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Dear WOKJ readers,
I am back with another issue of "Box-Office Spotlight", this time taking a look at the box-office potential of this summer's first box-office behemoth The Avengers. Previous entries in this series include The Hunger Games and American Reunion.
Just to say it right away –there is no doubt whatsoever that it will be huge. With the last two movies that "Box-Office Spotlight" analyzed there was still an air of uncertainty concerning their potential performances. They could have gone either way (and they did with The Hunger Games just exploding and American Reunion disappointing). The Avengers has been set to become a huge hit ever since Iron Man went on to gross over $318 million at the domestic box-office. Given Iron Man's presence in the film and how beloved the character is – that alone guaranteed The Avengers a $300+ million total. The question was how far beyond that can it go.
Of course a lot depended on how the other vital characters would be received in their standalone films. Luckily for Marvel, all four following films were received with good reviews and at least solid word-of-mouth. The critically worst-received of the bunch, The Incredible Hulk, still garnered 66% at RottenTomatoes.com, with Iron Man 2, Captain America: The First Avenger and Thor all landing in the 74-79% range. The Incredible Hulk was also the worst box-office performer of the five Avenger films with a domestic total of around $13 million. However, it must be noted that it came with the baggage of a predecessor that was heavily disliked (Ang Lee's Hulk). In retrospect, the only disappointing Avenge film is generally considered to be Iron Man 2 which, in spite of most expectations, failed to outgross the first film, but still gathered a giant $312 million total in North America. The most disappointing aspect of its run were the legs, though with the film failing to break an opening-to-total multiplier of 2.5, whereas the first Iron Man made it past 3. Iron Man 2 destroyed some of the goodwill towards the series.
However, a year later, in 2011, two Avenger films more than made up for that. Thor ($181 million) and Captain America ($176.7 million) both enjoyed good word-of-mouth and fully lived up to the expectations towards their box-office performances. Moreover, given the typical frontloadness of the genre, the two boasted decent legs. To sum up, here are the numbers for the standalone Avenger films to date:
Iron Man - $98,618,668 opening / $318,412,101 total
The Incredible Hulk - $55,414,050 opening / $134,806,913 total
Iron Man 2 - $128,122,480 opening / $312,433,331 total
Thor - $65,723,338 opening / $181,030,624 total
Captain America: The First Avenger - $65,058,524 opening / $176,654,505 total
It should be noted that the last two films also had a 3D premium boost, whereas Iron Man 2 and Thor also had IMAX screens. The Avengers will have both as well and is currently set to open on 3,364 3D screens and 275 IMAX screens. Given the fact that last year's Avenger films have been well-liked and Robert Downey Jr.'s Tony Stark is still a beloved figure despite the disappointment that was Iron Man 2, there is absolutely no reason to assume that The Avengers will open any lower than $128.1 million that Iron Man 2 managed in 2010. But how much higher will it go?
Well, the presales say that it will be much higher. A week ago, the presales for The Avengers (according to MovieTickets.com) were about 50% higher than the presales for the past Avenger-standalone films combined at the same point before the release. To be exact, it was 1,034% ahead of Thor, 3,995% ahead of Captain America, 1,405% ahead of Iron Man and 114% ahead of Iron Man 2. At the same time, the presales are still nowhere as strong as for the strong fanboy/fangirl driven films like Revenge of the Sith, The Hunger Games or Twilight. It doesn't mean much, though. Marvel films have never been strong performers in midnight showings or in presales. Remember, Iron Man 2 made $7.5 million in midnights before opening to $128 million and Spider-Man 3 mustered approximately $10 million before its record $151 million opening. Any midnight showings number above $12 million would be just amazing for The Avengers.
With two years of inflation and the 3D premium that Iron Man 2 didn't have, there is no doubt that the opening weekend will be above $140 million. There is strong interest in IMAX 3D for this film as 37% of the presales are for IMAX 3D tickets and over half of the presales are for the 3D version of the movie. There will be a significant boost through that.
Another factor is the release date. The first weekend of May has traditionally been the opening weekend of the summer box-office season and the weekend when records were broken. In 2002 Spider-Man set the opening weekend record on that weekend with $114.8 million. Five years later, Spider-Man 3 unseated Dead Man's Chest's opening record with $151.1 million. The first two Iron Man films opened on that weekend as well- both with terrific results. The main reason why the huge blockbusters perform that well in this very spot is simple – they usually open in an empty marketplace. That obviously wasn't the case last year when Thor opened just a week after Fast Five's monstrous $86 million start. This year, however, the last weekend of April was weak with not a single opening movie making more than $12 million. When The Avengers opens next weekend there very well might be not a single other movie in the Top 10 making $10 million or more. The Avengers, a must-see event by itself already, will be pretty much the only option for most moviegoers. It needs to be kept in mind that audiences are also starving for a large-scale action blockbuster. The last movie to fall into that category was Wrath of the Titans at the end of March and it opened to disappointing numbers. There hasn't been a successful big action blockbuster ever since Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol in December. The Avengers will fill the void.
Last but not least, The movie is an immense crowd pleaser which should ensure that it wont go the way of Iron Man 2 and end up with a sub-par multiplier. The reviews for The Avengers are very much on par with the first Iron Man film, coming in at 94% at RottenTomatoes at the moment. The word is spreading already as the movie hit most overseas markets last week (where it is outpacing Iron Man and Iron Man 2 by huge margins with $260.5 million in the bank already). It will have some stiff competition coming from Dark Shadows, Battleship and Men in Black 3, but none of these films should be as crowd pleasing as this film.
The Avengers is an event movie that hasn't been attempted before on this scale. That alone will ignite curiosity among moviegoers. Combine that with great reviews, successful predecessors, 3D and terrific marketing my Paramount and we might just have the year's first $400 million grosser on our hands.
My prediction:
Opening Weekend – $150-160 million
Total Gross – $405-425 million
Box-Office Spotlight will be back with its take on The Dark Knight Rises later this summer.


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February 18, The Burial of the Rev. F. Richard Adams
Kristin White
The Funeral of the Rev. F. Richard Adams – February 18, 2017
St. Augustine's Church
Allison Jacobs is six years old. She has known Richard Adams all her life. In fact, her mom Amy grew up at this parish, and she used to babysit Richard's children. And Richard's children would grow up to babysit Allison and her older sister Emma.
Allison is one of our resident theologians here at St. Augustine's. She thinks a lot about God and people, and a good part of one wall in my office is dedicated to her illustrations on those subjects. As she and her mom drove to church the Sunday before last, Allison and Amy must have been talking about life and death and God and Mr. Adams.
I stand outside most Sunday mornings to say hello as folks come to church. Allison started sharing her thoughts with me from the moment her car door opened, while she was still on the other side of the street.
"Rev. Kristin, I think God gives everybody two hearts," she said. "God gives us one heart to beat and to keep us alive. And God gives us the other heart to love.
"Rev. Kristin, I think God gave Mr. Adams the biggest heart of all," she said.
"Did not our hearts burn within us?" the disciples ask in the gospel lesson that Richard chose months ago, to be read at this service, on this day.
As they say it, those disciples are filled with – what – joy and wonder and awe? – at the glimpse of a moment, when they see Jesus and recognize that it's him…and then he's gone.
But that is not how this story starts out. This gospel story begins at the point of heartbreak. Jesus died on the cross three days before. The sky went black, the curtain at the Temple tore in half from top to bottom.
These two followers of his are walking from Jerusalem to a nearby town called Emmaus. They meet a stranger, not recognizing that it's Jesus. The stranger sees these two sad men and asks them what they're talking about as they walk.
"Are you the only one who doesn't know?" they ask, and then they tell him…about himself: the cross and the tomb and the three days.
"But we had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel," they say. Can you hear the heartbreak in their words? Have you said those words? I have. I have said them as I rubbed my fingers together, clutching after something that wasn't mine to hold. "We had hoped," they say. "We had hoped."
The disciples go on to tell the stranger about the women, that morning, and their vision and the angels and the confusion. The stranger calls them foolish, and then he goes on to teach them about Moses and the prophets.
As they get to the village, the disciples ask him to stay. And he does. As they sit at the table, he picks up a loaf of bread. He blesses it, and breaks it. And they know. And then he's gone.
The Rev. Frank Richard Adams lived life with a great big heart. He knew the kind of heartbreak that causes a person rub his fingers together, clutching after something that isn't his to hold onto. And he knew what it was to feel such awe and wonder and joy that his heart burned within him.
I met Richard through his words before I met him in person. Richard, together with Allison's mother Amy, crafted St. Augustine's Parish Profile, the document describing St. A's as this church searched for a new rector, now more than five years ago. A friend of mine had a copy of the profile. He gave it to me, saying "This is your church." I read it. And it was. And it is.
Richard was one of the very first St. A's people I met, when he came to interview me at my former parish, and then again when I continued in the process here.
Writing was a vocation of his, but surely not the only one. In December of 2015, Richard's long dream of being ordained to serve as a deacon of the church became reality.
A deacon's role is to interpret the needs of the world to the church, calling us to action and service. Richard used his vocation as a writer in his ministry among people who had been incarcerated. He helped them write their way out, and back into a world outside the prison walls, through his work with St. Leonard's Ministries. He spoke with candor and hope about his life in recovery, inviting others to live into their own. He served alongside the Rev. Ed Bird at St. Andrew's Church, which stands right next to St. Leonard's House. He served for as long as he was physically able to. And for as long as he was able, he read the gospel lesson at our Friday morning celebration here in St. Augustine's chapel.
