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Speedy Trial
Source and Rationale.—The right to a speedy trial may be derived from a provision of Magna Carta and it was a right so interpreted by Coke.12 Much the same language was incorporated[p.1401]into the Virginia Declaration of Rights of 1776 13 and from there into the Sixth Amendment. Unlike other provisions of the Amendment, this guarantee can be attributable to reasons which have to do with the rights of and infliction of harms to both defendants and society. The provision is "an important safeguard to prevent undue and oppressive incarceration prior to trial, to minimize anxiety and concern accompanying public accusation and to limit the possibility that long delay will impair the ability of an accused to defend himself."14 The passage of time alone may lead to the loss of witnesses through death or other reasons and the blurring of memories of available witnesses. But on the other hand, "there is a societal interest in providing a speedy trial which exists separate from and at times in opposition to the interests of the accused." Persons in jail must be supported at considerable public expense and often families must be assisted as well. Persons free in the community may commit other crimes, may be tempted over a lengthening period of time to "jump" bail, and may be able to use the backlog of cases to engage in plea bargaining for charges or sentences which do not give society justice. And delay often retards the deterrent and rehabilitative effects of the criminal law.15
Application and Scope.—Because the guarantee of a speedy trial "is one of the most basic rights preserved by our Constitution," it is one of those "fundamental" liberties embodied in the Bill of Rights which the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment makes applicable to the States.16 The protection afforded by this guarantee "is activated only when a criminal prosecution has begun and extends only to those persons who have been 'accused' in the course of that prosecution." Invocation of the right need not await indictment, information, or other formal charge but begins with the actual restraints imposed by arrest if those restraints precede the formal preferring of charges.17 Possible prejudice that[p.1402]may result from delays between the time government discovers sufficient evidence to proceed against a suspect and the time of instituting those proceedings is guarded against by statutes of limitation, which represent a legislative judgment with regard to permissible periods of delay.18 In two cases, the Court held that the speedy trial guarantee had been violated by States which preferred criminal charges against persons who were already incarcerated in prisons of other jurisdictions following convictions on other charges when those States ignored the defendants' requests to be given prompt trials and made no effort through requests to prison authorities to obtain custody of the prisoners for purposes of trial.19 A state practice permitting the prosecutor to take nolle prosequi with leave, which discharged the accused from custody but left him subject at any time thereafter to prosecution at the discretion of the prosecutor, the statute of limitations being tolled, was condemned as violative of the guarantee.20
When the Right is Denied.—"The right of a speedy trial is necessarily relative. It is consistent with delays and depends upon circumstances. It secures rights to a defendant. It does not preclude the rights of public justice."21 No length of time is per se too long to pass scrutiny under this guarantee,22 but on the other hand nei[p.1403]ther does the defendant have to show actual prejudice by delay.23 The Court rather has adopted an ad hoc balancing approach. "We can do little more than identify some of the factors which courts should assess in determining whether a particular defendant has been deprived of his right. Though some might express them in different ways, we identify four such factors: Length of delay, the reason for the delay, the defendant's assertion of his right, and prejudice to the defendant."24 The fact of delay triggers an inquiry and is dependent on the circumstances of the case. Reasons for delay will vary. A deliberate delay for advantage will weigh heavily, whereas the absence of a witness would justify an appropriate delay, and such factors as crowded dockets and negligence will fall between these other factors.25 It is the duty of the prosecution to bring a defendant to trial, and the failure of the defendant to demand the right is not to be construed as a waiver of the right;26 yet, the defendant's acquiescence in delay when it works to his advantage should be considered against his later assertion that he was denied the guarantee, and the defendant's responsibility for the delay would be conclusive. Finally, a court should look to the possible prejudices and disadvantages suffered by a defendant during a delay.27
A determination that a defendant has been denied his right to a speedy trial results in a decision to dismiss the indictment or to reverse a conviction in order that the indictment be dismissed.28[p.1404]
Public Trial
"This nation's accepted practice of guaranteeing a public trial to an accused has its roots in our English common law heritage. The exact date of its origin is obscure, but it likely evolved long before the settlement of our land as an accompaniment of the ancient institution of jury trial. In this country the guarantee to an accused of the right to a public trial first appeared in a state constitution in 1776. Following the ratification in 1791 of the Federal Constitution's Sixth Amendment . . . most of the original states and those subsequently admitted to the Union adopted similar constitutional provisions. Today almost without exception every state by constitution, statute, or judicial decision, requires that all criminal trials be open to the public.
