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The Manual of Detectionby Jedediah Berry
Reminiscent of imaginative fiction from Jorge Luis Borges to Jasper Fforde yet dazzlingly original, The Manual of Detection marks the debut of a prodigious young talent. Charles Unwin toils as a clerk at a huge,/i>/b>/i>
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"This debut novel weaves the kind of mannered fantasy that might result if Wes Anderson were to adapt Kafka." --The New Yorker
Reminiscent of imaginative fiction from Jorge Luis Borges to Jasper Fforde yet dazzlingly original, The Manual of Detection marks the debut of a prodigious young talent. Charles Unwin toils as a clerk at a huge, imperious detective agency located in an unnamed city always slick with rain. When Travis Sivart, the agency's most illustrious detective, is murdered, Unwin is suddenly promoted and must embark on an utterly bizarre quest for the missing investigator that leads him into the darkest corners of his soaking, somnolent city. What ensues is a noir fantasy of exquisite craftsmanship, as taut as it is mind- blowing, that draws readers into a dream world that will change what they think about how they think.
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Berry's debut novel stars Charles Unwin, a clerk for the famous detective Travis Sivart, whose own promotion to detective is followed by a series of bewildering events. Sivart goes missing, the supervisor of the detectives turns up dead and Unwin is left to solve the many mysteries. Pete Larkin is perfectly suited for this whimsical, Kafkaesque noir; his smooth and sympathetic narration makes the bizarre twists perfectly logical and sensible. He also provides homage to the hard-boiled staples: the seasoned detective, the naïve but clever clerk, the eager assistant, the brutish thugs, the sinister mastermind and the femme fatale. The strength of the story and the talent of the reader mesh beautifully. A Penguin Press hardcover(Reviews, Dec. 8).(Feb.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
In an effort to locate a missing detective, an agency clerk investigates that detective's most renowned cases. Is he following the right clues? Is he trusting the right people? His steps through the surreal City, the Agency Archives, and the Travels-No-More Carnival take him ever closer to his destiny. Merging a comedic yet dark fantasy world with the hard-boiled school of detection, this clever debut novel both amuses and confuses. Pete Larkin's (The Last Campaign) carefully fashioned portrayals of the stock characters-worldly Detective Sivert, innocent, clueless clerk Unwin, femme fatale Cleopatra Greenwood, folksy janitor Arthur, elderly Colonel Baker, and evil magician Enoch Hoffman-help the listener keep track of who's who but never what's what! Fans of Jasper Fforde and Dashiell Hammett will appreciate. [Audio clip available through
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"Weaves the kind of mannered fantasy that might result if Wes Anderson were to adapt Kafka. . . . ."
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- 01/26/2010
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Chapter one
On Shadowing
The expert detective's pursuit will go unnoticed, but not because he is unremarkable. Rather, like the suspect's shadow, he will appear as though he is meant to be there.
Lest details be mistaken for clues, note that Mr. Charles Unwin, lifetime resident of this city, rode his bicycle to work every day, even when it was raining. He had contrived a method to keep his umbrella open while pedaling, by hooking the umbrella's handle around the bicycle's handlebar. This method made the bicycle less maneuverable and reduced the scope of Unwin's vision, but if his daily schedule was to accommodate an unofficial trip to Central Terminal for unofficial reasons, then certain risks were to be expected.
Though inconspicuous by nature, as a bicyclist and an umbrellist Unwin was severely evident. Crowds of pedestrians parted before the ringing of his little bell, mothers hugged their children near, and the children gaped at the magnificence of his passing. At intersections he avoided eye contact with the drivers of motor vehicles, so as not to give the impression he might yield to them. Today he was behind schedule. He had scorched his oatmeal, and tied the wrong tie, and nearly forgotten his wristwatch, all because of a dream that had come to him in the moments before waking, a dream that still troubled and distracted him. Now his socks were getting wet, so he pedaled even faster.
He dismounted on the sidewalk outside the west entrance of Central Terminal and chained his bicycle to a lamppost. The revolving doors spun ceaselessly, shunting travelers out into the rain, their black umbrellas blooming in rapid succession. He collapsed his own umbrella and slipped inside, checking the time as he emerged into the concourse.
His wristwatch, a gift from the Agency in recognition of twenty years of faithful service, never needed winding and was set to match—to the very second—the time reported by the four– faced clock above the information booth at the heart of Central Terminal. It was twenty–three minutes after seven in the morning. That gave him three minutes exactly before the woman in the plaid coat, her hair pinned tightly under a gray cap, would appear at the south entrance of the terminal.
He went to stand in line at the breakfast cart, and the man at the front of the line ordered a coffee, two sugars, no cream.
"Slow today, isn't it?" Unwin said, but the man in front of him did not respond, suspecting, perhaps, a ruse to trick him out of his spot.
In any case it was better that Unwin avoid conversation. If someone were to ask why he had started coming to Central Terminal every morning when his office was just seven blocks from his apartment, he would say he came for the coffee. But that would be a lie, and he hoped he never had to tell it.
The tired– looking boy entrusted with the steaming machines of the breakfast cart—Neville, according to his name tag—stirred sugar into the cup one spoonful at a time. The man waiting for his coffee, two sugars, no cream, glanced at his watch, and Unwin knew without looking that the woman in the plaid coat would be here, or rather there, at the south end of the concourse, in less than a minute. He did not even want the coffee. But what if someone were to ask why he came to Central Terminal every morning at the same time, and he said he came for the coffee, but he had no coffee in his hand? Worse than a lie is a lie that no one believes.
When it was Unwin's turn to place his order, Neville asked him if he wanted cream or sugar.
"Just coffee. And hurry, please."
Neville poured the coffee with great care and with greater care fitted the lid onto the cup, then wrapped it in a paper napkin. Unwin took it and left before the boy could produce his change.
