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John Flowers: Because hacking has a million little James Freys
Pitch Magazine says it's found the tech world's James Frey in hacker and search engineer John Flowers. In an eight-page piece, Pitch writer David Martin crows over inconsistencies in Flowers' history (as given by Flowers in speeches, interviews, and his blog). But, so what? Maybe there are still some standards in memoir publishing, but this is a hacker. Deception and braggadocio are prerequisites.
There's no point calling Flowers out on little things like whether he graduated from Berkeley (if you didn't go to Stanford, who cares about college?) or whether he did time in an FBI juvie hall (sure, the FBI says they don't run juvie detention centers, but who are you gonna believe?). So, great. Another pathological liar for a hacker. But just for kicks, here are the good bits:
Search technology has always frustrated Flowers. He says he can remember being 9 years old and asking his Tandy TRS-80, "Why is the sky blue?" The computer simply beeped at him.
He says his confinement coincided with the popularity of the 1983 geek classic WarGames. Adult counselors, he says, worried about his ability to start Armageddon with the push of a few buttons.
Palahniuk, the author of Fight Club, is one of Flowers' heroes, along with Steve Jobs and the late physicist Richard P. Feynman.
Oh. My. God. Can we all agree that the "Jobs is my hero" schtick got old in the 80s?

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K-10 fatality accident
Since the April 16 fatality accident, the possibility of installing cable barriers has been an important issue. Read past coverage:
• Memorial fund set up for 5-year-old Eudora boy killed in K-10 accident
• Eudora mayor asking Brownback to install median cable barriers
• Brownback wants KDOT to reopen study of installing cable barriers along K-10 from Lawrence to I-435
• Transportation secretary makes case that cable barriers are no 'silver bullet,' but announces meetings to study their effectiveness on K-10
Eudora Nearly two hours into a meeting discussing the safety of Kansas Highway 10 east of Lawrence, Carie Lawrence looked up from a map of dots that had depicted points of fatality accidents that had occurred across the state.
"These people were all loved and cared for and missed," said Lawrence, of Overland Park, whose 5-year-old grandson Cainan Shutt of Eudora died in an April 16 crash on K-10 near Eudora. "Every number has a name. I don't want that to get forgotten as we go to these meetings."
Nineteen members of the group met Thursday at the Eudora Community Center to examine the highway's safety after the April double fatality and the Kansas Department of Transportation's policy on placing cable median barriers on four-lane highways.
Cainan Shutt's family, Eudora Mayor Scott Hopson and members of a Facebook group have urged the state to install the cable median barrier between Lawrence and Interstate 435 in Johnson County. The group was formed under a directive from Gov. Sam Brownback after Hopson wrote him a letter.
Initial meeting
Representatives from along the corridor included residents, law enforcement and city and county government officials. Clay Adams, KDOT's northeast Kansas district engineer, and Hopson were selected as co-chairmen.
Most of Thursday's discussion centered on the number of cross-median fatality crashes that have occurred on K-10. Cainan Shutt died in the April 16 crash. An eastbound Toyota Camry driven by 24-year-old Ryan Pittman of Eudora crossed over the median and collided head-on with the minivan Cainan was riding in with his grandparents and 2-year-old sister, Courtlynn, who was also injured.
According to KDOT statistics provided at the meeting, 1,246 total accidents occurred from 2006 to 2010 on K-10 resulting in nine deaths. Of those, 35 have involved vehicles crossing the median resulting in five deaths. Statewide, 104 people have died in 89 fatal cross-median crashes from 2000 to 2010.
Some group members said that K-10 had become dangerous because of the high speeds, distracted drivers and the number of cross-median crashes, and that KDOT's policy should focus more on preventing fatalities and give less weight to crashes where no one is injured.
"We can repair and replace cars all day long, but when somebody goes over in a fatality accident, you can't replace that," said Johnson County Commissioner Jim Allen, of Shawnee, who also works in the insurance business.
Allen said the state should also likely focus on trying to save drivers who are in the correct lane during a cross-median crash.
KDOT officials have said the issue still merits study because cable barriers are "not benign" and still cause damage, like in crashes where drivers might have been able to regain control in a wider median. Adams said it's estimated 1 in 40 cable barrier crashes involve a fatality or serious injury.
KDOT officials have also asked the group to develop a way to assess how it justifies when to install a cable median barrier on a state highway.
"I come to these meetings very open. I come to this process to as very open-minded. There are some people in KDOT who would just flat say we're not going to put a barrier up," Adams said. "I just want you to know I'm not one of those."
Future study
Group members, including Lawrence Public Works Director Chuck Soules and Douglas County Commissioner Nancy Thellman, mostly asked for more information for future meetings, such as specific details on what caused each cross-median fatality crash.
KDOT has already announced this year it will widen the shoulders and add rumble strips to K-10 in Douglas County to match the Johnson County section of the road. Hopson asked if the estimated $3.2 million cost of that project could instead be saved for a potential cable median construction, but Adams said the rumble strip project is part of repairing the surface of K-10 travel lanes.
"We couldn't have taken that money and put it toward the cable. We needed to spend it there," Adams said.
KDOT estimates it would cost $200,000 per mile to install a cable median barrier.
Members of the group scheduled their next meeting for July 14 when Dean Sicking, a University of Nebraska civil engineering professor who has helped KDOT study cable median barriers, is scheduled to give a presentation. Hopson said group members would meet monthly for five months so they could give a recommendation to KDOT in November.
KDOT would make the final decision about any improvements or changes to the highway.
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Fluvial sedimentation in Kentucky
Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4152
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- R.F. Flint
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AbstractCovering periods 1942-45 and 1951-81, this report documents the characteristics of sediments being transported from 79 drainage areas within the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and from eight stations on the main stem of the Ohio River. The drainage areas range in size from 0.67 square mile at Cane Branch near Parkers Lake to 40,330 square miles at Tennessee River near Paducah. Sediment yields and particle size of suspended and bed sediments are discussed by physiographic province. The Blue Grass had the highest average annual suspended-sediment yield for selected stations of 741 tons per square mile, and the Western Coal Field had the lowest with 197. The Eastern Coal Field had the broadest range of annual suspended-sediment yields. The range was from 25 tons per square mile at Helton Branch near Greenwood to 21,000 tons per square mile at Millers Creek near Phyllis. For selected stations bedload discharge was estimated to be 5 to 10 percent as much as the suspended-sediment discharge. Only three drainage areas had sediment yields that exceeded the average annual erosion rates for cultivated land in Kentucky of 9.93 tons per acre (6,355 tons per square mile). These three were in the Eastern Coal Field. (USGS)
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- Report
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- Title:
- Fluvial sedimentation in Kentucky
- Series title:
- Water-Resources Investigations Report
- Series number:
- 83-4152
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- 1983
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- U.S. Geological Survey,
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- ix, 75 p. :ill., maps (some folded) ;28 cm.


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Griffith University's Smart Water Research Centre course is designed to inform educators, communicators and community consultants about water science and also to assist those who already have knowledge of water science, to present it to lay people in a way that captures their attention and is easily understood.
It will help those with a responsibility to interact with and guide the community, at all levels, to provide information simple enough to understand, yet technical enough to trust. Download the brochure here.


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El Secreto siempre ha estado parcialmente presente en las tradiciones orales, en la literatura, en las religiones y en las distintas filosofías de todos los tiempos. Por primera vez, todos estos fragmentos han sido reunidos en una increíble revelación que transformará la vida de todo aquel que lo experimente.
