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Album sequels: 4 that relive the magic
Monday, July 9, 2012 at 11:59 AM
Suge Knight
They say lightning never strikes twice in the same place, but these music acts have tried (pretty darn successfully) to make the second time a charm. We're taking album sequels, a concept mostly championed by the hip-hop community but which also has been big among classic and prog rockers. Here are four of our faves:
Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music
The Chicago quartet ended its original run in 2000 with the grandiose, Cure-tinged Machina/The Machines of God. That album baffled many with its intricate mythology and lesson in alchemy, so many were relieved when Billy Corgan and Co. released Machina II FOR FREE later that year. A more stripped-down and sincere offering, it was also the first album by a major band released on the Internet for no price. A 2013 re-release of Machina will include a physical version of its sequel - which was up until now limited to 25 copies.
Standout track: Home
Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell
HEY! Judge not, lest ye be judged. You know you rocked out to "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" back in the day. Before he was the angry Hulk of Celebrity Apprentice, the arteest whose Christian name is Marvin Lee Aday had a lot of cred. He was in "Rocky Horror Picture Show" and "Fight Club." And though he had a little, ahem, meat on his bones, he could still make the ladies swoon. This 1993 comeback album was really composed of redo-s of songwriter Jim Steinman's work, but it's definitely not Steinman's who's the household name these days.
Standout track: I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)
Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No World for Tomorrow Consider C&C's oeuvre the "Star Wars" of emo-metal. Their first four albums told a complicated, compelling space-age tale that would make even the most schooled "Matrix" expert furrow his brow. Then with 2010's Year of the Black Rainbow, they brought the narrative to prequel land. (Obsessives should check out "The Amory Wars," the graphic novel series based on the albums.) It's 2007's No World for Tomorrow that was particularly genius - staying in line with the Amory plotline but also allowing front man Claudio Sanchez to reflect personally. ("Justice in Murder" is an homage to his deceased aunt Antonia.) This duality - not to mention the dichotomy of Geddy Lee-like vocals soaring over ferociously dark riffs - makes NWFT one of the best album sequels.
Standout track: The Running Free
The one and only! (Well, except for this guy.) As we breathlessly await his Chinese Democracy aka Detox, we can still celebrate this end-of-the-'90s triumph. Originally titled The Chronic 2001, until Suge Knight nabbed the name for a compilation, this party staple was the rap sequel that set the standard for the wave of hip-hop offspring in the aughts. His bombastic Coachella headlining performances proved that thankfully we haven't yet forgot about Dre.
Standout track: The Next Episode
Occur Goes Global - The Music of Antigua and Barbuda
Basia Bulat steps into the light with 'Shadow'
Melissa Bobbitt Music Industry 0
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EnvironmentGlobal28 June 2018
ICAO approval of CORSIA standards praised by aviation industry
Agreement will provide clarity in government and airline preparations for carbon offsetting, but more work still to be done says Air Transport Action Group (ATAG).
The aviation industry has hailed the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) after it delivered a key step in implementing the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA).
At a meeting in Montreal, Canada, the ICAO Council approved a set of standards and recommended practices—including technical rules on how to measure and report emissions—to ensure that airlines comply with CORSIA.
The ICAO Council is to be commended for their fast progress on this important technical work
Reacting positively to the news, Michael Gill, Executive Director of the cross-industry Air Transport Action Group (ATAG), said: "This now allows Governments and industry to make final preparations for implementation before the CO2 emissions monitoring and reporting obligations commence in January 2019. The ICAO Council is to be commended for their fast progress on this important technical work."
CORSIA has been designed to help offset the growth of international aviation CO2 from 2020, alongside technological improvements, further use of sustainable aviation fuels and infrastructure advances aimed at reducing the sector's carbon emissions.
From 1 January 2019, all airlines which fly international routes will need to measure and report their CO2 emissions to States and these will form part of a baseline of CO2 emissions for CORSIA. From 2021, airlines need to offset growth in emissions from routes between States that have volunteered to take part in CORSIA.
Gill also pushed ICAO to quickly turn to the additional decisions required to operationalise CORSIA's carbon offsetting provisions, which are set to take effect in 2021.
The most urgent focus is the need for capacity building to ensure governments are ready to provide their oversight role as aircraft operators prepare to comply with CORSIA
He said that although ATAG was 'very happy' with the progress so far, more decisions were needed, including the establishment of the Technical Advisory Board to determine the types of offsets that can be used to comply with CORSIA and an agreement on the full set of sustainability criteria for new aviation fuels.
"The most urgent focus is the need for capacity building to ensure governments are ready to provide their oversight role as aircraft operators prepare to comply with CORSIA," added Gill.
"As the industry moves ahead with our preparations, governments around the world will also need to put in place the necessary reporting and oversight processes. We call on the ICAO Secretariat to redouble its ongoing capacity building efforts for their member States and encourage fast progress in this area."
Environmental taxes "not the answer" for EU citizens
A survey of the public found that the most preferred government actions on climate change includes developing sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) and new technology.
Creating a sustainable industry
Airlines should do more in praising industry-wide sustainability programmes, says Qantas CEO.
'Moment to celebrate' as CORSIA begins
Environmental scheme began on January 1, as airlines operating international flights start to monitor and report fuel consumption and emissions.

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Having just upgraded my drivers to support R9 290 GPU's in Xubuntu I thought I would share with you guys how to upgrade your mining rigs to support these new cards.
Download the new drivers from AMD Website here.
You should now see all your R9 290 Cards so you are ready to start Mining.
Otherwise these directions are perfect… works like a charm!
You are completely correct. In my blog I did type a double dash however it only seems to have come out as a single dash. Good spot.
I found there was a bug in wordpress or rather a feature that converts double dashes to single. What a pain.
Can you tell me which version of Ubuntu you are running to make these drivers work? For instance, AMD just came out with the non-Beta release, so I've downloaded that, have run through all the steps you mentioned above, but when I go and run the sudo aticonfig –adapter=all –odgt call, I get no adapters found.
I'm running Xubuntu 12.04 and the drivers are working fine.
Thanks for this article, was having trouble installing it with other tutorials but this one worked.
to some of the people getting errors with first command I had to run it with sudo for it to work so you could try that also as.
I'm running 13.10 Xubuntu and following the steps everything works up to the initial command but when I reboot and run the odgt it tells me "ERROR – OD Get Version Failed" I just reinstalled as after trying both 13.11 and 13.12 as I kept getting a can't read temp error when running odgt, any ideas?
If you are not having any luck with 13.10, 13.11 or 13.12 why dont you try using Xubuntu 12.04 – 64 Bit. This is my preferred version of Xubuntu for Litecoin Mining.
Have you tried using Xubuntu 12.04 – 64 bit? This is my preferred OS version and all these commands have been tested on 12.04.
Hey DMC, did you have any luck figuring out the ERROR – OD Get Version Failed problem, I am on Ubuntu 12.04 with two R9 290x cards and keep getting the same error as well. And when I install my AMD Drivers, 13.12 I get errors during installation, I have heard it may be a problem with Ubuntu kernel updates but haven't seen a solid fix yet.
When I install the 13.11 beta drivers, cgminer just hangs whenever I run it. What gives?
Its likely to be hardware related. Without knowing your configuration it would be difficult to understand why.
Hi, I am currently running Xubuntu 12.04 with two R9 290. System is running great when both cards are in PCI-E slots next to each other (slot 1 & 2). When I try to run them in slot 1 & 3 to get better air flow my second card is not detected by cgminer. I tried to re-trigger "sudo aticonfig –adapter=all –initial" but it has no effect. Do you have any advice? Thanks.
There shouldn't be a reason why you cant run the cards across slot 1 & 3. What model of motherboard are you using? I have found some motherboards have issues especially once you go above 2 cards. Sometimes it can be hardware related rather than software. On my own systems the re-trigger command picks up the cards if I move them to different slots.
I followed the same instructions, able to get 3 cards with powered risers on PCIe16x slot without any issue.
However, when I plug in the 4th card via PCIe1x->16x powered riser, I'm presented with a blank/black screen after BIOS screen. I know Xubuntu is still running because I can xrdp to it and BIOS itself along with sudo aticonfig –lsa shows all 6 cards detected but cgminer -n hangs. Would anyone be able to shed some light on above?
1. No display -> monitor from 4th card onwards, can't execute "sudo aticonfig –adapter=all –odgt" on local X11 session.
To look into this further we would need to know what version of motherboard you are using. Is this also Xubuntu 12.04?
Have you ran into any issues with having 3 or 4 GPU's running?
If I have 3, one of them won't initialize but is seen with aticonfig –lsa and shows up in cgminer (but no temp and no hash rate. When I reset the GPU via cgminer it gives me an error intializing.
I can run 2 GPU's fine as I am now but the 3rd one won't give me a break. Sometimes booting into xubuntu it will stay at a black screen for 2-3 minutes then the gui will load.
Would love to know if you've seen similar issues. Thanks for this write up.
I have seen issues when you go beyond 2 cards. Normally its down to the hardware (i.e the motherboard). There are some motherboards that fail to function once the 3rd GPU is installed. Always investigate and use a recommended Motherboard for bitcoin mining. I have had best results with AS Rock and Gigabyte Motherboards.
A good place to ask for advice on your motherboard are the Litecoin forums.
Hello I tried following your instructions, but I am a bit hung up. I am usingtwo R9 270x graphics cards insteadof the 290, but I assumed the install would be the same. I made it through the first two lines of code that you said to run just fine, then when I tried to run the thrid line I got errors saying that there were unmet dependencies. So I tried running the line of code that Doozi said to and I got this, http://imgur.com/QLV6scv. I am a total linux rookie and I don't know what it means or what to do.
Ok. I wrote this blog post when I was upgrading my drivers rather than a full installation. I had been running drivers for HD7950 cards so had to install these drivers when retailers only stocked the R9 Series. It sounds like you are installing from scratch so lets try a few things.
I would suggest you try the following.
Why don't you just actually run the "amd-catalyst-13.11-beta V9.4-linux-x86.x86_64.run" script?
I'm using Ubuntu 13.10 (require 12.10+ for Asus Z87-WS apparently) and 2 ATI R9 290s… Well, let me say I'm not "using" them, they are sitting on my mobo blowing air around. I have tried 5 different ways of installing these damn drivers and still cannot get them up. I am currently re-installing ubuntu 13.10 (downloaded xubuntu 13.10 and it says ubuntu on the thumb drive, I don't really get that either lol)…. I am going to try this again, starting with Doozii's post then going back to download the 13.12 driver (the new is 14.2 beta) and unzipping as you stated LiteCoinMiner. I REALLY want to get these things running properly so that BFGminer can find them to be used….
PilotDave are you saying that your Motherboard won't function with a lower version of Ubuntu? I have always stuck with Xubuntu 12.04 personally as I know this version of the OS is stable.
Did you manage to get this working yet? Feel free to PM me and I'll invite you into my Skype Group. We have a lot of experience as regards to mining.


