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List Of Contents | Contents of Saunterings, by Charles Dudley Warner
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can judge a good deal of the progress of a people by the sort of
amusements that satisfy them.  I am not about to draw any
philosophical inferences,--I am a mere looker-on in Munich; but I
have never anywhere else seen puppet-shows afford so much delight,
nor have I ever seen anybody get more satisfaction out of a sausage
and a mug of beer, with the tum-tum of a band near, by, than a
Bavarian peasant.

The Fest was held on the Theresien Wiese, a vast meadow on the
outskirts of the city.  The ground rises on one side of this by an
abrupt step, some thirty or forty feet high, like the "bench" of a
Western river.  This bank is terraced for seats the whole length, or
as far down as the statue of Bavaria; so that there are turf seats, I
should judge, for three quarters of a mile, for a great many
thousands of people, who can look down upon the race-course, the
tents, houses, and booths of the fair-ground, and upon the roof and
spires of the city beyond.  The statue is, as you know, the famous
bronze Bavaria of Schwanthaler, a colossal female figure fifty feet
high, and with its pedestal a hundred feet high, which stands in
front of the Hall of Fame, a Doric edifice, in the open colonnades of
which are displayed the busts of the most celebrated Bavarians,
together with those of a few poets and scholars who were so
unfortunate as not to be born here.  The Bavaria stands with the
right hand upon the sheathed sword, and the left raised in the act of
bestowing a wreath of victory; and the lion of the kingdom is beside
her.  This representative being is, of course, hollow.  There is room
for eight people in her head, which I can testify is a warm place on
a sunny day; and one can peep out through loopholes and get a good
view of the Alps of the Tyrol.  To say that this statue is graceful
or altogether successful would be an error; but it is rather
impressive, from its size, if for no other reason.  In the cast of
the hand exhibited at the bronze foundry, the forefinger measures
over three feet long.

Although the Fest did not officially begin until Friday, October 12,
yet the essential part of it, the amusements, was well under way on
the Sunday before.  The town began to be filled with country people,
and the holiday might be said to have commenced; for the city gives
itself up to the occasion.  The new art galleries are closed for some
days; but the collections and museums of various sorts are daily
open, gratis; the theaters redouble their efforts; the concert-halls
are in full blast; there are dances nightly, and masked balls in the
Folks' Theater; country relatives are entertained; the peasants go
about the streets in droves, in a simple and happy frame of mind,
wholly unconscious that they are the oddest-looking guys that have
come down from the Middle Ages; there is music in all the gardens,
singing in the cafes, beer flowing in rivers, and a mighty smell of
cheese, that goes up to heaven.  If the eating of cheese were a
religious act, and its odor an incense, I could not say enough of the
devoutness of the Bavarians.

Of the picturesqueness and oddity of the Bavarian peasants' costumes,
nothing but a picture can give you any idea.  You can imagine the men
in tight breeches, buttoned below the knee, jackets of the jockey
cut, and both jacket and waistcoat covered with big metal buttons,
sometimes coins, as thickly as can be sewed on: but the women defy
the pen; a Bavarian peasant woman, in holiday dress, is the most
fearfully and wonderfully made object in the universe.  She displays
a good length of striped stockings, and wears thin slippers, or
sandals; her skirts are like a hogshead in size and shape, and reach
so near her shoulders as to make her appear hump-backed; the sleeves
are hugely swelled out at the shoulder, and taper to the wrist; the
bodice is a stiff and most elaborately ornamented piece of armor; and
there is a kind of breastplate, or center-piece, of gold, silver, and
precious stones, or what passes for them; and the head is adorned
with some monstrous heirloom, of finely worked gold or silver, or a
tower, gilded and shining with long streamers, or bound in a simple
black turban, with flowing ends.  Little old girls, dressed like
their mothers, have the air of creations of the fancy, who have
walked out of a fairy-book.  There is an endless variety in these old
costumes; and one sees, every moment, one more preposterous than the
preceding.  The girls from the Tyrol, with their bright neckerchiefs
and pointed black felt hats, with gold cord and tassels, are some of
them very pretty: but one looks a long time for a bright face among
the other class; and, when it is discovered, the owner appears like a
maiden who was enchanted a hundred years ago, and has not been
released from the spell, but is still doomed to wear the garments and
the ornaments that should long ago have mouldered away with her

The Theresien Wiese was a city of Vanity Fair for two weeks, every
day crowded with a motley throng.  Booths, and even structures of
some solidity, rose on it as if by magic.  The lottery-houses were
set up early, and, to the last, attracted crowds, who could not
resist the tempting display of goods and trinkets, which might be won
by investing six kreuzers in a bit of paper, which might, when
unrolled, contain a number.  These lotteries are all authorized: some
of them were for the benefit of the agricultural society; some were
for the poor, and others on individual account: and they always
thrive; for the German, above all others, loves to try his luck.
There were streets of shanties, where various things were offered for
sale besides cheese and sausages.  There was a long line of booths,
where images could be shot at with bird-guns; and when the shots were
successful, the images went through astonishing revolutions.  There
was a circus, in front of which some of the spangled performers
always stood beating drums and posturing, in order to entice in
spectators.  There were the puppet-booths, before which all day stood
gaping, delighted crowds, who roared with laughter whenever the
little frau beat her loutish husband about the head, and set him to
tend the baby, who continued to wail, notwithstanding the man knocked
its head against the doorpost.  There were the great beer-
restaurants, with temporary benches and tables' planted about with
evergreens, always thronged with a noisy, jolly crowd.  There were
the fires, over which fresh fish were broiling on sticks; and, if you
lingered, you saw the fish taken alive from tubs of water standing
by, dressed and spitted and broiling before the wiggle was out of
their tails.  There were the old women, who mixed the flour and fried
the brown cakes before your eyes, or cooked the fragrant sausage, and
offered it piping hot.

And every restaurant and show had its band, brass or string,--a full
array of red-faced fellows tooting through horns, or a sorry
quartette, the fat woman with the harp, the lean man blowing himself
out through the clarinet, the long-haired fellow with the flute, and
the robust and thick-necked fiddler.  Everywhere there was music; the
air was full of the odor of cheese and cooking sausage; so that there
was nothing wanting to the most complete enjoyment.  The crowd surged
round, jammed together, in the best possible humor.  Those who could
not sit at tables sat on the ground, with a link of an eatable I have
already named in one hand, and a mug of beer beside them.  Toward
evening, the ground was strewn with these gray quart mugs, which gave
as perfect evidence of the battle of the day as the cannon-balls on
the sand before Fort Fisher did of the contest there.  Besides this,
for the amusement of the crowd, there is, every day, a wheelbarrow
race, a sack race, a blindfold contest, or something of the sort,
which turns out to be a very flat performance.  But all the time the
eating and the drinking go on, and the clatter and clink of it fill
the air; so that the great object of the fair is not lost sight of.

Meantime, where is the agricultural fair and cattle-show?  You must
know that we do these things differently in Bavaria.  On the
fair-ground, there is very little to be seen of the fair.  There is
an inclosure where steam-engines are smoking and puffing, and
threshing-machines are making a clamor; where some big church-bells
hang, and where there are a few stalls for horses and cattle.  But
the competing horses and cattle are led before the judges elsewhere;
the horses, for instance, by the royal stables in the city.  I saw no
such general exhibition of do mestic animals as you have at your
fairs.  The horses that took the prizes were of native stock, a very
serviceable breed, excellent for carriage-horses, and admirable in
the cavalry service.  The bulls and cows seemed also native and to
the manor born, and were worthy of little remark.  The mechanical,
vegetable, and fruit exhibition was in the great glass palace, in the
city, and was very creditable in the fruit department, in the show of
grapes and pears especially.  The products of the dairy were less,
though I saw one that I do not recollect ever to have seen in
America, a landscape in butter.  Inclosed in a case, it looked very
much like a wood-carving.  There was a Swiss cottage, a milkmaid,
with cows in the foreground; there were trees, and in the rear rose
rocky precipices, with chamois in the act of skipping thereon.  I
should think something might be done in our country in this line of
the fine arts; certainly, some of the butter that is always being
sold so cheap at St. Albans, when it is high everywhere else, must be
strong enough to warrant the attempt.  As to the other departments of
the fine arts in the glass palace, I cannot give you a better idea of
them than by saying that they were as well filled as the like ones in
the American county fairs.  There were machines for threshing, for
straw-cutting, for apple-paring, and generally such a display of
implements as would give one a favorable idea of Bavarian
agriculture.  There was an interesting exhibition of live fish, great

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FG Deploys Nine Permanent Secretaries

The federal government yesterday approved the deployment of nine of the existing federal permanent secretaries to Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDA).

