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She's too prim
Lilah Holcutt dislikes Constantine Moreland from the moment she meets him. He may be handsome, but he's frivolous, rash, impulsive and, worst of all, a flirt. Now that Con's twin brother has married Lilah's best friend, she's seeing way more of Con than she'd like. And when Con's sisters are inexplicably kidnapped, Lilah's own curiosity and stubbornness get the better of her, and she finds herself swept into Con's investigation.
He's indifferent to propriety
Con knows that Lilah hates him—he just wishes she weren't so devastatingly beautiful, that he weren't so attracted to her. Especially since they're working closely together to solve the kidnapping, an adventure that leads them to Lilah's peculiar childhood home, Barrow House, which sits atop an ancient fen and features an eerie maze on its grounds.
They'll have to join together to conquer a sinister force
The more Con and Lilah uncover, the more they're convinced that the answers lie buried deep within Barrow House—answers to a mystery darker than either of them could ever have realized.
~~Reviewed by AnnMarie~~
His Wicked Charm is the sixth book in The Mad Morelands series by Candace Camp. You don't need to read the other books in the series to fully understand and enjoy this one.
Where does one begin to describe this book? One word springs to mind…Unique. There I was expecting a regular romance then I was happily surprised when psychic abilities came into play. From the very mention of one of the character's visions, I was absolutely hooked.
That vision was of Con's sisters and mother being kidnapped. Con is the hero of our story. He is one of twin brothers, and his twin recently married Lilah's best friend. Lilah is the heroine of the story. Lilah and Con do not get on. When they find out about the kidnapping Lilah insists on helping Con find the women which in turn has them spending enough time together to realise that perhaps they have both missed the finer qualities of each other. When it later comes to light that Lilah herself is in danger from somebody looking for her key, a key that she has no idea about, it takes her and Con to her family home in order to do some searching.
While searching for the key, which is like a needle in a haystack, they open up a whole can of worms with regards to what they discover about her family, and about supernatural forces seemingly attached to the property. What they discover and how they discover it made for a fascinating read, then add to that the developing romance between Lilah and Con and you have the perfect story. Do they find the key, what is it for, and why are people willing to kill for it? This book has it all, and I absolutely can't fault it.


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The Iliofemoral line is traced on an AP pelvis projection. It is a curvilinear line, along the outer surface of the ilium, through the superior acetabular rim and the femoral neck.
It should be bilaterally symmetrical. Asymmetry may be the result of congenital dysplasia, slipped femoral capital epiphysis, dislocation, or fracture.
- 1. S Waldt, K Woertler., Measurements and Classifications in Musculoskeletal Radiology, 2013 Thieme Medical Publishers, pp:1-83
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- 3. Geometrical-anatomical factors and their significance in the early x-ray diagnosis of hip joint disease in children. Radiology 56:842, 1951.


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Trina Solar, the Chinese vertically integrated Tier-1 solar company, has announced today the acquisition of a 200 MW solar cell manufacturing facility in Heerlen, the Netherlands.
Trina Solars wholly owned subsidiary Trina Solar Netherlands has purchased all of the assets from Solland Solar, including the acquisition of all machinery, equipment, stocks, office inventory and real estate.
Over the coming weeks, Trina Solar will begin operations at the facility, the company confirmed. Earlier this month, Trina Solar exited the EU's Minimum Import Price (MIP) undertaking, stressing to its customers that it will continue to serve the EU via its overseas manufacturing facilities. The acquisition of a cell fab within the EU will facilitate this process and ensure Trina is able to circumvent some of the duties levied on its European customers.
"This investment will be one of the components of our ongoing global expansion strategy," said Trina Solar CEO and chairman Jifan Gao. "In particular, this new cell facility in Europe, along with our in-house manufacturing capacity in Thailand and other overseas capacities allows us to leverage our global resources so that we can further expand our presence and enhance our competitive edge in overseas markets, especially in the U.S. and Europe."
Gao added that Trina Solar was excited to establish a base in the growing Netherlands PV market, remarking that the company hopes to create further job opportunities for the local area.
Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) has forecast the Netherlands solar market to grow by approximately 480 MW this year, building upon a strong 2015 when the market added 438 MW of new PV capacity.
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Albayrak Communications and Operations team led by GM Operations Osman Nuri and Senior Manager Operations Mesut Deveci attended the convocation ceremony as guests of honor in Shalimar Degree College, China Scheme. Minister of Education Raza Ali Gillani, MPA Ch Shahbaz Ahmad, President Muslim League (N) Lahore Pervaiz Malik, MPA Ghazali Salim Butt, Deputy Mayor Ch Bilal, DIG Haider Ashraf and … Read More
Mayor Quetta, Mayor Rawalpindi and Chairman RWMC visit Albayrak Workshop in Liaqat Bagh
Mayor Quetta Dr. Kaleemullah, Mayor Rawalpindi Sardar Naseem, Chairman RWMC Raja Hanif, Javed Mughal and other officials of the Rawalpindi Waste Management Company visited Albayrak Workshop in Liaqat Bagh, Rawalpindi. GM Communications Albayrak Waste Management Company Kenan Gulen briefed the delegation about the field operations of Albayrak Company. GM Operations Albayrak Murat Sengur and his team demonstrated the working of … Read More
Albayrak arranges weekly awareness drive in UC 185
Albayrak Waste Management carried out its weekly awareness drive in UC 185, Wazir Ali Road to create awareness among the local residents about the field operations of Albayrak. The team urged the residents to cooperate with the sanitary workers by placing their garbage outside their houses in waste bags so the sanitary staff would collect it in their duty hours. … Read More
Albayrak arranges cleanliness awareness seminar in Rawalpindi
Albayrak Waste Management in collaboration with the Rawalpindi Waste Management Company (RWMC) arranged cleanliness awareness seminar in Rawalpindi to highlight the importance of cleanliness and to sensitize the participants and residents of Said Pur about proper waste management. Mayor Rawalpindi Sardar Naseem Khan, MD RWMC Raja Hanif, Albayrak GM Operations Murat Sengur and GM Communications Kenan Gulen joined the session. … Read More
Albayrak carries out special operational and awareness activity in rural areas of China Scheme
Following the special operations in UC 161 and 162 over the period of 2 months, Albayrak and the LWMC moved the special squad of 150 workers and waste lifting machinery to the rural areas of China Scheme. MPA Ch Shahbaz, UC Chairman Ch Shahnawaz and Vice Chairman Nadeem Sarwar supervised the special operations in UC 25 Bhombay Jhuggiyan. During the … Read More
Albayrak team visited UC Chairman to discuss cleanliness situation of Ghaziabad
Albayrak Waste Management arranged a meeting with UC Chairman to discuss the effective measures to improve cleanliness situation in Ghaziabad. The communications team of Albayrak met with UC Chairman Malik Irfan in his office. He expressed satisfaction over cleanliness arrangements. He especially lauded the fact that a mini dumper and additional sanitary workers had been deployed to further improve sanitation … Read More
Meeting regarding cleanliness held in Shadbagh
Albayrak Waste Management arranged a meeting with local representatives to discuss the cleanliness situation of Shadbagh. The representatives of Albayrak led by GM Operations Osman Nuri met with Vice Chairman UC 45 Haji Munib Tufail. They discussed the issues and challenges related to cleanliness in the area. Albayrak team told the Vice Chairman about the details of cleanup operations being … Read More
Albayrak arranges Cleanliness Drive in Badami Bagh under supervision of MPA Ghazali Salim Butt and Deputy Mayor Mushtaq Mughal
To create awareness among the citizens about proper waste management, Albayrak Waste Management arranged cleanliness cum awareness drive under the campaign "Choti si Zimmadari" in Badami Bagh. Prior to the activity, cleanup operation was carried out in the area. Deputy Mayor Mushtaq Mughal and MPA Ghazali Salim Butt led the drive. Albayrak communications team setup awareness camp on the road. … Read More
Restaurants involved in cleanliness drive
Albayrak Waste Management Company has involved renowned city restaurants in its ongoing campaign for cleanliness. Officials said Albayrak's field team gave a briefing to various restaurant administrations in the Gulberg area. Earlier, the team conducted a survey on MM Alam and Mehmood Qasuri Roads and discussed the procedure of waste collection with the restaurant. The team directed the target community … Read More
Albayrak starts special cleanliness operations in suburbs of Lahore
Following the delegation of power to local government representatives, Albayrak Waste Management Company, along with Lord Mayor, Deputy Mayors and the LWMC officials has started special cleanliness cum awareness activities in different areas of Lahore with special focus on rural parts of the city. In this regard, operational and awareness activities were carried out in the areas of Kamahan, Karool … Read More


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In a new study, it suggests that the humans have already destroyed about 85 percent of wild mammals of the planet. The destructive impact of the human population is known to all, but this new study has shown that how dangerously we are staying on the planet by destroying the wild mammals.
