Behold the TV promo and first five minutes of the Oprah Winfrey Network's Married to the Army: Alaska, premiering Nov. 18.
The reality docu-series follows seven wives of soldiers — ranking from specialist and major to the commander of the 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division– while their husbands were deployed to Afghanistan this past year.
I am looking forward to this series. Have already set a reminder to record it!


A woman accused of murdering her Air Force husband in 2007 has returned to Trumbull County after fleeing to Brazil more than 10 years ago, according to prosecutors.
Claudia C. Hoerig fled Newton Falls for her native country of Brazil on March 12, 2007 after she was accused of murdering her husband Karl Hoerig by the U.S. Marshal's Service.
Trumbull County Prosecutor Dennis Watkins announced on Wednesday night that Hoerig was in custody at the Trumbull County City Jail.
Since a warrant was issued for her arrest on April 12, 2007, authorities have been working to bring Hoerig back to Trumbull County after a murder indictment was brought against her on April 24, 2007.
Hoering is scheduled to be arraigned in the Trumbull County Common Pleas Court on Friday, January 19 at 10 a.m.


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After two were cut open in Hoshiarpur a few days ago, the ATMs of Punjab National Bank (PNB) were again the burglars' target on Sunday. In a similar fashion in Sultanpur Lodhi tehsil, `18 lakh disappeared from two vaults in the cold wee hours.
The twin-strike modus operandi was seen even in Hoshiarpur, where `23 lakh was gone in the heist of December 18. In Sultanpur Lodhi, the thieves have taken away `9.76 lakh from Dadwindi village and `8.52 lakh from Talwandi Choudhriya. Again, they had covered their faces, blinded the cabin cameras with spray, and opened the automated teller machines (ATMs) with gas cutters.
At both places, the booths were unguarded and customers noticed the theft first. "The signature is of the gang that looted the Hoshiarpur chests," said Sultanpur Lodhi deputy superintendent of police Davinder Singh. "The PNB ATMs are target, as the bank has similar security system at each place. First they opened the vault at Talwandi Choudhariya with gas cutter and then moved to Dadwindi, about 20 kilometres away," he added, confirming that police had registered a case.


When you walk past your windows, do you feel a breeze? When you open a window, does it have a life of its own and refuse to stay open? Do you have to give friends and family members special instructions for how to open or close your front door depending on the time of year? If so, then it's probably time for some new windows and doors.
There are some basic telltale signs for window and door replacement and the energy-efficient options homeowners should consider.
For windows, the signs for replacement or repair are: air infiltration, water infiltration, rotting or damaged frames and seal failures in existing glass. You may notice your double hung windows won't lift or stay up, which can be caused by one or more broken balances. Another warning sign that your window needs to be replaced is if you see moisture in-between panes. Casement windows that don't open or close properly can be caused by broken hardware or rotted wood in the sash or window frame. Rotted frames or exterior trim can create water infiltration. Deteriorating weather stripping may also cause air to leak into the home.
Some of these problems, if small, can be repaired, but if the amount of problems is too great, then replacement becomes the best option. Even though repairs may be less expensive now, they are usually just a short-term fix for what may be a long-term problem.
So how do you tell what kind of window to get? All window glass manufacturers today offer at a minimum, two layers of Low E glass and dual panes that are filled and with Argon gas. The window frame materials however, vary greatly.There are basically five core options for new window frames. They are vinyl, wood, aluminum clad, fiberglass and composite. Consulting with a knowledgeable, reputable window and door company who can explain the features and benefits of each is a must.
Doors have many of the same issues of air infiltration, water infiltration and rotting or damaged frames. If your door is difficult to operate, sticking in the summer and not in the winter, or you need to push on it to lock it, or lift up, these are all signs that a replacement may be necessary. Sometimes a service call can help with the readjustment of your sill or door hinges, but often it is better to investigate a new energy efficient entry door.
Doors are available in wood, fiberglass, and steel. Door manufacturers now offer fiberglass doors that mimic the look of wood, and offer Low E, energy efficient glass for both the door and sidelights. A new front entry door can completely transform the exterior of your home and add to the efficiency of your home. Adding a new entry door can also increase your home value.
Your home has its own style and choosing a door and door glass that fits your needs, as well as your style has never been easier. Many door manufacturers have websites where you can see different styles, but we recommend finding a showroom that has a multitude of door styles and glass offerings.


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Q: Storyboard doesn't appear to be loading properly I have a storyboard in a project I am working on, but recently I have noticed that I am having issues. Out of nowhere, my code is now telling me I need to register a class for a cell identifier
*** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInternalInconsistencyException', reason: 'unable to dequeue a cell with identifier rootCell - must register a nib or a class for the identifier or connect a prototype cell in a storyboard'

(I have the cell prototype in the storyboard, so I don't believe I need to.) if I perform
[tableView registerClass:<my class> forCellReuseIdentifier:<identifer>];
it will get beyond that, but then it hangs up when I
[self performSegueWithIdentifier:<my ID> sender:self];
and tells me that it cannot find the segue. I was able to confirm the segue is setup with the proper Identifier in the storyboard.
Does anyone know what the problem could be?
I did a rename on the storyboard a while back, but I updated info.plist and I'm pretty sure it still worked after that.
If I re-create the storyboard in another project, it works fine, but if I re-create the storyboard in this project, it fails.
EDIT: I do have the class set correctly in IB
also this is a manual segue.
EDIT: Added exact error wording.

