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A woman has one thing on her mind tonight…sex. Dirty, sweaty, kinky sex with a cowboy. With her man gone more than he is at home, she needs the release.
After being away for two weeks, a cowboy goes looking for someone to play with for the night. Being away is part of the job but not having someone to come home to is hurting his soul. Feeling disconnected in his love life, the red head will be perfect.
Once they meet, can one night of pure passion led to more than just a one night stand for either of them?
Heroine's POV from The Couple:
Maybe my girlfriend's think I'm cracked. Trying to hook up with a cowboy in the last place I need to be…a bar. They just don't understand that I'm truly lonely and need a night where I can forget, be pleasured to where I'm either begging for him to stop because it's too much or for more. I have needs and I can't help that they have men at their beck and call 24/7. This is my life not theirs. I haven't been tied up in a while and tonight is the night.
Where is that cowboy that I keep seeing in the bar? He almost had me last month, but I left him hanging and hard. He He! I don't plan on doing that this time. I want his jeans around his ankles, me on my knees and him screaming my name when he comes. I want my hair pulled, spread eagle on his bed and screaming his name.
Now where is he? Oh wait, there he is and damn, he is hot!
About The Author
When she is not trying to be Super Blogger and reviewing for her own site, Harlie is a stay at home with a 3rd grade son that keeps her busy with all of his stuff. Married for 9 years to her own hero and still madly in love with him, she wouldn't change a thing about her life. Okay, maybe living in Ireland or New Zealand but those are just pipe dreams.
A certifiable sports nut, she craves college football (OU Sooners and Texas A&M Aggies), Baseball (Texas Rangers and Houston Astros), Dallas Stars hockey and Houston Texans football. After working for the Dallas Stars Hockey Club for 5 years and naming her son after Brian Leetch you'd think she write a hockey story. Nope, been there, done that and the t-shirt is a rag. She prefers just to watch the game now. Less stress.
Harlie loves to hear from readers and other authors. You can find her on Facebook most days. Unless, she's sitting in the carpool line. The bane of her existence.
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George Shelby is known for soulful playing over a vast array of TV, movie, and live credits, including Sting, Bruce Springsteen, and Aretha Franklin. He's performed at the Grammys, the White House, on The Voice, and too many weddings to count. He's pretty good.

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So. Every December for the past few years, I have had an art show at one of the most delectable spots in Seattle: Trophy Cupcakes.
But this year, the show is extra-special, because it includes several original pages of spot illustrations from my book, CakeSpy Presents Sweet Treats for a Sugar-Filled Life.
When you look at the book, almost every single page has a cute illustration to accompany the recipes and my witty repartee. For instance, the illustration at the top of this post, or this page in the book:
But it may interest you to know that when I was creating the illustrations for the book, basically what I did was create a large "art library" from which the art director and designer, Anna, could pick and choose spot illustrations.
So I handed in sheets covered with cuteness, such as these:
Each page of images was cut up into "spot" pieces for various pages of the book (go ahead and see which ones you can find!).
The originals are now framed, some 9x12 inches, some 12x16 inches, and for sale at Trophy Cupcakes. The price range is between $175 and $250 per piece, and each piece comes with a free copy of the book as well as a tag saying which pages you can find the illustrations on in the finished book!
The art will be up all month, but I will be at Trophy Cupcakes in Wallingford tonight, from 6-9pm, to meet-and-greet and sign books. So come out! For more details, visit the Trophy Cupcakes facebook event page!


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HALLE BERRY, WESLEY SNIPES & JADA PINKETT SMITH Looking To Return To Superhero Films
You're going to be hearing a lot from actors at Comic-Con International: San Diego about what superheroes they want to play or what comic book movies they want to be in. Already, three actors with notable pasts in DC and Marvel fare have expressed their interest in returning to their roles, or perhaps playing new ones.
Halle Berry is well-known to comic book fans for her roles as Storm and Catwoman, and is currently at SDCC promoting her television series Extant. But in an interview with Deadline, the Oscar-winning actress said she'd return to the X-Men movie franchise "in a heartbeat", especially for one movie in particular.
"In a heartbeat I would do a Storm movie," Berry said. "I love that character through and through. So if that ever became an opportunity for me if it's before I'm 65-years old I would absolutely do that."
The 48-year old actress said that 20th Century Fox "should" do a Storm movie if they thought it would make a profit.
"Well, I think they should do it. If the fans want that the fans need to speak up and I'm sure it would be a possibility," said Berry. "If Fox felt like they could make money off of a Storm movie I'm sure they would do it."
Wesley Snipes, who in many ways presaged the current superhero movie boom with the Blade films, also said he would reprise his role if he got the call.
"The project is controlled by Marvel and we did have a really productive and a wonderful meeting and we discussed a number of things," Snipes told Deadline. "I don't know where it's on their schedule at this point, that hasn't been decided. I guess it's still up in the air."
Snipes is in San Diego promoting his television series The Player, but said his schedule is so that he still has time to make feature films.
"I think it was kind of interesting that a drama like this, a high-concept drama, would be even considered to be represented in Comic-Con, so it should be interesting," said the actor. "I just hope that we don't have all the questions centered around if I'm going to do Blade Four or not."
That being said, Snipes said "it'd be nice to be a part of the family again" in some role, even if not reprising his role as Blade.
Meanwhile, actress Jada Pinkett Smith is talking about coming back to DC -- but not for Gotham, and not as Fish Mooney.
In an interview with MTV UK promoting her role in Magic Mike XXL, Pinkett Smith revealed interest in playing the DC heroine Vixen in a sequel to the upcoming Suicide Squad movie. Warner Bros. hasn't announced any plans for a sequel to that movie yet, but Pinkett Smith is tuned into the movie's production uniquely given that her husband, Will Smith, plays the role of Deadshot in the David Ayer-directed film.
"There's a character that I love in the DC World, her name is Vixen," said the former Fish Mooney. "Probably haven't heard much of her. She's kind of in that Suicide Squad world as well. I love Vixen. If there was any character, I would love to play her. I'm going to have to put my little word in with the director. 'Vixen for Suicide Sqaud 2.'"
Warner Bros. already has plans announced for Vixen as starring in her own animated series this fall on CW Seed, voiced by Megalyn Echikunwoke.


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Biden vs. Biden
DANVILLE, Ky. — Welcome to the Joe Biden show, Paul Ryan.
The well-behaved 42-year-old Wisconsin congressman seemed like a spectator at his own national debut, as the voluble vice president delivered a forceful — bordering on bombastic — counterattack against a surging GOP ticket during Thursday's vice presidential debate.
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( Also on POLITICO: 7 takeaways from the VP debate)
It took Biden only a few minutes to do what President Barack Obama wouldn't or couldn't do in 90 ineffectual minutes last week: attack Mitt Romney on his "47 percent" video and bring up the GOP nominee's tax return.
But a little Biden can go a long way, and this was Joe by the gallon, smirking and shouting down a more measured — if at times robotic — Ryan, who clung to his campaign's talking points, especially on foreign policy, like a life preserver.
GOP consultant Alex Castellanos, tweeting as he watched the feisty exchanges, summed up the view of many observers on both sides: "Biden [is] irritating, but wouldn't be surprised if [O]bama base is liking him. [A]t least he's fighting for them, unlike Obama last week."
( Also on POLITICO: Vice presidential debate transcript)
From the perspective of Democrats, Biden's domineering performance served a modest but vital purpose: staking out a more aggressive stance against the GOP ahead of the far more consequential second Obama-Romney showdown in Long Island on Tuesday. There were no obvious policy gaffes and in four days the undercard will soon be eclipsed by the top-of-the-bill fight.
"I don't think one event changes the state of the race," said Obama's senior campaign adviser David Axelrod, who was part of Biden's debate prep team.
"The vice president made a robust case for this administration, for an economic policy that has at its core rebuilding the middle class rather than the kind of top-down, trickle-down economics that we saw in the last decade, and I think it's important," he added. "But you know, there are going to be other debates and other events that I think will shape the race further."
( PHOTOS: Scenes from the VP debate)
The Biden-being-Biden tone of the night was established early.
Ryan opened with what seemed to be a scripted attack against the Obama administration's handling of the attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya last month.
"This Benghazi issue would be a tragedy in and of itself, but unfortunately it's indicative of a broader problem," Ryan said. "And that is what we are watching on our TV screens is the unraveling of the Obama foreign policy."
Biden shot back with, "With all due respect, that's a bunch of malarkey."
( Also on POLITICO: Fact checking the vice presidential debate)
Moderator Martha Raddatz asked, "And why is that so?"
"Because not a single thing he said is accurate," replied Biden, providing the kind of retort Democrats had expected Obama to provide during a flat first presidential debate.
But Biden, 27 years older than Ryan, seemed less mature and more out of control than the studious House Budget Committee chairman, who took pains to deliver his anecdotes and policy explanations slowly, even in a monotone.
Split screens showed Biden laughing, guffawing, wagging his head disapprovingly and almost always grinning — derisively in most cases.
"I think the biggest takeaway for people is going to be Joe Biden's dental work tonight," Ryan spokesman Brendan Buck said. "There's a time and a place for laughter and for jokes and this isn't it. I don't think it came across well."
Romney adviser Ed Gillespie said the campaign's focus groups gave Ryan an edge, in part based on what he viewed as Biden's over-the-top performance.