The exercise followed the posting of 15 permanent secretaries earlier in the week by Acting President Yemi Osinbajo.

The deployment was conveyed in a circular issued by the Head of Service of the Federation, (HoS) Mrs. Winnifred Oyo-Ita.

A statement signed by Mohammed Manga, the Assistant Director, Media Relations Office of Head of Service, said that the processes for handing and taking over should be completed on or before August 25, except for deployments with specific taking over of assumption of duty dates.

Following the postings, Bamgbose A. Olukunle, is redeployed from Political Affairs Office, OSGF to Ministry of Foreign Affairs. William Nwankwo Alo, formerly Political Affairs Office (OSGF), will take charge of Special Duties Office-OSGF from August 31, Nuratu Batagarawa, Service Policy and Strategies (OHoS), assigned Ministry of Defence. She is to resume on October 8.

Christian Ohaa is the new Permanent Secretary FCT. He was formerly in charge of Common Services Office (OHoS).

Also Aminu Bissala is leaving the Ministry of Trade and Industry to resume as the Permanent Secretary, General Service Office, OSGF from October 1.

Sunday Togo Echono moved from Communications to Education.Others are Folasade Yemi-Esan, from Career Management Office (OHoS) to her new posting at Petroleum Resources, A.G Magaji, Interior to Niger Delta; and Dr A.A. B Shamaki, Special Duties, OSGF, to Science and Technology from October 1.

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IGP orders arrest of Coalition of Northern Youths members

The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris, has ordered the Commissioner of Police (CP) in Kaduna State to investigate and arrest members of the Coalition of Northern Youths for issuing an ultimatum to South Easterners living in the North.

The Coalition of Northern Youths on June 6, at a news conference in Kaduna, gave a three-month ultimatum to South Easterners living in the North to leave. It had also ordered Northerners living in the southeastern part of the country to return to the North.

The group attributed the ultimatum to the constant agitation by the Igbo ethnic group to have their own independent country.

The IG gave the order at a meeting with Commissioners of Police and other high ranking officers on Thursday in Abuja. He warned that no individual or group of persons had the right to ask any individual to leave his or her place of residence in any part of the country.

He ordered other state commissioners of police in the North and assistant inspectors-general of Police in the various zonal commands to do same.

He said “as Commissioners of Police and Assistant Inspectors-General of Police, we have the responsibility to stop this group of persons from carrying out their threats.

“I want us to be at alert to ensure that such persons or group were stopped at all cost from carrying out their threats. No individual has the authority to stop anybody from looking for his daily bread.

He explained that the Nigerian Constitution guarantees every citizen the right to live in any part of the country he or she chooses.

On abuse of siren and spy number plate by unauthorised persons, Idris said that a task force would be constituted across the country to check the ugly situation.

He noted that some individuals used them to commit crimes in the society, adding that synergy between the force and other security agencies was critical to its operations.

“We are going to check the excesses of these individuals who use the siren and spy number plate, “he said.

The police boss urged the various commands to beef up security in their formations as security challenges were taking different dimensions.

He said the force had started the establishment of some operational units in the commands across the country to tackle emerging security challenges.

He added that “we are facing new security challenges in the country and we have to respond to it.

“We are trying to enhance our capacity with the establishment of these units, taking into consideration the new security challenges in the country.”

He explained that every commissioner of police was in charge of units in his or her

command, whether they were from the Force headquarters.

Idris urged state governors to support the force by establishing these units for to effective response to security threats across the country.

On the kidnapped six students from the Igbonla Model College, Epe area of Lagos, Idris said that marine police would be trained to flood the creeks.

He expressed concern over the location of schools close to the sea where miscreants always had easy access to such schools.

He said, “we are going to have a permanent solution to the Lagos problem by training our marine police.”

The Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Mr Fatai Owoseni, said rescue mission was ongoing to save the children.

He explained that the police was concerned about the safety of the children in trying to rescue them.

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Gospel Music:- Nelson Jason – Most High

Gospel Music:- Nelson Jason – Most High [ Audio ]

After many years of working behind the scenes with longtime friend/singer, Nikki Laoye and penning her award winning hit song, Only You, Nelson Jason now steps to the fore with his debut single, “MOST HIGH”.

Nelson Jason is a singer, songwriter, rhythm guitarist and producer who lives in the city of Lagos with a passion to create music that would inspire worship in the hearts of men.

His debut single was born out of a heart of worship to his God and King. In his words, “As I was prepping for service one Tuesday evening, I began singing the words “blessing and honour, glory and power be unto you Lord , Most High” and I continued singing these words till I got to church, got on the piano and continued till it became a full song – my heartfelt celebration of the Most High God”.

The song ‘Most High’ is captured in a blend of soft rock and R&B with a simple sing along melody that is set to tune up your worship all day and all week.

Nelson Jason has served as the Music Director at House On The Rock Church, Ibadan. He also served as background vocalist for the great Bishop Hezekiah Walker and Jessica Reedy at the 2015 edition of The Experience Concert in Lagos.
He is presently the Technical Director of Nikki Laoye’s band, in which he also plays the rhythm guitar and sings background vocals.

As a songwriter, Nelson Jason has co-written songs for Artists and Organisations including Nikki Laoye’s Only You ;  House On the Rock Lagos Church’s Welcome Song (which he co-wrote with Wilson Joel) and songs from Gospel Artist, Enkay’s Kingdom Anthem Album ( I Need you, Kingdom Anthem, A Touch)

Nelson Jason is also the convener of the Nelson & Friends Live in concert which is renowned for its five successful concerts at the University of Ibadan and two more at Iye L.G.A, during his youth corps service in Ekiti state.

He currently serves as a member of the Rock Cathedral Gospel Choir at House on The Rock, Lagos.

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Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Becoming Invisible by Tiffany Carmouche

Becoming Invisible is the third book in The Alaskan Heart Saga, a Contemporary New Adult Series about finding unexpected love and a woman’s fight for survival.
Passion. ..Obsession. ..Love…Loss.

When fire consumes the Carlisle’s home and an obsessed serial killer continues to hunt Nicole and her family, Dylan and Bradley realize the only way to keep them alive is to help them become… invisible.

Review of Becoming Invisible
“Becoming Invisible is the third book of the series and it has you hitting the ground running. Another fantastic, descriptive, heart-pounding read from Tiffany Carmouche. The story continues at a perfect pace and will have your temperature rising with lust, your heart pounding with anticipation and have your body tingling with chills, a real rollercoaster read. The intrigue, romance and suspense is perfectly written from each of the characters perspectives so it gives you that little extra insight into their thoughts and emotions, pulling you further into the story. I’m totally hooked and begging for the next installment already!”~Nicki Wilson

Another Review of Becoming Invisible:

"The story continues with heart stopping love, mystery, and action. Tiffany can weave a tale of love suspense and mystery like no other. You will smile one minute and then gasp the next and when you think you know the answers HA! New questions will come into your mind! Leaving you wanting more! I love the strong characters of this book, they love and the fight for what they want and keep surviving.
Saying I loved this book is not really the right word , it is bigger than that word!
I recommend this to everyone because it will not disappoint. "~ Nikki Alper Targum Arc

Another Review of Becoming Invisible:

“I love what Tiffany has created here. This emotional suspenseful romance that captivates you and gets you sucked in and begging for more. This is truly a MUST READ!!!!”~Karen Karwen

Another Review of Becoming Invisible:
"OMG! Now I'm HOOKED on this series! I'm a fan of the TV show Criminal Minds and claim to be a "profiler" that can detect serial killers. Well, I've decided that Tiffany Carmouche could get a job writing for them because this series is better than that. And did I mention that there is a sexy rock star and a hot bartender? This story keeps getting better and better and better. I'm sitting on the edge of my seat biting my nails and peeking through a crack between my fingers that are covering my eyes. But I can't stop reading! You won't be able to either. Each book in the Alaska series allows you to get closer and fall more in love or hate with the characters. You will join me in hating the villains, rooting for the lovers, screaming at your kindle, and needing to call 911 when you begin to have heart palpitations. These books are full of love, humor, action and suspense. There is something for everyone. Get to 1-clicking, you won't be disappointed! " ~Rose Puls

What are people saying about The Alaskan Heart Saga?

“…Suspense, love and sleepless nights.” Samantha Truedale, USA

“…A riveting story that tugged at my heart…” Kristina Snyder “It simply blew me away.”

“Intrigue, Deception, Romance and the beauty of the rugged Alaskan landscape…are the settings for Tiffany Carmouche’s masterpiece of writing.” ~ Theresa Stuart, California

“…A crazy thrill ride and I never want to get off.” Justine Vandale, Canada “…It's fast- paced and heart pounding. It was such a rush!”