A: I just had this happen.
Had to add [self.tableView registerClass:[UITableViewCell class] forCellReuseIdentifier:@"WhateverCellID"]; in my viewDidLoad
I was using a regular viewController, realized my mistake, and switched to a tableViewController and started getting the same error.
Alternatively use 'UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];`
Without the indexPath option this is a different call, which doesn't require registration and may suit your needs.

A: If you delete the storyboard from your iPhone/iPad/Simulator or wherever you're debugging it, and then clean in Xcode, then build & run, do you see different results? The reason I ask is that each time you build in Xcode, you get a union of everything your project has ever contained. So if you renamed the storyboard, and haven't done a full clean, you likely have both storyboards in your built product.

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SON OF A TRICKSTER by Eden Robinson ★★★★ | Kara.Reviews
Review of Son of a Trickster by Eden Robinson
Son of a Trickster
by Eden Robinson
Reviewed February 6, 2017 .
Second review: March 8, 2019
I picked up Trickster Drift when it came out, but I knew I wanted to re-read Son of a Trickster to refresh my memory before I started the sequel. I'm really glad I did. It has given more an extended visit to Jared's world, and what an interesting world this is.
I really love this book, and re-reading it has only increased my appreciation for its depth and the skill of Robinson's writing. My earlier review goes into more detail, and my experience this time around provoked a lot of the same reactions. In particular, Robinson's deft pop culture and SF references are so great.
One thing that changed this time around? In my first review, I was critical of how Robinson mixes magic and quantum mechanics. It's a trope that's so common I feel it's cliché, and I was looking at it through that lens. This time around, though, I've changed my mind. I actually really like how the fireflies, in particular, attempt to explain what's happening to Jared in the best way they can manage with our words. Robinson is really making the point that magic isn't necessarily undiscovered or uncomprehended science; it's actually a wholly different way of examining our world as it relates to other universes. It's something that we ordinary humans just aren't equipped to understand, like a missing sense or organ, but some people, like Jared, are immersed in it.
Highly recommend this book, and the sequel.
First review: February 6, 2017
Son of a Trickster came across my Twitter feed one day and I knew I had to read it. I'm trying to read more books by Indigenous authors, and this one looked really good. Sure enough, it's a smart and savvy novel that delivers great characters and dialogue, never compromising on its message while still remaining entertaining. Thanks to NetGalley and Knopf for providing me with an ARC.
Jared, like Eden Robinson herself, is Haisla and Heiltsuk and lives in Kitimat, British Columbia. When we first meet him, as a young boy, his parents are moving west—following work—and his maternal grandmother is being mean to him, claiming his father isn't really his father but that he is instead Wee'git's son, a trickster's son. In contrast, Jared's paternal grandmother showers him with affection and remains a source of support throughout much of the intervening years. Jumping ahead to when Jared is 16, the novel shows us a very different world: Jared lives with his mom, who wants him to have nothing to do with his father, though he is secretly giving money to his father and stepsister. He's basically just trying to keep his head down, get through school, make enough money to help out his family, etc. But people, and other beings, keep getting in the way.
Son of a Trickster does not pull its punches when it comes to the bleakness of its situation. In many ways it reminds me of Lullabies for Little Criminals . In both cases, the protagonist lives in poverty with negligent parents. Jared has somewhat more agency than Baby did, a function of his age, gender, and particular circumstances: he is still in school, and at 16 he has started figuring out how to earn his own cash. But make no mistake: this is not a "feel good" novel of "redemption." There is a lot of swearing and a lot of darkness. Jared seems inexorably to jump from frying pan to fire, and the cloying sheen of the "it gets better" after-school special is nowhere to be seen.
I love Jared as a character. He's just so … 16, but that mature kind of 16 that crops up when you can't rely on your parents. And he is just so good. He could easily embrace crime, start dealing drugs like Richie and his mom want him to, start carrying a gun and becoming a heavy … but he deliberately pushes that out of his life. He goes over to his next-door neighbour to shovel her drive and help her with chores. He works assiduously to earn enough money to help out his dad. Yes, he smokes pot and makes pot cookies for his largest source of income (he also has a paper route). But Robinson captures that paradox of being 16: you're too old to be called a child but too young to be treated fully like an adult.
Jared is still in school, trying to survive Grade 10 in this book, and that's kind of amazing given all the shit he has to deal with. Sometimes he has to take buses across town to give money to his stepsister to pay off his dad's back rent … and still he tries to study and do his homework. Sure, he isn't always successful—but when some kids would drop out, Jared perseveres. And note that I'm not trying to hold up Jared as some kind of anomaly among 16-year-olds—quite the opposite, in fact. I think many authors underestimate adolescents, but that isn't the case here.
Nor is Jared pure. He has his share of flaws, makes his share of mistakes. He drinks, even blacks out, and then others have to fill him in on the poor choices he made (hello, viral videos). But there are also times he doesn't black out, or times he doesn't make the poorer choice, and Robinson shows us those too. The former are just as important as the latter, because it's their contrast that makes him a worthwhile protagonist—and, in the end, it's the choices that Jared makes to confront those past choices that makes him change and grow.
The setting helps to amplify Jared's struggle for the reader. I'm quite harsh on Jared's mom here, because I think she's irresponsible in her parenting, but I am sympathetic to the challenges she faces as a single parent with no stable income. I've seen the effects of poverty on families, especially among First Nations youth in an urban environment. The conditions that Robinson depicts in Son of a Trickster are real. Nevertheless, I've been fortunate enough in my life never to experience poverty myself. I've never known the sensation of not knowing what I'm eating that same day, or lived under the sword of the utility company cutting my power. Jared's precariousness is a constant presence in this novel, and Robinson represents it in a way that underscores its significance for readers who might otherwise be ignorant of its effects.
