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/*
todo:

implement fuzzysearch
remove some mapID.
use or remove zipcode and cityname

 */

#ifndef SEARCHPACKET_H
#define SEARCHPACKET_H

#include "config.h"
#include "Types.h"
#include "Packet.h"
#include "SearchParams.h"
#include <stdio.h>
#include <typeinfo>
#include "SearchTypes.h"
#include "SearchReplyPacket.h"
#include "SearchRequestPacket.h"
#include "LangTypes.h"
#include <vector>

class VanillaMatch; // forward
class MatchLink; // forward
class MC2BoundingBox;

/**
 *    Called by SearchProcessor to decode vanilla search request packets.
 *    Used to create vanilla search request packets.
 *
 *    Vanilla search is a quick but somewhat restrictive kind of search.
 *    Use it if:
 *

 *
You want to find a street and do not care about the street
 *           number.
 *
Confidence sort is not required.
 *

 *
 */
class VanillaSearchRequestPacket : public OldSearchRequestPacket {
   public:
      /**
       *    Default constructor
       */
      VanillaSearchRequestPacket();

      /**
       *    Constructor
       *    @param packetID The packetID of the packet.
       *    @param reqID    The requestID of the packet.
       */
      VanillaSearchRequestPacket( uint16 packetID,
                                  uint16 reqID );

      /**
       *    Destructor.
       */
      virtual ~VanillaSearchRequestPacket() {};

      /**
       * Encodes the vanilla serch request parameters into the packet
       * @param numMapID the number of mapIDs
       * @param mapID a vector of mapIDs
       * @param zipCode first part of the requested zipcode or "" or null
       * @param city first part of the city name or "" or null
       * @param searchString the string to find matches for
       * @param nbrHits the minimum number of hits that should be returned.
       *                0 is the normal value.
       *                If more than zero, the search restrictions will
       *                be reduced until the requested number of hits has
       *                been produced. That is, if (nbrHits > 0) the
       *                search request might be handled in a fuzzy way.
       * @param matchType the strictness of the string matching
       * @param stringPart the part of the string to match
       * @param sortingType the kind of sorting requested.
       *                    Valid values for vanillasearchrequest are
       *                    SEARCH_NO_SORT and SEARCH_ALPHA_SORT
       * @param categoryType a mask of object types. A combination of
       *                     streets, companies, business categories, ...
       * @param requestedLangauge The requested language.
       * @param dbMask The mask of available databases.
       * @param regionsInMatches The search region types or:ed together
       *                         that should be in the reply matches.
       * @param topRegion The top region to perform the search in.
       *                  Only applies when making an overviewsearch in
       *                  SearchRequest.
       */
      void encodeRequest( uint32  numMapID,
                          const uint32* mapID,
                          const char*   zipCode,
                          uint32 nbrLocations,
                          const char** locations,
                          uint32 locationType,
                          uint32 nbrCategories,
                          const uint32* categories,
                          uint32 nbrMasks,
                          const uint32* masks,
                          const uint32* maskItemIDs,
                          const char** maskNames,
                          uint8 dbMask,
                          const char*   searchString,
                          uint8   nbrHits,
                          SearchTypes::StringMatching matchType,
                          SearchTypes::StringPart stringPart,
                          SearchTypes::SearchSorting sortingType,
                          uint16 categoryType,
                          uint16 requestedLanguage,
                          uint32 regionsInMatches,
                          StringTable::countryCode topRegion );

      /**
       * Decodes a vanillasearchrequest and inits the parameters.
       * @param zipCode first part of the zipcode
       * @param city first part of the city name
       * @param searchString the search string
       * @param nbrHits the minimum number of requested hits
       * @param matchType the kind of string matching
       * @param stringPart the part of the strings to match
       * @param sortingType the kind of sorting requested
       * @param categoryType object type mask.
       * @param requestedLangauge The requested language.
       * @param dbMask The mask of available databases.
       * @param regionsInMatches The search region types or:ed together
       *                         that should be in the reply matches.
       * @param topRegion The top region to perform the search in.
       *                  Only applies when making an overviewsearch in
       *                  SearchRequest.
       */
      void decodeRequest( char*& zipCode,
                          uint32& nbrLocations,
                          char**& locations,
                          uint32& locationType,
                          uint32& nbrCategories,
                          uint32*& categories,
                          uint32& nbrMasks,
                          uint32*& masks,
                          uint32*& maskItemIDs,
                          char**& maskNames,
                          uint8& dbMask,
                          char*& searchString,
                          uint8& nbrHits,
                          SearchTypes::StringMatching& matchType,
                          SearchTypes::StringPart& stringPart,
                          SearchTypes::SearchSorting& sortingType,
                          uint16& categoryType,
                          uint16& requestedLanguage,
                          uint32& regionsInMatches,
                          StringTable::countryCode& topRegion ) const;

};

/**
 *    SearchSelectionReportPacket. Objects of this class sill/should
 *    be used to report which matches the user selected to be able to
 *    give these matches higher priority in future searches.
 *
 */
class SearchSelectionReportPacket : public RequestPacket {
   public:
      /**
       *    Default constructor.
       */
      SearchSelectionReportPacket();

      /**
       *    Destructor.
       */
      virtual ~SearchSelectionReportPacket() {};

      /**
       *    Get the number of selections in the packet.
       *    @return The number of selections in the packet
       */
      uint32 getNbrSelections();

      /**
       *    Add a selection to the packet.
       *    @param mapID   The mapID of the selection.
       *    @param itemID  The itemID of the selection.
       */
      void addSelection(uint32 mapID, uint32 itemID);

      /**
       *    Get a selection from the packet.
       *    @param index  The index of the selection.
       *    @param mapID  The mapID (outparam).
       *    @param itemID The itemID (outparam).
       */
      void getSelection(uint32 index, uint32 &mapID, uint32 &itemID);
};

/**
 *    Use the usersearchrequest if:
 *

 *
There might be a street number in the search string.

 *
You require some kind of confidence sorting.

 *
If you don't know / are unsure of what to use.

