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MADISON (April 11, 2014)—The Honorable U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin received the Wisconsin Medical Society's Presidential Citation Award during the organization's Annual Meeting April 5-6 in Green Bay. Outgoing Society President Timothy McAvoy, MD, presented the award to Sen. Baldwin for her "commitment to the health and well-being of Wisconsin's patients, as well as a refreshing willingness to reach across the aisle to work with like-minded individuals to get things done."
"Senator Tammy Baldwin has made providing access to quality, affordable health care to all Americans her life's work. In 14 years in the U.S. House of Representatives, and since joining the U.S. Senate, Senator Baldwin has championed legislation to provide better access, better care, and lower health care costs," said Dr. McAvoy, during the presentation to Sen. Baldwin.
The Presidential Citation was established in 1959 to recognize individuals who have made a significant contribution to medicine or public health.
Doctor McAvoy acknowledged a number of Sen. Baldwin's accomplishments that have improved health and health care for Wisconsin patients, including spearheading provisions in the Affordable Care Act to allow young adults to stay on their parents' insurance until age 26, as well efforts as to improve health delivery system reforms. She recently introduced bipartisan legislation with Sen. John Thune (R-South Dakota) to increase health care efficiency and reduce costs via access to Medicare claims data, and with Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) to provide higher quality care to vulnerable youth in our foster care system.
Doctor McAvoy also cited Sen. Baldwin's record of extending access to primary care through investments in community health centers and the increased adoption of telemedicine, her work to make sure that Medicare reimbursement policies reflect the realities of rural health care practice, and her recent vote against the latest SGR patch.
"I view the recent SGR patch as a missed opportunity to reduce Medicare costs and enact significant health reforms to finally eliminate the flawed Medicare payment formula," Sen. Baldwin said. "Wisconsin physicians, health care systems and seniors want to continue moving forward toward a health care system that rewards quality of care over quantity of services. You are right to recognize as I do that the time is now for Washington to take action on putting in place real reforms that just do that. Ultimately this legislation doesn't do that, and while I opposed it, I will continue my work across party lines on reforms that provide a real and long-term fix to this broken problem."


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On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 10:25:02AM +0000, Steve McIntyre wrote: > On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 09:32:26AM +0100, Frank Lin PIAT wrote: > >On Tue, 2014-03-25 at 15:29 +0900, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > >> Because as long as we document it, it's very hard to claim that > >> "non-free" is not part of Debian, when you could just add it as a > >> keyword side-by-side with "main" in your sources.list. > > > >The firmware have been moved from main to non-free a few years ago. The > >unintended consequences is that almost every system now use the non-free > >suite. > >Therefore users are more likely to install non-free packages. > > Yup. Various conversations have happened around firmware in the last > few years, but this is an effect that some people may not be aware > of. So... > > Neil and Lucas: what do you have to say on this front? Of all the > things that *could* be done here, what would you like to see > personally? > I think the *simplest* thing[0] would be another line in your apt prompt: The following NEW packages will be installed: wibble The following NEW non-free packages will be installed: binaryblob-nonfree This should raise awareness of the installation of non-free software without the splitting up of the DNS that would cause issues for users. Neil [0] Apologies to apt maintainers if this is not simple. I'm aware that from an outsiders' point of view, all problems can seem simple! --
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Rearview Radio is the man behind one of the most interesting record labels around today, the indispensable Themes for Great Cities, home of Wolf Müller, Tolouse Low Trax and many others. He runs a monthly show on dublab.de called TFGC and is a regular at the Salon Des Amateurs in Düsseldorf. Tolouse Low Trax is the solo project by Detlef Weinrich. He is also member of the group Kreidler and resident DJ at Salon des Amateurs.
Set up in cooperation with the Goethe Institut, Waxtreatment, Reihe M, the Ostbelgien Festival and dublab, the Meakusma festival took place for the first time in fall 2016. It is almost exclusively rooted in the field of unclassifiable, contemporary experimental electronic and club music, and dublab is happy having been part of this extraordinary operation.
On our intimate "Sleepless" floor at the festival site DJ-sets, radioshows and interviews from friends and favorites alike took place and where recorded for your listening pleasure. More info about the festival and our involvement can be found here.


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Monday, June 12, 2006
T.P. Lowry, 16
The North Side lost a legend on Saturday when T.P. Lowry, 16, was killed in a tragic vehicle accident. T.P. was a lifelong resident of the North Heights neighborhood, living on Bradley Lane for the last 13 years.
T.P. was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed birdwatching and hunting small game. He was particularly fond of the neighborhood squirrels who were constantly under his gaze. While T.P. never had a formal education, it could be said that he was educated on the streets of Youngstown. It was there that he learned to fight, challenging anyone that threatened him, his family or his home. He was also fond of sleeping, eating, and throwing up from overeating, which he was known to do on a near daily basis.
T.P. is survived by his parents, Pat and Becky and three siblings, Joe, Caroline and Colleen. He had several cousins in the neighborhood as well. A private service was held on Sunday.
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The Independent Interscholastic Athletic Association of Guam named new executive board members for their high school and middle school divisions. The association provides students the opportunity to build and develop their skills through various sports.
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The IIAAG high school executive board members for 2018 to 2019 are:
- President: Randy Kakigi of Simon Sanchez High School
- 1st vice president: Ben Leon Guerrero of Guam High School
- 2nd vice president: Joey Santos of Father Duenas Memorial School
- Secretary: Rommel Losinio of Tiyan High School
- Treasurer: Neil Pineda of Saint Paul Christian School
The IIAAG middle school executive board members for 2018 to 2019 are:
- President: Chris Shepherd of St. John's School
- Vice president: Reggie Guerrero of Andersen Middle School
- Secretary: Matt Noland of Harvest Christian Academy
- Treasurer: Neil Pineda of Saint Paul Christian School
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Headquarters C. S. Armies, March 23, 1865
Lieut. Gen. U. S. Grant, Commanding U. S. Armies:
General: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 13th [14th] instant with the inclosed paper relative to an alleged attempt to murder a Federal officer while a prisoner of war, and the murder of two others. In reply I beg leave to say that I know nothing of the facts stated in the communication, nor does it afford me the means of ascertaining them. The act complained of, if committed, was done without any authority, and is at variance with the rules by which the Confederate Government endeavors to conduct hostilities. It was probably one of those acts of unauthorized violence proceeding from individual passions, which it is difficult to prevent, but which are not the less to be lamented. Many similar outrages committed upon the persons of Confederate soldiers and citizens by persons in the Federal service have been reported to me, which I trust admit of the same explanation. I endeavor by every means in my power to prevent such violations of the rules of civilized warfare, which only tend to inflame feelings already unfortunately too much embittered, and which unavoidably reflect upon the party to which the perpetrators belong.
