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At only fourteen, Nathaniel is a rising star: a young magician who is quickly climbing the ranks of the government. There is seemingly nothing he cannot handle, until he is asked to deal with the growing Resistance movement, which is disrupting London life with its thefts and raids. It's no easy task: the ringleader Kitty and her friends remain elusive, and Nathaniel's job At only fourteen, Nathaniel is a rising star: a young magician who is quickly climbing the ranks of the government. There is seemingly nothing he cannot handle, until he is asked to deal with the growing Resistance movement, which is disrupting London life with its thefts and raids. It's no easy task: the ringleader Kitty and her friends remain elusive, and Nathaniel's job-and perhaps his life-are soon at risk. As the pressure mounts, he is distracted by a new series of terrifying attacks in the capital. But is it the Resistance again, or something more dangerous still? To uncover the perpetrators, Nathanial must take desperate measures: a journey to the enemy city of Prague and-worse-summoning once again the troublesome, enigmatic, and quick – witted djinni Bartimaeus.
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On Page 365, during an action sequence centering on Kitty, we get the line "Only then did she realize she might have turned the key in the lock." What is this referring to?
Corey Naire She realized that she had not imprisoned Gladestone in his resting place, and rather had left said place unlocked.
Will we understand this book without having read the amulet of Samarkand?
Notes: It could do with a more elaborate mythology. Improving on the first book, it's still, for a fantasy, not terribly exciting.
He's rude. He's surly. He won't hesitate to tell you when your haircut looks stupid. And in over 5000 years, he's seen some bad haircuts. I'm talking about my favorite djinni, Bartimaeus, back in book two of his young adult fantasy trilogy.
THE GOLEM'S EYE is an excellent sequel to the first book in the series, THE AMULET OF SAMARKAND. In the first book, we meet Bartimaeus, an ancient creature of enormous power that can best be described as a type of demon. Unfortunately, he and all of his kind hate the word demon. He classifies himself as a djinni, so we'll just go with that for the purposes of this review. Why annoy anyone who can shoot magical firebolts at you, right? Anyway, Bartimaeus, and other creatures like him, are summoned by human magicians to do their bidding. Needless to say, this forced servitude, or slavery, is not popular with the servants, so they do their best to turn the tables on their human masters whenever possible.
Enter Nathaniel, a boy who is in training to become a powerful magician. In book one of the series, he summons Bartimaeus from the netherworld and an involuntary partnership begins. In THE GOLEM'S EYE, young Nathaniel again finds himself in need of the djinni's aid, so he again turns to reluctant Bartimaeus. This time, a revolutionary group is blowing things up in London, which may or may not be related to a series of unusual occurrences that have the police stumped. Nathaniel feels that his career would take off if he can solve these crimes. But the stakes are high because he knows that his career, and possibly his life, are in jeopardy if he fails.
A key part of THE GOLEM'S EYE storyline centers on the activities of a London resistance group that is fighting to overthrow the magicians' government. Nathaniel's inability to track down these criminals is part of the reason he needs Bartimaeus's help. Of course, the djinni has little interest in helping magicians maintain their dominance. After all, they're the ones who continually force him and his kind into servitude. This conflict of interest makes for some entertaining scenes and conversations.
If you have not read THE AMULET OF SAMARKAND, I strongly recommend you pick that one up before diving into THE GOLEM'S EYE. Technically, you don't have to read the first one, but there is an awful lot of background you will miss if you don't. Plus, it's really fun.
I was really looking forward to reading this second novel in the Bartimaeus series. I was quite curious to see what it would be like, not just in the sense of the development of the story and the characters, but of the world building as well. I kept wondering how will this world ruled by magicians develop further? I was eager to see what place will our protagonist Nathaniel take in it, will he become like the rest of them (i.e. all the other corrupted magicians)? The world that the author create I was really looking forward to reading this second novel in the Bartimaeus series. I was quite curious to see what it would be like, not just in the sense of the development of the story and the characters, but of the world building as well. I kept wondering how will this world ruled by magicians develop further? I was eager to see what place will our protagonist Nathaniel take in it, will he become like the rest of them (i.e. all the other corrupted magicians)? The world that the author created in the first novel was of great interest to me. In the first novel, I found the setting as fascinating as the story itself. I must say that I wasn't disappointed with how the world building evolved in this one. This sequel was wonderful, an absolute joy to read. Often the sequel disappoints, not being able to retain its original charm, but not this time. It is obvious that the author already had things worked out in his mind because everything seems to flow naturally. This sequel opens up as a mystery novel. Nathanial has to solve the mysterious attacks that are bringing shame to the government. He is utterly engrossed in this task, for his career and his life, depend on his ability to solve the mystery and find the group that is behind these attacks. There are many twists and turns in The Golem's Eye and many secrets to be discovered. In fact, the secret identity of the person behind the golem's eye is only one of them. This is an excellently plotted novel with enough food for the thought- or at least that is my experience.
If one cares to, one can draw many parallels to our own world, just switch the magicians with modern politicians. The magic could be used as a metaphor for power and money. In this alternative world, the general public doesn't have much say in anything. It is understood that the magicians know better and that the commoners should just look after their own business and stay out of magicians' way. In other ways, exactly like democracies in Europe and USA. As far as I can recall, nobody asked us, the European public, would we like to stop trading with Russia? There was no referendum on that subject in any EU country. I'm not an expert on economy, but one doesn't have to be to know that the record high unemployment in Europe is a sign of economic collapse and you don't need to be one smart cookie to figure out that a bit of trade would go a long way right now. Likewise, I didn't notice that American politicians are consulting the public on the subject of whether it is a good idea to provoke a nuclear superpower into a war? If some politician decides it is time to go to war, that's what happens. Nobody asks the public anything. Yes, we get to choose between people serving identical power groups every few years but that doesn't amount to much, does it? If it seems to you that this scenario where one small group dominates another larger group seems unlikely, think again.
You see another thing I wondered about was what the relationship between the boy and the djinn would be like in the sequel. I took it for granted that there will be a relationship between the two of them. I assumed that the boy will, despite promising otherwise, summon the djinn to serve him once again. I was not mistaken, for Nathaniel indeed summons Bartimaeus when he finds himself in trouble. I guess we can give him some credit for at least attempting to avoiding his promise. What make the dynamics of their relationship so interesting in the first one is the fact that Nathaniel is vulnerable to Bartimaeus because the spirit knows his name. In addition, Nathaniel's naivety (not to mention young age) made him less like other magicians. However, Nathaniel of Golem's Eye, is not a very likeable character. He is only a few years older, but he is very much changed. Bartimaeus still can negotiate with him, because he knows his secret, but the relationship between them is different. Surely, Bartimaeus said some bad things about Nathaniel in the first sequel, but it was obvious that the boy's youth got to him and that he felt some sympathy for him- probably because he reminded him of the Egyptian boy, the only master Bartimaeus seems to have respected. Nathaniel does show some sheds of decency that his superiors lack. Nevertheless, everything is different now. Hence, comes Kitty! As the only individual with some moral decency, she is contrasted sharply with all the other's characters. This works very well with the premise of the novel that states that magicians are inheritably bad. As I said, I quite liked how the magicians need for power is showed to be pathological in essence. Indeed, I could strike some parallels with 1984, if only there wasn't so much humour in this one. Everyone who says anything against magicians is, a priori, considered an enemy of the state in much the same way as described in 1984. So, my initial question of whether this sequel would elaborate on politics, revealing more about the power structures and dynamics of this would, could be answered with yes. There is a lot of serious issues tacked through Bartimaeus sarcasm, from slavery to colonialism. He is notorious for his funny remarks on humans, but this time we also get to see another side of him, the one hidden behind his sarcasm.
I think that I said in my review of The Amulet how that first novel seemed (to me) more suitable for young adult and adult audience than for young children because it was quite dark in tone (no graphic description of violence in neither of these two, but there are plotted murders and deaths). However, this one seemed a bit lighter for some reason (even if it discussed serious matters at times) so it might very well be suited for older kids. It could have felt that way because there was a lot of humour in it, in all shapes and forms. Maybe it felt a bit 'lighter' because Kitty represents imminent if not evident hope for change. Moreover, Nathaniel's turn into a 'serious magician' is not without a sense of comedy. He might be losing his moral compass, but his djinn is there to remind him of it and make fun of him every step of the way. His intellectualism still serves him well, but he seems lame in comparison with Kitty, who is the heroine of this one. That was refreshing- having a girl be a hero for once!
I pretty much liked everything about this one. There were only a few minor things bugging me. One of them was the way that the narration kept switching from first to third person when Bartimaeus would change form. For example, when he would become a cat, the sentence would be- the cat did this or that but then it would return to the first-person narration. Perhaps, this was to give us a better visual perspective of events. It might even serve to enable Bartimaeus to focus on narrating things his way, without having to explain what is he doing on the physical level. This was only a bit irritating at start, soon I got used to it and didn't mind it. One thing that I did mind was how naïve Nathaniel still was, despite his obvious high intelligence. At a few places, I think he could have been less abashed with what was going on. Apart from that, his character development, with his teenage insecurities contrasted with incredible ambition, was well balanced. Another thing that I felt was lacking was a few good conversations between Bartimaeus and his master. I know that the novel was fast paced and that really wasn't much place for it (especially with Kitty's past and present life being introduced) but it would have been fun seeing more dialogue between them. Their changed relationship and estrangement did make sense; I was just left wanting a bit more. In this review, I focused mostly on characters and the world building. I know that didn't really say much about the plot, but hey I didn't want to spoil anything for anyone. That- and truthfully as entertaining as the story itself has been (who doesn't like a nice detective story?) that was not my primary field of interest. However, I will comment on the ending. I must say that the climax is really superb and that it all ties nicely in the end. Towards the end, I kept asking myself how will everything get resolved, but actually the ending felt quite natural. All in all, the sequel was more than satisfactory. I expected it to be good, but not this good. In my view, it was perfect.
The Golem's Eye is a children's novel of alternate history, fantasy and magic. It is the second book in the Bartimaeus trilogy written by British author Jonathan Stroud. The first edition was released by Miramax 1 January 2004 in the United Kingdom. 6 million copies have been sold in 36 countries. It was a New York Times best-seller in 2004. The book and series are about the power struggles in a magical dystopia centred in London, England featuring a mixture of modern and ancient, secular and mythological themes.
This hilarious novel is the second in the Bartimaeus Trilogy. The story picks up where the first book in the trilogy (The Amulet of Samarkand) leaves off. Most of the story takes place in London, where the government is made up of magicians. These magicians are all power-hungry, calculating, feckless, craven, jealous, and self-serving to the n'th degree.
The 14-year-old Nathaniel is an up-and-coming magician in charge of security operations in the department of internal affairs. He is blamed for This hilarious novel is the second in the Bartimaeus Trilogy. The story picks up where the first book in the trilogy (The Amulet of Samarkand) leaves off. Most of the story takes place in London, where the government is made up of magicians. These magicians are all power-hungry, calculating, feckless, craven, jealous, and self-serving to the n'th degree.
The 14-year-old Nathaniel is an up-and-coming magician in charge of security operations in the department of internal affairs. He is blamed for incompetence with regards to two threats; the resistance--a secret society blamed for stealing magical artifacts--and a golem, who is trouncing across London causing major havoc. Nathaniel's personality has changed since the first novel--he is now more power-hungry, and his ethics have taken a bit of a dive, becoming more like those of the average magician. Nathaniel does his best to unearth those to blame for these threats, mostly relying on his captive slave, the 5000-year-old jinni Bartimaeus.