This new study which was the first comprehensive study of the weight of every class of living creature and was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The lead author of the study, Professor Ron Milo of the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel said, "I was shocked to find there wasn't already a comprehensive, holistic estimate of all the different components of biomass. I would hope this gives people a perspective on the very dominant role that humanity now plays on Earth."
Milo added by saying that he is now eating less meat as he comes to know about the huge impact that the livestock has on the environment. This study which was done shows that the farmed poultry makes up about 70 percent of all birds on the planet which means it is about 30 percent wild. The numbers for the mammals are more shocking which includes 60 percent livestock, 36 percent for humans and only 4 percent for wild. He said that in wildlife movies, we could see every kind of birds in a vast amount, but when they carried out analysis, they found there are more domesticated birds.
In the last 50 years, it is found that nearly half of the world's animals have lost and as per scientist, they estimate that this is the beginning of the sixth mass extinction of the life in about Earth's four-billion-year history. This was happened due to the farming, logging, and development which have destroyed the wildlife habitats to a very vast extension.


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Currently, MRI is the most commonly used imaging to look for or confirm the presence of stress fractures.
Pain is the body's way of trying to tell us something. It's a protective sign. Bone and the coverings on the outside of bone have lots of nerve endings capable of signaling problems. Like other tissues in our bodies, bone is constantly undergoing a re-model. It responds to physical stress by reinforcing its' underlying structure allowing it to withstand the stress. This describes a well-recognized principle called 'Wolff's Law of Bone'.
This bony 're-enforcement' like most construction projects, doesn't happen overnight. The key is that the bone has to be given time to respond and reinforce its structure. If the stress is applied faster than the bone can adapt to, the structure will fail (break) or fracture. Failure can happen suddenly, like falling off your bike and breaking your wrist, or it can be a slower process – occurring over days or weeks leading to a 'stress reaction' or stress fracture of bone.


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In this second 'Star Wars' stand-alone, spin-off film, it opens with the traditional "A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away....."
Across the known galaxy during the early years of the First Galactic Empire, organized crime syndicates are running rampant due to rampant lawlessness on the mid and outer rim worlds since the fall of the Galactic Republic, forcing others to fight for survival. On the industrial ship-building planet Corellia, Lady Proxima (voice of Linda Hunt), leader of the White Worms gang, is after a hyperfuel known as coaxium. Meanwhile, one young man seeks a way out of Corellia for good.
That man is Han (Alden Ehrenreich). After getting his hands on some coaxium, he meets with his girlfriend Qi'ra (Emilia Clarke) as they plan to escape. They are found by some of Proxima's minions and are taken to her, where she demands the coaxium. Han takes out a rock that he pretends is a thermal detonator and throws it at the walls to bring in sunlight, which Proxima and her species are allergic to. Han and Qi'ra run and evade the worms as they chase after them, managing to lose them after Han gets them through a tight spot in the wall with a stolen speeder, but they end up stuck and have to continue running on foot.
At the nearby spaceport, Han and Qi'ra evade Imperial storm trooper guards and bring the coaxium to a female Imperial officer as a bribe to help them escape. They nearly make it to freedom until they are spotted by the worms again. Han is able to make it out, but Qi'ra is captured. Separated by a security gate, Han promises to find a way to get her out. Now on his own, Han decides to enlist as a pilot for the Empire. He speaks to a recruitment officer, and he asks Han his full name. When he can't give him a surname, and when the officer sees he is alone and has no family, he dubs him Han "Solo".
The story jumps ahead three years...
Han is fighting on the muddy, foggy planet Mimban as an Imperial infantryman -- he has since been kicked out of the Imperial Flight Academy for insubordination. Most of the fighters on his side are killed, but Han manages to find three thieves posing as fighters - Tobias Beckett (Woody Harrelson), his girlfriend Val (Thandie Newton), and the alien Rio Durant (voice of Jon Favreau). Fed up with constant conflicts, Han wants to join them after telling them he's a good pilot, but Beckett refuses to let him join, even after Han threatens to blackmail them. Beckett sets Han up to be arrested, lying to some Imperial officers. Han is taken by guards and thrown into a pit to be fed to a beast. The beast turns out to be the Wookie Chewbacca (Joonas Suotamo). He attacks Han, but when Han reveals he can speak the Wookie language, they decide to work together to break out. Han uses Chewie to break the beam that's keeping them bound together, collapsing the ceiling and spilling the two guards that threw Han into the pit down to the floor. The two escape and see Beckett, Val, and Rio leaving on a ship, hoping to have caught a ride. Rio manages to convince Beckett to bring the two on-board since the immensely strong Chewie could work well as extra muscle.
The crew rests for the night on the snow-covered planet Vandor before their upcoming job. As they sit around a campfire, Val figures that Han has joined them for a girl. Beckett tells Han that they are trying to steal a large amount of coaxium from a train for the people they work for.
The next day, the crew spots the train and they go in for the heist. They find the coaxium, but they are attacked by a gang of Cloud Riders. The crew fights them off, but Rio is shot as he flies the ship overhead, forcing Han to pilot the ship. Rio then succumbs to his wounds. Val is at the end of the tracks just over a cliff where the Cloud Riders ambush her. To ensure they don't get the others or the coaxium, she blows herself up with the tracks, causing the train to plummet to the ground. Han also ends up dropping the coaxium, realizing that the craft isn't powerful enough to yank it away from the Cloud Riders. The coaxium explodes, collapsing a big portion of the mountain.
Beckett leaves memorials for Rio and Val, and he punches Han in the face for ruining the mission. They were supposed to deliver the coaxium to a criminal named Dryden Vos (Paul Bettany), leader of the Crimson Dawn syndicate. Without the coaxium, Beckett fears Dryden will kill him. Han offers himself and Chewie to help Beckett find another stash of coaxium and reach a new deal with Dryden. Beckett reluctantly agrees to let Han and Chewie come along.
The three travel to Dryden's huge, luxurious ship docked nearby. While attending a lavish party, Han spots Qi'ra, who has been working for Dryden for the last couple of years. After the ruthless Dryden kills the regional governor in his private room, he steps outside to speak to Beckett and meet Han and Chewie. After discussing what happened with the coaxium, Han suggests that they steal unprocessed coaxium from the mines on the planet Kessel. Dryden has Qi'ra join them. The danger is that unprocessed coaxium is highly unstable and must be taken to a refining facility quickly before it explodes.
In order to get a ship to travel to Kessel, Qi'ra brings the three to meet the charming smuggler Lando Calrissian (Donald Glover) as he is playing a card game of Sabaac against other alien pilots. Han challenges Lando to a game, where the winner gets the other's ship. Han appears to poised to win, until Lando cheats, using a card hidden in his sleeve to outmatch him. Still, Lando joins Han and the others on their mission for the potential profits that would follow. They stop to get Lando's droid friend, L3-37 (voice of Phoebe Waller-Bridge), who is watching a fight between other droids and is upset to see that they are used like gladiatorial slaves. Lando brings them to his ship, the Millennium Falcon, and they take off for the mining planet of Kessel.
The team arrives on Kessel and heads toward the mines, having to navigate the large, stormy cloud that surrounds the planet. L3 initiates a riot by freeing captive droids, which allows the others to find the coaxium and take it. At the same time, Chewie spots imprisoned Wookiees, and Han allows him to go and free them. An all-out battle begins as the team tries to escape, only to be shot at by the creatures. L3 is blasted, and Lando runs in to save her, losing her lower half, and he is wounded trying to take her back to the Falcon. The team gets the coaxium on-board and they fly away, where L3 dies in Lando's arms. As the team flies out, they are found by an Imperial star destroyer blockade that sends out TIE fighters to attack. With Lando injured, Han must pilot the Falcon to evade the TIE fighters and make it through the Maw, a cluster of black holes. They are attacked by an enormous space monster that tries to devour them. Han must then do a "Kessel Run", but Lando points out nobody can do it in less than 20 parsecs. Using a piece of L3's machinery to navigate the ship, they find themselves being sucked toward a black hole, which the space monster falls victim to as it is ripped apart. Han then has Beckett use a small dose of coaxium to boost the Falcon out of danger. It works and they fly out, and Han is able to brag that he made the Kessel Run in 12 parsecs.
