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Studio 1
For the team we were already creating assets for the environment. I was tasked with making the bed. It was a simple process and quite fun to create. Down below I messed around with the cloth modifier to see how the plane would act against a more rounded base. However I discovered after I simulated the plane it would slip right off the chair. I stopeed it at the point of impact of where it physically touched the chair. Then locating that exact frame, I proceeded to collapse the modifier to reinforce the plane's shape. I already had started to uv unwrap some of the assets.
Personal Study
I decided to try an animate for a music piece labelled, Best Friends- Granson. Down below is an initial sketch of potential character designs used within the animatic.
Along with creating concept art, I digitally painted another friend's portrait.
Along with the wonderful Bob Ross.
I took a swing at pixel art and made a tiny tiny toast sprite, with two frames that replicated a blinking animation. The resolution is low because I have to resize it to be visible in detail.
In actual reality the sprite is quite tiny.
A strengthened my animation skills by mapping out key frames of a transformation scene.
Plans for the future
Finish uv unwrapping assets
Finish the interior of the time machine
Continue further studies into animation and sprites
Hours Spent this Week: 36 hours approx.

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Kevin Seawright specializes in administration and finance areas, he keeps making success in these sectors. He has been in this industry for the last 13 years. He has not ceased in his hard work to bear the fruits of success. He does let any chance go when it comes to developing his skills. Seawright is also a philanthropist who has helped so many people in need and the community at large.
Kevin is the Chief Financial Officer and the Vice President of Newark Economic Development Corporation. As a business man, he adheres to the following strategies to keep the business on its toes, they are; competence, government activities, finance, team availability and business intellect.
He works so hard in ensuring that his business strategies keep excelling by working on receivables, good payables, collections and current payroll.
He also has an eye on any new technological creativity that will be able to link with recent business and economic objectives. Kevin Seawright has greatly helped The Mid-Atlantic region in its development. Learn more about Kevin Seawight: https://angel.co/kevin-seawright
He is a successful entrepreneur who also majors in regulating revenues. In this area, he has raised the percentage to 25% each year when it comes to returns. Kevin is also a good leader who has his employees looking up to him. The department of administration has made an improvement in staff retaining, compensation changes and recruitment energies.
Moreover, Seawright has massively increased his financial gap due to the total of the capital bond, state assets and federal which has gone higher to $400 million.
As also a philanthropist he is part of a number of charitable companies. Kevin Seawright has beaten all odds to be accomplished in business and as a result received various awards.
In an enterprise or business, there should be important guidelines or rather strategies that will enhance the growth of the business.
The following are necessary strategies that every developing business should have; technology linking with business to enhance more objectives, validating stability and skills in investment and finance and paying attention to the different challenges in a business thus using them to work more hard to be prosperous.


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Case Study: Construction Company Uses Business Process Automation to Clear Away Mountains of Paper
BACKGROUND: BPM for Construction Companies Makes the Client Experience Industry's Best
HELMA designs and builds single-family and two-family homes. They specialize in the development, planning, distribution and building management of turnkey or partially turnkey residential homes. The company was on a mission to make their processes and client experience the best in the industry. To make that happen, they needed to streamline their current business processes and tame a mountain of documents. They looked around for a BPM for Construction Companies to meet their goals. JobRouter was chosen.
CHALLENGE: 400 Projects & 80,000 Documents a Year
If you have ever tried to build a house, you can probably write a book about all the formalities you have to go through before you can even break ground: from financing, zoning, suppliers and contractors to the necessary paperwork and building permits, which can range from architectural drawings to land use maps and local water conservation rules. Without the support of a construction service company like HELMA, this can be overwhelming.
HELMA completes about 400 residential building projects a year with an average of 200 documents and processes per home. That translates into about 80,000 new documents each year. These documents must be managed, archived and accessible at different stages of construction. That was hard to accomplish using paper-based and manual processes. HELMA chose JobRouter BPM for Construction Companies to solve their workflow automation and document management challenges.
Brick by Brick – Creating a Digital Construction File with JobRouter BPM for Construction Companies
SOLUTION: BPM for Construction Companies Streamlines the Entire Construction Process - From Contract to Keys
To gain full transparency into processes and shorten the time span between signing the contract and the house keys being handed over, management decided to introduce the concept of a digital construction file. The aim was not only the digitization and archiving of all relevant documents but also to create automated workflows and gain control over all back-office processes as well as simple online access to centrally saved data.
JobRouter BPM for Construction Companies provided all the capabilities that they needed, offering unlimited scalability combined with secure document management and powerful workflow automation capabilities. JobRouter also provides the ability to easily integrate workflows and data with existing business and back-office applications.
SOLUTION: BPM for Construction Companies Eliminates Mountains of Paper
The digital construction file needed for a single home building project is very extensive. During the building process, all documents regarding authorizations, financing, contract revision, planning and building process, invoices, reminders and the complete correspondence become part of the construction file.
The company imposes the same business rules and requirements for the digital construction file as it does with the paper-based counterpart. The difference and advantage compared to the paper-based file: It is no longer stored in a physical location but is centrally stored and the current version can be accessed by everyone who has access authorization. This avoids data redundancy and documents are protected from loss or unauthorized disclosure, which enhances the information security.
SOLUTION: BPM for Construction Companies Speeds Up the Journey from Contract Revision to Dream House
The building project generally starts with the signed contract and ends with handing over the keys to the house. In between that there are several determined, terminated process steps, which trigger reoccurring decision possibilities. An automated process was created with JobRouter BPM for Construction Companies, which includes and controls all phases of the building process – from the contract verification to planning and implementation, was developed.
After the digital construction file has been created, all incoming documents – such as a contract – are scanned, captured and assigned to customer numbers in the central mail room. After capturing the data the person responsible receives a document to check. With one click the user can now review and approve a step following consistent business rules that are set in JobRouter. This ensures a consistent, clear and streamlined process. When the person approves the step, the project data is then collected and saved. Site managers have full visibility and access to the data from this point in time.
SOLUTION: Planning Security
Efficient planning is vital when it comes to building. It is the biggest part of the building project and involves many departments. The head of the planning department, construction draftsman and site supervisor as well as the accounting department, the office administrator and the HR are all heavily involved in the business processes. With so many people involved it is extremely important that each process step is only started when the preceding process step meets certain work status criteria.
JobRouter guarantees that the process control is executed automatically and on-time according to business rules that the company sets. Process transparency and automated notifications, escalations and routing are a crucial advantage compared to a manual file process. The completely availability of the electronic construction file from any browser enhances the capability of giving information on the status and results. The documentation of all process milestones and people involved in the process secures the accountability of decision processes.
SOLUTION: Faster Decisions
In order to react to unpredictable situations or to judge completed building projects objectively – a detailed analysis is needed – and can be reported on at any time. The basis for this analysis is a project master data database. This includes all information and numbers concerning each building project. JobRouter generates the data automatically from the contract revision and planning process and writes all information regarding the project details, involved people and milestones into the database.
Based on this data management or the site supervisor can generate relevant statistics and analysis. This includes reports on planned projects, status lists as well as balance sheets. With JobRouter, employees have access to the important process master data at any time in order to be able to assess next steps, start long term planning and avoid escalations.
SOLUTION: Fast Turn-around Times – Enhance Productivity
Building processes become more complex. With the digital construction file based on JobRouter, HELMA managed to optimize their work processes – between 300 and 400 processes daily – enhanced productivity and therefore made building even more attractive for its customers.


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ROCKFORD — Aldermen voted 13-1 Monday night to retain the city's lobbying firm, McGuireWoods Consulting of Chicago, for a $10,000 fee for October.
ROCKFORD — Aldermen voted 13-1 Monday night to retain the city's lobbying firm, McGuireWoods Consulting of Chicago, for a $10,000 fee for October.
The city budgeted $90,000 to cover lobbying expenses in 2011, but that money has been spent.
