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I've stated before that I'm not a fan of horror – and I'm not. I've never seen a Saw movie, The Ring freaked me out for ages, and I won't be seeing Paranormal Activity.
That being said, I do enjoy being spooked. It's great fun to get just creeped out enough, to get chills, but not so many that they block out the warmth of the real world.
I find TV horror is pretty much the speed for me – even when it's on cable, I'm sitting in my living room, with the lights on, keeping any monsters at bay. That's not to say that TV can't be scary, though. Indeed, I think the last ten years or so have provided us with villains and monsters even more memorable than some big-screen features.
Here, now, are my Top 5 Creepiest Villains on TV. Some of these shows had several options, but I decided each show would be represented by only one of the scariest. I know I might be forgetting someone, or might not have seen a particular show, so feel free to chime in with your picks as well. Still, I think you'll agree, these baddies set the bar fairly high.
5. Maryann Forrester, True Blood – Maryann does creepy in several different ways – most of her scenes leave you feeling vaguely unsettled, and her pig companion might be disturbing. But the first shot we ever get of her monster form, silhouetted in the woods before she slashes Sookie, is truly frightening.
4. Sylar, Heroes – Ok, recent seasons of Heroes might have taken the teeth out of Sylar, but think back to that first season. The sheer mystery of Sylar – why does he cut open skulls, what does he do with the brain – led us to imagine the worst things we could. Zachary Quinto's disturbing creepiness made this particular network show feel more gory than it even was.
3. Hands of Blue, Firefly – Two by two, these men in suits and blue gloves added a touch of pure horror to the charming space western, proving that in the world of imagination, less is more. I'm far more creeped out by Hands of Blue than the Reavers, for example, because I now know too much about the latter. Oh, and I know some back story for HoB was provided in a later comic – in my mind, never happened. Less is more.
2. The Gentlemen, Buffy the Vampire Slayer - "Hush" is one of the most elegant Buffy episodes, and The Gentlemen are the perfect one-off baddies. Just the sight of them is enough to scare you – and a good thing, because you won't be getting much in the way of audio. From the very first on-screen minute, they establish themselves as some of the most iconic villains from the show – and all they needed was a too-wide smile, graceful, eerie movements, and a little heart extraction.
1. Weeping Angels, Doctor Who – The episode "Blink" starts out differently from most others; the protagonist has seemingly nothing to do with the Doctor, and indeed, the Doctor is hardly in the episode. There's a gentler, more old-fashioned feeling about the pacing, the mystery. The Weeping Angels embody this contrast from the norm, taken to the extreme – motionless statues that move with terrible speed in the split second you look away, even to blink. This episode is almost perfect in ramping up the scares – just when the whole "Was that statue in that position before?" schtick starts to get old, the Weeping Angels are taken to a completely new level. If one were to give any episode of Doctor Who a try, it should be this – especially if you prefer your scares to be old-fashioned.


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Activity of immobilized papain dehydrated by n-propanol in low- water media
Theppakorn, T. and Kanasawud, P. and Halling, P.J. (2004) Activity of immobilized papain dehydrated by n-propanol in low- water media. Biotechnology Letters, 26 (2). pp. 133-136. ISSN 0141-5492
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A propanol-rinsed enzyme preparations (PREP) of papain showed an activity of 59 nmol min(-1) (mg powder)(-1) in tert-butanol at the optimal water activity of 0.2. The immobilized papain was stable in aqueous media for 3 d at 4 degreesC. Solid-state buffers (bases and their HCl salts) suspended in the organic medium decreased the initial rate in all cases tested. The operational stability during Z-Gly-Phe-NH2 synthesis was improved when solid cysteine was added, doubling the yield after 24 h.
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Keywords: | immobilized papain, low-water media, propanol-rinsed enzyme preparations, Organic-solvents, enzyme-activity, buffers, Chemistry, Biotechnology |
Subjects: | Science > Chemistry |
Department: | Faculty of Science > Pure and Applied Chemistry |
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Date Deposited: | 10 Mar 2006 |
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Hello everyone,
here's my question:
I would like to use 2 midi keyboards simultaneously in Max. I guess this is possible, but…
I'd like to make them handle different parts of a patch (sampler)…the first keyboard should activate some samples, the other one some others.
Is this possible? Or should I make 2 patches running at the same time?
Thanks to all of you!
If the two keyboards are on different MIDI channels, then you differentiate the data based on MIDI channel.
This isn't specific to Max 6, you'd use the same technique with virtually any MIDI-based program.
You can assign an abbreviation for each keyboard in the MIDI setup. Then you use that letter as the first argument for notein or ctlin.
great :) thank your for your help!!
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Current and former BYU and Utah players talk about the rivalry and what it means to them today
Washington Redskins linebacker Bryan Kehl puts his helmet on prior to the start of an NFL football game against the Green Bay Packers Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Matt Ludtke) (Matt Ludtke, AP)
The big game between BYU and Utah at LaVell Edwards Stadium is only two days away, and the excitement and anticipation in the Beehive State is generating plenty of buzz. With such a long history between these two teams, there have been plenty of unforgettable moments.
So what moments stick out to former BYU and Utah players and what do they think of the rivalry now? Sports radio shows across the state have had plenty of former Cougars and Utes on the airwaves and asked them these questions.
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Vascular Surgery |
Arcuate Ligament Compression Syndrome04/18/2006 |
Recently I had a renal arterial duplex part of the findings lists; Mesenteric: Elevated velocities in celiac artert with normal breathing. however, with deep inspirations velocities decreased to 178cm/s suggesting arcuate ligament compression syndrome. Can you explain what this indicates? Is further testing needed? Would this cause shortness of breath? GI issues? Or another strange symptome; when tryinng to do sit - ups a large knot in the center of my rib cage?
The velocity in the mesenteric artery you have included is not at a range I would consider clinically significant. Because the diaphragm attaches in this area, many normal people will have changes such as these with a deep breath in where the diaphragm descends and pinches the artery a bit - often a normal phenomenon. In general, this should not cause shortness of breath or a large knot in the center of your rib cage.
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Bug in Sum[] or in funtion definitions?
Hello The Sum[] seems to ignore special cases of a function. Try the following: c[n_] := k cc^n; c[1] := cc; Sum[c[m], {m, 1, Infinity, 1}] // FullSimplify c[1] + Sum[c[m], {m, 2, Infinity, 1}] // FullSimplify Sum[k cc^n, {n, 1, Infinity, 1}] // FullSimplify c[1] Obviously the special case c[1] := cc is completely ignored by Sum[]. As I understand this is a bug in the Sum[] or in internal work with function definitions. The corresponding pages of the Documentation are: tutorial/MakingDefinitionsForFunctions and tutorial/TheOrderingOfDefinitions


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After a dismal One-Day International (ODI) series that was surrendered 0-4 to New Zealand, the Indian team enjoyed a good outing at the Cobham Oval, albeit in a non-competitive match.
