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Against the Mark (Raines of Wind Canyon Series #9)400
Paperback(Mass Market Paperback - Original)
The perfect murder is a work of art
In one catastrophic instant, Haley Warren's estranged father was taken from her. She never got the chance to reconnect with him, so now she's doing it the only way she's got left: by proving the explosion that killed him was no accident.
When Tyler Brodie, the provocative and handsome P.I. hired by Haley, discovers that her father was investigating a suspected art theft, he knows his death is no coincidence. After all, tens of millions of dollars worth of stolen art could motivate a thief to go to any lengthsincluding getting rid of anyone poking around where they don't belong.
As Haley and Ty get closer to the truth, the truth gets ugly: Did Haley's dad know too much or was he in on the take? And although Ty's a consummate professional, he's having trouble focusing on the facts of the case, and not the figure of his gorgeous client. The two are determined to get to the bottom of the case, even if it means they die trying.
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|Raines of Wind Canyon Series , #9
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|4.10(w) x 6.60(h) x 1.00(d)
About the Author
Top ten New York Times bestselling author Kat Martin is a graduate of the University of California Santa Barbara. Residing with her Western-author husband, L.J. Martin, in Missoula, Montana, Kat has written 70 Historical and Contemporary Romantic Suspense novels. More than 17 million of her books are in print and she has been published in twenty foreign countries. Kat is currently hard at work on her next novel.
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"You dirty, no-good, low-down son of a bitch." Ty Brodie's eyes widened at the sight of the little man standing, fists clenched and red-faced, in the doorway of Riggs and Brodie Private Investigations. "What the hell?"
Pug Calloway was no more than five foot five, barrel-chested and brawny, and he was fire-spittin' mad.
"Mess with my wife, will you?" Pug swung hard, but Ty, being six-two, dodged the first punch simply by stepping out of the way. "Hold on, Mr. Callowayyou've got this all wrong."
"Bullshit! I saw you with my Nettie down at the Cockadoodle Inn." Another punch sailed out, straight from the shoulder. Determined not to hurt the older man, somewhere in his sixties, Ty danced backward out of arm's reach.
"We were talking business, Mr. Calloway. I'm a private investigator. Your wife hired me to look into some personal matters for her."
"Liar!" Pug's left arm shot out, two sharp jabs that sailed harmlessly into the air, followed by a right cross that would have been painful if it had connected.
After five years in the Marines, Ty was more afraid of hurting the old guy than Pug doing any real damage.
"Listen to me, Mr. Calloway"
Pug swung a punch that whizzed past his jaw. "She's mine, you understand? You stay away from her!"
"Dammit! I wasn't trying to steal your wife!" He clamped a hand over Calloway's head, holding him back as the little man swung several more harmless blows. "All right, Pugthat's enough."
Ty shoved the shorter man backward hard enough to make him stumble. He heard a noise behind him and glanced over his shoulder to see his next-door neighbor, Ellie Stiles, standing beside a long-legged, good-looking blonde in tight jeans and a crop-top that showed tanned skin and a sexy silver belly-button ring.
He flashed a grin the instant before Pug Calloway's fist connected with his nose. Ty flew backward, tripped, went ass-over-teakettle and landed hard, the impact sending him sliding across the tile floor to wind up at the women's feet.
"Don't call me Pug," the little man growled. "Only my Nettie calls me that."
Ty glared up at Pug, whose fists were still clenched, ready to hit him again. Catching a glimpse of the pretty blonde's smile, Ty felt a rush of heat to the back of his neck that slowly crept into his face.
"For chrissake, man. I wasn't trying to steal your wife." Nettie was old enough to be his grandmother. He used the hem of his white T-shirt to wipe away the blood leaking out of his nose. "Nettie hired me to follow you. She thought you were cheating on her."
Pug's bushy gray eyebrows shot up. "That's crazy.
Why would she think that? I love Nettie. I'd never cheat on her."
"Yeah, well, that's what I told her." He rolled to his feet, checking his nose, relieved to find it wasn't brokenit just felt that way. "Now if you don't mind, I have better things to do than solve your marital problems."
Pug just grinned. "She really thought I was cheating? She was jealous?"
"Yeah, so why don't you go home and show her how much you love her? You might use some of that energy you're wasting on me for a better purpose."
Pug's irritating grin widened. "Good idea." The little man started walking, stopped and turned back. "Sorry about your nose."
