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Selfishness: The Root of Emptiness
By cthchr
Chris Hewgley
The "Devil and Tom Walker" by Washington Irving is a short story about a poor man, Tom Walker, living outside of Boston. Tom is found by the devil and the devil bargains a deal with him where Tom will become wealthy through a pirate's hidden treasure. In return, Tom must take advantage of the needy through a Broker's shop in Boston. Tom accepts the deal resulting in him living in fear of damnation since he bargained a deal with the devil. Throughout the story Irving uses the character of the Devil and those he tempts, to illustrate that the nature of evil is unique to individual cultures, but ultimately stems from a universal tendency toward selfishness, a sinful action which leaves people feeling empty. He establishes this theme of selfishness in order to warn his readers of the negative effects it can have on a person in hopes they will become more aware and avoid falling victim to a lifestyle similar to Tom Walker's.
This idea of selfishness is portrayed throughout the story of "The Devil and Tom Walker" but is most clear in the main plotline since it is about a man who makes a deal with the devil for his own personal benefit and without care of his relationship with God. Although this is the main example of selfishness in the story, Irving includes smaller actions and symbols of selfishness throughout the plot in order to show how widespread it really is.
In the beginning of the story, Irving establishes the idea that evil is unique to individual culture during the scene where Tom Walker first meets the Devil. In this scene. Tom is unaware that the woodsman is the devil so the Devil characterizes himself through a list of examples. He says, "I am he to whom the red men consecrated this spot, and in honor of whom they now and then roasted a white man, by way of sweet-smelling sacrifice…I am the great patron and prompter of slave dealers" (Irving 2). This list of roles shows how the devil takes different forms in each culture, proving the unique nature of evil, but also showing how everything is related back to selfishness. The first example depicts the image of "red men," or Native Americans, making sacrifices in order to protect themselves from evil. This idea of killing other for your own protection has a clear relation to selfishness since it is a damaging action, for personal benefit, without regard to other people's lives. The example of slavery draws a similar parallel since slavery is obviously evil but is also rooted in the idea of wanting more wealth for yourself without regard to the wellbeing of those who are enslaved. These examples solidify Irving's attempt at showing the overarching spread of selfishness, and its applicability to all cultures.
Towards the end of the story another example stands out which shows the theme of selfishness within the story. After many years of Tom taking advantage of people as a broker, he also becomes very religious. Tom constantly attends church and carries a bible, but his reason for doing so is a fear of damnation. Since Tom made a deal with the devil, he attends church for the sole reason of protecting himself instead of praising God. This self-centeredness is obviously sinful and all sin comes from evil. Since he is only concerned about himself and not his relationship with god, it is clear this sin directly relates to selfishness as well. But why does Irving lay such a heavy focus on selfishness?
Irving focuses on selfishness in order to show the reader that it has a negative effect on your life specifically because selfness leaves one feeling empty. Irving does this with several examples in the story. When Tom becomes rich, he purchases, "a vast house… but left the greater part of it unfinished and unfurnished" (Irving 4). This image of an empty house creates a connection between selfishness and emptiness. Tom got his wealth without care of the consequences, allowing him to have money, but the things he buys are empty, symbolizing his own personal emptiness. This is again shown at the end of the story when the Devil returns and takes Tom. When trustees were appointed to seize Toms wealth, "there was nothing, however, to administer upon… in place of gold and silver, his iron chest was filled with chips and shavings" and, "his great house took fire and was burned to the ground" (Irving 5). These events further symbolize that a life built off selfishness leaves you empty since Tom was left with nothing once he died.
In conclusion, Irving establishes selfishness as a major theme throughout his story "The Devil and Tom Walker." Irving uses this theme in order to show that although evil is unique to different cultures and people, everyone has a tendency towards selfishness, which in turn leads to sin and if not careful, damnation. By focusing on selfishness, Irving is giving his readers a specific aspect of their life that they can focus on improving. This will lead to readers living a better lifestyle and decreasing their chances of damnation. Today this concept is still applicable to modern readers regardless of belief in damnation and religion. By attempting to eliminate selfishness in one's life, people can more successfully find meaning and joy on a daily basis since they will not be left with an empty feeling which Irving states goes hand in hand with selfishness.
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Retro as in engine choices, not the styling. The upcoming 2018 Mercedes S-Class which has been officially unveiled at the Shanghai Motor Show comes with more changes than one might expect at first glance. As with most of the so-called "facelifts" these days, the refreshed S-Class looks almost no different to last year's model. From the outside, you have to be a Mercedes engineer to actually tell the facelifted model apart from the old one. The tweaks are restricted to slightly refreshed front and rear bumpers alone, so we'll leave the styling at that.
The biggest news actually arrives once you open the bonnet. You see, Mercedes has been using V6 powerplants ever since the late 1990s. The arrival of the new millennia saw Merc switch from their old and trusty straight-six units to 'newer', more compact V6 ones, and they've been stuck with them ever since. Now though, they seem to be making a step in the right direction and going backwards (we mean that in the best possible way). The new 2018 Mercedes S-Class will debut a brand new lineup of straight sixes which will boast a less complicated and therefore, hopefully, more reliable design.
The first units are diesels. Both the S350d and the S400d get a straight-six 3-liter turbocharged diesel producing 207 bhp and 247 bhp respectively. A 3-liter inline-six petrol will join the lineup later on, apparently equipped with a 48-volt sub-system and something called an "electric booster compressor". It should essentially eliminate turbo lag entirely, but we'll be the judges of that once we get our hands on one later in the year.
Elsewhere, Merc has finally said goodbye to the old 5.5-liter twin-turbo V8 in favor of the more modern 4-liter unit. The most potent 'S' variant of the AMG S63 will make 612 bhp and 663 lb-ft of torque. Expected figures are as follows: the sprint to 62 mph will take just 3.5 seconds and fully derestricted it should achieve the best part of 200 mph. Naturally, this being German, the top speed will be limited to 155 mph in standard guise. Still, given its size, a sub 4-second time to 62 mph is just ridiculous.
Don't worry, the V12-powered S65 hasn't gone anywhere. It still makes all 612 bhp and 737 lb-ft of torque. Anyone valuing luxury over performance will be interested in the Maybach S560. It makes 'just' 463 bhp, but is on an entirely different level when it comes to sumptuous luxury and comfort. Pricing will be revealed later this year.


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Moyes Focusing on Newcastle
55 Apr 5, 2014 - 09:52 am
By Soccer-Laduma
Manchester United manager David Moyes admits his team have found some confidence after their 1-1 draw with Bayern Munich in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League quarterfinal match in midweek.
"It was a terrific performance and an all-round good night at Old Trafford, possibly one of the best nights I have ever been involved with in football because of the football, atmosphere and standard of opposition," said Moyes
"We were good tactically, a bit disappointed with the result but overall happy - although I would have preferred 0-0 than 1-1."
Moyes, though, insists that his side are not focusing on the second leg match this coming Wednesday, but are rather focusing all their attention on their English Premier League match against Newcastle on Saturday.
"My focus is only on Newcastle. It's important to keep trying to build some momentum and get the three points," added Moyes.
"We also have an extra day's recovery this week, as we play Bayern on Wednesday.
"The message to the players is the next game is the most important one and that's Newcastle."
In terms of team news Moyes confirmed that he will be welcoming a few players back from injury for the Newcastle game.
"We have Chris Smalling and Jonny Evans back in training and on the way back and it's good news because we've missed them," confirmed Moyes.
"Ryan Giggs picked up a wee bit of an injury in the game (against Bayern) and we are not quite so worried about Alex Buttner. He is not as bad as when he first came off."

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Nintendo releases brain puzzle game
Nintendo has released a new brain puzzle game called Brain Age for the Nintendo DS handheld gaming system. Containing numerous mentally challenging puzzles that require speaking, writing and mental calculation, Brain Age is meant to exercise the mind, much like going to a fitness club exercises your muscles.
The game is based on the research of neuroscientist Dr. Ryuta Kawashima, who found that certain mental exercises can liven up the dormant areas of the brain and keep you smart, Nintendo said. Players try the puzzles and are then given the approximate age of their brain. The sometimes shocking results are saved and charted, allowing people to compare with their friends.
