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2013 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 18A - EDUCATION
Section 18A:71B-47 - Contracts with accredited schools of veterinary medicine.
18A:71B-47 Contracts with accredited schools of veterinary medicine.
18A:71B-47. Contracts with Accredited Schools of Veterinary Medicine.
The authority is hereby authorized to contract with any and all accredited schools of veterinary medicine in the United States for the acceptance of students who are residents of New Jersey for at least 12 months and desire to study veterinary medicine, and to expend annually within the limits of available appropriations such sums as are necessary to accomplish the intent of this act.
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Documenting the Trail of Tears Route in Western North Carolina from Fort Lindsay (modern Almond, Swain County) to Camp Dudley (Franklin, Macon County).
In 2013, Dr. Brett Riggs, Sequoyah Professor, Western North Carolina University, discovered a "smoking gun" document (voucher) requesting payment for transporting Cherokees from Fort Lindsay to Camp Dudley. The route followed a wagon road that was constructed along an ancient Cherokee trail, much of what is still unimproved and on public lands.


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I love caramel but I absolutely hate store-bought one because it's full of white sugar and cream and it's no good for your organs. Plus, all the people allergic to dairy can't even taste the caramel. We are going to change that today because I'm going to teach you how to make your own coconut caramel at home. It's dairy-free, its deep and rich flavour is epic and it's 100% good for your organs.
The recipe itself is very simple – you will need only coconut sugar, coconut cream, salt, and vanilla but the trick to making a perfect homemade caramel is in knowing your stove. Yep, you read that right. In order to get caramel with a decadent flavour and silky, yummy texture, you will need to regulate the heat during the entire process, and for that, you will need to know your stove really well.
The key rule is to regulate the heat so that it's just enough for the sauce to simmer but it's not too much to start burning. The moment the sauce starts burning, your caramel will absorb it and it will completely ruin the flavour. So, stir your caramel continuously and keep an eye on the heat. If you want to see the magic of dancing with heat, check out the video where I prepare my coconut caramel.
Chef's tip: We all come from nature and that's what our organs strive for. In other words, the less human interference with food, the better for your organs. That's why I urge you to always buy good-quality ingredients, and the best are usually from your local farmers or from your own garden. As for the coconut cream, I always buy the one that has coconut as the only ingredient. So, read the labels and if you find coconut cream that has a number of ingredients, drop that can and run away.
The end goal when preparing this recipe is to get a delicious sauce that tastes like caramel, has a hint of vanilla and a subtle salty flavour. We will do this by leaving vanilla and salt for the very end of the caramel-making process. When the sauce starts turning into caramel, it's a sign that the coconut flavour has boiled away and this is the right time to add vanilla to enhance the flavour and fragrance. And then you can add a pinch of salt as well because why not? Everyone loves salty caramel, right?
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2020 Skoda Kodiaq Coupe
Skoda's lifted the cover on its new Vision E Concept– a car that's anticipated to influence the upcoming 2020 Skoda Kodiaq Coupe. The Principle's innovative electric drive system might likewise make its method into the new, more stylish Kodiaq variation when it goes on sale before 2020.
2020 Skoda Kodiaq Coupe Styling
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2020 Skoda Kodiaq Coupe Interior
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Entry-level models might be powered by a brand-new 1.5-litre four-cylinder gas engine producing 148hp while more powerful 190hp 2.0-litre diesel models will probably be used, too. As standard, the coupe might be fitted with front-wheel drive and a manual transmission while higher-spec models need to come with both 4×4 and a DSG automatic 'box.
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Hey folks. It's that time of year. The time of year when I tell you about the books that have touched my soul this year, whether they came out this year or not, and hope you go buy them so these writers can make more sweet, sweet words. You ready? The Light Brigade - Kameron... Continue Reading →
My Favorite Short Stories of 2019
This is the post where I try, desperately, to narrow things down enough to pick just ten - just ten! - short stories to talk about for the year of 2019. This is more short stories than I've ever put on my list before, and it was hard to just pick ten. There were so... Continue Reading →
My vacation reads
I read a bunch of books over vacation, and I thought I would go through and give a brief review of each! Before I left, I put a story up on Instagram with my four vacation reads I'd picked out and why I was excited about them. Let's see how they held up. So I... Continue Reading →
Best of 2018 – Novels and novellas
Read my top picks for novels and novellas in 2018, because they are excellent and I love them.