Droves of morning commuters sleepwalked to a murmur of station announcements and newspaper rustle. Unwin checked his ever– wound, ever– winding watch, and hot coffee seeped under the lid and over his fingers. Other torments ensued. His briefcase knocked against his knees, his umbrella began to slip from under his arm, the soles of his shoes squeaked on the marble floor. But nothing could divert him. He had never been late for her. Here now was the lofty arch of Gate Fourteen, the time twenty– six minutes after seven. And the woman in the plaid coat, her hair pinned tightly under a gray cap, tumbled through the revolving doors and into the heavy green light of a Central Terminal morning.
She shook water from her umbrella and gazed up at the vaulted ceiling, as though at a sky that threatened more rain. She sneezed, twice, into a gloved hand, and Unwin noted this variation on her arrival with the fervency of an archivist presented with newly disclosed documents. Her passage across the terminal was unswerving. Thirty–nine steps (it was never fewer than thirty– eight, never more than forty) delivered her to her usual spot, several paces from the gate. Her cheeks were flushed, her grip on her umbrella very tight. Unwin drew a worn train schedule from his coat pocket. He feigned an interest in the schedule while together (alone) they waited.
How many mornings before the first that he saw her had she stood there? And whose face did she hope to find among the disembarking host? She was beautiful, in the quiet way that lonely, unnoticed people are beautiful to those who notice them. Had someone broken a promise to her? Willfully, or due to unexpected misfortune? As an Agency clerk, it was not for Unwin to question too deeply, nor to conduct anything resembling an investigation. Eight days ago he had gone to Central Terminal, had even purchased a ticket because he thought he might like to leave town for a while. But when he saw the woman in the plaid coat, he stayed. The sight of her had made him wonder, and now he found he could not stop wondering. These were unofficial trips, and she was his unofficial reason; that was all.
A subterranean breeze blew up from the tracks, ruffling the hem of her coat. The seven twenty– seven train, one minute late as usual, arrived at the terminal. A pause, a hiss: the gleaming doors slid open. A hundred and more black raincoats poured all at once from the train and up through the gate. The stream parted as it met her. She stood on her toes, looking left and right.
The last of the raincoats rushed past. Not one of them had stopped for her.
Unwin returned the schedule to his pocket, put his umbrella under his arm, picked up his briefcase, his coffee. The woman's solitude had gone undisturbed: should he have felt guilty for being relieved? So long as no one stopped for her, her visits to Central Terminal would continue, and so would his. Now, as she began her walk back to the revolving doors, he followed, matching his pace to hers so he would pass only a few steps behind her on his way to his bicycle.
He could see the wisps of brown hair that had escaped from under her cap. He could count the freckles on the back of her neck, but the numbers meant nothing; all was mystery. As he had the previous morning, and the seven mornings before that, Unwin willed with all the power in his lanky soul that time, like the train at the end of its track, would stop.
This morning it did. The woman in the plaid coat dropped her umbrella. She turned and looked at him. Her eyes—he had never seen them so close—were the clouded silver of old mirrors. The numbered panels on the arrival and departure boards froze. The station announcements ceased. The four second hands on the four faces of the clock trembled between numbers. The insides of Unwin's ever– wound wristwatch seized.
He looked down. Her umbrella lay on the floor between them. But his hands were full, and the floor was so far away.
Someone behind him said, "Mr. Charles Unwin?"
The timetables came back to life, the clocks remembered themselves, the station resumed its murmuring. A plump man in a herringbone suit was staring at him with green– yellow eyes. He danced the big fingers of his right hand over the brim of a hat held in his left. "Mr. Charles Unwin," he said again, not a question this time.
The woman in the plaid coat snatched up her umbrella and walked away. The man in the herringbone suit was still waiting.
"The coffee," Unwin began to explain.
The man ignored him. "This way, Mr. Unwin," he said, and gestured with his hat toward the north end of the terminal. Unwin glanced back, but the woman was already lost to the revolving doors.
What could he do but follow? This man knew his name—he might also know his secrets, know he was making unofficial trips for unofficial reasons. He escorted Unwin down a long corridor where men in iron chairs read newspapers while nimble boys shined their shoes.
"Where are we going?"
"Someplace we can talk in private."
"I'll be late for work."
The man in the herringbone suit flipped open his wallet to reveal an Agency badge identifying him as Samuel Pith, Detective. "You're on the job," Pith said, "starting this moment. That makes you a half hour early, Mr. Unwin."
They came to a second corridor, dimmer than the first, blocked by a row of signs warning of wet floors. Beyond, a man in gray coveralls slid a grimy– looking mop over the marble in slow, indeliberate arcs. The floor was covered with red and orange oak leaves, tracked in, probably, by a passenger who had arrived on one of the earlier trains from the country.
Detective Pith cleared his throat, and the custodian shuffled over to them, pushed one of the signs out of the way, and allowed the two to pass.
The floor was perfectly dry. Unwin glanced into the custodian's bucket. It was empty.
"Listen carefully, now," said Detective Pith. He emphasized the words by tapping his hat brim against Unwin's chest. "You're an odd little fellow. You've got peculiar habits. Every morning this week, same time, there's Charles Unwin, back at Central Terminal. Not for a train, though. His apartment is just seven blocks from the office."
"I come for the—"
"Damn it, Unwin, don't tell me. We like our operatives to keep a few mysteries of their own. Page ninety–six of the Manual."
"I'm no operative, sir. I'm a clerk, fourteenth floor. And I'm sorry you've had to waste your time. We're both behind schedule now."
"I told you," Pith growled, "you're already on the job. Forget the fourteenth floor. Report to Room 2919. You've been promoted." From his coat pocket Pith drew a slim hardcover volume, green with gold lettering: The Manual of Detection. "Standard issue," he said. "It's saved my life more than once."