Bartimaeus is a lovable character--saucy, sardonic, witty, brave, fatalistic, and street-smart. His cheeky comments do not endear himself to his master, but they make for hilarious dialog. He is sagacious, and ever mindful of his limits and the limitations of the magicians.
Kitty is a teen-aged key player in the resistance. She is naive, but persistent, resilient, and somewhat resistant to magic. Her high ethical standards (as with most of the others in the resistance) are in sharp opposition to everyone else. Bartimaeus almost takes a liking to her, for her refreshing honesty, courage, and individualism.
Just please tell me what is better than a morally grey 13 year old boy with a djinni as a servant? You can't can you?
It's so fascinating to see this in a children's book. I usually don't like morally grey characters because I can never see the reason behind their actions. The idea to hurt people and use them even if life did really deal you a crappy hand never really entered my head.
But to see this in a child, it's really interesting.
I can't put it into words. The difference between a grey character having a flashback to what happened to them to be this way and actually growing up with them till they become what they are is huge to me.
And the age makes all the difference too, if it's a younger character I sympathize more but if the character is of a certain age I really have a hard time seeing how certain events can lead them to be the way they become. Especially when they blame others for what happened to them, this always felt so childish to me.
Back to this series. I've heard a couple of reviews mentioning how good of an ending this series has and I can't wait. I sense there's a whole lot more to Bartimaeus's character and I really want to see more, I really like him.
I like Nathaniel and Katty too.
This really one of those books I would've loved to read and experience as a child, it's not technically and underrated book but I can't believe it's not as hyped as other books.
My first thought right after reading the book is that it is filled with temperamental and cocky teenagers, equally self-absorbed, bickering and snotty adult magicians and one Mr. Love guru called Bartimaeus. Which actually is not a bad thing cause he cracks me up.
Character For me, they were pretty much 1-dimensional. The magicians are power-hungry, self-obsessed, egoistic, with really nothing to brag about except they could control the Spir My first thought right after reading the book is that it is filled with temperamental and cocky teenagers, equally self-absorbed, bickering and snotty adult magicians and one Mr. Love guru called Bartimaeus. Which actually is not a bad thing cause he cracks me up.
Character For me, they were pretty much 1-dimensional. The magicians are power-hungry, self-obsessed, egoistic, with really nothing to brag about except they could control the Spirits. Most of the time, they come off very easy to manipulate. As what Bartimaeus once said, they are all driven by power and greed. Or you know, something like that.
The commoners, or the people with no magical aptitude, are either stupid or mindless cowards who spend the rest of the book just being told what to do, clueless or cowering in fear from the magicians. But I get that, we must learn to bow down to authorities but they just come off rather too compliant and dull. And if there are actually people who are willing to fight for their rights, they come off too strongly.
Which brings me to the Resistance. what the Commoners lack, the Resistance are abundant of it. Even to the point of being too confident with their abilities that in the end, they ended up being cocky and arrogant themselves but the second book did tackle this one out and accepted the mistakes being made. It was dealt with properly and I liked the closure.
I could sympathize with the characters but I couldn't seem to make myself care for them. The only like-able character for me is Bartimaeus, the others fell kind of flat or annoying. It took me a while to warm up to Kitty and by the end of the book, I came to like her too. But not that much. Just enough so I could stop rolling my eyes during her POVs. teehee.
So I am truly grateful that mine turned out to be cartoon/anime-ish than it really is cause I might not have slept last night.
THE AMULET OF SAMARKAND & THE GOLEM'S EYE BY JONATHAN STROUD: So I met Jonathan Stroud last Friday, author of the Bartimaeus triology, of which the first two are out: "The Amulet of Samarkand" and "The Golem's Eye." He came to the bookstore I work at in Petaluma, Copperfield's, and was pretty entertaining. He was the classic English guy writing about a doomed England of magic and magicians and the regular people known as "commoners": average English accent from near London area with some cli THE AMULET OF SAMARKAND & THE GOLEM'S EYE BY JONATHAN STROUD: So I met Jonathan Stroud last Friday, author of the Bartimaeus triology, of which the first two are out: "The Amulet of Samarkand" and "The Golem's Eye." He came to the bookstore I work at in Petaluma, Copperfield's, and was pretty entertaining. He was the classic English guy writing about a doomed England of magic and magicians and the regular people known as "commoners": average English accent from near London area with some clipped Cockney when speaking, but when reading clear, upper class southern England accent; a very ordinary looking guy in a t-shirt and slacks, totally unassuming and seemingly unaware that he's a big famous author who's growing and growing in notoriety.
I was talking to him about how I really liked that in his fantasy books involving magicians being separate and higher in social stature than ordinary people like you and me, Stroud pays more attention to what is happening socially with the paradigm, than just telling a story about a hot-shot wizard doing great things. And he seemed happy to know that I had spotted this in his books. That they took a different direction to most of the kids fantasy books out today involving the Harry Potter character, which has now practically become an archetype.
In the world of the Bartimaeus triolgy, magicians don't actually have that much power. They have all their control and magic from summoning djinn from another world and using them to do magical things, and all the summoning of imps, djinn, and higher level afrits is done through reading incantations from books. So in this world, the magicians really don't have that much power. The magicians control the entire government from Parliament to the prime minister.
And then you have the ordinary people, the "commoners" who are a subjugated people who work in factories and any and all jobs that involve labor. And are meek and always do as they are told, and it comes off as an almost Orwellian distopia. Except there are a few that somehow possess some ability to take attacks from magicians and djinn and not be killed by them and that they are able to see on multiple planes. There are seven planes, humans can only see on the first, and magicians with the aid of lenses can see the first three, while the djinn and afrits are on all seven planes. And this group are known as the "Resistance," as they try to overthrow the magicians and take back control of the country.
And then there's the nebulous rest of Europe in which you have the east consisting mainly of the Czechs who are warring against the English and have been for a long time, but are now at truce.
So it's a very interesting world with lots going on instead of just some tough wizard kid fighting a bad guy. I recommend it to all who want to read a different kind of fantasy.
3.5 stars. Bartimaeus is a great character and this is a fast, fun read. That said, I didn't like this installment as much as the first book in the series, The Amulet of Samarkand, which I thought was fantastic. My reasons are: (1) I thought Nathaniel (aka John Mandrake) was pretty annoying much of the time and sometimes downright unlikeable; (2) I didn't think the author expanded enough on the mythology underlying the story (i.e., the magic system, the histories and powers of the various classe 3.5 stars. Bartimaeus is a great character and this is a fast, fun read. That said, I didn't like this installment as much as the first book in the series, The Amulet of Samarkand, which I thought was fantastic. My reasons are: (1) I thought Nathaniel (aka John Mandrake) was pretty annoying much of the time and sometimes downright unlikeable; (2) I didn't think the author expanded enough on the mythology underlying the story (i.e., the magic system, the histories and powers of the various classes of demons) which I think is very interesting; and (3) I didn't think the scope of the plot was as big or engaging as in the first novel.
Criticism aside, the story is well-written and Bartimaeus, when he is on page, is a ton of fun. I will certainly read the last book in the trilogy and hope that it resembles book 1 more than book 2.
I am so disappointed in Nathaniel. I really am. I just miss the little boy from the first book so much. I have a feeling that he's the necessary collateral damage from the society that he lives in, and I guess that I can understand that not all of the good guys stay good and vice versa, but I really am sad that it had to end in this way.
Well, not end, there is still one more book to go before the ending of this story, but the end of this particular one. I really don't know what is going to happe I am so disappointed in Nathaniel. I really am. I just miss the little boy from the first book so much. I have a feeling that he's the necessary collateral damage from the society that he lives in, and I guess that I can understand that not all of the good guys stay good and vice versa, but I really am sad that it had to end in this way.
Well, not end, there is still one more book to go before the ending of this story, but the end of this particular one. I really don't know what is going to happen next, and somehow I don't even want to find out. Whan you get your hopes up this low, I really don't see how they can get back up. But, aside from my sligh negative feelings about Nathaniel, I still think that this is really a book worth reading.
Maybe it's not for little children, like I thought so for the first one, because it deals with slightly subtler and not-as-refined human emotions. I don't believe that this series could actually ever have a happily-ever-after by the fairy tale standards, I believe that the ending was as happy as it could get in the given time. And I have to say that Stroud really made a marvelous job when it comes to the subtlety in this book.
I read the first book in this series a couple of years ago and liked it, but I never got around to finishing the series. Probably should have read it closer together . . .
This was a perfectly serviceable follow up to The Amulet of Samarkand, and honestly I think my 'meh' reaction to it is mostly on me. The only real criticism I have of the book is that it was too long. This is supposed to be children's/middle grade book, and it's 562 pages with pretty small font. I suppose that wouldn't matter ( I read the first book in this series a couple of years ago and liked it, but I never got around to finishing the series. Probably should have read it closer together . . .
This was a perfectly serviceable follow up to The Amulet of Samarkand, and honestly I think my 'meh' reaction to it is mostly on me. The only real criticism I have of the book is that it was too long. This is supposed to be children's/middle grade book, and it's 562 pages with pretty small font. I suppose that wouldn't matter (coughHarryPottercough) if I were engaged with it, but it just felt like too much. I could have cut 50-100 pages off this thing, easy.
This takes place a couple of years after the last one. Nathaniel is rising in the ranks of the government, and he is still serving as an apprentice to one of the government higher ups. It's a pretty toxic environment. Then a mysterious and extremely dangerous magical entity starts destroying magical landmarks and tourist traps, and Nathaniel is tasked with bringing the culprit to justice. Of course, he enlists the "help" of Bartimaeus, and Bartimaeus is not happy about that. The beast turns out to be a golem, and they have to find out who put it together. Meanwhile, we also get a new POV this book, that of Kitty, a young member of the Resistance. We get her backstory, which explains about the Resistance as well, and her storyline begins to entwine with Bartimaeus's and Nathaniel's.
There's a lot of really interesting stuff in here about systems of oppression and treasure hunts and miscarriages of justice and trips to ancient magical cities, but I had the hardest time getting through it, for no discernible reason. Bartimaeus is still a fun narrator. I still find it intriguing that our protagonist is so very flawed. I liked the addition of Kitty to the story. The golem was scary. I think it might just be wrong book, wrong time, and I may try again later. Unfortunately, I'm now reading the third and last book, so hopefully that goes better . . .
Unless it is still very good, I think the first one in the series is much better.
Bartimaeus made me laugh a lot again, but the story is slower and less interesting. The end was very obvious too.
In this second book, the Resistance take a more important roll in the story. It is okay, but at the beginning of the book it was everything a mess switching between the magicians and the commoners, and only after a lot of pages I understood the point of such a thing.
I will read the third book soon. I hope Unless it is still very good, I think the first one in the series is much better.
I will read the third book soon. I hope it will be so good as the first one and a fine end for this series.
I really like this book series so far: Its definitely been one of the better things I have read recently. Its consistently entertaining, light in tone, and populated with memorable characters. The plot moves swiftly, and although there are definitely some borrowed elements, I think Stroud manages to be innovative within certain bounds. I was constantly entertained, and I really loved the snarky djinni. I also loved that they added a sympathetic character in this one. Kitty was wonderful. She was I really like this book series so far: Its definitely been one of the better things I have read recently. Its consistently entertaining, light in tone, and populated with memorable characters. The plot moves swiftly, and although there are definitely some borrowed elements, I think Stroud manages to be innovative within certain bounds. I was constantly entertained, and I really loved the snarky djinni. I also loved that they added a sympathetic character in this one. Kitty was wonderful. She was clever, strong, and brave. I think Stroud was smart to wait to introduce her in this volume, because it felt like I was finally getting the other side of the story that until this point I had only heard from Nathaniel's perspective. It was good to see through a commoner's eyes how the magicians affect and control the populace, and how their rule is not necessarily beneficial. This was hinted at before, and Bartimaeus certainly believes this, but it was good to get a clear view of the manipulation that is perpetrated by those in power.
