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Rakti, who is chasing the second leg of a £1m bonus in Saturday's Coral-Eclipse Stakes at Sandown, will have Refuse To Bend to contend with after both he and Maktub were yesterday supplemented at a cost of £20,000 each.
They were among 14 left in the Group One contest, over a mile and a quarter, at the five-day confirmation stage.
Rakti won his first part of the British Horseracing Board's Summer Triple Crown bonus in tremendous style at Royal Ascot when, having his first race since December, he beat Powerscourt by two lengths in the Prince Of Wales's Stakes. The third and final leg is the Juddmonte International Stakes at York in August.
Refuse To Bend, who bounced back to form with a victory in the Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot, is Godolphin's sole representative following the withdrawal of Divine Task, Millstreet and Songlark.
Maktub is the stable companion of ante-post favourite Rakti and carries the same colours of owner Gary Tanaka but trainer Michael Jarvis insists that Maktub is not in the race solely as a pacemaker for his stable star.
"He's a decent horse in his own right. He was second in a Group One last week and he is a natural front-runner anyway," said Jarvis. "He'll be there to try and recoup his supplement. He loves fast ground and he loves to bowl along."
The Newmarket handler also reported Rakti in tip-top shape after his exploits at the royal meeting.
Aidan O'Brien is having a terrible season by his usual high standards and the Irish trainer relies on Powerscourt after taking out his other 13 entries at yesterday's acceptance stage.
Other interesting possibles include Prince of Wales's third Ikhtyar, Sir Michael Stoute's Kalaman and the David Elsworth-trained duo Norse Dancer and Salford City.
The sponsors go evens Rakti, 5-1 Salford City, Refuse To Bend, 8-1 Powerscourt, 14-1 Ikhtyar, 16-1 Kalaman, Warrsan, 20-1 Kaieteur, Norse Dancer, 25-1 African Dream, Imperial Dancer, 50-1 Chancellor, Dutch Gold, 66-1 Maktub.
Percussionist will be given a break before returning for an autumn campaign after a disappointing showing in the Budweiser Irish Derby at the Curragh on Sunday.
The John Gosden-trained colt followed up his 10-length win in Lingfield's Gallagher Group Ltd Derby Trial Stakes with a pleasing effort in the Vodafone Derby when beaten just a length into fourth place by North Light.
However, the son of Sadler's Wells dropped out of contention early in yesterday's Classic and trailed home last of the 10 runners.
Gosden said: "The horse is on his way home and I checked him after the race with the racecourse vet and he seems fine. He got a bad bump and the ground was very firm. It was basically firm ground from the mile and a half start to the six-furlong marker. I think that he had a hard race on quite fast ground at Epsom and after the bump, Kevin [Darley] wasn't happy with the way he was so he intelligently, being a good horseman, took care of the horse.
"The main news is positive in that he has come out of the race fine so that is when you are thankful for a jockey using his head."


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Dr. Massimo Faggioli, Theology Department, College of Arts and Sciences, was an invited speaker in the lecture "Is Vatican II Dangerous or in Danger?" June 19, at the DISCERN Center in Malta, He also wrote "In margine a recenti studi sul cattolicesimo americano" for the journal "Cristianesimo nella Storia", 33/1 (2012), pp. 203-213.
Dr. Shersten Johnson, Music Department, College of Arts and Sciences, presented "Refiguring Disfigurement in Petitgirard's Elephant Man" June 22 at the Society for Disabilities national conference.
Dr. Teresa Rothausen-Vange, Management Department, Opus College of Business, presented her research project, "Overarching But Underidentified Issues in Work-Family Research," at the conference Interdisciplinary Perspectives on WorkFamily, which was the inaugural conference of the Work-Family Researchers Network, held in New York City last week.
Dr. Tori Svoboda, Dean of Students Office, presented "Investigating Working-Class Students' Engagement at Large, Public Universities" at the 16th annual Working-Class/Poverty-Class Academics International Conference in Madison, Wis. The session was based on research conducted with a colleague from the University of Minnesota. She also wrote a blog post for Learn More MN, an initiative to promote discussion and ensure that more Minnesota children succeed in school and pursue higher education.

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I'm happy that they finally saw the light and are cooperating with Sprint in the deployment of LTE. Maybe if they had done that for WiMax, Sprint would not have treated them like a pariah.
Clearwire to launch 5K TD-LTE hotspots in 31 markets by June 2013
WiMAX provider Clearwire (NASDAQ:CLWR) said it will deploy 5,000 of its TD-LTE hotspot sites in 31 top tier markets by June 2013. Those markets include New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and Seattle. More cities will be announced at a later date.
Clearwire, which has been collaborating with its largest wholesale customer and majority owner, Sprint Nextel (NYSE:S), on the deployment, said it still plans to deploy up to 8,000 LTE Advanced-ready sites in total, but these initial 5,000 sites will help wholesale partners like Sprint and Leap Wireless enhance their LTE service without having to use cell splitting technologies in high-usage areas.
Clearwire CTO John Saw said that the company has not yet selected its vendors for its TD-LTE gear but said that the company is planning to purchase that equipment in the third quarter.
The company, which made the announcement in conjunction with its first quarter earnings, also reported that it added 586,000 total net new subscribers in the first quarter.
Erik Prusch, president and CEO of Clearwire, touted Clearwire's new retail strategy which is focused on no-contract plans and unsubsidized devices. He said that while the company does expect to see a slight increase in churn in 2012 compared to 2011 because of the no-contract business, he also expects the company's cost per gross add (CPGA) to decline because it's no longer subsidizing devices. The company's CPGA in the first quarter was $242 and the company expects it to be in the $200 range for the full year.
Here's a breakdown of other key metrics for the quarter:
Subscribers: During the quarter Clearwire added 586,000 total net new subscribers. Approximately 537,000 of those are net new wholesale subscribers and 49,000 are net new retail subscribers. This figure is down from 904,000 net wholesale customer adds in fourth quarter 2011. Clearwire ended first quarter with 11 million total subscribers, which consisted of 1.3 million retail customers and 9.7 million wholesale customers (the majority of its wholesale customers are Sprint 3G/4G smartphone users).
Usage: First quarter network usage by wholesale customers increased 134 percent compared to first quarter 2011. Clearwire said most of the usage is coming from smartphone users.
ARPU: Clearwire's retail average revenue per user was $46.83, up from $46.80 in first quarter of 2011.
Churn: Clearwire's retail churn was 3.7 percent, up from 3.3 percent in first quarter 2011. The company's wholesale churn was 3 percent in the quarter, higher than 2.9 percent in the fourth quarter 2011.
Financials: Clearwire's first quarter revenue was $322.6 million, a 36 percent increase over first quarter 2011. Wholesale revenue was $117.8 million, a year-over-year increase of 93 percent over first quarter 2011 wholesale revenue. First quarter wholesale revenue does reflect the new WiMAX terms of the November 2011 Sprint wholesale agreement which took effect in 2012. First quarter 2012 retail revenue and other revenue was $204.8 million.
Adjusted EBITDA in the first quarter was a loss of $38.2 million, a $172.1 million improvement when compared to a first quarter 201 EBITDA loss of $210.3 million.
Capital expenditures: Clearwire CFO Hope Cochran said that in conjunction with the finalization of the plans for the 5,000 TD-LTE sites, the company now expects capital expenditures in 2012 to be approximately $350 million to $400 million, $100 million to $150 million lower than expected. Most of the spend will occur in the second half of the year.