This is also an extremely tech and culturally savvy novel. It's subtle, but by the end of the book I had really come to appreciate how Robinson weaves these elements throughout the book. Jared corresponds with several people via text or Facebook message; the later is his principal mode of communication with Nana Sophia. Robinson's voice in these moments is very accurate; she captures the atmosphere created by these media. Also, I just love the nerdy references to shows like Doctor Who and Battlestar Galactica , most of which originate from a rez kid, George, who insists Jared start calling him by the "callsign" of Crashpad. Indigenous people, particularly Indigenous youth, are underrepresented as it is in literature—but when they do put in an appearance, there is a tendency to ground them almost exclusively in Indigenous iconography (and often generic or mistaken iconography at that). These stereotypes are so pervasive that our Prime Minister recently commented at a town hall that the youth he spoke with want "canoe storage" over rec centres with WiFi. (Insert audible eyerolling here.) Robinson combats this stereotype quite neatly here, for Crashpad might live on the reserve, but he and his friends are just as phone-obsessed, Internet binging, sci-fi watching as teenagers of any stripe.
When Haisla/Heiltsuk traditions and history are referenced, it's because it relates to the plot or characters in some way. Jared learns a little bit about how his maternal grandmother's experiences at residential school affected her. Several of the women in his life, from his mother to Nana Sophia to some others I won't spoil, are "witches" with access to powers and spells; other characters share with Jared a heritage that is more-than-human. There's a bit of an American Gods vibe happening here, although I recognize the latter is a pastiche of various religions and mythologies whereas this one is much more about Jared's personal journey through the cultures that lay claim to him.
As I don't have the cultural background necessary to critique how Robinson portrays these elements, I'm not going to go into much detail there. However, I wasn't sold on the way she uses the firefly beings that Jared sees to try to syncretize the magic with quantum mechanics. Any time someone tries to use quantum mechanics as an excuse for magic, a little alarm bell labelled "what the bleep to we know" goes off in my brain. It's not that I'm against attempts to explain magic in pseudoscientific ways—that can be fun, because this is, after all, fiction. Nevertheless, these kinds of attempts at equivalency tend to muddle what is already a muddy subject, because quantum mechanics is counter-intuitive and poorly explained, let alone understood. I think I get why Robinson did this, but I could have done without that entire element. Thankfully, it isn't a huge part of the plot and is easy enough to ignore.
In addition to the tech/culture savviness, I love the subversive moments, like this one where Robinson has characters confront the gender binary. For all that I loved most of the dialogue, I actually only highlighted one passage in this book:
"No, you don't understand. I'm not regretting it. I'm saying I don't believe in monogamy, but I don't fall in the sack with just anyone. And I certainly don't believe in gender the way you do, and you've made it clear that you find my ways 'pervy.'"
"I'm normally attracted to people willing to push heteronormative boundaries."
Jacob felt his eye twitching. "So you're gay?"
"There you go," Sarah said. "Thinking in Western binaries again."
"So you're not gay."
"It's like talking to a wall," Sarah said through gritted teeth. "Do you even listen to anything I say?"
"But what does that mean? For us?"
"It means you confuse the hell out of me. I'm frustrated."
"Well, that's a big ditto."
"You're so retro. How can I be with someone who still defines himself as strictly male?"
"So you like chicks? Or guys … or both? Is that, like, the trans one or the bi?"
Sarah stopped swinging her legs and coolly considered him. She hopped down. "You're so not getting laid tonight."
I'm so-so on Sarah as a character, but I like the romance/not-a-romance between her and Jared. Again, it feels a lot less contrived or stereotypical than how these kinds of relationships are so often portrayed in books featuring young adults.
As far as classifying this book, I suppose it might be called a "young adult novel", though this is an example of how that label never really feels appropriate. This is a book adults should be reading, and a book that adolescents could read and enjoy too. Yes, there is sex and swearing and drugs and drinking in it. If you think your adolescent isn't aware of these things among their peers and even participating in such things themselves, I have a pipeline I can sell to you.
I like the ending. I said before that this is not a novel of redemption, and I stand by that. This is a bleak book—but it's bleakness with a hopeful ending. Like many such novels, it hits us hard and fast with so much that can go wrong in an adolescent's life—and then it reminds us that there is always still hope. And I like that, for all that this book is about Jared's potential link to a Trickster figure, the conclusion is ultimately about Jared becoming more of who he already is rather than trying to shape-shift his identity to match something he is not.
Son of a Trickster , then, is fantastic. I like its representation of an Indigenous teen (for what my opinion as a settler is worth), not that this is surprising considering its #ownvoices origin. Beyond this cultural dimension, though, I just love the book itself. The plot, setting, and characters all come together to deliver a breathtaking and beautiful book, and this is me holding my hand out saying, "Um, sequel please!"
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In the process of 100% printing there can be unpainted lines at width of 1mm on the packet sides. (pic.1).
Such cases are acceptable, and they can be on up to 10% of the whole run. The other 90% of printing is even and there are no unpainted lines (pic.2).
While applying printing form (cliché) over the cylinder, a gap of 1mm width remains between two edges of the cliché (pic.3). In this way, on each turn of the cylinder the line which comes under that gap remains unpainted usually 10% . That is why, this kind of deviation is agreed to be allowed. If the customer does not want to have this non printing then it is possible to apply double printing at extra cost.
Even with lower than 100% printing there will be also unprinted lines at the edges of the packets of 10 mm (5mm+m5mm) width (pic.4).
The ideal look of the packet with 100% printing should be as it is shown in the picture 8.
To avoid such kind of situation (especially if the printing on the edges of the packet is different) they recommend to the customer to have some size interval from 3-10mm in the presented example from each side of edges up to the zone (pic. 4).
With double printing the edges of the packet have extra paint (in the gap of the cliché edges it is applied a printing of 1-5mm, just to avoid white unprinted zones) (pic. 1).
Double printing has an extra payment required. We should mention that with double printing the colour is perceptably a bit darker .(pic.11 & 12).
While using cliché of cylindrical form there are no unprinted zones at the edges of the packet. This is because the cliché is made without any gaps (pic.13), so the whole printing space is fully painted.
The negative side of this kind of printing is the long period of 1-3 months to produce the cliché and it is also much more expensive than the usual printing form.
This form of printing is only to a customers special order.