“…Outstanding romance, intrigue, suspense & action.” Nicki Wilson, UK

Goodreads! Help spread the word the trilogy has becomg a Saga!

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18043473-becoming-invisible?ac=1 Goodreads

Getting to know author Tiffany Carmouche ~

Which six words would you use to describe yourself?

Sassy, persistent, dreamer, romantic, spontaneous, too trusting (okay that is seven opps)

1. Can you tell us a little about yourself?

Me? I’m a single mother... a survivor... a dreamer... a hopeless romantic... and an adventurer...

Best Selling Author Tiffany Carmouche has been given the title, The Queen of The Cliffhanger and Best Unknown Author You Need to Discover. When Tiffany Carmouché is not writing suspenseful romance novels, you can find her sculpting, traveling, teaching, singing, dancing, escaping in music or enjoying her family.

From skydiving in Alaska to scuba diving in Hawaii, Carmouché has traveled the world seeking adventure and it is apparent in the books she writes. Her adventures include riding camels in Africa, swimming under the stars in Puerto Rico, dancing salsa in Ecuador, and walking the cobblestone roads of Assisi, Italy. She has also found fulfillment working with the disabled and orphans in Argentina and Mexico. Her most cherished moments, however, have been watching her two beautiful daughters grow and strive to accomplish their own dreams.Despite all of these amazing experiences, she has survived many struggles. There was a time she felt defeated, but now she is recommitted to savoring experiences both in the novels she writes and in the life she lives each day. Her secret hope is that anyone who is struggling will realize there is a light at the end of the tunnel and no matter how hard the fight, no matter how many times they have been knocked down, it is always worth staggering up to their feet and learning to breathe again. Please visit my author page at https://www.facebook.com/TiffanyCarmoucheAuthor

Have you read the first two books in the series?

The Impostor, A Love Story http://tinyurl.com/l3ttupn Amazon Link
Obsession and Sacrifice http://tinyurl.com/l2gce7o Amazon Link

The Impostor, A Love Story First book in series http://tinyurl.com/dyvxlfk B&N
Obsession and Sacrifice http://tinyurl.com/aj9mx92 Barnes and Noble

Where to stalk the author…in a good way.

http://www.facebook.com/TiffanyCarmoucheAuthor?ref=hl Facebook Author Page
http://tinyurl.com/cf2vvbt Paperback The Impostor, A Love Story
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOaIExYG5YQ Fan made trailer The Impostor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28GnnFPMh3c Fan made trailer Obsession and Sacrifice
http://www.facebook.com/TheImpostorFanClub?ref=hl Fan Club Impostor
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15747559-the-impostor-a-love-story Goodreads
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16228823-obsession-and-sacrifice Goodreads
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18043473-becoming-invisible?ac=1 Goodreads
http://www.tiffanycarmouche.com/#!buy-now/c1j7z Where to buy the books info link
http://www.amazon.com/Tiffany-Carmouche/e/B009KVTI62/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1372522480&sr=8-1 Amazon author page
http://www.facebook.com/TiffanyCarmoucheAuthor?ref=hl Facebook Author Page
http://www.tiffanycarmouche.com/ Website
https://twitter.com/tiffcarmouche Twitter
http://www.facebook.com/TheImpostorFanClub?ref=hl Fan Club
 Facebook Obsession fan page
http://tinyurl.com/cabmnc9 The Impostor Amazon ebook
http://tinyurl.com/dyooebc The Impostor Barnes & Noble ebook
http://tinyurl.com/cf2vvbt The Impostor Paperback
http://tinyurl.com/bftutva Obsession And Sacrifice Amazon
http://tinyurl.com/aj9mx92 Obsession And Sacrifice B & N ebook
http://tinyurl.com/c5zowws UK The Impostor ebook
http://tinyurl.com/c6jxrbc UK Obsession and Sacrifice

Friday, August 16, 2013

ShameLess by Author Mel Ballew

"If all you can do is crawl, start crawling. Soon, you’ll be able to stand."

S’renaty James lives a privileged life most her age only dream of living. She is beautiful and popular with her entire life ahead of her. Life could not get any better.

Until her entire life shifts, crashing around her...

Bound by devastation, persecuted by the ones she used to call ‘friends’, haunted by disturbing nightmares, and filled with self-blame, she vows to overcome.

Stefan is everything S’renaty swears to avoid. He is carefree and charismatic. He is primitive, complicated and a total badass. He makes her melt like fine chocolate under a hot summer’s sun the first time their eyes meet. There is something about him, and she makes it her mission to find out.

When he meets S’renaty James, he is not prepared for what comes over him because for the first time ever, a girl leaves him breathless. Now, his primary responsibility is to keep her safe.
He will do anything to protect her. Even lie...

Stefan is the one person she has trusted with her heart. After keeping an unforgivable secret, he could be the one to shatter it to pieces. In fact, he may even destroy her beyond repair. Will she overcome and forgive, letting go of the pain, guilt and shame? Or this time, will she be stronger than the hardest lesson of her life — and, become totally ShameLess?

Excerpt #1

With my head propped against my mother’s warmth, and my body wrapped in her love, I open my eyes and see the reflection of my half of the ‘best friends forever’ necklace shimmering in the beams of sunlight coming through my bedroom drapes. It is hanging where it always has, over the photo of Elle and me at my eleventh birthday party at the beach. The picture was taken the day she got it for me. Both of us are wearing our party hats as colored balloons with their matching curled and spiraled strings hang around us, providing the perfect backdrop. I can’t take my eyes off them.
My mother missed this one photo. She missed the necklace, too. It may only be half of one heart illuminated by the sunlight, but in this particular moment, it illustrates the clarity and depth of my pain. Ironically, it is exactly how my heart is now without her. It is only half of what it used to be. It is only half of what it should be still. My heart will never be whole again. Best friends forever, Elle. I love you. Always have; always will. My mind projects the words to her without saying it aloud.

Overwhelmed with agony, I clench my eyes shut and hold onto my mother. I cannot bring her back. I cannot go back in time and change the outcome. The present moment is all I have now.

My heart bleeds as my eyes overflow with the pain pouring out from the depths of my soul. I will never be the same. I am the reason Elle sped off that night. This is entirely my fault. It should have been one of the happiest moments of our lives together and of our senior year. It turned out to be the worst. I killed my best friend.

Excerpt #2

Not far in the distance, I see him. His back is to me, but he looks somewhat familiar. His head rests in his palms, and he is on bended knee. What do I do now? I can’t just walk over there and intrude. I don’t want to interrupt his moment with his loved one. Oh my god, he is standing. Do not turn around. Do. Not. Turn. Around.

Quickly, I hide myself behind the thick trunk of a nearby oak. Holy shitballs! Just great! Luckily, I think I ducked out of sight in time, so he wasn’t able to see me prying or spying on him. Whew! Thank the sweet Lord and all of his Angels above. Angels…

Immediately I am taken back to the verse engraved on my friend’s headstone. Thanks for having my back again, Elle.

Seconds pass. I glimpse around the oak to sneak a peek while my heart slows down. I see him. He is sitting now. His head is hanging, and he is running a hand through his dark wavy strands. He appears agitated. Maybe he did see me? Nah, I honestly don’t think he did.

Fuck! It’s him!

Now, I can’t take my eyes off of him. He looks like a Greek god, especially how, on bended knee he looks like a statue, and the sunlight shadows his face. I’m more intrigued. I can only see his back, but his broad shoulders expand against his cotton T-shirt. It is snug as the sleeves hug his bicep muscles. Damn! He was so incredibly arrogant at the Dr.’s office. Now, he seems fragile, nearly lost. I just want to head over there and hug him tight, letting him know he will be all right. Then again, who am I kidding? I am just now making my first visit to see my best friend after two full years. Maybe his loss has been hard on him, too. This makes me feel even sadder for him. Strangely and ironically, I feel closer to him, despite how he acted earlier. At that time, I wouldn’t have cared if I had ever seen him again. Now, my heart is breaking for him.

Okay. I am actually starting to freak myself out. I am standing in a cemetery, scrutinizing some hot guy, probing into his business, and acting as if I give a crap after how he treated me earlier. The fact is that I do give a crap. Why? I have absolutely no freaking clue. I shouldn’t care one iota. Yet, here I stand, peeping out behind the protection of an aged oak, watching and stalking him. Yes! I am officially a creeper.

“Oh Elle, wouldn’t you just razz my shit over this?” If only you were listening. If only you could.

I steal one last gander at my newfound ‘mystery man’, taking in the hot Greek god in his entirety, then take off in the direction of my car.

