![]() To protest the increasing acceptance of homosexuality in America, the Westboro Baptist Church picketed the funerals of gay men who died of AIDS and of soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. ![]() She believed that all manner of other tragedies-war, natural disaster, mass shootings-were warnings from God to a doomed nation, and that it was her duty to spread the news of His righteous judgments. ![]() “You won’t repent of your rebellion that brought His wrath on you in this incurable scourge, so expect more & worse! #red.”Īs a member of the Westboro Baptist Church, in Topeka, Kansas, Phelps-Roper believed that AIDS was a curse sent by God. “Thank God for AIDS!” she tweeted that morning. Megan Phelps-Roper, a twenty-three-year-old legal assistant, seized the opportunity. ![]() On December 1, 2009, to commemorate World AIDS Day, Twitter announced a promotion: if users employed the hashtag #red, their tweets would appear highlighted in red. ![]()
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![]() ![]() His successors financed the Allies during WW I and then survived Wall Street's 1929 Crash. To illustrate, Chernow recounts how Pierpont organized major industrial corporations like AT&T, GE, and US Steel, also engineering celebrated "rescues" of the US Treasury in 18. Together or on their own, Morgan firms have been involved in remarkable ventures, escapades, and scandals. Over the years, however, legislation (notably, the Glass-Steagall Act), wars, and other factors severed the ties that once bound them. ![]() ![]() The House of Morgan, Chernow shows, spawned consequential enterprises on both sides of the Atlantic. To a significant extent, moreover, the narrative lives up to the subtitle's promise to track the development of latter-day finance. Whereas most annalists leave off with the 1913 death of John Pierpont, Chernow (a former staff member at the Twentieth Century Fund) delivers a start-to-present chronicle, tracing the Morgan dynasty from the mid-19th century-when founding father Junius Spencer left New England to assume control of a London-based merchant bank-through 1987's traumatic stock-market break. ![]() A brilliant, generation-spanning history of the Morgan banking empire, which offers a wealth of social and political as well as economic perspectives. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Like the previous two books, major plot points can be seen approaching from some distance off but the upside to this is that the plot is resolved in a very satisfying and neat conclusion. It's easy to see why Jemisin won the Hugo back to back on this one.Įxcellent narrator really captures the emotional undercurrent of each scene. I'm sure I'll still be re-reading this series decades from now. It really brings the characters to life in a nice way. She can add everything from an African to a Gaelic? to a Slavic accent without sounding fake. The audio-book narrator, Robin Miles, is headed to the top of my narrator list. I hope it doesn't sound pompous, but you can see more maturity in both the writing and the story-line. ![]() This is the second series that I've read by Jemisin and as much as I loved the 1st one (The Inheritance Trilogy), this was even better. It was refreshing to be offered a series where the main character was over 40, had kids and had already lived a full range of experiences. Nothing came easy and there wasn't a hint of a Mary Sue moment. Jemisin never hesitated staring an ugly truth right in the eye and it really paid off. ![]() This was truly a 5-course meal of a trilogy. (Review added to all books in series) This was so good, I'll probably re-read the entire series again by the end of this year. ![]() ![]() ![]() On a random night after the player reaches 100, entering the graveyard will trigger an event where Yorick will summon lightning, randomly damaging a handful of graves, primarily targeting corpses that have 1 or more. Later, he shows up again and tells you he is now the concierge of new souls coming into the graveyard. The following night, the ghost appears again and teaches you something about how to improve your. This is better than throwing them into the river, as you get a ![]() He tells you about where to burn corpses. Note: You can choose any corpse, as long as you throw it into the river.Īfter you dig up a corpse and throw it into the river, Gerry appears and scolds you for having done so. After your first night in your bed, Yorick appears and asks you to exhume the corpse in the lower right corner of the graveyard and toss it into the river, claiming that they are a jerk and should be evicted from the graveyard. ![]() ![]() “One minute the kittens are playing and ready to pounce, and the next minute they’re asleep!” “You have to have lots of patience and lots of nap time,” Casteel says. Still, even with perfectly playful and pouncing subjects, the creation of the book took hundreds of sessions to photograph the kittens. They’re still clumsy and trying to figure it all out.” ![]() “Kittens in general are easygoing for this type of project,” he explains. Doing what they do best: playing and pouncing. So, he pondered other ways to make the cat book happen. “I didn’t want to offend or annoy the cats,” he explains. The cats never even showed up!” he says with a laugh.īut Casteel understands cats, so he wasn’t put off. “I’d show up at homes with adult cats whose parents thought they would be good subjects. ![]() “I just needed to figure out how, when and where.”