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An Adam Dalgliesh mystery. Cover Her Face is P. D. James' debut novel, the first Adam Dalgliesh mystery, and a thrilling work of crime fiction set in the English countryside, from the best-selling author of Death Comes to Pemberley and Children of Men.
From P. D. James, one of the masters of British crime fiction, comes the debut novel that introduced Scotland Yard detective Adam Dalgliesh. Set against the English countryside, Cover Her Face is a classic murder mystery filled with James' trademark plot twists, intrigue, and suspense.
Though the Martingale manor house has hosted the annual St Cedd's Church fête for generations, this year feels different. On top of organizing stalls and presiding over luncheon, the bishop, and the tea tent, Mrs Eleanor Maxie now also has to contend with the news of her son's sudden engagement to the new parlour maid, the sly and sensuous single mother Sally Jupp.
Sally has quite a reputation as a ruthless social climber, and no one at Martingale seems too happy about the engagement. But the Maxie family barely has time to contend with her wily ways - on the following morning the whole village is shocked by the discovery of Sally Jupp's body.
Investigating the violent death at the manor house, Detective Chief Inspector Adam Dalgliesh becomes embroiled in the complicated passions beneath the calm surface of English village life.
In Cover Her Face, award-winning P. D. James meticulously plots a complex story of family secrets and suspicion. The book was later adapted into a TV miniseries starring Roy Marsden as the inspector protagonist.
Meet the dark and brooding Dalgliesh - a gentleman, a poet, and a gifted detective - and listen to the novel that launched P. D. James' career as the world's preeminent crime writer.
P. D. James (1920-2014) was a bestselling and internationally acclaimed crime writer. She was the creator of Adam Dalgliesh and Cordelia Gray, and their long and successful series of mysteries. Her works include Cover Her Face (1962), An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (1972), Innocent Blood (1980), Children of Men (1992), and the Jane Austen-inspired Death Comes to Pemberley (2011). James was born in Oxford in 1920. She won awards for crime writing in Britain, America, Italy and Scandinavia, including the Mystery Writers of America Grandmaster Award. She received honorary degrees from seven British universities, was awarded an OBE in 1983 and created a life peer in 1991. In 1997 she was elected President of the Society of Authors, and stood down from this role in 2013.
©1962 P.D. James (P)2015 Faber Audio
"A classic story of English rural murder." ( The Times)
"The greatest contemporary writer of classic crime." ( Sunday Times)
"There are very few thriller writers who can compete with P.D. James at her best." ( Spectator)
"it's early"
This is an early P D James book and as such is interesting.
All the features we expect and love are here, a closed community of an upper class family in the loved old home, a few working class characters. A introduction by the end of which you want to murder the victim as do all the others in the story.
The story moves along and it looks like all of them have killed her, but in the finale Dalglish declares the murder to have been committed by.......
"P D James - Excellent as always."
An excellent crime story as we have come to expect from the Queen of crime novels. The twists and turns, the red herrings and the clever storyline narrated brilliantly by Daniel Weyman , with his clever voice changes for either sex made it clearly outline who was who. Want to see if there is a DVD of this story, as it was so captivating.
"A good crime story"
The writing style is exquisite and the narrator Daniel Weyman is very pleasant to listen to. The story is a good crime mystery going back to the post war times, if you are a fan of Agatha Christie, you are bound to like the story, but written in a different style. I found the story a bit sad, as class prejudice and reserved manner is what ultimately caused the early demise of a young woman. The victim was also portrayed as ''not a very nice person'', when in fact this was a young woman who refused to submit to being lowered, mistreated and discriminated against due to old prejudice over the position of women in society.
"Great who-dunnit"
A great who-dunnit! By the end I couldn't wait to find out who the guilty party was and how the whole business had come to pass.
Great narrator.
"Enjoyed thoroughly!"
For some reason have never read this author before but glad I did so now, beautiful writing and so wonderfully well read;ew readers earn 5 stars from me but this one certainly did. The combination of a good story and a good reader is a true pleasure.
"A pleasant an easy listening book."
Great narration of a slow burn story that unfolds gently and invitingly the further in you get. The characters are well defined and their interactions can be traced back to their given characteristics.
Well worth your time!