Very respectfully, you obedient servant,
R E Lee
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The story takes place in a remote village of the South American Amazon where bamboo is present throughout. The head of the community, Huascar was an elderly teacher who after touring the world decided to live in the jungle. Huascar leaves a legacy as a souvenir where he had been working in his studio for years in secret. This story reminds us that what matters most in life is not what appears to be the most exotic, but what is the most precious. A work of fiction based on the discovery of a father secret hidden in bamboo sticks for that would serve as a lesson for his children to learn.


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It seems that the Montana GOP isn't content to demonize GLBT Montanans, federal law enforcement officials, teachers, and state workers at veterans homes. Now they're attacking anglers and, perhaps worst of all, misinterpreting Dr. Seuss to do it. The nerve, to attack those who just want to preserve!
I'm not sure that it speaks well of a State Senator that she missed the message of a book for children, but I'm reasonably sure that The Lorax was not a defense of landowners over people who want to enjoy the natural environment. Despite this, Senator Debby Barrett opens her attack on Montana's premier advocacy group for fishermen this way:
Remember the Dr. Seuss book, The Lorax? "I am the Lorax, I speak for the trees."
Well, the Montana Legislature has its own version of the Lorax; Montana Trout Unlimited which professes to speak for moderate conservation-minded folks who like to fish. Trout Unlimited also professes to speak for sound water policy and senior water right holders in Montana, but the honest truth is that Trout Unlimited represents a very narrow and radical view on Montana's water that helps no one but Trout Unlimited make a name for itself on the backs of Montana's farms, ranches, and water users, relying on hyperbole and scare tactics to do it, and that's just not right.
No, what's just not right, Senator Barrett is that you're both lying about HB 309 and smearing a good organization. In your defense of HB 309, you claim that it only restricts access to ditches and irrigation canals. That's simply not the case. As Bob Lane, chief counsel for FWP made clear:
HB309 almost completely repeals the public's right to recreate on rivers and streams: by making any stream or river a private stream or river where the return flows from irrigation are the majority of the flow~ and, by privatizing side-channels of braided rivers and streams. All of this in the guise of clarifying the present, clear statutory definition of private ditches that are off-limits to public recreation.
And it's not true to suggest that the law is opposed only by Trout Unlimited. Fly fishermen, the Fishing Outfitters Association of Montana, FWP, and other experts all panned the bill for its vague language that could lead to serious access restrictions and protracted legal fights. Yellowstoner, a fisherman who know more than I could possibly know about this issue, put it really well:
Because of the poor craftsmanship this bill will probably be defeated this time around. And, because of the poor craftsmanship it will resurface again.
The stupidity of extending the definition of a ditch to rivers with reclaimed water is the key faux pas. This was done for the benefit of just two land owners that encouraged Welborn to have his staff write it for them.
We've not heard the last of this because of inept legislator bungling. More money and time will be wasted once again. I've been pretty low key about this stuff because I spent the time to visit with the folks in Helena.
This is a bad bill, written at the behest of a few people who lost a court case and who want to overturn generations of stream access. It deserves a quick death, lame justifications notwithstanding, in the Senate.
More broadly, at the point when Montana Republicans are demonizing Trout Unlimited (hardly a radical environmental group), who's left for them to represent? Not everyone who disagrees with the GOP's agenda is a radical. This session, quite often, they're just right.
It's an interesting tactic to name every opponent to your legislation "radical," but to quote another children's story, when you cry wolf too many times, people don't believe you anymore.
Note to Senator Barrett: The Boy Who Cried Wolf is not, I repeat, not, a story that advocates lying to get what you want.


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My mother and I have always had a very special relationship, a bond that few people can comprehend. Ever since I was a little girl, I remember her teaching me about a mother's love: constant and unconditional. She would remind me of an old Polish proverb: The greater love is a mother's, then comes a dog's, then a sweetheart's. During my trying teenage years, specifically ninth grade, my mom was my best friend.
Everything was going great – at least it was for a while. I was a straight A student who enjoyed school. Being an only child, I loved having a good time with classmates my age. A few weeks after my freshman year started, though, things began to change. I became the target of a bully. I don't know why; I had actually been his friend the year before. But nevertheless, he made it his personal goal to make me miserable. I had always had a lot of friends, but as his daily attacks grew worse, more and more of my classmates joined him in laughing at me. I became the class joke. My self-esteem and assertiveness that I once enjoyed grew less with each passing day. I drew into myself and became timid, silently enduring his hurtful remarks.
I would climb into the car after school, look at Mama and burst into tears. I'll never forget the tenderness with which she rubbed my hand and the compassion with which she listened to my stories day after day.
I now know the pain she went through right along with me. How she cried as soon as she was done assuring me that it would get better – for she had no way of knowing if it ever really would. How she stayed up at night trying to think of advice, she could give me – comeback lines to try – that would end it all. Mama never gave up. She was always coming up with solutions to my problems. Some of her advice worked; some of it didn't. But I remember it all. Mama started having a special prayer time from 11:55 to 12:45 every day – fifth period. Just knowing that Mama and God were thinking about me strengthened me.
One day, I snapped out of my self-pity when I found this letter on my desk after school:
As I look out your window I can see a little girl hanging out her doll clothes, a fifteen-year-old with the weight of the world on her shoulders and a young woman, successful at whatever she chooses to do with her life. The most difficult thing I have had to deal with is seeing the hurt in your eyes. But we're lucky because, for a lot of people, life is much tougher.
You are beautiful, talented, smart, young, Christian woman. You have morals and concern for other people. These things aren't taught in school but from a loving family and a loving heart.
Sit back, relax and know that there is some good in every day. Don't worry so much about what others think and say, but instead think about the things that make you special. You will not be remembered as being mean and hateful. You will be remembered as being pretty, caring, smart and compassionate. We all have our high-school memories. People will not remember you with negative thoughts.
You have plans, and you have dreams. Hold on to those. I know many of them will become a reality for you. No matter what you do, you are always loved. I know two very successful people who were bullied. They got through high school, and so will you!
You have everything going for you. Stop feeling sorry for yourself. That is the worst thing you can do. You've got what it takes, and we all know it.