City Administrator Jim Ryan said the city used to pay the firm $7,500 a month for its services — looking out for Rockford's best interests in Springfield. When the city did its 2011 budget it factored in a $7,500-a-month expense, later learning that the firm raised its monthly fee to $10,000.
"We went forward with what we budgeted for, knowing that we would need to come back later in the year and have further discussions about increasing the fee," Ryan said.
Several aldermen and staff spoke in support of the fee, saying McGuireWoods and lobbyist Michael Cassidy were well worth the expense.
"Whether it's (Community Development Block Grant) funds, Embry-Riddle, acquiring Morgan Street bridge funds, the casino, the city's River Edge designation — none of those items could have happened without the assistance of McGuireWoods," Ryan said. "They have tangible, credible, monetary evidence that their help in government advocacy has been a real benefit to the taxpayers of Rockford. For $120,000 a year, it's a great deal."
Ryan said the matter will come back before the council next month for November's fee and again in December, if the council wishes to retain the firm.
The $10,000 for October will come out of City Council's operating budget.
The dissenting vote came from Ald. Linda McNeely, D-13.
"As the city faces another year in dealing with the deficit, I for one do not support having us pay $10,000 per month for a lobbying committee," McNeely said. "As I said before, we have a mayor, we have staffing that goes down to Springfield. We also have a legislative committee that goes down to Springfield on our behalf."
In other business, the council also approved the following measures:
To hire Terry Guen Design Associates to perform design engineering for a total not to exceed $104,725.85 for the South Main streetscape design. The road will be rebuilt in coming years. The funding for this expense will come from sales tax revenues.
To hire MWH Americas to perform individual storm water system design engineering tasks under a master agreement. The funding would be sales tax revenues. The first task under the new contract would be preliminary design for the Keith Creek Mitigation Plan, the cost of which is estimated to not exceed $32,000.
Staff writer Corina Curry can be reached at email@example.com or 815-987-1371. Read more at blogs.e-rockford.com/corinacurry and rrstar.com/news/corinacurry or follow her on Twitter at twitter.com/corinacurry.


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Thursday, August 11, 2011
Cute Card Thursday - CAS
Clean and simple is what they asked for. So here's my entry. A very simple card that says it all...'Bee Happy"! Check out Cute Card Thursday's challenge and see what you can come up with.
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So cute, the coloring is wonderful!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 14, 2011 at 9:27 PM
Very cute! And you pic is a hoot!ReplyDelete
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This is really cute Jane. I love this happy image! I just noticed your picture on the side - with the mustache! You remind me of Captain Kangaroon with that mustache! LOL!ReplyDelete
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SOLD - Mid Century Swiss Alpine Berry Bowls by Marcrest
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This sweet set of four mid century berry bowls by Marcrest is in the Swiss Alpine or Swiss Chalet design, which consists of sweet little leaves, trees, and flowers. In super retro shades of cobalt blue, aqua, and green, these little bowls are such a great example of Mid Century dinnerware. The perfect size for snacks, ice cream, or whatever you please!
Condition: These bowls are in great vintage condition, with no chips, cracks, or repairs. Bowls show crazing, as is common with this particular dinnerware pattern. As cute as can be!
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Yesterday while i was in my car running some errands Hector Berlioz's "Rob Roy Overture" came over the radio. Listening to it reminded me that I still have David Cairns's two-volume biography of the composer sitting unread on my shelves. It's right next to the three volumes of Alan Walker's biography of Franz Liszt, which I started a few years back but had to set aside, and near the three volumes of Solzhenitsyn's The Gulag Archipelago, which it has long been my intent to read.
Thinking about the Cairns volumes and the others left me contemplating about how to make the best use of my 2018 reading resolution. Over the years I have envisioned a number of reading projects, yet once I acquire the books for them the urgency dissipates, in no small part because once I own the titles I can start them anytime I want. It's a nice feeling to know that they're there when I'm ready, but the number of projects that are piling up is a sign that I need to turn intention into reality.
So this year, I'm going to find some time to undertake at least one of them. These are the ones that I'm thinking of starting soon:
Solzhenitsyn's The Gulag Archipelago
Cairns's Berlioz biography (plus music)
Walker's Liszt biography (plus music)
Robert Skidelsky's John Maynard Keynes (plus related writings)
Completing any one of these would give me a feeling of real accomplishment; it's just a matter of deciding which one to do. Feel free to chime in on which one you would most like to see me undertake, as you'll encounter the results in your feed later this year.


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Archive for Friday, March 4, 2016
Cougars clinch third straight state tournament bid
March 4, 2016
When Shawnee Mission Northwest senior Shelbie McLain went down with a right knee injury late in the first quarter of the Cougars' sub-state final game against Olathe Northwest, Friday, the gym went silent.
McLain was helped off the court and to the training room with the Cougars leading, 9-5. It took a few minutes for the Cougars to regroup after they realized that one of their senior leaders might not return to action, but they had McLain's back.
McLain's was unable to play for the remainder of the game, but returned to the court afterward to proudly hold the sub-state championship plaque with her teammates gathering around her after the Cougars' 58-39 victory over the Ravens.
"When something like that happens, it kind of makes it personal," Brenni Rose said of McLain's injury. "You just want it that much more, and you want it for that person now."
McLain – who did not know the extent of her injury following the game – was in the training room during the Cougars' 15-2 second-quarter surge that helped SM Northwest pull away, but she fully expected her teammates to have her back.
"As they should, as they should," McLain said while mustering up a smile despite her pain. "I'm really proud of them. I didn't get to see it, but I'm glad they were able to get it done."
Brenni and Emmalee Rose scored five points apiece during the 15-2 spurt, and both finished in double figures. Brenni Rose led the Cougars with 24 points, 11 rebounds and five assists. The 6-foot senior was held to two points in the first quarter, but continued to attack the rim in the second. She scored 10 points in the second quarter, and helped get her teammates going offensively, too.
"We were kind of playing to their pace. We were letting them dictate how we played, and that's not what we do," Brenni Rose said. "We got into our rhythm with the drives and kick-outs, and started to knock down shots. And we were getting stops."
Those stops on the defensive end have been a big reason for the Cougars' 15-game winning streak, according to Emmalee Rose.
"At the beginning of the season, our defense was kind of a weakness for us. Danielle Rehor definitely stepped up," the SM Northwest junior guard said. "She was really big. She was guarding most of the double-digits scorers, and kept them to single digits."
Emmalee Rose knocked down two three-pointers to account for six of her 10 points. She scored in double figures despite her pass-first, shoot-second approach. The Cougar point guard established a connection with sophomore forward Jordann Nachbar – who scored 10 points as well – and her sister.
"Brenni and I … we connect," Emmalee Rose said. "So when I get that steal, she's running and I give it to her. We just click and have really brought it together."
The win pushed the Cougars' record to 20-2 on the season, and locked up the No. 3 seed for the state tournament, which begins Wednesday at Wichita State's Charles Koch Arena. Wichita South (22-0) and Olathe South (20-1) are the No. 1 and 2 seeds, respectively, while Derby rounds out the top four seeds at 19-3.
The Cougars' first-round opponent is yet to be determined, though, as of Friday night. Olathe East, Washburn Rural and Dodge City are all 17-5 heading into the state tournament. Shawnee Mission West (12-10) will be the No. 8 seed.
The Cougars are familiar with two of the three possible teams that they'll matchup up against in the quarterfinals, as they have two victories over Olathe East and one against Washburn Rural. The No. 3 vs. No. 6 matchup is slated for 8:15 p.m., which is the last of the four games on Wednesday. The Kansas State High School Activities Association will announce the official bracket by 10 a.m. Sunday.
Northwest coach Tyler Stewart hopes to have McLain back for the state tournament, and figured to have more of an idea of the extent of her injury on Saturday.
"I don't know yet. They (trainers) are still looking," Stewart said. "I think we'll know more probably tomorrow once the swelling goes down."
McLain joined the Cougars' sub-state championship celebration on crutches, and had her right knee wrapped up in a bandage.