"Very formulaic whodunnit very well narrated"
Seemed to take an age to get going so a bit more action at the start would be good
As for having everyone in one room at the end to explain things deliberately left out along the way bit of a cliche but I guess I should have expected it
Not really but I think there are better ones
Just about. It wasn't a page turner though and I had no trouble putting it down.
The biggest plus was the narration. This was excellent and probably why I stuck out the first couple of hours
I think the fact that most of the characters even the victim were not likeable is always a problem for me in these type off books. I will probably try another in a few books time but won't be downloading the next straight away.
"Cover her face"
I first read this , in 1988, for an examination, little, did I know that I hadn't really appreciate it.
Listening to it, brought it to life, and this time, I really enjoyed it
These books just get better . Books to change the way you think where is the next one
"Very hard Going"
An OK story but very hard going was glad it was relatively short story narrator was OK.
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Take a look at the below list of Top 10 Best Selling All In One Desktops Computers in The World 2017. All in one desktop is a proper mainstream in electronic devices. They are described by their attractive designs especially in touch screen displays, powerful CPUs and keyboard. Computer system components are all packed in one box for sale. The following list consists of the best selling all in one computer brands in market today.
List of Top 10 Best Selling All In One Desktops Computers in The World 2017
10. HP Pavilion 24
It is an Intel core i5 CPU, 24inch 1080diplay, 1TB hard drive and DVD burner. Some the key features of this device include bang and olufsen speakers, sleek design and all connectivity features that lead to the shooting cost of HP Pavilion 24 inch. If you are looking for a well designed and durable all in one desktop then find time and examine this one but for those who have tried it, they are smiling I their homes.
HP Pavilion 24 inch desktop is worth $747 and available in almost all electronic shops around the world.
9. Dell Inspiron 24 7000 series
The dell inspiration 24 7000 series is a modern desktop with features like latest generation CPU and a 23.8 inch 1080p touch screen. This desktop is always outstanding such that it can withstand many users to make it completely flat. Dell contain an intel real sense camera implementing several gesture controls into windows 10 experience according to the owner while its optional NVIDIA GeForce 940M graphics allows the desktop to handle video games as well.
Dell inspiron 24 7000 is a bit expensive but has modern important features and has many fans who claim it now and then in market. It is worth $1000.
8. HP 20-e010
This is a ultra affordable all in one windows 10 desktop with AMD CPU, 24 inch screen resolution of 1600 by 1000 pixels. Some other features include 4 GB RAM, 3 ports of trio of USB, 500gb hard drive and a DVD that integrates the speakers which is also featured in this AIO desktop all together. As long each one of us desires to have a well performing desktop, his model has been having a demand in market due to the excellent job that it does that fulfills owners.
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Posted on 11/25/2012 6:35:26 PM PST by SunkenCiv
Although both are founding members of Turkey's ruling party, increasingly the two men appear to be at odds with one another on a variety of political issues. The rivalry could have far-reaching consequences for the country.
The Turkish president, Abdullah Gul, has in the past few months been challenging what is perceived as the increasingly tough positions of the prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whether on the treatment of the countrys Kurdish minority, imprisoned journalists or advocating membership in the European Union. Last month Erdogan voiced his frustration.
He said Turkey is not ruled by double-headed governance and he said the country will go nowhere with double-headed rule.
Yuksel Taskin, associate professor of politics at Marmara University... says President Gul is reacting to growing concern within the country by the increasingly tough stances of the prime minister.
"President Gul is trying to have a moderate image. Erdogan, his hard line image only creates sympathy in some nationalist circles, but the rest of the people are becoming increasingly skeptical of his leadership style, especially certain influential circles such as liberals circles, and the business community in the western parts of Turkey in particular," said Taskin.
Taskin says the prime minister's hardline stance is a bid to court nationalists votes in the 2014 presidential elections, in which he is widely expected to run. Erdogan has also made it clear he wants to turn Turkey into a presidential system, and to do that he will need the parliamentary votes of the Nationalist Action Party.
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Marshawn Lynch is getting some help from the fans of the Seattle Seahawks, who are trying to raise $50,000 to cover the fine the NFL imposed on him for not talking to reporters during the regular season.
A site has been created on gofundme.com. By Tuesday morning, more than $10,000 had been raised.
