Dishwashers are all the same width. Washers and dryers come in just two widths. Fridges are all over the place. All the fridge styles listed above come in multiple widths.

So once again: measure, measure, measure. Column : Columns are a relatively new player in the fridge scene, and they've been trending this year as people have more time at home to focus on kitchen renovations. They can be built into a wall or your surrounding cabinets, allowing you to customize your kitchen layout exactly how you want it.

Columns also have the advantage of versatile interiors. For instance, they can be great for storing wine , allowing for precise temperature and humidity control. Counter depth : Each of these is also available in counter depth, which is shallower than a standard fridge. The upside? You get a fridge that fits the space, with a more built-in look.

The downside? You pay more and get less storage. While the footprint of the fridge i. In-door ice dispensers, for example, are convenient, but they do take up room that might otherwise hold more groceries. Some fridges also have flex-shelves and customizable shelves.

Be sure to consider how you can customize the shelves. You never know when you'll have to fit a sheet cake, a deli platter, and four bottles of wine. Stainless : The clean, metallic look of a stainless steel refrigerator is timeless. Black stainless steel : The up-and-coming finish, each brand has its own take on it, making it hard to mix brands.

Black stainless resists fingerprints, making it easier to maintain. Although magnets will stick to most black stainless finishes, they can scratch easily, so think twice about using them.

Plain black or white : Select one of these classic finishes if you need to match the rest of your appliances. A fridge in black or white usually costs less than one in stainless or black stainless steel. Other colors : Bisque and almond continue to survive on the fringes, but have no real popularity. There are also bold color choices from the design-centric company Smeg.

Four doors, five doors, doors inside of doors! There are lots of cool options. Just be prepared to pay. Nowadays, you can pick from fridges with craft ice makers , smart features , door-in-door designs , air filters to keep produce fresh , and more. Below are some helpful features worth considering when selecting your new fridge. Flex drawers : These temperature-controlled drawers are a popular new feature found on French-doors.

You can use flex drawers to keep items at a set temperature that is either too warm or too cold to apply to your whole fridge. Dual evaporators : While standard fridges use a single evaporator that cools both the freezer and refrigerator, dual evaporators use separate evaporators for each.

This feature can help maintain better air quality throughout your fridge, which may help your fresh veggies last longer and help keep your fridge odor-free.

Air filters : As many fruits ripen, they release ethylene gas, which cause other fruits and vegetables to rot prematurely—that's why many fridges feature crisper drawers to separate your fruits and veggies and keep produce fresher for longer. Newer Bosch fridges, for instance, are aiming to solve this problem by integrating an ethylene gas filter into their fridges.

Smart home platforms : Many brands have outfitted their fridges with smart home platforms , each with a unique focus and suite of features. LG, for example, is focused on data analytics. It collects your usage data and uses that to help you get even more out of the devices you own. Samsung is about home-wide interconnectedness, outfitting their fridges with a touchscreen you can use to check on your smart doorbell's video feed, order new groceries based on an automated inventory, or suggest recipes based on what you actually have in stock.

You may also want a to open the fridge and freezer up and see how easy they are to use. Common options include:. Quality of life smart features can be a major advantage when using a fridge. Look for things like the ability to monitor the inside temperatures and control them with an app, advanced temperature sensors in each section of the fridge, or doors that will automatically seal or sound alarms when left ajar.

Many fridges also let you connect to them via Wi-Fi to get alerts about replacing filters or running diagnostics. Quick-chilling sections are also a nice bonus. Fancier features can be found on a smart fridge. Voice assistant compatibility, fridge cams to see what ingredients you have left , and incorporated touchscreens for smart shopping are all innovative ideas, but have less everyday value.

We highly recommend adding an installation package to your purchase for a small fee, which includes delivery, attachment, and carting away your old fridge, saving you a lot of trouble. Installers should be able to take care of the rest: Removing fridge door handles or even entryway doors during installation is common.

Otherwise, shop in mid-spring and late summer. Memorial Day and Labor Day are both great times to look for deals. Black Friday also has discounts, but competition over limited inventory can be fierce. Galaxy Buds 2 Best Movies on Netflix. When is it time to replace a refrigerator? What are the best fridge brands? How can you make sure a new refrigerator will fit?

How much does a new fridge cost? Should you buy a fridge online? We also note the height and depth of each tested model. To help you find the best refrigerators outside the standard dimensions, we have guides to the best counter-depth refrigerators , inch-wide refrigerators , and inch-wide refrigerators.

As for capacity, most manufacturers recommend 19 to 22 cubic feet for a family of four. But if you do a big weekly shopping trip or buy in bulk, you may need more—up to 30 to 33 cubic feet. Note: Our tests have found that the amount of usable storage is often less than the amount claimed. Check our refrigerator ratings for the actual capacity of each model. And to see the biggest and best fridges from our ratings, see this guide to the best refrigerators for big families.

Energy efficiency has become a big selling point with consumers. But efficiency varies by model e. We give all the refrigerators we test a score for energy efficiency and list their estimated annual energy cost.

You can check our refrigerator ratings for details. Refrigerators at all prices are increasingly tricked out with options to make your life easier and more organized. French-door models are usually the most loaded. The features below are the ones we think will add the most convenience to your refrigerator. For more, check our refrigerator ratings.

This is one of the features most requested by buyers. Caveat: We found that models with this convenience also require the most repairs. Energy costs are higher, too, and you trade ice water for storage space. Without opening the entire door, you can grab frequently used beverages and condiments. That will save on energy costs in the long run.

Dual evaporators help maintain higher humidity levels in the refrigerated areas and prevent freezer odors from migrating there. Air purifiers eliminate bacteria and mold spores, while vacuum-sealed crisper drawers are meant to keep food fresher longer.