The state tournament will be the last one for McLain, Brenni Rose, Rehor and senior Carson Vielhauer, and they plan to make the most of their final go-around.
"I want a ring," Brenni Rose said, "and I want one really bad."
Gena Ojeda 0-3 0-0 0, Carson Vielhauer 0-0 0-0 0, Rachel Seibold 0-0 0-0 0, Jackie Sayers 0-0 0-0 0, Shelbie McLain 1-2 0-0 2, Megan Nugent 0-0 0-0 0, Emmalee Rose 2-6 4-4 10, Melissa Schmidt 0-1 2-2 2, Hannah Black 1-2 0-0 1, Jordann Nachbar 5-8 0-1 10, Danielle Rehor 3-3 2-2 9, Brenni Rose 10-20 2-3 24. Totals 11-23 9-11 58.
Hannah Nelson 0-0 0-0 0, Jenna Wilkins 1-1 0-0 2, Madison Heise 2-3 2-4 4, Sierra Moore 0-0 0-0 0, Samantha Marks 1-6 0-0 3, Kaylie Kappelmann 0-0 0-0 0, Annemarie Boeh 5-8 0-0 12, Erika Boeh 1-4 5-7 7, Sarah Gueldner 2-6 0-0 5, Christen Curry 2-7 0-0 4, Ryley DeMaro 1-6 0-0 2, Taylor Cass 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 15-41 7-11 39.
Three-point goals: SMNW 5-12 (Emmalee Rose 2, Brenni Rose 2, Rehor); ONW 4-21 (Annemarie Boeh 2, Marks, Gueldner). Turnovers: SMNW 6, ONW 11.
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I showed you the 3″ x 3″ version of this card a few weeks ago; this one was a camp project in April. Not too girly, is it? The extra little heart tag is pinned onto the knot; some stampers used the brad from Vintage Trinkets. What fun embellishments!
Finally a day with nothing on the calendar, nothing at all. The first time in months that I have not had a class or a camp or a meeting on a Wednesday night. Now the challenge is going to be not to squander all this beautiful time. Of course, I do have a list:
Isn't this a cute little bit of silliness? I found it here. I don't know what practical use this has, but I couldn't resist it. And that's exactly how I end up filling up spare time, fooling around online. Must buckle down!
Stamps: Create a Cupcake (only available through April 30!)
Ink: Marina Mist, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso
Paper: Bashful Blue, Marina Mist, Whisper White, Early Espresso, Real Red
Other: Big Shot and Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, Build a Cupcake Punch, Two-Step Owl Punch, Scallop Square Duo Die (#120903), 1/2″ Seam Binding Ribbon (Crumb Cake), 1/16″ Circle and Jewelry Tag punches, Vintage Trinket, Stampin' Dimensionals


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History of cement
Cement is a very hard kind of rock that people make themselves. People all over Asia and North Africa used cement as a mortar to stick bricks together, or to make a hard floor, from the Stone Age onward, for instance in the Great Wall of China (about 200 BC).
But builders didn't use cement by itself as a building material until the Roman Empire. You start with lime and powdered clay, and you add water. You mix it all up, and it turns into this soft squishy stuff, a lot like gray Playdough. Then you make it into whatever shape you want, or pour it into a mold, and let it dry. When it is dry it will be hard (like Playdoh) and even if you get it wet it won't get soft again.
Is it cement or concrete?
If you want a stronger building material, you can add sand or gravel to your cement, and that makes concrete.
Cement in the Roman Empire
Architects in the Roman Empire used cement and concrete as a main building material beginning in the reign of Nero, about 60 AD, to build palaces like Nero's Golden House, temples like the Pantheon, and shopping malls like Trajan's Market. By using cement, builders could create huge domes and big open spaces with barrel vaults or groin vaults over them. Roman architects even figured out how to use special kinds of volcanic rock to make cement that would set under water, so you could use it to build ports for ships.
Outside the Roman Empire, though, people did not use cement as a main building material. They went on using cement mainly as a mortar to stick stones or bricks together.
Cement in the Middle Ages
After the fall of Rome, about 500 AD, people didn't build any big buildings in Europe or North Africa for several hundred years, and they stopped using cement or concrete except as mortar to hold bricks together. Even in West Asia, Late Roman or Byzantine churches like Hagia Sophia, and early mosques like the Dome of the Rock, used cement only as a mortar. By the Middle Ages, people in Britain used coal fires to burn limestone to make cement. Medieval builders used cement mortar to build castles and cathedrals, but they didn't use cement as a main construction material.
Cement and steel – skyscrapers
Cement became much more important again when Besemer figured out how to make tons of steel cheaply in the 1850s. With steel beams, you could build concrete-and-steel buildings that were cheaper than stone or wooden buildings and could be much taller.


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Tuesday night's weekly protest outside TD Bank in downtown Providence took place in the pouring rain, but seven of the protesters split from the group outside the bank to visit Senator Sheldon Whitehouse's office, which is right across the street.
TD Bank is one of the many financial companies providing loans to the company building the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), a fossil fuel monster that has been planned to be built through tribal lands. Peaceful protesters trying to stop the desecration of their lands have been brutally treated. So far, climate champion Sheldon Whitehouse has been silent on DAPL. With that in mind, Nick Katkevich of the FANG Collective led six of the protesters across the street for an impromptu meeting.
At the meeting Katkevich laid out the case against DAPL to one of Senator Sheldon Whitehouse's staffers, who did not want to appear on film and would not allow any recording of the meeting.
Katkevich said that Whitehouse should have come out against DAPL a long time ago. Native women are being brutalized. Treaties and human rights are being violated. Then there is the issue of climate change, an issue which Senator Whitehouse claims to be a champion on. The Senator's refusal to take a stand, said Katkevich, is "disheartening" and "embarrassing."
Lauren, a student from Brown University, is concerned about the human rights violations as well, but she's also worried about carbon emissions. "We can't really afford to burn more fossil fuels now," she said, adding that to many of the students at Brown, Whitehouse is regarded as a climate leader and hero.
All in attendance agreed that the election of Donald Trump and the environmental mismanagement he promises requires vigorous leadership from the Senate's climate champion, which has so far been severely lacking.
The staffer promised to follow up with the Senator's Washington office.
Meanwhile, the protests will continue.


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Saturday, November 29, 2014
**Entangled Publishing SALES**
Friday, November 28, 2014
**Blog Tour Review, Prologue Excerpt & Giveaway** ALL I WANT (Alabama Summer #2) by J. Daniels
Luke Evans is a heartbreaker.
I didn't want to give mine to him. Not when he kept me out.
He gave me enough, just enough to make me fall in love with him. I say this to convince myself. But I know the truth.
I would've fallen in love with him at a distance.
Handing my heart over to Luke was the easiest thing I've ever done. I was naive when I wished for more, when I hoped he wanted the same things I did.
I try to hate him. I try to forget him.
But it's not that easy.
Love is a ruthless bitch, and I'm her latest victim.
Tessa Kelly is a man-eater.
When she sets her sights on you, she doesn't just consume your heart, she goes for your soul.
What we had was perfect, real, and all I would ever want.
But she destroyed it.
She destroyed us.
I try to hate her. I try to forget her.
But it's not that easy.
Love is for people who have hope, and I have none.
Two months ago
Jesus. Fuck, no.
There are absolutely zero good-looking men at this thing. Besides Reed, who disappeared an hour ago with some giggly brunette, and the man I refuse to acknowledge. Weddings are supposed to be a breeding ground for nameless hook-ups, and I'm shit out of luck at this one. So instead of getting drilled in a concealed corner somewhere, my dress bunched around my waist as a stranger becomes familiar with my sounds, I'm having to find other ways to pass the time.
Eat cake.
Hit up the open bar.
Eat more cake.
Dance with Nolan.
Get cake with Nolan.
Steal Mia away from Ben.
Watch Mia get carried off by Ben.
