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The rapid-fire adventure is also salted generously with sex and violence. Sailors get shot in the head, blood gushes, brains splatter. Eager maidens are disrobed and bedded down without much effort. There’s a gruesome killfest extravaganza near the conclusion that neatly ties up all the loose ends. But it’s action-movie sex and violence: flashy, without repercussions or remorse. These aren’t people getting killed; they’re just pirates.
In all, there’s a lot of pirating stuffed into 320 fast-moving pages, a little bit like the frenzied doctoring that went on in Crichton’s hit TV show “ER,” and it’s hard after a while to swallow all that dying and dramatic rescuing in such a short space. We’re not looking for realism, of course, but all the nick-of-time escapes and rescues strain belief, even by the looser standards of an adventure novel.
Take the climactic scene, maybe the most ludicrous invention in the whole book. Not to give away any surprises, but it entails a bit of trickery involving a makeshift scarecrow and an enthusiastic prostitute. (Scarecrows!) Consider that for a moment, me hearties, and you’ll get a sense of just how loopy a pirate’s life can be.

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The rapid-fire adventure is also salted generously with sex and violence. Sailors get shot in the head, blood gushes, brains splatter. Eager maidens are disrobed and bedded down without much effort. There’s a gruesome killfest extravaganza near the conclusion that neatly ties up all the loose ends. But it’s action-movie sex and violence: flashy, without repercussions or remorse. These aren’t people getting killed; they’re just pirates.
In all, there’s a lot of pirating stuffed into 320 fast-moving pages, a little bit like the frenzied doctoring that went on in Crichton’s hit TV show “ER,” and it’s hard after a while to swallow all that dying and dramatic rescuing in such a short space. We’re not looking for realism, of course, but all the nick-of-time escapes and rescues strain belief, even by the looser standards of an adventure novel.
Take the climactic scene, maybe the most ludicrous invention in the whole book. Not to give away any surprises, but it entails a bit of trickery involving a makeshift scarecrow and an enthusiastic prostitute. (Scarecrows!) Consider that for a moment, me hearties, and you’ll get a sense of just how loopy a pirate’s life can be.

See the full article from “Foster’s Daily Democrat”

After novels such as “Waiting,’’ set in modern China, and “War Trash,’’ which depicted Chinese POWs during the Korean War, Ha Jin returns to short fiction with a volume of 12 stories that gracefully convey the often disorienting reality of Chinese immigrant life in the United States. “[T]he American type of success was not for everyone,’’ one character reflects. “You must learn how to sell yourself there and must change yourself to live a new life.’’
A visiting professor attempts to defect, a home health aide is ensnared by her elderly client, an indentured prostitute makes a break for freedom. In Jin’s stories, the life of each character, masterfully compressed, is granted depth and even occasional nobility.
Jin left China in 1985 to attend Brandeis University. The author of five novels, three story collections, and three volumes of poetry, he is a professor of English at Boston University. He spoke from his home in Boston.

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Through his organization American Solutions, Newt Gingrich invited Dawn Rizos–the owner of Dallas’ most upscale strip club The Lodge– to dine with him at the exclusive Capitol Club (where conservative porn star Carrie Prejean backed out of speaking engagement!) and informed her that she had been selected to receive an Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Now that’s the new GOP for ya! The handwritten note on the invite read
Dawn â Newt is looking forward to finally meeting you face to face
The cost to secure her spot with Newt? $5,000. Pretty sleazy huh? But it gets sleazier! Dawn got the the unvite! CNN reports that after the The Lodge sent in the check for five grand:
they were notified by a marketing company working for American Solutions that the invite had been mistakenly extended, and was being rescinded.

See the full article from “Firedoglake (blog)”

Shaq pays for NC girl’s funeral
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CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV/AP) – Basketball star Shaquille O’Neal has paid for the funeral of 5-year-old Shaniya Davis, whose kidnapping and slaying received national news coverage.
On Friday afternoon, O’Neal said he was touched by the case of Shaniya Davis after seeing a news report on TV.
The girl’s body was found November 16 beside a rural road.
Her mother Antionette Davis, is charged with human trafficking and child abuse involving prostitution. A second suspect, Mario McNeill, is charged with murder, rape and kidnapping.
While he didn’t talk on camera, O’Neal told us he was moved after seeing the story about the little girl and wanted to do something to help.
“That’s Shaq,” said teammate LeBron James did. “He has a huge heart and not just stuff that happens in his backyard, but all across America and the world. That’s the type of person he is.”

