Book Review

Steve explains the format for today’s show. Channel is in Seg 5 and Q & A to the group is in Seg 6. We will return to the normal schedule next month.

SECRET SANTA Steve and Barbara are joined on stage by Jon Carl and Charmaine Lee from Foundation for Insight, they talked about the success of the Secret Santa program. This year we donated more than $5000 to the children at Oasis center. The Oasis Treatment Center consists of five treatment homes housing up to six emotionally disturbed children each, between the ages of six and eighteen. This is a permanent shelter for these children because these children cannot be placed due to emotional problems. The gifts to the kids were about $1000 and the rest went to improve living conditions. You really came through this year lightworkers, you touched some very impressionable hearts with your love and generosity. Nice work!

Charmaine’s Corner. You are the Gift!

VirtualLight Seg 2 Jan 2008

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Janee reviews a new release “The Elusive Gift of Tragedy” by Regina Rose Murphy. About two years ago Regina son John, left us suddenly. Immediately John began to talk through Regina. In this book he wants to show us that death is merely a change in form and not the ultimate separation from those we love.

See Janee’s book review section here.

Author Regina Rose Murphy joined Janee, Steve & Barbara onstage.

Tony Stubbs introduced a new book on Orbs from Donna DiDomenico “Orbs a Personal Journey.”

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I forgot to mention that I will be doing the book review that ties with the movie review separate from the In Conclusion book review video at the end of the month.

For more info on the format change, and what to expect from me this year, check out my tumblr post:

http://thereadables.tumblr.com/post/16569082432/time-for-change

The Agency: A Spy in the House by Y. S. Lee
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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6 pages, double-spaced will take me about 3 hours to compose and edit.

i created a masterful 20 page report on nuclear energy discovery, implementation, nuclear weapons and disarmament, so i know the drill. i’ve got As in english composition and higher writing courses as i’ve almost got my technical writing cerficate.

the book is "magick, mayhem and mavericks".

it’s written in 6 parts, 5 chapters each, with each chapter being an average of 9 pages. there are 300 rather short pages.

my idea was to create a 10 sentence introductory paragraph, then start going through each "part" in 12 sentence paragraphs, with a formulaic format of introduction sentence, a 2-3 sentences on each chapter, and a concluding sentence or two. there is a prologue and epilogue which i then plan to discuss and critique, finally ending with a conclusion paragraph about the books strengths and weaknesses, which are actually touched upon in the preface.

i’ve an overachiever when it comes to writing. teachers ask for two paragraphs, and i can’t help but give 2 double-spaced pages, so i’m a "completist" when it comes to expressing myself in compositions. i find it effortless. the mind just flows.

thanks for any input.
the content isn’t the issue. it’s more of an outline question. my content is generally impressive to instructors, and as i’ve seen with the scores he’s given me for the "discussion" exercises where we take a topic on and reply to queries, also responding to posts made by other students, he’s actually given me over 100% on them. he’s one of those that’s very impressed with my writing ability. i make most of the "kids" 13 years younger than me look like they just got out of high school.

also, to the second answer, my review won’t have a prologue, it’s just that the book has a preface, introduction, prologue and epilogue where the author explains that she knows it’s a quick glance at the history of mathematics, chemistry and physics, and as far as my critique of how she accomplished her goal of writing this book, i was going to discuss her own commentary in the prologue and epilogue.

i know my formulaic "framing" as it’s called sounds obsessive, but it’s been acceptable to all so far.

That’s not overachieving, that’s crazy obsessive. There’s no way the _content_ of your writing would be improved by such a strict, formalized structure, and content is what your readers are looking for, not numbers of paragraphs and sentences.

That’s not outlining – outlining summarizes the points you want to make, it doesn’t specify number of sentences or paragraphs. My point is, this structure adds nothing to your review, bears no relation to any sane writing technique ever devised, and seems to exist only to satisfy your own compulsive urges. Drop it and concentrate on what you want to say, not how many sentences you’re going to say it in.

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We’re back to the good old format…news, reviews, statues and an interview. This week, Melissa chats up Brian K Vaughan!

Also in this episode:
-Reviews of Criminal, Justice, Trials of Shazam, Zombie, Wormwood, Daredevil and Zombies Feast.
-Mike and Jenn Swisstack take a look at the DC Direct Superman Forever Statue and the Women of DC Supergirl bust.
-Plus, Nick with the news.

Want more BKV? Check out the Variant Edition Extra: BKV.

Duration : 0:33:25

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if you don’t know one, any comprehensive book review site with a rating system would do
>Metacritic used to. So you can check their older reviews

Tried to upload this to amazon but the file was a bit too large. Opted to load it to YT rather than re-record the whole thing and waste more time in my day.

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Weta Workshop – The Adventures of TinTin : The Art Of The Adventures of TinTin Video Review

Many thanks to our friends at Weta Workshop for this great book about the movie The Adventures of TinTin

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Weta and HarperCollins Publishers are excited to announce the upcoming release of the new book:

The Art of The Adventures of Tintin

with forewords by Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson

The Art of The Adventures of Tintin is the beautifully presented book that will accompany the new film from Paramount Pictures and Columbia Pictures, The Adventures of Tintin, due for release in late 2011. This 3D performance-capture film, based on the universally popular series of books The Adventures of Tintin by Hergé, is directed by Steven Spielberg, and produced by Peter Jackson and Kathleen Kennedy.

The animation, visual effects and conceptual design for the movie are being created by Weta, the multi-Academy Award-winning company based in New Zealand that helped create global blockbusters such as The Lord of the Rings, King Kong and Avatar. The Art of The Adventures of Tintin was created by the actual Weta artists who brought Hergé’s wonderful Tintin characters to the big screen.

From early concept illustrations to final shots from the film and everything in between, this book gives fans a rare glimpse of the creativity that goes into making a film like this a reality. The book even includes special pieces of artwork produced exclusively for this book.

The Art of The Adventures of Tintin features forewords from Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson. Oscar winners Joe Letteri and Richard Taylor also share their insights into the film-making experience in their introductions for this outstanding book.

Moulinsart, the official organisation that looks after the world of Tintin, has contributed an introductory chapter on the comic’s creator Georges Remi, aka Hergé, and has kindly provided examples of his inspirational artwork for reproduction in the book.

Chris Guise, the author of The Art of The Adventures of Tintin, provides a unique perspective on the film, both as a lifelong Tintin fan and as the lead conceptual designer on the film. Guise interviewed many of his colleagues about the production of the movie and lets them tell their stories and inspiration behind their work in their own words.

The Art of The Adventures of Tintin will be published by HarperCollins Publishers in the UK, Australia and New Zealand simultaneously on 13 October and in North America on 1 November as a visually dynamic 200-page hardcover book. Later in the year the book will be released as a ground-breaking app including wonderful additional imagery, special audio commentary from the film makers, character animations and extra content.

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Product DescriptionIf you need to know it, it’s in this book! Cracking the GMAT, 2012 Edition includes everything you need to know to master the Math, Verbal, and Analytical Writing Assessment sections of exam. It includes:

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