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Dispečer je československý komediální televizní seriál vzniklý v produkci Československé televize, která jej také v letech 1971–1972 vysílala. Devítidílný seriál natočil podle scénáře Jaroslava Dietla režisér Zdeněk Havlíček. Seriál pojednává o příhodách rodiny ostravského horníka Leopolda Juřici, který zároveň působí jako kapelník dechové kapely.

Příběh
Ostravský havíř Leopold Juřica založil před lety hornickou dechovou kapelu, kterou také jako přísný kapelník a dirigent vede. Jeho kolegové a kamarádi ze souboru jsou mu velmi blízcí a jakékoliv problémy kapely se přenesou i do rodinného života Juřici. Ten žije se svou hodnou a chápající manželkou Štěpánkou a dcerou Hedvikou, jež má moderní názory a která pracuje jako učitelka na základní škole. Právě Hedvika přivede domů svého přítele Dušana, aby se seznámil s rodiči, neboť se chtějí brát. Celá rodina se bojí, jak jej otec přijme, ale když zjistí, že Dušan právě nastoupil do pozice báňského dispečera ve stejném dole, v němž pracuje Juřica, možné ostré hrany se otupí a mladík je srdečně přijat do rodiny, k níž prakticky patří i otcova kapela.

Obsazení

 Josef Kobr jako Leopold "Polda" Juřica, horník a kapelník
 Marie Preislerová jako Štěpánka Juřicová, Leopoldova manželka
 Valerie Chmelová jako Hedvika Juřicová, učitelka, dcera Leopolda a Štěpánky
 Jaroslav Kaňkovský jako Dušan Rýgel, báňský dispečer, přítel Hedviky
 Emil Horváth st. jako Josef Valošek, soused
 Jiří Wimmer jako Václav Juřica, syn Leopolda a Štěpánky
 Jan Vlasák jako Karel Juřica, syn Leopolda a Štěpánky

Produkce
V roce 1942 měla v Ostravě premiéru hornická opereta Děvčátko z kolonie, kterou napsal skladatel Rudolf Kubín. Dílo mělo mezi diváky značný úspěch, jenž nevymizel ani při obnovené premiéře v roce 1955. Režisérem novějšího nastudování byl Josef Kobr, který v původní verzi sám účinkoval v roli kapelníka. Ostravský televizní režisér Zdeněk Havlíček přišel počátkem 70. let 20. století za Kobrem s nápadem televizní adaptace Kubínovy operety. Hana Juračáková, produkční ostravského televizního studia, oslovila pro tvorbu scénáře Jaroslava Dietla, který v té době začínající normalizace nebyl pro pražskou televizi z politických důvodů vítanou osobou. Dietl z původní předlohy využil pouze některé prvky a vytvořil zcela nový komediální příběh s názvem Dispečer a děvčátko z kolonie, obsahující Kubínovy písně. Režisér Havlíček obsadil do hlavní role kapelníka Juřici právě Josefa Kobra, kterému psal Dietl roli přímo na tělo. Role rodinných příslušníků získali Marie Preislerová, Valerie Chmelová a Jaroslav Kaňkovský a vedlejší postavy členů kapely ztvárnili herci, kteří se na televizních obrazovkách objevovali jen zřídka (například Karel Vochoč, Bohuslav Čáp, Josef Haukvic či Alois Müller). Vzhledem k úspěchu snímku na něj navázaly další díly, čímž vznikl první televizní seriál ostravského televizního studia. I v dalších epizodách hrála velkou roli dechová kapela a její písně z pera Rudolfa Kubína, pro dechovku zaranžované Pavlem Staňkem. Natáčení probíhalo v letech 1971 a 1972 v Ostravě a okolí, včetně areálu dolů, například ve Stonavě.

Vysílání
Seriál Dispečer uvedla Československá televize na I. programu od září 1971 do září 1972. První díl měl premiéru 11. září 1971 (při příležitosti Dne horníků), druhý díl se na obrazovkách objevil 18. prosince 1971 a další následovaly v přibližně měsíční periodě (s přestávkou během července a srpna), takže poslední devátá část byla odvysílána 9. září 1972. Seriál byl zařazen do večerního vysílání v hlavním vysílacím čase, začátky jednotlivých dílů o délce od 48 do 70 minut byly v rozmezí od 19.50 do 21.20 hodin.

Seznam dílů

Přijetí
Komentář v deníku Lidová demokracie označil první díl seriálu za "[d]obrou zábavu v nejvlastnějším slova smyslu" a povšiml si, že Dietlův příběh "přinesl dobře odpozorované životní typy lidí", takže jednotlivé obyčejné postavy, jsou divákům blízké a sympatické. Rudé právo v článku, který po skončení seriálu vyšel, uvedlo, že pořad měl divácký úspěch, i když podle autora textu nešlo o nejzdařilejší dílo Jaroslava Dietla. Kritizoval někdy až moc prosté zápletky či nelogičnosti v příbězích, avšak pochválil Dietlovy dialogy i jeho schopnost si všímat detailů. Kriticky se vyjádřil i k rodinnému seriálu coby žánru, který se podle něj věnuje drobným patáliím v životech rodin, ale nereflektuje "závažnější společenské problémy". Zdenka Silanová v týdeníku Tvorba kritizovala scénář, kladně však hodnotila herecké výkony hlavních představitelů, zejména Josefa Kobra. Obdobně hodnotil scénář a dramaturgii seriálu v Tvorbě Jan Lederer, který jej označil za "vkusnou lidovou zábavu" bez propojení s reálným životem, čímž myslel nepravděpodobnost prostředí, izolovanost od okolního světa, chtěnou nadčasovost a osobní problémy, které jsou líčeny jako katastrofy. Naopak autor článku v týdeníku Naše rodina byl s pořadem spokojený s tím, že "ukazuje problémy a všední život obyčejných lidí s patřičnou dávkou humoru". Rovněž Mojmír Strachota uvedl v týdeníku Průboj, že tento "[j]ednoduchý, vpravdě životní cyklus, nenásilně vykonstruovaný z 'všednosti' […] prozatím baví, někoho strhuje" a vyzdvihl Dietlovy scénáře i herecké výkony.