Excerpt #3

On the heels of the truth surfacing in my head, my body reacts. Rapidly, I do a half-turn, lunging down and digging my right foot into the sand, and spin. I push off, hard with my foot, and take off darting back down the sand heading in the direction we just came from. I don’t wait for a response or a reaction from Stefan. I just run fast and hard. I allow my body to dictate its speed. I sprint, running parallel with the raging tides inspiring my motivation. It’s absolutely fucking freeing. Emotional tension blends with the sexual tension surging, pushing me, and giving me additional grit to push on.

“Who needs a rest now?” I cry out into the air now blowing at my back. Dazed, Stefan didn’t see that one coming, and I chuckle as I continue racing down the beach.
In no time, he catches up to me as we near the house. He grabs my hand, halting me, pulling me to his side. Both of us are covered in sweat, and sex oozes off him. I just want to scream. Instead, I lean forward, placing my hands on each of my knees, gasping through huffing breaths. Damn that felt great!

Before I know what is happening, he whisks my entire body up slinging me over his shoulder, and takes off running. We both plunge straight into the ocean. The frigid water bitch slaps me; no cold shower needed. Together, we come up for air. Freezing water runs down our faces.

“What the hell, Stefan?” I stutter out through chattering teeth as shivers possess me. Between the cool breeze off the ocean, and the frigid water, I can’t get warm.
He pulls me to him, wrapping me in his arms, “I told you, you would be in my arms, Star. And, cheaters always get due punishment. I don’t play.” His words, playful, and firm, offer heated softness. I allow myself to welcome the warmth. How is there any possible way to respond to that? I can’t.

Time halts.

In the next instant, Stefan takes both of his hands to each side of my face, saying, “You will always be in my arms,” then leans in closer introducing his lips to mine in a more passionate kiss than any I have had with him or by anyone else.
In this moment, it feels like the first one. I’m dying inside. This icy water holds no refuge to the fervor his body offers mine. He attempts to pull away, but I bring him to me this time, and take all of him, seizing his lips with my own. I bite his bottom lip, sucking it in, nibbling a little harder, and letting him know I want all of him, not just his lips. I want all of him!

Time has a way of transcending. It surpasses more than the grandest of any of our unanswered prayers. It offers us gifts every single day. Pap is right. Each day is truly a gift. Our past is a gift for our present to open. I’m in the present with the most amazing guy. Right now, nothing else matters except for opening my gift, and accepting my present. God knows exactly what we need exactly when we need it. I thank God for giving me the strength to be here, in this moment.

Tomorrow may still be a mystery, but today is unraveling, slowly. It’s like opening a gift, and one I have every intention of treating with care…unwrapping it gently to savor its blessing. Here is to the present; to us!

Author Bio:

Mel Ballew resides in rural Pennsylvania with her husband and daughter, along with their two adorable cats.
An avid reader, she has always had an equal passion for writing and has written her entire life, to date. Her mother initially birthed, inspired, and encouraged these loves. The two often discussed writing together but unfortunately, that dream never came to fruition.
Years later, this happened, that happened—life happened.
She stepped away from writing to place more focus on being wife and a full-time mom. Today, she would not have changed a thing. The day her daughter was born became the first day she realized a significant rhythm to her heart was also born. Her daughter, now preparing to go off to college, has grown into a beautiful and responsible young adult.
A twisted turn of events in September 2009 left Mel unable to work outside of the home. Forced to consider other options, and while embracing a therapeutic approach of transcribing all of the challenges facing her, post-accident, she returned to journaling. Once again, the writer within her has been re-birthed—awakened from slumber.
Mel is a hopeless romantic. Blessed, she has her very own soul mate, which she calls husband, best friend, and lover.
She is a simple country gal, with a profound love of true simplicity. She is just as hopeless in her love of nature and regards many of her writing aspirations to appreciating its beauty, although every single story is birthed from her dreams. Sometimes, in life, simply enjoying a chilled glass of sangria on a warm summer’s eve or indulging in her love of chocolate and peanut butter is an expression of enjoying such simplicity. For her, these moments are truly d’vine.

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Saturday, August 3, 2013

Blood Witch (Opposite Side Book #1) by Author Ellie Potts

  Welcome to the Opposite Side where monsters really do roam the night, but The Supervisors make sure that the monsters don’t get noticed by the normal humans. Meet Leslie, a Supervisor and a blood witch, one of four in California. Blood witches are said to have powers that rival gods, that’s why they were almost hunted to extinction. Leslie came into her power late, and fell in with the wrong crowd before she became a Supervisor. Nathan is king of the local werebear clan, and he has plans for the future of his pack, the other local shapeshifters, but also has his eyes set on Leslie. She is not your ordinary Blood Witch, and together they can stir up power that the world has never seen. But nothing is as it seems in the Opposite Side, and Leslie’s already different world is going to be shaken as a new case starts a chain of events that can lead to a feud war.

The cub screamed, and Leslie could see that his body had enough and decided on changing. “This is going to get dirty.”

“Don’t panic,” he said, shooting her a quick look, trying not to keep his attention off the cub too long.

“Too late,” she said, trying to calm her heart. All she needed to do was make herself a big enough target.

He came to her, and held her face in his big hands. The electricity flared. Her magic started to break through, which happened when her emotions were high. “Breathe,” he whispered to her.

“I know what happens to the newly changed. They’re hungry.”

He nodded, and leaned his forehead to hers. “I can’t stop it. This is going to be ugly, just close your eyes okay.”

She did, but she could hear everything, all his bones breaking and reknitting themselves together. The sound was in-between a dog drinking water, and a messy eater eating something very gross. His screams turned to roars. Finally, after all the bones we reknitted, the cub gave a roar that shook the small room they were trapped in. Nathan turned, keeping his back pressed to her, blocking her view. She did what she believed was the stupidest move ever, but couldn’t help herself; she wrapped her arms around him. The flare of the electricity that entered her body, made her weak, and she leaned her head against the back of his neck.

The more skin that she pressed against him, the more of the electrical feeling zapped through her. But then something else happened. Her magic opened, but it didn’t go wild. Instead, it touched Nathan’s beast. His power flowed from him, mingling with hers. For a second, they were nothing but magic. And then as one they looked at the cub, angry and hungry as it slowly advanced on them fully in bear form. As one, they willed it to sleep. And it did just that. It lay down in the water and went to sleep, the bear body slowly turning back to human.

Nathan turned in her arms, and moved his face in close to hers. She thought he would lick her cut again, but instead he pressed his lips against hers, kissing her hard. Her arms moved up to circle around his broad neck, as she kissed him back with feverish want. He pressed his body against her, hard, ready. She could sense his need, his want, and it matched hers in every way. Her hands had tangled themselves in his long, blondish brown hair when he finally broke the kiss.

“What the hell was that?” he finally said and went to the boy. He picked him up from out of the water and laid him on an old wood counter.

“A kiss,” she murmured, wanting him to kiss her more, touch her. She sighed.

“I know what that was, I mean that,” he said, motioning to the boy.

“Magic,” she said, looking down into the water. “But different.” She thought of the life of the magic. There seemed no death in it. No scary, as she was used to thinking of it.

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Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Blood-Witch-ebook/dp/B00DT9ZWF2/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1374180336&sr=8-3&keywords=blood+witch

About the Author:

  Somebody told Ellie Potts you had to be rich to be eccentric otherwise you were plain crazy. She set out to prove them wrong doing things she was told she couldn't do like dressing for pirate and renaissance faires, get her stories published, playing video games, planning to survive a zombie apocalypse, and other antics most women stay away from.

She is also a Whovian, Browncoat, Star Wars addict, and collector of arcane knowledge. Now she lives in California's Central Valley where most of her stories and books take place. Her and her husband are owned by their attack Bugg, and her two red eared slider turtle minions who live in the backyard.

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Saturday, 15 July 2017

Two for One

Hi Everybody,

My first card to share with you did originally end up in the bin !

I used the stemmed flower from Penny Black set 'Petal Party' to stamp in Versamark onto Kraft then heated with white embossing powder. Started to colour with my Illustrator pens and that was where it started to go wrong lol,  I was colouring the petals and went over the embossing and it immediately stained so I had no option to then carry on colouring over the white embossed outline. When I finished I kept looking at it and thought no start again and binned it.

I then went to make a coffee and when I came back to my craft room about half hour later I saw it sitting on top of the bin and thought you know what that looks quite cool ! So I fished it back out and put it with this hot pink gingham paper scrap I had sitting on the desk. I covered the flower head with Wink of Stella and its really sparkly in RL. The sentiment is Clearly Besotted.

My next card is a christening card that someone requested, I used the LOTV image 'Baby Christening'

I used an Anna Marie 7x7 card blank and Pink Petticoat papers, I coloured the image with Promarkers and added a computer generated sentiment. Ribbon and pearls from my stash.

That's all for now,

Hugs, Kaz xxx

Wendy said...