"The traditional Anglo–American distrust for secret trials has been variously ascribed to the notorious use of this practice by the Spanish Inquisition, to the excesses of the English Court of Star Chamber, and to the French monarchy's abuse of the letter de cachet. All of these institutions obviously symbolized a menace to liberty. . . . Whatever other benefits the guarantee to an accused that his trial be conducted in public may confer upon our society, the guarantee has always been recognized as a safeguard against any attempt to employ our courts as instruments of persecution."29 The purposes of the requirement of open trials are multiple: it helps to assure the criminal defendant a fair and accurate adjudication of guilt or innocence, it provides a public demonstration of fairness, it discourages perjury, the misconduct of participants, and decisions based on secret bias or partiality. The Court has also expatiated upon the therapeutic value to the community of open trials to enable the public to see justice done and the fulfillment of the urge for retribution that people feel upon the commission of some kinds of crimes.30 Because of the near universality of the guarantee in this country, the Supreme Court has had little occasion to deal with the right. It is a right so fundamental that it is protected against state deprivation by the due process clause,31 but it is not[p.1405]so absolute that reasonable regulation designed to forestall prejudice from publicity and disorderly trials is foreclosed.32 The banning of television cameras from the courtroom and the precluding of live telecasting of a trial is not a denial of the right,33 although the Court does not inhibit televised trials under the proper circumstances.34
The Court has borrowed from First Amendment cases in protecting the right to a public trial. Closure of trials or pretrial proceedings over the objection of the accused may be justified only if the state can show "an overriding interest based on findings that closure is essential to preserve higher values and is narrowly tailored to serve that interest."35 In Waller v. Georgia,36 the Court held that an accused's Sixth Amendment rights had been violated by closure of all 7 days of a suppression hearing in order to protect persons whose phone conversations had been taped, when less than 2<SUP>1/<INF>2 hours of the hearing had been devoted to playing the tapes. The need for openness at suppression hearings "may be particularly strong," the Court indicated, due to the fact that the conduct of police and prosecutor is often at issue.37 However, an accused's Sixth Amendment–based request for closure must meet the same stringent test applied to governmental requests to close proceedings: there must be "specific findings . . . demonstrating that first, there is a substantial probability that the defendant's right to a fair trial will be prejudiced by publicity that closure would prevent, and second, reasonable alternatives to closure cannot adequately protect the defendant's fair trial rights."38
The Sixth Amendment guarantee is apparently a personal right of the defendant, which he may in some circumstances waive in conjunction with the prosecution and the court.39 The First Amendment, however, has been held to protect public and press ac[p.1406]cess to trials in all but the most extraordinary circumstances,40 hence a defendant's request for closure of his trial must be balanced against the public and press right of access. Before such a request for closure will be honored, there must be "specific findings . . . demonstrating that first, there is a substantial probability that the defendant's right to a fair trial will be prejudiced by publicity that closure would prevent, and second, reasonable alternatives to closure cannot adequately protect the defendant's fair trial rights."41
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Where better than Cannes, the current epicenter of international glamor, to find a Bond girl?
Berenice Marlohe is at the film festival to introduce the "Skyfall" trailer, in which she stars alongside Daniel Craig and Naomie Harris.
The smiley French actress is also the new face of Swarovski, so she chats while picking her jewelery for the 007 event Monday, a public screening on the beach.
Marlohe says she's just excited as fans to see the finished movie: "I know the actors, I know what we've done, but I don't know what they will do with it. So I'm very curious about it."
As for what James Bond is really like, Marlohe reveals that Daniel Craig doesn't deserve his serious reputation.
"He's very, very funny," she says. "He's like a clown."

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City & Guilds Kineo to Discuss the Key Steps to Onboarding Success at LT Summer Forum
City & Guilds Kineo are to showcase some of their latest client work at the Learning Technologies Summer Forum, taking place at Olympia, London on 17th June. They will also be delivering a free seminar that showcases effective onboarding techniques, and releasing a new guide at the show.
The Summer Forum is the follow-up event to Europe's biggest Learning Technologies & Skills Show that which takes place in January each year, comprising a free-to-attend Exhibition and a paid-for LSG Conference.
Since the January show, City & Guilds Kineo have been crowned the LPI's 2014 Learning Provider of the Year, and at this year's Summer Forum have a focus on a key L&D area for many businesses: Onboarding.
Nearly one in three new hires leave within one year of joining, and 22% of staff turnover occurs within the first 6 weeks. Getting onboarding right not only ensures reduced turnover, but also increases performance and sets the tone for the learning experiences to come.
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2018 Mitsubishi Outlander
ES 4dr SUV (2.4L 4cyl CVT)
$432/mo est.
Price Analysis
305 Days on Lot
Selling slowly, this dealer is motivated to sell soon
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Ext. Color:
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Int. Color:
Black cloth
Drive Type:
front wheel drive
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Manual Folding Third Row Seat
Bluetooth wireless phone connectivity
AM/FM/HD Radio
Radio Data System
Speed Sensitive Audio Volume Control
Surround Audio
Total Number of Speakers: 6
Braking Assist
ABS and Driveline Traction Control
Stability control
Privacy glass: Deep
Machined aluminum rims w/ painted accents
Wheel Diameter: 18
Wheel Width: 7
Driver knee airbags
Urethane steering wheel trim
Leather shift knob trim
Metal-look dash trim
Metal-look door trim
Piano black center console trim
Video Monitor Location: Front
Trip computer
External temperature display
Manufacturer's 0-60mph acceleration time (seconds): 8.3 s
Auxilliary transmission cooler
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Dual illuminated vanity mirrors
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Front reading lights
Anti-theft alarm system
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Rear seats center armrest
Tilt and telescopic steering wheel
Speed-proportional electric power steering
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Chrome grille
Center Console: Full with covered storage
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- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Series: Nathaniel McCormick, Book 2
- Length: 16 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Release date: 20-08-07
- Language: English
- Publisher: Books on Tape
Regular price: £40.69
As a circle of treachery tightens around Nate, and the woman he loves is thrust into the line of fire, patients surface with agonizing stories to tell. Nate is about to make the most startling discovery of all: a secret alliance between crime, science, and a billion-dollar industry determined to hide its victims at any price. For Nate, that price will be the one person most important to him - unless he can expose the flaw in a perfect conspiracy of medicine and murder.
From shocking evidence revealed under a microscope to the shattering testimony of those betrayed by the ruthlessness of the medical industry, Flawless takes us on a terrifying, adrenaline-charged journey. Taut, thrilling, and relentless, it will leave you pondering its questions long after the final sentence.
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- Dennis
- 31-08-07
Good book, but not quite as good as his earlier one, Isolation Ward. Would be worth listening to except for the 2 Credit charge, which I didn't see until after purchase.
His books are good, but certainly not worth more than a Baldachi or DeMille. Just my opinion.
11 of 11 people found this review helpful
- Barry
- 19-01-08
Better than Isolation Ward!
I loved Isolation Ward, and found Spanogle's writing style addictive, so I used my next credit on Flawless.
I was happy to see that Scott Brick narrated this as well. He always does a great job.
Like Isolation Ward, "Flawless" blends medical thriller, detective, and police procedural. There are even some horror elements.
Not too farfetched either... this sort of story, poisonous injections of an experimental cosmetic surgery procedure, and the cover-up that follows, is actually believable on some level. This is what makes the story evoke so visceral a reaction.
