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Pediatric center might remain open

NEWPORT NEWS - Riverside Health System is in negotiations with a local company that may lease its pediatric therapy center on Main Street and keep it from closing.

"As of today, discussions are still under way," Riverside spokesman Peter Glagola said late Monday afternoon.

Riverside Pediatric Therapies offers physical, speech and occupational therapy to children younger than 12, many of them with severe disabilities. Last week, Riverside officials said they would close the center as of Sept. 6 for financial reasons, prompting a flood of concern from the families of its 110 patients.

Cathie Costello-Barker, clinical manager for the practice, said Monday that therapists remain up in the air about their futures but would like to stay together and in the same location.

"We have a good team, and we don't want to interrupt care for these kids," Costello-Barker said.

Riverside did not release information on which local company is interested in leasing the space. Three other businesses -- Dominion Pediatric Therapy and Associates Inc., Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters and The Chesapeake Center -- are the main alternatives for children needing therapy, according to therapists at Riverside's center.

Merchants Square undergoes changes

WILLIAMSURG - Shoppers will notice some changes in Merchants Square over the next couple of months.

J. Fenton Gallery moved across the hall last week from the Henry Street Shops to its new location in the former Bacovia Guild shop, which had been vacant for six months.

In late September, Quilts Unlimited, currently upstairs from the old Willliamsburg Drug Co., will move into the former location of J. Fenton Gallery in the Henry Street Shops.

Colonial Williamsburg announced earlier this month that Williams-Sonoma, an upscale kitchen and cookware chain, will move into the former drugstore building in early October.

Across the street, Colonial Williamsburg broke ground in June on a 33,000-square-foot retail and office building at the corner of North Boundary and Duke of Gloucester streets.

Binn's of Williamsburg, an upscale women's clothing store, has agreed to expand its store into the new building, and Talbots, a national women's clothing chain, signed a lease to open a store in the building in 2003. The building will eventually house four tenants.

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Same Expectations At Hungry Tiger

One immutable law of restaurant dining is that of realistic expectations. At the Beachwood Cafe, for instance, it is foolish to order a Greek salad, though one is listed on the menu. The Beachwood, for all its knotty-pine charm, is a coffee shop, a place for egg creams and BLTs, pancakes and too much coffee.

The same law applies to the Hungry Tiger which, despite the trendy new mesquite/gumbo/saddle-of-lamb menu in force at its 15 Southern California outlets, is still the same old portion-controlled, familiar place, positioned in the market, according to a Hungry Tiger Company spokesman, as "a good-value, seafood-based, upscale dinner house, a comfortable place where you can go wearing anything from a tux to a polo shirt."

Comfortable, the restaurants are, with big, roomy chairs, relaxed atmosphere, obliging service. Purveyors of haute cuisine, they are not. Clam chowder is thick as library paste; salad comes swimming in dressing; wild rice tastes more like wild-Riceroni. Potato skins topped with bacon, scallions and melted cheese, however, are delicious; plain broiled fish is fine; and the chocolate cake is rich, dark and luscious. At least, that was my experience on recent visits to the Hungry Tiger in Westwood.

We started with cocktails and a Tiger Iced Seafood Feast appetizer, "a sampler of jumbo shrimp, fresh oysters, littleneck clams and Alaskan snow crab claws," all of it good and fresh. We also tried "Tiger" Wings, deep fried, somewhat greasy chicken wings served with a blue cheese salad dressing dip. They packed a spicy-hot wallop that really woke up the taste buds. But the bland, homogenized gumbo soup put them right back to sleep.

On one visit, dinner was something of a disaster. We ordered steak, a strange choice, perhaps, at a "seafood-based" restaurant. But the company rep had said that with the new menu, they wanted to broaden their range to bring in meat-eaters. They offered pork spare ribs, chicken teriyaki, lamb and steak.

Apparently, the steak wasn't selling fast enough.

"This steak is rotten," said one friend, and I thought he was referring to the quality of the meat . . . until I tasted it. Then I realized it was rotten, as in "gone bad." It tasted like charcoal-broiled blue cheese, in case you're wondering. The waiter was as horrified as we were and brought us a replacement, which was a very good steak. Afterward the hostess kept asking if everything was all right.

We also tried the Seafood Gumbo Feast, a big bowl containing the very same ingredients as the Seafood Feast Appetizer (minus the ice) submerged in the awful gumbo soup and some of the wild-Riceroni. Another dish, broiled lobster, was fine, though as a New Englander spoiled by lobster fresh from cold North Atlantic waters, no lobster on the West Coast satisfies me.

Another night, things went better, not so much because of the sea scallops sauteed with mushrooms and scallions, which were drowned in much too much wine, but because of the fresh, mesquite-broiled fish. We tried the orange roughy (they also offer swordfish, salmon, sea bass and baby salmon, Idaho trout and red snapper, $7.95-$14.95) and it was delicious--just the right degree of doneness, delicate, fresh and buttery.

If you go there, get the fish. Or, if you can get there between 5 and 7 p.m., try the special prime-rib dinner, which comes with chowder, salad or gumbo (order salad, tell them to go easy on the dressing), a baked potato, wild rice or vegetables (get the potato--vegetables tend to be overcooked), a special dessert (lately, a sundae), good French bread and a beverage, all for $7.95! One more thing. The Hungry Tiger at the Music Center has a limited version of the new menu; things have to be kept simple there to get the theater crowd out in time.

Hungry Tiger, 936 Westwood Blvd., Los Angeles. Reservations: 213/208-8277. Two hour validated parking. All major credit cards. Open, Monday-Thursday, 11:30-10; Friday, 11:30-11; Saturday, 5-11; Sunday, 4-10. Dinner for two, $30-$50, food only.

FIRST IMPRESSIONS: There are basically four kinds of Indian restaurants. The difference between the plain ones and the fancy ones is obvious, but it takes some tasting to separate those restaurants that cook everything with the same spices (so that everything tastes more or less the same) from those that blend different spices for each dish. It is the latter sort of Indian restaurant that is most rewarding, for each meal becomes a real symphony of flavors. Hollywood's new India Inn Tandoori Restaurant (1638 N. Cahuenga Blvd.) seems to fall into the plain but tasty category.

The small restaurant is inexpensive (you can eat well for under $10), but it has a gracious air. And the food is cooked with a practiced hand: chicken vindaloo is hot and biting, lamb rogan josh is filled with fresh vegetables, and even the dal is seasoned with freshly ground spices. The service is such that the tandoori dishes arrive still sizzling noisily.

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First Lady No Role Model, Wellesley Students Say

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April 16, 1990

Writer Alice Walker was first choice to be graduation speaker at Wellesley College, but she declined the offer. Second choice was Barbara Bush, who said she would be pleased to accept the invitation.

Some students, however, have objected to the glorification of a first lady who went to college for two years and dropped out to get married. A petition complaining that the first lady's only claim to fame is her husband was signed by 150 protesters.

''To honor Barbara Bush as a commencement speaker,'' said the petition, ''is to honor a woman who has gained recognition through the achievements of her husband, which contradicts what we have been taught over our years at Wellesley.''

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Frank Sganga, A Former Volusia Math Supervisor, Wouldn't Run The School By Himself, Supporters Say.