 *

 *
 *    Called by SearchProcessor to decode search request packets.
 *
 */
class UserSearchRequestPacket : public OldSearchRequestPacket {
public:
   typedef uint16 CategoryID;
   typedef set<CategoryID> Categories;
      /**
       *    Default Constructor
       */
      UserSearchRequestPacket();

      /**
       *    Constructor that sets packet- and requestID.
       *    @param packetID The packetID of this packet, used in the
       *                    request.
       *    @param reqID    The request id of the request that this packet
       *                    belongs to.
       */
      UserSearchRequestPacket( uint16 packetID,
                               uint16 reqID );

      /**
       *    Destructor (empty).
       */
      virtual ~UserSearchRequestPacket() {};

      /**
       *    Encodes the user serch request parameters into the packet
       *    The parameters are similar to those of a vanilla search
       *    request except the ones specified here.
       *
       *    Use some kind of best matches only sort if it is unlikely
       *    that the user is interested in matches far down in the
       *    match list. An example of this is an SMS client, capable
       *    of listing about 7 matches per SMS. By only requesting the
       *    first 28 hits to be sorted, the search module will be quick
       *    even if the user enters a stupid request, such as "m",
       *    matching 1000s of objects. Response time will be quicker,
       *    and the end user will probably not notice any difference.
       *
       *    @param sortingType   The kind of sorting requested. All types
       *                         of sorting are valid.
       *    @param nbrSortedHits This specifies the number of matches to
       *                         be sorted if the sortingType is such
       *                         that all matches are not required to be
       *                         sorted. For example,
       *                         SEARCH_BEST_MATCHES_ONLY_SORT. The
       *                         nbrSortedHits best matches are listed
       *                         first, and then the rest are left unsorted.
       *    @param nbrLocations  The number of location string in locations.
       *    @param locations     A vector with strings describing locations.
       *    @param locationType  The type of locations to search for.
       *    @param nbrMasks      The number of masks in masks.
       *    @param masks         The vector with the masks limiting the
       *                         search in the map.
       *    @param maskItemIDs   The item ids of the locations.
       *    @param maskNames     The names describing the masks.
       *    @param editDistanceCutoff The cutoff to use when
       *                              performing edit distance search.
       *                              If set to 0, the default is used.
       * @param regionsInMatches The search region types or:ed together
       *                         that should be in the reply matches.
       * @param topRegion The top region to perform the search in.
       *                  Only applies when making an overviewsearch in
       *                  SearchRequest.
       * @param categoryItem Name
       * @param bboxes
       */
      void encodeRequest( uint32  numMapID,
                          const uint32* mapID,
                          const char* zipCode,
                          uint32 nbrLocations,
                          const const_char_p* locations,
                          uint32 locationType,
                          uint32 nbrCategories,
                          const uint32* categories,
                          uint32 nbrMasks,
                          const uint32* masks,
                          const uint32* maskItemIDs,
                          const const_char_p* maskNames,
                          uint8 dbMask,
                          const char* searchString,
                          uint8 nbrHits,
                          SearchTypes::StringMatching matchType,
                          SearchTypes::StringPart stringPart,
                          SearchTypes::SearchSorting sortingType,
                          uint16 categoryType,
                          LangTypes::language_t requestedLanguage,
                          uint8  nbrSortedHits,
                          uint16 editDistanceCutoff,
                          uint32 regionsInMatches,
                          const Categories& realCategories,
                          StringTable::countryCode topRegion,
                          const vector<MC2BoundingBox>& bboxes =
                          vector<MC2BoundingBox>());

      /**
       *    Decodes a usersearchrequest and inits the parameters.
       *    The parameters are similar to the vanillaserchrequestpacket
       *    except the one specified here.
       *    @param nbrSortedHits The minimum number of sorted hits.
       *    @param regionsInMatches The search region types or:ed together
       *                            that should be in the reply matches.
       * @param topRegion The top region to perform the search in.
       *                  Only applies when making an overviewsearch in
       *                  SearchRequest.
       */
      void decodeRequest( char*& zipCode,
                          uint32& nbrLocations,
                          char**& locations,
                          uint32& locationType,
                          uint32& nbrCategories,
                          uint32*& categories,
                          uint32& nbrMasks,
                          uint32*& masks,
                          uint32*& maskItemIDs,
                          char**& maskNames,
                          uint8& dbMask,
                          char*& searchString,
                          uint8 &nbrHits,
                          SearchTypes::StringMatching& matchType,
                          SearchTypes::StringPart& stringPart,
                          SearchTypes::SearchSorting& sortingType,
                          uint16 &categoryType,
                          uint16 &requestedLanguage,
                          uint8 &nbrSortedHits,
                          uint16& editDistanceCutoff,
                          uint32& regionsInMatches,
                          Categories& realCategories,
                          StringTable::countryCode& topRegion,
                          vector<MC2BoundingBox>& bboxes) const;

      /**
       *    Get the serarch string of this packet. The pointer that is
       *    returned must not be deleted and will be invalid when this
       *    packet is deleted.
       *    @return  The search string in this packet.
       */
      const char* getSearchString() const;
};

/**
 *    Expands a category in the normal searchmodule way.
 *
 */
class ExpandCategory2SearchRequestPacket : public OldSearchRequestPacket {
   public:
   /**
    * Default Constructor
    */
   ExpandCategory2SearchRequestPacket();

   /**
    *    Constructor
    *    @param packetID The packetID of the request
    *    @param reqID    The request id of the request
    */
   ExpandCategory2SearchRequestPacket( uint16 packetID, uint16 reqID );

   /**
    *    Destructor (empty).
    */
   virtual ~ExpandCategory2SearchRequestPacket() {};

   /**
    * @see UserSearchRequestPacket for a description of
    *      some of the params to encode and decode.
    * @param searchString Is ignored.
    * @param nbrCategories Is assumed to be 1.
    * @param regionsInMatches The search region types or:ed together
    *                         that should be in the reply matches.
    * @param topRegion The top region to perform the search in.
    *                  Only applies when making an overviewsearch in
    *                  SearchRequest.
    */
   void encodeRequest( uint32  numMapID,
                       const uint32* mapID,
                       const char* zipCode,
                       uint32 nbrLocations,
                       const char** locations,
                       uint32 locationType,
                       uint32 nbrCategories,
                       const uint32* categories,
                       uint32 nbrMasks,
                       const uint32* masks,
                       const uint32* maskItemIDs,
                       const char** maskNames,
                       uint8 dbMask,
                       const char* searchString,
                       uint8 nbrHits,
                       SearchTypes::StringMatching matchType,
                       SearchTypes::StringPart stringPart,
                       SearchTypes::SearchSorting sortingType,
                       uint16 categoryType,
                       uint16 requestedLanguage,
                       uint8  nbrSortedHits,
                       uint32 regionsInMatches,
                       StringTable::countryCode topRegion );

   /**
    *    @see encodeRequest.
    *    @param topRegion The top region to perform the search in.
    *                     Only applies when making an overviewsearch in
    *                     SearchRequest.
    */
   void decodeRequest( char*& zipCode,
                       uint32& nbrLocations,
                       char**& locations,
                       uint32& locationType,
                       uint32& nbrCategories,
                       uint32*& categories,
                       uint32& nbrMasks,
                       uint32*& masks,
                       uint32*& maskItemIDs,
                       char**& maskNames,
                       uint8& dbMask,
                       char*& searchString,
                       uint8 &nbrHits,
                       SearchTypes::StringMatching& matchType,
                       SearchTypes::StringPart& stringPart,
                       SearchTypes::SearchSorting& sortingType,
                       uint16 &categoryType,
                       uint16 &requestedLanguage,
                       uint8 &nbrSortedHits,
                       uint32& regionsInMatches,
                       StringTable::countryCode& topRegion ) const;
};