All of these were sources of joy for Richard. But the greatest reason that his very big heart burned with awe and wonder was his family. Susie and Luke and Ted and Jonathan and Sarah and Katie, your dad loved you so very much. He delighted in you. He was so proud of you, of your families, of your children – his grandchildren.
Richard called me at the end of January, the day after his Katie, as he called you, was engaged to be married. He had fallen a few days before, was in a care center trying to regain his strength. He was so excited that Katie and Sebastian hoped to be married right here at St. A's. He told me he was looking forward to getting stronger, to coming back to church.
Oh, Richard. We had hoped.
It would be our last real conversation. A few days later, Richard was admitted to Intensive Care. His children and grandchildren and friends all surrounded him, kept vigil at the hospital, at his bedside.
The Saturday before he died, Katie and Sarah asked me to come and pray. As we said Amen, Richard's oxygen alarms began to sound. He knew. I would come back later that night to pray Last Rites. He prayed the Lord's Prayer along with us. The words of that prayer would be his last. And three days later, he was gone.
"Did not our hearts burn within us?" the disciples ask.
Listen and watch for those moments of awe and joy and wonder, the all-too-fleeting glimpses of recognition that come as we walk this journey, as we share in fellowship. Come back to them. Come back, and come back again. Come back once more, and keep coming.
You are here today because you have known or learned from or been loved by a man with a very big heart – a heart that had been broken, a heart that burned with joy.
How does your own heart beat within you more strongly now, because of it? How has your own heart grown to love even more?

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Tim is a physical geographer with expertise in environmental hydrology, palaeolimnology, aquatic and wetland environments. His research focuses on anthropogenic impacts on upland landscapes and the management and restoration of degraded freshwater and peatland landcapes.
Hydrology and hydrochemistry, is studied at all scales from laboratory simulation where conditions are wholly controlled to field scale where, though uncontrolled, conditions are monitored. This work has been developed through the founding of a University spin out company Intelisys Ltd, which develops commercial monitoring equipment.
I am a quantitative geographer specialising in the use of geospatial analysis to understand the outcomes of human-environment interactions. My main research interests are associated with urban air pollution and climate adaptation. Much of my research activity is motivated by the need to develop sustainable responses to current and future environmental challenges. I therefore often work in multi-disciplinary teams and in collaboration with stakeholders.
I am the Director of the Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health, and lead the Occupational and Environmental Health Research Group within the School of Translational Medicine.
The main research area of my group is Environmental Chemistry, and in particular, the interaction of radionuclides with natural systems. Current projects involve the study of the interaction of these elements with natural colloids, including humic substances. Colloids have a high affinity for many pollutants, and can act as a vector for their migration in the environment. Lab experiments are used to study sorption and desorption mechanisms, and are backed up by work involving real samples from the field.
I am interested in understanding and managing the water quality and ecology of urban watercourses, including preventing the formation of potentially harmful 'blooms' of blue-green algae. Work with an industrial partner is examining the relationship between past and present water quality and the changes in the ecology of Salford Quays – a restored and redeveloped dock system near Media City, Greater Manchester.
I currently lead a multidisciplinary geomicrobiology group working at the interface between biology and geology. Our research focuses on the mechanisms of microbial metal reduction, with emphasis on the environmental impact and biotechnological applications of metal-reducing bacteria. Current activities are supported by funds from NERC, BBSRC, EPSRC, the EU and industry.
I am interested in the stores, behaviour, fate and transport of pollutants in the environment. Much of my work addresses the hydrological and biogeochemical processes that affect trace metal and nutrient cycling. I work in a range of systems including peat bogs, forests and urban environments. My research involves, catchment scale process work, laboratory and field experiments, analysis of spatial and temporal monitoring data, and GIS/statistical modelling.
One of the University's growing number of Sustainability Enthusiasts. Find out more about the initiative here.
The core theme of my research is the measurement of atmospheric aerosols. Particulate matter is produced from both natural and anthropogenic sources and is known to have significant effects on both health and climate. However, the processes governing their lifecycle and effects are poorly understood, which hampers our predictive capability of them and their impacts.
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As he is considered the grandfather of our modern understanding of documentary photography, I would like to take a moment to look at the legacy of Henri Cartier-Bresson.
Cartier-Bresson started taking photographs in the early 1930s using a brand new light-weight, Leica 35mm camera. This allowed him to photograph life, unobtrusively as it was happening, without the need to stage or interfere with the action. The seeds of the documentary tradition were sown.
The tradition of documentary photography has been built on these foundations. Documentary photographs came to be viewed as windows on the world, to be trusted, as though there is only one true objective reality out there, waiting to be found and recorded by the photographer.
This concept was bolstered by the nature of the photographic image, which gives the viewer the feeling that they are catching an unmediated glimpse of the scene, as though the photo was a direct portal between the viewer and the reality it showed, and not an image filtered through the perspective of the photographer.
Documentary purists followed Cartier-Bresson's lead and insisted that their images were all shown full-frame without cropping.
And the myth of the objective truthful documentary photograph was born.
I don't believe that this myth was ever shared by Bresson himself. Bresson was a surrealist artist. The surrealists believed that there was another, more important reality behind the one we perceive in our day-to-day lives. His decisive moment was not the moment when hard facts about the world were revealed but when the surreality was glimpsed behind the curtain.
Bresson is quoted as saying: 'Reality offers us such wealth that we must cut some of it out on the spot, simplify. The question is, do we always cut out what we should?'
In this quote lies the nub of my argument with the documentary tradition. Photography is above all a selective tool. We select subjects that we consider worthy of our camera, we select the best angle & crop to show off those subjects, choosing what to keep & what to leave out of the frame, as well as the moment which best represents what we want to say about them.
We are all stuck inside our own heads and it is a fallacy for any photographer to claim that these choices are based on an external truth, rather than representing their limited & subjective view of the world.
The photograph is a communication. The truth of the photograph is the truth of the painting or sculpture, a personal one, discovered by the artist & laid out for the viewer. It is a message from the photographer stating: This is what I see.
And in my view the most effective photographs are those that acknowledge their artistic heritage.
Whether a photograph is presented as a documentary or art image has an effect on the way people understand it. A documentary image is generally accepted passively as truth. The emotional effect it has is absorbed but not dwelt upon, the photographer's feelings about the subject are not considered. It is as though it just sprang into existence.
A photograph presented as art does not have this distance from it's maker. The artist's views and intentions become integral to deciphering the picture's meaning. The image is understood as communication from one human being to another.
In short we are encouraged to spend longer considering art photographs, to accept their complexity, to look for hidden meanings and to study our responses.
But Nan Goldin is an art photographer & she showed the image in that context. As an artwork it raises the issue of hidden violence within our society, it questions our concepts of strength and vulnerability and most of all it is an intensely, honestly emotional communication about her experience, direct from Nan to us.
I believe that art photography is more honest than documentary because it acknowledges the subjective and communicative nature of the medium and does not hide the photographer's intentions behind a false claim of objectivity.
The truth is elusive, subjective and complex. It cannot be captured in a single 2 dimensional image. A completely objective photograph (such as one produced randomly by a mechanized photographer) would be an entirely meaningless one.
The power of an image is the power of it's message.
The communicative strength of this incredible medium should be celebrated, not denied. You can't take the photographer out of the photograph as to do so would render it as arbitrary, indifferent and confusing as the world which it is trying to make sense of.
All photography is art and art is the best way we have of describing our world and our experiences to one another.
Lisa Furness February 2012
Below I have presented four photographs for your perusal.
For each one, please consider how you would react to it if it was presented as documentary & then how that reaction might change it you saw it in an art context.


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Guest Post by Patrick Carter, Founder and President, Digital Folio, Inc.
Digital Folio provides a next-generation retail competitive intelligence network that leverages the power of the crowd to deliver near real-time retail product pricing and availability data to help businesses analyze and solve product pricing and positioning issues. For more information visit: www.retailapi.com
The Biggest Retail Big Data opportunity exists OUTSIDE your own retail operations – and it's NOT Social.
Most Retail Big Data articles address the data opportunity within a retailer's own sales and supply chain or via leveraging social data or the like. At Digital Folio we believe an even greater, fundamental Big Data opportunity to drive significant ROI lies in having a very granular, real-time picture of what the retail market and your competitors are doing. Acquiring this knowledge, however, requires a re-invention of how you gather market intelligence.
Retail is real-time and volatility is increasing dramatically.
As the web and mobile have grown, retailers have made information more transparent in return for far greater consumer reach and consideration to drive sales. Ironically consumers were the first to embrace this new transparency through comparison shopping applications.
As a result, consumers are shopping and making decisions in real time – not based on week-old prices or circulars – and they are never going back. In an effort to keep up, retailers are deploying increasingly complex re-pricing platforms that allow them to change prices up to every six seconds. The result: dynamic, intraday price changes for some items as often as seven times in four hours. This new age of real-time retail with such a vast amount of constantly changing market data has been impossible for most to manage.