I really love Bartimaeus: I just really love how snarky and funny he was. It kept the tone of the book light, and its nice to read a book that isn't steeped in how seriously it takes itself. I really liked the footnotes, as it felt like a callback to Jasper Fforde to me (another book series I liked).
Цілий рік мені трапляються якісні мультинарративи, від Канетті до Шейна Джонса. А ось тепер до них доєднався і Страуд, всі персонажі якого є антигероями та кожен вибір яких покликаний поставити перед читачем питання сприйняття їхнього морального образу, змушує все більше думати над етичними проблемами цих містично-вікторіанських 90-х.
На відміну від Ролінґ, із якою редакція "Ескмо" так нарочито порівнює Джонатана, він не розмежовує світ магів та маґлів-простолюдинів. Він не робить беззмістовних Цілий рік мені трапляються якісні мультинарративи, від Канетті до Шейна Джонса. А ось тепер до них доєднався і Страуд, всі персонажі якого є антигероями та кожен вибір яких покликаний поставити перед читачем питання сприйняття їхнього морального образу, змушує все більше думати над етичними проблемами цих містично-вікторіанських 90-х.
Sigo con la relectura de la saga y, aunque la historia y la atmósfera sea algo más de adulto, sin embargo me ha gustado menos que el primer tomo. Stroud amplía el universo, introduce nuevos personajes y ciudades pero en detrimento del elemento más atractivo de toda la saga: los capítulos narrados en primera persona por el demonio Bartimeo.
Una pena que, teniendo algo original y atractivo, lo deje a un lado en un intento de parecer más serio o darle más profundidad a la historia. A veces la virtud Sigo con la relectura de la saga y, aunque la historia y la atmósfera sea algo más de adulto, sin embargo me ha gustado menos que el primer tomo. Stroud amplía el universo, introduce nuevos personajes y ciudades pero en detrimento del elemento más atractivo de toda la saga: los capítulos narrados en primera persona por el demonio Bartimeo.
Following up The Amulet of Samarkand, this book is just as good. It continues the story of Nathaniel, now John Mandrake, a lonely and quite helpless self-absorbed teenager with an important job and status - you can see where this is going, and you know that it's not good. He has to summon Bartimaeus again and the djinn's not happy about it, but what can he do?
You also get a glimpse in the life of the resistance - who are they, what do they do exactly and how they do it, what binds them together Following up The Amulet of Samarkand, this book is just as good. It continues the story of Nathaniel, now John Mandrake, a lonely and quite helpless self-absorbed teenager with an important job and status - you can see where this is going, and you know that it's not good. He has to summon Bartimaeus again and the djinn's not happy about it, but what can he do?
You also get a glimpse in the life of the resistance - who are they, what do they do exactly and how they do it, what binds them together and what is their purpose. The guys and girl that made an appearance in the previous book are back and we get a glimpse into their lives and their souls.
Slow-paced in the beginning, fast-paced in the end, the book shows the cruelty of the magicians and the sufferings of the ordinary people living in oppression. It shows what makes each type of person vulnerable and how far the characters are willing to go to achieve their purpose.
I'd recommend it especially for preteens and teens, but it's a good story for any age. I enjoyed it as much as I did when I was in the 7th grade, and would reread it anytime.
"Guarda quello laggiù in fondo. Ha preso la forma di un poggiapiedi. Strano forte... però il suo stile in qualche modo non mi spiace».
«Quello è un poggiapiedi Nessuno sta usando quel pentacolo»."
Un salto di qualità rispetto al primo. Più impegnato, se così si può dire, più complesso e decisamente più carico di promesse.
Lo sviluppo dei personaggi è, come ho già accennato precedentemente, ciò che di Stroud mi lascia più sorpresa e soddisfatta, e anche qui nell'Occhio del Golem l'autore non smenti "Guarda quello laggiù in fondo. Ha preso la forma di un poggiapiedi. Strano forte... però il suo stile in qualche modo non mi spiace».
Lo sviluppo dei personaggi è, come ho già accennato precedentemente, ciò che di Stroud mi lascia più sorpresa e soddisfatta, e anche qui nell'Occhio del Golem l'autore non smentisce affatto la sua bravura: la scelta di intrattenersi con un personaggio principale come Nathaniel, che pagina dopo pagina sguazza con sempre più compiacimento in quella fanghiglia di sentina che è l'élite dirigente dei maghi londinesi, che pagina dopo pagina diventa sempre più avido, viscido, pigro, insopportabile, è coraggiosa e già da sola, assieme alla maestria e al buon senso con cui è stata gestito, guadagna al libro non poco merito.
In quanto a Bartimeus... se parlassi di lui, non potrei sfuggire al profondermi in banalità su quanto mi faccia ridere e quanto lo adori, per cui starò zitta. Bella la scelta di introdurre come terza co-protagonista una comune; Kitty è stata ben al di là delle mie aspettative.
La trama è costruita ottimamente, come già per il primo. Ho apprezzato in particolar modo la conclusione: pensavamo di aver avuto delle risposte, ma con poche riflessioni Nathaniel le spazza via rivelandole per quelle che sono, e cioè nientemeno che un'ulteriore complicazione delle domande precedenti.
Bartimeus rimane il personaggio preferito incontrastato, con le sue risposte taglienti e ironiche (che spesso però non sono comprese da maghi e umani :D): un potentissimo Jinn che si trova nuovamente, suo malgrado, al servizio di Nathaniel.
Nathaniel.. Stroud è un genio: è un personaggio principale, quindi un po' si fa anche il tifo per lui pur essendo più volte che no sgradevolissimo.. Mi ha fatto prudere tantissimo le mani certe volte, giuro!!
Grandi descrizioni, grandi personaggi e una grande storia: se avete iniziato la trilogia, mollate quello che state leggendo e recuperate questo volume il più presto possibile.. Se non l'avete iniziata.. MALE! Interrompete ciò che state facendo e iniziate seduta stante "L'amuleto di Samarcanda"!!!!!!
A good sequel to The Amulet of Samarkand. Bartimaeus is back. And his former, temporary master, Nathaniel. Or, as he is known to everyone else, John Mandrake. Nathaniel. once again, summons the djinni on order to save his career. However things go from bad to worse for Nathaniel. From the Resistance, golems, skeletons and inner enemies amongst other magicians, this duo has their work cut out for them. Also, this story brings in a third perspective. Kitty, the thief leader we briefly met in the f A good sequel to The Amulet of Samarkand. Bartimaeus is back. And his former, temporary master, Nathaniel. Or, as he is known to everyone else, John Mandrake. Nathaniel. once again, summons the djinni on order to save his career. However things go from bad to worse for Nathaniel. From the Resistance, golems, skeletons and inner enemies amongst other magicians, this duo has their work cut out for them. Also, this story brings in a third perspective. Kitty, the thief leader we briefly met in the first book. She is a active member of the Resistance. However, things for her go bad to and soon all three meet up, once again.
These are interesting (I use that word a lot don't I? Maybe I should check a Thesaurus.) books. The "human" lead character, John Mandrake/Nathanial is definitely an acquired taste. You sort of want him to succeed, but on the other hand you see the Magicians as what they are, morally repugnant. In the first book, there seemed to be hope for Nathanial to turn out, "all right". But he's obviously turning into just another ambitious, selfish, lying, magician.
Then there's Bartimaeus, a jinn (genie, d These are interesting (I use that word a lot don't I? Maybe I should check a Thesaurus.) books. The "human" lead character, John Mandrake/Nathanial is definitely an acquired taste. You sort of want him to succeed, but on the other hand you see the Magicians as what they are, morally repugnant. In the first book, there seemed to be hope for Nathanial to turn out, "all right". But he's obviously turning into just another ambitious, selfish, lying, magician.
This is the second book in the Bartimaeus trilogy and the story picks up a few years after the close of the first. Nathanial/John Mandrake had (apparently) agreed not to call Bartimaeus again...apparently, as that was the jinn's understanding but well, John decided he hadn't actually taken that vow..
The pace and ideas continue in the second installment of the Bartimaeus Trilogy with The Golem's Eye.
Kitty's character gets more exposure and "page time", while Nathaniel, now a very pompous 14 year old working high up in the government, tries to track her down as leader of the Resistance, and hopefully find a link between her and the giant clay golem trashing London. At risk of making the ruling class (the magicians) look incompetent, a lot of pressure is on Nathaniel's young shoulders.
Bartim The pace and ideas continue in the second installment of the Bartimaeus Trilogy with The Golem's Eye.
Much better than the first book. The demon Bartimaeus is hilarious! Looking forward to Book III!
در این کتاب همان روندی را که در کتاب اول برقرار بود، این دفعه برای سه نفر انجام شد؛ ناتانیل، بارتیمیوس و کیتی!
سرنوشت هر سه جداگانه بیان میشد تا اینکه در اواسط کتاب به هم رسیدند و دوباره جدا شدند.
۱. میک پیس زیر همه این توطئه هاست و از هاپکینز به عنوان رابط خود استفاده کرده است.
۲. میک پیس و هاپکینز، یک نفر هستند.
تنها کتاب آخر که میتونه حقیقت رو مشخص کنه!
Bartimaeus is truly one of the best written characters I've ever encountered. However everything else about this book was extremely sub par. The characters seemed almost awkward and jilting. It was at times painful to read, Every part that had Bartimaeus was excellent, but the rest of it left a lot to be desired.
CONCLUSION: it was a good read.
First, the book's contents. Each one or two chapters is of a different characters point of view, and the story progressed in a amazing way, with some flash backs and so. The whole point is about a fourteen-year-old magician Nathanial and his tasks and missions being the assistant of the head of internal affairs which concerns a disastrous magical creature and a group of thieves. Kitty, after being wrongly accused, was driven to these criminals and both she, Nathan CONCLUSION: it was a good read.
First, the book's contents. Each one or two chapters is of a different characters point of view, and the story progressed in a amazing way, with some flash backs and so. The whole point is about a fourteen-year-old magician Nathanial and his tasks and missions being the assistant of the head of internal affairs which concerns a disastrous magical creature and a group of thieves. Kitty, after being wrongly accused, was driven to these criminals and both she, Nathanial and the djinn Bartimaeus began a terrific adventure. The story, if linked to reality, mentioned how unfair the differences of the rich and poor/ good-looking and not so / normal and abnormal/ young and old... (magicians and commoners or Nathaniel with the other magicians) are, and about the complex feeling of desire for leadership or power ( Nathaniel and Duvall). Also, it explained how important is conscience ( Kitty and Nathaniel) and the laws and judgements ( Kitty).
I didn't even read the first book and I had no trouble reading this second book at all! There is nothing i don't understand and nothing confusing... Jonathan Stroud had done it, whereas the others couldn't. No bewilderment about the planes... the stuff about the government...the idea of a djinn...it's perfect. This technique of explaining some things by a note at the bottom of the page is quite clever too. The writing is just too fabulous.
And I realised something else as well. Stroud here is SO full of WORDS. Even though knowing quite a few words more than people of my age, I filled nearly an entire page of words I've met and said hello in the book but didn't know them enough to start a conversation ( just a little lame metaphor here. skip it if you don't understand it). Here are some examples: flotilla, subjugate, sauerkraut. I do have a vague understanding to some words, of course, but that's probably only because he used them so appropriately.
Next is his WAY of using those words and arranging them into a perfect sentence. Beautiful simile, personification, metaphor...etc. is easy to be perceived. For example : ( ...dishes strewn with sausage scraps, the relics of his afternoon consumption.) , (I didn't like it: too many windows ablaze with the light of the dying sun; it was impossible to tell who might be looking down from them.) ( One moment he was there, the next he was gone, and something heavy was being dragged away from her and down the steps, BUMP, BUMP, BUMP.) ... etc. See? How he used the colons and semicolons, the words and sound effects to his thriller? It's just so magical.
His way of DESCRIBING. I cannot possibly use words to express just how PERFECT he describes his scenes and objects portrayed in them. But maybe he can. Because the way he writes the shadows on the walls and how the illumination produced the shadows are genuine; the way he talks and show the setting's scene to us readers are aesthetic. Believe you me ( that's actually a common phrase used in the book). You might not have noticed so, because Stroud probably kept you quite engaged in the plot and the excellent pacing and the emotional characters. If you look closely-in some parts of course, not all of them- you'll see he sometimes describe the scene as the narrator or main character of a particular chapter's vision. For example, Stroud was describing the spheres of a long shelf... and to guide his next object into the setting, he then wrote-"Kitty shuddered and turned to the main focus of the company's attention-the marble sarcophagus directly below the shelf..." You see, everything was cleverly put.
Last but not the least, AMUSEMENT and HUMOR. That's there, too. It's not only a grim, thrilling tale, but funny occasionally, making you laugh out loud. Bartimaeus is SO funny. He openly produced a fair number of comical scenes and comments. Not gonna tell you what it is in case of spoilers.
"Check out that one at the end. He's taken the form of a footstool. Weird...but somehow I like his style."


