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#BookReview Dead Guilty by Michelle Davies @M_Davieswrites @PGCBooks @panmacmillan
categories: Noteworthy Book Releases, Book Review, 10/10, Mystery/Thriller
Title: Dead Guilty
Author: Michelle Davies
Series: DC Maggie Neville #4
Published by: Pan Macmillan on Oct. 8, 2019
Genres: Mystery/Thriller, Police Procedural
Source: Publishers Group Canada
Book Rating: 10/10
Dead Guilty by Michelle Davies is the captivating fourth novel in the critically acclaimed Maggie Neville series, following False Witness.
Has the killer in DC Maggie Neville's cold case returned after a decade of silence?
Katy Pope was seventeen when she was brutally murdered on a family holiday in Majorca. Despite her mother's high rank in the Met and the joint major investigation between the British and Spanish police, Katy's killer was never caught.
Ten years later, Katy's family return to the Spanish island to launch a fresh appeal for information, taking with them the now skeletal team of investigating Met detectives, and newly seconded Maggie as the family liaison officer.
But Maggie's first international investigation quickly goes from being more than just a press conference when another British girl there on holiday goes missing, and Katy's killer announces that it's time for an encore . . .
Sharp, engrossing, and perfectly plotted!
In this fourth novel in the DC Maggie Neville series, Dead Guilty, Davies has written a fast-paced, police procedural that has DC Maggie Neville struggling to adapt to her new role within the Met, whisking off to Majorca to act as the Family Liaison Officer for the Pope family as they struggle to cope with their emotional fragility, endless grief, and irrepressible desire for justice for the 10-year-old unsolved murder of their daughter, and on the hunt for a sadistic serial killer who may have just found a new victim to terrorize.
The writing is crisp and bold. The characters are tenacious, flawed, and astute. And the plot keeps you on the edge of your seat with its short, intense chapters that submerge you into an ominous tale full of twists, turns, red herrings, secrets, obsession, mayhem, deduction, attraction, violence, and murder.
Overall, Dead Guilty has an incredibly pacey storyline and exceptional character development. It's dark, crafty, and riveting and is a clear indicator that Davies has hit her stride. If you love well-written police procedurals with intriguing characters then this is definitely one book/series you don't want to miss.
Thank you to Publishers Group Canada for providing me with a copy in exchange for an honest review.
About Michelle Davies
Michelle Davies has been writing for magazines for twenty years, including on the production desk at Elle, and as Features Editor of Heat. Her last staff position before going freelance was Editor-at-Large at Grazia magazine and she currently writes for a number of women's magazines and newspaper supplements. Michelle has previously reviewed crime fiction for the Sunday Express's Books section.
Michelle lives in London with her partner and daughter and juggles writing crime fiction with her freelance journalism and motherhood. The Maggie Neville Series consists of Gone Astray, Wrong Place, False Witness and Dead Guilty.
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#BookReview The Long Call (Two Rivers #1) by Ann Cleeves @AnnCleeves @PGCBooks @panmacmillan @headcrime #thelongcall
categories: Book Review, Mystery/Thriller, 8.5/10
Title: The Long Call
Author: Ann Cleeves
Series: Two Rivers #1
Published by: Pan Macmillan on Sep. 3, 2019
Bestselling author of the Shetland and Vera Stanhope series', Ann Cleeves returns with the first in a brand-new series set in North Devon and featuring Detective Matthew Venn. In this rural idyll, where two rivers meet, crime is always there waiting to rise from the water.
In North Devon, where the rivers Taw and Torridge converge and run into the sea, Detective Matthew Venn stands outside the church as his father's funeral takes place. The day Matthew turned his back on the strict evangelical community in which he grew up, he lost his family too.
Now he's back, not just to mourn his father at a distance, but to take charge of his first major case in the Two Rivers region; a complex place not quite as idyllic as tourists suppose.
A body has been found on the beach near to Matthew's new home: a man with the tattoo of an albatross on his neck, stabbed to death.
Finding the killer is Venn's only focus, and his team's investigation will take him straight back into the community he left behind, and the deadly secrets that lurk there.
Simmering, menacing, and clever!
The Long Call is the kickoff for a brand-new series by Cleeves that sweeps you away to North Devon where the reticent, intelligent, DI Matthew Vern finds himself investigating a complicated case involving a stabbing victim with a bird tattoo, two missing girls, a community centre that hits a little too close to home, and an evangelical Brethren that excommunicated him in the past.
The prose is meticulous and crisp. The characters are methodical, relentless, and flawed. And the plot, including all the subplots, unravel and intertwine into a mysterious tale filled with mixed emotions, deception, abuse, manipulation, corruption, red herrings, and murder.
Overall, The Long Call is a well-paced, pensive, sophisticated thriller by Cleeves that's a brilliant start to the Two Rivers series and another fine example of her ability to write police procedurals with well-drawn characters and sinister storylines.
About Ann Cleeves
Ann Cleeves is the author behind PBS's Vera and BBC One's Shetland. She has written over twenty-five novels, and is the creator of detectives Vera Stanhope and Jimmy Perez – characters loved both on screen and in print. Her books have now sold over 1 million copies worldwide.
Ann worked as a probation officer, bird observatory cook and auxiliary coastguard before becoming a crime writer. She is a member of 'Murder Squad', working with other British northern writers to promote crime fiction. In 2006 Ann was awarded the Duncan Lawrie Dagger (CWA Gold Dagger) for Best Crime Novel, for Raven Black, the first book in her Shetland series, and in 2012 she was inducted into the CWA Crime Thriller Awards Hall of Fame. Ann lives in North Tyneside, England.
#BookReview Dead at First Sight by Peter James @peterjamesuk @PGCBooks @panmacmillan
categories: Book Review, Police Procedural, Mystery/Thriller, 8/10
Title: Dead at First Sight
Author: Peter James
Series: Roy Grace #15
Published by: Pan Macmillan on Jul. 2, 2019
A man waits at London Airport for Ingrid Ostermann, the love of his life, to arrive. Across the Atlantic, a retired NYPD cop waits in a bar in Florida's Key West for his first date with the lady who is, without question, his soulmate. The two men are about to discover they've been scammed out of almost every penny they have—and that neither woman exists.
Meanwhile, a wealthy divorcée plunges, in suspicious circumstances, from an apartment block in Munich. In the same week, Detective Superintendent Roy Grace is called to investigate the suicide of a woman in Brighton, that is clearly not what it seems. As his investigations continue, a handsome Brighton motivational speaker comes forward. He'd discovered his identity is being used to scam 11 different women, online.
Roy Grace realizes he is looking at the tip of an iceberg. A global empire built on clever, cruel internet scams and the murder of anyone who threatens to expose them.
Dark, devious, and pacey!
Dead at First Sight is a sharp, compelling, police procedural that immerses you into the gritty, disturbing underworld of cybercrime, specifically online dating, and highlights just how easy it is to prey on humanity's insatiable need to love and be loved.
The writing is complex and intense. The characters are a mix of ruthless, vulnerable, and tenacious. And the plot is a suspenseful tale full of twists, turns, action, duplicity, manipulation, intrigue, power, greed, violence, and murder.
Overall, Dead at First Sight is another timely, insightful, action-packed tale by James that highlights just how exposed the internet actually makes us and how easy and quickly it is for those with nefarious tendencies to commit crimes and destroy lives worldwide.
Dead at First Sight is the fifteenth novel in the Roy Grace series and even though there are some references to cases and events from the previous books, it can certainly be read as a standalone if desired.
About Peter James
Peter James is the international bestselling author of many award-winning novels. His Detective Superintendent Roy Grace series, set in Brighton, has been translated into thirty-seven languages with worldwide sales of over eighteen million copies, and has given him eleven consecutive Sunday Times number ones. In 2015 WHSmith customers publicly voted him the Greatest Crime Author of All Time and in 2016 he became the recipient of the coveted CWA Diamond Dagger lifetime achievement award for sustained excellence. Peter has also written a short story collection, A Twist of the Knife, and his standalone titles include Perfect People and The House on Cold Hill. He has also co-written a non-fiction account of Brighton's toughest cases with former detective Graham Bartlett entitled Death Comes Knocking. The Perfect Murder, Dead Simple and Not Dead Enough have all been turned into smash-hit stage plays. All his novels reflect his deep interest in the world of the police. Three of his novels have been filmed and before becoming a full-time author he produced numerous films, including The Merchant of Venice, starring Al Pacino and Jeremy Irons. He divides his time between his homes in Notting Hill, London and near Brighton in Sussex.
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#BookReview Broken Ground by Val McDermid @valmcdermid @PGCBooks
Title: Broken Ground
Author: Val McDermid
Series: Inspector Karen Pirie #5
Published by: Atlantic Monthly Press on Dec. 5, 2018
Internationally bestselling author Val McDermid is one of our finest crime writers, and her gripping, masterfully plotted novels have garnered millions of readers from around the globe. In Broken Ground, cold case detective Karen Pirie faces her hardest challenge yet.
Six feet under in a Highland peat bog lies Alice Somerville's inheritance, buried by her grandfather at the end of World War II. But when Alice finally uncovers it, she finds an unwanted surprise–a body with a bullet hole between the eyes. Meanwhile, DCI Pirie is called in to unravel a case where nothing is quite as it seems. And as she gets closer to the truth, it becomes clear that not everyone shares her desire for justice. Or even the idea of what justice is.
Engrossing, intricate, and deft!
In this latest novel by McDermid, Broken Ground, we head back to Edinburgh where DCI Pirie and her sidekick DC Murray from the Historic Cases Unit find themselves pursuing new evidence in the case of a serial rapist from the 80s; tasked with identifying a body discovered in a peat bog in the Highlands alongside relics from WWII; and inadvertently involved in a new case of premeditated, cold-blooded murder.
The prose is gritty and descriptive. The characterization is superb with all the usual gang back including the intuitive, tenacious, Karen Pirie who's still coping with the loss of her lover through nocturnal walks and designer gins. And the plot, including all the subplots, unravel and intertwine meticulously into an irresistible tale full of deception, abuse, deprivation, manipulation, mayhem, violence, and murder.
Overall, Broken Ground is a highly entertaining, gripping, atmospheric thriller that highlights McDermid's exceptional ability to write police procedurals that have well-drawn characters and edgy storylines. It is the fifth novel in the Inspector Karen Pirie series, and definitely one of my favourites.
Thank you to PGC Books for providing me with a copy in exchange for an honest review.
About Val McDermid
Val McDermid is a No. 1 bestseller whose novels have been translated into more than thirty languages, and have sold over eleven million copies.
She has won many awards internationally, including the CWA Gold Dagger for best crime novel of the year and the LA Times Book of the Year Award. She was inducted into the ITV3 Crime Thriller Awards Hall of Fame in 2009 and was the recipient of the CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger for 2010. In 2011 she received the Lambda Literary Foundation Pioneer Award.
