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Do No Harm by Fiorella de Maria

Fiorella De Maria was born in 1979 in Italy of Maltese parents. She grew up in Wiltshire, England and attended St Mary's School, Shaftesbury. After a gap year working and travelling in the UK, Europe and the Middle East, Fiorella read English as an undergraduate at Cambridge and stayed on to complete an MPhil in Medieval and Renaissance literature, specialising in the English verse of Robert Southwell SJ. Fiorella lives in Surrey with her husband and four small children. Her hobbies include reading, music, amateur dramatics and travel.

When a British emergency room doctor saves the life a woman who apparently attempted suicide, he is accused of committing a crime and stands trial. Not only is Dr. Matthew Kemble's medical practice at risk, but also his liberty. If he is found guilty of trespassing on a woman's right to die, he could go to jail. Where do personal freedoom starts and ends.

Dream of the Red Chamber composed by Cao Xueqin

The novel provides a detailed, episodic record of the two branches of the wealthy and aristocratic Jia (賈) clan—the Rongguo House (榮國府) and the Ningguo House (寧國府)—who reside in two large, adjacent family compounds in the capital. Their ancestors were made Dukes and given imperial titles, and as the novel begins the two houses are among the most illustrious families in the city. One of the clan’s offspring was made an Imperial Consort, and a lush landscaped garden was built to receive her visit. The novel describes the Jias’ wealth and influence in great naturalistic detail, and charts the Jias’ fall from the height of their prestige, following some thirty main characters and over four hundred minor ones. Eventually the Jia clan falls into disfavor with the Emperor, and their mansions are raided and confiscated.

In the novel's frame story, a sentient Stone, abandoned by the goddess Nüwa when she mended the heavens aeons ago, begs a Taoist priest and a Buddhist monk to bring it with them to see the world. The Stone, along with a companion (while in Cheng-Gao versions they are merged into the same character), was then given a chance to learn from the human existence, and enters the mortal realm.

The main character of the novel is the carefree adolescent male heir of the family, Jia Baoyu. He was born with a magical piece of "jade" in his mouth. In this life he has a special bond with his sickly cousin Lin Daiyu, who shares his love of music and poetry. Baoyu, however, is predestined to marry another cousin, Xue Baochai, whose grace and intelligence exemplifies an ideal woman, but with whom he lacks an emotional connection. The romantic rivalry and friendship among the three characters against the backdrop of the family's declining fortunes forms the main story in the novel.

It sold more than 100 Million copies (2005 numbers) and has a lot of version on any language , shouldnt be difficult to find one to fit you.

INVISIBLE MAN by Ralph Ellison

Critic Orville Prescott of The New York Times said “Ralph Ellison's first novel, 'The Invisible Man,' is the most impressive work of fiction by an American Negro which I have ever read,” and “it does mark the appearance of a richly talented writer.” Novelist Saul Bellow in his review called it “a book of the very first order, a superb book...it is tragi-comic, poetic, the tone of the very strongest sort of creative intelligence” George Mayberry of The New Republic said Ellison “is a master at catching the shape, flavor and sound of the common vagaries of human character and experience.” In The Paris Review, literary critic Harold Bloom remarked “It’s a very fine book indeed. It surprised and delighted me when I first read it and it has sustained several rereadings since.”

Good find there Duke! Thx, it's on my short list. (The only list I have atm... :) )

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Good find there Duke! Thx, it's on my short list. (The only list I have atm... :) )

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Thank you F$ and keep on reading other books besides the programing code ... now my head is spining again, I cant talk about programing code because my head spins a lot.

Why they dont do a programing code with images ... I would be very good at it.

http://images.radcity.net/5120/47744...0is%20spinning

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The Landmark Herodotus: The Histories
Currently On chapter 3, and I freaking love it so far.

Herodotus, the Father of History.

I read every day at least a little bit. I at least always read for about 30 minutes before I go to bed. I also read for enjoyment, no more tech stuff for me. Reading an entertaining book will relax me and I sleep much better after reading for a while. Now I'm reading OUTLANDER by Diana Gabaldon.

I am reading Godric homepage http://wallbase.cc/user/id-28403

Paper: Turbulent pipe flow predictions with a low Reynolds number k–ε model for drag reducing fluids

I read these forums every day....

I'm almost ashamed to admit it considering it's like a geek Gospel of Matthew, but I'm just now getting around to reading Philip K. Dick's "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?"

For years I skated on, "Well, I saw Blade Runner..." Not the same, not the same at all, and pleasantly so. Although I think I'm able to bring a lot more perspective, context, and learning to it now than if I had read it at say, 14.