And now this.
Sitting at an empty table, watching as Ben, Mia, and Nolan all slow dance together. Nolan's in between them, rubbing Mia's growing baby bump, while Ben can't seem to keep his eyes off his new wife. I'm crazy happy for them, but right now, I can't watch them share another perfect family moment in front of me. I need a break from this. Just a few minutes to get some air.
I step out of the tent and head across the lawn toward the Estate House. I'm walking aimlessly, not having any destination in mind. I just need to get away from all the love for a second. Love is great when you're with someone. It's better when it's reciprocated. But it fucking sucks when that shit is one-sided.
And that's the only way I've known it.
I walk down the side of the building and turn right to go around the back. As soon as I round the corner, I see him.
He's leaning against the building behind some shrubs, head back, eyes closed, lips slightly parted. His sandy-brown hair is cut shorter than normal, almost buzzed completely, and it does really annoying things to his face. Like show it off more. Those ridiculously gorgeous features of his are on display for my eyes right now, and I don't have to avert my gaze because he doesn't know I'm watching. He has no idea I'm staring at his sharp, angular cheekbones, the fullness of his mouth, or the bump at the bridge of his nose that I see as this perfect imperfection.
God, I fucking love that bump.
His face tenses as his arms move to the front of his body, and I let my eyes roam to the reason for this change.
The blonde I recognize from the wedding is on her knees with his cock lodged in her mouth, deep throating it until she gags. His hands are in her hair, encouraging her, pulling her closer until she practically swallows him whole. I lift my eyes to that face I was just secretly admiring seconds ago. It's no longer tempting me to keep my presence unknown. Because there's no way in hell I'm going to let this shit happen right now.
Fuck him, and his face.
I step in front of the bush and make a fist, clearing my throat into it. Luke's eyes shoot open and he grabs the blonde's head, sliding her off his cock. She releases it with a pop and a grunt of disappointment. Apparently, she isn't finished. But she looks pretty fucking finished to me.
Luke tucks himself away quickly. "What the fuck, Tessa? What are you doing?"
I look from him to the blonde. "Oh, sweetie. You might want to go disinfect. He's got the herp."
Slutty blonde parts her lips as if she's waiting for another cock. She stands and wipes her mouth with the back of her hand, glaring in Luke's direction. "Oh my God. Are you serious? You have herpes?"
Luke's wide eyes train on mine. "What? No I don't!"
"He's really sweet about it though," I say, looking sympathetically at the blonde. "He pays for my Valtrex every month." I turn my eyes to Luke, letting out a swooning sigh. "So romantic."
Blonde shoves against Luke's chest. "You're disgusting."
"I don't have fucking herpes!" Luke adamantly vows as he tightens his belt.
I watch, basking in my victory as blonde trudges through the grass, getting her heel caught in the process. She stumbles a bit, glares at Luke over her shoulder, and disappears around the corner.
"I can't fucking believe you just did that," Luke says, prompting me to whip my head around to look at him. He buttons his suit jacket up and steps closer. "What the hell is wrong with you?"
What happened between us.
And the fact that you've obviously moved on without any difficulty.
I close the gap and he freezes, his hand flattening against his jacket. My gaze flicks from his crotch to his face, and I mask all the hurt of seeing this asshole with another woman behind the fakest smile I've ever worn.
"There's absolutely nothing wrong with me. You, on the other hand, might want to go to the clinic. If you didn't have an STD before that whore touched you, I'm sure you have one now."
I turn and storm away before he can give me a comeback. But more importantly, before he can see the smile fading from my lips.
It is not a secret that I love J. Daniels and now I love Luke almost as much! All I Want is the second book in the Alabama Summer series and while it can be read as a stand alone, I think if you read Where I Belong first, you will understand a lot more of this story (since you meet Luke and Tessa in book one). All I Want was a book I couldn't wait to read, I was tempted daily by this book sitting in my Kindle for almost a week before I could get my grabby hands on it (being an adult stinks at times). Boy, am I glad today was a sleep in day, because I ate this book up in one delicious bite and then was up half the night thinking about Luke and Tessa.
J. Daniels has a very unique voice in her writing, it is direct and a bit crude but it is highly engaging and entertaining. Her words are like chips you can't stop until you have consumed them all! Tessa is a brash, bold woman that wants (and expects) her partners to give themselves openly to her. I respect that she knows what she wants and refuses to settle. Tessa should be unlikeable with her ball busting ways, but we really get to know her in this book and we realize that she is more than her surface, she is vulnerable and wants what we all want; love. Luke is a completely hot and addicting puzzle that left me aching for him. He has a lot of baggage to drag around and doesn't want to feel what he feels, he is a master at ignoring and lashing out. However, Luke isn't the jerk we are lead to believe (via Tessa), he has a soft underbelly that will make you want to love him yourself.
My love for J. Daniels writing is known (if you follow my blog you've read my fan-girl reviews) but it is really her characters in this book that blew me away. She can take two characters and make them hate each other, yet crave each other in a way that makes you want to lock them in a room until they either kill each other or set the place on fire with their chemistry. Luke and Tessa aren't your typical couple, they are stubborn and resistant to what is right in front of their face, but they will get under your skin and give you goosebumps from the heat and emotional havoc they endure.
I really enjoyed All I Want and there will be some parts of this book that will stick with me for a while. Yes, it did get a bit angsty and the back and forth almost drove me to drink, but it was worth the journey for the way it all unfolded. I laughed out loud, groaned in frustration, misted up from these characters breaking my heart and sighed in contentment when it was all done. I can't wait to get my hands on Reed's story and check in with this cast of characters in the future (and I am curious about Mason too).
If you have never read a book from J. Daniels, you are in for a delicious, snarky, foul-mouthed treat! If you are a fan of her work, like I am, then this is a no-brainer 1-click All I Want and read it instantly. J. Daniels continues to be one of my favorite new authors and if you want to know how I truly feel, Tessa said it best, "ask me today".
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After putting her kids to bed, she escapes into her cheeky world where some of her characters kiss, and some of them do a lot more than kiss.
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After putting her kids to bed, she escapes into her cheeky world where some of her characters kiss, and some of them do a lot more than kiss.
She is an avid reader and enjoys everything from unconventional romance to fantasy novels.
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Wednesday, November 26, 2014
**Review & Giveaway** SAVING POUGHKEEPSIE (Poughkeepsie #3) by Debra Anastasia
SYNOPSIS:Beckett Taylor's quest to be a better man has brought Eve Hartt back into his life, but sometimes it feels like they're bound together with barbed wire. Though he longs to love her without causing pain, the wreckage of their past continues to crash down around them.
Yet with the help of this brothers—and for his brothers—Beckett won't stop trying. He's determined to make them all a family, to make a life they want to live, and to make Poughkeepsie a place that's safe to live it.
He can feel their futures balanced precariously on his shoulders: Blake and Livia and their children, Cole and Kyle and the new baby they've just brought home, and Eve…always Eve. He wants their dreams to be real. But murderers don't just get Happily Ever After handed to them. They have to wrench it away from Satan himself.
Good thing Beckett is prepared to do just that. After all, saving Poughkeepsie is the only way his story ends.
Prepare your heart and your head for a wild ride in this final installment of the Poughkeepsie Brotherhood series. Debra Anastasia does not disappoint as she weaves the last chapter of a story that blends true love, turbulent emotions, and life's harsh realities into an uplifting tale that calls to the good in each of us.
"I'm not worried about tomorrow. I'm worried about right now, with you, under this Christmas tree." Blake supported her neck as he laid her on the floor.
Livia turned her head. "You'd better convince me. So far you've talked about the dog going to the bathroom, trash, and dirtiness."
Blake kissed her jaw and turned her head gently, kissing her mouth as she bit her lips together.
"Can't I just convince you with my manly ways?" He wiggled his eyebrows.
He could, of course, do just that—but she shook her head. She loved the playful sparkle in his green eyes. His five o'clock shadow just made him more handsome, framing his kissable lips with scruff.