The pace of the story is nice and fast, the way I like it, and the characters are well-developed, especially Dr. Nate McCormick.
There is quite a bit of gore and violence, so this book is not for the faint of heart. But this is what makes the story so gritty.
I loved this book and look forward to the author's next novel.
8 of 8 people found this review helpful
- Robert
- 24-10-07
16+ hours with Scott Brick narrating - boy, was I excited when this one came out! However, plot turned out to be quite predictable yet painfully drawn out, the main characters were flat when not outright unpleasant and graphic violence thrown in transparent last-ditch attempt to engage the listener. Oh well. I did quite like Spanogle's previous book in the series - Isolation Ward - but this one was a let down.
Oh - and what is with having to pay 2 credits for this one?
7 of 7 people found this review helpful
- Sharon
- 08-03-08
Enjoyable Scott Brick performance
Wow, so many one star reviews. I suspect you either sit back and enjoy the ride or you hate the book. After a slow start I enjoyed the narration so much that it didn't matter a whit if I could guess where the story would head next, and there were plenty of twists I didn't see. I especially enjoyed every second this protagonist matched wits with an eight year old boy. I will definitely seek more from this author.
6 of 6 people found this review helpful
- kndfar
- 18-10-07
Not good
Flawless is one of the most "graphic" books I have every listened to. It just seemed to go on and on. Even having Scott Brick as the narrator does not save this one. If I could give it a 1/2 star I would.
5 of 5 people found this review helpful
- Dave Staats
- 19-10-07
Call it Flawful
I gave this 2 stars for Scott Brick's excellent performance. I took one back because he read it. I will keep this short because I wasted enough life energy finishing this awful mess. Stock wooden characters. Plot contrivances more outlandish than a cartoon.Idiotic self-flagellation. Save your time. Save your money. This review, I promise, is more entertaining than the book.
9 of 10 people found this review helpful
- Cheers!
- 08-10-07
Not a good
Not nearly so good as Spanogle's first book. I saw through the basic plot very quickly. The narrator read the entire book in CAPITAL LETTERS, making Nate seem like he had absolutely no humanity and was a self-serving jerk. I definitely will listen to a sample before I purchase a book from a narrator I don't know. I definitely will not listen books narrated by Scott Brick. He even read the end credits with too much emphasis on each word.
4 of 5 people found this review helpful
- Janie O'brien
- 15-09-13
Great writing style
I really enjoyed the wry humour the author injected into the book through his main character, Dr. Nate McCormick who told us this medical techno thriller story as it unfolded.
The only criticism I had was that sometimes it just went on and on a bit long before the story changed it's tack. With a bit of clever editing the book could have been reduced from a long 16 hours to a more faster paced 13, thus saving 3 hours of agonising detail. Apart from that the plot was quite interesting and actually believable. The story moved along well and the ending was OK. I will read more of Joshua Spanogle's works and hopefully his future books will rate 5 stars with a bit more experience. Recommended, for a reader looking for a thriller with subject matter that's a bit different.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
- Don
- 06-10-12
Tough Book to Rate -2* for excessive detail
98% of the book rates 4.5 stars especially with the great story telling of Scott Brick, however, I frequently found myself fast forwarding or seriously considering turning the book off. The gruesome detail is fine for a text in dermatology or oncology but please - I just don't appreciate a good story ruined by fatuous gory details that add nothing to the plot-line or character development. I'm reminded of why I stopped reading Patricia Cornwell – it may be "real" but I think the writer is too talented to need the yuck-factor.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
- Hermano
- 13-09-07
Surprisingly good!
I gave the author's previous book in the series an average score, and this is a big improvement. The dialogue is fluid, and the main character is much more developed. Many twists and turns in the plot keep you guessing.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful


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Exploring the Elements of Art
Scribble Exploration and Enlargement
Ms. Morgan
Essential questions:
- How can we create art work which is unique?
- Where do we see the elements of art in the world?
- Why is revising our art so important?
- When should we ask for others' opinions of our art?
- Why do artists "limit their palette"?
Emphasized Standards (refer to assessment sheets for details)
1. Creating 3. Self Expression 4. Technique
-You will do a "scribble exploration" to get warmed up. For this project, you will follow instructions, BUT you will also be free to express yourself creatively.
-You will then revise and improve your work, based on your own reflection and the opinions of your peers.
-The next step is to create a viewfinder (4cm by 4 cm) and using this, enlarge one section of your drawing.
-After doing some idea development in your sketchbook, you will crate a piece of art based on observation and colour choice.
Idea Development (In Sketchbook)
-In your sketchbook please do three "mini" enlargements in pencil first (8 by 8).
-Outline the pencil with black sharpie.
-Then choose hot or cold colours to fill in your art.
-Colour in the spaces that you choose with coloured pencil. You must show blending and value.
Final Work
-You will choose your favourite "mini" and create your final art work on a separate piece of paper in oil pastel.
-From this step, you will do an "extension" with opposite colours. (Please wait for demonstration!
You may use coloured pencil or pastel)
*Remember to always "ASK THREE BEFORE ME!"
Do another one using earth tones. How does this change the feeling of your art?
Do another "scribble exploration" but this time write down your own 10 rules.
Assessment Questions: HOW CAN I SUCCEED?
*My final project shows a full range of value from dark to light and many shades in between (TECHNIQUE)
Definitely Mostly Kind of Not really
*My final project is surprising and original and shows my own style. (CREATING and SELF EXPRESSION)
Definitely Mostly Kind of Not really
*My final project went through many revisions and refinements. (CREATING)
Definitely Some Not Really I never took suggestions for improvement
*My art work POPS when I step back from it.
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The Remedium Approach
Remedium Recovery offers personalized care, specialized support, and effective treatment that creates the perfect environment to combat addiction. Our services include addiction recovery, using medically assisted recovery and withdrawal treatments, to give you the best chance for recovery.