It can be tough to become an F&I Manager when you have no experience. As a general rule, dealerships are looking for candidates who have a proven track record of strong PVR and CSI.
But alas, we have all been there at one point, trying our best to land that first finance gig.
Sometimes, you get lucky – Maybe you know a General Manager at a dealership. Other times, it takes years of work and perseverance.
Programs like FinanceManagerTraining.com offer online F&I school where you can learn nearly everything there is to know about how to become an F&I Manager. It only costs $99 per month and even provides an F&I certificate.
Salespeople have a reputation for sloppy paperwork. Make sure your deals are clean and have all the necessary documents ready for the finance office. An F&I Manager routinely juggles up to 10 deals at any one time and needs impeccable paperwork and organizational skills.
Take an interest in the products that your dealership offers. You can even ask to go over them with your Finance Manager. With your manager's permission, try your hand at selling a product or two during the test drive or pencil. Showing that you can sell product while on the sales floor will show management that you are a true closer in multiple sections of the dealership.
Once you have a reputation as a salesperson with strong paperwork and who can sell a product or two, you can offer to be a fill-in for when an F&I manager is sick or busy. This gives you access to further hone your skills.
Finance and Insurance (F&I) managers are one of the most valuable employees in a dealership.
Because of this, Dealerships don't hire just anyone to take charge of their finance operation.
In most cases, an F&I manager starts as a salesperson and earns a promotion after a few years and a solid track record of sales success. In fact, an F&I manager is essentially a salesperson who deals with F&I products, rather than auto's, boats, rv's etc.
We've laid out 10 tips for you on how to become an F&I manager.
Maximize your skill sets by getting all the available training related to your desired job title. To climb the ladder, it's necessary to always be on top of your game and the best at utilizing the tools used in your field. After all, you can't be the manager if you don't master the ins and outs of your department.
Don't be selective when it comes to entertaining customers. Treat customers with respect and courtesy at all times. It also helps to ensure that your customers are at ease, so they're more likely to express their needs. Facilitate an open dialogue with potential customers to know how you can assist them, as this can help you close a deal.
Use available training to your advantage or learn from the best-performing employees on how to improve the flow of conversation. Training can equip you with the information you need to handle objections and other negative scenarios, so you can promote products without appearing too eager or pushy. This can then increase customer satisfaction, and translate into a closed deal.
Keep your sales talk within the issue at hand and avoid engaging in controversial topics, such as politics. In the workplace in general and when dealing with customers, it's best if you keep conversations light and professional. You should listen to what your customers have to say, but as much as possible, stay on topic and keep your focus on closing deals.
As a salesperson, you understand the importance of checking in on your customers, even after the sale. It's done not simply out of an unwritten protocol, but to make sure that your customers are satisfied. You also get important feedback, and learn about the good and bad things, not only in terms of products and services, but also your performance.
Post-sale follow-ups help you to establish a relationship with your clients that possibly extend beyond the first closed deal.
If you're determined to climb the corporate ladder, you'll probably spend many years navigating the same circle, and it's helpful if your customers remember many good things about you. Remember, loyal customers will help you close more deals with positive feedback and word-of-mouth recommendations.
Modern F&I platforms allow customers to choose products they like, and make adjustments in terms of product options and payments.
Also, note that some products are known to require a lot of trial closes, so don't give up if the deal isn't closed with just one try. Be persistent and offer alternatives to effectively close the deal.
Having a degree in accounting or finance is an advantage, but it alone doesn't guarantee that you'll become an F&I manager. Most dealerships accept applicants with a bachelor's degree, although some take their chances on applicants with enough grit, persistence, and talent. But classes on business, math, marketing, and technology can help you build more confidence in the long run.
Also, you're aiming for a highly competitive position, so you should be skilled at F&I processes and products. The more you learn and experience the processes, you get familiar and adept with the business, the factors that influence its success and failure, consumer behaviors, and buying trends.
You can use F&I technologies to give a compelling presentation to your customers. Use strategies to engage your prospective customers and prevent boredom. Once you hold their attention, aim to build trust, as this is the key element to closing the sale.
F&I managers deal with various responsibilities. Some of their day-to-day activities include trying to complete deals, boosting profits, handling customer issues, and doing paperwork. F&I managers are also rated based on their average back-end profits. The job is extremely technical, and success relies on great salesmanship.
Overall, this position is rewarding—financially and professionally—but don't expect things to be easy. In sales, success isn't based on seniority. It's not uncommon for young people to climb the ladder. But the job can be particularly tough if you're new to it, so it pays to learn from your boss initially.
An F&I manager position isn't up for grabs to those who simply decide that they want it. Instead, the position is given to the company's top sellers who have already established their skills.
With enough training, experience, and success in sales, you should take the leap once a financial manager position becomes available.
In some cases, it's easier to get promoted in the company where you started, but for F&I managers, taking better offers and switching companies aren't unheard of.
After a couple of years in the position, F&I managers rarely shift or go elsewhere because of the high financial rewards that their job entails. But others consider different tracks, like working as bank representatives, product trainers, and brokers for top companies.
To be an F&I manager, you first need to get your foot in the door and prove your capability as a salesperson. You can increase your chances of getting in the field if you already have sales experience. And usually, the top salespeople are given the position after several years, where they have the choice to stay or move up. Putting in the work and hours is necessary to become an F&I manager.