Your Proud Mom
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MU Officials Wary After Facebook Stalker Scare
COLUMBIA - Late Sunday night, an MU freshman sorority girl received a Facebook friend request from a woman named Michele Jensen. Jensen claimed to be a sorority alumni.
Seeing no harm, the student accepted the request, and that's when Jenson reportedly started harassing the freshman. Michelle Hanko, with the University's Panhellenic Association said Jensen threatened to post things things about the freshman all over campus. "It's somebody who just joined Facebook, may not be who they say they are, and are only friends with, it seems to be, freshman girls," she said.
The student brought this to her sorority's attention, and they immediately took action. The Zeta Tau Alpha New Member Educator sent an email to the other sororities warning them about this potential stalker.
The sorority notified MU Police, and the Panhellenic Council currently seeks to avoid any further harm in the Greek community. The council meets Monday night to address the issue.


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AIGBOO congratulates PM for demonetisation
The All India Grameen Bank Officers Organisation (AIGBOO) which affiliated to the Bhartiya Mazdoor Sangh congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his colleague Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for their bold decision on to crack down heavily on corruption, black money and bribery, which is menace to Indian economy. The AIGBOO also expressed belief that the step would curb anti-national activities being funded through counterfeit notes and black money. Talking to mediapersons here today, Mukund Vasekar, General secretary of Maharahstra Gramin Bank Officers Organisation (MGBOO) admitted that, the inconvenience being faced by the common public that their would be little inconvenience in initial few days. However, with the multiple measures put in place by the RBI, Central government and managements of all the respective banks across the country, the inconvenience would be minimised.
Mr Vasekar clarified that, Mr Jaitley has already assured common citizens that they can deposit up to Rs 2.50 lakh currency of existing notes could be done by without any fear in their account. He appealed to the farmers, landless labourers, small entrepreneurs, traders, SHGs and specially housewives to deposit their own high denomination notes into bank without any apprehension and withdraw only the bare minimum required amount. Mr Vasekar further informed that they have already submitted a memorandum to Bank chairman assuring whole hearted cooperation from all the officers of MGBOO and staff in this 'Clan up drive' and urged the chairman to reassure the thousands of customers of bank.
Responding to this appeal, bank chairman appreciated the initiative by the Union and informs that bank has taken strong steps with the help of existing as well as retired 200 staff across from 17 districts in the state for providing and depositing service to prompt exchange and depositing service to common public, Mr Vasekar added. On this occasion members of union Siddartha Tupe, Harbhau Chavan, Pradeep Simant, Dipak Thackeray and Sanjay Bhale were also present during the briefing.
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Conscientiousness is the desire to do something well.
A desire to do something well for yourself and/or for someone else.
In another way, it's just an awareness of how the things you do affect others.
Discipline. Moral. Dependable. These are similar terms that you'll often find describing conscientiousness people.
There are many benefits to being a conscientious person. One benefit is living longer. In one 80-year study it was a major predictor of living a long life.
It also seems to be an indicator for better relationships and higher success. One reason for success is that others in business appreciate conscientious people.
Better Measured Performance
One study found that people with this personality trait achieve better measured results. In this case it was better sales. The business world is very interested in measuring results today. Most of the time it's a good thing. Sometimes you can get in trouble if you measure things the wrong way.
But if you're looking for measurable results then being conscientious means that you'll probably perform better in the workplace.
Low Risk
A common myth about entrepreneurs and businesspeople is that they're risk takers.
In actuality, they're just better at assessing risk. They take risks that appear big to others, but that actually have little to no risk at all.
For example, entrepreneurs often realize that if they leave their job to start a business that the most they risk is that one job while the payoff could be incredibly large. They can always get another job and probably even go back to their previous job.
Conscientious people are good at assessing risk and that's an appealing trait because business leaders can trust these folks to not put the company at risk for losing it all.
There is a paradox, though, with conscientiousness. It can lead to a life well lived. It can lead to success. It's appealing to others for obvious reasons.
But there are trappings.
For example, if you're conscientious you may be at risk for focusing on others more than yourself. You could be more willing to go against practicality for what you think is the right thing to do…helping others.
Know that as a conscientious person that you're going to be desirable. Bosses will want to work with you. But also be sure to take care of yourself. Watch for when you're being taken advantage of. Learn the appropriate times to say no.
Final Thought
The big takeaway here is that being conscientious is good for business. If you're looking for a new job or starting a business and working with employees and customers then it's a great trait. You want to consider how your actions affect others. You want to be self motivated to good work. You can work on this trait. There are studies that seem to point to some biological and upbringing elements, but there are also studies suggesting that you can improve in this area.


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Importance of dental hygiene can't be questioned by anyone in anyway. Same is particularly true for children as they are fond of eating lots of sweets or sugary items that may damage their teeth. Equally important is the use of some soft and safe toothbrush for children. Patanjali Brush Junior has been especially prepared keeping in mind the same fact. It is beneficial in following ways.
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Cycling along the new bicycle lane from Eden on the bay towards Melkbosstrand is safe and very scenic. Whether young or old, fit or unfit, there is always a reason to get out there and enjoy the open air. The magic charm of Atlantic Beach overlook Table Mountain in the distance. In the evening, the Cape Town lights are visible and leaves quite the impression.
What makes this cycle special is feeling part of the community. The dogs are out for walks on the beach, friends and family eating out at the local eateries and children playing along the beachfront. It is one place to feel right at home.
We meet at Eden on The Bay and from here, the guests are given the run down and bike gear to start their journey. We saddle up and head along the cycle track towards Melkbosstrand.
We then join up with the path that hugs the coastline towards Castella Amare. This is where the guests stop for a coffee and breakfast while soaking in the beautiful coastline of Melkbosstrand.
After eating, we head onto the beach and ride up to Koeberg Power Station. Here we chill for a bit and admire our stunning beaches with a full frontal of Table Mountain in the distance. Once done, its time to head back to Eden on the Bay. This tour ends around 12:30pm just in time for lunch.


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Tasmanian Men's Armed State Singles Winner – Peter Thow
Peter Thow of the Penguin Club has won the inaugural/2019 State Armed
Bowlers Singles defeating Kevan Gaffney of the Latrobe Club 21/7 at Rosney Club.
Peter was a member of the Tas. State Squad in Newcastle in 2018 where he skipped in the four's and pairs, scoring a +1 against Vic (13/12)and a +2 against NSW (14/12) in the four's as well as three draws in the pairs against SA(11/11) NSW (13/13)and WA (12/12).