Unwin's hands were still full, so Pith slipped the book into his briefcase.
"This is a mistake," Unwin said.
"For better or worse, somebody has noticed you. And there's no way now to get yourself unnoticed." He stared at Unwin a long moment. His substantial black eyebrows gathered downward, and his lips went stiff and frowning. But when he spoke, his voice was quieter, even kind. "I'm supposed to keep this simple, but listen. Your first case should be an easy one. Hell, mine was. But you're in this thing a little deeper, Unwin. Maybe because you've been with the Agency so long. Or maybe you've got some friends, or some enemies. It's none of my business, really. The point is—"
"Please," said Unwin, checking his watch. It was seven thirty– four.
Detective Pith waved one hand, as though to clear smoke from the air. "I've already said more than I should have. The point is, Unwin, you're going to need a new hat."
The green trilby was Unwin's only hat. He could not imagine wearing anything else on his head.
Pith donned his own fedora and tipped it forward. "If you ever see me again, you don't know me. Got it?" He snapped a finger at the custodian and said, "See you later, Artie." Then the herringbone suit disappeared around the corner.
The custodian had resumed his work, mopping the dry floor with his dry mop, moving piles of oak leaves from one end of the corridor to the other. In the reports Unwin received each week from Detective Sivart, he had often read of those who, without being in the employ of the Agency, were nonetheless aware of one or more aspects of a case—who were, as the detective might write, "in on it." Could the custodian be one of those?
His name tag was stitched with red, curving letters.
"Mr. Arthur, sir?" Arthur continued working, and Unwin had to hop backward to escape the wide sweep of his mop. The custodian's eyes were closed, his mouth slightly open. And he was making a peculiar sound, low and whispery. Unwin leaned closer, trying to understand the words.
But there were no words, there was nothing to understand. The custodian was snoring.
Outside, Unwin dropped his coffee in a trash can and glanced downtown toward the Agency's gray, monolithic headquarters, its uppermost stories obscured by the rain. Years ago he had admitted to himself that he did not like the look of the building: its shadow was too long, the stone of its walls cold and somehow like that of a tomb. Better, he thought, to work inside a place like that than to glimpse it throughout the day.
To make up for lost time, he risked a shortcut down an alleyway he knew was barely wide enough to accommodate his open umbrella. The umbrella's metal nubs scraped against both walls as the bicycle bumped and jangled over old cobblestone.
He had already begun drafting in his mind the report that would best characterize his promotion, and in this draft the word "promotion" appeared always between quotation marks, for to let it stand without qualification would be to honor it with too much validity. Errors were something of a rarity at the Agency. It was a large organization, however, composed of a great many bureaus and departments, most of them beyond Unwin's purview. In one of those bureaus or departments, it was clear, an error had been committed, overlooked, and worst of all, disseminated.
He slowed his pace to navigate some broken bottles left strewn across the alley, the ribs of his umbrella bending against the walls as he turned. He expected at any moment to hear the fateful hiss of a popped tire, but he and his bicycle passed unscathed.
This error that Pith had brought with him to Central Terminal—it was Unwin's burden now. He accepted it, if not gladly, then encouraged by the knowledge that he, one of the most experienced clerks of the fourteenth floor, was best prepared to cope with such a calamity. Every page of his report would intimate the fact. The superior who reviewed the final version, upon finishing, would sit back in his chair and say to himself, "Thank goodness it was Mr. Charles Unwin, and not some frailer fellow, to whom this task fell."
Unwin pedaled hard to keep from swerving and shot from the other end of the alley, a clutch of pigeons bursting with him into the rain.
In all his days of employment with the Agency, he had never encountered a problem without a solution. This morning's episode, though unusual, would be no exception. He felt certain the entire matter would be settled before lunchtime.
But even with such responsibilities before him, Unwin found himself thinking of the dream he had dreamed before waking, the one that had rattled and distracted him, causing him to scorch his oatmeal and nearly miss the woman in the plaid coat.
He was by nature a meticulous dreamer, capable of sorting his nocturnal reveries with a lucidity he understood to be rare. He was unaccustomed to the shock of such an intrusive vision, one that seemed not at all of his making, and more like an official communiqué.
In this dream he had risen from bed and gone to take a bath, only to find the bathtub occupied by a stranger, naked except for his hat, reclining in a thick heap of soap bubbles. The bubbles were stained gray around his chest by the ashes from his cigar. His flesh was gray, too, like smudged newsprint, and a bulky gray coat was draped over the shower curtain. Only the ember of the stranger's cigar possessed color, and it burned so hot it made the steam above the tub glow red.
Unwin stood in the doorway, a fresh towel over his arm, his robe cinched tight around his waist. Why, he wondered, would someone go through all the trouble of breaking in to his apartment, just to get caught taking a bath?
The stranger said nothing. He lifted one foot out of the water and scrubbed it with a long– handled brush. When he was done, he soaped the bristles, slowly working the suds into a lather. Then he scrubbed the other foot.
Unwin bent down for a better look at the face under the hat brim and saw the heavy, unshaven jaw he knew only from newspaper photographs. It was the Agency operative whose case files were his particular responsibility.
"Detective Sivart," Unwin said, "what are you doing in my bathtub?"
Sivart let the brush fall into the water and took the cigar from his teeth. "No names," he said. "Not mine anyway. Don't know who might be listening in." He relaxed deeper into the bubbles. "You have no idea how difficult it was to arrange this meeting, Unwin. Did you know they don't tell us detectives who our clerks are? All these years I've been sending my reports to the fourteenth floor. To you, it turns out. And you forget things."