Explained Loren Summers, who created "12 Man for Marshawn Lynch," explained:
I think it is absurd that this man has to pay the NFL a fine of this magnitude and further, be forced to speak when he doesn't want to. $50K? Under what other circumstance would a player be forced to pay such an obscene amount of money? Just because the man has money, doesn't mean he should be a target! PLEASE! I have started this campaign in the hopes that every 12th Man will donate at least $1.00 to cover the amount of the fine imposed on Marshawn by the NFL. I will personally deliver the check at the end of the campaign, along with the message that the 12th Man has your back. Does Marshawn need this money? No. But I think it would be a good time to let Marshawn know, that we don't need his interviews or his thoughts to appreciate the amazing talent he is, and the contribution he makes to our team. And that we recognize the injustice that has been done to him, and we will not stand for it. What Marshawn does with the money is not my concern – maybe he will pay it forward and donate our collections to a non-profit that helps people overcome their fear of public speaking!!! GO HAWKS and GO 12th MAN!!!
Fans of the Seahawks are flocking to the site. Twelve dollars seems to be a popular pledge.
"The Beast does his talking on the field," writes one fan.
Writes another, "I am first and last a Marshawn Lynch man. His vow of silence toward the media shows great wisdom. Let's support our brother!"
Lynch announced on his Facebook page that he will match the money raised and donate it to charity.
Terry Blount, ESPN's Seahawks reporter, writes that Lynch won't be straining to pay the fine
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Surveillance sample. This is a 100 gram sample for Salmonella analysis that is drawn by the USDA egg product inspector from each lot of egg product processed at an official plant. This sample may be analyzed by a Science and Technology Division laboratory, or by a laboratory approved and recognized by the Division to analyze for Salmonella in egg products.
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LOS ANGELES – The Matrix Reloaded (search) has its studio seeing green, and it's not the film's creepy, raining digital code.
The sequel to the 1999 sci-fi hit is on track for a record-breaking weekend after collecting an estimated $42.5 million domestically since it debuted in a handful of theaters Wednesday and expanded to thousands of screens Thursday, Warner Bros. said Friday.
The Matrix Reloaded, rated R for violence and sexuality, is practically guaranteed to top the $58 million opening weekend of Hannibal (search), the previous record-holder for R-rated movies.
"This sets a new benchmark felations Co.
If the Matrix fervor holds, it could also conquer the overall No. 1 weekend debut of $114.8 million for last summer's Spider-Man (search), even if only the Friday-through-Sunday numbers are tallied for Reloaded.
"Obviously it's a little early but everybody is very happy," said Dan Fellman, Warner Bros. head of U.S. distribution. "As soon as the coffee kicks in, maybe we'll pour a little champagne on."
Early one-day earnings sometimes dip on later days, however. In 1999, Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace opened on a Wednesday with $28.5 million, but earned only $12.3 million on Thursday, $18.4 million on Friday, $24.4 million on Saturday and, $22 million on Sunday.
The Matrix Reloaded kicked off its run simultaneously in more than 20 countries, and will be playing in more than 100 countries by its third week. Domestically, it's playing at 3,603 locations.
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Franchise tag or not, Texans' Robinson wants to return
Published 6:30 am, Monday, January 4, 2010
Monday was a busy day for the Texans.
On the morning after they rallied to defeat New England 34-27 to close the season with a four-game winning streak and a 9-7 record, the Texans cleaned out their lockers.
Cornerback Dunta Robinson, the team's franchise player who made $9.957 million this season, said he definitely would like to return for his seventh season, would prefer a long-term contract but wouldn't be unhappy if he's franchised again.
"I want to be here," Robinson said. "I've been through some tough times here, and I'm proud of the way we finished and what we can build on.
"I realize this is a business. I won't take things personally like I did last offseason. I'd like to get a long-term deal, but I wouldn't be unhappy about it (if he's tagged again). I'm blessed. You can't be mad when you make $9 million.
"I love my teammates. I love the city. I think this team's going deep into the playoffs next season, and I want to be part of it."
Offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan said he will join father, Mike Shanahan, if he returns to coaching. He's expected to be hired by Washington.
"It's going to be very hard to leave because of everything we've accomplished," Shanahan said. "I work with a lot of good people, but I've always wanted to work with my dad. If he comes back, I think the timing will be right.
"When he got fired by Denver last year, I told him when he came back I wanted to work with him, no matter where."
