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Thursday, April 22, 2010
okay, maybe just one post.
Left to right.
Jackson Pearce (author of SISTERS RED)
Carrie Ryan (author of THE FOREST OF HANDS AND TEETH)(also, a zombie)
Tessa Gratton (author of BLOOD MAGIC)
Brenna Yovanoff (author of THE REPLACEMENT)
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- Jonathon Arntson said...
That is fantastically awesome.
- April 22, 2010 at 10:44 AM
- sarah said...
an image to remember: novel in the bag, celebrating with friends. i'd like to be there, some day. there's a lot of hard work between here and there, though. better get going. glad you had fun!
- April 22, 2010 at 12:21 PM
- Brittany said...
*laughs* *then screams and* *runs away*
- April 22, 2010 at 1:57 PM
- Unknown said...
Wow. That's pretty great. Makes me want to become an author just so I can do that.
- April 22, 2010 at 2:10 PM
- Lindsay said...
Hehee. Looks like a fun group :)
- April 22, 2010 at 3:04 PM
- Frankie Diane Mallis said...
- April 22, 2010 at 3:31 PM
- Alethea said...
LOL! Run away!!!
- April 22, 2010 at 3:50 PM
- Jillian said...
Wow. That is certainly an interesting photo capturing "a moment in time". XD Fun, fun.
- April 22, 2010 at 8:10 PM
- Maggie Stiefvater said...
It's a fantastic group. If I was stuck on a desert island, I'd bring them.
Sarah, great attitude! Bet you'll be posting your own crazy zombie author photos on your blog one day. :)
- April 23, 2010 at 9:11 AM
- sarah said...
thanks, maggie! my universe is tingling, ripe with possibility.
- April 23, 2010 at 4:01 PM
- Kathy Reel said...
It is this sort of unbounded behavior that makes you great authors, able to produce works that push the borders of the imagination! Fantastic picture!
- May 1, 2010 at 9:43 AM


text: An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include: Added Something Special For Someone Special Added The Snapped Pupil Added a new promo item Updated the Heavy's sandvich so it will only resupply ammo if the owner picks it up after dropping it. This means the only way to gain health from the sandvich is by eating it. Fixed the Red/Blue team skins not working on the Bonk Boy with the new styles Updated the in-game trading system to use the Steam trading menus Updated these items so they can be traded and crafted: The Warsworn Helmet The Bolgan The Bolgan Family Crest The Merc Medal The Battle Bob The Bushman's Boonie Updated cp_gravelpit Fixed z-fighting on the fan in the Red spawn building Fixed Red Engineers building inside their spawn room Hcqngrq gur ybpnyvmngvba svyrf Source: TF2.com

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LEBANON, Maine — A motorcyclist was seriously injured motorcyclist in a crash early this morning.
The Lebanon Rescue Department and York County Sheriff's Department was dispatched to a motorcycle accident on Depot Road near Box 137 early Thursday morning. The accident was reported at four minutes past midnight.
Assistant Chief Jason Cole was the first unit on scene about four minutes after the accident was reported.
"When I arrived on scene, I located a 1996 Suzuki Motorcycle that was laying in the roadway and the operator had been ejected off the motorcycle and was about 45 feet from the motorcycle. He was also lying in the roadway, so the road was closed. A fire engine was dispatched to the scene to assist with traffic control while we worked on the patient in the roadway. Due to the serious injuries, a Life Flight of Maine helicopter was requested to the scene, however due to heavy fog, was unable to respond." Assistant Chief Jason Cole added.
"Fortunately this was the fourth medical call in a short time that evening, so crews were still out from another call they had just cleared," Cole reported
It was unknown how long the operator had been down on the ground as there was no witness to the accident and the patient had serious injuries.
The male operator, in his 40s from Lebanon, was alone on the motorcycle.
The operator was wearing a helmet and was transported at the paramedic level to the Trauma Center at Maine Medical Center in Portland by Lebanon Rescue Two.
"There was significant damage to the operators helmet and with being thrown from the motorcycle, I think it is very safe to say that the helmet probably saved his life or significantly reduced his incapacitating injuries. The patient would have suffered more injuries if he was not wearing his helmet." Cole added.
The York County Sheriff's Department is investigating the accident.
The road was closed for almost an hour and a half while emergency crews worked at the scene and the sheriff's department investigated. The road was reopened at 1:16am.
The male patient, who has yet to be identified, is still at Maine Medical Center.
Motorcyclist badly hurt in Lebanon, Maine, crash
LEBANON, Maine — A motorcyclist was seriously injured motorcyclist in a crash early this morning.


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I believe that multi-functional technology is generally over rated when in comes to image creation. If you want good stills, use a still camera. If you want good video, use a video camera. They are built to do their respective functions very well. Video cameras, on the consumer level, are not meant to take great photos. The fact that they come with that feature has limited functionality. I usually advise not to depend on it for superior print quality images.
I put that to the test this week. I used the still feature on my Sony handheld camcorder to take some macros and see how they fared against the stills from my dedicated Sony still cam. With macro setting on and in full sunlight, the results were pretty impressive. See below.
I had taken similar photos closer to dusk with both my video cam and still. The still camera handled the low light better than the video camera, giving me more usable images to work with.
Even my iPhone under the right conditions garnered some good results.
I still believe in dedicated technology for quality productions. However, if you set aside the time to really learn the settings on the gear you have and the best conditions they operate under you can develop technique that will allow you to do more than you think you can.
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So why are you transwomen so obsessed with lesbians? I keep reading all this "You're such bigots because you don't want me to insert my ladystick in you." Geez people, can't you just date each other? What with your all being so much better women than lesbians? So much more svelte and better put together and stuff?
I think a lot of you have a serious lure-of-the-receding-object problem. All women must desire your ladystick, or else we're all bigots.
So where does that come from? Wanting to do Mommy, perhaps? But Mommy is off limits, because of the whole incest taboo thing.
Hmmm. Maybe there are some other off-limits women to be fixated upon. Ones who aren't protected by the incest taboo.
Enter (unwittingly) lesbians. An overall pleasant cohort of women born women who mostly just want to be left alone to date and even sometimes fall in love with each other, and who often work to promote women's rights and women's organizing. Women who have no sexual interest in male bodies. Women who are oh so frequently intelligent and thoughtful and considerate and supportive, especially to each other.
The perfect target. A whole bunch of mommies to go after! Mommies who do not care about boys (you) more than they do about each other!
Mommies To Be Invaded!
Successful Invasion Of Mommies Solves Everything!
Well, except climate disruption, racism, pedophilia, rape, environmental disasters, assorted poisonings, sexual trafficking of women and children, pollution, vicious behaviours of assorted stripes, nonhuman abuse, fresh water shortages, famine…
No worries. Once the Mommies submit, they'll fix all this. That's what Mommies are for.


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This is the first part of a two-part post. The second part can be found here: Co-Author PowerPoint 2010 Presentations Part II.
Office 2010 makes it easier for you to co-author documents with multiple users. The new co-authoring functionality is available in PowerPoint 2010, Word 2010 and OneNote 2010 documents that are stored on a SharePoint Server 2010. In addition, you can use the co-authoring functionality in both Excel and OneNote Web Apps.
There are two caveats with the new co-authoring functionality. First, it requires SharePoint Foundation 2010 or a Windows Live SkyDrive account. Why? Because a server is required to maintain a central copy of the document and keep track of the edits made by multiple authors. Second, all co-authors must be running the latest version of Office. That is, to co-author a PowerPoint 2010 presentation, all co-authors must be running PowerPoint 2010.
By using the co-authoring functionality in PowerPoint 2010, you can see which author is editing the presentation, what part of the document they are editing. Furthermore, any changes made by your co-authors get merged into the presentation.
Now that you've got some background information about the new co-authoring functionality, let's take a closer look at co-authoring in PowerPoint 2010.
To see how this all works, open a PowerPoint 2010 presentation that is stored on your SharePoint server. You can immediately tell if the presentation is currently being edited by other co-authors because a message appears in the status bar indicating the number of users currently working on the presentation.
If you switch to Normal View (On the View tab, within the Presentation Views group, click Normal), you can see who is editing a slide. Look in the left pane where the slide thumbnails appear. A small icon appears in the right hand corner of each slide currently being edited by another co-author. The icon indicates that a co-author is making changes.
There is more to the co-authoring functionality, as you'll see in Part II.