Moreover, online information has gotten more and more detailed as its expanded to include not only price but store availability, shipping intervals, etc. And the permutations have gotten more complex – including the growth of zip/regional pricing (Websites Vary Prices, Deals Based on Users' Information) and even pricing based on the browser or platform a shopper is using
Reinventing Market Intelligence
All of this represents an incredible amount of retail Big Data that, if effectively harnessed, would allow retailers to know the patterns around when a competitor changes a price, when a competitor goes out of stock on a 'must-win' item, and how long it typically takes a competitor to replenish. All this and more is now exposed on the web – and, increasingly, at a store/zip level – as retailers strive to inform shoppers of what is near them, at what price, and whether it is available in-store/pick-up, ship-to-store, or for same-day delivery.
The problem is that the rate of pricing/product change and numbers of data/channel permutations have completely outstripped current approaches to try and simply "crawl" the web and get a static "sample" of market prices.
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Unlike the stock market, there is no real-time data resource for the retail marketplace. Retailers effectively execute dynamic pricing platforms for a large part in the blind, with most pricing decisions based on historical market snapshots or isolated business rules.
Stock brokerage houses don't play the market with last week's newspaper – they use a real-time Level II Trading System that helps gauge each market opportunity and drive yield from it. Digital Folio is the first Level II Trading System for Retail – empowering retailers and consumers alike.
The industry's first next-generation retail competitive intelligence network, Digital Folio delivers the retail market's most current and complete product pricing and availability data to help retailers solve product pricing and positioning issues. At the heart of the Digital Folio platform is a proprietary, crowd-sourced price/product accuracy architecture that can leverage the power of thousands of shoppers across the web to automatically detect price fluctuations. The entire platform runs in real time on Windows Azure and provides the unprecedented capability to update 10,000 products a second as well as manage a database of over 5 billion data points. As a result, Digital Folio offers unmatched, real-time data accuracy, recency, and breadth – including the unique ability to detect zip code-level and device/browser-level retail pricing variations.
Detecting, tracking, normalizing, and maintaining real-time retail changes on such a massive scale required taking an entirely different approach to seeing and solving the problem as well as resulted in several patent-pending Digital Folio innovations.
Digital Folio is part of Microsoft's BizSpark One program for high-potential start-ups and has worked closely with Microsoft and the Microsoft Windows Azure team in developing a platform with significant scalability, extensibility, and high-performance as part of a real-time 24/7 operation.
Success Lies in Embracing the Opportunity vs. Fearing the Transparency
Chaos breeds opportunity. The new real-time retail age provides an unprecedented retail marketplace Big Data opportunity to succeed for those who embrace it. Just as digging beneath the surface of dynamic pricing parking meters moves one past the fear of higher-priced parking and into innovations that can reduce traffic and emissions and deliver a more informed, faster, and better parking experience through integrated parking guidance applications, true innovation in retail will result from truly examining data and acting on the opportunities it presents on a regular basis. All in real time, of course.


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A shift in possibilities/
This blog, and my life, are about to change. Six years ago, I was told I had to look for a different job. While dealing with the uncertainty of finding a new role, I started writing at work. It began as therapy at the time but it eventually led to a new career, and it taught me the power of making my work visible.
Three years ago, I started writing this blog. That led to a network of thousands of people, a focus on helping others, a book, and more meaning and fulfillment in my work and life. It taught me the power of relationships.
Last week, workingoutloud.com launched amidst working out loud week, and there was a swell of interest and ideas and interaction. In India, for example, peer support groups (working out loud circles) formed during the week, adding to the ones in the US, UK, Spain, and Australia. I applied to deliver a TEDx talk.
Now what? I'm not sure.
I do know that, starting this week, I'll post articles related to working out loud on the new website. If you subscribe to workingoutloud.com, you'll get an email every Wednesday morning with stories, techniques, and other resources related to building a better career and life.
That will change this blog. I'll still write every Saturday morning because it's too big a part of my life to stop. Having the new site frees me up to write about other things here, to explore, discover, and learn. The topics will be more personal and creative.
Your reading, supporting, and connecting has changed my life and helped me discover a purpose I now describe this way:
"To help people find meaning and fulfillment in their work and life."
Thank you. That's a purpose I could never have dreamed of until recently. The last six years have taught me that destiny isn't something that awaits you, it's something you create with the help and support of others.
Anyone can shift what's possible for them. What about you?
What relationships will you build?
What purpose will you discover?
What destiny will you create?


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Fredrick, No problem. I will be reviewing the WS-I BSP 1.1 today. Regards, Cynthia -----Original Message----- From: Frederick Hirsch [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com] Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 10:35 AM To: XMLSec WG Public List; Martin, Cynthia E. Cc: Hirsch Frederick (Nokia-CIC/Boston) Subject: Best Practices review (was Action-441 Completed) Cynthia Thanks for your review of our Best Practices document in December. This document is at: http://www.w3.org/2007/xmlsec/Drafts/xmldsig-bestpractices/ Unfortunately since I thought the action was for reviewing WS-I BSP 1.1 (currently BSP 1.1 Approval Draft: http://www.ws-i.org/Profiles/BasicSecurityProfile-1.1-AD.html is the appropriate reference) I did not handle this properly - my mistake, I should have reviewed the message more carefully at the time. I'd like to complete processing these changes now and update the Best Practices before we agree to publish an update on Tuesday, if we can. My comments are inline - I'll make the changes marked ok immediately since I think they are non-controversial. Can we agree on the other items before Tuesday? Cynthia, are you still planning to review WS-I BSP 1.1, to see what changes if any we need to Signature or Encryption 1.1? Thanks regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch, Nokia Chair XML Security WG On Dec 7, 2009, at 4:39 PM, Hirsch Frederick (Nokia-CIC/Boston) wrote: > reposting to public list, technical discussion > > regards, Frederick > > Frederick Hirsch > Nokia > > > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: "ext Martin, Cynthia E." <email@example.com> >> Date: November 24, 2009 10:46:21 AM EST >> To: 'XMLSec WG Member List' <firstname.lastname@example.com> >> Cc: Scott Cantor <firstname.lastname@example.com>, Thomas Roessler <email@example.com>, >> "Hirsch Frederick (Nokia-CIC/Boston)" <email@example.com>, >> "Martin, Cynthia E." <firstname.lastname@example.com> >> Subject: Action-441 Completed >> >> All, >> >> Here are my comments and input for Action-441. I do have some >> recommended additions. Please let me know how we should address >> them. Thank you, >> >> Regards, Cynthia >> >> >> ACTION-441, Cynthia Martin >> Review BSP 1.1 (http://www.ws-i.org/Profiles/BasicSecurityProfile-1.1.html >> ) with respect to Signature 1.1 and Encryption 1.1 >> >> General comment: run the document through grammar and spell checker. ok, though don't expect much on the grammar side :) Does anyone know of an ispell-like tool that (a) works in emacs , and (b) is smart enough to ignore xmlspec markup (or html etc), or can be configured to ignore specified markup? (b) is the important one, a Unix script would be great as well. I think Oxygen might do this, I'll have to look into it. Spell checking with markup is currently a pain. >> >> Section 2.1, paragraph 1: The use of the word hostile implies >> purposeful, suggest reword to 'harmful' to represent inadvertent or >> purposeful. I disagree with this change. While what you say may be true, the intent is to assume they are hostile so as to prevent against the worst case. >> >> Section 2.1, paragraph 2: "Implementation of the XML Signature >> specification should not always be literal" is misleading. It is >> either literal or not literal, I believe we discussed this and the >> examples are representative. Suggest reword to "The examples in the >> XML Signature specification are representative." I think we should leave this one as written, since it does suggest considerations related to how the spec is interpreted. >> >> Best Practice 1: Add the word successfully to the sentence: >> "Mitigate denial of service attacks by executing potentially >> dangerous operations only after successfully authenticating the >> signature." ok >> >> Best Practice 1, paragraph 3: Replace Signed info with SignedInfo. ok >> >> Best Practice 3: The title seems soft, can we remove the word >> "Consider" I agree, suggest changing to "Avoid XSLT Transforms". Do others agree? >> >> Best Practice 4, paragraph 1: If you disable user-defined >> extensions, what is the expected result if someone sends a user- >> defined extension? Do you disable it or block it (e.g. when you see >> it drop it at the interface). I assume this is an implementation dependent error. Any suggestions of specific text, otherwise I suggest no change. >> >> Best Practice 4, paragraph 3: Of the various risk mitigation >> techniques described, is one stronger than the other and if so why? >> They are references as options, not risk mitigation techniques. What text does this refer to? I do not understand this comment. >> >> Best Practice 5: Try to avoid or limit XPath transforms: The title >> seems soft, can we remove the words "Try to" I agree, suggest changing to "Limit XPath Transforms". Do others agree? >> >> Best Practice 12: Unless impractical, sign all parts of the >> document. I have a question about this, we were discussing signing >> the namespace last week, does this best practice include