Ty scowled as he shoved to his feet. "You'll be even sorrier when you get my bill."
Pug just smiled. Chest puffed out, he headed for the door. The P.I. office occupied the lower floor of the house Ty's partner, John Riggs, lived in with his wife, Amy. It had once been the guesthouse on Ellie's Hollywood Hills estate. The smaller house had been a wedding gift from Ellie, the silver-haired woman now standing at the bottom of the porch stairs.
Remembering she was still there, Ty turned, and Ellie handed him a wet washcloth she had retrieved from the bathroom.
"Thanks." Tipping his head back, he pressed the cold cloth beneath his nose, stanching the flow of blood. He tried not to look at the blonde, who was still grinning, digging a pair of dimples into her cheeks.
"I see you had a little misunderstanding with Mr. Calloway," Ellie said dryly. At seventy-one, she was still pretty, still kept a trim, athletic figure. She lived in the big house up the hill, and her mind was as sharp as the day she was born.
"I guess when you referred his wife to me as a client, you neglected to mention her husband was the jealous type."
Ellie sighed. "Well, knowing Pug and Nannette for so many years, I suppose I should have said something."
Ty grunted. "I suggest you make sure things get straightened out between them."
"Oh, I will." She hid a smile as she turned. "In the meantime, I've got another client for you. Tyler Bro-die, I'd like you to meet my grandniece, Haley Warren. Haley's out here from Chicago. Her grandmother was my sister."
Just to regain a little of his dignity, Ty let his gaze roam over her, starting at the frosted-pink toenails peeking out of strappy high-heeled, open-toed sandals, sliding up a pair of long legs in snug-fitting jeans, across that bare midriff with its glittering belly-button ring over a set of nicely rounded breasts to a pretty face framed by long, softly curling honey blond hair.
She had big blue eyes, and an Angelina Jolie mouth that made him think of dirty sex. Maybe she read his thoughts for a faint blush rose in her cheeks.
Good. A little payback only seemed fair.
Besides, she was a real pleasure to look at. Not beautiful in the classic sense like some of the women he knew, but with those dimples and big blue eyes, she was way beyond cute.
"Nice to meet you, Ms. Warren."
The smile was gone and she assessed him coolly. "Aunt Ellie tells me you're a friend, as well as an investigator."
"I like to think that's true."
"Of course it's true," Ellie said. "That's why I know we can count on Ty to help us."
Wariness slid through him. Ellie had a way of bringing him clients who were nothing but trouble. "How's that?"
"Well, you see, three months ago Haley's father died when his powerboat exploded."
"I'm sorry for your loss," he said to her.
Grief flashed in her eyes an instant before she glanced away. "Thank you."
"At the time everyone thought it was an accident," Ellie continued, "a gas leak of some kind that turned deadly. Haley's stepmother doesn't believe it. About a month ago, Betty Jean started emailing Haley, trying to convince her to come to Los Angeles and help her find out the truth."
Ty focused on the leggy blonde. "And you think she's right because.. "
"I don't know if she's right or not. I've never met her. Before he died, my father and I had been estranged for nearly five years, ever since he left my mother and ran off with another woman."
"Betty Jean," he said, just to make sure he was getting this straight.
"That's right. After he moved to L.A., Dad tried to mend our relationship, but I just. I couldn't get past his desertion." She glanced down and her eyes misted. "Now my father's gone."
Ty nodded, beginning to get the picture. "So your dad's dead and you regret not mending your fences."
"Yes, I do. Very much. But the thing is, some of the things Betty Jean says make sense. I owe it to my father to find out what really happened."
He flicked a glance at Ellie, whose features looked a little too bland to suit him. "I take it you're here to convince me to help her."
"That's right. You know how good you are at these things, Tyler. I know Johnnie's out of town but Haley will be helping you. That'll save you from having to do everything by yourself."
Haley would be helping him. He could think of any number of things he'd like her to do for him, but none of them had anything to do with business. The fact was Haley Warren was Ellie's niece. Seducing her probably wasn't a good idea.
"Have you talked to the police?"
"Betty Jean has," Haley answered. "The police said there was nothing to indicate any sort of foul play. But my stepmother isn't convinced and if she's right"
"I'll tell you what. I'll look into the circumstances of the accident, see if anything looks suspicious. I've got friends in the department. If something's not right, I'll talk to them myself."