Destiny is our online libary catalog but it does much more then just help you find library books. Below is a list of tools that students can access on Destiny.
The Orange County Public library has a long list of online databases that you can use. Many of them are free to access, the other ones simply require you to sign up for a libray card (which is free) and you will be able to access all of their databases.
ABC-Clio is a colection of online social studies databaes. These databses are in invaulauble source for our students that are worknig on research projects.
* ABC-Clio requires a password from your home computer. If you log in to Destiny, you can search the database using OneSearch without needing an additional password.
Encycopedia Britanics Online is the digital form of the widely popular encyclopedia. Not only does this site have tons of great information for doing research, it also has pictrues, videos, "how to" tutorials (how to write a science report, research paper, and many others.
* Encyclopedia Britanica Online requires a password from your home computer. If you log in to Destiny, you can search the database using OneSearch without needing an additional password. You can also log directly into the site by using the following logic.
Discovery Education has searchable educational videos and articles based mainly on science. To search Discovery Education, students must log into Destiny and use OneSearch to search this database.


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Mrs Midnight
I'm due to start below another of my gradual real-time reviews, turning leitmotifs into a gestalt. A book I recently purchased from the publisher and received today (its official launch date). And it is entitled:-
Mrs Midnight and other stories – by Reggie Oliver
Tartarus Press 2011
CAVEAT (1): Spoilers are not intended but there may be inadvertent ones. You may wish (i) to take that risk and read my review before or during your own reading of the book, or (ii) to wait until you have finished reading it. In either case, I hope it gives a useful or interesting perspective.
CAVEAT (2): 'You Have Nothing To Fear' – that I feel proud is appearing in the above book – was originally published for its first appearance during 2010 in my edited anthology NULL IMMORTALIS. Incidentally, in the latter book, there remains uncollected an anonymous item of quite separate text that many of its readers have credited rightly or wrongly to Reggie Oliver. Furthermore, very recently, I have published his 'Flowers of the Sea' in 'The HA of HA' anthology, a story that – among some other candidates for greatness within that very book – I seriously deem categorisable as the classic Horror Story of all time.
All my other real-time reviews are linked from here: http://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/ (30 Sep 11)
"For about a week or so I put the Old Essex out of my mind. I was heavily into meetings with some producers about hosting a new Reality TV show called Celebrity Dog Kennel."
A hilarious, frightening pan-horror-in-a-trepannier, rough-diamond monologue-narration – pickled with 'pillocks' as well as grand guignol – about a trannie Rippertime Good Old Days act who ("fitting together the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle") dabbled in something called Zoophagy now hauntingly coming back to life as an Old Essex Dale Farm type gypsy or bag-lady amid modern media folk, steeped, as such folk usually are, in much from-off-the-top-of-the-head 'reality'-humiliation and ambition. [Very apt because only yesterday I watched the latest episode in Big Brother now on Channel 5 where Housemates concocted a mock-task for themselves of being pet-dogs following the previous day's King Kong type ape act that the housemates (seemingly) believed was a real ape. I'd eat my own brains rather than miss this programme, watching it as I have done since 1999.] (30 Sep 11 – two hours later)
Countess Otho
"'He kept saying that you were his "bairn" and that if it weren't for him you wouldn't be there.'"
For a moment, I wondered if that was a typo for 'brain' and we were in for some latent trepanning because, like the previous story, this is a haunting fable of 'celebrity' – with some pretty wicked digs (from a real character in the story if not from the fictional author himself) at autograph-humters and "Book People" who crowd round the 'stage-door' of Fame ready to entice inscriptions as marks upon permanence. I am a Book Person as many who were involved in the recent Ebook Wars will attest – and this very Tartarean book is, in itself, a stiff-paged, aesthetic tome of some irresistible, if not immoveable, 'weight'. And this story of the near-past deals with the 'mothballs' of a more distant past when life was cross-sectioned with real objects and art-deco weightinesses and tangible pages of playwright-manuscripts that literally affect you with their bulk as well as their more airy-fairy words. With Ebooks, everything is airy-fairy, I guess. So, this is a tale of words transcending time itself by dint of their printed form as a bequest from those who have died but can, seemingly, return to life using such 'weighty' words as vehicle. Treat this review of mine as a madness 'speech' on the stage of literature via electronic means. Imagine me straining through the computer screen at you with the words as pungent memorabilia-mothballs … and shudder! [Well, this theatrical story of an acting-Poe-understudy in the pre-internet 1980s evoked all that in me.] (30 Sep 11 – another 2 hours later)
Meeting with Mike
"The night before I flew to Switzerland Princess Helen took me to see Parsifal at Convent Garden."
