite the emphasis on virtualization at the Cisco Systems C-Scape conference here, Cisco's efforts in the data center virtualization arena are barely underway. Although CEO John Chambers described a coming revolution in the data center as a result of virtualization, Cisco's Data Center 3.0 vision, launched this summer, will be a three- to five-year effort before coming to fruition, said Jayshree Ullal, senior vice president of the data center switching and services group.
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The US has maintained the pressure in its trade dispute with Japan only days ahead of the economic summit in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Mickey Kantor, the US Trade Representative, said: "We're not going to blink. If we have no agreement on 28 June, those sanctions are going into effect - no ifs and buts."
Mr Kantor's remarks, made in a television interview over the weekend, cast a pall over the talks, opening today in Geneva at the World Trade Organisation. They make it more likely than ever that the dispute will - together with disagreements over Bosnia - overshadow the economic summit.
The trade dispute is souring American relations not just with Japan but also with the European Union, which is angry with the US for blocking an attempt to participate in today's talks.
The European Trade Commissioner, Sir Leon Brittan, told the Independent yesterday: "We want the Japanese market to become more open, but disapprove of the US methods of going about it. We think what the Americans are doing is illegal and undermines the World Trade Organisation".
He maintained that the tactics pursued by the European Union in negotiations in Tokyo last week had already achieved "substantial progress on the regulatory obstacles" impeding access to the Japanese car and car parts market.
The US is threatening to impose 100 per cent tariffs on imports of luxury cars from Japan backdated by a month if the Japanese do not comply with American demands to open up their car and car parts market.
While the US is likely to come under intense pressure from European leaders to cool its disputes at the summit, few are betting on a positive outcome. The US Fnance Minister, Robert Rubin, has backed Mr Kantor's tactics in the belief that Japan needs to open its markets for its own good - with a little help from its friends.
Other issues to be resolved at the summit include disagreements among the Group of Seven leading countries over recommendations for reforming the UN. These form part of its decision at last year's summit in Naples to shake up international institutions.
It is clear from the draft communique that some within the G7 are demanding far-reaching cuts that will be ferociously resisted by developing countries in the UN. The UK will be seeking agreement from other G7 members for its proposal to sell some of the International Monetary Fund gold reserves of $40bn to provide resources for dealing with the onerous debts of the world's poorest countries to multilateral institutions like the IMF and the World Bank.
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Patrick O'Rourke's second parachute jump as an Army cadet marked him for life. Soon after leaping out of the plane over Fort Benning, Ga., he made a mistake that caused him to hit the ground hard and get knocked out. "That began a long career of getting banged up and knocked around," says O'Rourke. Now 49, the retired lieutenant colonel has spent the past 20 years being treated for a host of foot, back, neck, and shoulder complaints.
The former paratrooper's frequent trips to the doctor contribute to one of the military's most intractable challenges: keeping a lid on soaring medical costs for active-duty personnel, retirees, and their dependents, which will reach an estimated $52.5 billion in 2012, up from $19 billion in 2001. With a congressional supercommittee hunting for as much as $1.5 trillion in future budget savings, the Pentagon's health insurance program, known as Tricare, may be a target for reductions.
Tricare covers 9.6 million people, though less than 16 percent are on active duty. The vast majority are retirees. O'Rourke, for example, pays just $460 a year for family coverage under the program's HMO-like plan, Tricare Prime. There are minimal or no annual deductibles or co-payments for treatment. Subscribers can sign up for a separate program for prescription drugs. Annual premiums for working-age retirees have been frozen since 1995.
"You're hearing everyone screaming and hollering about Social Security and Medicare and Medicaid, but the Defense Dept.'s entitlements are every bit as big and as much of a future burden on the taxpayer and the warfighter," says retired Marine Major General Arnold Punaro, a member of the Defense Business Board.