Haley reached over and caught his arm. He felt a little zing of awareness and figured she must have felt it, too, since she stepped back as if she'd been burned.
She glanced away, took a deep breath and forced her eyes back to his face. "I want to be involved in this, Mr. Brodie. I need to find out for myself. I owe it to my father to find out the truth."
"It's just Ty, and I can get things done faster if I work alone."
"I want to be there when you talk to Betty Jean. I want to hear what she has to say."
He figured Haley also wanted to find out why her father had dumped her mother and run off with another woman. Probably someone younger and prettier, the usual motivation. Truth was, it didn't really matter if Haley went along. And it might help the stepmother open up.
"All right, when I go you can come with me. Make an appointment with Betty Jean, and you can fill me in on what you know on the way. I gather you're staying with your aunt."
"That's right."
"When would you like to go?"
"How about tomorrow morning?" Ellie suggested, the twinkle in her eyes warning him he had just stepped into another of her traps.
Or maybe he was just being paranoid. Maybe this time Ellie was just trying to help her niece. He reminded himself that as pretty as Haley was, getting involved with her wasn't an optionnot for either one of them. Not when Ellie Stiles was such a good friend.
Night had settled over the valley below the house by the time Haley got home after supper. Her aunt Ellie had taken her to a little bistro called Le Petit Four on Sunset Strip, and though the food was excellent, Haley hadn't really been hungry.
She hadn't had her usual appetite since she had received the news of her father's death. But she had already lost four pounds so she'd forced herself to eat, and the broiled halibut with a Parmesan crust and lime butter had been delicious.
With a tired sigh, she drew back the blue satin coverlet on her bed in the guest wing of her aunt's opulent Hollywood Hills home and slid between the Egyptian cotton sheets.
The house was at least eight thousand square feet, perched on a hillside, modern in design, white stucco with dark brown trim, a flat roof and a four-car garage. There was an infinity pool on the lower level of the yard, a deck off the living room and bedrooms that stretched across the entire back of the house, with spectacular views of the L.A. basin.
With its twelve-foot ceilings, the inside was equally impressive, the decor also modern, a showcase for the valuable contemporary art collection Ellie and her late husband, movie mogul Harry Stiles, had amassed before his death.
Haley hadn't been to visit her aunt since her parents divorced five years ago. At the time, she had just turned twenty-one and was finishing her degree in fine art at the University of Chicago. Art was an interest she and her parents had shared, kind of a family tradition that even her great-aunt and her husband, Harry, had enjoyed. Allison Warren, Haley's mother, had started taking her to galleries when she was just a child.
Armed with both an art history degree and one in art design, for the past four years she'd been working at the Seymour Gallery in downtown Chicago. She'd hoped her dad would come to one of the openings she arranged for both up-and-coming and well-known artists.
Her heart squeezed. She'd always believed that in time she and her dad would talk things out, breach the rift between them. But the years had slipped past and now her father was dead.
Not just dead, Haley amended.
According to her stepmother, her father had been murdered.
Haley thought of the woman she had never met. Betty Jean. She sounded like a waitress in an Alabama biker bar. Or some kind of country bumpkin. Have you heard the joke about the traveling salesman and the farmer's daughter, Betty Jean? Just the whisper of her name at the back of Haley's mind made her stomach burn.
The woman had to be some big-busted bimbo with bleached blond hair and no morals, just the sort a good man like James Warren would fall prey to. Nothing like her mother, who enjoyed the opera and symphony and was a patron of the arts.
Her father had been extremely intelligent. Before the divorce, he had been working for her grandfather as president of the Wentworth Insurance Group. Then he'd met Betty Jean Simmons when he was in L.A. on business. Six months later, he quit his high-powered job, left his wife, abandoned his daughter and moved to California.
Tomorrow Haley would meet the woman who had destroyed her family.
A light knock sounded at the door. Haley turned as the door cracked open and her aunt poked her head into the bedroom. "Oh, good, you're still awake. So, what did you think?"
Haley scooted backward until her shoulders came up against the headboard. "What did I think about what?"
"Why, Tyler, of course."
She thought of the man her aunt had insisted accompany her in the morning. Tyler Brodie. "He looks like a college boy. And he fights like a wimp."
Ellie laughed. "He's thirty years old, and he's no wimp. Ty spent six years in the Marines before he moved here from Dallas. He just didn't want to hurt poor Pug, is all."
