Chinatown version 2.0
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I remember reading a couple great reviews for the Malfeasance Occasional anthology, Girl Trouble, last year. But it slipped off the radar shortly thereafter and I didn't really give it a second thought. If the story are as good as this novelette from Milo James Fowler, I may have to put it back on my watch list, because this was right up my alley.

A world-weary private-eye, living a world now divided in two after a great near-future war has ravaged the planet, winds up on a case in search of a veterans abducted adopted-daughter. Working a case it hard enough, because the Russian mob pretty much runs most of the city. It doesn't help when the kingpin has some cybernetic goons doing his dirty work while keeping his own identity tightly guarded. And much like the private eyes of noir's yesteryear, Charlie Madison takes a lickin' while doling out his own brand of investigative brutality as well.

In quick fashion, the world is fleshed out, the stakes set and raised, and Charlie Madison regarded as a cynical hero in a world of villains. I dug it and would have no objections to a novel-length Madison mystery brought out down the line. As it stands, genre-blending fans should find a fun, fast read here that'll whet the appetite for more.
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My wife for English, and I for Chinese, have used the older version of Rosetta Stone, but we recently upgraded to version 3.5.  Wow, let me tell you, that was a really huge improvement!

For example:  It can check your pronunciation (although, not surprisingly, a human teacher can still do considerably better).  It now has 5 levels of English rather than 3, and 3 levels of Chinese rather than 2.  You don't need to have the CD ROM in the drive anymore, which is not only more convenient and faster, but it's a lot quieter.  It's a lot more conversational, and the vocabulary is much less academic and more practical to daily life.

If any of you have the old pre-version-3 form of Rosetta Stone, I strongly recommend upgrading to the latest version!
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Very good course, but when I ordered it, it came without CDs, without which it is useless if you're unfamiliar with Cantonese pronunciation and tones. These I had to order separately. Why they even sell it without CDs is a mystery.

Another major weakness is the lack of Chinese characters in the book. There are sections named "Recognizing Chinese characters" which introduce some basic vocab in characters, but it would be great if the dialogues, vocabulary and discussions of grammatical particles etc. included characters. This would be helpful, especially to those of us who are already familiar with Mandarin.

This all said, it is an excellent intro to the Cantonese language and I am raring to use what I've learned in Hong Kong.
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Great job!  Bought the first book, and 2.0 is exponentially more defined.
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I hope you are tech savvy. The instructions are in only Chinese. Works well enough.
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The book is written like a TV documentary.  The author interviews various people to document their different experiences in their local Chinatowns.  It offers intimate glimpses of the inner working of various Chinatowns.  I learned many unique facts:

- The San Francisco Chinatown was built by Caucasian architects who had certain ideals about what a Chinatown ought to look like.
- Many residents in the LA Chinatown were in the movie business in the early part of the 20th century.
- The garment industry was the key industry for the NY Chinatown.
- Most of the fortune cookies are made in Long Island City.

It is a worthwhile book for those who want to go beyond the touristy view of Chinatown.  I highly recommend it.
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I have the online version...this is more helpful for those who have software installed on their computers.
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One of the better Lonely Planet guides I've read in a while.  Love that the city and place names are all in Chinese writing as well which was helpful for showing taxi drivers and booking trains.  I really wish LP would find a way to become more interactive though.
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Your movie, Now Chinatown, stimulated my senses and touched my emotions. Your realistic and sensitive portrayal of a Chinese immigrant girl struggling to survive in the Los Angeles Chinatown offers the viewer a real treat. Your  accurate perspective on a subject rarely explored by today's movie industry is a great contribution. You have decided to tackle a subject shrouded in mystery to most people. Most Americans have no concept of the behind-the-scenes drama that may occur daily at a Chinese Restaurant. Steve, you had succeeded in unfolding this subject in such a way that all audiences can not only understand but also connect and sympathize with the plight of the main character. Your movie is not only entertaining but it is also educating. Too bad there are not enough movies like yours out there in that vast Hollywood landscape. Please keep me posted about your future projects. I would love to get a
tape of Now Chinatown when it becomes available.  Your film was just superb! Please let me know when will you be in New York. I would like to meet you.
Best of luck!
Henry Salus
HARVARD Club of New York City
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Needs to be updated.  Get rid of the things in Chinese.  The QR code doesn't do anything.  I keep being told to refer to the app, which does nothing except for work with the pedometer.  Couldn't figure out for the life of me how to get text messages to show on the phone.  The font is so small and hard to read, and I've had Lasik surgery and was wearing reading glasses to try and see it.  The instructions are very hard to understand.
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Would love a specific to C# version.  I know the languages are very similar, but update it and use C#.  It is a more recent language.  IMHO
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Excellent book, especially for those of us who have "Chinatown" on our best movies of all time list.  Only criticism is the lack of maps.  Surely it would not have overburdened the printing press to include maps of the Owens Valley, the route of the aqueduct, and one of greater Los Angeles, including the flow of the Los Angeles River.  Would have saved a lot of time looking stuff up on MapQuest.
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It worked real well when someone walked past it but the creating was in Chinese.  This was not a problem since I bought it for April Fools.
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This version of the game is almost just like the console version! You can use whoever you'd like in the Story portion now! Whereas you were stuck with Xiahou Dun in the Yellow Turban Rebellion, now you can use Cao Pi, Cao Ren, Xiahou Yuan, or anyone else you've unlocked. If you're in the US (like me) language barrier shouldn't be a problem for you, because they point out where you need to go on the map. The only drawbacks for me would be that you can't swim anymore, and that the characters don't move their mouths while vocal tracks play for their Musou attacks. It's quite creepy, if you asked me :P But those are very minor things. I'm happy! :P
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Instructions in English but all images in instructions are in Chinese. Requires user to install custom Raspbian image. Totally unusable otherwise. Avoid at all costs.
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This is an update fro what I have used for years.  Do not want online, so this is the last available single computer version I can find.
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Wished there were much more older photos of NY Chinatown during the early 1900s or before. Many older photos were from the 1950s & 1960s.