#endif

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The Twyford Code by Janice Hallett
"When you find them, you'll see that Twyford wrote in a particular way. A very simple way. She's an unchallenging read on every level. No subtext. No depth. No hidden meanings."
Janice Hallett, author of The Appeal and Queen of the Unreliable Narrator is back with another mystery novel in which she does it again, and I would argue that The Twyford Code is even more enjoyable than The Appeal.
Steven Smith has just been released from prison a long prison sentence. He's attempting to rejoin society and get his life back on track, but is haunted by the disappearance of his teacher Miss Isles forty years ago after she noticed a code in a children's book he brought to school. Armed with a mobile phone his estranged son gave him, he records an audio diary of the investigation. What did happen on the day Miss Iles went missing? What are the other members of his remedial English class trying to hide from him? And is it possible that there really was a secret code hidden in the novels of prolific children's author, Edith Twyford?
Much like Janice Hallet's previous novel, The Twyford Code plays with the potential of technology as a story telling medium, and the novel opens with a letter from an Inspector Waliso to a Professor Mansfield, sending automatically generated transcripts of 200 deleted audio files which have been recovered from the phone of a missing person, asking for the Professor's professional opinion of the content and hinting at a relationship between the Professor and the missing person.
These transcripts form the core narrative of the novel as Steven Smith records his attempted investigation, and they give us a chance to really get to know Steve's character and life story as he covertly interviews his former classmates; reminisces about his childhood and how he fell in with the criminal gang that saw him sent to prison; reflects on how he discovered he had a child; and of course hunts down clues to help him solve the mystery of Miss Iles disappearance. The transcripts are at times farcical: as he wades in to a university to interview a university professor who is an expert in Edith Twyford for the book he's writing at times poignant; as he remembers how he used to love walking home from the pub with his emotionally remote father because he'd sometimes hold his hand and pick him up…. But all the while it's clear that Steve is right, something odd is going on, and as two men in black keep showing up, it begins to look as though someone is trying to stop him finding out the truth about Edith Twyford.
I'm going to keep what I say here brief for those who haven't read The Twyford Code, with spoilers clearly marked for those who have, but I would definitely urge you to read it if you do like a mystery novel or if you enjoyed Janice Hallett's earlier novel The Appeal.
Spoilers below….
Spoilers for The Twyford Code, you've been warned!
Aaaaah Janice Hallett does it again, completely wrongfoots you with an unreliable narrator. I was initially getting a bit annoyed about the shifting balance between the Twyford Code investigations and the memories of life with the Harrison gang and the heist, but then bam! Brilliantly done.
Once again Janice Hallett uses the unreliable narrator/one of these characters doesn't really exist trick, this time instead of a character emailing an imaginary friend, it's Steve playing the character of Lucy they sympathetic librarian who is the only character who seems truly kind to him in the novel and evokes a lot of pity except….
Except that's clearly not the case is it? He's still close enough with his friends from the remedial English class after forty years that they're willing to help him build the whole cover story and frame the crooks who framed him. Unusual to stay so close after forty years, especially when one of the remedial English gang has actually joined a criminal gang and been imprisoned for murder during that time.
Speaking of murder, that's a heck of a cheeky puff on the cover, "Time to solve the murder of the century". I don't think there was a murder to solve in the book as such. Miss Isles was fine, Colin confessed to killing his father who had in turn confessed to killing their mother, and Steve witnessed the murder of John Harrison, unless the murder was of Werner Richter the German spy, but again, less a murder to solve, more the execution of a spy during wartime and clearly known to those in the know… though I'm not sure what the Geneva convention has to say about that kind of thing. Maybe it's Steve Smith's figurative murder of his former self and his disappearance to a new life that's the murder? I'm not complaining, I loved it.
In the world of the book, Edith Twyford is a real life character who existed (though clearly based on the prolific work of Enid Blyton during the same period, her works are similarly updated). Professor Max Mansfield, aka Steven Smith's son says that he's ordered some of her books to look for the cats and codes mentioned in the transcript but also confirms that the co-ordinates for the locations of the banks mentioned correspond to the information in the transcripts. The photographs exist with the visual clues that Steve apparently interprets in the transcripts, and Werner Richter was a real figure who was missing in action which is one hell of a coincidence if you're writing a retrospective story to hide clues to treasure for your son.
Which is to say, although at the end Operation Goldfish is a secondary concern to Steve's Heist and the Masquerade/Twyford code style treasure hunt that Steve Smith disguises in the transcripts to allow Max to collect clean untraceable gold, I think in the book it really happened. Especially in light of Miss Iles' fancy house with the fish. Yes, it's hinted that it's a game that they made up in their literacy lessons but at the same time, "Take heed everyone. Trust what you find out. Right Doesn't Come of deceit. Everything is spoken. Always love in vain. Each time of day answers you." Thetwyfordcodeisalivetoday. She definitely found the gold from operation goldfish, didn't she?
Speaking of right doesn't come of deceit…. Guilt tripping your son into thinking you've been murdered by a criminal gang to persuade him to read your emotive life story is a crash course in toxic parenting isn't it? An incredibly clever father is on the one hand sending instructions to his incredibly clever son to help him find the assets he's hidden for him to give him the chance to provide for him, but at the same time it's more than a little forked up to create a heroic narrative through those transcript files to guilt him into not having met with the doting father who is so proud of his boy throughout the book…."It's emotional truth that matters. Little Smithy couldn't read, but he knew a good story when he heard one." It might be emotional truth that matters, but what about the effects of that emotional truth on the person (in this case your child who has experience more than a little emotional disruption as a result of the parent's actions….)
"You must understand that two people may have different memories of the same thing. And both are correct." That's a quote just begging an undergraduate exam paper of dissertation based around unreliable narrators and witness testimony in modern novels isn't it.
I got the impression that the book was part inspired by the Masquerade book and associated hunt for the Golden Hare that The Twyford Code references. This book is also real in our world as well (I had to google, it was before my time!) and you can actually find it to buy today. I loved the idea of this kind of mass national treasure hunt, it would be amazing if an enterprising publisher would do the same today.
This entry was posted in Book Reviews, Mystery novels and tagged Book Reviews, books, codebreaking, fiction, Janice Hallet, mystery on May 17, 2022 by Siobhan.
The Appeal by Janice Hallett
In a town full of secrets… Someone was murdered. Someone went to prison. And everyone's a suspect. Can you uncover the truth?
In the small town of Lockwood, a couple recently returned from working with Medicine Sans Frontiers in Africa join a local amateur dramatics society and are cast in their production of All My Sons. At the same time, a two-year-old girl is diagnosed with a brain tumor, and her family launch an appeal to raise money for life-saving treatment from the United States. In the course of these events, a murder is committed. The suspect is in prison, but a QC who worked on the trial believes that the murderer is still at large and hiding in plain sight. He instructs two law students to review a portfolio of evidence to see if they too come to the same conclusion.
The Appeal by Janice Hallett is a whodunnit with a difference, with an innovative structure that brings detective stories into the 21st century, the story is told through whatsapp messages, texts and emails, with the build up to the murder thus told by an array of unreliable narrators, in which the victim is voiceless, and the two law students serve to direct the reader's focus, before acting as the Columbo-like detective figure spelling out what really happened on the night of the murder.
I really enjoyed this book, there's something a little voyeuristic about picking through the emails, but it's highly readable and as a format it really works. The characterisation is brilliantly conveyed through the emails the characters themselves write, and they manage to evoke some really strong reactions to various characters throughout the course of the novel. I was a bit of a drama kid growing up, and I've always found that local amateur dramatics groups can be a real cesspit of politics and factions, and I thought that Janice Hallet skewered these beautifully in The Appeal. Some of the characters were all too recognisable!
At the end of The Appeal, the reader is invited by the QC to answer 15 questions which will help reveal the killer. Even though I managed a few like which character was never there at all, I have to admit I flunked it, but in the most enjoyable way.
I thought that this was a really fun read, and it's one of those books which will definitely become one of my go to Christmas and birthday presents for fans of Agatha Christie style crime novels.
This entry was posted in Book Reviews, Mystery novels and tagged Book Reviews, books, crime, fiction, murder, mystery on August 23, 2021 by Siobhan.
Klara and The Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
"I'd begun to understand also that this wasn't a trait peculiar just to Josie; that people often felt the need to prepare a side of themselves to display to passers-by – as they might in a store window – and that such a display needn't be taken so seriously once the moment had passed."
Klara, an Artificial Friend spends her early life observing passers by from her shop window, waiting for a child to come and choose her. With profound observational and interpretative abilities, she forms her understanding of the world from the events she sees outside her window until one day she is chosen by a teenager Josie, with who she forms a profound connection. But when she arrives at Josie's home, she realises that the world outside the shop is more complex than she had ever realised.
Klara and the Sun is very much a novel for the pandemic. Isolated characters, struggling with loneliness, teenagers all homeschooled via tablets/oblongs and needing lessons in how to socialise with one another, wealthy parents buying AFs, or artificial friends, to help their offspring through the modern world. Seeing the world through the childlike eyes of Klara, who almost worships the sun as a benevolent deity and accepts all she sees as normal and right within the context of her limited life experience, we as the reader don't initially realise how deeply twisted the initially recognisable world has become. It is only as the novel pans out that we realise why Josie is so unwell, what happened to her sister, and what is so disturbing about Josie's her portrait sessions with Mr Capaldi.
Like Kazuo Ishiguro's other books there's so much to think about in this; what decisions do parents get to make on behalf of their kids; where do we draw the line with technology; to what extent is anyone truly an individual and unique? Could you copy the human heart and soul?
Spoilers for Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro – my thoughts
I find that Kazuo Ishiguro's characters are designed to challenge the reader, while what drives them is relatable, and you can sometimes have sympathy with the emotion that drives them, fear, loneliness etc. the actions that these feeling push them to are often repulsive. Klara's mother is a clear example of this, she wants the best for her daughters so she has them genetically modified to allow them to reach their peak potential. But this kills Josie's older sister, and yet she does the same for Josie, knowing the risk to her children's health – repulsive- but then we see the consequences for the children who aren't "lifted" like Rick, they fall behind and become social pariahs because of their unlifted status. Assuming such technologies were developed and became the norm, what would you do? Would your child resent you that they were left behind if they weren't lifted? Would they lose their health and life if they did?
The urge to create an AF of your dying child. Urgh. I can understand that the grief would be maddening but the scenes where Josie's mother is almost experimenting to see if Klara could convince her, if she could trick herself into loving her like she loves Josie, gut wrenching.
Throughout the novel I found I had more sympathy for Josie. She's an innocent, she's young, she's ill, as a reader I forgave many of her actions but the way that Klara, her artificial friend who she brought home with promises of a life of equality and being able to stay in her bedroom is first pushed out to the utility room to make way for Josie's guests, then abandoned at a rubbish dump as her faculties begin to run down even though her mind still seems to be intact. Throughout the novel she's seen as less than human by the human characters, but her sentience is more often than not acknowledged and respected, so this end for her felt a little heartbreaking for me.
If you've read the novel, what did you make of Josie's miraculous recovery? I wondered whether Klara's ability to see things that humans couldn't, even though she can't explain how she's arrived at these understandings allowed her to draw parallels between Josie and the failing AF's to realise that her illness required exposure to sunlight to fix it, and that the spectacular sunset that made this seem almost like a miraculous recovery was just a serendipitous occurrence.
They accept that your decisions, your recommendations, are sound and dependable, almost always correct. But they don't like not knowing how you arrive at them. That's where it comes from, this backlash, this prejudice.
If that is what lead to Josie's recovery, does that to some extent mean that the modifications performed on her as part of the lifting have in some ways reduced her humanity, that she is to some extent a cyborg now? Is that partly what Rick means when he refers to the Josie he once knew?
This entry was posted in Book Reviews, Literary Fiction and tagged AI, artificial intelligence, Book Reviews, books, fiction, Kazuo Ishiguro, robots, speculative fiction on August 11, 2021 by Siobhan.


