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Publishers Weekly Starred Review of Phases of Gravity (August 8, 2011)
Phases of Gravity
Dan Simmons. Subterranean (www.subterraneanpress.com), $25 (312p) ISBN 978-1-59606-476-4
Hugo winner Simmons (Black Hills) shifts away from genre literature in this quiet masterpiece, first published in 1989. Richard Baedecker, a divorced former astronaut who walked on the moon, has hit a professional and personal low by the late '80s. He still mourns the Challenger disaster, hates his mediocre civilian job, and can't connect with his grown son. When he visits his son in India, Baedecker falls in love with his son's friend Maggie, who shows him around the country and later meets him while climbing a mountain in Colorado. His travels, which take him to his Illinois birthplace and a colleague's funeral in rural Oregon, are interspersed with flashbacks to his days at NASA, and Simmons switches perspective with a deft touch, keeping the reader off guard without ever undercutting his narrative. Fans of Simmons's science fiction might be surprised to find him writing a mainstream novel informed by spiritualism and a hint of magic, but the story is still as good as anything Simmons has delivered. (Jan. 2012)
Reviewed on: 08/05/2011
LA Times Reviews FLASHBACK -- July 2011
The Siren's Call: Apocalyptic world? Forget about it!
People ignore a bleak world by hiding in their memories in Dan Simmons' novel 'Flashback.'
By Nick Owchar
Los Angeles Times
July 24, 2011
Marcel Proust, the great author of memory, gets a swift kick in the pants in Dan Simmons' latest novel of an apocalyptic future, "Flashback" (Reagan Arthur/Little, Brown: 560 pp., $27.99). Remember all that stuff Proust wrote about memories returning to him with the taste of a madeleine cookie? For Simmons, memories can be summoned and controlled far more easily, and reliably, with a few snorts of a drug called flashback.
In this novel, most Americans — about 85% — are hooked on flashback, preferring to spend their days in soiled clothes on grimy cots, reliving the cozy past rather than facing a chaotic world.
Simmons' portrait of the near-future presents a bankrupt United States that has been chopped into pieces. There are lawless frontier areas and zones of federally protected territory; people pour across the border from Mexico, while the Canadians have erected a wall along theirs; armed enclaves battle over cities; Texas is a republic again; Muslim groups are proliferating; and there's even a mosque standing on ground zero in New York City. So who would blame Americans for this addiction? Taking a hit of flashback is a welcome escape from reality.
At the novel's center is Nick Bottom, a former cop whose parents must've appreciated Shakespeare (or maybe they had no idea they were naming him after the hapless "Midsummer Night's Dream" character). Nick is a grieving widower and flashback addict (these, by the way, are related). He's been hired to thaw a cold case for Hiroshi Nakamura, a wealthy, powerful Japanese businessman living on an armed Southern California hillside area once occupied by the Getty Center. Despite his millions, he's never been able to find out who murdered his documentary filmmaker son Keigo in Denver. Why turn to a miserable, addled detective for help? Because Bottom was involved in the original investigation.
"I'm the only person who can, under the flash, relive every conversation with the witnesses and suspects and other detectives involved," he realizes.
It's an intriguing spin on the detective story trope. Simmons is a consummate master of intriguing spins, shifting between time periods and situations more gracefully than a chameleon changes colors. In recent books he has explored a doomed 19th century expedition to find the Northwest Passage in "The Terror," the world of Charles Dickens in "Drood" and Custer's defeat at the Little Big Horn in "Black Hills." Now, with "Flashback," Simmons gives us a noirish thriller set in a grim, broken future where the only relief comes from a drug.
"There's nothing in the 'verse like flashing after wasting somebody" — that's the motto of a violent group of L.A. streetkids known as a "flashgang" (they remind this reviewer of "A Clockwork Orange's" droogs). One of the gang, Val, happens to be Bottoms' estranged son: He lives with his retired professor grandfather Leonard (Bottom's father-in-law) in a city trembling under the "reconquista" attacks of "spanic" militias who want to return the region to Mexico's control. Simmons choreographs their escape from L.A. along with Bottom's investigation at the crime scene in Denver — and we sense a reunion even if we can't guess how it will happen.
As Bottom probes Keigo's murder — his documentary was about flashback addiction — he willingly torments himself with memories of his happy life with his beautiful, loving wife Dara … and slowly, very slowly, he realizes her death in a car accident may be tied with Keigo's murder. An assistant to a Denver assistant D.A., Dara had been working on a case she was never able to discuss with her husband. Her secrecy never bothered Bottom before; now it troubles him constantly.
Murder plots, conspiracy and global meltdown are a lot to handle — but if you've ever read Simmons before, you know that he's adept at constructing immense, complicated frameworks, and "Flashback" is no exception. The big picture Simmons envisions, and that Bottom faces, partly involves a looming war with a resurgent Islam and the lulling of the United States to sleep with flashback. Who's behind this treachery is a shocker — and won't be revealed here.
Simmons doesn't play with the memory-vs-reality theme like Philip K. Dick; in the end, in fact, he's much closer to that lyrical devourer of madeleines, Proust. Even if their approaches are radically different, they share a common theme: Life is so full of disappointment, and time moves so swiftly, that memory enables us to recapture those special, transcendent moments in our lives.
You might even trace the lineage of Simmons' flashback users to Tennyson's lotos-eaters and the story as it was told in Homer's "Odyssey." And come to think of it, let's include the English Romantic poets even though they yearned for a different kind of oblivion — didn't they wish to avoid the pains of the present with a cup filled with the waters of Lethe, the fabled underworld river that washes souls clean?
Ah, sweet oblivion. You can't blame Bottom for wanting to forget the present, for wanting to lose himself in a dream, whether on a midsummer's night or otherwise. Still, he makes one more discovery late in the story that provides him with a way to forsake the drug and live in the present. It's a simple lesson that would easily fit on a slip of paper tucked into a fortune cookie (skip the madeleine): "You can't have life without pain…. Being alive means having the strength to face pain and loss."
July 24, 2011
Unlike many speculative novels that fabricate circumstances out of thin air, Simmons' story teases out issues existing now, including national and global economic disaster, terrorism, an overextended military and the public's untiring addiction to everything, whether drugs or junk food or low-brow gossip.
Don't worry, though: As dark as this sounds, "Flashback" isn't a bummer of a read -- Simmons balances this grim picture with a compelling noirish mystery. A detective tries to thaw out a six-year-old cold case with the help of a wildly popular drug called flashback that enables users to have vivid experiences of their memories. By taking the drug, the detective can "relive every conversation with the witnesses and suspects and other detectives involved." Simmons gives us an unexpected perspective on memory and oblivion that taps the ideas of Proust and the myth of the lotus eaters in Homer, which makes it perfectly suited for this column.
-- Nick Owchar
Book Reviews: 'Flashback,' by Dan Simmons
By Patrick Anderson, Published: July 31
Dan Simmons's "Flashback" is an abundantly entertaining, often outrageous right-wing fantasy about a weak, broken United States 20-odd years from now. The country is ruled over by the Japanese, lives in fear of the Islamic Global Caliphate, and its citizens mostly spend their time stoned on a drug called flashback that lets them escape to a better past. Some of the events that have occurred between now and the early 2030s can be summed up thusly:
(Reagan Arthur Books / Little, Brown) - Dan Simmons, author of 'Flashback.'
Israel Destroyed by Nuclear Attack
Mexican Army
Invades California
Sharia Law Rules
Europe, Canada
Giant Mosque
Built at Ground Zero
U.S. Down
to 44½ States
There's more, but you get the idea. And if you haven't guessed, the blame for almost all these disasters lies with the fellow who was elected president of the United States in 2008.
At the start of the novel, we're in Denver, where Nick Bottom, an ex-cop turned private investigator, goes to see a man named Nakamura who wants Nick to find out who killed his son. It's a classic private-eye novel opening — and has been at least since Raymond Chandler's "The Big Sleep" — but things turn strange when we learn that Nakamura, a Japanese billionaire, is one of nine federal advisers who control money and National Guard forces in America.