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Bodacious Bloodies: Hot brunch cocktails with something more
So now we know (sort of) where the drink came from. As to where it's gone in 90-plus years, you only have to peruse local cocktail menus for modern Bloodies made with proprietary tomato juice-based concoctions and garnished with everything from barbecued ribs to tofu cubes. For your holiday weekend drinking pleasure, we rounded up a few noteworthy examples. Read on


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this doesn't really provide much in depth information but is interesting to note difference in the way each vaccine was presented. For more information on homeopathic remedies and their effectiveness look on pub med or do some research yourself. note that homeopathy is considered a pseudoscience by the vast majority of the medical community with an effect tantamount to that of a placebo.
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We should work together!
MünchFilms is a production company that believes in the sharing of competences within a group of people who are always pursuing excellence in their field of work. We produce a wide variety of videos for different kind of clients reaching from charity work, small and middle size businesses to big commercial clients.
We embody the social value and responsibility that the culture of film and commercial have reached nowadays. This is how we connect to our clients and keep pushing to the next level. This is our passion.
Michael frequently attends workshops on film craft such as a film production workshop with renowned film producer Paul Miller and an editing workshop of academy award winner Chris Dickens.
MünchFilms was founded in 2009 in Munich, Germany. Growing up with computers and the internet founder Michael Münch is a digital native and has a great understanding of the impact social media and the internet can have for any video his clients want to produce.
Another important aspect of our work is being careful about our environment and the projects we accept. Therefor we will never work with companies selling goods like tobacco, arms and other harmful things to our planet.


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Shoalhaven Family Local & Cultural History Fair 2012
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Shoalhaven Family, Local and Cultural History Fair 2012
The fair will be back in June, bigger and better than ever before.
Friday 15th and Saturday 16th June 2012 are the days to mark in your diary for a visit to this years presentation in the School of Arts, Berry Street, Nowra.
Take this opportunity to learn how to begin your research, chat to the experts who will be showcasing their talents and products, get free advice from experienced researchers, listen to the very informative talks, or attend a workshop
From 9.30am to 4pm each day you can pop in to see what's on offer, have a coffee or lunch and a chat, maybe even win a free lucky door prize, or, if you have bought a ticket, one of the many major raffle prizes.
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I've been working every chance I could get on new blues songs for the upcoming cd. I've written 13 new songs in the past 2 weeks… and think I am done! I think I wrote some good stuff. When writing, I went way back in the day; way old school; way back to the roots… and my musical roots. I'm going for a Howlin" Wolf, John Lee Hooker, Jimmy Reed feel and sound. Believe it or not, those were the artists my parents partied to when I was little; when they had "house parties" [literally] back in the 1950s.
I wrote a few boogie type songs just because I like them, but don't normally do them… boogie [not boogie-woogie] is more of a guitar thing; not a piano thing.
I've written and recorded everything- made rough demos- and uploaded the material to the band. As soon as I get to Switzerland we will start rehearsing this new material, jamming it out, and begin recording it. We'll be done with the recordings by May 15th, but Michael will be mixing and mastering everything in Virginia.
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New treatment might help some migraine headache patients: Imagine a terrible headache combined with nausea and dizziness. That combination describes a migraine.
The pain of these intense headaches can disrupt lives and shatter relationships. When someone has a migraine they are hyper-sensitive to light and noise and often must spend hours in a dark, quiet room.


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Visit an Island Run by Monkeys
Post Maria, July 2018- Tours to Monkey Island have been modified due to a new law around the Monkey research reserve. Call for details.
You will see many neat things in Puerto Rico, but wild animals are not usually one of them – except if you visit Monkey Island. Monkey Island (officially Cayo Santiago) is a small island, about ½ mile off of the eastern coast of Puerto Rico, that is home to about 1200 free-roaming Rhesus monkeys. The monkeys are the offspring of an original group of monkeys imported from India that were used for scientific research in 1938. Operated by the University of Puerto Rico's (UPR) Caribbean Primate Research Center (CPRC), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Harvard University, scientists there study the monkeys' behavior, demographics, genetics and physiological changes. The island is not open to tourists, but you can get an up close view of the monkeys from the water. Since the water around the island is so shallow, the best viewing is from a kayak!
Getting to Monkey Island
I am a BIG fan of animals, so this was something I had to do! We recently went out one afternoon with Barefoot Travelers Rooms Adventures. They rent kayaks that you can use to go over to the island and view the monkeys. They will accompany you so that you know where to go.
We met Keishya and Bob at the launch point on the beach, directly across from Monkey Island. When we arrived at the beach they were concerned about the weather – it was thundering in the distance with some large clouds forming on the horizon towards Vieques. We watch the cloud patterns and waited on the beach. They wouldn't let anyone go out onto the water until they felt it was safe to do so.
Meeting the Research Team
While we waited for the storm to pass, three researchers from Monkey Island stopped to chat on their way home from their day of research. We had time to talk with them and they told us about their jobs, the monkeys and all sorts of interesting first hand experiences and details about what goes on over on the island. Even if you don't get to meet the researchers on your trip, Keishya is good friends with these researchers, so she can relay lots of what she has heard them say about the monkeys.
At Monkey Island
Amazingly (as predicted by Keishya and Bob), after the rainstorm passed, the sun came out and it was beautiful … so off we went. It was a quick 20-minute kayak trip over to the island. Keishya told us that we had to remain at least 30-50 feet away from the island so as not to disturb the monkeys. She also told us to be quiet and paddle past the monkeys, parallel to the shoreline, so that they would not get scared and get used to us. It seemed to work, since as we drifted back past the island, the monkeys stayed right there, doing their usual monkey business. Their antics were fascinating to watch.
At no point can you step onto the island. These are wild animals with Herpes B and they may attack (as all the posted signs around the island state). I was happy to just sit in my kayak and watch these beautiful animals enjoy the afternoon. Since they are free to move around, you aren't guaranteed to see them, but if you go at the right time or area of the islands, you have a much better chance. Keishya knows the best times/places and we saw about 50-100 monkeys during our 30 minutes of watching them. The wind must have been blowing the right way because we didn't smell a thing. I can imagine if you stop in the wrong spot, 1200 monkeys can make quite a smell! We stayed for a while, just sitting in our kayaks and watching them do the things that monkeys do.
Snorkeling on Monkey Reef
After we observed the monkeys for a while, Keishya and Bob pointed out the remains of a sunken barge where there was decent snorkeling. It is not deep at all, you can see the skeletal remains above and below the water. I thought it was kind of neat to snorkel under beams and look into what's left of the hull. It is not the best snorkeling you will find- The reef had a lot of sand/silt on it and the day we went, the water had some silt in it. But, all in all, it was pretty good. The reef was teaming with fish, schools of many different types and some colorful ones, too. We also saw a barracuda and stingray. Keishya said she also sees an octopus there a lot, but no one saw it on our visit.
Paddling Back Home
When you're done watching the monkeys you have to paddle your kayak back to the mainland. You have the option of heading back to the same point where you put-in, or you can take a longer trip back to the beach by Keishya and Bob's house. We all decided that we were up to the challenge of the longer trip back. So we set off across the sea for about an hour kayak home. The views were beautiful, with the sun on El Yunque. Since we were delayed in starting, the sun was beginning to set and the clouds were colorful. It was a lovely upper body workout. I really enjoyed the trip. All in all, we were on the water about 2 – 2½ hours.
Barefoot Travelers Rooms and Adventures has several kayaks (single and double) that they use for these trips. They can easily handle a group of up to 6 people. If you have a bigger group, they can arrange to get an additional kayak or two. They also provide dry bags for cameras, water shoes, snorkel gear, and life vests (that you are required to wear). You're welcome to bring your own snorkel gear, if you have it. Anyway, the real attraction here is the monkeys, not the snorkeling. You should also plan to bring along one bottle of water for each person in your party … all the kayaking and the sun will make you thirsty.
Normally, when we review an activity that is not free to the public, we pay the admission price out of our own pockets. However, we just want you to know that the folks at Barefoot Travelers Adventures were kind enough to offer us this trip for free. While we don't feel that this free ride influenced our review one way or the other, we felt that we should tell you, just as a matter of fact.
Kayak rentals are $55 plus tax per person. Minimum group size is 2 people, maximum 6 people. Reservations required.
If you're happy, let them know it — Don't forget to tip your your bartender, tour guide or trip operator if you enjoyed yourself. Gratuities are appreciated and typically aren't included in the price they charge you.
Barefoot Travelers Rooms and Adventures don't have any set schedule for this trip. They are available most days. Contact them in advance to set up your trip.
You can visit the Barefoot Travelers Rooms and Adventures web site for more information.
You can call Barefoot Travelers Rooms and Adventures at 787.850.0508 for more information or to make a reservation.
Remember to wear lots of sunscreen!
You should probably allow a good half-day for this trip. You may have to wait out a storm, like we did, or you may have to paddle to a different part of the island to find some monkeys to watch.
If they are not available when you want to go or you have little kids that can't kayak, other options are a motor boat that departs from Palmas del Mar for about $65/person- contact Maragata Charters 787-637-1802. Or you can try Captain Frank (Paco) Lopez, out of Punta Santiago, at 787-850-7881 or 787-316-0441 Capt. Paco's web site .
We are in the process of updating the maps we use on our web site. While we're working on that, you can click on the GPS coordinates below to view the location on Google Maps ...
- Monkey Island: (18.158820, -65.734892)
- Monkey Island, kayak launch point: (18.164427, -65.743046)
PuertoRicoDayTrips.com assumes no responsibility regarding your safety when participating in the activities described in this article. Please use common sense! If your mother or that little voice in your head tells you that you are about to do something stupid … then don't do it!


