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In the mountains of Midkemia, a boy came brutally of age in blood
and in terror. And now he lives for one purpose alone ... revenge!
An exceptionally skilled swordsman, young Tal Hawkins was the only survivor of the massacre of his village -- rescued, recruited, and trained by the mysterious order of magicians and spies, the Conclave of Shadows. Now one of the secret society's most valuable agents, he gains entrance into the court of Duke Olasko, the bloodthirsty and powerful despot whose armies put Tal's village to the sword, by posing as a nobleman from the distant Kingdom of the Isles. But the enemy is cunning and well protected -- in league with the foul necromancer Leso Varen, dark master of death-magic -- and to gain the Duke's trust and confidence, Tal Hawkins must first sell his soul.
About The Author
Raymond E. Feist's previous novels include the first volume in the Demonwar Saga, Rides a Dread Legion, the Darkwar Saga (Flight of the Nighthawks, Into a Dark Realm, and Wrath of a Mad God); the Conclave of Shadows (Talon of the Silver Hawk, King of Foxes, and Exile's Return); the Riftwar Legacy (Krondor: The Betrayal; Krondor: The Assassins; and Krondor: Tear of the Gods); the Serpentwar Saga (Shadow of a Dark Queen, Rise of a Merchant Prince, Rage of a Demon King, and Shards of a Broken Crown); the Riftwar Saga (Magician, Silverthorn, and A Darkness at Sethanon); Faerie Tale; The Prince of the Blood; and The King's Buccaneer. He lives in San Diego, California.
Series: Conclave of Shadows
For Ages: 14+ years old
For Grades: 9+
Number Of Pages: 400
Published: 29th March 2005
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Country of Publication: US
Dimensions (cm): 17.15 x 10.8 x 3.18
Weight (kg): 0.2


Welcome to our Walkera QR X350 Pro review, here we are going to show you what it feels like to become a pro-drone pilot. Lately, we have tested out only small quadcopters, with limited flying capabilities and no camera.
However, our perspective of what a real drone should look like has been completely altered when we first laid our eyes on the Walkera QR X350 Pro, a real-life mammoth in comparison with the other drones we flew.
Stick with us, because we are about to reveal what this monster of a drone is capable of doing.
Walkera QR X350 PRO Drone Main Features & Specs
When we first opened Walkera’s box, design-wise speaking, we felt like we were holding a DJI Phantom 3. Indeed, Walkera’s airframe seems to be very similar to the iconic drone, right up to the paint job.
The only thing that differentiates the Walkera QR X350 Pro from the DJI class drone is the hub-like attachment at the top of the drone.
In terms of specs, the Walkera QR X350 Pro takes off using four GPS-guided coreless motors which can achieve a top speed of 8 miles per hour. Its engines are tucked away safely behind a web-like protective guard, made out of good-quality plastic.
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In terms of aerial stabilization, the Walkera QR X350 has been retrofitted with the revolutionary DEVO-M flight controller, which increases the drone’s overall stability.
Furthermore, the DEVO-M gimbal is also GPS-assisted, which means that no matter the wind speed, the drone will always point in the right direction.
Apart from the aerial stabilization gimbal, the drone also has additional sensors that can stabilize the camera’s image during flight.
In terms of aerial imagery capabilities, the drone comes outfitted with an iLook camera. However, you can always attach a Go Pro Hero 3 or even a Sony HDR-AS30V camera.
Arguments: Pros and Cons
Arguments: Walkera QR X350 PRO Pros:
- Return Home function available;
- FPV support available;
- GPS-guided in-flight stabilization;
- Compatible with Android and iOS devices;
- Multiple fly modes;
- Can perform aerial stunts;
- Wi-Fi ready;
- Great for aerial photography.
Walkera QR X350 PRO Cons:
- Hard to master;
- The manual is a bit sketchy when it comes to the drone’s functions;
- Price can go even higher if you want a GoPro camera and the FPV glasses.
Walkera QR X350 Pro Remote Control & Set-up for First Flight
After unboxing the whole thing, we found this great big thing that has so many buttons and switches that it gave us the impression that we were actually flying an airplane rather than a drone.
Although the RC seemed a little bulky, it fitted nicely in our hands, and we did not have any issues reaching the farthest controls.
Design-wise speaking, one of the things we liked most about the RC is that the manufacturers decided to swap the old silicone-covered buttons with metal switches.
They are far more easy to use than regular buttons, and one can figure out on the spot which function is turned on and which is turned off.
The remote control has three major parts. There’s the upper part of the remote, which contains the 2.4 GHz antenna. Its position can be adjusted if it feels uncomfortable. Moreover, this should be done if planning to bind a smartphone to the RC.
In the same upper part, you will find two switches and two adjustable knobs. The switches trigger the FMOD/IOC (Intelligent Flight Mode), while the two knobs can fine-tune the control gimble and adjust the drone’s tilt and roll.
Right beneath the FMOD and the fine-tune knobs, there are four additional switches. They trigger the manual mode, the GPS altitude hold mode, and the One Key Go Home mode, and can further tune the rotors.
The middle part of the remote control contains two stick-like controls that have an anti-slipping material coat on. Also, another thing that we’ve appreciated is the company’s attention to details.
By looking closely next to each rudder there is a marked scale that helps with figuring out how much to adjust the rudders in order to stabilize the drone during flight.
Located closely to the twin rudders are four additional switches which can be used for trimming. Of course, the middle part of the remote contains a big power switch and a bright LED power indicator.
The bottom part of the remote is occupied by a good-quality LCD, which displays real-time telemetry, like elevation, airspeed, throttle, rudder, inclination, and more.
Moreover, the screen can also double as a camera screen if you don’t have a smartphone or FPV glasses. But, to get the most out of your Walkera QR X350 Pro, we recommend getting a pair of FPV glasses. Also, the RC is compatible only with the Fatshark goggle glasses, which means that you can’t attach Oculus Rift or HTC Vive.
Flying the Drone
Even before flying the drone, we have to admit that we had very high expectations, but luckily, the drone did not disappoint. Due to its dimensions, it was clear that we could not fly it indoors. So, we took our friend outside for a spin.
It was a bright day, and the wind speed did not exceed 9 mph – perfect conditions for testing the drone. After hitting a few buttons, the drone came to life, emitting a low-intensity buzzing sound.
In just a few seconds, our Walkera was up in the air and was starting to gain quite an altitude. Luckily, we spent the extra buck in order to secure the FPV glasses, so, it wasn’t much of a problem if the drone flew too far from its initial location.
By the way, with the FPV glasses attached, you can see what happens over a range of 2 kilometers. As for transmission quality, the gap between us and the drone did not affect the overall quality. For the purpose of our test, we attached a Go Pro Hero 3 camera to the gimbal.
What we’ve appreciated the most is that no matter the wind speed, the Devo stabilization system will keep the camera as steady as a rock.
Furthermore, apart from wind compensation, the camera gimbal will even keep the device fixed, no matter how fast you change course. Overall, the drone performed flawlessly. With its seamless flight and high-quality image transmission due to the GPS-guided gimbals.
What’s in the box?
The box comes with the drone, and also some additional accessories:
- The Walkera QR X350PRO drone,
- iLooK camera,
- Devo 7 Controller / Transmitter,
- 2x Propeller Blade Sets,
- The 11.1v 5200mAh LiPo battery,
- Battery charger,
- User manual.
The Walker QR X350 Pro spells out excellence in all areas. Frankly speaking, we haven’t been able to get this much out of a drone ever since we’ve tested the Bebop Parrot.
Its impeccable maneuvering is only eclipsed by its imaging capabilities and its excellent flight time. Moreover, the Walker QR X350 Pro is ideal for aerial photography enthusiasts or those who want to test a high-quality product. Have you tried the Walker QR X350 Pro? Did you like it as much as we did?