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For those who might be attentive to defense contracts the STOVL fighter that began to be proposed in the later Reagan/Bush years is finally getting to the ... well ... it's still not quite fully acquired I guess.
It's almost axiomatic that whatever is cutting edge currently deployed military gear is actually going to be the apotheosis of whatever was cutting edge twenty years ago.
In discussing the F-35 with aviation and acquisition experts -- some responsiblefor highly successful aircraft such as the F-16 and the A-10, and others with decades of experienceinside the Pentagon and years of direct observation of the F-35's early history -- I learned that the F-35's problems are built into its very DNA.
The design was born in the late 1980s in the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the Pentagon agency that has earned an undeserved reputation for astute innovation. It emerged as a proposal for a very short takeoff and vertical-landing aircraft (known as "STOVL") that would also be supersonic. This required an airframe design that -- simultaneously -- wanted to be short, even stumpy, and single-engine (STOVL), and also sleek, long, and with lots of excess power, usually with twin engines.
That wouldn't have been the first time mutually contradictory goals were shoehorned into the requirements of a single defense department proposal, just go dig up everything you can on the F-111. In my Cold War naive teenage self I thought any jet fighter was a cool idea. Twenty years later and with a tiny bit more military history and military procurement history under my belt and I have different thoughts.
Wheeler does not mention something that is spelled out succinctly in Bill Gunston's old book on the history of the A-10, which is to say that the A-10 is arguably one of those cases where pork barrel politics was exactly what was needed to get the right plane built at the right time for the right tactical and strategic situations. If you have ever wondered why pork barrel politics gets ripped apart by pundit after pundit and politician after politician yet so little seems to be done you may want to do yourself the favor of looking into the A-10 to understand that the reason pork barrel sticks around is because, like it or not, it has been shown to be good for some things. It's bad when a senator can impose massive purchases of aircraft carriers the Navy doesn't even really want, to be sure, but let's bear in mind that pork barrel can use some nuance.
President Bill Clinton's Pentagon bogged down the already compromised design concept further by adding the requirement that it should be a multirole aircraft -- both an air-to-air fighter and a bomber. This required more difficult tradeoffs between agility and low weight, and the characteristics of an airframe optimized to carry heavy loads. Clinton-era officials also layered on "stealth," imposing additional aerodynamic shape requirements and maintenance-intensive skin coatings to reduce radar reflections. They also added two separate weapons bays, which increase permanent weight and drag, to hide onboard missiles and bombs from radars. On top of all that, they made it multiservice, requiring still more tradeoffs to accommodate more differing, but exacting, needs of the Air Force, Marine Corps, and Navy.
Again, the problematic precedent of the F-111 seems like an instructive comparison point here. Had this joint strike fighter been left firmly in the domain of dedicated air superiority the boondoggle might have been avoided, maybe. In the 1990s stealth may have turned out to be for the DoD what the swing wing was in the 1960s and 1970s, an idea that became too popular because it was interpolated into functions for which the point of stealth would not be apprpriate.
This mediocrity is not overcome by the F-35's "fifth-generation" characteristics, the most prominent of which is its "stealth." Despite what many believe, "stealth" is not invisibility to radar; it is limited-detection ranges against some radar types at some angles. Put another way, certain radars, some of them quite antiquated, can see "stealthy" aircraft at quite long ranges, and even the susceptible radars can see the F-35 at certain angles. The ultimate demonstration of this shortcoming occurred in the 1999 Kosovo war, when 1960s vintage Soviet radar and missile equipmentshot down a "stealthy" F-117 bomber and severely damaged a second.
Now for a bomber (tactical or strategic) or surveillance aircraft stealth is important. You have a plane that will have offensive capability but lacks defensive performance and armament. It makes sense to design a spy plane or a plane that pounds the ground with ordinance to be as hard to detect as possible. Applying this basic philosophy of combat to close air support where you'll be diving into the hottest of hot zones makes little sense. The sheer likelihood of being taken out by ground fire in those settings would be too high. If an F-117 were running hundreds of hours of low altitude, ground-hugging tactical bombing missions the odds of a shoot-down incident would approach 1. It's just the nature of high risk and dumb luck. As fighter pilots have said for generations, I'd rather be lucky than good any day.
Now of course Wheeler's whole pespective might be considered biased but everyone has a bias. What I can say, admitting up front that I thought of enlisting at one point and have never really been anti-defense, is that Wheeler presents arguments that I think are worth passing along. He may not lay out quite as thorough a historical case for why he believes the F-35 was doomed to failure at the outset. Arguably one of the big red flags was that it was conceived as a joint strike fighter. All three of those words could have been construed as red flags in that combination. It's been tough to find gear that even two, let alone three branches of the military will agree on. It's never worked out too wonderfully for any variation of strike fighter. The F-15 would be the exception that proves the rule once you realize what a collosal thrust to weight ratio that plane has. But I'm not meaning to digress into all those details.
Tuesday, May 01, 2012
Winslow Wheeler: The Jet that Ate the Pentagon
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There's a really fascinating book that touches on some of the history behind this, titled Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War (http://ow.ly/aDUXK).
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A man shrouded in strange clothing... Or perhaps a woman? Perhaps not even human at all...Game description
Gogo is a playable character in Final Fantasy VI. He is an optional character found in the World of Ruin, and a skilled mime. Gogo's Mimic repeats the last action the party took. Gogo can equip three abilities learned by any other party member by selecting them from the menu. Gogo has low stats and is limited to mage equipment.
Gogo wears many layers of clothing and covers his face so well it is unclear who Gogo is, or even what gender, but several sources strongly imply that he is a man, hence the use of masculine pronouns on this page. On inspection, it appears Gogo is wearing myriad designs and pieces of clothing that resemble the rest of the cast. Gogo's color scheme is yellow, red and green and an elaborate headgear covers his visage entirely apart from the eyes; the headgear has a protruding horn-like appendage on the left as well as feathers. Gogo is draped in exquisite robes with beads and tassels, and has shoes with pointed tips. Yoshitaka Amano's concepts portray Gogo with facial makeup similar to that of Gilgamesh.
From what can be seen from the only lines Gogo has when the party meets him, Gogo is a master Mime who has seen few humans since he has been inside the Zone Eater, and dislikes being idle from mimicking. Gogo seems to have an actual personality besides miming, as he has a normal conversation with the party before joining.
Although the Japanese version states that it is difficult to see whether Gogo is male or female, he uses the masculine pronoun ore, and speaks in an all-round masculine speech register. Gogo's gender is never revealed within the game or any Final Fantasy VI media, although Gogo is considered male according to the unused shop price modifiers.
Gogo lives in the stomach of the Zone Eater on Triangle Island. If the party is swallowed by the Zone Eater they can head to the room where Gogo awaits and joins them.
As the party is escaping Kefka's crumbling tower following their victory, Gogo has to mimic Celes Chere as she presses switches, because they open in a set. When they leave the room, Gogo, while still trying to mimic Celes's moves, goes to the right and comically falls into a pit. Gogo escapes in the airship with the rest of the party, though they are only visible for a split-second, along with Umaro.
Who Gogo is, is left a mystery. There are several fan theories as to Gogo's identity, such as being one of several characters whose fates after the cataclysm are unknown—Darill, Emperor Gestahl, Banon, Famed Mimic Gogo from Final Fantasy V—or someone else. According to Director Yoshinori Kitase Gogo doesn't have a secret identity nor a backstory, and only exists for the player to select for use in battle.[3]
Gogo is likely a reference to, and shares many similarities with, the boss Famed Mimic Gogo in Final Fantasy V. His abilities work the same as Mimes' did in Final Fantasy V and the name of Gogo's Desperation Attack, Punishing Meteor, could refer to the Famed Mimic Gogo, who counters all attacks with an attack of his own, essentially "punishing" the party for failing to mimic him properly (i.e. doing nothing). If the Famed Mimic's HP gets too low, he triple-casts Meteor almost certainly killing the party.
Gogo is a Mime whose Mimic ability repeats the last action,. Gogo can equip three abilities from any other party member when equipped via the menu. To balance his versatility, Gogo's stats are subpar, and his equipment is limited to rods, some daggers, maces, universal shields, and lightweight caps and robes. Gogo's Desperation Attack is Punishing Meteor that deals magical damage to a single target.
Creation and developmentEdit
It was originally intended for Gogo to be found in any pub in the World of Ruin disguised as one of the player characters not in the player's active party. Gogo would randomly cycle between the towns based on a timer and if the player managed to speak to him with the real character he was disguised as, Gogo would reveal himself and join the party. The developers felt the quest was too difficult and changed this for the final version of the game.[4][5] This could suggest that the Siegfried imposter was meant to be Gogo during development.
Musical themesEdit
"Gogo" plays inside the Zone Eater, and is mixed into the ending.
Gogo's theme resembles to Fat Chocobo's theme from Final Fantasy IV and Final Fantasy III.
Other appearancesEdit
Final Fantasy IXEdit
Gogo is mentioned in the key item descriptions for the Mini-Brahne figurine, as well as the Magical Fingertip description.
Final Fantasy Airborne BrigadeEdit
Gogo is an ally and a summonable Legend.
- Ability Cards
- Legend Cards
Final Fantasy Record KeeperEdit
Gogo is a playable character who could be initially recruited during the Challenge Event The More the Merrier as a First Time Reward for completing the event's Inside the Zone Eater stage on Classic difficulty.
Final Fantasy Trading Card GameEdit
Gogo appears with water-elemental cards. Though Gogo isn't associated with water in Final Fantasy VI, the "Famed Mimic Gogo" is fought underwater in Final Fantasy V.
Gogo is French for "dupe".
- Gogo's Tent sprite in the iOS/Android/Steam version resembles a circus tent.
- The Dreamscape has a bug that will change Gogo's palette into pink.
- Gogo has a placement on the Blackjack, but it can only be seen by hacking Gogo into the party or using the airship glitch. He uses the same line as the one when he's inside the Falcon.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Final Fantasy Ultimania Archive Volume 1, p.299
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Final Fantasy VI The Complete, p.175
- ↑ Is Squall Really Dead? Final Fantasy Producer Addresses The Series' Biggest Fan Theories (Accessed: UnknownError: See this for how to archive.) at Kotaku
- ↑ V Jump issue (in Japanese) (dead) (Accessed: September 25, 2009) at Infoseek
- ↑ Final Fantasy VI – 1994 Developer Interview (Accessed: December 09, 2018) at shmuplations