Ĭasteel experimented with lots of cats who didn’t quite work out. “I’ve wanted to do cats forever,” Casteel explains. What’s cuter than a kitten pouncing? Not much, as you’ll find in Seth Casteel’s new book of photographs, POUNCE.Ĭasteel is known for his innovative photography and particularly his 2012 bestselling book of photographs, Underwater Dogs, which caught the world’s attention as Casteel perfectly captured the playful, funny and endearing features of dogs in motion under water. ![]() ![]() The book succeeds largely on the fact that they really are good friends, with a nice lived-in relationship makes a good bedrock for a romantic relationship. ![]() The failure of Audrey and Clarke to communicate is frustrating but also, given the high stakes of their eternal friendship, plausible. Materialism aside I have to say that this book is very fun, with good dialogue, a focus on friendship, and likeable - if exasperating - characters. This book happened to catch me in peak escapist mode so I enjoyed it, and yet in a different frame of mind, I could just as easily have wanted to throw it across the room. ![]() If you don’t want to read about someone’s Louboutins and how well they match said individual’s Stella McCarthy cocktail dress, then read something else. ![]() an unapologetic celebration of materialism and name brands. ![]() ![]() 'Exciting, empowering and un-put-downable. Should she trust the alchemists - or her heart? ![]() When a shocking secret threatens to tear the vampire world - her new world - apart, Sydney's loyalties are tested more than ever. ![]() Someone that forces her to question everything the alchemists believe in. Vampire Academy: The Graphic Novel (4 books) by. The series follows Sydney Sage, an Alchemist who is assigned to protect Jill Dragomir, a Moroi princess and the illegitimate half-sister of the new Moroi Queen, Vasilisa Dragomir. She has grown close to those in Jill's royal circle - and to someone in particular. Richelle Mead (Goodreads Author) 3.65 avg rating 42,908 ratings. Bloodlines is a spin-off series of the Vampire Academy series written by Richelle Mead. In hiding in a Californian boarding school, Sydney's life has become irrevocably intertwined with Jill Dragomir, the vampire Moroi princess she has been tasked with protecting. ![]() Sydney Sage protects vampire secrets - and human lives. ![]() A pulse-pounding world of magic, alchemy, vampires and true love awaits. Bloodlines: The Golden Lily is the second book in the bestselling Bloodlines series by Richelle Mead, set in the world of Vampire Academy - NOW A MAJOR FILM. ![]() ![]() ![]() (I don’t know why Harper’s was the chosen platform, but it’s a sad parallel that while the American edition of the magazine appears to remain somewhat relevant, the Indian Harper’s Bazaar is rumoured to have collapsed.) ![]() We can only speculate about which of these emotions inspired the open letter, signed by some 150 public figures, including some heavyweights like Martin Amis, Margaret Atwood, Noam Chomsky, Jeffrey Eugenides, Malcolm Gladwell, Steven Pinker, JK Rowling, Salman Rushdie and Gloria Steinem. There doesn’t seem to be consensus on the order in which these stages will manifest themselves, but there is general agreement that at various points of time and in relatively quick succession, you will feel cheerful, depressed and angry (not necessarily in that order). Rumour has it there are seven emotional stages to life in lockdown. ![]() ![]() ![]() And usually, a man giving a woman voice is just weird but Kenneth made Campy's mom's voice perfect. ![]() This was my first of his cowboy or western accents and oh my gosh it was great. I listened to it in audio and as usual Kenneth Obi gives a great performance. ![]() This series has such great characters and I missed Heart and Tank so I say you can read out of order though I do recommend reading Rebel first as it does set up the series and introduce most of the guys. Jackson is attracted to Campy right away but when he finds out that Cameron says he isn't gay he is hurt. He works at Ballsy Boys one of the best gay studios because it pays better, He has no issue with the sex except for the fact as he is not gay. A job he hopes doesn't come to bite him in the butt. He wants to go to Vet school but right now his mother is first priority so he has to work harder at his second job. Jackson wanted to follow his dreams no matter what and decided to do so without his parents knowing. He has a part in a new TV show that hired him for his real Texan accent. Jackson is new and had replied to Cameron's ad for a roommate. ![]() ![]() ![]() She begins teaching for the same UC system that will “shush” the faculty for incorporating progressive ideals in their curriculum-a mordant reminder that “academic freedom” is solely reserved for faculty who tow the line. Jane is his office mate, who out of conscience or consciousness, resigns. Dick is a conscienceless supervisor working at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and thus for the University of California who administers it. Her characters, Dick and Jane, spring from the mind-numbing Dick-and-Jane Readers, which were employed to teach many of us how to read and how to behave. Small stretches beyond the simplest binary opposition and examines the flaws in our thinking that got us where we are today: en masse suffering from the after-effects of atomic tests conducted on Bikini Atoll from 1946-1958 whose fall-out fell out all over us, from the mountains, to the prairies, and from sea to shining sea. ![]() Reviewed by Eckhard Gerde s in Pemmican Pressĭeborah Small’s stunning Routine Contaminations challenges the official and routine lies of 1950s Amerika. ![]() |