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Tottenham Hotspur striker Emmanuel Adebayor doubtful to start against Arsenal FC, while Sigurdsson returns to the line-up.
Tim Sherwood has a lot of injury concerns to contain with as they head into the final stages of the season. Michael Dawson, Vlad Chiriches, Etienne Capoue and Erik Lamela continue their stint at the side lines with injuries. Dawson is expected to return at the end of this month, which means he will miss Spurs' match against Southampton, second leg of the Europa League tie against Benfica and Liverpool, along with this North London Derby. The possible return date for Capoue, Chiriches and Lamela are yet to be known.
There are also concerns about the fitness of Mousa Dembele, Emmanuel Adebayor and Kyle Walker ahead of this fixture. Dembele, whose last appearance came in the 1-0 win over Cardiff City earlier this month, has missed the last two games with a hamstring injury, while Kyle Walker, who was substituted in the second half against Benfica is also struggling with a groin injury. It looks unlikely that either of them will feature in this match against Arsenal. Emmanuel Adebayor is also struggling with his fitness, but is expected to recover in time to face his former club.
"Mousa Dembele, Emmanuel Adebayor and Kyle Walker are all struggling." – The Tottenham Hotspur manager told the press ahead of the North London Derby.
The good news for Tottenham though is the possible Gylfi Sigurdsson into the starting line-up after missing out the Europa league clash with a foot injury.
Tim Sherwood made some strange selections in the 4-0 loss against Chelsea with Walker starting on the right wing and Lennon starting through the middle. He reverted back to a more conventional line-up against Benfica, but the result didn't improve, neither did the performance. It will be interesting to see if he make any more tactical changes against Arsenal.
The Tottenham boss could revert back to a 4-2-3-1 formation for this game as he looks to add more numbers in the midfield in order to counter Arsenal. Sherwood is likely to make two changes to the starting line-up he fielded against Benfica. Danny Rose will replace the injured Kyle Walker in defence, which means Kyle Naughton will move back to the right back spot. Christian Eriksen, who scored the goal against Benfica, will move to a central role behind Adebayor, while Sigurdsson starts on the left. Roberto Soldado will lead the line if Adebayor fails to recover in time.
Expected starting line-up (4-2-3-1): Lloris (GK); Naughton, Kaboul, Vertonghen, Rose; Paulinho, Sandro; Lennon, Eriksen, Sigurdsson; Adebayor


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Undoubtedly, Torrontés is Argentina's signature white variety and represents, along with Malbec, the country worldwide. This was confirmed by a report made by the Argentine Wine Observatory, which analyzed the variety from the vine to the shelf, for both domestic and foreign market during the 2004-2012 period.
Argentina is the only place where Torrontés is produced. There are three types: Riojano, Mendocino, and Sanjuanino. The first one is the most cultivated and which displays more aptitudes in the vivification, giving birth to dry wines, where fruit stands out.
The report reveals that Mendoza concentrates the largest cultivated area and production of Torrontés Riojano, but Cafayate, Salta is its best terroir. Actually, several local wineries are making and developing their projects there.
As regards production, the cultivated hectares experienced an interesting fluctuation: in 2004, Argentina had 7,900 ha grown with Torrontés. Then in 2010, this number reached a peak of 8,300 ha and, in 2012 it showed a slight downturn, ending the year with a surface of 7,800 ha.
Yields were variable and the highest production was reached in 2011, attaining 169.94 quintals harvested per cultivated hectare (6.88 t/acre); whereas, the lowest volume was registered in 2009, with 120.37 quintals of Torrontés per hectare (4.87 t/acre).
Mendoza accounts for 45% of the area cultivated with Torrontés Riojano and harvests 43% of the total production of the variety. For its part, La Rioja has 27% of the surface of the country and harvests 30% of the total of grapes.
The rest of the surface and crop is distributed among Salta (11% of surface and 11% of harvest), San Juan (10% of surface and 12% of harvest), and the rest of the wine provinces with 6% of cultivated area and 4% of the total crop.
Analyzing what happened last year, in Mendoza's oases, the largest yield was registered in the Uco Valley, with more than 155 quintals harvested per hectare (6.27 t/acre), whereas the Southern region reported the lowest yields, 64 qq/ha (2.59 t/acre).
In terms of volume, the region with the largest production of Torrontés was the East, 227.000 quintals (22,700 tons).
Domestic consumption
From 2007 to 2012, domestic consumption of Torrontés accounted only for 1% of the overall wine consumption in the national market.
In Argentina, 58% of the Torrontés marketed during 2012 was concentrated on the range of ARS 10-20, while 13% for wines priced at ARS 20-30 and, on the bottom of the pyramid, 21% for lower priced wines within ARS 4-8 range.
The Wine Observatory's report reveals that the evolution of Torrontés exports from 2008 to 2012 has been positive in terms of both liters and value. In the case of volume, exports surged by 48% (from 6.6 million liters in 2008, to over 9.8 million liters in 2012), whereas in FOB value, the growth was 96% (from USD 13.6 million in 2008 to USD 26.7 million in 2012).
Of the total turned over by Argentina, only 3% of the amount in dollars corresponded to Torrontés (6th in the ranking, behind Malbec, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Syrah, and Muscat of Alexandria).
Source: http://www.diariouno.com.ar/economia/El-vino-Torrontes-se-afianza-como-el-principal-blanco-argentino–20130614-0106.html
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Author of the best-seller FDR, Jean Edward Smith is a master of the presidential biography. Setting his sights on Dwight D. Eisenhower, Smith delivers a rich account of Eisenhower's life using previously untapped primary sources. From the military service in WWII that launched his career to the shrewd political decisions that kept America out of wars with the Soviet Union and China, Smith reveals a man who never faltered in his dedication to serving America, whether in times of war or peace.
Hailed by critics as an American masterpiece, David McCullough's sweeping biography of Harry S. Truman captured the heart of the nation. The life and times of the 33rd president of the United States, Truman provides a deeply moving look at an extraordinary, singular American.
Prize-winning historian Glen Jeansonne delves into the life of our most misunderstood president, offering up a surprising new portrait of Herbert Hoover - dismissing previous assumptions and revealing a political Progressive in the mold of Theodore Roosevelt and the most resourceful American since Benjamin Franklin.
Described by the Chicago Tribune as "a classic," The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt stands as one of the greatest biographies of our time. The publication of The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt on September 14th, 2001, marked the 100th anniversary of Theodore Roosevelt becoming president.
The most eagerly awaited presidential biography in years, Theodore Rex tells the story of President Theodore Roosevelt in real time, reflecting the world as "TR" saw it. Full of cinematic detail, Theodore Rex moves with the exhilarating pace of a novel, yet it rides on a granite base of scholarship.
John Milton Cooper, Jr., is widely acknowledged as one of the world's preeminent Woodrow Wilson biographers. This thoroughly researched profile of America's 28th president is universally hailed for its scholarship and insight into the life and career ofone of the nation's most polarizing leaders.
Author of the best-seller FDR, Jean Edward Smith is a master of the presidential biography. Setting his sights on Dwight D. Eisenhower, Smith delivers a rich account of Eisenhower's life using previously untapped primary sources. From the military service in WWII that launched his career to the shrewd political decisions that kept America out of wars with the Soviet Union and China, Smith reveals a man who never faltered in his dedication to serving America, whether in times of war or peace.