Law Enforcement Responses to People with Mental Illnesses: A Guide To Research-Informed Policy and Practice
This publication examines studies on law enforcement interactions with people with mental illnesses and translates the findings to help policymakers and practitioners develop safe and effective interventions. Supported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, it reviews research on the scope and nature of the problem and on a range of law enforcement responses.
Michigan is one of 17 states that not only offers advanced education opportunities behind bars, but also ensures that the programs offered inside correctional facilities translate to the skills employers need outside of them.Read More
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MVM workersʼ union plans demo, possible strike
With two months of unsuccessful negotiations on wages having passed, the workersʼ union of the Hungarian electricity works MVM is planning a demonstration for the end of March, which may even be followed by a strike of employees, Hungarian online news portal index.hu reported Monday.
The workersʼ union is seeking a wage rise of 30%, which has been given to employees of several state-owned companies. However, Minister of National Development Miklós Seszták is only planning to grant a fraction of this to MVM workers, index.hu reported, citing an interview with union leader Rezső Gál given to vd.hu, the website of the Trade Union Federation of Electricity Workersʼ Unions (EVDSZ).
The employer claims that employees are already earning well, Gál said, adding that the MVM Group outdid its plan in May last year. The workersʼ union claims to have written two letters to the minister in charge; however, they have not received a direct answer, but only a message saying their demand is too high.
Gál said the demonstration is scheduled for March 31 in front of the Ministry of National Development, and has already been approved by the Hungarian Police.
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High drying efficiency, Low running cost, Good environmental effect
LM Vertical Mill integrates crushing, drying, grinding, classifying and conveying together, and it is specialized in processing non-metallic minerals, pulverized coal and slag. Its coverage area is reduced by 50% compared with ball mill, and the energy consumption is saved by 30%-40% similarly.
Applications: Cement, coal, power plant desulfurization, metallurgy, chemical industry, non-metallic mineral, construction material, ceramics.
Large capacity, Low consumption, Environmental friendly
MTW European Trapezium Mill has a large market share in the grinding industry. Whether bevel gear overall drive, inner automatic thin-oil lubricating system or arc air channel, these proprietary technologies makes machine advanced, humanized and green.
Applications: Cement, coal , power plant desulfurization, metallurgy, chemical industry, non-metallic mineral, construction material, ceramics.
Little abrasion wear, Long service life
Based on 30 years of development experience of grinding equipment, LM Heavy Industry produced LUM Series Superfine Vertical Roller Grinding Mill to make ultra-fine powder. The grinding roller doesn't contact with millstone usually, which makes abrasion little and service life longer.
Applications: Superfine dry powder of none-metal ores such as calcite, marble, limestone, coarse whiting, talc, barite and dolomite and so on.
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We have heard that AMD Cezanne (Ryzen 5000H) laptops were already listed on long-term roadmaps and datasheets with GeForce RTX 3070 and RTX 3080 graphics cards. Though the prototypes of next-gen GPUs have only started shipping to ODMs last month, so OEMs (companies working with ODMs) have not yet received the prototypes with such configurations. Regardless of this fact, the slides that appear to have originated at NVIDIA, would ultimately confirm that the company is ready to support AMD Ryzen 5000 CPUs. This will undoubtedly put a lot of pressure on Intel, which dominated the gaming laptop market for years.The slide, which reportedly originated from NVIDIA, indicates $1,299 as the target price for a gaming laptop with the RTX 3070 and $1,999 for a version with the RTX 3080.
While laptops with the Intel Tiger Lake-H should arrive in Q2 2021, it appears laptops with the AMD Cezanne-H are further away. According to Videocardz, AMD will announce the Ryzen 5000H series at CES 2021 in January but the first laptops aren't anticipated until late 2021.


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Relationships cost us. They cost us our masks. Donald Miller puts it this way in his new book, Scary Close:
If we live behind a mask we can impress but we can’t connect.
And it’s scary to remove the mask.
I had trouble getting into Scary Close because I loved Blue Like Jazz. I loved it because it felt like a breath of fresh air blowing through evangelicalism when it came out in 2003. Miller seemed vulnerable, like he was laying his life open. And now Scary Close seemed to be saying that his life then was all an act. Was I duped?
As I read further, though, I came to realize he was talking about growth and change, in his own life and, hopefully, in ours—an opening to others so we can know what real love is. For Don, it started with a mentor telling him, “You’re good at relationships.” Miller had recently broken off an engagement. He certainly didn’t feel good at relationships. But the affirmation lead to vulnerability, to be willing to invest in a relationship with Betsy, who became his wife. Don had to open himself, share who he really is, flaws and all:
If I was going to make Betsy happy, I’d have to trust that my flaws were the ways through which I would receive grace. We don’t think of our flaws as the glue that binds us to the people we love, but they are. Grace only sticks to our imperfections. Those who can’t accept their imperfections can’t accept grace either.
The book has a great chapter on manipulators so you don’t get sucked into their cesspool. It contains an interesting discussion on whether men do intimacy differently than women. I did find it a bit weird for Don to write a chapter on parenting when he has no children, but he does interview fathers whose families he respect to provide his advice.
Scary Close can help us exam how willing we are to tear off the masks so we can truly love and be loved. Dare to read it.

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Located in South Brisbane, River Plaza Apartments is a five-minute walk from South Brisbane Town Hall and offers an outdoor pool. It is situated a brief walk from South Bank Parklands, Queensland University of Technology and South Bank.
The property provides a dry cleaning service, bicycle rental and a laundry service. Guests can also enjoy free private parking on site.
Equipped to ensure an enjoyable stay, apartments at River Plaza Apartments have an in-room closet, a refrigerator and ironing facilities. After settling in to their apartment, guests can discover the area with use of Mater Hill Busway Station, which is a short walk from the property.
River Plaza Apartments is close to Woolloongabba Busway Station, making it easy for guests to explore Brisbane and its surrounding areas. The City Botanic Gardens and Old Government House Queensland are within walking a distance.
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River Plaza Apartments is located at in South Brisbane, 1.6 km from the centre of Brisbane. City Botanic Gardens is the closest landmark to River Plaza Apartments.
Check-in time is 14:00 and check-out time is 10:00 at River Plaza Apartments.
Yes, River Plaza Apartments offers free parking.
River Plaza Apartments is 13.5 km from Brisbane. River Plaza Apartments is 89.1 km from Coolangatta Gold Coast.
Yes, River Plaza Apartments has a pool on-site.
KAYAK scours the web for all room deals available at River Plaza Apartments in Brisbane and lets you compare them to find the best rate for your stay. Many different travel sites will offer discounts or deals at different times for rooms at River Plaza Apartments and KAYAK will provide you with prices from a huge range of travel sites. That means that you can always find a great deal for River Plaza Apartments.

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Infidelity can cause many difficulties in relationships and is often a reason why couples will seek marriage counseling. Infidelity can happen for a multitude of reasons. A common misconception is that infidelity only occurs in unhappy marriages. While a sexually and or emotionally distant marriage might raise the chances of infidelity, it can also occur in perfectly normal, happy marriages as well. No matter what the reason, infidelity puts a huge strain on a relationship. Trust and intimacy is lost and needs to be completely rebuilt from the ground up.
The most important thing to remember when trying to regain trust after infidelity is it is a choice to make it work. Both partners have to choose to work on rebuilding the relationship after the trust has been broken. The betrayed partner has to answer internal questions such as whether he or she is willing to forgive their partner, and whether or not they feel the relationship is worth being saved. The partner who committed infidelity must be willing to be transparent, take blame and support their partner while they try to cope with the break of trust.
Dr. Gottman writes, “The wounded partner will feel the stirrings of new faith only after multiple proofs of trustworthiness. Atonement cannot occur if the cheater insists that the victim take partial blame for the affair.” The healing process cannot begin without full disclosure. Honestly confronting the issues within the relationship, specifically, the ones that led to the infidelity is the best way to regain trust and intimacy. Couples healing need to gain insight into what went wrong without accusing or putting blame on one another.
