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Two miles west of the city is the great mound of Navan Fort, stronghold of the kings of Ulster from 700 BC. It occupies a key place in Heroic Age legend, notably in tales about Cuchulain. Whenever King Conor had a problem with Queen Maeve, the rather fierce ruler of Connaught, Cuchulain came to the rescue. The story is told in the visitor centre. In addition to detailing the mythology of the Ulster Cycle and the techniques used by archaeologists to uncover the fort, Navan Centre explores Celtic culture, rituals and beliefs of pre-Christian Ireland.
The site, on a circular enclosure, is 250 metres in diameter, surrounded by a bank and ditch. Unusually, the ditch is inside the bank, suggesting it was not built for defensive purposes. Inside the enclosure two monuments are visible. Off-centre to the north-west is an earthen mound 40 metres in diameter and 6 metres high. Also slightly off-centre to the south-east is the circular impression of a ring-barrow, the ploughed-down remains of a late prehistoric ceremonial or burial monument, about 30 metres in diameter.
Archaeological excavations have revealed that the construction of the 40 metre mound dates to 95 BC. A circular structure consisting of four concentric rings of posts around a central oak trunk was built, its entrance facing west (prehistoric houses invariably face east, towards the sunrise). The floor of the building was covered with stones arranged in radial segments, and the whole edifice was deliberately burnt down before being covered in a mound of earth and turf (there is archaeological evidence for similar repeated construction and immolation of Tara) The bank and ditch that surround the hilltop were built at the same time.
No secure date can be assigned to the ring-barrow, but excavations and geophysical surveys have revealed the remains of a figure-of-eight shaped wooden building underneath. The larger ring of the figure-of-eight was 30 metres in diameter, the smaller about 20 metres.
The building had been rebuilt twice. Similar, slightly smaller structures, each with a central hearth, were found under the 40 metre mound. Artifacts found in these layers show they were inhabited in the late Bronze Age and early Iron Age (approximately 600 to at least 250 BC). Perhaps the most unusual item found in these layers was the skull of a Barbary Macaque, an ape creature only found in Africa.
Other artifacts found suggest that the people occupying the fort could possibly travel and trade with the African continent. An earlier Bronze Age structure, a circular ditch surrounding the mound, 45 metres in diameter, 5 metres wide and 1 metre (deep, was also found, and flint tools and fragments of pottery show activity at the site in the Neolithic (ca. 4000 to 2500 BC).
The only remains that are now left of Navan Fort, is a huge circular mound like an upturned basin, with a ring ditch.
Sites like the Giant's Ring in Belfast are more visually spectacular, but Navan Fort is the most important archaeological and historical site in Northern Ireland.
There is free access to the Fort, but to appreciate the site's history it is best to go into the Navan Centre, which has been creatively built into the side of a grass bank, to look like a large Bronze Age cairn.
The centre has detailed exhibitions displaying finds from the fort and the nearby man made pond, the King's Stables.
There is also an exhibition about the excavation of the fort between 1961 and 1971, with old photographs and an enigmatic hologram showing how the fort's appearance changed from the Bronze Age to the present day.
Visitors are also introduced to the legends of the site with an entertaining film in the audiovisual theatre. If you are visiting Armagh, this is truly a sight not to be missed and provides you with a chilling insight to the advanced nature of the creators of this wonderful place.


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In what turned out to be another low-scoring match, the Indian colts defended a modest 208 as the opposition folded for 162 runs in 48.3 overs, the BCCI website reported. (Agencies) Latest News from Sports News Desk
India will now meet Pakistan, who defeated Sri Lanka by one wicket in the second semi-final, in the title clash on Sunday. It was a welcome win for India after their shock loss to Afghanistan on Thursday.
Pacer Akshar Patel (4/29) was the pick of the Indian bowlers while Manpreet Juneja (76) top-scored with the bat for them. Juneja's was a laboured knock that mostly comprised running between the wickets - his runs came in 121 balls with a solitary boundary in form of a six.
After skipper Suryakumar Yadav elected to bat first, India were dealt an early blow in form of Unmukt Chand (0) in the first over.
However, a 94-run stand between opener Lokesh Rahul (43) and Juneja (76) put the innings back on course. The UAE bowlers snuck back into the match with regular wickets as the middle-order batsmen failed to convert their starts. Juneja was the only Indian batsman to score a half-century as wickets tumbled around him.
UAE off-spinner, Nasir Aziz (5/51) was India's tormentor-in-chief and after dismissing Ankit Bawne (23) and Ashok Menaria (30), he returned to clean up the tail quickly. Aziz was wonderfully supported by Mohammad Naveed (3/37) who was both economical and among wickets.
The start to UAE's innings was identical to that of their opponents - an early wicket followed by a big partnership. When Shaiman Anwar (44) and Swapnil Patil (41) were batting together, en route their 89-run stand, it seemed like a matter of time before UAE will chase down the target.
However, Patel struck twice in the 25th over and picked up another wicket in his next over to leave UAE reeling at 102 for 4. Sandeep Sharma ensured it was 105 for 5 soon.
UAE's innings had sunk too deep in trouble to recover and eventually they fell 46 runs short of their target as besides Anwar and Patil none of their batsmen managed to breach the 20-run mark.

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TLTR Notes
January 25, 2008
Attendees: Sara Grachek, Kristin Lyman, J.C .Turner, Tom Hergert, Phil Thorson, Casey Wagner, George Fiedler, Daryl Scholz, and Lauren McGee.
The group continued the discussion of the Technology Plan
Network Connectivity: Mark and others in ITS will work on re-writing the goals to bring them in line with the discussion from last week (broad goals and specific objectives).
Bandwidth: Kristin asked if we ever decided how we can make the technology terms a little easier for the average user to understand when we write the section on how we achieved the previous goals. Phil proposes that we try to use minimal technology jargon, but that we will put it in the glossary if we determine that definitions are necessary. Phil said it would be helpful if Kristin could review some of these sections now and go over them with Kristi, so that the people re-writing the documents know what the expectations are as we begin this process.
Mark re-wrote the goals for the next five years and presented them to the group. Kristin asked if we wanted to specify how we would communicate or how often. Phil and others indicated that we could say 'annually' or 'as needed'. JC asked that we make the Objectives into statements. Instead of saying 'by communicating information', we would say "Communicate information". Mark asked about the audience, and if we needed to provide reports to more people. J.C. stated that TLTR and TPR are key constituents and it makes sense to provide information to them; if others need information, they can still request it.
J.C. asked if we still need a resources heading, or if it just adds wordiness. Phil thinks that the different sections were originally intended to summarize those different areas, for quick reference throughout the document and that it's made to outline what resources we have and what resources we anticipate needing in the future. Mark suggested that earlier discussions indicate that we had wanted to scrap the "Evaluation" heading in the sections because we will be evaluating each of the new "Objectives".
Timeline: J.C. stated that we hope to have most of the sections of the report reviewed by the end of the year. We will need to complete the editing of the plan in the fall and bring it forward for campus review and approval before the end of the 2008 calendar year. J.C. distributed the Technology Plan Rewrite Schedule and discussed that document, as well as the fact that there is a great deal of content to get through in a limited amount of time. JC suggested that if people can do as much work in reviewing the documents before the meeting and be ready to discuss the major problems or additions when we are here will help us speed through these sections. Daryl suggested the TLTR Collaboration site would be helpful to have people add their discussion items to throughout the week. Casey suggested a few 2-hour meetings to get through the sections.
Phil suggested it will be helpful if Kristi mentions to Academic Affairs that we are doing it, so they can go back to their departments and ask for feedback to help us know what other people want to see in this plan. In addition, Phil suggested that J.C. emails the TLTR group a few days before the meeting to remind everyone to read their sections.
Communicating about Technology: Kristin stated that the document appears to reference a committee that does not exist, and the group indicated that appeared true. Tom suggested that we need a statement in every section that says whose job it is to do that item. Kristin suggested making some of the communication portions part of the New Staff/Faculty Orientation. Phil mentioned that the policies need to be communicated, as well as who to contact in regards to those things. Mark thinks the background could get cut down and edited to reflect what we have done over the past years. Phil and JC suggested that we put names with objectives so that we know who is doing the action.