Hailed by critics as an American masterpiece, David McCullough's sweeping biography of Harry S. Truman captured the heart of the nation. The life and times of the 33rd president of the United States, Truman provides a deeply moving look at an extraordinary, singular American.
Prize-winning historian Glen Jeansonne delves into the life of our most misunderstood president, offering up a surprising new portrait of Herbert Hoover - dismissing previous assumptions and revealing a political Progressive in the mold of Theodore Roosevelt and the most resourceful American since Benjamin Franklin.
Described by the Chicago Tribune as "a classic," The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt stands as one of the greatest biographies of our time. The publication of The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt on September 14th, 2001, marked the 100th anniversary of Theodore Roosevelt becoming president.
The most eagerly awaited presidential biography in years, Theodore Rex tells the story of President Theodore Roosevelt in real time, reflecting the world as "TR" saw it. Full of cinematic detail, Theodore Rex moves with the exhilarating pace of a novel, yet it rides on a granite base of scholarship.
John Milton Cooper, Jr., is widely acknowledged as one of the world's preeminent Woodrow Wilson biographers. This thoroughly researched profile of America's 28th president is universally hailed for its scholarship and insight into the life and career ofone of the nation's most polarizing leaders.
An Unfinished Life is the first authoritative single-volume life of John F. Kennedy to be written by a historian in nearly four decades. Drawing upon firsthand sources, freshly unearthed documents, and never-before-opened archives, prizewinning historian Robert Dallek reveals more than we ever knew about Jack Kennedy forever changing the way we think about his life, his presidency, and his legacy.
No Ordinary Time describes how the isolationist and divided United States of 1940 was unified under the extraordinary leadership of Franklin Roosevelt to become the preeminent economic and military power in the world.
Richard Nixon opens with young navy lieutenant "Nick" Nixon returning from the Pacific and setting his cap at Congress, an idealistic dreamer seeking to build a better world. Yet amid the turns of that now legendary 1946 campaign, Nixon's finer attributes quickly gave way to unapologetic ruthlessness. It is a stunning overture to John A. Farrell's magisterial portrait of a man who embodied postwar American cynicism.
Ronald Reagan today is a conservative icon, celebrated for transforming the American domestic agenda and playing a crucial part in ending communism in the Soviet Union. In his masterful new biography, H. W. Brands argues that Reagan, along with FDR, was the most consequential president of the 20th century. Reagan took office at a time when the public sector, after a half century of New Deal liberalism, was widely perceived as bloated and inefficient, an impediment to personal liberty.
Of all our great presidents, Theodore Roosevelt is the only one whose greatness increased out of office. When he toured Europe in 1910 as plain "Colonel Roosevelt," he was hailed as the most famous man in the world. Crowned heads vied to put him up in their palaces. "If I see another king," he joked, "I think I shall bite him."
In an era of such great national divisiveness, there could be no more timely biography of one of our greatest presidents than one that focuses on his unparalleled political ability as a uniter and consensus maker. Robert Dallek's Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Political Life takes a fresh look at the many compelling questions that have attracted all his biographers: how did a man who came from so privileged a background become the greatest presidential champion of the country's needy?
A hundred years after his inauguration, Woodrow Wilson still stands as one of the most influential figures of the 20th century, and one of the most enigmatic. And now, after more than a decade of research and writing, Pulitzer Prize-winning author A. Scott Berg has completed Wilson - the most personal and penetrating biography ever written about the 28th President. This is not just Wilson the icon - but Wilson the man.
Goodwin describes the broken friendship between Teddy Roosevelt and his chosen successor, William Howard Taft. With the help of the "muckraking" press, Roosevelt had wielded the Bully Pulpit to challenge and triumph over abusive monopolies, political bosses, and corrupting money brokers. Roosevelt led a revolution that he bequeathed to Taft only to see it compromised as Taft surrendered to money men and big business. The rupture led Roosevelt to run against Taft for president, an ultimately futile race that gave power away to the Democrats.
A sweeping, magisterial biography of the man generally considered the greatest president of the 20th century, admired by Democrats and Republicans alike. Traitor to His Class sheds new light on FDR's formative years; his remarkable willingness to champion the concerns of the poor and disenfranchised; and his combination of political genius, firm leadership, and matchless diplomacy in saving democracy during the Great Depression and the American cause of freedom in World War II.
Ulysses S. Grant's life has typically been misunderstood. All too often he is caricatured as a chronic loser and an inept businessman or as the triumphant but brutal Union general of the Civil War. But these stereotypes don't come close to capturing him, as Chernow sows in his masterful biography, the first to provide a complete understanding of the general and president whose fortunes rose and fell with dizzying speed and frequency.
The dramatic, pulse-pounding story of Harry Truman's first four months in office, when this unlikely president had to take on Germany, Japan, Stalin, and the atomic bomb, with the fate of the world hanging in the balance.
Calvin Coolidge, president from 1923 to 1929, never rated highly in polls, and history has remembered the decade in which he served as an extravagant period predating the Great Depression. Now Amity Shlaes provides a fresh look at the 1920s and its elusive president, showing that the mid-1920s was in fact a triumphant period that established our modern way of life: The nation electrified, Americans drove their first cars, and the federal deficit was replaced with a surplus.
This is a portrait painted in broad strokes and fine details. We see how Roosevelt's restless energy, fierce intellect, personal magnetism, and ability to project effortless grace permitted him to master countless challenges throughout his life. Smith recounts FDR's personal battles and also tackles head-on and in depth the numerous failures and miscues of Roosevelt's political career.
Summing up Roosevelt's legacy, Smith gives us the clearest picture yet of how this quintessential Knickerbocker aristocrat became the common man's president. The result is a powerful account that adds fresh perspectives and draws profound conclusions about a man whose story is widely known but not well understood. Written for the general reader and scholars alike, FDR is a stunning biography in every way worthy of its subject.
"A magisterial biography...the author's eloquent synthesis of FDR's complex and compelling life is remarkably executed and a joy to read." (Publishers Weekly)
Awesome. You know its a good book when you a) wish it were not over and b) feel like you lost a personal aquaintance at the end of the biography and c) feel like re-reading(listening) again. I thought this was an oustanding biography, rapidly moving and insightful into both the character and facts about FDR. The author does inject his perspective or opinion clearly in some areas, for instance about the Yalta conference, he clearly puts in many references that indicate that he does not believe FDR was impaired at that time.
My only regret is that the biography ends right at his death, with no retrospective summary of what the author thought FDR meant or what he thought his strnegths and weaknesses were, including any thoughts on the downstream consequences of his actions.
In addition, the narration is outstanding, extremely well paced and inflected. As good as any download I have listened to.
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Not the best political biography I have ever read but certainly in the excellent category. Just enough facts without getting into the mind-numbing details that a McCulloch or Caro biography can. I always rate the book and the reader/production since there are some readers and some productions that can ruin the book as an audiobook. This reader was fine and there was not a lot of unnecessary music etc.
15 of 15 people found this review helpful
Mr Smith has written an extremely interesting biography of FDR and, in reading it I have learned things I had not seen in other books. He writes very well and I consider this to be a valuable addition to the other books I have about FDR and the period from 1932 through 1945. I would have liked to have been able to give this book 5 stars but found, to my disappointment, that the book seemed to be missing the objectivity that 60+ years after the events should have imparted. Many events derogatory to FDR were left out and a fair number of statements were made that seem, at best, to be questionable to me.
