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Halo: Reach on X-box 360
By The.King SILVER, Golden, Colorado
The.King SILVER, Golden, Colorado
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"A story's beginning is a sudden event. The start, a happy accident; the end, the fate for which it's meant. A story that never ends is a sad fate."-Miss Edel
On September 14th, 2010, the much anticipated Halo: Reach was released to an eager crowd. Breaking 200 million dollars in sales on the first day, Halo: Reach set numerous records for the video game franchise… and for very good reasons. Halo: Reach is the final installment of the Halo series that will be produced by Bungie, giving the producers extra incentive to make it as perfect as possible. And that they did, every part of the game is detailed and refined, and the storyline is as immersing as it is enjoyable. As Bungie's swansong to the Halo franchise, they sent the series out, to quote the much beloved Sergeant Johnson, "with a bang."
The Best:
Multiplayer: What would a Halo game be without multiplayer? The studio that brought you the award winning multiplayers of Halo 1, 2, and 3 again delivers an immensely satisfying online experience. While remaining true to the gametypes such as Slayer (basically a deathmatch) that made Halo famous, they have also included a huge variety of gametypes such as Infection (humans vs. zombies), Stockpile (two teams fight to collect flags), and Race (completing laps around a track), all of which could be played for hours without so much as a hint of boredom.
Campaign: The producers at Bungie have outdone themselves with this one, and to be honest it makes the storylines of past games look like they were written by ten year olds. The storyline is immersing, and the inclusion of little things like wildlife and civilian interaction made the story seem that much more real. The graphics themselves are absolutely incredible. As you progress through a level, you never see a repetition in the landscape. Even better, not a single level repeats elements of a previous one. The game takes you from pine forests, to a snowy mountain range to deep within a Covenant starship. Players who cringe to remember the level "Cortana" from Halo 3 can particularly enjoy this aspect of the game. The fact that the same landscapes are not repeated over and over allows you to truly feel like you're defending a planet under siege instead of a bunch of pixels on a screen.
Audio: It appears that the audio of this game has undergone a complete overhaul since Halo 3. Every sound in the game has been changed, all for the better. Weapons fire now sounds deeper and more powerful, and character dialogue just seems a bit more clear. Explosions are of particular note, a nearby detonation will cause a "ringing," while other sounds will be muffled for a short time afterwards. All in all, the audio component of Halo: Reach sounds more like a multi-million dollar Hollywood film than a video game.
Characters: Each member of your squad is a fully developed character, unlike past Halo titles where you were allied with a bunch of unnamed marines. Each has a special personality, skill, and appearance which make them easily recognizable at a glance. In order to integrate you more with the characters, this game also contains a major departure from the traditional Halo formula. Instead of being the almighty "lone wolf" of Spartan-117 or the Rookie, you are now the 6th member of Noble Team. As such, you are with at least one of these soldiers in nearly every single level of the campaign. This is a welcome change in the Halo formula, and heightens the sense of a united military in desperate defense humanities last stronghold.
Enemy AI: Bungie made the enemy AI in this game highly intelligent. There were many points in this game where I would hear an elite major (a type of enemy officer) warble something, point in my direction, and I would suddenly have an elite and his entire squad of soldiers all throwing grenades in my direction. There were also times that a squad of enemies would force me to take cover, then one group would keep me pinned down while the rest would break off and flank me. Enemies consciously use cover, dodge weapons fire and grenades, and act as an organized squad. Each playthrough is different, as the game is programmed to have a dynamic AI. This makes for an interesting and refreshing gameplay experience, where one must tactically advance through a level instead of bashing through it with your all powerful machine gun.
Special Praise-Game Immersion: Of all the amazing things I could say about Halo: Reach, I would say the best is how well the game integrates you into it. First off, the game allows you to choose if you want your character to be male or female, which will change your characters dialogue for the rest of the game. What I liked the most, however, was the fact that your armor is completely customizable. The amount of armor permutations Bungie has included in this game is astounding, and unlike in Halo 3, changes in your armor not only affect your multiplayer character, but the campaign character of Noble Six as well. I went through half the game thinking that my multiplayer character looked oddly like Noble Six, without realizing that my character literally was Noble Six. This customization personalizes the experience, integrating you into the story. This, along with all of the above, makes you feel like you are part of the mission, placing you into the boots of a soldier on the planet Reach. Ultimately, this makes the final scene in the game have that much more power. I will not spoil this shocking ending, but I will say that it carries more emotion than any video game level I have yet played, and powerfully brings the Halo series to a full circle.
What needs improvement:
Allied AI: The biggest drawback this game faces is its allied AI. You would think that a squad of humanities most elite soldiers, all selected because of their intelligence, cunning, and physical prowess would have at least a lick of common sense. This is not the case. There was a point in the game where, after single handedly decimating a platoon of covenant, I looked back and observed my fellow Spartan standing idly by while an elite zealot cut him to pieces with an energy sword. Their driving is especially horrible, riding with one makes you feel like an instructor with A+ driving. While your ally figures out the intricate workings of the stick shift, the dullest enemy grunts drive circles around them in their anti-gravity ghosts.
Frame rate: Occasionally, the intense action on the screen will cause the frame rate on screen to slow down drastically. While this does not happen much on my console, it happens with a much higher frequency on my friends'. While this is not a huge problem, the minor glitches and deaths that result from it can be frustrating at times.
Difficulty Bursts: There are seemingly random moments during the campaign where the difficulty will suddenly jump one or two levels. Two I particularly hated were the Triple Zealot Room in "Winter Contingency" and the Tank and Sniper covered Brute Platoon in "The Pillar of Autumn." However, while these moments are absolutely maddening to pass, the game is overall quite balanced.
The Bottom Line: All of this combined, I give Halo: Reach a perfect score of 10/10, a score I do not hand out lightly. Halo: Reach is a game I can see myself playing for quite some time. The level diversity and dynamic enemy AI gives its campaign a great deal of replay value, and its multiplayer is simply unbeatable. The minor flaws of frame rate and difficulty jumps are just that, minor. This game is a triumph of more than a decades worth of hard-earned success, and is a fitting end to the Halo legacy.
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Does the University of Central Florida (UCF) have substance free dorms (sober housing)?
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As an office goer in Mumbai, who commutes by taxis, I've had my fair share of trip refusals and ended waiting for upto am hour to get a willing cab. The recently launched Ola Cabs feature of hailing a good old kaali peeli in Mumbai has been a real time and hassle saver for me this past week. I've used it 3-4 times already & the experience has been quite smooth. Hope it flourishes from here as it solves problems for both the commuter and the taxi driver. Just hope that it doesn't run afoul of regulators and unions.
One caveat of you're using their windows phone app which doesn't seem to have this feature yet.