Damn fine Lovecraft reimaginings
It's October, and at a recent house party a friend of mine was telling me how much he hated Lovecraft. In honor of this sentiment and the creepiest month of the year, I bring to you my shortlist of super amazing Lovecraft-inspired tales. Enjoy! The Ballad of Black Tom I have recommended this story so... Continue Reading →
Three stories about dogs
I recently read "Mother, Watch Over Me," over on Mythic Delirium's website and I enjoyed it immensely. It made me realize that I have a special spot in my heart for dog stories, so here are three free stories sourced on the internet with main characters who are dogs. They are heartbreaking, as might be... Continue Reading →
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British Multi-Media Novel with EDM Soundtrack Turns 25
WeTransfer partners with PledgeMusic, Hollywood Writer/Director Trevor Miller and the legendary Paul Oakenfold to offer never-heard-before track BLOW-FISH from the forthcoming TRIP CITY soundtrack
SummaryFile-sharing service WeTransfer is today partnering with Trevor Miller, author of Trip City; renowned DJ and producer, Paul Oakenfold; and PledgeMusic, to celebrate 1234 Records' launch of the Trip City 25th Anniversary re-issue.
Trip City was the first British multi-media novel, originally published in 1989, with an accompanying five-track cassette of original music composed for the book by A GUY CALLED GERALD - who was racing up the mainstream charts at the time with VOODOO RAY.
For its 25th Anniversary, Sean McLusky's 1-2-3-4 Records is re-packaging and re-issuing Trip City for 2014. This landmark collaboration will include a re-edit of the novel by Trevor Miller - now a successful Hollywood filmmaker - a new forward by the DJ/Producer/Artist David Dorrell (of MARRS 'Pump Up The Volume' fame) and the original AGCG tracks digitally re-mastered, plus new music composed for the project by iconic artists, including Paul Oakenfold.
To celebrate, WeTransfer is giving its global audience a chance to download a never-before-released track by Oakenfold from the Trip City soundtrack. This give-away is not only part of the Trip City pledge drive, but a pay-it-forward gesture from Oakenfold and the team at Perfecto for their 'Vote for Paul' campaign in the DJ Top 100 race.
Additionally, this collaboration will see fresh design and packaging for the new book/soundtrack created by Ditto Press, and showcased exclusively on WeTransfer's full-screen backgrounds.
The new release is being crowd funded on PledgeMusic's Trip City page, with three launch events taking place at the Ace Hotels in London, NYC and LA in November 2014.
Exclusive Trip City artwork will be displayed on WeTransfer and the Oakenfold download will be available on WeTransfer from 13th August using the following link: http://we.tl/blowfish
Relevant linksExclusive BLOW-FISH Soundtrack http://we.tl/blowfish http://we.tl/blowfish Trip City WeTransfer wallpaper https://www.wetransfer.com/wallpaper/... https://www.wetransfer.com/wallpaper/537331955 Pledge Music Trip City page http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/t... http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/tripcity
"I've made a lot of music for film in the past but never a track for a book. It's an interesting and fresh concept and it's exciting to be a part of it. Although driven by a full throttle fictional plot the Trip City story certainly brings back a lot of memories from the early days of acid house, illegal raves and warehouse parties in and around London." Paul Oakenfold
"Music, and more importantly, musicians have always made up a huge part of WeTransfer's global creative community. Electronic dance music has transformed from a counter-culture to become part of mainstream music. At the time of its release, Trip City caught the essence of that culture but it remains as relevant today as it did back then. Artists are finding new ways to create, and most importantly share, their work. WeTransfer is not only allowing this process of sharing to happen but is bringing these creative leaders together into a global exhibition of creative talent, from established artists to the world's best young musicians. " Nalden, co-founder and CMO of WeTransfer
"When I wrote my Acid-House crime thriller in 1989, I set it in the twilight world of the Dance Music and nightclubs that I lived in. Twenty-five years ago, this was our small, secret world and nobody ever believed that it could become the story and soundtrack to 50 million people's lives." Trevor Miller, Author of Trip City
About WeTransfer
WeTransfer makes tools to move ideas. Founded in 2009 in Amsterdam as a simple, well-designed file sharing service for the creative community, WeTransfer has grown to include tools that scale across the creative spectrum, including editorial platform WePresent (with 2M monthly readers), mobile app 'Collect by WeTransfer' (with 4M monthly users), quick slide-making tool Paste® (with 40,000 active teams), immersive sketching tool Paper® (with more than 25M downloads), and the original web platform with 50M monthly users and over a billion files sent each month.
