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By: Hillary Jordan
Narrated by: Ezra Knight, Kate Forbes, Joseph Collins, Tom Stechschulte, Peter Jay Fernandez, Brenda Pressley
Categories: Literature & Fiction, Historical Fiction
4.3 out of 5 stars 4.3 (1,214 ratings)
Narrated by: Ezra Knight,Kate Forbes,Joseph Collins,Tom Stechschulte,Peter Jay Fernandez,Brenda Pressley
By: James Alexander Thom
Narrated by: David Drummond
Mary Ingles was 23, happily married, and pregnant with her third child when Shawnee Indians invaded her peaceful Virginia settlement in 1755 and kidnapped her, leaving behind a bloody massacre. For months they held her captive. But nothing could imprison her spirit. With the rushing Ohio River as her guide, Mary Ingles walked one thousand miles through an untamed wilderness no white woman had ever seen.
Amazing tale of survival
By Marie L Walker on 01-12-11
Light Perpetual
By: Francis Spufford
Lunchtime on a Saturday, 1944: The Woolworths on Bexford High Street in South London receives a delivery of aluminum saucepans. A crowd gathers to see the first new metal in ages - after all, everything's been melted down for the war effort. An instant later, the crowd is gone; incinerated. Among the shoppers were five young children.
Outstanding... breathtaking
By klstickel on 06-05-21
The Sweetness of Water (Oprah's Book Club)
By: Nathan Harris
Narrated by: William DeMeritt
In the waning days of the Civil War, brothers Prentiss and Landry - freed by the Emancipation Proclamation - seek refuge on the homestead of George Walker and his wife, Isabelle. The Walkers, wracked by the loss of their only son to the war, hire the brothers to work their farm, hoping through an unexpected friendship to stanch their grief. Prentiss and Landry, meanwhile, plan to save money for the journey north and a chance to reunite with their mother, who was sold away when they were boys.
Masterful storytelling and an exceptional audio performance
A Long Time Gone
By: Karen White
Narrated by: Pilar Witherspoon, Jennifer Ikeda, Susan Bennett
When Vivien Walker left her home in the Mississippi Delta, she swore never to go back, as generations of the women in her family had. But in the spring, nine years to the day since she'd left, that's exactly what happens - Vivien returns, fleeing from a broken marriage and her lost dreams for children. What she hopes to find is solace with "Bootsie", her dear grandmother who raised her, a Walker woman with a knack for making everything all right. But instead she finds that her grandmother has died and that her estranged mother is drifting further away from her memories.
Worst Accent Ever!
By Angie on 01-18-19
By: Thomas Savage, Annie Proulx - afterword
Narrated by: Chad Michael Collins, Annie Proulx
Set in the wide-open spaces of the American West, The Power of the Dog is a stunning story of domestic tyranny, brutal masculinity, and thrilling defiance from one of the most powerful and distinctive voices in American literature. The novel tells the story of two brothers - one magnetic but cruel, the other gentle and quiet - and of the woman and young boy, mother and son, whose arrival on the brothers' ranch shatters an already tenuous peace.
Abrupt Ending and Hard to Follow Story
By Trevor on 09-08-21
By: Thomas Savage, and others
My Old True Love
By: Sheila Kay Adams
Narrated by: Kate Forbes
The Stantons and the Nortons were families in the truest, oldest sense: extended networks of kin stretching across the mountains, everyone within hiking distance. They'd come from the British Isles and settled in the Appalachians of North Carolina during the 1700s, bringing with them their dearly loved songs and their clannish ways, their ties to the land ultimately becoming as strong as their ties to one another.
authentic and entertaining
By turtles2 on 01-09-17
Calling Me Home
By: Julie Kibler
Narrated by: Bahni Turpin, Lorna Raver
Eighty-nine-year-old Isabelle McAllister has a big favor to ask her hairdresser, Dorrie. She wants the black single mother to drop everything and drive her from Texas to a funeral in Ohio - tomorrow. Dorrie, fleeing problems of her own and curious about Isabelle's past, agrees, not knowing it will be a journey that changes both their lives. Isabelle confesses that, as a teen in 1930s Kentucky, she fell in love with Robert Prewitt, a would-be doctor and the black son of her family's housekeeper - in a town where blacks weren't allowed after dark. The tale of their forbidden relationship and its tragic consequences just might help Dorrie find her own way.
Hope they make a movie!!
By Christina6marie on 08-17-15
The Secrets of Latimer House
By: Jules Wake
Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
Billeted together in the attic of Latimer House - a place where secrets abound - Evelyn, Betty and Judith soon form a bond of friendship that carries them through the war. Because nothing is stronger than women united. Tucked away in the Buckinghamshire countryside, Latimer House, a grand country estate, stands proudly - a witness to some of greatest secrets of WW2.
Good Story
By LadySooner on 12-26-21
By: Natalie Baszile
Narrated by: Miriam Hyman
Why exactly Charley Bordelon's late father left her eight hundred sprawling acres of sugarcane land in rural Louisiana is as mysterious as it was generous. Recognizing this as a chance to start over, Charley and her 11-year-old daughter, Micah, say good-bye to Los Angeles. They arrive just in time for growing season but no amount of planning can prepare Charley for a Louisiana that's mired in the past: as her judgmental but big-hearted grandmother tells her, cane farming is always going to be a white man's business.
I didn't think I would like it but I loved it 😊
By Colette M. Cummings on 12-05-16
The Naked and the Dead
By: Norman Mailer
Narrated by: John Buffalo Mailer
Hailed as one of the finest novels to come out of the Second World War, The Naked and the Dead received unprecedented critical acclaim upon its publication and has since become part of the American canon. This fiftieth anniversary edition features a new introduction created especially for the occasion by Norman Mailer.
John Buffalo Mailer narrates his father's book
By J. Larson on 08-11-16
By: Kathryn Stockett
Narrated by: Jenna Lamia, Bahni Turpin, Octavia Spencer, and others
In pitch-perfect voices, Kathryn Stockett creates three extraordinary women whose determination to start a movement of their own forever changes a town, and the way women - mothers, daughters, caregivers, friends - view one another. A deeply moving novel filled with poignancy, humor, and hope, The Help is a timeless and universal story about the lines we abide by, and the ones we don't.
What a great surprise!
By Jan on 12-02-09
Stars of Alabama
A Novel by Sean of the South
By: Sean Dietrich
Narrated by: Sean Dietrich
When 15-year-old Marigold becomes pregnant amid the Great Depression, she is rejected by her family and forced to fend for herself. And when she loses her baby in the forest, her whole world turns upside down. She's even more distraught upon discovering she has an inexplicable power that makes her both beautiful and terrifying - and something of a local legend. Meanwhile, migrant workers Vern and Paul discover a violet-eyed baby and take it upon themselves to care for her.
Wow! How have I not heard of this?!?
By Wren on 01-05-20
Lyrebird Hill
By: Anna Romer
Narrated by: Eloise Oxer
Ruby Cardel has the semblance of a normal life – a loving boyfriend, a career she loves – but in one terrible moment, her life begins to unravel. The discovery that the death of her beloved sister, so many years ago, was not the accident she'd always been told makes her question all she's known about herself. Travelling back home to Lyrebird Hill, the beautiful bushland property where she grew up with her mother and sister, Ruby begins to remember the year that has been blocked in her memory.
Nice writing... not my favorite genre
The Kitchen House
By: Kathleen Grissom
Narrated by: Orlagh Cassidy, Bahni Turpin
Orphaned during her passage from Ireland, young, white Lavinia arrives on the steps of the kitchen house and is placed, as an indentured servant, under the care of Belle, the master's illegitimate slave daughter. Lavinia learns to cook, clean, and serve food while guided by the quiet strength and love of her new family. In time Lavinia is accepted into the world of the big house, caring for the master's opium-addicted wife and befriending his dangerous yet protective son. She attempts to straddle the worlds of the kitchen and big house, but her skin color will forever set her apart.
Captivating read!