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Philip H. Sheridan Civil War print
Philip H. Sheridan Civil War print Save
Description: Portrait print of General Philip Henry Sheridan during the Civil War. Sheridan (1831-1888) was born to Irish immigrants John and Mary Sheridan, who settled in Somerset, Ohio. As a young man, he graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point. When the Civil War broke out, Sheridan was a captain in the army; by the end of the war, he had been promoted to major general. Just before his death he became the fourth man to receive the rank of full general, following George Washington, Ulysses S. Grant, and William T. Sherman. Over the course of his career he held numerous important positions, including Commander of the Army of the Shenandoah, military governor of Texas and Louisiana, and commander in chief of the U.S. Army. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC2855_02
Subjects: Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military officers--Union
Places: Somerset (Ohio); Perry County (Ohio)
Sheridan Home in Somerset, Ohio
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Description: Home of Philip H. Sheridan in Somerset, Ohio. Somerset is a village in Perry County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,549 at the 2000 census. General Sheridan is memorialized by Ohio's only equestrian Civil War statue, which stands in the center square in a small park in the middle of the traffic circle. Sheridan (1831-1888) was born to Irish immigrants John and Mary Sheridan, who settled in Somerset, Ohio. As a young man, he graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point. When the Civil War broke out, Sheridan was a captain in the army; by the end of the war, he had been promoted to major general. Just before his death he became the fourth man to receive the rank of full general, following George Washington, Ulysses S. Grant, and William T. Sherman. Over the course of his career he held numerous important positions, including Commander of the Army of the Shenandoah, military governor of Texas and Louisiana, and commander in chief of the U.S. Army. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC2855_E1_02_01
Jacob Dolson Cox photograph
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Description: Carte de visite of Jacob Dolson Cox, who served with the Union Army during the Civil War. Originally from Montreal, Canada, Cox emigrated to the United States, and attended Oberlin College. After several pre-war political positions in Ohio, he joined the Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Cox fought at Antietam, South Mountain, and Atlanta, and eventually became military supervisor for the District of Ohio and the District of Michigan. He went on to become the 28th Governor of Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV200_b03_f33_22
Subjects: Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Photographs; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military officers--Union
Places: Warren (Ohio); Montreal (Canada)
George Henry Thomas photograph
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Description: Carte de visite of General George Henry Thomas, who served with the Union Army during the Civil War. Though Southern, Thomas elected to maintain his loyalty to the United States, and served with great distinction at Mill Springs, Stones River, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, and Nashville. Known as the "Rock of Chickamauga," he is considered to have been one of the top 3 generals in the Union army View on Ohio Memory.
Places: Ohio; Southampton County (Virginia)
Unidentified Union General photograph
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Description: Carte de visite of unidentified Union General. Subject is seating, with long, wispy beard and mustache. He is wearing a military uniform, and the shoulder insignia appear to identify him as a General. Taken by Gurney & Son, of New York View on Ohio Memory.
Places: Ohio
Philip H. Sheridan print
Philip H. Sheridan print Save
Description: Portrait print of Philip Henry Sheridan in uniform. Sheridan (1831-1888) was born to Irish immigrants John and Mary Sheridan, who settled in Somerset, Ohio. As a young man, he graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point. When the Civil War broke out, Sheridan was a captain in the army; by the end of the war, he had been promoted to major general. Just before his death he became the fourth man to receive the rank of full general, following George Washington, Ulysses S. Grant, and William T. Sherman. Over the course of his career he held numerous important positions, including Commander of the Army of the Shenandoah, military governor of Texas and Louisiana, and commander in chief of the U.S. Army. View on Ohio Memory.
Subjects: Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military officers--Union; Military Ohio; Military uniforms
Philip H. Sheridan photograph
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Description: Formal portrait of Philip H. Sheridan in his later years. Sheridan (1831-1888) was born to Irish immigrants John and Mary Sheridan, who settled in Somerset, Ohio. As a young man, he graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point. When the Civil War broke out, Sheridan was a captain in the army; by the end of the war, he had been promoted to major general. Just before his death he became the fourth man to receive the rank of full general, following George Washington, Ulysses S. Grant, and William T. Sherman. Over the course of his career he held numerous important positions, including Commander of the Army of the Shenandoah, military governor of Texas and Louisiana, and commander in chief of the U.S. Army. View on Ohio Memory.
Subjects: Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military officers--Union; Military Ohio
Lieutenant General Philip H. Sheridan portrait
Lieutenant General Philip H. Sheridan portrait Save
Description: Print of Philip Sheridan while he was the Lieutenant General of the army. Sheridan (1831-1888) was born to Irish immigrants John and Mary Sheridan, who settled in Somerset, Ohio. As a young man, he graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point. When the Civil War broke out, Sheridan was a captain in the army; by the end of the war, he had been promoted to major general. Just before his death he became the fourth man to receive the rank of full general, following George Washington, Ulysses S. Grant, and William T. Sherman. Over the course of his career he held numerous important positions, including Commander of the Army of the Shenandoah, military governor of Texas and Louisiana, and commander in chief of the U.S. Army. View on Ohio Memory.
Winfield Scott photograph
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Description: Carte de visite of General Winfield Scott, who served in the Union Army during the Civil War. Originally from Petersburg, Virginia, he refused to resign from his position when his home state seceded. Placed in command of the Union Army, he held himself responsible for the loss at Bull Run. By the start of the war, he was old and too overweight to ride a horse. Command was given to McClellan shortly after. While he did not serve much during the Civil War, his career was long and distinguished, having spent nearly 50 years in the US military. Scott served with great distinction in the War of 1812 and the Mexican War, and is considered one of the best, if not the best, general to ever serve the United States. View on Ohio Memory.
Subjects: Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Photographs; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military officers--Union; Military Ohio
Places: Ohio; Petersburg (Virginia)
Gouverneur K. Warren carte de visite
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Description: Carte de visite of General Gouverneur K. Warren, who served with the Union Army during the Civil War. Warren, a native of Cold Spring, New York, is also known as the "Hero of Little Round Top." At Gettysburg, he realized the importance of the hill, and on his own initiative ordered Vincent's brigade, including the famous 20th Maine, to occupy it. The troops reached the summit of the hill minutes before the Confederates swept over it, and prevented the Union's left from being turned. Warren also fought at Fredericksburg, the Wilderness, Petersburg, and Appomattox Court House. View on Ohio Memory.
Subjects: Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Photographs; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military officers--Union; Portrait photography
Places: Ohio; Cold Spring (New York)
Ambrose Everett Burnside photograph
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Description: Carte de visite of General Ambrose Everett Burnside, who served in the Union Army during the Civil War. A very well-liked general, he was nevertheless roundly criticized for his handling of troops in battle. He is particularly known for his sloth in assaulting what is now known as Burnside's Bridge at Antietam, which may have resulted in a stalemate rather than a potential Union victory. Burnside also fought at Bull Run, South Mountain, Fredericksburg, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania Courthouse, Cold Harbor, and the Crater. He lends a reversed form of his name to his distinctive facial hair, "side burns" View on Ohio Memory.
Places: Ohio; Liberty (Indiana)
Samuel Wylie Crawford photograph
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Description: Carte de visite of General Samuel Wylie Crawford, who served in the Union Army during the Civil War. Originally from Franklin County, Pennsylvania, Crawford began the war as the surgeon at Fort Sumter. Moving into military command, he fought at Cedar Mountain, Antietam, Gettysburg, and Five Forks. He is most often remembered for his actions at Gettysburg. He marched in support of Colonel Vincent on Little Round Top, but missed that part of the fighting. He arrived in time to help sweep Longstreet's troops out of the Valley of Death, an action which McCandless' brigade had already begun. Nevertheless, Crawford claimed that he was the "Savior of Little Round Top," and spent a great deal of time post-war attempting to convince everyone else of that fact. View on Ohio Memory.