No matter. Nick takes the case. The son was murdered six years earlier while filming a documentary on flashback addicts. Nick's wife died in an apparent accident at about the same time, and Nick has himself become an addict — a "flasher" — so he can relive their good times together. He learns that the deaths of his wife and the young Japanese man might have been connected.
Desperate to find the truth, Nick teams up with the billionaire's "security chief," a professional assassin named Hideki Sato. Their investigation takes them to Santa Fe (now ruled by a Mexican army controlled by drug cartels) and Los Angeles, where Nick's 16-year-old son and 74-year-old father live. The troubled, flash-addicted son is about to be drafted into the poorly paid, poorly trained U.S. Army, which is hired out as a mercenary force to fight and die for richer nations such as India and Japan.
Nick's investigation grips us, as we try to puzzle out just why he and his late wife are of such interest to the Japanese power broker and how all this may — as Simmons hints — somehow change the future of the world. Along the way, we enjoy memorable scenes. A battle in the New Mexico desert, when Nick, Sato and a handful of Japanese warriors are attacked by a small army of bandits, is expertly handled. A survivor's account of the nuclear attack that killed 6 million Israelis in 20 minutes is heartbreaking. As pure adventure, "Flashback" is first-rate.
All the while, of course, the novel is operating on a second, political level. Many readers will embrace — or be repelled by — the book on purely partisan grounds. We're told repeatedly that the United States went bankrupt in 2022 because of runaway entitlements. Simmons does not entertain the possibility that trillion-dollar foreign adventures or outrageous giveaways to the rich might have been part of the problem. Or take the nuclear destruction of Israel by Islamic terrorists in the 2020s; one might expect this to be a nonpartisan tragedy. Not so. We're told that the speech Barack Obama made in Cairo in 2009, calling for better understanding between the West and the Muslim world, was "appeasement" of "fascism," and led (along with those darn entitlements) to "a total retreat from international responsibilities" by the United States. Ergo, Obama caused the incineration of Israel.
Or perhaps you're wondering how our once-mighty nation came to be cowering before the Japanese and the Islamic Caliphate, even as Mexican armies retake the lands we took from them in the 1840s. It's because we and the Russians agreed to a final START treaty that left us with only 26 nuclear weapons and no way to deliver them. Amazingly, we disarmed ourselves despite the fact that Iran and the Caliphate were building thousands of nuclear weapons.
Reading all this left me with distinctly mixed feelings. I enjoyed much of the novel. Simmons provides a strong narrative and well-imagined characters — the man can write — and yet I thought his dystopian vision of political reality, however deeply felt, vacillated between the improbable and the ridiculous. Give him this: With any luck, Simmons could be the Tolstoy of the tea party; at the very least, he's more fun than Ayn Rand.
Simmons is an ex-schoolteacher who in the past 25 years has published more than 20 novels and story collections. He's best known for his science fiction but has also written crime fiction and horror. On his Web site, he denies that "Flashback" reflects his personal political views, but it's certainly going to delight readers on the right more than those on the left. It can't be denied that this novel's arrival at a moment of near-total political breakdown in America adds to its relevance, whatever glories or disasters may ensue in the next two decades.
Anderson reviews thrillers and mysteries regularly for The Post.
-- Patrick Anderson
Dan Simmons paints grim picture for America in 'Flashback'
Posted by Wayne C. Rogers, Las Vegas Review-Journal guest reviewer
Friday, Aug. 05, 2011 at 05:00 AM
Dan Simmons first came on the scene with "The Song of Kali" back in 1985. Not only was it an excellent first novel, but it also had Harlan Ellison's endorsement. Simmons then wrote "Carrion's Comfort" in 1989, "Summer of Night" in 1991 and "Children of the Night" in 1992.
He also wrote science fiction, and then later suspense thrillers, private-eye mysteries (the Joe Kurtz novels are great), historical fiction such as "The Terror" (I believe this to be one of the best horror novels ever written that's based on an actual incident), "Drood" (though I felt this novel got somewhat away from the title character of Drood, it still had some fabulous suspense scenes in it), "Black Hills" and, now, "Flashback," which is in many ways a private-eye mystery set in a futuristic America.
"Flashback" is a long novel, coming in at 550 pages. The author uses that space to discuss the economic upheaval of the United States and its dependence on a new Japan for survival. The country is no longer a nation, but is divided into sections, with many of the states and tri-states assuming total control of their areas with armed militias.
Part of the reason for America's demise is the addiction of more than 340 million people to a drug called Flashback. This drug enables its user to return to a mental state of happier times, and like a dream, it seems totally real while you're experiencing it.
At the heart of the novel is ex-Denver homicide detective Nick Bottoms, who's addicted to the drug as a way of reliving his happiest moments with his dead wife, Dara. Nick is so addicted to Flashback that he lost his job after his wife died, and he then sent his young son to live in California with Nick's father-in-law.
Still, Nick is hired by an important Japanese adviser to the United States to solve the six-year-old murder of his son. The case was never solved, and Nick had been the investigating officer on it at the time. Now, using the Flashback that's given to him by adviser Nakamura's assistant, Sato, Nick has to relive the investigation and find out why there was no resolution.
While Nick is doing that, his son, Val, will have to find a way out of California after the gang he runs with attempts a futile assassination against a political figure. The only place Val and his grandfather can go is Denver, to the father who has totally ignored him for the past six years.
Nick, however, isn't the same man after a couple of weeks on the investigation. When he discovers his wife's involvement in the murder, it all becomes personal to him, and he starts to get his old detective skills back. He also knows that if he finds out too much, he will be a dead man. His instincts tell him that, as do some of the people he talks to.
When I was a hundred pages into "Flashback," I began to think that maybe Dan Simmons was on to something with his depiction on how the United States falls from its position as the world's greatest power. With everything that's going on with our present economy, unbelievable debt, and the fact that our congressmen and senators can't seem to work with the president on saving our country, I began to see Simmons as being psychic.
I also wouldn't be surprised if a drug like Flashback was invented and then put on the street for public consumption. I can see millions of people using the drug to escape the harsh realities of life. I'd probably be taking it myself. I know I wouldn't like the world that Simmons pictures some 40 years from now and would probably jump at the opportunity to escape it. The author does a tremendous job of painting our future and the future of other countries, and it isn't a pleasant picture to see.
As the story moved along, I found myself not caring very much about Nick's son, Val. The kid isn't easy to like, and he seems to feel as if the world owes him something. I guess most teenagers do, but I would rather have spent more time with Nick and his search for answers than wasting it on Val and his slow change to a somewhat better person. Val, however, has something that is vital to his father solving the murder case in Denver. Because of this, his character is necessary to the ending of the novel.
I did enjoy some of the supporting characters, especially Sato and Nick's ex-partner, K.T. Lincoln, and Nick's late wife, Dara. Sato plays a sizable role in the book, though I think in real life, Sato would have said something to Nick to prevent a dangerous chain of events that plays out. Lincoln seems like the type of partner every policeman would want to have: sexy, beautiful and tough as nails. Dara was a woman who loved her man, though she had more secrets than the Russian KGB.
All in all, a great read by one of the country's best authors. Don't let the futuristic history, political science and economics cause you to hesitate in reading this gem of a novel. It's still a murder mystery with dire consequences for the detective attempting to solve it. "Flashback" is certainly Dan Simmons at his best.
Wayne C. Rogers is the author of the horror novellas "The Encounter" and "The Tunnels," both of which can be purchased at Amazon's Kindle Store for 99 cents each.