I'm happy that they finally saw the light and are cooperating with Sprint in the deployment of LTE. Maybe if they had done that for WiMax, Sprint would not have treated them like a pariah.
It is a shame that they are not expanding their coverage one bit.
Why do peole that don't have Sprint, post in Sprint forums hmmmmm ie Troll Alert
If the economy is so bad way are you wasting $200-$2,000 with Verizon or ATT... shame shame
Sprint's coverage will not be everywhere. In some areas they are actually reducing coverage when they decommission the 800 Mhz Iden towers. I was hoping that they would install 1900 Mhz CDMA/LTE and then 800 Mhz CDMA on these older iden towers, but nope.
Clearwire owns over 10 times the spectrum as Sprint, they 'can' have a much higher capacity. The won't though.
Sprints lte will cover over 270 million pops I believe.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — About 65 percent of senior executives at the Veterans Affairs Department got performance bonuses last year despite widespread treatment delays and preventable deaths at VA hospitals and clinics, the agency said Friday.
More than 300 VA executives were paid a total of $2.7 million in bonuses last year, said Gina Farrisee, assistant VA secretary for human resources and administration. That amount is down from about $3.4 million in bonuses paid in 2012, Farrisee said.
The totals do not include tens of millions of dollars in bonuses awarded to doctors, dentists and other medical providers throughout the VA's nearly 900 hospitals and clinics.
Workers at the Phoenix VA Health Care System — where officials have confirmed dozens of patients died while awaiting treatment — received about $3.9 million in bonuses last year, newly released records show. The merit-based bonuses were doled out to about 650 employees, including doctors, nurses, administrators, secretaries and cleaning staff.
There was confusion Friday about the number of senior executives who received bonuses. During a hearing Friday of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, both lawmakers and Farrisee had indicated that nearly 80 percent of senior executives had received bonuses. Later, however, the committee provided documents showing that 304 of 470 senior executives, or 64.7 percent, had received bonuses. The committee and a VA spokesman said the 80 percent figure referred to the number of senior executives who received very high ratings, not those who received bonuses.
Farrisee defended the bonus system, telling the Veterans' Affairs panel that the VA needs to pay bonuses to keep executives who are paid up to $181,000 per year.
"We are competing in tough labor markets for skilled personnel," Farrisee said. "To remain competitive in recruiting and retaining the best personnel to serve our veterans, we must rely on tools such as incentives and awards that recognize superior performance."
Farrisee's testimony drew sharp rebukes by lawmakers from both parties.
Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., the committee chairman, said the VA's bonus system "is failing veterans."
Instead of being given for outstanding work, the cash awards are "seen as an entitlement and have become irrelevant to quality work product," Miller said.
Rep. Phil Roe, R-Tenn., said awarding bonuses to a high percentage of executives means that the VA was setting the bar for performance so low that "anybody could step over it. If your metrics are low enough that almost everybody exceeds them, then your metrics are not very high."
Rep. Ann McLane Kuster, D-N.H., said the VA suffered from "grade inflation, or what (humorist) Garrison Keillor would refer to as 'all of the children are above average.'"


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Two men who threatened a shop assistant with a meat cleaver during a 'terrifying' raid have been jailed for a total of almost 10 years.
Brothers Matthew, 32, and Lee Quinton, 36, were handed five-and-a-half-year and four-year sentences on Tuesday for the raid on the One Stop Shop in Northampton Road, Wellingborough, on January 29.
Northampton Crown Court was told the duo caused damage costing £2,000 to the store, which they smashed up during the robbery, in which they stole alcohol and toy teddy bears.
They were arrested on the same evening by police. One was caught drinking the stolen alcohol.
Their defence barrister Lynsey Knott said they had carried out the raid after drinking. Both men pleaded guilty to robbery in court on Tuesday.
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Love all the looks you created!
Do you wash your hair every day?
This post is going to be very helpful now that I have a shorter cut.
Thanks Julia
Beautiful hair. Can you tell us what kind and what shade of red lipstick you have on in Day 4? Thank you.
I love all the different hair looks! They will help when I get into a styling rut…hate that! Thanks for sharing!! :)
This blog was so fun! I never know what to do with my hair and it always seems so blah… But these are some great ideas and I hope I win the Pantene care package for my hair!! :)
I love all your hair styles. I've been trying so hard to grow mine out for several years. I feel like its at a stand still. But, you've given me fun ideas to try. Although, being a new mom it's hard to find the time to even shower let alone do my hair. ;-) but thanks for sharing.
i LOVE your haircut!!!!!
I LOVE this haircut. I would like to see a picture of the back of it!
In need of new hair products! I think the BB Creme would be great for my hair!!
I love this!!! Very cute looks! And I would love to know where you got your shirt from on Day 5?
I love this haircut! Do you have a picture of the back. Thanks in advance.
Has anyone ever told you you look like Emma Watson?? Because you do o.o
Nice hairstyles, btw! I found this post because someone had pinned it to Pinterest :)
I have the most unmanageable hair which includes curls,frizz,and color and I'm too old too keep wearing ponytails? What To Do?
Just stumbled upon this post thru Pinterest! I love the guide to hair :) Thanks for what you do here on your blog! Where did you get some of these cute things – the black top with white daisies is so great.
I love the length and A-line hair cut! I think this might be the change my "long for way too long hair needs!" Your bb creme review had also spiked my interest, I will check it out!
Hi, what colour do you have in your hair? Is it an all over blonde or highlights?
How did you do your hair in day 4? I love it!
How do you curl your hair in the day 4 photo to get the loose curls? Thank you for sharing. All the styles are very nice.
how did you curl your hair on day 10 .. mine is the same length but when I curl it , it gets soo crazy and short ..
Use a 2inch curling iron and dont use the clamp. then brush it out if you want it looser.
After seeing this post, I cut all of my hair off to look just like it! Thanks for the inspiration! I can't wait to try out all of these style with it!
Where did you get your shirt from that you wore on day two? I am in love with it.
What do you say when you get it cut?
What cut is this? I'm in love with your hair it's gorgeous!
love your shirt on day 6. where did you get it? thanks!
Are we still playing this give away? I would love a chance at these products. I love your ideas & wish I could get my hair to do the same! I can never go ten days without washing my hair. Thanks for your post. Definitely inspiring.
Love these hair styles! Been needing some ideas for my new hair!
Hi Glam gal. I want to win because I've been in a 6 year (denial) hair slump. My hair has gone from coarse, full of body and curly to strait, fly away and flat.
I need to get over the denial and get to know my new hair …
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I love the different looks I am willing to try the pantene line. I have always liked their products but have not heard of their be creame. I am getting older and noticed such a change in my hair your pictures give me inspiration.
Why would I like to win? Bc your hair looks perfect!! Who. Wouldn't want these products? Pantenes great stuff!
How do you curl your hair in Day 4? Love it :)
My hair has always been dry. No matter what I do to it nothing fixes it. I've used several products in the past that just haven't seem to have done the trick. I would LOVE to see if this product works for my hair. I'm always stuck with the same look everyday and I love the different looks you have this would defiantly make my life so much easier.
Thanks for the great tips!
What brand/ shade of lipstick are you wearing for Day 1,6, and 9?