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Ms. Williams is a tough cookie, but she met her match on Monday, when Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth, the bad girl of "The Apprentice," went on the show to promote her new book, "The Bitch Switch: Knowing How to Turn It On and Off."
Omarosa, who goes by one name, like Cher or Stalin, had her switch turned on high. Ms. Williams took her to task. "But, Omarosa, while you and I both have demanding ways, I've found that you show the honey, and it works a little better."
Omarosa retorted, "You didn't get here by being sweet," noting that Ms. Williams's radio career was built on, as she put it, "talking smack" about people.
Ms. Williams, visibly irked, said, "I feel like in many ways you are the stereotype of the angry black woman."
Omarosa replied, "I'd rather be an A.B.W. than a buffoon."
The last straw, however, was about bouffants. Ms. Williams slyly worked in a mention of her guest's recent breast augmentation surgery; Omarosa retaliated by asking Ms. Williams if she had had her nose fixed. Ms. Williams, who said she has only used Botox, suggested that Omarosa plump up her lines with Restylane.
"And I would suggest a wig that doesn't stuff my head three inches," Omarosa snapped back.
At long last a breakthrough in daytime programming: the backtalk show.


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I know -I know – don't blog on these kinds of things or you'll be looked at like a "conspiracy theorist" and you'll "lose credibility". Let me be clear. I am not one of those people who thinks that actors were staged in the streets of Boston pretending to be blown to bits. I believe the bombing happened. My condolences and prayers go out to the victims and the families of the victims.
I think what happened in Boston was horrible but what happened in Boston to our constitution was tragic. Why are people so willing to give up their liberties for the sake of security? Since when did American's allow their government "rescue them at gunpoint"? Many evacuated residents (people who cheered as the police left) didn't even know that the real hero was just a resident who was outside smoking a cigarette when he noticed something "off". The police weren't even responsible for finding the second suspect.
People were probably cheering because the cops were finally leaving I know I would. My biggest issue since this event happened is how the police reacted to the whole situation. I watched people be removed from their homes at gunpoint on Youtube. I listened to a woman's chilling call into a radio station where she claimed that there was no "bomb" and that the first suspect was 'run over by police'. I've seen footage of the "shootout scene" by people who live in Watertown, MA that included large pool of blood and bloody smudge marks.
- Police did not prevent either bomb
- Police didn't find the second suspect
- Police did not uphold the United States Constitution
And then there was this:
According to Lauren Landry the timeline I was following online during the attack "The Red Sox officially postponed tonight's game at Fenway Park scheduled for 7:10 p.m. "to support efforts of law enforcement officers." The make-up date has yet to be scheduled. The Bruins game and Big Apple Circus performance scheduled for tonight have been postponed, as well, according to Boston Police." Wow.
What is a False Flag? False flag (or black flag) describes covert military or paramilitary operations designed to deceive in such a way that the operations appear as though they are being carried out by other entities, groups or nations than those who actually planned and executed them. Operations carried during peace-time by civilian organizations, as well as covert government agencies, may by extension be called false flag operations if they seek to hide the real organization behind an operation.
Do I think the police were behind it? No. I do however think at this point that there might have been warning signs since local news reports now confirm that the mother of the suspect was on the FBI terror watch list in 2011. It makes me wonder if they couldn't have done more to prevent it from happening in the first place! Did officials allow this to happen to test martial law? Time will tell.
I just don't know about the reports that were aired. There have been so many inconsistencies with the reporting of the Boston bombings it's hard to discern what is fact from fiction! Like millions of Americans across the country I was glued to the television and watched Martial Law unfold in Boston. What I heard the news report saying was alarming. How can police "rescue" people at the point of a gun?
The following was not aired on television.
Then we had ABC News Martha Raddatz on television, live, comparing the streets of America to war torn countries such as Iraq and Afghanistan. In my opinion comparing what happened in Boston to Iraq and Afghanistan is like comparing apples to oranges. What happened in Boston could be comparable to what happens in Israel with the suicide bombings but no where near comparable to the illegal wars that continue to take place in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also noticed that Martha didn't talk about the people America killed in Afghanistan that day.
- America has not been leveled by bombs dropped from war planes.
- America has not been "carpet bombed".
- America has not been 'invaded'.
- America is not a "war zone".
I listened ABC News reports and what I heard over and over was "controlled explosions by the police". I found a video online with evidence of this but the guy deleted it (good thing I have a copy of it huh). And since when do we use the military for police actions? Was the Boston Police Department so weak that they had to call them in for backup? Were they, as Alex Jones claims on Infowars.com a "False Flag Attack"? We have yet to see the alleged surviving "bomber" but he is already being held in a federal prison according to ABC News.
What about the second bomb? Where is the footage showing these guys dropping that bomb? Why is anyone who has questions about this considered a "conspiracy theorist"? When we are fed conflicting sound bites from the television and told "not to look at any other suspect than the ones that the FBI identified" it's hard not to. I hope that the FBI can show us the alleged bombers setting the bomb down on video to stop the rumor mill. I am unhappy that my fellow American's were looking down the barrel of a government gun in the name of "security" and suggest that law enforcement figure out another way. I pray that no other community is terrorized in such a way in the future.