For India, MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli were missing as they stayed back in Auckland, enjoying some rest after a hectic ODI series. Ravindra Jadeja was the third player missing from action, although he did travel with the team to Whangarei.
India's Test specialists who flew in this past week — Zaheer Khan, Cheteshwar Pujara, Murali Vijay, Umesh Yadav and Wriddhiman Saha — were all included in the playing eleven.


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A mysterious gunman took six girls hostage at the high school in this mountain town Wednesday, using them as human shields for hours before shooting and fatally wounding one and then killing himself as SWAT team members moved in, authorities said.
The gunman was cornered with the girls in a second-floor classroom at Platte Canyon High School and he released four of them, one by one.
Park County Sheriff Fred Wegener said authorities decided to enter the school after the man cut off negotiations and set an unspecified deadline. He had already warned authorities he had a backpack full of explosives.
"It was then decided that a tactical solution needed to be done in an effort to save the two hostages," the sheriff said. He said authorities used explosives as they entered the classroom, only to have the suspect fire at officers, shoot one of the girls and then himself.
The wounded girl, who was believed to be 16, was taken to a Denver hospital, where she was declared dead, St. Anthony's Hospital spokeswoman Bev Lilly said. She did not release the girl's name.
There was no known link between the suspect and his victim. The sheriff said authorities know little about him -- one official declared him a virtual John Doe -- and he was at a loss to explain a motive.
"I don't know why he wanted to do this," Wegener said, his voice breaking.
The sheriff, a 36-year resident of Bailey who had a son in the high school, said he knew the girl's family and was "scared to death" as he handled the unfolding hostage situation. Asked if he second-guessed decision to confront the gunman, he said no.
"I have to go and eventually I have to face a family about the fact that their daughter is dead," he said in a low voice, obviously upset. "So, what would you do?"
The last hostage was unharmed and spoke with authorities. School was canceled for the rest of the week at the high school and the adjoining middle school, which was locked down for hours during the crisis.
"We are a community in mourning," schools superintendent Jim Walpole said. "Our thoughts, our prayers are with our students, staff and their families. Especially the family of the student we lost."
The sheriff said the gunman threatened the girls virtually throughout the four-hour ordeal, at one point fired a shot within the classroom and shielded himself with his hostages whenever he neared windows.
Students described the suspect as a bearded man toting a camouflage backpack and the sheriff said the man was carrying a handgun.
Tom Grigg said his 16-year-old son, Cassidy, was in a classroom when the man walked in, fired a gun and began telling some students to leave and others -- all girls -- to stay.
"He stood them up at the blackboard," Grigg said. "He hand-picked the ones he wanted to get out."
The gunman told Cassidy to leave, but he said he wanted to stay with the girls, Grigg said.
"The guy flipped him around and put the gun in his face and said, 'It would be in your best interest to leave,"' Grigg said.
The lines of students fleeing the high school and middle school, the bomb squads and the frantic parents scrambling to find their loved ones reminded many of the scene at Columbine High School in 1999, where two students killed 13 people before taking their own lives. The suburban Denver high school is less than an hour's drive from Bailey.
As with Columbine, bomb squads were at the scene here to investigate at least one suspicious device.
Michael Owens, who has one son at the middle school and another in the high school, said the anxiety was worse because the memory of Columbine was still fresh.
"Things that are out of your control, you just what you can do," he said. "It's like an earthquake."
This time, the situation unfolded not in suburban Littleton but in a narrow, winding canyon carved by the South Platte River about 35 miles southwest of Denver. Ambulances were parked in the end zone of the football field and a tank-like SWAT team vehicle was parked nearby on a closed-down highway swamped with gun-toting sheriff's officers and police.
Students described a chaotic scene inside after the intercom announced "code white." Ani-Rae Lovell said everyone was told to stay in their classrooms.
"It took about 25 minutes before someone opened the door, we didn't know who it was," she said. "It was a Park County sheriff."
Bill Twyford said he received a text message from his 15-year-old son Billy, a student at the high school, at about 11:30 a.m. It said: "Hey there, there's a gun hijacking in school right now. I'm fine, bad situation though."
The two schools have an enrollment of about 770 students, with 460 in the high school. Students from both were taken by bus to another school for a head count, and there were cheers from parents as their loved ones arrived.
Rob Branigan, who picked up his daughter Devin, said the third-grader held up well.
"She's a veteran. She was in New York on 9/11," he said. The little girl said her teacher wasn't sure what was happening but told her students to stay close to the walls.
Other parents pressed authorities for details.
"I am just really upset," said Sherry Husen, whose son plays on the high school football team and was told not to return to school from his part-time job. She said her husband called to tell her there was a shooting at the school
"I'm just terrified. I'm terrified," she said. "I know so many kids in that school."
The family moved to Bailey, a town of about 5,500 people, about 14 years ago. It has become largely a bedroom community for commuters who work in Denver.
"We moved up here for the mountain solitude, and I just never thought this would happen in this school, but it happens everywhere," Husen said. "I don't know what else to say."
John and Michelle Bellomy, who have two sons in the high school, said they were at home when they learned hostages had been taken.
"To sit home, you feel like you have to do something," John Bellomy said. "And by being as close as you can get, there's a sense of community, a shoulder you can cry on. This is a small community ... "
"You never expect something like this to happen here," his wife added.
Other schools in the area were put in lockdown, with students not be allowed to leave until administrators determined it was safe. Kimberly Langston of Swedish Medical Center in suburban Denver said the hospital's emergency department was put on alert.
In Pine Junction, north of Bailey, Heather McDanel was watching the news for details. She has a sister in the high school and two daughters in a nearby elementary school.
"I can't believe it's happening, especially here," she said.


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The end is coming.
Logen Ninefingers might only have one more fight in him, but it's going to be a big one. Battle rages across the North, the King of the Northmen still stands firm and there's only one man who can top him. His oldest friend and his oldest enemy. It's time for the Bloody-Nine to come home.
With too many masters and too little time, Superior Glokta is fighting a different kind of war - a secret struggle in which no-one is safe and no-one can be trusted. His days with a sword are far behind him. It's a good thing blackmail, threats, and torture still work well enough.
Jezal dan Luthar has decided that winning glory is too painful, and turned his back on soldiering for a life with the woman he loves. But love can be painful too, and glory has a nasty habit of creeping up on someone.
While the King of the Union lies on his death bed, the peasants revolt and the nobles scramble to steal his crown. No-one believes that the shadow of war is falling across the very heart of the Union. The First of the Magi has a plan to save the world. But there are risks. There is no risk more terrible, after all, than to break the First Law.