April 4, 1997|By Maria M. Perotin of The Sentinel Staff

A former Volusia County schools math supervisor wouldn't run The Frank Sganga Charter School alone, organizers said Thursday.

To ease some school district officials' concerns about Sganga's role, his responsibilities would be limited, said Sganga and John Giovannoni, chairman of the school's board of directors.

''My job will be just simply a teaching principal,'' Sganga said. ''They (district officials) were concerned with my being the only one in control of the whole thing.''

The Volusia County School Board is slated to vote Tuesday on the Sganga proposal. If approved, the charter school in New Smyrna Beach would become the first in the county.

Under legislation passed last year, charter schools get the same tax dollars as public schools - about $3,400 per student. They can put their own slant on teaching, but they must commit to meeting specific academic benchmarks.

The Frank Sganga Charter School would cater to children with less than a 2.0 grade-point average, as well as youngsters who have been suspended from school or who have poor attendance or behavioral problems. It would include grades four through seven.

Sganga, who was dismissed from the district in 1984, wouldn't be involved in approving school budgets or making other policy decisions, he said. Perhaps more important, he would have little interaction with the Volusia School Board and district administrators.

Instead, Giovannoni and Vice Chairman Bob Howard would serve as liaisons to the school district.

Calling Sganga a ''rough individualist,'' Giovannoni said some distance is necessary between him and the administration - especially schools Superintendent Bill Hall. That's because Sganga's dismissal from his job and his subsequent legal challenge caused so much tension more than a decade ago.

''There's a history between these two men,'' Giovannoni said. ''It would've been difficult for them to work together without the situation becoming abrasive.''

The new organizational structure calls for a five-member board to handle money matters, supervise student registrations and negotiate teacher contracts, he said. A separate steering committee would offer advice on a variety of issues.

Poling and Associates Inc., an Edgewater accounting firm where Giovannoni is a vice president, would cut checks and provide other financial services, he said.

Giovannoni said he hopes to meet with Hall before the School Board's meeting to explain the proposed changes and discuss any potential problems.

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November 07, 2001

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By Hillary Dickerson

A year ago when I first read those words, I knew immediately who that teacher was in my life. And I believe, too, that much the same works for teachers who have special bonds with their students. It's amazing what comes our way, often in the most unexpected situations.

There I was, a naive and idealistic college freshman, sitting in a small classroom waiting patiently with my fellow classmates for the professor to step through the door. It was the beginning of the spring semester, snow was flying through the air outside across the flat Illinois landscape and I was listening to others around me tell horror stories of the impending Ph.D. - the one we were expecting to walk through the door at any moment.

The murmurs floating through the air were terrifying - the workload she demanded, the tough grading, the mountainous stack of books as required reading, and the list went on. Just as I was about to run out of the room and chase across campus to have my schedule adjusted, this woman - sure to inflict four months of misery upon all of us - entered the room.

A hush quickly silenced that second-floor classroom; I sat up straight.

I mark that moment as the last time I pondered letting anyone else's thoughts sway my opinion of a professor before I had a face-to-face encounter for myself. That's an important lesson to learn in life. Never let anyone else be your judge of personalities.

This professor, unlike any I'd ever witnessed in my admittedly short college career, demanded respect from me the moment she first made eye contact. Little did I know then, my first class with her would most certainly not be my last. In fact, I'd go on to have many, many more with her during the next four years. The reading, the papers, discussions and presentations - it was all a lot of work, but it was work upon which I thrived. Her office door was always open.

She was the woman who helped me decide upon a major, who taught me to love history and be true to myself. Sure, she made me nervous. Handing in a paper to her was a momentous occasion, directly preceded by several late nights in front of the computer. It was even more stressful to wait for the results, hoping like crazy that I'd lived up to her expectations. When I was about to lose my mind - and that was arguably often - worrying about something that now seems terribly unimportant, she defended, supported and cheered me on.

Six years ago I never would have thought for a minute that I'd call a former professor by her first name and continue with her the relationship that started in Wallace Hall Room 202. We still talk about the subject that brought us together on a regular basis, and I'm pretty sure she hasn't given up hope that her young scholar will someday return to graduate school and become a colleague in the profession.

Perhaps the most important lesson I learned in college, between all the facts, dates and techniques, was that inspiration is a key to success. Do not be afraid to let someone else's example launch you on your way.

Be your own person, but find a teacher, counselor, friend, adviser or guide and look up to them for guidance. With that, you'll certainly find your way.

- Hillary Dickerson is a staff writer for the Herald Times. You can reach her at PO Box 598, Gaylord, MI 49734.

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Women's Night Out

To the Editor:

On Thursday, Nov. 8, Otsego Memorial Hospital sponsored a most wonderful Women's Night Out.

I would like to take time to thank Jan Korthase and Deb Allen for their insight in recognizing the value of providing a stress-free night of pampering and healing.

Sandi Jones facilitated two meditation sessions which were enjoyed by all and Tisha Murdoch from Michael's Massage, Laurie Lark and Kaye Thomas-Hogan of The Naturalist, as well as myself had the privilege of providing five-minute massages for the multitude of women who attended.

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September 8, 1996|Sharon Edwards

"I used to worry when I was making superman that I'd mess up. You know: SUPERMAN HIT BY BUS. That in a headline.

"In the first days [after the fall from a horse that left him paralyzed], I kept thinking, 'I ruined my life.' But you only get one. You can't say, 'I've spoiled this one. Can I have another, please?'

"You feel as though you're a creature from another planet. Because here on Earth people walk around and breathe on their own. But.where I come from, people are on a hose, and they sit in chairs and they don't stand up."

Actor Christopher Reeve, in the Aug. 26 issue of Time

This week is

Mind Mapping for the Learning Organization Week (today-Saturday)

National Housekeepers Week (today-Saturday)

Significant days this week:

Patsy Cline, 64th birth anniversary (today)

First Miss America 75th anniversary (today)

National Grandparents Day (today)

Star Trek first broadcast 30th Anniversary (today)

Mao Tse,-Tung, 20th death anniversary (Monday)

Col. Harland David Sanders, 106th birth anniversary (Monday)

Swap Ideas Day (Tuesday) No News Is Good News Day (Wednesday)

Jesse Owens, 83rd birth anniversary (Thursday)

Friday The Thirteenth (Friday)

Star-spangled Banner inspired, 182nd anniversary (Friday)

Rosh Hashanah or Jewish New Year (Saturday)

This week's birthdays

Today: David Steele, 36; Sid Caesar, 74; Heather Thomas, 39; Hilliary Brooke, 82; Sam Nunn, 58; 1 Maurice Cheeks, 40. Monday: Inez Foxx, 53; Luther Simmons, 54; Kristy McNichol, 34; Doug Ingle, 50: Billy Preston, 50; Cliff Robertson. 71: Michael Keaton- 45.