Phil asked if there was a need for a committee, like this document talks about. Kristin likes the idea of getting feedback from others, but J.C. pointed out the issue with getting people to participate in the committees. Phil suggested putting a question or two in the LibQual or some other survey about communications and how we are doing. JC suggested asking TPR a few times a year.
Kristin will work on revising this section, with the help of Casey and J.C., and also making sure to include Darrin when talking about communicating policy information.
Tom pointed out that if we want to bring individual sections to TPR for review, they can make suggestions and approve it, and potentially send it through Faculty Senate one section at a time. This might be easier than sending it through as a whole
Access to Technology Resources: Kristin pointed out that she doesn't think it's clear who people should go to for ergonomic issues or what they should do. J.C. will ask Fred Hill, Melissa Prescott, Sara Grachek, and Karen Thoms to work on this section.
The next meeting will be February 1, 2008 at 1:00 in MC B18.
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Kingdom of Heaven is a Garden
Three different parables about the Kingdom of Heaven are given in Matthew Chapter 13: field for harvest; the mustard seed; and leavening.
The beginning of our connectedness to God is a garden and its fruit, a place where life is allowed to grow.
Parables are filled with spiritual symbolism and moral lessons. Jesus taught in this way to ensure that person to person instruction, a certain connectedness, happened in Christian spiritual development.
Combining the lesson from St Paul's second Epistle to the Corinthians, Fr. John Brian moves us to greater closeness to that garden of truth and life and love of God.
Please pray for Fr. John Brian who continues to encourage us in the continuing development of Christian spirituality.
This sermon uses and refers to scripture readings appointed by the Syrian Malankara calendar and was given on Sunday, July 21, 2013 by Fr. John-Brian Paprock at Holy Transfiguration Orthodox Mission Chapel, Madison, Wisconsin.
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University of Toledo and Bowling Green State University will open the Mid-American Conference portion of the 2012 football season against each other Sept. 15 at the Glass Bowl.The MAC released its schedule Thursday, revealing among other things that Bowling Green will play Buffalo on Nov. 23 in the first ever FBS game at Columbus Crew Stadium.
UT will play three mid-week games on ESPN2 or ESPNU to close the regular season — vs. Ball State (Tuesday, Nov. 6), at defending MAC champion Northern Illinois (Wednesday, Nov. 14), and vs. Akron (Tuesday, Nov. 20). The NIU match up is scheduled for 9 p.m. UT will host Central Michigan on homecoming Oct. 6.
BG plays non-Saturday games at Ohio (Wednesday, Nov. 7 on ESPN2) and against Buffalo (Friday, Nov. 23) in the regular season finale at Columbus Crew Stadium to be aired on ESPNU or ESPN3. The Falcons will host Rhode Island on homecoming Sept. 29. They not play Northern Illinois and will visit MAC newcomer Massachusetts on Oct. 20. Complete schedules for UT and BG:
1 at Arizona
8 at Wyoming
15 Bowling Green
22 Coastal Carolina
29 at Western Michigan
6 Central Michigan (homecoming)
13 at Eastern Michigan
20 Cincinnati
27 at Buffalo
6 Ball State, 8 p.m. (ESPN2)
14 at Northern Illinois, 9 p.m. (ESPN2/ESPNU)
20 Akron, 7 p.m. (ESPN2)
Bowling Green
1 at Florida
8 Idaho
15 at Toledo
22 at Virginia Tech
29 Rhode Island (homecoming)
6 at Akron
13 Miami
20 at UMass
27 Eastern Michigan
7 at Ohio, 8 p.m. ET (ESPN2)
17 Kent State
23 Buffalo, at Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus, Ohio (ESPNU/ESPN3)


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Kenty, check this baby out!! The SNKE51, my favourite out of the Seiko 5s.. Just remember that most (if not all?) of them are only 3atm waterproof, which is technically not enough for swimming. I've swam and showered with mine for a month without issues though.
If you're looking at spending around 5x as much, you might be able to find one of these (ordered one a couple days ago)
Ah, the SNKE51. Very nice. That seems to be a blue version of the SNKE49. Can you confirm that it's 20mm? According to my links on that spreadsheet, everyone but Amazon agrees it has 20mm lugs.


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Dell XPS 8500 Review and Ratings
Our Verdict: Call it a high-end mainstream desktop or a midrange gaming PC, the XPS 8500 delivers potent parts for the price: an "Ivy Bridge" Core i7 processor, high-end Radeon graphics, and a useful hard drive/SSD combo in our test model. Creative professionals who are also gamers on the side will find this machine a good fit. Read More…
- What We Liked…
- Solid performer across the board
- Attractive, functional case
- Hard drive/SSD combo aids performance
- What We Didn't…
- Standard warranty cut to one year
- Limited expansion room
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Dell markets the XPS 8500 desktop to creative types who also have a gaming habit. With a choice of Intel third-generation "Ivy Bridge" Core i5 and i7 processors, up to 16GB of memory, and a high-end AMD or Nvidia graphics card, the successor to last year's XPS 8300 is certainly capable of helping you produce multimedia content during the workday while also getting you smoothly through a first-person shooter in the evening. It doesn't offer the overclocking, support for two or more graphics cards, liquid cooling, and other hot-rod features you can get from a pure gaming system from a boutique vendor (or Dell's own Alienware line), but the XPS 8500 offers an array of attractions as a high-end mainstream system that can power through both work and play.
The Dell XPS 8500 starts at $749, but our test configuration rang up at $1,399—the $1,299 model advertised on Dell's site, plus a graphics-card upgrade that added $100 to the bill. The core components of our XPS 8500 included a 3.4GHz Core i7-3770 quad-core processor, 12GB of memory, a 2GB AMD Radeon HD 7870 graphics card, and a 2TB hard drive.
The last item (the hard drive) comes paired with a 32GB solid-state drive (SSD). The XPS 8500's dual-drive setup is evidence that the XPS 8500 wasn't built strictly for gamers. The 2TB hard disk affords ample storage room, while the SSD is mounted directly on the motherboard and acts as a cache for faster access to commonly used applications and files.
For the most part, the Dell XPS 8500 offers only incremental improvement over the $1,379 XPS 8300 system we reviewed last year: The case remains largely unchanged while inside performance improves slightly. Considering that the XPS 8300 was a tough act to follow, we accept the XPS 8500's modest gains. We were disappointed to find, however, that the two-year onsite warranty that came with the XPS 8300 has been cut in half on the XPS 8500.
The XPS 8500 features a case nearly identical to the XPS 8300's. The sides and top are white, and the front is glossy black. The two front-panel-mounted USB ports have been bumped from USB 2.0 to 3.0, a move Dell must be very proud of, because it removed the sliding door that covered the ports, providing unfettered access when connecting peripherals.
Two USB 2.0 ports, one of which can be used to charge your handheld gadgets, sit on the back edge of a small trough atop the case. This recess is handy for holding those gadgets while they juice up; you'll also find headphone and microphone jacks in here.
At the top of the front panel is a smattering of flash-memory-card slots. Below these slots are two optical drive bays, the top of which was filled by a DVD burner in our test system. When configuring an XPS 8500 on Dell's site, you can opt for a Blu-ray player instead for an extra $100 or a Blu-ray burner for $150.
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Depressed goat ends 6-day hunger strike after reunion with donkey BFF (Video)
Smokey Culver, the Cowboy Poet that Habitat for Horse's is blessed to have as a friend shared this with us. We usually save good news stories for Sunday but we spotted where some people on FB were asking for uplifting stories after having a tough time. This one is very cute and has a video to boot! Enjoy and thank you Smokey! ~ HfH
PS Forgot to add that you want to help Habitat for Horses help more donkeys and horses, be sure to nominate us at Great Non-Profits. Find out more by clicking here.
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Here's a feel-good story of animal friendship that sounds like something out of a children's book: A depressed goat who went on a hunger strike after becoming separated from his best pal donkey was reunited with his BFF and is eating again, animal officials in northern California say.
The goat, Mr. G, and donkey, Jellybean, were seized along with dozens of dogs and other farm animals from the southern California home of an abusive animal hoarder earlier this year, KTVU-TV reports.
