#Daniel Halpern

[contremineur]

According to Lin Yu-tang, both Po Chu-i and Su Tung-po ‘desperately admired’ Tao Yuan-ming, a poet of nature who wrote a single love poem, a poem thought by Chinese dilettantes to be the one ‘blemish in a white jade’. Can a poet be faulted for calling a woman carelessly perfect in beauty? He chose to long for her by envying the candle that glowed upon her beautiful face, the shadow that followed in her every move. Yet the nature poet Tao Yuan-ming, at home with the sudden turning of seasons, now feared the shadow in darkness, a discarded fan that once stirred her hair, feared the candle at dawn. At last believed that for beauty he had lived in vain.

Daniel Halpern, Careless perfection

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An 18th-century Chinese white jade model of Guanyin holding a rishi fungus, seated beside a phoenix

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[cendrineartist]

8 interesting books I have read so far this year

8 interesting books I have read so far this year https://creativeramblings.com/reviews/books-2024

Photo credit: Cendrine Marrouat Looking for books to add to your TBR pile? I’ve got you covered! ‘Wild New World’ by Dan Flores: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America’ Author: Dan Flores Release date: October 25, 2022 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company ISBN: 9781324006176 Synopsis: Informed by genomic science, evolutionary biology, and environmental history, Dan Flores celebrates…

[crowclubkaz]

💚👁️🕸️ In honour of The Magnus Protocol releasing today, here are some book recommendations based on The Magnus Archives Fears!! 🕸️👁️💚

Detailed list of books below the cut!

For more book recommendations, especially queer horror, check out my Bookstagram @hauntedstacks

The Buried ⚰️ - Into the Sublime by Kate A. Boorman - Stuck by Ben Young - The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling - The Deep by Nick Cutter

The Corruption 🦠 - What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher - Green Fuse Burning by Tiffany Morris - The Honeys by Ryan La Sala - She Is A Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran

The Dark 🌑 - Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes - Nightfall by Jake Halpern & Peter Kujawinski - No Power by Todd Kirby - The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey

The Desolation 🔥 - Firestarter by Stephen King - Burner by Robert Ford - Those Who Wish Me Dead by Michael Koryta - Burn the House Down by Kenna Jenkins

The End 💀 - Funeral Girl by Emma K. Ohland - Pet Sematary by Stephen King - Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune - This Thing Between Us by Gus Moreno

The Extinction 🦴 - Lost Signals by Max Booth III - Bride of the Tornado by James Kennedy - No Safety in Numbers by Dayna Lorentz - The Rules of the Road by C.B. Jones

The Eye 👁️ - Video Palace by Maynard Wills - Episode Thirteen by Craig DiLouie - A History of Fear by Luke Dumas - The Watchers by A.M. Shine

The Flesh 🦷 - You’ve Lost A Lot of Blood by Eric LaRocca - Carnivore by Justin Boote - A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G. Summers - Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

The Hunt 🏹 - Hunt by Alexandra Nisneru - The Woods Are Always Watching by Stephanie Perkins - Survive the Night by Danielle Vega - The Hunger by Alma Katsu

The Lonely ☁️ - Red River Seven by A.J. Ryan - Solitude by Michael Penning - Dark Matter by Michelle Paver - We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

The Slaughter 🥩 - Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin - Your Shadow Half Remains by Sunny Moraine - American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis - The Summer I Died by Ryan C. Thomas

The Spiral 🌀 - That Darkened Doorstep by Catherine Jordan - Mind the Mirrors by Amanda Leanne - Grey Noise by Marcus Hawke - Last to Leave the Room by Caitlin Starling

The Stranger🕴️ - It Looks Like Us by Alison Ames - My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix - The Deep by Alma Katsu - The Outside by Stephen King

The Vast 🪂 - From Below by Darcy Coates - Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant - Floating Staircase by Ronald Mafi - Nightmare Sky by Red Lagoe

The Web 🕸️ - The Taking of Jake Livingston - The Fervor by Alma Katsu - The Book of Accidents by Chuck Wendig - Come Closer by Sarah Gran

If You Like The Magnus Archives 💚 - Thirteen Stories by Jonathan Sims - Family Business by Jonathan Sims - Gas Station by Jack Townsend - Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix

[girlactionfigure]

Baruch Dayan HaEmet 

This was 19 year old Staff Sgt. Barak Daniel Halpern, a squad commander in the Givati Brigade's Shaked Battalion, from Kiryat Ono who was killed in action in Gaza 

May his memory be for a blessing.