The most important thing to remember when trying to heal a relationship after infidelity is that it won’t be easy. It takes true commitment from both partners to work on their relationship. A whirlwind of emotions will be felt by both partners, including pain, regret, remorse, and anger. Overcoming these emotions and setting them aside while working at the obstacles to becoming intimate and close again is important.
A lot of times, couples can’t sort through all of these emotions and the strain it puts on the relationship moving forward, which is why a good majority of couples will seek therapy when they decide they want to work to move forward with their relationship. A good marriage counselor will seek to uncover the underlying issues that may have led to the infidelity, and encourage each partner to speak openly and honestly. Some intervention usually will help the couple to delve into all the issues and obstacles that may be preventing them from starting the process towards regaining a strong level of trust. Infidelity doesn’t have to be an obstacle that can’t be overcome, as long as the concerned individuals place an emphasis on fixing what is damaged.

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Samsung G55’s Odyssey Monitor is a new part of Samsung’s growing line of 1000R curved monitors. With WQHD resolution, and the enhanced curvature. Gamers and monitor enthusiasts can enjoy their content more than ever. Match this with Freesync, HDR10 and 165hz panel technology and this monitor’s value is huge.
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Boyle, Alistair 1952-
BOYLE, Alistair 1952-
PERSONAL: Born December 16, 1952; married.
ADDRESSES: Agent—c/o Author Mail, Knoll Publishers, 200 W. Victoria Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. E-mail—[email protected]
CAREER: Property manager in Los Angeles, CA; freelance writer, 1995—.
mystery novels; "gil yates" series
The Missing Link, Knoll (Santa Barbara, CA), 1995.
The Con, Knoll (Santa Barbara, CA), 1996.
The Unlucky Seven, Knoll (Santa Barbara, CA), 1997.
Bluebeard's Last Stand, Knoll (Santa Barbara, CA), 1998.
Ship Shapely, Knoll (Santa Barbara, CA), 1999.
What Now, King Lear?, Knoll (Santa Barbara, CA), 2001.
The Unholy Ghost, Knoll (Santa Barbara, CA), 2003.
They Fall Hard, Knoll (Santa Barbara, CA), 2004.
WORK IN PROGRESS: More Gil Yates, private investigator novels.
SIDELIGHTS: Mystery novelist Alistair Boyle has written numerous books featuring private investigator Gil Yates.
In The Missing Link, Malvin Stark is a California man who works for his dominating father-in-law and has to deal with a pushy wife. He gains relief from this dreary situation by inventing and fulfilling an exciting nighttime identity—Gil Yates, private investigator. As yet unlicensed, he nevertheless manages to obtain a client—an illegal arms dealer whose bulimic daughter is missing. Yates must put together the details of her life. The arms dealer's ex-wife is a waitress who becomes Yates's romantic interest. Several reviewers have observed Yates's resemblance to American humorist James Thurber's fictional character Walter Mitty, well known for his flights of fantasy. Others have enjoyed Yates's use of malapropisms such as "fit as a cello" and "the vegetables of my labor." Sybil S. Steinberg in Publishers Weekly hailed The Missing Link as "inventive, quirky and utterly implausible," further noting of Boyle that "charm oozes from his pages." Rex E. Klett in Library Journal lauded the novel as well, citing its humor and romance, and declaring it "a breeze to read."
Boyle told CA about writing his first Gil Yates book: "'Okay, I admit it. It was a crazy thing to do.' That [sentence] is the start of my first book, The Missing Link, and it begins at a meeting of the Southern California Palm Society of which, as a collector of Palms and Cycads, I am a member. I did sit in the back row, and a guy did come up to talk to me while I was reading a New Yorker. The rest I made up from there, using bits of people in my acquaintance. The arms dealer is patterned after a man who deceived me in a business transaction. Writing is a stellar way of dealing with your demons. As for the part about being a henpecked husband with a wife I secretly refer to as Tyranny Rex—I'm not at liberty to discuss it. My wife won't let me."
By the time 1996's The Con opens, Stark has managed to acquire a license under the name of his alter ego, Gil Yates. As Yates, he is hired by the director of the Los Angeles Metropolitan Museum of Art to recover a stolen painting by nineteenth-century French Impressionist artist Claude Monet. Despite his continuing (other) life with his irritating wife, Dorcas—whom he doesn't leave because he likes his kids—he manages to follow his investigation to exotic ports of call such as London and Zurich, with the help of a million-dollar advance from the director. In the course of his travels, Yates mingles, to his increasing confusion, with the often-crooked high-stakes players of the art world. As chance would have it, he runs into the man a contributor to Publishers Weekly described as his "nemesis"—his first client from The Missing Link, the arms dealer, Michael Hadaad. The reviewer lamented that "the plot is really secondary to the Walter Mittyness of it all," and complained about Boyle's puns. A Kirkus Reviews critic, however, applauded the return of Gil Yates, and affirmed that The Con contained "enough twists, forgeries, double-crosses, and switch-eroos to make your head rotate."
The third adventure of Stark/Yates, The Unlucky Seven, saw print in 1997. In this novel, Gil Yates is hired by a wealthy businessman who fears he is next on the list of a mad bomber who has been blowing up the world's power elite. A contributor to Library Journal noted that "the plot capitalizes on [Yates's] eccentric behavior, naively humorous predicaments, and lucky breaks." A Booklist reviewer commented that the "thriller … is sustained by a refreshingly quirky tone and an offbeat style." And a Publishers Weekly critic observed that The Unlucky Seven is "another lighthearted and amusing romp … Yates's fantasy life is geared just right for mystery fans."
Bluebeard's Last Stand begins with spoiled Harvey Cavendish hiring Yates to keep his wealthy, soon-tobe-married, seventy-six-year-old mother alive. Reginald Windsor (a.k.a. Bluebeard) has had several rich wives or mistresses who all came to mysteriously accidental ends, and Cavendish's mother could be next on Bluebeard's list. Reginald's plan seems to involve death on the high seas, as he and Harriet set sail on a marriage trip to New Zealand, so Yates takes the penthouse cabin next door to keep an eye on them. The catch is, Yates only receives his fee if Harriet disembarks alive either unmarried or with a Cavendish-friendly prenuptial agreement in hand. With twenty-two days on ship and the stakes rising daily, both for Harriet's life and his own fee, Yates brings the mystery to a close with nonstop action, including avoiding the amorous clutches of fellow-passenger Sophia Romanoff. A Publishers Weekly contributor felt the book had a "thin plot" and "unappealing characters." However, a Booklist reviewer called Yates "utterly likable," and regarded the character as "bring[ing] a delightful blend of charm and silliness to the comic mystery."
Edna Quincy doesn't think it likely that her world-class swimmer, yacht-captain husband really did succumb to an accidental death by drowning, and her dissatisfaction with this official determination leads her to hire Gil Yates to investigate his disappearance in Ship Shapely, Boyle's fifth mystery in the series. Les Quincy vanished a year earlier while on a cruise to Hawaii, his yacht crewed by five specially chosen beautiful women who claimed to be asleep when the accident happened, and it is up to Yates to discover which of the lovely deckhands did the deed. According to Booklist contributor Mary Frances Wilkens, Yates is "a wonderfully comic, mixed-metaphorspouting hero who combines awkward charm with cunning instinct."
In 2001, Boyle published What Now, King Lear? The wife of Texas billionaire Orville Sampson hires Yates to find her husband's murderer. As did the father king in Shakespeare's play of similar title, Sampson had split his estate among his three daughters, who were squabbling over it even before he died. But he proved prescient in the nature of his death when he included in his will a provision that if he was murdered, the killer would have to be found before anyone inherited. The wife as well as the three daughters and their ruthless husbands are high on the list, though the police had investigated and cleared the sons-in-law. Yates and his wife travel to a Mexican spa to investigate. After several occasions of getting beat up by a mystery man and receiving severe looks from maids, Yates gathers the leads he needs to solve the case. A Booksforabuck.com contributor observed that "Yates's cynical indifference about other people … [is] somewhat off-putting … [his] attitude toward almost everyone is tinged with contempt. That said … Boyle delivers a fast-paced and occasionally humorous tale." Booklist's Wilkens remarked, "Boyle's clever storytelling and deft writing are a treat once again…. For lighthearted, witty whodunits, it doesn't get much better than this."
BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:
Boyle, Alistair, The Con, Knoll (Santa Barbara, CA), 1996.
Booklist, April 15, 1997, review of The Unlucky Seven; May 1, 1998, review of Bluebeard's Last Stand, p. 1506; August, 1999, Mary Frances Wilkens, review of Ship Shapely, p. 2032; May 1, 2001, Mary Frances Wilkens, review of What Now, King Lear?, p. 1622; May 1, 2003, Mary Frances Wilkens, review of The Unholy Ghost, p. 1534.
Kirkus Reviews, March 1, 1996, p. 340.
Library Journal, December, 1994, Rex E. Klett, review of The Missing Link, p. 137; March, 1997, review of The Unlucky Seven; August, 1999, Rex E. Klett, review of Ship Shapely, p. 145.
Publishers Weekly, November 21, 1994, Sylvia S. Steinberg, review of The Missing Link, p. 71; February 19, 1996, review of The Con, p. 207; February 3, 1997, review of The Unlucky Seven, p. 98; May 4, 1998, review of Bluebeard's Last Stand, p. 207.
Booksforabuck.com, http://booksforabuck.com/ (July 31, 2002), review of What Now, King Lear?
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I originally wrote this review back in 2007, but am re-posting now, as the film version comes out today, and sometimes people wonder, when a film-based-on-a-book comes out, if they should read the book first. More thoughts on that at the end of the piece.
Usually, when I visit the adoptive lesbian moms at the beach, I bring along a book -- something to read during the occasional quiet moment, or to ease the passage between awake and sleep each night.
Unfortunately, during my recent Thanksgiving trip, which will forever be known for its deliciously slow pace and bounteous quiet moments, I'd forgotten the book I was reading. And maybe I left it at home on purpose; even though I think the author is a literary genius, for some reason this particular book wasn't drawing me in. My unconscious mind might have very well set me up to be a hundred miles from home and without a book to read.
"I forgot to pack my book," I said to one of the moms as we were walking around downtown Rehoboth, and just happened to be strolling toward my favorite independently owned bookstore in town.
"I know just the thing," she said in reply as we made a sharp right turn through the front doors.
Water for Elephants, by Sara Gruen, is a really fast read. I actually finished it more than a week ago and had sort of forgotten that I blog about books I've read after I've read them -- that's because I spent so long trying to finish that book by that literary genius that never really hooked me.
It's about a kid who almost graduates from an Ivy League school with a degree in veterinary sciences, and who ends up, quite accidentally, on a train inhabited by circus performers and workers. He takes a menial job shoveling manure and other unpleasant tasks, but when his medical skills become known, he is quickly elevated to a much higher post, and assumes care for "the menagerie," a collection of animals including giraffes, lions, panthers, horses, and the like. It's also about the 93-year-old man that the circus kid eventually grows up to be. Occasionally, we'll break from the circus narrative to spend a moment of ennui in the horrible, clinical nursing home. These passages are sweet, and the give the reader a chance to catch his/her breath while reminding him/her, by comparison, how exciting a life in the circus really is.
The novel starts out with a prologue. No characters are introduced to you, and you're in the middle of a chaotic scene. Something has gone wrong. The band is playing "Stars and Stripes Forever," which is a secret code to all who work the circus that something has gone horribly, terribly wrong. The animals are stampeding, and our narrator is searching for someone named Marlena. When she is found, our narrator is witness to a murder. And then we move on to Chapter 1.
Whether or not the novel works has a lot to do with this prologue, actually. While reading the novel, I suspected that the author would eventually return me to this chaotic scene, and she did. And I assumed that when we got there the second time, it would make a lot more sense, and it did. What I didn't expect was that there would be a delightful surprise there, a tiny bit of information that wasn't included in the initial passage that changes ... well, everything. And if I say more, I'll give it away, so I won't.
Nonetheless, the prologue isn't perfect. When I read the very first paragraphs of the novel, which is written entirely in the first person, I assumed that the narrator was a woman. He's not, but the author is -- an assumption without merit, I suppose, but novelists who write in the first person usually voice characters much like themselves: same race, same gender, usually the same sexual orientation. When a man writes from a woman's perspective and does it well (She's Come Undone and Memoirs of a Geisha come to mind), it's considered a mild form of genius, but for all the praise I've heard about Gruen's novel, no one has singled out her ability to write in the male voice -- and they really should. Yes, I suppose that women have to know a lot more about men to get on in the world than vice versa, but Gruen's insight is uncanny, including moments when the narrator describes the shame of being a twenty-year-old virgin, his humiliating first sexual experience, his much more satisfying second sexual experience, and how he, at age 93, still regards his penis as something almost separate from himself. It's all sort of amazing.
Anyway, back to the prologue, which I appreciated because it sent the reader straight into the action, saving the exposition until later when the reader is already in a state of entrancement, but lost some of its edge when, halfway into the novel, I had sort of forgotten about. Thinking back, I wish I had taken a moment at about the hundred-page mark to re-read the prologue. At that point, having already met the beautiful and talented Marlena, I would have been just frantic to know exactly what the hell happened there.
And the other thing that strikes me about this book, what strikes me about a lot of books, is the title. Titles are very curious things. They can either be crucial to the book's meaning or something strictly designed to sell copies. I doubt that "Water for Elephants" was dreamt up for commercial reasons; without the recommendation of the adoptive lesbian mom, I'm not sure it would have ever captured my interest. But after reading the book itself, I think it's a brilliant choice. We first hear the phrase "water for elephants" in one of the nursing home scenes. A new arrival to the clinic brags of his experience working the circus as a young man. "I used to carry water for the elephants," he says, and our narrator immediately knows him for a liar. Apparently a lot of young men of that era claimed to be water carriers for the elephants, but no such job ever existed, and those who claimed to do that job were deceivers. Our narrator gets quite worked up over the liar in his midst, until a kind nurse reminds him that, even if it's not true, the old man believes that he carried water for elephants. Therefore, he might not be a liar, even if his story isn't true. And so the title evokes all kinds of meaning, about the power of memory (this is, after all, a tale told by a 93-year-old man about his 20-year-old life), and the way we remember things the way we wish they were rather than as they actually happened. And it also speaks to the power of illusion, which is what a circus is really all about anyway.
I heartily recommend this novel; it's a great read, with lively characters (I never even talked about Kinko, Uncle Al, or Old Camel) and an instantly recognizable backdrop that never ceases to surprise. It's gritty and sexy. While it might not have been as artful as Wasserstein's Elements of Style or moving as Kent Haruf's Plainsong, it's easily the most fun I've read this whole year.
So yeah, I'd recommend this - why not? It's a fun, breezy read - but if you're inclined to see the film first, it might not be worth going back to the book later - assuming, of course, that the film is well done and enjoyable. I will admit that the main reason I still remember this book fondly was a surprise at the end that I have not and will not give away here - and the movie will spoil that - assuming, of course, that the script is faithful to the source - and in this case, why wouldn't it be?


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Nobody owns Oliver Stone. I’ve talked with this filmmaker for decades, and he’s consistent to a fault. The Oscar-winning writer-director (“Platoon,” “JFK,” “Wall Street”) has always gone his own way. If there’s an impediment, he’ll find a way around it. Hell, he’ll even con the El Salvador government to give him army soldiers for a movie critical of El Salvador.