"Okay." He put his fingers at the bottom of her shirt, lifting it gently so he could circle her belly button with his index finger. "You're the sexiest, most beautiful woman on this planet. So sexy, in fact, that I had to have you. I had to make you bear my children because my universe and yours had to be combined. Everything I've ever been needed to be buried inside of you, so deep, so full of love that we created life. Twice."
He lifted her shirt and kissed the tops of her breasts, whispering his devotion into her skin. "And it's never enough. Unless I can hear you coming, I can't think of anything else. All day every day. For years now. You're that powerful, Livia. This. Us. It's so intense that years haven't cured me. I can't stop wanting to make love to you."
"Wow." Livia smiled and pulled his face back to hers, kissing him and effectively stopping his beautiful words.
Saving Poughkeepsie absolutely cannot be read as a stand alone. I insist that you read the series as it was intended, as a series. All the books build off one another over a span of years starting with Poughkeepsie, the heartbreakingly wonderful story of Blake, and turns into this epic saga that gives you depth, heart, brotherhood and hope. This is a tough review to write, so I am going to try my best to talk about the power of Debra Anastasia's writing, not the content that could spoil those who have yet to meet Blake on the train platform in Poughkeepsie.
Debra Anastasia writes stories that push your boundaries, her words move you and the characters become a part of the reader. I read Poughkeepsie last year and not a day goes by that I don't think about Blake when I see someone smile. This series is not your typical series where every book, a specific character gets there story told. The Poughkeepsie series spans the lives of three men (brothers by choice) as they find their way in the world and reach out for the things they have always craved; family, love and loyalty.
Saving Poughkeepsie was a book I was not expecting. First, I was surprised we were getting more to this series, I thought Return to Poughkeepsie was the final book. I am glad that I was wrong and Debra Anastasia proved with Saving Poughkeepsie she had more (a LOT more) story to share with us. These characters go through such transformations during this series and the most surprising change was in Beckett. I tolerated Beckett in book one, I really liked him in book two, but I fell in a little bit of love with Beckett in this final book. Beckett was the character you never want to like, but you put up with because he is entertaining and valuable to other characters in this series. However, watching him grow and become the man that he was always meant to be was a fantastic journey that will make you want to go all the back to book one and see if you missed his true self all along.
Debra Anastasia broke me a few times in this series, the strength of emotions she can pull from her readers is a talent I am in awe of. I cried tears of helplessness, heartache, joy and of hope while reading Saving Poughkeepsie. I was taken on a journey I did not expect, it that was full of love, violence, hope and salvation. This story will stick with me for a long time and I will never look at a piano, a train platform or knitting without thinking of this fabulous series.
If you have been reading the Poughkeepsie series then this is a book you are going to want to read, even though you think these characters have told their story, there is still so much more you are going to learn. If you have never read this series, I am jealous. You will get to meet and discover this trio of men that change what brotherhood truly means. You MUST read Poughkeepsie... and then in turn Saving Poughkeepsie. Give yourself the gift of this fabulous series by 1-clicking!
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014
**Release Day Review, Excerpt & Giveaway** HARD TO COME BY (Hard Ink #3) by Laura Kaye
SYNOPSIS:Caught between desire and loyalty…
Derek DiMarzio would do anything for the members of his disgraced Special Forces team—sacrifice his body, help a former teammate with a covert operation to restore their honor, and even go behind enemy lines. He just never expected to want the beautiful woman he found there.
When a sexy stranger asks questions about her brother, Emilie Garza is torn between loyalty to the brother she once idolized and fear of the war-changed man he's become. Derek's easy smile and quiet strength tempt Emilie to open up, igniting the desire between them and leading Derek to crave a woman he shouldn't trust.
As the team's investigation reveals how powerful their enemies are, Derek and Emilie must prove where their loyalties lie before hearts are broken and lives are lost. Because love is too hard to come by to let slip away…
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Marz was playing with fire. He damn well knew he was. But that didn't make him want to pull away.
He just wanted more of the heat.
Marz nuzzled the side of Emilie's face with his nose, his lips. She turned her face toward him and offered her lips. He couldn't refuse.
Capturing her mouth on a tortured groan, Marz poured every ounce of his longing and confusion and desire into the kiss. They grasped at each other and Emilie turned in his arms. He pinned her against the railing and planted his hands in her hair. She opened to him and accepted his tongue, sucking him in until Marz's blood ran hot and his hard-on ached. He ground himself against her and devoured every little moan and whimper and gasp she spilled.
Trailing kisses from her mouth to her jaw to her ear, Marz dragged a hand down her body and grasped her breast in his palm. She cried out and her head dropped back, drawing his mouth to her neck, where he licked and sucked and nipped as he kneaded her soft flesh. "You are so damn sexy."
Her hand flew to his hair and grasped the back of his head. "Touch me," she said. "Don't stop touching me."
Marz pulled away long enough to do a three-sixty scan. The lighthouse cast a dark shadow over them, and the pier was otherwise empty. His heart raced and his pulse hammered. He dove back in, trailing kisses down her neck to her collarbone, which he traced with his tongue. Her nails scratched deliciously at his scalp and her grip urged him down.
Through the thin material of her blouse and bra, he mouthed and flicked at her nipple. He shifted the deep vee of the neckline to reveal a lacy royal blue bra. He tongued her through the lace until she was panting and moaning and writhing against the railing.
"Oh, my God," she rasped as he shifted her shirt and moved to her other breast. This time, he tugged the lace down to bare the deep pink of her nipple. She tasted and smelled like something fruity and sweet, and it made Marz hunger for more. "Derek," she gasped. "Yes, yes, yes."
Her palm cupped and squeezed the bulge of his erection through his jeans. His hips jerked into the touch, craving more of her, all of her. He groaned and it seemed to egg her on, because she pressed and rubbed her hand against his trapped cock until he was panting and imagining taking her down to the ground.
"Jesus, Emilie, you're driving me fucking crazy," he said as he worked kisses back up her body to her mouth.
"I know just what you mean," she said. Her molten hot gaze met his. Eyes hooded, lips shiny and swollen, cheeks flushed, she was a freaking goddess standing under the moonlit sky. He felt the force of her beauty every bit as much in his chest as in his cock.
"You sure about that, babe?" he asked as he took her mouth in a deep, wet kiss. "Because my imagination has me stripping you of those fuck-hot jeans."
"Yeah?" She rubbed his cock in a long stroke with the heel of her hand. "Mine has us getting a room at the hotel back there. So I'm sure," she said with a smile.
Marz's heart hammered against his breastbone and his cock jerked, clearly liking her idea, too. Except, if he took her up on it, he was going to end up buried inside her for as long as she'd have him. And so long as this clusterfuck of a situation defined their relationship, he couldn't take things that far. Could he?
I have been a fan of the Hard Ink series from the very first book, Hard as It Gets, and even though I love the other boys, Marz just stole my heart! Hard to Come By is (as of now) my favorite book in this series, but if you haven't read this series yet, I would suggest you try and read these in order first. Laura Kaye does an excellent job catching readers up with overloading them with details so you could read this as a stand alone book, but my opinion would be to at least read Hard as It Gets to really get the sense of the series before diving into Marz and Emilie's story.
Laura Kaye is creating such an engaging and fascinating journey with this series. The characters all have gone through so much and are back together to clear their names, but things aren't as straight forward or as simple as that. The Hard Ink boys are uncovering things that are embroiling them in a deeper mess and while they are uncovering more mysteries they each are finding their own piece of happiness in each book. Derek Marz has attracted my attention from book one and I am so glad his story delivered not only a great addition to the series but an emotional and heart-melting story.