Unwin put up his hands to protest, but Sivart waved his cigar at him and said, "When Enoch Hoffmann stole November twelfth, and you looked at the morning paper and saw that Monday had gone straight into Wednesday, you forgot Tuesday like all the rest of them."
"Even the restaurants skipped their Tuesday specials," Unwin said.
Sivart's ember burned hotter, and more steam rose from the tub. "You forgot my birthday, too," he said. "No card, no nothing."
"Nobody knows your birthday."
"You could have figured it out. Anyway, you know my cases better than anyone. You know I was wrong about her, all wrong. So you're the best chance I've got. Try this time, would you? Try to remember something. Remember this: Chapter Eighteen. Got it?"
"Say it back to me: Chapter Eighteen."
"Chapter Elephant," Unwin said, in spite of himself.
"Hopeless," Sivart muttered.
Normally Unwin never could have said "Elephant" when he meant to say "Eighteen," not even in his sleep. Hurt by Sivart's accusations, he had blurted the wrong word because, in some dusty file drawer of his mind, he had long ago deposited the fact that elephants never forget.
"The girl," Sivart was saying, and Unwin had the impression that the detective was getting ready to explain something important. "I was wrong about her."
Then, as though summoned to life by Unwin's own error, there came trumpeting, high and full—the unmistakable decree of an elephant.
"No time!" Sivart said. He drew back the shower curtain behind the tub. Instead of a tiled wall, Unwin saw the whirling lights of carnival rides and striped pavilions beneath which broad shapes hunkered and leapt. There were shooting galleries out there, and a wheel of fortune, and animal cages, and a carousel, all moving, all turning under turning stars. The elephant trumpeted again, only this time the sound was shrill and staccato, and Unwin had to switch off his alarm clock to make it stop.
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—Hannah Tinti, author of The Good Thief
Meet the Author
Jedediah Berry's short fiction has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies, including Best New American Voices and Best American Fantasy. He lives in Northampton, Massachusetts, where he works as assistant editor of Small Beer Press.
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I thoroughly enjoyed this book! I found it intellectually interesting and a refreshing departure from the average detective novel. From the beginning, it reminded me very much of George Orwell's world - but quickly it became clear that the mood was not as dark and disturbing. The characters were each a bit unusual in their own way and the setting was a mix of period and fantasy, contributing to the mysteriousness of the story. In addition, I found myself impelled to read further just to assure myself that poor Charles Unwin, the protagonist, would ultimately be OK. He bumbles along trying to resurrect his world after it has evidently somehow fallen upside down. Happy reading!
Oftentimes, mysteries are standard and based upon a formula. Jedediah Berry blew that formula away for The Manual of Detection. The narrative is extremely well-polished and the characters are rich and engaging. From the beginning until the end, The Manual of Detection kept me on the edge of my seat and all of my suspicions were nothing compared to the outcome of the story. I definitely enjoyed this and I recommend giving it a try as well. Be forewarned, you might not be able to put it down.
I was initially intrigued by this book and convinced by the printed reviews at the front of the book to pick it up and start reading. I found the style of writing very well done, but I completely lost interest in the book halfway through it. I didn't have the patience to follow all the dreamlike happenings. Sorry.
Many of the books I've given high ratings to thus far this year were ones that I expected to give high ratings to. 'The Manual of Detection' does not fall into that category. I'll be the first to admit that it took me quite a while to actually pick this book up. I first noticed it when it was just hitting shelves in its nifty hardcover edition (green vinyl bound with gold embossing) but despite its intriguing premise, I never felt compelled to purchase it. The fact is, by the time this paperback edition was released, I had entirely forgotten about the book's existence. I'm glad my memory was jarred. I can safely say that this is one of the best books I have ever read, period. Berry keeps the prose clean and engrossing, the mood going full blast and the characters always entertaining. First and foremost, this is an intensely satisfying and wholly entertaining book. That much is to be expected. What wasn't expected is the intelligence of the novel and its ability to make the reader question everything they think they know. If you have seen the movies Dark City or Brazil, you will especially appreciate the bizarre world Berry has created. Other reviewers have compared this to the works of Kafka. While I agree, I think Philip K. Dick deserves mention as a similarity and G.K. Chesterton's 'The Man Who Was Thursday' is also very similar. Do yourself a favor this year. Ignore the overly-hyped "Now a Major Motion Picture" books and pick up this gem. You'll be glad you did.
There are plenty of hardboiled detective novels on the market with more coming out every day. But with his debut novel, The Manual of Detection, Jedediah Berry charts his own course with a unique twist on the classic detective mystery. For starters, it is told from the point of view of Charles Unwin - a clerk to a famous detective - who is promoted to detective against his own wishes. While he doesn't come right out and describe the world that Unwin exists in, it becomes apparent that this isn't the world that we know. It is more like film noir in an alternate universe. It felt as though Mickey Spillane met the Mad Hatter in a Quentin Tarantino production. Needless to say, this isn't your normal, everyday crime story. However, while its quirkiness will scare some readers away, I found that Berry's writing made the journey very appealing. His language creates vivid images and his characters are well developed and easy to become attached to. It is very easy for the reader to become Charles Unwin and the story moves along at a nice, quick pace. As I said, this story is not going to appeal to everyone and I wouldn't want to read a steady diet of these kinds of mind-bending stories, but it was fun to experience something quite unique and considering this was a debut novel, I think it is an example of an amazing writing talent. Jedediah Berry is certainly an author to keep an eye on in the future. One final note, the hardcover book is beautiful and doesn't have a dust cover. Instead, all of the art is printed right on the cover and looks and feels beautiful. I hope that this is something we see more of from the publishing industry in the future. 3.5 stars: A good book that will appeal to most
Berry's first novel The Manual of Detection is a genre bending mystery involving a missing detective, stolen alarm clocks, somnambulists, and a very reluctant hero, file clerk Charles Unwin. Reminiscent of Ray Bradbury and George Orwell with hints of Neil Gaiman, Tom Robbins, and Michael Chabon this surreal noir mystery is hard to put down as the reader has no idea how a handbook on detection can possibly help Unwin solve a string of crimes committed through people's dreams. With a large group of peculiar suspects Unwin must unravel how the theft of November 12th, the missing body of the The Oldest Murdered Man, and the Three Deaths of Colonel Baker relate to the disappearance of Detective Travis Sivart. Not for readers who like their mysteries straight forward but perfect for those who revel in the offbeat. A compelling read and an author to keep an eye on. Appropriate for young adult readers as well.