Both cards are very beautiful, love that sweet LOTV image.
Wendy xx

cotnob said...

Two beautiful cards Kaz, I love your red flower - the gingham papers are perfect. I think it is always a good idea to walk away for a while when you are not very happy with something, it often looks better when you come back or you have other ideas about what to do with it.
Your baby card is is so pretty, an adorable image and lovely blue bow.
Pauline - Crafting with Cotnob

Michelle said...

Two very beautiful cards Karen. I adore the classic LOTV stamp on the christening card - Michelle x

Barb said...

Two beautiful cards Karen. The baby image is adorable. I think you were right to retrieve it. It's turned into a lovely card and the pink gingham really gives it a super zingy summery look. I often think with these things the person recieving your card will never even know it wasn't how you first intended it to be. Barbxx

Cara said...

I think your first card was a great happy accident! Two stunning cards x

Shaz in Oz.CalligraphyCards said...

Two brilliant cards Karen, and yes great bin rescue it's a good effect!!! Love it when that happens.
Hugs Shaz. Xx


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Friday, October 21, 2016

Just Add Ink #334...Inspiration!

Happy Friday to you!....We have a brand new challenge happening over at Just Add Ink and this week  Di has provided some great inspiration for us to work with.

Originally l had planned my focus on the big '&" but after some procrastination l went with the numbers on the t-shirt and the banner...Pretty self explanatory really..:0)
The colours l used are Real Red & Tempting Turquoise teamed with the numbers from the "Number of Years" bundle.

The rest of the design team have created some fun and fabulous projects, so don't forget to stop by the challenge blog and check them out.

Have a lovely weekend everyone!

Thanks for stopping by!
All supplies used are Stampin Up!

  1. Great clean, and graphic, card Nikki. I love how you interpreted the banner element; very creative!

  2. This is brilliant Nikki! I love your balance of colour and the crisp, large and bold banner for your 5 i- such a perfect accent. xx

  3. What a fun jumble of numbers Nikki! The big red banner is a great way to highlight one special one. xxx

  4. This works so well as a masculine card, Nikki. Love the recessed banner! The numbers look great jumbled too. xx

  5. Fantastic use of numbers Nikki~love the way you highlighted the 5!


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Thursday, June 2, 2011

PARANORMALCY by Kiersten White

Before I bought the book, I'd read several great reviews about it and spent a good amount of time eyeballing the beautiful cover.  What?  Can you blame me?  Just look at it, you know I'm right J The title was great--GREAT.  Knowing how big paranormal is, I can't believe someone hadn't thought of it before (hats off to you Miss White).  Being a YA paranormal with a fun/original plot, Paranormalcy seemed to be right up my alley.

Here's a quick rundown: Sixteen-year-old Evie has worked for the International Paranormal Containment Agency all her life.  Her ex is a fairy (literally), her best and only friend lives in a fish tank (again, literally), her job involves clapping tracking devices on vamps, weres and other paranormaly beings, but Evie still insists that she's normal--or at least not 'paranormal'--despite her rare talent for seeing through paranormals' glamours.  Then someone (a boy, naturally...or in this case supernaturally since he can shape-shift) breaks into the Agency, paranomals start dying left and right, there's talk of a prophecy, and Evie finds out that she's not as normal as she'd once thought.

Annnnd after all those run-on sentences I'm pretty tired. *takes a moment to regroup*

Phew...okay, now I'm good.  So, the book started out great.  Fast pacing, a light tone and relatable heroine who for once wasn't depressed, suicidal, or obsessed with sparkly vamps sporting the funky I-love-you-but-I-want-to-kill-you stare 0___o (Yes, I'm looking at you Swan).  I honestly thought it was really good.  The action kept the story moving, and the plot was interesting.  Lend and Evie's relationship in contrast to hers and Reth's (the possessive fairy ex) was actually kind of refreshing.  Their budding romance was innocent and moved at a far more believable pace than most of the YA I've read.  And Lend, though not the tortured/bad boy love interest I typically go for, was sweet and courageous.  I can appreciate a bit of nice guy charm J

I did have a slight problem with Evie, though.  As the novel went on, more and more bad things happened, and she just didn't feel the impact as much as I thought she should have (don't worry, no spoilers).  I'll just say that although I didn't want her to turn weepy and weak for keeps, there are times when 'weepy and weak' is exactly what a character should feel.  She'd think about this tragic event one moment and then be laughing/shopping the next.  Her emotions just didn't run as deep as they should have, or at least that's how it felt to me.

Overall, I really liked it.  Not loved but liked.  Lend was a good guy, and I'm glad to see one of them finishing first for once (As you can tell, I'm totally Team Jacob J  But I didn't think Bella deserved him anyway...but I DEFINITELY didn't think Nessy did either.  Just...ewww.  WTH was Meyer thinking???  Twilight rant over!).  Another thing I enjoyed was the fairy slant.  I do love me some fairy stories!  But if I were to recommend any, I'd go for Tithe by Holly Black or the Wicked Lovely series by Melissa Marr.  Darker than Paranormalcy but ultimately more satisfying I think.

Good book, but I'm not sure about buying the sequel.  Any thoughts?

Ninja Girl

  1. I liked this one! I thought it was a fresh take on the Paranormal YA genre - not cliche or anything. But I agree, it wasn't really a favorite.

  2. I'm going to have so many books to read after you're done with me.

  3. ooh i agree 100% with you. There was one spot in particular in the book where something horrible happened, and EVie was sad right away, but then wasn't. I really thought any normal person would have been pretty consumed by grief for quite a while...

  4. I have it in my hands every time I'm in a bookstore but I always end up putting it down... There's something that stops me from reading it... I don't know what it is but it's there... Anyway, I don't blame you at all, a good, beautiful cover deserves to be watch over and over! ;)

  5. @Jillian Totally agree w/you

    @Metro Girl Yes, yes you will ;)

    @Falen I think I know exactly what part you're talking about, and I felt the same. She just recovered way too fast, too soon

    @Silvia OMG, I went through that same thing! Looking at it, picking it up, putting it down annnnd repeat...Glad to know I wasn't the only one. And yes, beauteous covers def deserve their share of ogling 0_0

  6. I''m kind of like @Silvia, I keep picking it up, then putting it down, not sure if I want to read it or not. Your review gives me a thought to go ahead and give it a try. I love that you're talking about Twilight as well, and that you can complain without dissing the whole series like others do.

  7. Hey Ninja Girl,

    This book has been on my radar for a while. Thanks for the honest review. I am def going to give it a try. Hey. the main character has my name - It is my duty to read

    Awesome review, as always!

  8. @Lisa Madina Wow, is that your real name, b/c it totally rocks!!! And thanks for your comment

    @Paromantasy Yeah, you totally have a duty to read lol!

  9. I agree - beautiful cover. Makes a ton of difference! Sounds intriguing, might have to check it out. As a hardcore Twilight reader I enjoyed the side commentary...Team Jacob?! Ninja Girl - really?! u would b strong enough to resist the sparkling vamps!? LOL

  10. Gorgeous cover!

    I hadn't really known what this one was about, and now I can't wait to read it! Your summary of it makes it sound like such a unique, yet action-packed story. I'm definitely going to try this one out! Great review!

  11. Guess who read Paranormalcy and loved it!? ;P


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Friday, December 28, 2012

Hi all!  This was my first Christmas spent away from home.  Me and the fam all went to Ninja Aunt C's this year--and it snowed!  Of course, it didn't stick but STILL!  Snow on Christmas *___*  It was great you guys.  I got entirely too much again, and I gave some things I really loved.

These are all the books I gave this year!!  Some of my absolute favorites!
And b/c my family knows me far too well, I got a ton of great books!  I've already devoured one: Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo (it was mind-blowing!).
Ninja Aunt P got me these INCREDIBLE shoes!!  Did you ntice the "NINJA GIRL" personalization?!? Crazy cool!
Ninja Aunt C made me smile immediately with this Monsters Inc. ornament.  Ahhhhh Boo!
Annnnnnnd awesome Asian dramas--which I'm currently watching ;)
Like I said, way, way too much, but I'm so grateful for everything.  So, how was your Christmas?  Did you do anything interesting?  Receive or give any great gifts?  I'd love to hear about your holiday!
Have a great one,
Ninja Girl

  1. personalized sneakers, Kdramas and loads of books. you had an awesome Christmas

    1. True that :) Hope you had a great one as well!


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Almost from the moment Canadian-US mining company Tahoe Resources acquired the Escobal silver project from Goldcorp over five years ago, the company and the Guatemalan government have used repression, criminalization, and, ultimately, militarization to try to silence peaceful resistance to mining activities in the area. Instead of treating local residents as people peacefully defending their lands from the negative impacts of mining on their health, water and agriculture, Tahoe Resources’ militarized security strategy seemed designed to face an insurgency.