©2008 Joe Abercrombie (P)2010 Orion Publishing Group Limited
Fantasy/Sci-Fi Fan
"You have be realistic about these things."
If you like happy endings where the hero gets the girl or the hobbit returns home to sit by the fire then you need to look elsewhere. However, if you have enjoyed the first two books of this trilogy then chances are you aren't looking for those kind of endings anyway. If you are wavering on reading book 3 because of the darkness of the first two then be warned that it only gets worse. It is likely something bad will happen to whatever character you are rooting for.
Abercrombie is ruthless in the way he resolves his story arc and no character gets through unscathed. You will have to take comfort in the fact that you do get a full reveal of what's been going on behind the scenes from the beginning because you will find little comfort in what actually happens. Things go from bad to worse for most of the characters and even those who win big in the end are actually losers. The big reveal didn't make all the pieces fit together perfectly for me, but I am going with 5 stars anyway because I totally enjoyed the series and I wasn't left guessing.
When I step back and think about the series and the characters I still wonder why I like it. Each of the main characters has a dark side and does some truly evil things, female characters are treated pretty poorly by the author, and the world itself is pretty bleak and almost without hope. Then I think upon Steven Pacey's reading and I wonder no longer. I enjoy almost every character in the series and it is simply because of the way Pacey reads them. They feel like old friends that I trust and therefore I am willing to look the other way when they do something I despise. I have listened to a lot of audio books and I would now list Steven Pacey as one of my favorite narrators.
So if you liked the first 2 books, bust out your antidepressants and get ready for more of the same. Although the ending does leave things open-ended enough for a continuation of the series, I am quite satisfied with the way all of the threads came together and don't feel like I was left hanging. After all, you have to be realistic about these things.
"Ending (light spoilers)"
First, let me say I'm an avid reader of negative reviews. I want to find out what people don't like about a book when I bother to find out anything at all beforehand. That having been said, most of the bad reviews of this brilliantly written and performed series are aimed directly at the ending Mr. Abercrombie gave us. And I must point out to anyone who might read my glowing review that we are warned a couple of times in this book that it's not going to be pretty. But that's the point of the whole thing, at least to my mind. Ardee says "No one gets what they deserve," or something close thereto, and that sums up the whole thing.
I guess my point is that anybody that's looking for a fairy-tale ending should probably read a fairy-tale and leave off the grown-up fantasy. They'll just be disappointed.
I also particularly enjoyed the very end. (BEGIN SPOILERS) I think dropping the Bloody Nine off a cliff into a river and leaving it there is an awesome way to come full circle and let the reader's mind fill in what happens next. I can just see him washing up somewhere--"Still alive..."--and charging into another several months of butchery to pay back Black Dow. Or maybe he'll head south and find Ferro. It's up to me and which aspect of Logen I want to root for how it all turns out. I'm thankful for that.
In all, a superb work of fantasy by one of my new favorite authors. Thanks Joe.
"Great Trilogy; No Ending to Speak of..."
This third installment of The First Law trilogy is great. Loved it until the end. At that point, I was checking my iPhone to see if it somehow stopped playing before the end of the file. There was no ending... or, if that was the intended ending, it didn't do anything for me. I was literally thinking that I may have gotten a faulty download because it just seems to stop in mid-narration without ever gaining closure on the active storylines.
Two great passions - dogs and books! Sci-fi/fantasy novels are my go-to favorites, but I love good writing across all genres.
"Engrossing, but a disappointing ending"
A bit unsatisfying
If would probably recommend this book to anyone who enjoys the fantasy genre. It is well-written - great characters, good foreshadowing, excellent plot twists - but I would be more likely to recommend it as an audiobook than as a novel to read. The battles in the book would have gotten quite tedious for me if I were reading, but I think I could enjoy Pacey reading the phone book to me. He is amazing.
I've only heard Steven Pacey on the 3 First Law novels, but he's got to be one of the best and I will look for other books he narrates.
Pacey is perfection and the novel is well-written. However, I found the ending disappointing. Abercrombie wrote the First Law series as 3 books although none stands alone. And, then this last one leaves you hanging. That seems a bit unfair and sort of manipulative on the author's part. If I have spent the time and money to go through three entire books which constitute the whole series and some of the central characters are left hanging still...not quite right if you ask me.
"What's wrong with the ending? NOTHING..."
Joe has written one of the darkest fantasy stories I've read to date... the world is gritty and dark... its characters are gritty and dark... and the story is more of the same. It was fairly typical of modern storytelling (which cost him a star) but the characters were brilliant (which will likely have me listening again).
GREAT characters, deep (though not particularly subtle) and photo-realistically communicated. Joe took the typical fantasy archetypes and added another dimension to each of them... asking the question 'what would a REAL barbarian hero, or noble brat, or centuries old conjurer act (and THINK) like?'
Great character separation, delivered solid performances on some challenging 'damaged' characters. A great voice performance doesn't draw attention to itself... and this was a great performance.
'Say one thing about Joe Abercrombie, say he's got a few things he could teach George RR Martin about dark fantasy'
Don't listen to the 'ending critics'. The book ended perfectly fine. After reading the reviews I was expecting some horrible open ending (like HBO ends every series they've ever made)... and Joe ties this up as neatly and cleanly as this story demands (nearly as good as it could be). Of course this story demands a messy ending, so don't blame Joe for delivering... but all the primary plotlines are properly concluded, so have no fear and buy the series.
Actor/director/teacher. Split my time between Beijing and Seattle now. Listen to Audible on the subway and while driving or riding my bike.
"Hanging threads"
This third book in the trilogy is just as wonderfully written as the first two, with compelling character stories, intricate but entirely convincing plotting and a dark but often comic vision which will delight some readers and alienate others. The language is often coarse but always on point. The action is, by turns, gruesome, shocking and thrilling. It may or may not be your cup of absinthe, but if you read it you will not soon forget it.
That said, I really felt let down by the lack of a satisfying ending. I realize that Abercrombie continues to write tales in the same world which share some of the same characters, but the threads which were left hanging, very much in his "nothing is neat or pretty" style, seemed too numerous and too frustrating to allow him to walk away from this as the concluding book of a trilogy. There was a distinct strain of cruelty in the decision to leave his readers hanging with the threads.
"Love the series, but......"
Joe loves to stick it to his characters. Series leaves you with "Well..there must be another coming...there just has to be." But there is not. One of the other books mentions some of the characters and his latest book apparently mentions Black Dow, but in general you come out of this series feeling like you've been punched in the stomach. While I loved the books I don't think I'll be reading anything else of his.
"still amazing!"
Steven Pacey is amazing! In fact, I plan to look up other books he has narrated because I loved listening to him bring this story alive!