By Gottalookgoodwhenyouwkout on 10-18-17
The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot
By: Marianne Cronin
Narrated by: Sheila Reid, Rebecca Benson
Seventeen-year-old Lenni Pettersson lives on the Terminal Ward at the Glasgow Princess Royal Hospital. Though the teenager has been told she's dying, she still has plenty of living to do. Joining the hospital's arts and crafts class, she meets the magnificent Margot, an 83-year-old, purple-pajama-wearing, fruitcake-eating rebel, who transforms Lenni in ways she never imagined. As their friendship blooms, a world of stories opens for these unlikely companions who, between them, have been alive for one hundred years.
A Must Read (Listen)
By Patricia on 06-03-21
A Month of Summer
By: Lisa Wingate
Narrated by: Johanna Parker
Lisa Wingate has been favorably compared to authors Nicholas Sparks and Richard Paul Evans. In A Month of Summer, Hanna Beth has been caring for her aging husband - who suffers from Alzheimer's - and her developmentally challenged adult son for years on her own. But when she suffers a stroke, estranged stepdaughter Rebecca must take the reins. As she cares for her father and the step-brother she's barely met, Rebecca slowly begins to heal both herself and her family.
TRUE ACCOUNT OF ALZIEMERS
By woodsman on 03-21-10
By: Margaret Mitchell
Narrated by: Linda Stephens
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Literature, Margaret Mitchell's great novel of the South is one of the most popular books ever written. Within six months of its publication in 1936, Gone With the Wind had sold a million copies. To date, it has been translated into 25 languages, and more than 28 million copies have been sold. Here are the characters that have become symbols of passion and desire....
not to miss audible experience
By dallas on 12-08-09
The Kite Runner
By: Khaled Hosseini
Narrated by: Khaled Hosseini
Why we think it's a great listen: Never before has an author's narration of his fiction been so important to fully grasping the book's impact and global implications. Taking us from Afghanistan in the final days of its monarchy to the present, The Kite Runner is the unforgettable story of the friendship between two boys growing up in Kabul. Their intertwined lives, and their fates, reflect the eventual tragedy of the world around them.
My Goodness, What a Audiobook!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
By Andrew Covington on 11-02-07
Hillary Jordan's mesmerizing debut novel won the Bellwether Prize for fiction. A powerful piece of Southern literature, Mudbound takes on prejudice in its myriad forms on a Mississippi Delta farm in 1946. City girl Laura McAllen attempts to raise her family despite questionable decisions made by her husband. Tensions continue to rise when her brother-in-law and the son of a family of sharecroppers both return from WWII as changed men bearing the scars of combat.
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May this South never rise again.
I grew up in the South. I lived there during the Forties and Fifties, which is the time period of this book. Because of the year of my birth, I never went to school with black children. I never sat beside a black person on a bus nor in a church. Now I am quite elderly and have not lived in the South for many decades. And yet, this book brought back feelings of shame, anger and bottomless sorrow about the cruel injustice that was part of that too recent history of our nation. Hilary Jordan recounts a part of that Jim Crow era with subtlety, depth and understanding.
Jordan opens her story with the burial of an old white man, father of the owner of a small cotton farm on the rural outskirts of a tiny town in Mississippi. All of her major characters are presented at this gathering. The sharecroppers, Hap and Florence Jackson and their children, twin boys and adult son Ronsul; the owner, Henry and his family, his wife, Laura, two young daughters, his younger brother, Jamie, and his father, Pappy, who still clings to the past social order of the Old South.
This opening event sets the tone of the society in which they live. How can Henry ask and expect Hap to help him bury Pappy, who played a major part in the lynch mob that destroyed the sharecropper's son? How can Hap agree to help put the coffin into the wet, muddy grave, and also offer to read a few words from his own Bible. It is hard not to sympathize with his wife Florence's passion to destroy the old man totally.
How can our society compound the injustice of the Jim Crow era by using young black men to fight and die in our wars and expect them to accept the same second class treatment when they return home? We see the hope for change in the beginning of a friendship between the two war vets, Ronsul and Jamie. How could young men who were accepted as equals in other countries cope with the same old yassa massa treatment back home.
Laura, is described as an almost old maid, sweet and effective, but not pretty. She grows in courage, maturity and self-confidence as she cares for her family and her home (no running water, no electricity) in the Mississippi Delta mud and tries to shield the Jacksons and her daughters from her father-in-law, She learns about her own emotions, strengths and ability to create her own joys. This book is very well written. I recommend it to the old and the young. It will touch emotions such as injustice, anger and sadness that we still experience as we read world news today.
This was a powerful story. Very well written. All the characters were very well developed. If you liked The Help, I think you'll like this book. The story takes place in on a farm in Mississippi in the aftermath of WWII. Race relations, love, fidelity, loyalty, bigotry, prejudice, war, survival, are just some of the themes in the book. It was one of those books I would find opportunities to listen to and got completely involved in. The audio version of the book is very well done with different people narrating each role.
C. Byrnes
I wish there more more audiobooks like this!
Mudbound grabbed you from the beginning and kept you enthralled and engaged until the end. While I wouldn't compare it to "The Help' which was done below, I would say the pace of this book and the great story is well worth the credit or even paying in full.
What a gem! Great scenes, wonderful dialogue, well developed characters and a plot that moves quickly. I couldn???t stop listening. Even when I thought I knew where the story was leading, I didn???t!
This story is in the same league as The Help, the Kitchen House and Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter . The author does an excellent job of showing us a view of 1950???s rural Mississippi and the narrators are almost perfect. The only thing I would change (and only a little) is the narration for Jamie,,, the voice is good but the reading is just that,,, reading and not performance
I was riveted....
This book sticks with you for days and days. I just couldn't believe how beautiful,engaging and powerfully crafted the characters are. Author Jordan takes you on a harrowing journey through the post-WWII South. Please download this--you WON'T be sorry!
Peg S
Great story, great book!
Every once in awhile I get an audio book that I can't stop listening to. Mudbound is one of those books. The characters are well developed and believable. They are described like real people with both good and bad qualities. I found myself wondering how they were doing after finishing the book. The author's way of weaving words together is truly artistic. I will definitely look for Hillary Jordan's next book!
Excellent read
This was one of those books I couldn't wait to listen to - on a walk, cleaning house, driving in my car, I had it on. Wonderful reading voice - best I've heard since "The Help." Different voices for the different characters. Powerful and gripping story - it will make you ashamed of your country, but it teaches you so much. I convinced my book club to read it after I listened to it - thought-provoking book to discuss.
Excellent Production
Superb narration by different voices, each with a perspective on the unfolding story. The story is dramatic and tense, infused with vivid and painful images. This book and the Blues would be the perfect audio mix for a road trip through the Delta.
Great story telling and awesome mix of voices
I loved the way the author spun this tale of rural Southern America as told from the perspective both men and women, white and black in a post World War II Mississippi delta farm area. I loved it more than John Grisham's "A Painted House" and that is high praise.
Deborah Buskirk
Never accept racial predjudice
Racial prejudice. I will NEVER understand it nor accept it.
Newlywed wife (white) becomes a farmer's wife instead of a city wife as expected.
This is a time when blacks are still trying to own their own land and be self sufficient. Black family living on the farm are sharecroppers, meaning they help work the land , but must give a share to the farm owner. The white and black families seem to get along, but individuals around them cause prejudicial problems.
2 soldiers return home, one from each family. How are they treated? Very differently, but there is a bond of the war between them.
How are the wives dealing with the families, how do the husbands respond?
After writing my review, I changed my rating from 4 to 5 stars.


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An analysis of billions of words in the Google Books database shows the way society has valued moral principles such as compassion, respect for authority, community values and fairness over time.
At 90 years old, the Tyne Bridge shows how a practical piece of infrastructure can become an integral part of a city's culture and identity.
Recent developments mean that touting on an industrial scale could become more difficult.
Be sceptical when it's claimed that a language has 'no word for X' or '50 words for Y'.


How much spirulina protein is there in this superfood?
Many people now take spirulina supplements to help them to maintain a healthy, balanced diet, as well as for its medicinal properties and health benefits.