The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II Book by Iris Chang

Worth reading

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O Coração da Memória (na festa da amizade) de Cristóvão de Aguiar.
The Heart of Memory (on the feast of friendship) Cristóvão de Aguiar.

A book dedicated to my uncle, made more of ancient memories and the emotions attached to each of them.

A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE - A GAME OF THRONES

I watch the shows so figured id read the books.

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I watch the shows so figured id read the books.

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You are going to be disappointed not by the books but by the TV show.

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Waiting on the last book(s) and you are right.
He pushed back the next book to 2015.

The Fairy Tales of Hermann Hesse a very nice book from one Nobel Prize.

A tale from a 10 years old boy with a prize, a real nice proof that talent is born with the name of Herman Hesse.

Arrived in Portugal on the 28th of July and already read the "Eye of the Needle" from Ken Follett and the "English Girl" from Daniel Silva. Reading "The Blind Man of Seville" from Robert Wilson.

I will try to translate a true history, that I think is very interesting about how Portugal functions on Human and Civil Rights.

Carlos spent three months in a mental hospital where only he was not mad.

Carlos opened his eyes Monday and he was the only one who was not crazy. Walked the hallways of the psychiatric wing of the Hospital Egas Moniz (Lisbon) and tried to explain to doctors that it was all a mistake. He never ceased to be an informatic programmer that made games for large European companies. That day, as in the following months, invariably heard what he did not want: "One of the characteristics of their psychopathology is not be aware of your problem You need to stay here for treatment.".

For almost three months, Carlos would always listened to these conversations and try to reconstruct the past few years. He remembered the discussions he had with his father about his health but none of the arguments that the family had presented to him justified that policemen had gone to get him on a Sunday with a warrant and drive him to the hospital.

Had lunch and went to sit at the computer to advance the work that had a tighter deadline. The difficulty of doing projects for various companies was to spend the day around the monitor and keyboard. Increasingly had less time for friends. Almost never thought of that, but now that he had time he could make a balance of what didnt went well and what will not repeat. What did he do to be here, treated with injectable antipsychotics and sedatives? The cold walls and iron beds did not help him find an answer. And it was not just him saying he had no psychopathology. The doctor who received at S. Jose Hospital in Lisbon, also found no relevant signal: "During the interview it was not possible to demonstrate any psychopathology compatible with the exception of a certain secrecy, slight inconsistency that tried to remedy aspect reiterating the veracity of facts showing that he experienced some tension. "However, the psychiatrist Anabela A. Barbosa wrote in the emergency record which conducted its admission based on an interview with the parents and what the patient wrote on Facebook.

The decision left the father more calm because he didnt agree with the life his son followed. Since Carlos decided a year ago to separate from his wife, spent even more time at the computer than with friends, leading many to speculate about the possibility of 41 years to be developing paranoid schizophrenia of his paternal grandfather. Never listened to what people said becausehe did not see any sense in these concerns since lived independently and was social integrated. His sister in law doctor in National Health Service, have been an important element in the whole process of compulsory detention. The doctor who made the first clinical data on which was base their admission is clear: The patient was not seen, but reports of the family are "worthy of credibility (sister in law is colleague)."

Formally all started on 11th October 2013 without seeing the patient, the Doctor Maria Madalena Serra writes black in white a clinical information that it is a "delusional disorder in large time evolution without any kind of treatment." and finish referring she considers to be important to your internment. Two hours later, the Commissioner of Health has already urgent issue a warrant to drive him to the hospital because there is a "sharp deterioration in his health." In this document, again without being seen or heard, Carlos becomes "bearer of mental disorder" . Away from what was happening in the Hospital of S. Francis Xavier and the warnings from health authorities, held the day to do the same as always. Distract for hours at the computer, working, and trying to overcome some problems that had arisen with the end of the wife relationship and from whom he has a daughter.

In the internal register of the Hospital Egas Moniz would included that days before "he have called his parents to his home to tell them he wanted to go to court to prove that he was not crazy and that everyone else was wrong." This attitude and an alleged "incompatibility" with some familiar was what led them to "start the process of the Psychiatric Emergency Service '.

Let us go to the doctor?

"Good afternoon, we have a warrant and you have to follow us." The surprise to see four policemen at his door, he that never had problems with the law "Good afternoon, sorry, but why?" he said.

On the way to the Hospital of S. Jose his nerves do not took him the hope that his truth would be confirmed by a clinical evaluation. What ended up happening. The doctor found nothing that showed any psychopathology, but what Carlos said or the Doctor analysis serve him of nothingl. Was transferred to 19h20 Sunday to Hospital Egas Moniz.