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Achieving diversity and inclusion in political science is a priority for the American Political Science Association. Recognizing the many differences, among them — demographic, substantive, intellectual, pedagogical, methodological, and institutional — and leveraging this variation is critical not only to the success of individual political scientists but to the strength and longevity of the disciplinary enterprise. The individual and collective creativity and innovation required for disciplinary responses to an ever-changing world depend on our ability to harness the variety of unique contributions and differences in our research, teaching, and service. The role of APSA is to facilitate this endeavor. [2015 RBSI Program Photos: Shaun King].
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This report collects and collates information about diversity and inclusion from across the programs, services, and reports generated by the association. In so doing, it provides a one-stop report of data and initiatives related to diversity and inclusion at APSA. While not exhaustive, the purpose of the inaugural version of the report is to enable a fulsome discussion of diversity and inclusion across the association. Read the 2018 APSA Diversity and Inclusion Report.
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Nearly all OC automakers saw sales increases for June while year-to-date sales were mixed.
Hyundai Motors North America in Fountain Valley sold 64,052 units, an increase of 19.6%, but sales for the year dropped 2.6% to 327,786 vehicles. The South Korean automaker's Genesis brand saw sales drop 50.7%, selling 796 vehicles for the month. Year-over-year sales through June on the brand declined 26.7%.
Irvine-based Kia Motors North America saw a slight increase of 0.8% for the month, selling 56,571 units. For the year, sales were down 0.7% to 293,563 units.
Mazda North American Operations in Irvine reported total June sales of 26,893 units, an increase of 20.4%. For the year through June, sales were up 14.2% with 163,924 vehicles sold.
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Q: include statement in iphone html file Is this possible?  Basically, I have HTML file A, which I want to include in HTML files B, C, D, and E.  All of them will be displayed within my iOS app.  No internet involved -- everything will be on the device.