I'm not sure what I think about The Manual of Detection. It really is a very descriptive book - I have no problems picturing the world that Jedediah Berry is building. But, I just don't get the mystery. It's very subtle; in fact, I didn't really understand exactly what the mystery was until very late in the novel. Perhaps the point of the novel was to just to describe Berry's world. If this is the case, the book succeeded admirably.
Imagine if "THE HITCHHIKERS'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY" were reworked as a film-noir detective thriller. Then imagine it was written by a collaboration of Rod Serling, George Orwell, and Agatha Christie. The story is set in an unnamed city in an unnamed country at an unnamed time in history. The lead character is a clerk at an unnamed but always capitalized "Agency." He is promoted to detective against his will and must solve a string of murders against his will. He does this while driving his bicycle in city streets that he shares with horse drawn carraiges and automobiles, under an eternal rain, and with the help of a maddingly helpful Manual of Detection. Strange characters, doing strange things in strange places filter in and out of the narrative. The constant rain and the piling corpses lend a dark air to the proceedings, but is underlied by a brilliantly subtle hilarity as we await the next twist in the pycho-fantasy plot.
Highly recommended
The funniest, most intriguing and well written mystery i've read in a long time! highly recommend.


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Quality care for those complex patients with multiple chronic conditions requires development and implementation of individualized, coordinated plans of care. Such plans of care often call for further evaluation, treatment, referrals and patient or caregiver education or both. Typically, a team of geriatrics healthcare providers –- which may include physicians, geriatrics nurses, pharmacists, psychiatrists, therapists and social workers –- is involved and a primary care provider, such as a physician or nurse practitioner, handles care coordination. Coordination usually involves managing care transitions across settings -- including nursing homes, hospitals, rehabilitation centers, home healthcare, and other sites.
80% of Medicare Beneficiaries Do Not Have Access to Care Coordination
Under current Medicare policies, the 20% of eligible beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans routinely receive care coordination services. This leaves 80% of eligible Americans enrolled in traditional Medicare without access to care coordination services. It is essential that we ensure that appropriate care coordination services are available to older adults with complex chronic conditions regardless of their coverage option. Patients with five or more complex chronic conditions account for more than 75% of total Medicare spending.
The Role of a Geriatric Assessment in Care Coordination and in Improving Quality
A Geriatric Assessment is a central component of providing the necessary and appropriate care for older adults with complex and multiple health conditions. Geriatric assessment goes beyond the standard adult comprehensive history and physical exam, including evaluations of special significance among older adults.
Medicare Payment Reform Needed to Support Care Coordination for All Beneficiaries
Inadequate Medicare reimbursement for geriatric-based services -- such as care coordination and geriatric assessments -- is among the leading disincentives to beginning and continuing a career in geriatrics. Dramatic discrepancies in reimbursement across other medical specialties further exacerbate difficulties recruiting physicians and other professionals into geriatrics. In these and other ways, our nation's current unworkable and outdated reimbursement policy threatens older Americans' access to appropriate care.
Care coordination could improve health outcomes for many of these beneficiaries and also provide long-term savings to the Medicare program through reducing hospitalizations and eliminating duplicative services.
Models of Care that Encompass Geriatric Assessment and Care Coordination
Geriatric Resources for Assessment and Care of Elders (GRACE)
The GRACE model of primary care provides home-based, integrated geriatric care by a nurse practitioner and social worker who then work with a larger interdisciplinary team to develop an individualized care plan which incorporates protocols that have been developed for the treatment of 12 targeted geriatric conditions.
Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)
PACE is a managed-care program that was developed to enable individuals to live independently in the community and with a high quality of life.
The Guided Care Model
Guided Care is driven by a highly skilled registered nurse in a primary care office, who assists three to four physicians in providing high quality care for patients with complex and chronic conditions. The Guided Care Model aims to improve quality, access, and self-care for these high-risk patients.
Patient-Centered Medical Home
The Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) is an approach to providing comprehensive primary care for people of all ages and with all medical conditions. The PCMH facilitates partnerships between an individual patient, and his or her personal physicians, and when appropriate, the patient's family. The Collaborative's membership represents more than 1,000 medical home stakeholders and supporters throughout the U.S.
Working in Coalition: Partnership
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You just knew the national media were salivating at the recent news of a mosque in Houston, TX being deliberately set on fire.
They were hoping against hope that it was started by a white, male, Republican, Tea Party member with ties to the religious right.
But, oops – it turns out they have to live with yet another disappointment. Just like their initial "rush-to-judgment" in the San Bernardino massacre, they are 180 degrees out of phase with their conclusions.
Breitbart has the real story:
Using surveillance video from other area businesses to identify the arsonist, Gary Nathaniel Moore, 37, was arrested and charged with starting the Christmas Day fire that devastated a Houston, Texas mosque. Moore is a devout Muslim who attended this same mosque for years, praying up to five times a day every day of the week.
Chron.com has more details:
A Houston man has been arrested in connection with a suspected arson at a mosque on Christmas Day, but the motive for the crime remains a mystery, with the suspect maintaining he was a regular at the mosque.