It has been found that this supplement contains high amounts of everything from essential fatty acids, which are beneficial to cardiovascular function, to every type of vitamin B, which help with energy. Not only that, but this super single cell seaweed has tons of antioxidants to help keep the immune system strong and functioning at its best, too.
And one of the main reasons that this supplement is being used so widely is because of the high spirulina protein content.
Spirulina has been found to be about 60-70% protein, depending on the source, which is the highest amount of this nutrient available in food. Because it contains so many of the necessary amino acids that the body needs and uses as protein, it is considered to be a source of complete protein. That means that the body doesn't need to draw from any other source to put the amino acids to use.
There is more of this essential building block of life in one tiny little plant than a person can get from eating any kind of meat, and such amazing amounts of spirulina proteins is good news for vegetarians who may need a solid protein source.
Spirulina protein is considered to be the second best source of digestible protein available to the body, with 85-95% of it being totally digestible. The best source of this type of protein is a dried egg, as it most closely matches the body's necessary amino acid content.
On top of that, spirulina protein is plant derived, so it contains very little fat. This is in contrast to many sources of protein, which are from animals and thus also contain high amounts of fat. This makes spirulina a more desirable source of valuable amino acids than other, high fat alternatives.
Its low-fat content makes spirulina a great source of protein for dieters, too, who will often wind up lacking many nutrients due to their reduced food intake. A typical daily supplement of spirulina contains very little fat and calories and is said to help control the appetite. It should be said, however, that neither this, nor any other supplement should be used as a main source of the nutrients the body needs. It is important to maintain a healthy diet with as many food sources as possible doing the job of meeting daily nutritional needs.
When a person is eating healthfully, getting plenty of exercise and rest and is still feeling like something in the body is lacking, the protein, vitamins and nutrients found in spirulina supplements may be a great way to get the full amount of nutrition the body needs daily.
It is said that spirulina protein is absorbed into the body almost instantly. This is due to the fact that this little seaweed has no cellulose, which can make it more difficult for the body to break down the food to get to the nutrients. The easy digestibility of spirulina makes it perfect for people who suffer from intestinal and colon problems. Plus, the instant absorption makes it a great supplement for people who have malnutrition issues caused by certain diseases, too.
The dosages of spirulina supplements to be taken vary depending on the reason for taking it, of course, and should be paid attention to. Despite the fact that it has not been found to be toxic in large dosages, people who take more than one gram of this supplement daily may suffer from side effects such as headache, skin problems, and problems concentrating.
Of course, many people take much more and experience no adverse reactions. You will have to find what works best for your own body, and a good idea would be to start with a low dose and to slowly work your way up, taking note of how your body reacts to it.


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The Network Imperative: Community or Contagion?
By Paul R. Kleindorfer, Robert E. Gunther, Yoram (Jerry) Wind
The Rise of Networks
Challenging the Theory of the Firm
The Network That Is This Book
Meeting the Challenge of Networks
Network-based models for business challenge the traditional firm-centric view of competencies and strategies that are the focus of most business education and management thinking. This chapter makes it clear that the opportunities and threats presented by networks cannot be ignored.
Network Challenge, The: Strategy, Profit, and Risk in an Interlinked World
The rising importance of networks creates challenges and opportunities for business enterprises. On the one hand, networks lead to contagion and other risks, as can be seen in the rise of global terrorism and the spread of the 2008 global financial crisis. On the other hand, networks present opportunities for building community, as can be seen in the rapid rise of companies such as eBay, Google, Facebook, and other network-based enterprises. In this chapter, the editors of The Network Challenge point out that network-based models for business challenge the traditional firm-centric view of competencies and strategies that are the focus of most business education and management thinking. The authors challenge managers to consider the implications of networks in addressing issues such as risk management, strategy, marketing, human resources, and value creation. They emphasize the need to take diverse viewpoints on networks, including drawing upon fields such as biology, infectious diseases, and other areas with a long history of studying networks. Finally, the authors offer a summary of the key sections and chapters in The Network Challenge, which provide a broad, multidisciplinary view of networks and their implications for business. This chapter makes it clear that the opportunities and threats presented by networks cannot be ignored.
The network-based nature of our businesses and financial systems was clearly evident in the deep global financial crisis that unfolded across the summer of 2008. The collapse of U.S. subprime mortgage markets led to a ripple of effects across all sectors of the U.S. economy, necessitating the rescue of Bear Stearns, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and insurer AIG. The U.S. government passed a hastily developed $700 billion bailout package designed to help unfreeze the banking industry, and other governments around the world have followed suit. The ultimate outcome of these emergency measures remains to be seen. However, network contagion and the complexity of cause and effect in a networked world are now routinely put forward as the reasons for the continuing crisis in financial markets. In explaining the conflagration of global markets, network dynamics have become the new phlogiston—a mysterious and ultimately fictitious substance used to explain combustion prior to the discovery of oxygen in the 1770s. We clearly need a deeper and more precise understanding of network interactions.
The network challenge can also be seen in the Chinese "toxic-milk scandal." A few years ago, the logic of outsourcing manufacturing to China and other low-cost producers was irresistible. Any manufacturer who wanted to remain competitive needed to be able to meet the so-called "China price." But a series of problems, including tainted pet foods, recalls of toxic toys, and the spreading scandal of tainted milk powder in China, have revealed the hidden risks of unbundling strategies, with their ensuing more complex supply chains and difficulties in governance of global networks. The results of the tainted-milk event will take months or even years to play out, with global recalls of baby formula, candy, and other food products containing powdered milk now underway. The sheer complexity of uncovering and recalling all potentially contaminated products that have been shipped globally is formidable. The economic damage to the reputation of China's food industry will be staggering as the scandal has heightened concerns in the United States and Europe about the quality of Chinese products. One evident lesson from the toxic-milk scandal is that the spread of information and the measures that are needed to reestablish trust in global networks are of a different and far more complex nature than single-channel, controlled marketing and distribution networks of the past.
At the same time, networks have emerged as a tremendous source of value creation. Companies such as eBay, Google, Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter have risen from the primordial swamps of cyberspace to become major players based primarily on the power of their networks. Established corporations such as Procter & Gamble and Toyota are harnessing networks to tap into new sources of innovation around the globe or engage in word-of-mouth marketing for new products. The successful 2008 U.S. presidential campaign of Barack Obama has been attributed to his deft ability to mobilize and manage an unprecedented network of volunteers and contributors. Networks of suppliers are creating and delivering products through supply webs that stretch around the globe and can be reconfigured rapidly. Networks are now a powerful driver of value creation across society, but they follow different rules than command-and-control hierarchies. To tap into the value of networks, managers need a deeper understanding of how they work.
Companies and governments today face a dilemma: They cannot compete without networks to access resources or markets, but these networks present new risks and challenges that must be managed. The threats that face our world today—from financial crises to global competition to terrorist attacks to global diseases—are network-based. Effective solutions, in many cases, are also network-based. In such an interlinked world, we need a deeper understanding of networks to drive growth and manage risks. We need to understand what makes networks tick. This book is an attempt to provide a starting point for understanding the nature of networks and their implications for business. We brought together a broad cross section of researchers from diverse fields within business and outside—from biologists to antiterrorism experts—to help understand the nature of networks more broadly, and the specific knowledge that managers need to work in a networked world.
Agile Strategy: How to create a strategy ready for anything
By Ralph Fernando
Leading at a Higher Level: Blanchard on Leadership and Creating High Performing Organizations, 3rd Edition
By Ken Blanchard

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Billie Eilish Releases 'my future'
Billie Eilish returns with her latest single and music video, 'my future.' Listen HERE.
"we wrote this at the very beginning of quarantine. it's a song that's really really personal and special to me. when we wrote this song, it was exactly where my head was at – hopeful, excited and a craaaazy amount of self reflection and self growth. but recently it has also taken on a lot of new meaning in the context of what's happening in the world now. i hope you can all find meaning in it for yourselves." Said Billie in an email to her fans today.
Written and recorded in Los Angeles during lockdown, and produced by her brother FINNEAS, 'my future' follows the 18-year-old's groundbreaking 2019 multi-GRAMMY® Award winning debut album 'WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?' and the 2020 release of her official James Bond song 'No Time To Die.'
