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Enhance your eyes with Lash Unlimited #4 lashes. These very natural looking lashes that add extra length to your own lashes. Thanks to a slightly tapered finish, these #4 lashes offer dramatic length without compromising on comfort. The curl to the lashes, and elongated ends help to make your eyes appear bigger and bolder - you'll be sure to make a statement with these stunning falsies. Perfect for a natural cat eye.
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Medium dense wispy lashes that increase in length towards the outer corners. Perfect for a natural cat eye. This will help to open and widen any eye shape. Made from human hair for a natural look and a lightweight feel.
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Measure the strip lash against your lash line and trim any excess hair from the inner part of the eyelash (nearest to the tear duct). Do the same for the other eye and remember to trim the inner part of the opposite eyelash.
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With tweezers or your fingers, place the centre of the eyelash onto the centre of your lash line. Gently use tweezers (or fingers) to press the edges down and get as close to the lash line so the strip line disappears. Use finger to press the edges down and to secure the eyelash. Tips You may find it easier to apply the lashes at the very end of your makeup routine.
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April 16th-24th is National Park Week. In celebration, they are waiving entrance fees to parks such as Bryce Canyon, Zion, and Kolob Canyon! For a full list of fee FREE dates and all participating Parks visit: http://www.nps.gov/findapark/feefreeparks.htm.
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|Interested in planning a 5K race as a fundraiser for your favorite cause? Wanting to plan a parade or a march? Depending upon the route your event would like to use, requirements for permits and insurance will vary. Read below for more information and links to the appropriate application forms.
City of Pullman Streets and/or Sidewalks: Per Pullman City Code, Chapter 11.32, it is unlawful for any person or persons to hold any public meeting or public event upon any street or alley, or an event that will obstruct any sidewalk, without first obtaining a permit to do so. Any person, company, or organization wishing to use a portion of a street, sidewalk, alley, or public place for a public meeting or event shall apply in writing prior to the planned use to the Chief of Police for permission. Upon review of the application, the Chief of Police may grant a permit for use of the street, sidewalk, alley, or public place if it is found that doing so will not unduly obstruct either automobile or pedestrian traffic or endanger the safety of the public. A written permit or denial will be issued to the applicant(s), and any approved permits will be made available to the public. Violation of this chapter of City Code can result in a civil infraction and a $500 fine. Download a fill-in PDF Street Use Permit Application by clicking here.
City of Pullman City Trail System: To use the City Trail System, you need to complete a City of Pullman Special Event Permit application. This form can be found on the City Parks & Recreation Department website by clicking here.
Route on WSU Campus: For event routes occurring on WSU property/streets, you will need to contact with the WSU Police Department at 509-335-8548 to coordinate the use of campus streets and facilities.
NOISE: Regardless of whether an event is held on a City street or on WSU campus, if you anticipate there being excessive noise levels (due to the number of participants) or if there will be amplified noise from starting guns, megaphones, speakers and/or music as part of your event, you may need to request a noise variance from the Chief of Police. Download a fill-in PDF Noise Variance Application by clicking here.
INSURANCE: City of Pullman Street Use Permits (City streets), City of Pullman Special Event Permits (City trail system), and the Whitman County Special Event Permits (Bill Chipman Memorial Trail) all require event organizers to provide special event liability insurance in the amount of $1,000,000 prior to approval of the event. Contact your insurance agent for more information on obtaining special event insurance. For WSU student organizations, you can contact Brian Shuffield, Director of Student Involvement & Leadership, for more information on how your organization can obtain the appropriate insurance for your event.


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Like wine, furniture develops character with age. And American and English antiques are not only getting better, they're also becoming more affordable. Designs inspired by the two Toms (Chippendale and Sheraton) and crafted for the gentry more than 200 years ago are now available at general-public prices. "There's never been a better time to buy antiques," says Antiques Roadshow expert Leigh Keno.
When age-old mahogany sideboards, slant-front desks, and game tables hit the auction block, bidders don't lift a finger. "Flat screen TVs killed the market for armoires," notes a New York auction-house expert. "Some forms have fallen out of favor," concurs Leigh, pointing out that slant-front desks can't accommodate computers. "There's also a shift in taste," he adds. (The twin pillars of the antiques world, the brothers also collect mid-century modern furniture and limited-edition designs.)
Antiques addicts rejoice-it's a buyers market. "Buyers on a budget can afford originals," says Leslie Keno, a senior vice president at Sotheby's. Some striking recent examples follow.
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This lovely Chester County cherry candlestand with a dish top, made some 200 years ago, just went for $474 at Skinner auction house in Boston. (Leigh admired details like the little "tongue" on each knee.)
A glorious, grainy mahogany sideboard on delicate brass-cast feet, circa 1825-50, sold for $1,900 at Doyle New York last year. "The feet alone are worth a couple thousand," says Leigh.
A set of four 200-year-old-plus Chippendale cherry side chairs with wavy backs recently sold for $651 at Skinner. "They look almost modern," says Leigh. "What they need is a new upholstery job and fabric. They're perfect for around the breakfast table."
A Federal-style (late 19th century) inlaid mahogany table with a fold-over top and marquetry urn medallion sold for $350 at Sloans & Kenyon auction house in Chevy Chase, Maryland.
An assembled set of six bowback Windsors, circa 1810, went for $1,185 at Skinner auction house in Boston. The nipped-waisted center pair alone is worth $2,200, says Leigh.
A shapely Chippendale mahogany slant-front desk, which Skinner experts attribute to Bostonian John Cogswell (about 1769-1818), went for $6,517.


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At least 38 people were killed and 41 injured early Friday when two tourist buses crashed in northeastern Egypt, the country's semi-official news website Al-Ahram Online reported.
The two buses in the governorate of South Sinai were carrying an estimated 80 passengers, including 4 foreign tourists, the report said.
Search-and-rescue teams are still working to recover casualties at the scene, said Mohamed Lasheen, the undersecretary of the Ministry of Health in South Sinai.


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Two Fayette High School FFA members attended the National FFA Organization's 2012 Washington Leadership Conference June 5-9.
Demi Powers and Cole Burkholder represented the Fayette chapter at the annual conference which focuses on leadership development, personal growth and community service.
More than 2,200 FFA members throughout the U.S. will attend one of the seven week-long sessions. Created in 1969 and held annually in Washington, D.C., the conference helps students develop leadership skills, identify personal strengths, develop awareness of societal differences and human needs, and plan strategy on how they can help others through community service.
Throughout the week, each student develops a community-service initiative for their local community with the intention of returning home and implementing their plans.
At the conclusion of each weekly session of the Leadership Conference students participate in a Day of Service, where they work together on a community-service project. This year students will volunteer more than 9,500 hours to pack and ship thousands of meals to Nicaragua to help battle hunger.


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HAMPDEN-SYDNEY, Va. – Sophomore Nash Nance passed for 309 yards and five touchdowns in Hampden-Sydney College's 68-24 Old Dominion Athletic Conference win over visiting Guilford College Saturday.