The U.S. taxpayers who underwrite military health care aren't nearly as lucky. For civilians, the average out-of-pocket cost for employer-provided family health insurance has risen from $1,543 in 1999 to $3,997 today, says the Kaiser Family Foundation.
This year the Obama Administration proposed raising Tricare fees by $5 a month for families and $2.50 for individuals, a move Defense Secretary Leon Panetta calls a "first step." It's also a baby step: The increase would trim just $434 million from the program from 2012 to 2016, according to Pentagon estimates. Congress hasn't blocked the measure.
The Pentagon's earlier attempts to get Tricare users to shoulder more of the program's costs failed, in part because of retiree objections. "The Department of Defense tried under the Bush Administration to get fee increases," says Joyce Raezer, executive director of the National Military Family Assn. "It then just gave up because all the associations went to Congress and said, 'No, no, no.' " Her association does not oppose the latest proposed fee hike.
In the 1990s the Pentagon began shifting patients to the private sector, in an attempt to close military treatment facilities and save costs. Those plans were accelerated by the nation's response to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Hundreds of military doctors, nurses, and pharmacists rushed to Afghanistan and Iraq, placing more Tricare patients in private care at a time when total health-care costs were surging about 10 percent a year. Approximately 65 percent of Pentagon health-care funds go to the private sector, according to a 2009 House Armed Services Committee memo.
Patient advocates concede the problem has been exacerbated by the habits of people in the Tricare pool. "We're a lousy beneficiary population in terms of waste—too many ER visits, too many visits to the doctor's office," says Raezer.
Before 2003 the Tricare system consisted of 12 regional zones, each managed by a private insurer. The Pentagon then consolidated the system into three large regional contracts: North, South, and West, in an effort to cut administrative costs. The megacontracts have attracted private-care providers such as Humana, Health Net, and TriWest Healthcare Alliance.
Closely held TriWest was founded by David McIntyre Jr., a former chief of staff to Arizona Republican Senator John McCain. The Phoenix company won its first Tricare contract in 1996 to manage care for more than 740,000 patients in 16 Western states. In 2009, TriWest won control over the Western region under a contract worth as much as $17 billion over five years. That decision was overturned by the Defense Dept. in April after rival UnitedHealth Group lodged a protest. When asked whether there was a backup plan if the Pentagon doesn't reinstate the contract, McIntyre responded in an e-mail, "This is TriWest's only business." Federal procurement records show that the company has captured more than $21 billion in Tricare business since its inception.
Private insurers are fighting for Tricare work, as the program's low cost is one factor that has prompted more people to sign up. The Defense Business Board says 80 percent of those eligible for the plan used it in 2009, compared with 60 percent a decade earlier.
Those already in the program, such as O'Rourke, know they have a good deal. In 2004 he refused insurance from his then-employer, defense contractor Science Applications International, even though the company provided full coverage for his family for free. "Tricare is an entitlement I paid into through 20 years of military service," he says. "I will always stay close to those programs for which my service to the country qualified me."


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Hollowlandby Amanda Hocking
Nineteen-year-old Remy King is on a mission to get across the wasteland left of America, and nothing will stand in her way - not violent marauders, a spoiled rock star, or an army of flesh-eating zombies.
Nineteen-year-old Remy King is on a mission to get across the wasteland left of America, and nothing will stand in her way - not violent marauders, a spoiled rock star, or an army of flesh-eating zombies.
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Another fantastic read by an amazing author Amanda Hocking. Couldn't stop reading from the very first page until the ending. Loved all of the wonderfully developed characters and the pace of this book was just perfect. Already eagerly awaiting the next publication by the super talented Ms. Hocking.
I didn't think that I was going to like this book. I didn't even go into it with an open mind. But this book is awesome! I am recommending it to everyone. I e-lent it to my daughter and she loved it as well. We both have now read all of her books.