Brain Age has been available in Japan for a few years. Back in March, Nintendo's President Satoru Iwata gave a keynote speech at the Game Developers Conference and handed out several thousand copies of the game for everyone in the audience. We managed to grab a copy and can say that Brain Age uses the handwriting and speech recognition capabilities of the Nintendo DS well.
The Stroop Test is one of the puzzles in Brain Age and requires players to say the color of the words that pop up on the screen. While it sounds easy, it's actually quite hard because the text of the word is "BLUE," while the color could be red. Players who quickly says the correct color are given a lower brain age. Ideally, players are aiming for an age that is lower than their chronological age.
In addition to the Stroop test, several other puzzles are included. One requires the player to read a story as quickly as possible without slurring the words. Another has the player solve multiplication, addition and subtraction problems quickly by writing the answer on the right side of the Nintendo DS. Usually the handwriting recognition gets the numbers correct, but there are some instances where the Nintendo DS will mix up a written 8 with a zero.
Brain Age for the Nintendo DS has been available in Japan for several years and has sold millions of copies. The game is currently selling in the U.S. for $20.
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Home News Darriynn Brown, 18, came back at daybreak for Cash Gernon's twin brother two hours after the four-year-old was taken from the same bed and murdered: Suspect got spooked and fled
Darriynn Brown, 18, came back at daybreak for Cash Gernon's twin brother two hours after the four-year-old was taken from the same bed and murdered: Suspect got spooked and fled
The man suspected of abducting four-year-old Cash Gernon before stabbing him to death and dumping his body on a street in Dallas allegedly returned hours later at daybreak to snatch his twin brother Carter.
The chilling moment Darriynn Brown hovers menacingly over the crib of Carter Gernon, as Cash lay stabbed to death on a street a half-mile away, is captured on home surveillance footage exclusively obtained by DailyMail.com.
Brown, 18, reaches down and touches the boy as he stirs in his toddler bed, before wandering around the room, seemingly disturbed by a sound, and fleeing the room, leaving the boy sleeping peacefully.
A few hours earlier just before 5am, Brown allegedly broke into the same home and made off with Cash, who was later found dead, shirtless and barefoot about eight blocks away on the 7500 block of Saddleridge Drive.
On Tuesday, the Dallas Medical Examiner revealed Cash had died of multiple stab wounds. Police had earlier said his wounds appear to have been inflicted by an 'edged weapon.'
The two brothers had been staying at the home located on the 7500 block of Florina Parkway where they shared a bedroom located in the back of the house.
In night vision footage, Brown creeps in dressed in a hoodie, backpack, sweatpants, and sneakers, and hovers menacingly over the two boys.
The chilling moment four-year-old Cash Gernon was snatched from his bed early Saturday morning has been revealed for the first time in home video footage obtained exclusively by DailyMail.com
The disturbing surveillance tape shows suspect Darriynn Brown creeping into the bedroom just before 5am, wearing a hoodie, sweatpants, a backpack and sneakers. He is seen hovering over Cash who is sleeping alongside his twin brother Carter in a toddler bed
The 18-year-old, who is said to have gained entry through the unlocked garage door, appears to hesitate for a few seconds, staring at the brothers and looking around the room, before finally reaching down and carefully pulling back the boys' blanket
Brown appears to be at pains not to wake the two boys throughout the video. Then, in one swift motion, he quickly picks up Cash, who is immediately awoken, and bolts out of the room with the toddler in his arms
Darriynn Brown, 18 (pictured left in his booking photo) was already wearing an ankle monitor from a prior offense when he arrested charged with kidnapping and theft later on Saturday. He is expected to face additional charges pending the results of a forensic analysis. Brown is reportedly known to the family who was taking care of Cash, but it is unclear why he allegedly targeted the boy
He appears to hesitate for a few seconds, staring at the brothers and looking around the room, before finally reaching toward the bed and carefully pulling back the boys' blanket.
Brown stands motionless for another couple seconds while extending his arms over the Cash, carefully trying not to wake the pair.
Then, in one swift motion, he quickly picks up Cash, who is immediately awoken, and bolts out of the room with the boy in his arms.
Carter, meanwhile, can be seen stirring slightly on the right side of the bed seconds after his brother is taken.
Roughly an hour and 45 minutes later, Cash was found lying dead in a pool of blood in a quiet residential Dallas street after being stabbed with what police described as an 'edged weapon.'
A second and further disturbing clip also shows Brown returning to the bedroom after daybreak around 7am, this time apparently targeting Carter.
Brown is seen hovering the boy who is still asleep, but leaves empty-handed after a few seconds after he appears to be scared off by someone or something.
Monica Sherrod, 39, who lives in the home with her family, identified herself as the guardian of the two boys, who she says were left in her care after their father - her ex-boyfriend - vanished in March.
Sherrod identified Brown to police after watching the security footage of the snatch early Saturday.
The boys' bedroom is located at the back of the house, near the rear entrance, and away from where other members of the family sleep.
A second clip reveals Brown returned to the scene after sunrise, around 7am, in an apparent attempt to abduct Cash's twin, Carter
Brown is seen hovering the boy who is still asleep, but leaves empty-handed after he was apparently scared off
Carter later wakes up to find his twin brother missing from his bed and can be seen searching for him
The little boy, who is visibly puzzled, briefly leaves the bedroom in search of his brother but later returns after failing to locate Cash
Brown gained entry by coming through the unlocked garage door and forcing the back door into the house, Sherrod told Dailymail.com.
Sherrod revealed Brown was known to the family as the brother of her older sons' friend, but said she does not know why he would've targeted the toddlers.
'Other footage shows him returning at 7am. It seemed he was spooked by someone,' Sherrod told DailyMail.com on Tuesday.
'It chills me to think that he could have been coming back for Carter.'
Sherrod fought back tears as she replayed the disturbing video of the abduction once again.
'It shows him [Brown] taking the blanket off Cash and shows him snatching him and running with him while he is still asleep,' she said.
'He stares at him for a minute. I have watched it over and over again. I can't watch it anymore.'
Cash, who had been staying in his father's ex-girlfriend home, was asleep next to his twin brother Carter (left) when he was snatched from bed and killed shortly after
The young boys had been staying at the home of their biological father's ex-girlfriend Monica Sherrod (pictured) after he vanished in March and left them in her care, Sherrod said
Monica Sherrod (pictured in blue) who identified herself as Cash's guardian, broke down in tears as she visited a makeshift memorial near where the toddler was found
Earlier, Sherrod broke down in uncontrollable sobs while visiting a makeshift memorial where Cash was found, for the first time.
'We were all asleep when it happened. Cash usually wakes me up but he didn't wake me [that day]' she told DailyMail.com.
'When I got up, I noticed he was gone. I called 911. I didn't even know somebody had taken him.
'I thought he might have gone outside. That was until I watched my surveillance camera, which showed someone taking him out.'
Antwainese Square, 39, had set out on a morning power walk in Dallas's Mountain Creek neighborhood Saturday when she discovered Cash Gernon's lifeless body on the street
Cash's lifeless body was discovered just before 7am Saturday by passerby Antwainese Square, 39, who had set off on an early morning power walk around the city's Mountain Creek neighborhood.
Square told DailyMail.com she initially believed she had stumbled upon the body of a dog.
'I turned into the street and thought I saw a dog lying there. We have a lot of loose dogs around here,' she said.
'I called my mom, because the only thing I could see at first was the hair. I said, "Mom, it's weird, it's not moving. So I started to walk slow and the closer I got I started noticing things.
'I said, "Mom, I see a hand, I think I see a body. I think I actually see a body." And I got close, and I said, "Mom, it's a child. It is a child." And I just started screaming.'
Square hung up and called 911. Paramedics did their best to calm her down and asked her to check for any signs of life.
'They asked me to walk right up to the body in case the little boy was still alive. And if he was, for me to try to save his life,' she said.
'I saw ants crawling all over his bare feet and he had blood over his face. He had no shoes, no socks, no shirt, none of that.
'He was only wearing a pair of bottoms, shorts. I just keep remembering those ants at the bottom of that baby's feet.
'He was on his back in the roadway. I remember one arm and one leg out. And the reason why I remember the arm and leg is because when I was walking up from afar, that was the determination of me knowing, OK this is a human. This is not a dog, this is a human being.