Franklin Roosevelt was, in my view, a great President and almost alone among leaders in this country understood the danger posed by Nazi Germany to the Western World and civilization as we in the US understand it. He withstood the waves of isolationism and made plans to help Great Britain when she stood completely alone. This alone, in my view, is enough to elevate him to the status of a great President even without his efforts to overcome the great depression. His stature in history is high enough to acknowledge both his faults and his mistakes. This book rarely mentions either.
Left undiscussed in this book -
1) His refusal to help the Hoover administration, in its last days, to ease the suffering of the general public due to the depression. A word from the President elect would have convinced the Democratic majority in Congress to allow passage of relief. This is not even mentioned in the book.
2) His unwillingness to be honest with the public about the likelihood of war with Germany after 1939. Roosevelt understood that war was coming to the US and did everything he could to help Great Britain within the constraints of the law, but did not try to convince the American public that the war was coming to the US whether we wanted it or not. Leading is what leaders are supposed to do. Roosevelt's efforts to "wage war but not declare war" are covered in detail but no mention is made of the basic dishonesty of knowing war is coming and telling the US that we were going to keep out of it. Each statement that US "boys" were not going to be sent into foreign wars was misleading at best.
3) His unwillingness to try to help the Jewish refugees about the St Louis when Germany sent it to the US. The ship, packed with Jews, was sent as a propaganda play to prove that nobody wanted Germany's Jews. Roosevelt probably could not have granted them entry to the US due to US entry restrictions but the US had enough influence with Central and South American countries to have gotten them refugee status somewhere. He did nothing to try to get them sanctuary and, although this episode is mentioned in the book, Roosevelt is not taken to task for his failure. All of these poor people were returned to Europe and, with the exception of those granted asylum in the UK, almost all of them died in concentration camps.
4) There was no discussion about the valid opposition to some of Roosevelt's policies by important politicians in the US. In particular the decision to leave the gold standard and effectively devaluate the dollar and the opposition to the TVA were left completely unmentioned. The people opposing these policies were wrong but they had valid viewpoints and the arguments should have been covered.
There are other statements in the book that I, personally, found to be questionable. The implication that Roosevelt had a mastery over the communications networks in the country that no other politician since has been able to match left out both John Kennedy and Ronald Reagan each of whom, arguably, was the equal or better of Roosevelt in that regard. The statement that the US Army was "enthusiastic" about running the CCC camps flies in the face of what George Marshall, who had command over part of that effort, had to say about it later. And the statement that Roosevelt would have won the 1932 election even if there had been no depression has no basis in fact that I am aware of.
None of these issues are serious enough to discredit or even harm this book in any way. The book is first class and is a valuable read but would have been considerably improved, at least in my opinion, by the inclusion of some criticism of FDR beyond his attempts to "pack" the Supreme Count (which is covered in considerable detail). Any book that spends time discussing the flowers at Eleanor Roosevelt's mother's wedding could have included information on these and some other subjects.
Marc Cashman does a very good job of narration and adds considerably to the book. I recommend this book to anyone interested in FDR's life in spite of the fact that I am only giving it 4 stars.
24 of 25 people found this review helpful
Jean Edward Smith (Eisenhower in War and Peace, FDR and Chief Justice Hughes, Traitor to His class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt) also published an outstanding biography titled FDR in 2008. I must disclose that I am a fan of Smith's biographies and have completed almost all of them. This biography is longer than some will tolerate, but well worth the effort. It fully details the split between FDR and ER, the President's relationship with his children, his handling of the War, his approach to the Depression, and the holding of Japanese US citizens. The most interesting passage for me covered his friendship with Churchill and Lend Lease. Anyone who didn't live through this American era or in the shadow of FDR, will be more than rewarded for learning about this time in our history. Wade into the book, swim through some pages, and see if you don't agree. Certainly, Jean Edward Smith has a knack for bringing history in general to the general reader through biography. The narration of Marc Cashman is excellent
15 of 16 people found this review helpful
I bought this book specifically to listen to after hearing Teddy Roosevelt: A Strenuous Life. The TR book really set the bar high and I honestly did not expect this one to be as good, but this one is every bit as good or better. It is very well written and is detailed, but only focuses on the issues and events that significantly impacted FDR and his presidency, so it is not overly detailed. It is very well read and I really enjoyed this book.
8 of 9 people found this review helpful
Well balanced account of FDR as a person. Good listening material and gave me a new insight into a person I did not really like.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
The author definitely did a remarkable research on this biography, but the result is too heavy to digest. Except for a few parts of the book (mostly after the start of WWII), I did not feel engaged with FDR. I felt like I was reading a boring bureaucratic memo.
I can't help constrasting this biography with "Truman", by David Macullough, whose historical research is just as good as Jean Edward Smith's - and it's far better to listen/read.
The narrator did a good job, though.
6 of 7 people found this review helpful
Jean Edward Smith did a really nice job with his biography of one of the most interesting men in American history. The book was well organized and covered all the important moments in detail. It's loaded with information, but it remains an easy read.
I have a couple of issues with the book that, in my mind, keep it from being a 5-star gem. First of all, it's hard to determine Eleanor's role in this book. Smith describes ER's upbringing in great detail, and a quarter of the way through the book, I wondered if it was going to be essentially a co-biography. Then, ER kind of goes away, and she's barely mentioned in the presidency period at all. That's OK, but why was so much time spent on her in the beginning?
Second, I felt Smith's handling of the war was questionable. He spent way too much time describing Japan-U.S. relations and the friction between them prior to Pearl Harbor. Some of it was necessary; most was not. Then he strangely glossed over D-Day, giving no particulars of the actual operation beyond the planning stages. I would have preferred a few more FDR anecdotes to all the Japan stuff because it was, after all, an FDR book.
Finally, I don't like when these long biographies just end with the subject's death. A recap of his significance, details of the country's reaction to his death, info about the funeral -- something to tie a bow around the story you've just told, especially when the death is so sudden like it was with FDR.
I know I focused on the negative; most other reviews touched on the positives, and there were many. Smith is a skilled researcher and writer, and this is a book anyone could enjoy. I thought his Grant biography was better, but this one was good as well
6 of 7 people found this review helpful
What did you love best about FDR?
The narrative was great, the history lovely, and it really focused on FDR and not on the characters surrounding him.
What was one of the most memorable moments of FDR?
His early years before the polio are fantastic. You never hear about these years. He was truly amazing.
Have you listened to any of Marc Cashman's other performances before? How does this one compare?
Any additional comments?
It did not finish well. It seemed as though the author was rushing the ending, and then there was no epilogue. FDR dies and the book ends. There is so much aftermath, it deserved a chapter. Other than that, it was well written, well recorded, and I loved listening to it.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
Where does FDR rank among all the audiobooks you've listened to so far?
One of the best
Have you listened to any of Marc Cashman's other performances before? How does this one compare?
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
Although a history buff, I learned things about this great man I never knew.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful


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England - Poets Corner
( Originally Published 1910 )
FROM Chaucer to Tennyson ! Between those two names, separated by five hundred years, lies the splendid story of English literature as it is summed up in the Poets' Corner of Westminster Abbey. What a shrine for the devout literary pilgrim ! Here he may stand beside the dust of that poet who ushered in the dawn of English literature, and while he does so his feet are above the grave of him who was its latter-day glory.