namespace? How specifically would this be done? Should we recommend it? >> >> Best Practice 16: X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Time-Stamp >> Protocol, RFC 3161 [RFC3161], there is an update ID for this (http://www.ietf.org/id/draft-ietf-pkix-rfc3161-update-09.txt >> ), does it change the requirement? I suggest we add this reference along with RFC3161 in the first paragraph of 2.5.1. Otherwise the advice seems the same and the requirement does not change. >> >> Best Practice 22, paragraph 3: State why XPath Filter 2.0 is not >> recommended in XML Signature 1.0. XPath Filter 2.0 did not exist when XML Signature 1.0 came out. I don't think we need a change here. >> >> Add Reference: Command Injection in XML Signatures and Encryption, >> Bradley W. Hill/ Information Security Partners, July 2007 Where should this be referenced in the document? Do you have the URL to go with the reference? >> >> Possible further additions: I don't think we should add these, since we advice in Signature 1.1 and I'd rather not replicate possibly creating errors or confusion. We could add a sentence in the introduction noting that the best practices are in addition to those mentioned in the Signature 1.1 document. >> 1) Use of text based canonicalization of SignedInfo is NOT >> RECOMMENDED. See DSIG v1.1 Section 4.3.1 >> "Use of text based canonicalization of SignedInfo is NOT >> RECOMMENDED." >> >> 2) URI attributes containing fragment identifiers must/should not be >> allowed. See DSIG v1.1 Section 18.104.22.168 >> "Consequently, we RECOMMEND in this case that the URI attribute not >> include fragment identifiers and that such processing be specified >> as an additional XPath Transform or XPath Filter 2 Transform [XPath- >> Filter-2]." >> >> 3) Same-document XPointers must/should be supported. See DSIG v1.1 >> Section 184.108.40.206 >> "The original edition of this specification [XMLDSIG-2002] >> referenced the XPointer Candidate Recommendation [XPTR-2001] and >> some implementations support it optionally. That Candidate >> Recommendation has been superseded by the [XPointer-Framework], >> [XPointer-xmlns] and [XPointer-Element] Recommendations, and -- at >> the time of this edition -- the [XPointer-xpointer] Working Draft. >> Therefore, the use of the xpointer() scheme [XPointer-xpointer] >> beyond the usage discussed in this section is discouraged." >> >> 4) The MgmtData child element of the KeyInfo element must/should not >> be allowed. See DSIG v1.1 Section 4.4.7 >> "The MgmtData element within KeyInfo is a string value used to >> convey in-band key distribution or agreement data. For example, DH >> key exchange, RSA key encryption, etc. Use of this element is NOT >> RECOMMENDED." >> >> 5) Signature applications must/should create, read, and verify XML >> content in Normalization Form C. See DSIG v1.1 Section 7.0 >> "We RECOMMEND that signature applications create XML content >> (Signature elements and their descendants/content) in Normalization >> Form C [NFC, NFC-Corrigendum] and check that any XML being consumed >> is in that form as well; (if not, signatures may consequently fail >> to validate)." >> >> 6) When processing, XML parsers must expand all non-character >> entities. See DSIG v1.1 Section 7.1 >Received on Friday, 8 January 2010 15:37:18 UTC
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Yep, I missed a couple days.
But, honestly, it really wasn't all my fault. Seems my computer decided the hotel internet wasn't secure and that someone might steal my info and wouldn't let me get online. I totally intended to blog Saturday evening but just couldn't. But, here's a picture of the view from my hotel balcony.
Here is one of the bridge at night.
And finally, one from the balcony on our last morning.
I think the thing to learn from this is...sometimes things happen. And when they do, we sometimes need to change our plans and not get so stressed out.
It was a five-hour drive home yesterday, so I was tired and just didn't have the will to get on the puter and blog so didn't. I might catch up, I might not...I'm not going to worry about it.
Monday, October 31, 2016
Friday, October 28, 2016
No Excuses Blog Challenge Post 1
I'm terrible with blogging. I really enjoy it, when I get going but sometimes I have a hard time getting started. So, I've decided to take part in a 21 day, no excuses blog challenge. I'll post links later. One thing I like, they are giving suggested topics for each day. Which really helps. Today's topic is "hooks". I'm not going with their suggested discussion about hooks, but that's okay.
As a writer, hooks are hard. There is so much a hook has to accomplish. I mean, it has to get the reader to continue reading, and in this fast paced, go-go-go world, that's harder than ever to do. As I thought about how I wanted to go with this topic, I pondered some ideas. For example...
She leaned over the balcony, staring at the ground only 4 floors below, and wondered if she'd survive the fall.
Is that a good hook? I'm not so sure. Would someone read on to see why she was pondering this? Maybe, if they didn't have anything else to do.
She leaned over the balcony, staring at the ground only 4 floors below, and wondered if he'd survive the fall.
Al little better. Who is she? Who is he? What did he do that would make her want to push him? Did he deserve it? Or, is she a victim?
Hooks must cause the reader to ask questions. And those questions must drive the reader to continue to the next line, the next paragraph, the next page, the next chapter.
So, as a writer, how do you handle hooks? And, as a reader, what are some of your favorite hooks?
Share in the comments for a chance to win some free stuff. I'll give away a couple books along with a critique.
Check out these great blogs participating in the blog challenge.
As a writer, hooks are hard. There is so much a hook has to accomplish. I mean, it has to get the reader to continue reading, and in this fast paced, go-go-go world, that's harder than ever to do. As I thought about how I wanted to go with this topic, I pondered some ideas. For example...
She leaned over the balcony, staring at the ground only 4 floors below, and wondered if she'd survive the fall.
Is that a good hook? I'm not so sure. Would someone read on to see why she was pondering this? Maybe, if they didn't have anything else to do.
She leaned over the balcony, staring at the ground only 4 floors below, and wondered if he'd survive the fall.
Al little better. Who is she? Who is he? What did he do that would make her want to push him? Did he deserve it? Or, is she a victim?
Hooks must cause the reader to ask questions. And those questions must drive the reader to continue to the next line, the next paragraph, the next page, the next chapter.
So, as a writer, how do you handle hooks? And, as a reader, what are some of your favorite hooks?
Share in the comments for a chance to win some free stuff. I'll give away a couple books along with a critique.
Check out these great blogs participating in the blog challenge.
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Labels: blog challenge, Hooks, reading, writing
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
San Gabriel's Secret by David Ciambrone
Nestled on the San Gabriel River in Central Texas' Hill Country, Georgetown is a small town where things are normally pretty quiet. That is, until Adam Thomas, a retired scientist and now writer of a newspaper column for women under the name Aunt Kay, inherits a Confederate solder's journal and a new murder. Adam and his girlfriend Kathy find themselves the center of dark doings, strange people and racing headlong into a fast paced, high stakes adventure to untangle a murderous puzzle, a series of macabre organizations and locate the centuries old and highly unusual, San Gabriel Secret.
I really enjoyed this one. If you are a fan of David Ciambrone's, you'll love it too.
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Labels: David Ciambrone, mystery, San Gabriel's Secret
Monday, September 19, 2016
The Ruins of Shandor by C. R. Myers
Follow Waldo on the desert planet as he discovers an abandoned underground city, and meets Hamel from Shandor Frenna along with Ms. Ziimar, who claims to be over five-thousand years old. The trio journey to Middle-Land, and in the Valley of Xar D'Kee, Waldo talks with his missing father through the Well of Wisdom and discovers more about his true identity. His father agrees to meet him at the Arch of Worlds located on the island of Scotaden Wel.
When Waldo disappears from the ghostly staircase, Jeremy and Shauna begin a search, which takes them to a color world and through the depths of the planet to Down-World and the Temple of Eron where they find the forbidden Tablets of Jesreel. By studying the tablets, Jeremy learns the history of Pelayaces and the planet's true relationship to his own planet, the Earth. Now, he understands the Elam Nostra's ultimate mission, and why the creature wants to destroy the Earth above all else.
Will Waldo find his father and the answers he so desperately seeks on Scotaden Wel? Will Jeremy and Waldo be able to find their way home and save the Earth from the Elam Nostra or is the universe destined to be swallowed into a void of black nothingness?
This is the sequel to The Dawn of Pelayaces.
Friday, September 16, 2016
Alphabet Tales, an award-winning children's book, is a collection of 30 short stories to delight readers of all ages.
Full of humor and fun, this book is a marvelous way to teach phonics to young readers. Great for home schoolers!
Donna has a charming and unique way of telling each story using repetitious sounds utilizing each letter of the alphabet.
This book includes tongue-twisting tales using other sounds as well, such as the ch, sh, and th combinations.
Really good one to read to the kids.
Thursday, September 15, 2016
Down Magic's Path by Kathleen Wolak
Len Bouchard is a twelve-year-old boy dealing with the death of his mother in the Louisiana summer of 1925. Among the changes the death of his mother brings, his father's new wife is the hardest to take. Magique is a mysterious woman who is the polar opposite of Len'smother. Magique is what Len's friends maliciously call a gypsy, a dark woman with a supposedly checkered past.
Len tries to figure out his new step-mother's secrets as his father announces a sudden move to New Orleans. Against the backdrop of the jazz filled French Quarter, Len learns much more than he bargained for.
This is a really nice, coming of age story for younger readers.
Wednesday, September 14, 2016
Pierre's Picky Palate by Beth Lauzier
A Pine Beetle who hates trees? How can that be?
And what do Pierre's parents think of his love of veggies?
Will Pierre give wood another try, and if he does, will he like it?
For all those picky eaters out there.
Wednesday, August 24, 2016
Busy Girls Guide To Getting Things Done by Jean Lauzier
Are you overwhelmed by all the tasks you need to get accomplished?