Kamron Moori (pictured) Sherrod's son who lived with Cash hit out at the 'evil' killer on Monday as he mourned the loss of the boy
'And when I noticed it was a kid I just freaked out. My initial thought was, one of these loose dogs has gotten to this baby because of the blood on his face. And then I thought, maybe somebody ran over him like a hit and run.'
Square, an educator, said she remembers setting off on her morning walk and activating the steps counter on her phone at exactly 6.40am. Five minutes later, she was confronted by the scene of horror.
She continued: 'I stayed with him until the police came, there was no way in the world I was going to leave that baby on his own.
'Whether he was dead or alive, I just wasn't going to leave him. My fear was somebody was going to accidentally run over him.'
A loved one, Kamron Moori, hit out at the 'evil' killer on Monday as he mourned the loss of Cash - whom he described as a sweet little boy who loved superheroes.
Surveillance camera footage from the home shows Cash was kidnapped around 5am Saturday
Moori told NBCDFW he lived with Cash and his twin brother, and that his mother, Monica Sherrod, dated Cash's father. The father - who has not been named - departed Sherrod's home suddenly in March, leaving the boys behind with her.
Meanwhile, police said the boys' biological mother, Melinda Seagroves, has been searching for them 'for an extended amount of time'. The twin was reunited with Seagroves after Cash's death.
Sherrod, Moori's mother, identified Cash as the slain toddler in an interview with WFAA.
She said Brown had broken into her home through a back door early Saturday morning and snatched the 'happy-go-lucky' child while he slept.
Police said Sherrod helped them identify Brown as the kidnapper in video from a baby monitor in Cash's room.
At the time of the kidnapping Brown was wearing an ankle monitor stemming from a separate arrest last month.
Brown's bond is set at $1.5million. His attorney, Robbie McClung, said Monday that she had not yet met with him so she could not comment.
Authorities have said additional charges are expected once forensic evidence has been reviewed.
Also, Dallas police said that Cash's mom did not know he and his twin brother were in the care of their father's girlfriend and that the mother had been searching for her sons. Police said Cash's twin is now with his mom.
Brown was arrested on April 27 on a misdemeanor charge of evading arrest in a case that´s still pending.
According to court documents for that charge, he lives with his parents a half-mile from where the boy´s body was found. Neighbors have said Brown was known to walk in the area.
Darriynn Brown, 18, came back at daybreak for Cash Gernon's twin brother two hours after the four-year-old was taken from the same bed and murdered: Suspect got spooked and fled Reviewed by Facts on May 19, 2021 Rating: 5


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How Many Viral Videos Will It Take? Another Reminder of the Vulnerability of the Black Girl in America
How heavy the double penalty of being black and being a woman weighs.
By CHAEDRIA LABOUVIER
You've likely seen the now-viral video of the still unnamed girl at Richland County, South Carolina's Spring Valley High being thrown to the floor and then dragged across the classroom floor (opens in new tab) by police officer Ben Fields.
If you have not watched it, you should, though I entirely understand why black people might not be able to. It is a reminder that your life, your body, your identity and your self respect is not fully yours. I understand the pressures that you are under to protect your black body, and I cannot judge the decisions you make when faced with choosing between watching black bodies being abused on video and your own self-care.
I watched it. And this is the first thing that came to mind when I did: Do we need more videos of black girls dragged across school floors and front lawns to know that this is how black women are treated when they have the misfortune of encountering the police and the white male rage that so often seems part and parcel of the job? A rage so virulent, that Niya Kenny, the classmate that videotaped the Spring Valley High assault, was arrested and held on a $1000 bond.
Of course, she was a black girl too. Are we ready to accept the fact that Black girls are six times more likely to be suspended from school than White girls (opens in new tab)? Once we do, perhaps it will become clear that the assault at Spring Valley High is not an anomaly or even an extreme, but merely an incident caught on tape.
Note: If your first thought when watching that video was, "What did she do to make him do that?" then you need to head back to square one and try again.
Too recently, in June, I wrote about Dajerria Becton (opens in new tab), a young girl who was also dragged by a white man in uniform, in McKinney, Texas. (White parents called police to a pool party in a predominantly white part of town when black children had the audacity to swim in the same pool as their children.) The videos are hauntingly similar. In both assaults, the young women are darker-skinned, slight, and handled with a ruthless, swift force that would make even a WWE wrestler blush.
Violence against black women has been all too absent from the discourse of police brutality. But there's a macabre sensationalism in watching black girls and women assaulted, and then watching it again. A weariness sets in when we have to witness helpless female bodies try to survive a confrontation with patriarchy that has every possible resource at its disposal.
To understand how two black girls who have never met each other could have so similar an experience at the hands of the law, it is necessary to understand how heavy the double penalty of being black and being a woman weighs.
To understand how two black girls who have never met each other could have so similar an experience at the hands of the law, it is necessary to understand how heavy the double penalty of being black and being a woman weighs. If we can accept that black lives mattering is still up for debate for too many white people, then we have to accept that black women are some of the most vulnerable people in this country. Lord help the black woman who is queer or transgender.
When I wrote about Dajerria Becton in McKinley, I asked you to #SayHerName. And you should continue to say her name. And this girl's name from Richmond County, South Carolina, once it is confirmed and released. And Sandra Bland's. And Rekia Boyd's. But you should also look at yourselves. Because we have accepted this disgrace in America as policing, as a continuation of the American tradition of assaulting, dragging, lynching, shooting, raping, and ignoring black female bodies. And if this is accepted as a cost of doing business in America, then we must be willing to accept that this rage, this hate, this ignorance, this plundering is who we are. We must be willing to accept that the reason that #BlackLivesMatter is so radical in its simple truth is because they do not and even less so, the lives of black girls and women.
Not everyone can change policy or join protests. But there are actionable steps that you can take:
SIGNthe petition to fire Ben Fields (opens in new tab).
READBlack Girls Matter: Pushed Out, Over Policed and Underprotected (opens in new tab). It is a breathtaking research study that breaks down how and why black girls are more than six times more likely to be suspended from school than white girls and how this correlates with how they enter the prison pipeline.
READ Campaign Zero (opens in new tab). It's the most comprehensive agenda of proposals as to how to reduce police violence in America.
READ Ta-Nehisi Coats and bell hooks. If there are two writers that you should read to begin to understand the history of violence against black people in America, it is these two. Start with Coates's, Between The World and Me (opens in new tab), and hooks' Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism (opens in new tab).
And then you should move on to James Baldwin. There's a quote from his 1984 essay (opens in new tab) "On Being White... and Other Lies," that I couldn't get out of my head as I was writing this. On white racism he writes:
"[I]n this debasement and definition of Black people, they debased and defamed themselves. And brought humanity to the edge of oblivion: because they think they are white. Because they think they are white, they do not dare confront the ravage and the lie of their history. Because they think they are white, they cannot allow themselves to be tormented by the suspicion that all men are brothers."
Because I wonder if those that are white—or need to believe they are white—are ready, willing and able to ponder whiteness and all that has been done in its name and for its privilege. I think about how deeply black people want white people to see them as human enough to stop killing and harassing them. I wonder when white people will want the same of themselves.
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John Wilfrid Hinde (17 May 1916 – 26 December 1997) was an English photographer, whose idealistic and nostalgic style influenced the art of postcard photography and was widely known for his meticulously planned shoots.Born in Somerset, England, his interest in colour photography arose during the 1940s. From the later half of the 1940s to the middle half of the 1950s, he entered the circus life, where he met his future wife. However, he soon returned to photography and, in 1956, he left the circus and founded John Hinde Ltd. in Dublin to produce and distribute his colour pictures of Ireland. Hinde's most famous work is that of the Butlin's Holiday Camps, in which he portrayed a welcoming and jubilant environment. In 1972, he sold his company in order to pursue his love of painting. The Irish Museum of Modern Art recognized his work with a retrospective in Dublin in 1993. In 1998, Hinde died in Dordogne, France. At the time of his death, millions of his postcards had been sold worldwide.
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Photograph of the exterior of Le Moulin de Lecq Inn. Shows a family stood outside.