The Tigers' fourth straight win sets up a Nov. 3 showdown with Washington and Lee University, a 41-14 winner over Catholic University of America Saturday. The teams share first place in the ODAC with 4-1 league records and play next Saturday in Lexington, Va. The Quakers' first loss in three games bounced them out of a tie for first place in the league.
Hampden-Sydney (6-2, 4-1 ODAC) scored on 10-of-11 possessions, including its first nine. Nance threw touchdowns of 10 and 38 yards to Holton Walker on back-to-back first-quarter drives, which opened a 25-0 Tigers' lead.
Guilford (4-4, 3-2 ODAC) picked up its initial first down late in the first quarter and got on the scoreboard on Tyler Hunt's career-long 39-yard field goal to start the second quarter. Nance threw his fourth touchdown of the half and Evan King scored on a two-yard touchdown to give the hosts a 40-10 halftime lead.
The Quakers started the second half with a nine-play, 75-yard scoring drive capped by rookie quarterback Matt Pawlowski's second touchdown run of the game, a one-yard sneak. The Tigers' answered on the ensuing possession with Nance's six-yard shovel pass to King for a score, followed by another two-yard scoring run by King, which made it 54-17 after three quarters.
Nance, a transfer from the University of Tennessee, matched his personal best with five touchdown passes. He completed 22-of-35 passes without an interception before giving way in the third quarter to rookie Kyle Farlow. Walker finished with 10 grabs for 170 yards and two touchdowns, all game highs. King gained 95 rushing yards on 21 carries and caught six passes for 52 yard and a touchdown. Reserve Brady Macko carried 10 times for a game-best 103 rushing yards, 65 of which came on a fourth-quarter touchdown run.
Guilford's Pawlowski completed 22-of-36 passes for 242 yards, but no touchdowns for the first time in his eight-game career. He also ran for two touchdowns, a personal best. Classmate Adam Smith made seven catches for 108 yards and Mike Williams led the Quakers' rushers with 41 yards on seven carries. Sophomore Satiir Stevenson made a game-high 13 tackles on defense.
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The head of D.G. Yuengling and Son Inc. on Monday called for the passage of a "right to work" law in Pennsylvania that could dilute membership in labor unions and said he wanted retailers' interests protected in any expansion of beer sales.
Dick Yuengling Jr. said at a Pennsylvania Press Club appearance that the state would attract more businesses if it adopted a right-to-work policy that would make it more difficult for unions to organize.
Right-to-work bills prohibit requirements that employees join a union or pay union dues or fees as a condition of employment. Such bills have languished in the Republican-controlled Legislature, while critics contend the real intent -- to bleed unions of money and bargaining power -- would destroy the middle class.
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Yuengling also had other implicit criticisms of the business climate in Pennsylvania, including wanting to see a reduction in the capital stock and franchise tax.
"How many times do you have to be taxed on the same dollar?" said Yuengling, whose ancestor founded the Pottsville-based brewer in 1829. He began working there in 1958.
Gov. Tom Corbett has not pressed for right-to-work laws, and has said that he does not believe there is a strong will in the Legislature to pass it.
Nonetheless, Yuengling called Corbett "a great man" who's trying to do the right thing.
Yuengling said Corbett's office contacted him "right away" after he was quoted saying his company might build its next brewery in another state. The firm recently expanded sales into a 14th state, Ohio, and it now has about 280 employees.
Asked about a plan by Corbett and Republican allies to push for privatization of the state liquor system, Yuengling said his concern was the fate of the small businesses that retail beer.
"They made our company in the state of Pennsylvania, and I don't want to see them hurt," Yuengling said.
Yuengling was included earlier this year on a Forbes magazine list of billionaires, but he insisted Monday that he is not worth a billion dollars.
"We're not for sale," he said. "Nobody's going to offer me a billion dollars for it, and if they (did), I wouldn't take it."
Asked about Yuengling's first foray into NASCAR, making its Light Lager brand the sponsor of Ty Dillon's No. 3 Chevrolet next year, Yuengling described it as an experiment.
"It's not cheap. It's very expensive, and the talk about it has been phenomenal," he said. "We're going to see whether this is a good thing or not."


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7 Of The Most Unhealthy, Cancer-Causing Foods
You know they're bad for you, but do you know how bad?
We often like to classify healthy foods, super foods, not-so-healthy foods, and unhealthy foods, but in today's health-obsessed culture, it can all get a little confusing. Today, we're going straight for the jugular.
What are the seven worst things you can swallow down your gullet, as far as your health is concerned? We're not saying don't ever eat them—just be aware of the potential damage. Here are seven baddies best left off your grocery list from now on.
1. Processed Meat: Meats preserved by smoking, curing, or salting, or that contain chemical preservatives, are linked to an increased risk of colon cancer. Most are manufactured with a carcinogenic ingredient known as sodium nitrite, used to turn packaged meats a bright red color so they look fresh. A 2005 study from the University of Hawaii found that processed meats increase the risk of pancreatic cancer by 67 percent. Hot dogs, in particular, are made up of meat scraps, including organs, nerve tissue, bone pieces, and other unsavory animal parts. Animals that donate them are likely to have been fed grains laced with hormones, antibiotics, pesticides, and fecal matter. After a detailed review of more than 7,000 clinical studies covering links between diet and cancer, the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) declared that consumers should stop buying and eating all processed meat products for the rest of their lives. These include bacon, sausage, hot dogs, sandwich meat, packaged ham, pepperoni, salami, and virtually all red meat used in frozen and prepared meals.
2. Soda: It's loaded with calories, sugar, and artificial ingredients, and has no nutritional benefit. One can of soda contains the equivalent of ten packets of sugar. According to studies, most popular diet and sugared sodas are nearly as corrosive to dental enamel as battery acid, leading to an increase in tooth sensitivity and cavities despite good dental hygiene. A study from the University of Minnesota found that people who drank as little as two soft drinks a week faced almost double the risk of pancreatic cancer. Dark-colored sodas contain a chemical known as 4-methylimidazole (4-MI), a byproduct of chemical processing used to create the artificial dye that gives these sodas their color. Animal studies have linked 4-MI to cancer. Pepsi and Coca-Cola recently announced they would modify the coloring to avoid a cancer-warning label newly required by California law. A UCLA study also directly linked soda with obesity.
3. Regular Potato Chips: They're full of artery-clogging trans fats, high glycemic carbohydrates, sodium, artificial flavors, colors, and preservatives. High temperatures used to cook them typically cause the formation of carcinogenic substances like acrylamide, which is also found in cigarettes. Clark University professor Dale Hattis is quoted as saying, "I estimate that acrylamide causes several thousand cancers per year in Americans." Even those with reduced trans fat may contain acrylamide.