The team is set to meet with Dryden on the planet Savareen, where they plan to process the coaxium at a disused refinery. The group are soon found by the Cloud Riders. Han tries to bluff them, saying he has a small unit of soldiers waiting aboard the Falcon. The ruse fails when Lando flies off in the Falcon. Beckett believes the Riders are a bunch of marauders, until their leader, a teenage girl named Enfys Nest (Erin Kellyman), reveals herself and says they only want to keep the coaxium out of Crimson Dawn's hands. A resistance is building in opposition to the Galactic Empire and Nest wants the coaxium to use in the fight.
Han, Qi'ra, and Chewie bring the coaxium to Dryden who's ship lands nearby. When he sees a sample, he says that it is fake. It turns out Beckett was his inside man, and he told Dryden that Han had been planning to sell the coaxium to the Cloud Riders. However, Han reveals he took a page out of Beckett's book and anticipated that Beckett would betray them. The coaxium in the room is real, and the Cloud Riders have nothing. Beckett takes Chewie hostage, along with the coaxium. Dryden fights Han and Qi'ra, ending with Qi'ra overpowering Dryden and stabbing him through the heart with his own blade. Qi'ra tells Han to go after the coaxium and to save Chewie, and she will join them soon.
Han catches up to Beckett. Beckett attempts to talk his way out of the situation and draws his gun, but Han shoots first and kills Beckett. Meanwhile, Qi'ra contacts her true boss... a shadowy figure who reveals himself to be Darth Maul (Ray Park). She tells him of the mission's failure, and he assigns her to Dryden's former position. She leaves on Dryden's ship, passing over Han and Chewie. She looks over to him, and he looks back.
Han gives the coaxium to Enfys and her team. She offers him a chance to join them, but he declines. Enfys leaves Han and Chewie with a vial of coaxium for themselves.
Han finds Lando and challenges him to another game of Sabaac, only this time, he manages to swipe Lando's cheat card from him before the match. Han wins fairly, and he gets the Falcon. Along with Chewie, they decide to head to Tatooine after Beckett had mentioned a gangster (Jabba The Hutt) putting together a crew for another mission. Han then puts the Falcon into hyperspace as they take off.


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Norma Nikutowski's book shares scientifically proven strategies that allow people to begin feeling happier
In her 20-year career as a counselor working with patients with anxiety and depression and teaching special needs students, Norma Nikutowski learned a universal truth: everyone has the capacity for happiness, it's just a matter of turning it on and keeping it on.
In her new book, Turn Your Happiness ON (Spring Rain Publishing), the Argentinian-born Nikutowski delves into what happiness is, the detours people take in trying to achieve it, the role positive thinking plays in happiness, the habits of happy people and much more. She also points out that happy people not only live longer but research also shows that they make more money and are more productive than their unhappier counterparts.
In an interview she can reveal:
- Ways to immediately change your mood—including decluttering your home or workspace and doing at least one activity you enjoy every day.
- Why instead of complaining about what you dislike, you should focus on and enjoy everything that is working in your life.
- How to look for the amazing learning and self-development opportunities in every crisis, hardship, or negative situation.
- Why you should assume your relatives have good intentions and try to understand their needs too.
- The habit confident people share that you can develop.
- The importance of not waiting until Monday, your birthday, next year, or tomorrow. Every moment is a fantastic opportunity for a fresh start.
Praise for 'Turn Your Happiness On'
"This practical and fun book helps us discover that we all have the capacity to feel happiness as a welcome part of our lives. Norma shows us how to turn it on and keep happiness shining brightly and bring more joy into the world." – Cristina Smith, award-winning author of the Yoga for the Brain series
"Turn Your Happiness ON is a must-read book for everyone, from high school students to entrepreneurs. To be successful in any area of your life, you need to find happiness. Norma Nikutowski can show you the steps and guide you to living a life full of happiness and enjoyment." – Wanny Huynh, author of HOPE: Finding the Path Toward Happiness, Opportunity, Prosperity and Enjoyment


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FEB31st is expanding the eyewear landscape with its use of colour, Italian design, and ecologically harvested wood from Canada. Designed by Valerio Cometti and handmade in Italy, FEB31st was the first eyewear brand to combine the naturalness and warmth of wood with the energy of colour. In each piece, 13 layers of FSC certified wood are stitched together to create something unique, appealing equally to contemporary and classical tastes. FEB31st allows the wearer to embrace the combination of ethics and aesthetics to create their own unique sense of style.
"Keep it simple. This was my starting point, having worked with colourful, overdesigned products for several years as a distributor in the optical business. It is still my motto." Jacob Kilsgaard
Kilsgaard eyewear embodies simplicity through contemporary, elegant design that both compliments and reinforces the style of the wearer. This sleek collection is designed in Denmark and handmade in Italy, merging aluminium, colour and polarized lenses by Carl Zeiss, with an almost obsessive passion for detail. Kilsgaard keeps its gaze ahead of the trends – watching how they evolve – yet staying grounded in the classic designs that have outlasted decades. They're not here to revolutionize the world of eyewear. They're here to re-introduce, in their own package, what's proven to work: minimalist aluminum.
L.G.R. is born from the original vision of its founder, Luca Gnecchi Ruscone and blends together traditional Italian methods of craftsmanship, lens technology, and a history that dates back to colonial Africa. The result is a genuine product where virtues from the past are transmitted into contemporary spectacles. All models are created with the concept of an everlasting object intended to accompany the traveler on endless journeys filled with lasting experiences. The color palette of the collection is oriented towards harmonious nuances of warm and natural shades that are found in the savannahs of Africa or the panorama of the Italian Riviera.
MOSCOT is a New York City institution renowned worldwide for its iconic eyewear - The MOSCOT Originals, MOSCOT Spirit, and MOSCOT Sun Collections. MOSCOT infuses its unmistakably refined, downtown aesthetic with nearly 100 years of eyewear expertise and unparalleled craftsmanship to create its timeless eyewear. All MOSCOT eyewear is handmade using the highest quality materials, real hardware, and hinges that are riveted through the temple and frame fronts to ensure the sturdiest construction possible. While now recognized as a global fashion brand, MOSCOT remains, at heart, a neighborhood optical shop.
Vision Eye Wear is the region's freshest distributor of unique, fashion-forward optical and sun eyewear brands. Italian founder and eyewear expert, Marco Bonapace has trawled through some of Europe's coolest cities to bring the highest quality boutique brands to fashion aware consumers in the region.
"A passion for Italian style and strong brand partnerships has led us to develop our fast growing portfolio. We don't just search for fashion brands. Our selection criteria is based on finding quirky, unique materials, combined with the highest quality design and production. And the brands speak for themselves. Ciao."
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The Other Side of Crazy is Jodie Toohey's second collection of poetry and includes her award-winning poem, "Out of the Blue," selected by Jean Valentine in a 2012 Bettendorf Library poetry competition. She is the author of four other books: Crush and Other Love Poems for Girls (2008), Missing Emily: Croatian Life Letters (2012), Melody Madson – May It Please the Court? (2014), Taming the Twisted (2015), Versed in Nature: Hiking Northwest Illinois and East Iowa State Parks (2017), Taming the Twisted 2 Reconstructing Rain (2018), and Book Marketing Basics: The 5 Ps (2019). She was also a contributor to the MWC Creative Writing Primer (2012, MWC Press). When not writing fiction or poetry, she helps authors, soon-to-be authors, and want-to-be authors from pre-idea to book marketing. She has a Master's of Business Administration degree, teaches various writing workshops, and serves as president of the board of directors for Midwest Writing Center. She lives in Davenport, Iowa, with her family.
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Representatives from 12 nations gathered earlier in December 2008, along with major big box retailers and freight carriers, for the first SmartWay International Summit. With the theme "Transforming the Global Supply Chain," the event focused on discussing collaborative ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from goods movement.
The conference was hosted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's SmartWay Transport Partnership and the University of Michigan. SmartWay is a voluntary partnership among the government and freight shippers, carriers, and logistics companies for improving fuel efficiency and reducing environmental impacts from freight transport.
Participants shared best practices on ways to reduce the environmental impacts of shipping their goods, and exchanged ideas on methods for tracking greenhouse gas emissions. They also discussed how to implement sustainable SmartWay-type programs overseas.
Summit participants included Smartway partners Sharp Electronics, Con-Way, YRC Worldwide, NYK Logistics, and the American Trucking Associations; sponsors such as Penske, Paccar, and Navistar; and representatives from Australia, Belgium, France, Japan, New Zealand, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
For more information, access www.epa.gov/smartway/transport/partner-resources/internationalsummit.htm.


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An overview of some of Kruger National Park's forefathers including Paul Kruger who first proclaimed the National Park while he was president and James Stevenson Hamilton, the park's first warden.