Publishers Weekly Starred Review of Flashback (May 23, 2011)
Dan Simmons. Little, Brown/Reagan Arthur, $27.99 (560p) ISBN 978-0-316-00696-5
Simmons makes some logical if depressing extrapolations from current political and economic developments in this outstanding mystery thriller set in a near-future dystopic United States. The loss of credible deterrence after the U.S. drastically reduced its nuclear arsenal as part of a deal with Russia has led to devastating attacks by Muslim terrorists on Israel. Most Americans take flashback, an addictive drug that brings back favorite memories, to relive the past when they should be planning for the future. One such addict is Nick Bottom, a former Denver police officer, who loses himself in re-experiencing good times with his late wife. Billionaire Hiroshi Nakamura, one of the fragmented nation's nine regional Federal Advisors, hires Bottom to find the unknown assailant who cut the throat of his only son, 20-year-old Keigo, six years earlier. Bottom, who worked on the unsolved crime, uses flashback to pick up a trail suggesting a far from simple motive for Keigo's killing. Simmons keeps the action moving briskly and smoothly, despite the novel's length. (July)
Reviewed on: 05/23/2011
From an email from Subterranean Press
Announcing FLASHBACK by Dan Simmons -- Only 276 copies
We've sewn up the rights to the Signed Limited Edition of Dan Simmons' new SF thriller, Flashback. Dan's many fans will recognize the title as that of a stunning novella from his collection, Lovedeath. Flashback the novel is a huge-to nearly 200,000 words-expansion of that tale.
Collectors Note: This is the smallest edition-only 276 copies-we've ever produced of one of Dan's novels, and we expect a quick sell out.
Now, more about the book, due this Summer/Fall:
Hugely expanded to an epic from the novella first published in 1993's Lovedeath, Dan Simmons's latest novel, Flashback, is both an enthralling, beautifully orchestrated narrative and a chilling vision of the not-too-distant future.
By the mid-2030s, America as we know it has ceased to exist. The social, political, and fiscal crises of the present day have metastasized wildly, and the center no longer holds. The nation, now hopelessly fragmented, remains in the grip of a seemingly endless recession. Stadiums once used for sporting events now serve as Homeland Security detention centers. And vast segments of the populace have succumbed to Flashback, a potent new drug that allows its users to recreate-to literally re-experience-selected moments from the past. Against this backdrop, Simmons introduces Nick Bottom: grieving widower, former Denver homicide detective, and hardcore Flashback addict. Nick's moribund life takes an unexpected turn when he is asked to revisit a vicious double homicide he failed to solve more than six years before.
These are the central elements of a remarkable - and disquieting - novel that crosses genre boundaries with effortless authority. Absorbing, affecting, and constantly surprising, Flashback shows us Dan Simmons at his unpredictable best, combining the pleasures of a headlong narrative with a richly detailed portrait of a frightening - and all too plausible - new world.
Limited: 250 signed numbered hardcover copies: $125
Lettered: 26 signed leatherbound copies, housed in a custom traycase: $300
Dan's Promotional Video for BLACK HILLS
Dan was asked by Borders Online to do a promotional video discussing his new book BLACK HILLS, to be released from Reagan Arthur Books, an imprint of Little, Brown, on Feb. 24, 2010. Versions of the 7-minute video will also appear on other sites.
The video was produced by videographers Jane Simmons and Robin Truesdale. Please click on the following link to see the BLACK HILLS promotional video:
Video Promo for BLACK HILLS
A review of BLACK HILLS from the Washington Post (March 16, 2010) --
By Dan Simmons
Little, Brown. 487 pp. $25.99
The premise of Dan Simmons's new novel, "Black Hills," is not promising. A Lakota Sioux man named Paha Sapa ("Black Hills"), who is a paragon of Native American spirituality, goes to the Battle of the Little Big Horn and gets infected by the soul of Gen. Custer, thus becoming locked in uncomfortable interior intimacy with the celebrated Indian killer.
I know, I know -- and I would have tossed the book across the room if I had not already discovered Simmons through his 2007 novel, "The Terror." I almost gave up on that one in disgust when one of the principals turned out to be a monster with a taste for Arctic explorers. But I persisted, riveted for another 600 pages as the characters succumbed to cold, starvation, lead poisoning, cannibalism and attack by monster.
"The Terror" led to "Drood," Simmons's 2009 novel featuring Charles Dickens. The connection? Except for the monster, "The Terror" was a pretty straightforward attempt to reconstruct the fate of the lost Franklin Expedition to find the Northwest Passage. When evidence of cannibalism among the doomed expedition members surfaced in 1854, the real-life Dickens had been moved to write an essay on the impossibility of civilized white Christians committing such an outrage. But as we discover in "Drood," the author of "Oliver Twist" was himself up to his ears in the morbid and the occult, which seemed to be running rampant in the sewers and slums of London.
Confused? Well, welcome to my mind, which for better or worse has been colonized by this insanely prolific, multi-genre writer. So when Paha Sapa turns out also to be channeling Crazy Horse and Mount Rushmore sculptor Gutzon Borglum in addition to Custer, and to be capable of visions that carry him from the Pleistocene to well into the 21st century, I barely flinched.
One of the attractions, for those who crave outdoor adventure, is that Simmons does physical distress better than anyone -- whether it's freezing to death in the Arctic, wrestling with laudanum addiction in 19th-century London, or hauling dynamite to blow up Mount Rushmore, that appalling symbol of white power.
Another big attraction is history. Jonathan Franzen once accused readers of historical fiction of multi-tasking -- "absorbing civics lessons or historical data" at the same time as enjoying the story -- and I freely admit to this crime against literature. "Black Hills" is so research-driven that you can almost imagine the author as an intricate, jerry-rigged device designed to suck in historical data at one end and spray out fictional narrative at the other. For example, Simmons's portrayal of Custer's nonagenarian widow seems to be derived directly from the biographical sources, and when, in "Black Hills," President Coolidge visits Mount Rushmore and is entranced by the trout fishing, I was not surprised to confirm that detail by Googling.
After the genocidal Indian wars that Paha Sapa has been unfortunate enough to witness, it's impossible not to root for the destruction of the presidents' rock faces on the mountainside. But for anyone expecting a paean to Native American nobility and spiritual superiority, "Black Hills" holds a surprising twist. Toward the very end, Custer's ghost, who by this time has had second thoughts about his historical role, points out to Paha Sapa that the Sioux themselves were a "ruthless, relentless invasion machine," who had beaten back the Arikara, Hidatsa, Mandan, Crows and Pawnee and that the Sioux were, furthermore, ecological vandals: "We could smell your garbage heaps from twenty miles away," says Custer's ghost. "The only thing that made you look and seem noble was the fact that you could keep moving, leaving your buffalo-run heaps of rotting carcasses and giant mounds of stinking garbage behind you."
A stolid, hardworking survivor of so many battles and massacres, Paha Sapa is himself a kind of node in history, bringing together Crazy Horse and Custer, white expansionism and red defiance, not to mention astronomy and native mythology, as well as reverberations from the incipient European Holocaust.
So what does Simmons need the supernatural for? Couldn't he be content writing carefully researched historical fiction in beautiful prose? My guess is that he's using his monsters and ghosts to impress on us that the historical novelist's business of bringing the dead to life involves a kind of magic.
Ehrenreich is the author, most recently, of "Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America."
First Reviews in for BLACK HILLS
Publishers Weekly (Dec. 21, 2009) gives BLACK HILLS a starred review:
Black Hills Dan Simmons. Little, Brown/Reagan Arthur, $25.99 (496p) ISBN 978-0-316-00698-9
Hugo-winner Simmons, the author of such acclaimed space operas as Hyperion and Olympos as well as Drood, an intriguing riff on Dickens's unfinished last novel, displays the impressive breath of his imagination in this historical novel with a supernatural slant. In the author's retelling of Custer's last stand at the Little Big Horn in 1876, the dying general's ghost enters the body of Paha Sapa, a 10-year-old Sioux warrior who's able to see both the past and the future by touching people. The action leaps around in time to illustrate the arc of Sapa's life, but focuses on 1936, when, as a septuagenarian, he plots to blow up the monuments on Mount Rushmore in time for a visit to the site by FDR to atone for his role in constructing the stone likenesses. In his ability to create complex characters and pair them with suspenseful situations, Simmons stands almost unmatched among his contemporaries. 6-city author tour. (Feb.)