From the beginning, WeTransfer has prioritized bringing "offline" values - trust, transparency, and ethics - online. This means having a responsible data policy and tools that don't distract people from their creative flow. WeTransfer has pioneered a new means of online advertising, resulting in the platform's full-page wallpapers, designed by our award-winning in-house creative studio. Advertisers include industry-leading brands like Apple, Saint Laurent, Google, Balenciaga, Samsung, Netflix, Adidas, and Squarespace.
Since its founding, WeTransfer has proudly supported the creative communities and given up to 30% of advertising space to support the arts, donating over 5 billion impressions in 2017. Through our ongoing advertising grant program and content platform, WePresent, we have partnered with hundreds of groundbreaking artists and organizations, including Björk, King Krule, FKA twigs, Ryan McGinley, Ami Vitale, the Nelson Mandela Foundation, the UN Development Program, the World Wildlife Foundation and the Prince Estate. In 2016, WeTransfer launched the world's first free Masters of the Arts in design thinking with the University of the Underground and Worldwide FM, the global radio station run by legendary BBC DJ Gilles Peterson.
Following a $25 million investment from Highland Europe in 2015, WeTransfer opened a US office in Venice Beach, Los Angeles, to add to the Amsterdam headquarters. In 2018, WeTransfer acquired popular creative apps Paper® and Paste® and expanded its US presence to New York City.


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"Again his voice roars, his majestic voice thunders ..." - Job 37:4
The cacophony of noise drums in my head. The medical term for it is "tinnitus"; I simply call it "aggravating". While some refer to it as "ringing" or "buzzing" in the ears, I wish it were only a "ring" or a "buzz".
I have read of some people who patiently pray for the noise to stop so that they can sit silently and listen for the voice of God. There has to be a different approach.
Maybe this is God's way of getting my attention. Perhaps He is speaking, loud and clear; I just refuse to listen to it. I see it as "aggravating noise"; He sees it as a still voice speaking thunderously to me.
"Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening." - 1 Samuel 3:9
"... For the holy Spirit will teach you at that moment what you should say." - Luke 12:12
I visited my friend on a Monday. He had brain cancer for 14 months. He told me the doctor recently told him there was nothing more they could do for him. He said he no longer cared about work, sports, or anything else: "those things aren't important anymore," he remarked.
I held his hand, kept silent for a bit, and then tried to convey encouraging, uplifting, positive thoughts. "It is all in God's hands," I told him. "Yeah ... God," he said. When I left, I told him I would see him again in a few weeks.
My friend died five days later. I guess I didn't get it. It didn't seem like he would die that soon after I saw him. I was planning on seeing him again. Should I have said more? Did I say the right thing?
Yes. I will see him again. At some point in time.
Photo by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash
OMG! The butterfly landed on my hand in the backyard. How cool is that!! I could feel it tickling the back of my hand. And, then, in the blink of an eye, it was gone.
Do you have a moment when God was so close to you, you could touch him and feel His tickling deep in your soul?
O God, come close to me. Enable the Holy Spirit to come alive in my soul. Amen.
"Then God said: Let the water teem with an abundance of living creatures ... God created the great sea monsters and all kinds of crawling living creatures with which the water teems ... God saw that it was good, and God blessed them, saying: Be fertile, multiply, and fill the water of the seas ... " - Genesis 1:20-22
It was a breathtaking sight. Two dolphins swimming in and out of the wake of the boat. They were playing and dancing and just having fun! All of this took place against the backdrop of a beautiful golden sunset mirrored in the calm water of the sea. It was indeed a breathtaking sight.
God saw that it was good.
And so did I.
(Photo taken in the Gulf of Mexico by Fort Myers Beach, Florida)
"As they were proceeding on their journey someone said to him, 'I will follow you wherever you go.' " - Luke 9:57
Many years ago when I was learning to drive, my dad went with me for a ride through the park. Along the route, he pointed out some nice houses on the right side of the road. I don't remember what happened next, but there was a ditch, and it wasn't pretty! I do, however, remember the lesson learned that day: the steering wheel goes where the eyes lead.
So where are your eyes leading you? What are you steering toward? What corrections do you need to make in order to stay on course?
Holy Spirit, lead me along clear paths and do not let me stray from the plan. Amen.