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Men experience sexual dysfunction during hepatitis C therapy
Bethesda, MD (Sept. 1, 2009) — Sexual impairment is common among men with chronic hepatitis C undergoing antiviral therapy, according to a new study in Gastroenterology, the official journal of the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Institute.
This is the first time a study evaluating the combination therapy, peginterferon and ribavirin, has identified sexual dysfunction as a side effect. Sexual dysfunction and impairment of desire should be considered common side effects of combination antiviral therapy in men with hepatitis C. It has the potential to affect all three components of sexual health: desire, function and satisfaction.
Before therapy, 37 percent of men reported at least some degree of impairment in sexual desire, while 44 percent reported dissatisfaction with their sexual life. In addition, 22 percent reported impairment in erectile and 26 percent in ejaculatory function. The average onset of sexual dysfunction appeared to be within four weeks of starting antiviral therapy, and many patients reported a gradual worsening over time. At the end of therapy (24 or 48 weeks), an estimated 38 percent to 48 percent of men reported that overall sexual function was worse than before treatment. African Americans reported less impairment in sexual desire and satisfaction than Caucasian Americans during therapy. While most components of sexual health evaluated in this study resolved within six months after the cessation of therapy, erectile and ejaculatory function remained slightly worse than before therapy in a proportion of men who received a full 48 weeks of treatment.
As part of the Study of Viral Resistance to Antiviral Therapy of Chronic Hepatitis C (VIRAHEP-C), 260 men treated with peginterferon alfa-2a and ribavirin completed self-administered questionnaires concerning sexual desire, sexual function — including erectile and ejaculatory function — and sexual satisfaction before, during and after treatment.
Chronic hepatitis C affects 1 percent to 2 percent of the American population and is more common among African Americans than Caucasian Americans and other racial and ethnic groups in the U.S. While current therapies for hepatitis C are evolving, at present they remain only partially effective.
Though sexual function and health are important elements of quality of life and overall well-being, they are infrequently mentioned in the discussion of complications of therapy with peginterferon and ribavirin. In fact, most review articles on hepatitis C treatment, summary publications on the side effects of therapy and the package inserts for peginterferon do not mention sexual dysfunction as a potential complication of therapy.
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'We have too little information'
While RUG president Sibrand Poppema is working in China with the communications department on a promotional film for university employees, those same staffers still have many unanswered questions. 'The RUG president is in Yantai while the university council commission was hoping to question him about Yantai…' tweeted university council member Hilly Mast on Wednesday.
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In a short period of time, the RUG board has been criticised repeatedly for the way they have dealt with students and staff in the Yantai plans.
Last weekend, university council chairwoman Hilly Mast was interviewed by Dagblad van het Noorden. 'He doesn't engage in enough dialogue', she said, referring to RUG president Sibrand Poppema.
Simultaneously, former university council members Jan Blaauw and Jan Visser made themselves heard in UK. They said they felt 'cheated' by the way the Board had 'forced' the council to accept the Yantai plans.
Casper Albers, a new member of the university council who is also connected to ReThink RUG, thinks the Board offers too little information about 'Yantai'. Chairman Kees van Vaan of the FEB council agrees: 'We still haven't seen a strong, strategic analysis.'
His faculty will have to decide if they want to offer programmes in Yantai soon, before 19 October. On that date the Board will make their go/no-go decision.
The advisory committee of the FEB board is expected to release a report with their own findings soon. According to committee member Beppo van Leeuwen, the plans have still not been made perfectly clear and there is 'dissatisfaction with how quickly everything is going'.
University council member Rieza Aprianto also thinks much remains unclear. 'Many details seem to be even made up on the spot.'
Albers also worries about the academic freedom in Yantai. 'Guarantees have been given for the Dutch employees in China, but 90 per cent of the students will be Chinese.'
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Last weekend, a long interview with Mast was published in Dagblad van het Noorden which largely consisted of criticising how the board of directors have dealt with the students and staff in the Yantai plans. 'He doesn't engage in enough dialogue. He says: 'I will explain it once more.' That is typical of the position of the current board', she says.
Simultaneously, two other staff members also made themselves heard. Jan Visser and Jan Blaauw, both former members of the university council, said they felt cheated by the board. 'The board of the university is angling for the result they want. How they achieve that result is only of secondary importance. I think we can say that much.'
Not talking about coffee
It is the first time that such open criticism has been aired about the plans for the new campus in China, or, more specifically, the manner in which the plans are being worked out.
'We have too little information, despite the fact that we have to make an important decision. We aren't talking about what brand of coffee we want in the coffee machines', says instructor Casper Albers, a member of ReThink RUG and, as of this month, a member of the university council. 'On the intranet, there is some general information, but at some point, you have to be given more detailed insight about the financial consequences and the actual time frame. And we don't have that.'
'We still haven't seen a strong, strategic analysis for why we should pursue branch campuses', says Kees van Veen, chairperson of the faculty council for Economics & Business and an instructor of International Business and Management. 'The business case for Yantai is still missing. What will it actually yield, and is that even realistic? As far as I know, there still isn't a thoroughly worked out risk analysis. To me, careful decision-making seems crucial with an ambitious project like this.'
Go/no-go decision
Van Veen's faculty will have to make up their minds soon. The RUG wants to provide various programmes from FEB in China. Before the go/no-go decision on 19 October – the moment when the university will decide definitively whether or not to go forward with the Yantai branch – the faculty has to make known if they want to take part. The advisory committee for the FEB board is expected to release a report with their own findings soon.
'The plans have still not been made perfectly clear', admits Beppo van Leeuwen. He is one of the committee members and coordinator of two of the programmes which have been nominated to be sent to Yantai. Van Leeuwen keeps his remarks brief – 'I can't really respond in a couple of sentences' – but he is willing to talk about how the faculty is responding to the plans.
'It's very detached. That's more to do with the concept of a branch campus in general, and it still has to be made clearer how that fits into the goals of the faculty. There is also dissatisfaction with how quickly everything is going.'
Not addressed
The other committee members are not expressing their thoughts just yet. 'I absolutely have opinions about the process of the Yantai project and the role of the board within that. Alas, I don't currently feel free enough to communicate about it', says Frans Rutte. FEB dean Harry Garretsen also declined to comment. Yantai has his 'full attention', he says. But it is 'not productive to give the opinion of a single faculty'.
'Getting closer to the go/no-go decision though, I see many details are not addressed', says PhD candidate and university council member Rieza Aprianto. 'Either the Board doesn't want to share their considerations with us or the Board has not thought about them. I really hope it is the case of the former, although that would be quite strange.'
Much remains unclear, Aprianto says. 'Many details seem to be even made up on the spot. Recruitment of lecturers, for example. Chinese lecturers will spend six months in Groningen to 'learn' to teach the Dutch style.'
'And then there's academic freedom', says Albers. 'We don't want to only begin teaching classes there where people learn how to work with test tubes. We want to be an academic institution that shapes social debate. That means that you have to consider political questions. Guarantees have been given for the Dutch employees in China, but 90 per cent of the students will be Chinese. It can't just be the case that academic freedom only applies on campus.'
The ability to do independent research in an environment where you are unable to access articles because public search engines are blocked by the government is also questionable. 'Those are fundamental questions that we want to discuss. It remains unclear and there are still many unanswered questions. But we don't have the time to answer all of them, since the go/no-go decision is just over a month away.'


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A daisy wheel printer is an early type of impact printer invented in 1969 by David S. Lee at Diablo Data Systems. The printer uses a metal or plastic disk containing each of the letters, numbers, and other characters it supports. When something is printed, the printer rotates the disk to each character and then using a hammer strike each character into an ink ribbon to create the character on paper.
Daisy wheel printers were popular in the 1970s and 1980s, but are no longer used because of they have a low quality of print, are very slow, loud, and laser printers have come down in cost.


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Q: How to delete a monthly partition from VictoriaMetrics vmstore nodes We are backfilling old data into our VictoriaMetrics and Grafana setup. But we might have messed up the data on a month. We want to delete a monthly partition from vmstore nodes and start again. Is this possible through the APIs?

A: Yep, you can do this via VictoriaMetrics Delete API /api/v1/admin/tsdb/delete_series. Note, that you can only delete All of the data and restore/backfill ones again.