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Dan's new novel BLACK HILLS (Reagan Arthur Books, an imprint of Little, Brown and Co.) is set for release on February 24, 2010. It is an epic tale of a Lakota Sioux named Paha Sapa ("Black Hills") whose life spans the decades of perhaps the greatest change in America's history. When Paha Sapa, a young Sioux warrior, "counts coup" on General George Armstrong Custer as Custer lies dying on the battlefield at the Little Bighorn, the legendary general's ghost enters him - and his voice will speak to him for decades to come.
Seamlessly weaving together the stories of Paha Sapa, Custer, and the American West, Dan Simmons depicts a tumultuous time in the history of both Native and white Americans. Haunted by Custer's ghost, and also by his ability to see into the memories and futures of legendary men like Sioux war-chief Crazy Horse, Paha Sapa's long life is driven by a dramatic vision he experienced as a boy in his people's sacred Black Hills.
In August of 1936, a dynamite worker on the massive Mount Rushmore project, Paha Sapa plans to silence his ghost forever and reclaim his people's legacy-on the very day FDR comes to Mount Rushmore to dedicate the Jefferson face.
A limited edition of BLACK HILLS will later be available from Subterranean Press. http://subterraneanpress.com/
Just released this November 2009 is the re-issued CARRION COMFORT (St. Martin's Press, trade paperback). In his blurb for the book, Stephen King called this novel "one of the three greatest horror novels of the 20th century. Simple as that." First published in 1989 as a limited edition (Dark Harvest), CARRION COMFORT went on to win the Bram Stoker, the British Fantasy and the LOCUS awards. In 2009 Dan sold the movie rights to the Costa Gavras group of France and the movie is now in pre-production. http://us.macmillan.com/carrioncomfort
It's almost Thanksgiving, which is the beginning of the end of another year, and for us at PW that means our annual best books list. From more than 50,000 volumes, we valiantly set out to choose 100, and this year we've upped the ante with a top 10 list. A usually cooperative, agreeable bunch, we gave ourselves a reason to fight. We wanted the list to reflect what we thought were the top 10 books of the year with no other consideration. We expect you'll be surprised: there's a graphic novel, an adventure story, possibly the next Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, a delicious biography that could bring Cheever back into the literary firmament. We ignored gender and genre and who had the buzz. We gave fair chance to the "big" books of the year, but made them stand on their own two feet. It disturbed us when we were done that our list was all male. There was kicking and screaming for a science fiction title. A literary ghost story came so close, it squeaked. There was almost a cookbook. Our fabulous long list smoothed ruffled feathers, but still we can't resist one honorable mention: Kevin Wilson's debut collection, Tunneling to the Center of the Earth (Harper Perennial). With no regrets, we're ready for "Auld Lang Syne." —Louisa Ermelino
The Scarecrow
Michael Connelly (Little, Brown)
Reporter Jack McEvoy decides to go out with a bang, after he's laid off from the L.A. Times, in a nail-biting thriller that charts the demise of print journalism and shows why Connelly is one of today's top crime authors.
The Fate of Katherine Carr
Thomas H. Cook (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
Edgar-winner Cook eloquently explores the often cathartic act of storytelling as George Gates, a former travel writer who after seven years still broods over his eight-year-old son's murder, looks into the unsolved disappearance of reclusive poet Katherine Carr 20 years earlier.
Pete Dexter (Grand Central)
Dexter's crowd-pleasing wiles are razor sharp in this long-awaited novel, the madcap and touching, assured and (ahem) dexterous story of a very Dexter-like Warren Spooner.
Dark Places
Gillian Flynn (Crown/Shaye Areheart)
Flynn tops her impressive debut, Sharp Objects, with a second crime thriller, centered on the slaying of a mother and two daughters in their Kansas farmhouse witnessed by the youngest, surviving daughter. It builds to a truth so twisted even the most astute readers won't see it coming.
The Man in the Wooden Hat
Jane Gardam (Europa)
Octogenarian Gardam bookends her much-lauded Old Filth with this witty and very British love story, taking on with aplomb loyalty, lust, ambition and longing as she excavates the holes in all of our hearts.
George Dawes Green (Grand Central)
Two con men hold a family hostage in rural Georgia in order to get half of their $318 million lottery winnings in this masterful, often comic novel of psychological suspense, Green's first since 1995's The Juror.
Paul Harding (Bellevue Literary Press)
George Crosby's deathbed reveries wander through memories of his own life as a boy and the lives of his father and grandfather, in this sumptuously written first novel that has been the darling of indie bookstores.
The Believers
Zoë Heller (Harper)
Heller zeroes in on a liberal Jewish Greenwich Village family whose perfect lefty household falls into some hilarious setups as the dysfunctions pile up and eventually spill over when the patriarch's feet of clay are revealed. Hilarious, readable and atmospheric.
The Vagrants
Yiyun Li (Random)
Wrenching and bleak are understatements for Li's magnificent gothic account of life in provincial 1979 China, centering on the execution of a counterrevolutionary. For all the morbid happenings—and there are many of them—the novel's immediately involving and impossible to walk away from.
How to Sell
Clancy Martin (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
Martin's peerless debut novel about a naïve Canadian's crooked education in the jewelry business is horrifying and sad and very funny. Truth is always elusive; here, it's a dire liability, too.
New World Monkeys
Nancy Mauro (Crown/Shaye Areheart)
An outstandingly original debut that takes the ridiculous (a couple kill a wild pig on their move to the burbs that turns out to be their new town's beloved mascot) and renders it psychological in this sendup of academia, advertising, peeping toms and young marrieds.
The Last War
Ana Menendez (Harper)
A deeply moving story of a photojournalist in Istanbul waiting to join her war correspondent husband in Iraq. Her reluctance, suspicions and flashbacks of their time spent in Afghanistan create a dark background for the brilliance of her descriptions and observations.
Jo Nesbø (Harper)
Oslo Insp. Harry Hole discovers that a bank robbery is linked to the apparent suicide of a woman friend he hasn't seen in years in this lush crime saga from the Norwegian author.
Lark and Termite
Jayne Anne Phillips (Pantheon)
This elegant unraveling of parallel narratives—a grunt's Korean War tour of duty and the story of a family struggling through hard times nine years later—is at once intensely personal and loaded with themes of identity, duty and renewal, all the while maintaining a tight coil of suspense.
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Allison Selman-Willis, spokeswoman for the Monroe County Sheriff's Office, said the county's E-911 center received a call at 1:39 a.m. about a car on fire. Deputies who responded to the call saw two people inside the car, which was engulfed in flames.
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I'm glad you decided to give treatment a try. No experience with a G tube. Dad's favorite pass-time when he had his long chemo sessions with the lung cancer was headphones and music. Some people go in with puzzle books, books, laptop, and I've even seen people curl up with a teddy bear and take a nap with a warmed-up blanket. Here, they use the i.v. pole with wheels on it, so people can get up and wheel over to the restroom if they need to. How long do they have you sitting there for your chemo?
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Will have first chemo and radiation therapy begining first thing in the a.m.
I've agreed to take this thing on, and take it on is what I'll do. So tomorrow 8:30 a.m I'll get my first dose of chemo drugs (Cisplatin & and who knows). Any words of wisdom? Ideas on how to "kill" that much time being held prisoner to a recliner? I've already been told that I'll be there right up until time to head over to my radiation therapy, which is half way cross town (15 min at best). And If anyone knows how to aleviate the pain from a G-Tube? . . . OH Man, I'm listening!!! This thing is STILL causing pain, and "I" know it shouldn't.
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I took an e-reader and my husband took a laptop. We also had a television in the room we used. I was extremely worried about my first chemo and had a meltdown prior to leaving home. And, it was totally unnecessary. Things went really well. Good luck.