A: actually its possible
here is how its done
tell me if i am wrong
first file test.html has following contents
<object type="text/html" data="test2.html">

if object inclusion faile this takes over

   </object>

and test2.html has this code

blah

Try open it in firefox and it should display blah
if its IE then use this code in your test.html

<object classid="clsid:25336920-03F9-11CF-8FD0-00AA00686F13" data="test2.html">

if object inclusion faile this takes over

</object>

hope this helps
you can also have simple IE detection check like this

<![endif]-->

A: There is no standard or magic way, but you would have to do it yourself with some native code. It shouldn't be too hard.
For example, imagine some files like this:
index.html

  <% include1.html %>

include1.html

Hello World!

You could write native code to load the index.html file, and search for these special tags, and replace those tags with the content in the named html file that is also on the device.  You can then pass the HTML as a string to a webview to load and display.

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"Lonely And Blue" by Roy Orbison - album review
The awesome "Up Town" single had promised much in the way of a possible new direction and with this lush, stereophonic extravaganza, Roy Orbison firmly underlined that his ten-a-penny Sun rockers were now a thing of the past, an era away. He told Rolling Stone in 1988: "I liked the sound of [my voice]. I liked making it sing, making the voice ring, and I just kept doing it. And I think that somewhere between the time of "Ooby Dooby" and "Only the Lonely", it kind of turned into a good voice." "Lonely And Blue" was a giant of an album, towering about the contemporaries and quite unlike anything which had went before. Sure there were touchstones of pop crooner, of country heartbreak, of the rock n roll ballad, of soulful blues; but the sum of the parts was unmistakably a new trademark; the Roy Orbison sound, with enough emotional resonance to shatter all but men with steel hearts. With the orchestration, the subtle doo-wop, THAT voice and the arrangements – the set just oozes class at every turn. Album of the year, and one of the very best of the decade.
A1 [02:27] Roy Orbison with Bob Moore's Orch. and chorus - Only The Lonely (Know The Way I Feel) (Roy Orbison, Joe Melson) Pop
A2 [02:17] Roy Orbison - Bye-Bye, Love (Boudleaux Bryant, Felice Bryant) Pop
A3 [02:45] Roy Orbison - Cry (Churchill Kohlman) Rock n Roll Ballad
A4 [02:21] Roy Orbison - Blue Avenue (Roy Orbison, Joe Melson) Pop
A5 [02:45] Roy Orbison - I Can't Stop Loving You (Don Gibson) Pop Ballad
A6 [02:29] Roy Orbison - Come Back To Me (My Love) (Roy Orbison, Joe Melson) Pop
B1 [02:53] Roy Orbison with Bob Moore's Orch. and Chorus - Blue Angel (Roy Orbison, Joe Melson) Pop Ballad
B2 [01:54] Roy Orbison - Raindrops (Joe Melson) Pop
B3 [03:11] Roy Orbison - (I'd Be) A Legend In My Time (Don Gibson) Rock n Roll Ballad
B4 [02:44] Roy Orbison - I'm Hurtin' (Roy Orbison, Joe Melson) Pop
B5 [02:55] Roy Orbison - Twenty-Two Days (Gene Pitney) Pop
B6 [02:24] Roy Orbison - I'll Say It's My Fault (Roy Orbison, Fred Foster) Rock n Roll Ballad


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At Golden Oldies the rugby is not about the winning. It's about getting on the field, and playing the game you love with a bunch of your best mates. With this in mind, we want to provide a playing environment that's safe for everyone. Which means having a variety of different grades where different teams can fit in - according to their fitness, playing standard and motivation!
PRESIDENT'S CUP
The President's Cup is for teams that wish to play in accordance with the full laws as published by World Rugby. This is for the teams that wish to play full contact rugby. No Red, Gold or Purple shorts are permitted
SEMI-COMPETITIVE
Semi-Competitive matches are played in accordance with the law variations for Golden Oldies such as uncontested scrums and line-outs. This division is for the most vigorous level of play while still maintaining a level of safety for the players. Competitive rucking and mauls are permitted along with cleaning out at the tackles. As with the President's Cup, No Red, Gold or Purple shorts are permitted.
SOCIAL A
Social A, the highest of the social divisions, is for players that wish to still play a fast pace game but wish the safety of the Golden Oldies Law variations. No cleaning out of the tackles is permitted and while rucks and mauls can be vigorous, they will be limited in time and intensity. A total of 4 Red or Gold, but no Purple, shorts are permitted on the field at any one time.
SOCIAL B
Social B is a more relaxed game in which players can engage in a medium intensity match in which the rucks and mauls are limited to 15 to 20 seconds. The emphasis will be are recycling the ball quickly and to keep the ball passing. A total of 8 Red, Gold or Purple shorts are permitted on the field at any one time.
SOCIAL C
Social C is the lowest level of play in which the tackle, rucks and mauls will be strictly managed by the referees. The tackle incidents will result in the ball being immediately cleaned out with no contest by the opposing team. No rucking or mauling will be permitted with the emphasis on keeping the ball moving. Unlimited number of Red, Gold and Purple players are permitted.


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Q: Conditional Formatting in Excel 2016 minus blank cells I'm trying to get a column to highlight cells with duplicate values, but NOT the blank cells.  I have seen a lot of information for older Excel programs, but I'm working specifically with Excel 2016.
I have tried =COUNTIF, but I just can't seem to get it to work without error.  I know how to get Excel 2016 to highlight duplicates, just not while also excluding blank cells.
Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions you have!

A: There is a really simple solution to this that doesn't involve formulas. Create two conditional formatting rules over the specific range, in the following order:

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*Cell Contains a blank value -> no formatting -> stop if true

*Duplicate value -> custom formatting


10-year US T-bond yield stages a decisive recovery.
US Dollar Index stays near 96.50.
Coming up: Building permits, housing starts, and consumer confidence data from the U.S.
After staying relatively calm and closing the day a few pips above the 110 mark on Monday, the USD/JPY turned north today and started to erase last week's losses. As of writing, the pair was up 0.4% on a daily basis at 110.40.
The sharp drop that started in the second half of the previous week in the US Treasury bond yields continued on Monday to help the safe-haven JPY stay resilient against its peers. However, with the 10-year reference rising more than 1% on Tuesday, the positively-correlated pair gained traction. Moreover, modest gains seen in the major European equity indexes supported the pair's action. Meanwhile, the S&P 500 futures is adding 0.5% on the day, reflecting the improved market sentiment and suggesting that all Street is likely to start the day in the positive territory.
On the other hand, ahead of the housing market and consumer confidence data from the U.S., the US Dollar Index stays stuck in its consolidation channel near 96.50, letting the market's risk perception remain as the primary catalyst.
Earlier today, the BoJ in its Summary of Opinions report reiterated that the bank will take policy action pre-emptively if economic & price developments were to change.
The pair could face the initial resistance at 110.65 (50-DMA) ahead of 111.10 (20-DMA) and 111.50 (200-DMA). On the downside, supports are located at 110 (psychological level/daily low), 109.70 (Mar. 25 low) and 109.40 (Jan. 27 low).