Still Glokta, Logan, and West. Don't want to give any spoilers so I won't tell you what happens to them, but their journeys are so riveting, I was almost cranky when Abercrombie would turn to his other characters.
I look forward to listening to his other books to compare!
I was captivated by this series. I cared about some characters, I grew to loathe others. But the point is, I was never indifferent. I wanted to know what was happening to them, and would be frustrated when they were frustrated, sad, when they were sad...
It is a little gruesome at times, but it is part of the hard, fearsome world Abercrombie has created, so even though I cringed through those parts, I couldn't put it down!
Abercrombie does not write fairy tales. This isn't a book about happy endings and everyone getting what they deserve (or maybe they do, I suppose). Abercrombie does not resolve the whole story, just this particular phase in the lives of the characters. I am dying to know what happens next- where do they go, what happens on their journeys, tell us more !!!! There is a lot of room for Abercrombie to tell us more about these characters- their histories, their future adventures... I am anxious to know more!
"Finale keeps promises of its predecessors!"
This final book in the First Law trilogy never fell below the quality of the first two. The author continued to intrigue, not only with the current crises facing the protagonists, but also with more exploration of the characters and their history. The revelations were a worthy payoff.
I'm looking forward to more great works by Joe Abercrombie.
"Great series but disappointing ending"
I was very pleased and enthralled with the majority of this series of books, but the ending was very anticlimactic and left a lot to be desired. The authored created an interesting world and intriguing characters and I have seen some crossover of these characters and this world in his other works, but the end of this particular series just left me disappointed and wanting something a little better. It almost seemed like after creating such a vivid story, he could not figure out a good way to end the series. Overall I recommend the series as a good read (or listen as the case may be) for those who like fantasy with a dark edge.
"I miss it already."
Just finished the 3rd in the First Law Trilogy. Where do i go now? Dammit but that was good. Didn't Adams have 5 books in his Hitch Hickers trilogy? Had a listen to Heroes but you'd miss the magic and skill of Pacey. I might just have to read that one. Say one thing for Joe Abercrombie, say he's a damn fine writer.
"The trilogy gets better"
I need to review this trilogy in a oner....
Initially, I found the first book too slow. Too much scene setting and character building for me - I needed more action and kept waiting for it all to come together. However, having completed the trilogy, I now understand why the first book was like it was - and it certainly has its place.
Loved the second book - all good action and great pace.
Third book (this one) - again great story, and lots of pace, BUT, it ends with too many loose ends. Whilst I get why it ended like it did, I needed more.....I was left feeling as though there needs to be a 4th book where the wrongs can be righted and the bad get their come-uppance.
I'm a massive fan of epic fantasies, and this is just that. It's got loads of action, lots of battle scenes, and plenty of blood and swearing. Not really a "girlie" book (although I have to caveat that with an "I'm a girl and thoroughly enjoyed it" statement). All the characters are well developed, and fairly complex. Interesting how my feelings towards each of them changed as the story progressed and I got to know them better. Is it bizarre that my favourite characters turned out be a torturer and a schizophrenic killer???
If you're a fan of epics, and have a reasonably strong stomach, then this is highly recommended.
But if you start with book one, be prepared to go through all three, and then still feel like you haven't got to the end...
"Great trilogy"
I really enjoyed this trilogy - excellent writing and flawed characters whose lives you feel compelled to follow. However huge praise must also go to the narrator, who plays no small part in giving the world and its characters life. If only there was more to come about the Bloody-Nine......or is there???
"not your typical fantasy novel"
This book takes gritty realism to the fantasy genre. The point-of-view characters are all flawed in just the ways you'd expect of them living in this excellently described corrupt land. It manages to make heroes of of the vain, the uncaring and the bullies. Some struggle with their nature, trying to be better people, but never quite having the chance to.
It is a fantasy world devoid of the usual black and whites, and instead populated by utterly refreshing shades of grey.
"Splendid finale to a fine trilogy"
What a super trilogy and I am very sorry that after 70 hours of listening it's all over.
Well if you are reading this I assume that you have read/listened to parts 1 and 2 (also on audible if you haven't and do listen in order) and want to know if part 3 measures up to the high standards as before. the answer is resoundingly yes. There is a lot more action in part 3 but the same strengths apply - very good writing, excellent plot and characters and quite brilliant narration by Stephen Pacey. I wont give a hint of how it all ends as that might spoil things; suffice it to say that the ending is quite in keeping with what has gone before!
A five star listen without a doubt.
"stunning, brutal, cant wait for more!"
the whole trilogy is not to be missed. a very raw and gripping story from start to finish. unlike many books, this has no periods of tedious narrating, it is gripping from first to last page. Characters that are so well defined it is easy to identify with them and understand them. i would say that any self respecting fan of fantasy must definanely read this series!
"Excellent Audio"
Yes - Pacey is an excellent narrator and his characterisations are amazing,
Glokta - menacing, unintentionally funny but with a certain warmth. Ferro is great as well.
I read the first book myself but Pacey's audio just brings the book to life. He's very good at doing different voices and he has excellent command and pace. Was good to hear the pronunciation of some of the names as well.
27 hours in one sitting?! I don't think so. However, the length was not an issue at all as I only listen whilst at work anyway so been very good to dip in and out of the audio.
I am use to rambling long epics (wheel of time being one that immediately comes to mind) and for this series to actually finish in 3 books was a novelty, but I was left wondering if this was a little rushed towards the end - there were so many paths that this book could have taken and at the end I was left with the feeling that the easiest route may have been taken.
All that said - a very enjoyable listen and good narration [except for the narrators "grimAcing"] which got very very annoying in this trilogy and make me wince each time the word was said.
"Excellent conclusion"
I seem to have used up all the superlatives in my reviews of the previous two books in this series, so suffice it to say that this book is much the same in quality as its predecessors. The author balances tying up the loose ends of all the stories threads to the satisfaction of the reader (which to my opinion he does admirably) with keeping characters he has developed an affection for alive-and-kicking should he need them again! This trilogy was great fun from start to finish and I would recommend them for their blood'n'guts violence, inept romantic hero, wealth of psychotic anti-heroes, humour and underlying intelligence.
This is my first Abercrombe book series. I really enjoyed the book and look forward to his other books. Steven Pacey is indeed an excellent performer. I didn't want the narration to end. What a series.


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December 2010 Doctors still disagree about when is the best time to begin HIV treatment, also called antiretroviral therapy. You and your doctor will need to determine this together, but there are some respected guidelines. Be aware that these guidelines are regularly updated and are not hard-and-fast rules. They are just suggestions based on the most recent research.