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Dr. Derrick Bowling
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A native of Russellville, Alabama, Dr. Bowling attended the University of Alabama from 1988-1994. He graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in German and History in 1992, and summa cum laude with a Master of Arts in German Literature in 1994...
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In 2003, Dr. Fritz founded The Fritz Clinic. He developed a keen interest in treating patients utilizing integrative medicine protocols to address the need for bio-identical hormone replacement therapy for both men and women, nutritional and dietary programs, innovative intravenous therapies and detoxification. Dr. Fritz, certified as a provider, has also prescribed medical treatment in hyperbaric oxygen utilization.
Dr. Fritz has trained with internationally known physicians in the Republic of Panama at Stem Cell Institue Panama with a relatively new concept in medicine, the introduction of Stem Cell therapy for the treatment of auto-immune conditions. He also is a co-owner of two medical clinics in Panama that specialize in optimal wellness and body energy testing. In 2010, Dr. Fritz felt compelled to address the growing issue of opioid dependency with physician based counseling and medically assisted treatment. The Fritz Clinic has become a leader in opioid addiction treatment with five clinics in Alabama.
In 2017, Dr. Fritz joined Remedium Wellness as the National Medical Director. His Well Body – Well Mind approach to healing the addicted patient through total optimal wellness protocols is matched perfectly with the Remedium Wellness mission to address and be a major source for the elimination of this growing epidemic.


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Like all things in life, cruise ship deck plans do change in time. Often, cruise lines change facilities and public venues - their location, type (services and amenities) or names. Other changes may relate to new cabin categories. Often, after a major refurbishment, cruise lines add to the ship:
- new passenger cabins.
- new dining venues - specialty restaurants, bars, lounges, etc.
- new facilities - aqua park, water-slide(s), Spa, pool(s) / whirlpool(s), outdoor movie theater, etc or - simply change the names of the existing ones.
Whatever sort of cruise you choose – resort-style, boutique-luxury, leisurely river or adventure – you want to make the most of your precious time on board. And if you are cruising for the first time, there are lots of things you can do to save time and money that might not apply to land-based holidays.
Our cruise ship deck plans will show you what is what (activities, amenities, serving what purpose), located where, changed when (newest upgrades / latest refurbishment review). All dining venues (restaurants and food bars) reviews also contain basic menu/cuisine information, and whether the dining options are complimentary, at surcharge PP or a la carte priced.
All deck plan pages include basic statistical information, such as:
- year built, vessel class and sister ships (among the fleets of all lines).
- total number of cabins, plus number per type (Inside, OceanView/RiverView, Balcony, Suite).
- capacity - passengers (normal and max/double occupancy) and crew capacity.
- number of passenger accessible decks, number (in any) of swimming pools and whirlpools (hot tubs), passenger elevators, water-slides.
- On some ships is additionally provided information regarding name origin/meaning, service history, fun facts.
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The old dog barks backwards without getting up.
I can remember when he was a pup.
Poet: Robert Frost
Poem: The Span Of Life
Volume: Collected Poems, Henry Holt & Co.
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On the surface, it doesn't appear as if much in Excel 2003 has changed. There are a handful of new objects and the user interface is largely the same. But beyond a superficial glance, you'll see that there are fundamental shifts implied by the new features: Lists, XML, web services, .NET, and InfoPath build a framework for entirely new ways to exchange data with Excel. In fact, that's much of what Excel 2003 is all about--solving problems that deal with teamwork-- collecting and sharing data, programming across applications, and maintaining security. The latest in our Developer's Notebook series, this guide introduces intermediate to advanced Excel VBA programmers to the newest programming features of Excel 2003,--focusing just on what's new--so you can get up to speed quickly. Light on theory and long on practical application, the book takes you directly to the topics you'll want to master through a series of hands-on projects. With dozens of practical labs, you'll be able to decide for yourself which new aspects of Excel will be useful or not in your own work. And best of all, you won't have to buy an expensive revision of a legacy Excel programming tutorial to learn about the new features--if they're covered there at all. Excel 2003 Programming: A Developer's Notebook shows you how to work with lists and XML data, secure Excel applications, use Visual Studio Tools for Office, consume Web Services, and collect data with Infopath. Each chapter is organized into a collection of labs, each of which addresses a specific programming problem. You can follow along to complete the lab on your own, or jump ahead and use the samples the author has built for you. The new Developer's Notebooks series from O'Reilly covers important new tools for software developers. Emphasizing example over explanation and practice over theory, they focus on learning by doing--you'll get the goods straight from the masters, in an informal and code-intensive style that suits developers. If you've been curious about Excel 2003, but haven't known where to start, this no-fluff, lab-style guide is the solution.
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Frederick Buechner Quotes About RunningQuotes about: Running
. . some moment happens in your life that you say yes right up to the roots of your hair, that makes it worth having been born just to have happen. laughing with somebody till the tears run down your cheeks. waking up to the first snow. being in bed with somebody you love... whether you thank god for such a moment or thank your lucky stars, it is a moment that is trying to open up your whole life. If you turn your back on such a moment and hurry along to business as usual, it may lose you the ball game. if you throw your arms around such a moment and hug it like crazy, it may save your soul.
To be commanded to love God at all, let alone in the wilderness, is like being commanded to be well when we are sick, to sing for joy when we are dying of thirst, to run when our legs are broken. But this is the first and great commandment nonetheless. Even in the wilderness - especially in the wilderness - you shall love him.
Phrases like Worship Service or Service of Worship are tautologies. To worship God means to serve him. Basically there are two ways to do it. One way is to do things for Him that He needs to have done - run errands for Him, carry messages for Him, fight on His side, feed His lambs, and so on. The other way is to do things for Him that you need to do - sing songs for Him, tell Him what's on your mind and in your heart, in general rejoice in Him.
All 'isms' run out in the end, and good riddance to most of them. Patriotism for example. [...] If in the interest of making sure we don't blow ourselves off the map once and for all, we end up relinquishing a measure of national sovereignty to some international body, so much the worse for national sovereignty. There is only one Sovereignty that matters ultimately, and it is of another sort altogether.