4. Microwave Popcorn: Chemicals in the lining of the bag, including perfluoroctanoic acid (PFOA) are part of a class of compounds that may be linked to infertility in humans, according to researchers at UCLA. In animal testing, the chemicals caused liver, testicular, and pancreatic cancers. Microwaving causes the chemicals to vaporize, and migrate into your popcorn. Many manufacturers have promised to phase out PFOA by 2015. Until then, it's best to pop kernels the old fashioned way.
5. Farmed Salmon: According to David Carpenter, M.D., director of the Institute for Health and the Environment at the University at Albany, farmed salmon is not only lower in vitamin D than wild-caught, but higher in contaminants, including carcinogens, PCBs, flame retardants, and pesticides including DDT. "You can only safely eat one of these salmon dinners every 5 months without increasing your risk of cancer," Carpenter stated. These fish are also typically treated with high levels of antibiotics.
6. Conventional Apples (and Other "Dirty" Fruits): According to a survey by the Environmental Working Group, apples are the most pesticide-contaminated produce on average, with pesticides showing up on 98 percent of the more than 700 samples tested. Other highly contaminated produce included grapes, strawberries, cilantro, potatoes, and oranges, all of which had more than 90 percent of samples testing positive for pesticide residue. In addition to being toxic to humans, pesticides may increase the risk of some cancers, with some studies indicating that maternal exposure may increase the risk of lowered child I.Q. and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. Choose organic for these items.
7. Canned Tomatoes: The lining of most canned foods contains bisphenol-A (BPA), a chemical that acts as an estrogen and disrupts hormonal activity in the body. Studies show that BPA may be linked to heart disease, intestinal damage, and infertility and other reproductive issues. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there is widespread exposure to BPA in the United States. Though all canned foods are of concern, tomatoes are particularly dangerous because their high acidity causes BPA to leach into them. University of Missouri endocrinologist Frederick vom Saal, Ph.D., notes that you can get 50 mcg of BPA per liter out of a tomato can, and that's a high enough level to impact people, particularly children.
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The 36 rules of social media
Three months ago, Fast Company magazine asked its readers to share their guidelines on social media. It compiled the best into this infographic.
Wouldn't it be nice to have a really easy guide to social media conduct?
I'm not talking about a detailed roadmap, but a list of principles to remind you (and your staff) how to behave on sites such as Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, and so on.
Thankfully, Fast Company magazine compiled a close approximation to this list, when in August it asked readers to share their best practices for social media. The publication compiled 36 of them into this infographic:
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CHICAGO — Two Illinois Republicans eyeing the governor's office headed into Tuesday — the first day that Illinois candidates wanting to run in 2014 can circulate petitions — with a jump start on announcing their running mates.
CHICAGO — Two Illinois Republicans eyeing the governor's office headed into Tuesday — the first day that Illinois candidates wanting to run in 2014 can circulate petitions — with a jump start on announcing their running mates.
State Sen. Kirk Dillard was on a five-city tour Tuesday with his lieutenant governor pick, state Rep. Jil Tracy of Quincy, just hours after he announced the choice with an Instagram video. He planned a stop at the Rockford airport late Tuesday afternoon as part of his tour.
Illinois Treasurer Dan Rutherford also took to social media and announced Monday through Twitter that Chicago attorney Steve Kim is his lieutenant governor pick.
For days, Rutherford had been dropping Twitter hints about the 42-year-old attorney who lives in the Chicago suburb of Northbrook. Kim has served as a Northfield township trustee and unsuccessfully challenged Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan in 2010.
"He comes from having been on the statewide stage before," Rutherford told The Associated Press. The Chenoa Republican said his first priority was choosing someone who could succeed him if they win. Rutherford said he would release more details Thursday.
Dillard posted the news late Monday in a laid back Instagram video — he's wearing a Chicago Bears jersey — in which he describes Tracy as "a respected businesswoman and respected legislator."
On Tuesday he was set to travel to Quincy, Marion, Springfield, Peoria and Rockford.
Tracy took office in 2006 and serves on a bipartisan pension panel tasked with coming up with a solution to the state's nearly $100 billion crisis.
"It is very exciting to join the ticket as your running mate for lieutenant governor, looking forward to working side by side with you for this great state," she says in her own short Instagram video.
The other gubernatorial candidates have said they're not in a rush to make their choices public, including Republican venture capitalist Bruce Rauner of Winnetka and Chicago Democrats, Gov. Pat Quinn and his Democratic challenger, former White House chief of staff Bill Daley. Republican Sen. Bill Brady of Bloomington said it'll be a few more weeks before he announces a choice.
It's the first time that candidates for governor will run with their lieutenant governor choices. The change when it was revealed after the 2010 primary that the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor — Scott Lee Cohen — had past troubles including domestic battery charge. Cohen dropped out after pressure from Democratic leaders, who feared it would hurt Quinn.
Rutherford said he considered Kim's business experience and his background.
Kim is a managing partner at Rosenberg Kim & Jimenez, Ltd., which does international and trade law and business development law, among other areas. Kim is Korean American. He immigrated with his family as a young boy and is a U.S. citizen.
Rutherford said Kim has the ability to reach out to Illinois' diverse residents, particularly the growing Asian population.
"We're a state where there is a very strong and vital immigrant community," Kim said, adding that his family's immigration story was one that would resonate with many groups.
Kim declined to talk specifics on where he stands on issues, such as gay marriage, saying that he is still formulating his opinions.
He said his focus is on improving Illinois' business climate.
"I understand how to create jobs," he said. "I strongly believe the climate in Illinois is not right now best suited for jobs and economic growth. We can change that."


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The second Beijing Film Market (April 24-26) wrapped on Thursday after three days of increased participation and business, although delegates agreed that it remains a mostly domestic Chinese event.
The market was undoubtedly on a much larger scale than the inaugural edition held at the Beijing International Hotel last year. This year, around 200 companies took booths at the China National Convention Centre, around 40 of which came from outside China and Hong Kong.
Foreign exhibitors included a delegation of companies under the Korean Film Council (KOFIC) umbrella, UniJapan/TIFFCOM, Israel's Dan Wolman Film Production, Odin's Eye Entertainment from Australia and the Namibia Film Commission.
On the buyer side, participants were mostly from mainland China and represented a broad range of online, TV and all rights distributors.
The market also featured a projects market, "Project Pitch & Catch", which selected 20 projects deemed suitable for co-production, including animation Legend Of A Rabbit 2 and Jia Zhangke-produced Imperial Exam.
As last year, the accompanying Beijing International Film Festival, organised by the Beijing city government and State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT), has been a showcase of the capital's economic clout and cultural ambitions. It featured a grand opening ceremony, reminiscent of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and attracted big names such as James Cameron, Jeremy Renner and Fox Filmed Entertainment chief Jim Gianopulos.
Due to its financial muscle and location, at the centre of the world's fast-growing film market, the event is likely to grow in prominence. However, market participants said they believed it would take a few years before it challenged other major film markets in the region such as Filmart, Busan and TIFFCOM.