Tuesday: Siobban Fahey; Amy Irving, 43; Robert Wise, 82; Charles Kuralt, 62; Jose Feli- ciano, 51; Arnold Palmer, 67; Joe Perry, 46. Wednesday: Charles Evers, 73; Lola Falana, 50; Brian DePalma, 56; Jimmie Davis, 94. Thursday: Ella Mae Morse,71; Neil Peart, 44; Linda Gray, 56; Maria Muldaur, 53; Peter Scolri 42; Dickie Moore, 71; Barry White, 52. Friday: Jacqueline Bisset, 52; Barbara Bain, 62; Mel Torme, 71; Peter Cetera, 52; Nell Carter, 48. Saturday: Joe Penny, 40; Walter Koenig, 58; Mary Crosby, 37: Kate Millett, 62; Clayton Moore, 82; Jean Smart, 37.

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Don't twist my words on Ryan Tannehill

  • Miami Dolphins quarterback Ryan Tannehill is all smiles as he heads back to his bench after a first quarter touchdown.
Miami Dolphins quarterback Ryan Tannehill is all smiles as he heads back… (Robert Duyos, Sun Sentinel )
October 3, 2012|By Omar Kelly, Sun Sentinel

I don't hate Ryan Tannehill. In fact, I like the Dolphins quarterback a lot, and advocated for the Miami to select him back in January when most said he wasn't good enough, or proven enough.

I wanted him slow cooked, but he's in the microwave now and I'm willing to accept the finished product.

Some claim I'm too harsh on the rookie quarterback, but truth is I'm critical of ALL quarterbacks (except Joe Flacco), and I don't understand why Dolphins fans want to lower the bar of expectations.

Has Ryan Tannehill shown promise? Absolutely!

Has he played good as an NFL starting quarterbacks? Not even close!

His turnovers have led to three losses this season, and yes I'm counting the New York Jets game because without the pick-six there wouldn't have been an overtime game in my opinion.

His accuracy (55.9) is below the NFL norm, and that's supposed to be his strength.

And Tannehill's 66.4 quarterback rating has him ranked 31st in the NFL. A rating in the 80's is the bar for above average QB play.

If Chad Henne produced Tannehill's numbers he'd have been run out of town, no matter how he looked in the game.

Don't change your standards, and water down your expectations because of his pedigree and draft status.

Cincinnati quarterback Andy Dalton, who was selected in the second round, produced a solid rookie season and led his team to the playoffs.

In his second season as the Bengals starter he's completing 67.5 percent of his passes, throwing for 1111 yards and eight touchdowns (four interceptions). Dalton has a 103.0 quarterback rating after four games.

That's GOOD quarterback play!

Right now, as promising as Tannehill appears, he's below average by NFL standards.

I look up his numbers in every category each week and share them with you.

He's got poise, he's got a good arm. He's fairly mobile. He's hard to rattle so far. He possesses plenty of promise and upside. But he hasn't been GOOD yet.

Good leads to wins. Good protects the football. Good puts an opponent away to finish off a game.

Wait for GOOD before anointing him your savior.

Just to avoid all the confusion THIS LINK sends you to my discussion with WQAM host Dan Sileo, where I explain my EXACT feelings on Tannehill, and why I'm not willing to crown him - unlike Sun-Sentinel columnist Dave Hyde - after one solid game that didn't produce a victory.

We had this same issue when everyone wanted to anoint Henne as the savior after every good game - Jets, Oakland - he played.

My point. Look for progress. But slow down, and wait for a larger sample size and a couple of kills.

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Wednesday, 16 July 2008

29 before 29

There’s not a lot of time before I turn 29 – two months and 23 days. But there’s some stuff I’ve been needing a bit of a poke to get out and do, and I’m thinking this clean-living month might make some of this more likely to happen. So, here ‘tis; 29 things I’d like to be able to say I’ve done when my 29th rolls around.

1. Swim in the lido on Hampstead Heath.
2. Grow tomatoes and runner beans.
3. Make a red velvet cake.
4. Host a tea party.
5. Eat at Gordon Ramsay’s gastropub.
6. Read Twyla Tharp’s The Creative Habit.
7. Go rollerskating.
8. Dance like nobody’s watching.
9. Finish my Moleskine notebook.
10. Write every day for a month.
11. Buy some poppies.
12. Learn how to use my new camera.
13. Take part in hulaseventy’s postcard swap!
14. Send Elsa a surprise in the post.
15. Take a self-portrait every day for a month.
16. Finish knitting my grey scarf.
17. Start knitting a snood.
18. Stay overnight by the sea.
19. Go on a weekend away somewhere with Sooz.
20. Master the mise en ventre en roulet on trapeze.
21. Have my For Like Ever poster properly framed. Finally.
22. Take Kate for a lazy picnic.
23. Go to a Wills-Moody jumble sale with Sara and Julie.
24. Leave guerrilla messages of kindness somewhere.
25. Go screenprinting with Rach.
26. Spend an afternoon blowing giant bubbles.
27. Visit Elena in Oxford.
28. Surprise Loz with mail art.
29. Finish Wim’s birthday book.

Skates on, then…!

On the Things Of Wonder front…

Yeondoo Jung’s ever-so-lovely photographic reproductions of kids’ drawings

Melinda Gebbie and Alan Moore’s incredible 3-volume 'pornotopian' graphic novel Lost Girls (I went to hear them speak on Saturday night – true one-offs, erudite, charming and funny)

Vincent Fournier’s surreal photos

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Is there a dog out there?
Even as my father asks the question and I answer, "Archie, you mean is Archie out there?"
I wonder.  Does the world exist for him as bursts of time and as each moment breaks to his surface, is he a stranded time traveler left to assess his territory?   If we stopped coming by, a few caregivers from now, would he no longer have a dog because he no longer remembered to let him back in at night?  Could the dog wander away due to neglect and loneliness and my father would cease to remember his existence?
Or is it simply he has momentarily forgotten Archie's name and is trying to verify his dog's location?
Moments later he asks if I will let the dog out.  When I rise to my feet, he turns and tells Archie , "There she'll let you out.". Is it my imagination or is his tone not like that which you use with a dog, but more like speaking to another human?  I flash on a month or two earlier when Archie was drinking the pond water and my dad yelled "Hey you!  Stop that!"
It creates the illusion that we foisted a dog upon my father.  Of course, that's because I know.  His dog, my dad's true dog, was Mike, who had been dead less than a year when my mother pushed my father into buying Archie.  Her intentions were good.  Retired, not getting younger and getting set in his ways, if they waited too long, my father would never have a dog again.  Did my mother foresee a time when she would be gone and his only solace would be his dog?  If so, she got it wrong by one dog.  Archie was a dog, but Mike was like my father's soulmate.  Mike put up with my father's bait and switch teasing as if it were normal, expected behavior.  That was far beyond the skill set of Archie ...... Or me.

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can I accept a job knowing I plan to leave it in a few months?

A reader writes:

I have recently been offered a job with a company locally and have accepted it. However the hiring process a extensive background investigation is needed and will not be able to start this position until the January of 2011. I have more recently been offered a another job a couple of hours away. I would prefer to accept the position locally but I need an income that I could get from the other job a couple hours away. Is it acceptable to use this job until the other job and background investigation on done?

I get versions of this question all the time, all ultimately wanting to know:  When is it okay to take a job knowing you're likely to leave it quickly as soon as something better comes along?

First, two situations where I'll give you an immediate pass:  (1) If you're being honest with the first employer about your intent and they hire you knowing that, go for it, and (2) if this is a job or industry where high turnover is typical and routine, such as retail, call centers, and so forth, fine.