Which is one reason why Stone met with NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden in Moscow, not once, or twice, but nine times. Stone will tell you: You can’t trust the United States government. You can’t trust the NSA, CIA, or FBI. You can’t trust the Hollywood studios, because those are corporations run by lawyers. And you certainly can’t trust the media.
So who does he trust? His wife and kids. His German producer, Moritz Borman, who assembled the pieces for “Snowden” after Stone’s Martin Luther King project fell apart—to be produced by Steven Spielberg and star Jamie Foxx—and “Selma” grabbed all the kudos. Borman brought Stone the novel “Time of the Octopus,” the story of fictional American whistleblower Joshua Cold. The author was Anatoly Kucherena, otherwise known as Edward Snowden’s Moscow lawyer, and who served as the liaison between Stone and Snowden.
The director had no problem optioning rights to “Octopus” (for a reported $1 million), as long as the movie he was writing (with Kieran Fitzgerald) was based on “The Snowden Files: The Inside Story of the World’s Most Wanted Man” by Luke Harding (which cost another cool $700,000) –and interviews with Snowden himself, who didn’t get a dime. As far as Stone was concerned, he was telling Snowden’s story, from his POV.
“Snowden” scuttled Sony/Columbia’s own Snowden project based on Glenn Greenwald’s book “No Place to Hide.” Stone would have preferred that Sony back his movie at $50 million. It would have made things a lot easier, as he had to make do with less, while crossing continents to shoot locations in Munich, Washington, D.C., Hawaii, and Hong Kong. However, no studio would touch his “hot potato,” as he calls it.
Instead Open Road, which is owned by Regal Entertainment and AMC Theatres, picked up the movie for North America. And when Sony declined to acquire world rights, Stone took the foreign sales route with French indie Wild Bunch. They sold the world, but he’s annoyed that the United Kingdom doesn’t have a release; only studio distributors could afford the minimum guarantee. So he’s taking “Snowden” to the London Film Festival. “I’m proud of the movie,” he said.
He should be. A sweeping, paranoid, fast-moving political thriller, “Snowden” is a portrait of today’s cyber-espionage culture, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt as the earnest 29-year-old NSA whistleblower. Stone tries to show us how this patriotic one-time Army man and CIA computer analyst wound up leaking thousands of files revealing the extent of the NSA’s monitoring of Americans’ phone calls and emails to The Guardian.
Snowden met with journalists Glenn Greenwald (Zachary Quinto) and Ewan MacAskill (Tom Wilkinson) and documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras (Melissa Leo) in Hong Kong to pass along the data, and then fled to exile in Russia, where he still resides. (Poitras’ “Citizenfour” won the 2015 doc Oscar.)
Part of the answer lies with Snowden’s loyal girlfriend Lindsay Mills (Shailene Woodley), who grounded Snowden and liberalized his conservative views over time—and still lives with him in Moscow. Despite the unorthodox road to getting “Snowden” made, its subject finally agreed to appear in the film. And he comes off rather well.
Stone and I talked in Los Angeles before “Snowden” (September 16) played the Toronto International Film Festival, a stop on Stone’s tour to promote the movie as well as a new coffee table tome by Matt Zoller Seitz, “The Oliver Stone Experience,” which hits bookstores September 13.
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Anne Thompson: Why did did you go forward with the Edward Snowden movie instead of Martin Luther King?
Oliver Stone: It wasn’t my choice. I finished the screenplay to my satisfaction. I thought it was a very penetrating movie that hasn’t been done and hasn’t been seen. But the owner of the property was really embarrassed and didn’t want to bring it to the King family, “blah, blah.” That included Spielberg and that group, Stacey Snider, there were three partners. It’s all very proper, it’s not my scene. I was stupid to get involved. I put in a lot of effort. In the 1990s it was developed at Warners, it now belongs to Amblin. They worked a game. They wanted to go back to the King family for rights to the speeches. You could make a movie without the rights. But once I accepted the money to do rewriting and directing, I made a mistake. That was a judgment call.
That’s the problem with real-life characters like Snowden. I backed away when Glenn Greenwald approached me: “It’s a hot potato, stay away from this.” Back then in 2013-14, Snowden was radioactive, and you never know what’s going to happen. I don’t want to do contemporary stories. It takes one or two years and it blows up in your face, with lawsuits. I was admiring of King, but I brought out adultery, other issues. You can’t say the truth, you can’t do it.
Sad news. My MLK project involvement has ended. I did an extensive rewrite of the script, but the producers won’t go with it.
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My Lai, that was a fucking drain. A year of preparation [on “Pinkville”], getting into the mentality to make a massacre. I was three weeks from shooting! Here’s a case that would be even more problematic.
Who approached you on the project?
I was going to Moscow at the invitation of Snowden’s lawyer [Anatoly Kucherena]. He had written a book. In January 2014, I met him and Snowden. I was wary; he was wary, too. By May I had made three visits. I made nine in total; we’d agreed to make a film, because he was cooperating. It would be realistic. I bought the book from the Russian lawyer, it was like a fiction, a “1984” book, and a second “The Guardian” book, and spoke to Snowden himself. There were errors —I got the story straight from the man himself, and brought Kieran in to help me.
How did you find Open Road?
I ended up suffering disappointment, as no major distribution came through. Open Road stepped in, kudos to Tom Ortenberg—my primary money was German and French with foreign sales from Wild Bunch. The budget was not the $50 million (revealed) in the Sony hack, they turned it down. It’s not a budget problem. It’s self-censorship. I don’t say that the NSA was nefarious.
The studios are all scared. Before, it stayed at the film level, with an Arthur Krim or Terry Semel. Now it has to go to to the corporate board and you never hear back. Lawyers, what are they going to say? “No” is the easiest word in the English language.
Also, in Germany the polls were more favorable to Snowden than in the U.S. They have a history of surveillance with the Statsi and Communists and Nazis. In France, there was popular sentiment for Snowden. Everybody was being listened on, the President of Bolivia’s plane couldn’t fly home because all the air space was controlled by the U.S. We are the dominant power, not willing to allow any rival to emerge. Americans don’t take it seriously, but we are looking to dominate the whole world, that’s the source of all our problems. That’s what we use cyber-warfare for. You can’t push people around. I’ve never believed in bullies. It’s old-fashioned bullying.
You cram a lot of intel into this movie; were you worried about making it fun to watch?
It was a lot of work. I liked “Enemy of the State,” I love political thrillers like “Syriana,” with a lot of information. We had no violence, no guns, Joseph Gordon-Levitt is not a heroic-looking guy, he’s a bland desk clerk. Shailene Woodley filled in as a powerful figure. That’s the way their relationship worked, extrovert/introvert. I loved the ways they come together. He was Ron Kovic (“Born on the Fourth of July”) a bit. She is the only link he has to humankind, who do you trust? The girlfriend in some deep way keeps him rooted. The pressure was intense.
Those nine conversations with Ed gave us density never dreamed of, dialogue, it’s complex. You get the idea of what was being done, just listening, you don’t understand it necessarily, I’m not a computer expert, but with the faces you sense something going on.
Cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle makes a good fit for you, on your first digital feature.
I’ve shot documentaries. I’ve chased him since 2012. He was never available. I admire “Rush,” and his shooting on “127 Hours” was incredible. He’s worked with Lars von Trier. The guy’s been there, he’s older, he got me to use an Alexa 65! It brought resolution I never thought possible. On this film, the computer work has to be as good as possible to make it last on screen.
You make Edward Snowden out to be an American hero. And his CIA boss Corbin O’Brian (Rhys Ifans) a villain.
No. Not at all. I honestly tried to adhere to the truth of the situation, from Snowden’s POV. It’s dramatized. Corbin O’Brian is based on “1984”‘s Winston Smith, remember, otherwise it would have been impersonal. You say villain, that’s not my word. O’Brian had open opinions about going into Iraq, “it was stupid;”‘ he says that Americans want security at any price. The government, even Obama, defends what he perceives as American interests, it could be [counter-terrorism czar] Richard Allen Clarke or any of those guys. They see America as the city on the hill, the most important empire since World War II. That’s what they see.