"From the interview with the parents enhances by the same behaviors consistent with persistent persecutory ideation targeting parents, associated with posts on Facebook," the psychiatrist justified its decision to transfer the patient to hospital.

After entering the Egas Moniz, the problems have increased. He was left without access to a computer, tablet or mobile phone. The doctor who accompanied initially was, without him knowing it, the same that had done days before the clinical information based on the description of sister in law. Between sleep and consciousness of medicines he was stucked in this film, Carlos begin to try in court to reverse what happened to him. The public defender asked for a habeas corpus, ie, the immediate release, but was not granted. "It is difficult in these situations the courts go against what is the diagnosis of a doctor, not normally taken risk," explained the court source.

Since he had to stay, Carlos tried to take some refuge in books - but ran into a prohibition of reading any work that was not in the hospital library. Wanted to move forward with several projects still underway during the visits of friends and colleagues, but every day that passed he was more broken by the medication.

At the beginning even tried to fight against the medication, not taking it, but was quickly caught. In internal documents that had accessi, doctors say the patient "started treatment with oral antipsychotics, which proved ineffective due to the evasive maneuvers of the patient (hidding medication, elimination of pills down the toilet or in the trash, etc.) ". So they decided to "began treatment with intramuscular antipsychotic in Depot".

NEW LAWYER

This process began with information from family members, but Carlos had always the support of friends to find a lawyer who could handle his case with more attention than the Portuguese State. "Not that there was any inconsistency between them," said a source close to the process. But even that turned against him. In the documents consulted, doctors justify the change of attorney with "disease" and reported that Carlos did consider that the State Attorney was done with his family.

"Appointed an attorney by the patient refuses was include in the "delusional sphere," can be read, for example, at discharge from December 19th - the day of the first victory of Carlos. In the internal memo, continues to be labeled as a patient with "delusional disorder", but now can do the treatment at home, having to attend from 15 to 15 days.

He could get out of the Egas Moniz when we begin to doubt that he wrong in this whole story, that maybe he was sick and did not realize it. Under massive doses of Carbamazepine, Olanzapine, Risperdal and Lorazepam all was a doubt, but with the gates of the hospital left behind served as the impetus to fight for his verdade. With the medication being diminished and already in April, five months after being hospitalized, a report of psychiatric evaluation revealed that, despite lowering the dose, was not recorded any change in his behavior.

This report was requested from The judgment of Criminal Procedure of the Judicial District of the Great Northwest Lisbon - Sintra in December, when Carlos had gone outpatient, arrived a few months later but left no room for doubt: he was not sick.

Although he had no signs of psychopathology, the months he was on medication, the fact that it was said he was wrong everytime he was victim of an error left sequelae. The computer programer of 41 years underwent in a clinical state of depression and he had to be followed in the hospital from his home area to minimize sequelae.

Court Decision

It was however the evaluation of independent doctors who brought some respite, but the recognition from justice that he was not crazy after all. In June, with an almost normal and increasingly life and disconnected from his family - who insisted on his alleged illness - Carlos saw the Comarca de Lisboa Northwest acknowledge his mental health. "There is, on one hand, to this date there is no trace of psychotic break in admitting [that according to the attending physician will have been redeemed], given that [...] does not identify [...] one concrete situation of danger to himself or others' legal rights.

The judge also ensures they are not "meeting the requirements for the maintenance of compulsory treatment in the outpatient admitting or compulsory detention of the same regime." He concludes: "I determine its termination without prejudice to voluntary treatment."

From the start that the defense maintained that "there were several rights Carlos denied in this process." Now that the case is over, explained Pedro Silva Lopes, the "constitutional right to liberty, the right to personal integrity or the right of personality" were not taken into account. At a meeting in Cascais, the attorney further explained that the whole process left marks on his client that will not be cured only with the ascertaining of the truth. Carlos has managed to redo part of his old life, he was already present at several events in the United States of America to disclose some IT projects, but there is still much to recover. He did not want to stay here, want to know who was in conversation with parents and achieved what only in extreme situations is done in Portugal: one compulsory detention without even seeing the patient....

I am reading:
German media said NATO's plans to hold large-scale military exercises in the Russia-Ukraine border.
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Aren't the TV shows always a disappointment after reading the book? That has been my experience.

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Aren't the TV shows always a disappointment after reading the book? That has been my experience.

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Of course.

Two diferent ways of comunicating, one depends more on thoughts, the other on action, that needs diferent skills from the authors and directors.

But the real diference is that the book depends on one author and consumes only the author time with a small participation of the business men on his work.

