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I've been happy with ZoneAlarm for years. It uses Kaspersky as the engine for it's anti-virus function.

A few suggestions- Tanya Huff - the 'Blood' series and maybe the 'Smoke and Shadows' series - you'll soon know whether they're to your taste. Robin Hobb - 'Tawny Man' series. E E 'Doc' Smith' - 'Skylark' series - a blast from the past space opera but the evil guy plays a pivotal role. James Schmitz - 'Witches of Karres' - nothing dark about this one but there's a wonderful quirkiness about the story. - once again you'll soon know whether you like it or not. Raymond Feist - Enjoyable as George Martin's 'Game of Thrones' is , it's left in the dust by 'Magician' and some of the follow ons.

Hi Hillj69,Thanks again. It's great having this regular feedback. All the main character's names are taken from First Australian culture. For example, 'Attunga' means 'a high place'. Except for the dolphins and I took a great liberty and used the names of special dolphins currently living at Monkey Mia.

Hi there Wolflady,I'll have to say, it's much appreciated getting these nice reviews. Yes, Akama quite surprised me with that statement. The characters in this story seem very prone to introducing new and unexpected elements - lol - makes the author's job somewhat complicated.

Hi again Steve,Thanks for the kind review. The Monkey Mia dolphins, targeted for their links with Attunga,are now safe. The remaining Earth dolphins aren't.

ATTUNGA PART 9. *** Akama left the skimmer and spoke quietly with Warrigal, but that only lasted a moment because Sonic popped to the surface of the pool and gave a general invitation for everyone to join him. It was quite strange to hear the electronic voice of the translator, as the trio rarely used it. Calen didn't need it at all and Wirrin and Thom had discovered early on that they learnt new dolphin words better from Sonic and Calen. Akama looked really pleased and dived straight in. Tho

Phew!! My heart stopped for a moment there!! - naughty Zombie!

Yeppers! That's the story - it was also published with another title -'The Synthetic Man' but my copy is 'The Dreaming Jewels'. The author is one of the scifi greats -Theodore Sturgeon. Take it away Andy!

Hmm! No takers yet. The author was quite famous in the scifi world for his philosophy of the 'Next Question'.

'They caught the kid doing something disgusting out under the bleachers at the high-school stadium'

Yay! I finally know one. Over Sea and Under Stone. - part of Susan Cooper's 'The Dark is Rising' series which I re-read every couple of years.

Hi Steve,Thanks for the review and the feedback. I don't know about the imagination bit. lol - blame that on the characters who keep doing and saying things which need further elaboration.

ATTUNGA PART 8. *** An hour later everyone was gathered in a Tech room at the dolphinarium, looking at images that were being beamed direct from Monkey Mia. In one window a small pod of dolphins was cruising serenely in the shallow waters near the Marine Station and in another a pair of males were hunting food on the eastern side of Shark Bay. Another section of the screen showed the position of over 700 dolphins in the bay and the adjoining Indian Ocean. There was a stunningly beautiful aeria

Bets wishes Bob!! Hope it's a great day for you.

I very much agree with W_L and Graeme on this one. It's very easy to give a general frown but when it comes to specific situations the factors can be so complex and varied that the results could range from totally negative to resoundingly positive.

Anne McCafferey at the end of last year and now an even greater icon. The imagery and brilliance of 'Something Wicked This Way Comes' rushes to my mind every time I hear his name.

What an intriguing post. Just a few thoughts. I don't think there is a specific answer for the way to 'train' your hypothetical person. What might work for one person could be completely ineffective or even negative for another. - people are individuals. The answers you seek are the answers evolved by all of us as we adapt to the specific norms of all the communities we are involved in - family, friends, work,culture,interest, etc. For each person this chain of communities can be ever changing, incredibly varied and with different degrees of importance for different needs. Sometimes the answers involve acceptance, mimicry, knowledge, understanding of new ideas and sometimes there are no answers compatible with a particular person and a particular community. There was nothing cheap about Markycielo's post number 10. His idea of having opportunities which can be developed and the person adapting and evolving in their own way is far more respectful of the individual than 'training' which has a kind of dictatorial overtone to it. His idea that the hypothetical person is already normal is spot on. He points out very well that 'normal' is defined by each particular community. 'and I want to know if it's really possible to culture him without that fostering care.' You don't have to 'love' your subject but you do need to care. Are you saying the city culture is unloving/uncaring and your subject needs to be the same to fit in? If that's the case then it's the city culture that needs the 'training' and the subject should have nothing to do with it.

Best wishes Houdini. - All strength to you.

Yo Adam - a belated best wishes

Power Of One??

It makes me think of Oscar Wilde's 'Picture of Dorian Grey' - but OW is definitely dead.

ATTUNGA PART 7. *** “We're going in that?” With Gelar, they were watching the transport unit for Puck, Sonic and Flute being ferried to a space vehicle which dwarfed the transports they were used to. Thom was the first to be surprised earlier when he found he wouldn't be able to pilot, but the spectacle of this 200 meter ship had them gaping. “Yes Thom. Turaku is taking no chances with Sonic so the security AIs on Attunga and Warrakan are running the expedition today.” That was even more st

Hmm. Curious. - The Fibonacci sequence I know starts at 1 and each new number is the sum of the two preceding numbers. i.e. 1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21........ I'm missing something with your explanation Michael as it just gives a series of 1's. first number is 1. the second number would be 1 squared which is still 1. And so on.

Well, that's Paul Gallico. Is it the one about the cat?

Scope can offer palindromic epochs. EPOXY