Kruger Park History | Forefathers of Kruger
The First ExplorersAlthough the Dutch visited Lourenço Marques (present day Maputo) in March of 1721, in order to establish a trading post, they made no effort to travel inland.
The first documented occurrence of outsiders exploring this area comes from Dutchman François de Cuiper who led a Dutch East India Company expedition, in June of 1725, looking for local inhabitants. By July of that year, they had crossed the Komati and Crocodiles Rivers.
The latter was crossed some 3 kilometres northeast of the present day Crocodile Bridge Restcamp, and thus the expedition members were with first Europeans to "enter" the Park. Interestingly some of the river names that De Cuiper got from the local people in 1725 are still in use today. Examples include Sabe (Sabie), Matibawati (Timbavati), and Imbaloele (Balule).
The local inhabitants were found, or rather, they found the Dutch and it wasn't long before De Cuiper's Expeditions were driven back to the coast. It was only with the arrival of the Voortrekkers in 1838 that Europeans were able to establish safe and permanent.
The Voortrekkers / Louis TrichardtThey left the Cape in 1835, and reached the Soutpansberg (staying until 23 August 1837). Trichardt's group then left for Lourenço Marques. The trek crossed the border of the present day Kruger National Park on the 6 March 1838, at Tshokwane. They trekked through the Malaria and Nagana (sleeping sickness) infested area, and the remnants of the party reached Lourenço Marques (Delagoa Bay) on 13 April 1838. Louis Trichardt and most of his followers died during the journey and a memorial was set up which commemorates him.
In 1843, Andries Potgieter attempted to find a more southerly route from Pretoria to Lourenço Marques, but the one that his party took turned out to be almost impossible to negotiate. The trek came to a halt at the edge of the Drakensberg Escarpment from which there was no possible way to descend. A scouting party was sent out, which consequently discovered an animal track that permitted access to the Lowveld.
Evidence still exists of a route from Lydenburg to Delagoa Bay, which was established by the Afrikaners to gain access to the sea for trade purposes, in order that they did not have to be dependent on British ports.
Although the Voortrekkers were establishing themselves in the area, others, with an eye on trading and profits, have left their mark, not least of whom was João Albasini.
The Pioneers of Kruger National ParkJakob Louis van Wyk first introduced the idea of creating a game reserve to the Volksraad (the old term used for parliament) of the old South African republic in 1895. After many discussions about how to protect the wildlife of the Lowveld, the president of the Transvaal Republic, Paul Kruger, proclaimed a Government Wildlife Park in 1898.
The name of the park later changed to Sabi Game Reserve, with James Stevenson Hamilton serving as the first warden. During Hamilton's 44 years as warden of Sabi, the reserve expanded and the current name, Kruger National Park, came into existence in 1926. The park's first motorists entered the wildlife-rich area in 1927.
After retiring, Hamilton was replaced by Colonel J. A. B. Sandenbergh, a former employee of the South African Air Force. Under his term, the park's boundaries were fenced off from other countries. The operation that had begun in 1959 aimed to prevent the spread of diseases among wildlife and to regulate border control to curb poaching.


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|Fact / Player (Nationality)
|Most grand slam titles in history
|Winners of all four Grand Slam Singles titles in 1 calendar year
|Most ever tennis titles
|Most weeks at no. 1 (in total)
|Most consecutive weeks at no. 1
|Career Grand Slam winners
(players that won all four majors during their career (Wimbledon, the Australian, French and US Open tournaments)
|Maureen Connolly/Brinker (USA) aka "Little Mo", Margaret Smith Court (Australia), Doris Hart (USA), Shirley Fry Irvin (USA), Billie Jean King (USA), Chris Evert (USA), Martina Navratilova (Czech Republic / USA), Maria Sharapova (Russia) and Serena Williams (USA)
|Youngest ever singles Wimbledon winner
|Charlotte Dod (Great Britain) in 1887 aged 15
|Youngest ever doubles Wimbledon winner
|Martina Hingis (Switzerland) in 1996 aged 15
|Youngest ever singles US Open winner
|16 Tracy Austin (USA) in 1979
|Youngest ever doubles US Open winner
|17 Martina Hingis (Switzerland) in 1998
|Youngest ever tennis world number 1
|16 Martina Hingis (Switzerland) in 1997
|Oldest ever tennis title winner
|Billie Jean King (USA) was 39 when she won the Birmingham singles tournament in 1983
|Highest earnings
|Country with most ranked women tennis players in top 100
|Longest ever tennis rally
|29 minutes / 643 shots in Richmond, Virginia, 1984. Vicki Nelson (USA) beat Jean Hepner (USA).
|Longest match in history
|6 hours, 31 minutes in Richmond, Virginia, 1984. Vicki Nelson (USA) beat Jean Hepner (USA) and also included the longest tennis rally in history with 643 shots over 29 minutes.
|Loudest grunters (current)
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Aug 1997:
After returning from our whirlwind trip to Vancouver, we went into full pack up mode. K was enrolled in Eminence Elementary, and we discovered he needed glasses. One trip to the eye doctor for him and the world opened up:)
We began making weekly trips to the house, and planning where we'd put our furniture. One day, Mom and Dad showed up:) The kids were thrilled to show Grandma and Grandpa their new rooms, and we all went out for dinner.
When school started, I would get the kids up and dressed; drive K to school (half an hour drive), then take little S to Burger King or McDonald's to play in the playscape. The 2nd week, we left a window open and began hauling things into the house. I'd shove S through the window; she'd unlock the door and let me in. I think at one point, we obtained the keys before we'd even closed on the house. A lot of our boxes were stacked in the 4th bedroom.
Day #1:
I noticed I was one of the younger moms; and watched my little boy jumping in and playing with the others. All of a sudden, he bounced up to me, all excited.
"Mommy! I made a friend!"
"You did? Good for you....what's your friend's name?"
"Ahhhh.....(bends down to ask the kid his name)....Austin. This is Austin, and he's my BEST FRIEND!"
Little did we know that indeed, K and A would be best buddies all through and beyond school!
When it was time for me to leave, however, he burst into tears and had to be held back by Mrs. Glidden, the teacher. He was very happy to see me two hours later!
Day #2:
I was dreading another crying session, but he bounced out of the car and declined my offer to walk with him to his room.
"'Bye Mommy....see you later!"
Day #3:
He woke up before the alarm, then came to me with a very solemn request:
"I can't get my pants on....will you help me?"
I knew there was a poem in that line, so while I was at the insurance guy's office, I managed to compose it! Can't locate it at the moment, but the final stanza goes something like this:
On the third day he awoke before the alarm
Ready for action, ready to charm.
But there was one final issue, one small request...
"I can't get my pants on; Mommy, will you dress me the rest?"
Next Month: Sad News As We Move In....and A Huge Misunderstanding of People
Present Day:
I'm off to the grand opening of our Vincennes Brewing Company tonight! Friends Chris and Patti Coffey are co-owners, and it's at 2nd and Main, where the antique store used to be. I plan to drink either a glass of wine or a Guiness-type beer after the ribbon-cutting.
Otherwise, it's going to be a quiet weekend. I'm also trying to finalize my Sept plans. I'll be doing the 1st Friday on the 1st, then the Community Yard Sale at Oubache Trails on the 2nd. Was planning to go to Attica on the 9th, but the owner either doesn't want me or is confused by what I do. Tells me 'we're full of that type of vendor'....ummmmm....you have other authors? No answer. Then I saw on the FB post 'No direct sales....we're full'. I thought DS was stuff like Avon, Younique, Mary Kay, Pampered Chef. Still no answer to my query on the thread.
I'm going to call Monrovia and see if I can get in there. Otherwise, I may just send in my app to Attica and see what happens. Then on the 16th, I plan to be at the Eminence Harvest Fest. Eleven or twelve years ago, this festival was a bust. I'm happy to see it grow, though!
K has his VU schedule and is excited about attending classes again:) S is still training at her job over in Lawrenceville, and W and A are doing well in school. W has signed up to be part of the stage crew in the next play; A is enjoying kindergarten, but landed on the yellow for some reason yesterday. Otherwise, she's been very well behaved.
Had family pics taken last night; I have a good-looking family!