You decide how cold your fridge is in certain areas. For example, set a drawer to be cooler than the rest of the fridge to better store meat, fish, and cold cuts.

You can rearrange split shelves to different heights independently, and adjust doors to fit taller items. However, if your door has deep storage bins meant for eggs, milk, or butter, be aware that these items are better off on internal shelves, where cooler temperatures keep them fresher longer.

Elevator shelves crank up and down without needing to be unloaded. Shelf snuggers attach to racks to secure bottles and jars.

Pullout shelves or bins make access to stored items easier. We find that refrigerator prices tend to dip in the summer and hit their lowest point around Black Friday. Because of an ongoing appliance shortage, many models are out of stock or back-ordered for anywhere from a few weeks to more than three months. According to data from market research firm Gap Intelligence, French-doors are the most available type and side-by-sides are more difficult to come by.

For more on the appliance shortage, see our guides to shopping for appliances during the shortage and getting a deal during the shortage. We also recommend that you comparison shop. You can get a higher-end model for a lot less than the retail price. The best places to look for used fridges are used-appliance stores and, believe it or not, appliance repair shops.

Both types of stores will usually give you a warranty, too. For more on purchasing used appliances, see our used-appliances guide. We respect your privacy.

But while the tissue that makes up a scar is made of the same stuff as normal skin — a protein called collagen, primarily — it looks and feels different. In other words, normal skin tissue is constructed of fibres that are oriented randomly to each other, while the very same fibres, in scar tissue, are oriented in a single direction, parallel to each other. It's actually quite reasonable, from an evolutionary perspective.

An open wound leaves the body susceptible to all sorts of problems, from intense pain to infection. So rather than slowly build skin the usual way, scars are the work of the body's rapid response team. The make-up of normal skin is very different to that found in scar tissue Credit: iStock. Think of it this way — if you've got a hole in your roof and it's raining, it's not worth waiting for the best carpenter in town if the second-best carpenter is available.

Especially if he can get the job done in half the time for half the price. It's better to protect the body from the outside world as soon as possible, even if the handiwork is a bit sloppy. While some scars are a source of pride, others might be aesthetically displeasing.

And though there aren't any methods to completely avoid scarring, there are ways to minimise their formation or appearance. For one thing, larger wounds mean larger scars. That's why doctors so often use stitches. Reducing the amount of space between the two ends of a wound results in a smaller scab, and therefore a smaller scar. If a scar is particularly unsightly, a dermatologist might recommend "revising" the scar.

In this process, the scar is entirely removed and the skin is re-stitched. Sometimes scars are visible after an injury and can clearly be seen with the naked eye such as with burn wounds or cuts from surgery.

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Scar tissue can become tight or contracted or attach itself to surround structures such as the myofascial layer or even surrounding nerves and blood vessels. Unfortunately, diagnosing the presence of pelvic adhesions is difficult. Except in extreme cases, an examining physician cannot feel them during a pelvic examination, and tests like ultrasound, MRI scans, and CT scans do not detect them very often.

This means that a thorough history and a pelvic examination by a physician experienced in evaluating pain problems are the best tools for detecting their presence. When it seems likely that adhesions may be important, then a laparoscopy can be done to see them, and the adhesions can often be removed during the same laparoscopic procedure.

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Some part of me hoped that I had not inadvertently invited the wrong person into my home. If that is what makes a successful vampire novel, I'd say Stephen King has succeeded in a big way. View all 41 comments.

The last time I picked up a King novel, my inclination towards critical analysis of a text was still just a budding obsession. Now it is an enduring preoccupation. Try as I may, I cannot overlook the subtle slips in King's plot arrangement and characterization any more - the inevitability of women being cast in the molds of the lover or the victim of abuse or the tactless ingenue is a veritable threat to my fangirlism.

This is not to mention the tropes of the 'magical negro' and other assorted The last time I picked up a King novel, my inclination towards critical analysis of a text was still just a budding obsession. This is not to mention the tropes of the 'magical negro' and other assorted cliched representations of people of color. And yet I cannot challenge the legitimacy of his repute as a master story-teller. Even though it has been many years since I picked up my first King title from the bookshelves of a friend, his words still make me break out in goose flesh in the middle of the night, his narrative voice exerts a hypnotic pull rendering me incapable of detaching myself from the world wrecked by paranormal phenomenon that he carefully builds from scratch.

The horror that King conjures up here is not just a direct consequence of the emergence of an unknown, malevolent force which destabilizes the functioning of a secluded small town but the sinister darkness of the human soul which needs just the right trigger to be unleashed, to soundlessly absorb all capacity for reason and leave a bestial urge for carnage in its place.

The supernatural forces that threaten to disrupt the lives of King's characters are symbolic of the evils existing in the realm of reality - the ominous shadows of war, hunger, poverty, totalitarianism. All accusations of profit-making and sacrificing good writing on the altar of plot can be damned to hell.

King can write a wordy passage fraught with grim philosophical reflections when he wishes to. He can still rescue me from a miserable reading rut and remind me of the hollowness of ritualism - that faith is not prayer offered without feeling or the routine thumbing of rosary beads but simply the mind channeling an inner strength to purge the darkness within, professing unwavering devotion to a worthy cause.

It was ore, like something coughed up out of the ground in naked chunks. There was nothing finished about it. It was Force; it was Power, it was whatever moved the greatest wheels of the universe.

Before the abomination called 'Twilight' inspired the publishing industry to mass market vampires as lustful, gorgeous, innocuous hunks ready to pleasure women at their behest, there were fictional bloodsucking fiends like the ones in 'Salem's Lot. And no that is not a spoiler, given most community reviews here contain more generous spoiler-y synopses in this regard. In terms of thematic resonance and characterization this is far from King's best work, but if you haven't yet made yourself familiar with Bram Stoker's masterpiece and wish to make the acquaintance of vampires who give rise to pure spine-tingling, bone-chilling terror, this is the book for you.