Does it seem like you have 900 things to do but don't know where to start? Then you'll love this Busy Girls Guide to Getting Things Done.
In this 30-day journal, Jean shares a simple system for getting things done that anyone can use. Even the busiest busy girl.
Okay, I have to saw, this is my latest work and I really like it. If you need to get stuff done, then you'll love it. Want an autographed copy? Email or message me.
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Labels: Busy Girls Guides, Jean Lauzier, journal, productivity
Friday, August 12, 2016
Thirteen - A Baker's Dozen by Vivra Beene
Do you like your scalp tingled, your spine chilled, and goose bumps along your arms? If you do, you will enjoy this collection of stories showing that perpetrators of perceived perfect crimes don't always go unpunished.
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Labels: Paranormal, short stories, Vivra Beene
Thursday, August 11, 2016
Wandering in the Wilderness by Karen Snead Partee
"Mommy, how do I get the madness out of me?" It was a question my seven-year-old son posed to me one dark evening after coming off a manic rage that took him through intense range of emotions. I have not decided for myself if the heartbreak of that question came from the sheer innocence of it or the sobering maturity behind it. How perceptive he was because he was so right - IT was madness, a madness captured in a catchall diagnosis that filled every crevice of our lives. It was a sickness that robbed us daily of peace and comfort. Attention deficit, hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, is not merely a behavioral issue; it is not a question of adequate parenting skills; it is not the effects of too much sugar, not enough exercise, or even a learning disability. IT is a mental illness; and, yes, it is an incorrigible madness that has left an indelible mark on the most incredible little boy.
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Labels: ADHD, karen Snead Partee
Wednesday, August 10, 2016
Rebound by Michael Goodell
As a Private Detective, James "Don't Call Me Corky" Corcoran has a lot in common with his adoptive hometown of Detroit. The past is brighter than the present; he's going nowhere fast, and he's running out of money. But things change when he starts to investigate Jonathan Wade's death. A childhood friend and longtime rival, Wade was the black sheep son of one of the oldest and wealthiest families who called the exclusive suburb of Grosse Pointe home. Each clue in the case dredges up yet another memory Corcoran has spent the past decade trying to drink into oblivion. It takes him back to Grosse Pointe, where he hasn't set foot for the past ten years, ever since Sara Jensen's death sent his career into a tailspin.
Grosse Pointe looks the same, its quiet streets still lined with majestic homes, but behind those facades things aren't as they seem. Some of the best and the brightest families are hiding some secrets so dark, so destructive, that they are willing to do anything to keep them hidden. They try to buy him off, scare him off, and even try to kill him to keep Corcoran from discovering the truth, but as time goes by he realizes he can't quit because this case has become his road to justice, redemption, and even love.
He'll solve this case, or die trying.
Just have to say, I loved this one. Reminds of of the old fashioned noir thrillers.
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Labels: Michael Goodell, mystery, noir, Rebound, thriller
Tuesday, August 9, 2016
King Tut & the Plagues of Egypt by Douglas Derrer
The mysterious death of King Tut eluded archeologists for centuries until the Plancks, a time-traveling family from the 25th Century, flew four millennia into the past to 18th Dynasty Egypt to investigate. Encountering a vast volcanic eruption upon their arrival plunged them into the Ten Plagues of Egypt and the Exodus as two co-regent Pharaohs, Tut's father and grandfather, battled over the fates of their Hebrew slaves. Will they make it back to their century alive, and without bringing some deadly disease that has been eradicated for centuries?
Returning to the reign of King Tut in 18th Dynasty Egypt, the 25th Century, time-traveling Planck family discover that sinister palace intrigues surround the young pharaoh and his lovely queen. Although unable to prevent Tut's eventual death, they learn its mysterious cause. But can they forestall the fate of the queen by unscrupulous plotters? Finally, the Planck's travel to the Valley of the Kings in the 1920s to oversee archeologist Howard Carter's discovery and opening of Tut's fabulously wealthy tomb. Can they prevent Carter from destroying the invaluable mummy?
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Labels: Douglas Derrer, Egypt, King Tut, plagues, WBP
Monday, August 8, 2016
They Call Me Avenged by Cyndi Lord
When a number of people go missing in a small Northeast Texas town, Sandra Derringer becomes involved to solve the case of missing twelve-year-old twin boys. She soon learns that two common denominators exist between the people who have gone missing; abused animals, and a local animal rescue owner, Loretta Bentley. Her deep devotion to animals is overshadowed by mental illness and her belief she is getting messages from God to deliver an-eye-for-an-eye justice to anyone who neglects or abuses animals. Many have thought this penalty deserved, but Loretta is insane enough to carry it out in her isolated, large ranch where no one can hear her victims' screams.
Not for the faint of heart. Order your copy here.
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Labels: animal abuse, Cyndi Lord, mystery, revenge
Friday, August 5, 2016
New In The Woods - by Beth Lauzier
All Zippy wanted to do was be like Super Squirrel.
But who knew being a hero was sometimes so dangerous.
Not just for Zippy but his new friend Ren too. How will Zippy get out of danger this time?
Okay, I have to admit it, I love this. I mean, my daughter wrote it. It's really nice. The illustrations are great too. Your kids will love it.
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Labels: animals, kid books, Super Squirrel, young reader, Zippy
Thursday, July 28, 2016
Hit & Run by Beth Lauzier
Catherin's day started like any other, but it sure didn't end that way. What was to be a sleepover and pizza ends with bad guys and running for her life. And just what's that thing under her bed?
Her friend Madison shows up, but Madison knows more than she's telling. Catherin is about to see a different side of her friend. In fact, Catherin's about to see a whole world she never knew existed.
Order your copy here.
Okay, this book gets a double amount of love. Written by my oldest daughter, cover and illustrations by my youngest daughter.
It's a great story too. Target age is 8 and up to about 13, but I loved it too and can't wait to see what happens next.
Wednesday, July 27, 2016
Dating Death by Randy Rawls
The Chief of Police of Coral Lakes, FL has the goods on Roger Adamson, a dirty politician. However, the chief knows Adamson has additional information that could bring down a drug lord and disembowel his organization. Chief Elston asks Beth Bowman, a South Florida PI, to assist by becoming Adamson's consort/bodyguard while Adamson parses out data. Beth agrees, not realizing multiple homicides, a kidnapping, a tight frame for murder, and the loss of the man she loves await her. If not for Beth's homeless friends, all might be lost.
A really nice read for the summer.
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Labels: Dating Death, mystery, Randy Rawls
Tuesday, July 26, 2016
Flight of Fantasy - Jean Lauzier
Let your imagination take flight...
Ride the Night Wind, converse with a dragon, join "Woof" as he stalks his prey. Will the mirror's revelation come true, and just what does one do with a chamber full of pumpkins?
Flight of Fantasy also includes a preview of Dragons of Blue Water, the award-winning sequel to Dragons of Jade.
Order your copy here.
This is a collection of short fantasy stories, not a novel.
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Labels: fantasy, Flight of Fantasy, Jean Lauzier, short stories
The Radio Murders by Kelly Marshall
Seattle homicide detectives Nick Winston and Pat Strom dig working together. Their lively banter gets them through the daily dark side of their business. After all, dead bodies dominate their workload.
He's straight, she's gay. In politically liberal Seattle, that's not a problem until…they both find the same woman irresistible. Suddenly their wonderful working relationship is intolerable.
At the center of their attention is radio announcer, Jasmine James. Beautiful and sultry, James has a sexual appetite big enough to satisfy both detectives. The two officers are not the only ones obsessed with the Love Songs host. A crazed fan kidnaps Jasmine James while four of her male listeners are discovered dead with a single bullet to their ear as her Love Songs program plays softly in the background. The pressure is on the Seattle cops to find the murderer and locate James before her air runs out.
Order your copy today here.
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Labels: Kelly Marshall, Murder, mystery
Tuesday, July 12, 2016
Six Pack of Murder by Jean Lauzier
Murder happens –
And no matter the reason, there's always a crime to be solved and a bad guy that needs to be caught. Within the pages of Six Pack of Murder, you'll find good guys and bad along with those who strive to balance the scales of justice. Just beware; sometimes things aren't as they appear.
Since I wrote this, I naturally like it. Hope you do too.
Friday, July 1, 2016
Chimera by David Ciambrone
Someone broke into the high-level security section of US ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES at Fort Detrick, Maryland and steals vials of weaponized smallpox. Later he dies at the Washington, DC train station after a clandestine hand off to another person.
Jack Turner, Ph.D., is a chemist and the Coroner of San Sebastian County California. He is also a reserve officer (Lt. Colonel) in the Army Medical Service Corp and has a background in chemical and biological warfare from working for defense contractors and a stint at USAMRIID (US ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES). One of his Medical Examiners hits the HOT ZONE lock down button while performing an autopsy. Jack is called to the morgue. The body the M.E. was examining died of smallpox. Not regular smallpox, but an unusual and highly reactive strain of the disease. Jack examines and realizes it is a man made chimera. The smallpox released from the inside the cells of an E-coli bacteria as the cells were killed by antibiotics and the dead man's immune system. Who made it? Where did it come from? E-coli is common. But, smallpox was eradicated decades ago. He knows there are still strains of smallpox in labs in Russia and in the US. Jack notifies the state and the CDC. He is notified by the federal government to keep it quiet. Dr. Jack Turner receives orders from the U.S. Army Adjutant General activating his reserve commission and authorizes him to act as a law enforcement special agent of the army. Jack and a health department officer, Nancy Cartwright must-find the source of the Chimeras and smallpox, find the perpetrators and stop anyone from using it as a terrorist weapon and causing a pandemic. He and Nancy must stop an attack worse than an atom bomb.