The beautifully animated official music video accompanying this release was created by Australian artist Andrew Onorato.
2020 started off with Billie Eilish winning 5 GRAMMY's at the 62nd GRAMMY® Awards in January, where she bagged Best New Artist, Album of the Year, Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Pop Vocal Album. February saw Billie take the stage with her brother FINNEAS to deliver a rousing rendition of The Beatles' 'Yesterday' at the 92nd Oscars. Later that month, she released her internationally hailed, official James Bond theme song 'No Time To Die.' March came, and the global pop-sensation was ready to embark on her first ever SOLD-OUT WHERE DO WE GO? world arena tour, only for it to be postponed just days into the North American leg of the tour, as the country went into lockdown.Back home isolating in Los Angeles —with more time and space on her hands— 'my future' is the product of an assured young woman, coming into her own, as she contemplates what's ahead of her, signifying a new chapter for the iconic teen-trailblazer.
'my future' is out everywhere now.
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Whether it's the airline itself or a new startup, trust issues and the complexity of the process are very big hurdles to overcome.
Fliers today can find it difficult to keep their options open while trying to get good seats and locking in a good price, especially with airfares changing often and planes more crowded. Nobody wants to buy a $600 nonrefundable ticket, have their plans fall through and not be able to use it — or be forced to pay exorbitant fees to change flights.
That's precisely the problem several companies aim to fix by selling, or planning to sell, "options" on airline tickets.
United Airlines offers price lock-in options, while at least three other nonairline companies are starting options services for airfares.
"It could be a value. … It's kind of like an insurance policy," said George Hobica, president and founder of AirfareWatchdog.com, a fare-alert website.
Airfare options work similarly to a stock option. The seller of the option charges a fee to hold your flight reservation at a certain fare, but you're not obligated to buy a ticket. If your travel plans change, you can simply let the option expire and you've lost only the fee, not the full cost of the plane ticket.
"If you've ever coordinated one of those ski trips or golf vacations with a group of friends, you know you can be the sucker who puts down the $500 for the flight and nobody goes," said Heidi Brown, co-founder of BitBend, a fare lock-in startup in Chicago.
A fare option might work like this: You pay $9 to lock in ticket at a set fare for three days while you get your spouse or friends to commit to a getaway — or wait for your boss to approve vacation time.
Typically, the longer you hold the fare, the more the option costs. You don't get your fee back, regardless of whether you make the purchase or let the option expire. For option sellers, it's a delicate balance of pricing options low enough to entice consumers, but high enough to make money, considering they may not make the final sale. There's also the risk for the option sellers that a fare could go up while a consumer decides, which means, depending on their arrangement with the airline, they'd have to pay the difference in ticket prices.
Years ago, airlines would take reservations and hold a fare for free. But like checked bags and onboard meals, that freebie went away. Now, carriers and online travel agencies have instant ticketing, with 24-hour cancellation periods, which is federal law.
"It's basically a discount program on refundable tickets," Seaney said.
And you can decide not to take the trip for any reason, which makes it different than traditional travel insurance.
Still, some industry watchers aren't convinced there's a mass market in options.
Another hurdle for the smaller companies is building trust. "If you're a whole new brand, an unknown brand, I think it's a tougher sell," Seaney said, adding that people might not be willing to give their credit card numbers to an unfamiliar company.
The best-known option service — and the only one that's fully functional — is FareLock by Chicago-based United Airlines. It adopted the service from Continental after the airlines merged in 2010; the combined airline began offering FareLock in March.
United's Farelock, only available if you book certain United or United Express flights at United.com, allows you to hold your itinerary and price for either 72 hours or seven days for a fee. You purchase FareLock, if available, on the "review trip itinerary" page after you've selected flights online. The service locks in a fare in a certain section of the cabin, not a specific seat.
"The reasoning behind it was to give customers more flexibility and peace of mind when booking their travel," said United spokeswoman Mary Clark. "That was something that our customers wanted." United declined to release sales numbers for FareLock, but "it's fair to say initial sales exceeded our expectations and have grown strongly since," Clark said.
Pricing of FareLock options can go as low as $1, but they typically cost $9 and up, based on such variables as flight itinerary, how far in advance the booking is and demand for the flight, she said.
A few foreign carriers offer a similar service. They include Air France and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, which are owned by the same holding company. Both call it a "Time to Think" option.
American Airlines does not offer airfare lock-ins but "is reviewing the concept," a spokeswoman said. American still offers a 24-hour hold on most reservations.
OptionIt, operated by Chicago-based Smart Options, currently sells "reserve now … decide later" options on sporting-event tickets and travel packages. It plans to offer options on airline tickets too, company officials say.
"It's becoming clear that markets are starting to recognize the value of the flexibility and convenience that options offer," said Geoff Baker, in-house counsel at the company.
The company is in talks with airlines, fare-comparison websites and startup companies to offer the options on airfares, CEO Mac McNally said.
While officials don't have a date for when the company would start offering airfare options, they said they were in late-stage talks with airlines and other travel-related companies. The company might offer options at a stand-alone website or as the behind-the-scenes engine that offers options on other travel or airline websites.
Similar to its sports-team partners, it would work with airlines to reserve seats for OptionIt customers, ensuring there are tickets for those who exercise options.
The company's experience in sporting-event tickets shows that about 80 percent of option buyers go through with the purchase, McNally said.
BitBend's co-founders, husband-and-wife team Rob and Heidi Brown, have financial backgrounds — he in futures trading and she in international currencies — and love to travel, said Heidi Brown, chief marketing officer. "We merged our experience with our passion," she said.
It, too, plans to place a hold — or what it calls a bend — on airfares for a number of days or weeks while consumers finalize travel plans. BitBend.com plans to promote on social media the good fares it finds and suggest people buy options to lock in a price before it disappears. "You can have this group-travel buzz going around — 'OK, guys, who's in? Who wants to go?' " she said.
The couple started working directly with airlines, but carriers were moving slower than BitBend wanted, Brown said. So BitBend became a travel agency to gain access to airline seat inventory and the ability to book tickets.
If a customer decides to exercise the bend — it doesn't use the word "option" — the company will buy the plane ticket, making money on the bend price plus any ticket-price difference that falls in its favor. It expects most bends to cost $5 to $25, taking into consideration the airfare, length of the bend and number of days from the departure date, Brown said.
The site is in a "beta" test phase, but the Browns hope to have it available in December. The earliest offerings will be flights from Chicago to 16 domestic destinations.
SteadyFare is also in beta testing, offering flight options from three airports — JFK in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco — to 17 destinations.
Perhaps the biggest drawback for some consumers is that they can't choose flight times or the airline, although the company plans to add that feature, said Jack Connor, a SteadyFare co-founder. He said the company is tinkering with the business model. Not specifying an airline or flight time gives SteadyFare more choices of flights, ensuring it can book the ticket for those who exercise their options, he said.
Unlike others, SteadyFare's option is essentially a cap on airfare for two or four weeks. You won't pay any more than your option specifies, but if prices drop, you'll pay the lower price when you book. Another advantage is the ability to choose a range of departure and return dates.
Connor said he hopes the service will be fully operational by early next year.
(c)2012 Chicago Tribune. Distributed by MCT Information Services.


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Black Is the Body
Stories From My Grandmother's Time, My Mother's Time, and Mine
by Bernard, Emily
A memoir in essays about race that is as lucid as the issue is complicated. … the writing is deeply felt, unflinchingly honest, and openly questioning … T...Show more A memoir in essays about race that is as lucid as the issue is complicated. … the writing is deeply felt, unflinchingly honest, and openly questioning … The book's genesis and opening is her life-threatening stabbing by a deranged white stranger, a seemingly random crime. Toward the end of the book, she realizes that "in every scar there is a story. The salve is the telling itself." A rare book of healing on multiple levels. Copyright Kirkus 2018 Kirkus/BPI Communications. All rights reserved. Show less
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Prophet of Freedom
by Blight, David W.