Below (courtesy of Bowls Tas) is a report on the Final of the State Armed Singles.
"I felt bad for Peter Thow & Kevan Gaffney as they had won through to the Final of the singles but got no write up yesterday as I hadn't received their results. They had both had to win through their section and a Semi Final, a tough day of bowls just to make it this far! Thow who 3 years ago made the Semi Final of the Open Pairs, was the favourite for this match but favourites don't always win! A 4 on the first end to Thow gave him the upper hand but not even he would have expected what would happen next. Despite losing a 2 on the next end, Thow would win 5 ends in a row, 4 of which were multiples and led 17-2 in a race to 21. It was an impressive performance by Thow who would now find it very difficult to lose this game. Gaffney would win 3 of the next 4 ends to reduce the score to 7-18 but Thow would pick up a 3 and the Final would be over in 12 ends. A short lived final but a performance of the highest standard. After the game I asked Thow about he was able to pick up the nuances of the green so quickly "I was very happy with my game. I guess the speed of the green was a lot like you get in the winter on the tiff dwarf greens on the sunshine coast which I usually play well on. Also, as you would be well aware, one must take particular note of how the green is playing in the roll up, which I think I did."
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WeeklyBeats.com / Music / bryface's music / nanobread (my first nanoloop lol)
i just remembered that i bought a couple of nanoloop 2.7 carts back in september, so i thought i'd actually make some use out of them. just a bunch of random techno patterns thrown together in about 2 hours. recorded directly out of a Game Boy Advance SP, no postprocessing or other effects.
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yeah this is super great for a first nanoloop track! sounds like my nanodisco stuff lol
great chords halfway through. only suggestion I can give is maybe give the kick a bit more punch by turning the other sounds down a bit.. but that might be a personal taste thing.
other than that, you're already using a few tricks it took me a while to figure out haha (like multi layered snares).. that said I went straight into nanoloop without having much gameboy chiptune experience.
duuude this is fantastic!! such a fun groove!
Minimal good rhythm!
This is awesome! The way that kicked in the middle kicked up and got groovin was awesome!
Yeah, middle part is awesome. Nice!
Sounding great! It's got a classic vibe to it, nice one. Digging the chords.
actually heaps good. teach me to nano
great stuff!
Cool sounds, especially for a few hours work! Sorta reminds me of Psilodumputer stuff, in a really good way. I tried Nanoloop 11 years ago and hated it, but this makes me want to try again haha. Good stuff.
Hot damn. Detroit AF. Fantastic work here for a first go. I think if I ever tried nano again, it'd have to be 2.x; I couldn't make 1.x do anything worthwhile that wouldn't be easier to do with lsdj.
Also, I started writing this before it got to the actually tonal bit and whew, I'll take a whole album of this, please.
Banging!! Better than anything I was ever able to do. I couldn't even save. So lost my track 3 or 4 times and gave up! lol


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As Hurricane Patricia makes landfall in Mexico, dozens of people arrived at Mineta San Jose International Airport on Friday from Guadalajara, just inland of Puerto Vallarta where the rain had already started falling.
"There's a lot of water coming and people are concerned," said Catalina Guardado, one of the passengers who arrived in the Bay Area from Mexico.
Guardado said people in Guadalajara are being told to shelter-in-place.
"Some houses are putting boards up, but they're telling people after 3 not to leave their house," she said.
Monice Lopez was on the same flight. The rest of her family, preparing to return on Saturday, are now stuck and unsure of what lies ahead.
"We contacted as soon as we landed to make sure they're OK, and to see if they can even leave tomorrow because were concerned about our flight," Lopez said.
The Mexican consulate in San Jose are asking people who live in the Bay Area to call their families in Mexico, let them know what airports are closed and to follow orders from local authorities.
"We just want to make sure everyone is calm right now and they keep very well informed," said Loren Cruz, Mexico consulate spokesperson.
As of late Friday, the Red Cross of Silicon Valley has not sent any volunteers to Mexico and are in a wait-and-see mode. Mexican emergency services started evacuating people on Thursday to dozens of shelters already in place.


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Douglas Rain, the actor who performed the voice of the computer Hal 9000 in Stanley Kubrick's film '2001: A Space Odyssey,' has died. He was 90 years old.
A transcript of the '2001' voice recording session in the Stanley Kubrick archives at the University of the Arts, London shows that Kubrick didn't give much direction to Rain, just a few brief notes like this:
— "Sound a little more like it's a peculiar request."
— "A little more concerned."
— "Just try it closer and more depressed."
From an archival New York Times article about the story that led to Rain being cast as the computer's voice in '2001' ---
The "2001" historian David Larson said that "Kubrick came up with the final HAL voice very late in the process. It was determined during '2001' planning that in the future the large majority of computer command and communication inputs would be via voice, rather than via typewriter."
But artificial intelligence was decades from a convincing facsimile of a human voice — and who was to say how a computer should sound anyway?
To play HAL, Kubrick settled on Martin Balsam, who had won the best supporting actor Oscar for "A Thousand Clowns." Perhaps there was a satisfying echo that appealed to Kubrick — both were from the Bronx and sounded like it. In August 1966, Balsam told a journalist: "I'm not actually seen in the picture at any time, but I sure create a lot of excitement projecting my voice through that machine. And I'm getting an Academy Award winner price for doing it, too."
Adam Balsam, the actor's son, told me that "Kubrick had him record it very realistically and humanly, complete with crying during the scene when HAL's memory is being removed."
Then the director changed his mind. "We had some difficulty deciding exactly what HAL should sound like, and Marty just sounded a little bit too colloquially American," Kubrick said in the 1969 interview. Mr. Rain recalls Kubrick telling him, "I'm having trouble with what I've got in the can. Would you play the computer?"
Kubrick had heard Mr. Rain's voice in the 1960 documentary "Universe," a film he watched at least 95 times, according to the actor. "I think he's perfect," Kubrick wrote to a colleague in a letter preserved in the director's archive. "The voice is neither patronizing, nor is it intimidating, nor is it pompous, overly dramatic or actorish. Despite this, it is interesting."
On Twitter, 'Baby Driver' director Edgar Wright remembered Rain as "One of the best performances in film, with just his voice."


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The controller is called the Powertrain Control Module (PCM). On this model it will be located near the glove box. It is made by Denso Corp. These units and the software that control the system are proprietary and tampering with any of the components or parts or software is against the law in most counties. In the US tampering with any part of the system is a federal crime with a stated fine of $25,000 per occurrence. Changes to the software can be made; the software then is to be re-certified to ensure that it meets tailpipe emission limits. That said there are many who have figured out how to get around the regulators.