But aside from that, here are some principles that you should apply to any question along these lines:

* If you're not being candid with the employer, what will the impact be on them? In many businesses, an employee leaving after just a few months means that time, money, and other resources were wasted on training; they have to go through the time and expense of a new hiring process; and often the area your role was responsible for suffers setbacks, either minor or major. Is this a large business that can more easily absorb the impact, or a small business that will feel it much more? Is it a nonprofit that will have to divert resources away from a valuable mission to respond? Different organizations are impacted to different degrees by this, and you want to think about what the impact will be in your case.

* Are you willing to accept a possible hit to your own reputation?  It's likely that you will always be "the guy who left after we spent two months training him." You won't just burn bridges with the first organization; it may impact you other places too, because the world is fairly small. Are you willing to accept the possibility that you might be going after a job you really want some day and find that your interviewer was the co-worker who picked up the slack after you disappeared -- or knows one of those co-workers? (I know this sounds like a loaded question, but it's a genuine one. You might weigh everything and decide that, yes, you are willing to accept this. That's fine; I just want you to think it through first.)

Speaking of reputation, it's also worth asking yourself what your new employer will make of this. They may assume you're willing to do the same thing to them.

* This one is hard to quantify, but you should at least be aware that there were probably other people who really wanted that first job and would have been thrilled to get it ... and might have gotten if it the employer had known that you had secret plans to leave after a few months. Again, your call to make, but this should be part of the ethical landscape that you think about.

Now, whenever this topic comes up, someone points out that you don't owe employers any loyalty because they may fire or lay you off without notice, etc. But it's a rare employer who will hire someone planning to fire her in a couple of months, or who will hire you and then rescind the job offer when a better applicant shows up. And yes, plenty of employers treat employees badly, but it's far from true of everyone, so at least make sure you know who you're dealing with before you paint everyone with the same brush.

All that said, it's certainly true that employers make decisions based on what's in their own best interests. But the reason they don't, for instance, hire someone planning to fire her in two months, is because that's not in their best interests. It's not in their best interests to become known as an employer who does that kind of thing, or to make their current employees worry they'll do it to them. And it's not in their interests to become known as a company that treats people unfairly or callously, because they want to be able to attract and keep good people. And something similar is true for you: It's not in your own interests to get a reputation as someone who doesn't keep commitments, who cuts and runs, or who acts without integrity or concern for others -- because you want to to be able to work with good people too.

So just as employers will act in their own best interests, you should too. But you should make sure you have a really comprehensive picture of what those interests are -- and for all the reasons above, it's not as simple as "Job A is better than Job B."

Anonymous said...

In my opinion you have to do what is right for you even if it deceiving an employer. Do it!

TisDone said...

What about making arrangements with the 2nd employer to consider the arrangement on a short-term contract basis, including the option to extend the relationship if the 1st position falls through? This way - everyone knows each other's expectations, the bills gets paid, and there is no hit to anyone's reputation.

Anonymous said...

I am also struggling with a similar issue and am curious to see what others think about situations like this (especially in the current economy). In my case, I came out of graduate school into the recession, was unable to find a job in the profession I am trained for, and wound up taking a job in the field I have been trying to get out of. I think there are many, many people out there in this situation.

In my case, I am planning to stay for a total of one year and then move on as the economy improves. I do not feel bad about this for the following reasons: 1) I am underemployed and working outside of my profession and my employer knew that when they hired me. 2) The field I am trying to leave is already high-stress/low-reward/high-turnover. Most people do not stay more than 2 or 3 years anyway. 3) I am easily outperforming more than 80% of my coworkers because, even though I do not plan to stay, I do want to provide a lot of value for the organization while I am there. 4) I work for a state-funded organization and have already been informed (after I was hired) that there will be virtually no opportunities for advancement, or even a cost of living raise, for the foreseeable future.

It seems that what the OP is really asking about is the ethics of taking a survival job. When so many of us have been forced into survival jobs over the last couple of years, it seems to me that the moral calculus on this matter has changed a bit. Can anybody really expect well-educated, high-caliber employees to remain underemployed/misemployed when better opportunities arise?

Anonymous said...

You spend at least 35-40 hours per week on a job and probably more. So getting it right is an absolute essential. It's your life. It's your working life. You have the right to make it a happy one.

If you accept a job and something better paid or more suited to your strengths comes along a few months later, go for it. But accept that you've probably burnt your bridges with that company and you just should not include it on your resume.

It is a risk when hiring any new employee and if the company felt things were not working out, they doubtless would not hesitate the address the situation and fire an employee during their probation period. Any organised hiring manager should keep a file of candidates to call back should things not work out with the new hire. It's a two way street. There's absolutely nothing wrong with learning a job isn't right for you and leaving for a better one.

With this crappy economy, the rule book should be thrown out of the window. Jobseekers and employees should be looking after themselves as their top priority. Companies should be realistic. People come. People go. It is the nature of the beast.

JC said...

The new job doesn't start until 2-3 months correct? That's an awfully short time to be with this other employer. You won't be able to even settle into this job before you leave it for the other one. It seems like the employer is going to spend more time and money training you than you will be providing to them. Ethically, it just seems to me like it's not worth it. Not to mention it will burn bridges with this company and may hurt your reputation for awhile.

I understand your need to pay the bills and survive before this next job starts, but are there other things you can do? Take out loans? Borrow from someone? Any savings you could dip into and then replenish later? Re-do your budget to cut costs? It just seems like a waste of time and energy to me that you would take this very short term job...unless it pays so well that it IS worth it.

I am currently hearing back from this job (from the question AAM answered for me last week). I am a finalist for the position and right now they are doing background and reference checks. It's not my ideal job career wise (very entry level and not related to my specialty interest) but it will pay the bills and it comes with other perks. I was told up front that they expected the position to be held for 1-2 years at least. I made a verbal "promise" to them that I would stay for at least that long and I plan on sticking to that. Integrity is very important to me and I will just have to find other ways to work on my career goals outside my job.

Good luck!

Anonymous said...

Aside from the ethics of the situation, I think AAM has provided some important points to think about, since your actions here might affect things later in your career.

I always feel a lot of job loyalty because I usually enjoy the places that I work and like my coworkers. In the past, this has stopped me from pursuing better opportunities when I probably should have. I think it's important to think about how much you'd actually set the company back if you left. Maybe they'd lose a few weeks of training and some money, but a job change will have a significant impact on your life. I think job seekers have to do what's best for them. Chances are, it won't make as big a difference to the company as it will make to your life. I think that's also true for just taking a job for a few months to make money. You have to look out for yourself.

Anonymous said...

IMO, six months maybe. A year, sure, go ahead and accept it and quit later. But two months?? No way. You won't even have the training wheels off.

I think too often, people underestimate how small the world is, and how easy it is to burn a bridge. This temporary job doesn't have to be in the same industry or the same city, for your actions to come back and bite you. And even if you leave the company off your resume and don't use them as a reference--future employers may still have 'inside' connections and make a call anyway, and find out about your dishonesty.

I say, be upfront with them and let them decide if they will take you as a temp. Or find another temp gig.

Anonymous said...

I agree with Sharon completely - that employer has no loyalty to you or you to them. If they thought it would save them a couple of bucks they would lay you off just as quickly as they hired you.