In the U.S., the most respected HIV treatment guidelines are created by a team of experts brought together by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, or DHHS for short. What Is a T-Cell or CD4 Count?Your T-cell count, also known as a CD4 count, reveals the number of T cells in your body. A T cell is a special kind of white blood cell, and the more you have, the stronger your immune system is. When you were infected with HIV, the virus entered into some of your T cells. When these HIV-infected T cells make more co-pies of themselves, they end up making more copies of HIV as well. HIV can also destroy T cells, as well as other surrounding cells. After living with HIV for a while (if you dont take medica-tions) the number of T cells you have will usually go down. This is a sign that your immune system is being weakened. The lower your T-cell count, the more you risk getting sick. A normal T-cell count for someone without HIV is usually be-tween 500 and 1,600. What Is Viral Load?Viral load levels tell you and your doctor how much HIV is circulating in your blood. The more HIV in your system, the quicker your T-cell count tends to drop. This makes viral load a helpful predictor of the health problems you may develop if you do not take medication. It is also a good measure of how well HIV medications are working once you begin treatment. Your viral load count measures the amount of HIV per milliliter (mL) of your blood. Current viral load tests can detect as few as 50 copies of HIV per milliliter of blood. When you have fewer than 50 copies/mL of HIV, your doctor will tell you that your viral load is "below the limit of detection," or "undetectable." This does not mean that there is no more HIV in your body. So even if you are "undetectable," you can still transmit HIV to someone.
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Defense lawyers for the gunman accused in the Colorado movie theater massacre revealed in a court filing made public on Friday that their client was a psychiatric patient of a professor at the University of Colorado and that he had sent her a message mailed prior to the shooting.
The lawyers said former graduate student James Holmes was being treated by Dr. Lynne Fenton, a board certified psychiatrist at the university's Anshutz Medical Campus in Aurora, Col.
The new details are likely to raise questions about whether the trained mental health expert could have – or should have – identified Mr. Holmes as a danger to the community prior to the July 20 mass murder.
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Bay County Audubon Society member Neil Lamb says some of the birds are quite rare for Florida's Panhandle, including a snow bunting recently spotted at St. Andrews State Park.
The News Herald of Panama City reports the snow bunting typically doesn't fly farther south than Ohio in the winter.
Other visitors to the area include large numbers of loons and ducks.
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Erik D. Prince, chief executive of Blackwater USA, told a Congressional committee on Tuesday that his company's nearly 1,000 armed guards in Iraq were not trigger-happy mercenaries, but rather loyal Americans doing a necessary job in hostile territory.
Mr. Prince disputed a Congressional staff report that detailed several instances of Blackwater employees killing Iraqis, fleeing the scene and then the company trying to cover up the violent episodes by whisking the Blackwater employees out of the country and quietly paying off the families of the victims.
He accused Congress and the news media of a "rush to judgment" about Blackwater episodes that left civilians dead, including a chaotic confrontation in a Baghdad square on Sept. 16 that killed at least 17 Iraqis. He said it was too soon to pass judgment on that episode, which is under investigation by the State Department, the F.B.I and the Iraqi government.
"We have 1,000 guys out in the field," he said. "People make mistakes; they do stupid things sometimes." But he added that the company dismissed or disciplined those who broke its rules and that many of the episodes that led to Iraqi deaths came to light only because Blackwater personnel reported them to the State Department.
Mr. Prince's appearance before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform was his first extended turn in public. The company he founded 10 years ago has come under fire from critics in Congress and the military who portray its employees, many of them former military special forces operators, as unaccountable soldiers of fortune who are undermining the American mission in Iraq by alienating the Iraqi public.
The hearing also included testimony from two senior State Department officials who offered extensive praise for Blackwater's professionalism in Iraq and insisted that the department had acted properly in investigating cases in which the company's employees were accused of illegal acts.
Representative Henry A. Waxman, the California Democrat who is the committee's chairman, citing evidence of State Department efforts to protect Blackwater employees from investigations by Iraqi officials and to help the company compensate victims of shootings, said it appeared that the department was acting as Blackwater's "enabler."
Mr. Prince, 38, a former Navy Seal, appeared before the committee and its openly skeptical chairman in a trim dark blue suit with his blond hair in a fresh cut. He was accompanied by a handful of Blackwater executives and lawyers.
In the audience were family members of the four Blackwater guards who were killed and whose bodies were burned in an ambush in Falluja in 2004 that marked a turning point in the war.
Mr. Prince said he welcomed additional oversight and new regulations from Congress to clarify the company's roles and legal responsibilities overseas. He said the company was providing a needed service at a reasonable cost. Many Democrats on the committee disputed that, citing the $1,222 that the company charged the government for each day of work by one of its security guards.
Near the end of his more than three hours at the witness table, Mr. Prince said, "If the government doesn't want us to do this, we'll go do something else."
Mr. Prince answered most questions directly, although he demurred on specific questions on Blackwater's government contracts and on the number of Iraqi civilians it had compensated for killing family members or destroying private property.
By agreement with Mr. Waxman and Representative Tom Davis of Virginia, the ranking Republican on the committee, Mr. Prince was not asked questions about the Sept. 16 shootings in Baghdad to avoid prejudicing the current criminal inquiry.
But in prepared testimony, Mr. Prince defended his employees' actions in Baghdad that day. "I stress to the committee and to the American public," he said, "that based on everything we currently know, the Blackwater team acted appropriately while operating in a very complex war zone on Sept. 16."
Mr. Prince, who comes from a wealthy and prominent Republican family in Michigan, said his company's phenomenal rise came from competence, not connections. He said he had not personally lobbied the White House or Congress to get federal contracts.
Asked if his sister-in-law, Betsy DeVos, a major Bush fund-raiser, former Michigan Republican Party chairwoman and wife of the party's 2006 nominee for governor, had interceded on Blackwater's behalf, he smiled and shook his head. "No," he said.
The company had less than $1 million of federal government contracts in 2001. Last year, the company took in nearly $600 million in federal money, most of it under contract with the State Department to provide bodyguards for diplomats and visiting dignitaries, including the dozens of members of Congress who travel to Iraq each year.
Mr. Prince said he was proud of his employees, who have conducted thousands of escort missions in the most dangerous parts of central Iraq without death or serious injury to any of the people they are assigned to protect. Thirty Blackwater workers have been killed in Iraq, he said.
He said Blackwater guards strictly followed rules of engagement set by the State Department, which call for gradual escalation of force before any shots are fired.
The House committee staff found that Blackwater employees had fired their weapons 195 times since early 2005 and in a vast majority of incidents used their weapons before taking any hostile fire. The report also said that in most cases Blackwater guards fired from fast-moving vehicles and immediately fled the scene of any confrontation.
"Our job is to get them off the X - the preplanned ambush site where the bad guys have planned to kill you," Mr. Prince said. "We can't stay and secure the terrorist crime scene investigation."
