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A Princess of Mars
Edgar Rice Burroughs, 1912, read as an eText from the Project Gutenberg collection.
A rippin' good example of early science fiction with a few original ideas and plenty of fantastical adventures.
The Heritage of the Desert
Zane Grey, 1910, read as an eText from the Project Gutenberg collection.
Zane Grey books are painted in great, broad, colorful strokes. There's not a lot of ambiguity about the nature of the characters, and there's rarely much doubt about how things will turn out in the end. Grey's West is the same West that we go to see in the movies; a Moral Universe with strict rules that differentiate the good from the bad, a place where well-defined roles and behaviors are understood by all.
What makes Grey's books such good reading, though, is not particularly the plots or the characters, unless you consider the West itself to be a character. It's Grey's obvious love of the land, and his painterly descriptions of the terrain and the weather that make the experience of reading his stories so pleasurable.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe, originally published as a serial in 1850, published as a book 1852, read as an e-book reformatting of Project Gutenberg text.
My first surprise was to learn that Uncle Tom was intended as a hero, a true example of a noble Christian. Having only heard his name used as a term of contempt, I expected to find him set up as a contemptible character by Stowe. I was also surprised to find, in a book published a mere ten years before the Emancipation Proclamation, how little the author assumed the reader knew about the institution of slavery.
The importance of this book and its effect on American history is well known; I think it's also interesting as documenting that history. It obviously is crafted as a work of Abolitionist propaganda (which is not necessarily to suggest inaccuracy), and the perspective it gives on everything ranging from gender roles and religious life in America in the mid-Nineteenth Century to the establishment of Liberia are all fascinating.

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Has Cliche' in Young Adult Literature Decreased It's Appeal to Adult Readers?
After the peak of Twilight and Hunger Games, there seems to be a continuous stream of meticulously beautiful vampires and werewolves and highly political dystopian societies. The success of Harry Potter had bridged the gap between generations of avid readers, strengthening the appeal of Young Adult for adults. But now, gone are the days of Hermonie Granger's frizzy hair and buck teeth. Instead YA books are replaced with blindly gorgeous protagonists and love triangles as publishing houses race to find the next big literature phenomenon. Book stores are lining their shelves with new lines of YA novels to try and mimic the past successful franchises, but at the end of the day has it all grown a bit repetitive? Put simply, the 'bad stigma' that has now been associated with YA literature can deter adults from reading the genre. The repetitious clichés have begun to make it feel childish for adult readers. Hillerich (2015) named the 10 worn out clichés in YA: the obscure prologues, love triangles, dreamy or 'perfect' characters, orphans, undiscovered powers, unclaimed royal bloodlines, trilogy story lines and lastly…the 'chosen one'. With all these repetitious story lines and characters, does YA need a fresh start for those loyal adult readers?
What is Young Adult literature?
Firstly, just what is Young Adult literature?
Young readers come to a point where they start to demand literature that asks more of them than a child. This "human condition as known as adolescence" (as cited in Roberts, 2013) and is a transition being a child to a member of the adult community. YA is about readers finding their identity, sexuality, relationships and evolving their view of society. Overused characters and plot lines or not, YA literature is about the wisdom written between the lines. Messages and morals in literature are timeless, and that's why we continue to read those favourite books over and over again.
It's OK! Yes, you can read YA literature…no matter how old you are!
Good YA literature transcend readers into unknown worlds where they can live the character's experiences and develop an insider perspective. Bullying, suicide or violence are common adolescent themes adolescents are experiencing in their transitional period into adulthood and sometimes adults need a reminder of the perils in that lifetime. YA literature fills that marketable need by opening up that window into a phase of a person life they may have forgotten about. Bullying and suicide has always been a conscious hurdle in adolescents lives. As we grow up though, we can tend to forget the hurt and underestimate the scars on our children. Parents and teachers in particular can become "unsettled" when they hear of traumatic events in their children's or students' lives (Pytash, 2013).
Rather than list books that obviously fit the status quo of overused clichés, the following describes previously published YA books which reflect the benefits for adults to read the young genre.
For Support with Bullying
YA books such as 13 Reasons Why (Jay Asher, 2007) and Nineteen Minutes (Jodi Picoult, 2007) can help bridge empathy and compassion for the younger generation who are experiencing such trauma. Hannah, in 13 Reasons Why, leaves behind a series of tapes to be listened to after her planned suicide. Her friend Clay is given the tapes and as he listens to them, he discovers that each tape describes a person who gave Hannah a reason to end her life. Hannah describes the smallest mundane reason for her loneliness (the loss of a friendship) to a huge traumatic event (rape) which had all culminated into enough hatred and sadness that she takes her life. All these 'little' moments can be relatable to any persons life regardless of age. Nineteen Minutes also describes countless scenes of bullying and harassment for Peter and intimidation and a desire to fit in for Josie. The difference between the two is that Peter deals with the situation by getting revenge with his bullies and orchestrates a school shooting. These books are powerful to read and challenges the readers to think about their own actions. Are we an unintentionally bully?
Nineteen Minutes – Jodi Picoult
To Deal with Death or Illness
Dealing with death or illness is relevant to adolescents and adults alike. YA commonly experiences characters who deal with these themes to guide and support readers in their own lives. The Fault in our Stars (John Green, 2012) for example, centrally revolves around cancer that affects the lives of young teens Hazel and Gus. Hazel cuts herself off from the world because she is a "ticking time bomb" and she doesn't want to leave a carnage of grief behind. However, after befriending Gus she wakes up and takes control of her life again. How many people can relate to that sense of useless frustration? That feeling of being tossed to the fringe of society and not having the courage or the energy to bounce back and join the rest of the world.
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak, 2005) also discusses death amidst war and country genocide. There are some key clichés in these books, however it is the messages within the prose that has made them timeless, and enjoyable for readers of all ages. The protagonist Liesel is orphaned and she develops close bonds with many male characters in the story, but past the clichés is a story of a girl who tries to find her identity in a war torn time. Like so many avid readers, she turns to the powerful source of books and words to form and strengthen her own ideologies. Liesel is a true heroine who's just trying to find her place in the world.
The Book Thief – Makus Zusak
To Become Culturally Inclusive Citizens
Even in our diverse world where cultures have mixed in every corner of the Earth, we can still feel like outsiders in our communities. YA is about finding identity and self worth, a feeling all readers aspire for throughout their lives. Looking for Alibrandi (Melina Marchetta, 1992) and Deadly, Unna? (Phillip Gwynne, 1998) represent characters with different cultural heritages trying to find their identity in conservative settings. Alibrandi is Italian, who attends a very prestigious all girls grammar school. She is trying to survive her final year of school, all the while surviving through a friend's suicide and rekindling a relationship with her previously non existent father. Blacky, in Deadly, Unna? is about a white Australian boy and his interracial friendship with Dumby Red. Despite the clichéd forbidden love story, Blacky questions his views about justice and loyalty.
All these themes: standing up to bullies, dealing with trauma and death, family dynamics and valuing diverse cultures are very much beneficial to adult readers, despite between labeled as a Young Adult genre. Yes, sometimes the clichés are repetitive. The beginning of the books contain ambiguous prologues that hinder our prediction of the tale ahead. The protagonists describe their physical flaws and yet a (or more) person overdramatically longs for them with teenaged flair. There are undiscoverable powers (The Mortal Instruments – Cassandra Clare) and tedious love triangles (Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins & Twilight – Stephanie Meyer) but YA on a whole can still appeal adult readers.
Is New Adult a Fresh Start We Need?
Despite the relevance of YA literature for all readership, there is still a negative stigma surrounding the genre. The fresh genre New Adult (St Martins Press) transitions readers from YA to Adult Fiction. With welcome similarities to YA, New Adult commonly refers to themes of sexuality, leaving home and careers to suit the age brackets of 18-30. It is yet to gain strong popularity, but is this new genre the fresh start YA needs to step away from the cliché story lines and staple love triangles?