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I m a regular player of Mgg, and was a regular player of Primal legend. Its been more than 10 days i m ban from primal legend, to be exact it was 25 Jan, and since then i m trying to contact primal legend on Facebook on support on emails but no luck.
i dont know why i got banned, i was playing on my PC but because of internet issue or something my game was keep loading and loading, So i started playing on my phone at the same time while on the PC it was still loading, it was working fine on my phone but then suddenly i got this pop up saying something like game is played in multiple device, it was something like that and when it reboots i got the error saying ban contact support. Now please help me anyone.


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Heather Greene discusses the inspiration for and design features of the bon COOK headquarters and studio, located in a suburb of Detroit
The bon COOK headquarters artfully juxtaposes a state-of-the-art chef's kitchen with dining and entertaining spaces integrated with flexible workspaces reminiscent of urban co-working environments. From its reimagined studio, bon COOK is also a showcase for dining and lounge spaces. It accommodates workshops and cooking classes and provides a work environment for up to 25 people.
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Logging into the FxR+ membership is the same as logging into the free account. After you purchase the membership, we recognize your account as an FxR+ account and activate the additional features of the membership. If you purchased an FxR+ membership under a new nickname and account, we can either remove your old free account or switch your FxR+ account to your original account. Just contact us with the details and well take care of it.
When you log into your FxR+ account, you should notice a new FxR+ logo at the top of the screen next to where you logged in. This logo confirms that you are receiving the additional features of the membership.
Using the Fish Log
1) Adding Fish Records
Go to any lake details page to add a fish record. Click on the black button above the map to start the process. An instruction box will pop up to the left of the map under the lake name. Click on the map to specify the location of the catch. Once you do this, a form will appear on the left. Enter any information you wish to record about the fish in this form. You may also include a photograph of the fish. Click on "Save" button and your record will be logged. The screen will refresh and an icon will appear on the map to designate the fish.
2) Editing Fish Records
Go to the lake detail page where you caught (and entered) the fish. Click on the icon that corresponds with the record you wish to edit. A balloon will pop up showing a link to edit the fish. Once you click this link, the form will appear to the left of the map. Modify any information you wish to change and click the "Update Fish" button.
3) Deleting Fish Records
Follow the steps you did for editing, and when you get the balloon pop-up, click on the "delete" link. You will first be prompted to confirm the deletion. Click yes in this confirmation to delete the record.
Using the FxR+ Trip Journal
The trip journal is fairly simple. You may view your journal in one of three places: 1) recent journal entries appear on your member home page, 2) to view all your journal entries, click on the Trip Journal link on the left of the page, and 3) recent journal entries appear on corresponding lake details pages in the history section. You may filter journal entries by lake on the Trip Journal page by using the drop-down menu selector at the top right of the page.
To add a trip journal entry, click any of the "Add trip journal" links on your member home page or at the top of the journal page, or click on the "Write Journal" button above the map on each lake details page.
To edit a journal entry, click the "Edit" link at the end of each journal entry.
To delete a journal entry, go to edit the entry, and at the bottom of the form you will see a small trash-can icon. Click on this link to delete the entry.
FxR+ Wind Forecasts
Wind forecasts are available for up to three days for each lake. These predictions are provided by the National Weather Service. The color coded icons display the severity and direction of the wind.
To access the wind forecast, go to a specific lake and click on the blue "Wind" tab in the box below the map. When you click on the tab, data is downloaded from this service and may take a few seconds. When the data is retrieved, a table is displayed below. Hover your mouse over the wind icons to get a tooltip showing wind speed and direction. Arrows point in the direction the prevailing wind is to blow as if looking at a compass. So an arrow pointing straight down is a northern wind, or a wind coming out of the north and blowing south.
FxR+ Moon and Sun Times
To access moon and sun times, click on the "Moon/Sun" tab in the box below the map. When you click on the tab the system will retrieve data from the U.S. Naval Observatory, so it may take a few seconds. Once the data is downloaded a table will be displayed showing you the date and various times of the moon and sun stages.
Click on the "Next" button to go to the next day, and the "Prev" button to go to the previous day. Times are adjusted for the Mountain Time Zone. Times in bold with a gray background represent times that occur within 90 minutes of each other, and may be a peak period for fishing.
FxR+ Sky Cover Forecasts
The sky cover forecast is shown in the same table as the wind and weather forecasts. The icons graphically show the prediction of cloud cover at a given time during the day or night. Hover your mouse over each icon to view a tooltip that displays the percentage of cloud cover predicted.
FxR+ Weather Forecasts
Weather forecasts are offered in the same table as the wind and sky cover forecasts. The icon on the left of each row graphically shows a general weather prediction for each day. The predicted high temperature is above the icon in degrees fahrenheit. Click on this icon to expose a pop-up below showing the forecast in more detail.
Lake Details History Section
The history section lies below the "recent posts" section on the lake details page. Here is displayed the most recent records we have available for water temps, water levels, status, and conditions. We will also show available records from the same period last year. Below the conditions you will find recent DOW reports for the lake if available, as well as DOW reports from this period last year, if available. Below this you will see any of your trip journals for the lake that are recent or from the same period last year.
FxR+ Stocking Data
Next to the history section on the lake details page is displayed any fish stocking records for the lake from 1995 to the previous year that pertain to non-trout species. Each row represents a full-years stocking and includes the year of the record, total number of fish, total pounds, total inches, number of fish per pound, and average fish length. You may click on any fish listed here to go to the fish details page which shows you more stocking info for that fish species.
Near the bottom of the fish species page are tables of stocking data relating to the species selected. Each lake that received plantings of this fish since 1995 are listed, and each table shows the stocking for each year on record. You may click on the lake name to go to that lakes details page.
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Retrieve a printer-friendly page for each lake by clicking on the "Print" button above the map. This page should adjust to your printer settings, even if it doesnt look pretty on screen.
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You may extend or renew your membership within 90 days of its expiration. To do so, click on the link on the "My Account" page. Memberships are automatically set to auto-renew when purchased. You may turn the auto-renew option on or off at any time on the "My Account" page. If your FxR+ Membership expires, we may not be able to recover your data if you decide to start again.
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August 17, 2016
Concord, North Carolina (August 17, 2016) – Returning to the site of his first career start, Tom Hessert is amped up for this weekend's ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards feature at the Illinois State Fairgrounds dirt-mile.
Looking to avenge a heartbreaking outcome in his last series start, Hessert and his No.25 Venturini Motorsports Toyota team are ready to bounce back in Sunday's 54th ARCA appearance at the famed Illinois dirt mile.
"Our last race still leaves a bad taste in my mouth," said Hessert.
Coming off his strongest performance of the season and also maybe one of his biggest disappointments of his nine year career, Tom Hessert dominated at Berlin Raceway, setting a new track qualifying record and leading the first 106-laps before his chances were swept away after being driven into the outside wall after a mid-race caution restacked the field.
"We had a great run taken away from us last time out. It's now time to get back at it and build off the positives. This team has really come together the last few weeks and have made some big gains. We've got another great shot this weekend at Springfield."
Hessert, no stranger to dirt racing, competed in USAC prior to making the jump to ARCA, finishing a career best third in the 2004 USAC point standings.
"I've always enjoyed racing on dirt. Although running these heavier ARCA cars are a lot different than driving a midget car, the same principles apply. Track conditions and set ups will definitely come into play. The next couple weeks on the dirt should be pretty good for us," added Hessert.
Currently occupying the fourth spot in the ARCA Series driver point standings, Hessert believes his team can better their position before the season's conclusion.
"We're in good position right now, I think it's manageable. I expect to continue our recent up tick and have strong runs the next few weeks. Springfield, DuQuoin and Salem are coming up – these are some of my favorite tracks on the schedule."
Venturini Motorsports with 41 all-time ARCA Series victories has won two out of the last three races at Springfield (Brennan Poole '13 and Kevin Swindell '14). Venturini Motorsports is tied for second with Harold Steele on the all-time ARCA Series team victory list. Larry Clement, who was teamed with Frank Kimmel for many years, leads the way with 71 team victories.
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"Cybernetic corpses, digging through frozen remains in the middle of the night, why would I be jumpy?"
Rooney was a researcher with the Earth Sciences Institute and was a member of the A-6 excavation team, the Arctic Archaeology Team, in 2153.
That year, the team journeyed to the Arctic Circle in the Arctic on Earth. After they arrived aboard the transport Arctic One, they found the debris of an alien ship. Rooney, Drake, and Moninger also found the body of a Borg drone, concealed under ice. A short time later, Rooney found another body under the snow.
The team decided to build a base camp to study the two Borg drones and also the fragments of the alien ship. Rooney scanned several of the debris pieces and found proof, inside the glacier, that these pieces were over 100 years old. Later outside, Rooney discovered the ship's transwarp coil while talking to Drake. The two went back to the research module when they heard screams and saw the fire of a phaser rifle.
They found Moninger inside the module, under some equipment. When Rooney turned around to get a medical kit, she almost ran into a Borg drone.
Assimilated by the Borg, Rooney herself became a Borg drone. Aboard the assimilated Arctic One, she tried to stop Captain Jonathan Archer and Lieutenant Malcolm Reed, an away team from Enterprise NX-01, but was fired upon with a phase-pistol. Archer then identified her as one of the researchers from the arctic team.
Like all the other Borg, she was later destroyed when Enterprise fired on the transport and thereby destroyed it. (ENT: "Regeneration")
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Rooney was played by actress Bonita Friedericy, wife to actor John Billingsley.
In the script for "Regeneration", Rooney was described as an engineer in her thirties, during the events of the story.
In an audio commentary for "Regeneration" on ENT Season 2 Blu-ray, Bonita Friedericy and John Billingsley joked that Friedericy got the part of Rooney by sleeping with Tucker actor Connor Trinneer. In reality, Friedericy auditioned for the role of Rooney, but when she walked into the room to audition, Star Trek: Enterprise creators and Executive Producers Rick Berman and Brannon Braga pretended not to know her. "It was very unnerving, because I'm very shy and I didn't know whether I should say hello or not," Friedericy explained. "So, I sort of waved at them and they both kind of looked distastefully at me, and looked up at the ceiling and then they said, 'Go,' and I thought I wasn't gonna get it, and it was sad, but then I got the call and I got it."
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On the set, Bonita Friedericy was referred to as a Borg baby. "I was called the baby Borg because Borg are never little, and I'm five-foot-three," she remarked. Applying the Borg makeup to Friedericy for Rooney's assimilated appearance took five-and-a-half hours. This was longer than usual because the makeup team, not having done any Borg for a while, initially made a mistake with Rooney's Borg makeup. To portray the assimilated Rooney, Friedericy also wore a Borg costume that Roxann Dawson had previously wore, in VOY: "Unimatrix Zero". Once Friedericy was made to look Borg, it was time for her to go before the cameras as the assimilated Rooney. Filming the character's death scene didn't require a stunt performer. "I was really pleased with myself," she reminisced, "because they squibbed me [repeatedly], and I did my own stunt." Each time Friedericy performed the stunt sequence, John Billingsley applauded her from off-camera. (ENT Season 2 Blu-ray, "Regeneration" audio commentary)
Her arctic archaeology team coat from "Regeneration" was later sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay. [1] Her Borg costume was sold off at the 40 Years of Star Trek: The Collection auction at Christie's. [2]