A spokeswoman for the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives confirmed that the suspect, 37-year-old Gary Nathaniel Moore of Houston, was arrested early Wednesday. Moore appeared in court at 7 a.m., spokeswoman Nicole Strong said, and bond was set at $100,000.
According to a charging instrument released by the Harris County District Clerk, Moore told investigators at the scene that he has attended the storefront mosque for five years, coming five times per day to pray seven days per week.
Moore said he had been at the mosque earlier on Dec. 25 to pray, and had left at about 2 p.m. to go home, according to authorities and court papers. Moore said he was the last person to leave the mosque and saw no smoke or other signs of fire when he departed, authorities said. He maintained he had returned to the scene after hearing about the fire from a friend.
MJ Khan, president of the Islamic Society of Greater Houston, which operates the mosque, said he was unfamiliar with Moore. "We are just looking into it ourselves," he said Wednesday morning after learning of the arrest.
"We are really very surprised and saddened by this whole thing," said Khan.
So much for the media's caricatures. Breitbart explores the situation:
Also up in smoke is the DC Media's hoped-for anti-GOP Narrative. Before any facts were known, numerous DC Media outlets immediately exploited the tragedy to place the blame for the fire on Donald Trump.
CBS News:
Advocacy groups believe there has been a spike in anti-Muslim incidents across the United States in recent weeks that can be linked to the mass shooting in California and the inflammatory rhetoric of Donald Trump and other Republican presidential candidates. And they say that Muslims are fearful the backlash could lead to further harassment and violence.
The Houston chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations called on authorities to investigate the fire for an anti-Muslim motive.
"Because of the recent spike in hate incidents targeting mosques nationwide, we urge law enforcement authorities to investigate a possible bias motive for this fire," Mustafaa Carroll, the chapter's executive director, said in a statement.
NBC News:
The Houston chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations called on authorities to investigate a possible bias motive in the case, citing what it called a "recent spike in hate incidents targeting mosques nationwide.
Now that a devout Muslim has been charged, the DC Media will forget all about the incident.
The media's playbook is always to immediately use any disaster or crime as a means to make the GOP answer for it. Then, once the facts come out and point to a member of the Protected Class, the story is memory-holed and the accusation against the Republican lingers.
Notice who the main willing accomplice of the national media is in helping to spread the disinformation – none other than CAIR ( Council on American-Islamic Relations).
It seems the national media are so anxious to carry Obama's "politically correct" water when it comes to Islam, they are tripping over themselves, making stupid mistakes, and looking like buffoons in the process.
But, the greater tragedy here is that we see yet another deranged radical seeking to do damage in the name of the Islamic religion.
Sorry, CNN, MSNBC, NYT, WaPo, HuffPo, and the Obama Administration, you just can't blame this one on the NRA and Rush Limbaugh listeners.
About Russ Hepler
Russ Hepler is a pastor, teacher, political activist, author and conference speaker with over 30 years' experience. He holds a B.A. from Messiah College and an M.A.R. from Evangelical School of Theology. He has been an issues' advocate, a campaign volunteer for local, state, and federal candidates, Regional Field Director for PA Christian Coalition and president of a county chapter of Pennsylvanians for Human Life. His first book – Yes! We Can Turn This Nation Around! A Practical Guide for Christian Political Involvement – was published in 2012. He and his wife, Sherry, have founded Transformation 1202 Ministries to educate, encourage, and challenge people of faith to get involved in the political and cultural issues of our day.


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April's group meeting
They've got 4 different demonstrations for us ranging from beginner to advance. Hope to see everyone there.
They've got 4 different demonstrations for us ranging from beginner to advance. Hope to see everyone there.
We're starting up the monthly meetings again and the first will be a show and tell of sorts.
Since we have some new members after the big bed build we thought everyone could bring in a piece they've finished, are working on, or an idea for something they want to build and we can catch up, see what everyone is interested in and get a change to ask questions and get some pointers.
The meeting will be this Saturday March 28th, from 10-12, at the Duluth MakerSpace 3001 W Superior St. Duluth.
Now that the beds are finished and warmer weather is coming around we're going to start having more regular meetings and get togethers.
Our first will be to discuss and plan using the 2500sqft soon-to-be woodshop at the Duluth MakerSpace. We'll be looking for space ideas, sources for tools, and thoughts about our end of the month meeting.
The meeting will be at 6:30 this Wednesday, March 16th. The Duluth MakerSpace is a 10,000sqft building at 3001 W Superior St. where makers, tinkerers, and builders can hangout and use equipment.
Hope to see a lot of you there.
We pulled the nails from painted wood
And planed it so the grain looked good,
Glued the Douglas fir and pine,
Clamped the pieces over time
Till they had set, and we could cut
Headboards, legs, and sides to fit.
As we bent to putty holes,
With pampered bodies, troubled souls,
We bowed our heads, as if in prayer,
While saws and joiners tore the air.
Routers carved a fine design
In headboards, keeping you in mind
And how the hover of a dove
Might bless your rest, your making love,
Easing children off to sleep,
Breathing slowly, dreaming deep.
These beds now number sixty-nine:
A thousand hours of our time.
A land where families freeze in cars
Has wished upon some evil star.
Our sleep is fitful, peace is marred,
Considering this nation's ours.
May these beds support your health.
Forgive us for our luck and wealth.
Bret Sutter
We will be meeting at Emerson School at 1030 w 3rd St. on Saturday at noon and Sunday at 1:00. On Saturday will be spray time and Sunday we will be moving beds to Steve O' Neil apartments. It would be helpful to have more sawhorses. If you have some, bring them. On Friday we will be moving beds to Emerson and if anyone can help they can call me 218 522-0309. We don't have a time for Friday as of now.