How to use bathtub aids for ultimate bath safety?
Performing usual daily activities, such as taking a bath, can be a real challenge for people with any kind of disability or seniors.Luckily, a new generation brings up models that can enhance the life quality of these people.
Take advantage of these improvements and enjoy in taking a bath every time you want to. Bathtub aids and handicap bathtub accessories enable you safety and assist your multiple tasks.
From now on, you can forget about a hassle while bathing. What is even better, you can use them in your home, or in a hospital, or clinical setting.
Your bathroom can turn into a safety hazard, especially if you are a person with disabilities or elderly person. However, don't worry, as there are ways to improve safety in your bathroom and protect yourself.
Floor coverings are one of the most common reasons for bathroom falls.
Loose rugs can slip away easily while you are coming out of the tub.
However, if you have slip-resistant or double-tape rugs, you will prevent falls.
Bathtubs can be very slippy. It doesn't matter if you are coming in, or coming out of the tub, be careful with the foam.Make sure the tub is always soap and foam clean, as this will counteract slippery steps.
If you are not stable while walking and need some extra support, place bars and rails around your bathroom.
Grab bars around the tub or shower, and near the toilet, as it will provide full support for your hands.
It doesn't matter if you stand or you want to sit down, these rails will help you to maintain a balance.
You don't have to be afraid if your legs will serve you well during the bath anymore.
Shower seat or a bench enables you to sit under the shower. This will provide you stability and gives you back the nice feeling of the water running down on you.
This type of the showerhead gives you a free maneuver. You can move the head in whatever direction you like, and minimize the unnecessary movements.
What is great, you can use the adjustable showerhead with the shower seat or a bench in order to provide maximum stability while taking a bath.
If you are looking for ways to create a safer bathroom, you can take some steps about this issue. There is a wide range of bathtub aids for handicap persons, infirm, or elderly.
In this part, we will point out on some of the steps to take before building a safer bathroom.
Before heading out to the shop of your new bathroom accessories, bear in mind how much do you have on your account, and how much can you spend.
Getting excited over a fabulous, safety bathtub accessory might get you confused. You would maybe want to spend a little more than you planned.
Safety is important, and it would be great to find the accessory that might fulfill your needs. However, make sure it doesn't endanger your everyday living.
Many bathroom accessories look great and have their own function. Yet, stop everything for a second and think.
You as a handicapped person or elderly person need bathtub aids which match your requirements.
Estimate if some of these bathroom aids would fit your bathroom, as the height, width, or shape are among the crucial factors that determine the purchase.
Handicap bathroom accessories must do the work. It doesn't matter if something looks fancy or expensive if it doesn't provide you the effectiveness.
Always go for something that meets your requirements and seems like the best efficiency solution at this moment, but also bear in mind durability of the product.
We will enumerate some of the bathtub aids and handicap bathroom accessories that will prevent any accidents in your bathroom and enable fulfillment of your safety and hygienic needs.
Bath and shower chairs are based on handicapped or elders persons' bathing needs. These bathtub accessories provide safe and non-slippery baths or showers.
If you are having a hard time standing under a shower or in a tub, this chair is a bingo. These chairs give you the option to adjust the seat height, so you can get the full comfort.
Extra features include the backrest, armrest, footrest, and padded seat – cut out or opening one. However, if you don't feel like using a back and armrest chair, you can choose among the backless chairs.
It is up to you and your needs to pick one of the bath and shower chairs, depending on which one suits your needs best.
One thing is sure – bath and shower chairs are a practical and economical solution for handicapped persons or elders.
How do you choose the perfect bath and shower chair?
If you are a person with more than 350 pounds, then you should go for a heavy-duty chair. It provides you with additional support and stability, as it has a wider base and a larger seat.
This super strong chair with added comfort offers you adjustment of the height. If you have such needs, there is a variety of heavy-duty chairs with wheels for rolling.
Handicapped persons, infirm, and elderly who need an additional arm support should choose a bath chair with arms.
There won't be any more tension in your arms while taking a bath, as this chair provides you with extra support and stability.
Portable, rolling shower chair is a perfect solution for persons who are unable to reach the bathroom themselves and need additional help. Taking a bath won't be an effort for you, as this wheelchair gives you everything you need for a proper bath.
If you have a roll-in shower, this rolling chair enables you to be rolled into the shower while you sit. In case you need a toilet, this rolling chair can be easily rolled over to the toilet.
All-in-one commode chairs offer you all benefits in one chair. It has removable armrest and footrest, padded seat, and a bucket for commode use.
Bathtub benches are a perfect fit for persons who have difficulties while stepping into a shower or a tub. This way, you can sit onto a branch before getting into the tub.
Seating surface extends beyond the edge of a tub, so you would easily slide into.
You can adjust the height of the sliding or the transfer branch and reverse it to the left or to the right, depending on your needs.
You can choose between sliding and non-sliding benches.
Sliding benches provide a sitting surface for you if you have a difficult time standing under the shower or in a bathtub, but also cannot easily step into the shower or a tub.
Most of the sliding benches models offer you a variety of slide lengths. These benches come with a padded seat, swivel seat, and some of them have a seat with a cut out for your personal washing needs.
One thing that is important to know here is that you need the assistance of someone with the sliding. This person would help you to slide the sear across the rails.
Non-sliding benches offer you almost the same features like the sliding benches. The only difference here is that non-sliding benches, as their name points out, don't have an option of seat sliding.
Some of the benches provide a heavy-duty frame, which means it can take a higher weight capacity.
Bathtub poles and grabs are perfect for persons who have difficulties while stepping in and out of a tub or a shower. These bathtub aids give you the additional support for your whole body.
Holding onto a towel holder is completely unsafe and avoid doing this. Bathtub poles are designed to can endure the weight.
They operate on a battery mechanism. You can lift or lower the chair depending on your needs.
One of the advantages of the lift chair is the option to use it as a bathtub transfer bench also.
These handicap bathtub accessories enable you comfort while bathing, as the seats are padded, and the chair provides a backrest.
Shower kits can help you control the direction of the water flow. This bathtub accessory is a perfect fit for bathrooms without a shower curtain.
There are different models of the showerheads made with a special purpose. You can choose between a handheld shower, sprayers, tub spouts, or an inflatable bathtub.
The inflatable bathtub is a perfect fit for bathing and/or washing the hair of persons who have difficulties to get out of the bed. In other words, the inflatable bathtub gives you an option to bring the bathing pleasures into the bed.
Showering doesn't have to be an exhausting activity anymore. Bathtub aids and handicap bathtub accessories provide you with all the support and comfort you need.
These help you to maintain your personal hygiene in the conditions of the ultimate safety. Stay safe!