He forcefully rejected the characterization of Blackwater from some members of the committee as a mercenary army. He said that contractors had served with the United States military since Revolutionary times and that mercenaries were soldiers who fought with foreign armies for money.
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State Department officials who testified after Mr. Prince did largely defended the government's use of security employees from Blackwater and other firms that handle diplomatic security in Iraq, saying the armed guards performed a critical service.
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El Salvador and the United States signed the Partnership for Growth development agreement on November 3. The Partnership for Growth is a foreign policy initiative of the Obama administration which aims at poverty reduction through economic development. The action items in the countries' agreement followed the completion of a "constraints analysis" which identified reducing crime and insecurity and increasing productivity of the tradables goods and services sector as priorities for unlocking economic growth. The partnership has a five year plan, and you can read the Joint Country Action Plan at this link. If everything in this plan can be accomplished, it would be a good step forward for El Salvador where economic growth is lagging all of Latin America and crime takes a toll on all Salvadoran families.
There is also a good post about the Partnership for Growth from our friends on Voices on the Border at this link.
But US foreign policy is viewed with suspicion and cynicism in some sectors. On Thanksgiving Day, a group of protesters from the US and El Salvador took up positions outside the US Embassy. Linking themselves to the Occupy Movement in the US and the Indignados movement in Spain and elsewhere, the small group protested policies which they believe are designed to benefit multinational corporations or the 1% and ignore the 99%. They issued a statement over the internet which declared:
We specifically demand an end to the following transnational policies in Central America:There's an album of photos from the protest here.
- The Free Trade Model that destroys local economies , victimizes workers and the poor, and protects corporate interests over national sovereignty. For example, in El Salvador, Pacific Rim, a Canadian mining company, is using a World Bank tribunal to sue the the Salvadoran government for protecting their own environment and communities.
- Regional Militarization Strategies that criminalize social protest, subject national security systems to intervention and supervision by the U.S. government and facilitate violent repression of activities that jeopardize the interests of global capital, exemplified by the collusion between U.S. and Honduran political-military forces in the 2009 ousting of President Manuel Zelaya in Honduras. Since the coup in Honduras, farmers, women, youth, the LGBTQ community and activists have been the victims of increasing state repression and human rights violations.
We stand together today, citizens of the Americas and beyond, united with the global Occupy movement to promote alternatives to this inherently flawed system like economies of solidarity, fair trade, food sovereignty, fair tax systems, participatory democracy: a global system that puts people and the environment before profits. We are here to liberate our governments and our planet from corporate occupation and to take them back for the people.
- Environmental Destruction and Climate Change that has largely been caused by greenhouse gas emissions of the U.S. and other highly industrialized countries. Central America recently suffered Tropical Depression 12 `E, whose devastating intensity is widely considered to have been a result of climate change. In El Salvador, this storm caused 34 deaths, the evacuation of 50,000 people from their homes and losses in infrastructure and agriculture estimated at 850 million dollars. Meanwhile the U.S. continues to increase its emissions and block meaningful national and international action on global warming.


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Why are there so many different kinds of new vodkas, while brands of gin, rum and tequila stay the same?
Freakonomics thinks since other liquors have more unique tastes, while vodka is flavorless, it's easy for a new guy to enter into the market, especially if they've got a fancy marketing campaign. For instance, the whole Grey Goose story is mere fanfaronade. Sidney Frank decided he was going to make a more expensive vodka that people would buy into because of its price and mystique driven backstory. France, oh, they are so refined… and not exactly renowned for their vodka distilleries.
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The only thing I can think is that the four-way controller is stuck/jammed in some way. Have you tried manipulating the four arrows rapidly and/or eyeballing the four arrows to see if one or more is depressed more than the others?
If the 4-way is not functioning correctly, I'm pretty sure there would be other symptoms... the fault would not be confined to menu navigation only, I am thinking...[??] The extent of the problem is something that can be tested with the camera in other modes.
Maybe the camera firmware has become confused, and is not following instructions correctly...[??] This does happen sometimes. A camera reset, followed by a cold boot procedure, will usually fix this.
Cold Boot: Following reset, take the battery out and leave it out for 30-40 minutes, then replace and switch on. (Good Luck!)
Otherwise, all I can suggest is to exercise the 4-way with repeated pressings, say, by 'grinding' your thumb round in a circular motion. If the problem is caused by switches that are not giving positive connection, using them repeatedly will tend to clean them.
If I have not been using them, I take my A2 cameras out every week or so and give their switches and systems a little gentle exercise. I think it helps.
But if the switches are worn out, well, that is a bigger problem....This camera is now considered a very old model, and the manufacturer is not even in the camera business anymore.
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SAN JOSE, Calif., November 17, 2005 -- North American-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $1.10 billion in orders in October 2005 (three-month average basis) and a book-to-bill ratio of 0.95 according to the October 2005 Book-to-Bill Report published today by SEMI. A book-to-bill of 0.95 means that $95 worth of orders were received for every $100 of product billed for the month.
The three-month average of worldwide bookings in October 2005 was $1.10 billion. The bookings figure is 12 percent above the revised September 2005 level of $984 million and 20 percent below the $1.37 billion in orders posted in October 2004.
The three-month average of worldwide billings in October 2005 was $1.16 billion. The billings figure is six percent above the revised September 2005 level of $1.09 billion and 19 percent below the October 2004 billings level of $1.43 billion.
The report includes a revision to the August bookings figure, which corrects previously supplied participant input.
"Bookings and billings for North American based semiconductor equipment providers have been stable for the past six months," said Stanley T. Myers, president and CEO of SEMI. "It is encouraging to see the recent improvement in bookings as the industry continues to ramp 300 mm production and is beginning to invest in 65 nanometer technology."
The SEMI book-to-bill is a ratio of three-month moving averages of worldwide bookings and billings for North American-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers. Billings and bookings figures are in millions of U.S. dollars.
May 2005 |
1,213.0 |
1,015.3 |
0.84 |
June |
1,152.2 |
1,038.0 |
0.90 |
July |
1,078.2 |
1,007.3 |
0.93 |
August 2005 (rev. final) |
1,055.5 |
1,022.3 |
0.97 |
September 2005 (final) |
1,088.2 |
984.1 |
0.90 |
October (prelim.) |
1,156.2 |
1,104.1 |
0.95 |
The data contained in this release was compiled by David Powell, Inc., an independent financial services firm, without audit, from data submitted directly by the participants. SEMI and David Powell, Inc. assume no responsibility for the accuracy of the underlying data.
The data are contained in a monthly Book-to-Bill Report published by SEMI. The report tracks billings and bookings worldwide of North American-headquartered manufacturers of equipment used to manufacture semiconductor devices, not billings and bookings of the chips themselves.