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Televizní seriály Československé televize
Československé komediální televizní seriály
Československé hudební televizní seriály
Televizní seriály vysílané od roku 1971
Televizní seriály vysílané do roku 1972
Černobílé televizní seriály

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2018 Vuelta a España Preview: A Course Only For True Believers
At the start ramp in Malaga on August 25th, the riders in the 2018 Vuelta a España can be forgiven if they wear puzzled looks. As they scan their rivals, the absence of Chris Froome and Alberto Contador may cause momentary confusion, before the race begins.
Contador, retired, and Froome, conserving himself for the Tour of Britain which begins a week later, dominated this race for the past decade. Even though they won't be at any of the combined3,275 kilometres of the stages, their shadows loom large on the event.
The pair aren't the only notable absentees. The threat from the Movistar team diminished a little when Mikel Landa pulled out of the Vuelta due to injury earlier this week.
Questions hung over the team following the failure to break Team Sky's dominance of this year's Tour de France; Landa's absence piles the pressure on Nairo Quintana and Alejandro Valverde to deliver La Roja.
Not that Quintana and Valverde can be easily dismissed. The pair form part of a quartet of previous Vuelta winners who will start at Malaga's time trials. Fabio Aru and Vincenzo Niball complete the feted group.
Joint-favourites at 4/1 with Betway as of 23rd August 2018, are Richie Porte and Simon Yates, with Quintana at 11/2, Miguel Angel Lopez at 6/1 with Valverde out at 14/1; it's a four-way race if those odds turn out to be correct.
Valverde stands out as one to make the running in the early stages although at 38, many will rule him out for the ultimate prize; perhaps foolishly with his strong form and successes in the Mediterranean races this year.
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Any Porte In A Storm
Porte is recovered from injury after he suffered a fractured collarbone at the Tour de France earlier this year. The bout of gastroenteritis which caused him to miss the BMC Racing team presentation earlier this week, is trifling by comparison.
Not that Porte is brimming with confidence ahead of the race.
"I'll find out where I'm at during the Vuelta like a lot of guys," the Australian told reporters during a recent conference call.
"The Vuelta is not the race to ride unless you're 100 per cent motivated. It's hard. I last rode the Vuelta in 2012 and I got an absolute kicking,"
"I don't know where my form will be but that's a nice goal to go to the Vuelta and try to see how it goes."
The Australian won the Tour de Suisse earlier this year, as well as second place overall in the Tour Down Under, a race he has dominated since 2014. His fall at the Tour de France rudely interrupted his season but he remains focused on the World Championships. Is that going to be detrimental to his Vuelta chances?
Yates, meanwhile, lead a Mitchelton-Scott line-up which features his brother Adam. There are high expectations for Simon, who wore the leader's jersey for 13 stages at the recent Giro d'Italia.
According to sporting director at Mitchelton-Scott, Matt White, the disappointment will serve Yates well as he seeks to be crowned 'King of the Mountains', as well as taking the red jersey.
"The Giro was a big step up for him," White claimed. "He was clearly the best climber there, totally dominated the mountain stages across the board but paid the price in the end.
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"It was a big confidence boost for him. He was tired afterwards – he went deeper than in all his career so far.
As a team, Mitchelton-Scott "will ride the Vuelta a bit differently" with the overall plan "to put together a solid three weeks and finish strong because that's an area he can improve on."
The experience may serve Yates well, particularly when compared to his main challengers. White points out the Giro was a sharp learning curve for the young Englishman.
"He'd never had a lead in a Grand Tour before. He was in the best form of his life; perhaps we got a bit carried away, but he learned what his limits are.
"You can learn from that experience of pushing too hard."
With the World Championships beginning in September, much attention will focus on the hill stages; Yates will be among those eyeing this with the Innsbruck course in mind as the red jersey.
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CANNON MONTH 2: Flodder (1987) →
CANNON MONTH 2: Violent City (1970)
Posted on September 7, 2022 by bandsaboutmovies
EDITOR'S NOTE: This was first on the site on May 30, 2022. It wasn't produced by Cannon but was released on VHS in the Netherlands by Cannon Screen Entertainment.
Director Sergio Sollima is mainly known for westerns such as Run Man Run, Face to Face and The Big Gundown, the Eurospy movies Agent 3S3: Passport to Hell, Agent 3S3: Massacre In the Sun and Requiem for a Secret Agent and the pirate movies Sandokan, La tigre è ancora viva: Sandokan alla riscossa! and The Black Corsair.
With Violent City, co-written with Swept Away director Lina Wertmüller, he was originally upset that it was going to be a traditional gangster story. He did, however, say that "we had the chance to shoot in the U.S., and I would do whatever it took to do that." So he worked with Wertmüller to create the non-linear way that the story would be told. He also worked with Telly Savalas, who plays the main villain in a movie of bad people, to bring out the humor in his role. As for Bronson, he found him uncommunicative while his wife Jill Ireland was the exact opposite, which is probably why they worked so well together.
He said that in the end, the movie was a lot like his westerns and all about "the encounter and struggle between the individual and the society which is all around him, and the way he reacts to it."
During a vacation, Jeff Heston (Bronson) and his lover Vanessa (Ireland) are attacked by killers sent by an old business associate who Vanessa has seemingly left Jeff for. He's jailed and refuses to name her, even if he receives a lower sentence. As soon as he's released, crime lord Al Weber (Savalas) wants him to work for him, but he claims he's retired, which is a lie, as he kills the man who set him up in the very next scene.
Of course, Vanessa has been married to Weber all along and even though Jeff wants revenge on her, he can't kill her. Weber even tells him that his love for her will be his undoing, that she's the one pulling the strings, but Jeff's critical flaw is in thinking that she can't be such a person.
The movie had two major American releases, with the first distributed as Violent City by International Co-Productions and the second wide release distributed by United Artists as The Family, complete with a logo using the same font as The Godfather and a tagline that shouted "The Godfather Gave You an Offer You Couldn't Refuse. The Family Gives You No Alternative."
If this was to be strictly an Italian film, Tony Musante and Florinda Bolkan would have been the leads. There was also an attempt to make the movie with Jon Voight and Sharon Tate.
This is a moody and dark film that predates the poliziotteschi films while boasting a strong soundtrack by the master, Ennio Morricone. It also has a stark ending that I've been thinking over again and again in the days since I've watched the film.
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Jan 11, 2016Video embeddedNigeria: Central Bank Cuts Dollar Supplies to it will halt all US dollar sales to oil price over the past year has gutted Nigerias.
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Has someone you know, be it a supervisor, hiring manager, or maybe even you, ever been ghosted at work – meaning an employee just disappeared from the job? Maybe it was a temporary worker who got up for a break and never came back; or maybe it was someone who resigned via text message?
One Trust member recently had an employee quit by text after getting another job. Later, the manager lost access to the text. Fortunately, the manager was also sent a resignation letter which could be submitted in support of the unemployment claim. The takeaway from this separation is to keep copies of all communications related to a separation, including text messages, notes from conversations about a possible resignation, as well as written correspondence.
Regardless of the manner and the reason why an employee separates from your organization, there are always steps you can take to improve your unemployment claim outcomes. Document everything so that you can provide concrete data to your claims consultant if an unemployment claim arises. As you know, documentation is important when supporting your employer side of an unemployment claim. For a refresher about documentation practices, sign up for an upcoming Documenting Employment Events webinar and learn more supervisory, wage, and retention strategies, among others, by visiting the 501(c) Agencies Trust Knowledge Library Training Center (you may be prompted to create a one-time login).