She remembered the punch Ty had taken and bit back a smile. Clearly, he had been trying not to hurt the older man.
"He's good at his job," Ellie added. "If the accident that killed your father was more than that, Ty will help you find out."
Ellie had told her a little about Tyler Brodie. That he was raised in Texas and had been working as an investigator for the past three years. She'd neglected to mention he was handsome as sin with a body to match. Tall and rangy, with dark brown hair a little too long and interesting hazel eyes that seemed to change color with the light.
He had shoulders that would fill a door frame and an impressive set of biceps that stretched the sleeves of his plain white T-shirt and hinted at the solid muscles underneath. He had a V-shaped body with a lean waist and long legs that ended in a pair of scuffed leather cowboy boots.
"I hope he's as good as you say. I guess we'll know more after I talk to Betty Jean."
"So you called her?"
Haley nodded. "We're supposed to be at her house at ten tomorrow morning."
Ellie smiled. "Then I guess I'd better let you get some sleep. Good night, dear. I'll see you in the morning."
"Good night, Aunt Ellie."
Her aunt closed the door, and Haley's thoughts returned to the man who would be taking her to meet her stepmother. Her girlfriends in Chicago would call Ty a hottie. Fortunately for Haley, she had never been one of those women who fell dumbstruck in the presence of a particularly virile male.
The only reason she was letting him come along was that her aunt had insisted. Brodie was a trained investigator. Since Aunt Ellie had even more money than Haley's mother's family and was paying his feeshowever extravagant they might beHaley had agreed to accept his help.
Besides, the thought of facing Betty Jean Simmonsnow Warrenby herself was daunting.
Haley closed her eyes, shutting out the distant spots of colored light blinking through the huge plate-glass windows on the far side of the bedroom. She should have closed the drapes, but the lights kept her mind off the meeting she dreaded in the morning.
And any unwanted images that might pop into her head of Tyler Brodie.


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Six Senses Samui, Koh Samui, Thailand
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What's around Six Senses Samui, Koh Samui, Thailand
- Choeng Mon Beach - 32 min walk
- Wat Plai Laem - 32 min walk
- Chaweng Beach - 3.8 mi / 6.2 km
- Bo Phut Beach - 4.2 mi / 6.7 km
- Fisherman's Village Plaza - 4.8 mi / 7.7 km
- Central Festival Samui - 5.7 mi / 9.1 km
- Chaweng Noi Beach - 7.3 mi / 11.7 km
- Lamai Beach - 11.8 mi / 19.1 km
Getting around
- Ko Samui Airport (USM) - 17 min drive
- Airport shuttle (surcharge)
- Area shuttle (surcharge)
At a glance
Key facts
Hotel size
- This hotel has 66 rooms
- Check-in time 2:00 PM-midnight
- Check-out time is noon
24-hour airport shuttle service is available on request. Fees may apply. Contact the property in advance to make arrangements.
Required at check-in
- Credit card, debit card, or cash deposit required for incidental charges
- Government-issued photo ID may be required
- Minimum check-in age is 18
Travelling with others
- Children stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding
- No cribs (infant beds)
- Babysitting/childcare *
- No pets or service animals allowed
- Free WiFi in public areas
- Free WiFi in rooms
- Airport shuttle (available 24 hours) *
- Free self parking
- Area shuttle *
Payment types at the property
- Cash
In the hotel
- Buffet breakfast daily (surcharge)
- 2 restaurants
- Bar/lounge
- 24-hour room service
- Barbecue grills
- Fitness classes on site
- Bicycle rentals on site
- Ecotours on site
- Kayaking on site
- Mountain biking on site
- Pilates classes on site
- Rowing or canoeing on site
- Yoga classes/instruction on site
- Scooter/moped rentals nearby
- Scuba diving nearby
- Snorkeling nearby
- Business center
- Computer station
- 24-hour front desk
- Concierge services
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Laundry facilities
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Luggage storage
- Wedding services
- Multilingual staff
- Porter/bellhop
- Designated smoking areas
- Garden
- Picnic area
- Terrace
- Library
- Chinese
- English
- German
- Japanese
- Thai
In the room
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Ceiling fan
- Minibar
- Espresso maker
- Coffee/tea maker
- Bathrobes
- Slippers
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Turndown service
- Premium bedding
- Sleep Number by Select Comfort mattress
- In-room massage available
- Balcony or patio
- Partially open bathroom
- Deep soaking bathtub
- Rainfall showerhead
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- 40-inch LCD TV
- Premium TV channels
- Desk
- Free WiFi
- Phone
- Free bottled water
- Daily housekeeping
- In-room safe
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Special features
Six Senses Spa has 6 treatment rooms including rooms for couples and outdoor treatment areas. Services include hot stone massages, Thai massages, facials, and body wraps. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including aromatherapy and reflexology. The spa is equipped with a sauna, a spa tub, and a steam room.