I don't go to church all that regularly, and one reason I don't is very often when I go I am bored out of my wits. I find myself being addressed by preachers who, I assume, were led by some initial passion for Christ, for the truth, for God, for "the More." That's what got them there. But that has gotten buried under all the debris of having to run a church, of concerns.
God created us in joy and created us for joy, and in the long run not all the darkness there is in the world and in ourselves can separate us finally from that joy, because whatever else it means to say that God created us in His image, I think it means that even when we cannot believe in Him, even when we feel most spiritually bankrupt and deserted by Him, His mark is deep within us. We have God's joy in our blood.
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Matthew W. Epperson; Nabila El-Bassel; Mingway P. Chang; Louisa Gilbert
- Title:
- Examining the Temporal Relationship Between Criminal Justice Involvement and Sexual Risk Behaviors among Drug-Involved Men
- Author(s):
- Epperson, Matthew W.
El-Bassel, Nabila
Chang, Mingway P.
Gilbert, Louisa
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- 2010
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- Articles
- Department(s):
- Social Work
- Volume:
- 87
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- https://doi.org/10.7916/D8B284XM
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- Journal of Urban Health
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- Although criminal justice involvement has repeatedly been associated with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/sexually transmitted infection prevalence and sexual risk behaviors, few studies have examined whether arrest or incarceration uniquely contributes to sexually risky behavior. We examined the temporal relationship between criminal justice involvement and subsequent sexual HIV risk among men in methadone maintenance treatment in New York City. A random sample of 356 men was interviewed at baseline (time 1), 6-month (time 2), and 12-month (time 3) follow-ups. Propensity score matching, negative binomial, and multiple logistic regression were used to isolate and test the effect of time 2 arrest and incarceration on time 3 sexual risk behaviors. Incidence of time 2 criminal justice involvement was 20.1% for arrest and 9.4% for incarceration in the prior 6 months. Men who were arrested at time 2 demonstrated increased number (adjusted incidence rate ratio [IRR]=1.62; 95% confidence intervals [CI]=1.11, 2.37) and proportion (IRR=1.36; 95% CI=1.07, 1.72) of unprotected vaginal sex acts at time 3. Men incarcerated at time 2 displayed increased number (IRR=2.07; 95% CI=1.23, 3.48) and proportion (IRR=1.45; 95% CI=1.06, 1.99) of unprotected vaginal sex acts at time 3. Within this sample of drug-involved men, arrest and incarceration are temporally associated with and may uniquely impact successive sexual risk-taking. Findings underscore the importance of HIV prevention interventions among individuals with low-intensity criminal justice involvement. Developing prevention efforts aimed at short-term incarceration, community reentry, and alternatives to incarceration settings will address a large and under-researched segment of the criminal justice population. Alternative approaches to current criminal justice policy may result in public health benefits.
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- Social psychology
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Product categories that RadioShack provides manuals for include audio, batteries, digital cameras, computers, office equipment and toys. Documents available include owner's manuals provided by the manufacturer, specification sheets, feature lists and official Materials Safety Data Sheets.
RadioShack also offers an online glossary of electronics terms, answers to frequently asked questions, and reference charts for refills and consumable parts. This section includes how-to guides for configuring a home entertainment center, setting up a GPS unit and acquiring a signal, replacing an ink cartridge, and other tasks that do not require specialized knowledge or equipment.Learn more about Corporations


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Welcome to the website where we will discuss web development. Here, you will get all kinds of information, from implementing systems that will help you run your web development business smoothly to elements that you should include on the homepage of a website.
Web development is truly a unique profession because it combines art and creativity with the latest developments in modern technology. A web development project consists of many elements, including web design, graphic design, possibly copywriting, content creation, editing and distribution, and more.
What sets web developers apart from many other businesses is that as a web developer, you will play a critical role in connecting business to their customers all over the world in a positive and meaningful way. A good web developer can build a website that attracts the right audience, keeps it on the website longer and has the audience coming back for more.
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Web developers have an opportunity to use both their artistic and organisational skills. The more complex a website, the more the combination of skills is important. For example, online casinos get visitors from all over the world. This means a lot of competition for visitors among the casinos. This, in turn, means that in order to stand out and compete, the website of an online casino needs to be really good.
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We understand that a great travel experience means getting to and from your destination as smoothly as possible. For many of our travelers, this may be their first time flying without their parents. And parents might be concerned about having their child traveling for the first time without them.
What might be new to your family is routine for ours. We use our many systems and procedures, developed from 36 years of experience arranging flights, to make the journey as easy and relaxing as possible—for everyone!
Here are some things you can expect from us when getting from Point A to Point B. We cover a lot of key details, however if you still have questions or concerns, we're always happy to chat via phone or email.
Time Parameters for Arrival To & Departure
In order to minimize waiting times in airports upon arrival, and upon returning home, we use specific flight time parameters for each program. These times outline when participants should arrive and for when to book your flight home. We provide airport transfers around these designated times and the system helps programs start and conclude smoothly.
Chaperoned Group Flights
When there are 10 or more students traveling from the same city, we typically arrange a group flight. In the New York tri-state area, a Westcoast Connection representative will see these flights off at the airport to facilitate check-in and make social introductions.
All Active Teen Tours that head out west offer chaperoned group flights to begin the trip from the New York area.
Additionally, the following international destinations have chaperoned flights from the U.S. with gateway cities indicated as of October 2017 and are subject to change:
|Australia & Hawaii – 27 days
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|Backpack France, Switzerland & Italy – 28 days
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|Croatia, Slovenia, Austria & Czech Republic
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|Greece, the Islands & Italy – 25 days
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|New Zealand & Australia Adventure – 23 days
|chaperoned from Los Angeles (and from NY to LA)
|Spain & Portugal – 28 days
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|Pre-College Enrichment Florence – 28 days
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On most of our programs, as long as your flights arrive and depart within the designated times, you are welcome to book your own flight directly with the airline of your choice. If you are booking your ticket as a frequent flier reward, you will need to work directly with the airline and must still book within our arrival and departure time parameters.