Books benefit all readers when they are relevant to their lives, needs and interests. YA story lines are generally easy to read so the book is more enjoyable, as opposed to the classics or even adult fiction. Just because adults can read at a more academic level or understand sophisticated jargon, does not mean they automatically outgrow YA novels. Perhaps as readers, we should just be selective about the books we browse through at the bookstores. If overrated love triangles or repetitive 'chosen one' plot lines are starting to grind your gears, just put the book back and select one that is more unique. There are plenty out there that adults shouldn't feel embarrassed to read!
When reading, we should just consider the context at the time, not the blurry age recommendations. Do we want a book that challenges our notions of society, a page of explicit sexual scenes, an historical account in a certain place and time…or do we just want to read a pleasurable book like YA?
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Nov 7, 2017 Reply
I love YA literature. In fact, I've started reading some recent offerings just because they look so good (and usually are). I thought I had "outgrown" YA or, more to the point, shouldn't read it anymore because I was out of college and had "advanced" to a new level of literary appreciation. But you're right–nobody ever outgrows YA.
That said, you are also right in pointing out the clichés inherent in much of YA. I have degrees in creative writing, and arguably because of these clichés, a lot of my classmates wrote exclusively about things like death, rape, incest, suicide, etc. There is nothing wrong with these topics, but too much and you start to say, "Please, no more. Give me some air!" The same is true for forbidden love, love triangles, teens coming out, literature revolving around disability or mental illness, etc.
I think there's another question lurking behind your article. The question is not, "has cliché ruined YA," because you'd be hard pressed to "ruin" any genre. The question isn't even, "how can we prevent clichés?" Cliches exist for a reason, and they happen no matter how careful writers are (believe me, I know). I think the question is, "How can we balance clichés or old content with original content? That is, if you're going to write about suicide, what twist could there be to make it unique? Same for love triangles, cultural questions, etc."
Thank you for your comments Stephanie!
It was difficult to narrow the topic down, there are many questions about cliches in YA that are still to be explored!
Denisha
I think that the implosion of Young Adult novels says much about society.
I think we all accept that a grown adult reading a young adult book is not considered a negative. I fully believe we've internalised the idea that Young Adult fiction is worth reading at any age and in a chaotic world where attention spans are in jeopardy from the bombardment of technology, they're revered more because it's easy to get into.
I believe you are right, the implosion of the genre speculates there is a large market still…and hopefully it stays that way!
Some YA trends are terribly annoying, but I can't imagine how hard it must be to give a book that doesn't follow some of the bigger trends to a publisher or lit agent and have them say "Yes, I can sell this." I think we all want to take the road less traveled, but I feel like a lot of people might have been prodded into doing trilogies when they meant to do a single book.
Interesting thought Cyril. New topic?
Ah, the perennial frustration. I think it happens with any genre. For instance, I write for the inspirational fiction market, and there are some publishers/editors out there who believe "inspirational" must also mean "squeaky clean and boring." It frustrates me to no end. I can imagine how it must feel to be a YA author who doesn't want to write about futuristic dystopias, suicidal teenagers, and so forth. But the thing is, we *need* different YA books, or the genre will sink right back to where it was. That is, adults will stigmatize it even more than they already do.
Good point, agents/publishers do like trends because they sell, and trying to write outside the box can be a risk. I think one of the appeals of writing a series is that it's easier to make money off and several books rather than one, thus helping to start off a writing career. Stand alones don't seem to get as much attention as series, and Hollywood loves to snatch onto book series they can turn into a movie franchise.
Lauralee Peel
I was about to start getting ready for bed, then came across your article. Brushing my teeth can wait a few extra minutes.
This is a fantastic article, Abby. I've picked up on all general tropes at some point while reading YA speculative fiction; and while some instances of certain tropes haven't bothered me, all of them have at one point or another.
Honest to goodness, I wrote my YA fantasy (which I'm now revising) without paying much attention to trends or tropes.
Thank you Lauralee, you're not alone! I had to start revising mine after this research too!
Perhaps I should've mentioned that one or two are okay and can still produce a great story…I think its the overkill of cliches that become repetitive!
Tropes are basically tools of storymaking. They work because they mimic real life, or a iconic situation. So by all means use all of the tropes.
Jenise Orr
Much YA literature is bought and read by adults.
I'm impressed by the selection of YA novels in this articles. The massively popular and the lesser known are both given their due space, and you get a well rounded view of the both the cliches and the values of these stories. Cliches exist for a reason. They help create adequate stories and comfortable reactions. If you're writing something that has been done before, the key to not being a cliche is figuring out why this story needs bullies or why it's protagonist needs to be an orphan child.
You mentioned The Book Thief contained that cliche, and what's great about that story is that Liesal's situation did not feel well worn. She was saved from cliche by the book's unique voice, the vivid imagining of the protagonist, and a plot that did not require a "chosen one". YA books may have similar situations, but they can be told in new ways.
Slaidey
This is my first hearing about New Adult. Thanks for the heads up I'll look into it more.
The issue I have with targeted literature like the YA stuff is that my teenage daughters ignore the several thousand novels that my partner and I have accumulated over a lifetime and only read new YA stuff. We have hundreds of books that would be marketed as YA fiction were they to be published now, but they weren't so they don't read them. When I was a YA I read constantly (no internet, shite TV, nothing else to do) but I just used to read the stuff that we had before YA books. They were called "books".
I just read whatever I like regardless of who it's marketed to, The marketing is just a made up construct anyway.
Salcido
Frankly, I find the term 'Young Adult' somewhat moronic, considering I've often seen it applied to novels targeted at/recommended for 13-year-olds (who are young, but by no stretch of the imagination anywhere near adulthood).
And most of the stuff being published under the YA category today, is nothing short of an insult to any thinking teenager – is inevitably-trilogised pap all we think teenagers are capable of reading? They deserve better.
This is not to say that YA can't be great – Anne of Green Gables was probably YA for its day, and is rightly a classic. But the glut of books being published and the manner in which books fitting the 'trends' are chosen and marketed, now means that all teens get shoved in their faces is trendy crap, some of which they might pick up to stay up-to-date in the school version of the water-cooler discussion. I can't imagine why rubbish like all those poorly-written dystopian novels would be popular otherwise.
Back in the age of dinosaurs when I was a teenager, the very last thing I wanted was to read books aimed at my age-group. I was desperate to be a grown-up and I wanted to read grown-up books.
Admittedly, it is different now where those even in their 20s-30s seem determined never to grow up at all.
Diedre
Determined not to grow up, or mired in a terrible economy and raised by people who inflated our egos and told us never to settle because we're special little snowflakes?
Kathaleen Carman
Surely some of the problem must be the extent of the YA label? Ages 12 – 18? As a marketing strategy – which is basically what this is – this must be wide of the mark more often than not.
I run a bookshop that has a reputation for 'teen' novels, and the teen demographic is a really tricky one. Big readers at age 11-12 can hit a brick wall at age 13-14, and it seems to be a combination of huge increases of time spent with technology (particularly mobile phones), a lessening of parent control to enforce time limits on all technology, and the amount of work kids have to do for exams.
If you remove the adults buying YA books, you are left with books that are bought and read because of peer pressure (or more accurately, FOMO, a desire to join in the discussion which has worked well for books like The Hunger Games and The Fault in our Stars). But is this what teens actually want to read?
When you think about the enormous difference between a 12 year old and a 19 year old, the teen years represent perhaps the biggest change a human goes through, and just as there are some readers at age 12 chomping at the bit to read adult literature, there are also some readers at 14 or 15 who would still like to read books which are recognisably children's fiction and have sort of safe-space about them.
All books are not to be good for reading for people of all ages. There should be specified books for reading of children. But some novels are enjoyable by people of all ages due to interesting drama ,dislouges and impact of writing .
I've tried reading some of my son's YA novels. I think the themes are for young adults and I am an old one who can't project any more. The last one I tried was The Enemy and found it dull and I didn't give a shit about the YAs or the parents in the story but then my son wasn't engaged by that one either so maybe not a good example. I guess it just comes down to taste but YA fiction is generally not for me. Maybe just call it fiction and 'people' young and old might like or dislike it or is Young Adult something definitive that has essential ingredients?
Alecia
I have found this article on Facebook. Maybe Facebook is good for something other than stocking your friends lives as part of your character development research.