Fans of The Haunting of Hill House will also find something of value here. I am just glad that there are a great many number of King titles out there left for me to devour. Belated as it might be, I am finally making my way through his surprisingly versatile oeuvre. That being said, horror done by King can really only be compared to horror done by King. Take The Shining , for instance. A writer named Ben Mears, who grew up there, comes into town to write a novel and exorcise his demons.

He starts canoodling with a young artist named Susan, and befriends an aging schoolteacher named Matt. Strange things start happening, emanating from the haunted Marsten House that overlooks the community. Those strange things, you will not be surprised, take a turn for the violent. I could probably stop writing right now, review complete. But then what excuse would I have for ignoring my family, specifically the child knocking on my office door right now? You can see early on many of the hallmarks he would work into his later efforts.

There is the struggling writer as the lead character. There are children, both in danger and as heroes. King leaps from person to person, from consciousness to consciousness, giving you a story from an eclectic collection of viewpoints.

Ben might be the moral and plot-necessitated hub, but there are many spokes. Among the dozens of characters, King gives us a small-town constable struggling with his courage; a young mother who abuses her newborn child; a couple engaging in a discrete affair; and a Catholic priest whose struggle is more with the bottle than his faith.

Are all these characters necessary to the storyline? No, absolutely not. Many, if not most, could have been shorn. The pages in my trade-paperback edition could easily have been halved, without losing any of the essence.

But the excess is what sets King apart. It is what makes him great. This is not, however, a great Stephen King novel. He does not have the complete and utter grasp of his material yet. There are lurches and sudden, jarring stops in the pacing. King then adds his own secret sauce, that sauce being blood, and lots of it. There were times I was more interested in literary comparisons of early verses later King than I was in the tale unfolding on the pages before me.

The characterizations are just not there. King has the ability — think Jack Torrance, in The Shining — to create characters of incredible depth and complexity.

Characters that are unforgettable. More importantly, the connections between the characters is lacking. Ben saunters into town and quickly falls in love with a woman and becomes BFFs with a guy. This happens overnight, with no real explanation except expediency. As the plot reaches its endgame, and people find themselves in mortal danger, King desperately needs us to believe in the bonds — love, affection, loyalty — between his characters. Thus, I didn't feel any stakes when Ben, and the people around him, found themselves struggling with their very lives.

A guilty pleasure worth a cheap thrill? Something to be read at the turning of the season, when leaves change and fall, when the air sharpens like knives, when the long dark of winter begins whistling in the wind?

King is an American treasure. He is a master. He has a gift for baking complex and knotty themes into deceptively simple spook stories. His unmatched skill has probably made it easier for us to take him for granted. I mean novels in general. View all 8 comments. When I first picked up this book at a used book store, I was surprised at how many pages it was.

But then it was a Stephen King book, after all. As I began to read, many of those pages went by and the story seemed to be moving at a crawl. I was thinking this will be a three-star read at best. Just a redo of the classic "Dracula". Then I began to fall under its spell. The pace picked up and the writing was amazing. Then I was in a trance seeing nothing but a five-star book ahead.

Count Stephen had When I first picked up this book at a used book store, I was surprised at how many pages it was. Count Stephen had made me a believer. A modern day Dracula story. View all 9 comments. Baba wrote: "Nice review of one of early Stephen King's gems. Joe Krakovsky That is why he is a big name, because of his writing, and not just because his name is easy to remember! Shelves: published , fiction , horror , he-says , traditionally-published.

Stephen King's take on vampires. Of course. Self-insertion much? Notably the only character who has good sex in the novel. I'm not complaining about the self-insertion Ben Mears - A priest. A drunk. Fed up with the suffering, abuse, rape, and hate he sees every day. When can he fight the Big Evil? Human evil is boring, apparently. This character e Stephen King's take on vampires. This character elicited no small amount of anger from me. Jimmy Cody.

Classic Stephen King. He's also surprisingly smart, confident, able to kick ass, unflinching, pragmatic, practical and quick-thinking.

Mark Petrie. Smart and well-read, the Van Helsing of the group. Matt Burke. I have conflicted feelings about Susan and her actions. Things I liked about Susan: - She's a reader. Her mother hates Ben and wants her to date and marry some local boy.

Susan, who still lives at home, really puts her foot down and tells her mother where to get off. She also makes plans to move out - even though she'll be struggling financially. A strong, powerful, human scene in which both Susan and Mrs. Norton act and are portrayed as human characters with both good and bad in them.

Excellent writing on King's part. I think he does some amazing work on challenging mother-daughter relationships e. Things I didn't like about Susan and other people in relation to Susan Ben, I'm looking at you Can't stand this sort of "submission to a guy I like" thing, especially and over all with food and drink.

I know this fits in with the times early s but if a man gave me orders ever in regards to what or when or where I was choosing to eat or NOT to eat, he would find himself in some very hot water. I know this statement by him was innocuous - with no malice on his part - kind of like when men tell me to "Smile, you'll look prettier! Again, , so I'm going to try and overlook this If it came from a villain or someone with any kind of evil characteristics, I wouldn't even mention this.

It's only because Ben is the White Knight of the book that I feel it needs to be addressed. But she's not the only one People die as a result. Right after Matt warned them not to split up. They just are overcome with a 'case of the dumb' every time King decides someone needs to die.

It's very frustrating and very out-of-character. It goes like this: The group of heroes meets and discusses the situation intelligently, looking at it from all angles.

Matt tells them not to split up. Someone dies. They go to Matt's and tell him someone's dead. They discuss the situation intelligently and make smart plans. Matt warns them not to split up. They leave. They decide to split up. Someone dies Wash rinse repeat. It's annoying. This only happens in the last third of the book By the end, everyone who's still alive is wearing crucifixes and carrying holy water, whether they are Catholic or not.