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Restaurant Design – the Conspriracy

The Basic Facts of Restaurant Design

Your designer is going to be the pivotal individual who will help you evaluate the choices you’ve got available. The interior design is currently a mixture of traditional and contemporary elements. With such a wide variety of bar stools and tables to pick from it’s frequently tough to understand what style to pick from. At times, you cannot locate the most suitable style that is appropriate for your taste and requirements.

The Honest to Goodness Truth on Restaurant Design

In case it happens to be a little bedroom, it might be better yet! All rooms include complimentary breakfast. You may always upgrade your room to satisfy your requirements and island experience. At the close of the cave is a little room. There are lots of boisterous dining rooms in addition to an outdoor patio.

You don’t require a restaurant. There are many restaurants serving delectable dishes from all over the world. On the opposite hand, with a spectacular villa available, you might elect for in-villa dining. It isn’t going to only supply you with superb dining but will provide you with a distinctive time to bond with the entire family.

Many people think that a designing your kitchen does not need decorating. There are lots of techniques to design a little kitchen. So an outdoor kitchen is a suitable location for it. Every kitchen requires a clock. Based on the design, kitchen islands can be quite functional, with the quantity of features and a means to dress up your kitchen.


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Trading algorithm

The examples used in this article assume that HFTs can observe every update in the best bid and ask prices, including the best bid and ask sizes.Optimization of trading algorithm: Introduction Hey there, Protraders.Example 3: One-pass Algorithm for Exponentially Weighted Linear Regression The last example is an online one-pass algorithm for the exponentially weighted linear regression model.Each of these problems can be solved efficiently using an online one-pass algorithm.View 1485 Trading Algorithm posts, presentations, experts, and more.

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Despite the headlines to the contrary algorithms need constant human supervision.Addison Wesley. 3. Brown, R. G. 1956. Exponential Smoothing for Predicting Demand. Arthur D. Little Inc., p. 15 4. Clark, C. 2011. Improving speed and transparency of market data.

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After the update, the data point is discarded and only the updated factors are kept in memory.As already shown, such regression methods are very useful in HFT strategies to estimate the relation of different assets, which can be, for example, exploited in creating pair trading strategies.This is not intended to be a testimonial and the reader should not construe it as such.In addition, these factors should reflect the current state of the market and must be updated in real time when new data points are observed.Ultimate4trading is a groundbreaking binary options trading algorithm that can help you increase the accuracy of your trades.We connect it to capital from institutional investors. You profit.Algorithm-based stock trading is shrouded in mystery at financial firms.The Importance of Out-of-Sample Tests and Lags in Forecasts and Trading Algorithms.

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This subset of information contained in the limit order book is often referred to as the Level-I order book information.Like the built in indicators these can be used directly in your trading algorithms and can be plotted.

This transition from physical exchanges to electronic platforms has been particularly profitable for HFT firms, which invested heavily in the infrastructure of this new environment.The robot software determines where to place trades by the use of complicated trading algorithms.TradingSolutions is a comprehensive technical analysis software package that helps you make better trading decisions by combining traditional technical analysis with.In finance, it is often used to detect trends in price, in particular by comparing two simple moving averages: one over a long window and one over a short window.Only 20 years ago, most of the trading volume occurred in exchanges such as the New York Stock Exchange, where humans dressed in brightly colored outfits would gesticulate and scream their trading intentions.Here, we initialized the estimator of the variance with 1, which is a rather arbitrary choice.OptionsCity provides a completed automated trading solution for algorithmic traders by offering algorithms and customization on the City Store and Freeway.

See their equity curves, performance, Sharpe Ratio, exposure and many more KPIs.Illustrated by constructing a factor that predicts the expected PNL (profit and loss) of a long-short position in two related assets.Loveless was a special contractor for the US Department of Defense with a focus on heuristic analysis on things which cannot be discussed.Online one-pass algorithms can help solve each of these problems.Optimization of the trading algorithm: Walk forward optimization Hey there, Protraders.The EVO2 Genetic Algorithm is designed for advanced quantitative trading system optimization and genetic programming.


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No Such Nonsense

A little of this, that and... what was I talking about again? It's TV, sports, pop culture and politics - all the stuff that really matters in life.

Monday, June 23, 2008

It was no secret on the Toronto set of The Love Guru that Mike Myers was basically a complete and total tool. Sad news for those of us who bought into his lovable hoser personality. And, interestingly enough, it seems karma may finally have gotten to the erstwhile Austin Powers. The Love Guru made less than $15 million at the box office last weekend and finished fourth, behind Steve Carell, a more-animated-than-normal Jack Black and a cranky Ed Norton. That's not good for a guy who was once the biggest name in comedy. The brutally unfunny promotion on American Idol didn't help his cause and neither, it seems, did the movie itself. Here's the opening paragraph of Dana Stevens' review on Slate:

"There are good movies. There are bad movies. There are movies so bad they're good (though, strangely, not the reverse). And once in a while there is a movie so bad that it takes you to a place beyond good and evil and abandons you there, shivering and alone.

  • At 10:07 a.m., Blogger the2scoops said…

    There was a good article in Entertainment Weekly (you probably saw it) about how one of Myer's failures is to change with the times. He plays these broad characters that are a throwback to the 90s, while tastes have changed and audiences seem to prefer more "realistic" characters like in the Apatow comedies or Juno. And Apatow isn't immune to the failure of character-based comedy - "Walk Hard" wasn't exactly relatable. And even Will Farrell's characters are losing their appeal, indicated by the box-office of "Semi Pro".

    When I think of character based comedy, all I can think of is Dana Carvey in "Master of Disguise" or Eddie Murphy in "Norbit" (cost him an Oscar I tells ya').

    And frankly, Myers just wore thin with dick jokes and plugging the movie everywhere he could.

  • At 10:39 a.m., Anonymous Anonymous said…

    I saw that review as well and thought if I had a blog I would be posting that line. I actually cringed when I read it. Amy

  • At 4:04 p.m., Blogger Jen said…

    I dunno about humour evolving past him. I read the article that said Judd Apatow's humour was more character-based and less skit-like, which I'm ot sure I buy. A lot of the humour in Austen Powers came from a pretty fully realized character. At least a real as Seth Rogen's pals in Knocked Up. And I wouldn't say Superbad was woefully short on dick jokes either.

  • At 5:00 p.m., Blogger the2scoops said…

    Ah, but Superbad had funny dick jokes. And illustrations.

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Change Your Existing Garage Into Something Practical

The key factor that a house will have a garage is normally to keep your parking area and protect at night however there has actually been a growing pattern over current years to utilize garage space for other reasons. In earlier times, it was very typical for individuals to use their garage as a storage location. Often it is a great idea provided that you keep the location tidy and deal with anything you no longer requirement. However, nowadays there are even more enthusiastic tasks that people take on and in this short article we will take a look at some the ways you could transform your garage.

There's been a substantial shift in working habits with all the brand-new technology now available and this has actually caused more individuals working from house. There are likewise numerous individuals who have their own company from home and require a location to do their work. You probably would like separate space for you to do your work so if you are short on area in your house then you could think about using your garage as office space. This will offer working location away from your main living space so that you can focus when you need to and enable you to return to your family life as soon as you close the door to your office for the day.

A variety of individuals need to have workshop to able to assembled things as a pastime or as part of their business. The tools and add-ons required for this can be comprehensive therefore the garage can be created to house wall mounted cabinets and shelves. The requirement for workbenches and the utilization of power tools all need to be thought about. As quickly as all things have been established, you'll be able to have a good workshop for your Do It Yourself jobs.

If you prefer to keep fit you may find that joining a health club is not convenient for you or you may wish to supplement any fitness training you do in your home. There countless fitness makers you can purchase and a few of these will use up space in the house. If you news are restricted in area in your home, you may be able to setup the exercise devices in your garage. It is suggested that you use dedicated exercise location so that you can remain focused so having it in the garage is a great idea.

These are just one or two ideas to change your garage. Any modifications on your house or garage are going to require that you get the correct structure permits and hire certified contractors. This isn't simply for any developing work however for any electrical or house heating requirements you may have. As quickly as the preparation is done, you will be able to turn your garage into something more than simply a location to park your vehicle and store your things.

The smart Trick of Garage Roller Doors That No One is Discussing

Blend the typical swing-open up visual appearance of carriage house Wooden doors Using the ease of normal sectional garage doors.

The spouse will almost certainly make me alter that I am positive. OR I might put in after which eliminate openings for your Home windows. Carving

I'm attaching an image of my garage door... will this operate? Every person else appears to have what seems to get slots on Each individual portion of the door that these would slip in far too.