And, don't try to second-guess what might or might not happen; you don't have a crystal ball.

Just do what you need to do.

Anonymous said...

I am in a similar situation right now. I interned with a company during college and they told me that they would love to hire me, but due to the current economic situation, they couldn't yet. They gave me a vague range of time that they could be getting back to me. Since it wouldn't be smart to sit back and wait for this job to hire me, which might not have even happened, I took another job. 2 months into that job, I was contacted by the company that I interned with. I had developed very close relationships with this company and decided that I wanted to take the job.

My justification is this... You can not plan your life on an uncertainty or a maybe. Sometimes you need to take what you can get and then if something else comes along, make a decision then. While it may be a pain to a company, you should not sacrifice what is best for you based on a guilt factor or burnt bridge. If I turned down the job offer from the company that I interned with, I would have regreted it forever. That was enough for me to make my decision.

Anonymous said...

Gimme a break. Is it really realistic to worry that you're taking a job away from the 2nd pick? Ive never met anyone who's done that. And I think the whole burned bridges thing is way overblown unless you work in a small industry or smaller city.

Anonymous said...

Personally, I have accepted jobs unrelated to my field of study and it ruined my reputation in the job marketplace. I have left jobs due no advancement and that move ruined my reputation as well. I think HR need to revise some of their standards because people run businesses and not robots and certain situation must be evaluated according to the individual's experience. Just think about it most corporations, small businesses, mom and pop shops will move on and hire someone else, however, someone like me is looked down upon as an unreliable worker and that was not my intent. I was simply trying to better myself and avoid gaps in my resume. I created more confusion by doing that and since my last job in 2008, I have been very unsuccessful obtaining employment in my field of study that is in Higher Education or the Criminal Justice field. Meanwhile, my bills are piling up, student loans must be repaid for the BS in Criminal Justice I obtain in 2004, Masters in Education 2009, Post Masters cert in Enrollment Management for higher education 2009, and associations fees and personal growth training in Customer Service, Group Dynamics, Leadership skills and Management through RockHurst University.

It is a shame how HR/employers judge professionals based on their last place of employment and not their accomplishments nor achievements. To think about it, I have worked in the manufacturing industry, fast food (while in high school), Government (as an Independent Contractor with no benefits and I had to pay my own taxes), Architectural firm(entry level, Receptionist), Medical (Hospital, HR office, I had a rude awaken while I was there), Retail (Sales Associate), Laboratory (Processor), Assistant Campaign Associate (Received training in Campaign Management), Call Center (temp position through an employment agency), Higher education (Admissions), and other service related industries. I accepted positions in order to avoid gaps in my resume.

Anonymous said...

I vote for "look out for numero uno, 'cause nobody else will." You gotta do what you gotta do, taking all known information into account.

If you really feel that taking this job for two months is the best thing for you, then do it. If you're really going to be out in less than 90 days, you can exercise your option to say that it isn't working out, a better opportunity came along, or whatever.

But is it worth it though? I'd feel extremely weird taking a job that I *knew* I would be at for two months without the employer knowing about it. Only you can make that call.

Anonymous said...

It's strange that so many people are missing AAM's point, which is that it's not just a question of do what you feel like doing but instead has ramifications and consequences that might affect you in ways you're not predicting. In other words, putting yourself first still might mean that taking the job planning to leave soon is a bad move.

Anonymous said...

Anon 10:46,
I'd be skeptical too about hiring you. You're all over the place and I'd assume those jobs don't span very many years.

Anonymous said...

The ethical thing to do is to say to Job #2, I have accepted another position and will begin within 2-3 months. However if you have not had any success in locating another candidate, I'd be willing to do the job duties as a consultant in the interim until you locate another candidate and my other position begins.

You'd be surprised how well this could go over. You may find your background investigation takes longer than month. My most recent one (and I've had a high clearance before) took over 3 months. Not only that, but you might also find you like that position/company better.

I've done this before and the result was a very lucrative 6 month contract. I didn't feel guilty building relationships or that I was going to let the team down because I was honest up front. Also, they'd have me back in a heart-beat because they valued my integrity. Not to mention my resume looks good because I have consulting experience.

Anonymous said...

AS someone who hires people, trains people, and contacts references and previous jobs when doing so - I say think long and hard about the choice you make. We're smaller and it does have an impact when someone leaves. When I accept someone for a position, I do call the other candidates and let them know so they can focus their attention elsewhere.

I'm also actively involved in several professional organizations that allow me to interact with recruiters in a variety of other industries, and we do compare notes. If you worked in a company with someone I know, I will absolutely contact that person and ask for their feedback. I know and trust their opinion and I'm staking a little of my professional credibility and personal workload on the fact that you are, in fact, the type of person you represent yourself to be.

That doesn't mean stave - but if it's a short term commitment, be upfront or find a job that may not be as cool, but since you'll only be doing it for a few months, doesn't matter. Especially this time of year - tons of opportunities for short-term, retail work which would probably fit right into your time-line anyway.

Anonymous said...

I think the best way would be to negotiate with Job #2 that you'd prefer this to be a temp to perm assignment, that could benefit both you and the company to have a trial period. Although you know you will eventually leave to take Job #1.If you tell job #2 that you already have another job waiting for you, I don't think they'd be interested in you at all.

I wouldn't worry about burning bridges, as long as you don't do anything illegal or commit a crime. Both employers and employees have needs, so yours should come first for you. I worked for a company for 9 years as a top performer and left in very good terms. But when there was a position opened up (my old position with my old boss), they refused to take me back after initially said they were interested in having me back. Not sure for what reason, but it's just an example that you don't know what could happen in the future, so don't need to worry much.

Anonymous said...

This comment is directed at ocotber 25@11:53am.
Don't judge me for improving myself and putting forth effort at everything that I set my mind to accomplish. I refuse to sit around and do nothing.
While working for the government, I learned something very valuable that education is a profound tool that can transform a person to not settle for less. I used to work with professionals who dedicated 30 years plus in one department and when their services were no longer needed they didn't know what to do.
Have you read the BIO's of most 500 Inc. executives you will find they worked in many different industries before arriving at their final destination.
Most graduates don't work in their field of study.

Anonymous said...

I think the biggest issue is the hit to your own resume - I've been accused of being a "job-hopper" and "not worth the investment" after staying at a job for _3 years_. Imagine if I'd only been there 3 months.

But, then again, taking the "temp" job will at least get you in the door with those increasingly numerous companies that say "no unemployed candidates" in their ad...


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What could be better than owning one ASM DBR? Well for one of our customers the answer was two. Well breifly.
The car listed below is up for sale due to an upgraded example being on order and currently in build at our Norfolk workshops.
The info shown below is pasted in from Silverstone's website. The listing can be viewed directly by following this link

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February 28th. 2013.
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Wednesday, 15 May 2013

ASM DBR1 at Prescott Hill Climb

A S Motorsport Ltd. attended the 10th Cheltenham Cleeve Vale Rotary Club Classic Hill Climb event held on Sunday May 12th.

Prescott Hill Climb is the home of the Bugatti Owners Club and nestles in the Cotswold Hills.
The hill is a challenging run of just over 1000 yards and incorporates some very tricky hairpin turns.