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Home Sports EM qualification: a fixed place for EM within reach
EM qualification: a fixed place for EM within reach
Actually, the team of team boss Irene Fuhrmann would have liked to cheer for the EM ticket on Tuesday evening in Altach. Since the game plan was mixed up in two groups still relevant for promotion due to some cancellations during the coronavirus crisis, the qualification could not be completed as planned. In any case, Austria does not have bad cards in the fight for a place among the top three runners-up who, in addition to the pool winners, have their ticket for the tournament in England that will only take place in July 2022.
Should Italy not win against Pool B penultimate Israel with six or more goals, the ÖFB troop is through. That is also the case if the second in group E is worse off than goalkeeper Manuela Zinsberger and Co. (19 points, 22: 3 goals). Finland (18: 2) leads after six games with equal points in front of Portugal (16 points each, 8: 1). A direct duel is still pending, with Austria keeping their fingers crossed for the Finns. They are still facing a mandatory victory in Cyprus. The Portuguese with the significantly worse goal difference still have a very difficult task with the guest appearance in Scotland.
Victory goal for Austria
Nicole Billa scored the decisive goal for the ÖFB team in the 79th minute
"I'm extremely proud of the team"
If both groups do not play for Austria, you would have to try in the play-off in spring 2021 to get one of the last three EM tickets in the first and second leg. "Now it is no longer in our hands. We will observe the other groups and see what happens, "said Fuhrmann. She only succeeded long-term coach Dominik Thalhammer in July and can make a positive assessment. All "mandatory victories" were achieved, and a 0-0 win was even wrested from France, third in the world,. Only at 3-0 in Guingamp there was nothing to gain.
Schedule and tables
"I am extremely proud of the team," emphasized the 40-year-old. That forced the necessary luck on Tuesday. At the break it could have been 3-0 after a gala performance by Serbia's Allegra Poljak, the Spanish legionnaire hit the bar right at the beginning (4th) and failed several times against Zinsberger. "I am pleased that I was able to give the team the support they needed," said the Arsenal legionnaire. According to Fuhrmann, there was no access before the break. After a switch from three to four back after the break, the defense was more secure.
Billa ensures late redemption against Serbia
Moving forward, however, it took a long time until Nicole Billa (80) became the match winner, as in the first leg in Serbia. "We forced the opponent to make a bad pass by pressing, and the 'Zadi' (Zadrazil, note) saw correctly that I was free, and of course I won't let that chance be taken away," said the Hoffenheim goalgetter . The goal was "extremely important". "We have done our homework in qualification."
One of the few top opportunities led to flattering home success. "We fought and in the end we just put the ball in. We have shown that even one chance is enough to win a game like this, "said Zinsberger. Fuhrmann also didn't care how the victory came about, also due to "tired legs" after the France game. "We got three points, even if not in beauty. It was definitely not our best game, but you have to win a game like this first. The three points are what count, "emphasized the ÖFB team boss.
Wenninger can still celebrate 100s
After the final whistle there was a proper celebration. Right in the middle was Carina Wenninger, who was called up as captain and made her 100th international match. "The sheer number of international matches is not that important for me. It's about the moments that you experience together with the team. And of course 100 is a number that proves that you have already had a lot of great moments, and I'm proud of that, "said the Bayern legionnaire. Only Nina Burger (109) and Sarah Puntigam (105) have more appearances.
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Unless some breaking news of unexpected hugeness comes along in the next few days, the follow list shows the most-read blog posts on fatgayvegan.com over the past 12 months.
10. My exclusive look inside the new Temple of Seitan location in Camden drew big numbers, landing them just on the top ten list. Click here to see original post.
9. Owners of Loaf BnB in Northumberland were attacked by online trolls. My post showcasing the abuse and lending vocal support to the business drew in thousands of readers. Click here to see the original post.
8. You all can't get enough of Temple of Seitan, can you?! A few days after the post sitting at number 10 on this list, I shared more exclusive photos from inside the Camden location and this time it came in even higher. Click here to see the original post.
7. It is no surprise that my 'best things to eat in London' list came in strong in the year's end. Vegan are ravenous and insatiable! Click here to see the original post.
6. I had a mini meltdown/rant on Instagram a few months ago about non-vegans running vegan events, products, and services simply for profit. This blog where I elaborated on my rantings was extremely popular. Click here to see the original post.
5. Big news this year that almost broke the vegan Internet involved Heinz baked beans. The original flavour are vegan but we were all told by the company that the sugar free version are not?! Click here to see the original post.
4. It's not uncommon for an old post to hit the top ten in subsequent years, but I was surprised to see this post about vegan mince at Tesco come in at such a high placing when it was originally published in 2014! Click here to see the original post.
3. Another oldie that just won't quit is the post from 2016 all about why toilet paper is sometimes not vegan. It stirred things up back then and is still keeping them coming back in big numbers. Click here to see the original post.
2. Once again an old post has garnered HUGE numbers. My post from 2017 about LoveSeitan launching a new seitan company in the UK is bizarrely popular. Click here to see the original post.
1 . By far the most read story on this blog during 2018 was this April piece I wrote about why, after decades of being a super fan, I could no longer support pop singer Morrissey. This piece went viral with tens of thousands of viewers from all over the planet. Click here to see the original post.
Thank you for joining me for another year of product talk, community activism, and delicious food photos.
As long as you keep coming back, I'll be here waiting.