She writes full time and divides her time between Cheshire and Edinburgh.
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#BookReview False Witness by Michelle Davies @M_Davieswrites @PGCBooks @panmacmillan
categories: Noteworthy Book Releases, Book Review, Mystery/Thriller, 9/10
Title: False Witness
Published by: Pan Macmillan on Nov. 1, 2018
It began with a lie . . .
Two children are seen on top of a wall in a school.
Shortly later one of them lies fatally injured at the bottom.
Did the boy fall or was he pushed?
As a family liaison offer, DC Maggie Neville has seen parents crumble under the weight of their child's death. Imogen Tyler is no different. Her son's fall was witnessed by the school caretaker and another pupil is under suspicion/being questioned, but Imogen is paralysed by questions. Why was he at the school so early? Why was he with a girl who wasn't a friend?
For Maggie, finding the answers to these questions is paramount if she is to help the mother. But as she investigates, further questions emerge and the truth suddenly seems far from certain. Could the witness be mistaken about what happened and if he is, then who is responsible? And how far will they go to cover up the boy's death?
Sinister, relentless, and unpredictable!
In this latest novel in the DC Maggie Neville series, False Witness, Davies immerses us in an emotional case involving the death of a young boy that may or may not be an accident, on school grounds that may or may not be used for illegal extracurricular activity after dark, and involving two families who may or may not have a long, complicated history.
The writing is sharp and tight. The characters are secretive, impulsive and troubled. And the intricate plot, told from differing points-of-view, keeps you engrossed from start to finish with all its twists, turns, deception, revelations, corruption, power, violence, and murder.
I have to say this series keeps getting better and better. False Witness is a perfectly paced, entertaining whodunit that has all the elements you look for in a thrilling mystery, along with a touch of authenticity not always found in police procedurals that will undoubtedly keep you riveted and eager for more.
#BookReview Wild Fire (Shetland #8) by Ann Cleeves @AnnCleeves @PGCBooks @panmacmillan
Title: Wild Fire
Series: Shetland #8
Published by: Pan Macmillan on Sep. 25, 2018
Wild Fire is the much-anticipated final book in Ann Cleeves's beloved Shetland Island series, now a major television triumph starring Douglas Henshall.
When the Flemings—designer Helena and architect Daniel—move into a remote community in the north of Shetland, they think it's a fresh start for themselves and their children.
But their arrival triggers resentment, and Helena begins to receive small drawings of a gallows and a hanged man. Gossip spreads like wildfire.
A story of dysfunctional families and fractured relationships, Inspector Jimmy Perez's eighth case will intrigue series fans and Shetland Island newcomers alike.
Mysterious, precise, and atmospheric!
In this latest novel by Cleeves, Wild Fire, we head back to Deltaness where DI Jimmy Perez finds himself immersed in the evidence collection and investigation into the murder of a local nanny whose childhood was marred by hardship and tragedy and whose recent past was full of unusual and strained relationships.
The prose is intricate and deft. The characters are flawed, complex and intriguing. And the plot is a compelling, well crafted, police procedural full of suspects, clues, deduction, jealousy, obsession, manipulation, swirling emotions, secrets, familial drama, and murder.
Wild Fire is the eighth and final novel in the Shetland Series, and even though it's a little bittersweet to say goodbye to the characters we've come to know and love over these last eight novels, it is nevertheless a lovely way to solve one last case with the usual gang and to finally discover whether DI Perez and Chief Inspector Willow will finally get their happy-ever-after ending.
#BlogTour #BookReview Truth and Lies by Caroline Mitchell @Caroline_writes @midaspr
categories: Blog Tour, Book Review, Police Procedural, Mystery/Thriller, 9/10
Title: Truth and Lies
Author: Caroline Mitchell
Series: DI Amy Winter #1
Published by: Thomas & Mercer on Aug. 30, 2018
Source: Thomas & Mercer, Midas PR
Meet Amy Winter: Detective Inspector, daughter of a serial killer.
DI Amy Winter is hoping to follow in the footsteps of her highly respected police officer father. But when a letter arrives from the prison cell of Lillian Grimes, one half of a notorious husband-and-wife serial-killer team, it contains a revelation that will tear her life apart.
Responsible for a string of heinous killings decades ago, Lillian is pure evil. A psychopathic murderer. And Amy's biological mother. Now, she is ready to reveal the location of three of her victims—but only if Amy plays along with her twisted game.
While her fellow detectives frantically search for a young girl taken from her mother's doorstep, Amy must confront her own dark past. Haunted by blurred memories of a sister who sacrificed herself to save her, Amy faces a race against time to uncover the missing bodies.
But what if, from behind bars, Grimes has been pulling the strings even tighter than Amy thought? And can she overcome her demons to prevent another murder?
Gripping, twisty, and sophisticated!
Truth and Lies is an intelligent, suspenseful, police procedural that introduces us to DI Amy Winter, a resilient, determined young woman who finds herself immersed in the investigation to find a missing teen, while also struggling to come to grips with the knowledge that her biological parents were serial killers and three of their victims still need to be found.
The prose is intricate and absorbing. The characters, including the sinister, despicable villainess are intriguing and multilayered. And the plot, including all the subplots, unravel and intertwine into a compelling tale full of deception, abuse, deprivation, manipulation, mayhem, violence, and murder.
Overall, Truth and Lies is a dark, entertaining, creepy read that has all the elements you look for in a thrilling mystery and is an excellent start for the new DI Amy Winter series by Mitchell.
Thank you to Caroline Mitchell and Midas PR for providing me with a copy in exchange for an honest review.
About Caroline Mitchell
Caroline originates from Ireland and now lives with her family in a pretty village on the coast of Essex. A former police detective, Caroline has worked in CID and specialised in roles dealing with vulnerable victims, high-risk victims of domestic abuse, and serious sexual offences. She now writes full time.
Set in Shoreditch, London, her DS Ruby Preston trilogy is described as terrifying, addictive serial killer thrillers.
Caroline also writes psychological thrillers. The most recent, Silent Victim, has been described as 'brilliantly gripping and deliciously creepy'. Her new DI Amy Winter series is published by Thomas & Mercer and launches 2018.
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#GuestPost Implant (Gardener and Reilly Crime Series #3) by Ray Clark @T1LOM @UrbaneBooks #Lovebooksgrouptours #IMPLANT
categories: Noteworthy Book Releases, Guest Post, Police Procedural, Mystery/Thriller
Title: Implant
Author: Ray Clark
Series: Gardener and Reilly Crime Series #3
Published by: Urbane Publications on Aug. 9, 2018
Bramfield, near Leeds, a sleepy little market town nestled on the borders of West and North Yorkshire. Detectives Stewart Gardener and Sean Reilly discover the naked corpse of Alex Wilson, nailed to the wall of a cellar in his uncle's hardware store. His lips are sewn together and his body bears only one mark, a fresh scar near his abdomen.
Within forty-eight hours, their investigation results in dead ends, more victims, no suspects and very little in the way of solid evidence. Gardener and Reilly have a problem and a question on their hands: are the residents of Bramfield prepared for one of history's most sadistic killers, The Tooth Fairy?
Implant is the perfect read for fans of Peter May, Mark Billingham and Peter James.
And now a little word from Ray Clark:
Whenever I am invited to do a book talk I always open using the same format for my audience. I try to ascertain how many of them are readers and how many are writers. I then ask the question: what do you feel is the most important part of a book? The answers are varied and interesting. I eventually answer the question myself, which is always two fold.
As a reader, without doubt the most important part of the book for me is the protagonist, the main character. He or she has to be three-dimensional and give me a very good reason to keep turning the page. It has to be a character who lights up the text whenever he appears because you basically have no idea what he or she is going to do or say. Thomas Harris is a man who proves that point very well. He created, in Hannibal Lecter, a complete and utter – yet extremely intelligent – monster. A man who actually enjoys torturing and eating people, who is guilty of the most heinous crimes. Yet, when we see the man about to meet his demise in the book, Hannibal, as Mason Verger is going to feed Lecter to the pigs, we feel sorry for him. His hands and feet are bound and he's been hoisted up on to a lifting device so that he can be lowered slowly into the pen. That way, both the pigs and Verger can devour every second – as does the reader. The power of that writing and the emotion it creates is, for me, sheer genius.
As a writer, it has to be first and foremost, your research. For me, from a writing point of view, good research, sparingly used is what will keep people returning to your work time and again. You have to show the reader that you know what you are talking about – even if you don't. Research can be used in a variety of ways: to intensify a plot, or to build up a really believable character. For me it's almost always the most fun part of the book. When I wrote the cross genre novel, Seven Secrets, set against the background of the NYMR, I was so absorbed in the research about the stations and the line itself, that the writing became secondary, but it's what I believe made the book so easy to write in the end. I love researching novels: it's a bit like opening a well-wrapped present: you never know what you are going to find when you finally open the box.
Another interesting bit of research I became involved in was for a book entitled, The Priest's Hole (later re-released as Resurrection). For years I'd wanted to write something about Ouija Boards. My concern was that I felt everything might already have been done. So I postponed writing about them until I could find the right vehicle. Whilst researching something completely different one day, I was studying an article on ancient wisdom and secret sects, and became embroiled in Druidism, reading about a battle that took place on the island of Anglesey in A.D. 61, when it was believed that the Roman's came ashore, and in a pretty fierce battle, wiped out the last of the Druid's in the UK. One phrase in that article became the vehicle for the book, which led me to researching the Ouija Board more seriously. Perhaps the most fascinating this I discovered was that the boards and the spirits are not always bad. The English writer Sax Rohmer, most famous for the Fu-Manchu series of books once paid a visit to a talking board (as they were known) when he was a struggling writer who had achieved little or no success. The board spelled out the word, C-H-I-N-A-M-A-N. The rest is history. I'm afraid nothing good happens to the people who stumble across my Ouija Board.
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Thank you to Ray Clark for being featured on my blog today!
About Ray Clark
The British Fantasy Society published Ray Clark's first work in 1995 - Manitou Man: The World of Graham Masterton, was nominated for both the World and British Fantasy Awards. In 2009, Ray's short story, Promises To Keep, made the final shortlist for the best short story award from The Tom Howard Foundation. Ray is based in Goole, and has set his Gardener and Reilly crime series in nearby Leeds.
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#BookReview A Steep Price by Robert Dugoni @robertdugoni @midaspr
Title: A Steep Price
Author: Robert Dugoni
Series: Tracy Crosswhite #6
Published by: Thomas & Mercer on Jun. 26, 2018
Source: Midas PR
New York Times bestselling author Robert Dugoni's thrilling series continues as Seattle homicide detective Tracy Crosswhite is plunged into a case of family secrets and murder…