Every year, we find it serves clients best that once you have found the flights you want to purchase, please email the details to us for confirmation prior to purchasing any non-refundable tickets. This way, we can help catch any errors and avoid expensive corrections later.
Greeting Upon Arrival
Details on where and how you will be greeted on your arrival are reviewed in your final pre-trip information package that is sent about three weeks prior to travel. If you're flying on a chaperoned group flight, we tell you where to meet us in the outbound airport.
Prior to departure, participants receive a complimentary Westcoast Connection t-shirt to wear on the first day of travel. This makes greeting everyone in crowded airports easy! Our communication center tracks flights and provides updated information in real time to our staff on the ground. All trip members are requested to contact home once they've been greeted by our staff at their point of arrival.
For return flights home, we check everyone in and see them through security. Our leaders remain in the airport until the last flight has departed.
Unaccompanied Minor Service
Most airlines provide an "Unaccompanied Minor" service whereby children not flying with an adult can be escorted by airline personnel for an additional fee. The eligible age to take advantage of this service varies by airline. We suggest checking with the airline directly on the availability of this service.
If you are booking your flight yourself, with your own agent, or directly with the airline, it is best to advise them of the age of your child. We ask that you notify our office if your child is flying as an Unaccompanied Minor. This helps us coordinate which staff will greet them upon arrival and which will bring them to check-in for their return flight home.
Some of our programs begin in the northeast with ground transport included and there may be no flight(s) required if you live in the area. Please contact us to discuss any of these itineraries.


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|For the mission in GTA 1, see Mundano (mission).
The Mundano is a vehicle from Grand Theft Auto 1.
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The Mundano is based on an early 90s Ford Mondeo/Ford Contour. The name is a combination of the words 'mundane' and 'Mondeo', 'mundano' was also a nickname some people used when referring to the Ford Mondeo itself, due to the fact that it was a very popular car and a common sight in the 1990s.
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It has an average top speed, good handling and reasonable durability, making it a good all-round car.
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The Mundano can be found in Liberty City, San Andreas and Vice City.
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Last night, I heard the premiere of David Gompper's Double Concerto, featuring violinist Wolfgang David and cellist Timothy Gill. It's a rich and contemplative work, and it's one of those pieces you can't wait to hear recorded--subtle gradations in orchestral timbre mix in with quiet and resonant solo themes, one of those pieces that invites the audience to lean in and experience a new world. (Or, don't it always seem to go, to shuffle around and clear their throat right when, in the closing cadenza, the soloists converge on angelic double-stops. Some things never change.)
The Double Concerto was an outgrowth/reworking of Dialogue I, premiered by the same performers last year. Given the stillness, warmth, and clarity of last night's premiere, it's not surprising to read that the extensive revisions took place at Banff. The timbral subtlety evoked that kind of naturalistic stereophony one gets from Rothko Chapel or (in another stylistic vein entirely) the more mysterious episodes of Boulez's Derivé, where wisps of motives flicker around you.
Gompper's a UI professor, and lately, my research projects--focusing on institutionalized structures and projects of "new music"-making in the 1960s--have been synthesizing the local and the international, seeing Iowa as a site of innovation, part and parcel of a decentralized arts subsidy strategy. (Check out the Rockefeller Foundation reports if you want to see just how much money was flying around.)
Still, it's somewhat frustrating that these innovations too often seem--when viewed on paper--so remote and inaccessible (not Gompper's--I'm referring here to the long out-of-print CTI recordings, a national treasure of a record label to be sure). For all the casual scholarly and journalistic talk of "academic composition" as a totalitarian regime, it sure is hard to find recordings even of many oft-studied pieces.
That's why I was heartened, lately, to come across the University of Iowa's Iowa Sounds database, a project that I'm sure has peers but will be very useful to 20th-century music buffs. There's an embarrassment of riches, including some stunning choral albums led by electronic music pioneer Kenneth Gaburo (with Bethany Beardslee, among others, in the choir). Another terrific recording features Paul Zukovsky (!), peerless American new music violinist, in a compelling reading of Charles Wuorinen's edgy Concerto for Amplified Violin and Orchestra, with the UI orchestra under the direction of James Dixon (another figure with deep and storied roots in the history of American music).
There's also work that hasn't aged well, historically speaking, but somehow becomes all the more charming for the wear. Some of it is restricted, but Iowa Ear Music was:
Recorded in a variety of informal and formal non-public situations between 1967 and 1976.Includes "the 'Four Room Session' of March 1973:... performers were isolated in four completely,separate rooms (connected... by microphones and headphones). Following a strict time schedule, the performers grouped and regrouped themselves in the four rooms... using nothing but theirears to guide them...."
It's on vinyl, under the corn pride label. YES.
For the less, um, adventuresome among you, there are hundreds of choral and chamber recordings, with a broad swath of repertoire.
At a time when artists (as ever) have been forced to justify the public investment in them, reciprocating state funding with goodwill gestures that make performances, recordings--and scholarship--more publicly consumable and accessible seems like a fair trade. I have a friend, a terrific computer musician, who has arcane interests in 1960s information theory. Making an honest living as a programmer and touring musician, however, he lacks access to a lot of walled research consortiums and recording databases. He's highly trained, and--arguably--does as much to spread knowledge about computer music than any professor. He once tried to buy a study of Lejaren Hiller, only to find the $200+ price tag prohibitively expensive.
We should be paying people to read books about Lejaren Hiller. There are thousands of people like him, highly trained musicians looking to engage and celebrate their craft beyond the academy, who are omnivorous and hungry consumers of musical content.
Let's be real--the commercial implications of a "four room session" are, will always be, and have always been, absolutely negligible. But as a document, it's absolutely vital that we share what we do and what we've done in order to better articulate why we must do it.