This is so crazy! I came across a picture of this blogpost with just 4 hairstyles on Pinterest a couple of months ago. I thought your hair was so pretty, I went to my hairdresser and said: "that's what I want". I loved the hairstyle and my hairdresser did it perfectly. It's too bad my hair isn't naturally straight, which makes it difficult to style.
And now I've found your blog and I can't stop reading through the posts! You make such lovely posts :) x
I'm sooo happy to finally find your blog! I always see pictures of your post in pinterest and i love them. I love all the different hair looks .
Sorry my english (I'm from argentina)
this is exactly what I need now ;) many thanksssss
I love your hair color in these pics, what did you do to get it, highlights, ombre?
What kind of cut is this? I want to finally cut my hair after years of keeping it long and this would be the perfect length!
do you/would you ever consider doing a makeup session? If so how much do you charge?
How do u do day 5?
Where is your shirt from in Day 4??
Is your hair layered or bobbed?
I am so excited I found your blog. I come back to this picture on pinterest all the time when I am going for a cut and color. Do you have a picture of the back of your hair? My hairstylist says it is hard to do, because she can't see the back.
great post .. I love your red lipstick .. so hot look
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text: Impact of Culture on the Expression of Pain and SufferingWein, Simon MDJournal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology: October 2011 - Volume 33 - Issue - p S105–S107 doi: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e318230dd98 Supplements Abstract Author Information Article Outline A primary human challenge is how to alleviate suffering and loss. One way is through culture. The core characteristics of culture are symbols, sharing and groups. These three factors enable society to help the individual cope with loss. In the modern age traditional culture is disintegrating and is being replaced. Often it is outstanding individuals who provide the impetus and tools with which to change the culture and to adapt to new challenges. One lesson to be drawn from the discussion is the idea of using our culture more pro-actively to routinely contemplate loss, ageing and death. Palliative Care Service, Davidoff Cancer Center, Beilinson Medical Center, Rabin Center, Petach Tikva, Israel The author declares no conflict of interest. Reprints: Simon Wein, MD, Palliative Care Service, Davidoff Cancer Center, Beilinson Medical Center, Rabin Center, Petach Tikva, Israel (e-mail: email@example.com). Received August 2, 2011 Accepted August 2, 2011 Abstract REFERENCES While preparing this paper, I was reminded of a recent article in the International Herald Tribune about the etiquette of whether an individual when speaking or writing should do so in the singular "I" or the plural "we." I could have started the paper with, "Our task today is…" However, being pernickety about manners and matters of writing, I took to heart the advice of that Tribune reporter who declared: One never uses the plural "we" in writing or speaking unless one is a royal head of state, a pregnant woman, or a schizophrenic.1 Thus, I shall stick to I. Culture is complex. Not only is there no clear definition but there are also many versions. The word culture is best described by a set of common characteristics that have not yet coalesced sufficiently to achieve the high degree of integrity required to be labeled a definition. This is common in both the humanities and the sciences. I have distilled from the literature 3 core characteristics of culture: symbols, sharing, and groups. Symbols represent values, attitudes, beliefs, or indeed a river, factories, or an opera house. Culture, through these accumulated symbols, is imprinted and impregnated into the individual's mind as a mental blueprint, which shapes thinking and behavior. Culture is shared by transmitting these symbols across generations. As a result of the symbols and the sharing, groups are formed, and individuals are brought into line. Thus, culture serves to distinguish one group from another, for better or for worse. Culture, however, is a 2-way street. Individuals through their unique creativity can break free from the confines of their culture-programmed minds and change the culture. Just think of Bob Dylan, Woody Allen, and Rembrandt, or of Abraham, Buddha, Jesus, and Muhammad. In fact, each one of us ordinary folks has a personal life story, which is separate from the ambient culture but is of course deeply in debt and intertwined. Tension between the individual and the culture—be it the ethics of abortion or of end-of-life resuscitation—is universal and is a source of much disquiet and, paradoxically, of suffering. For the purpose of this talk, I am going to subsume pain into suffering. There is a well-known pie diagram that places suffering at the center of the pie with different segments angling out—the segments include social, physical, spiritual, and psychological factors. Each segment of the pie interacts with each other to flesh out the whole-person experience of suffering. A good pain nurse or doctor, when presented with a complaint of pain, works backward to see how the pieces of the pie—physical pain, existential anxiety, financial problems, marital disquiet—fit back into the whole in order to give a complete picture of the individual and their pain. Suffering can be understood and characterized as a sense of loss. Allan Kellehear, a sociologist who specializes in palliative care, noted that "loss is a changed relationship with a loved person or object. People do not give up on their losses but continue to be open to re-negotiating a new way to relate to these losses."2 Thus, loss (and suffering) is not a full stop. The psychological work we do with our losses should be a life-long process that indirectly prepares us for our biggest loss. With these few introductory remarks I shall present the hypothesis of this paper and then explore the evidence. The hypothesis is that culture, with its symbols, sharing, and groups, provides meaning to a person and helps them to make sense of, resolve, or cope with their suffering and loss. Unfortunately, culture does not always succeed, and it may be inadequate for dealing with the suffering. For example, magical thinking may exacerbate pain by insisting on ineffective herbs and spices; or minority cultures may clash with the majority culture; or individuals may not know how to use their group's set of shared symbols and values. And what of the modern West, which seems to have discarded its traditional culture in the course of the previous century. Rollo May, the American existential psychologist, observed that "the birth and proliferation of psychotherapy in our contemporary age was called forth by the disintegration of our myths. Myths are our way of finding meaning and significance."3 For myths, read culture. For disintegration, read the search for meaning, from scratch. Let me tell you a couple of stories by way of illustration. Last year, I cared for a 24-year-old Jewish girl who had recently married. She presented with relapsed cervical cancer. She died 6 months later, never having left the hospital. She had terrible pain and was on intravenous ketamine, morphine, and midazolam. Repeatedly the family asked why such a beautiful, recently married girl should suffer so much? The young couple had become religiously observant after her initial diagnosis. When the disease relapsed, they said: But we made this contract with God who did not keep His side of the deal. However, the fear of death convinced them to forgive God and keep believing. About half-way through the illness, her mother said: Suffering cleanses the soul of sin and therefore it will be easier for her to get into paradise after death. Thus, culture. Earlier this year, we treated a 20-year-old girl from Gaza who came from a religious Islamic family of 6 children. She was an identical twin. She had a rare, aggressive neuroendocrine tumor that filled her liver and eventually killed her. Her mother would accompany her to Israel for each treatment. The girl had severe pain, required opiates, and was extremely cachectic. The day before she died, we spoke with her mother. Her mother had already accepted and reconciled herself to her daughter's death and, guided by her beliefs, was calm. The calm was bolstered by the knowledge, as she described it, that her daughter's suffering on earth would most certainly guarantee an easy passage into paradise in the next world and that one day she too would join her daughter in paradise. Thus, culture. These are 2 examples from different, although connected, cultures, where beliefs, using religious symbols, can palliate suffering. Maybe it is true that when an innocent person suffers in this world the passage to the next world is easier. Maybe