The spa is open daily.
DiningDining on the Hill - Overlooking the ocean, this restaurant specializes in Thai cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, dinner, and light fare. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. A children's menu is available. Reservations are required.
Dining on the Rocks - Overlooking the ocean, this fine-dining restaurant specializes in international cuisine and serves dinner only. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. Reservations are required. Open daily.
On Site
- Fitness facilities
- Fitness classes on site
- Bicycle rentals on site
- Ecotours on site
- Kayaking on site
- Mountain biking on site
- Pilates classes on site
- Rowing or canoeing on site
- Yoga classes/instruction on site
- Scooter/moped rentals nearby
- Scuba diving nearby
- Snorkeling nearby
Six Senses Samui, Koh Samui, Thailand's small print
Also known as
- Samui Six Senses
- Six Senses Samui Hotel
- Six Senses Hotel Samui
- Six Senses Samui
- Six Senses Samui Resort
- Six Senses Samui Resort
- Six Senses Samui Koh Samui
- Six Senses Samui Resort Koh Samui
Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms.
This property does not have elevators.
This property advises that enhanced cleaning measures are currently in place.
Disinfectant is used to clean the property, and commonly-touched surfaces are cleaned with disinfectant between stays.
For transfers, guests must contact the property 72 hours prior to arrival at the number on the booking confirmation.
Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments and can be made by contacting the property before arrival at the number on the booking confirmation.
Mandatory fees
You'll be asked to pay the following charges at check-in or check-out:
- New Year's Eve (31 December) Gala Dinner per adult: THB 13500.00
- New Year's Eve (31 December) Gala Dinner per child: THB 6750.00 (from 6 to 11 years old)
Optional extras
Early check-in can be arranged for an extra charge (subject to availability, amount varies)
Late check-out can be arranged for an extra charge (subject to availability, amount varies)
Buffet breakfast is offered for an extra charge of THB 1413 for adults and THB 707 for children (approximately)
Babysitting/childcare is available for an extra charge
Airport shuttle service is offered for an extra charge of THB 800 per vehicle (one-way)
Area shuttle service is offered for an extra charge
We have included all charges provided to us by this property. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the unit you book.
FAQs for Six Senses Samui, Koh Samui, Thailand
Does Six Senses Samui offer free cancellation for a full refund? Yes, Six Senses Samui does have fully refundable rooms available to book on our site, which can be cancelled up to a few days before check-in. Just make sure to check this property's cancellation policy for the exact terms and conditions. Is parking offered at Six Senses Samui? Yes, there's free self parking. Is there a pool at Six Senses Samui? Yes, there's an outdoor pool. Guests have pool access from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM. Are pets allowed at Six Senses Samui? Sorry, pets and service animals aren't allowed. What are the check-in and check-out times at Six Senses Samui? You can check in from 2:00 PM to midnight. There's a charge for early check-in (amount may vary, subject to availability). Check-out time is noon. Late check-out is available for a charge (subject to availability). Are there restaurants at or near Six Senses Samui? Yes, there are 2 onsite restaurants. Is airport shuttle service offered by Six Senses Samui? Yes, an airport shuttle is available. The charge is THB 800 per vehicle one-way. What is there to do near Six Senses Samui? Recommended spots to visit include Choeng Mon Beach (1.6 mi) and Wat Plai Laem (1.7 mi), along with Chaweng Beach (3.8 mi) and Bo Phut Beach (4.2 mi).
Recent reviews
Exceptional 9.4 From 77 reviews
Nice place
Awesome stay! Jo and Bo our guest experience makers were awesome. The place is amazing and the staff was great. We might be back... just a long flight.
A great place to relax and to recharge but not for those who wants to go out to paint the town every night.