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Is an inflation rate of 6.8 percent bad news for India when countries like Zimbabwe have hyper-inflation of 100,000 percent?
In 1981 we had an inflation rate of 10.4 percent when GDP growth was over six percent. In 1991, inflation was as high as 13.1 when GDP growth was just one percent. Why are the common man and the policy makers worried about inflation?
This brings us to the definition of inflation? A common man understands that there is inflation when he buys his usual list of commodities from the market. If there is an appreciable increase in prices, there is indeed inflation and the media is already full of such bad news.
A simple definition of inflation is an increase in prices and or decline in purchasing power. However over the years, the definition of inflation has undergone a change.
"An increase in the amount of currency in circulation, resulting in a relatively sharp and sudden fall in its value and rise in prices: it may be caused by an increase in the volume of paper money issued or of gold mined, or a relative increase in expenditures as when the supply of goods fails to meet the demand."
So this broader definition focuses on money supply. If there is more money supply, it causes an increase. So inflation is a cause rather than effect.
The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 2000 (4th Edition) defines it more broadly: a persistent increase in the level of consumer prices or a persistent decline in the purchasing power of money, caused by an increase in available currency and credit beyond the proportion of available goods and services.
In this definition, inflation would appear to be the consequence or result (rising prices) rather than the cause.
that when there is overproduction of crops, farmers are forced to sell below production costs. A few years ago when there was overproduction, tomatoes were sold for Rs 1 per kilo which is bad for producers. But in a rising inflation scenario all people suffer, some more than the others.
In India, inflation is a political issue but a lower inflation rate does not guarantee success in elections which the Congress government learnt in 1996 when the rate climbed down to 6.5 percent as against 13 percent in 1991.
However, political parties need to go by public sentiments, which are often against a rising inflation.
Look at the official reactions. Finance Minister P Chidambaram in Singapore blamed US for creating commodity inflation by diverting food crops for bio-fuel and also creating global financial uncertainties by sub-prime lending.
At the same time he announced in the Budget that the country is going to have a record output of food grains this year. So where are the bottlenecks really?
It could be the rising oil prices both edible oil and crude oil or some other global trends over which the FM or RBI has no control. So the question why have a tight monetary policy?
In terms of action also the government cannot be blamed -- it has made exports difficult by raising the minimum export prices of essential commodities and imports by reducing duty on edible oils.
T Nanda Kumar, Secretary, Food, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution said in an interview that supply side bottlenecks for essential commodities are being addressed.
From the technical point of view, inflation now is different from inflation experienced before because of high foreign exchange reserves that put pressure on rupee to appreciate.
These are tough times for the industry and policy makers then. For the industry, productivity gains have to be long enough to compensate the rising rupee and inflation levels that make them uncompetitive, according to an analyst.
History shows that high inflation rates could correct itself over a period of time through a combination of market forces and government regulation. Or perhaps it is god's way of letting people know the value of money.


Synopsis: On Friday, March 11, 2016, about 6:20 a.m., a 2011 Peterbilt truck-tractor in combination with a 1962 North Texas Tank Company, specification MC330, 10,500-gallon cargo tank semitrailer loaded with noncorrosive liquefied petroleum gas, operated by River City Propane, was traveling northbound on US Highway 431, a two-lane undivided highway, near Stroud, Alabama. As it entered a right curve near the intersection of County Route 256, it began to encroach on the southbound lane, which was occupied by a 2004 Pontiac sport utility vehicle. The driver of the Pontiac reported that he observed the driver of the Peterbilt make a hard right turn. The cargo tank semitrailer then separated from its truck-tractor, traveled westward into a ditch, and struck a rock. The impact with the rock breached the front head of the cargo tank; as the cargo began to vent, the cargo tank's entire head became separated, releasing the tank's contents, which caught fire, and a deflagration occurred. The cargo tank semitrailer continued to travel westward through about 300 yards of forested area before coming to rest. The truck-tractor came to rest on the eastern ditch/embankment area and was destroyed. The Peterbilt driver was severely injured as a result of the crash and fire. Although the investigation determined that the condition of the tank was acceptable and its performance was consistent with its design, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigation discovered the following safety issues: loading practices at Enterprise Propane Terminals and Storage, inspection and testing of MC330/MC331 cargo tanks, and certification and training of cargo tank inspectors. The NTSB makes two safety recommendations to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, three safety recommendations to the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, and one safety recommendation to Enterprise Propane Terminals and Storage LLC.
Recommendation: TO THE PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION: Revise Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations Part 180, subpart E, to permit the suspension or revocation of the registrations of highway cargo tank inspectors for failing to meet the requirements of that subchapter.
Response: -From Howard R. Elliott, Administrator: The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) appreciates the NTSB' s concerns expressed in the accident summary report1 regarding the training and qualification of cargo tank inspectors (i.e., "registered inspectors"). PHMSA also thanks the NTSB for the opportunity to discuss the above safety recommendations on February 22, 2018 and for providing clarity and guidance on the intent of each recommendation. As you are aware, we discussed PHMSA's "grandfather provision" in the definition of registered inspector as it relates to H-18-3; the possibility of alternative action to satisfy the intent of H-18-4; and the NTSB's expectation for implementing H-18-5. In partnership with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), PHMSA is developing an action plan to address NTSB' s recommendations, and we look forward to providing you with more details in the near future.
Response: On January 23, 2018, the NTSB adopted its highway accident summary report Commercial Vehicle Overturn Resulting in Cargo Tank Rupture, Propane Release, and Fire, Stroud, Alabama, March 11, 2016, NTSB/HAR-18/01/SUM. The details of this accident investigation and the resulting safety recommendations may be found in the attached report, which can also be accessed at http://www.ntsb.gov. Among the Safety Recommendations are three new recommendations issued to the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, which can be found on page 28 of the report. The NTSB is vitally interested in these recommendations because they are designed to prevent accidents and save lives. We would appreciate a response within 90 days, detailing the actions you have taken or intend to take to implement these recommendations. When replying, please refer to the safety recommendations by number. We encourage you to submit your response to correspondence@ntsb.gov. If it exceeds 20 megabytes, including attachments, please e-mail us at the same address for instructions. Please do not submit both an electronic copy and a hard copy of the same response.