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An instant hit from the moment it opened, Mall of the Emirates is simply enormous. There's a Cinestar cinema complex, an enormous games and arcade area complete with bowling alleys, and of course a mammoth array of shops. These include local favourites, as well as Borders, Debenhams, Zara and even Harvey Nichols. Brands including H&M and Phat Farm cater for the budget conscious, while Via Rodeo is packed with Versace, D&G, Ferragamo et al.
Then there's the ultimate feature of Mall of the Emirates – Ski Dubai. No wonder Mall of the Emirates is Dubai's favourite mall. Ski Dubai is one of the biggest tourist attractions in the UAE in itself, enabling visitors to choose between skiing, snowboarding, tobogganing or simply throwing snowballs in the snow park.
If all that shopping makes you hungry, there's no shortage of places to eat at Mall of the Emirates. Try Apres – the ski-lodge type venue that's great for a quick drink or a fondue. Near Ski Dubai there's Sezzam, with its far-ranging international menu. The Butcher's Shop is a great South African import – a must for fresh biltong or a fantastic steak.
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Danger lights flash from beneath a vibrant display panel that indicates the time. An industrial looking brushed stainless steel case with matching strap creates a striking contrast. Kisai Radioactive, a bold watch design that is sure to get you noticed.
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Reading the time is simple when you know how. Progressive from top to bottom, hours are shown in the upper part of the display, five minute groups in the center of the display and single minutes in the lower part of the display.
Press the button to light up the screen and the current time is indicated by flashing lights. See the animation & video demo below to find out more.
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With a brushed stainless steel case and strap and a mineral crystal lens, Kisai Radioactive is a solid watch and has a fully adjustable strap designed to fit both small and large wrists. The watch display features a vibrant silk screen with a strong color film which stands out even when the display is off.
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Kisai Radioactive is a USB rechargeable watch. To recharge, connect to your computer with the USB cable provided. One full charge will take 3.5 hours and each charge should last 1 month.
A unique animation that imitates a nuclear control panel is programmed into Kisai Radioactive. When turned on, the lights flash in an unusual pattern once every 15 minutes between 6pm and midnight. You can turn this on or off in the settings.
Like all watches from Tokyoflash Japan, Kisai Radioactive is a limited edition design which means that it is guaranteed to be an original watch that not many other people own.
- Displays the time
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- USB rechargeable: unscrew & connect to your computer
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- Minimum wrist size: 100 mm (approx.)
- Maximum wrist size: 210 mm (approx.)
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SEATTLE (AP) — A 28-year-old woman whose sleep was interrupted by a cancer charity run outside her Seattle apartment has been charged with assault and reckless endangerment for pelting supporters with trash, used cat litter and frozen chicken.
Amy Lee was jailed briefly and has not yet entered a plea.
Charging papers say she tossed a bag of trash out her fifth floor window onto supporters cheering the June 1 Susan G. Komen Foundation Race for the Cure.
The seattlepi.com reports (http://bit.ly/1lnsFKB) she followed that with a load of kitty litter full of feces, a large piece of frozen chicken that hit a 13-year-old girl and a juice bottle that nearly hit a disabled man.
Lee told an officer she works 13 hours a day and needs to sleep in on Sundays. Attempts to locate Lee or her lawyer were unsuccessful.
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I've been a fan of Yancy's for quite awhile. She's a good friend of my (blogging-to-real-life) friend OhAmanda. Her kids' music is totally fun and tolerable for adults while teaching kids scriptural truth. My personal favorite is Little Praise Party: Happy Day Everyday, which is especially for preschoolers and toddlers.
Released in March, Yancy's new album Jesus Music Box caters to an older, preteen crowd. The songs are about sharing Jesus' love with others freely – as is expressed in rocking track "Not Ashamed."
"These songs are really all about making Jesus loud in our life," says Yancy. "One of my biggest passions, through the songs that I sing and through my life, is making sure it shows that Jesus is in my heart and that I love him. There are several songs on this album that are all about that- it's about turning up the volume and letting Jesus shine!"
Your little ones will love to sing along and your preteens will think you rock for letting them listen to something with a beat. The lyrics on each track are worth listening to again and again, in the car and around the house.
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Castleville Quest Guide: George - All in the Mine (New Viking Mine Quests)
George's Quest - All In The Mine (1-7 missions)
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Also the new quest related released at the same time: Castleville: Duke Quest-When Beasties Attacks-The Lab: http://castlevillequestshelp.blogspot.com/2012/01/catleville-georges-quest-all-in-mine.html
After saving George, this subject is around asking for food: meat and sausages. Until ... NOW... He had a question.
We are excited too!!! Let's start.
1. All In The Mine
Collect from the Viking Mine 2 times
Have 5 All Purpose Polish to shine the new rocks (Ask friends)
Craft 1 Workbench for conducting experiences (Craft 1 workbench in the workshop)
2. Safety First
Collect 10 Pails of Water as prevention for potential fires (Fish in your pond. Neighbors ponds don't count)
Collect 5 Stone Blocks (From crafting buildings or from Quarry)
Have 15 Cotton to stuff in your ears (have 15 cotton in your inventory)
3. Run Away
Have four (4) five runes to test
Chop trees 15 times to gather firewood.
Craft one Leather Apron in the Studio to protect against burns (Craft Leather Apron => Studio)
4. Fallout
Visit 5 neighbors to Apologize for the surprise explosion.
Earn 15,000 coins to help pay for the damage...or buy new underpants!
Place 5 Nature items to cover the scorch marks.
5. Mine Crafting
Have 6 Whetstones to grind up the Fire Runes (Ask friends).
Craft 1 Boom Stick in the Workshop.
Use 1 Boom Stick to blow up a rock!
6. What a Blast
Tend Neighbors' Chickens 25 times. That blast gave them quite a scare!
Place 5 Rocks. We're going to go through them faster now!
Sell 3 Iron Picks. Who need 'em now?
7. Mine Sweep
Place 6 Wood Fences to secure the Viking Mine.
Craft 3 Super Clobbers for banishing Beasties.
Be ready to defend the Viking Mine... you never know what might show up!
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quest 6 is SO annoying.... i didnt have 3 iron picks in the FIRST place! why build it JUST to sell it! grrrr waste or 27 hours of workshop time!
I finished that quest and won some miner helms... but can't find them in my inventory!! What are they useful for? Any hint?
ok i read the thing.. you can wear the helmet :)
I finished that quest and won some miner helms... but can't find them in my inventory!! What are they useful for? Any hint?


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There are three types of Niemann-Pick Disease:
Type A is a genetic disorder in which sphyingomyelin (ceramide phosphorylcholine) accumulates in cells of infants and young children. This condition causes the liver and the spleen to become enlarged and the child not to thrive. There is rapid degeneration of the nerves that leads to death by age two or three.