See examples below:
Single-node VictoriaMetrics
curl -v http://localhost:8428/api/v1/admin/tsdb/delete_series -d 'match[]=your_metric_name_here'
Cluster version of VictoriaMetrics
curl -v http://<vmselect>:8481/delete/0/prometheus/api/v1/admin/tsdb/delete_series -d 'match[]=your_metric_name_here'
VictoriaMetrics documentation has a guide "How to delete or replace metrics in VictoriaMetrics" with more explanation and examples.

A: The easiest and the fastest way to remove a month-worth partition of data in VictoriaMetrics is to stop VictoriaMetrics (or a vmstorage in cluster version), then delete the YYYY_MM directory for the needed month under the <-storageDataPath>/data/{small,big} directories and then start VictoriaMetrics again. See more details about storage in VictoriaMetrics in these docs.

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Residents still may be looking for that perfect 2013 calendar – the kind that has a local feel to it and plenty of good advice on saving money and water.
The Board of Water Supply has available its 2013 Water Conservation Calendar, which showcases the winning artwork and poetry of Oahu public and private school students, including three from West Oahu.
A poster by fifth-grader Seri Nakamura of Pearl Ridge Elementary (teacher Liane Tanigawa) graces the month of February, while sixth-grader Kekoa Oishi of Kapolei Middle School (Daryle Mishina) is the May selection, and kindergartener Stecya Santos of St. Elizabeth School (Sommerlyn Leong) anchors December with her poster design.
They all competed in the BWS contest last year on the theme of "Save, Water, Save Energy," and their messages reflect this. Santos and Oishi both placed first at their grade level, and Nakamura placed second.
Free calendars are available at the BWS headquarters on Beretania Street, or can be downloaded at hbws.org. Entry deadline for the 2014 contests is March 6.
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New Black Panther Party says to carry arms at Republican convention if legal
Members of the New Black Panther Party march in front of the Baton Rouge Police Department headquarters in support of justice for Alton Sterling, who was killed by police, in Baton Rouge, La., Saturday, July 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Max Becherer)
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The New Black Panther Party, a "black power" movement, will carry firearms for self-defense during demonstrations in Cleveland ahead of next week's Republican convention if allowed under Ohio law, the group's chairman said.
Nzinga said he expected "a couple hundred" members of the New Black Panther Party to join a black unity rally that is scheduled to begin on Thursday. Nzinga said he and the Panthers plan to leave Cleveland on Sunday, the day before the convention officially opens.
The New Black Panther Party became active in 1990 and has long espoused black separatist ideology. Founding members of the 1960s Black Panther Party have denounced the New Black Panther Party as racist, but Nzinga says his movement does include original Black Panther members.
Law enforcement officials say the New Black Panther Party and other black militant groups have not been implicated in any attacks against police since the 2014 police killing of an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri.


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The Art of Devotion
By Samantha Bruce-Benjamin
In the tradition of bestselling authors Ian McEwan and Anne Enright, Samantha Bruce-Benjamin's brilliant and timeless debut unveils the dark side of human nature as four women share the poignant tale of love, obsession, and ultimate betrayal that binds them forever.
Have we all not wished to keep forever the one person we love the most?
The secluded beaches of a sun-drenched Mediterranean island are the perfect playground for young Sebastian and Adora. Emotionally adrift from their mother, Adora shelters her sensitive older brother from the cruelties of the world. Sophie does not question her children's intense need for one another until it's too late. Her beloved son's affections belong to Adora, and when he drowns in the sea, she has no one else to blame.
Still heartbroken years later, Adora fills her emptiness with Genevieve, the precocious young daughter of her husband's business associate and his jealous wife, Miranda. Thrilled to be invited into the beautiful and enigmatic Adora's world, the child idolizes her during their summers together. Yet, as the years progress, Genevieve begins to suspect their charmed existence is nothing more than a carefully crafted illusion. Soon, she too is ensnared in a web of lies.
Stunningly told in the tragic voices of four women whose lives are fatefully entangled, The Art of Devotion is evocative and haunting, a story of deceit, jealousy, and the heartbreaking reality of love's true power.
An island in the Mediterranean Sea, 1940
For each of us, there is a moment: what we see at the last, before God closes our eyes forever; an entire existence distilled to one perfect memory. We anticipate its promise all our lives.
Some are entirely unprepared for the joy that dances through their souls and wince with regret at everything they missed during those final seconds. Others peacefully acknowledge something they long suspected but never truly realized, content to venture into the night enlightened. And then there are those, like me, who know exactly what they will see, who welcome the end for the privilege it will contain. Yes, for each of us, there is a moment. This is mine:
They are there in front of me on the beach. A tiny boy and a tiny girl bronzed from the sun, their hair white-blond. At the edge of the shore they stand, holding hands. They are singing a rhyme I have taught them in French: Odeur du temps brin de bruyére/Et souviens-toi que je t'attends. Fragrance of time sprig of heather/Remember I wait for you forever. They sing the song every time a wave approaches, attempting to jump over it before it breaks against the sand. My daughter invented the game, and my son, as ever, is content to play with her. Not simply content, ecstatic. They are childhood personified, childhood as it should be. They are the innocents of the world. They are laughing. They turn to each other and squeal with excitement every time they jump. Their curls fly up in the air as they ascend and fall over their eyes when they land. Odeur du temps brin de bruyére/Et souviens-toi que je t'attends. Fragrance of time sprig of heather/Remember I wait for you forever.
I call to them from the balcony of the Hôtel des Anges that it is time to go home for their nap. She looks at me over her shoulder, a familiar look of mischief in her eyes, and tightens her grip on my son's hand. He would have come to me. She will not let him. And what is the harm? Why not let them play until they are so exhausted they can barely stay awake? They are only children. This is, after all, their time. Up and down they go, completely oblivious to me or any of the other assembled guests on the veranda, entranced by their game.
Sebastian is six, older by two years, but still he waits for Adora to jump before he follows. I can see his little legs shaking while he waits for her cue, afraid that he might ruin the game by leaping too soon, remaining throughout a beat behind her. His face floods with relief as he lands, but he does not look to me for praise or encouragement to try again, only to her. The sun moves down in the west of the sky as the game continues. It will stop only when she decrees it so.
I sit there, my hand resting on my parasol, basking in the glow conferred by my children, so exquisite they eclipse all others. I feel the residual heat of the day slip away like a silk cover being pulled carefully and slowly from my body, the breeze kissing my cheeks as dusk approaches. I care little for the murmurs emanating from the more staid American tourists who have stopped on our island as part of their Grand Tour. It's not quite proper, don't you think? Really, their nanny should bring them in. Most of the visitors seated around me are as transfixed by my children as I am. Yet as much as I want to linger on, I reluctantly check my complacency when I realize that it is growing late and their father and I are dining with friends this evening. I call to them again to come in, knowing I should insist, but something stops me. Something in my daughter's eyes, as she turns toward me, framed by the dusk beyond, stops me.
It is thirty-five years since I watched them play on our island in the Mediterranean Sea. Yet it doesn't seem possible that I am no longer that enviable woman sitting on the balcony of the most exclusive hotel in Europe in 1905, unquestioning of who I was, my morality, my judgment. Life then had done nothing so cruel that I could not recover. I considered everything I had ever been given to be a right and not a privilege. Not for me to toss in my bed at night asking myself, What have I done? That would come later.
The memory of that afternoon is my sanctuary now. It is all I have left. I watch my children play in front of me as if the illusion were real, as if I could reach out and touch them, as if I could change everything; as if I am still their mother.
For the rest of my son's brief life, my daughter's lead was the only one he would follow. Hers was the understanding heart he sought, her soul a soothing refuge for his pain. If he wandered, he returned to her. When he was lost, she found him. Since time immemorial there was no precedent for the love they owned. Few could possibly mine the unspoken depths of their affection or the secrets they shared. They were born for one another.
Neither knew how to live without the other. Neither did.
© 2010 Samantha Bruce-Benjamin
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Filled with secrets, love, betrayal, obsession, and deceit, The Art of Devotion is a beautifully rendered window into one family's dark and complex history and the heartbreaking reality of love's true power. Told from the shifting points of view of four women, the story explores the psychological effects and emotional damage within a family led by a matriarch who was tragically widowed too soon; the fragile, almost inappropriately close, relationship between her son and daughter; and the reckless deceit of an outsider.