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Estômago (Portuguese for stomach), or Estômago, a Gastronomic Story, is a 2007 Brazilian–Italian film directed by Marcos Jorge. The film won several awards. It was shot in several locations of Curitiba, Paraná.

Plot
The film shows in parallel two periods in the life of Raimundo Nonato (João Miguel): one follows his successful career as a cook, the other as a prisoner in a cell with about ten other convicts. It gradually becomes clear that these events happen after the former.

His period as a cook starts when he arrives by bus in a big city, without a place to sleep nor money for food. After eating chicken snacks in a cafeteria, he has to wash the dishes to pay for it and is eventually offered a job, receiving merely food and lodging as payment, even though the snacks he cooks are so good it attracts more customers. Nonato falls in love with Íria, a gluttonous prostitute, who offers her services in exchange for food. He also gets a better job in an Italian restaurant, where he learns more of cooking from his boss Giovanni. One day he finds Giovanni having sex with Íria, despite he having proposed to her earlier. Enraged, he steals and drinks from his boss' prized wine collection, before murdering them both and cannibalizing a slice of meat removed from Íria's buttocks.

In the prison cell there is a power hierarchy with Bujiú (Babu Santana) at the top. The food is poor, and Nonato is assigned to cook better food. The inmates are usually quite satisfied with it, and  Nonato rises in the hierarchy. However, Bujiú rejects Gorgonzola, raw meat, and cooked ants, much to Raimundo's frustration. When top-criminal Etcetera, who is highly regarded by the inmates, arrives, Bujiú decides that a great meal should be cooked to please him. The main prison kitchen is arranged for the occasion, an event which Nonato takes advantage of to poison Bujiú, ultimately leading to him becoming the leader of his cell.