it is a contrived cultural story to offer an explanation for the injustice of a young person's suffering. The point I guess is that it depends on which cultural symbols work for you—if any. Years ago, I had a patient who simply shrugged and sighed: Oh well, why not me? An existential approach based on a secular tradition that "this is life, this is all we know, live the best you can today, for you know not what tomorrow may bring." Similarly and conversely, I once met a Rabbi whose young daughter was dying (having been knocked over by a drunken driver). He said: "This is the will of God; His ways are inscrutable to man; I believe in God, thus I accept." What is this need for an explanation, for a rationalization of suffering, loss, and dying? I think the need is innate. I think it is an inborn need of mankind to make sense of the world and build, like the Tower of Babel, theories to understand and thereby control, even if only cognitively or conceptually, what is happening. Life is control; loss of control is death. The need to explain, to categorize, to understand the inexplicable is surely hardwired as it enables us to survive. If I am presented with a life-threatening problem and I can figure out what is happening, rather than relying on reflex brain-stem instincts, I will have a greater chance of finding a solution and surviving. However, this hardware has to be substantially upgraded and modified by the software of culture. Culture provides the context and content of the innate drive and provides a practical application for survival and, I hypothesize, to comfort at the same time. There are many cultural myths that categorize and attempt to neutralize suffering. A common one is to declare that disease is the result of immoral or sinful behavior. For example, in the Old Testament, Miriam was punished with a serious skin ailment, leprosy, for speaking against her brother Moses. Or, more recently, people speak of HIV-AIDS as a punishment for the immoral behavior of homosexuality. Nevertheless, even Job, the prototypical when-bad-things-happen-to-good-people hero, accused God of injustice in the face of his seemingly unjust suffering. However, Job eventually acknowledged: "I accused you God, but I did not understand the wonders of the world that are beyond me. Therefore, do I recant my accusations." (Job 42:3 to 6). Even the process of trying to understand one's fate can palliate. As humans, we are stuck between animals and angels and therefore suffer the ignominy of being conscious of death, of being fearful, and of being able to anticipate the final scene in the Shakespearean tragedy and yet be doomed to die. Consequently, we desperately seek to understand to alleviate the anxiety of living as God's castaways on a tiny blue-green oasis in the unimaginable void and vastness of space, the universe, and everything (with apologies to Douglas Adams).4 The loneliness of isolation is what Ingmar Bergman, the iconic Swedish film-maker, emphasized when he spoke about his fear of death. He describes his film, The Seventh Seal, as a catharsis for his obsessive anxiety about death. One insight he shared was that loneliness, deep loneliness, is no more nor less than the awareness of death. Yet, he also observed: "I like to live here on this island. You can't imagine the loneliness and isolation in this country. In that way, I'm very Swedish—I don't dislike to be alone."5 Being alone by choice is not the same as loneliness of course. Bergman is a fine example of the power of the individual's creativity, sieved as it were through his Swedish culture and family dynamics, to change the world of movie making. Thereby, this individual created a new culture to palliate old suffering. What does modern western culture offer to the suffering and the dying? How difficult and different is it for a young person without a traditional culture to cope with death? Irving Yalom, the author of the classic textbook Existential Psychotherapy, suggests that an elderly person who can look back at a life of personal success and achievement tends to die more satisfied. Culture surely plays a role; however, the emphasis on the individual's existential catharsis is typically modern western.6 Viktor Frankel, the Viennese psychiatrist who was also a concentration camp survivor, emphasized the meaning-seeking behavior of man. Frankel7 stated that the thing no one can take away from you is your freedom to choose how to respond to any given circumstance. This is another way of providing control and is a mental process that is not necessarily dependent on age and culture. I am reminded of one of Nietzsche's all too pithy sayings: He who has a "why" to live, can bear almost any "how."8 The why is often cultivated by culture, but its fruits are reaped by the individual. Kellehear in his book "A Social History of Dying" puts his views on death and society in contrast to the psychoanalytic 20th century. For example, he proposes that "the anticipation (of death) for dying people in the Stone Age may have been the single biggest impetus for culture building: for the development of laws, technologies and sciences"; and about preparing skills for the challenges of the "otherworld journey."9 That is, anticipation of death was used creatively as the driving force for culture, not crippling fear and neurosis in anticipation of the ego's death, which the psychoanalytic century emphasized. This rings a bell. Should we not spend more of our lives using our culture to anticipate our death, in contemplation? To use literature, theater, music, religion, science, sport, spirituality as a stimulus, an irritant, to think about failure, about loss, love, and hate, about problematic human relationships, about the journey and not just the destination, about the aging process and loss of youthful powers, about retirement and loss of structure and function, and about our nonfuture. This should be a part and parcel of our day-to-day culture. This might teach us how to cope with suffering and dying, the feral fruits of fertility. That is, in anticipation of suffering, we should already be preparing our relationship with death and loss. So what is the culture of modern western civilization? What support or understanding does it provide in the face of suffering? Is the development of the comparatively new discipline of psycho-oncology necessary to fill the gap left by a receding religious or other cultural heritage? The girl from Gaza died shortly after returning. She was buried in a process filled with ritual, meaning, and rules of behavior. She passed on to the next life without the need for psychotherapy, as the social network, religious leaders, and the transmitted culture provided the necessary support. The West is creating a new culture to deal with suffering and loss. It is made of websites, palliative and psycho-oncology research, social workers, psychologists, medication, movies, books, self-help groups, and internet-based social networks. It is a complex process of neo-meaning-making. I think the new culture will eventually do its job—as it must. However, at present it is evolving. We are waiting for the new symbols to be caramelized, canonized, and transmitted—like the meme in Dawkins' selfish gene.10 Back to Top | Article Outline REFERENCES1. Zimmer B Op-ed, International Herald Tribune, A Presumptuous Pronoun, 4 October 2010 Cited Here... 2. Kellehear A. On dying and human suffering. Palliative Medicine. 2009;23:388–397 Cited Here... | View Full Text | PubMed | CrossRef 3. May R The Cry for Myth. New York: Norton; 1991:15 Cited Here... 4. Adams D Life, the Universe and Everything, 1982 Cited Here... 5. Bergman I The Seventh Seal (film script), 1957 Cited Here... 6. Yalom I Existential Psychotherapy, 1980 Cited Here... 7. Frankel V Man's Search for Meaning, 1946:104 Cited Here... 8. Friedrich N The Portable Nietzsche. 1977 Penguin Cited Here... 9. Kellehear A A Social History of Dying. 2007 New York Cambridge University Press Cited Here... 10. Dawkins R The Selfish Gene, 1976:206 Cited Here... Keywords:culture; suffering; pain; death; palliation Copyright © 2011 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.


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The Rise of the Facebook Empire
The "World Map of Social Networks" has long made a game of Risk from the global competition between Facebook, MySpace, Orkut and other social networks. Facebook is, at last, sweeping the board. Just check out the latest map.
Compared with its 2007 predecessor, the freshly released map of social networks looks more like a portrait of international domination than a window into a hotly contested global battle. Just look at the spread of Facebook's blue territory! Western Europe, once entirely up for grabs, has been steamrolled by Mark Zuckerberg's robot armies. The Facebook emperor is also making impressive headway into South America and Africa, where his network was once a non entity.