The creatures were taken to separate animal sanctuaries, and when Mr. G arrived at Animal Place in Grass Valley, Calif., the 10-year-old goat refused to eat or go outside and just lay in the corner of his stall for six days:
They offered him treats like sweet grain and apples — favorite foods for a goat. But that didn't work. Mr. G was given a thorough physical exam and appeared to be completely healthy. After four days, officials said something drastic needed to be done.
So they decided to reunite him with Jellybean the burro. A volunteer at the sanctuary embarked on a 14-hour drive to collect the donkey. And when Jellybean arrived, Mr. G heard him being unloaded and "immediately leapt to his hooves and ran to the door."
According to Animal Place, when Jellybean entered Mr. G's stall, the goat "could not believe his eyes. In fact, he did a double-take! It was only when he smelled Jellybean's unique scent that Mr. G realized the truth — his dearest friend had returned!"


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by Alexandra Howson, PhD
The presacral space is the area between the rectum and lowest part of your spine, called the sacrum. A tumor is a growth in this area. The tumor can range from a cyst to a mass that invades pelvic structures. It can be cancerous but this is rare.
A presacral tumor may be caused by:
Women are more likely to develop this type of tumor.
In some cases, there are no symptoms. If symptoms do occur, they may include:
You will be asked about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done, as well as a digital rectal exam.
Images of your bodily structures may be taken. This can be done with:
Your bodily tissues may be tested. This can be done with biopsy.
Talk with your doctor about the best treatment plan for you. This will depend on the type of tumor you have. Treatment options include:
There are no current guidelines to prevent a presacral tumor.
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Coco C, Manno A, Mattana C, et al. Congenital tumors of the retrorectal space in the adult: report of two cases and review of the literature. Tumori. 2008;94(4):602-607.
Pappalardo G, Frattaroli FM, Casciani E, et al. Retrorectal tumors: the choice of surgical approach based on a new classification. Am Surg. 2009;75(3):240-248.
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NFL Network to use LSU, Notre Dame, Stanford and Texas A&M coaches on NFL draft coverage
What's new on NFL draft coverage is what's new pretty much every year: More TV tonnage.
NFL Network coordinating producer Charlie Yook says NFLN's coverage of the April 25-27 draft will include a record 45-plus live hours of coverage over the event's three days.
He's not worried about filling air time -- it's not like the league-owned channel has any higher priorities: "We might just start tomorrow and put Kansas City (with the first pick) on the clock."
Guest analysts this year on NFLN's coverage will include these college coaches -- LSU's Les Miles, Notre Dame's Brian Kelly, Stanford's David Shaw and Texas A&M's Kevin Sumlin -- as guest analysts.
Also being added: NFLN's Daniel Jeremiah, who has been an NFL team scout.
Last year, NFLN and ESPN draft coverage didn't show shots of players taking calls from teams, which gave away that they were about to be picked -- especially when draftees put on a team hat.
But NFLN analysts, says Yook, will still be privy to that information. "We're trying not to tip the picks," he says. "We want to show the element of surprise for the viewer, even though we'll clearly know in-house. And it will be OK for analysts to speculate." (Which, again this year, should make for some pretty informed speculation.)
NFLN, he says, will have cameras -- but no audio -- in at least 12 so-called war rooms at NFL team offices.
But despite the already-elaborate NFLN coverage -- even as ESPN has simultaneous draft coverage -- Yook says there are still new areas to explore. (ESPN on Thursday declined to discuss its coverage plans.)
"We've thought about putting lipstick-sized cameras on the hats the draftees put on at the podium," says Yook.
Really? Yes, he says, although for now, "It would be a logistical challenge."
And, says Yook, there are lots of other possibilities for future coverage. "I'd love to put cameras everywhere. On hats, toes, maybe use holograms. ... Maybe next year."


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If you've got stomach pain and nausea, any number of gastrointestinal problems could be to blame. When these symptoms don't go away, one possibility is that you have a peptic ulcer. Let's talk about peptic ulcers.
A peptic ulcer is a defect in the lining of your stomach or the first part of your small intestine, the duodenum. When the defect is in your stomach, it's called a gastric ulcer. A defect in your duodenum is called a duodenal ulcer.
Your stomach is filled with strong acid, which breaks down and digests the foods you eat. If you've ever seen a strong acid at work, you know that it starts to burn away anything it touches. That's why your stomach and intestines are equipped with a special lining to protect them. But if that lining breaks down for any reason, acids can start eating their way through. When acids burn a hole all the way through the stomach or duodenum, it's called a perforation, and that's a medical emergency.
You may joke that your boss is giving you an ulcer, and it's possible that stress does play some part in ulcers. More likely, your ulcer is caused by a stomach infection with a type of bacteria called H. pylori. Other common ulcer risks include smoking cigarettes, drinking a lot of alcohol, or regularly using NSAID pain relievers like aspirin and ibuprofen.
If the ulcer is small, you may have no idea that you have it because there are no symptoms. Larger ulcers can cause abdominal pain, a feeling of fullness in the stomach, and nausea.
If you have any of these ongoing symptoms, your doctor will look inside your GI tract to see what's going on. One way to do this is with an upper endoscopy, a thin tube with a camera on one end that takes pictures as it moves through your stomach and small intestine. A lower GI is a series of x-rays that are taken after you drink a radioactive substance called barium. Your doctor will also test you for the H. pylori bacteria that may be causing your ulcer.
Treatment for peptic ulcers works in two ways. If you have an H. pylori infection, you'll have a medication regimen to kill the bacteria. You'll also get a medicine called a proton pump inhibitor, such as Prilosec or Prevacid, which reduces the amount of acid in your stomach.
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Follow your doctor's instructions carefully for treating a peptic ulcer. If you don't follow your treatment as directed, your ulcer could come back. Call your doctor right away if you have sharp stomach pain, you're sweating a lot or feeling confused, or your stomach feels hard to the touch. These could be signs of a serious ulcer complication that needs immediate medical help.
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The other day I had the awesome opportunity to go to a friend's wolf breeding farm (top secret).
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NEW YORK—Sunday and Monday in Hyde Park were fairly busy days for me. Sunday afternoon I had the tea that I hold every year for my neighbors, many of whom are members of the Roosevelt Home Club and have long shown their continuing interest in my husband's memory.
On Monday at 11:30 a.m. there was the dedication of a plaque at the Hyde Park Town Hall to my husband. And at the same time one was dedicated to Moses Smith, an old-time friend of my husband and one of the best-loved citizens in the Hyde Park township who died in the past year.
This only took a few minutes and then I went back to my cottage to greet the out-of-town guests who had come for a buffet luncheon before the ceremonies in the Rose Garden. This is an annual Memorial Day service that takes place at 2 p.m. as a memorial to my husband and to all those who died in the war. Representative Richard Bolling of Missouri spoke at the ceremony and in the evening the Roosevelt Home Club held a dinner at which my son James spoke.
My son John and his wife had had to go down to New York City on Monday afternoon because the schools were still in session on Tuesday and Wednesday for the children, and I managed to leave also for New York early on Tuesday, since I had a full day's work to do.
The vote in the United Nations to condemn the United States for the U-2 spy flight went against the Soviet Union, as expected, and brought the expected threat from the Soviet Foreign Minister that our spy policy might lead to war.
The President's calm and reasonable speech apparently meant nothing to the Soviet Union. They interpreted it as a statement of "the imperialistic foreign policy line of the U.S." Just how this speech could have been taken to mean this by the Russian representatives is difficult to understand.
We are seeing more and more, I fear, how a country that wants to believe certain things can make itself believe them. And there is no doubt that, for some reason we do not know anything about, there is a change in the spoken policy of the Soviet Union. Whether this means a real change one cannot possibly tell.
I have a letter from the National Recreation Association which I think touches on a subject we should be giving a great deal of thought to. The executive director, Mr. Joseph Prendergast, writes, "In these days of the warmed-up cold war it may seem almost frivolous to mention again the fact that one of the big problems facing Americans is the wise use of their new and increasing leisure."
I do not think it is frivolous at all, since this is one of the grave problems before us that we must face. With automation it will probably be necessary for men to develop the appreciation and the ability to use craft work of different kinds as a method of expressing their own creative desires.