Places: Ohio; Franklin County (Pennsylvania)
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The Singing Warrior : Finding Happiness After a Past Filled with Pain
3.76 (13 ratings by Goodreads)
By (author) Niamh Ni Bhroin
List price: US$12.99
This is a story of survival. It is a story of hope. Niamh was raped inside a wardrobe by the father of a school friend when she was just nine-years-old. An Irish catholic, growing up in Dublin, the nuns called her a Whore of Babylon because she was left-handed. And so began a life of abuse. Niamh is a woman who copes, who gets on with things and who knows how to rise above her past - that is until it resurfaces and becomes an obstacle to the happiness she knows she deserves. Singing saved her life and her sanity. It was her escape from hurt and travesty. Running from her past, Niamh travelled to London, Greece and to the Netherlands, where she found love and a Dutch husband. But it was not until she hit her fiftieth birthday, divorced and living alone with her daughter, that she took her first steps on the road to freedom. This memoir shows how a remarkable woman learned to search for the hero inside herself and began to sing from the rooftops about the joy that can be found in the darkest of times. The author lives in The Hague and is actively involved in both local and expatriate communities. "Courageous in the extreme, Niamh Ni Bhroin takes us on a personal journey that traverses the horrors of the past and the loving embrace of today. Magnificent." Kieron Connolly, novelist
Format Paperback | 274 pages
Dimensions 127 x 203 x 14mm | 275g
Publication date 31 Jan 2011
Publisher Summertime Publishing
Publication City/Country Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
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The CS681 is the third generation of Primelec's search coil systems for the linear detection of 3D eye and head movements. The system's ultra high accuracy and bandwidth guarantees effortless recording of not only saccades, vergence, smooth pursuit, vestibular and optokinetic eye movements but also of miniature eye movements: drift, tremor and microsaccades. Applications include neurophysiological, ophthalmological, psychological, psychiatric and visual studies.
The CS681 provides 8 recording channels to process up to 8 search coils. A high performance digital signal processor and a high speed field programmable gate array are used to detect the angular orientations of the search coils in real-time and to control the system.
The use of the CS681 is very user friendly thanks to the automatic tuning of the gain- and offset settings. All settings may also be controlled manually over the touch screen or over the USB interface with the included application software.
dimensional (horizontal, vertical, torsional) eye and head movements in neurophysiological, ophthalmological, psychological, psychiatric and visual studies.
The CS681 is intended for research use only and has not been reviewed, certified, or approved for clinical purposes. All use of the system must be in compliance with appropriate procedures.
The picture shows a motorized multi-axes turntable, equipped with our search coil system (by courtesy of Prof. D. Straumann, Neurology Department of the University Hospital Zurich). The long-term goal of this research is to better understand central and peripheral diseases of the ocular motor system in humans and to assess potential treatments.
See also the list of references with some publications, in which the method includes a Primelec eye tracking system.
The CS681 provides gain-, offset- and phase correction for the respective X-, Y- and Z-signals per channel. Internal lowpass filters with user selectable characteristics may be applied to each channel separately. The user selectable search coil polarity reversing per channel is useful to reverse the polarity without the need to change the physical connection polarity of the respective search coil. Similarly, the user selectable magnetic field polarity reversing per axis may be useful to meet a specific coordinate system without rewiring the system.
Even though the extraordinary versatility of the CS681, the operation is very user friendly. The system provides automatic tuning of all gain-, offset- and phasing settings, which eliminates the need for manual adjustments. In addition, the CS681 comes with non-volatile memory for up to ten user specific system setups to ensure quick and effortless system reconfiguration.
The user may control all settings manually over the touch screen of the display. A menu system allows the quick and straightforward system configuration.
In addition, the system is completely controllable over the USB interface. The CS681 comes with an application software, which may be used to control the system over the USB interface.
The CS681 provides analog and digital output data, i.e. 24 analog outputs and a USB interface.
The analog outputs of the CS681 may be used in conjunction with an external data acquisition system, e.g. an analog data acquisition board for a PC. The user may select the format of the analog output data: linear angular data (horizontal and vertical orientation of the search coils, i.e. no additional trigonometric calculations required) or detected signals X, Y and Z (raw data). The voltage swing of the analog outputs is user selectable to match the output voltage range to the input voltage range of the external data acquisition system.
The USB interface of the CS681 eliminates the need for an external analog data acquisition system, which improves system performance and saves costs. The USB interface continuously transmits data packets consisting of all output data (linear angular data and raw data, 21 bit resolution), a time stamp and a sequential packet number.
The output data rate of the CS681 depends on the number of processed channels. The user may select the processing of two, four or eight channels, depending on the number of search coils used for the experiment. If two channels are processed, the CS681 provides a very high-speed output data rate of 8000 readings per second. Processing all eight channels still ensures a high speed output data rate of 2000 readings per second.
Included with the CS681 is an application software (MS Windows). The software may be used to control the system configuration, to analyze and capture the digital output data and to upgrade the system firmware over the USB interface.
Also included is an ActiveX control for MS Windows. The ActiveX control allows a user application software, e.g. a LabVIEW VI, the straightforward communication with the CS681 over the USB interface. The ActiveX control comes with detailed documentation (help file) and example applications (Visual Basic source code and LabVIEW VI).
The coil frame consists of three field coils (X-, Y- and Z-coil), composed of aluminium bars with a cross section of 8 mm. Thus, the restriction of the visual field is minimal.
An external Matching-Box contains the required capacitor networks for resonance tuning.
The entire coil frame may be dismounted if required, e.g. for integration into a user specific setup.
Primelec offers coil frames in various colors, arranged as a cube with an edge length in the range from 250 mm to 700mm. Within this range, the exact dimensions are freely customizable.
The option "Removable Bars" makes it possible to open the coil frame by effortless removing of two bars. This unique feature may be essential to insert large objects into the coil frame, e.g. a primate chair.
The removable bars are plugged into the coil frame such that both electrical connection and mechanical fixation is ensured and no tools are required to open and close the coil frame.
The CS681 is capable to process up to eight search coils, which is sufficient for almost any application. For example, simultaneous recording of horizontal, vertical and torsional binocular eye plus head movements requires six recording channels.
Various search coils are applicable in terms of dimension, geometry, number of turns and material. Of course scleral search coils are suitable. Torsional recordings require a two-in-one search coil (frontal and sagittal plane), i.e. two recording channels are required.
The CS681 is compatible with search coils of third-party suppliers. Our partner CHRONOS VISION manufactures and distributes 2D (direction) and 3D (torsion) scleral search coils which are perfectly suited for the CS681.
CHRONOS VISION search coils have been tested successfully in a number of research laboratories in Europe and in the USA. On request, CHRONOS VISION manufactures customized scleral search coils e.g. with embedded black markers for simultaneous measurements of three-dimensional eye movements using videooculography.
The magnetic field search coil technique introduced by Robinson  has become the most commonly used method for quantitative studies of eye and head movements in man and in experimental animals. A coil frame is used to generate an AC magnetic field. The coil frame consists of two or three field coils arranged in space quadrature, which are driven by field signals of different frequencies. The resulting magnetic field induces a voltage in a search coil placed in the coil frame. The spectral components of the field frequencies in the search coil signal are proportional to the sine of the horizontal and vertical angular displacements of the search coil relative to the coil frame.
Traditional search coil systems usually use analog electronics to demodulate the search coil signal with respect to the magnetic field directions. Additional analog to digital converters and a computer are used to capture the demodulated search coil signal and to calculate the angular orientation of the search coil. This approach requires fairly complex system adjustments by the user and may result in poor system performance with noise-, drift- and linearity issues.
The CS681 uses another approach to demodulate the search coil signal. The spectral components of the field frequencies are obtained by calculating the FFT (Fast Fourier Transformation) of the digitized search coil signal in real-time. This approach (introduced by Primelec in 1999) provides remarkable advantages compared to traditional search coil systems. Very high system performance is achieved and almost no system adjustments are required by the user.
Three digitally synthesized sine wave signals of different frequencies are generated by the main unit. These field signals are applied to the coil frame to generate the AC magnetic field, which induces a voltage in the search coil(s). The CS681 comes with an external preamplifier to avoid routing the susceptible search coil signals over a long distance. The preamplifier mainly consists of eight amplifiers and two analog multiplexers. The amplifiers have ultra low noise input stages and digitally programmable gain. Their inputs are transformer-coupled for galvanic isolation between the search coils and the amplifiers. The outputs of the eight amplifiers are time-multiplexed by two 4:1 analog multiplexers. The output signals of the multiplexers are buffered and differentially transmitted to the main unit, which also controls the timing of the multiplexers.