Was Snowden a rising star in the CIA?
He felt guilty, having built [data backup system] EPICSHELTER, and was treated not as a superstar but as a rising figure. He had support, he was one of the first offshore contractors hired on cyber-warfare. It’s ironic that we unleashed it.
[Retired CIA and NSA General Director] Michael Hayden boasts about and is happy and proud that he destroyed Iran’s centrifuges (they rebuilt them in six months) with Stuxnet. They realized America started cyber-warfare, just like dropping a bomb. The last document releases of Snowden found the informant. There’s no end to cyber-warfare. No one knows who is doing what to whom, under whose command. When the next war begins, no one’s going to know who started it. It’s frightening, what’s going on in our lifetime.
Does the FBI have a file on you?
I lived a public life. I knew my profile. I said embarrassing things. I’ve been out there. I went to the FBI and got some answers. I can’t get the whole story. They say “no,” you accept it. They have nothing.
How many times have you been to Cuba since we both went to the Havana Film Festival in 1987?
That was my first time, I met Bob Rafelson and Fidel. “Comandante” was a great movie. I went back and did another small doc in 2010, “Looking for Fidel,” and “Castro in Winter.” He was an old man. You’ll never see it in the U.S. It’s out there [pointing].
[Reacting to my smile.] It’s not funny to get muzzled, censored! It’s wrong. Get to know your enemy!
Were you surprised by the way your Pokemon Go quote was picked up at Comic-Con?
It was misinterpreted—Pokemon tells you where you are, when and where they geolocate you. They want your business, among other things. What I meant was this was surveillance capitalism. They sell information about you to another company, that’s a big business. Google collaborates with the government, now they provide encryption, who knows what’s really going on?
I’m making a documentary. I wrote a movie in the interim. I am looking for financing acceptable to the powers that be. How’s “Snowden” going to do?
It’s going to play well, it’s smart and entertaining.
I didn’t not intend to!


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Social media and misrepresentation can move hand in hand – and that’s particularly the case within the loosely regulated health and diet trade.
We each have enjoy with private coaching, however from other views.
She went thru the entire hoops to procure credentials – coaching as a bodybuilder, acquiring certifications from the Nationwide Energy and Conditioning Affiliation and learning diet throughout the Nationwide Academy of Sports activities Drugs. She extensively utilized Instagram to develop her trade.
And but either one of us learned that folks with out a credentials or experience have been construction their very own manufacturers on social media – once in a while making more cash than those that have been credentialed.
It made us marvel: How is that this imaginable?
To discover this, we adopted 488 health and diet influencers on Instagram for 6 months, examining over 50,000 posts, 8 million follower feedback and 620,000 influencer replies to determine how they used phrases and pictures to draw and have interaction with fans.
In our fresh article for the Academy of Control Magazine, we give an explanation for how simply setting up a social media presence doesn’t imply a would-be influencer can simply succeed in shoppers, because the social media platform’s set of rules determines who sees what posts, and when. And although influencers do draw in massive followings, social media customers shouldn’t essentially purchase what the influencers are promoting.
The upward push of the influencer
Social media use has greater than tripled up to now decade, and lots of younger other folks now aspire to change into a hit influencers. A Morning Seek the advice of ballot from 2019 discovered that 54% of American citizens ages 13 to 38 stated they’d change into an influencer if given the risk.
However what precisely does it imply to be an influencer?
Influencers are individuals who use social media to promote merchandise or products and services – both their very own or the ones of any other corporate or emblem. A success influencers acquire higher placement of their fans’ social media feeds, download emblem endorsements, facilitate networking alternatives and domesticate different income streams.
They do that by means of getting social media customers to have interaction with their accounts – to observe their profiles, like their posts and write feedback.
Even if the algorithms social media platforms use to make a decision what customers see are shrouded in thriller, it’s most often understood that algorithms will spice up accounts that experience numerous fans and ceaselessly have interaction with those fans.
Gaming the set of rules
A success influencers will leverage those other levels of person engagement to construct and develop their companies. However they want to be strategic about which pictures and phrases they use, since every can affect other portions of the set of rules.
Pictures most often draw in anyone’s consideration ahead of textual content, and they’re additionally processed extra briefly than textual content. So influencers will have to make a choice their pictures properly.
We discovered that pictures that make stronger the influencers’ competence – relating to health influencers, footage and movies highlighting their physiques and talent to accomplish workouts, or “ahead of and after” footage of themselves and their shoppers – had the biggest impact on their choice of fans.
Our knowledge confirmed that for each and every symbol publish signaling their competence, health influencers boosted their fans by means of virtually 3%. That’s important while you believe that every further follower may end up in extra income from sponsors and gross sales. In step with the tune licensing website Lickd, Instagram customers with 5,000 fans can earn about US$350 in keeping with subsidized publish, and influencers with 100,000 fans can earn double that.
The trick, in fact, is attracting sponsors.
However accumulating numerous fans isn’t the one trail to making sure luck on social media. Influencers additionally want their fans to have interaction with their posts. That is most often a lot more time-intensive for customers than clicking “observe” and mindlessly scrolling. However this kind of engagement can simply sway the set of rules.
Maximum social media customers need to really feel they’re construction a neighborhood, now not simply spewing their ideas right into a virtual void. Such a success influencers can domesticate connection by means of ceaselessly replying to their fans’ feedback.
This can also be one thing so simple as “Whats up @instagram_girl292, I like that you just attempted our new product. We’re so excited to listen to what you consider the following one!”
We discovered that influencers who mission heat and respond to feedback garner 21% extra sure replies from present and new fans.
It’s vital to take into account that influencers can mission competence with out in fact having it – and that common engagement with fans says little concerning the high quality of the product they’re promoting.
Within the pattern we used for our find out about, fewer than 20% of the influencers reported having any credentials.
The health trade is particularly at risk of manipulation. Whilst brick-and-mortar gyms historically require their private running shoes to have complicated credentials, equivalent to certifications in health or diet, there may be no trade governing frame making sure that individuals who name themselves running shoes have the important background and enjoy. Subsequently, someone can change into a instructor and promote their services and products on-line and thru social media.
If truth be told, many health influencers physician their pictures, giving themselves unrealistic and impossible our bodies.
Worse, they would possibly not ever observe thru on their guarantees.
As an example, social media influencer Brittany First light was once sued by means of hundreds of her fans in February 2022 once they claimed she offered them health and meal plans she by no means delivered. Pitching herself as anyone who may just assist other folks rebuild their dating with meals, First light had attracted fans and consumers who had struggled with consuming issues. Responding to the grievance, First light, whose trial is about to start out on March 6, 2023, stated, “I jumped into an trade that had no instruction guide.”
Offering customized meal plans is outdoor maximum private running shoes’ scope of experience, until additionally they occur to be nutritionists. However given the loss of trade oversight, few consumers knew this. As a substitute, First light, like many different social media influencers, lured fans by means of posting crowd pleasing footage and interacting with consumers in ways in which made them really feel like they’d a non-public dating along with her.
That implies that it’s as much as everybody to do their homework on what they’re purchasing – and now not be blinded by means of shapely legs, an alluring smile and six-pack abs.
Supply Via https://theconversation.com/how-fitness-influencers-game-the-algorithms-to-pump-up-their-engagement-196017


There are many different words to describe the agent used to bond two objects together: glue, adhesive, cement, and solvent cements. Of these, one sticks out as the simplest ─ glue. However, the definitions of the four terms vary:
Glue: any of various strong adhesive substances.
Adhesive: a substance that causes something to hold fast or stick by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing.
Cement: a binding element to make objects adhere to each other.
Solvent cements: mixtures of solvents and plastic resins used to weld (adhere) plastics.