Meeting with Mike or with Mr Millar is a moot point. Suffice to say this is a ghost writer's mission to represent the autobiography of some East European ex-King in the face of some deeply secret psychological clinic in Switzerland – a sort of King Kong in traction of terminal self-will. It just had to be Switzerland, I guess. But I cannot convey the power of this story (the first real story story in this book so far) because I am infected by the same desperate inability to communicate, an inability inherent in this quote from it: "The notion that a human being might possess a personality which could be conveyed to the reader was quite alien…" and "It looked like a great cauliflower, or possibly – the thought occurred to me – a brain." The same piecemeanl dismemberment implied by this book's earlier Zoophagy? And now the book's page-paper is a posh hotel's more tenuous 'onion skin' headed note-sheets – through which one can see further than just the membrane? (30/9/11 – another 4 hours later)
The Dancer in the Dark
"'Never trust old men in a hurry.'"
A substantial and charming (up to a point) story of theatrical doings, the 'darling' and temperamental and 'oft-living-in-the-past' cast of a lacklustre production that tours, inter alia, to a Brighton theatre. A spooky ghost story ("seance on a hot afternoon"?) mixed with sexual 'farce' and an old-devilment of grotesque proportions, but that's not the play, that's the story surrounding the play! With 'The Emperor Waltz' as 'leitmotif' – and the hard-copy, non-pixel appearance of Mrs Thatcher and her husband Denis from the eighties, the latter making ghosts realler than real ebook people today! Only Oliver can bring off all these ingredients and still send me to bed (later) dreading to glimpse aickmanites or fur-coated shadows in the corner of my bedroom. The gay scene on Brighton sea-front late at night will also stay with me, much against my will…. [Recommended further reading: the 'Dancing on Air' story by Frances Oliver reviewed by me here.] (1 Oct 11)
I first read the next story in April 2010 as part of my real-time review here and I copy below the text of that part of my review. (1 Oct 11 – thirty minutes later)
Mr Pigsny "Very few of us are good at finding ourselves funny." I am already a big fan of Reggie Oliver's fiction that has appeared in the last few years in books from The Haunted River, Ash-Tree Press and Ex Occidente Press. This story is a very worthy addition to the Reggie Oliver canon, one that I enjoyed immensely. It tells of the interface between my own 'all mouth and trousers' home territory of Essex and Academia, through family and other odd connections to the funeral of a well-known gangster. At that interface is the Pan-like Mr Pigsny. This story crams in much MR Jamesians and Aickmannerisms and Guy N Smiths. But essentially Oliveriable. It also serendipitously echoes many of the themes in this book's previous stories. The aftertaste is wonderful. As if I have met someone real who has visited my office. "'Well, what if there isn't an explanation? Or what if there is one, but I couldn't make you understand it, not in a million years? What if just there aren't words in the poxy English language to express a meaning…'" (3 Apr 10 – another 2 hours later)
The Brighton Redemption
"There is a very great deal of vice in Brighton. Even though I arrived here only a few days ago, I have already seen it with my own eyes."
A diary account from 1885 of dark and disturbing ecclesiaticism, conveying Christian redemptive traditions when allied with Dantean fatalism and with the shocking implications of, inter alia, unending pain when soon-to-die children are delayed baptism… No Brighton farce here. Very effective. Too effective. [I am unclear exactly why but further recommended reading: my own story here.] And several versions of 'bilocation', e.g: "My ordinary self sleeps while my inner self is alive in the words of the liturgy." (1 Oct 11 – another 2 hours later)
From my review here:
You Have Nothing To Fear: The title is the essence of Ligottianism. This story is a substantial story – like Lucien's Menagerie – and may be considered as a lost leader. But, no, it is the essence of Nemonymity and Null Immortalis; it needs to be read deeply as well as shallowly. It conveys much with great character studies, the slippage of personality through folly, the uncanny infiltration by celebrity, a satire as well as a horror about solitary existence in attempts to rescue any relationships from a Jungian nightmare that is us. A Warholian wellhole. English Society in an angst of autumn leaves plastered against the wind-screen. Bloody Ada. "Did you notice how her face suddenly comes alive when she's frightened?" (4 Aug 10 – another 3 hours later)
Indeed we have nothing to fear.
The Philosophy of the Damned: "The raising of the curtain on the first act was to him like the coming of dawn to a traveller by night, an event of unblemished hope." …indeed, the opening of any theatrical event that one has long anticipated in child-like trepidation and pleasure – and a new substantial story by Reggie Oliver is no exception. Petropol in the 1919 Crimea … and the theatre manager – himself with some trepidation – hires a new troupe. One that provides a zoo-like climax that is attuned to earlier caged simians in this book – and other anthropomorphic tricks: anthropomorphism that works both ways! This is another Reggie Oliver theatrical weird fiction classic of Hadean elegance – so fitting for this Hadean book. And its ending is so provincial in quite a perfectly unexpected, but comforting and home-is-where-the-heart-is, manner, after all the dream-envisaged D.P. Wattian cabarets-bouffes that preceded it within this book and this story itself – and the Red Army that hearsay tells us followed it given no prior escape that fiction is supposed to provide in the guise of escapism. (24 Jul 11 – another 3 hours later)
From my review here (in the current book re-titled as The Mortlake Manuscript*):
The Black Metaphysical*: A substantive fiction artfully combining an acquired sense of theatrical absurdity with serious MR Jamesian-like, Cabbalistic, Antiquarian, Christian-mythical revelation with what I instictively know are Meyrink-Praguesque concerns nibbling away at the back of the words. Spiced with scholarly sex. And shadowy Aickmen seen out of the corner of the reader's eye. A complex viewpoint via text and inner-text by exegesis. But it flows better as an entertaining story than those observations portend. A delight to read today just before Christmas Eve. A Reggie Oliver treat. In the Golem Heights. "Evening light filtered through the armorial stained glass windows at the end of the long room, painting the polished floorboard with azure, gules and or." (23 Dec 09)