The main unit contains two analog to digital converters which digitize the output signals of the multiplexers simultaneously and synchronized to the timing of the field signals. The use of a DSP (digital signal processor) and a FPGA (field programmable gate array) makes it possible to compute the FFT and the subsequent trigonometric calculations in real-time. The complete data processing for two search coils takes less than 125 us, resulting in a high-speed output data rate of up to 8000 readings per second. The computed output data is available over the USB interface and as analog signals over the integrated digital to analog converters.


Ask "what role should emotions play in critical thinking?" and you get an unsurprising response from almost everywhere: They shouldn't. This response comes from a wide variety of sources ranging from Internet crowdsourcing favorite Yahoo Answers – "emotion severely HAMPERS the critical thinking process as it clouds our judgment to fact and reason" to the Academic Journal Teaching of Psychology – "critical thinking avoids emotions and emotional reasoning." Recently, I have questioned this view that feelings have no place in critical thinking.
In the fall, a beginning teacher asked me why emotions didn't belong in the critical thinking process and I couldn't come up with an answer I actually stood behind. The more I thought about it, the more I realized that I didn't see emotions and critical thinking as two planets orbiting different suns. In fact, often critically thinking about an issue leads us to have big feelings about the issue. The reverse is true as well. Big feelings often lead us to think critically about an issue. So, feelings and thinking are very connected. This connection was on display in my classroom throughout a debate and writing assignment on Felon Disenfranchisement. Emotions played a central role in framing the debate and contributing to the students engagement with the issue.
I love this debate lesson and do it almost every year. This year I updated this lesson with my new focus on asset-based thinking strategies that I outlined in a previous post, structuring the lesson with these strategies in mind: A) supporting claims with evidence, B) considering different viewpoints and perspectives, and C) wondering and asking thoughtful questions. Interestingly, as the debate unfolded, I noticed that a completely different thinking strategy came to dominate my students approach – identifying patterns and themes. While they certainly used strategies like asking thoughtful questions and considering different viewpoints, they were most engaged in the process of unearthing key themes such as how it felt to be prohibited from voting, or how it felt to have someone who has broken the social contract vote within your community. And this strategy, this way of thinking, emerged from my students' emotional engagement with the topic.
It feels more honest – and more instructive – to not only acknowledge that their feelings are part of their equation as they think about these issues, but to encourage them to reflect critically on how they can engage their own emotional responses and feelings in combination with academic, evidence-based analysis.
And it worked. The evidence for each side wasn't framed as a set of rational facts to help you win the debate – the more facts you stack up the better. The table discussions emerged from and were framed by emotional arguments – it's upsetting to feel excluded or it hurts to be betrayed. One set of students focused on felons being "locked out of their own society" and how humans respond when they are "basically invisible" to their community. Another set of students focused on how when people betray and "disrespect their community and people, [they] have to pay. [They} have to pay with something big, like voting." The students didn't stop there. They supported these frames, based in emotional reasoning, with evidence and facts based in academic evidence. They made connections to other groups of people such as legal residents who are also treated as "half citizens" as well as made connections to American history, "whatever happened to no taxation without representation" and John Locke's ideas of a social contract.
Age and maturity come with many benefits including perspective and the ability to manage setbacks and recognize when they are not the end of the world. However, creating this emotional distance can be a loss, too. The energy and passion and BIG FEELINGS of young people are effective and beautiful for framing issues of justice. Emotions and emotional framing can assemble and organize all the evidence in a way that makes someone care. It did for me that day. I stopped counting the facts the students used as they made their points and I pictured the humans who were living these facts.
Months later, on the final exam, I asked the students an essay question about voting in today's society. Although the question did NOT specifically mention felon disenfranchisement, many of the students referenced this debate, they referenced the emotional frames, and they used these to answer the question thoughtfully.
Now when I teach critical thinking I try to figure out how to communicate that emotions can and do play a role in thinking while balancing that idea with the view that emotions cannot be the sole basis for critical thinking. More recently, my students and I practiced this more nuanced approach as we examined the rights students have on school campuses and talked about managing personal finances. It was refreshing to admit that feelings play a role in deciding how people will spend and budget money. It feels more honest – and more instructive – to not only acknowledge that their feelings are part of their equation as they think about these issues, but to encourage them to reflect critically on how they can engage their own emotional responses and feelings in combination with academic, evidence-based analysis. Doing so can amplify their power as critical thinkers.
As an anger management facilitator, I often see the impact of emotions on thinking, or in the case of behavior that brought someone to anger management: not thinking. I am so glad there is still a critical thinking teacher somewhere! Too often people lack basic critical thinking skills. As they argue, or discuss, their frustration rises, and soon their emotions get the better of them. Had they started the discussion with an awareness of their emotions they would find that those emotions would inform and enhance their critical thinking. This emotional master puts critical thinking into the context of the real world, Aids the reasoner in understanding and communicating with others. This is so important in business, politics, relationships and really everywhere! Since our emotional, or lower brain (in non-technical terms) is far more active and far more powerful than our higher brain, we best learn to use it. Thank you for the insightful story and for teaching critical thinking.
It is evident the author and George McHugh have absolutely no clue as to what critical thinking is.
Nancy Ogden is a high school social studies teacher at Hayward High school in the San Francisco's East Bay. In addition to teaching high school, she teaches Social Studies Curriculum and Instruction courses in the teaching credential program at Cal State University East Bay. Outside of teaching, she is a mom to two energetic and curious little boys.


In "Treehouse of Horror VII", a 1996 episode of The Simpsons, Bob Dole and Bill Clinton, the Republican and Democratic candidates for the presidency that year, are kidnapped by aliens. Two aliens return to earth impeccably disguised as Dole and Clinton. Only Homer — who has also been kidnapped — knows that the supposed candidates are in fact from outer space. He manages to return to earth and, in front of a crowd, reveals the candidate-impersonators' true identities. The crowd gasps. "It's true, we are aliens," says one of them to the crowd. "But what are you going to do about it? It's a two-party system. You have to vote for one of us." The crowd look at one another in dismay before someone says: "Well, I believe I'll vote for a third-party candidate." "Go ahead, throw your vote away," says the other alien, laughing.
On Memorial Day weekend, at the end of May, with US television dominated by the news that Donald Trump had secured enough delegates to become the Republican nominee, and with Hillary Clinton on the brink of becoming the Democratic candidate, 997 Libertarian Party delegates meet in Orlando for their national convention, where they elect their presidential and vice-presidential candidates.
Supporters of this eccentric third party readily admit that the mainstream of American politics usually ignores their zany carnival of democracy, to which delegates arrive with no binding primaries telling them who they must vote for, and in which the vice-presidential candidate is elected, rather than appointed by the presidential candidate as in other parties.
But 2016 is different. While the two main-party candidates are not — as far as we know — alien impostors, many voters are frustrated by the choice between what one attendee described as "Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein". Never before has America had to choose between two major-party candidates for the presidency who provoke so many "strongly unfavourable" responses in the polls. When it comes to revulsion, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are record- breakers. Dismayed and discombobulated by plans A and B, many voters are casting around for a plan C.


It's definitely not hard to love the Chevy Cruze. The smaller car has continually proven to be among one of the most reliable vehicles in the entire industry, and this has to do with its versatility. If you're looking for a new car or hatchback that manages to provide drivers with incredible technology, reliable safety functions, powerful engines, and plenty of cargo space, you won't have to look much further than everyone's favorite brand: Chevy. That's because the 2019 Chevy Cruze manages to deliver all of these capabilities and amenities, making it one of the most impressive options in the segment.