Even praying the Hail Mary or the Our Father appears to be an effective way to hurt vampires. Very well-written, very exciting. This is great writing by King. You can vividly see everything in your mind while reading. I especially enjoyed the glowing touch King gives holy objects. When calling on the power of the Lord, the cross you're holding or the holy water you've washed in starts to glow so brightly that you have to squint.

This is a great visual touch that I think added a LOT to the book and to the final fight scenes. Wonderful idea by King and a powerful one. The book is a callback to the ancient role of the Church as protector against things like vampires, witches, and demons. Modern problems what King calls "evil with a lower case e" such as rape, child abuse, incest, suicide, and murder are seen as mundane. Father Callahan, the local priest is "bored" with the idea of facing and fighting this kind of evil.

He longs for the day he can showdown "real" evil - and his wish is granted in the form of bloodsucking fiends who are working for Satan. This evil which garners so much scorn in this book IS real evil.

And it's human evil. Since the Church is supposed to help humanity, I hardly think that it is "weakening" the Church to address these problems, or somehow getting off track with it's "real" purpose of fighting Satan, or something. I can see why King chose to include this tiny thread, after all, the Big Evil is what is the enemy in this particular time and place.

But I don't appreciate the trivialization of human evil, and especially have rage towards any priest who thinks it's boring or a waste of his time. I take umbrage at this idea. Good people live in small towns. Good people live in cities. Crimes happen in small towns. Crime happens in cities. Both small towns AND cities have their benefits and disadvantages, and I have NO idea what is going on with all the small-town hate King slathers on this novel like orange marmalade.

I found it irrational and a bit disturbing. This is very bleak and not at all true. COWARD: A certain character, who is smart and practical view spoiler [ Parkins, the Sheriff, hide spoiler ] leaves town because he knows it's dead and he doesn't want to die. Ben promptly rips him a new one, calling him a coward and a gutless piece of shit. I completely disagreed with King here. Obviously the heroes are brave and stalwart by staying and vowing to fight the vampires and rid the town of evil, but I completely respect and sympathize for anyone smart enough to hightail it out of there.

I felt like this was really judgmental and harsh. I admired the character AND his decision at the end to flee - it made a lot of sense to me and didn't make him any "less of a man" in my eyes. There are good men and women in this story. There is a powerful Evil and a lot of despair, death, blood, abuse etc. I really like that King provides us with hope and also characters who are not disgusting because, let's face it, the majority of the plethora of people in this book are awful people.

Even though King writes here that Satan is a very real and powerful enemy, there's also the unwavering and unshakeable truth that God exists and that God is helping humans to fight Satan. Take that as you will. That's okay - King does a good job with the rest of it, and I can see he was going more ancient legends meet Dracula with it, so I can forgive his all in all, very slight fetishizing of sucking blood. But I'd prefer for it to be absent, and for an author to do away with it for once.

And then there were side characters and side plots that I really wanted more of, but King never ended up fleshing them out, and I was disappointed.

It's a VERY busy book. SLUT: I am slightly concerned and bothered with the glimmer of "thatyear-old-girl-is-a-slut-because-she-has-big-boobs-and-I-want-to-fuck-her" that runs through this novel.

Ruthie as far as I can see never does anything to indicate she's sexually promiscuous, but men call her "slut" and hate her simply because she's gorgeous and they want to fuck her. Women hate her and call her "slut" because she's gorgeous and they know men want to fuck her.

Unfair to Ruthie, who is a small, small, part of this book - we never see her thoughts or see any part of her world, we only look at her through other's eyes. I would throw a fit if I thought King was slut-shaming or, more accurately , labeling-a-woman-who's-most-likely-a-virgin-as-a-slut if I thought he, Stephen King, really believed that - but I don't. Instead, I think he's showing us how people judge others on appearances, and that's okay. So, it's fine - he gets a pass from me on this one.

I found this a bit weird. Matt asks Ben if he's had sex with Susan. When Ben admits he has, Matt tells him that HE'S the one who has to stake Susan - no one else apparently - because he's taking the place of her husband. This didn't make ANY sense within the lore of the book - the rest of heroes stake vampires regardless of if they're related or not. There was just this kind of creepy patriarchy vibe regarding Susan's corpse, though.

And I have no idea why - the 'male relative must stake the vampire' thread is never mentioned again. Also, it really, really upset Ben to have to stake the woman he loved. Why couldn't one of the other men do it? It felt like King was just trying to create drama without having any consistent lore to back it up. Tl;dr - Even though King didn't write a perfect book here, he wrote a dang good one. He's an excellent author - there are chapters in here maybe 6 or 7 out of more than that I know I could read over and over again just to admire how they sparkle in the light.

I plan to rank all of them as I read them, so stay tuned! View all 36 comments. May 05, Vince rated it it was amazing. This is hands down the best vampire book I've ever read. I don't have words so I'll simply say just read it. All right, now that I got all the gushing out of the way, on with the review. The story is about a man named Ben Mears who returns to the town of Jerusalem's Lot, or Salem's Lot by the locals and discovers dark forces holding the town in sway.

I loved every sentence, every page of this book. I've lost count on how many times I have reread it. Everything from the setting, the story, the cha This is hands down the best vampire book I've ever read. Everything from the setting, the story, the characters even the minor ones hold me in thrall every time I read it.

There were moments where I was so creeped out that I checked under my bed a couple of times during reading it. Stephen King is the only horror author who has managed to genuinely scare me. It's a superb book by the master of horror. View all 5 comments. I love reading books multiple times because each time I read it I feel completely different about it. I find new things I missed, I view things from a different perspective.