Called in to consult after a young woman disappears, Tracy Crosswhite has the uneasy feeling that this is no ordinary missing-persons case. When the body turns up in an abandoned well, Tracy's suspicions are confirmed. Estranged from her family, the victim had balked at an arranged marriage and had planned to attend graduate school. But someone cut her dreams short.
Solving the mystery behind the murder isn't Tracy's only challenge. The detective is keeping a secret of her own: she's pregnant. And now her biggest fear seems to be coming true when a new detective arrives to replace her. Meanwhile, Tracy's colleague Vic Fazzio is about to take a fall after his investigation into the murder of a local community activist turns violent and leaves an invaluable witness dead.
Two careers are on the line. And when more deadly secrets emerge, jobs might not be the only things at risk.
Solid, intense, and captivating!
In this latest novel by Dugoni, A Steep Price, we head back to Seattle where Tracy Crosswhite and her coworkers on the Seattle PD find themselves immersed in both the investigation of a murdered mother with some dangerous enemies and the disappearance of an Indian American, pre-med student whose moonlighting may or may not have gotten her killed.
The prose is descriptive and gritty. The characterization is spot on with all the usual gang back including the tough, determined Tracy Crosswhite whose greatest struggles involve her memories, secrets, and new pregnancy. And the engrossing plot is a tightly-paced, ominous tale full of twists, turns, surprises, violence, and murder.
Overall, A Steep Price is a highly entertaining, gripping, timely thriller that highlights Dugoni's exceptional ability to write police procedurals that have well-drawn characters and authentic storylines. It is the sixth novel in the Tracy Crosswhite series, and if you're not already reading this series, you really should be!
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Thank you to Midas PR and Thomas & Mercer for providing me with a copy in exchange for an honest review.
About Robert Dugoni
Robert Dugoni is the No. 1 Kindle bestselling and No. 1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author of the Tracy Crosswhite series, including My Sister's Grave, Her Final Breath, In the Clearing, The Trapped Girl, and Close to Home. His books with Amazon Publishing have reached more than 3 million readers through print sales and digital downloads, and have twice been nominated for the International Thriller Award. He is also the author of the Edgar Award–nominated The 7th Canon; the New York Times bestselling David Sloane series, which includes The Jury Master, Wrongful Death, Bodily Harm, Murder One, and The Conviction; the stand-alone novel Damage Control; and the nonfiction exposé The Cyanide Canary, a Washington Post Best Book of the Year selection.
Dugoni is a two-time nominee for the Harper Lee Award for Legal Fiction and the recipient of the Nancy Pearl Award for fiction.
#BookReview The Fifth to Die (4MK Thriller #2) by J.D. Barker @JDBarker @HMHbooks
categories: Book Review, Police Procedural, 10/10, Mystery/Thriller
Title: The Fifth to Die
Author: J.D. Barker
Series: 4MK Thriller, #2
Published by: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt on Jul. 10, 2018
Source: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, NetGalley
In the thrilling sequel to The Fourth Monkey, a new serial killer stalks the streets of Chicago, while Detective Porter delves deeper into the dark past of the Four Monkey Killer.
Detective Porter and the team have been pulled from the hunt for Anson Bishop, the Four Monkey Killer, by the feds. When the body of a young girl is found beneath the frozen waters of Jackson Park Lagoon, she is quickly identified as Ella Reynolds, missing three weeks. But how did she get there? The lagoon froze months earlier. More baffling? She's found wearing the clothes of another girl, missing less than two days.
While the detectives of Chicago Metro try to make sense of the quickly developing case, Porter secretly continues his pursuit of 4MK, knowing the best way to find Bishop is to track down his mother. When the captain finds out about Porter's activities, he's suspended, leaving his partners Clair and Nash to continue the search for the new killer alone.
Obsessed with catching Bishop, Porter follows a single grainy photograph from Chicago to the streets of New Orleans and stumbles into a world darker than he could have possibly imagined, where he quickly realizes that the only place more frightening than the mind of a serial killer is the mind of the mother from which he came.
Intricate, creepy, and dark!
The Fifth to Die is a brilliantly crafted, gritty, riveting thriller that takes you on a hunt for a kidnapper with a fondness for saltwater and continues the pursuit for a sadistic serial killer with a penchant for retribution and body parts.
The writing is precise, eerie, and seamless. The characterization is spot on with characters that are driven, reckless and flawed, including the tenacious and tough Detective Porter whose greatest struggles involve his grief, secrets, and obsessions. And the plot is a violent, twisty, tension-filled thrill ride that keeps you on the edge of your seat from start to finish and leaves you absolutely speechless and wanting more.
Overall, The Fifth to Die is an intelligent, gripping, exceptionally fast-paced police procedural that highlights Barker's extraordinary imagination and talent as a spine-chilling storyteller. It's the second novel in the 4MK Thriller series, and I have to recommend that if you haven't already read The Fourth Monkey (4MK Thriller #1), you really have to.
Thank you to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for providing me with a copy in exchange for an honest review.
About J.D. Barker
J.D. Barker is the internationally best-selling author of FORSAKEN, a finalist for the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a First Novel, and winner of the New Apple Medalist Award. His work has been compared to Stephen King, Dean Koontz, and Thomas Harris. His latest novel, THE FOURTH MONKEY, released in June 2017. His third novel, THE FIFTH TO DIE, releases June 2018. He has been asked by the Stoker family to coauthor the forthcoming prequel to DRACULA due out in fall 2018. His novels have been translated into numerous languages and optioned for both film and television. Barker currently resides in Pennsylvania with his wife, Dayna, and their two dogs, both of whom sit outside his office door daily, eagerly awaiting his next novel.
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This is a community for young mums and mums-to-be able where we are able to do anything from sharing advice/experiences to arranging social events for meeting each other to exchanging any unwanted baby clothes (we're certainly not short of them) and most importantly helping each other based on our own real life experiences.
As we've all probably learned by now, it's not all plain sailing and we've each had to face both different and very similar obstacles we didn't know/think we would. Every stage of pregnancy, every trimester, every birth, every baby and every postpartum journey is unalike which is why I think it is important to share our knowledge, experiences, highs/lows and how we may have overcome any troubles in hope we can help or maybe even inspire one of us.
From what to pack in your hospital bag ready for the birth to tips on getting baby sleeping through the night or even what advice we might have to help get your mental and physical health back on track.
So if you're a mum-to-be (BUMPS), mum (MUMS) looking for advice, insight or even if it's just some encouragement to help get your body back to what makes you happy (TUMS), hopefully this community will help.
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Homosexuality "Does Not Exist" in Star Wars
By Matt Peckham
Star Wars and homosexuality, two words you don't often find in the same sentence. Turns out Bioware may have decided they're so uncommon as to be anathema to their upcoming Star Wars: The Old Republic, a Windows-based MMO due out sometime next year.
Well, anathema in the pre-game's official forums, anyway.
After a user expressed concern that Bioware had "disallowed" the use of the terms "gay" and "lesbian" on the boards in a thread titled "GLBT discrimination in forums?" a Bioware forum moderator dropped in and posted this:
As I have stated before, these are terms that do not exist in Star Wars.
Thread closed.
Kotaku picked that up last night, replying
OK, but...they do, uh, realise that the people actually playing the game do not exist in Star Wars either, right? They're real people?
...followed by a torrent of comments ranging from the power legitimacy of forum moderators, to the sexual orientation of Chewbacca and C3PO.
What was it Luke said approaching the Death Star... "I have a very bad feeling about this?"
It's not the first time the issue's been raised, of course. A couple years ago, I wrote about Blizzard upbraiding a World of Warcraft user for attempting — within the game itself — to solicit memberships for her GLBT-friendly guild. After sufficient public pressure (the issue hit Slashdot and shot from zero to 60) Blizzard backed off, sent the user an apologetic email, and put WoW's policy on sexual discrimination up for review. The end result — probably a net positive — was a separate guild-recruiting channel where GLBT-friendly guilds were given full voice.
So here's the thing. The question as I see it isn't, as Bioware's forum moderator intimates, whether "these are terms that...exist in Star Wars," but whether you can have a massively multiplayer game of any kind that isn't fundamentally susceptible to the social reality-driven needs of its fanbase. Maybe Star Wars really doesn't include terms like "gay" or "lesbian," but where authorial fantasy rubber meets the road — a road populated with millions of living, breathing, emotionally complex individuals — publishers may find it increasingly difficult to play the "mythology card" when attempting to justify gag rules.
Put another way, when you turn a certain amount of authorial control over to endusers, you ineluctably relinquish a certain amount of creative rigidness. The debate's simply (or perhaps not so simply) a matter of how much latitude is sufficient to accommodate player needs without compromising the core mythological experience.
UPDATE: Seems the original thread has been unlocked, with new replies appearing after the BioWare moderator's post, including this one:
Once again, I'm impressed BioWare.
I was getting ready to get very, very angry over this, but did a quick test and noted that the words "gay", "lesbian" and "homosexual" aren't filtered anymore. And then the reopening of this thread... I think you just prevented things from getting quite ugly.
I've dropped Bioware a note requesting clarification on the (non-explicit) discussion of same-sex relationships on the forums and in the final product. I'll let you know what's what if they get back to me.
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We just recently found out that the beautiful state of California has passed a new legislation pertaining to the Reverse Mortgage program. As I read the bill I ask myself is this a good thing or is this just another step that prolongs the already long process of obtaining a Reverse Mortgage. The legislation is called the AB 1700 or, in layman's terms: The Reverse Mortgage Cooling Off Bill. The bill requires a reverse mortgage worksheet to be presented to and signed by all borrowers during the counseling process and then you have to wait a period of seven days in order for the lender to accept your loan application.
If you want to by-pass this new legislation then you have to apply before Jan 1, 2015 as this is the date when the bill will go into effect.
Under the new law, the worksheet includes a list of items that the borrower is advised to consider and discuss during the counseling process. Either the lender or the counseling agency must provide the worksheet guide to the borrower, depending on whether the borrower contacts the lender prior to counseling. The borrower must receive the worksheet before the counseling session takes place.
The worksheet must be signed by both the borrower and counselor and returned to the lender with the counseling certificate, the language specifies.