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'Fossil water' may be vanishing from…
New study finds 7 percent of state's drinking wells are tapping ancient water stores
A foreman in 2014 works on drilling an 800-foot-deep well at an almond farm in Madera County. During California's five-year drought, desperate Central Valley farmers were forced to rely more on deeper wells, including some that tapped "fossil water" stores, to irrigate their crops. (AP Photo/Scott Smith)
By Allison Gasparini | newsroom@montereyherald.com |
A dinosaur bone. The footprint of a woolly mammoth. An ancient shell imprinted on a rock in your backyard.
These are the images the word "fossil" calls to mind. But, buried deep within the earth, there's another kind of fossil you might not expect — ancient aquifers, created by rain and snow that fell more than 10,000 years ago. And unless the fossil water stores are better protected, scientists say, they may become a thing of the past.
New research on fossil water from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory suggests that drinking wells that pump fossil water can't rely on it being replenished — especially during times of drought.
"It's just like taking gold out of the ground, out of a mountain," said Menso de Jong, a groundwater management consultant at Kear Groundwater in Santa Barbara. "The gold is not going to grow back."
Ate Visser, a hydrologist for the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, collects groundwater samples in copper tubes for helium isotope analyses. The tests reveal the age of the water. (Karis McFarlane, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
The new Lawrence Livermore study found clear evidence that 7% of the 2,330 California's drinking wells tested are producing fossil water — and 22 percent of the wells analyzed are pumping mixed-age water containing at least some ancient water. That means that many Californians are already using fossil water to shower, flush their toilets and irrigate their lawns without knowing it.
On the Central Coast, the Lawrence Livermore research team found fossil water in some of the deeper portions of the Salinas Valley's aquifer system where the groundwater is not now being replenished through Monterey County's water recycling programs.
Scientists say that further mapping out where fossil water is located and pinpointing the areas that rely on the ancient resource could help lead to better groundwater management and ensure that supplies are sustained to meet future needs.
If managers can determine how much is left, they can then ration it and work on strategies for replenishing the ancient wells.
Excessive agricultural and urban water use has depleted many of California's aquifers, which serve as massive underground reservoirs. In some areas, the problem is so severe that the land is subsiding — permanently in some cases.
California's first-ever groundwater protection law, passed by the Legislature in 2014, requires local agencies to make their aquifers "sustainable" by 2042 at the latest. And that has increased the need for further understanding and mapping the worlds of trapped water. The new research will help identify where water is being pumped faster than it can be renewed — a critical step toward sustaining water resources to meet future needs.
Fossil water, or "paleowater," is most commonly defined as water that seeped into the ground during the last Ice Age, when woolly mammoths roamed the earth. The water filled the porous cracks between rocks and grains of sand in a process known as "recharging."
"Modern" groundwater also recharges. But because ancient hydrology was quite different from current conditions — in general, it was a lot cooler and wetter — the paleowater won't be replenished for hundreds or even thousands of years.
Determining the age of water isn't easy. The Lawrence Livermore research team, which also included scientists from Cal State East Bay and UC Santa Barbara, tested wells across the state using radioactive isotopes such as tritium.
Though tritium is a naturally occurring element, tritium levels rose in the last century with the advent of nuclear testing. Finding detectable levels of the isotope in water sources indicates to scientists that the water recharged in modern times as opposed to eons ago when levels were much lower.
Paleowater in the Golden State is more likely to be found in the dry southwestern part of the Central Valley — between Los Banos and Lemoore — and in Southern California's deserts in places such as Joshua Tree National Park and Coachella Valley towns like Palm Desert. This is because groundwater supplies are often naturally replenished in mountainous regions that get a lot of rain. In desert regions, however, the amount of rainfall isn't enough to replenish the aquifers after the water is pumped to the surface.
Pumping fossil water is hardly new. Arid countries such as Yemen, Jordan and Libya have been using it for years to fill critical needs — but the ancient aquifers are now running frighteningly low.
Because fossil water fell from the sky thousands of years ago, there's a greater risk of depleting the resource, scientists say.
"It's kind of like a bank account," said Ate Visser, a research scientist at Lawrence Livermore who co-authored the study on the finite nature of fossil water. "If you start withdrawing from your bank account but you have no income, at some point it's going to run out."
Knowing how much paleowater is left in a production well is not the only concern scientists have when it comes to the ancient water. A 2017 study published in the journal Nature Geoscience showed that wells that pump fossil water are also at risk for contamination.
"Even these ancient waters that tend to be tens or hundreds of meters underground are not safeguarded," said Scott Jasechko, a water scientist at UC Santa Barbara who was the lead author of the contamination study.
"Just because you drill a deep well into fossil groundwater doesn't mean the quality of that water is going to be pristine," said Jasechko, whose study argues that water managers should consider the risk of outside contaminants when ensuring the safety of paleowater.
The slow renewal of groundwater could affect whether homes, offices and stores are built in these areas in the future.
Areas that rely on paleowater could face building moratoriums if the water mining continues, said de Jong, who worked on the Lawrence Livermore study as a graduate student at UC Santa Barbara.
"There are some areas in these desert regions where it is very difficult now to get a permit to either drill a new well or really even to build a new house," de Jong said.
Finding a way to mimic the natural recharge cycle, he said, might be the only way to stop the fossil water from eventually disappearing.
Visser suggests that California communities consider using treated flood water to replenish groundwater resources — an increasingly popular idea that is extremely costly and bound to face political opposition.
In addition, communities could prevent depletion of fossil water stores by tapping river water during the rainy season, Visser said.
Ultimately, water managers will need to ensure the water pumped out of California wells is renewed at a sustainable pace. And to do so, scientists say, there must be greater research about the water's vintage and origins.
According to de Jong, "I don't think there's any debate at all that the system that humans have set up in California in the last hundred years will need some alterations in order to encourage more groundwater recharge."
Allison Gasparini
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I Eat Men Like Air
Written by: Alice Berman
Narrated by: Elizabeth Evans
Categories: Literature & Fiction, Literary Fiction
3.5 out of 5 stars 3.7 (9 ratings)
Poison Orchids
Written by: Sarah A. Denzil, Anni Taylor
Narrated by: Aimee Horne
A dark, compelling new thriller from best-selling authors Sarah A. Denzil and Anni Taylor. Young backpackers Gemma and Hayley arrive at a remote fruit farm in Australia's Northern Territory, out of money and desperate for work. The weeks go on, a blur of fruit picking, parties, campfires and wading beneath waterfalls in the nearby hot springs. Until the night the girls find themselves on a dark highway, bruised and bloodied. Senior Detective Bronwen McKay and psychologist Megan Arlotti question the terrified girls.
By Toni on 2019-10-31
Silenced Girls
FBI Agent Hunter Series, Book 1
Written by: Roger Stelljes
Narrated by: Johnny Peppers
She moved far away to try and forget her past. A past that seeped back in when she least expected it and crushed her soul, over and over. She tried to keep the evidence packed away in boxes high up on a closet shelf like carefully packing away a tragic part of her life. As if sealing the boxes was sealing away a time in her life she desperately wanted to go back and change. Until one day, a mysterious letter arrives from an unknown sender that unravels everything.
Written by: Rochelle B. Weinstein
Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
When Charlotte and Philip meet, the pair form a deep and instant connection. Soon they're settled in the Florida Keys with plans to marry. But just as they should be getting closer, Charlotte feels Philip slipping away. Second-guessing their love is something Charlotte never imagined, but with Philip's excessive absences, she finds herself yearning for more. When she meets Ben, she ignores the pull, but the supportive single dad is there for her in ways she never knew she desired.
By VS on 2020-01-29
Written by: K. L. Slater
Narrated by: Lucy Price-Lewis
When single mother Darcy's son falls from a rope bridge at a local playground, life stands still. She clutches his small, limp body, frozen, until a pair of strong hands push her aside, and she watches as George, a local doctor, saves her son's life. George, with his twinkling hazel eyes, easy charm and lack of wedding band is almost too good to be true, but coffee becomes lunch, lunch becomes dinner, and soon they can't go an evening without seeing each other.
One of the best books I've listened to
By Natalia Hahn on 2020-01-17
Vince and Joy
Written by: Lisa Jewell
Narrated by: Antonia Beamish, Leighton Pugh
From adolescent snogging to apartment shares, relationships, career crises, and children, Vince and Joy is the unforgettable story of two lives lived separately but forever entwined. Back in the '80s, teenagers Vince and Joy met, fell desperately in love, parted, and never quite said goodbye. Now, nearly 20 years later, they've both begun to ask themselves if that long-ago romance was the enduring love they've been searching for....
Another great book by Lisa Jewell
By Laura M on 2020-01-29
The Empty Nest
Written by: Sue Watson
Narrated by: Jasmine Blackborow
Kat remembers the days when her only daughter Amy wouldn't leave her side. But now Amy is grown up and gone - to university in a town several hours away. Kat's house - which once felt too full, too noisy, too busy - is deathly quiet, and Kat awaits the daily phone call to tell her that her beloved daughter is thriving and happy. But one day Amy doesn't call. Kat's husband and friends think she is being paranoid. But Kat knows right away that something is very wrong.
Written by: Tarryn Fisher
You've never met the other wives. None of you know each other, and because of this unconventional arrangement, you can see your husband only one day a week. But you love him so much, you don't care. Or at least that's what you've told yourself. But one day, while you're doing laundry, you find a scrap of paper in his pocket - an appointment reminder for a woman named Hannah, and you just know it's another of the wives.
By Sheryl on 2020-01-02
Written by: Dervla McTiernan
Narrated by: Aoife McMahon
In this prequel to the international best seller The Ruin, set 10 years prior, bright-eyed Carrie Ryan is at the very start of her career. When she has a hunch about an ongoing murder investigation, she knows it could be her only chance to prove herself and truly break into the "boys' club" of Dublin's police force.
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Written by: Kimberly Belle
Narrated by: Vivienne Leheny, Chris Andrew Ciulla, Pete Simonelli