Below, we explained why it's so easy to love the 2019 Chevy Cruze. Then, when you're ready to start shopping for that new car or hatchback, you'll already have this nameplate at the top of your list.
We all lead incredibly busy lives, so we understand if you're required to occasionally glance at your phone while driving. Of course, we don't have to explain how dangerous this can be. Even if you're only taking your eyes off the road for a brief second, you could be compromising the safety of you and your passengers. Is that message really worth the risk?
Fortunately, it's easy to stay connected without compromising safety as you're driving around in the brand-new 2019 Chevy Cruze. That's because the vehicle is equipped with a modern, intuitive infotainment system. This system will provide you with all of your favorite radio stations and an intelligent navigation unit. This means everything you'll need for your journey is only a click away via the seven-inch color touch-screen display.
Best of all, the Apple CarPlay and Android Auto compatibility makes it incredibly easy to connect your smartphone to the unit. Thanks to this technological inclusion, drivers can safely make phones or send text messages without having to take their eyes off the road. Does it get much better than that?
Meanwhile, if you're required to complete any work or send emails while you're on the road, you won't have to waste any of your precious cell phone data. Rather, you can opt for the available 4G LTE Wi-Fi, which provides a reliable wireless internet connection for up to seven devices. Therefore, your vehicle can turn into a de facto office, even when you're on the road.
It's pretty easy to get bored when you're traveling, whether it's a road trip or your commute to work. Fortunately, thanks to the Chevy Cruze's array of connectivity features, you'll always be entertained.
You'll never have to worry about you or your passengers' well-being when you're behind the wheel of the 2019 Chevy Cruze. That's because the vehicle is stocked full with notable safety functions, and these amenities will play a huge role in helping to prevent accidents from occurring altogether.
Inclusions like the Low Speed Forward Automatic Braking can determine when a frontal crash is imminent, and it will automatically apply the brakes to lessen or avoid the impending impact. Of course, the driver would have already been alerted via audible and visual cues, and this should provide them with more than enough time to avoid the danger.
Meanwhile, features like the Lane Keep Assist assure that drivers are remaining on their intended path, while the accompanying Lane Departure Warning will alert you if you're driving erratically. The Lane Departure Warning and the Side Blind Zone Alert play similar roles, as these features will notify the driver when another vehicle may have unknowingly driven up beside them.
Some of these features will even be useful in parking lots, allowing drivers to avoid pesky (and potentially dangerous) fender benders. The Rear Cross Traffic Alert can determine when a vehicle is about to cross behind your ride, while the Rear Vision Camera will allow you to constantly monitor everything that's happening behind your car. There's even Rear Park Assist, which can safely guide you into a tight parking spot.
The brand even took the time to include their innovative Teen Driver Technology to the 2019 Chevy Cruze. This inclusion is perfect for young, inexperienced drivers. It essentially provides parents with the ability to always monitor their child's driving habits. Specifically, the vehicle will automatically apply the safety functions when a teen has taken the wheel, and it will refuse to perform many of its basic functions (like radio audio) until operators are driving in safe conditions. At the end of the trip, parents can even monitor the in-vehicle report card, allowing them to discover how their teen is actually fairing in their new car.
Thanks to the long list of safety functions, it's truly never been easier to remain safe when you're behind the wheel of this nameplate.
You might not expect a whole lot of power from a smaller sedan, but this is just another way that the 2019 Chevy Cruze continues to surprise.
The standard 1.4-liter turbo ECOTEC four-cylinder engine may be small, but it shouldn't be underestimated. The unit cranks out an impressive amount of power at 153 horsepower and 177 pound-feet of torque, which makes it more than easy to keep up with your fellow drivers on the highway.
If drivers are looking for even more power, they could opt for the 1.6-liter Turbo-Diesel ECOTEC four-cylinder engine, which elevates those performance specs to 137 horsepower and 240 pound-feet of torque. Plus, thanks to the diesel capabilities (and the various fuel-saving technologies), drivers will be able to take advantage of the incredible 45-mile-per-gallon highway fuel efficiency.
Whether you're seeking power or efficiency from your new ride, it'll be easy to find it in the 2019 Chevy Cruze. That's a major reason why we love this nameplate; despite its smaller stature, the vehicle is still more than capable of keeping up with other rides. You should give the Cruze a test drive to see for yourself.
You're probably expecting adequate interior room from your new Cruze, but we're sure you weren't expecting everything that Chevy provides to its customers.
The 2019 Cruze Hatchback makes it more than easy to fit all of your cargo. The rear seats can easily be folded and hidden, allowing drivers to take advantage of the incredible 47.2-cubic-feet of maximum cargo space. Therefore, whether you need to fill up your hatchback with cargo or school projects, you'll never be struggling for space.
Chevy wants to make their customers' lives as easy as possible. They seemingly succeed in their goal when it comes to the roominess and versatility of the 2019 Cruze Hatchback's interior.
It's incredibly easy to fall in love with the 2019 Chevy Cruze, and that has to do with the nameplate's wide array of offerings. If you're looking for a brand-new vehicle that manages to deliver an incredible combination of technology, interior space, safety capabilities, and engine power, you'd be hard pressed to find a better option than this nameplate.
So what are you waiting for? If you're itching to see why it's so easy to love the 2019 Chevy Cruze, head out to a nearby dealership and check it out for yourself!
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State, court can't be oblivious to plight of endosulfan victims: Kerala HC
The Kerala High Court has come to the aid of the family of an endosulfan victim, who died at the age of 11 years, by asking the state government to write off the loans availed for her treatment, saying neither the State nor the court can be oblivious to plight of such persons and their kin.
The Kerala High Court has come to the aid of the family of an endosulfan victim, who died at the age of 11 years, by asking the state government to write off the loans availed for her treatment, saying neither the State nor the court can be oblivious to plight of such persons and their kin. Justice V G Arun said that in such cases the 'parens patriae' (paternal and protective role) doctrine should be applied and under that the State has the inherent power and authority to provide protection to persons 'non-sui-juris' (someone who lacks the legal capacity to act on his or her own behalf) such as minors, insane and incompetent persons as well as persons rendered helpless due to calamities.
The court said that in the instant case, as duty and responsibility were concomitant to power and authority, the State was bound to provide solace to the family "by going the extra mile".
"Neither the State nor this Court can pretend to be oblivious of the plight of the endosulfan victims and their families in Kasaragod," Justice Arun said in his order of December 13.
As a significant portion of the loan amount was not being waived since it was availed post June 30, 2011 and also since it was availed by the maternal grandfather, the court said, "Such objections are insignificant when compared to the suffering undergone by the victim and her family."
Ann Mariya, born in June 2005 with 80 per cent mental retardation and multiple disabilities that rendered her immobile, was one of the thousands of victims of endosulfan use between 1978 to 2001 in 11 villages of Kasaragod district of Kerala.
Till her death in April 2017, her mother and maternal grandfather struggled to provide medical aid to her and towards that also availed loans of Rs three lakh loan from Canara bank and Rs 69,000 from SBI.
When the banks sought repayment of the balance loan amount of Rs 2.03 lakhs, the family approached the Kasaragod District Collector for writing off of the same in terms of a 2014 government order introducing a debt waiver scheme for endosulfan victims.
While the Collector sent a report to the Chief Minister in 2016 informing about the decision to write off the balance loan amount, the family was informed in 2017 that only loans availed before June 30, 2011 would be considered for waiver under the scheme and therefore, only Rs 88,400 can be waived.