"The definitive, dramatic biography of the most important African-American of the nineteenth century: Frederick Douglass, the escaped slave who becam...Show more "The definitive, dramatic biography of the most important African-American of the nineteenth century: Frederick Douglass, the escaped slave who became the greatest orator of his day and one of the leading abolitionists and writers of the era. … He wrote three versions of his autobiography over the course of his lifetime and published his own newspaper. His very existence gave the lie to slave owners: with dignity and great intelligence he bore witness to the brutality of slavery. … David Blight's Frederick Douglass affords this important American the distinguished biography he deserves"-- Provided by publisher. Show less
The Accident of Color
A Story of Race in Reconstruction
by Brook, Daniel
Brook presents a well-researched, fresh, and sometimes funny social history of how biracial Americans in nineteenth-century New Orleans and Charleston, So...Show more Brook presents a well-researched, fresh, and sometimes funny social history of how biracial Americans in nineteenth-century New Orleans and Charleston, South Carolina, pragmatically created a lane for themselves between the white establishment and Black margins. … Biracial Americans pressured governors, senators, and presidents during Reconstruction and, ultimately, impacted the armed forces, Lincoln's Republican Party, and state colleges and public schools. … Brook challenges others to view America through a "sepia lens" and reassert the value of discussing American's pluralism. Copyright 2019 Booklist Reviews. Show less
Black Dignity in A World Made for Whiteness
by Brown, Austin Channing
"Austin Channing Brown's first encounter with a racialized America came at age seven, when she discovered her parents named her Austin to deceive fut...Show more "Austin Channing Brown's first encounter with a racialized America came at age seven, when she discovered her parents named her Austin to deceive future employers into thinking she was a white man. Growing up in majority-white schools and churches, Austin writes, "I had to learn what it means to love blackness," a journey that led to a lifetime spent navigating America's racial divide as a writer, speaker, and expert helping organizations practice genuine inclusion."-- Provided by publisher. Show less
Black Athletes, A Divided America, and the Politics of Patriotism
by Bryant, Howard
When San Francisco 49er quarterback Colin Kaepernick protested police brutality by taking a knee during the national anthem, he shined a spotlight on the ...Show more When San Francisco 49er quarterback Colin Kaepernick protested police brutality by taking a knee during the national anthem, he shined a spotlight on the intersection between sports and politics and the role athletes play as activists. This intersection is perhaps more important for black athletes, according to journalist Bryant (Shut Out). Bryant posits that the activism of Kaepernick and other contemporary black athletes is not a new phenomenon but part of a "heritage" of black activism in sports begun by Jackie Robinson, Tommy Carlos, and Muhammed Ali in the 1960s. The heritage was interrupted by apolitical athletes such as O.J. Simpson, Michael Jordan, and Tiger Woods who chose protecting their personal brands over taking political stands. Copyright 2018 Library Journal. Show less
The Fire Is Upon Us
James Baldwin, William F. Buckley Jr., and the Debate Over Race in America
by Buccola, Nicholas
"In February 1965, novelist and 'poet of the Black Freedom Struggle' James Baldwin met with William F. Buckley, father of the modern American conserv...Show more "In February 1965, novelist and 'poet of the Black Freedom Struggle' James Baldwin met with William F. Buckley, father of the modern American conservative movement, in Cambridge Union to face off in a televised debate. The topic was 'The American Dream is at the expense of the American Negro.' Buccola uses this momentous encounter as a lens through which to deepen our understanding of two of the most important public intellectuals in twentieth-century American thought ... the subject of their debate continues to have resonance in our own time as the social mobility of blacks remains limited and racial inequality persists."-- Provided by publisher. Show less
by Coates, Ta-Nehisi
"Coates takes readers along on his journey through America's history of race and its contemporary resonances through a series of awakenings—moments w...Show more "Coates takes readers along on his journey through America's history of race and its contemporary resonances through a series of awakenings—moments when he discovered some new truth about our long, tangled history of race, whether through his myth-busting professors at Howard University, a trip to a Civil War battlefield with a rogue historian, a journey to Chicago's South Side to visit aging survivors of 20th century American's 'long war on black people' or a visit with the mother of a beloved friend who was shot down by the police."-- Provided by publisher. Show less
We Were Eight Years in Power
In his second book, Coates (correspondent for the Atlantic) gathers eight formerly published essays, one for each year of Barack Obama's presidency, toget...Show more In his second book, Coates (correspondent for the Atlantic) gathers eight formerly published essays, one for each year of Barack Obama's presidency, together with framing commentary and reflection. ... this volume documents both the personal growth of Coates as a thinker and also our national struggle to reckon with the politics of race and racism. Copyright 2017 Library Journal. Show less
by Du Bois, W. E. B.
"Du Bois proposes that "the problem of the Twentieth Century is the problem of the color-line." His concepts of life behind the veil of rac...Show more "Du Bois proposes that "the problem of the Twentieth Century is the problem of the color-line." His concepts of life behind the veil of race and the resulting "double-consciousness, this sense of always looking at one's self through the eyes of others," have become touchstones for thinking about race in America. Souls offers an assessment of the progress of the race, the obstacles to that progress, and the possibilities for future progress as the nation entered the twentieth century."-- Provided by Publisher. Show less
Tears We Cannot Stop
A Sermon to White America
by Dyson, Michael Eric
In his latest, commentator and writer Dyson (The Black Presidency, 2016) preaches a message that he admits will be hard for most white Americans to hear, ...Show more In his latest, commentator and writer Dyson (The Black Presidency, 2016) preaches a message that he admits will be hard for most white Americans to hear, let alone internalize and accept: white folks are complicit in societal attitudes toward African Americans, and our future progress as a nation is dependent on a new mindset. … He covers a wide range of topics, including policing tragedies, the lack of African Americans in mainstream American history, the willful ignorance of whites, patriotism versus nationalism, the power of language, and the future of race relations under President Trump. With a reading list to encourage further learning, Dyson offers an intellectual framework for everyone to adopt in order to understand and embrace each other's struggles to be united. Copyright 2017 Booklist Reviews. Show less
What Truth Sounds Like
Robert F. Kennedy, James Baldwin, and Our Unfinished Conversation About Race in America
Dyson (Tears We Cannot Stop, 2017) continues his illumination of complex issues of race in his latest compelling book, taking readers back to May 1963, wh...Show more Dyson (Tears We Cannot Stop, 2017) continues his illumination of complex issues of race in his latest compelling book, taking readers back to May 1963, when the great civil rights leaders were in their ascendancy and John F. Kennedy was in the White House. JFK's brother and chief of staff, Robert F. Kennedy, asked author James Baldwin to invite a group of "Negroes" (the term then used), specifically intellectuals, artists, and activists, to a secret breakfast meeting in the hope of gaining insight into matters of race. … After providing the backstories and historical context of the participants, Dyson offers contemporary examples of public figures who struggle for equality. The result is a moving ode to the potentiality of American social progress. Copyright 2018 Booklist Reviews. Show less
Stony the Road
Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow
by Gates, Henry Louis
Prominent and prolific scholar, writer, filmmaker, and educator Gates has long been compelled by Reconstruction and its rapid and bloody deconstruction. I...Show more Prominent and prolific scholar, writer, filmmaker, and educator Gates has long been compelled by Reconstruction and its rapid and bloody deconstruction. In his signature lucid and compelling approach to history, he tracks the vicious backlash against the post–Civil War constitutional amendments (the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth) that abolished slavery, established citizenship for African Americans, and ensured Black men the right to vote—and the resultant election of numerous Black legislators. White southerners retaliated with white-supremacist propaganda, "scientific racism," racial violence, including lynchings, and the establishment of Jim Crow segregation laws. Copyright 2019 Booklist Reviews. Show less
James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own
by Glaude, Eddie S.