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Courgette & watercress salad with grilled fish & herbed aïoli
Nutrition and extra info
- Easily doubled / halved
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal605
- fat52g
- saturates8g
- carbs2g
- sugars2g
- fibre1g
- protein32g
- salt0.37g
- about 12 baby courgettes
The courgette is a variety of cucurbit, which means it's from the same family as cucumber,…
- olive oil
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Probably the most widely-used oil in cooking, olive oil is pressed from fresh olives. It's…
- 4 fillets white fish, skin on
- juice 1⁄2 lemon
Oval in shape with a pronouced bulge on one end, lemons are one of the most versatile…
- bunch mint, leaves picked
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- 100g bag watercress (or use rocket)
With deep green leaves, and crisp, paler stems, watercress is related to mustard and is one of…
For the herb aioli
- 2 egg yolks
- 1 tsp Dijon mustard
- 1 fat garlic clove
- 200ml mild olive oil
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- lemon juice, to taste
- handful mixed soft herb (such as chives, parsley, mint, and dill) chopped, plus extra leaves to serve
Heat a griddle pan. Rub courgettes in 1 tsp oil, season, then griddle until just soft. Set aside while you make the aïoli. Whizz egg yolks in a processor with the mustard, garlic and plenty of salt. Gradually add the oil until thick, then season with lemon juice. You can make this with a stick blender (see Know-how, above right). It will keep for a day in the fridge.
Season the fish. Heat a non-stick frying pan until very hot, add 1 tsp oil, then fry the fish, skin-side down, for 3 mins until crisp. Turn and fry the fish for just 30 secs-1 min more until it is cooked all the way through.
To serve, fold the herbs into the aïoli. Whisk 1 tbsp oil with the lemon juice, season, then use to very lightly dress the courgettes, mint and watercress. Pile onto plates, top with fish plus a dollop of aïoli, then scatter with herbs.
Recipe Tip
Make aïoliFor instant aïoli, put all the ingredients into a tall jug and push a stick blender to the bottom. Whizz, then slowly pull up the blender until thick. Season with lemon juice.