The other option is to repair whatever has failed that is causing the trouble codes to set. The CEL does not set for no reason.


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Insight Into… Brainpool and the future of AI
On the ever growing success of our Insight Into events, we turn the spot light away from some of the global organisations we deal with and focus on start-up companies that are disrupting the industry. Will Jackson our resident Data specialist caught up with Peter Bebbington the CTO of Brainpool, a fast growing network of AI and machine learning experts. Will spoke with Peter about his journey to where he is today, and what he sees as the future of AI, Machine Learning, and the growing demand for data scientists.
Get in touch with Will to discuss all things Data related.
Hi Peter, thanks for talking to me today, first of all I just wanted to get a bit of background on you and how you got to where you are today?
I graduated with an MPhys. (hons) from the University of Manchester in 2009, during which time my academic work included projects on modelling the heartbeat of mice. After this I had a two- year hiatus from academia. In this time, I worked as a software engineer in supply chain and warehouse management before freelancing my programming skills. This experience was my introduction to big data, in a commercial sense, working with retailers to optimise their warehouse automation.
My first introduction to Machine Learning arrived when I returned to academia when I enrolled at King's College London to undertake an MSc. (hons) in Complex Systems modelling, where I finished top of my class. After this I enrolled on the ESPRC funded MRes. in financial computing, a programme managed by Professor Philip Trevelean. After completing the MRes. I enrolled on a Ph.D in Physics and Astronomy under the supervision of Professor Ian J. Ford. My Ph.D included sections on the order statistics of the implied odds as quoted in horse racing gambling markets, information based finance and a reworking of Markowitz portfolio optimization model from a time series perspective.
After your PhD what made you decide to work at Brainpool?
Once I'd completed my thesis at UCL I worked for a hedge fund where I learned about the different strategies that the industry uses to create positive returns. Paula the CEO at Brainpool approached me, and once I saw the potential and the size of the talent gap in the market for data scientists I agreed to join the team. AI & Machine learning are going to become part everyday life, for all of us, and thus there is a huge commercial opportunity.
What does your current role at Brainpool involve?
At Brainpool we are a small start-up, so we all do each others' work at times. I am the CTO, hence I am responsible for anything tech related and how new technologies can be integrated into the business. Currently I am building the platform for Brainpool with the aim of completely automating the recruitment process. Currently my work isn't just coding all day, I pitch to clients and network for the business, which appeals to me because I like talking to people and seeing what other people are doing.
Ok, so how does Brainpool differ from the competitors?
Paula (the CEO) and myself are both academics with a huge number of ties to academia, and what we're trying to do is bridge a gap between academic and commercial systems. This is something that's underutilised in the UK, whereas in America this is done much more widely. Our main connection is with UCL, through which we connect with a number of world renowned universities such as MIT, Stanford & Berkeley. This makes us stand out because these institutions are very prestigious.
Competitors also don't have the same success because they go to networking events and try and recruit Data Scientists; whereas we go to academic networking events, giving talks at conferences and universities to talk to students and academics with machine learning skills. This makes Brainpool stand out as we understand both the academic system and the commercial side – as we try to act as a bridge between the two systems.
From both the client or data scientist side we are appealing because we offer a lot of flexibility, depending on the project. We can offer a data scientist for half a day, a day, a week, or 6 months – whatever the client requires. Data scientists like this because it means they're not fixed by full time employment contracts, they can instead be 'digital nomads'. These are the things that make us stand out from the crowd.


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Mike Tyson Deported from Chile Over Criminal Record
Boxing legend Mike Tyson was barred from entering Chile on Thursday because of his criminal record, reports claim.
The incident happened at the Santiago international airport, where Immigration police tweeted a photo of the 51-year-old former heavyweight champion of the world being escorted by officers 're-embarking' him, Daily Mail writes.
"Detectives from the International Police are re-boarding Mike Tyson for not complying with immigration law," the PDI said on its verified Twitter account on Thursday, alongside a photograph of Tyson walking in an airport with two individuals wearing PDI jackets.
The police force explained it had the power to "prohibit the entry into the country of any foreigner who has negative records and/or convictions in their country of origin."
Local media reported that the American former world heavyweight champion was planning to attend an awards ceremony for action films taking place in Santiago, Chile's capital.
In 1992, Tyson was convicted of raping teenaged beauty pageant contestant Desiree Washington in his hotel room in Indianapolis, Indiana. He was sentenced to six years in prison but released on parole after serving three.
This had a devastating effect on his career, as the once untouchable heavyweight champ would never reach the heady heights he attained in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
His criminal record also includes convictions for assault and cocaine possession since his retirement from the sport.
This isn't the first time he has been barred from a country for his lengthy rap sheet.
In 2013, Tyson was forced to scrap promotional appearances in London because the convictions barred him from entering Britain, while in 2012, New Zealand denied him entry after a charity that was going to benefit from his visit dropped its support due to his rape conviction.
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Just when you thought Comcast & SBC had reached new lows…..
See SBC's FIFTH disinfo mailer.
Amazing that SBC can try to use the Daily Herald's "YES" endorsement against us.
Looking in the Kane County Chronicle, in the front section (a mere 16 pages)
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There's so much garbage today…where do we begin?
See SBC's FOURTH disinfo mailer,
plus a very special letter from a "concerned" Kirk Brannock and Carrie Hightman of SBC,
and this precious Hallmark card from our "Friends at Comcast" .
More full page ads to come as we get them scanned.
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Also, you may have SBC employees going door to door this weekend
asking you to vote no and handing out this.
Pass along your stories here
It started out great this morning with Lt.Gov. Pat Quinn's endorsements,
but the day has ended with calls from an Oklahoma call center urging residents to vote NO.
Comcast has accepted the blame.
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SBC's SECOND disinfo mailer. The full page ad has now run every day since 10/14/04.
Some people have reported phone polls too.
Wonder how much they've spent so far……
FFOF Treasurer Greg Snider responds to the SBC mailer.
Read his "Guest View" from the Kane County Chronicle.
Comcast has finally entered the fray. See their FIRST disinfo mailer.
SBC's FIRSTdisinfo mailer of the year and a brand new full page ad.
How do the items above jive with this?
What about all these "failures" Comcast & SBC like to talk about?
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LOS ANGELES — DeMar DeRozan has stuck with the Toronto Raptors for 600 games because of exactly what he did to the Lakers.