Between these two, what suns and stars have swum into the firmament of English verse and prose ! Not all have had their setting in this proud minster ; the greatest of the band sleeps beside his own Avon, and others of the mighty dead are scattered here and there not only over the fair face of that land whose inner life they interpreted but also in the soil of the great Republic of the West. Here, however, are laid to rest, or have memorial, the chief of those who have raised the stately fane of English literature ; here, carved in stone, are the names of those who have left their impress most deeply upon the English-speaking race.
Those who laid Chaucer in his grave in this south transept of the Abbey were the true though unconscious founders of the Poets' Corner. They buried wiser than they knew. Standing, as he does, the earliest commanding figure in English literature, how seemly it was that Chaucer should be the first to consecrate this part of the national Valhalla as the resting place of the poets.
Yet it appears to have been merely an accident which led to the burial within these walls of him who told the Canterbury Tales. In other words, it was not because he was a poet that Chaucer found his resting place beside the dust of kings, but because, for a brief season, he was one of the officials of the Abbey. Although he had enjoyed the favour of three Kings, although John of Gaunt had been his constant patron, although he had been entrusted with several important diplomatic missions, Chaucer's old age was overshadowed by poverty. It was at that period of his life that he held for a short time the office of clerk of the works at Westminster, and it is to that fact, and also to his having breathed his last in an old house in the monastery garden, that his interment within the Abbey is to be attributed. The men of those times could not have been fully conscious of the greatness of him who had passed away. For a century and a half Chaucer's only memorial was a rude slab of lead inscribed with his name ; it was not until 1555 that Nicholas Brigham, a brother of the muse, caused the present tomb and canopy to be placed over that honoured dust. Some three hundred years later, that is in 1868, Dr. Rogers had the window above the monument filled with stained glass representing scenes from the poet's life and works. So through long generations does Chaucer evoke the heart-love of his country-men.
" In the poetical quarter," wrote Addison in his famous essay on the Abbey, " I found that there were poets who had no monuments, and monuments which had no poets." Shakespeare is an example of the last statement; Beaumont of the first — for he lies under a nameless stone. But from Shakespeare's time onwards, monument or no monument, it came to be recognized that in this south transept was the fitting sepulchre of the nation's chief singers, and if circumstances did not always allow of their actual burial here, it was still possible to record their fame by storied urn or sculptured bust. And so we have the glorious Poets' Corner of to-day. It is true there are some names missing from the scroll of fame kept within this narrow space, and the absence of several of those names may give the pilgrim pause. There is Pope, for example — why has he no memorial here ? Because he desired none. It was his wish to be buried by the side of his mother in Twickenham Church, and his epitaph in that building, written by himself, records that it is " For one that would not be buried in Westminster Abbey." But the absentees are not numerous, and he who is well read in all the verse suggested by the names on these walls is to be envied his knowledge of English poetry.
As in the case of Chaucer, the accident that death overtook Spenser in the vicinity of the Abbey rather than in his Irish home was no doubt the chief cause why the author of " The Faerie Queene " was laid to rest close beside the chronicler of " The Canterbury Tales." Spenser had come to London as the bearer of an official dispatch from Ireland, and made his head-quarters at a tavern in King Street, Westminster, the inns of which were the usual resort of messengers to the Court. Here it was appointed he should die, not in poverty as Ben Jonson would have us believe, but outworn by the burden of those distressing experiences which had overwhelmed him in his Irish home. Conscious of his approaching end, so the legend runs, Spenser asked that his resting place might be near the dust of Chaucer ; and the original inscription on his monument, obliterated many years ago, definitely noted that his sepulture in that spot was due to the proximity of Chaucer's grave.
It was at the charge of the Earl of Essex that Spenser was buried, and tradition tells how he was followed to his tomb by a great company of poets, who cast their elegies on his coffin and the pens with which they had been written. Jonson, and Beaumont, and Fletcher, and most likely Shakespeare too, were of the band. Queen Elizabeth gave orders for the erection of a costly tomb for the poet who had shed such lustre over her own person and reign, but official jealousy and " curst avarice " robbed " our Colin " of that monument. Twenty years later, however, the Duchess of Dorset supplied the omission, and when that memorial fell into decay a century and a half later the poet Mason raised a subscription which resulted in the erection of the present monument.
Some fifteen years after he had followed Spenser to his grave Francis Beaumont was laid to his too-early rest in this sacred spot. His dust lies under a nameless stone, for no brother of the muse or noble patron thought fit to raise a memorial to his fame. Bishop Corbet, however, composed an epitaph to his memory, the moral of which will be missed unless it is remembered that Beaumont was not thirty years old when he died.
He that hath such acuteness and such wit
Goldsmith, it will be remembered, makes his intelligent Chinaman exclaim, while on a tour of the Poets' Corner, " Drayton ! I never heard of him before." Yet when, in 1631, the author of " The Poly-Olbion " joined Chaucer and Spenser and Beaumont he was held in as high repute as either of the three. Fuller coupled Michael Drayton with Spenser and described the two as " a pair of royal poets, enough almost to make passengers' feet to move metrically, who go over the place where so much poetical dust is interred." Another eulogist declared that the name of Drayton alone was sufficient to give England poetical equality with the land of Dante and Petrarch !
Probably " The PolyOlbion " was mainly accountable for Drayton's remarkable contemporary fame. Certainly it was an amazing under-taking for a writer to narrate in verse those facts and curiosities of geographical antiquities which are now presented more suitably in prose. He took for his theme the rivers, mountains, forests and other parts of Great Britain, and devoted such immense labour to the acquisition of his materials that his poem is still a mine of reliable information. A part of his reward was to be eulogized in such strains as these :
Drayton, sweet ancient Bard, his Albion sung,
How confident his contemporaries were of his abiding fame is evident from the glowing epitaph on his tomb :
Do, pious marble, let thy readers know
Yet, such are the vicissitudes of literary judgment, Drayton's works were forgotten " before his monument is worn out," and many a modern visitor to Poets' Corner may excusably repeat the exclamation of Goldsmith's Chinaman.
Far otherwise is it with Ben Jonson, whose bust, had it life, could shake hands with that of the forgotten Drayton. But the dust of the two poets is in no danger of mingling, for Jonson was buried not in Poets' Corner but in the north aisle of the nave. There, in one of of his meditative wanderings, Hawthorne suddenly found it. " Lingering through one of the aisles," he writes, " I happened to look down, and found my foot upon a stone inscribed with this familiar exclamation, ` O rare Ben Jonson ! ' and remembered the story of stout old Ben's burial in that spot, standing upright — not, I presume, on account of any unseemly reluctance on his part to lie down in the dust, like other men, but because standing-room was all that could reasonably be demanded for a poet among the slumberous notabilities of his age. It made me weary to think of it ! — such a prodigious length of time to keep one's feet ! — apart from the honour of the thing, it would certainly have been better for Ben to stretch himself at ease in some country churchyard."
Several stories are told to account for Jonson being buried in such an unusual position. One credits the dramatist with asking a favour of Charles I. " What is it ? " demanded the King. " Eighteen inches of square ground," rejoined Jonson. " Where ? " asked the King. " In Westminster Abbey." Another version asserts that the poet wished to be so buried that he might be in readiness for the Resurrection ; and a third relates a conversation between Jonson and the Dean of the Abbey, in which, on being rallied by the Dean about his being buried in Poets' Corner, Jonson said he was too poor to purchase a resting place there. " No, sir," said the poet, " six feet long by two feet wide is too much for me : two feet by two will do for all I want." To which the Dean rejoined, " You shall have it."