"This ought, I suppose, to have been a moment of supreme drama, but somehow it was not."
Indeed at the point of reading that sentence just now, a magazine was delivered through my front door called 'Look' (a free local community advertising paper that has not yet transmuted from being junk mail in real life into junk mail on the internet). And I wonder if this story is a sort of practical joke. A commercial break for fiction as contrived theatrical drama, fixing action as something nostalgicaly available in hard print having appeared from a stylised world beyond our own? This is where a lacklustre play becomes a lacklustre story with all the requisite twist and turns and cardboard characters of a past-laden whodunnitish melodrama. It does have a splendidly conveyed 'genius loci', however, in Kenya, an ex-pat snootiness of a social crowd surrounding a 'white'-based theatre set up amid natives. But I am fooled, perhaps. There is a half-breed, half-blend theme here I can't truly fathom, i.e. a mysterious corporal punishment that is not only dealt out to one of the characters but also to any reader who steps out of line by mis-appreciating the art that creates it. I shall need to re-read this story one day so as to try harder as currently I am unworthy. (1 Oct 11 (heatwave day) – another 3 hours later)
The Giacometti Crucifixion
"…a whole crowd of rooks, a 'building' of them, if I may use the correct ornthological term, rises as one from the elms and begins to wheel about above the trees uttering their distinctive 'kaa, kaa' sound."
Dependent on your own upbringing and temperament, you may need to turn a blind eye to the implied political / artistic intentions ('intentional fallacy' or not) of the narrator / author, but, notwithstanding such considerations, this is probably – based on my own wide experience of it – one of two genuine masterpieces of modern horror fiction (i.e. together with, in my biased view, 'Flowers of the Sea') with its unseen back stylishly carved as well as its seen front. There is a story-within-a-story that is MR Jamesian and outdoes the best of MR James (and I don't say that lightly). The fact that it is 'spoken aloud' on such stiff paper adds to the rook-'building', 'mystique of an artist', anthropomorphic puppetry as reality (and vice versa) – together with a puckish near-farcical humour that, incredibly, enhances the horror rather than diminishes it. It sort of encapsulates all the previous themes (spiritual and ghost-story and pan-horror and human frailty and reincarnation and/or redemption and/or revenge) and more. And the last line of this story, if original, should become a seasoned proverb credited to this author. How on Earth or in Heaven or by Hell can the final two stories in this book (as yet unread by me) follow this one! [There is a fragile bi-ped frame of eternity not only within us but also within the books we read. The ka that is a swarm-instinct as well as a singular culture.] (1 Oct 11 – another 2 hours later)
A Piece of Elsewhere
"I should have got meself a blotting paper coffin."
This is what I call retrocausal British 1950s horror – where a nightmare about a stream-of-consciousness catchphrase comedian leads to worse nightmares in real life. A boy stays with his twin Aunt – and all-mouth-and-trousers characters and spiritualism… An early codswallop coda for this book that makes a grab for my own party piece.
[Regarding the previous two stories, further recommended reading: two of my own short fictions: here and here.] (1 Oct 11 – another 2 hours later)
Minos or Rhadamanthus
"He knew even while he experienced it that the strange unburdened interlude was to be savoured, bitten through to its core."
…until reaching one's nemonymous night. The boys of St Cyprian's (or, in my case, Colchester Royal Grammar School of the 1950s and 1960s with all its slipper-thwacking prefects designate) were due to meet – Whovian style? – the Head and Mrs Head or, simply, their own version of Flanders Field. I cannot do justice to this final codification. But it does explain, perhaps, the choices that one has regarding the earlier mysterious punishment in 'The Look':
All Artwork in the book by Reggie Oliver – including that above on the inner back-flap.
"The boys of St Cyprian's became oddly familiar with the geography and personnel of Tartarus." (1 Oct 11 – another 4 hours later)
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Drinking beer is better than being with 99% of men/women.
Roughly, only 1% of people will provide you with an intimate proximate long-term relationship (deemed compatible) that is preferable to drinking a glass of your favorite beer. It doesn't take much imagination to understand the difficulties in finding a voluntary partner with which we are compatible. How many variables are involved? Genetic, life-style, constitutional, location, paradigmatic, idiosyncratic transient preference, etc. The probability of finding relationship compatibility must be far less than 1%, it's probably at most 0.1%.
This holds true for non-beer drinkers as well. It would still be better to drink beer than to be in an intimate proximate long-term relationship with that incompatible someone. The momentary displeasure of taste would be less than the displeasure of being in an incompatible relationship. The momentary stumble for an ascetic (for whatever reason) will prove less troublesome than a long-term incompatible "trigger" relationship full of strife and horror.
Of those unfortunate souls who find themselves in a tribulative incompatible relationship with one of the 99%, it's common sense that grief levels will far outweigh any possible grief produced by responsibly drinking a glass (or two or three) of your favorite beer. They will probably drink beer anyway, so remove the grief and you are left with a better situation, and you get to drink beer.
I don't see how this would need to be defended any further? It seems self-evident.