DeRozan scored 17 of his 24 points in the second half and the Raptors rallied late for the first victory on their six-game road trip, 101-92 over Los Angeles on Friday night.
While extending his franchise record for games played, DeRozan seized control of his own landmark game midway through the fourth quarter. The Compton native checked in and promptly put up a six-point flurry, including the tiebreaking jumper with 6:10 left to put Toronto up for good.
Just like that, the Raptors were in control after the lead had changed hands 15 times in the second half.
"My mentality is to go out there and close the game," DeRozan said. "I just try to go out there and do my job."
DeRozan is one of 11 active players with at least 600 games with their current club. He spent one year at USC before the draft sent him in 2009 to Toronto, where he has become a basketball fixture.
"That's crazy," DeRozan said of his Toronto tenure. "That's definitely an honour. I can believe it, but it's a crazy thing when I think about it."
Kyle Lowry added 11 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds in his eighth triple-double for the Raptors, who beat the Lakers for the fifth straight time. Serge Ibaka had 18 points and eight rebounds, and Pascal Siakam added 18 points for Toronto.
Two days after taking a tough late loss at Golden State and falling to 0-2 on their West Coast trip, the Raptors held off the young Lakers with gritty play from their starting unit.
"A team like Toronto loses back-to-back games, they're going to come out locked in, and they did," Lakers coach Luke Walton said. "You could see the look in their eyes."
Lonzo Ball had five points, six assists and seven rebounds on his 20th birthday for the Lakers, who haven't beaten Toronto since 2014. Brook Lopez led the Lakers to a 17-point lead in the first half, but the Raptors erased it in roughly seven minutes spanning halftime.
"I think we lost our intensity, to be honest," Ball said. "We need to stick to what's working. We got away from it. We started playing conservatively a little bit, and when our defence goes down, so does our offence."
Julius Randle scored 18 points for Los Angeles, while rookie Kyle Kuzma had 15 and Lopez added 13. The Lakers went 3 for 23 on 3-pointers, undercutting the ball movement and pace stressed by Walton's offence.
Raptors: C Jonas Valanciunas missed his third straight game with a sprained left ankle. … Lucas Nogueira missed his second consecutive game, also with a sprained left ankle. … Starting forward Norman Powell is a San Diego native who attended UCLA.
Lakers: All four University of Utah products currently in the NBA were at this game: Kuzma and Andrew Bogut for Los Angeles, and Toronto's Jakob Poeltl and Delon Wright. … Los Angeles Rams LT Andrew Whitworth watched the game at courtside. So did 94-year-old comic book creator Stan Lee.
Toronto coach Dwane Casey expected a strong effort from his players coming off two road defeats, but had to wait to see it.
"We didn't show up the first half, for whatever reason," Casey said. "We found a way to pull together, but the Lakers did a good job of punching us in the mouth there."
Siakam continued to take advantage of extensive playing time made available by the injury absences of Valanciunas and Nogueira. After scoring 20 points against the Warriors on Wednesday, Siakam went 8 for 10 from the field and grabbed five rebounds.
Raptors: At the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday.
Lakers: At the Utah Jazz on Saturday.
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A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire #3)
A Storm of Swords
Of the five contenders for power, one is dead, another in disfavor, and still the wars rage as violently as ever, as alliances are made and broken. Joffrey, of House Lannister, sits on the Iron Throne, the uneasy ruler of the land of the Seven Kingdoms. His most bitter rival, Lord Stannis, stands defeated and disgraced, the victim of the jealous sorceress who holds him in her evil thrall. But young Robb, of House Stark, still rules the North from the fortress of Riverrun. Robb plots against his despised Lannister enemies, even as they hold his sister hostage at King's Landing, the seat of the Iron Throne. Meanwhile, making her way across a blood-drenched continent is the exiled queen, Daenerys, mistress of the only three dragons still left in the world....
But as opposing forces maneuver for the final titanic showdown, an army of barbaric wildlings arrives from the outermost line of civilization. In their vanguard is a horde of mythical Others--a supernatural army of the living dead whose animated corpses are unstoppable. As the future of the land hangs in the balance, no one will rest until the SevenKingdoms have exploded in a veritable storm of swords. . .
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About the Author
George R. R. Martin is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of many novels, including the acclaimed series A Song of Ice and Fire—A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and A Dance with Dragons—as well as Tuf Voyaging, Fevre Dream, The Armageddon Rag, Dying of the Light, Windhaven (with Lisa Tuttle), and Dreamsongs Volumes I and II. He is also the creator of The Lands of Ice and Fire, a collection of maps from A Song of Ice and Fire featuring original artwork from illustrator and cartographer Jonathan Roberts, and The World of Ice & Fire (with Elio M. García, Jr., and Linda Antonsson). As a writer-producer, Martin has worked on The Twilight Zone, Beauty and the Beast, and various feature films and pilots that were never made. He lives with the lovely Parris in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Hometown:Santa Fe, NM
Date of Birth:September 20, 1948
Place of Birth:Bayonne, NJ
Education:B.S., Northwestern University, 1970; M.S., Northwestern University, 1971
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Here is the third volume in George R. R. Martin's magnificent cycle of novels that includes A Game of Thrones and A Clash of Kings. As a whole, this series comprises a genuine masterpiece of modern fantasy, bringing together the best the genre has to offer. Magic, mystery, intrigue, romance, and adventure fill these pages and transport us to a world unlike any we have ever experienced. Already hailed as a classic, George R. R. Martin's stunning series is destined to stand as one of the great achievements of imaginative fiction.
A Storm of Swords
Of the five contenders for power, one is dead, another in disfavor, and still the wars rage as violently as ever, as alliances are made and broken. Joffrey, of House Lannister, sits on the Iron Throne, the uneasy ruler of the land of the Seven Kingdoms. His most bitter rival, Lord Stannis, stands defeated and disgraced, the victim of the jealous sorceress who holds him in her evil thrall. But young Robb, of House Stark, still rules the North from the fortress of Riverrun. Robb plots against his despised Lannister enemies, even as they hold his sister hostage at King's Landing, the seat of the Iron Throne. Meanwhile, making her way across a blood-drenched continent is the exiled queen, Daenerys, mistress of the only three dragons still left in the world....
But as opposing forces maneuver for the final titanic showdown, an army of barbaric wildlings arrives from the outermost line of civilization. In their vanguard is a horde of mythical Others--a supernatural army of the living dead whose animated corpses are unstoppable. As the future of the land hangs in the balance, no one will rest until theSeven Kingdoms have exploded in a veritable storm of swords. . .