We were told that the hill record was around 36.5 seconds but as the day was non competitive and un-timed we were unable to compare our times.

Being an un-timed event allowed us to dispense with helmets and overalls and also take passengers up the hill.

We were given paddock number C11 seen here sandwiched between a WAM DB3S and a Bristol Special.

One of the event sponsors had invited Sir Stirling Moss along. Seen here doing the rounds and signing cars.

He has kindly signed the steering wheel of our ASM DBR1 demo car.

The event attracts a full paddock of all sorts of cars.
A very nice example of an Alpine.

An impressive line of GT40's

A bit of American Muscle.
AMC Rambler which was not deterred by the damp in the afternoon and ran a full forty yards from the line doing a burnout.

Ecurie Ecosse Transporter.

A rare Brabham Vauxhall

Cars queuing to take a run up the famous hill...

Which turned a little damp later in the afternoon. However there were still plenty of runners.

I believe the event is on course to raise around £19000 for local charities which is an excellent result for a very well organised event.

Many thanks to those who made the event run so smoothly.

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Wednesday, 29 April 2009

National Aspergillosis Centre, UK

Dr Chris Steele
The first national centre for the treatment of aspergillosis sufferers will be formally launched at the University Hospital of South Manchester (Wythenshawe Hospital) on Friday May 1st 2009.

The UK National Aspergillosis Centre has been commissioned by the Department of Health, initially to provide long term care for patients with chronic pulmonary aspergillosis. This condition is one of several types caused by the common airborne fungus Aspergillus.

The centre aims to provide comprehensive, excellent care for all patients with aspergillosis and will link specialist consultants, nurses, surgeons, radiologists and researchers with specialised laboratory facilities to reduce fatalities and deliver a better quality of care.

The centre will be opened by TV doctor Chris Steele who said it will not only provide a valuable service for patients but also provide a national focus on a little known but highly debilitating disease.

The National Commissioning Group commission medical services for specific groups of patients with extremely rare conditions or which require unusual or costly treatment and advise ministers on which NHS services are best commissioned nationally rather than locally.

Friday, 17 April 2009

How we tell one Aspergillus species from another

Traditionally Aspergillus species were identified by looking at how they grew in the laboratory, by careful examination of the structure of their fruiting bodies - the conidium and by comparing those features with special reference strains. It is possible to read how these features are recorded in the species section of the Aspergillus Website.
As time has gone by and more an more potential new species are identified these techniques have proved to be inadequate. Some species were shown to be so closely related they were listed as varieties within a group rather than as distinct species - it wasn't possible to tell enough difference between them.

At the same time a slew of new information has become available which helps show us the differences between species in different ways. Principal among these new technologies is DNA sequencing and the new science of genomics. Similarities and differences between the DNA sequences of species can now be routinely examined and that information is used to say whether or not 2 candidate species are distinct, related or virtually the same.

This still isn't the full story and genomics data cannot be taken in isolation from all the other data, some new and some old. The way forward has been strongly suggested to be a polyphasic approach (first suggested many years ago) involving taking into consideration features from all available evidence: morphology; physiology; DNA; protein; ecology; metabolites, and reaching a concensus.

The result is complicated but often very robust: the full concept can be read in this recent paper.

Wednesday, 8 April 2009

Mobile phones as a reservoir for Aspergillus

A recent study in India shows that Aspergillus, amongst others can often be isolated from the mobile phones of professional health workers.
The mobile phone consists of a number of cavities and surfaces that can provide adequate moisture (from sweat) and food (the contents of pockets, human skin cells) for fungal growth. Phones are rarely if ever cleaned adequately so microbes lie largely undisturbed.

Considering that many professionals use mobile phones on and off the wards this may be another route through which Aspergillus and other infective microbes (e.g. MRSA) can get to the patient.

Outbreaks of aspergillosis occur in wards despite all the care taken to prevent the spores of the fungus gaining entry. Many routes have been considered (Barnes 2000) but maybe this relatively new source requires attention too.

Friday, 3 April 2009

A quick new test for Aspergillus infections in patients

A rapid new test for Aspergillus fumigatus fungal infections has been described at the Society for General Microbiology meeting in Harrogate on April 2nd. Fungal infections by Aspergillus species are a major cause of death in patients whose immune systems are suppressed or damaged - for instance transplant patients or those undergoing chemotherapy.

These groups of patients are susceptible to an invasive form of aspergillus infection with a high fatality rate. Invasive aspergillosis is currently difficult to diagnose and tests are lengthy and expensive. Current tests are not always specific and false positives are not infrequent.

Dr Christopher Thornton and colleagues, of the University of Exeter, UK has developed a test for invasive aspergillosis using a technology similar to that in home pregnancy tests. The test uses a monoclonal antibody which binds to a glycoprotein antigen secreted specifically by Aspergillus species. It does not apparently give a cross reaction with any other clinically important fungi and takes 15 minutes to perform, making it quicker and less costly than conventional laboratory-based tests. Being user friendly it may be useful at the point of care as a result of its speediness.
The test is currently being developed with a multinational clinical diagnostics company to develop a commercial version of the test.

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REVIEW: Dead Ringer by Jessie Rosen

Title: Dead Ringer
Author: Jessie Rosen
Publisher: Full Fathom Five
Publication Date: November 11th 2015
Part of A Series?: Yes
I Got A Copy Through: The Publisher via Netgalley

Blurb Description: From the moment Laura Rivers steps foot into Englewood High, she notices the stares—and they aren’t the typical once-overs every pretty new girl endures. The students seem confused and…spooked. Whispers echoing through the halls confirm that something is seriously off. “That new girl looks just like her,” they say.

It turns out Laura has a doppelgänger, and it isn't just anyone—it's Sarah Castro-Tanner, the girl who killed herself by jumping into the Navasink River one year ago.

Laura is determined not to let the gossip ruin her chances of making a fresh start. Thanks to her charming personality and California tan, she catches the eye of Englewood’s undisputed golden boy, Charlie Sanders, and it’s only a matter of time before they make their relationship official.

But something is making Charlie and his friends paranoid—and Laura soon discovers it has to do with Sarah Castro-Tanner.

What really happened to Sarah? Why is Charlie unraveling? And how does Laura Rivers fit into it all?

After all, she’s the dead ringer for a dead girl.

Being the new girl is bad enough. But for Laura Rivers, being the new girl is the least of her problems.

Almost all of Englewood High sees just one thing when they look at their newest California girl- the face of the their saddest story. The face of Sarah Castro- Tanner, the only girl in this small sleepy town who committed suicide. Terrible, right? Especially for the new girl. And things only get harder when she falls for Englewood's golden boy and star quarterback- Charlie Sanders.

But the girl with the dead girls face is in for a few surprises- for Englewood's star boy has a closet full of dark, incriminating secrets, and a few revolving around the girl who's face she shares...

I thought Dead Ringer had an absolutely brilliant story line- but it didn't live up to what I thought it would be. The story itself was great, but the writing was a bit stiff and I could see the inexperience of the author. The dialogue was awkward, and the descriptions mediocre. The chemistry was nonexistent. And the worst part? All the twists came at the most inopportune moments- they could have had such a great impact, because as I said the idea of the story was gorgeous, but the actual execution could have been so much better!