It was amazing
Great service and very personal experience. We love the Gues Experience Maker, Natt, who customized our stay. We also really appreciated the sustainability focus.
less than the expectation, a bit poor maintenance, staffs are good in their job but look a little upset...
I felt like I was in heaven. Wanna visit net time.
As amazing as the views, staff, spa, pools, and other amenities were - the FOOD was the best part and that is very important to me. They have their own hens producing eggs ON SITE, they grow their own herbs, they use lemongrass stems instead of plastic straws - etc. Definitely get BREAKFAST INCLUDED, it is absolutely worth it. Although there is a breakfast buffet, there is also a daily-changing menu of a la carte you can have made to order. Another important aspect of this resort - PRIVACY - the rooms and private pools are very PRIVATE and you can really enjoy without a care.
Best staffs and nice services ever. I feel like home while I am here. Really like GSM system. And the view is good. Easy to access to the hotel by car. I will return and reccomend this hotel to mmy friends for sure :)
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Slipping out of bed when the sounds of sleep and the quiet darkness of night still linger isn't the easiest thing I've ever trained myself to do. To get up for a paycheck is one thing, but to drag out of the coziness of bed is quite another when nobody is holding you to it. I'm a lover of sleep. I'm a fan of my warm covers. I'm all for that extra hour of rest. And yet I know there's a special gift awaiting me each morning as the God who sustains me stands ready to hug me in greeting by filling me for the new day.
That filling is worth the effort of getting up. It's worth the $7 I had to spend on a louder alarm clock when my current one was no longer penetrating my deep sleep. And it's worth learning a discipline that doesn't come naturally to me.
It's the same with family worship.
Once everyone is finally awake, it's easy to get lost in the flow of the morning. The breakfast rush, the hustle to do chores, the distraction of demand brought by another day. It all calls so loudly to us that it's easy to think there isn't time for stopping to gather the family for worship. The truth is, there isn't time NOT to stop for family worship. We've done it before and it never works out well.
I had this image in my head of what family worship was supposed to look like. The children would all be fully and enthusiastically engaged, nobody would be tired, it would be interesting and nobody would ever look bored. But it never quite worked in real life the way it did in my head.
In the morning, people aren't pepped for the day yet and in the evening, especially the little ones are very tired. It's hard to feel like you're offering a spiritual blessing to anyone when everyone looks about 30 seconds from dozing off. But we finally realized we weren't offering the blessing…God was. God Is. He simply asks us to do the gathering and He promises to deliver the blessing.
And so we persevere. We definitely try to work in cooperation with Him so that His blessing is more easily received. We've done this by encouraging engagement, good attitudes, and respectful posture (we definitely still have work to do, as you can see in the pictures). And we try to keep things interesting while not skidding off into making it a form of entertainment.
Generally, we follow a relatively basic pattern. My husband is the worship leader when he's home and I stand in when he's not. We open with prayer for the Holy Spirit to be present and then we read our portion for the day. Sometimes we take it solely from the Bible (like reading through the book of Proverbs, one chapter a day) and other times we work through a topic study over the course of a few days or weeks. We utilize different things at different times but they can include a Concordance or Lexicon or even a laptop for an online commentary to open the flow of conversation. We've even used organized Bible studies and broken them into small pieces appropriate for worship. Generally, we keep the reading/study portion of family worship short as we dig deeper into study at other times through the day.
We then review our current memory verse, one of the girls plays a hymn and we sing along, and we confess ourselves to each other so that we're starting and ending our day on good footing in our family relationships. Often we take a minute to offer things we're thankful for and I'm pretty sure this is the favorite part of the little kids. They're thankful for the smallest and best things!
Closing with prayer, we kneel and ask for God's help to keep us connected to Him throughout the day.
The whole thing takes 10-15 minutes, max. We don't want it to be wearisome or something the children dread. And we have a wide range of ages in our family and keeping it so everyone is engaged at their level is a little challenging but it's also possible. However, the goal in gathering everyone for worship is just that…worship. And worship is setting aside oneself to honor, reverence, and adore God.
It doesn't always feel right or good. Sometimes it feels like nobody got anything at all. But the Christian experience is largely about learning not to be guided by feeling at all. It's about trusting He'll do what He says when we surrender our doubts, fears, feelings, desires and dreams to Him.
Together, as a family, is the best place to start.