For nearly a year, Beth has been planning for this day. A day some people might call any other Wednesday, but Beth prefers to see it as her new beginning - one with a new look, new name, and new city. Beth has given her plan significant thought, because one small slip and her violent husband will find her.
By Catherine on 2020-01-29
The Other Daughter
Written by: Shalini Boland
Narrated by: Katie Villa
Two-and-a-half-year-old Holly is playing happily in a pink, plastic playhouse, while her mother Rachel sips coffee and chats with a friend nearby. It should be an ordinary day for all of them. But, in the blink of an eye, it turns into every family's worst nightmare. Holly is taken by a stranger and never found. Nine years later, Rachel is living a quiet life in Dorset. She's tried to keep things together since the traumatic day when she lost her eldest daughter.
A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood
Written by: Gregg Olsen
Narrated by: Karen Peakes
After more than a decade, when sisters Nikki, Sami, and Tori Knotek hear the word mom, it claws like an eagle's talons, triggering memories that have been their secret since childhood. Until now. For years, behind the closed doors of their farmhouse in Raymond, Washington, their sadistic mother, Shelly, subjected her girls to years of unimaginable abuse, degradation, torture, and psychic terrors. Through it all, Nikki, Sami, and Tori developed a defiant bond that made them far less vulnerable than Shelly imagined.
Couldn't put it down. Read it right through to the end
By JOY on 2019-12-14
The Grace Year
Written by: Kim Liggett
Narrated by: Emily Shaffer
In Garner County, girls are told they have the power to lure grown men from their beds, to drive women mad with jealousy. That's why they're banished for their 16th year, to release their magic into the wild so they can return purified and ready for marriage. But not all of them will make it home alive. Sixteen-year-old Tierney James dreams of a better life - a society that doesn't pit friend against friend or woman against woman, but as her own grace year draws near, she quickly realizes that it's not just the brutal elements they must fear.
Her Closest Friend: An absolutely gripping and heart-pounding psychological thriller
Written by: Clare Boyd
Narrated by: Jane McDowell
Naomi and I are best friends. School runs, dog walks, a shoulder to cry on over a glass of wine - we're inseparable. But now my husband has walked out, I need her more than ever. I know she will help me pick up the pieces. Because she knows about the lie I told to protect her. She knows how much I've sacrificed for this friendship. And she'd never let anyone hurt me. Would she?
The Turn of the Key
Written by: Ruth Ware
Narrated by: Imogen Church
When Rowan stumbles across an ad for a live-in nanny, she's looking for something else completely. But it seems like too good an opportunity to miss - with a staggeringly generous salary. And when she arrives at Heatherbrae House, she is smitten - by the luxurious "smart" house fitted out with all modern conveniences, by the beautiful Scottish Highlands, and by this picture-perfect family. What Rowan doesn't know is that she's stepping into a nightmare - one that will end with a child dead and Rowan in prison awaiting trial for murder.
Good nail biting read
By Ollo on 2019-11-14
My Mother, Her Lover, and Me
Written by: Adrienne Brodeur
Narrated by: Julia Whelan, Adrienne Brodeur
On a hot July night on Cape Cod when Adrienne was 14, her mother, Malabar, woke her at midnight with five simple words that would set the course of both of their lives for years to come: Ben Souther just kissed me. Adrienne instantly became her mother's confidante and helpmate, blossoming in the sudden light of her attention, and from then on, Malabar came to rely on her daughter to help orchestrate what would become an epic affair with her husband's closest friend.
what a story and so well written
By Amazon Customer on 2019-11-15
One-Hit Wonder
Narrated by: Helen Duff
Shy and gawky, Ana has always daydreamed about living the life of her exotic half-sister Bee, a pop singer who had a number one hit single before she inexplicably vanished from the celebrity scene. When Bee turns up dead, Ana is dispatched to the big city to clear out her apartment. Instantly seduced by the second-hand glamour of Bee's baubles, bangles, and bottles of Pierre-Jouet, Ana takes up with Bee's wild club-hopping cronies.
By michelle wilkins on 2019-12-31
Written by: Adrian McKinty
Narrated by: January LaVoy
Your phone rings. A stranger has kidnapped your child. To free them you must abduct someone else's child. Your child will be released when your victim's parents kidnap another child. If any of these things don't happen: Your child will be killed. You are now part of the chain.
Don't Break the Chain
The Perfect Wife
Written by: JP Delaney
Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld, Graham Halstead, Euan Morton, and others
Abbie awakens in a daze with no memory of who she is or how she landed in this unsettling condition. The man by her side claims to be her husband. He's a titan of the tech world, the founder of one of Silicon Valley's most innovative start-ups. He tells Abbie that she is the perfect wife. He says she had a terrible accident five years ago and that, through a huge technological breakthrough, she has been brought back from the abyss. But as Abbie pieces together memories of her marriage, she begins to question her husband's motives - and his version of events.
Good story but a bit strange
A lavish, debauched weekend to celebrate an upcoming wedding devolves into a murder scene.
With the snow falling fast on a New Hampshire mansion, seven 20-somethings gather for a weekend that will change their lives irrevocably. The extravagant trip to celebrate Will and Jessica's upcoming nuptials brings together a cast of characters who know each other from Ivy League schools and childhood Upper East Side haunts.
There is Lulu, an LA-based Instagram influencer; Maxie, a former Park Avenue princess, now Midwestern housewife; Yael, an ER doctor from Ohio; Rob, a colorless Wall Street trader; Will, a morality-obsessed lawyer; Jessica, Will's perfectionist bride-to-be; and Alex Sable, a lawless pleasure-seeker with refined tastes. Alex, son of a billionaire hedge-fund scion, was the sole witness against his classmate in a serial rape trial 15 years ago, the notoriety of which follows Alex everywhere.
By Will and Jessica's wedding day, four months later, Alex Sable would be dead—in that same house, in a bathtub filled with his blood.
Can Tyler Carroll, a well-known podcast reporter determined to pry his way into their closed-door world, sift through the secrets that connect the seven in a web? As Tyler attempts to find the truth behind the months leading up to Alex Sable's dramatic death, he follows the bridal party, whose lives have spiraled in wildly different directions, bringing them to a fateful night.
The narration by Elizabeth Evans pushes the tangled tale forward as she gracefully performs multiple characters, creating a clear picture of chaos and emotion.
Told in dual time lines, the months leading up to the wedding and the investigation thereafter, I Eat Men Like Air is a riveting look at the unraveling of a friend group punctured by violence and a chilling depiction of the rage that festers when it's kept secret.
Note: I Eat Men Like Air contains mature and sensitive themes.
©2019 Alice Berman (P)2019 Audible Originals, LLC.
3.5 out of 5 stars 3.7 out of 5
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Could not stop listening!!
A first-person glimpse into a glamorous world that will keep you listening, because you HAVE to know what happens to these characters! I fell in love with all of them, and especially with the carefully constructed mystery, which was the perfect pay off to the story. Highly recommend!
Louise Rogers Smith
Characters You Come to Love; A Satisfying Ending
This was a sharply-drawn story. I wanted to hate the characters at first, but I really came to feel sorry for them; by the end of the story, I had so much sympathy for these women, who are so beautifully written that I felt they were real. It just shows you that it doesn't matter how much money you have: women still are treated badly. Well-written, compelling, with intense character depth, many twists, and a satisfying ending. Most of all, the plot moves extremely quickly, because the reader is constantly shifting the narrator every few minutes.
W.B. Lee
A Sharp, Well-Written Mystery
Rarely have I listened to a book so consistently; this was worth every minute of fourteen hours. Not only did I need to know what was going to happen, and how things would resolve themselves, but I was completely drawn in by the characters, who are beautifully three-dimensional, tragic, funny, and, most of all, real. After the book was over, I found myself still thinking about Lulu, Maxie, Will, Yael, Rob, and Alex; I wanted to continue to interact with them. Beyond that, the narration is very well-executed, and the writing is astounding. A strong debut novel.
Could not stop listening -- ADDICTIVE!
This book should come with a warning, because it will fully take up two days of your life, the way a new Netflix show does. I couldn't stop listening to it, and I loved every minute - I was staying in the car to hear what would happen next! It's funny, it's dark, it's everything you would want from a mystery; it never slows down. It reminded me of "The Politician" meets "Succession." The author nailed the world it's set in to the tiniest detail, and she's incredibly talented at keeping you on your toes, dying to know what's going to happen, while going deep on each character. I can't wait for her next book!
I just finished and I want to listen again!
This story was AMAZING. I kept rewinding to listen to all of the moments when the characters were really thinking about things and figuring stuff out. I am not from this world at all, but I really related to these people and their problems. There is mystery, tension, suspense, but there's also romance, love, sadness, tragedy. I am probably going to start it again from the beginning, because it was so good.
Incredible read from Alice Berman!
I'm completely in love with Alice Berman's "I Eat Men Like Air" and want to listen to it over and over again! This audiobook, read by the lovely and enthralling Elizabeth Evans, is a fast-paced page turner that gets you involved in the action immediately. Alice Berman does an incredible job creating a compelling cast of characters - from Alex to Lulu to Maxie to Jessica to Will (and others) - and equips her characters with flaws, insights, and complexities. The way Alice writes her characters makes you feel like you know this cast intimately well and are right there with them in this mystery thriller. "I Eat Men Like Air" kept me guessing until the end. Fans of Southern Gothic literature and Agatha Christie mysteries will love "I Eat Men Like Air." I highly recommend Alice Berman's "I Eat Men Like Air" and give it five stars!
Like Succession, but younger
I love "Succession" and this book had so many similarities that made it so good. This was easier to understand, less boring business stuff, more interesting life stuff, and very suspenseful/dramatic. Also, the love stories for each character were so good. I was upset when it was over. The author has an insane way with words and understanding of emotions and thoughts. It gave me a lot of perspective on my life actually which I loved.
Peter B. Goodwin
Big Little Lies for Millenials!
Succession meets Big Little Lies in this Agatha Christie-style hit from Alice Berman — great character depth and complexity!
Anne K
Enthralling mystery, couldn't stop listening
This is one of the most "can't stop listening" books I've ever listened to. Loved the mystery aspect, and the characters really made the story. Riveting story of millennials in 2019.
A thoughtful guilty pleasure
This book is a perfect balance. It's a Gossip Girl and Cruel Intentions mystery and a peek into the world of the elite. But it's also a pretty thoughtful dissection of privilege and intersectionality. At its core, it's a #metoo story fueled by somewhat unexpected girl power.
Very engaging with excellent narration. I listen to a ton of books. This is top five this year.