[tetw]

5 Great Articles about Gametes

The Egg by Bloomberg Staff - A story of extraction, exploitation and opportunity

Unscrambling the Egg by Natalie Angier - Put a few adults in a room with a sweet-tempered infant, and you may as well leave a tub of butter sitting out in the midday sun…

The Doctor Is a Woman by Sloane Crosley - On the prospect of parenthood

You Wouldn’t Believe How Difficult it is to Buy Sperm by Danielle Elliot - It’s easier than ever for single women to have children on their own … or so I thought. Then began my $17,000 journey

Sperm Count Zero by Daniel Noah Halpern - Within a generation we may lose the ability to reproduce

Plus 25 more great articles about reproductive health

[denimbex1986]

'...Joining Andrew Scott, Brendan Fraser and Kerry Condon in the blue chip cast are Chris Messina (Sharp Objects) as U.S. meteorologist Irving P. Krick and Golden Globe and Emmy winner Damian Lewis (Billions) as legendary British Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery.

The true story will see All of Us Strangers and Ripley star Scott play Britain’s Chief Meteorological Officer James Stagg, whose job it was to inform Supreme Allied Commander Dwight Eisenhower (Fraser) of weather conditions that would make or break their Normandy invasion. The complex decision-making was critical in the fate of WWII and the course of history...

The synopsis reads: “In the seventy two hours leading up to D-Day, all the pieces are in place except for one key element – the British weather. Britain’s chief meteorological officer James Stagg (Andrew Scott) is called upon to deliver the most consequential forecast in history, locking him into a tense standoff with the entire Allied leadership. The wrong conditions could devastate the largest ever seaborne invasion, while any delay risks German intelligence catching on.

“With only his trusted aide Captain Kay Summersby (Kerry Condon) to confide in, and haunted by a catastrophic D-Day rehearsal, the final decision rests with Supreme Allied Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower (Fraser). With only hours to go, the fate of the war and the lives of millions hang in the balance.”

HODs include DP Jamie Ramsey (All Of Us Strangers), production designer Daniel Taylor (True Detective), costume designer Liza Bracey (We Live In Time) and casting by Lucy Bevan (Masters Of Air). Studiocanal is handling worldwide sales.

Ron Halpern and Joe Naftalin will oversee for Studiocanal with Anna Marsh, Ron Halpern and Joe Naftalin aboard as executive producers.

Studiocanal CEO Anna Marsh, EVP Production Ron Halpern and SVP Global Production Joe Naftalin commented: “We are thrilled to have reunited with our long term partners at Working Title, and to be working with our brilliant filmmaker Anthony Maras on this special production. Anthony has assembled a world class array of talent, and the nail-biting true story of the last minute decision-making involved in D-Day is urgent and extraordinary. We can’t wait to share Anthony’s bold and exciting cinematic vision with audiences around the world next year.”...'

[that-bookworm-guy]

UK People Only

Books For Sale (Part 2 out of 2) Part 1 Here

I need space in my tiny bedroom (for more books) and some spare cash (Possibly for more books once the bills are sorted).

These are also available on my instagram (that_bookworm_guy) I just need to clear as many as I can ASAP. I'm open to sensible offers as well as bundles. P&P is £3 for up to 2kg of books. Prices aren't including postage.

Books in Order:

Wild Embers - Nikita Gill (£4)

the sun and her flowers - rupi kaur (£4)

milk and honey - rupi kaur (£4)

Pillow Thoughts - Courtney Peppernell (£4)

It Never Rains - Roger McGough (£3)

Helium - Rudy Francisco (£5)

It's Kind of a Funny Story - Ned Vizzini (£4)

Young Sherlock Holmes Fire Storm - Andrew Lane (Hardback ) (£3)

Sherlock Holmes Riddles (HB) (£2)

How to Think like Sherlock - Daniel Smith (HB) (£2)

The Case of the Disappearing Detective - Anthony Read (£1)

Neither One Nor The Other - Dolores Faust (£2)