With the banks issuing notices demanding repayment, the victim's mother and maternal grandfather moved the high court seeking directions to the state to consider waiving off the entire loan amount of Rs 2.03 lakh under the 2014 government order.
The court said that the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) had recommended compensation of Rs 5 lakh for victims like Ann Mariya and later also suggested increasing the quantum of relief.
"Of course, the State came out with relief and rehabilitation packages. The daunting question is whether, in a case of this nature, the State and its officers can stick on technicalities like cut off dates for refusing the benefits due to the family of a victim.
"In my opinion, these are cases in which the parens patriae doctrine should be applied. The concept of parens patriae is that the State has the inherent power and authority to provide protection to persons non-sui-juris such as minors, insane and incompetent persons as well as persons rendered helpless due to calamities," Justice Arun said.
The court allowed the family's plea and directed the state government to consider the loans given by the two banks as debts qualified for waiver under the 2014 scheme for endosulfan victims and "write off the loans immediately".
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Ex-wife of convicted killer now charged in pizza delivery driver's murder
Posted 4:08 pm, November 11, 2019, by Jen Steer, Updated at 10:21PM, November 11, 2019
NEW FRANKLIN, Ohio (WJW)-- The ex-wife of a man serving a life sentence for murder is now behind bars in the same case.
Ashley Biggs, 25, was working for Domino's Pizza in Green on June 20, 2012 when she went missing. Biggs was strangled and left in her car in a Chippewa Township corn field. Her body was found the next day and police charged her ex-boyfriend and father of her child, Chad Cobb.
Cobb pleaded guilty to aggravated murder and more, then sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Erica Stefanko, formerly Erica Lyon (Photo courtesy: New Franklin police)
Now, more than seven years later, another suspect is charged in Biggs' murder. On Monday, New Franklin police arrested Erica Stefanko, 36, formerly known as Erica Lyon, on charges of aggravated murder, kidnapping, aggravated robbery, felonious assault, retaliation, tampering with evidence and abuse of a corpse.
New Franklin police said Stefanko ordered the pizza the night of Biggs' disappearance, in order to lure her to a closed business. When officers arrested Cobb in 2012, he was hiding in a wooded area behind a family member's home, and Stefanko and their children were in an SUV nearby.
Stefanko and Codd were married at the same time Cobb and Biggs were involved in a custody battle over their young daughter.
Stefanko was taken into custody without incident during a traffic stop after her children were at school, police said.
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Our niece, Lyndsay, lives about an hour east of where we are so we went to meet her and her husband, Brett, for lunch in Hampton, Virginia, which was a half-way point. We enjoyed a good meal and conversation. Good to see them both again. After they left we went about a mile north to see Fort Monroe.
Known as the Gibraltar of the Chesapeake, this third-system fort, completed in 1834 on Old Point Comfort in Hampton VA, was originally designed to help protect the Chesapeake Bay from enemy attack. It is the largest stone fort ever built in the United States. Second Lt. Robert E. Lee served as an engineer here from 1831 to 1834. President Obama designated Fort Monroe as a National Monument in 2011.
Getting IN to the fort is by driving your car across a bridge over the water-filled moat and through the narrow one-lane entrance.
Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States, was imprisoned here following the end of the Civil War. Initially, his cell was in a room called a casemate, a vaulted bombproof room of masonry construction within the wall of a fort. After a few months, as his health declined, he was moved to better quarters within the fort.
The free museum, here since 1951, is within the fort walls and tells a chronological history of the fort.
Edgar Allan Poe was stationed here at Fort Monroe for a few months during his service in the United States Army.
Outside you can walk up to the top and walk around for some great views.
Jefferson Davis Memorial Park is up there too.
Just outside the fort is Old Point Comfort Lighthouse, the oldest continually active lighthouse along the Chesapeake Bay.
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LOL. He was born in Boston!
Oh jeez. Shame! Shame on me!


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A Mediterranean makeover breathes new life into this Richmond Heights kitchen.
When Tramelli started the remodeling project, size was the first obstacle to overcome. The kitchen was gutted and extended by eight feet, as far as it could go before hitting a tree in the backyard. To further open up the room, the wall between the kitchen and the adjoining breakfast room was removed. Next, it was time to give the new space a new look. In keeping with the home's Mediterranean style, Tramelli chose architectural features that already existed in the house, such as arched openings, stucco walls, a beamed ceiling and hardwood floors. The hood over the range top was faux-painted to resemble copper. In addition, a large arched window was added above a farmer's sink with a window box placed outside, its flowers popping up above the windowsill, just in view.
"In making selections, I chose everything with an Old World feel," says Tramelli. "The cabinets are dark brown knotty alder with added distressing; countertops are concrete with shades of terra cotta and chocolate brown; the tile back splash is cream travertine with terra cotta accents; light fixtures, hardware on cabinets and the faucet over the farmer's sink are oil-rubbed bronze; the stucco walls are taupe, and the ceiling beams are stained dark brown." She found Italian dishware and pottery to match her color scheme, and she repurposed an existing antique butcher block by fitting it with a new top (given an antique look, of course). The top extends beyond the base, and barstools were paired to create an island centered in the room.


Kim Ghattas covered the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign for the BBC. Between 2008 and 2014, she was the BBC's State Department correspondent and traveled regularly with the U.S. Secretary of State.
She wrote a New York Times best-selling book titled The Secretary: A Journey with Hillary Clinton From Beirut to the Heart of American Power. She is currently writing another book about the Saudi-Iran rivalry across the wider Middle East. She also writes a regular column for Foreign Policy Magazine. Ghattas serves on the Board of Trustees at the American University of Beirut.
You are currently a Senior Visiting Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Tell us about what you do.
I am affiliated with the center that Carnegie has in Beirut, Lebanon. After an intense period, the fellowship allowed me to take a step back from journalism. I had been covering the U.S. presidential campaign in 2016, and previously traveling with the U.S. Secretary of State. I wanted to write a second book and it provided me with the opportunity to step back from the day-to-day news and hang my hat at a great institution and think tank.
Before Carnegie, I had been a Public Policy Fellow for six months at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars in Washington, D.C. The Woodrow Wilson Center is a wonderful place for journalists and thought leaders to begin the research process for a project. As a fellow, I mostly focus on writing my book. I participate in conferences that Carnegie organizes and moderate panels for them.
Most recently, you covered the 2016 U.S. General Election for the BBC. What was it like to cover a presidential campaign on a 24/7 news cycle?
The process that America goes through to elect a president is fascinating. Of course, I was familiar with the process. However, this was the first time that I covered an American election. For instance, the amount of hours on the road that candidates log and the amount of money spent was mind-boggling. I am after all a foreigner in the U.S. and every country has its own system. How the U.S. electoral system runs is a bit odd for outsiders (I still don't think I understand the Iowa Caucuses).
In March 2016, I wrote a piece for Foreign Policy magazine remarking on the fact that some subtleties reminded me of the Middle East like presidential candidates with the name-calling and the heated discussions during the debates. Ted Cruz invoking God. With hindsight, it reminded me of the Middle East in a rather ominous and prescient way.
At the time, it was all tongue in cheek because the rule of law and systems of checks and balances in the U.S. are very strong, but I was struck by Donald Trump saying something like 'I could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and people would still vote for me.' That was not language I had ever encountered in a Western country. Everyone thought it was funny, a fluke or something that would just disappear, but it didn't.
In 2008, you served as the BBC's State Department Correspondent and traveled with Condoleezza Rice, Hillary Clinton, and John Kerry. Tell us what it's like to travel with the US Secretary of State.