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Your DGB for today is to call, yes call, your senators and their staffers and demand they vote no on Trumpcare.
Trumpcare, or AHCA, is moving it's way through the Senate and almost no one has seen it. What we do know is that it's just as awful as the House Bill and will kick millions of people off of their insurance plans and make it harder for many to get and afford insurance. It is expected to be sent to get it's CBO score any day now, which takes about two weeks. The Senate is trying it's best to get a vote before they close for recess on July 4th, all while not allowing any hearings on it. At all.
Today we are totally ripping off the advice from our crush and former Obama speechwriter, Jon Favreau. On his podcast "Pod Save America" he suggested that we call the health care staffers of Republican Senators who are moderate republicans and might vote no. You can find the list on his twitter feed. Give your heartfelt appeal for them to vote no and ask them if they know what they bill is even about. Jon also wants you to go even further though and to call your own Senator, even if they are a democrat, and ask them what they are going to do to stop this bill. Obviously they are voting no, but what else? Are they going to filibuster? Stop Senate business? There's a lot more they can do besides just voting no and it is imperative that this bill is stopped. You can find your Senator here: https://www.senate.gov/senators/contact/ .
Trumpcare is one of the many things that 45 is pushing to try to erase everything Obama did. He's a petty man, with a petty grudge, and unfortunately his grudge could kill people. Call your senators and demand they stop this bill and let you know how they plan to do so.


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Game Recaps
Roadrunners finish season in dramatic fashion with 6-5 OT victory
By: Alexander Kinkopf
April 15, 2017 9:52 PM
The Roadrunners capped off their inaugural season in victorious fashion Saturday night, beating the Stockton Heat 6-5 in overtime at Stockton Arena.
The team ends its season with a three-game win streak; it is the fifth time that the club has won three or more games in consecutive fashion.
Stockton opened the scoring during the game's first shift; Brandon Bollig giving the Heat a 1-0 lead just 18 seconds into the contest.
Quick to respond were the Roadrunners. Just over a minute later, Grayson Downing walked into a Joe Whitney feed upon entering Stockton's zone as he followed the play, and fired a wrist-shot past Mason McDonald.
Jeremy Morin gave the Roadrunners a 2-1 lead at the 10:54 mark of the first period after Michael Bunting won a battle for a loose puck and delivered a pass to the slot.
In the late stages of the second period, Jalen Smereck recorded his first professional goal to give Tucson a 3-1 lead. Smereck, upon receiving a pass from Hunter Fejes, walked in with ample time and space and beat Stockton's netminder with a wrist shot.
13 seconds later, Jeremy Morin scored his second goal of the night to give the Roadrunners a 4-1 lead heading into the third period.
Stockton found the net at the 8:24 mark of the final frame to cut the Roadrunners' lead to 4-2.
With 6:58 left to play, Conor Garland reclaimed a three-goal lead for the Roadrunners, jamming home a loose rebound after Michael Bunting and Jalen Smereck failed to finish on a two-on-one sequence.
The Heat pulled off an outstanding comeback, scoring three goals in a 2:08 minute span to tie the game 5-5 and force overtime.
In overtime, Conor Garland, after circling Stockton's zone with possession of the puck, found Tyler Gaudet with a back-door pass to secure a 6-5 win for the Roadrunners.
Marek Langhamer made 41 saves in the win.
The Roadrunners finished their season series against the Stockton Heat with a 6-1-1-0 record.
With a final record of 29-31-8-0, good for 66 points in the standings, the Roadrunners finished the season at seventh-place in the Pacific Division.