Type B, like type A, is a genetic disorder in which sphyingomyelin accumulates in cells. A patient may develop fatty, irregular yellow patches or nodules on the skin of the eyelids, neck or back that is associated with disturbances in cholesterol metabolism. A patient may also have skin discoloration and enlarged liver, spleen and lymph nodes. However, persons with type B have little or no nerve involvement and survive into adulthood.
Type C is caused by an error in cholesterol metabolism that results in unesterified cholesterol accumulating in cells. Its symptoms include variable enlargement of the liver and spleen, an increasing inability to control muscle movement, seizures, disordered muscle tone, dementia and sometimes fatal neonatal liver disease. It usually appears in late childhood with death in the patient's 20s. When it appears in adulthood it can produce psychosis and dementia.
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Types A and B are inherited conditions that most often appear in Jewish families. Type C is not inherited and appears in all ethnic groups.


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With the increase in defeatist chatter that is being intercepted these days there is one man left standing in the crossfire. Ashraful must be sorely ruing his missed chances but tomorrow is another day.
All eyes on Ashraful
by G. M. Bashar
Published: 22nd July, 2004
With the increase in defeatist chatter that is being intercepted these days there is one man left standing in the crossfire. Ashraful must be sorely ruing his missed chances but tomorrow is another day.
As a whole team sank, watched anxiously by this young man with trademark furtive looks, one could only feel pity for Ashraful. Looking on haplessly, as his skipper and vice skipper were summararily dismissed in consecutive balls, he must have been rattling to say the least. Yes, he probably shouldn?t have run. But all in all there must be some glimmer of hope, evidence or supreme belief that we have in our midst a man who will be ready for greater heights down the road.
Ashraful is the man. Although he has been receiving his fair share of criticisms, tainted with rumours ranging from his inadequate physique to his personal affairs, he remains Bangladesh?s best shot at cloning a Bradman.
Mohammad Ashraful
If no one has seen Bradman they should have a look. We may not have much live footage to discern the exceptional quickness of his reactions, his speed between the wickets and spidery fitness that helped him to take the longest innings with breathless ease. But the fact of the matter is that exceptional strength can be disguised with stealth within a deceptively fragile looking body. Again Ashraful is the man with such a body.
Most revealingly, Bradman was small-boned and trim, his power of stroke deriving from strong wrists and an uncanny sense of timing. Ashraful is quite similar and possesses a spirit that can harness immense strength from within his fragile body. To spell it out again, it is: perfect balance, coordination and certainty of execution that is much admired as the principal ingredients of any unworldly batsmanship. Seeing Ashraful?s capabilities at stroke play especially his timely on drives there is room for much refinement. And so the goal of Ashraful at this point must be to strive towards such a higher art form through rigorous practice.
Statistics mean a lot to us fans. A batsman is exceptional if he averages 50 runs in international competitions. Crucially, 6 out of 11 Australians average over 50 and Bradman, during his entire career, averaged 99.94 runs a Test! It was a superhuman effort but says a lot about unbounded human possibilities .So the work has been cut out for Ashraful but he is no stranger to overwhelming tasks and foreign climates. He also has a healthy ability to score reasonable innings in any part of the world. That is an asset.1
We know that things began with a bang for this boy when at 16 years and 364 days; on the eve of his 17th birthday he surpassed Mushtaq Mohammed of Pakistan (who was the previous player to hit a hundred at the age of 17 years and 82 days). When play began with Bangladesh needing 465 runs to make Sri Lanka bat again, it was Asharaful in the hot seat. Mohammed Ashraful?s 114 showed a stellar concentration for a player of his age. Significantly for our next match he dominated Muralitharan and all the other bowlers. How did he do it?1, 2
One of the ingredients on that occasion was none other than Aminul Islam. And what a bhaya he was. Some credit should go to the former captain for some intuitive leadership. And what better way to bat your way to a century than have Aminul at your side? Probably those furtive eyes are still looking for a mentor in a side that still desperately calls for just some plain leadership. A Leadership to steer these youngsters through rough patches, but above all, a leadership to transfer valuable received wisdom that happens in other teams. It also fosters a sense of continuation as we see happening from Pollock to Ntini, from Srinath to the Balajis, from the Hadlees to the Cairns and from Benaud to Warne.
Leadership is not only about what goes on in the field but a moral and inspirational captaincy to guide younger team members. In this matter is Bashar suitable to fit this role? When he faces Muralitharan again will Bashar provide the same example as his predecessor and stabilize the team? Bashar, as a senior a player is in a position to pass down some sensible cricket ?Knowledge?. And for those still to come this knowledge should be absorbed as early as possible.
Furthermore, is it coincidence or just a passing fact that Ashraful was one of the keys to our win in Zimbabwe? No. He came through with a performance that enabled Bangladesh to win an ODI. For this we should have examined, scrutinized and dissected. Under what mental state did he have done that? Have we had a heart to heart with Ashraful about where in the batting order he really would like to be? For isn?t it in the middle order that Ashraful has historically been comfortable in. The fact remains that it was in number 5 when he notched his 100. Further ammunition to this line of thought is amply provided by a cursory glance at his averages for each position. It is a revealing graph but also betrays the fact that as a team there are also numerous BD batsmen that shy away from the opener slot as if it was the plague.1
A redeemer is needed to lead us out of a dark forest. If Ashraful wants to play such a role he needs to work on it, as his numbers are not very encouraging. Those very numbers have been damaged by his tenacity to fall for some easy mistakes. Every simple dismissal, ludicrous shot and sweeps at average bowlers turns back the clock. Having said all that, every successful innings by this lad is eagerly hailed by fans as a sign of a turnaround.
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It appears what was once "Plan B" for a soccer stadium in downtown Miami has quickly become "Plan A." According to Miami Beckham United, the Mayors of Miami and Miami-Dade County officially recommended a site near the AmericanAirlines Arena for the new soccer park.
The site, a boat slip near the AmericanAirlines Arena, would require the Beckham group to fill in the area and could involve issues related to the waterfront as well. Mayors Regalado and Gimenez made the recommendation Monday.
"I can say, what I saw, I liked," Mayor Gimenez said. "It's the creation of a bigger park, a better park. The addition of the stadium there that'll enhance the feel and excitement of the park."
Having both mayors on board with the plan should make it easier for Beckham United to gain support from city and county commissioners, especially with Beckham's group vowing to privately finance the new soccer park.
"The city of Miami and the residents will get more park land and it will get more park land on the waterfront, which is what we want for the residents of downtown Miami; so we have to continue the conversation," said Mayor Regalado.
Miami Beckham United had originally targeted an area on the southwest corner of PortMiami for the new soccer stadium. However, that plan met resistance from Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines and several other business interests.