Hard to Come By was so much better than I was expecting, usually by the fourth book (I'm counting Easy's novella a book) in a series the storyline is getting stale or frustrating, but with this series that is definitely not the case. Laura Kaye is crafting a story that is spanning all the books that is just as intriguing and addicting as it was in book one. I am dying to figure out how this will all play out after the way this book closes (no spoilers, but it was an interesting twist). This series is well written and even though each book focuses on a separate man, the overall arc of the storyline continues seamlessly throughout each book, so reading these all together gives you the sense of reading one long book instead of separate stories.
Hard to Come By gives us more in-depth understanding of Marz. Derek Marz is the computer guy in the group an has always been the happy-go-lucky guy in the group. I loved getting to know his character and watching him interact with his "brothers" and Emilie. He is definitely the strong, vulnerable character that I swoon over. All he has ever wanted was to belong to someone and be a part of a family and reading his and Emilie's journey gave me goosebumps several times. Laura Kaye writes great men, but she really wrote a great character in Emilie. Emilie was in a situation she didn't truly understand and proved time and time again that she was stronger than she thought and was the perfect match for Marz. Laura Kaye's storytelling keeps getting richer and her characters are puzzles I can't wait to solve. (Waiting for Beckett's story is going to be hard)
If you have been reading the Hard Ink series then you are going to love the continuation of this story and getting to know Marz. If you have yet to read this wonderful series do yourself a favor and pick up Hard as It Gets and meet these men of Hard Ink. This is definitely a great book to indulge in this Thanksgiving week, just don't read and cook (you might burn something)!
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Hard to Hold On To (link to my review)
Laura is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over a dozen books in contemporary and paranormal romance. Growing up, Laura's large extended family believed in the supernatural, and family lore involving angels, ghosts, and evil-eye curses cemented in Laura a life-long fascination with storytelling and all things paranormal. She lives in Maryland with her husband, two daughters, and cute-but-bad dog, and appreciates her view of the Chesapeake Bay every day.
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Monday, November 24, 2014
**Release Day Review & Giveaway** BRAYDON (Alluring Indulgence #6) by Nicole Edwards
From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Nicole Edwards comes the sixth searing adventure in her Alluring Indulgence erotic romance series, which follows the seven Walker brothers and their sizzling-hot love interests!
Braydon Walker has always shared everything with his identical twin brother Brendon—hopes, dreams, career choices, and yes, even women. Known for tag-teaming their love interests in every way imaginable, Braydon is surprised and unnerved when he finds himself wanting to keep their newest lover all to himself. Will the twins' relationship evolve to fit this new mold, or will Braydon's desire for independence tear them apart?
I love a Nicole Edwards book! Pick up any book by Nicole Edwards and you are getting a hot sexy story, great characters and intense connections. Braydon is a story I have been waiting for since meeting the Walker brothers back in book #1 (Kaleb). I have read some of the seven books in the Alluring Indulgence series, but to be transparent I have not read them all (trust me, I will be reading them all soon). In this series I read Kaleb and then jumped to Braydon, but having been a fan of Nicole Edwards I knew I could read this book out of order and still get a complete story that I felt completely engaged in. Yes, if you read out of order (like I did) you will get a few spoilers from the previous books, but nothing that would make going back to read these books unenjoyable.
Braydon and Brendon were an interesting pair. These twins are used to doing everything together, meaning they shared everything, and then they start realizing that they want different things. Nicole Edwards took what I thought was going to be a typical menage story and turned it upside down. I really enjoyed reading about the struggles Braydon, Jessie and Brendon went through in Braydon, it gives a realistic take on what happens when three people enter a relationship based on sex and then decide they want more, but with only two. The emotional struggles and brotherly connections tested in Braydon was outstanding. Nicole Edwards has a way of tapping into her male characters to make them strong yet vulnerable, controlling yet not overbearing and I want to gobble up every Walker in this series!
Nicole Edwards is great a creating a series that intertwines the lives of all her characters so naturally that even though you are reading about one set of characters, you really get all her past characters to enrich the story too. Braydon was a great book that really took me by surprise, yes, this book was hot and about how you take a relationship of three down to two, but the depth of emotion and the struggles between the brothers really stood out. I already loved Braydon and Brendon but now I love them more (and I can't wait for Brendon's story). Nicole Edwards gives you a lot to think about in this story and takes the sibling relationship to a new level.
If you are a fan of Nicole Edwards Alluring Indulgence series (or even her Club Destiny series) you will enjoy Braydon, and getting to see what the Walkers are up to. If you have never read a Nicole Edwards book, you are in for a treat! This touching, rich story is a great book about what you do when we the threesomes stop and the fallout of moving forward. Grab a glass of ice water and 1-click Braydon tonight!
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Friday, November 21, 2014
** @BelleAurora1 & @givemebooksblog's Release Day Giveaway** SUGAR RUSH (Friend-Zoned #3) by Belle Aurora
Max Leokov has watched the people around him find love.
At one point in life, he not only wanted that, but lived for it.
He loved once. He loved with all his heart.
His heart broken, he was left to care for his young daughter.
He deserves a second chance.
Helena Kovac has spent years studying.
She has worked her ass off to get her degree.
She doesn't have time for love. Hell, she doesn't have time to mess around, even.
Books and work are her life. Everything else comes second.
When Max and Helena join forces to help his daughter, Ceecee, they are shocked at the spark between them.
A cynic.
A workaholic.
When love hits, it hits hard.
And sometimes, love hurts.
At one point in life, he not only wanted that, but lived for it.
He loved once. He loved with all his heart.
His heart broken, he was left to care for his young daughter.
He deserves a second chance.
Helena Kovac has spent years studying.
She has worked her ass off to get her degree.
She doesn't have time for love. Hell, she doesn't have time to mess around, even.
Books and work are her life. Everything else comes second.
When Max and Helena join forces to help his daughter, Ceecee, they are shocked at the spark between them.
A cynic.
A workaholic.
When love hits, it hits hard.
And sometimes, love hurts.
Belle Aurora is twenty seven years old and was born in the land down under.
At an early age she fell in love with reading. Boredom one summer had her scouring the bookshelves at home. She stumbled across Sandra Brown's Breath of Scandal and fell in love with romance.
Having been brought up in a loud and boisterous family of Croatian descent, she developed a natural love for dramatics and humor. Only some years ago had she discovered a new love.
Humorous romance novels.
Kristen Ashley and R.L. Mathewson had opened a brand new world where she could lose herself yet feel safe and at home in their stories. Belle has been known to become a screeching banshee while anxiously awaiting their newest titles.
Belle never thought she would write. It had never interested her until recently. Friend-Zoned began to form and in February 2013 Belle typed the words Chapter One. And she fell in love.
With words.
With writing.
With a creative imagination she never knew she harbored.
Friend-Zoned is the first in the Friend-Zoned series. Keep an eye out for th
is cheeky author.
At an early age she fell in love with reading. Boredom one summer had her scouring the bookshelves at home. She stumbled across Sandra Brown's Breath of Scandal and fell in love with romance.
Having been brought up in a loud and boisterous family of Croatian descent, she developed a natural love for dramatics and humor. Only some years ago had she discovered a new love.
Humorous romance novels.
Kristen Ashley and R.L. Mathewson had opened a brand new world where she could lose herself yet feel safe and at home in their stories. Belle has been known to become a screeching banshee while anxiously awaiting their newest titles.
Belle never thought she would write. It had never interested her until recently. Friend-Zoned began to form and in February 2013 Belle typed the words Chapter One. And she fell in love.
With words.
With writing.
With a creative imagination she never knew she harbored.
Friend-Zoned is the first in the Friend-Zoned series. Keep an eye out for th
is cheeky author.
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I didnt want to spend the $75 it cost to go see Carl Sagan when he came to Alaska because I am frugal and I thought I will catch him some other time. Well I missed my chance because he died and now I wish I had the experience of going to his lecture. Bummer!!!
One of my clients shared with me that the USA is increasing its military presence in South Korea and that there will be training on radiation and its effects and how to protect ones-self etc. (Ick, scary, are people insane?) I figure with so much volatility in the world getting good information can be considered "sanity insurance", thus I am spending the money for a seminar and think you should too. How much do people pay each and every month for insurance and get almost nothing in return. Well I hope you all are not surrounded by drama but my life seems to rub up against some insanity and drama on a reguar basis not to mention geopolitical drama and I am looking forward to a reality check with people in the know.