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Translator: Mohand Habchi
Reviewer: Chryssa Takahashi I haven't started any mass movement, I don't have a mass movement to start but I can speak from experience. I'll be talking with you today about a framework for understanding
things that create addictive behaviors. And it's not my academic credentials
that qualify me to share this with you, it's my personal experience as an addict. And I'm coming clean today
telling this story for the very first time and its raw ugly detail. In March of 2012, winter was ending, or so I thought, and the winter of my discontent
was beginning, when I purchased a device
that would slowly begin to ruin my life. And my husband is right here and he is smiling
because he lived through this with me. The device that I purchased
was a pedometer. You think, "A pedometer!" but some of you are thinking,
"I have that pedometer." This wasn't just any pedometer,
this was the Striiv. They market it as personal trainer
in your pocket. No. It's Satan in your pocket, (Laughter) tempting you and tempting you to walk,
and tempting you to walk. So you know how you're supposed
to reach 10,000 steps a day as an ideal goal for living
a healthy life and being a healthy person? How many of you have tried and measured,
try to reach 10,000 a day? It's hard. Right. This is not trivial. 10,000 steps is 5 miles. When I was using the Striiv,
I was going 24,000 steps a day. You do the math. I'm not a distance runner,
and if you're walking the only way that you can reach
10,000 steps a day is by not stopping. So that's what I did. I would arrive at work,
I would grab an article, anything that I didn't need to be
at the computer to do, and I would pace, down the corridor,
outside my office. I would come home, and while I was eating, or while I was reading, or while I was eating
and reading at the same time, or while my husband
was trying to talk to me, I would be going in the circuit between the living room,
the kitchen and the dining room, and the living room,
the kitchen and the dining room, My marriage was deteriorating. I spent a little more time
with my daughter, she was three at the time, and I only spent time with her because she was willing
to sit down with me on my lap and fool with the freaking pedometer
with me. (Laughter) So the only people
that I was getting closer to at this point in time, were my colleague Ernest,
who also had a Striiv, so we could set challenges
and we could compete with each other, and we could bond over it, and with the community
of freaks on the internet, (Laughter) who were addicts like me. I was creating spreadsheets to optimize and track – not my exercising, but my virtual transactions
in a virtual world that exists in our Striiv device. You know the game Farmville, it's that really boring game
where nothing happens but it's so addictive that it helped
cause the US economic collapse. (Laughter) Right? Those developers
developed a game inside Striiv, it's called My Land, nothing happens except
that plants grow and buildings get built and nothing happens. But this game is so addictive
that you just can't stop. I would say the last straw, was one night, it was midnight and I was brushing my teeth,
I was getting ready for bed and on the Striiv
this pop up challenge showed up. And these things surprise, you don't know
when they're going to happen. This pop up challenge comes
and it says we will you triple the points if you just climb twenty stairs. And that's not a lot, two flights of stairs
you can do it probably in a minute. So no problem, I go down to the basement, climbed twenty stairs. I don't have two flights of stairs
in my basement but you know up and down like a treadmill, but I finish it and then
another challenge pops up, and it says, "Great, how about 40 steps
and we'll triple the points again." and these are the points you can use
in that crazy virtual world, so, "Yes, of course, it's a good deal,
it's a good exchange rate." Four more flights of stairs – A behavioral economist apparently. So, four more flights of stairs, and there're more challenges
and even without the challenges I found that I can't stop. And between midnight
and two o'clock in the morning, two hours that I'd planned on sleeping I am going likea nutcase
up and down the stairs in my basement, 2,000 stairs I climbed. I hurt my neck, and my neck is injured, because my head, my stupid head is bouncing up down like this. (Laughter) Right. And at this time I had become so neurotic that I was spending hours a day
counting my steps, and I found that even when
I wasn't moving, I was still counting. The blessing of the stairs episode
was the neck injury. When the neck injury happened,
I had to take a break from exercising, which allowed me to take a break
from the Striiv, and I finally acknowledged what
my husband had been saying for a while, that I had a problem. (Laughter) I would have gone
for a twelve-step program but that would have seemed
like another challenge. (Laughter) So the only option was to go cold turkey. And at this point
I thought it was my problem. So I gave this Striiv to my sister. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts and we talk on the phone, and we're
communicating with each other, she's loves it, she's so happy,
it's a wonderful present, and I do notice that many of the times
that we talk to each other she's walking around outside. It's seems like a good thing
until my mom calls me and she tells that my sister Mika
has been walking around outside in Cambridge Massachusetts,
which many of you know is and urban area,
in the middle of the night, and she's walking for miles. She's taking her life
into her own hands when she does this. You guys other aren't any
streetwalkers in Cambridge, it's mostly college kids, but it is urban, and the only women who were
walking around at night for miles are crazy. (Laughter) And she's crazy. She's possessed by Satan in her pocket. I found out recently how many times
the average Striiv user checks their device. And I am just curious, do you have pedometer,
have you had one? No. If you had one, how many times
do you think you might check it in a day or week? Man: Every five minutes.
Zoë C: Every five minutes. So you would be like me.
You would be totally insane. And what I learned,
is that despite being totally insane, we're not alone. The average Striiv user,
the average one – not the crazy one, checks their device 29 times a day. What is it about this machine
that makes it so compelling, what is it that΄s so tempting. And what I want to share with you,
is a framework, that is the six human needs. And this is a framework that we shared,
first with me by Tony Robbins, who's pulled these needs together, but it's based on solid motivational
research in each of these areas. And Tony Robbins' claim, is that any behavior that meets
at least three of these six needs is going to become an addiction
if it meets those needs in a powerful way. I am a scientist
and this is the kind of claim that can't be empirically validated so I can't go out and test it. But you can test it in your own life
and see if this works for you. The first of the human need… I'll share how each of these fits
with Striiv as we go through. The first human need is for significance. And this is the desire to feel
that we are important, that we matter. It's the ego. This is one of the key drivers
for human life, human behavior, and in a Striiv machine
as I shared with you already, first of all,
you're completing challenges. So you're feeling powerful,
you're kicking ass, and also you have this virtual world
where you are playing God. It's the garden of Eden
and a whole world depends on you. It's powerfully significant. There is also certainty. This is another key driver
of human behavior, and the need for certainty
is wrapped up in the need for security. All species have the need
to feel safe and secure and we want to know
that our expectations about the world are likely to be met,
at least much of the time. In a Striiv device you have certainty that when you take one step,
you will get one point, if you're walking. If you're going up stairs you get three.
If you're running you get five. You know when you wake up that when you climb 374 stairs you will get an award
called the Statue of Liberty, and you know what the little picture
is going to look like. Paradoxically, the third human need
is uncertainty. And this is our need for sense of variety
and surprise and spice in life. If you are a rat and you get food pellets
by pressing a lever, when it's unpredictible
how much and when you'll get food, you are going to press
that lever like crazy. This is also why we buy lottery tickets. We know that it is stupid, but sometimes we win,
and we don't know when, and we don't know
how much we are going to win. And with Striiv, as I was sharing with you there're these unpredictible
little pop up challenges that are so tempting,
you can't just possibly resist. The forth human need
is our need for connection. And this is the need that ensures
our survival as a species. It's what allows us and encourages us and even forces us to form social groups. It's how we make babies. It's why we take care of our babies. And I told you that
when I was using this Striiv my family life was falling apart but I was feeling connected
to these other crazy people. I was feeling connected
to my friend Ernest. It's maybe like a druggy
who feels connected to their dealer. The final human need
is the need for growth. This is the need to feel
that we're moving forward, that we're becoming something. Research on motivation in organizations finds that the most powerful
predictor of employee engagement is a sense of progress. That whatever job you're doing, if you feel like
you're making progress from day to day, you're going to be excited about your job. And when you have a pedometer, even if it's not a cool one like Striiv, you see the numbers flipping
as you're walking. Right! And this Striiv also
has adaptive benchmarks. So you start out getting prizes
at 10,000 steps, but then when you beat your record
it goes up to 24,000. There's a lot of growth you can experience and you're also experiencing
growth and changes in your physical body, most of them being good,
maybe not all of them so much. With this framework of six human needs, I think this is a plausible explanation for why a device like Striiv
can be so addictive. And I think it's also possible that we could predict
which behaviors would spread and which behaviors will not. Let's take a different example
within a Striiv. Let's take flash mobs. So a flash mob is from all appearances kind of like
a spontaneously generated mass movement. A flash mob is a group of people,
who organize on the internet, convene at a particular location, do something bizarre
and usually pointless and then disperse. To me, in theory, that doesn't sound
like an idea worth spreading. But in practice it spread like wildfire. The first flash mob
happened in February 2003, and by 2004 flash mob
was in the Oxford English dictionary. At this point
the American Bar Association, which is not the vanguard of cool they have a whole page on their website
dedicated to flash mob law. (Laughter) And the first flash mob
was completely lame. I think! 200 people,
convened in a department store, to look at a particular rug and say they were trying to buy a love rug
for their group apartment. (Laughter) But they got cooler. So you've seen them on the internet –
if you haven't participated in one, there's lot of singing and dancing, synchronize movement, zombie races – who doesn't love that, pillow fights with five thousand people. In Grand Central Station
you have 200 people walking around going about their business and all of the sudden all of them freeze, for five seconds and then go about their business
as if nothing happened. (Laughter) Flash mobs are spreading
all across the world, videos are going viral. At this point, I think it's kind of disturbing
and wrong for some reason, but you can even hire a company
to put on flash mob for you. (Laughter) So, what is it about flash mobs that has made them go viral? And looking at the six human needs again let's think about it. So need for significance. You're the center of attention. And I am taking in a perspective
of the flash mober, which is another term in the dictionary. You're meeting your need for significance because you get to be
the center of attention. Everybody is looking at you
and you're creating an experience that they're going to remember and maybe other people
are going to relive this experience and even watch you online. You're meeting a need for certainty,
interestingly, because even though
you're doing something pretty weird, you're doing it in a group. A flash mob performance
is an ensemble piece, and there's no individual judgment
of you as a person. So you can still feel safe and secure. You're meeting your need for uncertainty, because as we said variety
it's the spice of life, you're doing something
completely different but also this is a theatrical performance with no dress rehearsal,
no tech rehearsal, and no guarantee of what's going
to happen when you get there. You're meeting a need for connection, because group activities
and especially synchronized movements they create rapport. So when you're coming together
in a flash mob with other people it's as if you become this group entity. And you can also be meeting
your need for growth, if you are a person who values,
as part of your development, being someone who does things
that are fun, interesting and spontaneous. You're creating stories that you can share
potentially even with your grand children. So flash mobs from this perspective, not so crazy that it became so popular.