Movies are an activicty that depends on a lot of money and of the producers, it is no longer one man product but a team production, including other external companies to the main studio, nothing depends on one single idea or will but in a capability of making compromises and some political skill to deal with a lot of departments.

It is this, not only but also, it is not possible to explain the complexity of TV or Cinema on any post but I wouldnt think we could explain the complexity of comunication or the capability of some men to comunicate feelings or thoughts on some sheets of paper.

I am reading:
Never Mind Philae’s Topsy-Turvy Touchdown, Its Brief Mission Advances Comet Science on Internet (another way of comunicating)

You can see the article on http://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...A_SPC_20141120

I am reading "Reguengos becomes European Wine City" on Portugal news in English language.

http://theportugalnews.com/news/regu...ine-city/33303
http://theportugalnews.com/

When We Were Orphans is a novel by the British-Japanese author Kazuo Ishiguro.

The novel is about an English man named Christopher Banks. He used to live in the international settlement area of Shanghai, China in the early 1900s.

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When We Were Orphans is a novel by the British-Japanese author Kazuo Ishiguro.

The novel is about an English man named Christopher Banks. He used to live in the international settlement area of Shanghai, China in the early 1900s.

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Do you like it?
I am reading Gold Boy, Emerald Girl by Yiyun Li. It is set in China too. I like it so far.

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I am reading Gold Boy, Emerald Girl by Yiyun Li. It is set in China too. I like it so far.

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It is an interesting book on my poit of view artemis8.

"After being briefed on the CIA Inspector General report today, I have no choice but to call for the resignation of CIA Director John Brennan. The CIA unconstitutionally spied on Congress by hacking into Senate Intelligence Committee computers. This grave misconduct not only is illegal, but it violates the U.S. Constitution’s requirement of separation of powers. These offenses, along with other errors in judgment by some at the CIA, demonstrate a tremendous failure of leadership, and there must be consequences."

Mark Udall

And we all being spied for no reason and Edward Snowden on Russia and Wikileaks? The tail out of this last years of a new Status Quo against freedom of any kind, is the Senate of The USA worried with that or only with Senators being spied Mr Mark Udall?

Ricardo Ferreira

ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE

By Anthony Doerr

I am rereading this nice fiction book and a vastly entertaining feat of storytelling.

I'm reading "Linux for Dummies" =))

Los Angeles, United States, Dec. 30 - A two year old accidentally shot his mother in an American supermarket, with a gun pulled of her suitcase, said police.

The incident happened at a store in Hayden, in the state of Idaho, in which the woman was shopping with her son and other family members.

"When the authorities arrived on the scene, they found the victim of 29years was already dead," said Sheriff Kootenai, Ben Wolfinger.

The sheriff added that "the son of the victim was sitting in the shopping cart, removed the gun of the mother suitcase and fired, targeting the victim."

So never go shopping with you kids.

Or, with a handgun in your purse with the safety off... Yet another tragedy created by people with poor gun handling skills together with their children...

That's the issue on having on United States Constitution the right to possess arms.

the Constitution doesn't say anything about being stupid. I find it hard to think that someone that has a CC permit is so spaced out that they don't notice someone getting into their purse and taking out a gun. they should be shot. this whole story sounds made up to me.

It is very difficult for any European to understand why the United States see the use of weapons as a freedom issue.

I can understand now, after some years, why Americans see the use of guns as a freedom issue but I have some years of advance in here.

The problem is when other things are ahead of our freedom, guns can cost some lives and that is not good but freedom can cost much more.

The real problem is to give guns to people that are not prepared, just think if we could sell a car without breaks or that a 2 years child could drive ...

I am against all of these, the guns that can be fired for a very young child as the ones that are owned by true idiots, we need to have better protection on weapons to keep them or soon we will lose the right to them.

But that is a real difficult issue to discuss, I would never consider freedom as a thing to discuss on a forum or a chat, my english would never be good enough for it anyway and I can write some average english, dont you think? :)

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Nope, STORY

Duke, in 1942 the Japanese were planning to attack Pearl Harbor, destroy our Pacific Naval Fleet, and begin WWII against the US. Admiral Yamamoto, who had attended college in the US, planned and executed the attack. During the planning there were many in the Japanese military that wanted to then invade the western United States after our navy was crippled.

Yamamoto, knowing the US people, said; "Invading the US is impossible because behind every tree there would be an American with a gun!" Duke, THAT is Freedom.

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yea I have read it, but something is still fishy. a 2 year old, must be a big one. not very many 2 year olds would have the strength or a large enough hand to hold a gun, even a small 380. I just think there is something more to this story.