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Unlikely boxing star Tommy McCoy (Robert Taylor) is led to the sport by his bum father, Brian (Frank Morgan). After accidentally killing his friend (William Gargan) during a match, Tommy forsakes boxing, only to return for the money. Teaming up with powerful bookie Jim Cain (Edward Arnold), Tommy again rises to the top, earning Cain a fortune while falling in love with his daughter, Sheila (Maureen O'Sullivan). After a mobster realizes Cain has swindled him, Tommy must take charge.
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UKAGP is hosting a unique, integrated conference for the Gestalt Community which will celebrate 25 years of the British Gestalt Journal.
This is an innovative opportunity for Gestalt practitioners to engage together in a distinctive 'learning and research' experiential gathering.
The Gestalt community is invited to join a dialogue with the work of senior Gestalt therapists Lynne Jacobs, Joe Melnick, Peter Philippson and Margherita Spagnuolo Lobb who will publish new papers on current aspects of their work. These exclusive articles will be published in the Spring 2017 British Gestalt Journal, in advance of the conference, and this material will be explored throughout the conference, in workshops and seminars, using Malcolm Parlett's 'Five Explorations' methodology. The Autumn 2017 BGJ will provide further informative writing consolidating thoughts and perspectives around the entire experience.
CPD: Counts as 20 hours CPD, validated by a UKAGP certificate emailed directly to you post conference.
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Todd M. Compton. A Frontier Life: Jacob Hamblin, Explorer and Indian Missionary. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2013. 642 pp. Illustrations, photos, maps, bibliography, index. Cloth: $44.95; ISBN: 978-1-60781-234-0
Todd Compton?s first major contribution to Mormon history was his 1997 In Sacred Loneliness, a collective biography of Joseph Smith?s plural wives.[1] In his most recent offering, Compton has returned to the biographer?s craft, with a definitive examination of Jacob Hamblin, a prominent figure in the Mormon colonization of southern Utah and the Southwest. Hamblin was a devout Latter-day Saint, who preached the Gospel to Indians, married plural wives, and played a key role in the expanding Kingdom of God in the West. Even in his lifetime, Hamblin achieved renown not only among the Saints as the ?Apostle to the Lamanites,? but also nationally as a guide and an interpreter for John Wesley Powell?s famed expeditions to the Grand Canyon. Previous Hamblin biographies have been either fictionalized or hagiographic, reflecting the ?Hamblin legend? that emerged in the nineteenth century.[2] More recent works, reacting against these earlier portrayals, have cast Hamblin in a more unfavorable light.[3] Compton?s biography, the first full-length scholarly treatment of Hamblin?s life, presents a positive reevaluation, while not ignoring the frontiersman?s flaws. Compton expertly analyzes Hamblin?s evolving attitudes toward Indians, showing how the missionary gradually became the ?Apostle to the Lamanites.?
Hamblin, an Ohio native, converted in 1842 to Mormonism in Wisconsin. Impressed by the faith?s biblical literalism, millennialism, and views of Native Americans as descendants of Book of Mormon Israelites, Hamblin embraced the new religion in spite of family opposition. The convert enjoyed spiritual gifts, most notably the ability to heal the sick, which eventually contributed to the conversions of his first wife, Lucinda Taylor, and his father, Israel Hamblin. Hamblin met the Prophet Joseph Smith in Nauvoo, served proselyting missions for the church, and followed Brigham Young and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles West. During the trek, he and Lucinda divorced, leaving him with four children. Hamblin quickly remarried, wedding widow and divorcee Rachel Judd (Page) (Henderson), herself the primary caregiver of three Henderson stepchildren.
Hamblin demonstrated his faith in Mormonism by entering into polygamy. In 1857, he married sixteen-year-old Sarah Priscilla Leavitt as a plural wife. Due to Rachel Hamblin?s prolonged illnesses, Priscilla, as she was called, had previously cared for the Hamblin children, suggesting that the marriage was partly for practical purposes. In 1860, he married a Shivwits Paiute woman, Eliza (they were sealed in 1863), although she subsequently left him. He may have married two other Paiute women, although documentation for these unions is scanty. After Rachel Hamblin?s 1865 death, Hamblin took an additional wife, twenty-two year old Louisa Bonelli. Although the Indian missionary was often away from home, he nevertheless fathered twenty-four biological children, cared for three step children (from Rachel?s previous marriage), and adopted seven Native children.
Hamblin?s principal passion was proselyting Native peoples. He later recalled that, while in Nauvoo, Joseph Smith had set Hamblin apart to be a missionary to the Indians. In the early 1850s, however, while living in the Tooele Valley, Hamblin participated in several militia ?punitive campaigns? against Goshutes accused of stealing. In his autobiography, Hamblin described his transition from Indian fighter to ?Messenger of Peace? as the result of divine intervention when his gun failed to discharge against a Native foe (just as the Goshute?s arrows missed Hamblin). Compton demystifies this transition by showing from contemporary sources that the change was gradual rather than immediate, and that subsequently, Hamblin occasionally strayed from his nonviolent approach. Compton does show that during this formative period in Tooele, Hamblin?s efforts to learn the language and culture of his Native ?enemies? frequently put him at variance with his military and ecclesiastical superiors.
In 1854, Hamblin and a few others were called to proselyte Paiutes in southern Utah, and in 1857 he was set apart as the Southern Indian Mission?s president. Many Paiutes accepted baptism, believing that the Mormons could be powerful allies against the neighboring Utes, who had previously kidnapped and sold Paiute women and children in the New Mexican slave trade. Although Hamblin was not in southern Utah in September 1857, his prominence as an Indian missionary ineluctably tied him to the church?s response to the Mountain Meadows Massacre, given Paiute involvement in the killings. Hamblin?s adopted Shoshone son, Albert, witnessed the atrocity and informed his father of the details soon after the event. Hamblin helped bury the massacre victims and his wives cared for the surviving orphans for a time. As Compton documents, the Indian missionary subsequently became complicit in Mormon efforts to place blame solely on the Paiutes and obscure white involvement in the massacre. Compton also analyzes with an even hand the feud that developed between John D. Lee and Hamblin as Mormon leaders scapegoated the former for the massacre. Lee, embittered by what he saw as betrayal by his fellow Saints, lashed out at Hamblin both privately and publicly. While there was some truth in the criticisms, Compton concludes that Lee should not be seen as a reliable source on Hamblin. In 1858, Hamblin embarked on the first of dozens of expeditions across the Colorado River into present-day Arizona, New Mexico, and Mexico. His initial purpose in going south was to preach to the Hopis. Mormons, hearing of the Hopis? sedentary villages and extensive agricultural practices, had strong hopes that these Natives would be well prepared to embrace not only Mormonism, but also western cultural values such as farming and literacy. Over the coming years, he not only worked with the Hopis but also Navajos, Zunis, and other Southwestern Indians.
Hamblin?s deep experience in the region and his knowledge of Native languages and cultures did not go unnoticed by Mormon leaders and U.S. government officials. The book?s subtitle, which highlights Hamblin?s dual roles as Indian missionary and explorer/colonizer, defines what Compton calls ?the great paradox of Hamblin?s life? (480). Compton portrays his subject as a sincere missionary who honestly believed that he was bringing not only salvation to his Native proselytes, but also a superior way of life. Hamblin?s missionary endeavors and explorations, however, produced knowledge that served as a foundation for subsequent colonization and settlement of Indian lands. Compton documents in painful detail the devastation settlement wrought on Native communities through disease and competition over resources. Hamblin himself recognized his complicity in Indian dispossession and sought at times to alleviate suffering caused, in part, by his efforts. Compton concludes that, in final analysis, ?all that an Indian missionary could do would be to help both Indians and white settlers adjust to the [colonizing] process in a humane and non-violent way? (482-83). Although Hamblin could not stop all white violence against Indians, especially during the Black Hawk War in the 1860s, as an advocate of peace he demonstrably reduced bloodshed.
Compton should be commended for the remarkable depth of research in primary and secondary sources for this biography, an achievement that is magnified by his status as an independent scholar, without university or institutional resources. He cites many of the important works of the ?New Western History,? the historiographical movement that re-envisioned the West from the perspective of the victims of Euro-American conquest, rather than from the viewpoint of westering whites who brought ?civilization? to the region.[4] Additionally, Compton skillfully consults ethnographic literature on each of the Native groups with which Hamblin interacted.
In the final chapter, Compton briefly contrasts Hamblin?s commitment to peaceful coexistence with Indians and ?race war??the inherently violent struggle between ?civilization and savagery??which Richard Slotkin argues defined the American experience.[5] In the nineteenth century–especially after the U.S. Army's massacres of Native peoples at Sand Creek in 1864 and at the Marias River in 1870–outsiders often compared the Mormons favorably with Quakers and other religious groups that sought peaceful coexistence with Native peoples through evangelization.[6] Brigham Young's maxim that it was "cheaper to feed Indians than fight them" was frequently invoked by both Mormons and non-Mormons, but Young relied heavily on intermediaries such as Hamblin, Dimick Huntington, and scores of lesser known "Indian experts" to implement this policy. Although modern scholarship has done much to challenge the myth of Mormon exceptionalism (and innocence) on the frontier [7], Compton's sophisticated biography of Jacob Hamblin suggests that it is time to reevaluate the Mormons' peace policy and the role it played in Mormon colonization of the Great Basin.[8]
[1] Todd M. Compton, In Sacred Loneliness: The Plural Wives of Joseph Smith (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1997).
[2] Paul Bailey, Jacob Hamblin: Buckskin Apostle (Los Angeles: Westernlore Press, 1948); Pearson Corbett, Jacob Hamblin: Peacemaker (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book,1952); Hartt Wixom, Hamblin: A Modern Look at the Frontier Life and Legend of Jacob Hamblin (Springville, UT: CFI, 1996).
[3] Charles S. Peterson, ?Jacob Hamblin, Apostle to the Lamanites and the Indian Mission,? Journal of Mormon History 2 (1975): 21-34; P.T. Reilly, Lee?s Ferry: From Mormon Crossing to National Park (Logan: Utah State University Press, 1999); Will Bagley, Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2002).
[4] Compton, for example, cites two foundational New Western History texts: Patricia Nelson Limerick, The Legacy of Conquest: The Unbroken Past of the American West (New York: Norton, 1987) and Richard White, ?It?s Your Misfortune and None of My Own?: A New History of the American West (Norton: University of Oklahoma Press, 1991).
[5] Richard Slotkin, Regeneration through Violence: The Mythology of the American Frontier, 1600-1860 (Middletown: CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1973); The Fatal Environment: The Myth of the Frontier in the Age of Industrialization, 1800-1890 (New York: Atheneum, 1985); Gunfighter Nation: The Myth of the Frontier in Twentieth-Century America (New York: Atheneum, 1992).
[6] For examples of non-Mormons comparing the Saints to the Quakers and Moravians, see John Alton Peterson, Utah's Black Hawk War (Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1999), 108-109.
[7] Howard W. Christy, "Open Hand, Mailed Fist: Mormon-Indian Relations in Utah, 1847-1852," Utah Historical Quarterly 46, no. 3 (Summer 1978): 216-35; Ned Blackhawk, Violence Over the Land: Indians and Empires in the Early American West (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006), ch. 7; Jared Farmer, On Zion's Mount: Mormons, Indians, and the American Landscape (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2008).
[8] Some scholars have called into question interpretations of Mormon-Indian relations as exceptionally violent. See Ronald W. Walker, "Toward a Reconstruction of Mormon and Indian Relations, 1847-1877," BYU Studies 29, no. 4 (Fall 1989): 23-42 and Sondra Jones, "Saints or Sinners? The Evolving Perceptions of Mormon-Indian Relations in Utah Historiography," Utah Historical Quarterly 72, no. 1 (Winter 2004): 19-46.