Cast
 João Miguel as Nonato
 Fabiula Nascimento as Íria
 Babu Santana as Bujiú
 Alexander Sil as Lino
 Carlo Briani as Giovanni
 Zeca Cenovicz as Zulmiro
 Paulo Miklos as Etcetera
 Jean Pierre Noher as Duque
 Andrea Fumagalli as Francesco

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2007 films
2000s Portuguese-language films
Films shot in São Paulo
Films shot in Curitiba
Brazilian comedy-drama films
Cooking films
Italian comedy films


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Actor Verne Troyer dead at 49
Verne Troyer, who played Mini-Me in two of the Austin Powers comedy films, has died at the age of 49, according to statements posted to his social media accounts.
Posted: Apr 23, 2018 6:47 AM
Updated: Apr 23, 2018 6:50 AM
Earth Day is over, but there are some super simple things you can do every day to show our planet some love. Here's what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door. (You can also get "5 Things You Need to Know Today" delivered to your inbox daily. Sign up here.)
1. Nashville shooting
Nashville's hailing a hero and looking for a shooter after a gunman killed four people in a rampage at a Waffle House. Here's what happened: A nearly naked man opened fire early yesterday morning in a Waffle House in Nashville's Antioch neighborhood. A customer, James Shaw Jr., first ducked into a bathroom, then rushed the gunman when there was a pause in the shooting. Police said Shaw wrestled the assault rifle away and tossed it over the counter. Shaw was grazed by a bullet. He also burned his right hand grabbing the barrel of the weapon.
The suspected gunman, 29-year-old Travis Reinking, ran away, and is now one of Tennessee's 10 Most Wanted fugitives. Police think he still has two more weapons on him, so they're urging folks in Antioch -- which has had two mass shootings in seven months -- to be cautious as authorities search for him. Last year, Reinking was arrested near the White House for trespassing. He had told the Secret Service he needed to meet with President Trump.
So far, we know very little about the victims beyond their names: Waffle House employee Taurean C. Sanderlin, 29, of Goodlettsville, Tennessee; customer Joe R. Perez, 20, of Nashville; Akilah Dasilva, 23, of Antioch and DeEbony Groves, 21 of Gallatin, Tennessee.
2. North Korea
If North Korea wants economic sanctions lifted, it'll have to dismantle its nuclear arsenal first. President Trump will make that demand of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un when the two meet in late May or early June, the Wall Street Journal reported. North Korea has said it'll stop testing nukes and missiles and would close a nuclear test site, but it hasn't said anything about dumping its nuclear arsenal.
So can the US take these overtures from the North seriously? Well, a North Korean source told CNN that Kim is committed to the path of denuclearization and wants to focus on improving his nation's economy. South Korea made a little gesture of its own ahead of the summit this week between the nation's two leaders. It has shut off the loudspeakers that blast propaganda across the militarized border with the North.
3. Afghanistan blast
There's been yet another terrorist attack in Kabul. The latest violence to hit the country's capital occurred over the weekend, when a suicide bomber detonated explosives at the gate of a voter registration center. Fifty-seven people, including at least five children, were killed and more than 100 others were injured. ISIS claimed responsibility for the carnage; Afghanistan's chief executive vowed that "terrorists won't win against the will of the Afghan people." There have been at least five other major attacks in Kabul this year that have killed nearly 200 people.
4. Nicaragua protests
After days of protests, Nicaragua's President said enough. President Daniel Ortega scrapped a controversial pension reform plan after days of sometimes violent demonstrations that killed dozens. The government had OK'd the plan last week in an effort to stop the widening deficit in the social security system. The changes increased contributions into the social security system by workers and employers but reduced the pensions of retired workers. Over the weekend, Ortega pulled the plug on the plan, after the clashes between protesters and security forces on the streets of the capital of Managua.
5. Jack Johnson
Looks like the drive to get the late boxer Jack Johnson a pardon picked up a big-time supporter: the President of the United States. President Trump tweeted that he was weighing whether or not to grant a posthumous pardon to Johnson, the first African-American world heavyweight boxing champion. Johnson's life and career were thrown into chaos in 1913 after he was convicted under a human trafficking law for taking his white girlfriend across state lines for "immoral" purposes. Critics say the law was used in racially motivated prosecutions of blacks. Johnson died in 1946.
Royal (baby) watch
Kate Middleton is in labor. The Duchess of Cambridge, pregnant with her third child, has been admitted to St. Mary's Hospital in London, Kensington Palace tweeted this morning.
Breakfast Browse
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Sad goodbyes
First we found out about the death of superstar DJ Avicii, then we heard that actor Verne Troyer -- Mini-Me in the Austin Powers movies -- has died.
A walk on the moon
Sure, you can moonwalk like Michael Jackson, but now you can do it in the shoes he wore when he first performed the move. They're up for auction.
Feel the burn
Looking for new ways to roast your friends and family? Don't worry, Alexa's new apps have you covered.
Actually, this might be the photo of the year. Four ex-presidents, three former first ladies and the current first lady, all gathered to say goodbye to Barbara Bush.
Happening Later
French President Emmanuel Macron starts a three-day state visit to the US today. He'll also attend a state dinner Tuesday, the first in the Trump era.
And Finally ...
Ever wonder what your favorite video game fighting styles would look like in real life? Thanks to these stuntmen, you don't have to. (Click to view)
Verne Troyer, 'Mini-Me' in Austin Powers films, dies at 49
Verne Troyer, Mini-me en Austin Powers, falleció
Verne Troyer, el actor que interpretaba a Mini-me en Austin Powers, se suicidó, según reporte forense
Actor Jackson Odell found dead at 20
Keith Flint, Prodigy front man, dead at 49
Actor Jackson Odell of TV's 'Goldbergs' found dead at 20
Bob Einstein,'Curb Your Enthusiasm' actor, dead at 76
'Curb Your Enthusiasm' actor Bob Einstein dead at 76


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"I will go back to Muay Thai and Yoga and go on less carb diet." I said a week ago. I searched for a gym already and conditioned myself to start this weekend, but heyaaaa, I haven't started yet I already have a cheat day! I was invited to join Group Food Tour Philippines - Dessert Edition - HUHU Desserts guys, I can't say NO.
foodpanda heads to the south to have a taste of the most indulging desserts one should taste. Allow us to share our sweetest Good Food Tour featuring some of the best restaurants from Alabang Town Center, Muntinlupa.
The word dessert has so much to offer, from the sweetest chocolates, to cakes and cutie cupcakes, different flavors of ice cream, and even crepes. These are what we are longing for every after meals or even when we are in the middle of deadlines. As they say, stressed when spelled backwards is Desserts. I guess it always cures a stressful situation, Yeah? Although sometimes we are on a "strict diet" once the dessert has been served we're like, "oh no! Cheat day it is!" I mean, hey it's sweets! Who wouldn't enjoy having a bite right?
So what DIET really means is "Did I just Eat That?"
First in line for the 5th Good Food Tour adventure is Bizu which started last 2001 as a kiosk in Glorietta and eventually grown to more branches and extended their menu from wide variety of pastries to great tasting french and Mediterranean food. From different best tasting macarons, chocolate truffles, cakes to other pastries, Bizu has really been a sophisticated brand, "Our Pastries are very delicate and each menu item that we make has an artistry into it," says Anna Sadang, Marketing Officer of Bizu.
Salty Egg Macarons for the win!
Next stop, Cold Stone Creamery which has 20 branches all over Metro Manila, Tagaytay, and Pampanga. Cold Stone is named after their way of preparing their ice cream together with the mixins into their freezing cold and sanitized granite stone. This unique way of preparation originated in Arizona, USA. We are surprised since this creamery doesn't only offer best flavors of ice cream but brings great entertainment to their customers by juggling and throwing of ice creams (Yep! Can you imagine that? It's super fun!) to keep a fun and lively atmosphere. "We always emphasize customer service at the top and because we value our customers so much, we want to give them something that they'll never forget, a fun experience at Cold Stone," says Rebecca Fernandez, Training Manager. Aside from their ice creams, Cold Stone also offers ice cream cakes, shakes, and smoothies.
After the fun challenge - tadaaaah!
recommended by them, we loved it!
Have you ever heard about the thousand crepes? Well the last stop for this Good Food Tour offers the best version of this. Thousand crepes which is basically the Mille Crepe are handmade paper thin layers of no less than 20 layers of crepes. It has light pastry cream in between and is topped with caramelized crust and this is what Paper Moon is known for. Just when everybody thought that our bodies are full of sweets for the day, we really can't say no to Paper Moon's Mille Crepe and new Valentine's special cakes and beverages. "Since the Filipino market are always looking for something new, we are committed to innovating our thousand crepes into different flavors that we know they can enjoy," says Arlene Alinea, the Marketing Manager that handles Paper Moon Boutique and Café.
Surely, desserts are always giving us another reason why we should breathe for a while, have a quick bite, and release all the stress off of us.
Strawberry Mille Crepes for the win!
I can't believe that I missed eating this when I was in Tokyo! Oh snap.
So why not have some of these! Whether you are in the middle of a stressful week or just want to give someone a gift this Valentines, a wide variety of desserts are available in a just a few clicks!
Ahhh grabe naglaway ko sa mga desserts!!!