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GE Healthcare welcomed dignitaries, visiting hospital personnel and members of the media to the grand opening of its innovative new Repair Operations Center (the ROC) in Oak Creek, Wisconsin on March 17. At the grand opening, GE Healthcare announced that it plans to add 70 jobs at the ROC bringing the facility's total workforce to 220 people.
Jocelyn Johnson, GEHC Services U.S. and Canada, Chief Marketing Officer, welcomed visitors to the ROC before introducing Joe Shrawder, GEHC Global Services, President and CEO.
Shrawder spoke to the importance of the ROC describing it as a "key pillar of our service business."
"We do things here rather than out in the field so that our field engineers can spend more of their time helping customers on more critical issues," he said. "We also get quality, efficiency and scale by bringing all of these repairs together in one place."
"Besides repairing here, what you will see in our facility is that we refurbish, we harvest parts and we do recycling," Shrawder said. "So, bringing everything through one site here in our repair world allows us not only to achieve economic performance but it's the right thing to do ecologically. We get the maximum reuse of every return, end of service life medical device we bring in here and ensure we get the utmost out of recycling opportunities as well as refurbishing and reuse."
"Soon, this will be the center for all of our returned asset recovery, including our GoldSeal refurbishing business," he added. "Refurbished medical devices are an important contributor to our health care economy for smaller, more remote providers, for independent outpatient imaging centers, for customers who just need high technology but can't afford the price of something brand new. We bring it here, refurbish it and make it like new, give it a second life. It is a huge part of our business and we'll be doing that right behind the walls over here."
TechNation Editor John Wallace interviews Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) at the GE Healthcare grand opening event.
Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) was at the grand opening and addressed those in attendance.
"This investment in Wisconsin shows that in order to out innovate the rest of the world and create an economy that is truly built to last we have to protect and strengthen our investment in research, science and innovation," Baldwin said. "We also must make strong commitments to career and technical education to help train the next generation of Wisconsin workers."
TechNation Editor John Wallace attended the grand opening and interviewed Sen. Baldwin. She said the addition of "70 news jobs in this year and new job growth is always welcome news."
A guided tour of the 280,000-square-foot facility provided an up close look at the repair, remanufacturing and recycling center. The ROC is the consolidation of several facilities and is GE Healthcare's largest and most advanced repair center in the world.
The ROC is an innovative repair, remanufacturing and recycling facility servicing imaging, diagnostic and patient monitoring equipment. It opened in 2016 and is located just a few miles away from GE Healthcare's industry-renowned Global Healthcare Institute and several GE Healthcare corporate offices.
GE has invested in advanced technology and lean manufacturing practices to provide fast turnaround times and exceptional repair quality. Its Brilliant Factory platform combines lean and advanced manufacturing, 3D printing and advanced software analytics that enable productivity and impact customers' satisfaction. The Repair Operations Center is ISO 13485 and 14001 certified, and fully aligned with the GE Brilliant Factory standards for efficient and quality repair services. One example of the center's advanced automation technology is OTTO, self-driving vehicles that streamline material flow throughout the facility.
GE Healthcare employee Rebecca Carrison leads a tour of the Repair Operations Center.
The process equipment goes through during a typical repair order begins the moment a customer's equipment enters the ROC. The intake station disinfects, labels and tracks the equipment. Once it's been processed and entered into the system, it goes through a thorough diagnostic evaluation to identify the source of the problem using the same tools and test equipment used in the original manufacturing process. From there, GE professionals begin the repair. Highly skilled repair technicians work in advanced repair stations with a wide range of tools and testing equipment to help make the repair process faster. Once the repair is complete, it moves on to validation and quality control, where the team reviews the diagnosis and repair work, and confirms that the product has been repaired to OEM quality. Finally, once the repair has been made and validated, it's time to send it back to the customer.
Knowing the status of a repair is very important to customers, the ROC provides continual updates. Customers can choose to receive push notifications, or log in to check the status at any point of the process. And, to help reduce downtime, GE Healthcare also offers product demos, loaners and rental equipment.
The Repair Operations Center is equipped to handle much more than repairs. When a piece of equipment has reached the end of its service life, it offers a wide range of recycling and remanufacturing programs that keep 94 percent of the material it receives out of landfills.
The GoldSeal program is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year with a move to the ROC.
For customers with budget constraints, GE Healthcare's GoldSeal program refurbishes more than 2,500 unique parts at a substantial savings compared to buying new. GoldSeal parts and systems are put through a rigorous testing and inspection process to make sure they look and perform just like they did when brand new.