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The Giants took a quick lead in the first inning against Justin Verlander, as Pablo "Panda" Sandoval went deep for the first of three home runs. Sandoval has become only the fourth player to hit three home runs in a World Series game joining Babe Ruth (1926 and 1928), Reggie Jackson (1977) and Albert Pujols (2011).
This was also the first time in Sandoval's career homering three times in one game. He homered twice off Verlander, and once to reliever Al Alburquerque in his first three at bats to take the Giants to an 8 to 3 win in game one of the 2012 World Series. Verlander was charged with the loss.
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- Biking on the sand: Broome, Australia's nearly perfectly flat Cable Beach.
Oz's West Coast – and the Unexpected
When you think of a national park, your mind rarely conjures up images of people falling in love. The classic boy-meets-girl scenario is usually left to Hollywood's far-fetched romantic comedies.
But here's a story about the most spectacular national park I've seen on any continent – definitely one of the most beautiful places in Australia (now that's saying something) – and maybe a place where you, too, could fall in love!
This is meant to be a travel story and not a cupid-finding blog, so I'll speed through the background bits. My best girlfriend and I had finished college and were looking for an adventure (not love). I had some distant relatives in Sydney, so we jumped on a plane to Australia.
Our first six months were spent on Australia's remarkable east coast. The majority of the world doesn't realize what's down there (well, Oprah has helped a little on that front). I mean, sure, the beaches in San Sebastian are wow and "my" American beaches are beautiful, but there's something about an Australian beach. Anyway, we eventually left the more popular east and headed west (some Aussies haven't even been to their west coast!).
We were told to start in Broome, which is up at the top of western Australia and where the famous Cable Beach resides. It is a spectacularly long beach in all directions – north, south, east and west. Warm. Blue. White. You haven't really seen a beach like it. At low tide you can ride your bikes along the hard sand, and at sunset it is something to behold.
After a while, we pulled ourselves from the comforts of Broome (not that Broome is lavish, but we were about to head into the desert) and started meandering down the Australian west coast.
Now Australia in general is unlike most of the world, but one of the distinguishing factors you discover when you drive around it is its size. When an Australian says they're visiting somebody in the "bush" for lunch or for the weekend and it's "just down the road," they actually mean it's a three-hour drive! When you leave one town or city, it can be hours before you come to another one.
At first we found this uncomfortable, and we missed the luxuries of shopping and eating out. But after a while, this experience of being away became life-changing. For the first time in a long time you have silence, space and no distraction. Your mind starts to ponder and wonder.
My girlfriend and I had become so close and in tune with one another that we could go long stretches without talking, both just very comfortable in each others' company. I know we both did some pretty deep soul searching in that time, and often at night in the moonlight, after a couple of glasses of cask red wine, our discussion would get philosophical. We'd jump about all over the place from the meaning of life to the meaning of love. We even began stopping at second-hand bookshops to get our hands on the thoughts of great thinkers through history, which would escalate our conversations to no end! (Here's one of my favorites.)
Anyway, finally to the love story… after days of traveling through the deserted desert, we found ourselves in a remote national park called Karijini (left). This place touches your soul. The colors are mesmerizing. There are beautiful pools, gorges to climb in and around or experience from above. You can go days without seeing another person – it's incredible.
After a couple of days flitting about happily in this remote destination, we finally came to a dead-end pool with a waterfall to take your breath away. James Cameron couldn't have dreamed up a better set.
And there we met a lovely, newly engaged young couple with a nice good-looking friend with them…
I don't know how it happened, but somehow Karijini worked its match-making magic. After that special day, we bought our two campsites together and have been sleeping in the same "swag" ever since!


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The culmination of The Exiled Trilogy, Camus' play involving a mother and daughter driven to murder in order to escape the suffocation of a nation crippled by totalitarianism was the author's response to the Nazi occupation of France during WWII. The play received an abstract, heavily conceptual reimagining in Smith's demanding physical staging. A heavy duty transparent tarp was the defining image of the piece, under which Lorraine and Jones (as the mother and daughter) performed the first two acts of the show, and were finally "unleashed for a shattering third act" (Time Out Chicago). Capitalizing on the site specific staging along the wall of a former macaroni factory, fully functioning windows opened onto the summer nights of the streets of Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood, ending with Lorraine perilously perched on the window ledge, suspended only by the lilting tones of Judy Garland. Punctuated by the songs of Romanian folk singer Maria Tanase in collision with American pop star Katy Perry and The Wizard of Oz soundtrack, this radical interpretation also featured 10 year old child actor Tougne carrying a grandfather clock in the role of the Old Man. The Misunderstanding was hailed by Chicago Critic as, "in search of a new paradigm for what is considered acceptable theater in America."
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BAFTA-nominated media company Bridge + Tunnel Productions is seeking an enthusiastic and versatile Producer in Training to support the production team, particularly the Creative Director, Tina Gharavi, to deliver a slate of projects and core organisational tasks.
Bridge + Tunnel is a film and TV production company that adheres to one simple philosophy: Brave. It's not a word that we throw out blindly. It's a belief system that informs the way we work every day. We have a tradition that encourages entrepreneurial thinking, innovative solutions, and the conviction to executive both. We seek individuals who thrive in fast-paced, problem-solving environments. Bridge + Tunnel is a collaborative and teamoriented culture that believes in taking on challenges that others might walk away from. Because, the truth is, nobody ever became great without first being brave.
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I was on my bike at a traffic intersection in Pune the other day when the lights, all of a sudden, went off. For some, it may be straight out of a sci-fi computer-hacker-villian-terrorist attack movie, but in India, its just another day to the office. Everyone knew what was going to happen next. All the possible space in the junction was filled up with 2, 3 and 4-wheelers before anyone could say "Amitabh Bachan"! The funny thing was that no one looked surprised, they just accepted the fact that it was the law of Indian traffic. Sure, they were hurling colorful abuses, the likes of which would put all rappers out of business, but no one got physical. They were simply doing what they do best.
Back home, one would drive with caution so that they don't hit any other vehicle, but here, its different. We drive carefully so that no one comes close to hitting us. If you're on a 2 wheeler, you're at the bottom of the Traffic food chain. No one would let you pass them, it's a matter of ego and horsepower. Driving on your side of the road when there's no partition is taboo, and blowing your horn, boy, the horn is substituted for the siren politicians use. If you blow your horn in a crowded street (Considering your horn is loud enough) gives you the right to break the sound barrier on land. All lowly pedestrains are expected to give way for the loud-mouthed devil machine.
And bus drivers (they still scare the shit out of me) are not to be messed with. Their threat is evident in the daily morning newpapers where at least one unfortunate bike or bicycle would be overrun and the incident would be forgotten the next day when another similar incident would grace the same pages, same incident, different names. If you see one, behind you or ahead, keep as much distance from them as possible. They are like Gladiators on wheels, and if you happen to encounter one after dark, pray hard.
Back to the gridlock at the intersection, since there was no more space to move, people just waited for the traffic cops to come and sort it out. Afterall, that's what they get paid for, right? Why should we make their jobs any easier. Any sign of courtesy on road is considered a weakness, and the liability to be destroyed where one stands. 4-wheelers argue they should be given way since they are bigger, 2-wheelers disagree since they are smaller and should pass first. The amazing thing, though, is that the matter was resolved in a matter of minutes, and traffic flowed normally as usual, under the supervision of the cops. It seems no one wanted to cooperate unless there's a hypothetical DANDA up their ass. Maybe that's why Indians are considered really good workers and employees, they can follow orders, but are reluctant to agree to a descision of their peers.
I still love driving back home, just because people are so courteous, and you're an asshole if you aren't, for instance, the dipper. If you dont use your dipper at night, other drivers have the right to start a fight cos' it just the traffic rules. In Pune, the only reason you use a dipper is to warn oncoming traffic that you are overtaking a vehicle on a two-way road in broad daylight, and you need to flash it threateningly to be convincing enough. At night, a dipper is simply to have a better look at the road for potholes. There goes the traffic rules.
I knew a Flight Lieutenant while I was in Military school. He once told me that while he was posted in Mizoram, he was stopped by a cop one night in Aizawl. Apparently, he was not using his indicators to make a turn and the cop thought that it was broken, so he stopped him to inform him that. He was deeply impressed with the cop and the traffic culture, and it felt good to be a Mizo at the time.
Christmas 2008: I was driving without a license ( I had lost mine, and it was holiday season, so it was difficult getting it re-issued). I was never stopped by any cop and asked to produce my license, so as far as I'm concerned, I loved it. In other parts of the country, as long as you don't look LOCAL, you are stopped and checked for your license and papers while others, half of them without either documents, zoom past you, and you can feel them sneer at your back "Serves them right!". I'm not bitter, but I'm simply telling like it is. I'm a realist.
Anyways, I love riding a bike. It gives me a feeling of so much freedom. True, I must've jumped a couple of red lights in my time, but the trick is to never get caught, localite or not. And I would always enjoy driving just for the sheer pleasure of it, be it home or any other place, no matter how screwed up the traffic would be. Power, always, to horsepower.