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Цтирад (11 августа 1930 — 13 августа 2011) и Йозеф (р. 8 марта 1932) Машин — чехословацкие граждане, братья, получившие известность как деятели антикоммунистического подполья в Чехословакии в начале 1950-х годов. Отношение к ним и их деятельности в современной Чехии крайне полярное: одни называют их преступниками и убийцами, другие — героями, не получившими заслуженного признания. Среднее образование получили в Среднечешской школе-интернате короля Йиржи из Подебрад, где также учился первый президент Чехии Вацлав Гавел и кинорежиссер Милош Форман.

Йозеф и Цтирад были сыновьями Йозефа Машина-старшего, чехословацкого партизана, сражавшегося против нацистов во время германской оккупации Чехословакии и погибшего в 1942 году; в 1945 году они получили вручённые их отцу посмертно медали за храбрость.

В начале 1950-х годов они вместе с несколькими единомышленниками организовали подпольную антикоммунистическую группу, боровшуюся с правительством Клемента Готвальда; её члены верили в скорое начало новой мировой войны и будущее, по их мнению, освобождение Восточной Европы от коммунизма. С 1951 по 1953 годы они совершили ряд атак и диверсий: в частности, в 1951 году несколько раз нападали на полицейские участки с целью похищения оружия, убив двух полицейских.