I love zombie books, and this is one of the better ones. I loved Remy's character. She was driven to do whatever was necessary to get to her brother, including abandoning an infected friend. Not a lot of heroines would do that, and I think it made Remy more relatable, which is something I need in my main characters. I loved the other characters as well, especially Harlow and Ripley. Lazlo was kind of annoying, but I thought his relationship with Remy was sweet, and I'm glad it didn't just come out of nowhere like love at first sight. There was plenty of action, blood, and gore in this, and even though it got a little over the top at some points, it was still an exciting adventure.
I have found a new author to watch! Even though the books is aimed at young adults, this old adult enjoyed it too! Lets hope Amanda writes the sequel soon.
This book may be grafic at times but is amazing a full of datil, its also funny:) If your a big zombie fan who has not felt in depth with the zombie books you've read in the past and has wached things from "Zombie land" to "the Walking Dead" and every thing inbetween this is the perfect book for you :)
Dont get me wrong, i love amanda hocking, i live in MN so i can relate to the settings of alot of her books, but this story was, creepy. When they say its for 16+, theyre not kidding. Im 13 and love her other books, so i picked it up for a buck. It is a really good story and plot, but the setting and how freaking graphic it is just freaks me out.
In a word this book is phenomenal! Hollowland introduces the best and most kick ass female heroine I have ever read. Remy is a nineteen year old girl taking on the world of really smart zombies, marauders, crazy cult enthusiasts, lions, love, and saving the world. It does have some adult themes that these kids are dealing with but thats why I love it. Teens and kids even younger deal with adult situations theses days. Even though its not zombies and saving the world for them. I think Remy translates to all situations if someone is looking for or needs inspiration to stand strong. All I can say is that Remy and her gang of survivors (including Ripley the lion) are entertaining, hilarious, characters that will leave you salivating for a sequel and wanting to kick a little butt yourself.
Breaking from her fantasy and vampire YA genre settings, the author gives us a story set in post-apocalyptic times; when people infected with a type of virus that simulates the effects of the movie style zombies have overrun the world. Remy, a girl looking for her brother, meets up with some new people and has to fight her way to him on a long trip north. Remy is the type of person that others gravitate to, either for protection or for direction. She pulls no punches and fights like a wildcat. Readers of Laurel K. Hamilton's Amanda Blake series will instantly recognize a kindred spirit in Remy, although she doesn't fall in bed with every male character like Blake does. The book is well paced and will definitely run the scale of your emotions. I can only hope a sequel is coming soon, as this book ends with a huge opening for one.
First of all, yes, there are some unrealistic aspects to this story. A tiger following around a group of young adults and helping them fight zombies, yet never attacking them? Remy being able to fight off anything that comes in her way? Probably would never happen. That being said, this is a zombie book and it's not meant to be taken too seriously. It's meant to be somewhat unrealistic and Amanda Hocking does a good job at making this book fun and action packed. If you're the kind of person that likes to nitpick unrealistic scenes or events, then this book is most likely not for you. If that would not bother you, then give this book a try, chances are that you won't be able to put it down! Remy, the main character is on a mission to find her brother after their quarantine is infected by zombies. She teams up with interesting people, some who make it and some who don't. She runs into some very interesting and some creepy situations along the way. There was never a dull moment in this book for me. Remy might have stumbled upon all the events that happened to her, but it flowed nicely for the reader and always kept me wanting to know what would happen next. Remy was a fresh female main character. Hardly afraid of anything and very brave, yet she was unwilling to let her true and vulnerable feelings show. She was a nice change from most of the YA female characters and I actually liked her dismissive attitude because she didn't want to get hurt or attached to anyone. The other characters that travel with her all have their own unique personalities and I enjoyed reading about each and every one of them. They never felt bland and made Remy's adventure more exciting. Instead of bringing the story down when more characters were added to Remy's group, it livened it up. I recommend this book for anyone that wants to read a fun action packed novel. Even if you don't like zombies you might just get attached in finding out what happens to Remy and her friends. At .99 cents you really can't miss out on this book!