Generally, I don't care for military type books but I really enjoyed this one. Of course, I tend to like all of David's books. You can check out his others here.
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Labels: Chimera, David Ciambrone
Thursday, June 30, 2016
Trailer Trash & Oil Field Brat by Andi Stracener
Trailer Trash and Oil Field Brat is about how I grew up in the turbulent years following World War Two. Jobs were scarce and the job market was flooded with young men returning from the war. My father chose to work in the oil fields even though it meant leaving home and living in trailers or the occasional apartment.
I have tried to be as factual as possible in the telling of my life. It was easy to bring out the funny and interesting things that just naturally happens to boys as they grow up. Before the book was started I had my doubts if I could think of enough things to write about. As it progressed, at one point I told my wife that people wouldn't believe all the things that did take place.
Trailers are interwoven throughout the book. There is literally no way to estimate how many miles my wife and I have traveled in RVs of some kind since we were married. The Alaska trip alone covered over 13,000 miles. We don't regret a single penny that we spent in this endeavor. It is like the book says; once trailer trash, always trailer trash.
Love'd this. Very interesting and cool to see how life was back then.
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Labels: Andi Stracener, Oil Field Brat, Trailer Traish
Wednesday, June 29, 2016
Unknown Magic by Evelyn M. Byrne
Discovering she is a Tuatha Dé Danann and that, on her twenty-fifth birthday, she will be able to wield magical powers she never knew she possessed, turns Megan's life upside down. As if that was not enough, an arrogant, drop-dead gorgeous man tells her she is his mate.
Seamus escaped his mysterious captors seventeen years earlier, taking a little girl with him and returning her to her home. Running for his life since then and needing a respite, he returns to the one location he considers his safe haven. Once there, he spots Megan across the lake and realizes she is the same young child he rescued. Only now, she is stunning enough to make him forget, almost, just how treacherous his life is.
Megan soon realizes fighting her attraction for Seamus, is a losing battle. But when the people hunting Seamus track them down, Megan and Seamus are faced with a much more immediate and deadly threat—a battle for the lives of all the Tuatha Dé Danann. Can they overcome their pursuers and win?
This is a great paranormal romance series. Love the characters and story. Here's two more of the series.
During the rescue mission to save his niece Megan, Patrick discovers and brings to safety a petite black wolf. Despite his growing attachment to the wolf, Patrick soon realizes something is very off.
Drugged and tortured, for over a year, Brenna lacks the power to transform back into human form.
She must now face the fact that she killed her own family. When she figures out Patrick is her mate, she knows she will likely to do the same to him. Unable to run or transform she tries to fight the inevitable.
When Megan examines Brenna, she discovers that Mallaidh is now using the black arts and has imbedded a malevolent presence in Brenna's brain. Megan and Seamus rush to discover a way to break the spell and save Patrick from sure death. In the process, Mallaidh turns her evil magic toward them. Have Megan's powers grown strong enough to thwart Mallaidh or are they all doomed?
Get your copy here.
After realizing he has been drugged, Colin O'Kelly transports from his enemy, only does not make it home. Instead, he falls into Kate Sweeny's backyard. When he awakens, he has none of his powers, but worse he does not even know who he is.
Kate has been hiding for twenty-five years and now she has a stranger drop into her protected haven. Can she overcome the fear she carries for her own people, the Tuatha Dé Danannor will she run once she finds out who Colin really is.
Frantic to find Colin before Mallaidh, Seamus and Megan try to trace him from his last known appointment. Unfortunately, Mallaidh tires of looking and decides she will either flush him out or drown him by sending two hurricanes on a collision course for the Florida Keys. Can Megan and Seamus stop them before they hit or will they not only wipe out Colin and Kate, but most of Florida as well?
Tuesday, June 28, 2016
Defiance on Indian Creek by Phyllis Still
Thirteen-year-old Mary Shirley wants a normal life with friends her age and someday, suitors. But Papa intends to remove the family to Kentucky territory, and she believes he's a loyalist spy, endangering the family.
Internal struggles lead to lost trust and acts of defiance until Mary is faced with a dangerous decision: loyalty to Papa or loyalty to a cause. Lives are at stake no matter what choice she makes—one, puts hers at risk.
Another one I really enjoyed reading.
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Labels: Defiance, Indian Creek, Phyllis A. Still, YA
Monday, June 27, 2016
Revenge of the Awful Pawful by Audrey K. Miller
Glitter Pug has been kidnapped, and Polly is the only one who can save her.
This is an amazing little book. Written and illustrated by young author, Audrey K. Martin. Not only will kids love it, but dog lovers too.
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Labels: Audrey K. Martin, Awful Pawful, Pug life, Pugs
Friday, June 24, 2016
The Adventures of Sam Maverick by Lynn M. Fichtner
This biography of the legendary Texas pioneer Sam Maverick recounts the incredible stories that shaped his life, a life that is entwined with some of the most pivotal moments in the early history of Texas. Sam Maverick participated in hand-to-hand combat at the Battle of Bexar in San Antonio, signed the Texas Declaration of Independence, fought with Comanche Indians, and survived a forced 900-mile march through the desert to the Perote Prison in Mexico, to name just a few of the many heroic adventures that are retold in this exciting biography. Included are dramatic illustrations, a Texas map, a Maverick family tree, and vocabulary with definitions at the end of every chapter
Very cool book. Really nice bio of a Texas legend.
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Labels: Lynn M. Fichtner, Sam Maverick, Texas
Monday, June 20, 2016
Dangerous Threads by David Ciambrone
Virginia Davies-Clark must find a quilt missing for seventy years. An award-winning quilt hiding an amazing secret. Virginia Davies-Clark is called back into the service of the Smithsonian Central Security Service and the Department of Defense, along with her husband, Andy, and her friend, Donna, to locate a quilt. This isn't just any quilt. At the 1933 Century of Progress in Chicago, Sears Roebuck Company sponsored a quilt contest. The Grand Prize was to be $1,000.00. The quilt that won the prize was a pieced called "The Unknown Star" by the maker, Margaret Rogers Caden of Kentucky. The quilt itself was presented to the President's wife, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Sometime during FDR's presidency, the quilt disappeared and has not been seen for almost seventy years. Virginia questions why the DOD is interested in an old quilt. As she, Andy and Donna start their quest, they find they are not the only ones searching for the quilt and they are attacked by various organizations bent on stopping her. Their adversary list grows as they try to accomplish an impossible assignment. Virginia makes some strange alliances across the country to take down the organizations trying to stop her. Using her wits, cunning, intellect, and guts, she, Andy and Donna attempt to locate the quilt and use any means she can to undermine a bold strategy by her adversaries trying to kill her and her little group. Her conniving, devious and messy strategy brings the villains to an explosive end.
Get your copy here
I love David's books. He has a whole series with Virginia including another "quilt" mystery.
Get your copy here.
Get your copy here.
Friday, June 17, 2016
A Plain Wish by Cyndi Lord
Just before her sixteenth birthday, Kristi's world implodes when her parents who are divorced, remarry others whom she cannot tolerate. Life for her will never be the same, and her only hope of escape is to leave both homes where she no longer feels included. Her Amish pen-pal, Betty, sends a letter and Kristi decides to run away from her father's house in Batesville, Indiana. On her journey to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, she overcomes many challenges. What will happen when she arrives in a community where no cars, electricity, or worldly clothes are allowed? From a background with no religious instruction, will she fit in where God and separated living dominate the Amish? Will her plain wish for a new family become a reality?
Cyndi has a second in the series too.
Kristi Becker ran away from Batesville, Indiana after her parents divorced. Once she made it to her Amish friend, Betty Miller's house in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, she learned about family life grounded in God. She thought her grandmother lived somewhere in Lancaster, and her fondest hope to find her and regain the love she remembered neared. When she learned her grandmother had moved to Clarksville, Texas, Kristi decided to drive across the country with her friend, Betty, and friend's brother, Jacob. While they journey in A Plain Adventure, they encounter fears, trials, challenges, and something else happens. Is Jacob, the Amish young man, falling in love with the Englischer, rebellious, Kristi? In Texas, conflicts begin in ways Kristi never anticipated. In the end, love prevails, but what will the future bring?
Get your copy here.
These are nice, kid friendly, fun reads.
These are nice, kid friendly, fun reads.
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Labels: A Plain Adventure, A Plain Wish, Amish, Cyndi Lord, YA
Thursday, June 16, 2016
Four Days to Fusion by Lira Brannon
To save her friends she will have to burn.
In a small town in the middle of the U.S., the only thing Seren wants to do is fit in. This proves difficult when everything about her is different and people call her freak behind her back. Things change suddenly when she gives a boy her necklace, the one her parents told her never to take off. Next thing she knows she's running for her life with a smart-mouth water globule with two personalities, putting out hot flashes that burn her clothes off, and dealing with two boys she will have to choose between.