The once mighty imperial powers of MySpace, Friendster and LiveJournal — stop your snickering — have been entirely vanquished. Just four years agos, these guys — and even Bebo! — looked fearsome. "A dominant local site such as Orkut in Brazil," we wrote in 2007, "can hold off the competition because it's the default, and nobody wants to migrate to another site, however much more advanced, if their friends won't follow." Well, Orkut's lost India, and Brazil is Facebook's fastest growing market. All that's left, really, are China and Russia, two notoriously hard places to do business that seem destined to be dominated by local insurgents. It's probably time for Facebook to shift to a containment strategy.


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For the longest time, Kickstarter was only accessible as a website without any official mobile apps. Then came the iOS app and it wasn't until January of 2016 that we saw the first release of the Android app. Since then, this app has been updated, improved, and gained a lot of functionality. But today marks a different milestone in its history: the team at Kickstarter is open sourcing it along with the iOS app.
In a post on Medium, Brandon Williams, one of the members of the Kickstarter Native team, explains how the iOS and Android apps came to be and how their journey lead toward open sourcing the apps for the benefit of the developer community and as part of Kickstarter's new ethos of serving the public good.Read More


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Busy, busy week – I coached and fished four days this week and we are still only in February, writes Bob Smith
One day, I was coaching in Newcastle, a first for me.
A guy is taking his coaching awards and wanted to learn how to coach and improve his casting technique so he asked for my help.
I did not know there was a lake in Exhibition Park, which was ideal as it was bitterly cold and there were very few people around.
Another day saw me helping a client choose a rod reel and matching line in the Compleat Angler Store at Hardy and Greys in Alnwick.
He bought the tackle he needed and saved himself a few hundred pounds at the same time. I enjoy helping people this way and they get an excellent deal.
I was at Chatton Trout Fishery coaching on a lovely bright day. It felt like the first day of spring with some heat in the sun.
The wind steadily increased, but the coaching was fun. The fly-line was going out straight and the distance was increasing too.
Flies that were catching were Dawsons Olive and Cats Whisker. The following day saw me fishing Whinney Loch with two guys.
There was a slight breeze and it was sunny. Malcolm had a few catches using a black and green Goldhead Montana. I had several fish using a small Black Pennell fly.
I must admit I like to use small traditional flies no matter if they catch or not.
We all tried a wide variety of dry flies for some time. The trout showed some interest but none were hooked. Good fun but frustrating.
I returned to Chatton the next day to find surprising all the lakes had some ice on them but there was a lot of open water too.
It was another super day and all the ice had disappeared by 10.30am.
We caught fish along the centre arm of Chatton Lake using a dark lure fished deep on a floating line.
Other guys were catching using different methods.
Some were fishing very deep on fast intermediate line, while others were using floating lines and a sight bob.
The fly was suspended some five feet under the sight bob which is not that deep considering all the lakes descend down to 22 feet.
The fishery has fished well this week with Dunnydeer Lake producing a trout which was over 15lbs. Another good fish was weighed in at 9¼lbs.
Best bag this week numbered 14 fish, quite an achievement.
Remember, Chatton is closed all day this Saturday, February 23, for the final of a competition.
South Linden has had a good number of anglers this week with the improved weather. Three friends fishing on eight-hour tickets averaged nearly 16 trout between them. Fish of the week weighed in at 8lbs and successful flies have been Ace Of Spades, Yellow Dancer and Black Buzzers.
A date for your diary, Fontburn Reservoir, near Rothbury reopens for the season on March 16.
The reservoir is managed by Northumbrian Water, which has reduced ticket prices at all its waters for this year.
Well done to all those responsible, especially Don Coe, who has looked after the interests of anglers for a long time now.
On the river scene, another quiet week. The only fish I have heard of from the Coquet was a 7lb salmon caught at the Gravels. This fish proved to be a kelt and was taken on the fly.
The river was almost perfect at the weekend but nothing was caught. The water temperature is very low and perhaps the fish are just lying very quiet on the river bed.
Another week will hopefully bring more anglers onto the water and, with a bit of luck, that first salmon will be successfully landed, verified and returned safely to the river.
Finally, Wansbeck Angling Association have their AGM on Saturday, February 23, at the Guide Post Social Club starting at 1pm.
As a matter of interest, the new flood-defence plans have been approved for the River Wansbeck. Will these plans have any impact on the fish and the fishing on the Wansbeck? Time will tell no doubt.
Can I invite anyone with any news, success stories, or who wants advice or coaching please contact me through my website or phone 01670 514086.


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The Role of Sex, Self-Perception, and School Bonding in Predicting Academic Achievement among Middle Class African American Early Adolescents
Eisele, Heather, Zand, Debra H., Thomson, Nicole Renick, Adolescence
A significant body of research has addressed the achievement gap between African American and Caucasian students over the past four decades (Coleman et al., 1966; Jencks & Phillips, 1998). Different patterns of achievement have been documented, with African American students typically falling behind their Caucasian peers (National Center for Educational Statistics, 2005; U.S. Bureau of Census, 2001; Weiss, March 2003). Because academic achievement is related to a number of positive outcomes later in life, including achieving higher education, employment, and financial stability (Bailey, 2003; Locke, 1999; McLananhan & Sandefur, 1994; Saunders, Davis, Williams, & Williams, 2004; U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1995), it is imperative that the pathways to academic success for African American students be better understood to help alter these potential trajectories. Although much research has been conducted comparing the educational performance of African American students to other racial groups, within group differences among African American youth have received less attention. To date, studies have mostly relied on predominantly low-income African American youth considered to be "at-risk" for academic failure (Hill, 1997), making the external validity of these data questionable. Given the documented growth of the Black middle class during the 21st century (Atwell, Lavin, Domina, & Levey, 2004), questions remain about the academic experiences of these young people. Because of the dearth of empirical research on middle class African American students, the present study sought to examine the role of individual factors in predicting their school achievement.
While much data document a divergence in the academic outcomes of African American males and females (Belluck, 1999; U.S. Department of Education, 1998), little research has addressed potential explanations for these differences. Data show that by the end of high school, African American females significantly outperform their male counterparts in reading and writing (Coley, 2001), have higher grader point averages (GPAs; Chavous, Smalls, Rivas-Drake, Griffin, & Cogburn, 2008; Saunders et al., 2004; Sirin & Rogers-Sirin, 2005), and greater school engagement (Sirin & Rogers-Sirin, 2005; Woolley & Bowen, 2007). African American females are also more likely to graduate from high school and acquire a college or advanced degree than are African American males (Carter & Wilson, 1993; U.S. Bureau of Census, 2001; U.S. Department of Education, 1998; Wilds, 2000). Additionally, African American females have been found to have higher graders in college than African American males (Cokley & Moore, 2007; Willingham & Cole, 1997). However, many studies have only reported the presence of gender differences in academic achievement rather than assessing possible reasons for these differences. Given that gender has been proposed to be a moderating variable which is limited in explanatory value (see Crain, 1996), a finding of gender differences in academic achievement should be viewed as a starting point for further investigation (Crawford & Unger, 2004; Grady, 1981; Lips, 2003; Yoder, 2003). Focusing solely on gender differences implies that they are static (Unger, 1979) and little intervention is possible. Therefore, instead of solely assessing gender, the role of other variables as potential mediators of gender differences need to be addressed to better understand their role in academic achievement.