Right? Let's think about something else that's much more obvious
that it would be a good thing. Wearing a motorcycle helmet
when you ride your motorcycle. No downside, obviously it's a good idea. Right. But look at these needs
and which one of them is at meeting. Only certainty,
which is the need for security. There's nothing else
that the motorcycle helmet is meeting and if you think about it, certainty and security
is not the need you're trying to meet when you're riding a motorcycle. Right? So not a contagious behavior,
and this is why we have to regulate it. My challenge to you, as you leave here
and as you think about these talks that you've seen here today, is that you consider taking this framework and using this as a way
that you could develop your own habit, or you could make your behavior
that you care about more addictive, help your ideas spread. I would love to hear about it. Thank you so much for listening. And I hope that
you will go forth from here, and prosper and succeed as you spread
awesomeness around the globe. (Applause) Thank you. (Applause)


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Things I wish didn't exist the world right now:
- Photoshop
- Calories
- Chad
On that bright and encouraging note, good morning, everybody! I hope all of you made it to work on time even though The Bachelorette really challenged our dedication by airing an hour later than usual, not ending until 11 p.m. Bachelor producers are getting a little cocky if you ask me, believing that Bachelor Nation will watch at any hour of the night. I mean, we will. But still.
I am a straight, happily married female, but I want to lead with this on today's recap: I would watch JoJo Fletcher paint white walls for two hours straight. That girl is so gorgeous, it almost affects my ability to enjoy my own life. And to top it off, she's hysterical, kind, and unfiltered in the best way. Everything they told us Kaitlyn would be, but this time it's true! Don't get me wrong, I liked Kaitlyn just fine, but I just never understood why everyone thought she was so funny…I laughed zero times during her season. Last night, JoJo made me laugh on five thousand occasions. She will be an excellent Bachelorette.
The season premier opened with a montage of JoJo's "journey" last season with Ben, who, by the way, is the only Bachelor alum who didn't wish JoJo good luck on Instagram yesterday. Neither did his fiancé, Lauren B. That doesn't sit well with me…makes me wonder if Lauren B is jealous, and didn't want Ben to acknowledge the other woman he said "I love you" to? If that's the case, I totally get Lauren B's issues, but come on. Put on a fake face like everyone else does on social media and pretend to be happy for her.
Anyway, Ben's schtick last season was "I am afraid I'm unlovable," and this season, JoJo's schtick is "I want someone to mean it when they say 'I love you.'" That's a fair desire, especially coming off of Ben's massive mistake of telling her he loved her right before he dumped her on national television.
JoJo does her opening contemplation scene in a chambray button up, which threw me for a loop. We've never, ever seen JoJo wear that much clothing, and I realized in that moment just how much I can't blame men for objectifying women, because I, myself really missed JoJo's boobs.
Before I could get too upset about it, though, JoJo was shown strolling along the beach in her blue bikini, and all was right again in the world. My favorite part was when she was contemplating on a very sharp-looking rock in the water, and a wave completely crashed on top of her. Thank God editors thought it was funny, too, and kept it in the opening package. The Bachelor crew has been taking the show less and less seriously over the years, which I appreciate.
Next, JoJo puts on a teeny romper (!!) and sits down with former Bachelorettes Kaitlyn (engaged to her winner), Desiree (married to her winner with a baby on the way), and Ali Fedowsky (broke up with her winner, now engaged to someone else with a baby on the way) for some advice. I felt like I should use Ali's last name because her season was so long ago that most of you were still in 10th grade. I, myself, was just graduating college and Hulu wasn't a thing yet, so the only television I watched was Oprah at 4 p.m. and reruns of The Hills.
All the girls said, "We're so excited for you, JoJo!" and then Kaitlyn goes, "I"m actually scared for you." First time Kaitlyn has ever made me laugh, and it was amazing. I was pretty shocked at how all of the girls said that they wished they hadn't been so obsessed with guys solely based on who was the hottest. Girls are pigs, too. As seen by confessions of these Bachelorettes, and by my obsession with JoJo's hair/face/boobs/legs/tan/outfits.
JoJo chooses a gold/nude sparkly dress with no front to meet the guys for the first time. No one was complaining.
Chris Harrison made some major statements with his appearance as he greeted JoJo in the Bachelor Mansion driveway, sporting a brand new haircut and a solid navy blue suit, which strayed from his usual choice of pinstripes for premier night. I noticed, Chris, don't you worry.
Before the men arrived, we got to see some "get-to-know-me" packages for a few of them. These were my takeaways:
- Grant with The Chin is not as much of a douche canoe as I predicted from his picture
AaronJordan Rodgers might possibly buy his skinny jeans from Ann Taylor LOFT, just like me!
- He also sat in a torrential downpour during all of his contemplation scenes, and just pretended there was nothing abnormal going on. No umbrella. You would've thought it was 75 and sunny based on his face.
- Alex the Marine is hotter in his picture than he is in real life, which is the exact opposite for most guys on this season
- James the Bachelor Superfan is definitely gay
- Evan the Erectile Dysfunction Expert used to be a pastor
- Prince Ali with The Eyebrows has piano skills strong enough to make me forget about his eyebrows
- Christian the Hot Nerd is the catch of the century
- Luke the Skinny Jean Cowboy is the only person who will give Jordan Rodgers a run for his money, and he looks nothing like a Johnny Depp character, despite his official photo
A rundown of arrivals:
Aaron Jordan Rodgers— Coming in strong right out of the gate. Last season's winner was the first person out of the limo, and I wouldn't be surprised if we see a repeat. Jordan tells JoJo that his parents only dated for a few months before getting married (like me!), so don't worry, JoJo, this can work. JoJo doesn't hear anything he says because she's too busy silently thanking producers for choosing men who fit her criteria.
Derek— I think Derek reads this blog, given that he commented on my Instagram post about my pre-cap recap, and started following me (@shannythegranny). So, if that's the case, hi Derek! Thank you for wearing a very sharp suit and not doing anything embarrassing. I would've liked to see a little more pizzaz though. Step up. I need you to become the next Bachelor so that my predictions list can come true. Also, has anyone ever told you that you look like Jim from The Office?
Grant with The Chin— Tells JoJo he's not going to fall in love with two girls, he's only going to fall in love with her. Yeah, duh Grant, there's literally no other option on this show.
James F.— Tells JoJo he didn't come here for a rose, he came here for a relationship. His red tie makes me think otherwise.
Robby— Opens a bottle of wine and tells JoJo they're going to drink from the bottle, as is her family tradition. My favorite entrance BY FAR. This picture of JoJo's mom during hometowns will never get old, so you better get used to seeing it:
Alex the Marine— His pants are too short, which makes me think he's trying to create the illusion that he's tall, which he isn't. I hope he's not this nervous when he's fighting our country's enemies.