Whatever the cause, it is indisputable that Jonson was buried in an upright position. When the ground next his grave was opened in 1849 to prepare for another burial, the clerk of the works " saw the two leg-bones of Jonson, fixed bolt upright in the sand, as though the body had been buried in an upright position; and the skull came rolling down among the sand, from a position above the leg-bones, to the bottom of the newly-made grave. There was still hair upon it, and it was of a red colour."
Less enduring than the fame of Jonson is that of Abraham Cowley, though he, like Drayton, went to his grave amid the high plaudits of his own age. Milton is said to have bracketed Cowley with Shakespeare and Spenser as the three greatest poets of England ; even the dissolute Charles II when informed of his death said he " had not left a better man in England ; " and his epitaph, after comparing the poet with Pindar, Virgil and Horace, attributed the immunity of the Abbey from the great Fire of London to the fact that it contained Cowley's grave. Thus :
That sacrilegious fire (which did last year
As was the case with several of his predecessors, " glorious John Dryden " passed from a death-bed of poverty to the companionship of kings. Elaborate preparations had been made for his funeral by the Dean, who had " the Abbey lighted, the ground opened, the choir attending, an anthem ready set, and himself waiting." But there was no corpse. An in-famous prank by the son of Lord Jeffries was responsible for this untoward incident, which was extenuated by the author on the plea that he did it to make the funeral more splendid !
So empty was Dryden's purse when he died that it became necessary to raise a fund to pay for his obsequies, but that service was readily undertaken, and twelve days after the poet's death his body was taken first to the College of Physicians, where it was honoured by a Latin eulogy, and then to the ancient Abbey, whither it was kept company by " an abundance of the quality, in their coaches and six horses," who, to the accompaniment of funeral music, chanted the Ode of Horace : Exegi monumentum aere perennius.
Something of the perplexity which had distressed Dryden in his choice of a religion perturbed his eulogists in deciding upon his epitaph. Pope and Atterbury divided the labour between them, their efforts being devoted to discovering the most suitable inscription for the monument which Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham, under took to erect. Atterbury offered a Latin epitaph, but varied it with the following lines :
This Sheffield rais'd to Dryden's ashes just,
Pope, however, was able to improve upon Atterbury's effort in the following couplet :
This Sheffield raised : the sacred dust below
Even that brief encomium, however, eventually gave place to the present simple inscription.
How truly the Abbey is the " temple of reconciliation and peace " is not alone illustrated by the close proximity of the dust of Queen Elizabeth and Mary Queen of Scots, but also by the fact that Dryden's bust looks across to that of his one time rival, Thomas Shadwell, the poet of whom he wrote :
Others to some faint meaning make pretence,
Shadwell represents those monuments which have no poets, for he was not buried in the Abbey.
Could Milton revisit the earth with his principles unchanged he would probably be surprised to find himself commemorated in a building so linked with the traditions of royalty. His body was not buried here, it is true, and the author of " Paradise Lost " had been in his grave more than sixty years before the growth of his fame and the decay of prejudice made it possible for his medallion to find a place on these walls. Some thirty years earlier an innocent effort to introduce Milton's name in an inscription to another poet prompted a royalist.
Dean of the time to exercise his authority in erasing the obnoxious name. But Addison opened the eyes of England to the superb genius of Milton, and such was the change of opinion, as Dr. Gregory told Dr. Johnson, that he had " seen erected in the church a bust of the man whose name I once knew considered as a pollution of its walls."
Many poets besides Milton have had to wait long years for recognition in Poets' Corner. There was Samuel Butler, for example, the author of " Hudibras," who, buried elsewhere, had no memorial here until half a century after his death ; and Coleridge, whose bust was the gift of an American admirer, Dr. Mercer, fifty years after the poet was buried at Highgate; and Addison, who had no monument in Poets' Corner until ninety years after he had passed away.
Varied as are the conceits, couched in sonorous Latin or quaint English, which adorn some of these memorials, the most curious and the best-known epitaph is to be found on the tomb of John Gay, whose " Fables " and " The Beggar's Opera " still keep his memory alive. " If a stone shall mark the place of my grave," he wrote to Pope, " see these words put upon it:
" ` Life is a jest, and all things show it;
Pope saw that his friend's wish was respected, but he added an epitaph of his own, perhaps the most affectionate and sincere of all his posthumous eulogies :
Of manners gentle, of affections mild;
Although the Abbey is richly sown with the dust of Kings and Queens, although here rest many famous statesmen of high renown, although this is the sepulchre of illustrious warriors, of great nobles, of immortal musicians, of men and women who have won fame which will never die, there is no part of the sacred building which appeals so tenderly to the heart of the pilgrim as Poets' Corner. Herein is the reward of him who devotes himself to singing a nation's songs, to writing that " universal language which the heart holds with nature and itself." He may not win a great success in life, he may even feed the flame of his genius at the expense of the body in which it has a being. Like Chaucer, and Spenser, and too many others, he may pass to his grave in poverty or sorrow. But the crown is his at last — the crown of a nation's love. " Notwithstanding the simplicity of these memorials," wrote Washington Irving, " I have always observed that the visitors to the Abbey remained the longest about them. A kinder and fonder feeling takes the place of that cold curiosity or vague admiration with which they gaze upon the monuments of the great and heroic."
Hawthorne had the same feeling. " It seemed to me," he reflected, " that I had always been familiar with the spot. Enjoying a humble intimacy — and how much of my life had else been a dreary solitude ! — with many of its inhabitants, I could not feel myself a stranger there. It was delightful to be among them. There was a genial awe, mingled with a sense of kind and friendly presences about me; and I was glad, moreover, at finding so many of them there together, in fit companionship, mutually recognized and duly honoured, all reconciled now, whatever distant generations, whatever personal hostility or other miserable impediment, had divided them asunder while they lived. I have never felt a similar interest in any other tomb-stones, nor have I ever been deeply moved by the imaginary presence of other famous dead people. A poet's ghost is the only one that survives for his fellow mortals, after his bones are in the dust — and he not ghostly, but cherishing many hearts with his own warmth in the chilliest atmosphere of life. What other fame is worth aspiring for ? Or, let me speak it more boldly, what other long-enduring fame can exist ? We neither remember nor care anything for the past, except as the poet has made it intelligibly noble and sublime to our comprehension."
If it be such an inspiration to visit the grave of but one poet, how much more uplifting is it to stand amid the tombs of so many ! So great is the stress of life in these modern days, so many are the voices clamouring at our ears, that we need every possible incentive to turn our minds to the golden wealth of thought which these poets have garnered for us with much travail. As we stand beside their graves we can make no more worthy resolve than that which will pledge us to a rightful use of the inheritance they have left. So shall we weave for each dead singer the wreath he would love best to wear.


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A Father's Day First
Alan was sitting in the living room speaking on the phone quietly when Denny strode in carrying a box of cookies and a large glass of milk. When he noticed his husband was on the phone, he turned to leave only to be stopped by the younger man's waving him back.
"Thanks so much for calling. This means more to me than I can say. Thank you, Adrian" he said before ending the call. He grinned at Denny. "That was Adrian." Glancing at the box of Oreo's as Denny sat on the couch, he quipped, "Starting your second childhood, Denny?"
"Wanted a snack. How is she, anyway?"