For this they must have preparation during their school years, which will produce respect for handwork and taste. This means a greater knowledge of the arts. In other words, we must open new doors to appreciation which at one time were open only to people of wealth and now should be open to every man, woman and child in our country.
The National Recreation Association sponsors the observance of a month in which citizens are given special opportunities to discover the wide range of creative and constructive leisure-time activities that are available to them. This organization deserves the support of all American citizens.


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A Tax On Whiskey? Never!
To the backwoods distillers of Pennsylvania, that was like taxing the air they breathed. Rut the government was deadly serious: the Constitution itself was at stake
August 1963 | Volume 14, Issue 5
By the time the expedition had crossed the mountains, the rebellion was already coming apart at the seams. David Bradford, who was excluded from the subsequent amnesty, fled to Spanish Louisiana, where he finished out his life as a planter. About 2,000 of the best riflemen in the west left the country, including many a distiller who loaded his pot stills on a pack horse or a Kentucky boat and sought asylum in Kentucky, where, hopefully, a man could distill "the creature" without giving the public debt a lift.
The punitive expedition moved forward in glorious autumn weather, raiding chicken coops, consuming prodigious quantities of the commodity which lay at the heart of the controversy. Richard Howell, governor of New Jersey and commander of the right wing, revived the spirits of the Jersey troops by composing a marching song, "Dash to the Mountains, Jersey Blue":
To arms once more, our hero cries, Sedition lives and order dies; To peace and ease then bid adieu And dash to the mountains, Jersey Blue.
Faded diaries, old letters, and orderly books preserve something of the gala atmosphere of the expedition. At Trenton, New Jersey, a Miss Forman and a Miss Milnor were most amiable. Newtown, Pennsylvania, was noted as a poor place for hay. At Potts Grove a captain of a cavalry troop got kicked in the shin by his horse. Among the Virginians, Meriwether Lewis enjoyed the martial excitement and wrote to his mother in high spirits of the "mountains of beef and oceans of Whiskey," sent regards "to all the girls," and announced that he would bring "an Insergiant Girl to se them next fall bearing the title of Mrs. Lewis." If there was such a girl, he soon forgot her.
Yet where there is an army in being, there are unpleasant occurrences. Men were lashed. Quartermasters stole government property. A soldier was ordered to put an insurgent under guard. In execution of the order, he ran the rebel through with his bayonet, of which wound the prisoner died. At Carlisle, a dragoon's pistol went off and hit a countryman in the groin; he too died. On November 13, long remembered in many a cabin and clearing as "the dismal night," the Jersey Horse rounded up suspects whom they described grimly as "the whiskey pole gentry," dragging them out of bed, tying them back to back.
In late November, finding no one to fight, the army turned east again, leaving a volunteer force under General Morgan to conciliate and consolidate the position during the winter. Twenty "Yahoos" were carried back to Philadelphia and were paraded by the Philadelphia Horse through the streets of the city with "Insurrection" labels on their hats. It was an odd Federalist version of a Roman triumph. The troop was composed, as an admirer said, of "young gentlemen of the first property of the city," with beautiful mounts and uniforms of the finest blue broadcloth. They held their swords elevated in the right hand, while the light flashed from the silver stirrups, martingales, and jingling bridles. Stretched over half a mile they came, first two cavalrymen abreast, then a pair of prisoners, walking; then two more mounted men, and so on.
The army, meditating upon their fatigues and hardships, called for a substantial number of hangings. Samuel Hodgson, the commissary-general, wrote to a Pittsburgh confidant: "We all lament that so few of the insurgents fell—such disorders can only be cured by copious bleedings…," while Philip Freneau, friend and literary colleague of Brackenridge, suggested in retrospect—ironically, of course—the benefits which would have accrued to the country "If Washington had drawn and quartered thirty or forty of the whiskey boys…" Most of the captives escaped any punishment other than that of being held in jail without a trial for ten or twelve months. One died. Two were finally tried and sentenced to death. Eventually both were let off.
If the rising was a failure, so was the liquor tax. The military adventure alone, without ordinary costs of collection, ran up a bill of $1,500,000, or about onethird of all the money that was realized during the life of the act. Meanwhile the movement of the army to the Pennsylvania hinterland had brought with it a flood of cash which furnished the distillers with currency for paying their taxes. Gradually the bitterness receded. During Jefferson's administration, the tax was quietly repealed. Yet the watermelon armies and the whiskey boys made a not inconsiderable contribution to our constitutional history. Through them, the year 1794 completed what 1787 had begun; for it established the reality of a federal union whose law was not a suggestion but a command.


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I live in Mississippi in a double wide manufactured home. Late last summer my ac unit began to freeze up. I had it worked on by a professional a/c person who cleaned the coils and added coolant. It stopped freezing up, but would only blow cool air for a limited period of time then would completely stop blowing air. The unit inside and outside would continue to run. The temperature inside would only go down to 83.
This same a/c man felt a part inside needed to be changed which he did, this did not solve the problem.
I then spoke with a different a/c man who felt that the motor in the unit inside may be bad and probably leaking coolant. He added coolant and the unit continued to do the same thing.
My 1st a/c man then decided that my filter outside leading from the unit to the house was stopped up and that it would need to be replaced. Summer was ending, so I told him to wait til spring to do this since all coolant would have to be released from the unit and it was getting too cool to test the unit.
The a/c man has now replaced the filter outside and the problem still exists.
He did this early yesterday am. The unit blew cool for a while, then no air. The temperature inside the house only went from 85 degrees to 83 degrees over an 8 hour period.
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RALEIGH – A $20 lottery ticket purchased at BJ's Grocery on Rolesville Road in Wendell turned out to be worth $3 million.
David Hopkins of Middlesex and Danny Ray of Zebulon came to lottery headquarters on Friday to claim the prize money they won playing the $120 Million Cash game.
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It was okay: Norwegian Star Cruise Review by aadeo
Overall Member Rating
It was okay
Destination: Western Caribbean
Embarkation: New Orleans
There wasn't a lot of loud music or 'Are We Having Fun Yet!!!' cruise directors, so that was nice. The passengers seemed polite and respectful of each other.
What I didn't like:
-They don't give you water but they warn you not to drink tap, so it's 5 bucks a bottle from the minibar. I'm not a penny pincher but having to pay for water irked me. Other cruises handed us small bottles of water as we got on and off the boat.
-Specialty restuarants cost extra, which is fine. But they stood half empty while the regular complimentary restaurants were often packed with a waiting line. I'd like for them to have fewer specialty restaurants (there are about 6-7) and devote more resources to the regular cruise food service.
-Gambling - I get that's where they make their money. But lots of sales pitches for bingo, instant-win and other games of More chance that no one seemed to ever win.
- The spa - not a good experience.
- The library - was small and limited selection of books, yet was often packed. Note to NCL executives: people like libraries. Really they do.
What I liked:
+ Excellent entertainment. Good shows. The comedians Sharkbait were fantastic. The band was first rate. The bars and lounges had good music, singers and fun shows.
+ Trivia contests. I'm a nerd. It was fun.
+ Cleanliness. They freshened our room 3 times a day and public areas were in good shape.
+ My kids are older but the childrens' pool and activity center looked fantatic.
+ Gym was great.