We can all agree that any of these terms describe a substance that can make two separate objects stick together. Being the simplest of terms, “glue” is sometimes used universally to describe any substance used to bond objects. Depending on ingredients within the substance, we could classify it as an adhesive, cement, or solvent cement, but for most people, why focus on the details when it is simpler and easier to understand the term “glue”?
In fact, when discussing how cooling tower film fill is assembled, it is most often said to be “glued.” In this instance, “glue” is used an all-encompassing term but can also be a bit ambiguous. In cooling tower terminology, “glue” is a carryover term from years past where a substance was added to sheets of film fill to bond them together and the bond strength was based upon the strength of the substance. Although the substances being used have evolved through the years, “glued” is still the go-to word to describe how packs are assembled.
A term commonly used in Brentwood product descriptions is “glue pads” or “glue bosses” (seen to the right). Through the explanation above, these terms are used as general descriptors for the raised points or areas of the film fill sheets where the bonding agent is applied. Whether it be a glue, adhesive, cement, sap, paste, or any other sticky substance, the application should be directly on the glue pads, or glue bosses, and not haphazardly applied to the product in the hope that it will go where it needs to in order to create a strong bond between sheets.
Furthermore, although Brentwood refers to packs being “glued,” what we actually provide is a cost-effective, proven alternative to traditional gluing; this method of assembly is termed a “solvent bond”, which takes the form of a plastic weld. A solvent bond is created when a chemical formulation is applied to plastic fill sheets, allowing the solvents to penetrate the molecular structure so the molecules can mix. As the molecules from one sheet mix with the molecules from the next, they become chemically welded together when the solvents evaporate. So even though these bonds are referred to as “glued,” the bond strength is no longer dependent on the substance applied, but rather, the material properties of the sheets themselves.
Utilizing traditional glue compounds to assemble packs limits the pack strength by the quality of glue applied. Brentwood’s solvent bond eliminates the uncertainty of traditional glue compounds due to the proprietary blend of chemicals we use to create our bonding agent. The strength of a solvent bonded pack is therefore determined by the quality of the material used to make the sheets.
We also have a non-glue, non-adhesive, non-cement, non-solvent method of assembling sheets called Mechanical Assembly (MA) technology! Click through using the link to learn more about that process.


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“We may be the future decision makers, but most of us aren’t leaders” writes Julie Hartman in the Wall Street Journal
College students have de minimis risk from COVID. Yet universities have imposed irrational and draconian mask and vaccination policies on students with harsh consequences for those who do not obey, or even speak up, against administration edicts.
One Yale student likened life on campus to that of a “surveillance state.” At the University of Chicago students were forced to sign a “Required COVID-19 Attestation” in direct contradiction to the school’s academic freedom policies.
Hartman writes that all this insanity has infantilized her generation of college students:
More concerning than the administration’s heavy-handedness has been the zombielike response of the student body. I ask my friends, “Why do young, fully vaccinated students continue to tolerate these irrational Covid restrictions?” While many of my peers acknowledge the excess, they shrug it off. The prevailing mood on campus is resignation, learned helplessness and reluctance to dissent.
These policies have also empowered groups of students to act as self-appointed enforcers who use COVID policies to bludgeon their fellow students.
There is a smaller group at Harvard that apparently find pleasure in these restrictions. These students will chastise you for not wearing a mask correctly and called one of my brave peers who publicly denounced Harvard’s Covid restrictions a “eugenicist” because he supposedly showed insufficient sensitivity to immunocompromised people. They love Covid for the moral high ground it gives them to condescend to and control others.
Red Guards in training? Don’t be so quick to dismiss. The unfortunate truth is that events in early life, including those during the college experience, have an important role in forming our outlook and behaviors in later life.
For many, that means sheepish, unquestioning adherence to edicts of the elites no matter how silly or irrational.
For others, that means becoming hectoring, humorless bureaucrats, politicians and bosses.
What does that mean for America? As Hartman puts it: “My peers and I are often told that we are the future leaders of America. We may be the future decision makers, but most of us aren’t leaders. The inability of Harvard students to question or oppose these irrational bureaucratic excesses bodes ill for our ability to meet future challenges.”


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Slits on a new coat, jacket or skirt must be torn or cut immediately after purchase. The false seam is designed for storage and transport so that the garment stays in shape. This was confirmed by the Czech fashion designer. Eliska Tomkova works under the pseudonym Elisha. He adds: “They are sewn in just to make the clothes hold their shape nicely on the hanger and thus be easier to pack into a box or bag when you buy them. In short, to make the coat or jacket look good when it sells.”
What to wear with a trench coat in winter? You will find the answer in the fashion video!
The fact that the false suture is usually sewn together also encourages us to cut it. free single stitch and sometimes for more emphasis it is also in contrasting thread color. If you don’t, coat after clothes it will do the opposite, not so flattering service. Not only does the slit bulge ugly and strangely, which will literally shame your coat, but on the other hand, it is really impractical – the sewn-in begins to interfere with free movement. In the end, slots are needed in order to make it easier to move. And ladies are mistaken in this no less than men.
They also keep the pockets of their jackets sewn up, which are more ingeniously sewn with small stitches. Their purpose is similar to the back cuts of a coat. However, their removal requires a more careful approach. “You need small scissors to cutperfectly groomed – note ed..), those of you who have a sewing corner at home can use a washcloth”, designer advises.
This very common fashion faux pas is then profusely accompanied signature labels on the sleeves of suits, which are also meant to be cut off, as well as labels sticking out from under newly purchased shoes. Elishka Tomkova then adds that overstuffed coat pockets, often mistaken for handbags or backpacks, don’t work either. We overload our pockets and thus destroy our outerwear. They are designed to keep our hands warm from the cold, not as a shelter for all our (sometimes unnecessary) things.
And how to care for wool to prevent its aging and destruction? “Forget about acrylics and artificial materials. The winter coat must be made of wool. Keep an eye on the pile, and even if you love it, don’t wear it to shreds. Frayed or torn seams do not add beauty. Take care of it, air it, steam it here and there, and comb it.” concludes the designer.
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WASHINGTON -- Federal health officials said Wednesday they remain concerned about the new H1N1 influenza strain despite lifting a recommendation that schools and daycares close if they have students or staff with H1N1 flu.
Richard Besser, acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said the majority of H1N1 cases are in young people and that officials are starting to see some severe cases among the hundreds of mostly mild ones seen to date.
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"I want to say we remain concerned," Mr. Besser said during a daily influenza briefing. "Influenza can be a serious infection." The CDC reported continued increases in confirmed H1N1 influenza cases with 642 in 41 states. Two people have died in Texas, both with underlying health problems.
Other health officials, who testified before a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee Wednesday said, common-sense measures like hand-washing, staying home when sick and keeping children with flu-like illnesses -- a fever with a sore throat or cough -- home from school for seven days are effective at limiting the spread of a new virus that most people previously haven't been exposed to.
Anne Schuchat, interim deputy director for the science and public health program at CDC, told lawmakers that any vaccine for the H1N1 flu strain "is not likely to be widely available." The CDC is currently growing a seed strain that would be given to vaccine makers if global health authorities decide to move forward with a new vaccine. The earliest such a vaccine would be available is September.
Indeed, Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health said, "it is important to remember that we are only at the earliest stages of understanding how the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus emerged and what impact it might have."
Health officials said while H1N1 influenza illnesses have been similar to the seasonal flu -- which hits about 30 million Americans annually and contributes to about 36,000 deaths -- the virus has been seen at higher rates in young people, with 58% of cases being reported in people younger than 18.
Besser explained that it could simply be because students brought the virus back to the U.S. after spring-break trips to Mexico. But, he said, older Americans might have some immunity to the virus, possibly from being exposed to more influenza strains over the past several years.
Officials are concerned the H1N1 virus could mutate and come back stronger when regular influenza season hits later this year as was the case in the 1918-1919 flu pandemic, which killed more than 50 million people.