Will— Just as adorable as I suspected. He pretends to drop his notecards with what he wants to say to JoJo, then
accidentally purposefully reads them in the wrong order, which results in a silly sentence saying "I'm so excited to meet you, because I am…the most beautiful girl in the world." I can tell he practiced that delivery. Kudos for effort.
Chad— Remember when I mentioned a couple of things I wish didn't exist in our world? Yep, he's the one on that list. He immediately attacks JoJo's personal space by grabbing both of her hands in condensed patty cake position, then speaks 3 inches from her face. I have no idea what he said because I was too distracted by his douchebaggery.
Daniel the Lambo— Ugh, he's so gross. This is the guy who refers to his body as "lambo(rghini)." His opening is the "Dammmmmn Daniel" joke that my husband + friends way overused on our trip in Ireland. JoJo completely misses the reference and makes a mental note to never visit Canada.
Prince Ali with The Eyebrows— Ali, bless his heart, gave the most awkward wave to JoJo as he stepped out of the limo, complete with "uh, hi." I thought it was a joke at first, like "Aw, shucks, hiya JoJo!" It wasn't a joke.
James Taylor— Came out of the limo playing the guitar, naturally. It had the potential to be a super awkward or "here for the wrong reasons" moment, but he pulled it off and is squarely in my Top 6-8, as I predicted by his picture.
Jonathan– Wore a kilt, made a sexual joke, yeah, bye.
Cut to the men all hanging out in the mansion as Jonathan walks in. Daniel the Lambo tells the camera that the kilt is so desperate, and that guys should be playing it cool the first night. "It'd be like me taking off my shirt to show off my body. I'm not going to do that," he says. Foreshadowing, me thinks? Jonathan tells the guys he's not wearing any "panties" under his kilt, which is a sentence that makes me uncomfortable in many, many ways.
Back to the driveway!
Saint Nick— Out of the
chimney limo pops Santa Claus! I think the costume includes a fat suit, but we can't be sure. Instead of "Ho ho ho!" he says "Jo Jo Jo!" Clever. JoJo is into it because she gets a present from his bag, even though she can't see his face.
In the house, Saint Nick hands out stuffed animals to all the guys, and Chad sounds off to the camera about how much better he is than everyone here.
Aaron Jordan Rodgers befriends Santa, which makes me swoon a little bit. There is the slight possibility that Jordan thought he was the real Santa.
Chase— Wears sunglasses with a mustache attachment and says, "I mustache you a question." Meh, he's a bit boring, but I stick to my prediction that he has potential to be Top 4.
Jake— We know nothing about his arrival, because it's dubbed over with Robby explaining that half of the guys are successful and smart, while the other half are "gimmick guys." Jake is shown while Robby says "successful and smart," so I'm guessing he's pretty normal.
Sal— Gave JoJo two blue stress balls to squeeze. Vom. Obviously he was shown while Robbie said, "gimmick guys."
Coley— Tells JoJo that since she's in the real estate business, he wants to take her off the market. Not gonna happen, Coley.
Brandon the Professional Hipster— Tells JoJo he doesn't know anything about her since he didn't watch last season. He's obviously too hip to watch the show, but not too hip to be on the show.
James the Bachelor Superfan— His face that throws me off, like there are no dimensions or something. I can't put my finger on it, but there's a real chance he's made of wax. He doesn't tell JoJo that he's a Bachelor Superfan, which was smart. He does wear a bright blue suit, though, which pulls his sexual orientation into question even more than the Bachelor Superfan thing.
Me and Daniel the Lambo both look around and realize that all of the guys in the house are way hotter than their pictures let on. To quote Daniel, "If I were gay, this would be paradise." Daniel…I think you are gay. Maybe even gayer than James. Which could be why the producers decided to put in this segment right after James' arrival..? Are editors trying to be subtle matchmakers..? Sneaky.
Nick S.— Does the splits and kisses JoJo's hands over and over again. I know two people who know this guy, and none of them have an opinion about him other than "he and his brother were both really hot, even in high school." Still hot, still don't have an opinion about him.
Vinny— Makes a toast with toast. As in, he hands her a piece of bread. Help.
Peter— Gives JoJo a big red heart and says he wants to be her Man Crush Monday. JoJo was not as impressed with his ability to pull off a khaki suit as I thought she'd be.
Evan the Erectile Dysfunction Expert— He says "Oh, God Bless America!" when he sees JoJo, then greets her with, "Hey, girlie!" He truly is the perfect mix of ex-pastor and Erectile Dysfunction Expert.
Wells— He's a radio DJ, and apparently old friends with All-4-One, the boy band that sings "I Swear" (by the moon and the stars in the sky…). Fun fact: I had an argument with my husband the other night when he tried to tell me Boyz II Men didn't sing "I Swear." He told me it was All-4-One, and I didn't believe him until Google told me he was right. Something I've learned in my marriage is that I'm never, ever right. Never. It's so annoying. Anyway, All-4-One has come up in my life twice in one week, which is two times more than they've ever come up before. All-4-of-them got out of the limo with Wells, and proceeded to serenade JoJo while Wells stood next to her and helped her sway to the music. They also followed Wells around the whole night, and provided backup music whenever he talked with JoJo. All the guys in the house were super impressed, but none of them knew that the guys singing were actually the original artists for the song. They thought Wells had just brought a random a cappella group with him. Sounds like something I would've done.
Christian the Hot Nerd— Arrives on a motorcycle, which JoJo tells the camera is hot. Yeah, I thought it was hot that my husband rode a motorcycle, too, when we met. Just wait until marriage. Everything changes. Motorcycles go from "hot" to "a contraption that might kill my husband, so I'm going to pressure him to sell it."
Luke the Skinny Jean Cowboy— Shows up on a white horse with a unicorn horn attached to its head and tells JoJo that he believes unicorns exist, too. Unicorn=person who is too good to be true, but is real. He leaves his unicorn in the middle of the driveway as he walks over to greet JoJo, and the unicorn just aimlessly starts walking back down the driveway. It's hilarious.
Luke was the last guy to arrive. Notice that Jordan was the first, and Luke the last. They are the two frontrunners. This is what I like to call "strategy."
The rest of the night goes as expected: Daniel the Lambo gets hammered, strips down to his very small underwear (or, "panties," as kilt guy would say) and jumps in the pool. So much for playing it cool the first night. Chad bashes all the guys in his interviews, then turns on the sweet-guy charm for JoJo. Top Villain. Jordan gets the first kiss and the first impression rose. Prince Ali with The Eyebrows' piano playing saves him for another week. Two drunk guys interrupt JoJo while she's giving the cameras a private interview. JoJo takes off Saint Nick's Santa beard to see what he actually looks like, says "oh, you're cute!", and then puts it right back on. Burn.
Right as JoJo is giving the guys her opening rose ceremony speech about not taking rejection personally (LOL), Jake Pavelka shows up. Jake was the Bachelor back before Ali Fedowsky was the Bachelorette, so obviously no one knew who he was other than James the Bachelor Superfan. Even still, the rest of the guys say "Pavelka" with ease in their reaction interviews, which makes me think they're all closet superfans. Is old-man Jake (38) going to try and enter the race for JoJo's (25) heart?? Nope, turns out he's a longtime family friend of JoJo. Wait, so casting for this show isn't entirely random?? Say it ain't so!
By the time the rose ceremony ends, it's light outside, which makes me think Jake arrived right around 4:30 or 5:00 a.m. JoJo tells him she's grateful that he stopped by to give her some advice and encouragement, but we all know that deep down, she's pissed that he's keeping her awake longer than she needs to be.
JoJo returns to the rose ceremony room, where the guys are all standing with their eyes half closed, pretending to be worried that Jake was making a move on JoJo. I guarantee that 50% of them will not remember anything that happened during this point in the night.
Rose ceremony:
Aaron Jordan Rodgers already has a rose. The rest go to:
Luke the Skinny Jean Cowboy
Wells (All-4-One)
James Taylor
Grant with The Chin
Derek (possible Generation grannY reader)
Christian the Hot Nerd
Chad the Villain
Alex the Marine
Brandon the Professional Hipster
James F.
Prince Ali with The Eye Brows
Saint Nick
James S. the Bachelor Superfan
Evan the Erectile Dysfunction Expert
Daniel the Lambo (producer's choice)
We say goodbye to:
Sal with the blue balls
Peter with the khaki suit
Jonathan in the kilt
Nick S. the guy my friends [kind of] know
None of the rejected guys do anything crazy in their exit interviews, which was a real disappointment.
Teasers for the rest of the season show
Aaron Jordan Rodgers, Robby, and Alex the Marine all telling JoJo they're in love with her at some point. The guys clearly get jealous of Jordan and start bashing him, but Chad emerges as the Top Villain (no surprise). We see bloody knuckles and a man's shirt soaked in blood in one camera shot, which leads me to believe that Chad ends up murdering someone. Talk about a never before seen moment on The Bachelor!