What I hated. A shore excursion in Roatan that was basically a whirlwind trip to a big souvenir shop and then a sales pitch at a condo development on a beach. We paid for this? Also the guide told us that the capital of Honduras is Roatan (it's Tegucigalpa) and even pointed out the 'president's' house' (it wasn't). She couldn't answer basic questions like the cost of an average home or the length of the school year. She just kept urging passengers to buy stuff so I imagine the tour company received a commission on sales. The ship's shore excursion director was horribly sympathetic but didn't refund our money, even though we left the 'tour' early to come back to the boat. The other shore excursions we took were fine. Less
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Phil Spector's New Hair Don't
The verdict is in on Phil Spector -- and he's guilty -- of another bad weave!First he frightened us with his shellacked "Golden Girls" Chia Pet monstrosity -- now follicularly challenged Phil's… READ MORE >
Phillip Harvey "Phil" Spector (born Harvey Phillip Spector on December 26, 1940) is a former American record producer and songwriter. The originator of the "Wall of Sound" production technique, Spector was a pioneer of the 1960s girl-group sound and produced over 25 Top 40 hits in 1960–1965. Some of his famous girl groups are The Ronettes and The Crystals. After this initial success, Spector later worked with artists including Ike and Tina Turner, John Lennon, George Harrison, and the Ramones with similar acclaim. He produced The Beatles' Academy Award winning album Let It Be, and the Grammy Award–winning Concert for Bangladesh by former Beatle George Harrison. In 1989, Spector was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a non-performer. The 1965 song "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'", produced and co-written by Spector for The Righteous Brothers, is listed by BMI as the song with the most U.S. airplay in the 20th century. In 2009 Spector was convicted of second-degree murder in the 2003 shooting death of actress Lana Clarkson in his Alhambra, California home. He is serving a prison sentence of 19 years to life. Spector was born on December 26, 1940, to a lower-middle-class
The verdict is in on Phil Spector -- and he's guilty -- of another bad weave!First he frightened us with his shellacked "Golden Girls" Chia Pet monstrosity -- now follicularly challenged Phil's… READ MORE >
Today's testimony at the Phil Spector murder trial took a strange turn to "Transformers" director Michael Bay. Friends of slain actress Lana Clarkson, who was found shot dead in Spector's house,… READ MORE >
"Fast Times at Ridgemont High" director Amy Heckerling doesn't need a Hollywood ending to the ongoing Phil Spector/Lana Clarkson murder trial -- as far as she's concerned -- he did it! Hey bud,… READ MORE >
What's the best way to follow up being accused of shooting someone? For whack job Phil Spector, it's by shooting a reality show! "Inside Edition" has obtained video of a failed reality pilot… READ MORE >
Pageboy murder suspect Phil Spector just upped his creep factor -- with new (old) video going public -- of the murder suspect slamming the women who recently testified against him in court.The… READ MORE >
In his opening statement in the Phil Spector case, prosecutor Alan Jackson told the jury that actress Lana Clarkson initially thought Spector was a woman! The B movie actress only found out… READ MORE >


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RALEIGH, NC (AP) — North Carolina's unemployment rate has held steady at 9.4 percent for the third straight month.
The state Commerce Department released the numbers for June on Friday morning. The unemployment numbers remain higher than the national average, which was 8.2 percent in June.
North Carolina's unemployment rate last month was unchanged from April and May. An additional 2,500 North Carolinians were unemployed compared to the last month, but the work force decreased, keeping the rate unchanged.
The state unemployment rate has declined by 1.2 percentage points since June 2011.
Some of North Carolina's political leaders are gathering Friday to talk jobs in Raleigh. US Sen. Kay Hagan, the president of the North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center, and the head of the state's community college system are discussing job creation efforts.
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Giveaway and Review – Paleo Cooking from Elana's Pantry
I've already posted 2 recipes from Elana's new book (here and here), and this is a quick review and Giveaway of Paleo Cooking from Elana's Pantry! It's your chance to win a copy of this amazing Paleo cookbook.
Who is Elana?
I've been reading Elana's Pantry for years, but I hadn't realized that Elana had been eating grain-free since 2001! I'm pretty sure I was still gorging on ramen noodles and cheese on toast back then. Her journey through gluten-free (after her son was diagnosed with celiac) and through the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD) (to resolve her own digestive issues) is wonderful to hear about. It makes me feel that anything and everything is possible.
What's so great about Paleo Cooking from Elana's Pantry?
As one reader recently pointed out to me, there are a lot of Paleo cookbooks out there! But what makes Elana's book so special is that she's created beautiful and delicious Paleo recipes that make you feel like you're just eating any other "normal" meal. With recipes like bagels, nut-free bread, sesame fish sticks, strawberry rhubarb crisp, and more, it's really like you're just eating a nice hearty home-made meal. If anyone's tells you that Paleo is a restrictive weird diet, then just point them to all the recipes in Elana's book and they'll soon realize that there's nothing odd about eating delicious real foods!
The book starts with the Paleo Pantry (a great selection of Paleo essentials ranging from the well-known coconut oil to the less well-known ume plum vinegar (a new discover for me!)). Then there are almost 100 recipes covering every meal of the day and more. And of course, the photography throughout is stunning (which I'm sure you know from reading Elana's blog). I highly recommend you get your copy today (you can pre-order on Amazon here).
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I'm Fatter Than My Husband
Till pounds do us part? How one woman's weight gain strained her wedding vows.
My antique wedding band, with its square diamonds and Art Deco milgraining, hugs my finger just as it did the day I got married.
It's the only thing that still fits.
Since getting hitched five years ago, I've packed 25 pounds onto my 5'3" frame, reaching 165 pounds and trading my size 8s for 12s.
I never thought I'd really "let myself go" (my blood boils at that phrase), but I have lost touch with my old self. Since getting married, I've exercised less and drank more — mostly to soothe the demands of my job, but also to hush the bouts of thunderous monotony that come with marriage. Kill a bottle of wine with dinner a few times a week and the calories add up.
My jeans and shirts had become increasingly snugger, but it wasn't until the zipper on my favorite dress wouldn't budge that I was forced to confront my new size. I was mortified, especially when I saw a slab of back fat in the mirror.
I had recently read a new study published in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science that found that marriages are happier when the wife is the skinnier party — and it made me question how my weight gain was affecting my own marriage.
When we think of "the fat wife," we envision a woman one cupcake-binge away from The Biggest Loser. That's not me. Much of my fat has settled in the "right" places (my breasts and hips). But what if it hadn't? What if I'd gained 50 pounds? Or 100? Would I be testing the vow of "for better or worse"?
In bed, my husband, rock-star lean at 155 pounds, must have felt every bit of me — and that made me supremely uncomfortable. I felt big, bulky, unsexy.
One thing neither of us were happy about: my new wardrobe. The clingy clothes that once defined me now hung like artifacts in my closet. When I complained that we didn't have sex as often, my husband nodded to my yoga pants and said, "Babe, you still turn me on. But I need something more to get me going." His blunt comment really hurt — because he was right.
I wondered whether my husband could spot my deflated self-esteem as easily as my love handles. On our honeymoon, I'd sprinted bare-assed through our Jamaican villa. Now, after showering, instead of walking around in a towel like a normal person, I change in the bathroom.
Recently, while planning our anniversary, my husband suggested Mexico. "I haven't seen you in a bathing suit in years," he said. My brain's insecure circuits lit up. "How about Rome?" I asked. "I want museums, landmarks, and walking tours!" I actually wanted none of those things. What I craved was the security of nubby sweaters.
We compromised on Sedona. It's a shame, because I would have loved to dig my toes into white sand.
We've made a habit of dancing around the subject of my fuller body. But one rainy afternoon, my husband and I were cleaning, and he found an old photo of me wearing a sheer Cavalli blouse and skinny jeans. "Damn, you were hot," he gushed. "If you looked like this, we'd have 10 kids by now."
His reaction to that photo triggered the most honest talk we've ever had. He apologized immediately, and I knew he didn't mean to be cruel. There on the floor, surrounded by all our stuff, I told him I didn't feel like myself anymore. "I did this," he said. "I'm so lazy, and I made you lazy." It had impacted many things, he insisted — even my career as an editor, which was stuck in neutral. True, the heavier me felt sluggish, less confident, and less eager to pursue job opportunities.
For every way we enriched each other's lives, we had caught each other's bad habits, too, like a cold. And we knew that without care, we would just keep needlessly passing them around.
That care had to begin with me.
I decided to start at the gym — once a source of stress relief for me — with my first boxing class. The trainer handed me gloves. "You should take off that ring," he said, pointing at my left hand. "You don't want to break it."
No, I didn't. And with that, I tucked it away, slipped on my gloves, and planted a mean left hook squarely on the bag.