March is a very busy month, family birthdays & mother's day.
I've baked 3 cakes including this one this month.
I made 'Jasmin' again for mother's day since my mum likes it.
My sister Kelly suggested to put in some bird's nest (燕窝) in the jelly so I did.
This time I made it into a simple round-shape & garnished with white chocolate shards.
Spring has come & camellia has started to bloom in the front garden so I took a few for garnish.
My patissier-to-be sister Jenny had made us some chocolate macarons & a delicious blueberry cheesecake.
At the end of the day, we're a bit overwhelmed by the desserts.
Your cake looks so light and beautiful like a cloud. Heavenly!
I'm speechless right now. Your cake is gorgeous!!!! And not only your baking skills, your photography is amazing too. You got both talents!!!
Are the recipes for these desserts posted anywhere?
I didn't make the other things so I don't the recipes.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts on chartered jets.


#FreezeTheJoy features a 'dancing dad' character in the seaside, who is overcome with joy after taking a bite from the ice cream, despite the typical British summer washout weather. The viewer is taken on a journey by our hero character with movement, direction & choreography designed to emphasise the simple joy that Cadbury Dairy Milk ice cream brings to those that eat it – whatever the weather. The key was to portray a character who is suddenly overcome with spontaneous joy and breaks free from formality; dancing along, through and across the beachfront promenade in a moment of credible, genuine & authentic, if unplanned joy.


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Twitter's Trump ban after Capitol attack supported by most Americans but not most Republicans, Harris Poll says
Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY
Most Americans, but not most Republicans, support Twitter's permanent suspension of President Donald Trump after the deadly U.S. Capitol siege, according to a new survey from The Harris Poll shared exclusively with USA TODAY.
A majority of Americans – 61% – said they agreed with Twitter's decision to ban Trump over the risk the president would use the platform to incite further violence, while 39% opposed it.
Facebook also has banned the president at least until President-elect Joe Biden is sworn in and possibly indefinitely after Trump appeared to incite supporters to storm the Capitol.
"Americans were outraged by what they saw at the Capitol last week, and they're looking for leadership from the business community," John Gerzema, CEO of The Harris Poll, told USA TODAY in a statement. "In the absence of action from political leaders, they see a Twitter ban as a reasonable step – and one that will hopefully prevent future dangerous situations."
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But in a vivid representation of the nation's raw divisions, opinions split along partisan lines, with 36% of Republicans supporting the ban versus 80% of Democrats and 59% of independents.
The removal of Trump's Twitter account has sparked censorship concerns among Republicans. More than a third of Americans – 36% – said they were concerned about censorship, but that view was not held by the majority: 69% said social media companies should be able to remove users they consider dangerous, even if it's the president of the United States.
And 40% of Americans say Trump should have been banned earlier and described Twitter's removal as "too little, too late."
Thirty-seven percent of the 1,951 American adults surveyed over the weekend said they were embarrassed that Trump was banned.
President Trump's final Tweet read, "To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th."
Fifty-eight percent of those surveyed agreed with the statement "President Trump's actions this week were dangerous and removing him from Twitter was the correct thing to do." Forty-two percent agreed with the statement "I am concerned that Twitter permanently suspending President Trump sets a dangerous precedent with technology companies censoring free speech and government officials."
Another poll from Morning Consult released Tuesday found that half of the 2,200 Americans surveyed over the weekend about Twitter's permanent ban and Facebook's temporary ban believe social media companies should have cut off Trump earlier. About 39% of the Americans surveyed said the temporary ban was "exactly right,"
But again opinions differed by party: 69% of Republicans said the suspensions went too far, while 43% said they didn't go far enough.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Trump Twitter ban supported by most Americans but not most Republicans
Georgia and Arizona were two of the most crucial states in this election cycle, and it looks like they'll remain at the forefront of the coming battle within the Republican Party, The New York Times reports.Things have grown tense in the Sun Belt states, where mainstream Republicans are hoping to fend off President Trump's allies. In Arizona, for instance, the state GOP is trying to censure Republican Gov. Doug Ducey — as well as former Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) and Cindy McCain — in part because he has been "deemed insufficiently beholden to Trump," Politico reports. In Georgia, there's a faction on the right that wants to defeat Gov. Brian Kemp (R), who has faced Trump's wrath for not supporting his election conspiracy theories, in a gubernatorial primary in 2022.Both situations reportedly have the more traditional half of the Republican Party concerned — privately, the Times reports, GOP officials are concerned some high-profile members of the House that are considered staunch Trump loyalists who have "propagated fringe conspiracy theories," like Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), as well as Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), could launch campaigns for Senate seats and governorships in their states in 2022. So, even as, per USA Today, Republican senators ponder whether to vote to convict President Trump in his upcoming impeachment trial, and then potentially vote to bar him from future public office, their fight against him is seemingly far from over. Read more at The New York Times, Politico, and USA Today.More stories from theweek.com 5 more scathing cartoons about Trump's 2nd impeachment Here's what Biden reportedly plans to do his 1st day in office Trump's vaccine delay is getting suspicious
Kamala Harris said she and Biden won't 'yield to those who would try and make us afraid' days ahead of being sworn into office outside of US Capitol
Congress warned of Capitol riots days before siege
Republicans Seek To Distance Themselves From The Mob That Stormed The Capitol: Poll
Trump's approval rating hits historic low of 29% after Capitol siege as his favorability with Republicans nosedives, new poll finds
An intelligence report by Capitol Police warned 'Congress itself' could be targeted, days before the deadly siege on the US Capitol, according to The Washington Post
Azar says deadly Capitol siege could "tarnish" Trump administration's legacy
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris's Inauguration: What You Need to Know About the Event
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Two-thirds of Americans want Trump out of public life for good