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I'm almost out of breath after completing George RR Martin's "Storm of Swords", the third in his Fire and Ice series. Each chapter is like its own short story with its own little cliffhanger. Martin's characters are dramatic, melodramatic, genuine, realistic, and so bold and colorfully drawn that I find myself thinking about them in between readings. After each book I've needed to take a little breather, but find myself drawn back to the stories and the characters' individual and interconnected dramas, desperate to find out what's happened next, while enjoying the immersion in Martin's world. While some of Martin's characters are clear 'black hats', and some are 'white'...there's more 'gray' than anything else, which adds to the realism of the ever-changing qualities that the characters display. Some of the black hats start moving toward white, and some of the white drift towards the black. Like real life, few of Martin's story lines have true endings. Even when a character is killed, the ramifications are often far reaching and impact Martin's landscape across multiple books in the series. One couldn't really get their arms around 'Storm of Swords' without having the background of the previous two books. The author doesn't pander to one looking for detailed background and reminders. He relies on the memories of the reader to connect the dots until Martin's good and ready to connect them outright. This is the first book in the series that really takes a full leap into fantasy, whereas the first two were more medieval historical novels set in an otherworldly location. Martin introduces some of the evil that's been threatening from the north - Giants, Mammoths, Shadowcats, and the living dead. There's a sprinkle of magic from Melisandre and her Lord of the Light. And oh yeah, and the three dragons with their mother Daenerys, are threatening Westeros from the East. What drives this series are the characters and storylines. And there are a lot of each. Martin chews through pages like a direwolf through a deer, but things are never dull, and the storylines never dry up. The final 300+ pages absolutely fly by. I'm not a fantasy reader. But I love this series. And book three is as solid, deep and satisfying as the previous two.
Luckily for me, I came into the series really late, as in just this past summer. When my boyfriend dumped me, my sister practically shoved A Game of Thrones in my hand as a balm to get me over the worst of it. Better than drugs, more addictive than crack, I seriously couldn't put the book down. I let my dad drive my truck back from Atlanta just so I could continue reading it. Wonderfully intricate politics, characters that you can't decide to hate or love, lush settings, and, through it all, a master story teller plies his trade with expertise. You spend half your time wondering whether or not you should hate someone, never to be given a definate yes or no in most cases, strangely like real life here. The two characters I have been steadfast in my regard for are Arya and Sansha. Arya simply because she is a Stark and she is, by god, going to DO something about this mess (and I love strong tomboy characters). I loathe Sansha as strongly as I love Arya...anyone who gives up their wolf and turns their back on their family gets what they deserve...but I do feel sorry for her. She got caught in a web of her own making...but no one really deserves Jeoffrey. Love these books and I have made most of my friends read the series as well. We are now waiting anxiously for the new one even as we continue to argue the old ones.
I loved reading this wonderful book! It is a story that keeps you entertained for hours.
tired of the same old, same old? good guy meets bad guy,.. good guy fights bad guy, good guy wins.. the end.. This series will turn and flip and spin you around. Who is good , who is bad? at what point do charecters cross the line. Main charecters, getting killed off! no.. but yeS!! every page is a nerve racking spine tingle suspense filled joy. This is not to say that it is a harsh book with no redeming qualites of love,hope, goodnes and light . not at all but if your tired of always knowing who will win and what will happen . Read this book P.S. Defiantly start with book one
Having read all of the first three books I have never been disappointed by the constant page turning action, heart-felt characters, and gripping plot. This is possibly the best Fantasy series in existence. The tragedy is that it is incomplete. Even though the books have been amazing thus far... I'm hesitant to move on to the next book while knowing it leads nowhere. I sincerely hope that George will one day bestow on us the final chapters of this truly epic story.
Love this series. Read the first one before the show came out on HBO and have since read books 2, 3 and 4. Great epic tale - has kept my interest.
this is a good series with many characters that you want to follow to find out more of the story. I thoroughly enjoyed this book as well as the others in the series, and again cannot wait to read the next one.
Let me first state that I love this series. These books are wonderful for escaping on a snowy night. The characters, good or bad, continue to forge a place in your heart. The books have everything you would want from a work of fiction, except. This series is sad. Without any specific spoilers I can say that there is not one thing that has happened in this series that makes you feel good. Even when a character falls in love there is an underlying issue that makes the love a bad idea. The characters you care about are put through one horrific event after another and most of the characters are children. I know the series is far from finished but at this point, every single chapter you can rest assured that the characters you love will have nothing good happen to them. Read this series but take a break in between books. There is no rush as the author has very little interest in finishing the series quickly. Otherwise, the chapters begin to feel like a depressing grind.
George R.R. Martin has that talent of writing that keeps you on the edge. Some moments you have to resist skipping pages justg to see how something turns out. Other times you want to put the book down because you are dreading what might happen next. Amazing. I only wish other reviewers would STOP explaining the whole book and spoiling the book for new readers!
George R. R. Martins final book in his "A Song of Ice and Fire" trilogy is a well thought out ending to the incomplete lives of the character of the Seven Kingdoms. I thought his trilogy was outstanding; I was enraptured by the twists and turns. However, Martin is some what reminicent of "The Wheel of Time Series" with his detailed discription of events, which to a reader can sometimes get monotonous. Martin writes a massive amount of characters into the plot and sometimes it is frustrating to jump from one character to another character doing something completly unrelated. I found myself on a occasion skipping through and just reading one characters' chapters through out the book. Martin masterfully builds up character just to eliminate them from the story; it really inspires a emotional responce from the reader. I recommend this book to heavy readers and fantasy addicts. you will be surprised many times over with the plot.
Arya bounces back and forth like a ping pong ball in a series of undescriptive landscapes, Sansa becomes a less sympathetic character than in the first 2 books because the author fails to bring any depth to her personality, Robb is 16 going on 40 going on 12 and we don't get into him much either, Bran's just boring- his conversation is about as stimulating as Hodor's, and Rickon... Rickon who? I'll probably wait and skip to book 6, if I live long enough, and won't have missed anything but the dragons' Senior Prom and a lot of names that take up a half a page, but have no basis in the story. Can't anyone write a good book anymore and just wind it up? I love fantasy, but the writing of encyclopedic works is becoming a habit. If you need a geneology listing in the back of the book, there are way too many characters. Period. At least some of the series writers know how to come to some kind of partial conclusion at the end of each book... Get on with it already. Let's find out who Jon's mother really is (some queen, no doubt), legitimize him, give him the durned crown and be done with it. Jordan's books went decidedly downhill after 3. Martin started early.