Good for you for moving forward! When I go for my chemotherapy, I take a laptop, nap a little, and watch some television. I'm usually there around 6 hours, give or take. The staff are very friendly and will chat a little, too. I bring something to drink, and they had things to snack on. Everyone has given great ideas. I hope some of them help you pass the time. I got Cisplatin, and I tolerated it fairly well. The radiation was okay, too. I hope things go well and quick for you tomorrow! Lots of hugs your way!
I now take my Android tablet. It is sort of everything rolled into one as the hospital has WiFi (most do now days). I can read, watch videos and I have all my music stored on it for when I take a nap. I can even visit whatnext (shameless plug) and answer questions. I also share phoitos of my dogs (3) and cants (2) with the chemo nurses. I also take the tablet to Dr appointments, which has ruined what I used to say was the real reason for going to the Dr office, reading old magizines. I have also brought my work laptop and done actuial work stuff during treatment. It is amazing how much you can get done with no one bothering you. Do bring headphones so you do not have listen to the noise and so you have an excuse to ignor the nurses. Good Luck and don't have too much fun!!!
I can't help with passing the time, I was lucky enough that mine only took 15 minutes to drip. The radiation is over so fast you spend more time getting ready and then out than you do getting the treatment.
For me, the biggest thing is go after it with a purpose, with the goal in mind, get it done, out of the way, and get on with life.
Your going to do great.
Let us know how you fair tomorrow night.
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Good for you...get er done was my motto. I had Cisplatin and was hooke up for 5 or 6 hours. My oncology center had TV's hooked up to each of the chairs. I watched some TV, did some puzzle books or asked for a warmed blanket and took a nap. Radiation I just tried to relax and dream of taking a vacation to Disney World. Can't help with the G Tube I was lucky enough and didn't have to have a feeding tube.
The only problem I had with my G-tube was when it decided to come out after 2 months so I had to go through the procedure a 2nd time. I didn't have any pain with either one though. My chemo sessions lasted about 3 hours each time. I took a book to read which seemed to pass the time nicely.
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Rock the Cliff 5K & Fun Run!Saturday, September 22, 2018 in Dallas, TX at Kiest Park 3080 S. Hampton Rd. Dallas, TX 75224
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well, it's that time of the prego journey. the time when i get up in the morning and get in a wrestling match with the button of my jeans. the time when i finally admit defeat and get some new ones.
maternity jeans.
i've been in a few maternity stores before today, and have always had to leave in a get me outta here STAT kind of way. the hide me behind whatever is big and protective and will shield me from the scary maternity wear kind of way. i definitely was in denial. until i started surfing the web. and realised that heidi klum has a maternity line. sweet! i can order them online! i don't even need to step foot in a maternity store if i don't want to! my maternity store phobia has been solved! or so i thought. maternity jeans sizes aren't in regular pant sizes. they go from xs to infinity…and though they give you a size guide on the internet, it seemed a little off to me. i couldn't avoid it anymore. i had to face the maternity wear.
i think the real phobia comes from the name. maternity. it just sounds so…frumpy. so grade one teacher wardrobe-ish. or something. the pregnant woman wearing maternity pants just isn't me, yet. i just can't associate with it. the idea of maternity pants. gahh! so armed with my mom for moral support, we headed out for a day of saturday shopping. 19 weeks pregnant style. we eased into it by first going to the moncton market, which i love, and learned all about baby wraps and slings from one vendor. her face also kind of fell when i knew about the wholesaler where she gets her materials…i am such a huge fan of wraps and slings that i plan on making my own, but i'll write more about that later. we also checked out a few other familiar vendors and left feeling satisfied from the familiar buzz of french and english market vibes.
next stop. motherhood maternity. one step closer to heidi klum pants! we went into the store, and i found myself taking deep breaths to keep calm as i was surrounded by pregnant mannequins and billow-y tops and giant coats that looked like tents. and then, like a shrine, there they were… skinny jeans, prego style!!!!! right there in front of me. in moncton, nb! you don't understand the relief that washed over me. i was so scared that i was going to end up in frumpy not my style jeans, or that i was going to have to resort to my lululemon wardrobe for the rest of my pregnancy. (don't get me wrong, nothing wrong with the lemons, but after working there for two years i still feel like they're work clothes and sometimes, you just don't feel like wearing stretchy pants meant for working out in) so i headed to the change room. this had to be like ripping off a bandaid. quick and painful for just a second. i pulled them on. ah-mazing!!!!! why had i avoided them for so long, i asked myself (probably out loud, i was so excited!) they look like normal regular jeans….except with a giant tummy band, but nobody sees that! and sooooo effing comfortable! heaven, really. no more jeans digging into my belly! and no more having to unbutton my jeans like a fat man who wore the wrong pants to thanksgiving dinner. cause seriously, how comfortable is that. i'll let you in on a little secret. it's not.
once i got over the fear of being in a maternity store, my mom and i actually started to have fun. we joked about sending rob a picture of me in the ultra scary baby pink fuzzy maternity pants and telling him that this was the way it was going to be from here on in. essentially, my fear dissipated. i think i could even go into a maternity store again.
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Go to a nudist resort for the day and enjoy the sun and activities .
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In summer semester 2017 the International Office of Harz University of Applied Sciences welcomed a cute group of 7 new incoming exchange students. They started their journey at 6 different partner universities in Finland, France, Ireland, Poland, Russia and United Kingdom. All of the 7 have arrived safely by bus, car or train during the pick-up days.
Prior to every semester the International Office of the Harz University of Applied Sciences organizes Orientation Days. Between the 10th and the 15th of March 2017, the Incomings got a tour around the campus, opened an account German bank account and signed their rental contract. Furthermore they wrote a German placement test to find their language course with the right level of German for the next semester. Additionally it was explained to them how to register for the sports courses and how to use the internal computer system of Harz University of Applied Sciences. Last but not least the timetables were handed out and wildly discussed.
The fun part of the Orientation Days is always organized by the student association "Interforum". In the afternoons the new exchange students had the opportunity to get to know each other better at barbecues, pub crawls, parties and excursions in the surroundings.
This semester the International Office recruited 3 buddies from the "old Incomings" for the first time! They already arrived in winter semester 2016/ 17 and spend a whole year at Harz University of Applied Sciences. The buddies helped the new students on their arrival, accompanied them to the different meetings and were a good friend in every situation.
Since Thursday (16.03.2017) and Friday (17.03.2017) all of the students follow the lectures, seminars and tutorials.
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Many injury-causing accidents can leave individuals with lasting scars, both physically and mentally. Work-related accidents are no different, and North Carolina residents who have suffered serious injuries after being involved in such an incident may find themselves struggling to deal with the aftermath. However, workers' comp benefits may be able to help injured individuals with the financial ramifications of their injuries.
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You're a hard-working family man with mouths to feed at home, so you work maintenance at Goodyear over in Fayetteville, putting in a hard day's work. A good day is when you're able to bank a few overtime hours and swell your paycheck to cover some extras. That's why you've been ignoring those lower back spasms for months now, hoping fruitlessly that they would go away on their own.
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When a North Carolina resident dies as a result of a work-related accident, there are many steps that will likely be put in action. An investigation into the incident will undoubtedly be conducted on the part of the associated company and other relevant entities, and the family of the deceased worker will likely want to find answers for themselves. In addition to learning more about the fatal workplace injuries, information on workers' compensation benefits may also prove useful.
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Make shopping for Dad easy this year with a Woodcraft Father's Day Gift List from Scott Phillips, co-host of "The American Woodshop" with his wife Suzy. Check out Scott's selections below, or click here https://youtu.be/9CMMlTLNM9c to learn more on his video.
"Guys want tools!" Scott says on the video, while advising shoppers to forego the traditional gifts like ties, belts and socks and select items from his annual Father's Day Gift List. For the Dad who poses a "gifting challenge," Scott suggests a Woodcraft Gift Card that will allow Dad to choose from 20,000 products sold at Woodcraft stores, through the Woodcraft catalog and at woodcraft.com.