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Technology of Yesteryear: 1998
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Author: IIxNullxII
Although it may not seem like it to some of the younger generation, we've come a long way in the past 10 years. Google, iPods, HDTV, Bluray etc. I wanted to share with you some interesting tidbits from PC past by taking a look at some old magazines found stashed away deep in the corners of the OverclockersClub.com vault.
HomePC: March 1998 headline: Ultimate Gaming! It's all in the 3D cards.
The first thing I see when I open this issue is a massive desktop PC, complete with gigantic speakers and a CRT that looks like it weighs 50 lbs. Skipping ahead to the main article, I'm greeted with: "New 3D video accelerators and sound cards can add mind-blowing realism to your games". Sounds great, right? Let's take a look.
The writer tells us about how he can hear enemies from behind in the game Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II because he just installed a new 3D sound card. Awesome, but what caught my eye was the test machine he was using. A HP Pavilion 7350P with a 166Mhz Pentium MMX CPU, 32 MB of RAM and a 2D/3D S3 ViRGE graphics card. Yikes. The various highlights of the article include: "What is a dedicated 3D video accelerator for?" and "Will 3D video acceleration improve performance on a 200-MHz PC as well as on a 100-MHz system?". We all know the answers to those questions, so no need to go into detail. Overall the author does a great job at explaining what was at the time, new and powerful technology.
In closing, I'd like to share the specs of a 3D Card you might have expected to see on the store shelves:
A 3Dfx Voodoo graphics video processor on a Diamond Monster 3D board would have featured 2MB of frame buffering memory and 2MB of texture memory. The APIs supported were Direct3D, Glide and OpenGL. Games included: Descent II, EF2000, Hyperblade, MechWarrior2, VR Soccer and Whiplash. (6 games!) Pros: Excellent performance & generous software bundle. Cons: Only 2MB texture memory. And the price? $179.
What will the future bring? We'll have to wait for 2018 to see. Thats it for this edition of: Technology of yesteryear: 1998.


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Since 1903 Drexel Heritage Furniture has been creating the finest furniture. They are well-known for their French-inspired line of pieces that were produced in the company's early stages. Drexel Heritage furniture is the leader in transitional and modern furniture. By working with top designers from around the world, Drexel Heritage Furniture has made creativity and style it's main focus in furniture designs. Whether you revered the past, admiring rooms steeped in an elegant formality, or you preferred a casual home capable of hosting impromptu dinners around your kitchen table, Drexel Heritage Furniture designers are here to help you reflect your individual way of life.
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I know smoking is bad for me, but it's a little habit I picked up when I was fifteen. I was a pretty emo teenager. Contended with lots of inner tumult and I thought that smoking would make me seem tough.
The act of smoking is, in fact, tough behavior. Beginning to smoke requires a fierce commitment of pushing past the lung's resistance to the searing heat, against their deep insistence that such scalding pollution does not jibe with what they are trying to do – working at the helm of the circulatory system to oxygenate our blood, keeping us alive and well. Breathing.
I know this, but I have continued to smoke on and off for many years.
It serves me in many ways – it allows me a nice break from the routine of my day. In social settings where I can easily find myself overwhelmed, it gives me reason to step away for a bit. During stressful situations where adrenaline threatens to overload my very sensitive central nervous system, a cigarette calms me; ironic how I introduce one poison in order to offset another. But it works.
And since I don't drink, and haven't in over five years because it had become a real bona fide problem, I feel like this particular vice, this particular poison, is okay. For now at least. I suppose at some point I will need to consider more deeply its long-term effects, but for now the short-term effects offer enough of a personal payoff that I continue to smoke, at times more regularly than others.
Sometimes our little habits pay off in ways we might never have for seen. Like the time I met a young man on OK CUPID who was living in Houston. I became friends with him on Facebook – you know, where all your true friends live – and decided to honor his request for me to pick him up at the Greyhound Bus Station. He was coming back to Austin to sell the townhouse he and his fiancé had bought together, his fiance whom had been his high school sweetheart, and who he had discovered 6 months prior, had been cheating on him with his best friend. He had returned home to Houston to heal his heart, which was still heavy with the weight of her betrayal.
Betrayal. It is what we do to others sometimes. It is something we often do to ourselves too, isn't it? Smoking betrays our body. Those of us who do it know that it isn't right, but we do it anyway.
He was young and beautiful, and those things don't necessarily matter, but he was a tangible representation of how youth and beauty can mask the true essence of who we are – he was a tough dude – his spirit had taken a beating. But he sure didn't look it. Just like I didn't look tough at 15 holding a stick of orange embers between my fingers.
After I picked him up at the bus station (which was, interestingly not at all weird, because as soon as he was in my car it was as if we'd known each other for many years) we went on a date. We had dinner and we laughed. It was perhaps the easiest date that I had ever been on with someone I barely knew. It didn't matter that I was twice his age. Or that he was inherently sad. I was recovering from my own heartbreak, the recent disintegration of my 15 year marriage had left me hollow. My sadness matched his. So, when after dinner he suggested we go back to my place … the easy answer was yes.
After he had showered, because bus germs are icky, y'all, we lie in bed playing with each other for a while. I stroked him gently, tenderly, the sadness in my bones transferring from my fingers onto him, coalescing with his grief as it ascended him and ventured out through his kisses, back to me. A circle of sorrow. For hours it seemed we played this way, taking turns with our mouths, with no need for resolution of any kind, only the need for a certain mutual sympathy.
Only the need to not have to be tough for just a little while.
Until … he spoke.
Sadie, you smoke, don't you?
Yes, I sure do.
Do you want a cigarette?
Yes, I could go for a cig. Do you want one?
No, I want you to smoke one.
Okay, let's go outside.
No, right here, in bed. Please?
I had never once smoked a cigarette in my house, but I obliged him for no other reason except that, somehow, I knew he needed me to.