Alan got up and walked over to the bar and poured himself two fingers of scotch. "How is who, Denny?"
Denny huffed, "Adrienne. I'm the one recovering from Mad Cow; why are you feigning ignorance?" He slurped some milk and glared.
Alan sat next to Denny and replied, "Let me clarify; that was my son Adrian. He wanted to call me because Sunday is the first Father's Day since he met me and he wanted to…tell me again that he appreciates what his mother and I did for him to ensure he would have a good life."
"Ahhhhhh, I see."
Alan straightened his back and asked, "What does that mean, 'Doctor' Crane?
Denny laughed and bit into another cookie. It means you're just realizing you got a call for Father's Day and theoretically, you can expect Father's Day calls for the rest of your life."
The younger man chuckled and said, "Who says this marriage isn't going to last? You're reading my mind; yes, that is exactly what I was thinking, Denny. It's a…nice feeling. I have to say I'm enjoying the thought."
Denny waved his arms, cookie in one hand and milk in the other, expansively and announced, "This calls for a celebration! I'm making reservations for dinner on Sunday at Morton's in honor of our first Father's Day as husband and mad cow and to recognize that you are now going to receive calls from your child. This is a good thing, Alan!"
'It is indeed, Denny, it is indeed."


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Hi Haylee.
Think i'll have a look at flights to Perth to see what the difference is. Have you got your visa and things sorted yet?
Yeh still going solo, I feel like i've planned to much to turn back now and this weather atm just makes me want to go more.


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LONDON. – Jose Mourinho is ready to embark on a big-money revolution at Manchester United. Mourinho will become the best-paid manager in the world when he takes over from Louis van Gaal at Old Trafford this summer.
Reports in Spain claim the sacked Chelsea boss will earn £15,5 million a season – just ahead of his rival Pep Guardiola's £15 million-a-year contract at Manchester City.
And it appears Mourinho will be splashing the cash further with United set to hand him a gigantic transfer budget.
Mourinho will be given a staggering £300 million to spend on superstar signings when he becomes Manchester United boss.
But Mourinho's proposed move to Manchester United could hinge on the club qualifying for the Champions League.
Mourinho has been lined-up to replace the struggling Van Gaal at Old Trafford at the end of this season.
United bosses reckon Mourinho is the only boss in world football who can take on Pep Guardiola, who will take charge of neighbours Manchester City at the same time.
But the Manchester Evening News claim he is only "convinced" he will get the job if United fail to finish in the top four.
The Red Devils are in fifth place in the Premier League, six points behind neighbours City with 13 games left to play.
If United miss out on a top-four finish, they could still make Europe's premier club competition by winning the Europa League.
They play the first leg of their round of 32 tie against Danish side Midtjylland on February 18.
There is already a precedent set by United after sacking David Moyes 36 hours after it was mathematically impossible for them to qualify for the Champions League in 2014.
The fallen giants have promised Mourinho a massive war chest of up to £300 million to rebuild the team this summer.
A club source said: "If Jose comes in he will be given whatever it takes to make United the best again.
"But it isn't just about how much is spent, what matters is how it is spent because United need the right players to take the forward. Only genuine world class stars will be looked at." – The Daily Star.


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Category Archives: Free Adventure Movies
The Fox and the Hound full movie (1981)
info : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082406/
duration – genre – release : G | 83 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama | 10 July 1981 (USA)
stars : Mickey Rooney, Kurt Russell, Pearl Bailey
plot : Two childhood friends find themselves forced to become enemies.…
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier full movie (1989)
info : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098382/
duration – genre – release : PG | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | 9 June 1989 (USA)
stars : William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley
plot : Captain Kirk and his crew must deal with Mr. Spock's long-lost half-brother who hijacks the Enterprise for an obsessive search for God at the center of the galaxy.…
Jurassic World full movie (2015) h
info : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0369610/
duration – genre – release : PG-13 | 124 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | 12 June 2015 (USA)
stars : Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Ty Simpkins
plot : Twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park, Isla Nublar now features a fully functioning dinosaur theme park, Jurassic World, as originally envisioned by John Hammond. After 10 years of operation and visitor rates declining, in order to fulfill a corporate mandate, a new attraction is created to re-spark visitor's interest, which backfires horribly.…
The Red Tent full movie (1969)
info : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067315/
duration – genre – release : G | 158 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy | 23 December 1969 (Italy)
stars : Sean Connery, Peter Finch, Claudia Cardinale
plot : Torn by personal guilt Italian General Umberto Nobile reminisces about his 1928 failed Arctic expedition aboard the airship Italia.…
Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker full movie (2006)
info : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0457495/
duration – genre – release : PG | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Family | 13 October 2006 (USA)
stars : Alex Pettyfer, Mickey Rourke, Sophie Okonedo
plot : After the death of his uncle, the 14-year-old schoolboy Alex Rider is forced by the Special OperationsDivision of Britain's secret intelligence service, MI6, for a mission which will save millions of lives.…
The Dirty Dozen full movie (1967)
info : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061578/
duration – genre – release : Not Rated | 150 min | Action, Adventure, War | 15 June 1967 (USA)
stars : Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson
plot : A US Army Major is assigned a dozen convicted murderers to train and lead them into a mass assassination mission of German officers in World War II.…
Shaun the Sheep Movie full movie (2015)
info : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2872750/
duration – genre – release : 85 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy | 7 August 2015 (USA)
stars : Justin Fletcher, John Sparkes, Omid Djalili
plot : When Shaun decides to take the day off and have some fun, he gets a little more action than he bargained for. A mix up with the Farmer, a caravan and a very steep hill lead them all to the Big City and it's up to Shaun and the flock to return everyone safely to the green grass of home.…
Tomorrowland full movie (2015)
info : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1964418/
duration – genre – release : PG | 130 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery | 22 May 2015 (USA)
stars : George Clooney, Britt Robertson, Hugh Laurie
plot : Bound by a shared destiny, a teen bursting with scientific curiosity and a former boy-genius inventor embark on a mission to unearth the secrets of a place somewhere in time and space that exists in their collective memory.…
Big Game full movie (2014) w
info : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2088003/
duration – genre – release : PG-13 | 110 min | Action, Adventure | 26 June 2015 (USA)
stars : Samuel L. Jackson, Onni Tommila, Ray Stevenson
plot : A young teenager camping in the woods helps rescue the President of the United States when Air Force One is shot down near his campsite.…
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius full movie (2001)
info : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0268397/
duration – genre – release : G | 82 min | Animation, Action, Adventure | 21 December 2001 (USA)
stars : Debi Derryberry, Rob Paulsen, Megan Cavanagh
plot : An 8-year-old boy genius and his friends must rescue their parents after the adults are abducted by aliens.…


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Sir George Arthur, 1st Bt
1 portrait of Sir George Arthur, 1st Bt
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir George Arthur, 1st Bt
by Richard James Lane
lithograph, 1842
8 5/8 in. x 6 1/2 in. (220 mm x 165 mm) paper size
Given by Austin Lane Poole, 1956
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- Sir George Arthur, 1st Bt (1784-1854), Colonial official. Sitter in 1 portrait.
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- Richard James Lane (1800-1872), Sculptor and lithographer. Artist associated with 1224 portraits, Sitter in 6 portraits.
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Current affairsEdwin Chadwick publishes his damning report, Sanitary Conditions of the Labouring Poor, which details the shocking living conditions of the urban poor and prompts government to take a new interest in public health issues.