The Duluth Woodworkers club along with the new Duluth Makerspace is offering a class on the basics of hand planes. You'll learn everything you need to know to get stared using hand planes at home or in the makerspace's hand tool workshop. For more information please contact the club or to register for a class visit the Duluth Makerspace website http://duluthmakerspace.com/ .
Stay tuned for more hand tool classes in the new year and a full service woodshop coming next summer.
Minnesota Knotty Carvers of the North present their second annual show and sale at the Proctor Area Community Center, 100 Pionk Drive. 10:00 am to 4:00 pm; free admission.
Fox 21 showed up to Tuesday nights build session. The reporter and videographer toured the shop filming and interviewing the volunteers. They learned about the Steve O'Neil Apartment project and how the Duluth Woodworkers are helping out.
The report is set to air on the Fox 21 News on Thursday night starting at 9:00pm.
I'll post the video once it's available.
CHUM is having a lunch to say thank you to all their volunteers. It will be Monday, September 22nd from 11:30-1pm at Our Savior's Lutheran Church, 4831 Grand Ave. There will be music by Kathy McTavish and Richie Townsend, food by Velentini's, and prize drawings.
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> so a purple cotinus is a smoke tree?
Well, yes and no. Plants in the genus Cotinus are mostly Smoke Trees;
more specifically Cotinus coggygria. However, there are some hybrids too
that are called Smoke Trees. Anyway, most are actually green and have
lovely fall color. It's just that the ones in greatest demand are the
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I think smoke Tree is actually classified as a shrub, it's not that
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said - you can't just hack off a 6 inch diameter trunk at 8-12 inches
high and expect the thing to live. Why is it called stooling? I don't
know, maybe cuz you cut it back to about the height where you would be
cutting if you were comfortably sitting on a milking stool while
pruning. Just as Ceres said - in late winter/early spring, cut back the
whole thing to 8-12 inches high. My only experience with stooling was
with Pussy Willow, Salix sp, except that I did it after the catkins
developed, so I could use them for decoration - then WHACK! all the way
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|1 Pound
|Black pepper
|2 Tablespoon, coarsely ground
|Seasoned salt
|1 Teaspoon
|Garlic powder
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|Fresh parsley
|1 Tablespoon, finely minced
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Calories 834 Calories from Fat 264
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Total Fat 27 g41.1%
Saturated Fat 10.6 g52.8%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 120 mg40%
Sodium 2259.7 mg94.2%
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| DinoDina chapter 11 . 9/23/2013
I think you should write a sequel. It would be interesting to see what would happen when spike and buffy get married.
| Saving People Slaying Things chapter 11 . 3/18/2013
This is amazing! While I was reading this, when Willow threatened Spike, I accidentally said (out loud) "A vague disclaimer is nobody's friend." And I got a few weird looks... xD
| readinggirl1989 chapter 11 . 2/5/2012
sequel? please?
| spike'smate chapter 10 . 8/26/2010
bonza ( bonza is australian slang for bloody marvellous a BIG compliment)SEQUEL please
| spike'smate chapter 11 . 8/3/2010
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| spike'smate chapter 2 . 8/3/2010
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| twilightromance4ever chapter 11 . 2/15/2010
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| hailtheheartbreakers chapter 11 . 10/6/2009
OK, she's like 18 or 19 at this point, right? And she's getting married?
| dkwr07 chapter 11 . 2/11/2009
great story. would love a sequel. let me know if you do a sequel.
| the voice of chapter 11 . 8/19/2008
oh you have to do a sequel i love this story and im pretty sure that your nest if you decide to write will be great. so please update soon i would like to read another.
| Z-L.B chapter 11 . 4/1/2008
Cute, would definitely love a sequel!~ZLB
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| Secret Slayer chapter 11 . 6/8/2007
I really liked it. i wasnt expecting the marriage thing, but it could work ) i really want a sequel because this was good and im runnin out of good spuffy stories to read, so do it for me. A sequel please!)
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That was fantastic! I'll be keeping my fingers crossed for a sequel.
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This was great! I love Spuffy, and this definitely did not leave me wanting. Question: does Angel come back? And if so, where does that leave Spike and Buffy? I mean, yeah, we know Buffy will choose Spike but is there any indecision.
Also, a sequel could be nice so we could see the wedding.
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The Oitavos Dunes is a great golf course. Nice layout and good maintenance. Greens was fast and even. Lots of bunkers - in good condition. Nice club-house and restaurant. A bit...
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This is a fabulous course to play. Fun holes, incredible views, walkable. Must play here at least twice. If you come to Portugal for golf this is the top course.
Our party consisted of 2 couples (HCP: 12,12,18 & 22) and was booked through Golfbreaks.com so we did not know the usual price for playing at this establishment. We have since found out that is 125 euros. I was injured so I required a buggy. I was charged 70 euros, which by any comparison was extremely expensive. The normal in...
The Oitavos Dunes is a great golf course. Nice layout and good maintenance. Greens was fast and even. Lots of bunkers - in good condition. Nice club-house and restaurant. A bit expensive. We had to pay €70 for a buggy - a total rip-off. But if I am back in Cascais, I will certainly play this course again.
The first course we played and were a little dissapointed. the layout was not bad but the facilities wren very tired and need of work. would not fush back here.
Overrated. Overpriced. Under-maintained.
We had booked for six players but two late drop-outs meant we were just four (all mid-handicappers). The agency informed the four courses we were playing a couple of days ahead and two of them (Troia and Praia De'El Rey) were good enough to refund the green fees, despite being not busy. But not Oitavos Dunes (nor...
Played here with 16 golfers at the weekend . Great layout particularly once you get out from the first 3 holes. Into the wind this is very tough , a little easier coming home . Greens are good could be a little quicker but maybe because of the wind they keep them as they are. Fairways a little scruffy in...