A penetrating study of how the words of James Baldwin (1924-1987) continue to have (often painful) relevance today. Glaude, a frequent guest on political ...Show more A penetrating study of how the words of James Baldwin (1924-1987) continue to have (often painful) relevance today. Glaude, a frequent guest on political talk shows and chair of the African American Studies department at Princeton, has long read, admired, and taught Baldwin's work. In this follow-up to his 2016 book, Democracy in Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul, the author mines that work to illustrate our ongoing inability to confront what both Baldwin and Glaude call the lie at the center of our American self-conception and how the nation refuses "to turn its back on racism and to reach for its better angels." Copyright Kirkus 2020 Kirkus/BPI Communications. All rights reserved. Show less
Democracy in Black
How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul
*Starred Review* It has been more than 70 years since Gunnar Myrdal, in An American Dilemma, probed our racial consciousness by showing the gap between pr...Show more *Starred Review* It has been more than 70 years since Gunnar Myrdal, in An American Dilemma, probed our racial consciousness by showing the gap between promise and performance. It has been only a few months since Ta-Nehisi Coates struck the American nerve, in Between the World and Me, by pointing out that our racial history is more deeply ingrained in racism than Myrdal suggested. Here Princeton scholar Glaude adds to that debate by equating our racist history to a basic gap in values, the notion that black lives matter less in this country and always have. He proves his point cogently, perhaps with less passion than Coates but with more than enough documentation to move the argument along this new and painful track. … This is every bit as important a book as Coates' more personal account. Essential reading. Copyright 2014 Booklist Reviews. Show less
Black Radical
The Life and Times of William Monroe Trotter
by Greenidge, Kerri K.
"This long-overdue biography reestablishes William Monroe Trotter's essential place next to Douglass, Du Bois, and King in the pantheon of American c...Show more "This long-overdue biography reestablishes William Monroe Trotter's essential place next to Douglass, Du Bois, and King in the pantheon of American civil rights heroes. William Monroe Trotter (1872- 1934), though still virtually unknown to the wider public, was an unlikely American hero. With the stylistic verve of a newspaperman and the unwavering fearlessness of an emancipator, he galvanized black working- class citizens to wield their political power despite the violent racism of post- Reconstruction America. "-- Provided by publisher. Show less
The Truths We Hold
An American Journey
by Harris, Kamala
California's junior senator limbers up "to be a joyful warrior in the battle to come." … She is the first American of Indian or Jamaican descent...Show more California's junior senator limbers up "to be a joyful warrior in the battle to come." … She is the first American of Indian or Jamaican descent to serve in the Senate and the first African-American senator from California, having served prominently and sometimes controversially as the state's attorney general. … Her efforts at judicial reform figure in her timely call for an overhaul of sentencing procedures, all as part of a platform of "what I see as women's issues: the economy, national security, health care, education, criminal justice reform, climate change." Harris also reveals a policy-wonk side, enthusiastically addressing issues such as cybersecurity ("a new front in a new kind of battle") and economic inequality ("with millions of Americans hanging by a thread," she deftly writes of the current president, "the White House reached for scissors"). … Fits well alongside such politico-aspirational books as Barack Obama's Dreams from My Father, and better written than most in the category. Copyright Kirkus 2019 Kirkus/BPI Communications. All rights reserved. Show less
by Kendi, Ibram X.
"The only way to undo racism is to consistently identify and describe it -- and then dismantle it." Ibram X. Kendi's concept of antiracism reene...Show more "The only way to undo racism is to consistently identify and describe it -- and then dismantle it." Ibram X. Kendi's concept of antiracism reenergizes and reshapes the conversation about racial justice in America -- but even more fundamentally, points us toward liberating new ways of thinking about ourselves and each other. In How to Be an Antiracist, Kendi asks us to think about what an antiracist society might look like, and how we can play an active role in building it. In this book, Kendi weaves an electrifying combination of ethics, history, law, and science, bringing it all together with an engaging personal narrative of his own awakening to antiracism. How to Be an Antiracist is an essential work for anyone who wants to go beyond an awareness of racism to the next step: contributing to the formation of a truly just and equitable society." -- Provided by publisher. Show less
The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
This heavily researched yet easily readable volume explores the roots and the effects of racism in America. Kendi, assistant professor of African American...Show more This heavily researched yet easily readable volume explores the roots and the effects of racism in America. Kendi, assistant professor of African American history at the University of Florida, offers this history through chronologically arranged sections based on the lives of five figures from American history: socially and politically influential Puritan minister Cotton Mather; President Thomas Jefferson; prominent abolitionist and social reformer William Lloyd Garrison; civil rights activist and author W. E. B. Du Bois; and political activist and writer Angela Davis. Kendi posits that there is a three-way argument happening between segregationists, who blame black people for racial disparities; antiracists, who blame discrimination; and assimilationists, who think everyone is at fault. The narrative smoothly weaves throughout history, culminating in the declaration that as much as we'd like it to be, America today is nowhere near the "postracial" country that the media declared following the election of Barack Obama in 2008. The hope here is that by studying and remembering the lessons of history, we may be able to move forward to an equitable society. Copyright 2014 Booklist Reviews. Show less
The Story of Plessy V. Ferguson, and America's Journey From Slavery to Segregation
by Luxenberg, Steve
"A triple biography illuminates the birth of the Jim Crow era. On June 7, 1892, Homer Plessy was arrested for refusing to leave a whites-only railway...Show more "A triple biography illuminates the birth of the Jim Crow era. On June 7, 1892, Homer Plessy was arrested for refusing to leave a whites-only railway car in New Orleans. Plessy could and often did pass for white; his arrest had been arranged to create a perfect Supreme Court test case of Louisiana's segregationist Separate Car Act. The result was catastrophe. Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) held in sweeping terms that ""separate but equal"" services were acceptable under the federal Constitution, cementing segregation in public and private facilities across the South for another 60 years. Copyright Kirkus 2018 Kirkus/BPI Communications. All rights reserved." Show less
by Northup, Solomon
"A harrowing memoir about one of the darkest periods in American history. Born a free man in New York, Solomon Northup was abducted in Washington, D...Show more "A harrowing memoir about one of the darkest periods in American history. Born a free man in New York, Solomon Northup was abducted in Washington, D.C., in 1841 and spent the next twelve years of his life in captivity as a slave on a Louisiana cotton plantation. After his rescue, he published this exceptionally vivid and detailed account of slave life--perhaps the best written of all the slave narratives. It became an immediate bestseller and today is recognized for its unusual insight and eloquence as one of the very few portraits of American slavery produced by someone as educated as Solomon Northup, or by someone with the dual perspective of having been both a free man and a slave." -- Provided by Publisher Show less
by Obama, Michelle
"In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic and compelling women of our era. As First Lad...Show more "In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic and compelling women of our era. As First Lady of the United States of America—the first African American to serve in that role—she helped create the most welcoming and inclusive White House in history, while also establishing herself as a powerful advocate for women and girls in the U.S. and around the world, dramatically changing the ways that families pursue healthier and more active lives, and standing with her husband as he led America through some of its most harrowing moments. In her memoir, a work of deep reflection and mesmerizing storytelling, Michelle Obama invites readers into her world, chronicling the experiences that have shaped her—from her childhood on the South Side of Chicago to her years as an executive balancing the demands of motherhood and work, to her time spent at the world's most famous address." -- Provided by Publisher Show less
by Oluo, Ijeoma
Straight talk to blacks and whites about the realities of racism. In her feisty debut book, Oluo, essayist, blogger, and editor at large at the Establishm...Show more Straight talk to blacks and whites about the realities of racism. In her feisty debut book, Oluo, essayist, blogger, and editor at large at the Establishment magazine, writes from the perspective of a black, queer, middle-class, college-educated woman living in a "white supremacist country." … Throughout the book, Oluo responds to questions that she has often been asked, and others that she wishes were asked, about racism "in our workplace, our government, our homes, and ourselves." "Is it really about race?" she is asked by whites who insist that class is a greater source of oppression. "Is police brutality really about race?" "What is cultural appropriation?" and "What is the model minority myth?" Her sharp, no-nonsense answers include talking points for both blacks and whites. … After devoting most of the book to talking, Oluo finishes with a chapter on action and its urgency. Copyright Kirkus 2017 Kirkus/BPI Communications. All rights reserved. Show less
A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
by Rothstein, Richard
Recent demonstrations in cities across America against the murder of African Americans by police returned the question of segregation in housing to the fo...Show more Recent demonstrations in cities across America against the murder of African Americans by police returned the question of segregation in housing to the fore. While the term de facto segregation is often used to assert that this is the result of private decisions or personal acts of discrimination, Rothstein argues that the real history of segregation is primarily that of explicit or de jure government policy, with personal actions secondary. From wartime public housing to the FHA refusing to insure mortgages for African Americans and many cases in between, government policy at all levels violated the Reconstruction-era constitutional amendments mandating equal protections. Ghettos were deliberately created by official policy. Rothstein provides plenty of evidence to support each example, including interviews, court cases, law codes, and newspapers, along with secondary sources on each aspect of government discrimination. There is an extensive FAQ section for further discussion. Copyright 2017 Booklist Reviews. Show less
"Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?"