SEMI is a global industry association serving companies that provide equipment, materials and services used to manufacture semiconductors, displays, nano-scaled structures, micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) and related technologies. SEMI maintains offices in Austin, Beijing, Brussels, Hsinchu, Moscow, San Jose (Calif.), Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Tokyo and Washington, D.C. For more information, visit www.semi.org.
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Editors Note:
The November 2005 SEMI Book-to-Bill Report is scheduled for publication on December 20, 2005; 3:00 p.m. PDT (subject to change).
Independently from SEMI, The Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan (SEAJ) releases its January Book-to-Bill Report on approximately the same date. The SEAJ Book-to-Bill Report tracks billings and bookings worldwide of Japanese-headquartered semiconductor equipment manufacturers. For more information on the SEAJ data, visit www.seaj.or.jp
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SYDNEY (MarketWatch) — Australian shares closed with moderate losses today, ahead of a key U.S. jobs report that's likely to provide more clues on the health of the world's largest economy.
The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 (XJO) closed down 0.4% at 4251.20, bringing weekly losses to 0.9% and paring year-to-date gains to 4.8%.
The muted trading followed a mixed finish for U.S. stocks ahead of the jobs report set for release later in the global trading day.
Fed's Bernanke testifies before house
Testifying before the House Budget Committee, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said Thursday that consumer sentiment remains low and uncertain job prospects along with tight mortgage credit conditions continue to hold back demand for housing.
Economists surveyed by MarketWatch expect that the U.S. economy added 121,000 jobs in January and the jobless rate likely held steady at 8.5 per cent. Read preview on jobs data.
"Markets are likely to trade sideways ahead of today's all-important nonfarm payrolls report …as re-emphasized by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on testimony before Congress, the US has a long way to go before the jobs market can be considered normal," said strategists at BNP Paribas.
Investors are also waiting for ongoing talks to conclude between Greece and its private bond holders and "wrangling over the Greek private sector involvement and public sector participation continued to tug on sentiment," Stewart Hall of RBC Dominion Securities said.
Miners outperformed the broader market, with deal news sparking a bit of interest in the sector after Anglo-Swiss miner Xstrata PLC (XTA) XSRAY said it's in merger talks with commodity trading giant Glencore International PLC (GLEN) GLCNF, -2.23% Such a move would could create the one of the world's largest mining companies.
Trade in uranium producer Extract Resources Ltd. (EXT) EXRLY came to a halt in Sydney today ahead of an announcement.
Reports suggested that the firm may be in line for a bid from China Guangdong Nuclear Power Corp. worth roughly 2.2 billion Australian dollars ($2.4 billion).
Iron ore producer Fortescue Metals Group Ltd. (FMG) FSUMY gained 1.2% while gold miners advanced after gold futures hit an 11-week high in New York trading. Read more on gold.
Newcrest Mining Ltd. (NCM) NCMGY, +1.55% climbed 1% and Perseus Mining Ltd. (PRU) PMNXF, +2.53% also traded 1% firmer.
Energy stocks also showed some strength. Linc Energy Ltd. (LNC) LNCGY improved 1.9%, and Beach Energy Ltd. (BPT) BCHEY, -1.50% put on 5.1%.
Banks were weaker, with Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) CBAUF, +6.32% down 0.2%, National Bank of Australia Ltd. (NAB) NAUBF, +0.50% lower by 0.6% and Australia & New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) ANEWF, +1.59% down 1.2%.
Westpac Banking Corp. (WBC) WEBNF, -0.29% declined 0.6%. The lender's chief executive, Gail Kelly, refused to say whether any rate cut delivered by the Reserve Bank of Australia next week would be passed on to its customers.
The bank announced yesterday it would cut 560 jobs, blaming higher funding costs and global economic uncertainty for the move.
Supermarket operators Wesfarmers Ltd. (WES) WFAFY, -2.16% and Woolworths Ltd. (WOW) , WOLWF, +0.78% were both lower, Wesfarmers by 1.4% and Woolworths by 0.8%, after reporting sales earlier in the week.


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Contact: Lee Swee Heng Institution: The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
Contact: Lee Swee Heng Institution: The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
Photonics: Beam me up
'Tractor beams' of light that pull objects towards them are no longer science fiction. Haifeng Wang at the A*STAR Data Storage Institute and co-workers have now demonstrated how a tractor beam can in fact be realized on a small scale.
Tractor beams are a well-known concept in science fiction. These rays of light are often shown pulling objects towards an observer, seemingly violating the laws of physics, and of course, such beams have yet to be realised in the real world. Haifeng Wang at the A*STAR Data Storage Institute and co-workers have now demonstrated how a tractor beam can in fact be realized on a small scale. "Our work demonstrates a tractor beam based only on a single laser to pull or push an object of interest toward the light source," says Wang. Based on pioneering work by Albert Einstein and Max Planck more than a hundred years ago, it is known that light carries momentum that pushes objects away. In addition, the intensity that varies across a laser beam can be used to push objects sideways, and for example can be used to move cells in biotechnology applications. Pulling an object towards an observer, however, has so far proven to be elusive. In 2011, researchers theoretically demonstrated a mechanism where light movement can be controlled using two opposing light beams — though technically, this differs from the idea behind a tractor beam. Wang and co-workers have now studied the properties of lasers with a particular type of distribution of light intensity across the beam, or so-called Bessel beams. Usually, if a laser beam hits a small particle in its path, the light is scattered backwards, which in turn pushes the particle forward. What Wang and co-workers have now shown theoretically for Bessel beams is that for particles that are sufficiently small, the light scatters off the particle in a forward direction, meaning that the particle itself is pulled backwards towards the observer. In other words, the behaviour of the particle is the direct opposite of the usual scenario. The size of the tractor beam force depends on parameters such as the electrical and magnetic properties of the particles. Although the forces are not very large, such tractor beams do have real applications, says Wang. "These beams are not very likely to pull a human or a car, as this would require a huge laser intensity that may damage the object," says Wang. "However, they could manipulate biological cells because the force needed for these doesn't have to be large." Such applications are the driving force for future experimental demonstrations of such pulling effects. The technology could, for example, be used to gauge the tensile strength of cells, which would be useful to investigate whether cells have been infected. "For instance, the malaria-infected blood cell is more rigid, and this technology would be an easy-to-use tool to measure this," adds Wang. The A*STAR-affiliated researchers contributing to this research are from the Data Storage Institute References: Novitsky, A., Qiu, C.-W. & Wang, H. Single gradientless light beam drags particles as tractor beams. Physics Review Letters 107, 203601 (2011). (link to article below) |
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If it is a zinc cream could be useful ( it was prescribed to me by my GP)., and in general all the creams used to treat nappy rash in babies. ( again my GP advice).
Secondly, I had another case of eczema after that, that was flaring out under stress, and it got resolved, completely by chance due I believe to an accidental change in my diet.