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QuikBENCH Portable Workbench – The QuikBENCH is a good extra work surface in the shop, home, or anywhere. Multiple benches connect for a larger work surface. A built-in power strip allows use of power tools. (154760, $129.99)
Retro Shop Stool – Features include a cushioned seat, chrome base and support rings, and 360° rotation. (154269, $69.99)
Rolair ABS Air Buddy, 1/2 HP Compressor – This lightweight air source is good for using tools like a pin nailer or crown stapler, as well as airbrushing. (160167, $169.99)
Handy Tools
PULY 3.6V Lithium-Ion Cordless Screwdriver Kit – This versatile tool has two easy-to-switch grips (pistol style and inline), comes with two accessory chuck heads (right angle and offset), and works with standard 1/4" driver bits. (153186, $39.99)
AccuSharp Pull-Through Knife Sharpener – Industrial quality, super hard carbide blades on this tool will sharpen any double-edged western-style knife in a hurry. Nonslip base attaches securely to a flat surface. (159342, $19.99)
Pinnacle 12" Combination Square, 4-piece – Blade, square head and center finder in this combo are enough to lay out any project. Combination head includes scribe and spirit level. (149895, $89.99)
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Shaving Kits for Woodturning – Create a truly one-of-a-kind gift by making a custom shaving brush and razor for Dad. Select attractive wood blanks and turn handles to go with the Badger Hair Bristle Brush Kit (151091, $10.25) and Razor Kit (152611, $22.50). Wood blanks for both kits are sold separately.
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"Woodcraft Magazine" – This limited time subscription special will give Dad a new magazine filled with project, technique and tool stories every two months for two years. (WMAG2, $29.94)
WoodRiver Utility Chisel Set, 4-piece – This set includes 1/4", 1/2", 3/4" and 1" bevel-edged chisels constructed of 115CRV3 tool steel and designed to meet the needs of today's woodworker. (154323, $39.99)
WoodRiver No. 1 Bench Hand Plane V3 – Based on the design of the smallest Stanley bench plane, now sought after by collectors, this WoodRiver plane is great for smoothing in tight spaces. The ductile iron body is precision machined to be flat and square. (159005, $119.99)
Kreg Precision Router Table System – The newly redesigned Kreg Precision Router Table System features a large, durable router table top, a one-of-a-kind T-square style fence, and a heavy-gauge steel stand designed for easy accessory mounting that all work together to meet a woodworker's precision routing needs. (160628, $499.99)
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Show and Tell has won the Best New Technological Innovation Award at the National Autistic Society's (NAS) Autism Professionals Awards. It was presented by NAS President Jane Asher and Chief Executive Mark Lever at a prestigious awards dinner on 3rd March at Harrogate's Royal Hall.
Circus Starr is a world class circus hosting inclusive performances to thousands of disadvantaged, disabled and vulnerable children every year. Over time, Circus Starr had come to realise that children with autism, who would normally struggle to cope with unfamiliar situations, would sit through an entire show mesmerised, due to the relaxed nature of the performances.
This led them to explore the possibility of using digital technologies to make their shows even more accessible. Cath Logan, Community Engagement Manager explains: "We wanted to produce an app that could somehow capture and convey the essence, magic and unpredictability of circus for a very literal audience. We needed to prepare a child who didn't like surprises for a show full of surprises … without ruining the surprise."
With funding from the Digital R & D fund for the Arts, "Show and Tell", an interactive visual story app, was developed. Circus Starr collaborated with Dr Tracey Piper-Wright (University of Chester), Therapy Box and NAS to produce an app that can be tailored to suit the specific needs of a child in preparation for a trip to the circus. Photographs, footage from the show and text, help familiarise children with unknown experiences that may otherwise cause anxiety.
Cath Logan continues, "After 28 years of successful touring, we're thrilled that our work in this field has been recognised by the National Autistic Society. Winning this award has put us in the spotlight and means we are now advising other arts organisations on how the app might also help them support children with autism."
The awards, sponsored by Axcis Education Recruitment, recognise and reward services and professionals that lead the way in innovative autism practice and make a real difference to the lives of people with the condition in the UK.
Carol Povey, Director of the National Autistic Society's Centre for Autism, said: "Autism is a specialist field which attracts many talented and dedicated individuals so it takes something extraordinary to stand out, especially in a year in which we received a record number of nominations.
"The work of Circus Starr hasn't just benefited the children and families its Show and Tell app supports, it also serves a fantastic example to others working in the field of autism.
Autism can have a profound effect on individuals and families but, as shown by the achievements of Circus Starr and the other finalists, the right support can make all the difference and help them live the fullest life possible."
The app provides a template that can be adapted to support access to the arts and culture. It also has potential to support everyday challenges and life's milestones, like transition into reception and from primary to secondary school, or even to help prepare for things like the Christmas play.
Show and Tell is currently available on iPad and iPhone and there are efforts to secure further funding to include a version for Android users and capitalise on its potential.
There were 191 nominations for this year's awards, which were whittled down to a shortlist of 38 and finally 13 winners by a panel of 10 autism experts. The nominees were judged on their innovation, creativity, impact and sustainability.
To find out more information about the Awards, please visit www.autismprofessionalsawards.org.uk
Notes to Editors
CIRCUS STARR is a world class, touring circus featuring acrobats, dancers and entertainers from across the globe. It is also an independent, charitable organisation that supports disabled, underprivileged and vulnerable children across the UK through a 75 venue tour held three times a year.
Circus Starr operates a unique Donated Ticket Programme that enables thousands of children to attend free circus shows thanks to the generous support of local businesses who, in turn, enjoy the opportunity to 'give back' to their communities. It works closely with parents, foster parents, teachers, Local Authorities and others caring for or working with disabled children or children and young people with statements of Special Educational Needs. The donated tickets provided are distributed to over 3,500 children's charities and organisations throughout the UK.
Circus Starr launched as a Social Enterprise and became a Community Interest Company (CIC) in 2010. Through its unique network of partner charities and local businesses, it provides over £1.37 million worth of free tickets to children, their families and community groups throughout the UK every year. www.circus-starr.org.uk
Show and Tell was made possible through a £124,735 grant from the Digital R&D Fund for the Arts; a £7 million fund to support collaboration between organisations with arts projects, technology providers, and researchers. It is a partnership between Arts Council England (www.artscouncil.org.uk), Arts and Humanities Research Council (www.ahrc.ac.uk) and Nesta (www.nesta.org.uk).
The Autism Professionals Awards
• The independent judging panel consists of 11 leading experts in the field of autism from a variety of professional backgrounds across the UK. Full biographical details of all judges are available on the website: www.autismprofessionalsawards.org.uk
The National Autistic Society
• Autism is a lifelong developmental disability that affects how a person communicates with, and relates to, other people. It also affects how they make sense of the world around them. It is a spectrum condition, which means that, while all people with autism share certain difficulties, their condition will affect them in different ways. Some people with autism are able to live relatively independent lives but others may have accompanying learning disabilities and need a life-time of specialist support. People with autism may also experience over- or under-sensitivity to sounds, touch, tastes, smells, light or colours.
• Asperger syndrome is a form of autism. People with Asperger syndrome are often of average or above average intelligence. They have fewer problems with speech but may still have difficulties with understanding and processing language.
• The National Autistic Society is the UK's leading charity for people with autism and their families. Founded in 1962, it continues to spearhead national and international initiatives and pro-vide a strong voice for all people with autism. The NAS provides a wide range of services to help people with autism and Asperger syndrome live their lives with as much independence as possible.
• For more information about autism and the NAS, visit www.autism.org.uk
• Follow the NAS on Twitter (@Autism) or on Facebook (www.facebook.com/NationalAutisticSociety).
Autism Professionals Awards sponsors
AXCIS Education Recruitment
• Axcis Education Recruitment is the foremost specialist supplier of quality special educational needs (SEN) staffing solutions in the UK.