The secluded beaches of a sun-drenched Mediterranean island are the perfect playground for young Sebastian and Adora. Emotionally adrift from their mother, Adora shelters her sensitive older brother from the cruelties of the world. Sophie does not question her children's intense need for each other until it's too late. Her beloved son's affections belong to Adora, and when he drowns in the sea, she has no one else to blame.
Still heartbroken years later, Adora fills her emptiness with Genevieve, the precocious young daughter of her husband's business associate and his jealous wife, Miranda. Thrilled to be invited into the beautiful and enigmatic Adora's world, the child idolizes her during their summers together. Yet, as the years progress, Genevieve begins to suspect their charmed existence is nothing more than a carefully crafted illusion. Soon she, too, is ensnared in a web of lies.
1. The opening lines of the novel suggest that "For each of us, there is a moment: what we see at the last, before God closes our eyes forever; an entire existence distilled to one perfect memory." Do you agree with this sentiment? Discuss what each character's "moment" might be. Discuss what yours might be.
2. There are four different narrators, and the novel switches viewpoints frequently. Who do you consider to be the most reliable narrator of the four women? Or are they all, to varying degrees, decidedly unreliable? How did your perception of their trustworthiness shift as the novel progressed?
3. With which character do you most identify? Why?
4. Adora "steals" Genevieve from Miranda and appears to mold the young girl in her image. Given what you know ultimately transpires and the rationale behind her seemingly manipulative and cruel decision, can Adora be forgiven? In the context of this act, is her choice barbaric or benevolent?
5. What does the character of Jack symbolize for Adora and what impels her immediate desire never to let him go? The subsequent relationship between Adora and Jack is ambiguous and its nature unclear. How do you perceive their bond? What role do you think each plays for the other? Contrast Adora's relationships with Oliver and Sebastian to what she shares with Jack. What are the differences/similarities, if any, between them?
6. There are many recurring symbols in the novel: bougainvillea, the olive grove, the sea, and the stray dogs. What does the bougainvillea signify to each character? What does the olive grove symbolize? Are the dogs symbolic within that context? Finally, what does Linford represent to Adora?
7. The role of the mother is one of the central themes of the novel, specifically the attributes that might define a "good" one. Discuss the notion of maternal guidance/sacrifice in relation to Sophie and Miranda. Are the decisions they make for their children justified or self-serving? Could it be argued that Adora, although barren, is actually the most selfless "mother" of them all?
8. Throughout the novel, Adora inspires a cross-section of emotions ranging from adoration to hatred, yet none of the characters appear able—or willing—to ignore her. Why is this? Beyond her beauty and wealth, what is it about Adora that proves so compelling to others, even those who despise her? Why can't anyone seem to escape her influence?
9. The ending of the novel challenges nearly everything the reader has been led to believe throughout the book. Were you surprised by what was revealed? In rereading earlier passages, do you see any foreshadowing of what would ultimately transpire?
10. The nature of idolatry is at the heart of the novel, specifically Genevieve's desire to emulate Adora in everything. Given what happens, does Adora condemn Genevieve to an equally tragic life by indulging her in this whim? Or is Genevieve to blame and Adora merely an innocent victim of a crush that turned into a dangerous obsession?
11. Discuss the title, The Art of Devotion, as it applies to each character in the book. Under the guise of "devotion," all make decisions that have profound, sometimes tragic, repercussions for themselves and others. Examine the varying types of devotion each character displays.
Enhance Your Book Club
1. Bougainvillea is a recurrent symbol of the novel. Stop by a flower shop and purchase some of their fuchsia blooms for book club members to wear during your discussion!
2. The story is set on a French island in the Mediterranean. Consult a map or look online to help you better visualize the story's setting.
3. This novel has many similar themes to F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. Read that classic novel and compare the two.
A Conversation with Author Samantha Bruce-Benjamin
1. What inspired you to write your first novel? You've worked for the BBC and as an editor; have you always been a writer at heart?
I would say that I was always passionate about literature. For me, it's all about the book. Obviously, my background in the editorial field fueled that interest, yet the desire to write emerged only after several years working in that environment, perhaps because the nature of the job requires writing "on demand" to a certain degree. Working so closely on promotional materials, as all editors do, gave me the confidence to try to write something for myself. So I took a year to attempt to come up with something: I wrote two pages a day for five months, and at the end of that period I had a first draft of The Art of Devotion.
2. Where did you come up with the idea for this story in particular? The character development is fantastic—are any of the characters based on real people?
I can't speak for all authors, but it is a general truism that those who desire to write are often counseled to write only "what they know." Of course, there is a little of what I know in this novel. I, like many writers, delve into a world of memory to find inspiration, and I am lucky in that the memories I have amassed are peopled by such exquisite souls. Yet, for me, the pleasure of reading has always derived from being able to project my own imagination into the life of a story—envisaging people I know as the characters, creating their world as I see it based on what the author suggests. As a consequence, I wouldn't dream of imposing the facts of the inspiration of this book onto any reader. The book belongs to whomever reads it, to interpret as they wish, so that it becomes "their" story, personal and unique to them and founded on their insights and experiences.
3. The novel has some very surprising twists. Did you have the ending planned when you began writing, or did the character's relationships develop as you wrote?
In essence, the novel crystallized in my imagination when I accepted that Adora would die at the end of the summer in 1938—and, most importantly, that she wanted to. As soon as the choice became "hers," everything else—the nature of the betrayal, the history with Sebastian, her relationship with Jack—formulated in my mind and a clear trajectory from start to finish emerged.
4. You've set your novel in paradise. Have you visited the Mediterranean islands for inspiration?
Until I was twenty-one, I spent all of my summers on an island in the Mediterranean Sea.
5. Did you have a "favorite" character in this novel? Was there one you related to more than others?
I pity Genevieve—in fact, she haunts me. I wrestle with Sophie, still unsure whether to forgive her. I grudgingly acknowledge Miranda's strength. Yet, ultimately, Adora is always with me. Curiously enough, I have no idea where she came from. Who she is—her motivation and passion—never fails to take me by surprise, as her personality is revealed throughout the novel. Truthfully, she took on a life of her own, and it is a life that still fascinates me to the point that, even as I reread her, I am still trying to make sense of who she is and why she proves so compelling. Even so, she never fails to break my heart.
6. Which point of view was easiest to write? Which was the hardest?
Miranda proved the easiest voice to write. Yet, contradictorily, she also proved the hardest in that I found it literally devastating to write her "final" speech. Originally, I had thought to grace Miranda with a rather poignant, almost redemptive, closing scene, but it occurred to me as I sat down to the task that the very last thing Miranda would be, in reality, was sorry. Something about this awareness just felled me—it was like being punched in the stomach. As much as I didn't want to—and maybe this is because, in some ways, Miranda is my "offspring"—I accepted that she had to be judged. I could not intervene as an author to try to "save" her or offer up a reprieve. It was up to readers to decide how they perceived her conduct. I didn't change a word from the first draft to the last: I knew exactly what Miranda would say, how she would justify her actions, the delight she would take in her circumstances, and, although this scene took only five minutes to write, hours later I was still deeply affected by my decision. Yet I also recognized that everything about the story had led up to that moment; it was the twist the novel required, the bitter rub from which there was no escape: a dark interpretation of devotion—the art of malice, if you will.
7. What writers have you been inspired by? What were you reading while writing this novel? What are you reading now?
For inspiration, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Edith Wharton, T. S. Eliot, Virginia Woolf, Kazuo Ishiguro, Louis de Bernières, Françoise Sagan, Émile Zola, François Mauriac, John Cheever, Graham Greene, Ian McEwan, Ian Rankin, Evelyn Waugh—the list is endless. I couldn't read at all while I was writing the novel. I started several books, yet I found that I couldn't concentrate on them and, even more counter–productively, I began to compare my writing—unfavorably—to those authors and found that I stalled creatively. As a consequence, I stop reading altogether whenever I am writing, as I find it extremely difficult to have another voice in my head, beyond the "voices" I need to find for the characters.