После этого они были арестованы, но Йозеф и помогавший братьям их дядя были вскоре освобождены, тогда как Цтирад был приговорён к двум годам работы на урановых шахтах. Во время его заключения Йозефу в 1952 году удалось совершить ограбление на сумму в 846 тысяч крон. После освобождения Цтирада братья планировали взорвать поезд, на котором ехал Клемент Готвальд, но не смогли осуществить задуманное.

В октябре 1953 года они вместе с тремя сообщниками (двое из которых затем погибли) совершили на угнанном автомобиле побег из Чехословакии в Западный Берлин через ГДР, при пересечении границы с ГДР убив одного и тяжело ранив двоих полицейских. Операция по их поимке стала одной из крупнейших неудач в истории Народной полиции ГДР.

Из Западного Берлина братья и оставшийся в живых Милан Паумер перебрались в США, где в скором времени разочаровались в вероятности новой войны и отошли от политики, занявшись бизнесом. В 1960 году Йозеф Машин переехал в Кёльн, ФРГ, о чём узнала чехословацкая разведка. Было предпринято несколько попыток поймать или убить его, после чего он вернулся в Калифорнию.

В 1995 году Апелляционный суд Чехии объявил, что уголовное преследование в отношении братьев Машинов прекращено в связи с истечением срока давности их преступлений, что вызвало резонанс и протесты в чешском обществе. Братья Машины предпочли не возвращаться в Чехию и остаться в США.

Библиография
 Barbara Masin, Odkaz: pravdivý příběh bratří Mašínů, 2005

См. также
 Чёрный лев 777
 Гостинские горы (организация)
 Иржи Ржезач
 Ярослав Сиротек
 Богумил Шима
 Милослав Поспишил
 Йозеф Чуба

Братья-преступники
Родившиеся в Праге
Убийцы Чехословакии
Деятели антикоммунистических организаций
Убийцы полицейских
Разбойники
Иммигрировавшие в США из Чехии
Беглецы из Чехословакии

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"Fathers of the dark knight" in negotiations to appear at kids comic con 7!
"Fathers Of The Dark Knight" producer Roberto Williams hosted a meeting earlier today in Williamsburg Brooklyn, NY with Mr. Alex Simmons, the curator of The Kids Comic Con 7 event, taking place on Saturday May 11th, 2013, at Colston Hall of Bronx Commnity College (181st Street & University Ave Bronx, New York 10453).
The main purpose of the meeting between Mr. Williams and Mr. Simmons was to discuss the possibility of FOTDK cast members making live appearances IN COSTUME at the upcoming convention event. Mr. Williams and Mr. Simmons hope to generate additional public awareness for "Fathers Of The Dark Knight" and to build more excitement for the play as the production ramps up toward the targeted late summer theatrical premiere! For more information on The Kids Comic Con 7 event, log on to www.facebook.com/KidComicCom or www.KidsComicCon.com.
"Fathers Of The Dark Knight" is proud and honored to have this opportunity to partner with Mr. Simmons... a most-respected and accomplished writer, public speaker, teaching artist, and voiceover actor for over 20 years! To find out more about Mr. Simmons' impressive accomplishments, log on to www.SimmonsHereAndNow.com.


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General News of Thursday, 25 June 2020
Laws on face masks not clear enough for enforcement – Police
Accra Regional Police PRO, DSP Afia Tenge
The Accra Regional Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Afia Tenge has clarified that the laws regarding the arrest of people without face masks in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic are not clear enough to be strictly enforced.
In an interview with GhanaWeb on June 24, 2020, Afia Tenge mentioned that there were so many questions regarding enforcement of the law, such as the space law-breakers will be put after their arrest.
"We are seeing some mass disobedience from people and as I indicated, I have been trying to find out our operational parameters because there were a number of some grey areas in the law regarding the enforcement. It is one thing coming up with a law, it is another thing enforcing it. We need clear guidelines on it, on how we are going to go about it. Even when we arrest them, where do we put them? Not knowing whether the person is a carrier or not?" she queried.
She, however, maintained that people who do not wear face masks could still be arrested as ordered by the president, but it will be on the discretion of the police personnel.
"The law has been passed so everybody can be arrested … but as it stands now, if I see you in a public place and the police officer sees that you are not in nose masks, the police officer can arrest you. At first, there were no laws, but now we have the Executive Instrument 164 criminalizing not wearing of face masks, but most of it will be dependent on the discretion of the police officer," she stated.
Afia Tenge further cautioned the public to adhere to the president's directives to largely save their lives and the lives of others from the pandemic.
"It is behavioural, so if people are not adhering to the wearing, it has become more of a humanitarian operation and we expect people to comply so that they do not infect others or they also do not contract it," she concluded.
Auditor-General's report on COVID-19: Heads must roll now - Charles Owusu
John Mahama calls for forensic audit of COVID-19 funds across Africa
I feel so ashamed - Dr. Benjamin Otchere-Ankrah on Auditor-General's COVID-19 Report
COVID-19 Funds: It's sad people are jailed for stealing goats but thieves walk freely – Domelevo
This government is at the forefront of misbehaviour, breaching laws - Former A-G


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Latest on large police presence in Derbyshire village
A large number of police vehicles were seen in Hilton at the weekend
Helen KreftSenior reporter
17:06, 1 SEP 2020
Updated 17:08, 1 SEP 2020
A large police presence was seen in Hilton after cops requested back-up (illustrative picture) (Image: Getty Images)
A man has been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and drink-driving as emergency services called for back-up while dealing with an incident.
The 30-year-old man was arrested after Swadlincote Response Unit said officers activated a "state zero", meaning that they needed emergency and urgent assistance.
The incident took place in a street in Hilton, at 6.55pm on Saturday, August 29.
People were quoted on social media saying that there were a number of police cars and police vans in the village at around 7.30pm on and police later confirmed that they had arrested a man.
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A spokesman for Derbyshire police has now said: "Officers were called to a domestic incident in Hilton, at 6.55pm on August 29.
"The initial attending officers requested back-up from colleagues in order to safely arrest a 30-year-old man from Hilton.
"The man was arrested on suspicion of two counts of criminal damage, a public order offence and driving a motor vehicle while over the legal drink drive limit.
"He has been released on police bail while further enquiries are made."
The force said no officers were injured during the incident.
New walk-through Covid testing centre set up at Burton Town Hall
BurtonIt is part of the governments UK-wide drive to make it more accessible


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Q: Domain without the 'www.' gives me the Apache 'It works!' page When I enter in my domain like this
www.domain.com

everything works fine. But when I enter it like this
domain.com

I get the 'It works!' page. I'm a complete Apache newb so I'm not exactly sure whats going wrong here.

A: This has to do with the Apache config as others have stated.
Simply added a ServerAlias to the apache config for your virtualhost will do it for you. I don't think that it is good practice to create another virtualhost have it redirect for you.
It is good SEO practice to direct everything to one or the other, I suggest using this in either you config file or in your .htaccess
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.domain\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.domain.com/$1 [R=301,L]

A: Traditional solution: in the httpd configuration, find:
ServerName www.domain.com

and add:
ServerAlias domain.com

However, this will give you a server that responds with the same content on domain.com and www.domain.com. It's generally considered preferable (particularly SEO-wise) to have only one canonical hostname. To do that, add a new virtual server for the redirect, instead of the alias.
<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName domain.com
    Redirect permanent / http://www.domain.com/
</VirtualHost>

A: Check the mod_alias at your apache config file, make sure that the regex is correct for redirection.