Not really for me. I love zombies, but I've never really read a zombie book (unless you count Die For Me) so I was super excited to read this, especially after seeing the fantastic reviews. I can usually finish a book in a few days and I rarely take a break from a book to read something else. I must admit that I took a break from this book and was really tempted to add it to my short "abandoned" book list. There wasn't enough character development for me to care whether or not any of the characters became zombie kibble. I appreciate that Remy, the heroine of the book, wasn't a damsel in distress, but her one track I-NEED-TO-SAVE-MY-BROTHER mind became a bit annoying. The other characters read like the cast of Gilligan's Island with the doctor, the rockstar and the naïve, childlike girl (who in this case is actually a child), with the role of Gilligan going to the zombie eating pet lion. I think enough people have discussed the ridiculousness of the pet lion so I'll leave it at that. I realize I'm a bit older than the target age for this book, but I find young adult books very entertaining. This book fell a bit below expectations and I found the plot fairly predictable. Unfortunately, even the cliffhanger ending didn't hook me enough to want to read further in the series. I think it is amazing that an author can have such incredible success self-publishing. Congratulations and thank you for paving the way for future self-publishers. This book simply didn't do it for me, not to say others won't love it.
I was pleasantly surprised with this book. Over a year ago, I read Hocking's Switched, which I enjoyed, but Hollowland was a step beyond on the enjoyment level. Hocking's Hollowland was simply a great novel for its zombies, characters, and the world built inside it's pages. One thing I really liked about this book was that the author didn't spare the reader from any of the gore or unpleasantness that occurs in a world where zombies and the destruction of civilization as we know it is the "norm." In the scenes where zombies are attacking the main characters, there's much description of how much blood, limbs, etc are flying around and breaking, and dying. Hocking makes sure the reader knows just what it's like to encounter these creatures, like any good zombie book should. Some of the description of how the zombies' bodies hold up to attacks are slightly repetitive, but it also drives the point across that these once human bodies have changed drastically because of the virus. Remy, the narrator and main character, is one of the better characters I've read this year. She's strong, determined, and rarely shows a sign of weakness, even if a love interest in introduced. She's living in a world where survival is top priority and she doesn't let anything get in her way of that. I found this to be a great part of the book. All of the characters were really well-written, actually. They were all developed over the course of the book and even a few that I didn't like in the beginning, grew on me. Oh and Ripley, I want that to be a surprise, but she might be my favorite character in the book. Upon finishing this book, I knew I'd want book 2. It's not a common occurrence for me, either. It ended nicely and was set up for what I'm sure will be an exciting continuation. I can only hope that there's more excitement, blood and gore, and danger in my reading future.
I found this an entertaining book. While it might not be one of those books that is passed down through the ages as a great literary work, it is a good rainy day read. There were some B-movie elements and some slightly campy moments... but I personally enjoy the B movies for the entertainment value they offer. Everything doesn't have to be taken so seriously to be appreciated. I loved the zombie killing lion that was picked up along the way. I also found Remy being so concerned with her brother to the point of following him across the country in hopes of finding him something that made up for her lack of caring in other situations.
so i had some pretty high hopes for this book since it was about zombie apocalypse. which i was very interested in. it comes off between the walking dead and i am legend. i would have to say i was not disappointed. the only thing i could think of that i hated, was the fact that it was a little unrealistic only at certain parts in the book. but overall its pretty realistic. and i great story. it kept be intrigued and wanting to know what happens next. i would recommend it just as long as you keep in mind that it will have some unrealistic parts in the book. once you get over that and continue reading it will be a fantastic read.