• Their commitment to working with government and professional partners plus its duty of care, ensures that, despite wide-ranging changes in education, they can have a positive effect on the lives of the young people with SEND they ultimately support.
• They appreciate these young people are some of the most vulnerable in the education system and require inclusive nurture to allow them to achieve to the very best of their ability. www.axcis.co.uk
Switalskis Solicitors
• Three times winner of the Yorkshire Law Firm of the Year award, Switalskis Solicitors offers a wide range of expert legal advice and representation for individuals and businesses.
• Switalskis legal services are available from nine locations across the Yorkshire region: York, Leeds, Wakefield, Bradford, Huddersfield, Halifax, Dewsbury, Pontefract and Goldthorpe (in as-sociation with W. Brook & Co).
Autism Accreditation
• Established by The National Autistic Society (NAS) and its affiliated local societies, with support from the Department of Health, Autism Accreditation has been the foundation upon which much of the successful expansion of quality services for people with autism has been built.
• Autism Accreditation works to improve the quality of provision for people with autism by:
o providing a unified standard of excellence in both policy and practice
o presenting a systematic framework for continuous self-examination and development
o giving guidance and support to the services who use our programme so that they can meet the established criteria required for accredited status.
• Autism Accreditation provides an autism-specific quality assurance programme for over 300 organisations throughout the UK and across the globe. Clients include local authorities, NHS trusts, education authorities, local autism societies and private companies.
Network Autism
• Network Autism, established by the National Autistic Society (NAS) is a place where professionals can come together, open up new channels of information and share good practice.
• Network autism allows professionals to:
o connect with professionals in similar situations
o collaborate in finding new solutions
o share expertise and knowledge
o support colleagues in achieving better outcomes.
• www.network.autism.org.uk/
" Our son is autistic. His behaviour can be very challenging in public and there are very few places we can take him for entertainment. Coming to see Circus Starr enables my son to experience not only new wonderful performances, but sit amongst an audience in a Theatre or a Big Top, which teaches him social skills."
"Social stories and visual supports can be really valuable tools for many people with autism, helping them navigate situations like days out that many of us might take for granted"
Heather Wildsmith, Cultural Development Manager, National Autistic Society
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Touring Turn-of-the-Century America: Photographs from the Detroit Publishing Company, 1880 - 1920
Arts & Humanities
[Detail] U.S.S. Alert. Photographer - W H Jackson, 1901 or 1902
Creative Writing: Journalism and Postcard Making
The photographs in this collection can serve as a catalyst for various creative-writing projects:
Imagine that you are a reporter for a nineteenth-century newspaper. Browse the collection and select a topic such as the Spanish-American War or the 1906 California earthquake. Research the general history of the topic and, if possible, the context of a specific image in the collection. Write an article using historical fact and imagined interviews with either the subjects in the photograph or nearby witnesses. A series of articles can be written from different perspectives to cover various aspects of a single event.
Or, choose a series of scenic images from the collection to document an imaginary journey across the late-nineteenth century U.S. Download and print out the images on recycled file folders to make postcards for the trip. Write messages on the back of the postcards to document your journey from the perspective of a traveler. Keep the following questions in mind.
- Who are you writing to?
- Where did you come from and where are you going?
- What is the purpose of your trip?
- What type of transportation did you use (horse and carriage, steamboat, locomotive, etc.)?
- What sites did you see on your trip?
- How did you feel when you saw these people and places?
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Vitamins allow humans to harness nature's goodness in a compact pill form rather than slaughtering oranges for vitamin C and tickling calcium out of unsuspecting cows. Simplify your supplements with today's Groupon: for $10, you get $20 worth of wellness products and other retail goods at The Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy in Cedar Grove.
A refreshing reminiscence of apothecaries past, The Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy boasts face-to-face customer care. In the business for more than 22 years, Amin Amireh runs his shop and showers the community with the products and knowledge necessary for maintaining good health. While not valid for prescriptions, sniffle sufferers, headache harborers, and tablet jugglers can browse a complete line of over-the-counter medicines ($3–$15), as well as homeopathic remedies. A range of specially designed wellness products, such as Dr. Comfort shoes, assist customers with diabetes and other ailments, and general accessories, including handbags and wallets ($20–$65) complement bodily health with aesthetic homeostasis.
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Hahahaha oh god they couldn't even get his facial expression or scream right. Did anyone else see the fight with Slan? She doesn't even rip his armor off, he still has it on after the fight...... Yeah I also prefer the ost of the ps2 game over this one. I'm sure the game will be fun but of course it would have been great if they could for once get something right.


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Stay In-The-Know On What Goes On Around The Bay
with Azucena Rasilla @ChroniclesofAzu
What: Cumbia Party With Candelaria, La Favi & Cumbia Machin
Where: The New Parish – 1743 San Pablo Avenue Oakland, CA.
When: Friday July 8th at 8PM
Get your hips and your heels ready for a night of Cumbia with one of most iconic local bands, Candelaria. And, what better place than The New Parish which is so conveniently located just a few blocks from the 19th Street BART station. Tickets are still available.
What: First-ish Fridays (Benefiting the Boys & Girls Club)
Where: Drake's Brewing Co. – 1933 Davis St. Ste 177, San Leandro, California 94577
When: Friday July 8th at 4PM
Drake's is known for its delicious brews, and now they'll also be known for their philanthropic events. The brewing company chooses a local nonprofit, and proceeds from the beer sale benefit the nonprofit for that month. Come enjoy some delicious cold ones, and know that it is money well spent and will benefit the Boys & Girls Club ($5 donation, and you can also purchase a Drake's logo mug and 3 tokens for $15.)
What: Presidio Nature Lab Walk – Wildlife of the Presidio
Where: Presidio Officers' Club – 50 Moraga Avenue San Francisco, CA 94129
When: Saturday July 9th at 10AM
Explore the great outdoors and the beauty around the Presidio. Get your hiking boots on, and come explore and learn from Wildlife Ecologist Jonathan Young. This is a free event but RSVP is required. Registered guests will get admission priority 15 minutes before the event starts. You can RSVP here.
Image Credit: Very Vegan Sunday
What: Very Vegan Sunday
Where: SoMa StrEat Food Park – 428 11th St, San Francisco, California 94103
When: Sunday July 10th at 11AM
On the second Sunday of each month, Vegans and non-Vegans alike can come enjoy an array of delicious food and drinks, and live music.
The food vendors include:
Sarap Shop (Vegan Filipino Food)
Southern Fried Vegan (Southern Vegan Food)
Sweet Aha! (Vegan Wholesome Natural Desserts)
Tacos Venganza (Vegan Mexican Food)
Charlie's Brownies (Vegan Desserts)
Nombe SF (Vegan Izakaya-Inspired Cuisine)
Freja's Foods (GMO-Free Organic, Whole-Grain Seitan)
Joonya's Laulau (Vegan Hawaiian Food)
NoNo Burger (Vegan Burgers)
Odang Udon (Vegan Udon)
Firetrail Pizza (Vegan Wood-fired Pizza)
Nucha Empanadas (Vegan Empanadas)
This one is going down on the glorious weekday festivity also known as Taco Tuesday! And who doesn't love scrumptious tacos?
What: Edible Productions Presents: Taco Tuesday
Where: Lounge 3411 – 3411 MacArthur Blvd. Oakland, CA. 94602
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Gamers around the world are set to get a taste of Fury, the highly anticipated PvP MMO from Australian developer Auran, this time next week. The event is a special worldwide preview session for the game which kicks off at midday on Friday July 27 PST (Saturday morning in Australia and New Zealand time zones) and goes through to 11.59pm Sunday July 29.
"After the fantastic press demos last week in LA, and the great feedback we've seen from the closed beta testers, we believe it is now time to unleash Fury upon the broader public," commented Harry Miller, Head of Development at Gamecock, Fury's North American publisher. "We love indie developers because they innovate, and sometimes the best way for people to discover more about exciting new games is simply to let them experience it first-hand."