Another aspect of academic achievement that has received less attention for African Americans is the phase of early adolescence (ages 10-14; Carnegie Council on Adolescent Development, 1995). This period of development encompasses many transitions for youth, including physiological changes of puberty, psychological development, and the social changes of middle school (Carnegie Council on Adolescent Development, 1995). As a result of negotiating many changes at once, youth may be more vulnerable during this period. …


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Gaddafi forces ease attacks on rebel-held Misrata, coalition planes present
ALGIERS/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi eased their attacks on rebel-held Misrata on Saturday as planes belonging to the Western coalition appeared in the skies above the city, a rebel said.
"The shelling has stopped and now the war planes of allies are above the sky of Misrata. The shelling stopped when the planes appeared in the sky. It seems this is their strategy," the rebel, Saadoun, told Reuters by phone.
He said earlier that pro-Gaddafi forces had launched attacks from the west and east, shelling the city's port with mortars and artillery.
Misrata is the only big rebel stronghold left in the west of Libya and it is cut off from the main rebel force fighting Gaddafi's troops in the east of the country. It has been encircled and under bombardment for weeks.
It was the second time on Saturday that pro-Gaddafi forces had eased their bombardment. A rebel spokesman said earlier the rebels had won some respite in the morning when Western air strikes hit some positions of pro-Gaddafi forces.
Western aircraft and missiles have been increasing their raids on government positions in Misrata.
Saadoun said there had been heavy shelling as tanks advanced from the coastal road toward the city while the port and areas around it were shelled with mortars and artillery.
Thousands of workers, mainly Egyptians, had fled to the port hoping to be rescued, he said.
"It seems his (Gaddafi's) focus now is Misrata," Saadoun said. "He pulled his forces out of Ajdabiyah and Brega so that he can put all his weight in attacking Misrata and winning so he can control the whole west versus losing the whole east."
"This means a massacre after massacre in Misrata and today we saw its first chapter."
Rebels backed by allied air strikes retook the strategic town of Ajdabiyah on Saturday. A rebel spokesman in Benghazi said insurgents had reached the outskirts of the oil terminal town of Brega, west along the Mediterranean coast from Ajdabiyah. This report could not be independently confirmed.
A resident said pro-Gaddafi snipers were still shooting at people from rooftops in the center of Misrata and that the death toll among townspeople during the past week had reached 115 people, including several children.
"Gaddafi's men are still controlling the eastern and western gates of the city of Misrata. Snipers continue to target civilians," the resident said by phone.
"They are located on the rooftops of buildings downtown in the city … We've had 115 killed during the past week."
Reports from Misrata, Libya's third-biggest city about 200 km (130 miles) east ofTripoli, could not be verified.
Libyan officials say the rebels are armed gangs linked to al Qaeda who are holding the people of the city hostage.
Accounts from people in Misrata portray a city where the sound of artillery fire and automatic weapons rings out every few minutes.
Doctors at the clinic being used as a makeshift hospital say they are so overwhelmed by the numbers of wounded they have to operate in the corridors and people who have had limbs amputated are sent home to make room for new patients.
One video clip posted on the Internet and identified as coming from Misrata showed a children's hospital with a large hole blown in the wall and, inside, baby incubators covered in concrete dust and debris.
Misrata residents also say they are facing a humanitarian crisis with dwindling food, and water supplies and electricity now cut off. Libyan officials deny deliberately cutting power and water to the city.
Aid agencies were able to bring in supplies via Misrata's Mediterranean port earlier this week but it is uncertain if they can deliver more because control over the port has see-sawed between the rebels and pro-Gaddafi forces.
(Writing by Christian Lowe and Marie-Louise Gumuchian; editing by Elizabeth Piper)
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Six years ago Friday, the Blackhawks finished off a four-game sweep of the Edmonton Oilers to advance to the Stanley Cup finals.
It only seems like 60 years ago.
In goal for the Hawks on May 22, 1992, was Ed Belfour. His backup was Dominik Hasek. Between them, they have won five Vezina Trophies as the NHL's top goaltender in the '90s, with Hasek expected to make it six this year. Patrick Roy and Jim Carey are the only others to have won the trophy in the '90s.


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NCAAB Basketball - Preview
The Sonoma State Seawolves and the San Francisco Dons will both be trying to pick up a win on Wednesday when they battle at War Memorial Gymnasium.
In their last action, Sonoma State was an 89-64 loser on the road against Fresno State.
San Francisco was a 100-82 loser in their most recent outing on the road against Oregon. They failed to cover the 14.5-point spread as underdogs.
Sonoma State:
Team record: SU, ATS
San Francisco:
Team record: 3-3 SU, 2-3 ATS
The total has gone OVER in 4 of last 5 games
is 6-12 SU in its last 18 games at home
When playing on Wednesday are 4-6
After playing Oregon are 1-0
After a loss are 5-5
Next up:
Sonoma State at Illinois State, Friday, November 29
San Francisco home to Vermont, Friday, November 29


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Great views and Great location Jun 26, 2011
I am not sure as to the price of this hotel..but almost every room has a phenomenal view with a balcony. The front desk was very professional and helpful. Walking distance to the water and food and shopping.
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See my blog entry for further details. While the hotel staff was as helpful as within their means, I'm frankly used to better hotel customer service since I'm from Los Angeles, California. The local eateries, grocery store, and shops have limited operating hours. Be warned that the hotel does not have a convenience shop on hand that has things one may have forgotten at home, for example ibuprofen (Motrin in America) to reduce fever.
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Better than expected!! Jun 12, 2009
I was actually dreading staying here as i'd read quite a few bad reviews but we were greeted with friendly staff, our room wasn't the most upto date but had the best view in the place and seen as we only paid for a "sleep & go" room it was great. It was a 5 min walk from the centre of everything.
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Queenstown lake view room at a great price! Jun 18, 2008
I just stayed at the Rydges Queenstown in May and found it to be a great value (US$100). I joined the Rydges membership (free) to get the good deals and ended up choosing the Rydges in Christchurch based on my stay in Queenstown.
The hotel is located right on the lake and is only a 10 minute walk to the shops and restaurants. Parking was OK and the staff are helpful. There is a restaurant on site but we chose to eat in town.
The room was of average size but was nicely decorated with a mini bar and snacks. The bathroom was small but was very clean with soft towels. Wireless internet is available for a fee. We had a lake view room which was beautiful to wake up to in the morning.
I would stay here again and would recommend this hotel to my friends.
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The IIT-JEE held on Sunday passed off without incident. While the total number of questions and marks came down significantly over last year, students said the paper-setters maintained the high IIT standards. This year, the question papers were comparatively free of errors unlike last year. Also, the paper was for 408 marks with 60 questions each in Papers I and II this year. Last year, there were 82 questions for 480 marks.
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Barcelona 1 - Lyon 1
1. If Barcelona win the Champions League this year - along with La Liga - there will be many heroes and contributing figures. Victor Valdes will belong in neither of those categories. He can make spectacular saves at times, to be sure. But his positioning and silly mistakes could (and have) seriously cost Barca. Over the weekend, he gifted Ivan de la Pena Espanyol's second, when the game was still in the balance. Today, he came forward to an admittedly wicked freekick from the maestro (Juninho) before realizing he really should have gone back. Of course, by then, it was too late. One nil down inside seven minutes, and Valdes once again showing that he is the worst keeper of Europe's top teams.
Barcelona have to be one of the few teams whose excellent defensive record has nothing whatsoever to do with their defence. At some point, Laporta and Beguiristainet are going to have to seriously consider spending some big money on a big goalkeeper, because this fellow is an idiot.