I am in the early-mid stages of writing a dystopian story. It is a bit of a personal goal of mine to break as many clichés as I can without having a super dull story. The acception is that one of her parents has died, (or did she?). However, the surviving patent is not emotionally incompetent, and my heroine is somewhat rounded and was raised in a living home.
There is no love triangle and only two options for her. To have boy or not to have boy.
There is an opportunity to rush in and save the day as a tiny little wonder woman, but she actually fails at her meager attempt and gets herself into a bad situation and needs rescued. (Because 100 lb women can't take on 200 men, simple)
I am thinking about doing two books per story. It breaks the trilogy cliche, but gives a little more room to beef up the story. Pros and cons of this? It's not set in stone. I am just afraid that with my created world situation, there won't be enough room in one book to cover everything. Ideas welcome!
I still read the teen and young adult novels that I 'borrowed' from my mother's book shelves. Lots were written in the seventies by the likes of K.M. Peyton, Penelope Lively and Antonia Forest and they are still absorbing stories with universal truths about human nature. I also like the New Zealand author, Margaret Mahy, who wrote more in the eighties. And I still love the children's book series, Just Jane, by Evadne Price, which is like The Simpsons in the way that it seems to be for children, but is really hilarious for adults, too.
There's nothing wrong about reading simpler good books, but there is something annoying about trying to convince the world they aren't simpler good books.
I hate it when the heroine solves all her problems by getting a boyfriend. Really? Ugh.
Much of the YA literature can hardly be called literature
Jul 30, 2022 Reply
T. Palomino
It is literature, nonetheless. You can call it "literature that I don't like" and call it a day.
Most YA appears to be the sort of story that would have been mainstream fiction a few decades ago but with a younger fan base. I also think a lot of YA readers also read widely elsewhere. Many of them probably are missing out on some fine writing. Most readers do and always have.
Dec 17, 2017 Reply
Why the classification- at all?
Young Adult texts are not just for young adults. I know that I and many young people select a book by many other aspects: recommendations, the feel of the page, the first seven sentences, the author, the blurb on the back, what fits my mood and interests, a reawakening of memory and time, and an exploration of possibilities.
In the past literary snobbishness has meant that too many YA books are dismissed as pap but so many are worth the read.
I would add "mandatory reading" to your list.
There are a lot of good ideas here that give me a lot to think about:
Whenever I tell anyone (or even myself) that I like to read YA, I usually follow up by saying 'it's a guilty pleasure.' This is definitely because of the stigma YA has, like being full of cliches and not meant for 'academic readers.' I may not be the target audience for YA anymore, but I think people still deal with 'coming of age' difficulties, which makes YA novels appealing.
"As we grow up though, we can tend to forget the hurt and underestimate the scars on our children. Parents and teachers in particular can become "unsettled" when they hear of traumatic events in their children's or students' lives."
When I read this, I thought of parents and teachers banning books in schools and libraries. They don't think that teens should be exposed to things like bullying, suicide, sex, drugs, etc, but they are exposed to it in the real world; the adults can use the books to create a conversation.
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Apr 16, 2018 Reply
tygarrison
I believe that YA literature is a genre that can get discredited for the clichés that come along with many of the major titles. However, these clichés aren't always associated with the less known titles. For example, Patrick Ness is my favorite YA author and I don't think that the majority of his books follow many trends. Like any other facet of art, sometimes you have to dig deep to find something that really suits you. This can definitely be the case for YA literature.
Ishita
I believe it doesn't matter how old you are if you want to read a book you can. That said, I do believe a few stories have been repeated simply for the sake of selling a story. Still, some stories are worth the read and it's important to overlook the stigma surrounding YA literature.
danielleraffaele
I finished reading your article and was left with a pang of nostalgia – Looking for Alibrandi, The Hunger Games, every John Green novel (ever) written; these were the crucible of my adolescence that shaped my love for literature, writing and social comment.
YA certainly has its place on ones bookshelf but I agree the cliches are tiresome and taint perceptions of reality. As I have grown up I have grown out of the repetitious themes and narratives of YA and instead look towards novels that will challenge me with harsh 'grey' truths and comments…that being said, a little bit of John Green never goes astray.
This is such an interesting article! I'm not certain I can offer a fully adult perspective at nineteen, but neither is mine a sully adolescent perspective. At one point (at around 15/16) I would cringe if the blurb mentioned anything about young love and two competing love-interests and the YA fantasy genre was unmentionable- anything with vampires or werewolves or with the sudden appearance of undiscovered powers, all with gorgeous undeservedly celebrated protagonists made me livid but then I came across Rainbow Rowell and she made me fall in love with YA all over again. 'Eleanor and Park' was about young love that faced obstacles- a typical plot point- but how the characters were written- both away from the ideal of beauty, both endearingly flawed and awkward and so REAL, made the book a heart-warming read. I think a lot of YA fails to do this anymore, not because it uses cliches, but because so many of the characters are written in the same way- the solution is to capture the complexity of ordinary human beings within even the extraordinary characters. Let them have skin that breaks out- how many sixteen year olds have porcelain, perfect skin? Let them stutter and do stupid things in front of their crushes- how many teenagers articulate poetically and flawlessly?
jillianlaw
There are frequent YA literature clichés, but I think the problem of whether or not YA fiction appeals to adults depends on how we are classifying YA fiction. Young adult fiction is a huge umbrella for several different genres: romance chicklit, realistic fiction, supernatural, fantasy, dystopia, science fiction, etc. The tropes you mention are tropes of specific YA genres. I also think the frustrations many people have with YA fiction exists within certain genres of it.
NkHarrison
When I began reading novels, I actually didn't start on YA books. It's only now, years later that I find myself exploring them more. I hate cliches and repeating story lines.
And yes, YA are becoming more and more cliche…but…
Have you ever heard so much hype about how good a book is, but don't read it because you don't like mainstream themes?
Well that's how I felt about the John Green Novels. I avoided reading them because they were so popular – I asumed they were soppy, cliche love stories. But when I put it all aside, and read one of his books I was glad to see it wasn't so cliche after all – his style and plot was genius. Now, I am a big fan of John Green.
I think the market is waiting for the next big thing, but it's just not ready yet. I believe this article when it talks about Harry Potter bridging the ages and I don't think there has been anything like it since. But there will, in time. Could it be a future John Green novel?
Or an armature writing waiting to make their mark? Who knows, but it will come.
Carinci95
This is a great article. I've found the common trends exhibited in YA novels to be frustrating. It's difficult to find a new book exciting or eye opening when the same plot is being used for a different story. I feel as though this is why I showed interest in Bryce Courtenay and similar authors at a very young age. My young mind needed to feel rattled and shocked by what I read. Sure, the cliché stories appealed to my hormonal teenage dreamer side – but while we are easily influenced and young, they can also be damaging and can provoke us to try and find what is being written about in these stories. We might start to crave love interests with brooding men, yearn for tragedy and look for a special power within ourselves that will never come out. Often tragedies and hardships are romanticized. What I'm saying doesn't relate to all YA books obviously – and my argument might seem a bit flaky but I'm late to class so that'll have to do. Awesome article!
PhoebeLupton
As someone who is only just outside the target age group of YA and who, from time to time, still reads YA, I have a lot of thoughts about this! In my opinion, what a YA novel really needs is relatability. This comes from talking about topics relevant to the lives of teenagers (mental health, romantic and platonic relationships, thinking about the future etc.) and from having an authentic, often 1st-person character voice. Interesting that the author mentions 'Looking for Alibrandi': it's one of my favourite books of all time and one which includes all of the above.
I completely agree that the tropes of the love triangle and the chosen one are unfailingly infuriating. Not only are they overdone, as the author acknowledges, they are also unrealistic, which is a problem if YA is supposed to be relatable. But cliched plot lines such as death, illness or bullying are important to YA because real-life teenagers do go through these things and may pick up books such as 'A Fault In Our Stars' because they can relate to the characters' stories.
This is a great article and a very interesting topic. Well done! 🙂
jordanlprochnow
I loved this! I appreciate that you address the typical tropes of YA, yet still argue for their importance. It can seem frustrating and repetitive at times to read books with similar themes, but it overall shows that discussions need to be had and that the genre still has room for progression.