Photograph by Jirair Tcholakian
Samantha Bruce-Benjamin
Samantha Bruce-Benjamin was born and raised in Edinburgh, Scotland, where she earned a Masters Degree in English Literature from the University of Edinburgh. A former BBC Editor, she began her editorial career at Random House. She now lives in New York.
Publisher: Gallery Books (June 2010)
Fiction > Coming of Age
Fiction > Historical
Fiction > Contemporary Women
"The Art of Devotion is a revival of elegance and grace, reminding us of an era when all literature was lyrical, with a fluidity that makes it appear song-like. Samantha Bruce-Benjamin's debut places her in a class with some of the best literary minds, including F. Scott Fitzgerald, whose Gatsby was a clear sign of inspiration."—The Examiner
"A haunting debut novel . . . Filled with secrets, love, betrayal, obsession, and deceit, The Art of Devotion is a beautifully rendered window into one family's dark and complex history on an island in the Mediterranean Sea from the turn of the century until the late 1930s." -- Hamptons.com
Book Cover Image (jpg): The Art of Devotion
Author Photo (jpg): Samantha Bruce-Benjamin


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HALLE BERRY IS PREGNANT ....!!!
The actress is said to be two months pregnant with her first child with model beau Gabriel Aubry. Oscar winner Halle Berry will soon be on diaper duty, if reports are to be believed. The actress is said to be two months pregnant with her first child with model beau Gabriel Aubry, who she met in November 2005 on the set of a Versace ad campaign. An insider tells the National Enquirer that Berry is ecstatic over the impending arrival, for a baby has been in her plans for quite a while. "Halle is so happy right now. She's wanted a baby for so long," Contactmusic quoted the source, as telling the paper. ********************************************************************************** HOUSE GLITZ: IF THIS IS TRUE THEN CONGRADS...!!
WHOOOO HOOOOOO.. MARY J BLIGE IS PREGNANT...!!
According to MTV.de, singer Mary J. Blige is pregnant and expecting her first child with husband Kendu Isaacs, sometime early next year. So far I cannot find this story in English but below is a loosely translated version of what MTV Germany wrote on their website. Finally it is grants also that of life heavily gebeutelten Queen of Hip Hop Soul to establish a family. Just now becomes well known, that Soul-superstar Mary J. Bige (36) its first child expects. Father is natural Kendu Isaac with which Mary happily is married for four years. According to reports have worked both already for a year at a baby… and BOOMING here you go! Congratulations! ********************************************************************************** HOUSE OF GLITZ: THIS IS AWESOME..!!!
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*********************************************************************************** HOUSE OF GLITZ: LIS RAYE LOOKS NICE...!!!
VIDEO: PUSSY CAT'S DOLL, NICOLE SCHERZINGER FT. T.I. - WHATEVER YOU LIKE..!!
Nicole Scherzinger & T.I. - Whatever U Like
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********************************************************************************* Nicole Scherzinger, lead singer of the Pussycat Dolls, debuts her video for her first solo single, "Whatever You Like," featuring T.I. and produced by Polow Da Don. I must admit, I like the song and Dammn she's all in T.I.'s grill, I like the Pussy cat doll so I'm sure the album will be on the same line based on this song., the video is simple and has a bathhouse-type theme. She looks excellent and her body is going off in the video. ********************************************************************************* HOUSE OF GLITZ: HOT ONE...!! GO NICOLE!!!
DAMMMMMMM!!...FOX BROWN BITCH SLAPS SOMEONE WITH HER CELLPHONE..!!
OK IS IT JUST ME OR IS CELLPHONES THE NEW WEAPON OF CHOICE, ILL NA NA A.K.A Foxy Brown was charged with smacking her longtime neighbor with her Blackberry cell phone (I wonder was it the new model?), in the Prospect Heights section of Brooklyn last month. According to reports the 27-year-old, whose real name is Inga Marchand, turned herself in to detectives at the 77 Precinct at around 2:30 p.m. yesterday afternoon. She was charged with felony assault, menacing, harassment and criminal possession of a weapon. Brown was arraigned last night and released on $5,000 bail. Her next court date is Sept. 26. Police say the trouble-prone rapper, who is on parole, was accused of assaulting her 25-year-old neighbor on July 30 at around 6:50 p.m. at the corner of Carlton Avenue and Prospect Place. The rapper allegedly pulled the Naomi &smacked the woman with her cell phone, a Blackberry, during an argument. The victim was reportedly taken to Brooklyn Hospital for loosening of the teeth, swelling of the lip and swelling of the right eye. She filed a complaint with police, and after an investigation, the rapper agreed to turn herself in yesterday. ********************************************************************************** HOUSE OF GLITZ: I WOULD BEAT THIS BITCH WITH MY MOTOROLA, THEN BORROW YOUR NOKIA, THEN FINISH HER UP WITH A PALM PILOT...!!! ENOUGH ALREADY..GO SIT DOWN..!!
SHOCKER....R.KELLY OUT WITH A GROWN ASS WOMAN..!!
Platinum pisser R.Kelly was seen outside Pastis restaurant in Manhattan yesterday with a hottie who was clearly not his estranged wife, but -- she was legal! Quick -- tuck that I.D. in your pocketbook, girl! The rauncheriffic hitmaker has just released ten new uncut and uncensored chapters to his ri-DAMN-diculous "Trapped in the Closet" series, which is airing on IFC. Finally, something even more disturbing than that nasty sex tape! While his new album "Double Up" just hit platinum, he may want to hold off igniting a celebration until after he faces the music in a Chicago court next month. The bump n' grinder's future could be ... in the toilet! ******************************************************************************* HOUSE OF GLITZ: THIS BITCH WILL BE TRAPPED SOON..!!
MYA PERFORMS LIVE "RIDIN"
Mya performed her new single "Ridin" at the R&B Live Showcase at Spotlight Live in New York City a few weeks ago. Her album Liberation hits stores on September 18th…finally! ********************************************************************************** HOUSE OF GLITZ: I LIKE THIS SONG...THIS NICE..!!
BEYONCE LAUNCHES DER'ON IN CANADA
********************************************************************************** HOUSE OF GLITZ: GO "B" TAKE IT INTERNATIONAL..
MS KELLY ON THE BEACH LOOKING BOOTYLICIOUS..!!
Labels: SNATCHED FROM CELB SLAM
Kelly Rowland in South Beach earlier this week looking fit and trim. There's only so many times a woman can hear "Please welcome former Destiny's Child member, before you show them what you got Lil Mama. . *********************************************************************************** HOUSE OF GLITZ: SIMPLY GORGEOUS..!!
VIDEO: FLAVA FLAV ROAST ..SNOOP DOGG... LIL EXPLICIT.!!
************************************************************************************ HOUSE OF GLITZ: SNOOP GOT ISSUES BUT HE'S FUNNY AS HELL IN THIS CLIP...!!
TRALIER: TYLER PERRY "WHY DID I GET MARRIED" STARRING JANET JACKSON..
A group of couples who go away every year to examine their marriages in a group setting. Troubles ensue when one of the wives brings along a sexy young temptress. Janet Jackson is in the movie and Tyler Perry pretending to be straight "lol" ..Check out the trailer. ************************************************************************************ HOUSE OF GLITZ: It actually looks pretty good.
THEY TRIED TO MAKE HER GO TO REHAB..AND SHE WENT..!!
All I have to say Finally after canceling multiple appearance the bee hive wearing rail thin Amy wine house and "loser drugie husband" have checked into rehab since the addiction to cocaine and herion were affecting her family. This comes after Amy collapsed after a 3 day drug bender with husband the 23 year old was recently married what a way to start off a marriage ...your honeymoon in rehab. THIS IS YOUR BODY ON DRUGS...ANY QUESTIONS?? ********************************************************************************** HOUSE OF GLITZ: JUST GLAD SHE IS GETTING SOME HELP
BACKSTAGE AT THE OZONE AWARDS HERE WE FIND 2 LOST STRIPPERS HEROS..!!
All Photos by: RAY TAMARRA / GETTY IMAGES The 2nd Annual Ozone Awards went down in Miami yesterday and a lot rappers and reality television rejects attended. I have no words for some of these pictures and as you can see Trina & Jacki-O OH MY GOD, were backstage looking like some broke down heroes. WHY PEOPLE WHY?? *********************************************************************************** HOUSE OF GLITZ: MAN SUPERMAN THESE "H" (SOME WILL GET OTHERS WON'T)...TRANSLATION WTF..!!!