I loved those years traveling with the U.S. Secretary of State because I had a front row seat to the making of American foreign policy. I went to places I would not have the chance go to otherwise, like Kazakhstan or Tanzania and it's true you whisk past in a bus and barely see anything. You are in the bubble of the Secretary, but it gives you perspective and makes your reporting come to life and informed. I know the Middle East well, but it was incredibly interesting to go to Pakistan for the first time and sit through an hour-long town hall meeting between Hillary Clinton and several hundred Pakistani students in Lahore. I listened to their questions about why America was doing this or why it was doing that and realized their questions were similar to the questions I had about American power when I was growing up in Beirut.
I found it interesting to discover the limits of American power. The heavy lifting that it requires for American diplomats to get anything done. For example, the groundwork and endless phone calls that happen, before the Secretary of State even gets on a plane. Many people who live on the receiving end of American power think that America can just snap its fingers and something happens. Yes, perhaps President Trump can snap his fingers and Tomahawk missiles are launched at Syria, sure, that can happen. Otherwise, it's a large machinery that needs steering. To watch that up-close was fascinating, I learned a great deal and gained maturing experiences, it was like going to get a PhD in hands-on foreign diplomacy.
What happened behind the scenes that you weren't expecting the first time you traveled with a Secretary of State?
I was not expecting the plane to be old. It did not fit with my image of America as a superpower. I did not expect the Secretary of State to come to the back of the plane and speak directly to us and answer questions.
I did not know how two things in particular worked. First, the American reporters who travel with the Secretary of State are part of the motorcade, and they get front row seats to the press conference the secretary gives. They automatically get to ask one or two questions. I remember being a Lebanese reporter and covering the visit of Condoleezza Rice, and possibly once Madeleine Albright under Bill Clinton, and thinking who are these pushy American reporters. Why do they get to ask the first question? We've all got our hands raised, and we want to ask a question too. This is my country. This is my prime minister with the secretary of state. Why aren't we getting first dibs? Suddenly, I found myself in that motorcade, in that front row seat asking the first question. I understood the process. It's a small detail, but it matters to the optics. When they take the specified number of questions, the press conference is done, and they leave. It was very baffling for the local press. We were left wondering: Why won't you take any more questions? Why are you leaving? We have more questions.
Second, it was interesting to sit in the State Department press briefing room for the first time and understand how that process worked. As a non-American, living in Beirut, what you see from that press briefing is one sound bite. The sound bite that is relevant to your country or the biggest story of the day. You are sitting in Beirut, you turn on the news, and the newscaster says: And today at the State Department spokesperson said that Lebanon was receiving another aid package or maybe assistance to the Lebanese military was under threat because Congress was asking questions about the end use of funds, etc. If you are sitting in Beirut, then you think the secretary of state or spokesperson woke up and had something to say that morning about Lebanon (and that's how that sound bite ended up on your television). When in fact, you realize it's the answer to a question asked by someone in that briefing room who is possibly a Lebanese reporter and had they not asked that question the sound bite would never have seen the light of day.
No matter how many times I boarded that plane (and I boarded that plane a lot) I never forgot that I came from Beirut and once was a little kid sheltering from the bombs in Beirut. My job was to ask the tough questions of officials. The job of journalists is a public service. We travel hundreds of thousands of miles, cover wars, and sometimes get shot and killed, we go to jail, we get arrested, we get beaten up, everywhere around the world. We do it as a public service to our audiences and the people who deserve the truth, answers, and accountability.
You are the author of The Secretary: A Journey with Hillary Clinton From Beirut to the Heart of American Power, a New York Times Best Seller. How did the idea for this book come about?
The book is a result of where I come from and where I ended up. Where I come from is a war-torn country, growing up in Beirut as a child in the war with many questions about American power, that made me want to become a journalist. I started my career in the Middle East covering Lebanon and then the wider region. I moved on to become a State Department correspondent for the BBC. My background and position in the State Department press corps, those two combined, are at the heart of the book that I wrote. In a way, it's about my journey from Beirut to Washington.
It's my effort to explain to people like me around the world who have questions about American power, about how it works and how it doesn't work, who are the people at the heart of it, to explain to a wide audience in America how their power and the power of their country is perceived overseas, what it does, and what it brings them. As the words "international liberal order" have become maligned and Americans wonder what it ever did for them and what it brought them, I believe that in the pages of my book you can find part of the answer. My book addresses both audiences, international and American, and it comes from the result of who I am and my journey.
I was 13 years old and wrote an essay to myself to determine what I should be when I grow up. I felt passionate about various things, like writing and traveling but mostly about trying to explain my country's story to the outside world. When you are a young and idealist teenager, these are the sorts of things you think about. That essay led me to the conclusion that I should be a journalist. I pursued that path doggedly and much to the despair of my parents. They wanted me to take over the family business in the food industry. If your parents are also rolling their eyes at your plans to become a journalist, this is my way of telling you, don't give up on your dream.
How has being a journalist informed and shaped your worldview?
My worldview was shaped during those formative years in Beirut. Growing up in the midst of war really shapes you in indelible ways. It shaped my personality and what drives me. It shaped a desire to constantly search for the facts, explain events to others, always grow and learn, and impart that knowledge to others. Being a journalist, traveling to countries like Iraq, Syria, and Saudi Arabia, but then traveling to the U.S., and traveling with the secretary of state, what it has done and shown me is that we all have much more in common than we realize. What binds us and bring us together is much bigger than what divides us, East and West.
This is an incredibly polarizing and divisive time in the world. Walls and barriers are going up. We are hesitating to extend a hand to others. We must accept that everyone has something to teach you. It sounds trite, but whether their experience is only shaped by their life in a village in Pakistan or whether they come from New York City, everyone has something to teach you. We can learn from each other, it may sound trite or naïve, but I believe it's true.
You spent 10 years in Beirut as a Middle East correspondent for the BBC and Financial Times. What sorts of stories were you covering? What memories stand out to you the most?
I covered everything from the assassination of the former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri and the massive uprising that followed demanding the departure of Syrian troops that had been occupying Lebanon for 30 years, and I covered the Iraq War (and covered Iraq before the war under Saddam Hussein). I covered Syria under the rule of Bashar al-Assad. I covered Saudi Arabia and the first municipal elections. I covered the 2006 war in Lebanon between Hezbollah and Israel.
At the very beginning of my career, I was an intern. I showed up at a Lebanese newspaper for a one-month internship (it was an English language newspaper). The concept of an "intern" wasn't well-known in the country. They didn't really know what to do with me but brought me onboard. I must have been 19 years old. On my first day, I ended up driving their star reporter, who was British and didn't speak Arabic, to south Lebanon to do some reporting after Israel's proxy militia had shelled a town outside the area that they controlled.
Nicholas, the reporter, always traveled with a colleague who translated for him, but that person wasn't available that day, so I volunteered. He had never seen me before, he didn't know what to make of this kid offering to drive him to the south. But he didn't have any other option and eventually agreed. I started doing that with him on a regular basis, and this way, I also met other foreign reporters who traveled to Lebanon and needed help with translation and what we call "fixing", a local contact who can set up all the relevant appointments with government officials or students, artists, intellectuals or whatever the story requires. They were reporters from the Washington Post, L.A. Times, NPR, and I learned a lot from them. I started writing for newspapers myself at the same time.
In the end, I was covering the war in 2006, it was a terrible summer for Lebanon. Our infrastructure was destroyed and twelve hundred people were killed. The country paid a high price. For me, as a journalist, it was an important moment in my career. I felt a duty to report about what was happening in my country. It's the reason I became a journalist, I felt that should there ever be another war in my country, I wanted to be able to tell that story to the outside world. To report for the BBC, an international news channel, was a powerful vindication of my decision to become a journalist.