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Ascension Parish is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2010 census, the population was 107,215. Its parish seat is Donaldsonville. The parish was created in 1807. Ascension Parish is part of the Baton Rouge, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the Baton Rouge–Pierre Part Combined Statistical Area. It is one of the fastest growing parishes in the state. During the American Civil War, desertions had been of major concern to the Confederate Army. Henry Watkins Allen, before he was governor, reported more than eight thousand deserters and draft-dodgers about Bayou Teche. There were some 1,200 deserters in Livingston, St. Tammany, and Ascension parishes. Planters in Ascension Parish later complained of raids by guerrillas. In 1864, planter W.R. Hodges requested soldiers to protect the planted fields from such attacks. Union soldiers were accused of "wandering about at will, and helping themselves . . . to whatever could be found," explains the historian John D. Winters in his The Civil War in Louisiana (1963).
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Before I get to the books on the pile, I just have to say that I can't believe this is my 100th MY READING PILE post. That's just four posts away from having done these posts for two years. Most of my features fell by the wayside or became infrequent ones. But I've somehow managed to continue this post weekly for 100 weeks in a row.
And while that doesn't mean that much in the scheme of things, seeing this number hit triple digits freaks me out just a little bit. And it makes me feel even more OLD than I already am.
But I'm not going to let that deter me. And as a thank you to all of you who stop by each week to check out what my current reads are – and maybe to take a peek at the books I received… or didn't receive – I'd like to offer up a Book of Your Choice (up to $25) from Amazon or The Book Depository to one commentator on this post who shares their current – or upcoming – read(s).
All my giveaway rules apply and I'll throw the names into Random on Friday and announce the winner in next week's MRP post on Saturday.
I decided to create my post a little bit early so I didn't get a chance to check Friday's mail to see if the books I'd traded for had arrived, but I did receive one awesome book in the mail this week. And I'm anticipating a couple of books in the next week or two that already have me grinning in anticipation.
[Credit for mailbox sharing goes to The Story Siren]
I'd been trying to reduce the number of printed ARCs I have for review but Jaime insisted I read ARCLIGHT by Josin L. McQuein. I hadn't heard of this upcoming title and she'd already sent me so many books I didn't want to take on another read. But she insisted.
Which makes me that much more curious about the book. Because if it's that awesome I just have to read it.
Of course it is billed as Sci-fi and that's not my go-to genre, but I trust Jaime and hope to add it to the pile soon.
I was also approved for WEATHER WITCH by Shannon Delany on NetGalley. I was so sure I wouldn't get approved but am so thrilled that I was. And I can't wait to check it out in the coming weeks. But as it doesn't release until June I should probably read some of my March titles and challenge reads first.
Which is what I plan to do this week. Sort of…
Here are the books I have in my reading pile this week.
(February 10, 2013 – February 16, 2013)
First up on the pile is BORN OF ILLUSION by Teri Brown. I'd received an early copy thanks to Jaime of Two Chicks on Books and while I hadn't planned on reading it quite so soon, I was lured into adding it to the pile after a brief Twitter conversation on Thursday night.
It didn't take that much convincing, actually. None at all, really. As soon as I opened it and read those first lines I knew this book would suit my mood. And I'd loved the author's writing in SUMMERSET ABBEY which just released last month, so it felt very much like a "sure thing."
I hope to finish it this weekend before tackling those "left behind" reads. Because I want to find out just what happens with Anna Van Housen now. I don't want to have to wait to find out if she is the daughter of the "greatest magician of all."
I want to learn more about this secret society she is introduced to. I want to meet this "serious young man" who is threatening to reveal Anna's secrets. And most of all I want to spend some time getting lost in this world of illusion.
Anna Van Housen is thirteen the first time she breaks her mother out of jail. By sixteen she's street smart and savvy, assisting her mother, the renowned medium Marguerite Van Housen, in her stage show and séances, and easily navigating the underground world of magicians, mediums and mentalists in 1920's New York City.
Handcuffs and sleight of hand illusions have never been much of a challenge for Anna. The real trick is keeping her true gifts secret from her opportunistic mother, who will stop at nothing to gain her ambition of becoming the most famous medium who ever lived.
But when a strange, serious young man moves into the flat downstairs, introducing her to a secret society that studies people with gifts like hers, he threatens to reveal the secrets Anna has fought so hard to keep, forcing her to face the truth about her past.
Could the stories her mother has told her really be true? Could she really be the illegitimate daughter of the greatest magician of all?
Next up on the pile is SILENCE by Becca Fitzpatrick. It has been just begging to be read since it released in October 2011. At the time I thought it was the final book in the series which, of course, gave me pause. But when I'd heard there was a fourth book releasing I was desperate to get this back on the pile.
It's only taken a year and some months for that to happen. But now there is no way I won't be reading it this week, as SILENCE is one of my TBR Pile Reading Challenge books and I plan to read FINALE for my Don't Let It End reading challenge.
I've missed Nora and Patch. Even though Nora drove me a little bit crazy in the second book in the series, CRESCENDO. But after that ending – which I still remember – I've been just dying to know what happened next.
And now that I have checked out the description… Oh. My. Gosh! I didn't know… or didn't remember… that in this book Nora's memories disappear. I didn't know that her recollection of her time with Patch vanishes into the aether. I had no clue. None whatsoever.
I am hoping this "sexy stranger" is who I think it is. I am hoping that in this installment things will end happily. I am hoping that "the truth [will] finally be heard." And I cannot wait to start reading SILENCE later this week.
Nora Grey can't remember the past five months of her life. After the initial shock of waking up in a cemetery and being told that she has been missing for weeks – with no one knowing where she was or who she was with – she tried to get her life back on track. Go to school, hang out with her best friend, Vee, and dodge mom's creepy new boyfriend.
But there is this voice in the back of her head, an idea that she can almost reach out and touch. Visions of angel wings and unearthly creatures that have nothing to do with the life she knows.
And this unshakable feeling that a part of her is missing.
Then Nora crosses paths with a sexy stranger, whom she feels a mesmerizing connection to. He seems to hold all the answers…and her heart. Every minute she spends with him grows more and more intense until she realizes she could be falling in love. Again.
Wishful Thinking Reads:
I desperately want to read INFATUATE by Aimee Agresti this week. I am hoping to finish my reading pile early so that I can. It is a review book but for me it feels more like a guilty pleasure read. Because reading two books in a series in close proximity feels very luxurious.
And I really should add a couple other books to the pile before I add INFATUATE. So it may very well be just a wishful thinking read. Though I may not be able to resist making room for it because I really, really want to dive back into that world.
Only time will tell.
Those Left Behind:
I did not read either of the books on the pile last week. They sort of got shoved to the side when I received an eGalley of THE COLLECTOR by Victoria Scott. Which was a complete and total surprise. Not the book. That was as awesome as I expected it to be. I mean the fact that I got an eARC.
And as I also had a non-YA title, OUT IN BLUE by Sarah Gilman, that I wanted to review before my tour stop, I just didn't have time to read the two books actually on the pile last week. Nor did I have time to read UNBREAKABLE.
But I will… unless I sneak UNRAVEL ME onto the pile for a re-read.
I did manage to write my reviews for ILLUMINATE and DANCE OF SHADOWS but now I have to write reviews for THE COLLECTOR and OUT IN BLUE. And I still haven't managed to coherently organize my thoughts about HOUSE RULES.
And… I have to read the final installment in THE IMMORTAL CIRCUS today. I've been putting it off because I don't want the book to end. The serial experience has been amazing, but it mimics a series experience, and now I am having those "don't let it end" feelings that inevitably arise for me at the conclusion of a series I love.
I am hopeful I will be able to write those two reviews this weekend, plus my mini review for THE IMMORTAL CIRCUS, and get a jump on BORN OF ILLUSION before Monday. This way I might actually get to read one of those "left behind" reads from last week.
NetGalley Pile Adds:
I didn't request any new books on NetGalley this week, though I did put in a request that is a very, very long shot on Edelweiss.
And while I didn't notice too many new titles on NetGalley… for US bloggers anyway… there are a few awesome titles that caught my eye.