Each time its like reading a new book. Salem's Lot is a vampire novel but its so much more than that. Salem's Lot is about small town America and the disintegrating social fabric. One of the things I've come to appreciate most about I love reading books multiple times because each time I read it I feel completely different about it. One of the things I've come to appreciate most about Stephen King is his ability to bring out the horror of everyday life.

Salem's Lot is how I imagine a real life vampire attack would happen. The vampire would move to a small insular town and slowly rip it apart. I recommend Salem's Lot to all horror lovers and to readers who love intricately plotted well written stories. Oct 03, J. Maybe the greatest vampire novel of all time. Certainly one of the scariest stories I've ever read. I loved everything about this book.

The audio version is also excellent, narrated by Ron McClarty. Full review now posted! There are few monsters as enduring as the vampire. For well over a thousand years, mankind has told itself stories of preternatural beings who look like us, and perhaps even used to be us, but who now live by draining the life from us. Sometimes, these are just campfire stories, meant to give us a chill and a thrill before we drown them out with reality.

In the past few decades, vampires have taken a big hit in pop culture. Vampires were once terrifying entities, wielding their seductive beauty as a cobra does, to hypnotize and ensnare their victims. But in recent years, we as a society have defanged vampires, so to speak. We have rendered them harmless by giving them consciences and glittery skin, and making them into a metaphor for fighting the temptations of the flesh.

The building horror of what decimated the town, and how quickly and easily most of the townspeople gave into that destruction, is where King really shines. Some of these newly turned are children, which made them all the more disturbing. No one can write children quite like King, be they brave and compelling or terrifying enough to make a person decide against reproduction.

Child and adult alike march to the beat set out for them by their new master, who is everything a vampire should be. An author from out of town, the girl he hits it off with, an English teacher from a local high school, a doctor, a priest, and a child stand alone against an incomprehensible evil. There is one other central player in the story: the Marsten House.

It is a menacing presence hovering over the town, seemingly evil in spite of its inanimate state, which makes it the perfect abode for a monster.

King did a great job of making the house itself super disturbing. King did a great job reclaiming vampires for the horror genre. Keep in mind that this book was originally published in , long before we as a modern society decided that vampires should be lusted after instead of feared, but it was still refreshing to read a novel that gave the bloodsuckers back their throne of fear.

This was a buddy read with my wonderful friend Caleb! Original review can be found at Booknest. View all 28 comments. The scribe has been finding a lot of work in the horror genre lately, having co-written the adaptation of King's It, as well as penning the upcoming It: Chapter Two. He also wrote the scripts for the Wan-produced Annabelle and Annabelle Creation, and has just wrapped filming on his directorial debut, Annabelle Comes Home.

James Wan is also attached to an upcoming feature based on Stephen King's novel The Tommyknockers. Connections Edited from Rumpelstiltskin Details Edit. Release date September 9, United States. United States.

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Top Gap. By what name was Salem's Lot officially released in Canada in English? And all around them, the bestiality of the night rises on tenebrous wings. The vampires time has come. Together they were so great, with their interactions and dialogue so true to their characters.

They each had their own flaws, and you loved them in their moments of strength and bravery. The singular weakness I can think of this story his that while the ending was good, I personally did not think it was on par with the rest of this wonderfully told story. This is not a story for the fainthearted. A brilliant story of vampires and the terrors of the night.

Como resultado tenemos una historia que tiene muchos de los rasgos mas evidentes del estilo de Stephen King con ingredientes para seguir la linea de la tan famosa novela de Stoker. Tal fue el caso de Jhonatan Harker. Como resultado tenemos una buena historia, bastante entretenida, no la mejor del autor pero si una de las mas importantes. Ahh there's something cathartic about reading an old-school vamp novel.

Classic, day-hating, blood-sucking, savage vampires. Exactly how I like them. King goes to great lengths to set the scene early so we learn all about the town and its inhabitants riiiight before evil runs rampant and everyone is picked off slowly.

What's the point of offing people we don't care for? I love reading these old classic King novels because they really do demonstrate why he's so successful.

His stories suck you in and give real chills. They make you part of what's happening and this particular story will have you keeping away from windows at night and refusing to enter dark spaces. There's not really too much I can say that hasn't already been said except that I'm preeeetty sure this story came into being before Star Wars so it was fun to read references to The Force.

I loved the way this terrified me, gave me shudders and shivers and made me think a lot about staying away from the windows. I enjoyed the speed at which everything happened which seems weird for such a long book that spends so much time talking about the town and I loved that it felt like a super classy B-Grade horror film only actually brilliantly done.

So A-Grade, I guess? The characters were a lot of fun I'm not gonna get all feminist over it, it was written in the 70s, after all and I loved that Mark played such a big part because kids are too often underestimated but I think it was quite honest the way Mark believed the easiest.

Kids don't question. They just believe. Also Callahan is the main reason I was driven to read this book because of his part in The Dark Tower series, beginning from Wolves of the Calla. So I loved reading his part but I'm also so grateful for having read that series first because Callahan's ending here is pretty abrupt so it's nice to kinda know what happened to him in the end! Although now it's chronologically messed up for me so I feel like I gotta read that series again. I feel like I'm rambling a bit here so let me just sum up by saying this is a classic.

It's old school King, old school vampires, and it is one heck of a creepy story. Totally lived up to the hype. I just wanna add Barlow's death scene was one of the most epic death scenes I've ever read.

All that description Even if death the dude was creepy AF. It was interesting to get the feel for the town further down the track, but it's not essential. I enjoyed it, but more the ending than the first few pages of slogging. A story this short I'm not really that keen for details on the weather.

To be honest, 'Salem's Lot finished on such a great note so this extra stuff kinda spoiled the mood. So I might come back to this later. Deleted Scenes Same.

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Each Royal Academician must be a practising artist, elected by their peers in recognition of their work. Our Academicians represent many different perspectives, but we all share a deep commitment to art and a strong belief in the contribution that artists make to the world. Michael Landy RA leading a life-drawing workshop for A-level students. From ancient sculpture to modern-day masterpieces, we are the original home of the blockbuster exhibition.