And Other Conversations About Race
by Tatum, Beverly Daniel
"Walk into any racially mixed high school and you will see Black youth seated together in the cafeteria. Of course, it's not just the Black kids sitt...Show more "Walk into any racially mixed high school and you will see Black youth seated together in the cafeteria. Of course, it's not just the Black kids sitting together—the White, Latino, Asian Pacific, and in some regions, American Indian youth, are clustered in their own groups, too. The same phenomenon can be observed in college dining halls, faculty lounges, and in corporate cafeterias. What is going on here? Is this self-segregation a problem we should try to fix, or a coping strategy we should support? How can we get past our reluctance to talk about racial issues to even discuss it? And what about the other questions we and our children have about race? Beverly Daniel Tatum is a renowned authority on the psychology of racism. She asserts that we do not know how to talk about our racial differences: Whites are afraid of using the wrong words and being perceived as "racist." Parents of color are afraid of exposing their children to painful racial realities too soon." -- Provided by Publisher Show less
The Origins of Our Discontents
by Wilkerson, Isabel
"In this brilliant book, Isabel Wilkerson gives us a masterful portrait of an unseen phenomenon in America as she explores, through an immersive, dee...Show more "In this brilliant book, Isabel Wilkerson gives us a masterful portrait of an unseen phenomenon in America as she explores, through an immersive, deeply researched narrative and stories about real people, how America today and throughout its history has been shaped by a hidden caste system, a rigid hierarchy of human rankings. Beyond race, class, or other factors, there is a powerful caste system that influences people's lives and behavior and the nation's fate. Linking the caste systems of America, India, and Nazi Germany, Wilkerson explores eight pillars that underlie caste systems across civilizations, including divine will, bloodlines, stigma, and more." -- Provided by Publisher Show less
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Tall Family
Elijah Tall born in 1786, lived on Taylors Island. On 18 January 1808, Elijah married Susan Aaron, daughter of John and Mary Aaron. Elijah was a Private in the 48th Reg't (Jones) Maryland Militia during the War of 1812. During this war pilfering by the British in Dorchester County was common and quickly defended. "On one occasion British invaders from Admiral Cockburn's fleet anchored in the bay off the mouth of Punch Island Creek to procure food wherever they could find it and without cost. Mr. Tall, a resident, when he saw what they were after and unable to find help, loaded his gun with buckshot, barricaded himself between two ranks of wood on the Creek and waited for them to come down. In a short time they appeared with a supply of sheep and pigs and as the boat passed he stuck the muzzle of his gun through an opening in the wood and blazed away. The British thinking they were outnumbered rowed for dear life. After reaching the ship they got underway never to return to that part of the island again." On 8 August 1862 Elijah died suddenly. He is buried on Robinson's Neck, Taylors Island.
One of Elijah's children was Samuel A Tall who was born in 1824. In 1856, Samuel married Ann Lavinia Kirwan, daughter of Solomon F Kirwan and Susan Ann Travers. To the union of Samuel and Lavinia were born 4 boys Wilbur, Guy, Louis and Charles.
Another of Elijah's children Christopher C. Tall married Mary Meekins in 1862. To this union twin boys Herbert and Raymond were born in 1866.
Samuel and his brother Christopher lived on Taylors Island is the vicinity of Punch Island and very close to the residence of Judge Kirwan, who lived across the creek (see the image below).
Samuel and his wife Lavinia both died on the same day 29 September 1868, and are buried at the Solomon F Kirwan residence in the Kirwan-Tall graveyard. The orphaned boys of Samuel and Lavinia were raised by their grandfather Solomon Kirwan.
The 6 Tall cousins were very close in age, so it is fair to assume they grew up together. 4 of the cousins Wilbur, Guy, Louis and Raymond followed the sea in adulthood. Wilbur K. Tall, was the Captain of the ship B B Roukes, his brother Guy Tall was mate and his cousin Raymond Tall was second mate. The Roukes sailed from Fernandina, Florida to Baltimore when it apparently encountered a storm in April 1889. All hope for survivors was given up after a search and the Captain and crew were deemed 'Lost at Sea'. In October of the same year, Louis Tall was aboard the schooner Frances E. Waters when the ship encountered a storm. All of the crew was 'lost at sea' and the schooner washed ashore at Nags Head North Carolina.
The names, Wilbur Tall, Guy Tall and Louis Tall are listed on the monument to their mother Ann Lavinia Kirwan Tall along with the words "Lost at Sea".
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"Supercritical Fluid Extraction" is the method of separating one component (extract) from another (cannabis) using supercritical fluids such as CO2.
Super-critical fluid extraction (SFE) uses the strange properties of gases that have been compressed beyond their "critical point." Carbon dioxide (CO2) is the most frequently used gas because its critical point can be reached at around 90 °F, cool enough that delicate plant terpenes and cannabinoids don't get deactivated. Furthermore, the shape of the CO2 molecule allows it to act as a non-polar solvent, in the same way butane or hexane are non-polar. Polarity plays a major role in the many different final products that can be created. A supercritical fluid behaves both like a liquid and a gas; it diffuses through solids like a gas but dissolves compounds like a liquid. The fluid has almost no surface tension, so it easily penetrates the cuticle of cannabis' trichomes dissolving all the oils in its path. The dissolving powers of CO2 change with different pressures; this allows the extractor to use different vessels at different pressures to separate different components. Playing with the pressure allows complete separation of terpenes and cannabinoids, and everything in between. Super-critical carbon dioxide runs through an extraction vessel at a certain temperature and pressure, after gathering the available terpenes, waxes and cannabinoids the solution passes to a separator vessel (under different conditions of temperature and pressure) that can be used to change the composition of the extract. After the extraction is complete, a drop in pressure allows the CO2 to easily evaporate and be recovered. CO2 produces sanitized extracts with a higher terpene content and less wax than typical BHO extractions. Whereas BHO might have anywhere between 0.5 % to 3.5 % terpenes, CO2 oil for consumption generally has around 8 -10 % terpenes by mass. Besides the advantages that SFE offers as far as selectivity (the ability to choose extracts with different components from the same starting material), CO2 is also a "green solvent" unlike butane or hexane, which are petroleum derivatives.


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Port of Corpus Chrsti plans addition of LNG bunkering (port courtesy port authority)
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The Port of Corpus Christi in Texas is the latest in a growing list of port authorities to announce efforts to support the growth of LNG as a marine fuel. The Port of Corpus Christi Authority and Stabilis Solutions plan to construct an LNG fueling infrastructure as they seek to expand the port's support of the decarbonization efforts by the maritime industry.
The port authority signed a Memorandum of Understanding to facilitate the use of LNG. According to the MOU, the Port of Corpus Christi will provide suitable access to dock space for shore-to-ship fueling operations while Stabilis will deploy its existing fleet of mobile cryogenic assets, including LNG transportation and distribution equipment, from its LNG production plant in South Texas to support LNG fueling operations.
"The Port of Corpus Christi Authority sees LNG fueling of marine vessels as an important step toward our broader commitment to decarbonization and improved air quality," said Sean Strawbridge, Chief Executive Officer of the Port of Corpus Christi. "We have a strong commitment to protecting our air attainment status, so by offering LNG as an alternative to diesel as a marine fuel within our gateway, we are evolving our sustainability protocols by reducing mobile source emissions."