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For local jail inmates, going through an eight-week Re-entry program before being released can make a big difference in whether they wind up back in jail. C-VILLE reported in September on the New Beginnings Transitional Re-entry program, whose efficacy is confirmed in a newly released study, conducted by UVA's Ann Loper and Kathryn Scheffel Fraser. "It shows that intervention in jail has some effect," says Loper. "There is some advantage to giving intervention and attention to inmates during that time they're in jail."
The study followed three groups of inmates who had spent time in the Albemarle Charlottesville Regional Jail (ACRJ). The first was a control group that received no intervention. The second group received a brief intervention: one or two hours of transitional counseling from staffers at Offender Aid and Restoration (OAR), which commissioned the study and helped carry it out.
The third group received the most extensive help. These inmates got eight weeks of classroom instruction through the Re-entry program, which covers a variety of topics from employability to mental health to financial literacy.
It's tricky to measure recidivism, since the numbers are very different depending on whether one defines recidivism as subsequent arrests, subsequent convictions, or subsequent time in one particular jail. The length of time that inmates are followed matters too, of course. In this case, researchers kept in contact with inmates for at least six months after their release and counted those who ended up back at ACRJ. The results: 31 percent of the control group was re-booked at ACRJ within six months, compared with 14.5 percent of the Re-entry students.
The group who'd received brief interventions had a 20 percent recidivism rate, though the study cautions that the difference between this group and the control group was not statistically significant.
The study also gathered data to describe the 29 women and 141 men who participated—their housing status, education levels, self-reported substance abuse and other factors. "The individuals who are in jail are a very challenged group," says Loper, pointing to statistics like the 45.5 percent of inmates who have no high school diploma and 24.8 percent who report frequent drug use prior to jail.
Such numbers are not surprising to those who work with the inmate population, but the study further highlights what OAR's Ross Carew calls "a disconnect between what research is saying keeps you out of jail and what the population thinks will keep them out." Inmates most often named the support of family and friends, along with their own good intentions, as the crucial factors they believed would keep them from returning to jail. Far fewer said that employment, housing or education would be the keys.
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Re-entry classes for local inmates have been ongoing at ACRJ since 2005, but the intensive eight-week courses capture a small percentage of the inmates who pass through the jail (for example, fewer than 100 of 4,800 or so male inmates take the course each year). Partly for that reason, Smith says she's interested in focusing more attention on the "middle group" in the UVA study—those who, for scheduling reasons, can't be placed in an eight-week course, but can still receive counseling to set up an individualized transition plan.
Loper agrees that even brief interventions are much better than none, particularly if it results in inmates staying connected with OAR and other agencies after release. "It says 'Don't forget there's somebody here for you,'" she says. "'Don't forget if you haven't gotten your food stamps, you can go [to the appropriate office] and get your food stamps.'"
Re-entry efforts are becoming more prominent in the corrections industry nationwide, as jails and prisons become ever more overcrowded. ACRJ's rated capacity is 329, but routinely houses more than 500 people. "When is it gonna stop?" asked jail superintendent Colonel Ronald Matthews in an interview in March. "The next option is to build a bigger jail. It's cheap to train and educate people." The jail's costs for the eight-week New Beginnings program are indeed very minimal, since the state Department of Corrections contributes the bulk of funding.
Loper thinks interventions pre- and post-release are a good investment for the whole community. "We know that based on what we found here, half as many people within six months who were in the eight-week intervention came back than was the case for those in control group. Fewer people were in some way victimized; fewer things went wrong. Not only is it important to the lives of those individuals, but it's important to the safety and security of the community."
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The search commenced with police and friends canvassing the city. "We had at one point up to 20 family members and friends here (at headquarters). That's why I was suggesting 'it's better for all of you to be at a more private location,' and we exchanged cell phone numbers," Ferrante said. "We convinced most of the family to leave at about 10 p.m. but his brother and father and uncle stayed… We strongly advised 'try to get some rest, try to be together as a family.'" The three men were at headquarters until after 1 a.m., and then police arranged for them to come back in after 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, Ferrante said. About 20 detectives and more uniformed personnel would continue to search through the night, Ferrante said, and he was concerned about the pain the family would experience overhearing radio transmissions as the detectives searched.
I ask all to keep the family of Matthew Genovese in your thoughts & prayers. I thank all from @CityofHoboken & @HobokenPD for their help.
The next day Genovese's body was been found in the Hudson River, Hoboken police said. Upon leaving the bar, Genovese told three friends that he was going to walk to his Garden Street apartment but instead walked east, toward the river, for unknown reasons, authorities said. A worker at the bar said Genovese did not appear to be intoxicated when he left. His home was only 10 blocks away.
At one point during the search, a police officer found Genovese's wallet in the snow, with his cash, credit cards and ID along Pier A by the waterfront. By Tuesday afternoon, New York City police divers would help find his body in the Hudson. The body was found wearing the same clothes Genovese was last seen wearing, police said. Police said there were no visual signs of trauma or criminality. Authorities said there is no evidence of foul play. Without an eyewitness, they may never know how he ended up in the water.
The family was told about the sad news soon after Genovese was found by NYPD divers, Ferrante said. The mayor also met with the family Tuesday, city spokesman Juan Melli said.