Coach Gary Kubiak will be hiring his fourth offensive coordinator in five years.
"It hasn't helped," offensive tackle Eric Winston said about having so many coordinators. "Kyle's done a great job. The players really respect him. He understands what we go through.
"Whoever replaces him will want to do some things his way. I hope he takes a look at what we've been doing because it's been successful."
Outside linebacker Brian Cushing said he would like to be voted NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year, an award that will be announced Tuesday.
"That would be nice, but it's not something I can control," said Cushing, who led the team in tackles. "We'll have to wait to see what happens."


text: I think you may get some help from some former colleagues of mine at Rothamsted Research Station, Harpenden, Herts., U.K. The original pyrethroid insecticides were developed there some years ago. Possibly Norman Janes or Bupinder Khambay, who work in that group, are possible sources. I don't have e-mail addresses, but you may be able to find them. They will be something like "????@bbsrc.ac.uk" Best of luck. Colin Herbert. On Thu, 16 Nov 1995, Allen Wang wrote: > I'd like to know pyretherin from chrysanthemum flower's effects. > Perhaps, I'd like to try chrysanthemum flower's effects on > cockroaches. If you have any information regarding the effects of > pyrethrin from chrysanthemum please tell me. > > >


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Thus far, the Bloomberg eruption has been defined by the arcane: reporters punching keys to track the minutiae of customer behavior that may have been newsworthy, but appears to have been anything but scandalous.
In his letter, Winkler said that Bloomberg journalists had been able to see individual clients' terminal log-in histories and categories of functions those customers used. Until last month, when the company said it restricted reporters' access to the information, they could see individual users' most frequently used commands over the past week, as well as details of customer inquiries to the company help desk.
The practice became an issue when a Bloomberg reporter told Goldman Sachs managers she had used log-in data to investigate whether a Goldman employee had departed. Goldman Sachs complained, and now the Federal Reserve is examining whether Bloomberg journalists tracked terminal usage by top Fed officials.
It's hard to overstate the role that the pricey Bloomberg terminals have come to occupy at Wall Street firms, where they are prized as windows to information that can help brokers keep or lose fortunes, while communicating via instant-messaging and executing trades. More than 315,000 clients pay roughly $20,000 a year each for their use.
Last year, the terminal business provided about 85 percent of the company's $7.9 billion in revenue, giving it claim to about a 30 percent share of the $25.5 billion market for financial data and investment services, roughly the same as rival Thomson Reuters Corp. Analysts who follow the industry have said they expect little fallout for Bloomberg because clients consider its services vital and are locked into long-term contracts.
But its missteps nevertheless revive questions about the methods reporters use to get at hidden secrets about powerful interests, said Peter Hart, a media analyst with the watchdog group Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting.
While the nature of the lapses are unique, Hart said they remind him of the 1988 scandal at The Cincinnati Enquirer, which was forced to retract an 18-page exposé of Chiquita International's business practices when it became clear a reporter had hacked into the banana giant's phone system to obtain information.
Breaking into another company's technical infrastructure was clearly an ethical and legal violation. But, Hart asks, how much more acceptable is it for reporters to use their parent company's own technology to gather information on the sly?
Ben Smith, editor-in-chief of BuzzFeed, a rapidly growing news site that uses technological feedback to tailor content, called the Bloomberg lapses unique. But he said they show how technology allows journalists from new and old media to venture into places that previously would have been outside ethical bounds.
"Everybody knows the rules," Smith said, "but a lot of the lines are a lot easier to cross than they used to be, when you used to have to walk through somebody's locked doors and pick up a piece of paper from their desk."
Hart expects most of the company's well-heeled customers to decide that it is better to handle their displeasure with the company privately rather than in public.
"But in the world of journalistic ethics, I think a story like this is going to raise some pretty profound and potentially disturbing questions about journalists snooping on their sources," he said. "Some battles are waged in private, and I think this is probably going to be one of them."
Jones, the media expert at Harvard, said he was willing to accept the company's assertion that the snooping was a mistake. But he called it indicative of a culture where privacy is disrespected, and not just at Bloomberg.
"I think if I were one of Bloomberg's terminal customers I would be reassured, to a point, by their telling me that this is a mistake and it wouldn't happen again," he said. "But I think you'd have to be very naive to think it couldn't happen again … anywhere."