Beckham United released a statement Monday afternoon that read:
"Miami Beckham United appreciates the vision and leadership that Mayors Gimenez and Regalado have demonstrated in identifying the best possible site for an MLS soccer venue. Both Mayors are in agreement that downtown Miami and soccer are a perfect match. Expanding Museum Park with the addition of the FEC slip and Parcel B will complete the vision of a continuous downtown waterfront anchored by world-class museums and a world-class soccer park. We look forward to working with the Mayors to make our case to their respective Commissions and the community over the coming months. Our collective goal is clear: Miami Beckham United will deliver a park and soccer venue that will make Miami proud."
One detail that may concern residents in the area is the potential for traffic congestion that will come with the stadium. Both mayors said the renovations to the area and the increased park land will make up for it.
Beckham's group said that with a site agreed upon, the next step is to work out the financial details of the stadium park plan.
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IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN – Long a land of dreams and dreamers, this portion of Wisconsin bears a history embedded in its tall pines, watery bogs, blue lakes, famous rivers and sandy soils. This last — the sand — is rare among North American landscapes, and in some areas extends 600 feet above bedrock. It's here that Bud Grant, as a kid in Superior, Wis., often hunted and fished, catching a ride when he could to the Brule River, or to Solon Springs, or Minong or Gordon, a fishing rod or gun in his hand.
The land inspired him, as it had the explorer Pierre Charles LeSueur in 1693 and, later, Ulysses S. Grant and presidents Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover and Dwight Eisenhower. "If I ever get the money,'' Grant promised himself, "I'm going to buy some land up here.''
Fast-forward to May 14.
Grant, 86, is en route from his Bloomington home to the northwest Wisconsin land he has owned for about a half-century, the first parcel of which — about 60 acres and 1,500 feet of lakeshore — he purchased for $1 a foot in 1945, the year he was discharged from the service.
Grant's second land purchase, 400 acres of nearby hunting property that includes a small lake, would cost more. Still, when he bought it in the early 1960s, using money he made playing basketball for the old Minneapolis Lakers and, later, pro football for the Philadelphia Eagles and Winnipeg Blue Bombers, the transaction was a bargain compared to today's prices, pennies on the dollar.
But Grant wasn't thinking about land values as he drove north. Instead, the late spring had set back everything at his modest lake home, the one sitting on 1,500 feet of shoreline. The dock needed to be put in, the leaves raked and his many birdhouses maintained. The retired Vikings coach wanted these chores behind him, and he wanted also to move his pontoon boat from its winter resting place near his lake home to the small lake lying within the 400 acres. It's there that he enjoyed fishing with his kids, grandkids and great-grandkids, put-put-putting around the lake, searching for crappies and bass.
Grant had no way of knowing as he drove north that sparks from a logging machine earlier that day had gathered into flames and were spreading quickly among the tinder-dry pines that extended for miles in all directions of his two properties.
Already, fire departments from towns small and large, as well as state and federal governments, were on site of the blaze or headed there, hoping soon to extinguish a fire that would grow to 9 miles long and a mile wide.
Grant was perhaps midway between the Twin Cities and his lake home when the fire raced into and quickly through his 400 acres, the forest underbrush igniting ahead of itself in leaps and bounds, while pine crowns exploded.
Fueled by blustery, 30-mile-an-hour winds and 90-degree temperatures, the inferno was out of control.
• • •
Grant's wife, Pat, died in 2009, and in the years since he has met a woman, Pat Smith, whose interests match his. These include spending time in northwest Wisconsin, and Smith would be following Grant north later that day in her own car.
But she was still at home in Mankato when her cellphone rang. It was a neighbor of Grant's, Les Chandler, from up north.
"Have you seen Bud?'' Chandler asked.
"No,'' Smith said. "He's up there, or should be. I think he left home a while a go.''
"Everything's on fire up here,'' Chandler said, "and his land has burned. I'm there now, and the gate is open. Do you think he might have been in there?''
"I don't know.''
Quickly, Smith called Grant's home. No one answered, and she regretted again — as she has a hundred times — that he carried no cellphone.
Another phone call followed, and another, and soon Vikings General Manager Rick Spielman was driving to the now-closed team offices to see if Grant was there.
He wasn't.
And everything that had been living in his now-scorched 400 acres was dead.
• • •
Fast-forward again.
It's last Wednesday, and Grant and Smith, in Grant's Suburban, are driving among the charred ruins of Grant's lifelong dream, his hunting and fishing land.
The former coach hadn't been in his 400 acres when it burned. Instead he was still en route north.
Now he was recounting old times.
"When I got out of the service,'' he said, "I had $300. With $100 I bought an Ithaca shotgun. I used another $100 for civilian clothes. So I had only $100 to buy land.''
But Grant wanted the 1,500 feet of lakeshore badly. So he took on a partner, splitting the parcel 50-50. Then he borrowed $650 from a bank, and enrolled at the University of Minnesota, where he would play football, basketball and baseball, eventually being drafted professionally in each sport.
"I didn't have a job at school, but I had to pay the bank each month for the land, so in summers I pitched town-league ball for $25 or $50 a game, whatever they'd pay me,'' Grant said. "And I'd scalp the tickets I got for Gopher home games. Each ticket had a face value of $3.50. But I'd get $25 for a pair. Sid [Hartman] helped me with that.''
Grant paid the $650 back in two years. Then his partner decided to get married, and needed cash.
"I bought him out,'' Grant said, "borrowing another $750 from the bank and paying it off during my junior and senior years, again by pitching town ball and scalping tickets.''
In 1968, after Grant came to Minnesota from Winnipeg to coach, he built his northwest Wisconsin lake home on the 1,500 feet of shoreline. The structure was untouched by the forest fire.
Now Grant, touring his charred hunting and fishing land, was pointing at a big ghost of a tree, its long limbs blackened.
"That white pine, every one of my kids has climbed to the top of it,'' he said. "You can climb a white pine because its limbs alternate. You can't climb a red pine as easily.''
Here and there, some life was evident among the ruins. Black-capped chickadees flitted. A pair of drake mallards rose from a beaver-dam pond. And Canada geese honked overhead.
But through binoculars, Grant could find no sign of a loon that nests each year on his small lake. And there wasn't a deer or deer carcass to be found.
Other people in the area fared worse. In all, 8,700 acres burned, along with 17 homes and 35 or more other structures, including hunting camps.
"Fire is the big fear of living in this country,'' Grant said. "The sand drains water quickly, and the soil is dry. You can grow pine here. And pine burns quickly.''
Some burned timber might be salvageable. But only larger trees that aren't yet dead have any value.
Angling his vehicle out the gate of his charred dream land, toward the home he built so long ago on lakeshore that cost him a buck a foot, Grant said:
"It's all gone now. All burned.''
"We have to be thankful for what we have. It'll grow back. But I won't live to see it.''


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Thursday, 11 February 2010
The Left Hand of God by Paul Hoffman
The Left Hand of God is the third novel by Paul Hoffman, although his first genre work. It's being given a massive push by Penguin, with one of their biggest-ever marketing spends, and the book has already attracted acclaim from a number of (notably non-genre) authors who have provided cover quotes of varying coherence.