The Turn of The Screw - Henry James (£1.50)

Alex Approximately - Jenn Bennett (£2)

Hunted - E.W. Browne (£1)

Detective Pikachu (£3)

Reflections from Waterford's Woods - Jess Scutella & Roland Rosewood (£1)

Serpent & Dove - Shelby Mahurin (£5)

The 5th Wave - Rick Yancey (HB) (£5)

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas - John Boyne (£1)

When the Wind Blows - James Patterson (£1)

Symptoms of Being Human - Jeff Garvin (£3)

The Other Boy - M.G. Hennessey (HB) (£3)

This Book is Gay - (Juno) Dawson (£2)

Odd One Out - Nic Stone ( £3)

Carry On - Rainbow Rowell (£4)

FreakBoy - Kristin Elizabeth Clark (£3)

They Both Die at the End - Adam Silvera (£3)

Michel-Michelle - Margo Gorman (£1)

A.N.T.I. D.O.T.E. - Malorie Blackman (£3)

The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern (£3)

Another Place - Matthew Crow (£3)

Antigoddess - Kendare Blake (£3)

The Island - C.L. Taylor (£3)

The Light Between Worlds - Laura Weymouth (£3)

The Stuff of Nightmares - Malorie Blackman (£1.50)

Nightfall - Jake Halpern, Peter Kujawinski (£3)

A Monster Calls - Patrick Ness (£3)

The Box of Demons - Daniel Whelan (£3)

The Hit - Melvin Burgess (£3)

White Crow - Marcus Sedgwick (£3)

The Twisted Tree - Rachel Burge (£3)

Playlist for the Dead - Michelle Falkoff (£3)

Montacule House - Lucy Jago (£3)

Hannibal - Thomas Harris (HB) (£3)

Silent Witness - Richard North Patterson (HB) (£3)

Oblivion - Anthony Horowitz (HB) (£5)

Origin of Species - Charles Darwin (HB) (£6)

Exile - Richard North Patterson (HB) (£4)

Slide 7 Pay whatever you want for any book

50. Adulthood is a Myth - Sarah Andersen (£4) 51. The City of Ember Graphic Novel - Jeanne DuPrau (£4) 52. Zombie! The Adventure is Yours (HB) (£6) 53. Vampire Knight book 1-4 - Matsuri Hino (£5) 54. The City of Ember Series, books 1-4 (Complete) - Jeanne DuPrau (£5)

Money to be sent via paypal, I can't ship to anywhere except the UK as I'll have to do Royal Mail pick up due to not being able to get to a post office. DMs me to buy anything, or contact me on instagram where I am most of the time.

[harsh-repose]

"Pandemania" by Daniel Halpern, read by James Marsters, first published in 2013.

[saturdaynightmatinee]

CALIFICACIÓN PERSONAL: 7.5 / 10

Título Original: Catch the Fair One

Año: 2021

Duración: 85 min

País: Estados Unidos

Dirección: Josef Kubota Wladyka

Guion: Josef Kubota Wladyka. Historia: Kali Reis, Josef Kubota Wladyka

Música: Nathan Halpern

Fotografía: Ross Giardina

Reparto: Kali Reis, Kevin Dunn, Lisa Emery, Kimberly Norris Guerrero, Daniel Henshall, etc

Productora: The Population, Protozoa Pictures, FirstGen Content, Heretical Reason Productions, Needle's Eye Productions

Género: Crime; Thriller

TRAILER:

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[randomweas]

“Los efectos sociales del 18-O”

[darkstoryspinner]

For the love of story

For the love of story

Photo by 🇸🇮 Janko Ferlič on Unsplash Over the holidays, I posted about what I was reading, particularly regarding a short story by Heinrich Böll, one of Germany’s greatest post World War literary authors. Today, I am looking back on a short story collection I picked up in a wonderful used bookstore when I lived in a different part of town. The collection is called The Art of the Tale: An…

[sottolequerce]

Paul [Bowles] was a great collector of aromatic oils, which he had gathered from his travels — patchouli from Penang, vetiver from Indian root grass, sandalwood from Bangkok, perfumes from Paris circa 1940, Berlin after-shave from the 30's. He would dip a stick of bland-scented incense into the neck of a bottle of oil, light it — the scent exploding from the heat — and then we'd discuss what issued forth, as we'd discuss the book or piece of music he'd give me before I took my leave each evening. Paul was a man indifferent to the world at large but addicted to its sensory details.