THE ETERNITY CURE by Julie Kagawa (Harlequin Enterprises Australia, May 1, 2013) *ONLY for Australian bloggers*
NATURAL BORN ANGEL by Scott Speer (Penguin Books Australia, Mar 20, 2013) *ONLY for Australian bloggers*
CREEPS by Darren Hynes (Penguin Canada, July 30, 2013)
FRAGMENTS by Dan Wells (HarperCollins UK, Mar 29, 2013) *ONLY for UK/European reviewers*
MILA 2.0 by Debra Driza (HarperCollins UK, Mar 28, 2013) *ONLY for UK/European reviewers*
A TOUCH OF SCARLET by Eve Marie Mont (K-Teen, Mar 26, 2013)
UNDERNEATH by Sarah Jamila Stevenson (Flux, June 8, 2013)
INSOMNIA by J.R. Johansson (Flux, June 8, 2013)
SONG IN THE DARK by Christine Howe (Penguin Books Australia, Feb 27, 2013) *ONLY for Australian bloggers*
Those Australian only titles are making me wish I lived in Australia right about now. But even if they were available to US bloggers I have more than my fair share of review titles stacking up, so a part of me is glad they are not accessible.
Even though I've been battling a cold and flu this past week… one that seems to have come back and hit me… I did manage to get a couple of books read this week. Even if they weren't books that were technically on my reading pile.
I really wish I was able to devour three or more books per week, as well as post, write reviews, handle the blog tour stuff, work, sleep, spend time with The Dude and get every other thing done in my household that I need to. But apparently I am not Super Woman. So the amount of time I have to read tends to suffer.
But taking a step back from social media has really helped in keeping me focused on my blogging and has made me enjoy it that much more. Of course it could be this larger screened laptop I received for Christmas.
And I have been in such a crazy eclectic reading mood these past few weeks, creating reading piles I actually stick to has been tough. But at least I've managed to keep up with review books, even if I haven't been so good about devouring books for the TBR Pile challenge.
Anyway… I hope you have a couple – or more – amazing reads planned this week. And I hope to be back next week with a few new books on the pile and a few more books marked "read." Until then…
Do you create a reading pile?
If so, what's in your pile this week?
Posted in: Contests and Giveaways, Fiction, My Reading Pile | Tagged with: Becca Fitzpatrick, Born of Illusion, Giveaway, My Reading Pile, Silence, Teri Brown
OOoh oooh I got Arclight and Born of Illusion from Edelweiss. It's pretty disastrous since I'm auto-approve for HarperCollins. Looking forward to reading both of them.
Waiting for HQTAus to approve me for The Eternity Cure. Although I wasn't that crash hot on The Immortal Rules, I'm still pretty excited just to get to read another Jazza Kags book – yes, that's my nickname for Julie Kagawa haha! When her new urban fantasy series becomes films I can tell everyone I know Jazza Kags and Jazza Kags knows me – hence the nicknaming haha.
Happy reading Rachel and hope you get over your cold soon!
My current read is Looking for Alaska. I hope I won't cry as much as I did while reading TFIOS. Next up is a Danish classic, then Game of Thrones (again) and finally How to keep a boy as pet which I just checked out from the library today
I always hate when I see titles for Australian and UK bloggers. I really want them right now. Hoping that I get approved soon for some Edelweiss titles.
I'm itching to read the two White Trash Zombies books in my pile. I've already pre-ordered the third one, as well.
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I love love love the cover for Born of Illusion. I know nothing about the story but I totally want to read it simply because of the cover. Is that bad?
I'm currently reading The Madmans Daughter and next? Unravel Me or OCD Love Story for sure!
I'm not reading anything right now :O And plan to read in the next few weeks maybe, Enclave by Ann Aguirre, I hope I can do it!
How is the Unbreakable reading going? 😉 Not even a few chapters?
Oooo, I loved Silence!!! I thought that book ended the series, but then Finale came along! It's a pretty good end! But I'll shut my mouth lol. I'm jealous of your Born of Illusion! I need to read that book – probably when it comes out. I got a few books this week – Splintered (from YOU!), The Madman's Daughter, Matched, and another ARC of Venom lol! And swag. It's all right here -> My STS Post!
Have a great weekend!
i will start my first cassandra clare books ( mortal instrument book1) , as soon as i finish the review from my last read^^) i'm a little unwell too so i don't read as quickly as i would like either but as soon as i identify the virus i will fight him and get back to enjoy my books a lot more ^^ ( teh headache doesn't help teh reading^^)
Take care too so you can get better for good^^
happy reading!
I'm currently reading Beautiful Redemption and I'll probably read Liesl & Po next, and Scarlet (either Marissa Meyer's or A.C. Gaughen's)
I'm currently reading Bloodlines by Richelle Mead for the second time to prepare for The Indigo Spell! And then I hope to read Unravel Me soon too. I'm going crazy with wanting to know what happens next! I've never rooted for the villain before, until these books!
I think Arclight sounds interesting – it's definitely on my TBR. This week I'll be reading some books for blog tours – Blaze by Laurie Boyle Crompton, Indiscretion by Charles Dubow, and Phoebe Pope and the Year of Four by Nya Jade. I'd like to think I'll get to read a couple more, but I have finals this week too, so probably not!
I just finished reading Venom by Fiona Paul and I LOVED it! Not only was Renaissance Venice portrayed absolutely perfectly in a way that captured both what was beautiful and what was just plain realistic (like the smell!!) and made me feel like I was standing right there was Cass watching the gondolas sweep by, but Cass' dilemmas about who she wants to be, the life she really wants, who she'd be happy with, and how to love her family while still striking out trying to live her own dreams were applicable regardless of historical period, which made this historical completely relatable.
I'm now reading Unspoken by Sarah Rees Brennan and boy am I in love! The humor, the gothicness of the town, the mystery and the perfect closeness of the two main characters completely sucked me in and I can visualize the town and think of Kami and Jared as friends:)
I just got my copy of Splintered that I'm dying to read but I have first The Fox's Mask to read for an upcoming quest post/spotlight. Then there's Last Days by Adam Nevil and The Murmings by Carly Anne West that I need to read for review. And many, many more…
Too many books, too little time. I don't know about Superwoman but I'd love to be able to stop time so I can read, and start it again for everything else I have to do. Best. Superpower. Ever.
Right now i am reading Destroy Me by Tahareh Mafi.
I also would like to clear off one or two from my netgalley pile. I think i will start with Notes from Ghost Town by Kate Ellison (i hope that is her name).
My library just got a bunch of books that i am dying to read. So assuming i am first i should have most of these books in the next few days. And they will be my next reads: Boundless/Cynthia Hand, Crash/Lisa McMann, The Essence/Kimberly Derting, and Dead and Buried/Kim Harrington.
Also there is a book on netgalley i am hoping to get approved for. FIngers crossed on that one. Lately i am at about 50%, with a few publishers repeatedly accepting me. And a few repeatedly denying me.
Congrats on making it almost two years! 100 weeks in a row is a big achievement.
I was excited to get approved for The Weather Witch, too! I didn't think I'd get approved. I also want to start it right this minute, but I have other books I must finish so it will wait a few weeks.
My upcoming reads are Dance of Shadows — I just read your review, and I'm even more excited to start it now — and I'm in the middle of The Hallowed Ones.
Born of Illusion sounds quite interesting, I hope it's better than the last book on magicians and secret societies that I read.
Wow, you made it to the big 100! Congratulations, that's awesome!!! 😀
Man, I was really, really bad last week and didn't read a single book. I'm hoping to get back into the groove this week though. On the top of my pile is still "Carnival of Souls", but I also have to read my next book club pick which is called "The Art of Racing in the Rain" and is apparently written from the POV of a dog. It should be interesting. 😉 Oh, and you know what?! I suggested we read the first book in the Soul Screamers series with the BC, and right now it's on the list for October! It's still a ways away, but still. Yay!!! 😀
I have "Hush, Hush" in my stack of books to read for the TBR Challenge and am hoping to get to it sometime in the second half of the year. Wish me luck! 😉
Have a fabulous reading week, Rachel, and here's to 100 more MRP posts!!! 🙂
Congrats on 100!
I kind of fell off the reading bandwagon over the holidays (which was a long time ago, I know) so I'm really trying to get back in the swing of things. I just finished Days of Blood and Starlight, which I loved! I'm startling Unravel Me because I've been dying to read it forever, and your post about it made it that much harder to wait!
Right now I'm going through INCARNATE by Jodi Meadows and really digging it. After that, I'll probably try out THRONE OF GLASS, since I've wanted to get to that one for a while. I'm psyched you're going to get WEATHER WITCH– I'm really intrigued and can't wait to read your thoughts on that!