On the whole, there's not much more I can say- reviewing Dead Ringer makes me feel like I have to be as blunt as I can be! I am a little sad, because that story could have been so much more, and also, it could have been finished in just one book- but then again, that's up to the author!

All in all, I just wish it was a better executed story!

REVIEW: Drowning is Inevitable by Shalanda Stanley

Title: Drowning is Inevitable
Author: Shalanda Stanley
Publisher: Random House Children's
Publication Date: September 8th 2015
Part of A Series?: No, Standalone
I Got A Copy Through: The Publisher via NetGalley

Blurb Description: Olivia has spent her whole life struggling to escape her dead mother’s shadow. But when her father can’t even look at her because Olivia reminds him of her mother, and her grandmother mistakenly calls her “Lillian,”  shaking a reputation she didn’t ask for is next to impossible. Olivia is used to leaning on her best friend, Jamie; her handsome but hot-tempered boyfriend, Max; and their wild-child friend, Maggie, for the reality check that her small Louisiana town can’t provide. But when a terrible fight between Jamie and his father turns deadly, all Olivia can think to do is grab her friends and run.

In a flash, Olivia, Jamie, Max, and Maggie become fugitives on the back roads of Louisiana. They’re headed to New Orleans, where they hope to find a solution to an unfixable problem. But with their faces displayed on all the news stations, their journey becomes a harrowing game of hide-and-seek from the police—and so-called allies, who just might be the real enemy.

Shalanda Stanley’s breathtaking debut novel explores the deep ties between legacy, loyalty, and love, even as it asks the question: How far would you go to save a friend?

“She was the ghost I was always looking for.”

I still remember the day I flipped Drowning is Inevitable open…

I was sitting in the car, and my parents and I were returning from somewhere a solid hour away, and the music playing on the radio was a little too mellow for my taste and so, to deal with the boredom, I switched on my Kindle app, and the cover of Drowning is Inevitable caught my attention.

Now now, before I go any further, I understand that it is morally (for a literature lover) to judge a book by its cover, but come on – everybody does it. My own little flaw. Well, suffice to say, the cover is gorgeous - and so is that title!

But, that’s not the point. The point was that within the first minute of properly starting the book (I spent two whole ones staring at that ARC sticker on the cover, thinking for the millionth time how cool it was that I get to read Advanced Copies!) I was HOOKED. There’s just something about powerful openings that get to me – and Drowning is Inevitable definitely had that.

I’m not going to go into the actual story line of the book- because who wants to ruin all of that fun of reading something with no spoilers – but I will tell you what I loved about the book, and why I think you should definitely read it:

First of all, THIS:

“I’m sorry. I wanted to jump off a cliff, and I didn’t want to do it with anyone but you.” (EEEK)

And getting more serious now- I absolutely ADORED how Shalanda Stanley created these characters that have spent their entire lives twirled around each other, and yet somehow, are only now truly realising it – when they’re willing to put all they’ve worked for all these years at risk, just for each other. I LOVED how there was this situation that occurs so frequently and yet so covered up in the world we live in today – one that always disgusts me – but for the first time, the abuse victim wasn’t all alone, and he had this support system, that was willing to go to ends of the earth with him. I loved Jamie and Olivia – and that for the first time ever, the best friend relationship was portrayed in this unquestionable, steadfast manner that left no room for interpretation or anybody else to get in the way off!

All in all, even though the paragraph above that I spent ranting probably makes no sense, I can’t recommend Drowning is Inevitable more!

REVIEW: Six Of Crows by Leigh Bardugo (Six Of Crows, #1)

Title: Six Of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
Author: Leigh Bardugo
Publisher: Indigo Publishing
Publication Date: September 29th 2015
Part of A Series?: Yes - First in a trilogy
I Got A Copy Through: ARC- Guardian Children's Books

Blurb Description: Ketterdam: a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price—and no one knows that better than criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker. Kaz is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams. But he can't pull it off alone...

A convict with a thirst for revenge.

A sharpshooter who can't walk away from a wager.
A runaway with a privileged past.
A spy known as the Wraith.
A Heartrender using her magic to survive the slums.
A thief with a gift for unlikely escapes.

Six dangerous outcasts. One impossible heist. Kaz's crew is the only thing that might stand between the world and destruction—if they don't kill each other first

Do you know what it feels like to go back into a fictional world, and be able to call it home- to feel like you’ve finally found a part of you didn’t even know was missing? Well, that is exactly what Six Of Crows is to me. A return to the world of Alina and Mal and Nikolai and The Fold and The Darkling and everybody else that I had no idea I missed that much…

I’d heard about Leigh’s new book, of course, but through all my research (I did that extensively, believe me) there was a lot of anonymity about the book, leaving me little to no storyline expectations from the book- except for the hope of a great new story and the hesitation to get into a new trilogy, for fear of emotional strain. And will the billions of other books releasing this fall, this wasn’t exactly on the top of my to-buy pile- but now, I see how COMPLETELY wrong I was.

If you’re considering this book, let me tell you- it is BRILLIANT, Leigh Bardugo is a genius, and you will be transported in a matter of a few sentences, back to the world of the Shadow and Bone trilogy, except from a completely different point of view. In Six of Crows, the Ravkan Civil War is over, and the Grisha (yes, the GRISHA!) are still reeling from it, but we see it all not from the royalty’s perspective, but from thieves and low-lives and we see the whole world in a completely different perspective.

Kaz Brekker is a criminal prodigy. Kaz Brekker is calculating, cold and ruthless. Kaz Brekker has been offered all the money he could ever hope for, in exchange for a prisoner. Simple, right? The prisoner is a notorious doctor who has created a drug that in the wrong hands, could be deadly. So what, isn’t this normal? Except this drug- Jurda Parem- is designed especially for Grisha. And it makes them unstoppable. It can make Healers convince bend rooms full of people to their will. It can make Heartrenders stop unlimited hearts at whatever distance. If it falls into the wrong hands, the drug can mean the end of Grisha freedom as we know it.

To free the scientist, and ultimately hand him over to the merchant lords of Ketterdam (you know, where Alina and Mal ran off to in the end of Shadow and Bone) Kaz Brekker needs a team- a team as deadly, as cunning and as ruthless as he is. He needs a team of criminals that have nothing to lost and everything to gain, to break into the most impenetrable fortress known to their world. If captured, death will be a blessing to them. If they succeed, they earn their freedom- and money, of course!

I absolutely LOVED Six of Crows. Reading it was like getting sucked into this whirlpool of emotions and that feeling of falling hopelessly in love with a whole new host of characters, however unredeemable they might be- and loving every second of it! It was a perfect novel- as perfect as young adult gets- with Leigh Bargudo producing her best work to date.

If you’re hesitant- like me- or simply haven’t hear of this book- I can only say READ IT! It will blow your mind!

Review: The Kiss by Lucy Courtenay

Title: The Kiss
Author: Lucy Courtenay
Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
Publication Date: July 2nd 2015
Part of A Series?: Standalone
I Got A Copy Through: NetGalley

Blurb Description:'Aphrodite kissed a mortal once by the light of this moon, many thousands of years ago. It drove him crazy. The next person that he kissed - boum. The craziness travelled like this from person to person. It travelled through time. Everywhere - boum! Tu comprends?' 'Where did it end up?' I whisper. His lips are on my cheek now. 'It ended with me. And now I am going to pass it to you. You will like that, mermaid?' Imagine the perfect kiss. A legendary kiss that makes people crazy with love.