CDC has distributed H1N1 test kits to states, which should allow for faster confirmation of new H1N1 cases, and will likely contribute to daily jumps in the number of cases. Previously CDC and just a handful of states could confirm such cases.
Besser said while the numbers are partly reflecting catch-up test results, he stressed that the H1N1 virus is still causing new illnesses.
A woman living near the Mexican border in south Texas became the second person in the U.S. to die of the new strain of flu. Judy Trunnell, who was a U.S. citizen in her early 30s, had chronic health conditions, according to Texas authorities. She had been hospitalized for about three weeks, after falling ill around April 14. None of her immediate family is ill, they said. They declined to elaborate further.
In Mexico, dozens of nationals quarantined in China despite having no flu symptoms arrived home Wednesday on a government-chartered jet, some complaining of "humiliation and discrimination" by the Chinese. But as Mexicans emerged from their own five-day swine flu shutdown, the death toll rose and many remained fearful. While the rate of new cases and hospitalizations has declined, epidemiologists said the virus has spread throughout Mexico. "We have seen a tendency [of the outbreak] to diminish, but not disappear," Health Secretary Jose Angel Cordova said.
Haitian officials rejected a Mexican aid ship carrying 77 tons of much-needed food aid because of flu fears, Mexico's ambassador said Wednesday.
Elsewhere Wednesday, Swedish authorities confirmed the Scandinavian country's first swine flu case -- a woman who recently visited the U.S. The Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control said the woman, in her 50s, has recovered.
—The Associated Press contributed to this article.
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The DVD release in includes several deleted scenes totaling to about eleven minutes. Among them are more of the visit with the Commandant, Regina mistaking a flirtatious man for Joshua, the opening of the mysterious package, and a flashback when Il-Sang, Emil, and Lola are in the army and Emil is playing bluegrass on his guitar. See more »
These comments are geared toward the featured comment. It seemed to me that the characters falsely presenting themselves were directed to be obvious they were pretending to be someone they weren't reaching back to that old-school style of acting and further exposing the clueless, trusting innocence of Thandie Newton's character. So it wasn't 'bad acting' as you termed it. Thandie was good and so were the other genuine characters. And it was obvious to me beforehand how the movie would end so I wasn't looking for any depth or suspense but for the way the director chose to unfold the plot. And it was cool. Something nice and easy to watch. I was entertained.
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Bible verses about putting spouse first: Like most secondary and tertiary beliefs, the Bible does not explicitly say husbands should come before children. Instead, we can infer this belief in reading scripture as a whole and the purpose and meaning behind marriage.
Does your spouse or child come first?
1. “My husband must always come before our children.” A spouses needs should not come first because your spouse is an adult, capable of meeting his or her own needs, whereas a child is completely dependent upon you to meet their needs.
Are you supposed to love your spouse more than your child?
As it turns out, it is possible to love your kid a little too much — particularly if you love them more than your spouse. “Research strongly suggests that children whose parents love each other are much happier and more secure than those raised in a loveless environment,” she argues.
What does the Bible say about putting family first?
What does the Bible say about putting others first? Jesus said, “The last shall be first and the first shall be last… Whoever wishes to be first among you, shall be your slave. Be like the Son of Man who did not come to be served, but to serve; and to give his soul a ransom for many” (Matthew 28).
Should your spouse be your first priority?
Making time with your spouse has to be a priority. If you find yourself spending inordinate amounts of time with other things or people, talk with your spouse about it. Commit to regular time together, even at the expense of others at times. It doesnt have to be a perfect 50/50 balance, but it has to be a priority.
Why does my husband turn everything around on me?
They turn the story around to make it seem like you are at fault, deflecting attention and blame away from them to make you feel guilty. This type of emotional manipulation is called gaslighting. Gaslighting can come from a romantic partner, a boss, a friend, or anyone else.
What does the Bible say about wife submitting to husband?
Some Bible verses are quoted to oblige them to submit to and obey their husbands: “Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord” (Ephesians 5:22 KJV); “as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything” (Ephesians 5:24 KJV); “Wives, submit yourselves unto
What is a gaslighter husband?
Gaslighting is a form of psychological manipulation used in relationships in order to maintain control over another person. The origin of the term can be traced to a British play in which an abusive husband manipulates the surroundings and events with the goal of making his wife question her reality.
What is gaslighting by a narcissist?
Gaslighting is a form of emotional abuse thats seen in abusive relationships. Its the act of manipulating a person by forcing them to question their thoughts, memories, and the events occurring around them. A victim of gaslighting can be pushed so far that they question their own sanity.
How do I submit to a bad husband?
How to Submit to Your HusbandLet Him Take the Lead. Ask Him for His Opinion. Think of His Needs. Try Not to Criticize Him or Speak Negatively of Him. Be Intimate Frequently. Talk to Him About the Changes in Your Marriage. Dont Accept Abusive Behavior.Jul 30, 2020


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For us to understand website gamification, we have to first get the idea of gamification generally. Gamification involves using game techniques for things that don’t necessarily involve gaming so as to encourage engagement from people. Gamification in business is not a new trend, brick and mortar businesses have been using gamification for a long time. The little treats you get at Starbucks, McDonald’s, etc, giving you coupons, discounts, and freebies for your participation or doing anything that can be rewarded.
Online businesses discovered gamification in the last few years. Gamification for online businesses is used in different ways from web app gamification, mobile app gamification, website gamification and even social media gamification.
The present internet users are made up of people who enjoy playing games and are reward-driven. To get their attention and have them interact with your website more, you have to offer them more than just your quality content. You have to make it stimulating for them and that’s why a lot of big brands now use website gamification and you too can do the same for your website.
Benefits Of Website Gamification
The major benefit of website gamification is to encourage engagement and have your audience interact with your website and your website community. In relation to this, you will also get users to spend more time on your website and that will automatically improve your bounce rate. Of course, you know how important it is for your website to have a low bounce rate.
Website gamification can lead to increased traffic. For instance, rewarding users for sharing your website articles on their social media will inspire them to share your articles more. By doing so, your website will reach more people and some of them will click on your website.
One other benefits of website gamification that should not be overlooked is SERPs ranking. Once your website starts generating higher traffic with a lower bounce rate, Google will start taking your website more seriously. As a result, your website will gradually score higher for domain authority (DA).
How Does Website Gamification Work
The word ”gamification” can be confusing for a lot of people new to the trend. Gamification does not mean using actual games to encourage engagement. Website gamification as well doesn’t involve using actual games but the style of gaming – the design, the pictorial representation, the conditions, wins and losses, points and levels, and statuses.
Points And Badges
So, let’s say you have a website that is focused on writing articles about SEO, you can reward your audience in various ways. You can give loyalty badges to regular commenters and score the number of comments by giving them points. Give a different badge to users for sharing the articles on their social media, and also score the number of shares by giving them points. When a user reaches a certain number of points, the badge will change to a different one; you can give the user a bronze badge for 10 comments. When the same user has made up to 25 comments, you change the badge to a silver badge.
Levels and Ranks
Add levels to make it more interesting. In this case, there will be a hierarchy of users which will be competitive because users will want to get superiority badges and top the rank as the most interactive user or whatever name you choose to give it.
Another way to use website gamification is by doing quizzes regularly on your website, quizzes about what your website is about or your teachings or the information in your articles. Anything related to your line of business that can be made into quizzes. Buzzfeed does the regular quizzes and it has surely contributed to the growth of Buzzfeed. You can name some users ”Trusted” because of how well they score on the quizzes. This will make them feel good about themselves because it means that whenever they comment on an article, people will get to take their word as authority.
Points, badges, levels don’t mean anything if they can’t be useful to the users. Upon reaching a number of points, let users be able to win freebies, coupons, discounts, ebooks, anything that your audience will find rewarding.
Note that it is not all businesses that need website gamification, so before you adopt website gamification, review your business, your website to see how website gamification can improve your website engagement and business overall.