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He spent time with the Phillies and the Rangers before signing a Minor League contract with the Rockies going into the season. Oswalt made the team, but made just nine appearances six starts and was with an 8. During that season, Oswalt missed two months with a left hamstring injury that he sustained covering the plate after a wild pitch. Greg Vaughn, Vaughn appeared in four All-Star Games and hit home runs in his career, including seasons of 41 in , 50 in and 45 in But in , he was a short-timer with the Rockies.

He hit. Rockies fans barely remember his 93 games in , when he batted. Jose Contreras, With much fanfare, Contreras defected from Cuba to join the Yankees in , and would pitch at times with distinction for five teams in an season career. His brief time with the Rockies was significant. He came in a trade with the White Sox in and helped the Rockies to the postseason by going with a 1.

Sign up to receive our daily Morning Lineup to stay in the know about the latest trending topics around Major League Baseball. Craig Counsell, , Now known as manager of the Brewers, Counsell was an 11th-round Rockies Draft pick in who saw all of four games -- three in '95, one in '97 -- with the club. Blocked at shortstop by another future Major League manager, Walt Weiss, Counsell was traded to the Marlins, where he began in earnest a career that saw him earn two World Series rings.

View all AL East Sites. More AL Central News ». View all AL Central Sites. More AL West News ». View all AL West Sites. More NL East News ». View all NL East Sites. More NL Central News ». View all NL Central Sites. Louis Cardinals. More NL West News ». View all NL West Sites. More FanSided News ». At the time, the Braves, Rangers, and Astros were better. A little over two weeks later, Coors Field opened to a full capacity and the Rockies finished the campaign with 1,, total fans.

This averages out to 23, fans per game, which was seventh best in the MLB. Baseball attendance data is already tricky. With each stadium seating a vastly different amount of fans, from the low end of the Blue Jays, who were relocated to the 16,seat Sahlen Field in Buffalo, N. This is only to be expected with not only capacity limits in place for many stadiums at different parts of the season, but also because of fan hesitancy with health concerns.

If you look at that number without context, you could also say there was an increase of It is indeed all relative. Acknowledging that the data is skewed by state and local government pandemic restrictions, the data is telling nonetheless.

The Rockies, in their third consecutive losing season and after trading away superstar Nolan Arenado in the offseason, still finished ranked No. Colorado had 78 home games, which bumped them up to No. Despite having one of the later full-opening days, the Rockies still finished seventh. The Texas Rangers were the only team in to play the entire season with full capacity. They are also the only team who had the benefit of playing in a brand new stadium, which is always a huge draw for fans.

Other teams slowly started opening up to full capacity in May and June. The Rockies had Opening Day 2. The Rockies started the season with Once Coors Field had no seating limits, the Rockies averaged 31, fans per game — a 28 percent increase.

The All-Star Game may have added more draw for fans or the freedom of being let out of a lockdown. Perhaps big chunks of those fans were there to cheer for the other teams as the Rockies hosted the Cardinals and Cubs in July and August and teams like the Dodgers six times from July on.

The Rockies were already well on their way to being out of playoff contention, but they did have an outstanding home record.

Her girlfriends went crazy when the D. Only his Fender guitar is missing. He had taken it with him on his final tour.

The Fender guitar had made it home. Mellow Center, Watsonville, CA. Photo taken backstage with Donna and the family of Ritchie Valens. Ritchie was my first true love and my first experience losing someone I loved. Back then, he was known as Ritchie Valenzuela. Bob Keane, the a Del-Fi record label exec, discovered him and had Ritchie's change his last name to make it more "radio friendly" aka, whitewash his identity — but that's a different story.

Ritchie and Donna dated in high school , and their romance was portrayed in the biopic La Bamba. Although Movie Donna was more demure, according to The Washington Post , who interviewed the real Donna who now goes by Donna Fox-Coots , real-life Donna had an "independent streak" that led her to date Ritchie.

Donna's father didn't approve of the relationship, because, remember, this was the '50s: Donna was white, and Ritchie was Latino. It was just very, very touching. He didn't tell me he was going to record it. I mean, because he was a nice boy. He didn't swear. He didn't get drunk. Whenever he'd be back in town, they'd get together. What does the words La Bamba mean? The name of the dance, which has no direct English translation, is presumably connected with the Spanish verb bambolear, meaning "to shake" or perhaps "to stomp".

A traditional huapango song, "La Bamba" is often played during weddings in Veracruz, where the bride and groom perform the accompanying dance. Did Ritchie Valens buy his mom a house? Valens purchased the home for his mother in and resided here until his death in , which was the most productive period of his professional career. Where was La Bamba filmed? Los Angeles. Who died with Ritchie Valens?

Roger Peterson. Did Ritchie Valens friend really die? Tommy Allsup, a guitarist best known for losing a coin toss that kept him off a plane that later crashed and killed rock-and-roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J. What did Bob Morales do for a living? He was immortalized in La Bamba by Esai Morales, who captured his grittiness and his pain.

Bob, a resident of Watsonville, California, died at the age of 81 after suffering from prostate cancer.

RMS: Some parts of. NET are free, for a few years. But Microsoft refuses to promise not to attack. NET users with its patents. So using them is somewhat risky. We advise against developing software with.

As for Visual Studio, it is a proprietary program. So it is not a solution, but an instance of the problem. The solution would be to replace it with free software. It is not why to thank Microsoft. Sure, it can increase the success of the system. But we have a deeper goal that is worth more than success: free computing. Our goal is to free users, that proprietary programs stop depriving them of their freedom. But it has not yet come to freedom, because Visual Studio still submits it.