A really nice young adult sci-fi. Lots of action and twists. If you like sci-fi, you'll love this.
Tuesday, June 14, 2016
I Just Came Here to Dance by Susan Mary Malone
Paula Anne Fairbanks understands all about the unexamined life. And she likes hers that way—until her world gets ripped smooth apart.
Running from reality, Paula falls under the mythological yarns being spun on Diana Maclean's porch. Surely Paula's own choices aren't to blame for the summer of insanity she spends under the spells of Diana...who is, after all, known as the White Witch of Sociable, Texas.
I JUST CAME HERE TO DANCE, a modern allegory, waltzes atop the line between the creative and the crazy, the sacred and the maligned. Through myths it weaves together the multi-layers of personal Self with that of the collective whole. And finally, Paula Anne and the townsfolk learn the simplest of truths: that the fire's ashes produce wisdom and courage, just as the stories say.
I'm not a big "women's fiction" fan but I loved this one.
And, if you are ever in need of an editor, Susan is the one you want. Seriously, she is amazing. You can check her editorial services out here.
Monday, June 13, 2016
Secrets of the Dead by Caleb Pirtle !!!
Ambrose Lincoln is one of the government's prized operatives, a trained assassin, a man whose past is continually erased by mind control treatments. He is dispatched to Baden-Baden after the Night of Broken Glass to find rolls of film that will tell the truth and uncover the lies. The photographs will reveal to the world the sadistic threat that exists for everyone if Hitler's mad march isn't stopped. Lincoln's mission is to uncover the deadly secrets that his own government doesn't want him to find, secrets that can change history.
It was the race for the Atomic bomb. America was at war a long way from home. Hitler's war machine was storming across Europe. Russia feared the German threat and secretly wanted to become a world power, more feared than it already was. All three nations knew that whoever split the atom and developed the Atomic Bomb first would rule the world.
A stealth espionage operation within the U. S. Government dispatched their man with no memory to Los Alamos where physicists, chemists, and scholars were frantically trying to build the bomb. Ambrose Lincoln was himself a human experiment, a man whose mind had been erased by electronic shock treatments because the rogue political operation believed he could be more effective if he wasn't shackled by fears and memories of the past. It would be his duty to uncover and silence those spies who were trying to steal America's most vital secrets and selling them to Russia and Germany.
If he fails the United States might well lose the war, and Lincoln finds himself embedded in a conspiracy of lies where nothing is as it seems to be.
American operative Ambrose Lincoln has no idea where he is or has been or where he's going. He believes he has been to the night side of dark, a place of the first death, from which no one can return. So why does he find himself on the bomb-ruined landscape of Poland, or has he been exiled to the second death? Lincoln only realizes, if the man in the shadows has not lied to him, he must find an ancient religious painting that has been missing for centuries. The German Gestapo will pay a fortune to buy it, or take a man's life to get it. The painting, if legend holds true, is the German hierarchy's final and only chance to escape the onslaught of the war that is crumbling around their feet.
I LOVE reading Caleb's writing. I once heard him call himself a "used word salesman" but I call him a wordsmith. He has learned his craft and wields words the way a master swordsman wields a sword. Even if you don't like this "time in history" I urge you to give these a read. I think you'll love them.
Friday, June 10, 2016
More Than A Witness by Jack Moseley
The apparent homosexual murder of a fellow Army recruit inexorably leads Alex Massey into a maze of seemingly unrelated violence, corruption and intrigue—in, out, and back in uniform.To survive, the young police reporter/mobilized weekend warrior must discover himself and be MORE THAN A WITNESS; he becomes a participant in the events that shape his life and provide him an expose that shakes the highest levels of the Pentagon. An unlikely, unsavory and absolutely fascinating cast of characters cross Alex's path on his way to a life and death climax in an isolated area of a resurrected military post.
This is a real gritty one. I did like it though. Just be warned, it is not g-rated.
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Wednesday, June 8, 2016
How to Eat Like a Dragon - M. Lopez & L. Simmons
This really cool cookbook will become a kid favorite. Not only is it full of healthy recipes, it has nutrition tips and pointers on taking care of bearded dragons.I'm not one who eats a lot of veggies, but for those of you who do, or who would like to get the kiddos to eat them, this might be a great book to have. It's available as ebook or hardcover.
Get your copy here.
Tuesday, June 7, 2016
Dragons of Jade by Jean Lauzier
There's no such thing as dragons.
Of that, Jade Delaney was sure. She may not have known who she was or where she came from, but at least she had a plan for her future.
All that changes when a dragon summons her back to the world from which she came. There, she learns dragons are real, the truth of her birth, and just why she was abandoned as a toddler.
Now she must discover and stop whoever is killing the dragons, while avoiding the man who is hunting her.
Okay, so this is my book. But since this is my blog, it seems fitting to put it here. At least once in a while. It is a stand alone, however, I am working on a sequel. It's going to be really good.
Get your copy here or if you'd like a signed copy, let me know and we'll work out details.
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Labels: Dragons, Dragons of Jade, fantasy, Jean Lauzier, novel
Monday, June 6, 2016
Not Bound By Blood by Gay Ingram
In a friendship forged in high school days, solemn athletic Miriam Meyer and flamboyant actress Blanche LaRue seem as different as apples and kumquats.
After winning an Olympic Gold Medal while still a teenager, a plane crash forces Miriam to give up her dream of a repeat performance. She marries and settles for small-town life as the wife of her banker husband, Brad Hammond.
Blanche disposes of anything that will come in the way of achieving her goal, even husband and child. Her career carries her into the European war scene. An enamored Count Romano Vicente comes to rescue her.
Although continents sometimes separate the friends, their strong bond of friendship remains.
After winning an Olympic Gold Medal while still a teenager, a plane crash forces Miriam to give up her dream of a repeat performance. She marries and settles for small-town life as the wife of her banker husband, Brad Hammond.
Blanche disposes of anything that will come in the way of achieving her goal, even husband and child. Her career carries her into the European war scene. An enamored Count Romano Vicente comes to rescue her.
Although continents sometimes separate the friends, their strong bond of friendship remains.
This is another historical that I enjoyed reading.
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Friday, June 3, 2016
Stop That Turtle by Beth Lauzier
Who knew turtles could go so fast?
As Kobe is on the ride of his life, Zippy must find a way to stop that turtle.
Maybe it's a good thing turtles go slow after all.
As Kobe is on the ride of his life, Zippy must find a way to stop that turtle.
Maybe it's a good thing turtles go slow after all.
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Thursday, June 2, 2016
A Tough Little Squirrel by Beth Lauzier
Who knew being brave would be so hard. That's a lesson Zippy learns when challenged by his older brother. So he sets out to prove just how courageous he is.
Join Zippy on a nighttime adventure as he discovers not everyone in the forest is friendly.
Okay, I admit it. I love this!
Of course, my daughter being the author has nothing to do with that. :-)
Seriously though, this is a great bedtime read-to-the-kids book that they will love to read over and over. Not only is there a great story, we also put fun facts about some of the animals at the back of the book. Your kids will love it.
Get your copy here.
Or, if you'd like a signed copy, just email me and we'll work out the details.
Get your copy here.
Or, if you'd like a signed copy, just email me and we'll work out the details.
Wednesday, June 1, 2016
The Doctor's Wife by Myra Hargrave McIlvain
Young teacher Amelia Anton leaves Germany in 1845 on an immigrant ship bound for Texas. After the death at sea of the child she is hired to tutor, her employer abandons her. Amelia quickly accepts the marriage proposal of the much-respected physician, Joseph Stein, only to discover that he is not the husband she expected.
I'm not normally a historical reader but I really enjoyed this one. If you love historicals or novels set in Texas, then this fills the bill.
Get your copy here.
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A few weeks back I published a post on the challenge that salt on roads poses in the winter. I encouraged readers to submit their own hacks for keeping their whips corrosion free and our first submission focused on Plasti Dip as a possible solution. Reader Chuck rides in Wisconsin during the winter and sent along his own advice on fighting the corrosive combination of CaCl2, MgCl2, and KCl found on roads.
The combination of Upper-case and Lower-case letters and subscript numbers above came from a couple of quick Google searches on "road salt." The search made me dizzy and scared. Dizzy because chemical diagrams and shorthand make my head spin. Scared because I am pretty sure the "salt" we throw all over the place is super bad for the environment. I don't claim to understand most of what I stumbled upon, however the "salt" appears to be a combination of . . . long sounding words that are hard to pronounce and likely kills stuff.
I definitely don't belong in the lane that deals with chemical compositions, but if readers out there wish to comment, I would love to read more. Well, maybe that is overstated because I am sure whatever I read will depress me . . . anyway, take it away Chuck . . .
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For winter-proofing my ride for Wisconsin winter I use:
1-Change any fasteners that are not stainless steel to stainless and liberally coat the threads with anti seize.
2-Coat the inside of all the frame tubes with Gibb's aerosol lubricant. This stuff is amazing!
3-If it is bare aluminum and can be easily removed, it gets painted with black enamel.


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Swing low sweet chariot! England's rugby heritage is a proud one, steeped in history dating back to 1871. England's record in the Rugby World Cup has been patchy since they won it back in 2003 thanks in large to Jonny Wilkinson's boot. Their results in the annual Six Nations Tournament haven't been much better either. Artwork and design copyright and Trademark Push Merchandising Ltd.