"Sing praise, play music; proclaim all his wondrous deeds." - 1 Chronicles 16:9
Can you imagine what it's like to listen to the billowing, sweet-sounding tones from a 7000 pipe, majestic Casavant Frères organ? Imagine no longer. Although this fine organ at Notre-Dame Basilica of Montreal (Canada) is not one of the largest in its class, it is magnificent nonetheless. Against a backdrop of the Basilica's glorious altarpiece, you can hear a snippet of this splendid musical instrument above.
Sing praise, play music, give glory. Amen.
"By this is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit and become my disciples." - John 15:8
How do they do that? Our strawberry plants are sprouting shoots that dangle from the main plant. The shoots are as vibrant and productive as the mother plant. No dirt, no water, no direct nutrients, yet they survive and produce their own fruit. How do they do that?
I guess we aren't much different.
Heavenly Father, hang on to me as I hang on to you. Give me the nutrients I need to survive independently, yet always remain dependent on You. Amen.
"When I say, 'My foot is slipping,' your mercy, LORD, holds me up. When cares increase within me, your comfort gives me joy." - Psalm 94: 18-19
We neglected our tomato plants for a bit, and they got massively out of control. It is so bad that we can't even bring them back under control at this point.
Perhaps we should stop and reflect on our own life. Like these tomato plants, are we so out of control that we can no longer be reigned in? Or are we still manageable, able to be shaped and pruned by our Master?
O Lord, don't ever leave me unattended. Shape me, mold me, and prune me so that I am always mindful of Your gentle care. Amen.
I can "swipe to type" on my smartphone keyboard. What a cool thing! Just glide my finger from letter to letter, and it knows the word I want. I don't even have to be precise ... just close.
It's like our relationship with God. He knows all of our thoughts, dreams, worries, and fears before we even express them. There's no need to be precise ... just close.
Heavenly Father, thank you for knowing me more than I know myself. You anticipate my every word and thought and action. Together, we glide as one. Amen.
"The spirit of the LORD came upon him ... " - Judges 3:10
Cancer is invading his brain. He lies in bed most of the day. People come and go, but he seems alone.
I visited the other day. When I left, I touched his hand to wish him well until I visited again.
"All of a sudden I have goosebumps", he said. "Look at the goosebumps!" he exclaimed.
The room was not cold. There was no air blowing. I knew where the goosebumps originated. The Holy Spirit passed from me to him. Pentecost is alive and well.
Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in them the fire of your love. Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created. And You shall renew the face of the earth. Amen.
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I have an aunt who has an amazing talent.
You know how some people are really great at picking out presents that you love? That are so perfectly "you" that even if you hadn't known you wanted them, you wonder how you ever lived without them? Consistently, birthday after birthday, Christmas after Christmas, they succeed in picking out the perfect gift. Their track record is flawless.
Well, my aunt has the opposite gift.
My aunt is a dear. Even now that I am grown and well past the stage that she could be considered obligated, she still faithfully buys, packages, and sends gifts every birthday and Christmas. And not just to me, but (I believe) to each of my brothers and sisters. That's five nieces and nephews, all of whom live on the opposite side of the continent to her, but whom she never fails to remember on special occasions. I'm astonished by it.
However, what I'm equally and consistently astonished by is the sheer inappropriateness, time after time, of all of her presents.
I would never, ever, of course, say this to her. I am floored by her generosity, which goes far beyond the call of duty. I faithfully send her thank-you notes and disreetly re-home her presents.
But they are nearly always so completely out of place that the excitement of getting a packet in the mail is almost totally balanced out by the sad realization that I will probably have to give it away.
This has been the case as far back as I can remember. When I was seven years old, my aunt sent me a Barbie doll for Christmas. And not just any Barbie doll, but a pink-tutu-clad ballerina Barbie with a dazzling frozen smile and tight pink plastic ballet shoes stuck on her impossibly-pointed feet.
The irony of this was not lost on me even then. For you see, I was the quintessential tomboy. I rough-housed with my brothers, played in the dirt, and never touched dolls. In fact, one year when my brothers got Tonka trucks and I got a dainty doll tea set, I cried until I was given a Tonka truck too. Pink ballerina Barbies, and the girls who played with them, were the objects of my scorn.
This Barbie would probably have been the dream of any other little girl my age. But I was so completely disappointed by it that it's the only present I remember from that Christmas.
I didn't throw that Barbie out. But I didn't know what to do with it either. I hid it away in a bottom drawer and it went with us when we moved the next year. In fact, my well-meaning grandmother even bought me more outfits for it the next Christmas, which I promptly lost. I think she was trying to turn me into a girl.