Hollowland was a good zombie book overall. There were a few things I didn't care for, but most of the story and the supporting characters kept me reading. I did enjoy the book and will likely read the second installment of the series. If I had to sum up what I didn't care for, I would have to say that I didn't feel connected to some of the characters. Remy, the heroine of this story, isn't the most likable character in my opinion. I found her voice to be monotone. Everything was so matter-of-fact and she expressed little emotion. The fact that she always knew exactly what to do, or how to react to every situation at her young age didn't always sit well with me. I really enjoyed Blue's character. He was very intelligent, level-headed and brought a touch of reality to the story. Toward the end, Tatum became a favorite as well. I did not find Lazlo interesting, and I also didn't feel excited by his attraction to Remy. It was just like Tatum explained it in the book: he followed Remy around like a puppy. I wasn't feeling any compassion for Remy's brother, Max, as he wasn't really a character in the story. I had no reason to like him or feel an urgency for her to find him. I also found it strange that everyone around Remy questioned her loyalty to her brother. Several times she was asked why he was so important or why she would risk her life for him. In reality, everyone should understand her dedication to her little brother.. right? That may all sound negative, and I don't mean it to sound that way. There have been books that I have simply stopped reading because nothing about it jives. This wasn't the case with Hollowland. I really did enjoy the book. I love zombie books so it's really difficult for me not to like a book that is filled with nasty, decaying zombies striving to end the human race one bite at a time, not to mention an ass-kicking heroine and her gang of friends treking across the country and running into all sorts of trouble along the way! It was a fun read and the ending makes it impossible not to read the next installment! I would recommend this to anyone that loves the gruesomeness of the post-apocalyptic zombie genre.
I could not put this book down. Amanda Hocking is amazing so far I have totally loved all of her books!!
I love this author and very happy with this book. I loved the characters and can't wait for the next one in this series!
Loved the badass heroine! Finally, not a complete love-sick bimbo. The story was great too. But what a major cliffhanger! I hope there's a sequel to this...
Free book for honest review. juliesbookreview.blogspot.com Remy King will do just about anything to make it across America to find her little brother, Max, he is the only family member that she has left. And is that includes losing beloved friends, rescuing a lion, falling in love with a rock star, and killing dozens of zombies. The zombie apocalypse is here, but it's not as you might expect it. The outbreak was caused by the Lyssa virus genotype 8 that had mutated from rabies, and one of the side effects is uncontrollable hunger to eat everything in sight, including human flesh. Remy is on a journey to find and save her brother, but she doesn't know where he is. She is being accompanied by a girl that looks up to her (Harlow), a circus lion (Ripley), a former rock star (Lazlo), and an almost doctor (Blue). They set out to find safety and to assist Remy in her mission. Remy reveals that her brother is immune to the Lyssa virus, and worries about what might happen to him because of his immunity. They face hordes of zombies, safe houses, unsafe houses, and help out other survivors along the way. Review: Going into this book I didn't know what genre it was or what it was going to be about, and I have to say that I absolutely loved this book. I have reads several works of Amanda Hocking before, but I think that Hollowland takes the cake. This entire book just sucked me into a black hole filled with the wonders of a zombie apocalypse. The characters were so well written, I loved all their different personalities. Remy is an awesome person, she can kill a zombie with her bare hands and save peoples' lives. But, she beats herself up when she can't save everyone. Harlow is hands down the cutest zombie slayer ever. She fights zombies in a cute skirt and combat boots. Lazlo was a famous rock star before the outbreak, and you can see the spoiled kid child come out in his demeanor. Blue was going to medical school before the outbreak. I felt as though he was pushed aside as a minor character, I think his character had some potential. Rating: Overall I thought this was an amazing book. I gave it four out of five stars for the fact that I didn't enjoy the way the book ended. I thought a bigger cliff hanger could have been put there. But, I will definitely be excited to read the next book in the series. TB High School Reviewer
Fast paced, action packed. This book was amazing. I had a hard time putting it down. Something was always happening in the story. My biggest complaint is about the character Blue. He is there all the time, just like the others, but he is in the background. The author could have found a different way to bring him into the story so he could serve his purpose instead of sticking him with the main group the whole time. You can almost forget he is there the majority of the time. Also, I was never really sure why people were just willing to do whatever Remy told them to do as soon as they met her. I found that a bit odd. I will definitely be reading other books by this author, including the sequel to this one! You can find more of my reviews at: http://readingwithcupcakes.blogspot.com/
This is the best zombie book ever. Its full of action and adventure that if you read it you just wont be able to get enough. This is a must read for anyone.