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Greenwash Watch: The "Godfather of Green"
This is what we have to look forward to this election: lying toads. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has released a new 30 second ad for his 2008 re-election campaign, heralding himself as a "Godfather of Green" and an "environmental champion". According to Think Progress,
McConnell had a zero percent rating from the League of Conservation Voters during the 109th Congress, and has earned only a 7% lifetime rating. — McConnell helped to pass the 2005 Energy Policy Act, a bill the League of Conservation Voters called "the most anti-environmental piece of legislation signed into law in recent memory."
— McConnell led the fight to block the renewable fuels standard and the green tax package from the 2007 energy bill, calling them "millstones."
— McConnell has repeatedly voted to allow drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
— McConnell has repeatedly voted against Senate bills recognizing global warming, including a "sense of the Senate" amendment expressing "the need to address global climate change through comprehensive and cost-effective national measures and through the negotiation of fair and binding international commitments."
— McConnell helped notorious global warming denier Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) try to block Al Gore's "Live Earth" concert in Washington, DC, by raising an objection to the resolution allowing the concert to take place on the capitol's West Front. ::Think Progress


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Powerful Design Software
Enjoy powerful automated building tools like automatic roof generation, stairs, decks, framing, dimensioning, realistic 3D rendering and more... Or take complete control of every aspect of the software with manual placement and editing of every feature. Either way, all your views update at the same time.
Space Planning
Maximise the use of a site whilst maintaining a full visual understanding of proportions, access points, overshadowing and environmental impact. Rotate you design and shift individual items or complete projects to make best use of each canvas.
Existing Floor Plans
Need some fresh ideas?. Select from over 1,500 sample plans or use the design wizard to draw the house from scratch by answering a series of questions, or simply open sample plans and customise to your clients specific needs. Leverage from the work of hundreds of designers without compromising your own artistic input.
Customise Designs from the Library
Quickly place and arrange walls, windows, doors, cabinets, and architectural objects from a library of over 4,300 items built-in to the software or choose from an inexhaustible online library to create a comprehensive detailed 3D Model in minutes.
Use the Library content to size your rooms, evaluate traffic flow, and create a visual model of your design. And because you'll read in objects from the worlds largest 3D online architectural library you will never run out or components to use in your designs.
Estimate and Check
Whilst it doesn't replace the quantity surveyor, Designer Pro PLUS automatically generates a materials list for project cost estimating and includes a Plan Check™ tool to automatically validate the design against common building principles.
Every Style
Designer is not limited to set styles. Create the internal space that you need with the look and feel you know you or your client wants. Unlike basic retail store products, with Designer Pro you are not limited to preset design styles.
Material Painter™
Point and click to choose from thousands of colours and textures or import your own for walls, floors, bench tops and more! Your design combinations are limited only by your imagination. Changes are instant.
Kitchen Planning Centre
Practicality and style blend seamlessly in a great kitchen. We've gathered the information you need to plan a perfect workspace, plus plenty of examples of kitchens that put those principles to work beautifully.
Design kitchens that will help sell your designs – move walls, drop in cabinets, add fixtures – it's easy to plan the perfect workspace.
Bathroom Planning Centre
Bathrooms may be the smallest rooms in the house, but that doesn't mean you can make them an afterthought in the planning process. We'll show you how to make the most of a limited space and explain the features that will add the most to your design.
Plan the layout of your bathrooms with custom cabinets, sinks, showers, jetted tubs etc. It's easy to visualise your ideas in 3D.
Exterior Planning Centre
Your building's exterior is the face of the building displayed to the world. Discover the secrets that other architects and designers have use to create beautiful and easy-to-maintain exteriors by using the built in Exterior Planning Centre.
Visualisation Tools
Create a virtual walk through of your design by selecting various camera views or create a virtual tour with an AVI movie.
Create Lighting Effects and Shadow Drawings
Change from a day to a night view with a single click. Add lighting fixtures from the library and create dramatic views. Visualise in the day with realistic sun shadows.
Even create automatically generated shadow diagrams and sun studies for any time of the year, anywhere on the planet.
Deck Design Tools
From a simple single level to a multi-level, you can automatically create a deck with the deck tools. Use a post and beam structure, design with or without a railing. Create the exterior shell of the building to visualise your deck design.
Multi-tier Decks
Produce realistic images of your exterior projects using a plan layout and the advanced camera tools to produce realistic images you can use to market your projects.
Create Custom Landscaping
Create Plot and Perimeter Plans on flat or hillside lots and automatically generate a 3D model of the actual terrain. Use the Terrain Feature tools to create fences, gardens, driveways, paths, and more. Build a simple landscaping plan by marking the property boundaries and selecting from the landscaping items in the Library. Design in Plan View or a 3D View to create the landscaping that's right for you.
Terrain Tools
Designer Pro has hill and valley tools to help you define your unique terrain features. Use the terrain tools to create pathways, fences, ponds, gardens, and more.
[Q] We are a large architectural firm, will this software suit our needs?
[A] Probably not. Designer Pro PLUS is the worlds best solution for domestic and light commercial design but lacks the more complex file handling for collaborative modeling of multiple designers/drafters all working on the same 3D model at the same time. It also does not support large multi-level buildings such a s high rise developments.
[Q] What is the difference between this software and something like ArchiCAD or Revit?
[A] Designer Pro PLUS is a better and easier solution if your work is for domestic and light commercial buildings of only a few floor and for this it is literally the fastest building design software on Earth. Revit and ArchiCAD are best for large commercial or public buildings and have more features for working on the same project with multiple designers.
Designer Pro PLUS is significantly less expensive as it targets small to medium size design firms.
Curiously however Designer Pro PLUS has better 2D drafting tools than either Revit or ArchiCAD.
[Q] What is the difference between Designer Pro PLUS and something like AutoCAD or Vectorworks?
[A] There is no comparison - Designer Pro PLUS is much easier and much faster to design with, by a huge factor. It also has significantly superior features for architectural design that programs like AutoCAD simply don't include. Designer Pro PLUS is also considerably more affordable.
[Q] Can I install Designer Pro PLUS in multiple computers?
[A] Designer Pro PLUS can be installed on as many computers as you wish, but you can only be 'active' on one machine at a time. To switch from one computer to another, you must deactivate your Designer Pro license and reactivate it on the other machine. To do this you need an internet connection.
[Q] What is included in the 'PLUS' edition?
[A] Designer Pro 'PLUS' edition is our top-level version. When you choose the 'PLUS' edition you get:
Full yearly Support Subscription is also available as an option at a very reasonable price. You can buy this online at the checkout if desired.
[Q] This all seems very innexpensive compared to other products I have looked at. Why? What's the catch? What is missing? Sorry for my sceptisism but I want to be sure I am making the right choice.