A couple of years later, that poor Barbie became the object of my agressions. I stripped all of her clothes off, cropped her long blond plastic hair down to the absurd plug lines in her scalp, and threw her back in the drawer. Eventually, she was thrown away in a cleaning binge.
But my dear aunt has continued her track record, for example one year sending a painted slate plaque with some kind of inspirational verse on it; another year sending a flag with a chicken on it and "God bless this home" designed to be flown outside a house (I don't have a house?). I abhor knickknacks and decorative items; am not domestic; and keep my possessions to an absolute minimum. Anyone who knows me well, knows that I can't abide clutter or kitsch.
One year, she actually veered away from the trend and sent me quite a pretty necklace, a small turquoise-and-silver charm strung on a delicate silver chain. Though it isn't normally the style of jewelry I wear, it's truly lovely and it's still sitting in my jewelry box.
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Matsuyama, Ehime Pref., Dec. 12 (Jiji Press)--Shikoku Electric Power Co. <9507> said Thursday that it will suspend operations of the No. 3 reactor at its Ikata nuclear power plant on Dec. 26 for routine checkups and remove spent mixed-oxide, or MOX, fuel, from the reactor.
This will mark the first removal of used MOX fuel, a blend of plutonium extracted from spent nuclear fuel and uranium, from any commercial nuclear power plant in Japan since an initiative on plu-thermal power generation using the mixed fuel was announced in the country in 1997, according to the power supplier serving the Shikoku western Japan region.
The Japanese government and power firms are promoting plu-thermal power generation as part of the nuclear fuel cycle featuring the extraction of plutonium from spent nuclear fuel for reuse.
In 2010, Shikoku Electric started plu-thermal power generation using 16 MOX fuel assemblies at the No. 3 reactor at the Ikata plant in Ehime Prefecture, located in Shikoku.
The company plans to remove all of them during the reactor checkups through April 27, 2020, and will consider reusing the spent MOX fuel, which will likely be stored at the power plant for a while due to the lack of reprocessing facilities.
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J. Phys. IV France
Volume 115, June 2004
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J. Phys. IV France 115 (2004) 11
DOI: 10.1051/jp4:2004115002
Experimental investigations on the damping behaviour of superelastic NiTiI. Schmidt and R. Lammering
University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg, Institute of Mechanics, Holstenhofweg 85, 22043 Hamburg, Germany
A set of experimental investigations on the micro- and macromechanical transformation behaviour of superelastic NiTi as well as on elementary structures with integrated NiTi components has been undertaken with respect to damping. At low frequencies the transformation process during tensile tests has been observed and documented using in-situ optical microscopy [1]. For an estimation of the attainable damping capacity, experiments on a pre-strained string were performed. Pre-strained to approximately 25% martensite the damping capacity of NiTi for low amplitudes is in the range of steel. Increasing amplitudes lead to much higher damping values for NiTi. In the completely transformed stage NiTi exhibits an amplitude independent damping behaviour with values that are smaller than those observed in experiments with steel [2]. Further experiments have been performed with coil springs made from NiTi. These springs were used to increase the damping capability in a vibrating system compared to the same system with steel springs. Again increasing pre-stress as well as increasing vibration amplitudes lead to a stronger damping of the NiTi springs and the vibrating system. The calculated damping values result from a linear analysis.