Also, congrats on your 100th reading pile! I love checking in here and seeing what's good– your recommendations have led me to some awesome reads! Thanks and good luck with the next hundred! 😀
My upcoming read is Finale by Becca Fitzpatrick! Can't wait to finally get my hands on it!! 🙂
I have Everbound, Pretty Little Liars #1 and Nameless on my pile this week. I think. My readng moods have been a bit over the place also so I may pick up somethign else from my TBR shelf if the mood takes me. Holding off on requesting any of the new Australian titles just yet until I can be sure I will get the current titles I have read and reviewed on time. Though I am dying to read the Eternity cure.
Born of Illusion looks good though the first half of the blurb reminds me a little of haunting Violet. Still I may go take a look anyway 🙂
Have a great week and happy reading
I'm still struggling to get through Frankenstein for school and Dragonfly in Amber (whih is good but just crazy long), but up next I'm wanting to read Perks of Being A Wallflower (I've borrowed a copy from a friend and feel like I've practically kidnapped it due to how long I've had it for), An Abundance of Katherines by John Green and Born in Ice by Sherrilyn Kenyon.
Rachelita!! Why didn't you tell me you were sick!
-sends "get well" hugs-
Yay!!!!!!! 100 MRP posts!!!! You go girl!!! 😀 Here's for another 100 more 😉
And… Arclight… I've seen it around thought I seriously have no idea what it is about… add to that the fact that you just said is sci-fi and you got me wary… But I'll wait for your review.
Get out!!
I did NOT know you hadn't read Silence!! I wish you a happy reading then!
I hope to get Finale soon so I can add it to the reading challenge of yours hehe.
O_O I need an Australian family to adopt me right now!! 😀
Also, of COURSE you were approved to read author S's book! 😀 <3333
Happy reading Rachel! Do you know when you'll be reading The Collector?? I've been DYING to get to read it every since… I don't even know when hehehe.
Enjoy!!! 😀
As I said last week… I started reading Phoebe Pope And The Year of Four…
insert me gasping…
Girl! I did NOT expect to get so invested in the story as I have… I'm almost done-freaking errands have me missing out on my reading-but WOW!
I really really like the book… So I'll recommend it to you 😉
Get it, Read it, Love it 😉
And… I need to start… To read some NG books… I haven't been there in a while… And I need to remember all the galleys I've been approved for so I can read them… Also… want to start early my read of Moonset -winkwink-
Cya when I cya 😀
I'm currently reading three books – which shows the extent of my attention span at the moment. The first is Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion which I've picked up again as a reread since the film has just come out in the UK. The second is called A Passionate Affair with a Total Stranger by Lucy Robinson, and the last is Monstrous Beauty by Elizabeth Fama. I've been wanting to read the latter for ages. My next read will probably be Shards and Ashes, a short story collection edited by Melissa Marr but I'm still waiting for it to arrive in the post.
Born of Illusion looks so good. I saw it on the Epic Reads ARC party and ended up adding it to my wishlist.
Thanks so much for offering a giveaway 🙂
I havent heard of Arclight before but it sounds good! I read all four of the Hush Hush series at the end of last year and loved them. Patch <3
Im currently re reading Angelfire, then Wings Of the Wicked and hopefully fit in Shadows in the Silence this week too. So sad to see this series finish 🙁
Enjoy your books Rachel 🙂
Wow, congrats on making it to 100 reading pile posts! 🙂 I always love seeing what you're gonna be reading every week!
Arclight sounds REALLY good! I got it on Edelweiss 🙂
I'm currently reading a historical romance: The Lady Risks All by Stephanie Laurens. Up next is Pivot Point and after that I think I'll continue with Shadow Kiss by Richelle Mead, Dimitri! *sigh*
Happy reading!
Nice reading pile! I haven't read Silence. Nora pissed me off so much in Crescendo that I just couldn't pick it up. LOL so I will rely on you to tell me what I missed. No pressure or anything. But hearing your excitement makes me second guess my choice. Oh well.
Currently I have a ton of books to read but I don't know if I would call it my reading pile. I really don't select which books to read when because like you I am more of a mood reader. But I have bought a couple of books that I can't wait to devour!!! And I also have the rest of the Iron Fey series to finish. I have so many awesome books it is too hard to decide what to read. Ahhh!! Such a nice problem to have.
I really love the idea of a reading pile post, but not sure if I could do one since I really don't ever know what I am going to read until I actually do. And I don't really receive any in the mail. I guess I could do them about the books I bought for the week or got from my library?? Hmmmm……Ah crap one more thing I want to do. 🙂 See what your blog does???? Thanks Rachel great post as usual and great inspiration!!!!
Wow- congrats on 100 reading piles! (Even if you sometimes stray away from them 😉 ) Doing these lists take so much dedication, and yeah, I'm really proud of you! 🙂
You have some pretty great books- Born of Illusion looks so cool, but I don't think I'll be reading Finale… I gave up a few pages in Crescendo. :/
I hope you get well soon! I spent Christmas Day sick, so I know how it feels.
Congrats on reaching your 100th reading pile! I'm not reading anything at the moment, but I plan on starting Cursed by Jennifer L. Armentrout tonight.
And oh my god! I had no idea Nora loses her memory in Silence!! I've read the first two books, but couldn't get myself to read Silence when it came out, even though I have it. Nora annoyed me a lot in Crescendo, so I guess I never even got around to reading the description for Silence.
Thanks for offering a giveaway!
I just finished reading Farsighted by Emlyn Chand. I have mixed feelings about it. I can't seem to be able to write a review for it.
I am reading Dare You To by Katie McGarry. I LOVED Pushing The limits and this one is really interesting so far. Hopefully it will continue to be so.
I will be reading Unremembered by Jessica Brody next. I haven't read any of her books yet but I've heard good things. So Fingers crossed. 😀
Congratulations on 100th reading pile. I love how you do it. 🙂
Reading Stormdancer now 🙂 Next it Mockingjay! 😀
Congrats on the 100th Reading pile post 😀 I just finished Wings of Tavea. Next on the list are Death,doom and detention by Darynda Jones and Unravel me by Tahereh Mafi. Also, a lot of last ones in the series to read for the Dont let it end challenge 🙂
OMG A 100??? WOAH! I'm currently reading Stone Cold Seduction… No idea when I'll finish that though exams … you know 😛
I'm reading Beautiful Creatures. I'm almost finished. 😀 Next read will be Fixer by Gene Doucette


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Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today took part in unveiling the Obama administration's action plan to strengthen and support military families. She joined the president and first lady, Dr. Jill Biden, other Cabinet members and administration officials, and representatives of veterans service organizations in the East Room of the White House to release the report Strengthening our Military Families: Meeting America's Commitment.
"Every day, U.S. service members -- along with their families -- make sacrifices that benefit all Americans," said Secretary Solis. "The president understands that providing necessary support strengthens not only these individuals but our nation as a whole. Only if we do right by them do we do right by the American people."
The report was prepared by an Interagency Policy Committee comprised of Cabinet staff and overseen by the National Security Staff and the Domestic Policy Council. The committee was formed in response to a May 2010 directive from the president to develop a government-wide plan to support military families. Some components of the plan include ending homelessness among veterans and their families, increasing opportunities in federal careers, increasing opportunities in the private sector, and reducing barriers to employment and services.
Secretary Solis, who chairs the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness, highlighted the Homeless Veterans' Reintegration Program, specifically, expansion of the program to include grants targeting homeless female veterans and veterans with families, as well a toolkit for service providers to better understand the trauma experienced by homeless female veterans. She also reaffirmed the Labor Department's commitment to the Federal Interagency Council on Veterans Employment, which she co-chairs.
In addition the Secretary emphasized other Labor Department work focused on veterans: The department has taken steps to re-engineer a Transition Assistance Program employment workshop to include more military spouses and provide a more hands-on, customized workforce readiness program. The more than 3,000 One-Stop Career Centers across the country are expanding their outreach to ensure access by military spouses to their services. And the department is committed to assisting military families through enforcement of the Family and Medical Leave Act.
Source: http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/vets/VETS20110101.htm