Tony Hilliam, Auran's CEO said that "We had planned our first public event to be a little closer to release, but we've come to realize that once people get two or three games of Fury under their belt, they're hooked. So we thought, why not just let them get sucked straight into the action and see for themselves."
"Besides," Hilliam continued, "we're risk takers. We took a big risk by setting out to make a game that throws away the MMO hand-book. We took all the rewards, loot and character advancement from the MMO genre and crammed them into an adrenaline filled, fast paced combat game. People hear the word MMO and say 'been there, done that'. But they haven't played Fury."
The preview event will see servers running for 60 hours, and up to 200,000 log-in accounts will be issued. It's first come first served, however, so get on over to www.unleashthefury/previewevent to secure your key and get download instructions. If you were in the Closed Beta, you'll be able to use your existing account.
Why sign up? Fury's Lead Designer Adam Carpenter says that "This Beta Preview Event will allow new players to experience Fury's unique combat and multiple game types as well as the challenge of mixing and matching more than 400 abilities to create their 'perfect' incarnation. In addition, our existing beta players can see the progress we've made in the past weeks with improvements to matchmaking, player training and starter ability selections. And of course with all the extra players, there will be shorter wait times and evenly matched battles for everyone." It's win win!


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I find that my size is a Rorschach test — some people think I'm "medium-sized" and others "large."
Well, let's just set the record straight with a photo that says it all.
Look at this magnificient Newfie who I met by the water.
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There's nothing quite like a cheese party to get people together. My speciality is cheese and prosecco. People usually ask what happened to cheese and wine? And to those I say, have some imagination! Surely the sound of a cork popping is one of the happiest noises in the world. Now think of yourself enjoying a crisp glass of bubbly in one hand and a salty cracked topped with a creamy wedge of deliciousness in the other.
My place is infamously tiny so it can be a bit like a cheese rave. Everyone brings a cheese and a bottle and it's just darling, darling!
But with everyone bringing a different cheese, it can be a bit of a mixed bag. Softs mixing with strongs, goats next to cheddar, cheesy chaos reigns! So there are a few classic rules when putting together a cheese plate.
1. Talk to your local cheesemonger, they can always recommend something fabulously in season.
2. Avoid flavoured cheeses, there's no place for crazy herbs or weird additions on a good cheese plate. Nothing should distract you from the pure beauty of la fromage.
3. The French recommend a minimum of cheeses not to overload the senses. Three to five incorporating a soft, bloomy rind, a semi-hard and a harder, aged one. Personally I love all the softies and especially the blues, but don't listen to me.
Soft: you can go for the classics, brie, camembert, or my favourite, a triple créme like chaource.
Blue: gorgonzola, stilton, bleu d'auvergne, cashel blue.
Firm: manchego, parmigiano-reggiano.
Aged: an aged gouda, comté, cheddar.
In fact, our cheese expert Yee Gan has just posted a tour of his favourite cheesey purveyors at Borough Market and you can find his list here.
4. Avoid the real stinkers. Trust me, your fridge will thank you the next day.
5. Accompaniments: What's even better than just cheese? Cheese and meats! Try adding some cured meats like prosciutto, salami, maybe a paté.
6. You know what else the French do really well? A good baguette. So get up all in there with some of that crusty good stuff, sliced into bite-ready pieces. You can see in the photo below I've added some crackers and a really good fig and hazelnut loaf to vary the taste and textures.
7. Salty snacks are key to adding a bit of excitement and breaking up the dairy overload. I've gone for wasabi peanuts, olives and spicy crackers. You can also go down the classic route and add some marcona almonds or cornichons.
8. Keep chutneys and accompaniments to a minimum, the cheese should shine. Personally I love honey so you can't go wrong with a saucy little drizzle.
9. Make sure you take your lovely cheeses out of the fridge before you serve. Room temperaturing is key!
10. Arrange in a clockwise direction from mildest to strongest. I'd recommend you cutting it before serving to the shape of the wedge so that it is easier for guests and you don't end up with a mess. For softer cheeses, use a wire, for harder cheese, a clean sharp knife for each one.
Enjoy, my cheese loving little friends.


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Aguirre's from Musquiz, Coahuila, Mexico
Looking for any information on brothers, sisters, sons, daughters of Manuel Aguirre from Musquiz, Coahuila, Mexico.He was married to Angelita Riley also from Musquiz, came to the United State around 1896-98, setteled in Junction, TX (Kimble County), they both died there in 1926 and 1928.There daughter Maria Aguirre Hernandez, my great grandmother was also from Musquiz, but came over while she was young with her husband, Juan Hernandez from Guerrero Coahuila. Any information about my great great grandfather--Manuel and great great grandmother--Angelita would be appreciated.
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Fire-Dex Organizational Changes
2015 was a very successful year for Fire-Dex in growing revenue & investing in the organization for future business development. We added a second shift to our operations, grew the field sales team and our marketing staff, as well as integrated a new business with the TecGen acquisition.
The budget for 2016 is to grow revenue over 25%. I am confident that we are on track to accomplish these lofty goals.
I have a few organizational announcements effective today, January 4th, as we start the new fiscal year. Dave Liana joined the organization in 1990 as our controller and will now have the title of Vice President, Finance & Chief Financial Officer. John Karban joined in 2003 as Plant Manager and will now have the title of Vice President, Operations. Dave and John have been trusted long term partners with me as Fire-Dex has doubled several times.
Steve Allison will now be Vice President, Sales & Marketing. Steve joined our organization in 2014 as Director of Sales and has worked in our industry for over 25 years. In 2015, Steve hired Peggy Curtis, Bob Keys, Jessica Baumgartner, Jordan Paris and David Moore, and promoted Sarah Finch. Todd Herring also joined our sales team after the TecGen acquisition. John Zbozien, Director of Marketing and Product Development, will report to Steve with this organizational change.
One additional promotion is Tory King, who will have title of Senior Regional Sales Manager. Tory joined us in 2010 as a Denver based Regional Sales Manager. Tory will be hiring a Sales Account Manager for Texas this quarter.
In 2016, we will continue to invest in the business on all fronts to be sure we have the best people, products and service levels for our customers worldwide.
Please join me in congratulating Dave, John, Steve and Tory.
Happy New Year, and I look forward to a very prosperous New Year.
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By ANALOU DE VERA, With a report from Kate Javier
A security guard was arrested after he allegedly stabbed and tried to sexually assault a 19-year-old college student inside the latter's dormitory in Sampaloc, Manila early Friday morning.
The suspect, identified as Joshua Dale Perez, 21, is now under the custody of Manila Police District (MPD) Station 4.
Initial investigation showed that the incident happened inside the room of the victim, whose identity was witheld, in a dormitory along R. Papa Street, Barangay 395, Zone 57, Sampaloc district.
Investigators said that Perez went inside the room of the female student around 1:30 a.m. and attempted to rape her.
The student reportedly fought back causing Perez to stab her in the neck using a kitchen knife. Perez, meanwhile, sustained scratches in the body, police said.
A closed circuit television footage showed that Perez was seen descending from a staircase without any upper garment.
Police said that the victim may have left her door open prompting Perez to enter her room. The suspect was arrested after the police conducted a follow-up operation.
It was learned that Perez has been working at the dormitory for three months already.
The victim is now recuperating at the Mary Chiles Hospital, investigators said.
Cases of attempted homicide and attempted rape is now being readied against Perez.
Meantime, a 17-year-old student is now in critical condition after he was stabbed and mauled by five teenagers on his way home in Caloocan City Thursday night.
Police Officer 1 Francis Ellamil, case investigator, identified the student as John Rey Nullas, 17, of Baltazar Street, 10th Avenue, Barangay 69, Caloocan City.
The suspects were identified as Christopher Araneta, 19; Eldride Evangelista, 19; Jhunery Velasco, 19; and two other minors aged 15 and 13. They were allegedly under the influence of alcohol.


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