The Carriage Household Collection brings together The attractive glance of the carriage house door with the sturdiness of a metal garage door.

This solution is not difficult to put in. Appears superior after installation. On account of high temps in Texas (102) levels It isn't keeping the garage as great as I anticipated. If the temp drops it ought to be in the position to do the job it was designed to do.

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Postby jimbobo2779 » Wed Oct 30, 2013 12:07 pm

Recently on a forum it was requested that I show some example links that were generated by No Hands SEO. Usually this sort of request wouldn't be granted so quickly and publically but I recently had a sales thread closed on a forum that I had been selling on for a number of years and I had a test profile that I had been using to promote this thread. As the forum post is no longer online the links no longer have any SEO benefit to me so I decided to post the results of that profile in here.

The links quality break down as output by No Hands SEO can be seen below:
10/30/2013 4:26 AM | Found 3565 new confirmed links
10/30/2013 4:26 AM | Domain PageRank Breakdown:
PR0: 2213
PR1: 486
PR2: 393
PR3: 265
PR4: 143
PR5: 49
PR6: 14
PR7: 2
PR8: 0
PR9: 0
PR10: 0
10/30/2013 4:26 AM | Outbound Link Breakdown:
0 - 10: 52
11 - 25: 64
26 - 50: 35
51 - 100: 60
101 - 250: 149
250+: 3205
10/30/2013 4:26 AM | Dofollow Rate: 544\3565

This shows that links were posted on domains up to PR7 and that 38% of links were posted to domains with at least PR1 or higher. It also shows that without using the mainly dofollow guestbook platforms (guestbooks have a predominantly dofollow backlink type as opposed to other platforms which are not) I was still able to generate about 15% dofollow links.

I output a selection of these links in a csv file so you guys can see the type of links that can be had from No Hands SEO. If I had set link quality to have a max OBL or min PR obviously all of the links would have been PR1+ and/or low OBL but this was mainly a test profile so no limits were used.

CSV of example links (Right-click => Save Target As => Open in Excel or similar spread sheet software)

I am very open to questions regarding these links so if you have any feel free to ask them here, it is very uncommon that people will post lists of links like these but I feel it is important to show the types of links that No Hands SEO is capable of producing.

It is very important to note that the outbound link figures and PR was correct when this file was posted (30 Oct 2013) but are liable to change once this file is posted. When links like these are posted publically they tend to get abused and the number of outbound links will increase rapidly and the PR may be dropped. Usually webmasters and SEOs will not post these type of links publically for this very reason, if you check the values in the CSV you will clearly see that the link examples show PR, dofollow and low OBL links, these figures were absolutely accurate when posted, if you are reading this weeks or months after it is posted these values will likely be wildly different.
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Re: Example links from No Hands SEO

Postby fibercarbon » Sun Mar 16, 2014 1:09 pm

is there really much added benefit from using a spinner api service? I have been debating off and on if I should or not.. :?: what is your favorite? Also why does nohandsseo not use email address verification?
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Re: Example links from No Hands SEO

Postby jimbobo2779 » Mon Mar 17, 2014 9:51 am

spinners only help for when generating the content for your profiles so if you are happy writing it out manually then you won't have a need for it or if you use the built in comments they aren't necessary. But if you are writing lots of content for your profiles then they become a necessity.

Email verification is coming in a future update. There are a lot of changes coming soon (RSS submissions are just the beginning).
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Postby Shenpen » Sat Aug 30, 2014 11:05 pm

A couple of days work. "Work" used here en a very lose sense as no hands were involved.... :lol:
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Thursday, November 22, 2012

Morgan's Destiny

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At eight-years old, Morgan suffers the loss of her parents and twin brother, in a tragic car accident. She is left in the care of her only remaining family member-her Aunt Addie.

Now eleven-years later, Morgan meets a mysterious man, who she is instantly attracted to, but she soon learns secrets about him, her family, and what her destiny really is.

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Monday, July 30, 2007

Wild Flowers North Fife

Along the way from Upper Flisk today there are on the verge of the road small clusters every 40 meters or so of Scabious flowers. For a month or so the flowers provide a rich supply of nectar to many insects. A small tortoiseshell butterfly illustrates.
A complete photoguide to all the wild flowers of Britain, in the same format as the bestselling "Complete British Wildlife". There are 1039 main entries, which include wildflowers, shrubs, aquatic plants, grasses, sedges and rushes. A botanical hotspots section includes 100 rarer species and focuses on which places to visit in Britain which are particularly rich in flower species. The introduction gives information about habitats and general background information to making identifications. Comparison pages show different leaf shapes, flower clusters etc, so that you can quickly and easily navigate to the right section of the book to make your identification. Maps are included for all species to show where they can be found.

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Friday, June 9, 2017

Community Grant funding totals from 2016 outlined as part of final Financial information release

The Prince Rupert Library and Tourism Prince Rupert made for the largest in funding recipients for 2016, the two making for just two from a list of 20 grant recipients to receive funding from the City as of December 31st of last year.

The information review comes as part of the annual Statement of Financial Information process, with the Report to Council to be delivered at Monday's Council session.

From that overview the final tally for Grants or contributions for 2016 saw the City distribute  $1,345.345.00 to local groups or organizations.

The Library accounted for $596,000 of that amount, a thirty thousand dollar increase from the numbers of 2015.

Tourism Prince Rupert gained $225,726 through the city's hotel tax making for an increase of 15,000 dollars from 2015, while the City also delivered $31,500 for the Visitors Info Centre at the Atlin Terminal, the same amount that was provided last year.

Arts and Culture accounted for the next largest group of Grant recipients with the Lester Centre of the Arts receiving $125,250 an increase of 15,000 dollars from 2015. While the Museum of Northern British Columbia was provided with 126,000 in funding, which was also a $15,000 increase from the year before.

The Prince Rupert Golf Society was the last of the organizations to top the 100,000 dollar funding level, with the Golf Society provided 90,000 dollars from the City which was a reduction of $3,000 from 2015, while the Capital fund for the Golf Society received just under 30,000 dollars at $29,954.

That amount made for a significant drop from the capital funding of $49,861 that had been delivered in 2015..

The remainder of the grant recipients were all under the 25,000 dollar level, the full list of the 2016 List of Grants and contributions can be reviewed below:

The City pared down the list of recipients in 2016, with only 20 grant listing noted in the SOFI report, that compares to the 24 listings that appeared in 2015.

2016 saw a slight increase of $11,630 overall in funding for community groups from the numbers provided in 2015.

The full SOFI documentation can be reviewed from the City Council Agenda package for the June 12th Regular Council session.

For more items related to Prince Rupert City Council see our archive page here.

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Sunday, January 26, 2014

Caribe - 1987

This blog post is not a review or a plot description, this is a record of how the movie made me feel.

I had not seen this movie before, nor even heard of it. I found it in a second hand shop and the price was low enough that if it totally goes South, I could just put it in the trash.

Helen, (Kara Glover), looks like an Arquette.  You have to give it violence points, not surprising, the main theme is arms smuggling.  However, it was less violent than I expected.

The screenplay says it is in Belize. I like some of the scenery.  It reminds me of a cross between Kauai and Cable Beach Australia. The waterfall and small boat scene was great.

I enjoyed the discussion between Helen and Jeff, (John Savage, British intelligence) up in the really cool ruined building on the top of the mountain which they call a pyramid.

And then reality is suspended :)  the wood dugout canoe chases the motorized barge up the river. Next, Helen, an accountant, rigs a set of explosives like an expert. But the wick is noticed and put out. Next, the barge full of explosives catches on fire. big time, and does not explode. And Jeff gets shot two different times in the jungle, once in the shoulder the other in the leg, and lives even though he has no antiseptics. It was an OK section of the movie, but when it is not believable, it is hard to really ride in the adventure.

Favorite line in the movie, after Jeff is shot in the leg, has no weapons and tells Helen to run ahead and blow up the barge and he would stop the bad guy. Helen says, "oh yeah, what are you going to do, bite him in the knee".

Bottom line, to me this is a bit like holding McDonalds stock in 2013, it is OK, but there are better opportunities. Kathy says she would watch it again, I would prefer not to. I have a friend that is planning to move to Belize, maybe I can mail him the DVD.

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NSP 055 :  Kampfar - Kampfar MLP

Release date: July 2007

After many years of waiting for both fans and collectors the brilliant first release of Kampfar has finally been released on vinyl!

Actually, just having the cover art in lp size is well worth buying the mlp but since this is a true gem for fans of Norwegian
Black/Viking Metal the MLP has to come, naturally, in the national colours of Norway (and of course handnumbered):

- 300 in red vinyl -
- 300 in blue vinyl -
- 300 in white vinyl -

The first 66 copies of each version come with an exclusive Kampfar patch and are only available from Northern Silence.