Jun 6, 2018 Reply
EzraChapman
Great article, but I feel it could have focused a bit more on the more benign but growing cliches, such as the number of obnoxious pop-culture references that pack dialogue in recent releases and date the books fast.
Jun 19, 2018 Reply
TomKucharski
Read "Charlotte's Web" and you will discover how to talk to little ones.
leersens
As an English major I spend a LOT of time reading, often that reading is complex and heavy. So, I love reading YA to take a break from that. Seemingly tired tropes are easy and fun. For me, YA is the comfort food of literature!! This was a great read!
I am very let down by the two typos in the title.
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We all hear the term "eczema" or "eczema infection" and do not know what "eczema" really refers to. Yes we know that it is some conditions related to the skin, but what specifically is eczema? How does the infection start? What are the symptoms? And the most important question, how to get rid of eczema?
Eczema is a common term referring to a group of medical conditions that strikes your skin, and makes it irritated and inflamed. Eczema affects ten to twenty percent of babies and three percent of adults and children as well. The most common type of eczema according to some studies is atopic dermatitis. Atopic means the ability of the skin to develop more of other allergic conditions; such as hay fever or asthma. That was eczema, but how would you know that you have eczema and not a normal fever, in another world, what is the symptoms of eczema?
The causes of eczema are still unknown, but there are some theories which propose that eczema strikes most people who naturally have skin allergy. However, if the causes are still unknown, the treatment is not, the question is how could we treat eczema?
Eczema treatment is not as complicated as its causes, there are many possible ways to treat eczema and put eczema on the hands.One of them is home remedies for eczema. Home remedies for eczema are the best treatment found, they are simple and fast working. Home remedies for eczema are numerous, in the following few lines we will introduce you to some of them and we are sure that the will help you a lot.
Oats are just perfect:Oatmeal can really do wanders, it has a lot of benefits, and one of those benefits are its ability to treat eczema. Oatmeal bath is used to treat complicated eczema, you only need to bring up one cup of oatmeal and put it in some porous cloth and tie it perfectly. Soak the cloth with the oat meal in it for about five to ten minutes until the water turns milky. Pass the water over your skin for several times. Oatmeal works as a natural moisturizer; it soothes your skin and helps the eczema to fade away.
Have you had your tea yet?In such conditions, tea is just perfect specially chamomile, it works on soothing your skin and reducing that itchy feeling, it will certainly treat your eczema. You only need four teaspoons of dry chamomile tea, then put the tea in a piece of cloth and tie it perfectly, and soak it in your bath tub, enjoy your bath. You can even combine tea with oatmeal for better results.
Why not some oil: What home remedies for eczema could be better than oil? Oil is usually used for better skin, even if you are not infected with eczema, from now and then you put oil over your skin for prettier look. It won't be so different for eczema, oil can sooth your skin and heal it fast. Coconut oil is the best among all oils for eczema treatment, you only need to apply the oil over the affected areas of your skin and leave it.
Those were our home remedies for eczema, the will work best for eczema treatment and put eczema on the hands, hope we helped you and wish you a fast treatment and better skin.


With today's busy society, it's no wonder people are looking towards easier and faster coffee brewing methods. Let's explore the differences of instant coffee and instant espresso.
The espresso first appeared in Italy around the early 2th century. Although many coffee histories revolve around the type of bean or ways of drinking it, such as adding milk or cream, the history of the espresso directly influenced by the invention of the espresso machine.
The first espresso machine was invented by Luigi Bezzera in 1901. The basis of this machine was to make coffee faster than the regular brewing method. Because of that, the coffee it produced tasted more like brewed coffee we have today. The invention of this machine and others is what made espresso a more popular beverage, mostly drank in coffee houses.
It wasn't until around 1948 when the first modern type of espresso was invented by Ernesto Valente. This type of machine was different in that it was semi-automatic and built in a more horizontal shape to allow the barista and customer to socialize while the espresso was being made.
Instant espresso powder mix is made a bit differently than how instant coffee is. The first step of making it is by taking espresso finely ground beans and brewing it as an espresso. After the espresso is finished brewing, the already brewed coffee grounds are taken and dehydrated into crystal granules.
Well, now how do you use instant espresso? These granules can be used in a variety of ways as they can be easily dissolved. You can make a cup of coffee by dissolving it in water to make a quick espresso coffee or use it as an ingredient in baking to intensify the taste of chocolate desserts. It can even be used in cooking as a spice to create a variety of tastes.
The first type of instant coffee was created in 1771 in Britain called a "coffee compound". It wasn't until 1890 where a soluble instant coffee was invented by David Strand in New Zealand. He utilized what was called a "dry hot-air" process. However, in 1901, a more stable type of soluble coffee powder was created by a Japanese scientist, Satori Kato. Rather than instant coffee powder, the coffee crystals were invented in 1910 by the chemist George Constant Louis Washington.
Read more about the history of instant coffee in our previous post.
We have discussed the two main beans used in instant coffee in our previous blog, but here is a short recap of them! There are two main types of beans that can be found in the coffees you choose to drink. These two beans are Arabica and Robusta.
The Arabica bean tends to produce coffee that has a sweeter and softer taste. Coffee made with Arabica will have a higher acidity but can have aromas or flavors of sugar, fruits, and berry tones.
Arabia beans are grown mostly in Latin America and are more expensive than Robusta because they are harder to produce. This is because they are more vulnerable to pests and each tree produces less fruit than Robusta trees.
The Robusta bean contains twice as much caffeine than the Arabica bean. Due to this, it as a stronger and harsher taste. It has a more bitter taste compared to Arabica and can have a peanut-y aftertaste.
Robusta beans are grown in the Eastern Hemisphere, mostly in Africa and Indonesia. They are also easier to grow than Arabica beans since the plants are stronger and can resist pests and weather changes. They also produce fruit more quickly and contains more fruit per tree.
Now you must be wondering, is espresso powder the same as instant coffee? What are the differences? In fact, although they may sound very similar, there are some big differences between instant coffee and espresso powder.
The caffeine content of your coffee varies depending on if it was made using instant coffee or espresso powder. Instant coffee contains about 30-90 mg of caffeine per 8-ounce drink. It can vary depending on the brand of coffee and the type(s) of beans used to make it. However, between instant and ground coffee, instant coffee contains a slightly lower caffeine amount. Waka Coffee instant coffee for example, has about 70mg of caffeine.
Espresso powder, while it's made with already brewed grounds, it still contains the same amount of caffeine as an espresso. A shot of espresso contains about 63mg of caffeine per 1-1.75 ounce. Making coffee using instant espresso will give you a more caffeinated coffee.
It is important to note that the caffeine content in your drink can vary depending on how much instant coffee or espresso powder used, the size of the cup, and brand of coffee. So be sure to do your research so you know exactly how much you are consuming!
Compared to instant coffee, instant espresso contains a richer and stronger taste in terms of baking needs. However, many don't recommend using espresso powder as your daily dose of coffee because its taste is a lot less flavorful than a regular shot of espresso.
However, with instant coffee, its taste can vary depending on the quality of it. How to determine the quality of coffee then? The best instant coffee, as talked about in a previous blog, are those made with pure 100% Arabica beans and are freeze-dried rather than spray dried. These types of coffee have sweeter, rather than bitter, tones and the freeze-drying process help retain the flavors of the original coffee beans.
Both instant coffee and instant espresso drinks are made the same way. As they both can dissolve easily in water, all you need to do is add a tablespoon (or more depending on your taste) to an 8-ounce cup of hot or cold water. Then stir until all the coffee granules have dissolved.
Instant coffee is drank all around the world and for various occasions depending on needs. It can be used as a person's daily cup of joe (as it saves time in the mornings), during camping or outdoor activities while taken along in its small, one use packages even for the busiest person to make on-the-go.
Instant espresso powder is mostly used by bakers for chocolate-based dessert recipes to enhance flavor. It gives an extra and more complex type of flavor in baked goods while complimenting chocolate flavors. The taste of coffee usually does not make an appearance, as only a little is added.
While most don't recommend using it as your everyday coffee, it can still be used to make your own espresso (even if it's not as flavorful as a fresh one). If you have run out of your original daily coffee, instant espresso can be used to help give you your caffeine boost.