After finishing the book I am hard-pressed to answer why Penguin have done this. The book isn't totally awful. It is competently-executed, making up for workmanlike and occasionally terrible prose and simplistic characterisation with some occasional (but usually pretty brief) bursts of ingenuity and inspiration. It's also extremely familiar, with different parts of the book being very similar in parts to R. Scott Bakker's Prince of Nothing Trilogy (the fanatical and martial training of the protagonist and the overall religious theme), Peter Brett's The Painted Man (the dubious and redoubtable nature of the badass protagonist), and Patrick Rothfuss' The Name of the Wind (the slightly tiresome Gary Stu nature of the protagonist, without the likability), without coming close to any of those works in overall quality.
On the downside, the book is riddled with notable flaws. Characterisation is all over the place, with the protagonist Cale being a supremely cold and confident badass, apart from one particular fight where he quakes in terror for no apparent reason. The characters completely fail to change, grow or develop in any particularly notable ways, with Cale being a dreary and unengaging protagonist at best and his love interest Arbell Swan-Neck (so-called because she is as beautiful as a swan, which is about as much description as we get, leading to an image of a woman with a two-foot-long neck) being cliched and insipid, as indeed all the female characters are (in fairness, the males are not much better). Some other characters, such as Chancellor Vipond and the punctuation-challenged IdrisPukke, are more interesting with doses of decent humour and intelligence, but are not at the centre of the action. In addition, the story is somewhat obvious and predictable, with our runaway heroes fleeing from their terrible childhoods to find sanctuary and a place of acceptance only for their enemies to catch up with them later on. And, of course, it turns out a prophecy is to blame for all that is going on.
The worldbuilding is bizarre. Hoffman uses a lot of real-life names in the book for places and historical figures, including Poland, Norway, Hungary, Jerusalem, Memphis (a city in Egypt), York, the Jews, Jesus of Nazareth (who in this story was swallowed by a whale, apparently taking the place of Jonah) and so on. There is no map (in the review copy anyway), but the descriptions of geography in the book bear no resemblance to Europe, eliminating the possibility of this being an alt-history. Whilst it's possible there is some intriguing metaphysical reason for all the real-life names in the book, based on Hoffman's limitations as a writer in other departments, I'm going to go with a lack of sufficient inspiration and imagination being responsible. This also explains why the climactic major battle in the book is a simple blow-by-blow retelling of the Battle of Agincourt rather than being anything original either.
It is also hard to discern who the book's target audience is, since the limited writing style and simplistic characterisation suggests it might be aimed at children, but then the sequences of torture, rape (not depicted, but frequently mentioned) and bloody nature combat suggest otherwise.
On the plus side, the book is readable in a sort of dull, David Eddings-slightly-past-his-best kind of way. It plods along, and there's the odd burst of reasonably well-described action to keep up the interest whenever it flags (which is often). But overall, The Left Hand of God feels like a novel that was designed and assembled out of a kit pack, with the Ominous Prophecy bolted onto the Dubious Protagonist, with the Hamfisted Religious Satire slotted in as well. It's all very perfunctory and totally lacking in passion or urgency. Indeed, to borrow one of the more nonsensical cover quotes, the book feels like it was written after something had died in the author's soul. Interestingly, the novel also recalls Lev Grossman's The Magicians (although that was a much better book, despite its enormous flaws) in feeling like a genre novel written by a non-genre writer to appeal to non-genre fans. Fantasy readers used to the rich prose of Bakker and Martin, the infectious enthusiasm of Lynch, the bloody-mindedness of Abercrombie or the sheer awe-inspiring scope of Erikson will rightly feel that is a mediocre work of limited merit, although not completely without the promise of later improvements by the author.
The Left Hand of God (**) is a work of impressive drabness and unoriginality. There are flashes and glimmers of inspiration here and there which suggest that Hoffman may have a far stronger work in him, but this is certainly not it. The book is available now in the UK and will be published on 15 June 2010 in the USA.
25 comments:
- chris said...
For the love of god another cover with some guy with a Hood!? Got way beyond a joke now.
- 11 February 2010 at 17:24:00 GMT
Materazzi Empire? So either this author isn't familiar with one Marco Materazzi, the Italian footballer infamous for getting head-butted by Zidanein the 2006 World Cup final (ie he spent that particular summer on a different planet than this one), or he thought nobody would notice?
There are a fair number of ridiculous names in fantasy, but this one takes the prize.
- 11 February 2010 at 17:37:00 GMT
- Adam Whitehead said...
@ Anonymous: Good catch. I hadn't spotted that :-)
- 11 February 2010 at 17:39:00 GMT
- Gabriele C. said...
Ouch, if non genre readers get the impression that this is the best Fantasy has to offer, they'll miss out on a bunch of books even non genre readers may like. Because they won't touch anything labeled Fantasy again. :(
- 11 February 2010 at 19:06:00 GMT
- N. R. Alexander said...
This exactly.
Glad to hear I'm not the only blogger to have found TLHoG quite such tepid tosh. The reviews in the papers and magazines here in the UK have been almost uniformly positive, which I can only suspect means no-one in professional literary criticism will stoop to reading genre fiction unless it's forced on them by a massive publicity push.
A very fine review, Werthead. And not just because we agree!
- 11 February 2010 at 19:10:00 GMT
Wow, I'd already been irritated by the names when I was commenting on another blog, but that was just Memphis and Materazzi... Poland? Norway? Hungary? Good grief.
- 11 February 2010 at 20:12:00 GMT
- Liviu said...
While I disagree strongly with this review and I thought TLoG an excellent novel that will make my top 5 fantasy novels of 2010, I want to point out more stuff:
- the village executions are strongly inspired by Katyn and more generally the NKVD ones, especially as done by one of their main field executioners Blokhin
- the quote mentioned with the "soul" is a US Civil War reference from a letter
TLoG is quite apart from the standard fantasies mentioned here (Bakker, GRRM...) and in so far that it has an analogue the Scavenger trilogy by KJ Parker would be closest. Though it's early to say if Mr. Hoffman will build a portfolio of novels very different from the rest of the fantasy field the way KJ Parker has done so far, I am very happy to see a novel like TLoG from that point of view too
I also agree that TLoG is aimed at a mainstream audience to a large extent so it does not conform to the obsessive "cross all t's and dot all i's" that mar a lot of secondary world epics in hundreds of pages of unneeded detail...
All in all a very polarizing novel and I'm in the camp of superb and A++ and the sequel highly, highly awaited one
- 11 February 2010 at 20:27:00 GMT
I don't agree with everything in this review, but the characters did nothing for me either...the love(?)story was ridicilous and the interaction between the characters was at times, well, cringing...I read this book rather quickly, there was some good stuff in there, but after I finished it the story left me rather cold...And the names were as mentioned not very inspiring either...Certainly not a A++ in my book, but then, tastes differ...
- 11 February 2010 at 21:05:00 GMT
- Adam Whitehead said...