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I am really excited today to bring you this guest post by the amazing author and all around wonderful person, Natasha Larry. I'm so glad that she picked Matt to "interview" he is my favorite character as well.
Hi, Natasha Larry here. Today I'd like to share a character interview with the lovely Matthew Carter, my favorite Unnatural Law character. In this interview, I am asking the questions and my lovely fiancé, Dave, is answering as Matt. Enjoy!
Q: So, Matthew… how are you today?
A: Well, first of all, Matt, please. And, I'm fantastic. Miraculous as always.
Q: (Laughs) A bit conceited, are we?
A: Absolutely not. Being conceited is thinking you're better than you really are. I really am this good. (Winks at interviewer)
Q: (Laughs) Wow, you are just adorable. Okay, moving on. Tick off a few of your hobbies.
A: Well, I love building computers. I always find advanced quantum physics relaxing. I love to play and watch football as well.
Q: I'm sorry; did you just say that advanced quantum physics relaxes you? And you play football? That's a wide assortment of hobbies.
A: Well, I've always been a bit of a natural athlete. I find it exhilarating, and it helps stop the racing thoughts. And as far as the quantum physics is concerned, it's like a lot of people with crossword puzzles. It's just a way for me to exercise my brain and relax a bit.
Q: Okay, well I guess that makes sense. Now, on to what everyone wants to know. Why did you break up with Jaycie Lerner? I mean, how could you just leave someone you claimed to love so much?
A: I do love Jay. There was obviously something going on with her that she wasn't ready to tell me. And I wanted to give her some space to figure that out. Plus, no one likes to be lied to by the person they love. And I knew-I knew each and every time she lied to me. How would that make you feel?
Q: Well, I can't imagine that would feel good. Maybe we should move on.
A: (smiles) I think that's a fantastic idea.
Q: What did it feel like when you found out about Jaycie and her family? Were you freaked out?
A: Well, of course I was a little freaked out. But, after I had time to wrap my head around it, it made perfect sense. I always knew something was up with them; I just didn't have enough information to figure out exactly what that was yet. You have to remember, I grew up with these people, so being afraid simply wasn't an option.
Q: Is it weird working for Jaycie's godfather, John Gramm? What exactly did he hire you to do?
A: Johnny? Weird? Never! John and I have a special relationship. *smiles* It's a mutual intellectual respect and a great appreciation for each other's humor. He hired me to help transcribe his files, extrapolate on his theories, and to help figure out the key to Jay controlling her powers.
Q: Speaking of powers. Whose power do you think is the coolest?
A: Definitely Haylee's. It amazes me that she has the ability to use the evil in someone's soul as a weapon and also to use the good in someone to heal. It's incredibly impressive. Plus, as a momma's boy-I'm kind of biased. I respect the hell out of what she did to help my mother.
Q: What's it like dating a telepath? What's it like dating a girl whose father is the most powerful telepath in the world?
A: I don't worry too much about it with Jay. I know she doesn't eavesdrop on my thoughts. But, the idea that Dr. Lerner might overhear some of the things I'm thinking… *shudders visibly* Next question please, sweetheart
Q: Okay. When John Gramm refers to you as "the alpha," what exactly does that mean? What does being macho have to do with being perfect, as you are so often described?
A: What he means by "the alpha," is that I am literally the beginning of human evolution. So, the term alpha here has nothing to do with masculinity . Alpha here means that I am genetically perfect. Designed to be the most attractive to women and, by my nature, dominant over most other men.
Q: Very interesting. So, of all the paranormal and fantasy creatures you have been exposed to, which race is your favorite and least favorite?
A: The vampires are my favorite. Only because they make the most sense to me, as a man of science. Plus, they all seem ridiculously polite. My least favorite are definitely those fairies. They kind of look like giant, creepy butterflies. So not cool.
Q: *laughs* Okay, can you shed some light on what this elusive Core business is? Are you a part of it?
A: I can in the next book. *smiles*
Q: Last question because we're almost out of time. Are you still angry with John for the pink hot pants situation?
A: *laughs* Well, no I'm not. I understand why he did it. But, let's never talk about the pink hot pants…ever again.
What an amazing character interview Natasha, thank you so much!!
Author Bio
Natasha Larry resides in Huntsville, Alabama with her daughter and fiancé. She
graduated from Tusculum College with a B.A. in History and is currently working
on getting her certificate in education. Apart from writing, she is a self-proclaimed
comic book nerd and urban fantasy junkie. Her poetry and short fiction has appeared in publications such as Writing Edge magazine and Escaping Elsewhere. Darwin's Children is her first work of novel length fiction.
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Books by Natasha Larry
Darwin's Children ( Book 1 of Series: Darwin's Children )
Unnatural Law Book 2 Darwin's Children Series
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Darwins-Children-Series/145755472156223
Twitter: @natashalarry
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Author: Natasha Larry
Released: October 26, 2011
Genre: YA Paranormal
Publisher: Penumbra Publishing
Source: Bewitching Book Tours
Pages: according to my ereader 283
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Seventeen-year-old Jaycie Lerner's psychokinetic power surge is over, and her astounding powers are under control for the time being – sort of. As she struggles to maintain her humanity in the face of the awesome terror and responsibility of her abilities, she also yearns for the chance at a normal life – and a relationship with Matt Carter, the best friend she had to leave behind. But Matt's got a few tricks up his sleeve, and he's not about to give up on his feelings for Jaycie.
As Jaycie and her family grapple with the day-to-day routine of trying to keep their world together, Jaycie's mother figure, Allison Young, endures a personal crisis of her own. The superhuman blonde possesses the physical equivalent of Jaycie's awesome psychic power. So evolved, at ninety-two she still looks twenty. But what good is extended life when everyone else around her is so fragile? With no one to share her unusual life, she's a uniquely lonely woman yearning for the romantic love she sees all around her. But in a dream she gets her wish – and it quickly turns to a nightmare for everyone else in her life. The memory of a rose is all she can hold onto in the storm of obsession that nearly sweeps her away.
Things quickly turn deadly for the vampires, but the Dey-Vah Guard fairies refuse to acknowledge there's an imbalance in the nature they protect. As the danger gets ever closer to Jaycie and her family, the race is on to find answers before a secret plot can destroy them all.
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I am a huge fan of Natasha's book Darwin's Children, so I was super excited to read Unnatural Law. Natasha has really brought something totally new and exciting to the YA paranormal book scene. Yeah, there are vampires and even fairies, but not like any I've ever read about before.
Once again I was quickly drawn in to the character's lives. They are written in such a way that they seem very real. While I was reading Unnatural Law it felt more like I was hearing their voices in my head rather than just reading about them in a book. For me that is a huge deal because I really love reading books that are primarily character driven.
While Jaycie is struggling to learn control after her power surge a lot is going on in the lives of her family. Allison isn't feeling quite right, and doesn't really understand why. Haylee is learning more about her powers, and her family. Matt is learning that there is more to him than meets the eye, and dealing with not one but two protective "dads". While Mason and Johnny are trying to hold everything together in the midst of a weakening Dey-Vah guard.
Some of the highlights in Unnatural Law for me were meeting a few of the new characters, Sylvia Nash is probably my favorite new character. She is one of those women that you hope to get to know one day because you just know she will always make you laugh. Steven and Alonzo were both adorable and I'm hoping we will get to know them better in the next book. What I was really excited about as well was my favorite character from Darwin's Children returning. Matt! Oh how I love thee, and now I know why! I really enjoyed how Matt's character evolves in this book. I think Natasha nailed character development so completely in this book. I feel like I know all these characters personally.


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4 crashes snarl traffic on I-4 in Volusia County
Eastbound crashes lead to traffic tie-ups
Four crashes on Interstate 4 put the brakes on traffic in Volusia County on Sunday.
All of the crashes happened in the eastbound lanes of the highway.
The first crash happened at mile marker 125 about 4 miles from the U.S. Highway 92 exit and backed up traffic about six miles.
Dozens of people got out of their cars after growing tired of sitting still on the highway.
The crash was finally cleared about 2 p.m., and the logjam of vehicles cleared about 40 minutes later.
Other crashes happened about 2:10 p.m. at mile marker 122 about 4 miles east of State Road 44. Those vehicles were on the side of the road, and that crash did not seriously impact traffic.
But crashes at 2:50 p.m. at mile marker 118 near S.R. 44, and at 3:20 p.m. at mile marker 116 near Orange Camp Road caused authorities to close all lanes for a short time and quickly led to a large backup.
Anyone trying to travel eastbound on I-4 between DeLand and Daytona Beach should expect delays of about 40 minutes as of late Sunday afternoon.
Officials warned motorists to be aware of motorcycles that are in the area for Bike Week.
There was one fatal crash involving a biker over the weekend.
The crash happened early Saturday morning in New Smyrna Beach. A biker from Springfield, Mass., died in the wreck.
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March 22, 2015
It is MURDER.
The shocking story of a baby cut from the womb of a Colorado woman started after the pregnant mother saw a Craigslist ad supposedly selling used baby clothing.
After reading the ad for the baby clothing, authorities say that a 26-year-old woman from Longmont, Colorado–identified as "D" publicly–contacted Dynel Lane, 34, a former certified nurses aide.
"D", who was seven months pregnant at the time, visited Lane (pictured) at her home to inquire about the sale. But instead of a transaction, authorities allege that Lane attacked her.
Prosecutors say that "D" was viciously stabbed by Lane, and when she was down, Lane set upon the prone woman, sliced open her belly, and removed the fetus.
It appears that Lane's husband, David Ridley, soon discovered his wife covered in blood. According to police, Lane told her husband that she had a spontaneous abortion in the bathroom of the couple's home.
Mr. Ridley told authorities he found the fetus in a bathtub and noted that it was still gasping for breath when he entered the bathroom. He then rushed his wife and the baby to a local hospital, where the infant soon died. Doctors noted that if properly treated, the baby was viable and could have survived.
Ridley says he never even knew that "D" was lying stabbed and bleeding in his home when he left for the hospital that night.
"D" then called police and told a 911 operator that she was stabbed and that she was pregnant.
When police arrived, they found "D" lying on a bed and barely conscious. A bloody three-inch knife was discovered in the room.
After arriving at the emergency room, ER personnel noted that the incision on "D's" stomach "appeared to be well performed."
Meanwhile, at the same hospital that "D" was taken to, Lane reportedly refused to allow doctors to treat her for what she claimed was a miscarriage.
Ultimately, police say she admitted to the attack on the pregnant woman.
"Dynel admitted to Detective Stacey Graham that she cut abdomen open to remove [the victim's] baby," the police report says.
Prosecutors are now weighing the idea of charging Lane with the murder of the baby, but state law on the matter is far from clear.
"The issue of whether or not murder charges are appropriate involving a case involving the death of a fetus or a late-term pregnancy is always a difficult issue," Boulder County District Attorney Stanley L. Garnett said.
"Under Colorado law, essentially, there's no way murder charges can be brought if it's not established that the fetus lived as a child outside the body of the mother for some period of time. I don't know the answer yet as to whether that can be established, what our facts are here," Garnett added.
It is unknown how authorities will determine if the period of time that the child existed outside the womb was long enough for it to qualify as a human being under state law.