While both espresso powder and cacao powder are both concentrated in flavors and can be used in things like baking, they are completely different ingredients. One significant factor that they have in common is they both contain health benefits and antioxidants for the body.
Cacao powder is made by pressing raw, un-roasted cacao beans. This process removes the fat and butter in the bean and leaves behind the fibers and nutrients. It has a chocolate flavor, but is very rich and bitter since it is made from 100% cacao. Because of this, it is not consumed directly but used in things such as baking and smoothies.
Espresso powder, however, is coffee based rather than chocolate. It is not used in things like smoothies, but is used for baking to upgrade chocolate flavors (such as ones from cacao powder). It can also be made into a coffee drink for your caffeine fix.
Various delicious desserts can be made with both instant coffee and espresso powder. Check out some easy sweet treats you can make with these two ingredients!
This sweet Italian dessert incorporates espresso powder to create a rich, chocolate flavor from the cake. While this cake might be a bit of work to make, here is a much simpler and easier recipe to replicate the idea and taste. It is called the Tiramisu Dip.
This recipe is great for those who love a great chocolate bar. This particular recipe features instant coffee along with chocolate chips to create the perfect coffee and chocolate combination. Not only is this simple to make, it's convenient to take around for a quick sweet treat as you go about your day.
For all the cheesecake lovers out there, this is for you. This delicious coffee cheesecake uses instant coffee for that coffee flavor kick with a chocolate crumb base. It can also be topped with chocolate syrup and whipped cream, perfect compliments to coffee.
Get your chocolate cake and fudge cravings fix with this brownie recipe. Using espresso powder, it brings out the chocolatey richness of this dessert and satisfies even those with the biggest sweet tooth.
All these sweet treats featured would be best paired with instant coffee, either plain for the sweetest desserts, or even with a bit of milk. Pair your sweet treat with Waka Coffee's instant coffee! Made with 100% Colombian Arabica beans and freeze-dried for the best taste experience, it's the best choice for your caffeine and baking needs.


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Philip Esformes, of Miami owners of more than 30 Miami-area skilled nursing and assisted living facilities, a hospital administrator and a physician's assistant were charged with conspiracy, obstruction, money laundering and health care fraud in connection with a $1 billion scheme involving numerous Miami-based health care providers. According to the indictment, Esformes operated a network of over 30 skilled nursing homes and assisted living facilities (the Esformes Network), which gave him access to thousands of Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries. Many of these beneficiaries did not qualify for skilled nursing home care or for placement in an assisted living facility; however, Esformes and his co-conspirators nevertheless admitted them to Esformes Network facilities where the beneficiaries received medically unnecessary services that were billed to Medicare and Medicaid. Esformes and his co-conspirators are also alleged to have further enriched themselves by receiving kickbacks in order to steer these beneficiaries to other health care providers – including community mental health centers and home health care providers – who also performed medically unnecessary treatments that were billed to Medicare and Medicaid. In order to hide the kickbacks from law enforcement, these kickbacks were often paid in cash, or were disguised as payments to charitable donations, payments for services and sham lease payments, court documents allege.
According to court documents, in 2006, Esformes paid $15.4 million to resolve civil federal health care fraud claims for essentially identical conduct, namely unnecessarily admitting patients from his assisted living facilities into a Miami-area hospital. However, Esformes and his co-conspirators allegedly continued this criminal activity-adapting their scheme to prevent detection and continue their fraud after the civil settlement. The indictment alleges that the co-conspirators accomplished this by employing sophisticated money laundering techniques in order to hide the scheme and Esformes' identify from investigators. The FBI and HHS-OIG ultimately employed advanced data analysis and forensic accounting techniques and were able to identify the full scope of the fraud scheme.
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U.S. Resistance Returning Nazi Looted Art Resurrects Old Wounds
In a crowded media world the topic of Nazi looted art has taken comfort on the back burner of the national debate circuit. But things are changing and the push to return art plundered by the Nazis is gaining momentum and more of the world's attention.
A ruling in July by U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, DC sided with Jewish heirs of the Welfenschatz art collection looted by Nazis in 1935. The ruling follows Germany's attempts to dismiss the case claiming, among other things, immunity from suit under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, (FSIA). Nonetheless, the district court rejected Germany's arguments and denied their motion to dismiss the case.
And, hard to believe, Donald J. Trump played a small role in the push to bring justice to remaining Holocaust survivors. In the gloom of his support for American Nazis who marched in the Charlottesville rally, the president signed the Just Act into law in May of this year; about nine months after calling anti-Semitic, white separatists chanting "Jews will not replace us," very fine people.The Just Act is another statute requiring the State Department to report on the progress of European efforts to return artworks stolen nearly 70 years ago.
Still, this question lingers: is the U.S. doing enough to return its own Nazi-looted art kept in high brow institutions like The Metropolitan Museum of Art? No, says Raymond J. Dowd, who serves on the Board of Governors of the National Arts Club and the Board of Directors of the Federal Bar Association. Sighting a 2014 report by the World's Jewish Restitution Organization, (WJRO) Dowd says, "The United States is not in the group of countries that are doing the right thing." He says despite established laws laying out the process and groundwork of returning art forcibly taken from Jews, even deeming the taking a form of genocide, only a small fraction of stolen art has been returned to its rightful owners.
Dowd, who lectures on legal and ethical matters related to Nazi art looting, represented the heirs of Fritz Grumbaum, a renowned art collector who died at the Dachau concentration camp in 1941.
"It's still our public policy in the United States that this property should go back to the people from whom it was stolen. The Holocaust Victims Redress Act of 1998, Congress reaffirmed that." So why did the U.S. end up with so much Nazi looted art in our museums? Dowd says, "We have to take a hard look at American museums and our cultural traditions to understand why." He says it started with J.P. Morgan who, for tax purposes, refused to move his large European art collection to put in U.S. museums. Being one of the wealthiest men in America, Congress obliged and enacted the Payne-Aldrich Tarrif Act of 1909. "And that Act added imports of original artworks from Europe that were more than 20 years old to the duty free list. So, that paved the way for the creation of some of our greatest museums." Dowd says even Andrew Mellon legally challenged his tax bill by pointing to the vast art collection he donated to the National Gallery as reason to reduce his tax obligation.
"Mr. Mellon's victory is enshrined in today's tax code that says you get a fair market value deduction for a work of art regardless of what you paid for it. The significance over most of the 20th century is that if you're wealthy you could avoid capital gains tax by donating to a museum and thus shelter all of your income from taxation."
Dowd says it's an ethical and social choice being made to help rich Americans shelter their incomes in museums. And although it led to America acquiring extraordinary art collections, it's an unjust system. "When we think about tax fairness, people who give to museums are not giving to others in our community; they're not paying for schools or housing or roads and most of the things that other people in the middle class are paying for."
The tax loophole may be legal but it becomes problematic when stolen art, which doesn't get properly scrutinized, is donated. "Particularly when we see that today in America there are more museums than there are Starbucks and McDonald's combined." Despite early declarations of nations not taking part in stolen art transactions, Holocaust survivors and their heirs are still searching for their plundered art, many of which are hanging in American museums.
According to Art Law Gallery an estimated 300,000 Nazi looted artworks are still missing today.
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Mr Tom Cox , Wandsworth Central 12:00 am, 17th January 1974
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the present value of the £ sterling compared with its value in June 1970.
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Mr Greville Janner , Leicester North West
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer by how much the buying power of the £ sterling has diminished in the last 12 months for which records are available.
Dennis Skinner , Bolsover
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the fall in the real value of the £ sterling since June 1970.
Mr Raymond Carter , Birmingham, Northfield
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the value of the £ now compared to 18th June 1970, based on the General Index of Retail Prices.
Gerald Kaufman , Manchester Ardwick
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what, on the basis of the General Index of Retail Prices, is the purchasing power of the £ sterling now, taking it as 100p on 18th June 1970.
Mr John Nott , St Ives
Taking the internal purchasing power of the £ sterling as 100p in June 1970, its value in November 1972 was 82½p and in November 1973, the latest date available, it was 75p.