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I think the reason I like the Rebus novels so much stems from the fact that they have so much in common with American noir fiction than they do with the classic British whodunit Rankin s frontman is a hardened SAS trained , drinking man with sometimes dubious scruples but one who cares passionately about getting the job done which for him entails tracking down the bad men There s a lot of Rankin in Rebus they drink in the same pub Edinburgh s Oxford Bar , their music tastes seldom stray from progressive rock and their working class upbringing in Fife, just across the water from Edinburgh, has shaped both into the slightly cynical but sharp witted men they are.Rankin writes seriously about modern Scotland and has interesting views on topical at the time of writing events Here he points his pen at Scottish oil but in other books he s covered homelessness and the plight of asylum seekers amongst a raft of topics he s turned his attention to The city of Edinburgh is also a star of these books seen by many as a posh and civilised enclave where crime barely registers, Rankin shows us the underbelly of the city As Glaswegians like to say about their Eastern neighbours it s aw fur coats an nae knickers.As the book opens, we see that John Rebus is in purgatory He s upset his bosses again and has been posted to Craigmillar station, the toughest in the city Not that Rebus is likely to be tied down for any length of time its not long before he s wondering off on his own, well away from the public housing hotspots of this impoverished corner of the city In fact, he travels far and wide as discovery of a tortured body leads to links with the oil industry and, in a secondary plotline, he is on the trail of an imitator of the real life Glasgow murderer Bible John And just to throw another problem into the mix, John is being investigated for his part in an arrest and subsequent conviction some years before Time to get on the road and make yourself scarce, John.This book won Rankin the Gold Dagger for best crime novel of the year 1997 , awarded by the Crime Writers Association It s big and quite complex and the scale is vast lone wolf Rebus finds himself in Glasgow, Aberdeen, Shetland and the oil fields of the North Sea Unpleasant characters abound It s clever and wry and sometimes laugh out loud funny It s all of this and , but for me the beauty of the book is in the way the story is told so than the in story itself Rankin is a supreme wordsmith and a truly gifted literary writer Add to this the fact that nobody writes dialogue better than he and you just know you re going to have fun when you pick up a Rebus novel Is he the finest crime writer of his generation Maybe I d personally vote for James Lee Burke, but I think Rankin comes a very close second.
Now this is how you write a really good crime novel Okay so the main character is a stereotypical alcoholic, antisocial cop but it is what Ian Rankin does with him that counts Rebus has developed over eight books into a man who does everything he can to catch his criminal frequently regardless of what his superiors might want or desire.Best of all, the book is constant action As I assume happens in real life police work, Rebus does not pursue just one crime for the whole book He is busy on several different fronts and gets to travel the length and breadth of Scotland, even managing a couple of helicopter rides to the oil rigs off shore I really enjoyed his relationships within each of the different police stations he is definitely not one of the crowd I found Black and Blue very difficult to put down and enjoyed every page of it.
John Rebus gets in your face and hits you hard With drive, determination, emotion, stubborn attitude He is a liar and an honest person at the same time He takes life hard, rather a bleak and lonely outlook, has trouble with relationships, love, alcohol Always gets into trouble with his superiors But he s loyal to his colleagues, and a straight guy And he s a damn good detective I m not by definition a crime book reader, but the Rebus books I like Story lines and characters are always solid Hard reality, great scene description of the darkest corners of Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen I was in Glasgow when I started reading this book and even recognized some of the spots lets say the lesser dark ones Most of this book plays in Aberdeen and the oil scene I ve said it again and will say it again, I love my Rebus Working my way steadily through the Rebus series and hope it doesn t stop for a while yet.
It has been a while since I have indulged in some Ian Rankin crime fiction and this book has reminded me why I classify his books as pure escapism Despite being first published twenty years ago, this book has a lasting relevancy and an enjoyment that can be garnered from a contemporary reader used to, perhaps, a psychological twist to their crime fiction.Some aspects of this novel seemed particularly tried, like the gruff, alcoholic detective whose eyes we see this world through, but, for me, this only added to the enjoyment of the piece Certain parts of this adhered to what was expected from a 90 s crime novel, but there were still enough thrills and chills to keep me entertained.For if the characters felt a little stereotypical, the plot most certainly was not The lone wolf Detective Rebus traverses the cities of Scotland as a myriad of murder mysteries haunt his psyche and overload his workload A returned serial killer from the presumed dead A possible gang related killing A police force with perhaps than one source of income And a teneous urban link that connects them all.I loved how this novel acted as a running social commentary of its time the late 90s and the setting urban Scotland , and it was fascinating to me how different life was then, despite the mere twenty year gap between the setting and now The reader can learn much on the way politics, societal attitudes and technology has altered from this book, despite that not being its official usage.
Black Blue es la octava entrega del inspector Rebus, y fue publicada en 1997 Ya ha llovido.Est considerada una de las mejores de la serie, y creo firmemente que puede serlo En esta entrega Rebus no ha descendido a n a los infiernos de sus demonios interiores, pero casi Sigue en estado auto destructivo, y los casos que lleva tampoco le ayudan a mejorar su humor Aqu se las tendr que ver con la industria petrolera del Mar del Norte, y por lo tanto tendr que viajar a Aberdeen, donde transcurre buena parte de la trama Y tambi n seguir la pista de Johnny Bible, que pretende emular los cr menes de su antecesor casi treinta a os atr s.Todo en una trama muy intrincada, que puede hacer que te pierdas un poco si no est s atento a la lectura, la cual no es de las m s f ciles sobre todo, si la lees en VO , pero s de las m s interesantes.En mi pr ximo viaje a Edimburgo har una parada en su bar favorito The Oxford bar , en Young Street, donde dicen que el propio autor es habitual entre los locales Tambi n Sean Connery suele dejarse caer de vez en cuando, aunque suele parar poco por esta bella ciudad que le vio nacer.