Played here after cancelling round elsewhere. Futuristic clubhouse and hotel which looks like a cross between a warehouse and an airport. Clubhouse also minimalist and booby trapped with doors that open onto a 2 feet drop onto tiled floor. Basics lacking -no on course toilets, no halfway house just one refreshment buggy driving round. We are 6 and 18 handicappers...
Personally I would rate this golf course mainly as the one with great views, set within a very nice scenery, however on windy days it can be tricky, hence I would recommend morning tee off, specially during Spring/Summer as the wind usually kicks in at noon.
Ranked among the most beautiful golf courses in Portugal, but it was ours worst experience there.
The course had been maintained in July which meant that the greens were awful and slow - I estimate the speed as less than 5.5. The fee was expensive. The wind was so strong that my cap flew away from my head. There is...
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1/4 cup raw buckwheat groats, ground (or more almond meal)
1/2 cup raw cacao powder
1/2 cup chopped dates, soaked until soft
2 tbsp raw agave nectar
1 tsp vanilla extract
pinch of sea salt
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2 ripe avocados, skin and pit removed
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1/2 cup raw agave nectar
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1 tsp pure vanilla extract
1/2 tsp pure mint extract
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2 avocados, skin and pit removed
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3 tbsp natural almond butter
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Caught up with the always amiable J.J Abrams over the weekend here in L.A to speak about – of course – "Star Trekâ€. Abrams, ever so modest, says he never expects to do a sequel to anything he does – including this, but if the audience does like his Trek reboot, he'd be glad to return to the Enterprise.
Having said that, there's no script, not even a bunch of notes on a piece of crumbled-up paper anywhere about the sequel.
"There's no outline. There's no script. There's nothing. We're fishing for ideasâ€, says Abrams.
"Obviously, it was a dream to work with these guys and the whole cast and crew, and it would be incredible fun to get to do it again. It is also insanely presumptuous to assume that it will work when it's out there, that people will like it, and that there will be a need for another one. If there is, the good news is that there's a deal for the writers and a deal for the actors. It's in placeâ€.
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Apr 30, 2008, 01:00 ET from The Presidential Climate Action Project
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|8 1⁄4 Tablespoon (1 Package)
|3⁄4 Cup (12 tbs), softened
|Milk chocolate candy bar
|3 Ounce, broken into sections
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Serving size: Complete recipe
Calories 2837 Calories from Fat 1469
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 165 g253.6%
Saturated Fat 41.8 g208.8%
Trans Fat 0 g
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Sodium 1954.9 mg81.5%
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Sugars 128.7 g
Protein 35 g70.7%
Vitamin A 124.6% Vitamin C 0.27%
Calcium 23.5% Iron 73.4%
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On the day of the Sept. 11 attacks, the agency in charge of protecting the Pentagon and its employees was made up of just a few hundred people. Today, a new agency has replaced it, the workforce has almost quadrupled in size, and as budgets decline, leaders say they are intent on protecting that strengthened workforce.
The Pentagon Force Protection Agency (PFPA) marks its tenth anniversary this week. The agency was created by Congress shortly after the 9/11 attacks when Defense leaders concluded the existing Pentagon security agency, the Defense Protective Service, lacked the staff and structure necessary to protect the nation's military headquarters.
Today's PFPA has about as many police officers (850) as a medium-sized city out of an overall workforce of 1,300 employees, but it dwarfs the size of the former DPS, which had only 250 law enforcement officers and 350 overall staff.
Richard Keevil, the chief of police within PFPA, said the workforce growth gave the agency more boots on the ground for traditional law enforcement, but also the ability to meet a new set of missions.
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"The other boots on the ground are people who do things to support us," Keevil told Federal News Radio during an interview at the agency's anniversary celebration in the Pentagon courtyard. "There's a lot of information that goes through PFPA employees every day that's filtered and gathered and processed and analyzed. We use that every day to adjust our posture and change what the public sees, and hopefully what our adversaries see."
The police directorate is the largest of four in the revamped security agency. Other directorates handle physical access control systems at the Pentagon, personnel security, protection of classified information, biological and radiological threats and security details for senior DoD leaders.
Keevil said like most every other corner of the federal government, PFPA is feeling the impact of budget cuts, but it's committed to protecting the workforce growth it's seen over the past decade.
"[Defense Secretary Leon Panetta] believes that security is one of the things we won't compromise on, so we're trying to keep the workforce intact," he said. "But we see the big picture, and even with the cuts, what we've decided is to try to make ourselves more agile. We're looking at areas where we can do better with less people, where we can streamline the service without compromising the service. So far, that has actually turned out pretty well."
It also helps, Keevil said, that there are dozens of other federal, state and local law enforcement agencies in the D.C. area that PFPA can share resources with. The Department of Homeland Security's Federal Protective Service, for example, has a mission that's very similar to PFPA's. The two agencies collaborate often, he said.
"After 9/11, I think if you talked to the leaders of FBI, CIA, all the other federal partners, they'd all admit to you that we weren't doing well with sharing information," he said. "But the change in the way that we share information has made exponential changes in the way we do business. Everyone is trying to save a buck today, and by utilizing resources from other agencies that share a specific mission so there's not a duplication in service is a very important thing.
Keevil said law enforcement leaders in the National Capital Region are blessed with close working relationship — every chief knows every other chief by first name, he said, whether they're federal, state or local. The agencies meet at least once a month to discuss collaboration, he said.
In the past, a lot of us liked to put our arms around our own mission and say, 'Thanks for the offer, we'll take care of ourselves.' No one can afford to do that today. I don't care who you are," he said. "If the Department of Defense, which has a pretty significant budget, is in that kind of environment, you can imagine the smaller agencies are worse off than we are. So we have to do this.
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