Mr Tom Cox , Wandsworth Central
Is the Minister aware that he should hold his head in shame for that reply, because it will show the electors the total bankruptcy of the Chancellor's economic policies, which only a few weeks ago were supposed to be the foundation for booming Britain? Is he further aware that the reason why workers have to take industrial action to safeguard their interests is the 45 per cent. increase in food prices, plus the 25p loss in the value of the £ since June 1970 when the Tories came to power and not the scare-mongering rumours that the Government are now making about trade unionists?
The hon. Gentleman has listed a whole host of inaccurate charges against the Government. If the Labour Party's policies of penal taxation, massive additional public expenditure and widespread nationalisation were to be implemented, I think everybody would agree that this combination of policies would be unrealistic and incredible.
Certainly it is accurate, is it not, that there has been a drop of 25 per cent. in the buying value of the £ over this period? Is the Minister aware of the grave concern that this causes to ordinary people who cannot be expected to hold their wages down when prices are going up in this way?
During the past year, as every hon. Member knowns, inflation has been due predominantly to external factors. Domestically-generated inflation seems to have been less in the United Kingdom than in many other industrialised countries. I remind the hon. and learned Gentleman that nearly 4 million workers have now settled under stage 3, and it cannot be denied that, although prices have risen far too fast, pensions have increased by 55 per cent. and average earnings by 48 per cent. over the past three years.
Mr Gilbert Longden , South West Hertfordshire
Do not the hon. Gentlemen who ask these questions appreciate that it is precisely because of this constant depreciation of our currency that the Government have been forced to seek to prevent incomes from outstripping productivity, which is one of the two domestic causes of inflation? Should they not therefore welcome and support the Government's policy?
I entirely agree with my hon. Friend. Concerning inflation, I think the whole country would benefit from more support by Labour Members for the realistic and sensible policies that the Government are trying to follow.
Is the Minister aware that in view of the 20 per cent. devaluation of the £ on the foreign exchange markets yesterday, the possible £2,500 million deficit on our balance of payments and successive Governors of the Bank of England contradicting themselves and Ministers and the Prime Minister on successive days, it is high time that that crowd on the benches opposite got out and let Labour clean up the mess again?
First, I am confident that if the Labour Party would assist the country by encouraging a settlement of the miners' dispute, for instance, sterling would respond quite dramatically. Secondly, on the balance of payments, my right hon. Friend will be answering a Question on that matter later.
If, as I have said, the policies advocated in the Labour Party's recent so-called manifesto were ever to be implemented, they would mean total disaster for this country, and the country knows it.
Mr David Mitchell , Basingstoke
Will my hon. Friend give an indication of the effect on living standards of the movement in the value of the £, to which he has referred, in the light of the movement of wages and pensions over the same period?
With respect to my hon. Friend, I do not think it is helpful or, for that matter, very meaningful to compare a fall in the value of sterling, which is essentially an external matter although it has internal effects upon the cost of living, with the rise in wages and pensions. I have already given the figures. Average earnings have risen by 48 per cent. over the past three years.
Do not the figures indicate the pathetic incompetence of the Government's economic policy and at the same time fully justify the comments of the Governor of the Bank of England that as a result of those policies the country will have to endure austerity until 1984? As the Conservatives when in opposition always supported the views of the Governor of the Bank of England, can we take it that they support him now?
In his statement on 17th December, my right hon Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer, referring to the energy crisis——
Answer the question.
I am just about to answer it. My right hon. Friend made it absolutely clear that for the next year or so people in Britain faced a severe test, and that over that period we should not achieve the rise in living standards that we might otherwise have expected. However, the setback represented by the rise in energy prices—in oil prices—throughout the world will affect this country rather less than most of our industrial competitors, and in the medium term when we get North Sea oil the prospects for this country can be very bright.
Mr Jock Bruce-Gardyne , South Angus
Does my hon. Friend agree that the expression of confidence from the hon. Member for Bolsover (Mr. Skinner) in the abilities of the Opposition Front Bench can only confirm the opinion of the rest of the House about the total inadequacy of anything that could come from that quarter? With reference to the external value of the £, my right hon. Friend the Chancellor has frequently said that we would return to a fixed parity when the moment was opportune. Would it be too much to hope that the moment might be opportune fairly soon?
If there were to be an announcement on the value of the £, it would not come from the Minister of State, Treasury.
Is not the hon. Gentleman bitterly ashamed that in the past three and a half years the £ has been devalued abroad by more than 20 per cent. and at home by 25 per cent.? How dare this devalued Government go to the country on that record?
As my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister said yesterday, we have a very strong competitive position and, if only we can rid ourselves of our self-inflicted wounds and the problems which arise from our industrial relations, the opportunities for our exports and higher production are undoubtedly enormous.
Patrick Cormack , Cannock
Can my hon. Friend tell us what would be the cost of the programme of the Labour Party?
I do not know whether there is a sufficiently large computer to contain the amount of information which is embodied in the Labour Party manifesto and whether it could produce a sufficiently high figure. The cost of the Labour Party's proposals—its nationalisation proposals and public expenditure proposals—could clearly never be offset by the massive taxation which would be necessary under its programme. The figures are huge, and the country realises that perfectly well.
Mr Denis Healey , Leeds East
In the light of what the hon. Gentleman has just told us, no one will be surprised if the Government decide to run for cover. As they betrayed their promises at the last election in a more flagrant and extreme manner than any Govern12/22/2005ment in recorded history, however, can the hon. Gentleman assure the House that he will fight the next election on the slogan "Another three years of the Tory Government and the £ will be worth only 50p"?
I am sure that if the Labour Party were ever to fight an election on the basis of the right hon. Gentleman's taxation policies it could never win one again. If the Labour Party were to take away every penny earned by everyone earning more than £5,000 a year, that amount would be enough to provide one extra packet of cigarettes for each worker. The idea that the Labour Party could finance its programme without massive additional taxation from the ordinary people is absolutely absurd.


If you've set your sights on buying the house of your dreams in 2019, you'll be pleased to hear that current buyers' market conditions look set to continue for at least another six months. That doesn't mean you should just sit back and wait for the perfect opportunity to come to you, though.
Kondowe says buyers with deposits have been known to qualify for interest rates as much as 2.5% lower than those asking for 100% bonds. That can literally save you hundreds of thousands of rand over the course of a 20-year loan.
Tony Clarke, MD of the Rawson Property Group, says proactive purchasers are far more likely to make successful property investments.
According to Rawson Finance, lenders are granting 100% loans in certain circumstance, but Clarke says smart buyers are putting down deposits this year anyway.
Rawson Finance National Admin Hub Manager, Leonard Kondowe, confirms that buyers with deposits have been known to qualify for interest rates as much as 2.5% lower than those asking for 100% bonds. That can literally save you hundreds of thousands of rand over the course of a 20-year loan, and turn a middling investment into a real winner.
Don't be fooled into thinking that getting prequalified is only essential when it's a sellers' market. Competition for specific properties can be fierce at any time, particularly within popular neighbourhoods and price bands.
Chances are, if you've thought about buying property in 2019, you've done a bit of online research. There's no doubt that the internet holds a wealth of information for the knowledge-hungry buyer, but Clarke says nothing can ever replace the on-the-ground knowledge of your local real estate agent.
Getting to know the market is an essential step for any prospective buyer – how else are you going to learn to recognise a great value property when you see one? Clarke says online listings are a good place to start, but that open houses give a far more complete picture.


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The Hong Kong Massacre
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The 90s were a very turbulent time. We had the fall of the U.S.S.R., which resulted in the massive proliferation of the Russian Mob; gangsta rap culture was at a "high" point here in the United States and elsewhere; and Hong Kong cinema was churning out action-packed movies that reflected the criminal drug trade happening in China and Southern Asia.
With regards to the latter, nowhere was this more apparent than Golden Princess Film Production Limited, a Hong Kong movie studio with a name that oddly contrasted with the films that it put out during the 90s. Movies such as Once a Thief, The Killer, and my personal favorite: Hard Boiled.
Indie gaming studio Vreski, based in Sweden, seem to have captured much of that blood-soaked cinema vibe of 90s Hong Kong, with their debut project, The Hong Kong Massacre. The game's plot is pretty boilerplate, and through its muddled cutscenes, tells the tale of a cop who wants revenge against a particularly dangerous triad for killing his partner (I mean come on).