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A Christian presence in the heart of local community life.
Serving Jesus in ways which are Bible-centered, relevant and user-friendly.
People of all ages and situations are welcome.
The church aims to help people find faith in Jesus and grow in it.
About Us
St John's is a welcoming and lively church at the heart of bustling Ashley Road in Poole. Join us any Sunday morning for the service at 10.30am. We look forward to meeting you.
St John's is the Church of England parish church of Heatherlands parish. We are an evangelical church which is committed to sharing the Good News of Jesus, while teaching and living out the Bible.
Knowing and Sharing the Love of Jesus
St John's is a church for everyone in the community and is a Christian presence at the heart of Upper Parkstone. The church aims to reach and serve the local community helping people find faith and grow in it. We are committed to serving Jesus in ways which are welcoming, relevant and user-friendly and being a place where people of all ages and situations find something for them.
If you would like to get involved, to find out more about Christianity, or to share ideas about how we could express God's love in practical ways we would be pleased to hear from you. Please contact the Vicar or leave your name and contact information any Sunday morning. We look forward to getting to know you.
At St.Johns we take safeguarding very seriously. Should you have any concern at all regarding a Safeguarding matter, please click the button here to contact us. We can assure you your inquiry will be dealt with as a matter of utmost importance.
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A packed audience gathered for the presentation event organised by NatWest's South East Regional Board, where guests heard chairman Tim Boag explain how the Skills & Opportunities Fund works. In 2017, £2 million was made available across England and Wales through NatWest's Skills & Opportunities Fund. The regional boards, helped by a public vote, awarded grants of up to £35,000 to not-for-profit organisations and projects aimed at helping people to help themselves in the areas of financial capability and enterprise.
One of the beneficiaries of an award in 2016 was the Hastings-based Education Futures Trust. Their 'Working Without Walls' programme impressed the judges and voters. The programme is a series of inspirational survival skills and conservation courses for young people in Hastings aged 14-21 years with low educational or economic outcomes.
In an inspiring speech, Carole Dixon, CEO of Education Future Trust, told the audience about the impact of the grant and what it has meant to the the programme.
She commented later, "We were delighted with our success in gaining the Skills and Opportunities funding for our Working without Walls programme. This allows us to extend our outdoor learning and conservation work to young people who struggle in education, and may be facing long term unemployment. As well as learning new practical skills, participants will develop teamwork, build self-esteem and confidence, whilst clearing and improving areas of local woodland.
"Our thanks go to NatWest for allowing us this opportunity, and we look forward to welcoming them to see the progress in both the young people and the countryside."
The two big winners in the South East in 2017 were Citizens Advice Maidstone and Let's Do Business Group (South East) Limited.
Citizens Advice Maidstone is working with Citizens Advice Tunbridge Wells, who both provide financial capability sessions, as well as free, confidential and impartial advice to residents in a wide range of locations and settings. They have received funding for their project, Make it Count, which will target residents and families living in isolated rural locations within the Boroughs of Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells to improve their financial resilience and capability.
Let's Do Business Group (South East) Limited, based in St Leonards-on-Sea, supports the economic development of Hastings and the wider East Sussex area by helping new and budding entrepreneurs. Its Business Builder project has received funding to provide start-up workshops, mentoring support, online training and specialist advice for deprived communities.
Applications for the next round of the NatWest Skills & Opportunities Fund open in September. For further information and to apply visit http://skillsandopportunitiesfund.natwest.com/
At the start of 2015, NatWest set up regional boards throughout the country, each with representatives from the different divisions of the bank – personal/branch, business and commercial, Lombard, Coutts, plus the supporting functions including HR, marketing, communications and security – with the purpose of helping us work better together and in turn identify ways in which we can better support our customers and the communities we work in.
In the South East, our Regional Board's three pillars have been on education, employability and enterprise and throughout the year we undertake a number of different initiatives under these banners.
In Brighton, we've opened the first Entrepreneurial Spark accelerator hub in the South East where we've supported more than 200 aspiring entrepreneurs by providing the office space, IT infrastructure, mentoring and access to our network and the region's business ecosystem that is often difficult and expensive for people starting their own business to secure.
It has been really inspiring to see these entrepreneurs working together and the tenacity each of them have to succeed in business. I'd like to personally invite you to visit the hub to see what these budding entrepreneurs are up to.
Last year, we launch our Bank on Breakfast programme through which we're funding primary schools with catchments in some of the most disadvantaged communities including the Baird Primary Academy in Hastings and Drapers Mills Primary Academy in Margate.
It has been shown that having breakfast has a direct impact on kids' behaviour and concentration in class and that nationally 32% of schoolchildren regularly miss breakfast. Unfortunately, at both of these schools, that percentage is even higher. Our hope is that our contribution encourages better learning by giving kids a healthy breakfast and helps motivate parents to get their children to school on time.
And finally, in 2015 we launched the £2.5 million Skills & Opportunities Fund. In the South East, we've awarded over £400,000 to 23 organisations that support disadvantaged people and communities, each in their own ways. Our aim is to create true, long term partnerships with these organisations so we encourage our staff to volunteer with the charities and social enterprises we work with.


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T K Platt Electrical Ltd was founded in 1997 through a partnership between Steve Kirkman (sales director) and Craig Wright (operations Directors). The company employs a team of skilled electricians with a wealth of experience in the installation of electrical systems, particularly in the industrial, Commercial, HVAC and BMS sector.
We take pride in our work and have a reputation for offering a reliable and professional service to a wide variety of industrialand Commercial clients. Repeat business is the key factor in the philosophy of a non-contractual open approach and providing value and engineered solutions for public sector and private clients. When the company was founded in 1997 we had a turnover of £120,000 this has grown to over 2million today.
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Finn Hudson Quotes
[to Coach Beist] I think it's just that the glee club just doesn't see me as an adult. Ugh, god, is that what coffee tastes like? How do people drink that?
Finn: The theme is 'Foreigner.' We're going to sing songs by Foreigner, in foreign languages, wearing all the costumes of the world's nations.
Artie: Wait, seriously? That's your idea?
Finn: Were you crying about me?
Rachel: I wasn't crying about you.
Finn: Oh.
Finn: Have you been crying?
Rachel: No, I'm fine.
Finn: For two years, I was the guy you came to with every little problem. Are we just gonna pretend we're not even friends anymore?
Rachel: I just...I shouldn't have come here. It's just too weird.
Finn: It's nice helping other people's dreams come true.
Will: It's called being a teacher.
Finn: Okay, we need to do that thing where we call people back. What's that called?
Mercedes, Mike, and Artie: Callbacks.
Finn: Hey, what are you doing?
Ryder: Studying.
Finn: In study hall? I think you're the first.
Finn: Wow. What am I going to do with my life? I don't have my girl. I don't have a job. I don't have a place in this world.
Rachel: You have you, and that's better than anyone else on the planet as far as I'm concerned.
Finn: Who am I? I barely even graduated high school and my life has absolutely no direction.
Rachel: Don't you get it? No matter how rich, or famous, or successful I become, when it comes to you, I'm always going to be that moon-eyed girl who freaked you out at a first glee rehearsal. You are the first boy who made me feel loved, and sexy, and visible. You are my first love. And I want more than anything for you to be my last. But I can't do this anymore. At least not now. We're done.
Finn: I was trying to give you your freedom.
Rachel: I don't need you to give me my freedom. I am a grown woman. I don't need you to hide from me to keep me from doing what is right for me.
Finn: I just needed time to think.
Rachel: You had four months. I hated you for what you did to me at that train station.
Finn: I was trying to help you.
Rachel: I hated you. And then when I got to New York, I thought how much you love me. And how hard that must have been for you. And I thought this...this is what a man looks like. This is how a man loves. But you, not telling me where you were for four months, and sneaking out before sunrise in the middle of the night without saying goodbye, that is not being a man, Finn.
Rachel: This is where you proposed to me. When you did, you reminded me it's where we had our first date. It's also where we first met. Do you remember that?
Finn: Yeah, glee rehearsal. You, uh, you really freaked me out.


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Total running time: 61 minutes
The Tracks:
1 Pathways to Heaven / From Higher Consciousness by Philip Chapman
2 Angel of Healing / From Music for Healing by Stephen Rhodes
3 Angelic Love / From Music for Healing by Stephen Rhodes
4 Celestial Light / From Temple of Healing by Anthony Miles
5 Everlasting Love / From Return of the Angels by Philip Chapman
6 Crystal Deva / From Crystal Healing by Anthony Miles
7 Crystal Blossoms / From Perfume by Stephen Rhodes
They say: Over one hour of some of the most soothing and restful music ever recorded. Music for Relaxation features tracks from six albums, each one of which was specially crafted to effortlessly release stress and to soothe your mind. These serene and calming compositions combine to create a beautifully relaxed atmosphere, perfect for enjoying extended moments of tranquility and peace of mind.
A popular album in which the combination of different artists is fairly seamless because of the nature of the tracks selected - all light, airy and soothing. Overall, it is quite a hypnotic album to listen to because of the repetition of musical phrases and chords. Well suited to really calming down and melting into the sofa!