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Toronto's Congregation Darchei Noam hosts interfaith refugee panel
From left, Martin Mark, Habeeb Alli and Naomi Alboim. Photo by Jodie Shupac for CJ News
In early February Canadian Jewish News published an article on an interfaith panel on refugees, hosted by Toronto's Congregation Darchei Noam. Attended by an audience of over 250, and moderated by Globe and Mail international affairs columnist Doug Saunders, the panel discussed efforts by Toronto's Jewish, Christian and Muslim communities to sponsor and integrate refugees fleeing the Syrian conflict.
Naomi Alboim, who had previously been involved with Ontario's efforts to resettle refugees from Indochina in the late '70s and early 80s, noted that up to 35 sponsorship groups had been formed under the umbrella of the Toronto based Jewish Immigrant Aid Services to sponsor Syrian families.
We're responding to this crisis as Jews, because it's the right, humanitarian thing to do, because it's an opportunity to put our values of welcoming the stranger and tikkun olam into practice, and as [many of us are] children of refugees, we're paying it forward.
Yet again, one can only marvel in amazement and admiration that there exists today a society such as Canada's, where interfaith groups can come together to help strangers fleeing far off wars and conflicts. In an age where most of the world treats refugees from Syria with hostility and disdain, communities such as Congregation Darchei Noam stand out in serving as a source of compassion, light and humanity in one of the darkest times in living memory for refugees.
It cannot be said enough; no one could have blamed Jewish congregations anywhere in the world if they had kept the Syrian refugee crisis at arm's length, and left the task of assisting and resettling those refugees to Muslim communities. The fact that so many in the Jewish diaspora have taken the lead in providing assistance to so many Syrians should be remembered,acknowledged and chronicled as long as there are a people called Syrians. We have such few friends left in this world, Syrians have an obligation never to forget those like Toronto's Congregation Darchei Noam who did indeed help and assist us in our darkest days.
To read the entire article by CJ News, click here.
Aboud Dandachi	2016-03-22T00:07:30+00:00	March 22nd, 2016|
Canadian Jewish & Muslim congregations partner to sponsor Syrian family
Canada is one of the few countries in the world where congregations from two different religions can still come together to perform a truly noble and humanitarian deed. While the Levant remains consumed in conflicts fueled by religious and sectarian strife, Canadians remain one of the rare sane people left in the world to whom differences in faith are not a source of division, but an opportunity to do some real, tangible good in these tragic times.
And the example of the humanitarian partnership between Toronto's Temple Har Zion and the Imam Mahdi Islamic Center to sponsor Syrian refugee families epitomizes the very best of Canadian interfaith values.
The Globe and Mail newspaper published an article on the remarkable joint efforts by the Jewish and Muslim congregations to raise $60,000 to sponsor two Syrian families for resettlement in Canada. Working in cooperation with the Jewish Immigration and Aid Services (JIAS), a major Toronto based sponsorship agreement holder, the initiative was launched on March 6th 2016 at an event attended by the Honorable John McCallum, Minister of Immigration, Citizenship and Refugees. Remarking on the initiative, the Globe and Mail quoted Mr McCallum as saying;
I went to the mosque, spoke to them and then just walked across the parking with lot with maybe 50 to 100 Muslims into the synagogue, and there were maybe 50 to 100 Jews waiting there. It makes you quite proud to be a Canadian.
"Proud to be a Canadian" indeed. There can hardly be any Arab in the Middle East that retains any rational pride at what Arab societies have become. It has been left to remarkable initiatives such as that between Temple Har Zion and the Imam Mahdi Center, and the compassionate Canadian society that produced the partnership, to offer salvation to Syrian and Iraqi refugees fleeing the failed societies that were Syria and Iraq.
The members of Temple Har Zion and the Imam Mahdi Center came together to save Syrian refugees. One can only hope and pray that the fortunate Syrians who have found salvation in Canada, in due time internalize and adopt the spirit of this remarkable partnership, and the values of the society that was stable enough, and compassionate enough, to offer them a new home.
To donate to the fundraising efforts, please visit the Temple Har Zion's "Canada Helps" fundraising page.
To read the original Globe and Mail article, click here.
Aboud Dandachi	2016-03-15T01:25:47+00:00	March 15th, 2016|
Tablet article on Israeli NGO's assistance to Syrian refugees in Serbia
Tablet Magazine ran a lengthy article on the Natan Israeli humanitarian NGO's aid efforts and medical assistance to refugees crossing the Serbia-Macedonia border.
Several things stand out from reading the piece. In the several days that the writer, Amir Tibon, was at the field clinic, he counted no less than 30 babies, 10 pregnant women, seven people in wheelchairs, there patients suffering from diabetes, one blind person and two individuals who had lost limbs. These truly are among the most needy and desperate individuals to flee the Middle East, and there is no overstating the importance of the medical assistance that the Israeli medical staff provided these refugees.
Second, despite their desperate medical situation and need for rest, few of the refugees stayed more than a few hours or more than a night, recuperating at the clinic. All were desperate to continue on to Germany or Sweden, lest they be trapped behind closed borders. There can be no better indication or proof of the desperation of these unfortunate refugees.
There has been alot of understandable ambivalence on the part of many Jews and Israelis on assisting people from countries and societies that have traditionally been hostile to the Jewish people. In the end though, no one can be forced or pressured into offering charity, charity has to be freely given.
But Dr. Eitan Damari from Be'er Sheva very eloquently summed up the conflict between politics and the moral imperative;
Look, you can be racist in politics, everyone is a bit like that these days, but when it comes to medical treatment, the rules are different. When you see a person that needs help, you don't ask them where they're from or what's their religion. You just help them. That's what you have to do.
And finally, in the article, the aid being offered by the Natan medical team is described as "Advil for cancer".
No. Speaking as a refugee myself, I can say that to a desperate person in a strange land, there is no such thing as "just Advil", not when most of the world has closed their borders to Syrian refugees and many countries such as Slovenia, Poland and the USA won't even tolerate our very presence. Refugees notice and remember the most trivial of interactions. A kind smile or a screaming policeman. Free meals and unscrupulous smugglers. Donated cloth or doors shut in their faces.
Every "Advil" offered in kindness and compassion is hope to a refugee, hope that somewhere in the world there are enough charitable people that a refugee and their family will be able to make a home for themselves, to put together the pieces of lives torn apart by Middle Eastern despots and warlords. When one is a refugee, the hope generated by kind donations of food,shelter and medicine far, far outweighs the material cost of the aid offered.
"Just Advil"? The hope that Natan and other Israeli aid organizations are giving to the refugees trekking across European countries is beyond measure. It is the sort of aid that can never be repaid in full.
Jewish Community of Amherst hosts benefit for Syrian refugees
To call the current political climate in the USA toxic towards refugees from the Middle East would be an understatement. With the political discourse regarding Syrian refugees currently consisting of a race between politicians to outdo one another in sheer xenophobia and fear mongering, it takes an especially brave group of people in the USA to be seen to be sympathetic to refugees.
Which makes the generosity of the Massachusetts based Jewish Community of Amherst in holding a benefit for Syrian refugees all the more remarkable. The Daily Collegian has an article on the very creative fundraising event the JCA hosted at the end of January 2016 to raise money to assist displaced Syrians.
Consisting of a musical performance and a meal of three soups based on the recipes of Barbara Massaad's "Soup for Syria" cookbook, the event managed to raise over $5,000 dollars for humanitarian aid to Syrian refugees. David Mednicoff, director of Middle Eastern studies at the University of Massachusetts and a member of the JCA, noted that while the Syrian refugee crisis was the largest humanitarian disaster since World War 2, a certain degree of donor and "compassion" fatigue seemed to have set in regarding humanitarian efforts towards Syrian refugees.
In the very globalized world we live in, neither closing our minds nor our borders to the mass displacement of people will keep the problem away from us. Leaving millions of Syrians in a warzone or transitory living space is a recipe for long-term political disaster.
As the Syrian conflict drags on into its fifth year, Jewish communities the world over have time and again shown an amazing depth of compassion and generosity towards Syrian refugees, at a time when much of the world seems largely resigned to regarding the refugee crisis as unsolvable.
And the fact that the good people of the JCA opened their hearts to the plight of Syrians, in direct contrast to the prevailing mood and trend in the USA to demonize and vilify those same refugees, speaks volumes of the moral fiber, generosity and character of the Jewish community in Amherst. In dark days such as these, acts of compassion and humanity as exemplified by the members of the Jewish Community of Amherst shine all the more brightly.
To read the entire Daily Collegian article, click here.
Aboud Dandachi	2016-03-02T23:24:02+00:00	March 2nd, 2016|
IL4Syria;the Israelis who succeeded where the UN & "anti-ISIS" coalition failed
With the brutal Syrian conflict entering its sixth year, the plight of civilians trapped by the war inside the country has grown increasingly more desperate, with entire neighborhoods and towns besieged by the Syrian Army and its Hizbollah & Iranian terrorist allies.
International efforts to provide relief and assistance to civilians trapped by the war have amounted to little; UN aid to areas affected by the conflict has been less than a trickle, the vast amount having been appropriated by the regime to distribute among its own supporters, with very little aid actually reaching besieged communities. Time and again, diplomatic squabbling and the UN's own desire to avoid alienating the Assad regime have worked to strangle any meaningful assistance to civilians who have endured years of siege and starvation tactics, in addition to indiscriminate bombings of hospitals, schools, aid clinics and bakeries, first from the regime's airforce and more recently at the hands of Russian warplanes.
And the "anti-ISIS" coalition currently running bombing raids all over Syria haven't been much better. Apparently, the entire combined air-forces of the "coalition" cannot manage to airdrop life saving basic supplies such as bread and water to civilians who have been besieged by the regime for years.
And yet where the UN and the "anti-ISIS" coalition have so abjectly failed, a group of a couple of hundred Israeli civilian aid workers have succeeded, managing the superhuman and heroic feat of transporting life saving food, survival kits and even medical equipment for entire clinics to deep within Syria, assisting communities which have borne the brunt of the joint regime-Hizbollah-Iranian-Russian onslaught.
Israel21C published an article extensively detailing the astounding efforts of IL4Syria, an Israeli NGO of around 200 Israeli volunteers, and who have been providing aid to Syrian civilians affected by the war since the earliest days of the conflict. From providing such basic items as food, baby powder and medical supplies, IL4Syria's efforts evolved as the conflict grew more brutal.
The list of assistance provided by IL4Syria is remarkable;supplies for 17 field hospitals, the training of Syrian civil defense volunteers,thousands of chemical suits to help doctors treat patients affected by the repeated regime chemical weapons attacks on civilian areas, 3D printers to print out prosthetic limbs. More assistance has been provided to besieged Syrians by the small group of Israeli volunteers than the entire UN has managed, with its hopelessly broken system of appeasement of and collusion with the Assad dictatorship.
The dangers these Israeli volunteers risk cannot be overstated. The Syrian war is by far and away the most brutal conflict in decades, with much of the country overrun by Hizbollah, Iranian mercenaries, ISIS, Al-Qaeda and other terror groups in open hostility to Israel. And yet the hundreds and hundreds of thousands of Syrian civilians who have benefited from IL4Syria's assistance would undoubtedly not be alive today were it not for that aid.
History will record that while the UN dithered for years and the "anti-ISIS" coalition remained oblivious to the ordeal of Syrians trapped by the war, it was Israeli volunteers who provided life saving assistance to civilians in need. The scope of the efforts, and the dangers the volunteers risked to deliver them, are truly heroic. And without a doubt, history will regard the efforts and work of the Israeli volunteers of IL4Syria to help Syrians trapped by the war, as one of the greatest feats of humanitarian assistance ever carried out.
To read the entire Israel21c article, click here.
Aboud Dandachi	2016-02-27T23:38:50+00:00	February 27th, 2016|
Dramatic video of IsraAID teams helping refugees on Lesbos
The Kikar Ha Shabat web portal posted a very dramatic video of an IsraAID medical team treating and assisting refugees on the very beaches of the Greek island of Lesbos, literally the front line of the refugee crisis. The description of the ordeals the refugees go through to reach Lesbos are harrowing to say the least. Mistreated and exploited by smugglers in Turkey, refugees are crowded 150 on boats meant for only a third of that number, with barely enough fuel in the engine to reach halfway to Greece.
But those who manage to reach Lesbos find a well organized and highly efficient IsraAID team of medical and aid volunteers. Boats are tracked as soon as they come into binocular range, and medical assistance, warm cloth and sustenance is provided the moment the refugees are helped out of the boats onto the beach. And the comfort and relief a refugee experiences on finding Arabic speakers among the rescue team cannot be overstated.
Nor the personal risks that the IsraAID team members run. Needless to say, they have no idea who they will be meeting on the beaches of Lesbos on any given day, only that they will be strangers, not just from Syria, but from other countries that have traditionally been hostile to Jews and Israelis.
And that they are strangers in need of help. After days and possibly weeks of being exploited at the hands of remorseless human smugglers, and risking their lives on a terrifying journey to a strange land, the welcome and assistance provided by the IsraAID volunteers is something no refugee will forget for the rest of their lives.
To see the video in its entirety click here.
Aboud Dandachi	2016-02-23T20:05:34+00:00	February 23rd, 2016|
Tablet Magazine; Canadian Jewish congregations & their efforts to sponsor Syrian refugees
Photo by Tablet Magazine
Tablet Magazine has an excellent article by Philip Moscovitch on the recent efforts by Canadian-Jewish congregations to sponsor and support Syrian refugee families to resettle in Canada. From Vancouver to Alberta, Toronto and Montreal, and many smaller towns and cities, more than two dozen congregations have raised funds and committed to sponsoring Syrian families under Canada's Private Sponsorship Program.
With no similar program in place in the USA, Jewish congregations in the USA with a desire to assist Syrian refugees, such as the Community Synagogue of Rye, New York, have contributed to the efforts of their Canadian counterparts with huge monetary donations.
The understandable apprehension and ambivalence of many in the Canadian Jewish community to bringing in families from a region whose people have traditionally been hostile to Jews is acknowledged in the article. As one Temple Sholom said; "I don't hate Muslims, but I am afraid."
Which makes the efforts by Canada's Jewish communities to assist Syrians all the more remarkable. The highest expression of humanity is to help a stranger when every survival instinct tells one not to, to take responsibility for a family who may have spent their lives in an environment with values in stark contrast to your own, to give so much effort, time and money on a people who have nothing to offer back except their thanks. The generous sentiments of Jewish communities, in Canada and around the world towards Syrian refugees is not only remarkable, it is miraculous.
To read the original Tablet Magazine article, click here.
Aboud Dandachi	2016-02-21T05:15:20+00:00	February 21st, 2016|
Operation Ezra; the efforts of Winnipeg's Jewish communities to save Yazidi families
The Canadian Jewish News has an article on the massive efforts by Winnipeg's Jewish community to sponsor Yazidi families for resettlement in Canada. Working under the name Operation Ezra, the initiative combines the efforts of Winnipeg's Jewish congregations and groups, including the newly formed "Winnipeg United with Israel", to save as many Yazidi families as possible.
To date, the initiative has raised over $180,000, enough to sponsor 35 individuals. The first two Yazidi families have been given approval by Citizenship and Immigration Canada to travel to Winnipeg, and should be arriving soon.
There is no doubt that the Yazidi community has been subjected to a genocide at the hands of the so-called self-styled "Islamic State". But even those Yazidis who have managed to flee Daesh face discrimination and hostility even among other refugee populations. The only ethnic group in the Middle East not to have their own self-protection militias, the Yazidis have been mercilessly persecuted by other groups in the region. Yazidi women and girls captured by Daesh have been exploited as sex slaves, while Yazidi men were massacred on a genocidal scale.
Operation Ezra, which shares its name with the 1950s rescue of 130,000 Iraqi Jews to Israel via Cyprus, is the Winnipeg Jewish community's response to this massive humanitarian catastrophe. The Arab countries in the region have once again failed utterly to step up and counter the barbaric atrocities committed by other fellow Arabs. An ocean and continent away, Canadian Jews have yet again demonstrated humanity, compassion and an tireless energy in saving lives torn apart by a conflict that Canadians could have very easily ignored. In the darkness created by the Middle East's conflicts, the light of humanity created by groups such as those involved in Operation Ezra shines that much more brightly.
To read the original CJN article, click here.
To read the Operation Ezra website, click here.
Vice News' in-depth report & video on Israeli hospital treating Syrians
A patient being transported to Ziv Medical Center by the IDF (Photo via Ziv Medical Center)
Back in July 2015 Vice News published a 30 minute video and an in-depth report by Sara E. Williams on the medical care and treatment being provided to wounded Syrians by Israel's Ziv Medical Center, a hospital just 40 minutes away from the border with Syria.
The report makes for remarkable reading. Of the more than 2,000 Syrians who were treated at Ziv since early 2013, over 340 were children. While amputations are the expected outcome for patients who are treated in Jordan, the Israeli medical teams in Ziv have managed to save all except a very few number of limbs. Among Syrians, Israeli hospitals have acquired a near legendary reputation. As one member of the staff at Ziv put it; "they think we can do miracles so they bring lost cases".
And in Israel, political or military affiliation is never a factor in whether a patient receives treatment. True to the spirit and letter of the Hippocratic Oath, Israeli doctors do not withhold treatment based on political feelings. It is a far cry from the common practice in Syria itself, where wounded demonstrators would face torture or be killed outright if they ended up in a hospital controlled by the regime.
The community in which the hospital is located have also shown a tremendous amount of generosity towards the Syrian patients, donating items and funds for prosthetic limbs and dental surgery.
To read the lengthy report and see the video, click here.
Winnipeg Jewish School sponsoring seven refugee families
Canadian CTV News has a video report on the Winnipeg based Gray Academy of Jewish Education's sponsorship of seven refugee families, and the donation drive the student body undertook to ensure the families were supplied with household and kitchen items.
To mark its commemoration of Raul Wallenberg day (a Swedish diplomat who saved the lives of tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews) the school organized donations of utensils, towels, toothbrushes and toothpastes and other household items. In the words of one of the students "even if it's with the little things, any little thing can help them out"
But to a refugee, no act of kindness is too little. Indeed, it is the "little" things that refugees remember. Unwelcoming shop keepers. Dirty looks on public transportation. Unfriendly and hostile neighbors. A refugee can survive in their host country only to the degree to which that society tolerates their presence. With their act of generosity, the students of Gray Academy are telling the families who will soon resettle in Winnipeg; "not only are you tolerated in our city, we welcome you as neighbors and friends, with open arms."
To a refugee, a donated plate, table cloth or chair symbolizes far more than their material worth. Most refugees would be happy with indifference as opposed to hostility from the communities they settle in. But if household items could speak, each one donated by the students of Gray Academy would say "welcome to Canada."
To see the CTV video report click here.
Aboud Dandachi	2016-02-07T20:12:39+00:00	February 7th, 2016|