Godspeed, JoJo.
See you all next week when the truly interesting stuff begins!


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Science policy weekly roundup: August 2, 2019
Senate passes funding bill and sends it to Trump for his signature
In a 67-28 vote, the U.S. Senate passed a bipartisan two-year funding deal that sets spending levels for fiscal years 2020 and 2021 and allows the U.S. Treasury to borrow additional money to pay its debts. The bill also abolishes spending caps, effectively ending the 10-year budget limits placed on the federal government in the 2011 Budget Control Act. The bill awaits the signature of President Donald Trump, who has signaled that he will sign the bill. Read more here.
ASBMB urges the Senate to pass legislation to combat sexual harassment in science
The ASBMB applauds the passage of U.S. House Resolution 36, legislation that seeks to reduce sexual harassment in science. The ASBMB urges senators to build on the House momentum and pass the Senate version of the bill, S.B. 1067, which has yet to be voted out of committee. Read more here.
NIH releases new requirements for human fetal tissue research
The National Institutes of Health released new requirements for researchers seeking funding to perform experiments on human fetal tissue obtained from elective abortions. Researchers must now justify why the tissue is required in their experiments and why alternatives cannot be used. Documentation of consent from the woman allowing the tissue to be used in research must also be provided. Proposals using human fetal tissue from elective abortions will be assessed by an ethics advisory board composed of "scientists, bioethicists and others." It is unclear how members of this board will be chosen. Read more here.
Likelihood of no-deal Brexit concerns U.K. scientists
New United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson signaled the possibility of the country leaving the European Union without a withdrawal agreement in place. U.K. scientists worry that this "no-deal" Brexit will prevent them from receiving E.U. science grants, procuring vital research equipment, traveling easily throughout Europe to academic conferences, and recruiting talent. The uncertainty has prompted some scientists to stockpile supplies. Read more here.


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Pilot Brings Vietnam Veterans Fathers Remains Home
The world is incredible.
Below is a video & Twitter thread that first alerted me to this amazing story. Be sure to check out both as each has details the others missed. I hope you are as touched by this tale of a son flying his fathers remains home 52 years after being shot down in Vietnam as I am, what an amazing thing to witness.
Now if you'll excuse me I seem to have something in my eye....


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published in Life Balance, Relationships, Travel by Maryanne | July 30, 2014
Surviving Camp Pope
"Laughter is like the human body wagging its tail."
– Anne Wilson Schaef, Mediations for Women Who Do Too Much
Five days, seven kids, one bathroom…and one clearly crazy Auntie (that would be me). But I survived Camp Pope 2014! And I am pleased and proud to report that all children are now safely back with their respective parents in their respective homes that I can pretty much guarantee are far cleaner and tidier (but noisier) than mine at the moment.
My house isn't just messy; it looks like a bomb went off. Two days later and I'm just starting to make a dent in the laundry and dirty dishes. Despite my best efforts, however, the water in my hot tub is still a suspicious shade of grey 🙁
But that water is replaceable. Time is not. Experiences are not. Memories are not.
As such, did we have fun? Yes!
Did we laugh lots? Yes!
Did we see new and interesting things (versus swimming in the local pool every day like we did last summer)? Yes!
Did we get lost? Yes!
Did we eat well? Yes!
Were there moments when I'd had ENOUGH? Yes!
Did we all get along? No!
But Hollywood hit the nail on the head on this one for me. One evening, we all walked down to the local Star Cinema theatre to watch a movie. The younger kids watched Planes, Fire & Rescue while the older ones and I watched Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. Caesar – the calm, cool and collected leader of the apes (unlike myself) – had several sage words of wisdom to offer:
Ape not kill ape. Check.
Family fight but stick together. Check.
Apes will not follow weak leader. Uh oh.
The movie ended with an extreme close-up of Caesar's eyes. 11 year-old Zach, sitting beside me, turned and said, "Gee…he looks an awful lot like a human."
"That," I said, "is the point of the movie!"
Here are some pics from the week:
So would I host Camp Pope again? Well, let's put it this way: Camp Pope is rather like traveling in India. My friend Jackie and I traveled through India eleven years ago and it was…an adventure. When I got back home to Canada again, I had zero interest in ever returning for a second round. But time has a funny way of softening the harsh reality of an experience and before you know it, the good memories far outweigh the bad.
I can already feel that happening with Camp Pope…the whining, complaining, bickering, kicking, punching, slapping and biting memories are already starting to fade (as is the cut on my foot from when I stepped on a piece of sea glass someone dropped in my back yard and failed to tell me).
And the fun memories of all the laughter and goofy moments (like when 6 year-old Ella gave us – and all the other people on the ferry – an impromptu show of her pole-dancing capabilities after which 7 year-old Nicholas announced loudly: "MY CROTCH IS FROZEN") are finding their way to the surface…rather like the pod of whales we saw breaching off the coast of East Sooke Park. That memory alone – for all of us – made Camp Pope well worth it.
On the last day, we gave each other honorary camp awards:
Most Stinky: me (who has time to shower with all that swimming, cooking & cleaning?)
Most Bossy: Taylor
Most Sassy: Alyssa
Most Likely to Get Lost: Paige
Most Likely to Become a Pickpocketing Pole-Dancer (just kidding!): Ella
Most Whiny: Nicholas
Most Attitude: Zach
Most Zen: Holly
Most Well Behaved: Jade (the dog)
And that, dear readers, is why I tend to prefer pets to children 🙂
Maryanne Pope is the author of A Widow's Awakening and the upcoming book, Barrier Removed; A Tough Love Guide to Achieving Your Dreams. Maryanne also writes screenplays and play scripts, including the play, Saviour. She is the CEO of Pink Gazelle Productions and the Chair of the John Petropoulos Memorial Fund.
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Pamela on July 30th, 2014 at 3:43 pm:
I just loved reading this synopsis of Camp Pope! You are one amazing Auntie and deserve a medal. They are so lucky to have you in there lives….what a fabulous role model.
I agree about pets vs kids. Pets get my vote.
Esther on July 30th, 2014 at 3:55 pm:
Good for you Ma! That's an endurance test to say the least! Personally, I'd rather do hot yoga twice a week but hey, we all have our own ways of challenging ourselves.
Maryanne on July 30th, 2014 at 4:15 pm:
Hahahaha…no kidding! Hot yoga is sounding pretty good, right about now 🙂
Maryanne on July 30th, 2014 at 4:16 pm:
Hi Pamela! Well, HOPEFULLY I was a good role model – and not some crazed, screaming mad-woman. My voice was rather hoarse near the end…but I think that was mostly from all of us hooting and hollering when swimming!
Pete on July 30th, 2014 at 4:32 pm:
I'm so happy that the kids get the opportunity to hang out with you and the rest of the clan. What memories and friendship they will have forever. The three yahoos!! Have not stopped talking about their experience they had. Thanks again for having them it means a lot to us.
Deborah on July 30th, 2014 at 4:47 pm:
Loved it! I could picture it too with your descriptions. Better you than me, girl. Love all the memories you're collecting.
Maryanne on July 30th, 2014 at 4:53 pm:
It was a hoot!!
Maryanne on July 30th, 2014 at 4:53 pm:
We had a blast! It was totally crazy at times but being all together means the world to all of us, Petey 🙂
Joyce vD George on July 30th, 2014 at 5:54 pm:
I am wondering if you got my first comment?
I am not sure I sent it.
Sarah on July 31st, 2014 at 3:08 am:
Oh Maryanne, you're so very brave and adventurous! I loved the impromptu pole dancing image and dialogue that went with it. The sounds of fighting, whining, bickering, complaining are all too vivid and funny! What a wonderful experience for the kids. And like India for you, maybe time will heal? Every kid should be so fortunate to have you in their life.
Shan on August 12th, 2014 at 2:18 pm:
You're an absolute scream MA! Thanks for all the laughs this blog provided and for making the effort with Camp Pope. You will never know how much every single participant will ultimately gain from this experience and i really hope you do it again — perhaps with an assistant next time? 🙂


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Anonymous asked in Entertainment & MusicPolls & Surveys · 7 months ago
who do you think are three greatest military commanders of antiquity?
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- Anonymous7 months agoBest answer
Alexander the great, scipio, and Hannibal Barca in that order
- Anonymous7 months ago
Alexander, Hannibal and Caesar.
- colemanLv 67 months ago
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If they existed, it was Alexander, Julius Caesar, and Moses.
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