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Mike Jackson has been writing for high-profile publications for 16 years, primarily in the video game industry, but also covering tech. Mike is an obsessed video game hoarder with hundreds of games spanning a 30-year collection. An entire room in his house is dedicated to Super Mario, and he thinks the Nintendo Switch is "the best invention in human history." Counseling may be necessary.


Whatever your age or interest, there is so much to learn at mima.
We run a lively programme of events and activities for schools (from aged 3 years upwards), colleges and universities, families, babies and toddlers, young people, artists and for people with a general curiosity about art. Inspiration is taken from all around us, including exhibitions, our collections, and the building itself.


Online retailers are booming and a lot of brick and mortar stores are floundering. The physical stores that cannot keep up with customer's new needs are wondering why their superior product at a lower price point isn't enough to keep the customers around. The truth is that the consumer in the retail market today requires a lot to keep them as a loyal customer. They are looking for the best value product and today, that means they are using the showroom technique to shop for a product in store, and then they are turning around to look for a better value online.
The VIP membership is what Fabletics offers their customers to get them a better deal, keep them satisfied, and keep their customers around at the same time. When customers sign up for the $50 per month commitment, they are signing in for a stylist service that hand picks athletic wear pieces especially for them each month. $50 doesn't buy a lot in the athletic wear realm at the moment, maybe one pair of good quality sport leggings. On Fabletics, the dollar gets the members a lot more. With Fabletics, the monthly $50 can buy a customer a pair of leggings, a sport bra top, and a zip up that layers over the top. The entire outfit can be purchased for less than the price of one pair of leggings in comparable stores. Based on price and value alone, Fabletics is already the better deal which keeps the customers coming back for more each month.
The service offered by Fabletics is giving customers something far more valuable than just a new outfit. They are offering a service with their membership that helps to keep shopping for activewear in the busy woman's life a pleasurable and modern experience. The outfits hand picked for her are delivered right to her computer screen, so she can easily click and have it delivered right to her door. Because she is being delivered the hand picked styles straight to her inbox and account, she doesn't have to waste time shopping and clicking around for products that are unsuitable for her needs and style. Time is money after all, and she's not wasting her time or money with the Fabletics service. Payment is already saved on the site, she knows the time frame that she will be shopping for clothes, and she knows how much she will be spending. The consistency and ease of the VIP membership becomes a valuable part of her lifestyle.
Fabletics VIPs have become very excited about the opening of brick and mortar stores. In fact, the VIP members are the prime customers at the physical locations. The members are so happy to experience Fabletics that experiencing the store is another realm of the Fabletics brand. Offerings at the store are tailor fit to each location using data science from the website, further enhancing the user experience by offering trends and styles popular with the local customer style type.
This entry was posted in Fashion on January 21, 2017 by realestateAsh.


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Sustainability October 18, 2022
Hydrogen blending demonstration with fuel cells
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a) the position for which they are employed must coincide with the ones mentioned in a special list.
b) the position is an integrated part of a specialized department of informatics as specified in the organizational status.
c) has a diploma released by an university in the field required and the tasks for the position occupied are related to its specialities.
d) the employer registered in the previous fiscal year (and has distinctly registered this in its accounting) due to activities devoted to computer programming creation for commercial purposes an annual income of at least 10.000 US dollars (equivalent in RON) for each employee that benefits from this tax deduction.
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