2. Give credit to Henry. He's clearly lost pace, he's clearly lost some of his striking ability, but he's an astute and intelligent player who often happens to be in the right place at the right time. He's a shadow of his former self, to be sure, but he's still an asset (though all bets are off if Ribery is available over the summer). During a period of increased pressure from Barca, they won a corner, which Marquez guided to the far post, which Henry duly deposited away with a diving header. One one at sixty seven minutes, and suddenly Barca had broken through. He's had a lot of moments like this over the season - seemingly in and out of the game, suddenly scoring or assisting a key goal - and deserves credit.
3. Speaking of giving credit, give credit to Lyon. They played a very interesting game tactically - they got in Barcelona's face, they challenged them high up the pitch, they were very quick and threatening on the counter, and they constantly used Karim Benzema (an absolute beast) as a pressure release valve. They didn't really allow Barcelona to settle in the first 35 minutes or so, and full credit to them for that. They showed up to play, which is more than what I can say for, ahem, some teams. This tie is by no means over; Barca may have the all-important away goal, but what Benzema showed me today is that you can't give him an inch of daylight. And, as always, Juninho is deadly in dead-ball situations (no pun intended), so Lyon are still very much in this.
4. I have said this before, but I'll say it again: no team tires you out like Barcelona. They regularly keep the ball for 60-65% of games, even against good and great sides. They keep you chasing shadows, and eventually simply wear you down. I heard one of the commentators mention today that close to one-third of their league goals this season have come in the last 15 minutes of play. That is not a coincidence - it is simply the opponents efforts' flagging as the constant defending and running takes its toll.
5. One encouraging sign, especially given last year's disastrous season, was Barcelona's ability to get back in the game (a) after going a goal down, and (b) despite not playing at their best. This is all Guardiola. Under him, the team has a steely disposition that was simply absent in Rijkaard's last two years.
Today, a number of important players - including Messi, Eto'o, Henry and Dani Alves - were below their best. And yet they stuck to the task and kept knocking on the door, eventually getting the equalizer. It bodes well for the rest of the season that they can salvage something from games like these, because they sure as hell didn't last year.
6. Speaking of Pep, he had a mixed game. I thought it was interesting that he changed things up in the second half, switching Eto'o and Messi in their roles (Messi playing a more central role; Eto'o switching to the right), primarily - I suppose - to give Messi more attacking options (he was crowded the entire game). This brought back memories of the dream 05-06 season, when Eto'o, Messi and Ronaldinho would regularly switch positions, leaving teams confused and in disarray as far as formation goes. Guardiola, as far as I have seen, is less experimental, but he brought it out today after an underwhelming first half, and it worked.
That said, I simply did not understand the Busquets selection. Look, the kid is a good young player, but should he be starting an away game in the friggin' Champions League? I don't think so. Frankly, he looked out of his depth. I would have much preferred Keita to play - indeed, the latter came on for Busquets in the second half - or even Gudjohnsen, with Hleb and/or Busquets possible substitutions. Maybe I'm being harsh, but I certainly did not see anything that warranted Busquets' selection.
Other results on Tuesday:
Manchester United 0 - Inter Milan 0 (I think Inter will be happy they walked away with a draw after that first half)
Roma 0 - Arsenal 1 (Enough of a lead to take back to Italy?)
Athletico Madrid 2 - Porto 2 (Athletico done and dusted, correct?)
Consider the comments section an open thread on Tuesday's and Wednesday's results.
UPDATE: Wednesday's results:
Real Madrid 0 - Liverpool 1 (They've done it again, haven't they?)
Villareal 1 - Panathinakos 1 (No way Villareal is getting a result in Greece)
Sporting Lisbon 0 - Bayern Munich 5 (Keep your pants on, Adeel, it's only Sporting)
Chelsea 1 - Juventus 0 (See Roma-Arsenal comment above)
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No warrior of the Nightfury pack is more complicated or damaged than Wick. Scarred from a childhood of slavery and torture, Wick cannot bear the touch of another person. But all bets are off when he meets J. J. Solares. When she is unjustly imprisoned, Wick agrees to help rescue and keep her from harm. But Wick lives a life of self-imposed isolation, and venturing into the world to seek justice for J. J. may be more than he can take.
Brutalized by the harsh reality of prison, J. J. thinks she is hallucinating when a majestic dark-haired god sweeps in to save her - and Wick is shaken to his core by the attraction he feels for J. J. But neither is out of harm's way yet. When they find themselves at the center of a Dragonkind war, they are forced to make the ultimate choice - surrender to their fears or accept each other's love.
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"Fury of desire"
I love this series
And Wick is my favorite dragon in this series.
An ongoing story of good versus evil.
Males who can bond only with one female to carry on the dragon line.
And Wick is a damaged dragon, with a dark and damaged past.
A must read.
"Admirable effort spoiled by too much description"
It was worth listening to (well ploughing through) only to get the onward going circumstances for the next book.
No cliff hangers here. A bit *meh* looking forward to the next book though, as the story arc is interesting
Mr. Darcie's performance is good, with good character differentiation which is consistent across, not only the book, but across the series. Female characters are a little *meh* but not too bad or annoying
Difficult one really. It's in the middle of an ongoing series, so in one part I'd say "yes" only because the background story arc is interesting, but as a stand alone it's really mediocre.
I got really frustrated with the flow (or lack of) in this book. Just as something interesting/important was about to happen there was suddenly 5 minutes of overly detailed description of feelings/emotions/sensations which really disrupted the moment, leaving the petit climax an anti climax after all.
So far I've been able to ignore (mainly) the similarities to JR Wards fantastic Black Dagger Brotherhood books, but Fury of Desire is practically identical to Zadists book, even the ebb and flow of the relationships :/
"Another Fantastic Paranormal Erotic Romance!"
This is the fourth book in The Dragonfury Series. I loved it!
Wick is a fantastic character! He is a quiet, deadly warrior who even intimidates his fellow brothers-in-arms. He is extremely intense and private, and has an aversion to being touched. However, his tough exterior hides a vulnerable and scarred young boy, who has faced untold terrors as a slave. I liked this intense man when I was first introduced to him in Fury of Fire, but I am glad he has had an opportunity to have his story told and for me to get to know him better.
Jamison Jordan Solares (J.J. for short) is the younger sister to Tania. She is a wonderful character, who has not had the most auspicious dealings with men; she is serving her sentence for killing her abusive ex after all. She too has trust issues, but when she meets Wick, she realises that the taciturn warrior is worth the risk. I liked meeting J.J., because she is the light to Wick's dark.
I have become totally addicted to this series! This is another book that I have purchased the audio copy of, so that I could listen to the story as I went about the household chores. I was completely hooked from the first sentence! The story is very similar to the other three previous books, but the Dragonfury pack is filled with interesting characters with complex individual issues and problems, so each story has something new for the reader to experience. The leader of the Razorback's, Ivar, is still experimenting, but now with the help of Hamersveld, a rogue water dragon, his experiment takes on an even more deadly twist. I am NOT looking forward to finding out the results! There are new characters to meet, and shocking twists and new developments for my beloved dragons to deal with. The introduction of Azrad into the mix has given this story a slight comic twist, even though the author didn't mean to. I liked the scene with Azrad and J.J. and the trip to the nurse's station. It tickled me! I was grinning, even though I know that it was rather serious, even potentially dangerous. However, I could imagine it quite clearly! The way the author described the scene made me wonder if she had had a similar experience at one time.