[A] You are right, the software and services we provide are extremely affordable and contrast with other much more expensive architectural CAD software on the market. The difference is that this software is limited to buildings of up to 4 levels and its rendering for photorealistic images is not quite as good as one or two of the more expensive products.
The price has been engineered by the marketing guys to appeal to smaller companies and even to individual operators with more restricted budgets. After you have used this software for some time your needs may grow, and if they do we can then assist you in seemlessly upgrading to a more expensive option but without the floor level restrictions and with enhanced rendering etc, but for most clients this Designer Pro PLUS with its mix of high speed 3D design tools, superior 2D drafting tools, library content modeling tools and affordable price is a stand-out choice. I am sure you will be delighted with it :)
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[A] Yes, Chief Architect Inc. are responsible for the main modelling portion of the suite, for this reason the workings and interface of this part are almost identical. Designer Pro PLUS adds enhanced 2D drafting tools, a 3D library content modeller, international metric template, new materials and expert non-USA based support options whilst keeping the purchase price extremely attractive.
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LACOMBE, Alta. – A member of a vigilante group has been charged with criminal harassment and mischief in an incident in central Alberta.
Chief Lorn Blumhagen of Lacombe police says the alleged victim had been communicating online with a person through a social media website for the past three months.
Police say the suspect used a false pretence to convince the person to meet in Lacombe, about 125 kilometres south of Edmonton.
The alleged victim was approached by a man wearing a hoodie who put a cellphone in his face and said he was being recorded and was busted by Creep Catchers.
Creep Catchers are private citizens who post videos online to expose people they believe are seeking out minors for sexual activity. (Photo: Gettystock)
Karl Young of Red Deer, also known as Carl Murphy, who is 37, has been released on conditions to have no contact with the alleged victim and not to access or use any computer or cellphone except for work purposes.
He is scheduled to appear in court in Red Deer on Friday.
Blumhagen says Lacombe police are continuing their investigation to identify a second suspect.
"In this case, police believe the victim was targeted online and lured into a situation by a person or group using vigilante-type tactics without justification or facts to support their claims,'' Blumhagen said in a news release.
Creep Catchers are private citizens who post videos online to expose people they believe are seeking out minors for sexual activity.
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Feel the Impulse? Tesla Attracts MVP Buying Motion
The Tesla, Impulse and Motion discs from MVP Disc Sports were PDGA Approved on 2-22-2014.
"The Impulse, Motion, and Tesla along with the Inertia are part of the 20mm-wing distance driver class from MVP Disc Sports. This class of controllable distance drivers will have a wide weight range from 155g to 175g. This allows for an unmatched GYRO™ Push to give throwers increased control in their distance drives. The debut of this class will start with the slightly understable Inertia in late March or early April, which will be followed by the Tesla, Impulse, and Motion throughout the 2014 season.
The Impulse is the most understable version which will serve low power throwers with reliable hyzerflips for easy, accurate distance. The Tesla is a stable flyer for high power throwers. Power throwers can confidently throw the Tesla for long straight lines with the signature GYRO™-induced forward penetrating fade. The Motion is the most overstable version of this class which offers reliable high speed overstability as well as a delayed dominant fade." by MVP Disc Sports
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After being inspired by the stunning wave of poppies at Lincoln Castle, a group of ladies have created their own tribute of remembrance in Skegness.
Nifty knitter Angie Fox and her group have patiently created out of wool 140 poppies for the pillars of St Matthew's Church - to mark each of the names on the cenotaph in the church grounds.
Angie (74) was joined by her bowling friend Janet Walker, sister Brenda Joy and sister-in-law Liz Gowling to knit and crochet both the red poppies and also white poppies to symbolise peace.
She said: "The idea came about in the summer from the cascades of poppies in Lincoln.
"I love knitting so I started knitting about 30 poppies.
"I then went to the cenotaph at St Matthew's and counted the names on it and I found about 140 names. I checked that with the Royal British Legion who believe that is correct."
She, like many people, has personal reasons for marking the Remembrance.
"My great-uncle was in the Somme and was killed in France, my brother was in the army and my dad was in the war in Burma."
On Friday (Oct 14) the poppies were put on display in the church.
Angie said: "The hardest part was putting the poppies onto the wire to go up on the pillars.
"We've attached them onto chicken wire to be able to fix them up.
"I just thought to do this display would be a nice idea and I like doing things like this.
"We've been knitting about four or five poppies a day"
She has also been busy with some of the group knitting beanie hats for the children in the Skegness Junior Marching Band, which she set up last year.
The band will be taking part in the town's Remembrance parade on Sunday November 13.
Retired Angie, who ran the Friskney Aristocrats band 30 years ago, said: "I like to keep myself busy. I think it's important to keep doing things."
Remembrance poppies have been used since 1921 to commemorate those in the forces who died in conflict.
The red poppies were inspired by the famous First World War poem 'In Flanders Fields,' which references the red poppies which grew over the graves of fallen soldiers.
Next month sees the start of the Royal British Legion's annual Poppy Appeal, which raises vital funds to support the armed forces community.


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Like the men and women who carry their gear, Gerber is Unstoppable. Decades of innovation and dedication have put us here. Renowned as a master of knives and tools, Gerber's problem-solving, life-saving products are designed with the unique needs of specific activities in mind. Today that includes much more than a blade.
Founded in 1939 and based in Portland, Oregon, USA, Gerber is an American brand whose products have global reach and relevance. Carried extensively by hunters, soldiers and tradesmen, Gerber's heritage runs deep. And we are now looking toward the future, where tomorrow's problems will be solved by the next generation of innovations.
All Gerber products are designed and engineered in Portland, OR where many are produced. We also tap our global supply chain to create a wide range of activity specific gear for wide variety of consumers. And no matter what, every product that bears the Gerber name is backed by our famous lifetime warranty.
Quality, reliability, innovation. For over 70 years this is what our customers have expected from us. And whether our products are used to save time, save the day, or save a life, Gerber always delivers.
Gerber Center-Drive Multi-Tool
This multi-tool features a center-axis bit driver, spring-loaded needle nose pliers, rotatable carbide wire cutters & strippers, pry bar w/ nail puller & bottle opener and a full-sized 420HC fine edge blade. Includes weapons maintenance bit set and fabric sheath.
Gerber Ghostrike Fixed Blade Knife
This self-defense knife has a 420HC steel blade, a compact skeletal frame and a rubber overmold. Features a customizable sheath system. Overall: 6.9 inches
Gerber Sharkbelly Folding Knife
This everyday carry pocket knife sports a 420HC sheepsfoot blade w/ flat top serrations, textured Sharkskin Grip™ and a scratch-resistant pocket clip. Overall: 7.75 inches
Gerber Strongarm Fixed Blade Knife
This fixed blade knife has a 420HC steel blade with CeraKote coating and a glass-filled nylon with rubber overmold handle. Features MOLLE- compatible multi-mount sheath system. Overall: 9.8 inches
Gerber US1 Pocket Knife
This everyday carry knife has a 420HC steel blade and a glass-filled nylon handle wrapped in a textured rubber overmold. Features lock back design. Overall: 6.1' inches