A: Another possible solution is that the default site is catching the traffic. This worked for me - if you don't care about disabling the default site altogether:
a2dissite 000-default
service apache2 reload

A: I had this problem too, and found my solution here.
Basically, after an upgrade, Apache put a symlink in /etc/apache2/sites-available. Deleting everything between and including <VirtualHost *:80> and <VirtualHost> got everything working for me again.

A: I have faced the exactly same problem. However, my solution was not among the ones already discussed, so it is worth to share.
In my scenario, I had upgraded Apache, but the symlink was not there, as in the case of @Hannele. I have few sites into the same VPS. All, except one, were working with or without www using similar simple .conf as following:
<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName mysite1.com
    ServerAlias www.mysite1.com
    DocumentRoot /home/myuser/apps/myappname1/public
    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
    <Directory "/home/myuser/apps/myappname1/public">
        Options FollowSymLinks
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By chance I have looked into the apachectl -V, and there was a warning. As nothing had changed, but the upgrade of Apache and the reboot on my VPS, I'd thought it would worth to solve this warning and see ... and it worked! Bellow is the warning:
Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.1.1 for ServerName

I solved the warning as explained here, i.e.:

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*Create a servername.conf file: sudo vi /etc/apache2/conf-available/servername.conf

*Add ServerName localhost to servername.conf

*Run sudo a2enconf servername

*Reload apache: sudo systemctl reload apache2
And the sole site which did not worked without www (redirected to "It Works" page) is now working!

A: My solution was different from all of those posted here so far.
Check your server's hostname. In my case, I had set the hostname of my server to be the same as one of my domain names e.g. example.com. When someone tried to access http://example.com, it resulted in Apache's default/blank page because it was serving the _default_ VirtualHost.
I presume this was happening beacuse Apache was resolving the default localhost address as example.com. To fix it, I did two things (although either/or may work):

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*Changed my hostname to somethingelse using hostname somethingelse and editing /etc/sysconfig/network.

*Added a random ServerName random_nonexistent_string to the default VirtualHost block.

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How is it possible that they had never seen that car on the bridge before?
In the movie The Colony (2013), there is a scene when 3 men travel from one colony to another because they've lost contact with each other.
On the way there, the men come across a car with bodies in it, stuck on a bridge. They approach it cautiously, and are surprised at what they see.
A little while later, they come to an old helicopter and take refuge. They radio back to the base that they're in the helicopter waiting out the night. Note: I recall they specifically say "the helicopter" and not "a helicopter", as if they've been there before.
My question is this; if they were familiar with the route from one colony to the other, and the location of the helicopter, how is it possible that they had never seen that car on the bridge before? Or is that a plot hole that has no explanation?
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Considering they have a pact with the other station, the route should be familiar to them. Briggs really confirms that saying "the helicopter" when talking through the radio with his base.
They approach the car with caution because the body outside the car: a man with a gun in his hand and a bullet in the head (he killed himself). Briggs looked inside the car and saw a woman and a kid dead in the same way (probably a family). The surprise could be because they didn't expect to find these bodies there, only an empty car. This family should be "survivors" from the other station which reached that place but couldn't walk anymore (e.g. too tired, no food, no water, no shelter).
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Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra Review
Author: VenusZarris Published Date: December 5, 2021 Leave a Comment on Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra Review
The Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra is a community of ukulele enthusiasts who meet regularly to play and teach others how to play.
They have featured radio stations such as Radio New Zealand National, TV One's Good Morning Show, and The Crowd Goes Wild on Sky Sports. They have also had some international success with performances in Mexico and Taiwan with their DIY ukulele kit.
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This Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra review will explore some of the authentic reviews from audiences when watching or hearing this Wellington band playing. Let's find out!
Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra Review #1
"I will gladly commend this orchestra's efforts with youngsters; the performances, seminars, and the free events in school and town for everyone to enjoy. It's a fantastic way to listen to music.
I've been requested to evaluate a CD – five tracks. Unfortunately, neither these po-faced nor faux-earnest covers make for pleasant listening.
However, all players seem to have taken to heart the idea that this is a band of amateurs having fun, which is fantastic, especially given the free concerts and community involvement.
It takes a lot of effort to listen to the songs on this CD since the singers cannot carry a tune. Furthermore, the majority of their instruments are poorly performed.
In addition, there is a pitch issue when everything is out of tune at the same time. And we don't want to listen to Toto's rendition of Africa, let alone a bad cover.
I'm starting to forget this merry band that attempted a Prince song, but I'll mention the song "I could never take the place of your man" here. In this situation, "your man" most certainly refers to someone who can sing & play instruments correctly!"
"The Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra is an unusual group playing music from all around the world.
We were at their last show before when they were covering Joy Division songs. They came to the place Wunderbar and played a cover of "She's Lost Control" at midnight. One member even came dressed as a bear!
WIUO is a fantastic band, so you can always count on beautiful clothes, Age Pryor's ukulele solos, Gemma Gracewood's beautiful vocals, and plenty of instrument shifting.
WIUO also sings songs from other artists and covers songs in their way. Some famous covers include "Afternoon delight" and their boisterous rendition of "50 ways to leave your lover".
But there is always the possibility of a surprise. Last night, the crowd was treated to Lorde's "team" cover, which began with spine-tingling vocals and progressed from that. Unforgettable!
The ukulele built-in David Kilgour of "today is gonna be mine" filled Lake Wanaka center. But it was the Monkees' famous song "daydream believer" that had us dancing all night, which was our absolute favorite surprise.
Hearing them sing about wanting more is unique!" We really enjoyed their reworked version!"
"The Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra is a members-only orchestra with origins in New Zealand pop music. They keep with tradition by performing some of your favorite melodies from all around the world. They are also recognized for their classic classics!
There are a few tracks on this album that I think you will enjoy. The first song is called "This charming man" and has some posturing from Morrissey, making everyone smile. Another one was called "Road to nowhere", and it had perfect harmonies from the band's female voices.
The in-between-song banter is good. It's enjoyable so it's not too hard for people to listen to. There's also some clever use of simple lighting and props from Bonnie Tyler's song, "It's a heartache".
In the show, we see some folks dance in Hawaiian style. Later, there is more rowdy and comedic shaking with Outkast's "Hey ya!". It sounds like the type of twee ukulele playing that has been happening lately.
Some would argue that rock covers are just too challenging to listen to. However, we love the anger and edginess of rocky songs such as '50 ways to leave your lover' because it is an entertaining form of music.
It is never dull like sweet music! At that moment, one lady said, "very nice," and we agreed with her."
We hope that our Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra review helped you understand what it is and how good they are. Even though there are some bad reviews, no one can deny that WIUO is a great ukulele band!
They are an incredible collection of musicians. Hence offers a one-of-a-kind experience for people searching for something different than a traditional classical orchestra event.
If you want to explore more ukulele-related content, reach out for more of our great posts!
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I have another cat the same age and he's doing alright.
13 seems to be the age when cats just start to go down hill, unfortunately.