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Shaniya Davis was a 5-year-old little girl that was sold by her mother to pay off a drug debt.. Antoinette Davis who had reported her daughter missing six days before her body had been found, has been charged with trafficking her daughter, child abuse and prostitution.
Mario McNeill has been charged with first-degree murder  and first-degree rape of a child. Authorities report that Shaniya was met her death by strangulation. Her body was found in bags with deer remains.
The funeral was held last Sunday and received an outpouring of people who came to pay their condolences to a family they’d never met, and a little girl who reached out and touched their hearts.
Shaquille O’Neal was one of those whose was moved to tears over the tragic news. The Cleveland Cavaliers player says, 

See the full article from “Examiner.com”

Shaquille O’Neal returned to action for the Cavaliers last night after missing six games with a strained left shoulder. In my eyes the bigger story surrounding Shaq took place off the court.
The media (myself included) is quick to publicize when an athlete does something wrong. Michael Vick’s charity work since his release from prison has not gotten the same attention as the crimes he’s committed. Why is that?
Regardless, Shaquille O’Neal did a wonderful thing recently and it deserves some attention and recognition.
A 5-year old girl named Shaniya Davis was sold into prostitution by her very own mother Antoinette Davis to settle a drug debt in Fayetteville, NC. The child was subsequently raped and murdered. Antoinette Davis reported the child missing and was later charged with human trafficking and child abuse involving prostitution. The girl’s body was found November 16th beside a rural road.

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Shaquille O’Neal Pays For Young Girl’s Funeral
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Basketball great Shaquille ONeal paid for a 5-year-old North Carolina girls funeral after learning of the sad circumstances surrounding her death, according to ContactMusic.
Shaniya Davis body was found last week after being reported missing six days earlier on Nov. 10, reports CNN. She was found roadside about 30 miles away from her home in Fayetteville, N.C.
Authorities believe Davis was kidnapped, raped, and murdered after being sold into prostitution by her mother, Antoinette Davis. Mario McNeill, an acquaintance of Davis, is charged with the murder, according to CBS News.
ONeals spokesperson said he was so moved by the story that he contacted the girls father, Bradley Lockhart, and asked what he could do to help. ONeal paid for the Nov. 22 funeral, which was attended by over 2,000 people.

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O’NEAL PAYS FOR SLAIN GIRL’S FUNERAL
Basketball star SHAQUILLE O’NEAL has paid for the funeral of a five-year-old girl, who was allegedly sold into sex slavery by her mother before she was murdered.
Little Shaniya Davis’ body was found beside a rural road in North Carolina on 16 November (09).
Antoinette Davis, who had reported her daughter missing, is charged with human trafficking and child abuse involving prostitution. Mario MCNeill, an acquaintance, is charged with kidnapping, rape and murder.
Moved to tears by the story, the athlete contacted the child’s grieving father, Bradley Lockhart, and asked if there was anything he could do to help the family. He then agreed to pay for Sunday’s (22Nov09) burial ceremony, attended by 2,000 people.
O’Neal tells The Cleveland Plain Dealer, “I was sitting at home watching it on the news, and the story brought a tear to my eye.”

See the full article from “Contactmusic.com”

FAYETTEVILLE, NC — Shaquille O’Neal paid for the funeral of 5-year-old Shaniya Davis after being moved to tears by news coverage of the girl who was allegedly sold into sex slavery by her mother before being murdered.
The NBA star got in touch with the girl’s dad, Bradley Lockhart, to ask if there was anything he could do to help the family, a spokeswoman for O’Neal said yesterday.
“I was sitting at home watching it on the news, and the story brought a tear to my eye,” O’Neal told The Cleveland Plain Dealer.
More than 2,000 people attended Sunday’s funeral for Shaniya, whose body was found beside a rural road in North Carolina on Nov. 16.
Antoinette Davis, who had reported her daughter missing, is charged with human trafficking and child abuse involving prostitution. Mario McNeill, an acquaintance, is charged with kidnapping, rape and murder.

See the full article from “New York Post”