An important difference being that KJ Parker is an exceptionally good writer with a good handle on character, motivation and war.
Hoffman, based on this one novel, would not know these concepts if they dropped onto his head from low orbit.
- 11 February 2010 at 21:07:00 GMT
- Erik said...
"TLoG is quite apart from the standard fantasies mentioned here (Bakker, GRRM...)"
Bakker and Martin... standard? They're far from it in my opinion.
- 11 February 2010 at 23:27:00 GMT
- Liviu said...
"Standard" Fantasy (generally secondary world, though alt-earths, or space colonies that lost technology appear here and there) follows some clear patterns - eg bloodlines are bloodlines, kings are kings, the setting is consistent pseudo-whatever...
Even Kelhus would have gone nowhere if he had not been accepted as a foreign prince by the nobility there, while in GRRM for example pretty much all the movers and shakers are nobles and actually a lot of the intrigue is due to some of them trying to ascend on the gradation scale so to speak...
Then there are books that mix pre-modern hierarchical attitudes with modern egalitarian ones and more generally mix and match stuff from various eras - eg The Castle series of S. Swainston, The Wanderers and Islanders series of S. Cockayne, Gears of the City/Gilman are some recent examples that I loved a lot and TLoG is an example of this.
Again it may not work for you but trying to pigeonhole TLoG to this or that seems beside the point; I liked the writing too, very energetic and with lots of twists and turns and that counts a lot for me as opposed to more technically accomplished but lifeless writing...
- 12 February 2010 at 03:42:00 GMT
- Alec said...
Liviu has some good points, but I have no idea how he gets off calling the writing energetic... the narrative felt like a poor mix of Harry Potter meets Ender's Game.
Honestly, I was scared you were going to go with the "flawed but.." take on tLHoG that has been fairly predominant in blogosphere reviews. I am glad you didn't.
- 12 February 2010 at 04:22:00 GMT
Maybe the use of "real" names is an attempt to mimic Robert E. Howard's "Hyborian Age", which frequently borrowed names from either real places and people (the "Cimmerians"...) or from classical mythology.
- 12 February 2010 at 10:54:00 GMT
- Alex J. Cavanaugh said...
Perhaps the author's contract obliged him to come up with this story.
- 12 February 2010 at 14:01:00 GMT
- PeterWilliam said...
A review which has spawned much thought on my front. I'd read some things that made me hesitant to purchase. I'd read Liv's review, which has been, nearly always gold for me. Something kept me distant from this one though. Thanks, Adam, for a bold review. Even if I never purchase or read this book, it will have been one of the more considered and pondered (in terms of whether or not to buy) books I've encountered.
- 14 February 2010 at 01:35:00 GMT
- Tree Frog said...
Out of the few SF series to get major push for the first book from a publisher, which ones have actually been good?
I'm not as tuned into the publishing world as you are, but I recall John Twelve Hawks writing a few atrocious books a while back.
- 16 February 2010 at 04:12:00 GMT
- N. R. Alexander said...
@ Tree Frog - An astute question. I can't think of anything offhand, though of late The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms seemed to get a decent bit of promotion - or perhaps that was just blogosphere buzz?
For my money, I think it's only now that publishers are starting to see that the right book might do for the fantasy genre what Twilight and Sookie bloody Stackhouse has done for, um, fanged fiction. Roll on the first one to actually deserve the hype; certainly the Left Hand of God isn't it.
- 16 February 2010 at 04:17:00 GMT
- Adam Whitehead said...
THE NAME OF THE WIND got a huge push, particularly in the USA, and even if it wasn't the Second Coming it did turn out to be reasonable in quality. Going back further, GARDENS OF THE MOON, A GAME OF THRONES and THE EYE OF THE WORLD also attracted big marketing pushes when they were first released.
- 16 February 2010 at 14:53:00 GMT
My 12 yr old has read it 4 times. He challenged me into reading it. Yes, I squeezed in sometime in between & managed to finish it. Eventhough sometime quite dull in between, consider not too bad a book.. If parents can accept those PC games with so much more violence, don't see why this book not suitable for tween..
- 8 March 2010 at 09:43:00 GMT
- Mark said...
First time poster and I have to say I disagree with the review and thats what made me post. I thought this book was a breath of fresh air. I think you should re-read it as a comedy, perhaps a comedy of errors and perhaps a satire on the genre. I found it hilarious in both dialogue and plot. The characters, while simply presented, are real enough to sustain the humour.
Its been badly marketed by Penguin who have equally badly understood it.
I thought the use of real world names made the world less distracting than the usual and highlighted the genres over use of elaborate naming.
Arbell Swan-Neck was adequately described for her purpose and the explanation of Cales episode where he "quakes in terror for no apparent reason" was obviously explained. In fact the latter example is described so obviously that you cannot possibly say "no apparent reason" without having skipped a paragraph.
Now don't get me wrong - I'm a genre fan, a known geek and a massive fan, like you, of Steven Erikson, China Miéville and many, many others. How though you can give the vile, poorly implemented, bandwagon jumping, "Nights of Villjamur" 4.5 and this only 2 is beyond me.
Someone try it in the manner I've outlined and give me some feedback. For me it was a cross between comedy and Gemmel, a fast read, and hugely enjoyable. A bit dark in places for the under-teens perhaps.
- 7 March 2011 at 19:23:00 GMT
Fantastic book. Crap review.
- 14 October 2012 at 18:47:00 GMT
- Adam Whitehead said...
Awful book. Mediocre comment.
- 14 October 2012 at 19:32:00 GMT
- Lonely said...
What I got from the review was someone was very disappointed that they did not come across another fairytale. I personally enjoyed it greatly. The minor yet existent plot gaps or questions that may rise are answered in the second and third installment. For all I know TLOG is original because of the very "flaws" mentioned above. It's world is dark and miserable yet real, and all characters act just as real people would under the same circumstances, not like ideal heroes.
BTW Cale crumpled in fear for he had something -Arbell- to loose in the fight with Solomon Solomon. He had a reason to live for, unlike back in the Sanctuary where he did not care whether he'd live to see another day.
- 14 July 2014 at 19:45:00 GMT
Indeed. Bakker and Martin are garbage. It's as if the reviewer didn't realize the obvious, and what one of these bloggers pointed out below: it's satire of grimdark and coming of age fantasy, and the joke just might be on him. Comparing Hoffman to Eddings? Instant disqual from this point forward. It's one thing to state that LHoG series has obvious flaws. It's another to conclude that all those flaws are indeliberate and to fictionalize on or two of his own because he doesn't appreciate grimfunny.
- 17 August 2017 at 03:54:00 GMT
- Adam Whitehead said...
If there's one thing that I will never cease being amazed at, it's the insane rationales people come up with to justify themselves liking something that's really not very good. A satire? The book is about as funny as cholera. Abercrombie and Lawrence do that satire of grimdark far better.
- 17 August 2017 at 18:45:00 GMT


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