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Based on archeological evidence, the Stanfield-Worley Bluff Shelter was occupied from the Paleoindian Period to the Mississippian period. The well-preserved stratigraphic zones provide insights into the evolution of prehistoric societies in northern Alabama over a period of nine millennia.
The Dalton zone, shown as Zone D in the photograph of the stratigraphic zones, represents a transitional Paleo-Indian culture of Alabama with specimens dated to approximately 7000 BCE based on radiocarbon dating. The artifacts found in this complex are typical of mobile hunter-gatherers. The Dalton occupation was remarkable in its intensity with over 150 projectile points, in addition to Paleo-Indian uniface tools such as scrapers and knives, found during the 1961 survey season. The projectile points include both Paleo-Indian (lanceolate Dalton points) and Archaic (side-notched Big Sandy points) specimens. Other artifacts indicate manufacture of wood, antler, and bone tools.
Paleoindian sites with preserved faunal and floral records, such as Stanfield-Worley Bluff Shelter, are important to understanding cultural development during the period. The faunal remains of the site contain bones of modern animals including deer, squirrel, turkey, and porcupine. The shelter is located below the southern extent of the current range of porcupines. In addition, remains of the extinct passenger pigeon have been found. Although the animals which the Dalton occupants hunted are similar to those hunted by Archaic peoples, there is no evidence in the zone of shellfish collection or seed processing, traits of established Archaic societies.
Zone B in the photograph of the stratigraphic zones contains specimens from the Morrow Mountain Phase of the Middle Archaic period. The excavation of this intermediate layer yielded three sets of human remains as well as projectile points, bone awls, and other tools. The youngest stratigraphic zone (Zone A, not shown in the photograph) contained specimens from the Archaic through Mississippian periods.
The excavation of the Stanfield-Worley Bluff Shelter commenced in 1960, after gaining approval of the property owner, Robert B. Stanfield. The project was under the guidance of the North Alabama Project, a partnership between the Alabama Archaeological Society, the University of Alabama and the Archaeological Research Association of Alabama. The first two field seasons (1960 and 1961) were reported by David L. DeJarnette and colleagues. The excavation of the third and final season (1963) was smaller in scale with the results never being published.
The trench and block technique was utilized in the excavation of the site. In this technique, individual blocks are created by digging trenches in a defined pattern. The exposed sides of the resulting blocks allow excavation to proceed by individual zones or strata. The trenches and blocks are pictured in the photograph on the upper right. The resulting collection includes over 11,000 specimens.
By 1960, it was clear that north Alabama had possibly the densest concentration of Paleo-Indian sites within the United States, as evidenced by the discovery of the Quad Site near Decatur, Alabama. The importance of the Stanfield-Worley Bluff Shelter, one such Paleo-Indian site, lies in its ability to establish an accurate timeframe for Dalton projectile points. This resulted in references to the site in almost every summary of eastern North American prehistory.
With over 150 projectile points recovered in the 1960 season alone, the site provided invaluable information on numerous early cultures in Alabama. The projectile points were divided into "fifty-six taxonomic types and six residual categories or provisional types." Much of the information was incorporated into the Handbook of Alabama Archaeology.
Both Robert E. Bell and Charles H. Fairbanks lauded the success of the North Alabama project in raising funds to further archaeological research.
^ a b Walthall, John A. (1980). Prehistoric Indians of the Southeast: Archaeology of Alabama and the Middle South. University of Alabama Press. ISBN 0-8173-0552-1.
^ Anderson, David G. "The Earliest Americans Theme Study for the Eastern United States - Southeastern". National Park Service, U.S. Department of Interior. Retrieved 2006-11-02.
^ a b c d "Excavations at the Stanfield-Worley Bluff Shelter". Office of Archeological Research, University of Alabama. Retrieved 2006-11-02.
^ Walthall, John A. (April 1998). "Rockshelters and Hunter-Gatherer Adaptation to the Pleistocene/Holocene Transition". American Antiquity. Society for American Archaeology. 63 (2): 223–238. doi:10.2307/2694695. JSTOR 2694695.
^ a b DeJarnette, David L.; Edward Kurjack; James W. Cambron (1962). "Stanfield-Worley Bluff Shelter Excavations". Journal of Alabama Archaeology. 8 (2).
^ a b c Bell, Robert E.; Dejarnette, David; Kurjack, Edward; Cambron, James W. (April 1965). "Review - Stanfield-Worley Bluff Shelter Excavations". American Antiquity. Society for American Archaeology. 30 (4): 515. doi:10.2307/277964. JSTOR 277964.
^ Cambron, James W.; David C. Hulse (1964). Handbook of Alabama Archaeology: Part I, Point Types. Huntsville, Alabama: Archaeological Research Association of Alabama.
^ Fairbanks, Charles H. (August 1964). "Book Reviews (Archeology) - Stanfield-Worley Bluff Shelter Excavations". American Anthropologist. New Series. 66 (4, Part 1): 952–953. doi:10.1525/aa.1964.66.4.02a00560.
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You are likely familiar with Bret Easton Ellis for his acclaimed novels and films. He has been a part of the American consciousness since the 1980s, adding his provocative thoughts and challenging art to our public discourse. For the past couple years, The author has produced The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast for Podcast One, chatting with a delightfully wide range of artists, including Kanye West, James Van Der Beek, Kevin Smith and Mark Danielewski. I would probably enjoy the podcast if Mr. Ellis merely asked questions that help his guest illuminate their work, but the episodes do far more important work and writers should pay a lot more attention to what Mr. Ellis is doing.
Quite simply, Mr. Ellis is trying to defend us all against the hypocritical, talentless scolds who have decided that they get to bully artists on the basis of hurt feelings, real or hypothetical. I have dealt with this disturbing phenomenon myself with respect to the Trevor Noah brouhaha-a conflagration long forgotten by the offenders-and I couldn't stop myself from telling you why I don't care about the "outrage du jour." Mr. Ellis's voice, words and ideas, however, have far more reach than mine do and are far more powerful.
I strongly urge you to simply download the Podcast One app and listen to the BEE Podcast for yourself.
But since I have your attention, I'll tell you more about why Mr. Ellis's work is so important and so great. Mr. Ellis begins each episode with a brief commentary that serves as a jumping-off point for the interview he is about to do. The introductions are well-written, of course, but are also filled with interesting and meaningful anecdotes that frame the arguments that begin Mr. Ellis's interviews. In the Anthony Jeselnik episode (my favorite), Mr. Ellis describes a couple instances from his past in which those close to him have taken offense at art. (In this case, the Bangles' "Manic Monday" and one of Mr. Ellis's novels.) From there, Mr. Ellis and Mr. Jeselnik engage in an entertaining discussion that is of great value for all creative people.
While Mr. Ellis touches on a great many issues, the podcast has increasingly addressed the problems caused by the hypocritical moral scolds who seek to straitjacket artists with their simultaneously rigid, amorphous and arbitrary dogmas. The host and Mr. Jeselnik glorify the need for artists to resist the troubling restriction of discourse increasingly urged by the hypocritical moral scolds and the perpetually offended. (And those who are perpetually offended by proxy.)
Why are the talentless hypocritical moral scolds harmful? Mr. Ellis drives home an important point. Their attempts at inclusivity and empathy feature neither quality:
"I remember the need I felt to view experiences, whether it was by writers or filmmakers or poets or musicians or comedians, by artists who had a different viewpoint in mind. I didn't want what our culture is now demanding: safety and niceness and respectability. Inclusivity. I wanted to be confronted by things. I wanted to be challenged. I didn't want to live in the safety of my own little snow globe and only be reassured by all the things I liked. To only be surrounded by things that coddled me and made me comfortable. I wanted to stand in other people's shoes and see how they saw the world, especially if it was so far out of my comfort zone. I craved being shaken. I loved ambiguity. I wanted my mind changed. Getting upset and being damaged by art, being wiped out by the cruelty of someone's vision of the world, whether it was Shakespeare or Scorsese, had a profound effect on me. It gave me empathy. It helped me realize that there was another world other than mine that existed with other viewpoints, with other opinions, and this aided me in becoming an adult. It moved me away from the narcissism of childhood."
Bret Easton Ellis is trying to save us from ourselves. Far too many artists have expressed the desire for speech and thought to be regulated. People who make their living and drive the national conversation with rhetoric are begging the government to eliminate rhetoric they don't like. Words-the very lifeblood of a writer-are being redefined and used as bludgeons to justify the homogenization of artistic discourse.
On his podcast, Mr. Ellis decries the neo-Puritanism of the regressive left critics who complained about the sensationalist violence in Eli Roth's films.
He decries the flak he and Quentin Tarantino received for the dubious blasphemy of suggesting that Selma wasn't an aesthetic success.
Writers are duty-bound to stand at the vanguard of protecting the free flow of ideas, not that of stigmatizing words and criminalizing thoughts. The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast glorifies the creation of art and rhetorically eviscerates the talentless hypocritical moral scolds who want to turn storytelling into a Two Minutes Hate session in a re-education camp.
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Q: Javascript closure: Inconsistent reuse of variable 1) Why is there this inconsistency in JavaScript - I was expecting the fourth line to return 11 as well:
(function(n, m) { n = n + m; return n })(3, 8)                         == 11
(function(n, m) { var n = n + m; return n })(3, 8)                     == 11