What would series crime fiction be like without the clunky crap I ve wondered than once in the last 18 months, as I started reading of the genre than I had since my teens Answer It would be like an Ian Rankin.For over twenty years, I d assumed to some extent that his books must be overhyped and trashy, as a lot of thrillers are A ten year old list of 100 best Scottish books which included Black Blue at least gave me pause for thought and a vague intention to get round to him one day Rankin books are so ubiquitous that it seemed ridiculous to seek them out actively on some level I was waiting for them to fall into my lap at the right time The same attitude is responsible for my not having read of Armistead Maupin s Tales of the City series And it actually worked with Discworld books, when at university I knew numerous Pratchett fans I found this copy of Black Blue the only Rebus I d have considered reading out of series order, and complete with the 90s early 2000s cover, which to my mind is what Ian Rankin novels should look like in holiday accommodation, when, as I d read a few Scandis reportedly influenced by Rankin, not having read him was starting to feel like a gap in my knowledge.In fairness, I ve not read any Martin Beck or Wallander, the other major influences on recent Nordic thrillers Nor was John Rebus the first drunk maverick loner detective But and especially by comparison with all the later ones I want to give him the Kellogg s slogan Original and best. And this is the eighth book in the series by that stage most series authors have a disintegrating dead horse on their hands, yet Rankin was starting to peak The only books I ve read comparable to this are a few John le Carr s both use genre tropes, but those tropes are alive, entertaining and made original in the hands of these authors than when churned out by the rest of the hacks.In the intricacy but never inaccessibility of its intertwining plot strands, Black Blue beats Booker nominated thriller doorstop The Kills hands down Makes it look so easy And makes it look like other crime writers are padding out their novels with long scenes of moodily starting into space this is 500 pages and Rebus is rarely doing that for than a couple of sentences There s too much happening to waste page time on that, regardless of how the character s feeling and that is conveyed succinctly The kidnapped guy who launched himself out of a window in one of Edinburgh s most run down estates the Glasgow gangsters the oil slick corrupt goings on in Aberdeen the internal investigation into an old case a stint giving up the booze serial killers old and new And fictional and real Bible John didn t hang over the West of Scotland to quite the extent Hindley and Brady do over north west England, but there s something of that Especially if you ve met people of the victims generation Taking the narrative viewpoint here close third of a real person and making it believeable is by no means easy I saw a lacklustre attempt to narrate as Greta Garbo in a short story last week but Rankin pulls it off and makes it utterly convincing Fictional maverick cops are frequently in trouble with their bosses, but it s very rare to see one be forced to empathise so closely with suspects, to have his greatly valued, solitary boundaries invaded as does Rebus here and it s the quality of writing that does that over and above mere storyboarding Many times, Rankin throws new light on events typical of crime fiction.We re obviously in a nearby parallel universe of Thrillerland, but it all works, it never seems contrived, rather it s impressive Covering three major Scottish cities, Shetland, and some lands between, Black and Blue is also a panorama of the country and its local cultures And of a point in time areas in the process of regenerating with flash new buildings, on a cusp between old and new centuries, tired old Tory rule and the brink of New Labour and the Scottish Parliament the topicality of the first plans for oil rig decommissioning very occasional use of email and cellphones by a couple of characters, but a lot of scrabbling for payphone coins and calling your home answering machine and the space and silence and escape you could still get just before everyone had portable digital thingies It s a fairly androcentric world police force recalls what a novelty Prime Suspect once was whilst Rebus and some, though certainly not all, of his colleagues are non sexist, without being unconvincingly right on Sometimes the sense of the era is in the little details, like the use of the word New Age, about merely enjoying the view of a sky, or about travellers and the spot on choice of having a left wing guy in his twenties carry around a copy of Iain Banks Whit in his rucksack It knows it s only half zeitgeisty, because Rebus is older than his author, and both his job and he as a personality are somewhat detached from the buzz and Rebus sometimes regrets having missed pop cultural moments during his years in the army, but these lacunae make him part of his own small subculture with others like himself Rebus may be a recognisable archetype, yet he s drawn so very well unlike the other lazy, blurry impressions of his sort elsewhere that he feels real than the characters in most books I ve read this year There s a certain kind of grumpy, dark mood that I feel can only be adequately externalised by sulking about with drink and cigarette, most probably in a pub, and Rebus rapidly became one of the characters I m very happy to have do this for vicariously I ll probably need of him in the coming months Just as well there are over 20 books It now seems idiotic to have shunned this series for so long but it does mean there s a feast to enjoy Even among my favourites and 5 star books, I can t remember previously understanding why anyone would say I envy people who haven t read X yet, and still have the pleasure of discovering it but over the last few days, whilst not everything has been easy, when reading Black and Blue, I often felt almost as I have done on favourite social occasions savouring a peak moment and feeling nostalgia even whilst it s still happening.