However, just like many of the action films which it was clearly inspired by, The Hong Kong Massacre isn't about emulating Shakespeare. Rather, it's a totally engrossing bullet ballet that combines some of the same gaming mechanics as Hotline Miami, only with the aesthetics and themes of a John Woo movie. Needless to say, this isn't exactly a game that you want younger children playing.
The game comprises a total of thirty-five levels. There are the usual types of environments that you'd probably suspect from this type of fare: Abandoned restaurants, decrepit warehouses, and the like, and although they can come to feel slightly repetitive after a while, they're well rendered. Their true beauty, however, is in how they are used as backdrops (and props) to showcase how close the game emulates its source material.
From large puffs of concrete and stucco that erupt from being hit by bullets, to sheets of paper undulating through the air, The Hong Kong Massacre really emulates the hyper-kinetics of 90s Hong Kong action flicks.
Besides pulling the trigger on your protagonist's guns, you'll also want to become familiar with the game's two other main gaming mechanics. The first one is the ability to periodically slow down time ala Max Payne's Bullet Time. The other one is being able to leap through the air much like a Cirque du Soleil gymnast. Together, these rather simple mechanics can even the playing field, since you are just one man going up against a gang of hundreds of cutthroat killers.
Since only one bullet can kill your character (as well as each your multitudinous foes), setting up how you're going to take down a room full of gangster goons is crucial. I often found myself scouting out the locations of each level, just to get familiar with where each of my enemies were. Then I'd rehearse my entry, eventual blood bath, and hopefully with come out unscathed.
Luckily, The Hong Kong Massacre's loading times are pretty short so when you die you don't have to sit with steam coming out of your ears, whilst staring at a loading screens for lengthy periods of time.
Combat-wise, The Hong Kong Massacre is quite an experience to behold. You burst through doors or windows, activate your slow-mo ability while diving horizontally through the air, watch the screen light up from all of the gunfire going off, and then land somewhere and return to real-time as the bodies of your adversaries crumble to the ground in bloody heaps.
The Hong Kong Massacre definitely isn't going to win any awards for great storytelling—but it wasn't designed to. However, what it does do it does so with panache. And that's delivering electrifying, visceral combat against beautiful, interactive environments that are sure to thrill even the most jaded action enthusiast.
The Hong Kong Massacre features some pretty nice looking graphics that make its top-down shooter gameplay truly shine. However, you want to have a pretty beefy gaming PC or gaming laptop in order to play it at a decent framerate. So, you may just want to invest in a decent gaming rig:
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Newby Bridge sits on the banks of the River Leven, which issues from the southern basin of Lake Windermere and runs into Morecambe Bay, overshadowed by the Finsthwaite Height. The village is very small, and consists of a few houses dotted along the lane leading in a northerly direction towards Lakeside.
Walk around to the western shore and you will encounter Fell Foot Park, a National Trust managed estate with lakes shores that allow swimming, fishing, and boat hire. The Leven is famed for salmon, and about a half a mile beyond the bridge, towards Backbarrow, it becomes fierce and turbulent with impressive rapids and white waters. These rapids are a draw to canoeists, where throughout the year scores of these fragile little craft, all brightly-coloured, can be seen struggling against the river's might.
Train ride in the lakes.
Along the river lane is the Newby Bridge Halt, one of the stops where you can take a short steam train journey on the Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway. Volunteers keep the Halt in immaculate order with flowers and shrubs, and when the train is standing at the platform huffing and puffing, the picture is one of a more genteel age.
Leaving the Newby Bridge on the Lakeside Road, you shortly come to Lakeside. Here there is the impressive steamer pier, the steam-railway terminus and the Lakeside Aquarium. There are plenty of interactive features for kids - the high point of which is the glass tunnel where you walk under water with fish and ducks swimming above and by your side. The Aquarium has a lovely cafe overlooking the lake and handy gift shop. From the pier you can board one of the steamers for a trip up the full-length of Windermere, calling at Bowness and Ambleside at the Lake's northern head.
Finsthwaite is a half mile from Lakeside – it comprises a collection of traditional Lakeland homes and farmsteads hidden along the lane and here and there in the fells. On the outskirts of Finsthwaite is the English Heritage managed Stott Park Bobbin Mill. The edifice is one of the few remaining and best-preserved working mills in the country. A guided visit takes about 45 minutes and it's well-worth the effort. Just north of the village church is the start of an easy, delightful walk up to High Dam. You could picnic with young children whilst admiring two of most idyllic tarns in the region on the way up.
Travel about five miles west of Newby Bridge and the foot of the lake and you come to the little village of Bouth. Tucked away, this secluded village is popular with those who come to the Lakes for an escape. Unlike Ambleside, Grasmere, Windermere and Bowness, you have true peace, set among low rolling fells.
Windermere and Coniston are a short drive to both the east and west; the Grizedale Forest Park, and the Cartmel peninsular to the south with its craggy coastline and attractive villages are great for day trips. For a fine dining experience try the White Hart Inn, hosted by Nigel Barton. It offers hearty pub grub and real ale, all served under a canopy of blackened beams, with the welcoming of a cheery log fire.
Newby Bridge, Lakeside, Finsthwaite, and Bouth are amazing places to visit. If you feel inspired to go and stay, have a look at our collection of holiday homes in the region.


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During this time, I went and listened to Runbare's, Michael Sandler at one of REI's free community workshops. Wow, what a great presenter…I was excited to use the ways Michael shared to continue my journey on discovering my healthy me! I wasn't ready to dive into the barefoot running world, but I took my shoes off more and felt the ground, and moved to a even more minimal running shoe which I love and continue to wear today…LEMS SHOES they Rock! My favorites are the Lems Primal 2's!!!


The arcane venator burst into the room sword drawn. Looking around, instead of seeing the lab supplies of a dangerous wizard, he instead sees a bare room with a man in light armor rocking in a chair in the corner. "If your looking for my employer, he has long since fled", the man quietly said "however if you are looking for entertainment, I will be happy to provide you some." "How dare you support such heathenism" said the venator "tell where the necromancer is now!" The man smiled, stood up, and said "I guess you will have to make me." The man's eyes began to glow an unearthly light. The venator lunged forward only to stop, screaming, as hundreds of skeletal hands ripped up from the floorboards to tear at his flesh.
Bonus Skills and Ranks: The arcane assertor adds Appraise and Use Magical Device to her class skills in addition to the normal inquisitor class skills. The arcane assertor gains a number of ranks at each level equal to 4 + Int modifier.
Weapon and Armor Proficiency: The arcane assertor is proficient with all simple and martial weapons, with light armor, but not with shields. An arcane assertor can cast arcane spells while wearing light armor without incurring the normal arcane spell failure chance. Like any other arcane spellcaster, an arcane assertor wearing medium armor, heavy armor, or using a shield incurs a chance of arcane spell failure if the spell in question has a somatic component. A multiclass arcane assertor still incurs the normal arcane spell failure chance for arcane spells received from other classes.
Spellcasting: The arcane assertor casts arcane spells drawn from the arcane assertor spell list, but uses her Charisma instead of her Wisdom to determine the save DCs of her spells and her bonus spells. She otherwise learns and casts her spells as an inquisitor of equal level.
Allied Spellcaster: At 1st level, an arcane assertor gains Allied Spellcaster as a bonus feat. This ability replaces monster lore.
Arcane Training: An arcane assertor can manipulate arcane energies. Starting at 1st level, an arcane assertor adds one spell from the sorcerer/wizard spell list to the inquisitor spell list. This spell must be of a level that she can cast. At 3rd level and every two levels thereafter, she can add one additional spell from the sorcerer/wizard spell list to her list. To cast any of these spells, she must choose the spell as one of her spells known.
Bloodline: At 1st level, an arcane assertor gains the sorcerer's bloodline ability. She gains her bloodline arcane and adds her bloodline skill to her list of class skills.
At 2nd level, an arcane assertor gains her first bloodline power and each subsequent bloodline power at 4th, 10th, 16th, and 20th level.