(function(n) { return function(m) { n = n + m; return n } })(3)(8)     == 11
(function(n) { return function(m) { var n = n + m; return n } })(3)(8) == NaN

2) I'm writing a compiler of a language to javascript. I use var to avoid polluting the global space with temporary variables. It just happened above that my temporary variable was n and the overriding was fine.
Is there another way so that I can (re)define n such that if n was not defined previously, it still considers that n is local?
The following two variants pollute the namespace with tmp, which I want to avoid:
(function(n, m) { tmp = n + m; return tmp })(3, 8)                     == 11
(function(n) { return function(m) { tmp = n + m; return tmp } })(3)(8) == 11

A: In your fourth example:
(function(n) { return function(m) { var n = n + m; return n } })(3)(8) // == NaN

...you've shadowed the n parameter of the outer function with a local declaration. Since you haven't given that local variable any initializer, its default value is undefined. undefined plus any number is NaN.
You may be wondering why this is different from your second example:
(function(n, m) { var n = n + m; return n })(3, 8) // == 11

The answer is scope. In the second example, the var n appears in the scope where the n parameter already exists, and so does not shadow it (using var with the same identifier as a parameter in the same scope is a no-op). But in the fourth example, the var n appears in a nested scope under the one where the parameter n exists. And so it shadows the parent n.
Here, the var doesn't do anything, because there's already an n in-scope:

function foo(n) {
    var n;
    console.log(n);
}
foo(42); // 42

But here, it does:

function foo(n) {
    (function() {
        var n;
        console.log(n);
    })();
}
foo(42); // undefined

...because the parameter and the var are in different scopes.

The following two variants pollute the namespace with tmp, which I want to avoid

No need for tmp (although a local tmp would be fine). If you want a nested function, just don't use var on n:

console.log(
    (function(n) { return function(m) { n = n + m; return n } })(3)(8) // == NaN
);

That said, a local tmp (using var) would be no bad thing:

console.log(
    (function(n) { return function(m) {
        var tmp = n + m;
        return tmp;
    }})(3)(8) // == 11
);

...but you have to declare it. Without the var declaring it, the code falls prey to The Horror of Implicit Globals*, which you do indeed want to avoid. :-)

* (that's a post on my anemic little blog)

A: By placing var in front of n in the inner function, you're declaring a new n variable, which at that point is undefined and the reason you're getting NaN (e.g. undefined + 8 = NaN).
There's no need to declare a new variable. Just return the value:
(function(n) {
  return function(m) {
    return n + m;
  }
})(3)(8)


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Cineposium Held Concurrently with UNWTO General Assembly
Saint Petersburg (Russia) – September 18, 2019 (travelindex.com) – The Association of Film Commissioners International (AFCI) held it's 43rd Annual Cineposium in St. Petersburg from September 13th to 16th, 2019 at the same time as the General Assembly of the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).
This year, Cineposium offered a unique platform, uniting the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), representatives from the world film industry and representatives from the international and federal media. Critical topics presented at Cineposium include the rise of content and its impact on a territory's capacity, global film tourism and screen industry development. In addition to showcasing St. Petersburg as a destination for film, television and other forms of production, Cineposium helped to establish co-production links between domestic and foreign filmmakers.
Cineposium speakers addressed hot-button issues such as the TV content boom, co-production, infrastructure development, the evolution of gaming, film tourism and gender equality. Sessions held in partnership with the European Film Commission Network (EUFCN) and Asian Film Commission Network (AFCNet) highlighted production in Europe and Asia. A joint reception at Saint Petersburg's historic Catherine Palace will celebrate Cineposium's first collaboration with UNWTO and growing public interest in film tourism (i.e., interest in locations featured in films and TV series).
"The growth of 'film tourism' presents exciting new opportunities for AFCI to work with UNWTO and other organizations to expand Cineposium's global reach and relevance," added Conoplia.
Cineposium is the only international conference focused on connecting film commissioners, production industry partners and policymakers. Over the past decade it has been held in the United States, France, New Zealand, Spain and South Korea. Cineposium is one of AFCI's two hallmark annual events (the other is AFCI Week held each April in Los Angeles).
For this year's Cineposium, AFCI was working closely with the Russian Office of Film Commissions and the Committee for Tourism Development of Saint Petersburg for support with venues, programming and production.
Saint Petersburg offered Cineposium attendees a unique, world-class conference experience. The city is known to Russians as the "Window to the West," and at Cineposium also became a window into Russia's growing media production industry.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene Defends Capitol Rioters And Attacks Black Lives Matter During House Speech
Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene gave an insane and factually inaccurate speech on the House floor this week, where she actually defended the Capitol rioters and attacked Black Lives Matter protestors – the people who she claimed were the REAL insurrectionists. Greene can't help but let her bigotry and insanity show, and she has proven repeatedly during the past few months that she is absolutely not stable enough to serve in Congress. Ring of Fire's Farron Cousins discusses this.
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Yesterday, the House took a vote on whether or not to form the commission to investigate the January 6th Capitol riots. And of course, plenty of Republicans decided that they wanted to be the pro insurrection party and none of them were more vocal in their support of the insurrectionists than Republican representative, Marjorie Taylor Greene. And I'm sure that news comes as a shock to absolutely no one who regularly watches this program. Marjorie Taylor Greene took to the house floor yesterday to, as she put it, rise in opposition to this vote. And then she proceeded to not only defend the people who attacked the Capitol that day, but then to also attack black lives matter protesters from last summer. Here is what Greene had to say. I rise in opposition to a commission to study the events of January 6th, as well as spending $2 billion in security supplemental. The question that comes to mind is this, what about all the riots that happened during the summer of 2020 after the death of George Floyd?
What about the damage caused to federal buildings, churches, people's businesses and innocent people who were killed? Is that not an insurrection? Indeed we should have a commission to study the violent BLM and Antifa mobs who have plagued American cities this past summer. And that's for the American people who, by the way, pay the taxes that fund everything we do here. More people were killed in the Capitol insurrection than were killed during the protests last summer. Uh, but by the way, if we're keeping score at home here, Marjorie, two people that were killed were actually killed by a violent right-wing extremist by the name of Kyle Rittenhouse. So, you know, you, you may, you may want to check your facts before you start saying that BLM and Antifa are the violent, dangerous ones. But it was one of your people that Republicans are still coming to the defense of, who, who crossed a, crossed state lines and murdered two people.
So, you know, and now you're hail, heralding him as a right-wing hero. The BLM and Antifa, you know, protests, riots, whatever she wants to call them this past summer, we're also learning a lot more. Thanks to brilliant reporting over at the Intercept, turns out that a couple of right-wing groups had these little goon squads that went around actually causing a lot of damage and then blaming it on Antifa and there's video of this too, by the way, I believe it was Ken Klippenstein, with the Intercept who uncovered this. And he has posted the videos over at the Intercept. These were right-wingers doing this damage to buildings and then trying to blame it on Antifa. But of course they were dumb enough to film it. So there's video evidence to prove you wrong, Marjorie. Everything you said in your little diatribe here was wrong.
Everything you said was in support of those psychotic individuals who stormed into the Capitol, started stealing things from the Capitol building. You know, Nancy Pelosi's laptop was stolen. The speaker's lectern was stolen. We've all seen the guy walking out with it. They were happy, proud. They were happy. They were psychotic. I mean, if you do something like that, then yeah, there's something clearly wrong with you. Much like there's something clearly wrong, in my opinion, with Marjorie Taylor Greene. This woman is a threat. This woman is a danger to her fellow members of Congress. And we have seen that based on her behavior in just the last two weeks here. And here she is sitting on the House floor, attacking the wrong groups, blaming violence and insurrection on the wrong groups, because the people who really did those things are the people that she counts on to keep her in office.
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