Looking forward to the seminar! Don't miss your chance.


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Surprises for us all in Zambia, where we find true wilderness and a fascinating visit to Shiwa Ng'anda, a country estate and a labour of love built by a British eccentric.
Welcome to our Africa blog
We hope all our families and friends will log in from time to time to see how we're getting on - and just to touch base. We all know we shall miss everyone and this is one of the ways we hope to keep in touch. And, of course, we shall be logging on to Skype and emailing whenever we get the chance. This is a massive adventure for us all with a shed load of planning , but once you've fallen for Africa you just have to see more. So here we go!
Friday, 29 March 2013
Waterfalls, Walks, Wilderness & An English Manor House in the Middle of Africa!!
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EU Website Compliance, does it effect you?
We are so pleased to have been given the opportunity to do the website for one of MK's top attractions
The new website is part of a huge project to promote the museum, which in my mind is an one of Milton Keynes best kept secrets. It has been tirelessly and enthusiastically run by volunteers and the results are amazing.
I had not been before we were awarded the job, and my expectations like many was that the museum was just full of rusty old bits of farming machinery. How wrong I was!, and what a shock! its like going into the wardrobe and stepping into Narnia.
So if you haven't been I suggest you do. Its a lot of fun and has a lot of surprises waiting for you.
Visit the website here: www.mkmuseum.org.uk
If you want to discuss your own project please call us on 01908 507848.
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It's so hard to believe that this, the longest presidential campaign in history, is nearing an end. In five weeks Americans will head to their polling places and decide on local, state, and national races. Despite my original intention to head home for Election Day, I will instead be voting absentee. I don't believe NH absentee ballots will be available until next week, but if you are a college student registered to vote in the Granite State but won't be able to make home November 4, the absentee process is really, really simple.
First, print off and fill out this form. Then, find out where to mail the form by looking at this list of NH town clerks. Next, dole out the 42 cents for a stamp and put the form in the mail. Your town clerk will mail you a ballot. What's cool about voting absentee is that you can take your time before sending it back to your town of residence. Of course, make sure the ballot you send back is postmarked by November 4. Otherwise, you're ballot won't count and you'll have done all that for nothing.
OK, now that my absentee voting tutorial is out of the way I can get back into the current issues of the day. I don't want to sound overly optimistic, but I don't see much of a way that Barack Obama and Joe Biden lose this election after the events of these past few weeks. John McCain, with his schizophrenic and irresponsible attitude towards the financial crisis (i.e., saying the "fundamentals of our economy are strong" and then "suspending" his campaign and describing recent events as a financial Pearl Harbor within about a week), his inability to control surrogates like Carly Fiorina and Douglas Holtz-Eakin (who unbelievably said McCain was partially responsible the creation of the BlackBerry, a device McCain would have no idea how to operate), his lackluster debate performance, and the absolute joke his VP choice has turned into (more on that later).
McCain's completely botched political stunt last week, which included his petty attempt to postpone Friday's debate, may have provided all of us with a look into how a McCain presidency might look. Senator McCain suspended his campaign last Wednesday, even though his ads continued to run throughout the country, his surrogates made every attempt to portray Obama as an America-hating liberal tree-hugging dope fiend, and had enough time to do an interview with Katie Couric before heading back to Washington to New York. Oh, and in case you hadn't heard, that last bit pissed off a certain late night TV host.
So he went to Washington, sat a huge table in the White House where he apparently said nothing, and went back to Capitol Hill to try and save the day. Well, no deal was struck before Friday afternoon, he "un-suspended" his campaign, whimpered to the debate, looked really old, and then headed back to Washington. McCain spent all day Saturday on the phone with people directly involved in the process. Then, on the campaign trail Monday morning, he accused Obama (who has looked every bit the part of presidential throughout this crisis) of "phoning it in" in terms of trying to get the bailout legislation ready for a vote. Umm, yeah. I suppose we should now start being concerned about McCain's short-term memory.
The rest, as they say, is history. The House voted down the bailout plan by a 228-205 vote, leaving everyone scrambling for a new answer. McCain's campaign then had the gall to blame Obama for failure of the bailout plan, even though ANYONE paying attention to this process knows the deal failed because of the intransigence of House Republicans more concerned about losing their own jobs than figuring out a way to stop a 2nd Great Depression. The three-headed monster of House Republican jackasses of Blunt, Boehner and Cantor, for their part, blamed the failure of the bill on a partisan (yet entirely factual) speech given by Speaker Pelosi before the final vote.
(Quick aside: Are you fucking kidding me? The most important economic legislation since the New Deal was voted down because of a SPEECH BY THE HOUSE SPEAKER??!?!?!? That's beyond reprehensible. And these assholes wonder why voters have flocked away from their party in recent years.)
Anyway, I believe we've seen John McCain's true colors throughout this excursion. The old man just doesn't have the faculties, temperment and judgement to be president at this critical point in history. He decided to stop everything in his campaign so he could come back to Washington and deal with this economic issue (which, as I understand, is the first economic issue McCain has attempted to take a lead on during his entire time in Congress), and he couldn't even stick to his word. His campaign was immediately prepared to blame Obama for the failure of the bill, even though Obama's had literally nothing to do with process thus far (at the insistence of those in his party) and it's not entirely clear if either McCain or Obama would have supported the bill had it passed the House. When McCain's campaign issued their proclamation of blame on Obama, I knew for sure what I'd suspected for a long time:
The McCain campaign is so desperate right now that they will literally say ANYTHING, true or false, to disparage Obama.
I know that's not rocket science, but it should tell you something about McCain. The King of Straight Talk has turned into the King of Bullshit. As Ohio, Viriginia, New Hampshire, Florida, and Missouri slip away, McCain will continue to get even more desperate. I'm almost afraid to see where this will take us over the next five weeks.
Speaking of afraid, I present to you, in her unfettered glory, Mrs. Sarah Palin. I need no words to explain this except to say that former McCain adviser Mike Murphy, former Bush speechwriter David Frum, and conservative columnists Kathleen Parker, George Will and David S. Brooks have all called, in some fashion, for Palin to be removed from the ticket. Unbelievable.
I know I said I didn't want to sound too optimistic, especially in these dark times, but can you blame me?
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Five Weeks Left
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Fredericktown United Methodist Church
Friday, January 18, 2019
Activities for Women at FUMC
Summer Women's Bible Studies:
Tuesday: 9:30 AM in the Conference Room of the church. The current study is on the Women of Faith book "You Are Loved Bible Study - Embracing God's Love for You."
Joy Circle meets the second Tuesday of every month at 1:00 PM; however, there are no meeting in June, July, and August.
Quilter's Group meets the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month at 7:00 PM, at the Fredericktown Presbyterian Church.
Prayers & Squares meets the first Wednesday of the month at 9:00 AM in the Fellowship Hall.
Reader's Group meets the last Sunday of the month at 5:30 PM in the Conference Room. See the Tower Chimes for reading material.
Intercessory Prayer Team meets every Monday at 3:45 PM in the Prayer Room.
Choir practices every Wednesday at 7:00 PM
Ignite Team practices every Tuesday at 6:00 PM
Praise Team practices every Wednesday
Sunday School ClassesDinners- Monday Night Community Hot Meals
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I shower. I wash my hair. I wrap my head in towel for as long as it takes for it to decide to fall
off, which is usually about the time that I pick up my fourth article of clothing or try to find my glasses.
I go back to the computer and finish looking up the MSDS for the various chemicals I'm going to be using in lab today. (one of them is pyrophoric, and we all remember Brad's sage advice* regarding those...)