Imagine a summer's night, on a moonlit beach in the South of France, as French boy Laurent kisses 16-year-old Delilah after the best chat-up line she's ever heard. BOOM! Delilah is pretty sure the Kiss is fiction, despite her head-spinning holiday fling. But with all the sudden crushes, break-ups and melt-downs happening back at home, the Kiss starts looking a little too real for comfort. If only Delilah could keep track of where it's gone ...Who knew one kiss could cause this much trouble?

A hilarious rom-com that will delight Geek Girls everywhere!

I’m usually wary of books like The Kiss- and for what I think is a pretty good reason- they’re simply overdone. I will elaborate by saying that not all teenagers- myself included (at times)- think in that COMPLETELY irrational manner, but we’re a bit (albeit, tiny) more sensible than that. Despite my initial reservations, however, I decided to request The Kiss- mostly because of the Aphrodite lore, and the personal significance that one particular Greek Goddess’s name has to me.

And can I just say, that The Kiss was one of those books that had all the right drama, in all the right places- a funny, quick read, filled with some super cool art and undeniable chemistry- and for the first time in a long time, I was happy that I got over what I can now describe as my stuck-up-ed-ness, and decided to give Lucy Courtenay a try.

I don’t quite know what to say about this book, really- in fear of completely ruining this contemporary genius, but let me try talking about the bits I loved.

1. THE CHEMISTRY- When you get to reading as much and as quickly as I do, the entire concept of chemistry- and not Insta-Love between the characters gets diluted, and surprisingly enough, and to my complete delight, Courtenay was able to portray this love story in believably swoony amounts with the perfect amount of drama and fun!

2       2. THE BEST- FRIEND AND THE ONION- Something about the less glamourous, more reserved best friend and the boy that got away, all winded up with the plan to win him back had this whole realistic feel to it- and I loved every minute of it!

3       3. THE ART- Okay, you’re going to have to read it to get to know what exactly I mean by the art- because even in the book, it’s a surprise to Delilah, and one that even I enjoyed.

And I’m done. That’s as vague and at the same time not- so vague as I can get about a book like The Kiss. All I can say is that if you’re looking for a light, sexy and funny read- this should probably be your next pick!

Review: A Thousand Nights by E.K.Johnston

Title: A Thousand Nights
Author: E.K.Johnston
Publisher: Disney Hyperion
Publication Date: October 6th 2015
Part of A Series?: Standalone
I Got A Copy Through: NetGalley

Blurb Description: Lo-Melkhiin killed three hundred girls before he came to her village, looking for a wife. When she sees the dust cloud on the horizon, she knows he has arrived. She knows he will want the loveliest girl: her sister. She vows she will not let her be next.

And so she is taken in her sister's place, and she believes death will soon follow. Lo-Melkhiin's court is a dangerous palace filled with pretty things: intricate statues with wretched eyes, exquisite threads to weave the most beautiful garments. She sees everything as if for the last time. But the first sun rises and sets, and she is not dead. Night after night, Lo-Melkhiin comes to her and listens to the stories she tells, and day after day she is awoken by the sunrise. Exploring the palace, she begins to unlock years of fear that have tormented and silenced a kingdom. Lo-Melkhiin was not always a cruel ruler. Something went wrong.

Far away, in their village, her sister is mourning. Through her pain, she calls upon the desert winds, conjuring a subtle unseen magic, and something besides death stirs the air.

Back at the palace, the words she speaks to Lo-Melkhiin every night are given a strange life of their own. Little things, at first: a dress from home, a vision of her sister. With each tale she spins, her power grows. Soon she dreams of bigger, more terrible magic: power enough to save a king, if she can put an end to the rule of a monster.

From the minute I read the synopsis during the cover reveal, I knew that A Thousand Nights was a book I just had to have. I was so excited, that I kept telling even my non- reader friends that I had found this book, and I knew it was going to be the next IT thing...

Maybe I shouldn't have overdone it like I did, because A Thousand Nights, although really good, just didn't reach that level of brilliant that I thought it would be.

The synopsis sets the story up in ways that I never could, but despite all of that, the story itself was vague, had a lot less magic than I thought it would, but a lot more embroidery and pining over a sister.

Let me elaborate on what I didn't like about the book, before I move on to what I did, just to finish on a high note, because I do think that this book is something pretty much everyone should read.

A Thousand Nights has this gorgeous setting, in a desert in the time of camels and tents, with stories told about myths and the king that kills his brides. A Thousand Nights is the story of a girl, who pays the ultimate sacrifice, to save the person she cares about the most in the world. A girl who was rewarded with magic.

“She was not of my kind, yet there was some power to her that was not human, not quite. She did not die, and I wondered if I might at last have found a queen for whom I could set the desert on fire.”

Magic is not something that people in our world simply receive- especially humans.
But then Kings are supposed to be just men, and not something without a conscience. And as every new dawn comes, the new queen finds herself growing more powerful, instead of winding up without breath in her body, and finds that she has to deal with her husband, the monster, with both magic and love, if she can hope to slay the demon and save the man.

What I didn’t like all that much about the book was the terminology- it took a while- like seventy five percent of the book- to get used to things like ‘sister of my heart’ and ‘Lady mother, we must be quick if we are to save your daughter.’ Even more than that, thinking back as it has been a couple of weeks since I finished A Thousand Nights, I now find myself hating the way things ended. I would have loved a better showdown- girl versus creature- and it sort of ruined the whole thing.

What I did love- the Science and Religion co- relation (BRILLIANLY done, especially in an ancient setting) and the debates (in a kingdom where women aren’t allowed to work- this impressed me!) I also loved the concept of how Gods were created- not a metaphorical all hearing, all knowing God, but that Gods could be anyone- a grandfather, a sister- pretty much anyone, that you would pray too for all that they did while they were alive. What I loved the MOST, however was how everything- from the magic to the very narrations and descriptions were told in this fashion that made me feel like I was being let it on this HUGE secret- like a story in a book that only I could read, which no other book has ever made me feel.

For an Arabian Nights book with magic, kings, queens and love- A Thousand Nights should be your next read!


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Brazil Police Take Over Rio Favela Without Firing Shots

1114-brazil-favela.jpg_full_600Hundreds of Brazilian security officers backed by armored vehicles and helicopters, have occupied 12 shanty towns in Rio de Janeiro.

The major operation is part of an ongoing drive by authorities to push drug gangs away from poor areas, according to BBC.

Two new police pacification units (UPP) will be set up in Lins de Vasconcellos, home to about 15,000 people.

Since 2008, another 34 UPPs have been set up across the state, but there have also been reports of police brutality.

Rio will host the 2016 Olympics and next year’s football World Cup.

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The police officers were backed by at least two armored vehicles and three helicopters as they moved into the slums at dawn on Sunday.

There has been no resistance from gangs on Sunday’s operation, authorities say.

“This is another step towards peace,” Rio state Governor Sergio Cabral Filho told reporters.

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