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High five: Spurs cruise to another NBA title
SAN ANTONIO -- As it turns out, the expiration date for a dynasty is more flexible than many believed.
Years after the NBA punditry determined that San Antonio was too old to remain contenders for a championship, the Spurs were spry enough to win their fifth title in 15 years, defeating the Miami Heat 104-87 Sunday to win the NBA Finals four games to one.
San Antonio was on the verge of winning the championship last season but lost Games 6 and 7 in Miami, the former after blowing a five-point lead in the final 28 seconds. It was the Heat's second straight title.
"We were so close last year," Spurs guard Tony Parker said. "We wanted to redeem ourselves. This title is the sweetest one."
San Antonio, trailing 22-6 in the first quarter, responded by outscoring Miami 53-20 during a long stretch that extended into the second half.
Forward Kawhi Leonard led the Spurs with 22 points and 10 rebounds, and he was selected the Finals' Most Valuable Player. Leonard, 22, averaged nine points in the first two games but 24 over the next three.
"I had a great group of guys pushing me," Leonard said. "They told me I had to be aggressive every night for us to win the series."
Guard Manu Ginobili added 19 points, and forward Tim Duncan scored 14.
Parker missed his first 10 shots -- he was scoreless late in the third quarter -- but hit his next seven and finished with 16 points. His backup, Patty Mills, scored 17, including 14 in the third quarter.
The Spurs led handily before Parker scored a point, showing something people saw from them all season.
"This is a team," Ginobili said. "That's what makes it so nice."
San Antonio's four victories were by an average of 18 points.
"It was exquisite basketball," Miami coach Erik Spoelstra said of the Spurs. "Ball movement, player movement, unselfish basketball."
Forward LeBron James led Miami with 31 points and 10 rebounds, but once again, he did not receive much help. Center Chris Bosh was the Heat's second-highest scorer with 13 points, and guard Dwyane Wade finished with 11. Bosh and Wade combined to hit 10 of 26 shots.
The Heat failed to score during the first four minutes of the second half.
Fans and media can debate whether the Spurs are a true sports dynasty because they never won championships in successive seasons, but they earn points for longevity. Duncan, 38, has been around for all five championships, the first of them in 1999.
During this year's Finals, Duncan set all-time NBA marks for postseason minutes played and playoff double-doubles -- in his case, points and rebounds.
Ginobili, 36, and Parker, 32, were key cogs for each of the Spurs' past four championships, including 2003, 2005 and 2007.
The Spurs led 47-40 at halftime Sunday after trailing by 16 points in the first quarter.
James ignited the fast start for the Heat, scoring 17 of Miami's 29 first-quarter points. San Antonio, in addition to being unable to stop James, missed 10 of its first 11 shots.
The Spurs recovered sufficiently to cut the deficit to seven after the first quarter, and then they really rallied.
Leonard scored a steady 15 in the first half. Ginobili scored eight in the second quarter to finish the half with 14.
The Spurs were on their way to grabbing the championship that they let slip away last season.
"Last year's loss was devastating," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. "For the group to have the fortitude that they showed to get back to this spot I think speaks volumes about how they are constituted and what kind of fiber they have."
The Heat reached the NBA Finals all four seasons since James and Bosh joined the team, winning two titles.
"Take 50 percent in four years in championships any day," James said. "You want to win them all, but that's just the nature of the game."
NOTES: Ray Allen replaced Mario Chalmers at guard in Miami's starting lineup. Allen shot 1-for-8 and scored five points. Chalmers went 2-for-3 and scored eight points. ... San Antonio shot 47.4 percent Sunday, down from the team's 54.2 percent success rate in the first four games, the second-best mark through four games in the Finals in the NBA's shot-clock era (since 1954-55), according to Elias Sports. Included was the 75.7 percent the Spurs shot in the first half of Game 3, an NBA Finals record for any half. The Lakers shot 54.6 through four games in 1984 but lost in seven to the Boston Celtics. ... Before this series, Miami never trailed by two games during F LeBron James' four seasons with the Heat. ... The Spurs won Games 3 and 4 in Miami by a total of 40 points, the largest margin of victory by any team in consecutive NBA Finals road games ever. ... There are a lot of ways to describe the frustration of San Antonio's opponents in the 2014 playoffs. One comes from James, who said, "Any little mistake you make, they make you pay."


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Still more charges coming in White Rock dog theft case
More charges will be soon be laid against a White Rock woman charged with multiple dog-theft-related offences.
Janet Olson, founder of A Better Life Dog Rescue, was told the additional charges will be laid by the end of this week or early next week when she made a brief appearance in Surrey Provincial Court on Tuesday (Feb. 21).
"I heard there were charges coming," Olson said outside court.
"I've been arrested four times now, because they will put one more charge on me, arrest for me it, and then another charge on me, arrest me for it."
Olson was one of two women arrested in November in connection with what police described as "an elaborate dog-theft investigation" into allegations a rescue group was stealing dogs from backyards across the Lower Mainland.
At the time, police said investigators observed Olson and co-accused Louise Reid enter a Coquitlam backyard and walk away with a bulldog named Samson.
Other charges have been laid in connection with other alleged incidents in White Rock, Surrey, Richmond and Abbotsford.
Olson said her lawyer is pressing the Crown prosecutor's office to disclose how the police came to witness the Coquitlam incident,
She said she has heard three different police versions of events, ranging from continuing surveillance to a tip.
"This is what 14 constables are doing while sex offenders go free," Olson said.
"I'm hoping the public will see the absurdity of this and understand that the priorities are all screwed up.
"And why are their priorities screwed up, why are they focusing on us?
"The only thing that makes sense to us is that it is a personal vendetta," she added.
Her next court appearance is set for March 7 in Surrey provincial Court.


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Craft & Commerce's Happy Hour Gives Back
Craft & Commerce's happy hour isn't all craft beer specials. The award-winning Little Italy restaurant is also giving back to the community. Since November, they've been donating 10% of food sales from 3-7 PM to charity, reaching almost $4,000 within two months. With time still left in January, donations will be made to "It's the Pits," a 501c3 canine rescue serving San Diego and one of only two rescue associations dedicated to bully breeds. Lined up for February is Traveling Stories, a nonprofit organization working to fight poverty and promote love of reading.
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only as many as the bus will hold.
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16 Feb 2008 Vivz said
On the Contiki website where you can search for trips, and view departure dates.
When you can't find a particular tour date, does this mean the tour is already fully booked?
Thats why its been taken off the departure dates?
Because if thats so, then my UE tour is jam packed! <!--graemlin::D--> - 0 people like this
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Hey vivz
It means its either full or canceled. I'd call contiki to make sure. They may still have one or two spots open but took it off. - 0 people like this
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