1. Kampfar
2. Hymne
3. Hjemkomsten

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Tuesday, March 15, 2011

National Ag Day

Let's party!

Rev. Paul said...

The only difference between your pictures and ours (here in AK) is that the trees are different. I'm not sure if that's good or bad, but I'm betting you'd rather not resemble Alaska so closely.

DayPhoto said...

LETS PARTY! I am ready!

lisa said...

Party! Party! I like that idea.

threecollie said...

Rev. Paul, seems as if there has been an awful resemblance between your weather and ours all winter long. lol

Linda, pizza party!

Lisa, yeah, I am ready for a party!

Cathy said...

Oh what a 'sweet' sight!


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Thursday, 13 December 2012

The Vintage Christmas Bazaar

The Vintage Christmas Bazaar.
At the Cheese & Grain, Market Yard, Frome, Somerset BA11 1BE.
Saturday 15th December 2012
9am - 3pm.
£1 admission.
Always a fantastic event - Hope to see you there!
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Saturday, 26 April 2014

I’ve Calmed Down a Bit So I Want to Say Something Without the Cussing

There are a lot of people in the world. And there are a lot of people in the world who are mentally ill. And typically we have been pushed to the margins. We’re used as props in movies. Our torture at the hands of institutions is used as a setting for cheap thrills in the theater. Sometimes we’re spectacles or inspirations. But never real people who can speak for ourselves.

Your first attitudes about what a mentally ill person looks like, and what mentally ill people do, are most likely to be wrong because of this. Our voices have not been included. Unless we’re visibly crazy in ways we can’t hide, people don’t even know we’re there in the crowd. And when we dare to stand up and say, “Yes, actually, I’m here. I’m a part of your world,” people shout us down and call us fakers, so they can go back to thinking mentally ill people exist “out there, somewhere, but not part of MY society.

And sometimes yes, lots of us are in institutions. Lots of us disappear. We die on the streets or in prisons. And nobody is aware of it. And that’s why it’s so incredibly important for people to be aware that we DO exist, and we DO matter, so that instead of taking our absence, and our deaths, for granted, maybe they’ll stop to think about it. Maybe they’ll stop to wonder why there is so much written about us, but so very little written BY us.

Sometimes people know some of us. But that doesn’t help. They just end up thinking every mentally ill person should look EXACTLY like the one mentally ill person they know. Because we’re not fully realized people in their eyes. We’re not individuals.
And it’s so incredibly frustrating for people to act like the only reason to claim mental illness is so you can feel special, when that’s the OPPOSITE of what I want. I want to be able to talk about my life casually. My BRAIN is not something I can just put on a shelf and forget about when I want to have polite, publically appropriate conversations. I don’t want to be on the margins anymore! I want people to know that I exist and that my life isn’t about horror, or tragedy, and I should not have to HIDE who I am. I want to be able to say that I’m schizophrenic the same way people can say they have brown eyes or they’re short.

And when people have all these freak-outs about self-diagnosers, and about fakers, it feels like, on a visceral level, they are trying to push me back into the margins. They are trying to shove me back into the institution, so they don’t have to think about me anymore. I am profesionally diagnosed, but that distinction doesn’t matter to me, because people automatically treat me as suspicious anyway. There are entire websites out there devoted to the idea that mental illness doesn’t exist, that it’s just people trying to “make excuses for bad behavior.”

I’m not stupid. When people act like they’re all concerned that “fakers” are ruining things for me, I know that what’s actually going on is they don’t want to accept the full range and humanity of mental illness, they want mentally ill people to stay in easily containable categories so they can choose just how much at any given time they want to deal with the fact we exist.

And that is my main problem with anti-self-diagnosers. To me, that’s a way bigger issue than even just people not being able to afford to get diagnosed. It’s because I am already seen as deceptive by DEFAULT and this constant vigilance against “fakers” is just ableist concern trolling.

So I hope at least somebody, somewhere, will think about that next time they get mad that someone who “CLAIMS” they have depression was caught- gasp!- being happy the other day, or someone who SAYS they’re bipolar doesn’t act EXACTLY like the bipolar character in the movie they saw. We are real people, and we’re not out to trick you, we just want to tell jokes and reblog things and, sometimes, vent about our lives. Just like everybody else.

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Saturday, October 29, 2011

Episode 36: Halloween is Here!

Here's Episode 36:

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Finished Objects:
Wedding Terpsichore in Highland Handmades Sugar Maple Sock (Mrs. Warriner Colorway)

On the Needles:
I Heart Mom Shawl in Wollmeise 100% merino (We're Different Colorway)
Christion's Grandma's Socks in KnitPicks Felici Sock Self Stripe (Tyrian Purple Colorway)

Stash Enhancement:
Madeline Tosh Tosh Vintage in the Jade Colorway
Misti Alpaca Chunky (Black and White Twist, no colorway name)
Knit Picks Wool of the Andes Roving in the Aurora Heather Colorway

I got someone else's yarn from TLE. I'm not happy about this.

Nursing School:
Wonderful comments from my instructors, rocked my simulation, and sprayed my instructor in the face with saline during my Validation. Oops.

In Other News:
Yes, I'm dressed up like Vampire Ke$ha. Don't judge me. We've been watching bunches of bad horror movies :-D
You should post your Halloween photos on the Ravelry Board

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Tuesday, October 18, 2011

There were many words you could not stand to hear

"I was always embarrassed by the words sacred, glorious, and sacrifice, and the expression in vain. We had heard them, sometimes standing in the rain almost out of earshot, so that only the shouted words came through, and had read them, on proclamations that were slapped up by billposters over other proclamations, now for a long time, and I had seen nothing sacred, and the things that were glorious had no glory and the sacrifices were like the stockyards at Chicago if nothing was done with the meat except to bury it. There were many words that you could not stand to hear and finally only the names of places had dignity. Certain numbers were the same way and certain dates and these with the names of the places were all you could say and have them mean anything. Abstract words such as glory, honor, courage, or hallow were obscene beside the concrete names of villages, the numbers of roads, the names of rivers, the numbers of regiments and the dates."

A Farewell to Arms
Ernest Hemingway, 1929

Do you respond differently to this statement (made by a fictional character) than you do to the declaration (found HERE) about the importance of honor, courage, duty, and sacrifice made by William Faulkner when he accepted the Nobel Prize for literature in 1950?

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Welcome to Not Gnostic Episode 11! In this episode Abby and I discuss different aspects of the sexuality debate within Christianity. What happens when you begin to question who you are? What if you realize you weren't what the Bible expects you to be? How has western culture and Christianity's culture produced such toxic ideas when it comes to sexuality and purity? We discuss these things and more on this episode of Not Gnostic!

If you have any ideas, comments, or suggestions about the show you can contact us at notgnosticpodcast@gmail.com or follow us on twitter at @Not_Gnostic!

All music in this episode is from FreePD and in the public domain.

Relevant research:

2. http://religionnews.com/2016/08/30/how-the-christian-masculinity-movement-is-ruining-men/

3. https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/11/the-warrior-wives-of-evangelical-christianity/382365/

4. https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Titus-Chapter-2/

5. https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs+7

6. https://steemit.com/literature/@rollbahn/one-true-king-an-exploration-of-the-jungian-male-archetypes-in-lotr

7. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/may/09/elizabeth-smart-purity-culture-shames-survivors-sexual-assault


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Narendra Modi : Facebook’s Most Followed Page

Modi : Most Followed On Facebook

Modi Government of Indian has recently concluded its third year of coming into power and celebrated this memorable day as ‘Sarkarostsav’ with joyfully. The popularity of Prime Minister Narendra DamodarDas Modi has increased remarkably in these three years.

After the completion of the third year of PM Modi’s government, a new pleasing and proud-making record got added to his name. India’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi has become the most followed person on Facebook.

PM Modi surpassed American President Donald Trump in terms of followers of their Official Facebook pages. Not only this, the official Facebook page of PMO India which was created in 2014 has also earned a great number of followers within the span of three years.

Modi’s Facebook page has, presently, 4.19 crore (approximately) followers and is the most followed Facebook. American President Donald Trump’s Facebook page is second in this list with the number of followers as much as 2.22 crores.

Impressively, the third in this list is PMO India which has achieved 1.35 followers in the span of just 3 Years since its inception. Before making the government in 2014, the number of followers on Modi’s Facebook page was 1.4 crores which means that more than 3.5 crore (surely, a significant amount) Facebook users have liked his page.

Not only this, the campaigns initiated by the Indian Prime Minister are also getting a great level of commendation and public engagement. According to the report of Gadgets Now, the Make In India campaign, Digital India campaign and Swachh Bharat Abhiyan were the most engaged campaigns.