CHRIS TUCKER PLANS HIS WORLD COMEDY TOUR....!!!
Funny man, Chris Tucker is set to remind fans he's a stand-up comic first and foremost by embarking on a global comedy tour. The movie star insists once promotional work for Rush Hour 3 is complete he'll start plans for an ambitious stand-up tour, which will be filmed at certain stops for a performance movie. He said: "A lot of people don't know I started out doing stand-up comedy so I'm doing a stand-up 20 city tour, then worldwide. "I'll also be filming a stand-up comedy movie like Eddie Murphy did with Raw." Rush hour which came in no#1 last weekend grossing over $50 million opening weekend is any indication that people love Chris Tucker translate to a great tour I will be there. *********************************************************************************** HOUSE OF GLITZ: CHECK OUT RUSH HOUR 3 I HAVE VERY FUNNY MOVIE..!!
Erykah Badu in concert looking like she stole some Crackheads wig...!!!!
Erykah Badu sports a new WTF... hairstyle while performing in concert in Amsterdam. Her new album The Kabah is due out on October 23rd. ******************************************************************************** HOUSE OF GLITZ: FIRE YOUR PUBLICIST, STYLIST, FRIENDS, MAMA, SISTER, BROTHER, COUSINS EVERYBODY FOR LETTING YOU GET ON STAGE LIKE THIS...I'M SO DOWN WITH FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION BUT THIS IS A HOT MESS...ARE YOU COMPETING WITH LAURYN HILL?? OR HITTING THE PIPE??
OPEN CASTING CALL FOR NOTRIOUS B.I.G. MOVIE..
The role of Notorious B.I.G. for an upcoming biopic on the rapper will be filled through an open casting call. Notorious, which has been in the works for nearly seven years, will seek its star by auditioning both actors and nonactors who resemble the rapper, whose real name was Christopher Wallace. Anyone can submit audition videos beginning at 2 a.m. Sunday to www.foxsearchlight.com/notorious or www.biggiecasting.com.. An official announcement of the online casting call is to be made today by Fox Searchlight Pictures, which in 2005 secured the rights to a film about the slain rapper. Wallace's mother, Voletta Wallace, and his two former managers, Wayne Barrow and Mark Pitts, are producing the movie. "As it relates to the individual Christopher Wallace — his looks, his stature, what he represented, the swagger, the sensibility of the man — all those elements are very difficult to find, no matter where you go," Barrow said Thursday. "In the typical Hollywood world, no one came to mind outside of Forest Whitaker who could capture that essence genuinely." Barrow said the film's producers never approached Whitaker because of his age. Whitaker is 46. Wallace was gunned down at the age of 24 on March 9, 1997, after a music-industry party in Los Angeles. Also Diddy on board as executive proudcer. ******************************************************************************** HOUSE OF GLITZ: I THINK IT'S TIME TO TELL HIS STORY THIS SHOULD BE GOOD.
"LOVE THEM LITTLE KELLY"... CHP 14. "TRAPPED IN THE CLOSET"
This episode is about why they got caught in the first place e.t.c. (whatever) anyway here you go. (FUNNY BULL...SHI..!!!) ********************************************************************************** HOUSE OF GLITZ: TRAPPED IN JAIL...COMING SOON TO A THEATRE NEAR YOU
ANOTHER RUMOUR PUT TO REST: "USHER MOM I DIDN'T ATTEND THAT F-CKING SHOTGUN WEDDING"!!
*Usher's mother, Jonetta Patton, chose to spend last Friday at a spa in Atlanta while her famous son was exchanging vows with his fiancee, Tameka Foster. People magazine has quoted a "source close to the family" who confirms that Patton did not show up at the exchange of vows, which was held in the Atlanta office of her son's lawyer. Another source says many family members were kept in the dark about plans for the secret ceremony. "Some people didn't know about [the civil wedding] until a day later," says a source. "But that's Usher and Tameka for you. One thing one day and a whole other thing the next."To appease their jilted family and friends, the newlyweds are planning to throw a big party in Atlanta where folks who were left hanging will finally be able to celebrate the union. ************************************************************************** HOUSE OF GLITZ: AAA HAA!! I KNEW IT ...MAMA'S NOT DOWN WITH THIS SHI..!!
New Video: Jill Scott & Angie Stone They Are Back..!!
Jill Scott "Hate On Me"
Jill Scott is back. Her new album The Real Thing: Words and Sounds Vol 3, is set to hit stores September 25th. You know you gotta get that one. For more info on Jill Scott visit: HIDDENBEACH.COM. And check out Jill singing "Hate on Me" live on VH1, after the cut of course. ************************************************************************************* Angie Stone "Baby Ft. Betty Wright"
In the latest issue of Essence Magazine, Angie Stone talks candidly about her past relationship with R&B / Soul singer D'Angelo. The two have a 10 year-old son together. Angie Stone is back with a new single "Baby" off her upcoming new album "The Art of Love and War". The track features Betty Wright, an old school singer that folks have been sampling for years now. The video features actor and comedian Mike Epps with top model Eva Pigford, as well as some random cameos from other people very nice. ******************************************************************************* HOUSE OF GLITZ: GREAT THE RETURN OF REAL MUSIC!!!
Turks & Caicos International Film Festival Launch ...
VIDEO: PUSSY CAT'S DOLL, NICOLE SCHERZINGER FT. T...
DAMMMMMMM!!...FOX BROWN BITCH SLAPS SOMEONE WITH H...
VIDEO: FLAVA FLAV ROAST ..SNOOP DOGG... LIL EXPLIC...
TRALIER: TYLER PERRY "WHY DID I GET MARRIED" STARR...
THEY TRIED TO MAKE HER GO TO REHAB..AND SHE WENT.....
BACKSTAGE AT THE OZONE AWARDS HERE WE FIND 2 LOST ...
Erykah Badu in concert looking like she stole some...
"LOVE THEM LITTLE KELLY"... CHP 14. "TRAPPED IN TH...
ANOTHER RUMOUR PUT TO REST: "USHER MOM I DIDN'T A...
New Video: Jill Scott & Angie Stone They Are Back....


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A short-lived species of fungus typically found on or around decaying organic matter.
-Adam Mickiewicz, _Pan Tadeusz_, III. 1834.
Toadstools are harmless, fragile plants which only appear when the player worships Fedhas Madash. If a follower uses their Fungal Bloom ability in line of sight of a corpse, toadstools will grow on it and nearby (depending on the size of the corpse), instantly turning the corpse into a skeleton. The toadstools then die after some time has passed.
This is the best way to gain piety for Fedhas worshippers. If you follow Fedhas, pray for every corpse you don't plan on eating. The more exotic necromantic uses of corpses are forbidden by Fedhas anyway.
You can use Fedhas' Evolution ability to turn toadstools into wandering mushrooms. This can be especially effective if you evolve a toadstool adjacent to a monster.
Alternatively, the fact that monsters can't move through them allows them to serve as roadblocks, slowing a monster's pursuit. But remember that walking through a toadstool will take 50% longer for you than walking over open spaces; this means you might get hit while retreating through the toadstools.
Prior to 0.12, toadstools would appear regardless of your character's religion. As corpses rotted, they would occasionally generate toadstools independent of your actions.
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Can someone with a U.S. phone number text to another U.S. phone number for free, using Google Voice, while in a different country?
If you have a data connection and a Google Voice number, you can SMS or call to a US number for free using only your data connection (via the Google Voice web interface, via the Android GV app, or via the Hangouts apps if you've linked them).
Google Voice does not care where in the world you are physically located when you make or receive calls using a data connection.
The billing rates for calls to/from your Google Voice number don't depend on where you're physically located. If you're physically in Japan and have an IP address that's geolocated as in Japan, and you try to call a Japanese number... guess what? You'll be billed at the same rate as if you called that same Japanese number while in the USA. Likewise, you won't be charged for calling USA and Canadian phone numbers called via VoIP, regardless of where you are.
Source: Doing it for years and years. A lot.
See my answer to "Does Google Voice still do free calls in the U.S. and Canada?" for more details.
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