Gold Dagger Winner, 1997 This book almost killed me So I m glad there s been some recompense Ian Rankin, January 6th 1998.Rankin s coming of age, hard boiled police procedural is one of my all time favourite crime novels Serial killer Bible John murdered three people 30 years ago, and then disappears He s back or is it a copycat, nicknamed Bible Johnny, by the press Rebus has his hands full with solving the murder of an oil rig painter and he s under investigation for planting evidence in an old case But the real plot takes place within the mind of Rankin s enigmatic protagonist, DI John Rebus Rebus is an obsessed maverick, a tenacious drunkard, a selfish father, and an egotistical ex husband Black Blue is set in Edinburgh Aberdeen, the cities scarred, scrabbled souls as poignant as Rebus s own.Rankin is one of the most gifted storytellers and Black Blue is one of the most brilliant stories I ve ever read If it were not seen as a genre book, I believe that Black Blue could win a prize in any literary competition Rankin juggles his characters, his words, his plot and his story with the skill of a writer at the height of his craft The twist at the end is terrifying in its ordinariness The scary thing about Ian Rankin is that he keeps on getting better.
So far the best Rebus novel of the 8 I have read In this novel, Rankin uses a story he heard from a friend and builds up a whole narrative which is amazing John Rebus is mobile , he takes us all around Scotland in this book From Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, to the Shetlands and the oil rigs in the Atlantic There are four crimes in this 500 pages novel Rankin s most ambitious so far as I am reading the series one books at time The four crimes connect the past to the present A Bible John and his son Johnny Bible. Who is watching who and who is learning from who And why would someone jump in a chair from a third floor building A prank or an assassination Rebus is joined in this book with his friend from Knots and Crosses Jack Morton This book is a wonderful example of Tartan Noir.
This is the first Inspector Rebus book I have read and I found it enjoyable, if a little exhausting The plot was interesting, the characters were well drawn, but this was not an easy read I had trouble following some of the twists and I truly don t believe alcoholic anti social individuals make good detectives I will give Rankin another try Hopefully I won t feel like I ve been through a 12 round boxing match.
Up we go to five stars Rankin is the master, and here s where he hits his stride.Yesterday afternoon, I handed in an almighty huge work project that I ve been plugging away at for two months In celebration, I took the evening to myself bubble bath, glass of whisky, Rebus Exactly how these things should be done I read til the water got cold And it was great.This is the book where Rankin started to really get noticed, and it s also the book that reminds me how much I adore this whole genre a collection of mysteries not so much interwoven as to mix my metaphors plates spinning dangerously close to each other Character is layered on puzzle, on character again Setting looms large Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen Scotland as a nation is both self aware and self absorbed in a way that England just isn t, or I think so and I think it s partly because of these types of novels, where characters just hang out in the major Scottish cities, and get to know everything about them Characters just don t do that in Birmingham, Newcastle, Portsmouth Maybe Manchester a bit London for definite, but that s a different matter Scottish literature seems somehow geographically introspective than anything south of the border I can t comment on Wales I ve not read enough Welsh set literature to know one way or the other I suspect, however, that Northern Ireland is like Scotland in this respect In the last few years, I ve written a forever going to sit in a drawer and be a reminder of my own failings slash growth novel set in Southampton, and it s probably a clich these days but I d like to write one set in Edinburgh as well Both of those places are important to me Reading Rankin, Spark, Dunnett you may keep Irvine Welsh, I m afraid , I realise quite how much there is to live up to here, compared with any other city Reading Black and Blue, I realise it all over again.Read it for technical brilliance and the most practised hand at genre you ll have come across in a while.Read for Tartan Noir Month, 2015.