I pulled my pack of cigarettes and a lighter from my purse and leaned back on my bed. I pulled one from the pack and perched it between my lips, my eyes trailed his as he watched each movement with a voracious intensity. I rolled the lighter between my fingers, up and down, gently. He set his gaze upon the cigarette. I opened my legs just ever so slightly and placed two fingers from my free hand upon my clit and circled it with a gentle urgency. I lit the cigarette. His face softened as his eyes met mine. He smiled.
I had already been informed that he had something of a smoking fetish, we'd covered that in our Facebook chats. It was a recent development, born of a correlation to his fiancé, who had, when they were together, smoked only sometimes – whenever she wanted to, in her words, "be bad". Her infidelity inside of their relationship was, in his mind, as bad as she could possibly be, and so he distilled this down to a manageable, tangible essence and created a space where he could eroticize it. Where he could derive pleasure, instead of pain, from the infinite sadness of his loss.
My own loss had flattened me. All around me people were continuing on with their happy lives, and while I was pretending quite well to do so, because I am tough, dammit, I felt broken. The grief that gripped at the center of my very soul seemed ceaseless. Interminable. Eternal. But in that room, anchored by someone else's sorrow I felt for the first time in what seemed like forever a quiet hint of peace. It didn't much matter that he didn't quite see me. His eyes filmed a hazy blue as he watched me blow the smoke out of the side of my mouth, caring not one bit if it clung to the sheets. He stood next to the bed and hovered above me, stroking his cock; the light from the lamp outside the long window, the window that perfectly framed his body, cast his silhouette a deep, smoky yellow.
Are you a bad girl? He asked me. He asked me but not me. He was asking her.
I am, I am a VERY bad girl.
Yes, you are bad. So so so bad.
He stroked himself with more urgency then, his eyes narrowed to angry slits. I inhaled again, this time more deeply, and pushed the smoke out with a moan. The embers began to threaten the sides of my fingers, so with my left thumb and forefinger I pulled the cigarette out of my mouth and dropped it in the water glass resting on the table beside me … and watched him. He appeared to be in a trance – a peaceful, meditative place where in this, his own, inner world, he was safe. Protected from harm. I watched as tears began to grasp for purchase on the sides of his cheeks, I watched as they failed to do so, and I watched as now both of his hands worked intently upon his shaft, and I watched as he hunched over, ever so slightly as he came quietly but forcefully standing right there, his come finding silent refuge in the folds of the sheets, and I watched … as relief swept across his face.
And then I saw myself… a woman smiling at a young man. A woman whose desire to connect (because isn't that all any of us want?) had brought her to that very moment in time, A woman wiping away her own tears with the back of her hand, tears she didn't even know were spilled. A woman who still harbored an enduring need to appear tough even while experiencing the toughest event of her life to date.
There is comfort in appearing strong, isn't there? We talk ourselves into our toughness, as if our bodies will comply. And they might, for a while. But it's not sustainable. We need to be vulnerable, to acknowledge our vulnerability so that we can then heal the sadness when it presents itself.
Because it will.
After we showered and slept soundly overnight, I dropped him off at his townhouse, which he sold a month later. I never saw him again, but last I heard from him (on Facebook) he had moved to Colorado. He seems happy.
And these days I am pretty happy too. Sadness doesn't last forever, that's something I learned along the way. Another thing I learned was that trying to appear tough? That's just a control mechanism. It served me well for a very long time … until I didn't need it any longer. Much in the same way I suspect my friend's smoking fetish serves him (and perhaps my smoking serves me); as an extra bit of padding around the edges of our aching hearts … until they can heal.


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Books >> Young Adult
Morgan Rhodes
Falling Kingdoms
Morgan Rhodes
Falling Kingdoms
Release Date: 3/11/2014
LIST PRICE: $10.99 (you save $3.30)
Biographical note:
Morgan Rhodes lives in Ontario, Canada. As a child, she always wanted to be a princessthe kind that knows how to wield a sharp sword to help save both kingdoms and princes from fire-breathing dragons and dark wizards. Instead, she became a writer, which is just as good and much less dangerous. Along with writing, Morgan enjoys photography, travel, and reality TV, and is an extremely picky yet voracious reader of all kinds of books. Under another pen name, she's a national bestselling author of many paranormal novels. Falling Kingdoms is her first high fantasy. Follow her on Twitter @morganrhodesya.
Main description:
Treacherous betrayals, secret alliances, unforeseen murders, and forbidden love
The world of Mytica will hold you captive:
AURANOS - Privileged Princess Cleo is forced to confront violence for the first time in her life when a shocking murder sets her kingdom on a path to collapse.
LIMEROS - The king's son, Magnus, must plan each footstep with shrewd, sharp guile if he is to earn his powerful father's trust, while his sister, Lucia, discovers a terrifying secret about her heritage that will change everything.
PAELSIA - Rebellious Jonas lashes out against the forces of oppression that have kept his country cruelly impoverishedand finds himself the leader of a people's revolution centuries in the making.
Witches, if found, are put to death, and Watchers, immortal beings who take the shape of hawks to visit the human world, have been almost entirely forgotten. A vicious power struggle quickly escalates to war, and these four young people collide against each other and the rise of elementia, the magic that can topple kingdoms and crown a ruler in the same day.
Review quote:
"[It] will gut you emotionally . . . make you ache, cry, and beg for the sequel as you turn the last page. I absolutely loved it." —Julie Kagawa, New York Times bestselling author of The Iron Queen
"This triple-layered tale of bloodshed, heartbreak, and tangled court intrigue kept me turning pages very late into the night." —Lesley Livingston, author of Wondrous Strange and Starling
"From an opening dripping with blood, magic, and betrayal through complex interweaving plots detailing treachery, deceit, and forbidden love, this novel . . . will immediately engage readers and keep them intrigued." —Booklist
"[An] otherworldly epic . . . evocative and intricate." —Publishers Weekly
"I loved it from start to finish." —SLJTeen


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