What would you say helped you break into the international affairs and foreign policy realm?
The willingness to do whatever the job required. I could have shown up at the newspaper (where I interned) and said I'm not driving anyone around. I did everything for the foreign reporters that came to Lebanon. I booked their dinners, set-up their appointment, translated for them, and sorted out their visas, whatever it took. As a fixer, I was a one-woman show even while I was doing my own reporting.
Despite my youthful shyness and doubts, I never hesitated to put my hand up. When I went up to the reporter, I didn't tell him that I was uncertain about my Arabic translation skills. I thought what the heck. He doesn't speak any Arabic at all. Let me just do it. I will figure it out. I can find a solution. And I did. I ended up translating for reporters in interviews with government officials.
What advice might you offer to early-career women?
I was very fortunate to have a father who never thought of his three daughters as anything but fully empowered citizens of the world. That's what gave me the ability to always ask: "Why not?" Like on that first day when I offered to take the reporter to south Lebanon—well, why not? When I was starting out, there weren't many women doing what I was doing. I thought why not me. It's a question that challenges the system in a good way.


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In 1963 these badasses wagged class to read Plato in the sun; the paper bags are so the teachers wouldn't recognise them (Photo: Bettman via Getty)
The Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending 6 November
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Bestseller list
The only published and available best-selling indie book chart in New Zealand is the top 10 sales list recorded every week at Unity Books' stores in High St, Auckland, and Willis St, Wellington.
1 Me, According to the History of Art by Dick Frizzell (Massey University Press, $65)
From thenews.co.nz:
"The aim of the book was 'to define my personality and my thinking through art history – the art history that I relate to', Frizzell said.
He began downloading images of significant works of art from the internet but realised he could 'get into trouble' if he reproduced the paintings … He knew he was 'quite clever at forging and faking' so he thought 'maybe I will just repaint them'.
'I've got this trick that I evolved quite a while ago.'
He would reproduce an image of the painting on a simple desktop printer, and then paint over it."
2 Aroha: Māori Wisdom for a Contented Life Lived in Harmony with our Planet by Hinemoa Elder (Penguin, $30)
"What is it that gives you joy? How could you celebrate being alive and being part of nature? In looking out the window, in talking to a small child, in letting the leaves of a plant touch your skin? How can you let nature touch you today?"
3 Inside Story by Martin Amis (Jonathan Cape, $37)
A "baggy, curious book", says the Guardian.
4 Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo (Penguin, $24)
Joint winner of the 2019 Booker Prize.
5 The Survivors by Jane Harper (MacMillan, $35)
Harper's advice to aspiring crime writers, via Mary Martin Bookshop:
"Write down all your ideas. Every single time you think of something, take a few seconds and make a note in a folder on your phone. You think you will remember good ideas, but life gets in the way and you'll be amazed when you go back through your notes what thoughts may have otherwise slipped through your fingers. If nothing else, writing down your ideas frees up your mind for other creative connections to form."
6 Ottolenghi: Flavour by Yotam Ottolenghi and Ixta Belfrage (Ebury, $60)
Butternut, orange and sage galette. Tofu meatball korma. Portobello steaks and butter bean mash.
7 Take Your Space: Successful Women Share Their Secrets by Rachel Petero and Jo Cribb (OneTree House, $34)
"It was just before Christmas, I was beyond tired – you know that woozy feeling you get from just doing too much – and I was sitting in front of a pile of presents for my partner's family ready to wrap them, when it struck me. Why did I need to think about what they needed, buy them, wrap them and even send them?" – Rachel Petero, founder of Rise2025, a "global consultancy aiming to reimagine the futures of 100,000 Indigenous women and their whānau by 2025".
8 The Sentinel by Lee Child and Andrew Child (Bantam Press, $37)
A stinging explainer from The Spectator:
"Child has handed on the franchise to his younger brother, real name Andrew Grant, a much less successful thriller writer.
It is unclear how much input Lee has had in this supposedly jointly authored work. He loyally maintains: 'It's as good as I could have done on my own. Better, in fact, because it has that extra energy.' 'Literally we are the same person, just 14 years apart,' he asserts. Maybe. But not the same writer. Everything about The Sentinel – which sees Reacher battling a ransomware cyberattack in a small town a couple of hours out of Nashville, uncovering a conspiracy that involves both Russians seeking to pervert the elections and American Nazis hoping to recreate the Nuremberg rallies, the sinister mastermind manipulating all this boasting a reversible portrait in his study, Hitler on one side, Stalin on the other – is clumsy."
9 Eat A Peach by David Chang (Penguin Random House, $48)
"His tale of finding his way in the restaurant world while struggling with bipolar disorder is the literary equivalent of slurping hot broth at a communal table. Full of humor and honesty, it provides nourishment and a sense of solidarity" – the New York Times
10 Ralph Hotere: The Dark is Light Enough by Vincent O'Sullivan (Penguin Random House, $45)
O'Sullivan interviewed by the Otago Daily Times:
"O'Sullivan spoke to several people to whom Hotere had said his first artistic efforts were as a boy drawing with a stick in the sand on the beach at his isolated west coast home, Mitimiti, north of the mouth of Hokianga Harbour.
'And there was a curious pleasure, he said, in that the waves came and took it away.'
As a boy, Hotere also liked to ride his horse up and down the beach and see how straight a line he could form with the animal's hoofprints.
'When you see his art, you realise how important this meticulous attention to detail and angle and spacing was to him.'"
1 Imagining Decolonisation by Rebecca Kiddle, Bianca Elkington, Moana Jackson, Ocean Ripeka Mercier, Mike Ross, Jennie Smeaton and Amanda Thomas (Bridget Williams Books, $15)
$15!
2 Women Don't Owe You Pretty by Florence Given (Cassell, $38)
They do not.
3 All Our Shimmering Skies by Trent Dalton (HarperCollins, $35)
"She suggests more windows. She suggests more cleaning. She suggests more food to eat. Fewer maggots in the sink. Fewer bloodstains on the kitchen walls. Fewer unwashed forks and dinner plates cooked in old gravy. Fewer weevils in the oats in the pantry. Fewer silverfish crawling through Emily Dickinson and William Butler Yeats and Walt Whitman on Violet's bookshelf by the front door. Fewer empty whisky bottles filling the space beneath the kitchen sink. Fewer strips of flypaper hanging from the ceiling, turned black with the stuck dead wings, heads and legs of house flies."
4 Supergood by Chelsea Winter (Penguin Books, $50)
Hedonistic hotcakes. Flash browns. Festive stuffed mushrooms.
5 A Life on Our Planet by David Attenborough (Ebury Press, $45)
"The tone is calm, but the conclusions are not" – the Financial Times
6 Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo (Penguin Books, $24)
7 Hiakai: Modern Māori Cuisine by Monique Fiso (Godwit, $65)
Fiso featured this week on The Spinoff podcast Dietary Requirements; we'll have a review of her book up next week.
9 Intimations: Six Essays by Zadie Smith (Hamish Hamilton, $16)
"She's so good and this is way too short" – Mehrsa on Goodreads
10 A Song for the Dark Times by Ian Rankin (Orion Books, $38)
"One key point is a cheeky sort of in-joke: Chekhov famously said 'if in the first act you have hung a pistol on the wall, then in the following one it should be fired. Otherwise don't put it there.' A pistol significantly isn't there in the local pub in Naver; nor could it be fired since it is both antique, dating from the war, and thoroughly rusted. But it does have significance, if not a bang." – The Scotsman
The Unity Books bestseller chart for the year ending now
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The Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending 18 December
Christmas confessions of a jaded NZ bookseller