A year-long depression and the rejection of the Chartist petition leads to riots, with workers striking in the Midlands, Lancashire, Yorkshire, and parts of Scotland.
Art and scienceMudie's Lending Library opens, becoming one of the largest circulating libraries in the period. Made popular by the otherwise high cost of books, it exerts a great influence over literature; both by maintaining the more costly 'three decker' novel structure, and acting as moral censor.
Richard Owen, the English biologist, comparative anatomist and palaeontologist, coins the term 'dinosaur', combining the Greek words for 'formidable' and 'reptile'.
InternationalTreaty of Nanjing, which allows China to trade with Britain and lends Hong Kong to the British crown for 150 years. In Afghanistan, the Anglo-Afghan war ends as the British abandon Kabul, withdrawing to India and losing most of their garrison force in the operation with only one member, Dr William Brydon, surviving.
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etour | My OHIO Portal
July 25, 2007 By Mary Reed
In a report delivered Tuesday to President Roderick J. McDavis, a committee charged with recommending whether Ohio University should stay on the current quarter system or switch to semesters elected not to recommend one or the other, saying a case could be made for either.
The 23-member Academic Calendar and System Committee -- which included 12 faculty members, three deans, two staff members, three students and three ex officio members -- has researched the topic since winter quarter. Professor of Communication Systems Management Phyllis Bernt, former chair of Faculty Senate, chaired the committee. Its five subcommittees focused on financial modeling; surveying Ohio University faculty, staff and students; interviewing representatives from key areas such as Admissions and Financial Aid; examining the experiences of other institutions; and communications.
"There are just so many dimensions to this and there are not any clear definitive kinds of things you can point to," Bernt said. "For example, no one was able to sit down and say quarters is a competitive advantage to us as an institution. And no one was able to say quarters is not a competitive advantage."
McDavis got his first look at the report Tuesday and was impressed.
"I'm very pleased with the hard work of the committee. They did solid research and gathered input from all key constituencies," McDavis said. "The report shows support for either alternative -- quarters or semesters. I look forward to discussing the findings with the committee and other members of the campus community."
The report states that any decision about quarters or semesters should be driven purely by academics and that no definitive research shows either system is superior. Nonetheless, equal numbers of committee members leaned each way, though for some it was a difficult call.
"If I had a choice and it were a perfect world, I would choose semesters," said committee member David Ingram, a professor of physics and astronomy who also serves on a Faculty Senate committee on educational programs and student affairs. "But the financial state of the university at the moment I don't think gives us a big enough buffer to make the change."
Sergio Lopez, professor of mathematics and chair of Faculty Senate leaned toward staying put. "I actually think that either system would serve us well, but considering that we are already in quarters, there is no overwhelming reason why we should switch," he said.
Campus-wide input, costs considered
The campus community was split along several lines (see a pdf of the tallied results). The committee's survey of faculty showed 44 percent favoring quarters and 47 percent favoring semesters, but the range of faculty opinions by college was wide, as was the range of faculty opinions by number of years teaching. Among students, 68 percent of undergraduate students favored quarters, but master's and doctoral students leaned more toward semesters (47 percent and 64 percent respectively). Among administrators, roughly equal percentages favored quarters, semesters or had no preference.
The report does make a number of recommendations that, if implemented, could put the university in a stronger position, should it go forward later with a switch. A foremost concern was making sure the financial infrastructure was sound and that a financial reserve be available to fund the change.
"The matters of concern that we have brought up in our analysis I think should be fixed anyway," Lopez said. "If we move to semesters one day, that would be great because we wouldn't have any impediments."
The committee was not charged with providing definitive costs for moving from quarters to semesters, but it did offer some numbers. For example, institutions that have made the switch have experienced short-term drops in enrollment. The report estimates at Ohio University, that short-term drop could translate into the loss of $4.7 million to $16.5 million. In addition, the estimated system conversion cost for both the Registrar's Office and the Office of Financial Aid is $2 million.
The committee recommended other changes that could ease a transition to semesters in the future. They include reducing the current 192-credit-hour graduation requirement to 180 hours, which is closer to the semester-hour equivalent, and figuring out how general education requirements could best be addressed in a semester system.
There was no one answer for how a change to semesters might affect faculty numbers. The report cites a range of scenarios for how many faculty members would be needed to handle semesters. Reports from institutions that have adopted semesters indicate faculty workloads remained the same or decreased with the exception of one unionized institution. All institutions contacted indicated that class sizes were not affected. The committee recommended hiring more group I faculty, however, whether the university remains on quarters or switches to semesters because Ohio University's group I faculty numbers are still low in comparison to its peer research institutions.
Academic calendar recommended to stay the same
The committee also made a recommendation on the academic calendar. By an 11-9 vote, members suggested staying with the current calendar -- starting the school year right after Labor Day and keeping the six-week winter break. Those favoring the current calendar said its advantages included faculty and student opportunities for research and the jump it gives students on internships or seasonal employment during winter break.
"If you're trying to attract students, being a little different is actually good," Lopez said of the calendar. "Standardization has many good things, but then there is the fact that there might be nothing distinctive about you."
McDavis said the administration will take a careful look at the report and talk further with constituent groups, after which he will have a better idea of the timeline for making a final decision.
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July 13, 2005
Relaxation treatment helps teens with headaches
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Relaxation techniques appear to
help teenagers fight off frequent migraines or tension
headaches, a study shows.
After students learned relaxation techniques from either a
school nurse or graduate psychology student acting as a
therapist, they reported fewer headaches, and less intense
headaches, up to 10 months later.
taught by therapists, but students with tension headaches
responded to relaxation teachings by both graduate students and
school nurses.
In the journal Headache, Bo Larsson and colleagues from the
Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim,
Norway write that frequent, recurring headaches are "one of the
most common health problems among adolescents."
Studies show that teenagers with frequent headaches take
more analgesic medicine, and are more likely to have physical,
social and psychological problems that arise in day-to-day
Recent studies have suggested that relaxation therapy may
help teens reduce their headaches. To investigate further,
Larsson and colleagues reviewed information collected from 7
studies, which followed 288 students between the ages of 10 and
18 for between 6 and 10 months.
During the studies, students were either trained in general
relaxation techniques or techniques to deal specifically with
headaches, or asked to talk about day-to-day problems, without
receiving any instructions about headaches.
Students who underwent relaxation training reported fewer
headaches and less severe headache pain. In addition, students
with tension headaches who were trained by therapists reported
taking fewer medications.
The authors conclude that relaxation training from
therapists was "clearly the most effective" in helping teens
avoid headaches -- but asking a school nurse to administer the
relaxation training was most "cost-effective," they add.
"Relaxation training procedures administered within school
settings may provide effective and efficient help to
adolescents suffering from long-standing and frequent
headaches," the authors write.
SOURCE: Headache, June 2005.


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According to Sen. John McCain, campaigning in the battleground state of Ohio this morning, Meg Whitman was "the founder" of the multibillion dollar online auction site.
As noted by the Huffington Post, that would come as news to the company's actual founder, Pierre Omidyar.
Whitman, a co-chair of McCain's campaign and whom the candidate has tipped as a possible Treasury Secretary, joined eBay as its CEO in 1998, three years after Omidyar founded the company.
Btw, Omidyar, now a social entrepreneur, has endorsed Barack Obama for president.


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