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These are the best pubs in St Ives and you need to try them
The town is home to a whole host of welcoming pubs, including The Royal Oak, The White Hart and The Oliver Cromwell
Updated 13:58, 3 APR 2019
The Swan & Angel, St Ives (Image: JD Whetherspoon)
The pub is a place that's filled with all your faves. Family, friends, food, drink and laughs. Even when we don't hear the question, we know the answer is almost always the pub.
And pint drinkers and pub-goers are blessed in St Ives with a whole host of great pubs to enjoy a drink in. No matter what the weather is like outside there is something to fit everyone's fancy in this Cambridgeshire town.
From classic cosy fire-lit ale houses to sunny beer gardens and riverside views, there is a vast selection of pubs on offer.
We have trolled the internet and walked the streets, but unfortunately we couldn't stop to try them all. In no particular order, we present to you the best pubs in the beautiful Cambridgeshire town of St Ives.
Floods Tavern
Floods Tavern in St Ives (Image: Facebook)
Whether travelling by land or water, you'll always arrive to a warm welcome at Floods Bar & Eatery.
This family-friendly pub is idyllically set on the picturesque banks of the River Great Ouse.
As well as a pub offering an assortment of cask ales, wines and spirits, they also operate as a restaurant, serving up mouth-watering pub grub.
Floods Tavern is a popular choice in the sunnier months with its tranquil riverside garden bar.
At night, Floods is known for showcasing local talent, from acoustic solos to the latest home grown rock 'n' roll bands. So if you fancy a bit of live music while you drink or eat, then this one is for you.
The Royal Oak, St Ives (Image: Facebook)
The Royal Oak, a town centre pub, boasts that its most famous inhabitant was Oliver Cromwell.
It serves three regular beers and has a changing range of at least four guest beers many from local breweries. They also offer an expanded range of ciders and a good range of whiskies to keep customers happy.
This pub focuses solely on the drinks except for a few crisp and nut offerings. It is a regular host of live music every Saturday night.
The Royal Oak currently holds the Hunts CAMRA Dark Beer Pub of the Year and is a Good Beer Guide entry.
It was also the branch LocAle Pub of the Year for 2017 and the Hunts CAMRA Most Improved Urban Pub of the Year 2014.
Nelsons Head
Nelsons Head, St Ives (Image: Facebook)
This lively Greene King pub in located in one of St Ives many picturesque narrow streets.
The pub has a cosy feel to the interior after it was refitted in the popular 'ale house' style in the late 1990s. The pub was the 2016 Hunts CAMRA LocAle Pub of the Year. Everyone loves a local claim to fame don't they?
The main food menu and pizza is available between 12-2:30 daily, with a smaller menu including pizza available in the evening.
Live music is played every Sunday afternoon from 3pm, and now on occasional Saturdays.
The Taproom
The Taproom, St Ives (Image: Facebook)
Taking a slight diversion from pubs to bars with this one!
The Taproom is a café bar for anyone, young and not so young, who enjoys a relaxed atmosphere and bright and friendly service.
By day you can enjoy good company and watch the world go by while having a bite to eat and a drink. In the early evening this bar is a great setting to catch up with friends and unwind over a drink.
Come nighttime you can enjoy the party atmosphere in the lively cocktail and wine bar.
So whether it's lazy Sundays, live music Thursdays or sensational Saturdays – for lunch with the family, a coffee and cake with friends or a celebratory bottle of bubbles … the Taproom is the go to place for all.
The Swan & Angel
A Cambridgeshire town wouldn't be the same without at least one Wetherspoon. And St Ives is no exception.
The pub is set up in the usual Wetherspoon open plan style with an outdoor drinking area at the back. The 'spoons' is in a prime central location on the Market Square and is close to the bus station.
With twelve handpumps dispensing a variety of beers occasionally from local breweries, there is something to tickle everyone's tastebuds. These local pumps change frequently and usually include a mild or stout. Traditional cider is also available.
In good old spoons style they serve good value food all day long, with breakfasts served from 8am. On most days of the week there are special meal deal offers.
White Hart
White Hart, St Ives
The White Hart in St Ives is a traditional inn in the centre of the town.
The interior of the pub is something worth a visit in of itself. A well-preserved flagstone floored central passageway leads to where the stable block was located, part of which survives as the outside toilets.
The bar to the right of the central passage way is the oldest part of the pub, and is split level and contains a dartboard.
The main bar is on the left, a wood-paneled bar with prints, paintings and a large antique clock on the walls.
The classic pub offers a wide range of traditional dishes and is very popular for its roasts.
The Oliver Cromwell
The Oliver Cromwell, St Ives (Image: Facebook)
The Oliver Cromwell is a traditional freehouse situated just a stone's throw away from the quayside.
The current owners modernised and updated the interior whilst at the same time retaining the charm of this listed building.
As with most traditional pubs, it offers a wide range of drinking options, including six real ales, bottled European beers and a selection from an extensive wine list.
All the food is home cooked using locally-sourced produce prepared in house by the chef.
Seven Wives
Seven Wives, St Ives (Image: Facebook)
The name may be a reference to a popular riddle but the success of the pub is certainly no puzzle.
It is one of the largest community pubs on the edge of St Ives, which means it can cater for big groups.
There is a main bar as well as a separate area with a pool table and a dartboard.
Perfect for relaxing in the sunshine with all the family, the pub has a large rear beer garden with a children's play area. There is another paved patio with tables at the front just in case the garden is full too.
Slepe Hall Hotel
Slepe Hall Hotel, St Ives (Image: Facebook)
The newly refurbished hotel bar provides a contemporary setting to enjoy a wide selection of drinks.
The bar offers snacks and delicious home cooked food as well as wines and champagnes.
Slepe Hall Hotel offers a superb menu within the hotel restaurant. The menu is produced from the finest ingredients in comfortable surroundings overlooking the garden.
Although their focus may be more on the food side of things, the setting is still perfect for a couple of relaxing drinks.
The Marsh Harrier
The Marsh Harrier, St Ives (Image: Facebook)
Situated just outside the town centre ,this large new open plan food and family-oriented pub has a lot to offer.
Located in a business park on the outskirts of St Ives, the pub serves food and drinks all day long.
The pub offers classic comfort food dishes bound to put a smile on your face. Cask ales, world lagers and spirits sit alongside soft options on the bar too.
The children will be happy too with the indoor and outdoor play areas.
Have we missed any pubs in St Ives out? Let us know in the comments below.
We spent 43 minutes in St Ives and this is what we thought
What it's like to live in St Ives - according to the locals