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Friday, May 20, 2011
Ned Wolf Park Plant Sale: Philadelphia's Best!
Friends, it's time for the biggest horticultural event of the Northwest Philadelphia gardening season: the Friends of Ned Wolf Park Plant Sale!
The plant sale will happen on Saturday, May 21 from 10-1. We're expecting beautiful weather and lots of beautiful plants. Fill your garden! Help your park! We'll see you at the plant sale!
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Functional Mobility
I am certified in the application of the Functional Movement Screen via Functional Movement Systems as well as the principles of Kelly Starrett's Crossfit MobilityWOD. Combining the principles of these certifications and my clinical experience, I have developed optimal functional movement assessments specific to each client's needs.
Without a clear assessment of functional mobility limitations one cannot expect to progress safely in their movement goals. Once these limitations are identified, programming is better able to be prioritized and specified to your needs making rapid fitness gains possible.
Working Around Pain
Just because you get injured does not mean you have to shut down your movement aspirations. Combining my knowledge as a Doctor of Physical Therapy and Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, I am uniquely qualified to manage your aches and pains while keeping you active and allowing you to return to full strength as soon as possible.
As I see it, injury can be an opportunity to work on weaknesses or movement limitations not often considered with traditional fitness programming.
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To maximize movement potential, your joints and soft tissues need to be mobile enough to allow you to move in and out of functional positions and resilient enough to take on the physical stress inherent to adding the resistance and volume necessary to improve physical capacity. Utilizing my expertise as a functional movement specialist and manual therapist, I am able to design highly specialized mobility routines to quickly allow you to perform activities you haven't performed in years.
For information about rates click here and for scheduling click here
Note: All services mentioned above are of a wellness/fitness nature and are not intended to therapeutically treat a medical diagnosis or pathology. In order to have a medical diagnosis treated via physical therapy one needs to provide a physician's prescription and treatments are subject to the limitations of the Pennsylvania Physical Therapy State Practice Act.


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Ho folks, My partner needs to print out copies of all the content in her mid-sized, statically-generated website (I know this is a stupid idea, but it's for her tenure file and there are lots and lots of stupid elements in this process). This seems like something one ought to be able to do automatically, e.g. with: wget -m -k http://some.website.com/ and then: #! /bin/bash find /path/to/top/level -type f -iname *.html | while read file; do html2ps -gn $file > "$file".ps ; done find /path/to/top/level -type f -iname *.html | while read psfile; do lpr $psfile doneunfortunately, this doesn't work very well -- among other things, html2ps does some very strange things with the layout of the pages, apparently trying to cram all the text even in very long pages into a single 8.5x11 sheet of paper -- I've posted an example at http://www.racesci.org/test.ps (the original html file is at http://www.racesci.org/bibliographies/current_scholarship/sigerist.html ).
Presumably this has something to do with the rendering bug mentioned in the html2ps man page:
Rendering HTML tables well is a non-trivial task. For "real" tables, that is representation of tabu- lar data, html2ps usually generates reasonably good output. When tables are used for layout purposes, the result varies from good to useless. This is because a table cell is never broken across pages. So if a table contains a cell with a lot of con- tent, the entire table may have to be scaled down in size in order to make this cell fit on a single page. Sometimes this may even result in unreadable output.OK, I can see this is difficult to do. But is there another command-line solution to my problem?
Thanks as always for your suggestions. Matt


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Do you have ten minutes to workout? No? Really...
How about seven?
At some point you have to admit you at least have seven minutes a day to do some form of exercise. When you are ready to admit it take a look at this awesome web app by Gretchen Reynolds. The image below will link to the app which should run in your web browser.
You can do this from your phone, tablet, laptop, desktop, whatever... no excuses. Oh and also, the interaction design is top notch too.


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Rainwear is the way you stay dry when riding out in the elements. When the unexpected rain shower suddenly appears, you want a quality, lightweight, smart fitting and easy-to-get-to piece of rain clothing in your day pack, saddle bag or backpack. Rain clothing that doesn't take up precious space is the bicyclist's best friend. At the first hint of rain, you can have immediate protection, keeping your clothing dry as the downpour continues. Your rain pants, rain cape, jacket, shoe covers, and helmet cover will shed the rain, keeping you dry, warm and comfortable underneath. It's like having an instant tent. Whether it's breathable waterproof, or non-breathable waterproof rain gear it's the comfortable fitting, stylish protection you want when cycling in the great outdoors. When maximum warmth and dryness are the goal, non-breathable rain gear is the top choice. It holds in all body heat, while keeping outside moisture from penetrating. On the other hand, when you find yourself in need of rain protection during times of strenuous activity, breathable rain gear is a great choice. Breathable rain clothing has moisture transfer qualities. It allows the fabric to move accumulating body moisture from the inside of the fabric to the outside. You stay dry inside and out. Compare breathable and non-breathable rainwear.
Without proper rainwear protection, you may arrive at your destination soaking wet. It's easy to understand how uncomfortable and inconvenient this would be as I personally found out on one 4th of July weekend ride a few years ago. I should have known better than to take off anywhere at any time of year without rain gear; especially in Oregon. Yes, it did rain, and yes, I did arrive at my destination soaking wet! With proper rain clothing protection you will save yourself time, and avoid the frustration and discomfort of wet clothes. Imagine how uncomfortable it would be to find yourself in the middle of a bike ride when an unexpected rain shower begins. You suddenly realize that you are without quality rain gear protection. You would find yourself at the mercy of the elements, and soon would be wearing clothing that was soaking wet. Rain gear will keep you warm and dry when bicycling. Rainwear is the way you stay dry when bicycling.
In addition, some rain gear offers the added advantage of making you much more visible with its reflective strips that can greatly increase your safety at night and in low visibility situations. Don't get caught without your rainwear so you can stay dry and enjoy your ride.
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Series: Rules of Scoundrels #1
Also in this series: One Good Earl Deserves a Lover, No Good Duke Goes Unpunished, Never Judge a Lady by Her Cover
Genres: Historical, Romance
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback
Source: Purchased
What a scoundrel wants, a scoundrel gets…
A decade ago, the Marquess of Bourne was cast from society with nothing but his title. Now a partner in London's most exclusive gaming hell, the cold, ruthless Bourne will do whatever it takes to regain his inheritance—including marrying perfect, proper Lady Penelope Marbury.
A broken engagement and years of disappointing courtships have left Penelope with little interest in a quiet, comfortable marriage, and a longing for something more. How lucky that her new husband has access to such unexplored pleasures.
Bourne may be a prince of London's underworld, but he vows to keep Penelope untouched by its wickedness—a challenge indeed as the lady discovers her own desires, and her willingness to wager anything for them… even her heart.
Well hello, sexy little historical romance.
Thoughts on A Rogue by Any Other Name
Excuse me while I go seek out all Sarah MacLean's other historical romances. I find that I simply must read them all. Have you ever picked up a book only to discover that its genre is exactly what you needed? That's what A Rogue by Any Other Name did to me: historical romances are my current choice of book drug. And I'm not ready to give it up.
A Rogue by Any Other Name came recommended to me by Nikki (Book Pairing). I've always enjoyed historical romances, but they seem to inevitably land in my second spot. I love them, but… there's always another genre that occupies the number one spot. But this book taught me that sometimes you just need to embrace the historical. Fantastic recommendation, Nikki.
This was, for me, a pure escape read. One, like Maya Banks's Highlanders series, I devoured in a single day. It's the type of book you throw yourself into the arms of and swoon a little. Yeah, I went there. So what?
From a historical romance standpoint, A Rogue by Any Other Name was a fairly straightforward book. But I had ALL THE EMOTIONS and enjoyed the journey that Bourne and Penelope were on. Nothing fells me quite like the stupid, pig-headed male realizing his intelligent wife is exactly the one he needs. (And let's not forget the sex. Because really, ladies.)
The scandals and scoundrel aspect of A Rogue by Any Other Name was fun. Historical settings often focus on what's proper, and so anything that's not is, of course, deliciously naughty. One might even say wanton if one was so inclined. (I am, of course.) So this? This was definitely the perfect way to spend an afternoon. And I must prepare for my trip to the library to get more Sarah MacLean books. *walks off in a swirl of skirts*