You need to develop a free program to replace Visual Studio. LxA: But the most striking thing is that lately there is rumor about a possible internal discussion to "open the code" of Windows, what do you think of this possible free Windows? RMS: I fight for free software, that is, for freedom and the community of users. Therefore, I do not use the words "open" or "close" to talk about the software.

On a practical level, if a program is "open source," it is almost always free; the exceptions are few. So if they release "open source" Windows, it will almost certainly be free. If Windows is free software one day, it will basically be ethical. More clearly, its mode of distribution will be ethical. We would have to see if it has any other ethical issues, but I wouldn't reject it just because it comes from Microsoft.

I have no prejudice against Microsoft, or Apple, or anyone. I judge each developer according to their conduct Can you explain why? I don't know what Torvalds said about it.

LxA: Contributing to free software can not only be done by programming. Do you know her? RMS: I don't know him, but this news pleases me a lot. LxA: What would you say to people who think only of contributing lines of code? RMS: There are many ways to help and support the free software movement. If you know how to program well, please help us programming. If not, please help us in another way. LxA: You have changed the world, your philosophy has transcended beyond software, reaching hardware, and even projects that have nothing to do with computers music, books, etc.

It has also served to spread the philosophy of releasing the code to other fields such as biology free seeds, Glowing Plant, OpenWorm. RMS: If they say "open," they are probably not interested in freedom and not promoting our philosophy. In some of these fields, user freedom is not raised as an important issue. There are many moral issues in life; I do not insist on formulating all in terms of one.

If the injustice of proprietary software has no major parallel in any field, I congratulate that field. LxA: We are aware of the difference between open source and free software, but would you like to see the GPL license in the future in fields such as medicine, biology,…? Then it is only applicable to works subject to copyright. Copyright law does not apply to drugs or seeds. Some, confused by the incoherent concept of "intellectual property", assume that patent law is similar to copyright law.

So they think to directly adapt the copyright in a patent left. In fact, these two laws are totally different, they have nothing in common. It should not be repeated unless it is in quotation marks. It is not possible to adapt the left of author directly to patents. A house is built from lots of little general parts that are cut and put together in situ.

They have to be put together from the bottom up. Thus, when the foundation has not been built, no substantial part has been built; all you have is a hole in the ground. By contrast, an operating system consists of complex components that can be developed in any order. When you have developed most of the components, most of the work is done. This is much more like the International Space Station than like a house.

If most of the Space Station modules were in orbit but awaiting one other essential module, that would be like the GNU system in A computer system is not much like a human body, and no part of it plays a role comparable to that of the brain in a human.

Linus Torvalds made an important contribution to the operating system we use; the GNU Project started earlier and contributed much more. We expected to release the GNU system packaged for installation, but this plan was overtaken by events: in others were already packaging GNU variants containing Linux. The founder of Debian had already chosen that name. The GNU Hurd kernel never became sufficiently ready; we only recommend it to those interested in working on it.

We are now developing an advanced Scheme-based package manager called Guix and a complete system distribution based on it called the Guix System Distribution or GuixSD. This includes repackaging a substantial part of the GNU system. Like any modern kernel, Linux is a base for running programs; user interfaces belong elsewhere in the system. This is an example of a frequent way of hiding a fallacy: to bury it inside a misleading analogy.

If you feel even more strongly about giving credit where it is due, you might feel that some secondary contributors also deserve credit in the system's name. If so, far be it from us to argue against it. There is no one obvious right place to set the threshold, so wherever you set it, we won't argue against it.

Different threshold levels would lead to different choices of name for the system. GNU is different because it is more than just a contributed program, more than just a collection of contributed programs. GNU is the framework on which the system was made. GNU is a small fraction of the system nowadays, and Linux is an even smaller fraction. But they are the system's core; the system was made by combining them.

GNU is not comparable to Red Hat or Novell; it is not a company, or an organization, or even an activity. Linus Torvalds wrote Linux independently, as his own project. We're not talking about a distinct GNU version of Linux, the kernel.

We're talking about a version of GNU, the operating system, distinguished by having Linux as the kernel. It is right and proper to mention the principal contribution first.

The GNU contribution to the system is not only bigger than Linux and prior to Linux, we actually started the whole activity. Well, it's not Linux either. We can't make them do this right, but we're not the sort to give up just because the road isn't easy. Given that most of the community which uses GNU with Linux already does not realize that's what it is, for us to disown these adulterated versions, saying they are not really GNU, would not teach the users to value freedom more.

They would not get the intended message. They would only respond they never thought these systems were GNU in the first place. The way to lead these users to see a connection with freedom is exactly the opposite: to inform them that all these system versions are versions of GNU, that they all are based on a system that exists specifically for the sake of the users' freedom. If the Linux User Group in your area has the problems described above, we suggest you either campaign within the group to change its orientation and name or start a new group.

The people who focus on the more superficial goals have a right to their views, but don't let them drag you along! To do it again now does not seem useful; it would be a lot of work, and unless the new distribution had substantial practical advantages over other distributions, it would serve no purpose.

The people who had made the changes showed little interest in cooperating with us. Yet these people, developing a system that was primarily based on GNU, were the first and still practically the only group that was unwilling to work with us. Actually we didn't. We began talking privately with developers and distributors about this in , and made a more public campaign in Unlike commercial software, which is proprietary, free-software programmers don't have to solve the same problems over and over.

They keep improving on the work that came before, like the scientific method. However, in Stallman's eyes, the programming community is more interested in talking about practical issues, like performance -- an anathema to Stallman. And this conflict is partly why Stallman is marginalized.

Most people don't want to talk about freedom. There's been a splintering of the movement: away from free software created by ideologues to open-source software created by business-friendly pragmatists like Torvalds. People are no longer exposed to the philosophical views of the GNU project. Does nomenclature matter to the geeks on the show floor? The Linux Free-for-All 3. Linux On Board 3. Linux Meets Main Street 2.