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Q: To what type of objective/cost functions can I apply Adagrad, Adam etc.? What range of functions can be minimised using algorithms like Adagrad, Adam, Gradient descent, nesterov momentum etc? I know these are used for solving neural networks, linear regression etc, but what is the range of the functions that they cover? Is it only convex functions ? Monotonic ?

A: These methods are "first order" methods that make use of the gradient of the objective function.  Thus you need to have a differentiable objective function to start with.
You can try to use methods in the general family of gradient descent methods to minimize a smooth (at least differentiable) non-convex function, but these methods won't ensure convergence to a global minimizer of the function.  If the function is also convex, then any local minimizer is a global minimizer and you're all set.
In some cases, you can establish convergence of these methods to a local minimizer of a smooth non-convex optimization problem.  In the literature on nonlinear programming, "global convergence" results are typically "converges to a local minimizer from any starting point" results.
There are also related methods (based on subgradients) which can be used to find a global minimizer of a convex but non-smooth objective function.


Thanks a lot for your proposal. It is very encouraging!
scenarios sql will be limited, as described in Jincheng's proposal.
flexibilities. However, it does not support optimization like SQL.
same logic, users need to write a job for each stream and batch.
> will come up with a concrete FLIP/design doc.
> > changes? For example a FLIP/design document?
> > >   when using SQL, which is quite involved.
> > >   dataStream is easier to use than SQL.
> > > codegen, aggregate join transpose and multi-stage agg from Flink SQL.
> > > is welcome.
> > >>      when using SQL, which is quite involved.
> > >>      that datastream is easier to use than SQL.
> > >> codegen, aggregate join transpose  and multi-stage agg from Flink SQL.
> > >> is welcome.