Daniel Halpern, The Last Existentialist (The New York Times, December 19, 1999)

[spritelysprites]

did tamsyn muir ever read the immortals by martin amis? it's a short story about an immortal man (he claims he landed in africa before it was africa, that is, before it was separate from the rest of the continents because pangea was a thing) who survives (among other things) a nuclear bomb and reflects on the idea that he may well survive humanity and be the only one to remember shakespeare and so on. it's eerily reminiscent of john gaius. stories about immortals obviously aren't a totally original concept, but he says that sometimes, he has the "weird idea that (he is) just a second-rate new zealand schoolmaster who never did anything or went anywhere and is now painfully and noisily dying along with everyone else." plenty of the description calls to mind the locked tomb's writing style, especially the paragraph describing the explosion and the last couple of paragraphs. idk if it's available to read online but I strongly recommend locked tomb fans who are interested in literature read it.

[crosscountryrally]

Estrellas del cross country aterrizan en los Emiratos Árabes para el Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge desde este fin de semana

El Mundial de Cross Country FIA y FIM aterriza en los Emiratos Árabes para la 30° edición del Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge, que significa valiosos kilómetros para la preparación del Dakar que se viene en menos de dos meses. Buena parte de los equipos oficiales de motos y autos estarán presentes en el evento particularmente los equipos de KTM que aspiran a asegurar la segunda posición del campeonato con Daniel Sanders, luego de que Matthias Walkner asegurara el título en Marruecos.

En las motos, tendremos a KTM, GasGas, Husqvarna, Hero y Yamaha, los equipos que han apostado al Mundial de Cross Country FIM. El favorito sigue siendo Matthias Walkner, que con el título asegurado saldrá a ganar un evento que todavía no se lleva en su carrera en el cross country. 

Pero ojo con lo que busca hacer Daniel Sanders, que en su primera temporada completa en el cross country buscará asegurar el subcampeonato. La lucha será con Adrien van Beveren de Yamaha y Skyler Howes de Husqvarna, que también han tenido buenas temporadas. Sanders llega envalentonado con su primer podio en la disciplina en Marruecos y aspira a ser una amenaza en el Dakar.

“Estoy muy emocionado de participar en el Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge y participar en algunas carreras antes del Dakar en enero. Las cosas salieron bien en la última prueba del campeonato en Marruecos, y desde entonces hemos estado entrenando duro, trabajando en la moto y haciendo más cosas de roadbook. Nunca antes había estado en Abu Dhabi, así que tengo muchas ganas de correr allí. Por lo que he visto, el desierto se ve muy bien, tiene algunas dunas bonitas que deberían quedarme bien, y parece que será un calentamiento realmente bueno para el Dakar. Habrá un buen elemento de estrategia, que nuevamente es bueno para aprender más y ayudará a desarrollar mis habilidades. Voy a entrar en la carrera para ganarla, creo que si todo va bien, tengo una buena oportunidad de hacerlo. Estoy segundo en el campeonato en este momento, así que confirmarlo y terminar mi primera temporada completa como subcampeón será increíble” comentó Daniel Sanders en la previa de este evento de cinco días en Abu Dhabi.

En los autos, Nasser Al-Attiyah suena como el gran favorito, pero como es usual deberá batir a Yazeed Al-Rajhi. Otros pilotos interesantes que se presentarán serán Kuba Przygonski y Sebastián Halpern con los MINI JCW Buggy y Lucio Álvarez con la Toyota Hilux del Overdrive. Una triste baja son los dos BRX Hunter T1+ de Prodrive de Loeb y Roma que bajaron su participación a última hora por un incidente en entrenamientos privados.

En los SSV T3, Cristina Gutiérrez sale a mantener la punta del campeonato luego de perder algo de la ventaja con una falla mecánica en Marruecos.

Las cinco etapas comienzan el domingo 7 y terminan el jueves 11 con más de 1.300 kilómetros contra el reloj. El sábado 6 hay prólogo en el Yas Marina Circuit de la Fórmula 1.

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