Topics Discoveries. It was not a project to develop a text editor, although we developed one. Many people have made major contributions to the free software in the system, and they all deserve credit for their software. But the reason it is an integrated system —and not just a collection of useful programs—is because the GNU Project set out to make it one. We made a list of the programs needed to make a complete free system, and we systematically found, wrote, or found people to write everything on the list.

We even developed a chess game, GNU Chess, because a complete system needs games too. By the early 90s we had put together the whole system aside from the kernel. Developing this kernel has been a lot harder than we expected; the GNU Hurd started working reliably in , but it is a long way from being ready for people to use in general. Fortunately, we didn't have to wait for the Hurd, because of Linux.

Making them work well together was not a trivial job.

His work was overloaded with rhetorical embellishment, which he was the first to introduce into Roman history. It was a rhetorical question and, to those posing it, simply a wish—just another way to say, "Why can't we all just get along? All rights reserved. Filters 0. The definition of rhetorical is a question that is asked only for emphasis or to make a point and is not meant to be answered. Rhetorical Questions Rhetorical has several meanings which are close enough in meaning that they may easily cause confusion.

Examples of rhetorical in a Sentence McKinney made her name in Georgia politics as a rhetorical bomb-thrower. Colleagues in the statehouse dubbed her "Hanoi Cynthia" after a speech denouncing the Persian Gulf War.

It conforms pretty much to the map, doesn't it? Recent Examples on the Web Youngkin has given little rhetorical time to Trump, largely dodging questions when asked about the former President and declining to appear with him at Monday evening's tele-rally.

Singer, National Review , 8 Sep. First Known Use of rhetorical 15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a. History and Etymology for rhetorical see rhetoric. Learn More About rhetorical.

Time Traveler for rhetorical The first known use of rhetorical was in the 15th century See more words from the same century. Phrases Related to rhetorical rhetorical question. Examples of rhetoric in a Sentence The media almost never discuss what the sweeping dismantling of public services inherent in the rhetoric of the antigovernment movement would mean in practice.

Dionne, Jr. Recent Examples on the Web But does a situation have to lead to violence to be harmful, or is contributing to a chorus of anti-trans rhetoric bad enough? First Known Use of rhetoric 14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1.

Learn More About rhetoric. Time Traveler for rhetoric The first known use of rhetoric was in the 14th century See more words from the same century. From the Editors at Merriam-Webster. Hyperbole, and Other Fancy Rhetorical Style: MLA. He believed — wrongly, as it turned out — that his fame and rhetorical skills could stir Unionist sentiment among sensible Southerners, despite calls for secession from their newspapers and their intemperate politicians.

But politicians abhor a rhetorical vacuum, and they have clamored to fill it. Its rhetorical potential—if it ever had any—has been thoroughly exhausted. It was a gracious touch, a rhetorical olive branch to his vanquished foes.

Yet the president uses it for rhetorical vividness—a clarity, as it were. But this new flavor of rhetorical flimflam is still pretty, well, whack.

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This final option is an upbeat, sincere answer that focuses on the future and the return of some semblance of normality. Focusing on the future not only is an uplifting strategy, but it avoids having to articulate some of the more complex feelings we are now experiencing. If we are languishing, as Adam Grant writes in a recent article , we may want to reach into the future and for a brief moment transcend the current reality with dreams of possibilities.

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Wearable sensors and devices continue to get smarter and more complex. Some recent research gives them two enthusiastic thumbs up and a heart reaction for their ability to track and improve performance.

Their findings suggested that when some athletes wear a sensor, they may reach the finish line more quickly and are less likely to face-plant while doing so. Seshadri DR, et al. In short, people who buy a FitBit may already be motivated to run faster , and their team trainers and medics can help them through slumps in form using personalized information.

Especially if said hat collects numerical data about your on-fleekness, and your friends can make more educated suggestions about which kicks to wear with it.

Admittedly, we may be some way off this technology. Power Balance and other low-tech performance-enhancing accessories might work, but only if you count that tricky placebo effect. A better bet may be trying one of the emerging smart accessories.

You can use this data to alter your technique or activity level. This can, in turn, create beneficial habits that can boost your overall wellness and improve your performance.

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As with the past continuous, the past perfect is almost always used in combination with another past tense, usually the simple past. We use the past perfect to refer to something that happened more in the past than something else. For example,. Bob was exhausted. He had worked hard all day. These are positioned between had and the past participle. We can also use yet with the past perfect, and put it at the end of the sentence. Here are some examples.

The new CEO joined the company last month. As well as the simple version of the past perfect, there is a continuous form. This is again used to refer to an action more in the past than something else but it underlines an ongoing action rather than one single event. The form is the same for all the subjects, as with the past perfect simple.

This is common in the third conditional and after 'wish'. If I had known you were ill, I would have visited you. She would have passed the exam if she had studied harder. I wish I hadn't gone to bed so late! Try some exercises about the past perfect here. You can sometimes think of the Past Perfect tense like the Present Perfect tense, but instead of the time being now the time is before.

We often use the Past Perfect in reported speech after verbs like: said, told, asked, thought, wondered. How do we make the Past Perfect tense? The 'd contraction is also used for the auxiliary verb would. Although this is possible, it is usually not necessary. If the past perfect action did occur at a specific time, the simple past can be used instead of the past perfect when "before" or "after" is used in the sentence.

The words "before" and "after" actually tell you what happens first, so the past perfect is optional. For this reason, both sentences below are correct. If the past perfect is not referring to an action at a specific time, past perfect is not optional. Compare the examples below. Here past perfect is referring to a lack of experience rather than an action at a specific time. For this reason, simple past cannot be used. The examples below show the placement for grammar adverbs such as: always, only, never, ever, still, just, etc.

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