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OKLAHOMA CITY – It was a scary situation for an Oklahoma City grandmother.
On Nov. 22, officers were called to a home in the 16000 block of S. Midwest Blvd. after a woman told dispatchers that a stranger pushed his way into her home.
Authorities say the victim locked herself and her grandchildren in a back bedroom and called police.
When officers arrived, they kicked in the front door and eventually found 50-year-old Todd Baker.
According to the arrest affidavit, Baker seemed disoriented and was in the children's room of the home.
The victim told police that she had never met Baker, adding that he had just knocked at her door.
When she opened the door, she told officers that he pushed his way inside her home.
The victim told police that Baker told her that he had been in an accident and was being chased by people who wanted to hurt him.
Baker was taken into custody on a count of breaking and entering without intent to commit a crime, and a felony warrant out of Canadian County.


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Take a relaxing dip in Sandwell Valley with stress-busting forest bathing.
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For the fifth year running, children and their families across Wales will be pitching up their tents, rolling out their sleeping bags and gathering round the camp fire as they take a step closer to nature by spending a night out under the stars.
On Saturday 29 July, an extra special Big Wild Sleepout will be taking place on Cardiff's Flat Holm Island3. Families are invited to spend a wild night on the island thanks to RSPB Cymru's Giving Nature a Home in Cardiff project2, funded by the Big Lottery Fund and delivered in partnership with the City of Cardiff Council and BugLife Cymru.
Surrounded by the amazing Severn Estuary, families can enjoy pirate-sized views of Cardiff and its coastline, discover the island's natural treasure on a shoreline safari, hunt for bugs, count the stars, toast marshmallows and enjoy a family camping trip like no other.
Giving Nature a Home in Cardiff's Project Manager, Carolyn Robertson, said: "Whether you're a child or just a big kid at heart, a night under the stars is the perfect time for a wild adventure. We're so excited to be able to offer families this wild island experience - a night we're sure they won't forget and a chance to learn more about Flat Holm's incredible wildlife. From the sea birds that make their home there and the island's myths and legends - it's a truly magical place."
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I've begun to realize this is a real dividing factor among people and how they feel about technology and particularly things like Twitter, Facebook and blogs. People often say to me, "it's just junk." My response is that if all you're finding is junk on blogs and social networking sites, you need to connect with different people. You've chosen poorly. Find smarter, more interesting people. I find more useful and interesting material everyday online than I can possibly read and absorb
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Get a Life! is a 1999 autobiographical book written by William Shatner (with Chris Kreski). Unlike the author's Star Trek Memories or Up Till Now, this non-fiction scribe is not particularly well-known beyond the realms of die-hard Star Trek fans. The book's focus is the world of Star Trek fandom and it is peppered with numerous humorous and often moving anecdotes, written in the typical self-deprecatory and eminently readable William Shatner style (with Chris Kreski!!)
The following may be a perfect piece of trivia to impress friends with the next time you're at a party: Did you know that Get a Life! has a chapter called "The Pieces"?
While such a statement might well generate amazed and awe-filled looks from those around you (including from the aforementioned stranger), the truth is that rather than a detailed breakdown of Bill Shatner's various hairpieces, the chapter actually concerns a remarkably moving story about a Star Trek fan with multiple-personality disorder. But was it also a coded message to toupee fans?
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Bill Shatner also tells a story in the book of how he put an artificial appliance over his head in order to conceal his natural appearance! Seriously? Seriously (see above picture)! But as with "The Pieces" chapter, one has to read between the lines. What we have on the surface is a story of Bill Shatner going undercover:
"Been to a convention over the course of the past year and a half? Been bothered by a squeaky-voiced, odd-looking attendee wearing a cheap, rubber, alien mask? ... I've got news for you. That annoying guy in the latex head was more than likely me."
"I was dying to explore, but meandering about the convention floor without some sort of camouflage would simply be impossible. I thought about doing the whole baseball hat, fake mustache and sunglasses kind of thing, when it struck me that here, at a Star Trek convention, the subtlety of my disguise need not be an issue. With Still Putty Klingons to the right of me, sky-blue Andorians and aluminum-foil Borgs to the left, I was free to cover up however I might see fit. Large, silly alien heads, easy on, easy off made perfect sense, and so began my brand-new hobby of making brief, sporadic, unannounced convention appearances while hiding under a store-bought layer of Halloween latex."
The sheer toupological import of phrases such as "free to cover up", "easy on, easy off" and "hiding under a store-bought layer" coming from Bill Shatner is difficult to overstate. As the author then explains, he found a world of belonging via his undercover escapades in which issues such as dwarfism, disability and even mental illness proved no hindrance to acceptance in the unprejudiced and variegated world of Trek fandom.
Among Star Trek fans wearing all kinds of fake appliances and accepting every shape, size and species, a toupeed actor finally discovered what these Trekkies, that he had hitherto kept at arms length, were all about. Could Bill Shatner have gone incognito without his toupee instead? What are the cosmo-toupological implications of Bill Shatner wearing a mask on top of a toupee? And could Bill Shatner have tested this Trekkie tolerance by simply removing his toupee and the hell with it? Such questions are perhaps better left to scholars...
Up Till Now ends with the phrase "do I wear a toupee?". But, far more surprisingly, Get a Life! also ends with matters that could be seen as related to the toupee:
"And now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to put on my rubber head, hit the nearest convention, and torment some Borgs. Maybe I'll see you there." (emphasis ours)
It may take centuries, perhaps millennia, for historians and the very best toupologists to interpret exactly what Bill Shatner has been trying to tell us about his toupee-wearing (between the lines) all these years. But what we can say is that in 1999, Bill Shatner evidently wasn't as ready to talk toup directly as he was in 2008 - hence the possible coded language.
But there's more yet. Bill Shatner also tells a story about being sprayed by a skunk and ending up in a gas station bathroom pouring tomato juice over himself (having heard that tomato juice is the ideal deodorant in such cases). "Ditching my pants, I poured the first few [bottles] right over my head." Toupee + tomato juice = ?
Finally, there's also a story of the actor taking his daughters and then wife Nerine to the Okavango River in Botswana, Africa. Spending the night in a hut, the tour guides warned the Shatners not to venture outside, lest they "be a midnight snack for a lion, or pack of hyenas." Later in the night, Bill and Nerine are awoken by the sound and strong smell of an elephant outside. What to do?
"...I made my way to the window and lifted a flap...One square foot of elephant covered it entirely. I moved down the side of the tent to then next window, opened it and was greeted by another square foot of elephant. I moved to the door now...unzipped it very slowly, very quietly, stuck my head outside, squinted in the darkness, and realized that I was standing between the elephant's hind legs."
The author continues:
"My eyes widened. I opened my mouth to yell, but caught myself...just in time to hear the elephant bleat again...and crap on my head. I kid you not. Have you ever tried to remain 'still and quiet' while an enormous pachyderm evacuated its bowels on your head? I'm guessing 'no'. Let me tell you, it ain't easy. Imagine twenty gallons of mashed potatoes falling on your head at one time."
Nerine then wakes up and sees her husband "covered head to toe in Dumbo poop." Toupee + elephant poop = ?
Sadly, no mention of: "thankfully, my toupee was off at the time" or "thankfully, I had a spare toupee with me" or "thankfully, my toupee was easily cleanable and odor-resistant. I threw it in the Okavango river, and with a few rinses, it was good as new." Or perhaps the opposite: "For the next few days, I was forced to travel around with pieces of elephant shit stuck in my toupee. It wasn't pleasant." But maybe that's what the scholars and historians are for - to read between the lines. Oh, and by the way, Bill Shatner seems not to bear malice towards elephants since that incident!
And even more curious: Up Till Now tells the same elephant story, but without the poop!