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Benefit fund to bring Christmas to Tooele family
Maria and Rosa Escamilla look like a couple of typical sisters. "I paint my nails with her, she'll do mine, I'll do her hair," said Maria, 13. This time last year, though, the two weren't as close....
Hooper couple injured in plane crash at Wendover Airport
A Hooper couple was injured after a practice maneuver in an airplane went awry Thursday evening in Wendover, Nevada. Paul Bowden, 51, was flying a light plane at about 8:20 p.m. at the Wendover Airport, practicing a...
Grantsville gets OK to expand cemetery
The Grantsville City Cemetery is moving east. The Grantsville City Planning and Zoning Commission approved a conditional use permit to Grantsville City to expand its cemetery to a 3.1-acre property on the cemetery's eastern border. Grantsville City...
Benefit fund donations sought to help area family's Christmas
The Escamilla family of Tooele will probably remember 2014 as the Year of Hospital Trips. Both of the family's daughters have been in and out of emergency rooms and doctors offices as they were each diagnosed with...
NTSB: Helicopter crash caused by broken rotor
A helicopter crash that killed a Stansbury Park man on Dec. 2 was caused by the aircraft's rotor coming off in mid-flight. According to a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board, the Robinson R44 II...
School bus involved in minor accident
A Tooele County School District bus was involved in a fender-bender Thursday afternoon. A Ford Focus had stopped at the intersection of 2000 North and Main Street in Tooele at about 4 p.m. to yield to oncoming...
Warrant issued for man who had alleged sexual relations with teen girl
A 24-year-old man is facing criminal charges for allegedly having a sexual relationship with a minor. According to information filed in 3rd District Court, a girl under 14 years of age told her mother she had been...
'Exodus: Gods and Kings' could have been more than middle of the road
I wonder who it was who looked at the Bible, then at a poster for "Newsies," then back at the Bible, and was like, "Oh my gosh, guys, great idea." And, actually, casting Christian Bale as Moses in...
Elton appointed as new judge for court
A familiar face will take up the gavel at the Grantsville City Justice Court next year. Ron Elton, who retired three years ago from his post as Grantsville City Attorney, was appointed judge of the Grantsville Justice...
Inmate who stole away last week now back in county jail
An inmate from the Tooele County Detention Center escaped from a work detail last week but was caught over the weekend. Tooele County Sheriff Frank Park said Nicholas Anderson, 41, was on a work detail at Deseret...
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Take a lesson from bowhunters and choose a precise aiming point on big game.
The larger the animal the more important it becomes to pick a very precise aiming point because while big critters have big vital areas, they also have big non-vital areas.
We all know that shot placement is the most critical part in shooting at game, right? Well, depending on the circumstances, putting a bullet where it needs to go can be easier said than done. There are great references out there that show in great detail exactly where a given beast should be shot in order to reach the vitals, and today there's really good stuff that shows an X-ray view of where those vitals lie within the body.
These materials will show, usually in bright colors, the exact spot one should aim for various angles and shot presentations. This is good stuff to study, especially if you're going after an animal you have little or no experience hunting.
Unfortunately, out there in the field there are no bright red aiming points on game animals, and you can't see the heart and lungs through the skin. You must pick a spot on the animal to aim at, and it must be the right spot.
Although this may seem counterintuitive, in my experience the larger the animal is the more difficult it becomes to pick that spot correctly. Vital organs remain more or less in the same scale to body size, so an elk's heart and lungs are much larger than those of a deer.
If the vital zone you must hit is larger, it should be much simpler to hit that vital zone, right? In theory, yes. In practice maybe not because, guess what? the non-vital zone is also much larger. Generally speaking, the non-vital areas surrounding the good stuff "expand" much more than the cartridges and bullets we use.
Let me explain. A .270 Winchester, for example, is really a pretty big gun for deer-size game. Realistically, you can probably slip your shot a bit high or a wee bit back and the results will still be rapidly fatal.
We might use the same .270 to hunt elk, but it's no longer a big gun at all. If we hit the vitals perfectly, no problem--but there isn't much margin for error. Let's say we choose instead a .338 Winchester Magnum. That's a great elk cartridge, but look at it in real terms: The average bull elk is perhaps four times the size of an average whitetail buck. The .338 is not four times as powerful as a .270. By any system we have for measuring such things, it isn't even twice as powerful.
Now let's look at the largest game on Earth. An elephant bull is as much as 15 times larger than a bull elk. There are some monstrous cartridges that, in terms of energy, are twice as powerful as a .338, but there are no handheld cartridges that are even three times as powerful, much less 15 times.
So while larger animals do have larger vital zones, the larger the animal the more critical it becomes to precisely hit that vital zone. It sounds easy, but add excitement and inexperience, and it can be doggone difficult. Again, game animals don't have targets superimposed over their vitals. Instead they present a uniform color or pattern (think of a leopard's spots or a zebra's stripes) that tends to blend in with their surroundings.
You must pick the correct spot from that mass. Now think about a bit of brush that allows you to see only windows in that mass, and then add in some shadows. Poor light makes it worse as all colors fade to black and blend in with the gathering gloom. Dark animals are perhaps the most difficult, black bears and black buffalo being good examples.
I believe the most common error is to aim too high. You can clearly see the area that is the chest, and you know that's where you must hit. So you center it, ignoring the rise of your trajectory as well as the simple fact that the real vital zone is almost always in the bottom third of the chest. The size of the animal greatly compounds this fundamental error.
For darn sure aiming a bit high is my own most common error. I've taken quite a few deer and sheep that were dropped cleanly by a shot that was a bit high. You can get away with it on deer-size game, but if you move on up to elk the risks are greatly increased if you hit above the horizontal halfway point.
If you are very precise (or very lucky) you can hit the spine where, on most ungulates, it dips between the top of the shoulders. This will drop an animal in its tracks. But if you hit below the spine the best you can hope for is the very top of the lungs, and you will track for a while. If you hit above the spine you will track but you probably won't recover the animal.
I've spent quite a lot of time in buffalo camps lately, and I've heard the stories. It seems as many as one in 10 buffalo are lost, and the culprit is usually reported as a chest hit a bit too high. Black animals seem to confound the eye, making it extra difficult to pick the right place.
The only answer, on any big game animal of any size, to ignore the entire mass of chest area and pick an imaginary spot to shoot at. With a broadside presentation, if you come up the center of the foreleg one-third up into the chest you will break the shoulder and wreck the top of the heart, and you won't track very far. On any four-footed animal in the world, if you follow the rear line of the on-foreleg one-third to one-half into the chest you will make a fatal lung shot.
Again, on any four-footed animal in the world, if you slip above the horizontal halfway point you are shooting too high. You may get away with it, but the larger the animal the greater the risk.
Knowing this, I simply cannot explain why so many of us, me included, are so prone to shoot a bit too high. I suspect it's a matter of naturally trying to center the chest, while the best shot is almost always a bit lower than center. Even without field experience there are good references that will show you the correct aiming points for almost any animal in the world.
Doing your homework is good, but in the field you can't get flustered. You need to visualize where the vitals lie, then establish an imaginary aiming point that will get your bullet to them. If we can ignore the whole animal and pick a spot we'll do a lot less tracking, whether we're hunting deer or elephant.