In fact, the whole book (and series) is highly detailed, and every fight and every intimate moment is described in such a way that it comes alive. Benjamin L. Darcie did another amazing job reading/narrating the story. His voice and reading pace was rather mesmerizing, which helped me "see" the scenes with ease! I may have to search for more of the books this man has narrated (if any)!
I am now looking forward to reading/listening to the next book in the series as soon as it is released!
Coreene Callahan has written another fantastic paranormal romance. She is fast becoming one of my favourite authors to read. Her books are fast paced, exciting and extremely addictive! I still have an issue with the f-bombs used, but I have come to realise that these characters are what they are, and I wouldn't change them at all.
Due to the use of bad language and the explicit sexual scenes, I do not recommend this book for younger readers. However, I highly recommend this book if you love erotic paranormal romances or books with sexy dragon shifters! - Lynn Worton
"Keep Them Coming!"
Getting ready for the next book in the series to be released tomorrow, I went back and listen to this story again. It was just as good the second time around as the first. I really enjoy this series!
I read some of the other reviews and agree this series does remind me of JR Ward's BDB books; however, there are enough difference so you do not feel like it is a copycat. If you enjoy the BDB's books, you will like this series!
Four thumbs up!
"Wick the Magic Dragon"
I've been following the Dragonfury Series from the beginning, and I would suggest you do the same. Given I know the history, it's hard to judge if this book would stand alone or not, but I'm guessing not. The books in this series have a very heavy story line arc that continues from book to book.
Wick is a loose cannon, and I have a "thing" for the loose cannon heroes. Badder than bad boys, this type is truly on the edge. Think Zadist from JR Ward's Brotherhood series, Zarek from Sherrilyn Kenyon's Dark Hunter series. Every paranormal series seems to have a loose cannon in the mix, and they're always my favorite. Not sure what that says about me, but it gave me rather high expectations for this book, and Coreene almost delivered a home run. Almost, but not quite.
In the previous book, we learned of JJ's existence when her sister hooked up with Mac, another of the Nightfury dragon pack. In this book, we learn Wick's back story, his inability to stand another's touch and why he and Venom are so tight. The pairing of JJ and Wick brings two damaged souls together for a big old helping of loving and healing.
My only complaint is that I felt this book didn't dedicate as much time to Wick and JJ's relationship as the other books did to their main pairing. Or maybe I just wanted more. At any rate, that brought an otherwise 5 star read down to a 4 star one.
Mr Darcie is a very good narrator, but some of his male voices are a bit soft for me, including Wicks. Again, 4 rather than 5.
Those are only minor quibbles. These books are truly fantastic, and well worth your time if you are a paranormal/fantasy romance lover. It's a series I'd highly recommend to lovers of this genre.
"I enjoy ms Callahans books and love mr Darcie"
I always enjoy a happy ending!
It's a great cold winter day read, fantasy snd romance, just simply entertaining.
"Love dragons"
Love the night furriers bastian is my dream dragon. The sex scenes are so hot!!! Yum yum!!! Wick is my kind of guy. Want it, take it!!
"So disappointed....."
I anticipated Wick's story but learned very little. This listen was just more of the same with little new knowledge. I felt Wick had a great background story to explore but it was touched on just a little. I felt like the author was in a hurry to get it over with. It will take a 5 star review for me to continue on with the series.
"I give up on this author"
I think that this is the third book I have ever read from this author, and I never cease to be disappointed. The narration is always fine, but this author gets overly wrapped up in the environment and the background story to the point where maybe 30% of the book is based on those two characters you read about in the summary. The rest is talking about third parties, enemies, politics etc. I can't deal with it, and I know that it will be no different from book 1. Bought this on a discount sale and I want my money back.
"Dragon Heaven"
This is an outstanding series and hopefully it is a long way from being finished. I have listened and listened to the four books - so far - and never tired of the character portrayals and repoire between the characters. It is one of three series I have listened to that I never take off my ipod. Outstanding and thanks Coreene - just love your story telling.
"Good, keep it going!"
If you have been following my reviews you know I have had luke warm feelings about this series. Book one was okay, book 2 not so great, book 3 was awesome, and this being book four is landing in the better than okay but not awesome category.
This is the story of Wick and JJ. JJ is Tanya's little sister and she has been in jail for 5 years. I think the author could have played with this relationship a bit more, had some more touching scenes rather than hey I know we haven't even kissed yet but since we are energy fused and all let's just jump into bed.
I like the back story, the world emerging is pretty cool, and I'm interested to see where all this is heading. It's still not Black Dagger Brotherhood worthy, but It's getting up there with Midnight Breed worthy.
Narrator still needs work..I'm dreading Venom's story because his voice is SOOO immature and teenager like, but Wick's voice was a bit better this go around.
I love, love, love this series. Wick is one of my favorite Nightfury dragons, so I was excited to read his story. When his back story was finally revealed the relationship between Wick and Venom become so much clearer. With the explanation of his background, I understand Wick and love him that much more. I like JJ too. She offers the right amount of vulnerability and strength to be the female for Wick. This book offers a good blend of action, romance, and suspense. The book also answers a couple of questions that were presented in previous books and left some unopened questions, a good set up for the next book in the series. Be prepared for a WHAT!!, moment in this book.
If you haven't read the previous three books in this series, please read them before you read this book. Although each book is on a different member of the Nightfury pack, reading them in order gives you a better understanding of the series, the characters and the world the author draws the reader into.
Worth a credit, umm YEAH!! But at the price, just buy it and save the credit for another day.
"Fantastic Series"
I knew coming into this book that Wick is darkened with a past that future relationship was just unimaginable. Frankly, I had no idea how his story will be playing out. He also had a certain bond with Venom, his best bud that I couldn't quite understand. Their relationship made me question their sexuality. I won't divulge that little information , but I can tell you that they are very close and Ven is the only one who truly knows him. I was curious on how this author was going to break this tough guy down to actually have him fall for any female.
I am happy to say that Wick's past was not as dark as I expected. I take that back, his past was dark, but Ms. Callahan didn't go into specific details , so readers didn't have to experience any of the sufferings. But she does let her readers know who Wick really is.
Wick is fierce, brave, feared , and he is respected among his comrades. What I didn't expect is that Wick, the scary dangerous grump that I know was nothing but a sweetheart. After meeting Jamison, he was nothing but mush. It was fascinating that this woman can have such power over Wick. The things Jamison did or say that made Wick smile just melted my heart.
Jamison on the other hand, was quite the opposite. She is this fragile woman who is trying her damnedest to be tough. Her decisions show's she is quite strong, but no, she is not a kick ass heroine. But that's okay because Wick is there to take care of her. I think that was the draw, Wick had that need to save her. I really enjoyed their love story.
Ms. Callahan of course didn't exclude the action and suspense that I have come to expect in this series. The warfare between the Razorbacks and Nightfury continues. Now the Razarbacks are attempting bigger and better ways to destroy humanity along with the Nightfury pack. With that said, you know that there are some battle scenes that are worth reading. There is a bit of build up for Forge which I'm hoping it's because his book is up next.
Benjamin L Darcie was outstanding with the delivery of the story
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