Have read all the books in this series to date and can't wait for the next one. You would think after all those pages George would be running out of steam but A Storm of Swords was every bit as delicious to read as the others. What a brilliant writer.
This book was pretty sad and alot of drastic things that you don't expect. But, all in all it is a great book.
i intially started reading this series on the recommendation of my uncle and was definately not disappointed. a good plot, likeable characters, and some villains you can't help but like, this book has it all. but one thing really upset me...my favorite characters keep getting killed! i understand that it's a book about war, and that leaders in war more often than not end up dead, but some of the deaths in this book ticked me off!! but as long as jon and arya don't die, i'll keep reading the series.
'A Song of Ice and Fire' is one of my new favorite series. And 'A Storm of Swords' has so far been my favorite in the series. The character developments are phenomenal, and Martin really pulls out all the stops. The line between good vs. evil does not really exist in these books. There is so much more gray area. If you were interested in reading this series I certainly would recommend it, just be prepared for alot of detail and characters. I have to keep character tabs in mine so I can remember what happens to each character after their chapter ends (if you've read these books you know what I mean)! Definitely not for children/young adults.
Kudos to Mr. Martin for crafting such a compelling, heart-wrenching read. He is not afraid to have bad things happen to the main characters, even killing those we've grown to love. Yes, as some of the other reviewers have complained, he does create some truly evil characters that inflict horrors on innocent children, but this is a novel of war. War breeds atrocity, and George R.R. Martin doesn't shy away from the truth of such matters. Just because something falls into the fantasy genre does not mean it consists of unicorns and happy endings. I would recommend this series to anyone who enjoys a dense, gritty epic with dashes of hope interspersed throughout.
George Martin's book A Storm of Swords is one of the great fantasy books of literature. The story is excellently thought out and the plot is subversive. If there is a better fantasy book with a series I would like someone to show me it.
If you like Jordan youll love these, my i believe hes one of the best authors ever to date
Foreshadowing Jaime Lannister, new lord commander of the kingsguard has a conversation with Loras Tyrell in which he essentially tells Loras he is not welcome. Loras in later text gets himself killed leading the charge at Dragonstone. Loras tries to join the Kingsguard partially to protect his sister who weds king Joffrey Baratheon.
I was determined to read A Storm of Swords before I moved farther than season two in the show. Everyone was saying it was the best book in the series so far, and I wanted to read it before I watched it. I also, miraculously, avoided anyone spoiling the Red Wedding for me. So it was high time to read this book and see if the hype was equal to the story. The first novel was fast-paced, suspenseful, and had me wanting to jump forward all the time to see what happened next to my favorite characters. The second installment of A Song of Ice and Fire was less engaging, dealt with more characters I could care less about, and ultimately felt like not much happened, even though arguably a lothappened because all the characters are in different places by the end than they were in the beginning. A Storm of Swords, the third novel in the series, started out a little slow for me. I just don't care much about Jaime Lannister, so to have chapters following him and Brienne was pretty tedious. Catelyn Stark also really annoys me, so you can imagine that I just suffered through all of those chapters. Jon and Arya and Bran and Sansa and Tyrion all have interesting arcs, of course. They're the best ones, and there always seemed to be new surprises, or new setbacks, for each of them. Unfortunately, Martin has a tendency to end each chapter on a "surprise!" moment or a twist, and then you have to wait LIKE TEN CHAPTERS before you pick up that character's thread again. That's frustrating. You don't need so many cliff-hangers when the chapter that follows doesn't even remotely relate to the character of the chapter before. Ultimately yes, I'm glad I read this book before watching the show. I don't think I'm cut out to keep reading the books, though. My first love in fiction is always going to be YA, with less protagonists, more character-centric stories, and a hell of a lot less pages. After getting through the 3800+ pages of reading this book on my phone, I was so glad to open up Gaiman's Norse Mythology and see it was only 516 in the same format!
I've been avoiding series fantasy for a while because it all seemed so formulaic and predictable. The Fire and Ice series is the antidote. Wonderful characters (that Martin isn't afraid to kill off), chapters told from different character's POV (not so easy to classify as "good" and "evil"), light on the magic, "realistic" behavior (swearing and sex!), intricate, well thought-out plots, etc. etc.
Did I complain that not much happened in the last book? Well, Martin is moving things along at a fair clip in this one. My sympathies keep getting more complicated, things mostly keep getting more dreadful (except for one honest-to-god act of altruism which I had totally forgotten), but I'm starting to get inured to the tragedy, and of course I can't put it down for a moment. I have become a machine for doing needlework and reading George R. R. Martin. It's just as well I have some employment coming up, or I'd be forced to admit how truly useless I am when left to my own devices.
As some background, I should say that I loved ¿A Game of Thrones¿ and literally tore through said book. I read the novel in a day, and I don¿t think I ate, slept, or spoke during those 24 hours of reading. Needless to say, I was excited to read ¿A Clash of Kings¿, but I found the book to be depressingly disappointing. I struggled to complete it, as I found the plot boringly diluted and the characters to be self-absorbed prigs. It reminded me of how television shows often set up for a really great episode by having a weaker episode featured the week prior, and ¿A Clash of Kings¿ certainly was the weaker. When the time came to read the third in the ¿Song of Fire and Ice¿ series, I was slightly apprehensive about reading ¿A Storm of Swords¿, and worried that I might be losing interest in the series. Thankfully, my expectations were met and exceeded by this novel.¿A Storm of Swords¿ is a wonderfully action-packed book that is infused with lust, conflict, religion, and political intrigue. Martin¿s characters continue to struggle with their morality and the choices that they have made in the past. Jaime Lannister, the kingslayer, is an example of burgeoning morality, as he begins to examine the role he played in murdering the Targaryen king. Events in this book cause Jaime Lannister to shift his perspective, and thus become a fascinating character. Betrayal also runs strong throughout. Perhaps the most shocking act of betrayal involves Lord Frey and the tragic Stark family. I remember being shocked and horrified by how those events played out. Murder is everywhere, apparently, and none of Martin¿s characters are sacred.After having finished, ¿A Storm of Swords¿ last night, I eagerly began ¿A Feast for Crows¿. Let¿s hope the fourth is just as good as the third.
Best book of the series so far! This one had some great "what the hell just happened?" moments, lots of violence, a very disturbing image, interesting character interactions, a few memorable weddings, and a couple of cool reveals. Really really good.


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