This book is not worth the time it took to read it! If you want a good book read ZOMBIE FALLOUT.


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|[jira] Commented: (HDFS-347) DFS read performance suboptimal when client co-located on nodes with data
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[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HDFS-347?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=12763320#action_12763320 ] Todd Lipcon commented on HDFS-347: ---------------------------------- I ran some tests on my laptop in August where I set the mtu of my loopback interface super-high and it didn't really change DFSIO benchmarks. This was just on my laptop, though, so if someone wanted to reproduce on a real machine that would be helpful. Regarding the bottlenecks, here's one microbenchmark that shows that there is some significant overhead in local network connections: Both windows on the same machine: {noformat} Window A: $ nc -l 1234 > /dev/null Window B: $ time dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/fd/1 bs=1M count=4000 | nc localhost 1234 4194304000 bytes (4.2 GB) copied, 23.8092 s, 176 MB/s real 0m23.818s user 0m0.948s sys 0m12.841s {noformat} versus: {noformat} $ time dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/fd/1 bs=1M count=4000 | cat > /dev/null 4000+0 records in 4000+0 records out 4194304000 bytes (4.2 GB) copied, 4.69959 s, 892 MB/s real 0m4.708s user 0m0.268s sys 0m4.096s {noformat} The above is with a jacked-up MTU. With standard MTU, the netcat goes 136MB/sec instead of 176MB/sec. Granted, this is a microbenchmark, and a bit unfair since the DN uses sendfile and I'm not, here, but it does show there's significant overhead for localhost network connections. > DFS read performance suboptimal when client co-located on nodes with data > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HDFS-347 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HDFS-347 > Project: Hadoop HDFS > Issue Type: Improvement > Reporter: George Porter > Attachments: HADOOP-4801.1.patch, HADOOP-4801.2.patch, HADOOP-4801.3.patch, local-reads-doc > > > One of the major strategies Hadoop uses to get scalable data processing is to move the code to the data. However, putting the DFS client on the same physical node as the data blocks it acts on doesn't improve read performance as much as expected. > After looking at Hadoop and O/S traces (via HADOOP-4049), I think the problem is due to the HDFS streaming protocol causing many more read I/O operations (iops) than necessary. Consider the case of a DFSClient fetching a 64 MB disk block from the DataNode process (running in a separate JVM) running on the same machine. The DataNode will satisfy the single disk block request by sending data back to the HDFS client in 64-KB chunks. In BlockSender.java, this is done in the sendChunk() method, relying on Java's transferTo() method. Depending on the host O/S and JVM implementation, transferTo() is implemented as either a sendfilev() syscall or a pair of mmap() and write(). In either case, each chunk is read from the disk by issuing a separate I/O operation for each chunk. The result is that the single request for a 64-MB block ends up hitting the disk as over a thousand smaller requests for 64-KB each. > Since the DFSClient runs in a different JVM and process than the DataNode, shuttling data from the disk to the DFSClient also results in context switches each time network packets get sent (in this case, the 64-kb chunk turns into a large number of 1500 byte packet send operations). Thus we see a large number of context switches for each block send operation. > I'd like to get some feedback on the best way to address this, but I think providing a mechanism for a DFSClient to directly open data blocks that happen to be on the same machine. It could do this by examining the set of LocatedBlocks returned by the NameNode, marking those that should be resident on the local host. Since the DataNode and DFSClient (probably) share the same hadoop configuration, the DFSClient should be able to find the files holding the block data, and it could directly open them and send data back to the client. This would avoid the context switches imposed by the network layer, and would allow for much larger read buffers than 64KB, which should reduce the number of iops imposed by each read block operation. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.
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