At 4th level, an arcane assertor gains her 1st–level bloodline spell and adds it to her list of spells known. Every three levels thereafter, she gains each subsequent level of bloodline spell and adds it to her list of spells known, up to her 6th–level bloodline spell. These spells are in addition to the number of spells given on Table: Inquisitor Spells Known. These spells cannot be exchanged for different spells at higher levels.
In addition, whenever she would gain a bonus teamwork feat, she may instead select a feat from her list of bloodline bonus feats. She must qualify for any bloodline feat she selects, as normal. An arcane assertor may choose any bloodline listed in the sorcerer's bloodline ability description, as well as any of their associated mutated bloodlines listed in the wildblooded archetype (see Ultimate Magic). This ability replaces domain, judgment, and true judgment.
Cantrips: The arcane assertor learns a number of cantrips, or 0-level spells, in place of orisons, as noted on Table: Inquisitor Spells Known under "Spells Known." These spells are cast like any other spell, but they do not consume any slots and may be used again. This ability replaces orisons.
Cunning Initiative (Ex): This is exactly like the inquisitor ability of the same name, except that the arcane assertor uses her Charisma modifier instead of Wisdom.
Detect Magic (Sp): At will, an arcane assertor can use detect magic, as the spell. An arcane assertor can, as a move action, concentrate on a single item or individual within 60 feet and determine if it is magical, learning the strength of its aura as if having studied it for 3 rounds. While focusing on one individual or object, the arcane assertor does not detect magic in any other object or individual within range. This ability replaces detect alignment.
Medium Armor: At 8th level, an arcane assertor gains medium armor proficiency as a bonus feat and can cast arcane spells without incurring the normal arcane spell failure chance. This ability replaces second judgment.
Greater Allied Spellcaster: At 9th level, the competence bonus granted from the Allied Spellcaster feat increase by 2, and the bonus to caster level increases by 1. This ability replaces third judgment.
Arcane Surge (Ex): At 17th level, an arcane assertor learns to focus the arcane power within her blood. Once per day as a swift action, whenever an arcane assertor uses her 1st level bloodline power, she is treated as if she were 5 levels higher for the purposes of determining the effects granted by this power. This effect last for 1 round per level of the arcane assertor. She can use this ability twice per day at 20th level. This ability replaces slayer.
Arcane assertors gain access to the following spells.
0-Level Arcane Assertor Spells—acid splash, bleed, brand, daze, detect magic, detect poison, disrupt undead, flare, light, mage hand, open/close, ray of frost, read magic, resistance, stabilize.
1st-Level Arcane Assertor Spells—abundant ammunition, alarm, ant haul, bane, bless water, burning hands, cause fear, charm person, chill touch, compel hostility, comprehend languages, corrosive touch, cure light wounds, curse water, damp powder, detect secret doors, detect undead, divine favor, endure elements, expeditious retreat, fabricate bullets, feather fall, flare burst, grease, hold portal, identify, inflict light wounds, interrogation, jump, know the enemy, lock gaze, longshot, magic missile, magic weapon, mount, obscuring mist, protection from chaos/evil/good/law, returning weapon, see alignment, shadow weapon, shocking grasp, sleep, true strike, unerring weapon, vanish, weaken powder.
2nd-Level Arcane Assertor Spells—acid arrow, aid, align weapon, arcane lock, arrow eruption, badger's ferocity, bear's endurance, bloodhound, blur, bullet shield, bull's strength, burning gaze, cat's grace, command undead, continual flame, cure moderate wounds, darkness, darkvision, daze monster, delay pain, destabilize powder, eagle's splendor, effortless armor, flaming sphere, fog cloud, gust of wind, hold person, inflict moderate wounds, invisibility, knock, levitate, protection from arrows, reloading hands, resist energy, restoration (lesser), ricochet shot, scorching ray, see invisibility, shatter, silence, spider climb, spiritual weapon, stabilize powder, tactical acumen, warding weapon, web.
3rd-Level Arcane Assertor Spells—animate dead (lesser), arcane sight, blink, burst of speed, campfire wall, chain of perdition, clairaudience/clairvoyance, cure serious wounds, daylight, deep slumber, dispel magic, displacement, draconic reservoir, eldritch fever, elemental aura, eruptive pustules, explosive runes, fireball, flame arrow, force punch, gentle repose, halt undead, haste, heroism, hold person, inflict serious wounds, invisibility purge, invisibility sphere, keen edge, lightning bolt, locate weakness, magic circle against chaos/evil/good/law, magic weapon (greater), nondetection, pain strike, pellet blast, phantom steed, protection from energy, remove disease, slow, speak with dead, tongues, water breathing, wind wall, witness.
4th-Level Arcane Assertor Spells—agonize, animate dead, bestow curse, brand (greater), charm monster, chaos hammer, contagion, cure critical wounds, curse of magic negation, darkvision (greater), dimension door, dimensional anchor, discern lies, divine power, fear, find quarry, freedom of movement, globe of invulnerability (lesser), hold monster, holy smite, interrogation (greater), invisibility (greater), locate creature, named bullet, neutralize poison, order's wrath, remove curse, restoration, sanctify armor, shadow step, stone shape, stoneskin, undead ward, unholy blight, wall of fire, wall of ice.
5th-Level Arcane Assertor Spells—absorb toxicity, atonement, baleful polymorph, banishment, blight, break enchantment, commune, cone of cold, cure light wounds (mass), dismissal, disruption weapon, feeblemind, flame strike, hallow, inflict light wounds (mass), passwall, planar adaptation, polymorph, true seeing, unhallow, wall of force, wall of stone.
6th-Level Arcane Assertor Spells—analyze dweomer, antimagic field, battlemind link, blasphemy, cure moderate wounds (mass), curse (major), dictum, dispel magic (greater), eyebite, globe of invulnerability, guards and wards, heroism (greater), holy word, inflict moderate wounds (mass), legend lore, named bullet (greater), shadow walk, sirocco, undeath to death, wall of iron, word of chaos.


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Ray Sanchez Jr. Announces Campaign for NYC City Council
Special To The ...February 03,2021
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Raymond Sanchez Jr. Esq., officially launched his campaign for the 7th City Council District today.
A Democrat with 20 years of experience across diverse sectors including government, banking, academia, non-profit and political work, Sanchez opens his campaign having raised $168,368, including expected matching funds.
Sanchez, who currently serves as the CEO of a prominent homeless services provider, Aguila Inc., said his campaign would focus on his record of service, such as helping author the city's first ever "living wage" legislation, as well as his ability to build coalitions and deliver solutions for the priorities of the district. Sanchez's campaign will be guided by a campaign slogan that reflects both his attitude and long record of service and accomplishment, "Real Talk, Real Experience, Real Action."
"Our city's recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic will require leadership that has the right combination of experience and relationships to solve problems, rebuild our city and ensure that our district is at the forefront of that effort," said Ray Sanchez, Democratic Candidate for Upper Manhattan's 7th City Council District. "I am the candidate that is best prepared to deliver for the people of Upper Manhattan, and I look forward to making my case to voters to select me as their next City Council Member in the June 22 Democratic Primary.
Since September 30, 2020, Sanchez has served as the CEO of Aguila, Inc., turning around an organization that has served our neediest New Yorkers for decades. As the organization became embroiled in conflict, the board of Aguila chose Sanchez to right the ship.
Prior to Aguila, Sanchez was counsel and senior policy manager for Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. While working for Diaz, Sanchez served as the borough president's appointee to the New York City Employees' Retirement System (NYCERS), the Franchise and Concession Review Committee (FCRC) and the Regional Economic Development Council (REDC).
In his first filing with the New York City Campaign Finance Board, Sanchez reported $36,805 in just 145 days, significantly more than many of the other candidates in the race. Support continues to grow for his campaign with over 470 contributions. With matching funds, Sanchez will have at least $168,368 in his warchest as the campaign heats up.
Sanchez also announced that his campaign has partnered with Rep'd, a technology platform designed to build a streamlined, interactive connection between voters and candidates. Sanchez is the first candidate in New York City to work with Rep'd, and is working with the platform to provide voters in the district and across the city with fast video replies about the issues facing New York City and the themes behind his campaign.
Learn more about Ray and his campaign at his official website, https://www.raysanchez4cd7.com.
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7th City Council District
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Upper Manhattan's 7th City Council District
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