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I am finding a couple of challenges as I teach for the first time. The big challenge is timing. How long will things take?! We did let the class out fifteen minutes early on the first day. I met with the co-instructor (another advisor in my office) on Friday, and we talked about how to time the class. We are going to try to have a "schedule" for the next couple of classes to see how that goes. (We have an hour and fifteen minutes, twice a week.) The other challenge is balancing teaching with the rest of my job. I still need to advise and see that as my main role.
Our class has a peer leader, who is a sophomore and serves as a mentor for our students. She took a freshmen seminar class last fall. On Friday, she asked if we had taught before. She could not tell that we had not taught before. I am taking that as a compliment.
Here are the two book that we are using for the class: Farewell, My Subaru by Doug Fine and On Course by Skip Downing. It was fun to see Doug Fine speak on Monday afternoon.


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The clean energy revolution in northern Michigan holds great potential. Let's explore it together for the best outcome.
A 45-year-old pumped storage electricity plant in Ludington exhibits many of the qualities we want today in renewable energy technologies.
Traverse City took a leap toward its ambitious goal of powering 100 percent of city operations with clean energy with the opening of the M-72 Solar Project on Thursday, Oct. 26.
The future is coming fast in the world of mobility, which ranges from electric, to shared, to self-driving vehicles. Speaker after speaker at the Michigan Energy Conference: Powering the Future of Mobility noted that Michigan is leading the way.
Traverse City is quickly transitioning from a fossil fuel-dependent city in a fossil fuel-dependent state and becoming a statewide leader on renewables and energy efficiency, as it supports jobs in the new energy economy.
The historic solar eclipse felt particularly special to us here at Groundwork, as we've been working hard in 2017 to celebrate the sun—as a source of income, jobs and community resilience. We have a golden opportunity to harvest millions of dollars in sunlight when it hits rooftops, parking lots, brownfields and vacant land.
What better way to honor the Summer Solstice than with a celebration of the sun and its ability to power our society's transition toward renewable energy? Groundwork hosts the Michigan Clean Energy Conference & Fair, June 23-25, in Traverse City.
A "green team" of renewable energy leaders will help Traverse City fulfill its pledge to wean the city off fossil fuels for municipal electricity use. The target date for going 100 percent renewable is 2020.
There's reason for optimism on the clean energy front here in northern Michigan — even as global temperatures increase each year; the new president turns a blind eye to climate change, and China takes the lead in developing the clean energy economy of tomorrow.
Traverse City adopts goal for municipality to use 100% renewable energy by 2020 — leading the way as the federal government falters on clean energy.
Michigan energy legislation takes promising first step. But bills in Lansing should prioritize local solar and wind jobs.
This spring Groundwork launched Groundwork Shines to demonstrate to homeowners and businesses – as well as utilities and legislators - that solar power has arrived as a vital part of Michigan's energy future. Through Shines, we're working with local solar installers to better understand the challenges and opportunities for residential solar here in the Grand Traverse region.
Mary Van Valin is a force of nature. A retired math teacher, Mary now spends her retirement helping to transform the Traverse City area into an equitable, resilient, thriving community. In the two month since I met her, Mary has launched an EV group purchase effort, taught 4th and 5th graders how to make small solar panels for doing experiments in math and science, brought close to 200 people to the State to see a live feed of the Pope addressing Congress, and attended a March for Justice in Detroit.
When it comes to clean energy, Jim MacInnes, CEO of Crystal Mountain Resort, is the definition of pioneer and early adopter. He's gradually transformed the beautiful golf, skiing, and conference center near Thompsonville into a remarkably green, energy-efficient operation. He's deeply involved in trying to improve the state's clean energy policies; and he regularly hosts a statewide conference focused on building a more sustainable economy in Michigan.
A century ago, Detroit and Michigan were growing like cherries in June. As the nascent auto industry took hold in Detroit and Michigan, it attracted ambitious, hard working people from around the world who wanted to work on Henry Ford's new-fangled production line.
Groundwork and our new Clean Energy Policy Specialist Dan Worth submitted written testimony concerning Senate Bill 438—a bill introduced by Senator John Proos to repeal provisions of the Clean, Renewable, and Efficient Energy Act. We support a stronger state Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS), more energy optimization, and full retail credit for residential and commercial solar systems. SB 438 does the opposite.


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As Blogtrotters returns for a fifth year, our community of travel bloggers, Instagrammers and vloggers will spend the year nibbling and sipping their way around the country, telling tales of how the food Greeks prepare comes from the heart and soul, and not just the land on which it is produced. In a series of tailor-made digital influencer visits, we head to sun-soaked islands and all the way round the mainland with local produce containing the very essence of each region and its people. We explore how local produce and flavours have come to identify with a destination – and how destinations have come to identify with the food they produce. Join us in discovering Bite-Sized Greece!
45 bloggers from 13 countries are taken on a conceptual journey through Thessaloniki and Halkidiki. Through a workshop and tailored itinerary, more than 11 million social media impressions are produced in 4 days.
Blogtrotters goes nationwide, year-round, as 57 bloggers visit more than 50 destinations.
Social media impressions top 145 million, as 80 blog posts and 19 vlogs are produced. Blogtrotters wins Gold in Ermis Awards (Digital PR) and Tourism Awards (Storytelling Excellence).
Blogtrotters shows its greatest ambition yet in adopting the UNWTO's Year of Sustainability for Tourism Development. More than 50 digital influencers from 10 countries tell stories of sustainability around Greece, producing 102 blog posts, 36 vlogs and 116 million social media impressions.
Blogtrotters explores Greece bite by delicious bite in a year dedicated to the country's extraordinary culinary riches. If you weren't already hungry to visit Greece, prepare to be.
Blogtrotters, Discover Greece's programme of conceptual travel blogger visits, is embracing the United Nations' Year of Sustainability for Tourism Development, by exploring how to achieve balance through travel. Together, we'll be exploring incredible stories of sustainability and helping promote the drive for responsible tourism in Greece.
2014: 10 bloggers are invited to Athens: What's the Story? workshop and a 3-day itinerary showcasing 'An Ancient City with a Modern Soul'. The #blogtrottersGR hashtag is launched, emphasising storytelling and concept-driven engagement.
2015: 45 bloggers from 13 countries are taken on a conceptual journey through Thessaloniki and Halkidiki. Through a workshop and tailored itinerary, more than 11 million social media impressions are produced in 4 days.
2017: This is the year in which the initiative matures and shows its greatest ambition yet. It is the year in which Blogtrotters leaves a legacy, having adopted the United Nation's Year of Sustainability for Tourism Development and exploring the theme of traveling in balance.
By using the hashtag, the bloggers' Twitter, Facebook and Instagram accounts will fizz with stories and images about Greece.
Become part of our community by following their feeds right here.
Blogtrotters wouldn't be possible without the support of everyone working together to make it happen. We would like to thank all the supporting public and private sector bodies and organisations who are integral members of this community.


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