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"The use of LNG as a marine fuel is critical for marine operators to reduce their emissions profile, and Stabilis is uniquely positioned to provide this service to customers along the Gulf Coast and beyond," said Jim Reddinger, President and CEO of Stabilis Solutions. "Meeting the requirements of the energy transition requires innovative solutions, and we are excited to be part of this journey with the Port of Corpus Christi and its partners."
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Q: How to prove that $k(x)$ is not complete in the $x$-adic metric It is not hard to find proofs showing that $\mathbb{Q}$ is not complete with respect to the metric induced by the valuation $|\;\;|_p$.
For example, it is enough to recall that every complete metric space is Baire and to show that $(\mathbb{Q},|\;\;|_p)$ is not Baire.
Another option is to show that $\mathbb{Q}_p$ is uncountable, so $(\mathbb{Q},|\;\;|_p)$ is different than its completion.
Both arguments use the fact that $\mathbb{Q}$ is countable.
But when I try to justify that $k(x)$ is not complete in the metric induced by the $x$-adic valuation $|\;\;|_x$, I don't find ideas or references addressing the proof.
How can I proof the incompleteness of $(k(x), |\;\;|_x)$ without invoking its completion field $k((x))$? Any reference?

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REVIEW: Opel Corsa
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by Seán Creedon
You may have heard Opel's new radio ads for their brand new Corsa. They are clearly trying to remind prospective customers to hark back to their carefree younger days when they may have driven an older version of the car.
The ad is certainly very catchy and hopefully for Opel's sake it should help them get a few more sales in what is a very competitive Irish car market right now.
Opel in Ireland was recently taken over by the Gowan Group, whose headquarters are in Bluebell and there are some clever marketing people located in Gowan House.
Recently I drove the new version of the Corsa, which was a favourite back in the eighties and nineties. The Corsa was launched in 1982 and I bought a skinny looking version around 1988.
Now the designers have managed to make this new model look bigger, despite the dimensions being much the same as the previous version.
Built in Zaragoza, Spain, the first Corsas were three-door hatchback and two-door saloon models, with four-door and five-door versions arriving in 1984. This latest version is only available as a four-door as Opel simplify their product range.
The sixth generation of the nameplate is longer, lower, and has a longer wheelbase than its predecessor and is 108kg lighter than the previous version.
This is the first new Opel produced since the marque was taken over by the PSA Group. It's built on the same platform at the DS3 Crossback and the new Peugeot 208.
My test car was white with a black roof and looking at the exterior it certainly is very attractive. Inside there was a nice touch of red and white stitching on the seats and the dash had a touch of red and grey which looked very tasty. Those touches of colour are needed in the interior as the roof is very dark.
I found the car very sturdy and there was very little road noise. The digital instrument cluster is well placed to ensure that you only have to take your eyes off the road ahead for a second or two to check your speed.
There is room in the back for back seat for three people, but leg room is a bit tight. The boot is average, but the good news is that you get a proper spare wheel. It's neat, easy to handle and comfortable to travel in. Rear parking sensors, but no reversing camera.
Meanwhile the electric Corsa-e is due here in April and will have a range of around 330km. Along with the recently renewed Astra and the Corsa, a new Grandland X hybrid is also due here in April and it will be followed by a facelifted Crossland and a new generation Mokka in December. So it's certainly all systems go for Opel right now.
For the new Corsa there will be three trims SC, SRi and Elite with entry prices starting at €17,975 for the 1.2-litre petrol; also available in 1.5-litre diesel. All come with LED headlights and auto-dip as standard. Road tax is €180.
The new Corsa faces stiff competition in the supermini class from the likes of the Ford Fiesta, Renault Clio and its stablemate in Bluebell the Peugeot 208. But I think this new version of the car should help Opel climb the sales charts in Ireland once again.
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One of my idle pursuits this mild winter has involved documenting all the obscure and unusual stuff I find in my travels around Changhua 彰化. When I go riding I prefer to take winding roads that twist and turn through old villages rather than the newer thoroughfares that directly connect communities in the countryside. Sometimes this pays off—for instance, while exploring some of the side roads on my way to Lukang 鹿港 I found this strange looking building amid the rice fields and rural industrial sprawl.
When I am out in the field I seldom have any idea what I am looking at. I don't speak or read much Chinese, not that it would help in a lot of cases (there being no plaques, markers, or inscriptions at this particular locale, for example). My usual approach is to gather clues with my camera and puzzle things out whenever I get home and feel like messing around. The entire process actually reminds me a lot of the adventure games I used to play as a kid—think of The 7th Guest, Myst, or Castle of Dr. Brain. Something about doing this really appeals to my boyish curiosity.
So, what'd I turn up this time? Turns out this structure is a Japanese colonial era fortification built in 1943 to protect Changhua Aerodrome 彰化飛行場 (Shōka in Japanese), an airfield that no longer exists, from attack by allied forces. Known as Gǔpàotái 古砲台 (old gun tower; officially 原福興外埔機場防空砲台), it is located in Fānpó Village 番婆村 in Fúxīng 福興, southeast of the city1. Apparently it is something of a tourist attraction (here the local township office calls it "Old Canon Flat" in English) though you wouldn't know it from the look of the place.
Something else came out of this research: there is a second fortification not too far from this one, barely visible here on Google Street View. In the interest of rounding out this post I ended up making a second trip to the area to find the other, more obscure fortification. This one is on private property but some old men by the roadside waved me on in amusement. I don't imagine many people come by here inquiring about this old ruin!
One more look at the original fortification.
So there you have it: the last remnants of a Japanese colonial era airfield in Changhua 彰化 identified and described. Only a few more to go before I level up!
I wonder if you saw Michael Turton's post on Japanese era airfields post?
Might be cool if you were able to somewhat match them up.
Cool. This would be fun. I love old things.


Tourism sector in India is one of the significant parts of lifestyle of various societies and is growing rapidly. Thus the rapidly increasing tourism industry faces several challenges too. One of the challenges is that there is a segment of society who is not yet able to equally enjoy tourism attractions, facilities and services. Major parts of population constitute of persons with disability and are an increasingly main sector of tourism demand. A few of the tourist cities around the world have developed guidelines and few innovative solutions to overcome the problem. This paper aims to study the experience and develop understanding regarding the public realm spaces approached and interacted by diverse users. The study is an outcome of a hands on workshop conducted at the institute with diverse users at various public realm locations of tourist interest in the city of Bhopal.


There's a burgeoning demand of execs who can successfully recognize business necessities, devise options and execute plans that help companies in accomplishing their goals. A variation on this is that even if the optimal resolution cannot be implemented for monetary, technical or political reasons, then the enterprise analyst should be pragmatic and be prepared to seek out other solutions that will yield at the very least some benefit. Business analysts concerned in business case preparation has to understand primary investment appraisal methods and work intently with finance department.
eight) Checking for modifications: Generally, it may be discovered that there is a slight or some other diploma of mismatch with the clients expectations from the mission and the software developed by the technical workforce. The Business Analyst works intently with the consumer, who is the tip consumer of the mission, and defines the requirements after thorough research of the existing system, and after gauging the feasibility of the intended new system.
This is only a small list of the forms of roles that enterprise analysts can occupy. Enterprise analysts, specifically, ought to be able to work on an individual and crew basis as well as being able to work with exterior consultancies. A business analyst is also engaged after a challenge is initiated, most often to assess and validate an answer against the business necessities.
That is very effectively suited to people who want to embrace the theoretical and developmental elements of Enterprise Evaluation rather than the sensible and fingers on utility. Identified business instructions & aims that may influence the required knowledge and utility architectures. Two analysts are always better than one at these interviews, even in small companies.
Self-research is a wonderful approach for analysts to develop their business information. The remaining phases also require the involvement of the Enterprise Analyst since he's the bridge between the shopper and the technical group of software program developers and programmers that are working on the mission. Hence the enterprise analyst should ensure he is up to date with the latest developments within the area that he's working in, and the particular necessities of the venture.