I wander into bathroom to brush hair before constructing food. glance in mirror. buh? usually my hair has gone mildly sproingy because of the lovely humidity of the recent shower, and when I brush it it de-sproingifies.
not this time. this time, one big chunk of hair has stubbornly decided it wants to channel shirley temple's evil darkhaired twin.
see?(excuse the clouds, and the apparent gaping hole where my thyroid should be. I'm playing with iPhoto. or photo booth. or whatever it is.)
very stubbornly. I've brushed it multiple times. still ringlet. it looks decidedly odd with the rest of the still-damp-so-now-actually-very-straight hair.
as with the other Marit-versus-The Hair escapades, though, I've given up. it wins.
*"it's pyrophoric**, which means that if you drop it, it's a bomb. some of you are going to be synthetic chemists, and eventually during your career you will drop things. y'sorta play hackysack with it for awhile and if you think you're going to drop it, you run.
**pyrophoric = extremely flammable when exposed to air. whee!
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
why my hair is not to be trusted...
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2018 Audi Q3 Hydbrid & Update – In the Audi SUV collection, we shall firstly present Q3 model which is sold with some significant updates for 2018 model year. In meantime, we should tell you about the compact vehicle which attracts great interest on the American market. 2018 Audi Q3 is small crossover intended for folks who want a practical vehicle in the city. By the way, it gets MQB Volkswagen platform which gives more possibilities. One of them is a variable region for a battery and possible plug-in cross power. Additionally, the body will be light than before; therefore a faster vehicle compared the previous model.
What happens with measurement? MQB platform also comes in Audi TT, and we expect to improve long and thickness for 2.36 inches, while the wheelbase is just 1.97 inches longer. To sum it down, the small raise however influences on the roomier cabin. The last although not least, modern tools in combination with the ergonomic structure of the seat may provide you high comfort.
Exterior design does maybe not deviate significantly from the original design. That just suggests some updates such as new grille and LED headlamps. The 2018 Audi Q3 will look various on the front but it very is similar to the Q5 design. You can recognize identifiable language as on Volkswagen Tiguan. Audi key elements are a very well integrated with the high quality of sheet metal. Alternatively, the upscale design will replace normal appearance.
If you peek in the cabin you can see more space in the rear row of seats. Start capacity is going to be bigger from the current 14.8 cubic feet. Therefore we could conclude that it may be a very great use for families. 2018 Audi Q3 can be small family vehicle intended for traveling of people and transport of stuff. On the other hand, makers have been more radical on the dashboard and main unit area. First of all, we speak about new Electronic Cockpit that may replace the old instrumental panel. The dashboard changes the orientation and now is vertical. Advanced safety techniques may round the whole story about the interior. If you drive new Q3 then you can be secure, while operating stable and quietly.
As a novelty, the manufacturer mentions a plug-in cross e-tron get option. Particularly, the Audi will possibly take engineering from VW e-Golf. In accordance with studies, you can get related result exactly like in e-Golf. This is 186 miles range at full capacity. Furthermore, the quick-charge setup is crucial for customers. If you select conventional engine, then will you get four cylinders petrol and diesel engines. The engines take the seven-speed dual-clutch transmission. There are FWD and AWD layouts. Specific RS Q3 is more powerful from typical option. This sportier model comes with five-cylinder turbo engine.
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Congratulations to Clifton Rangers Hornets on being crowned Poulton and District Primary League U13 A league champions.
The squad has been together over six years and worked their way up from the C league.
This is their first A league title and rewards years of hard work by the players and dedicated coaches.
Together they have proved that commitment to training and sticking together gives you strength to compete at the top level.
Paul Salanki's team sealed the title with a 7-0 win over Wyre in their final game of the season, having been 3-0 up at half-time.
If there were any nerves among the Clifton players on Saturday morning, they soon disappeared and the team were busy from the off.
Hornets quickly settled into a steady rhythm and dominated throughout, pressing the opposition on the ball and forcing mistakes.
Goals quickly came and the standard of football and movement remained high throughout.
It was soon time for the celebrations to begin, with parents running on to the field to congratulate the players.
This was Rangers' 20th win out of 22 league games. The teams who beat them, Clifton Rangers Wasps and Fleetwood Town, pushed them all the way.
But it was the Hornets team who emerged victorious. The team was: Dylan Rawcliffe Callum Fielding, Harvey Orwin, Ben Wilmott, Ryan Hamasalh, Nathan Shaw, James Benson-Brookfield, Bailey Blakeley, Will Salanki, Luke Mushet, Tom Campbell and Jack West


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As we were approaching Table Rock right above the Ontario Power Company Generating Station, the view of Horseshoe Falls was just spectacular, so much so that I stopped paying attention to whatever else around but glued my eyes to the changing views of the beautiful Horseshoe Falls.
At the observation deck, we could get so close to the rushing waters of Horseshoe Falls as it tipped over the brink of the falls. It almost felt like I could reach my hands out and touch the waters. The dark green waters that turned to strands of frothy white as they plunged into the misty clouds. The thundering sounds of rushing water that drowned the presence of other visitors. I watched, mesmerised and awed by this massive natural wonder.
Portrait view of Horseshoe Falls
Tonnes of water flowing over the edge of the falls
Check out the sheer power of the falls
Horseshoe Fall closeup
The people standing by the observation deck looked so tiny next to the falls
A pipeline running across Niagara River before the falls
Patches of trees in the Niagara River
Tourists enjoying the view of Horseshoe Falls from Table Rock
View of observation deck and Horseshoe Falls
Japanese food stall. Photo by Sakana
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I'm going to post a quoted article from the Herald-Sun. Then I'm going to post the link to the very same article online, just so's you all know I'm not joking.
Here we go:
Here's mud in my eye
Article from: Sunday Herald Sun
Melissa Doyle
March 15, 2009 12:00am
MY five-year-old daughter and her team had their first soccer game last weekend.
They didn't have any idea about what they were doing, simply hoping the ball would come to them.
If it did, they kicked it. At one stage, Talia, in her pink boardies, ran aimlessly around the field. Ronaldo, eat your heart out!
A typical junior fashion plate, she cared most about the outfit. She was not a fan of the long socks, but loved her boots - thoughtfully bought by her dad at last year's end-of-season sales.
Talia wants to be just like her adored big brother. After three years of freezing on the sidelines watching him play, it's her turn.
So, I'm looking forward to a winter of two Saturday soccer games and cleaning the mud off an additional pair of boots.
And the link.
Surely someone has got to be joking?
Melissa Doyle got PAID to write this article.


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I may be in the minority here, but I am looking forward to seeing Terminator: Genisys this summer. We may have been burned twice before with James Cameron-less sequels to The Terminator, but I will say there's potential here by going the nu-Trek route and rebooting the franchise with time travel. Plus, certain respect must be paid to Alan Taylor, who as a director definitely has a better track record than either Jonathan Mostow or McG (either before or since their Terminator outings). Speaking of Terminator, we've been given our first look at the new look for the T-800, in its skeletal form, for Genisys.
Courtesy of the rather disparagingly named "Geek Movie Preview" in USA Today, here's the first look at the new model T-800:
For the uninitiated, the T-800 is the type of Terminator that Arnold Schwarzenegger's character is under the Austrian body builder looking skin suit. It's not bad, nothing to write home about. He looks a little happy in this picture, and we all know that robots don't have emotions. Of course, the lighting on the metal plate on the chest kind of makes it look like he has Iron Man's arc reactor, which would be kind of tactically stupid if it was an arc reactor and if Terminators were powered by arc reactors, but I digress.
In case you've forgotten, Terminator: Genisys will chronicle how Skynet tries to kill Sarah Connor (Emilia Clarke) as a little girl, only to leave her parentless when she's saved by a T-800 (Schwarzenegger) that ends up raising her. When Kyle Reese (Jai Courtney) arrives from the future in 1984, he finds a Sarah that's battle ready as the two of them team-up with the older-looking Terminator fight to thwart Skynet from the past and prevent the future.
Terminator: Genisys is in theaters everywhere on July 1.
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