The GE Healthcare Institute (HCI) in Pewaukee, Wisconsin, is also undergoing some exciting and high-tech changes from asset performance management to the latest in education and training techniques. Renovations are in the plans for this global training facility to enhance onsite learning and hands-on training, including simulator training in the traditional sense as well as via the use of a HoloLens. Post-training support is also something GE Healthcare is working on at HCI.
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Scent firm thinks Prince stinks
Heading to court: Prince, dragged by the firm which gave him a stupid sum of money to make products 'inspired' by his records. Why would you want a cologne inspired by Prince's songs? Isn't it going to smell of discarded panties, sweat and stains?
Anyway, the company is humped that Prince didn't turn up at any events to help promote the scents and, with a new one set to launch next year, is trying to remind him of his responsibilities. Although it's possible he did show up to promote the bottled whiffs, but nobody saw him behind the perfume counters.


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Since the holidays are over, Starbucks has come out with a new featured drink, the vanilla spice latte. I'm still mad at Starbucks for taking away the free soy benefit (see my rant here), but I caved in against my boycott and went there to try their new drink.
What makes the vanilla spice latte different from a regular latte is the addition of cardamom and a sprinkle of vanilla spice sugar on top. Cardamom is one of my favourite spices, so I thought it was a great addition to the latte. The cardamom flavour is strong and dominant, but you can still pick up hints of vanilla. The taste of this drink is comparable to chai, minus the cloves and star anise.
As much as I hate to admit it, I loved the vanilla spice latte. It was sweet, but not sickly sweet, like some of their special drinks. It was very warming and comforting and perfect for a cold winter day. You can also get this drink made as a frap.
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This guide is in the form of a developer video. Watching this video will help you understand what you should do in the tutorial map. This is aimed at anyone having trouble knowing what to do on their first day.
Other Kreedz Climbing Guides:
The Tutorial Video for the Tutorial Map
If you are having trouble in any stage of the tutorial, this should clear up what is so difficult to explain with a map.
For more in depth videos, see also the bungee and surfing guides.
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Ruby, Arizona is one of the best-preserved ghost towns in the state, filled with history, including lawlessness, murder, and mayhem, not to mention dozens of great photographic opportunities.
In 2007, on our roundabout journey from Phoenix to Nogales, we took the road less traveled, exiting off of I-19 and eventually onto a dirt road adventure. Nestled below Montana Peak, rich minerals were first discovered here by the Spaniards who came through in the 1700s. However, not rich enough for their tastes, they performed only limited placer mining before moving on. The area remained undisturbed for nearly a century until two mining engineers by the names of Charles Poston and Henry Ehrenberg revived the old Spanish placers in Montana Gulch in 1854. Discovering rich veins of gold and silver, other prospectors followed, but mining remained limited primarily due to the hostile Apache inhabiting the area.
However, by the 1870s, new prospectors made a number of additional claims and the fledgling settlement that formed at the base of the mountain was called "Montana Camp." Other veins of lead, copper, and zinc were also found in the immediate vicinity, beckoning yet more miners to the fledgling settlement.
The Ruby Mercantile was first opened in the late 1880s by a man named George Cheney. In 1891, a large body of high-grade ore was discovered in the "Montana Mine" by J. W. Bogan and company, who pronounced the Montana Mine to be a veritable "bonanza." When samples were assayed at eighty to ninety ounces of silver per ton, prospectors began to flood the region.
In 1897, the Ruby Mercantile was purchased by Julias Andrews. More than a decade later, Andrews applied for a post office, which opened in the store in April 1912. He named the post office, and effectively, the town — Ruby, for his wife, Lillie B. Ruby Andrews.
During Ruby's early days, camp life was unglamorous and most of the miners lived in tents or adobe huts. There were no businesses other than the general store, which was the only lifeline for the miners. Most men relied on hunting to provide food for their families, but others would turn to cattle rustling.
In 1914, Andrews sold the store to Philip C. Clarke, who soon built a bigger and better one just up the hill, the remains of which still stand today.
Like most other early mining camps, Ruby had its share of lawlessness, but for this camp, so near the Mexican border, attacks by the town's hostile neighbors were extremely common, so much so, that store owner Philip Clarke and his wife, Gypsy, kept weapons in every room of their house and store. In fact, Mr. Clarke felt that the town was so dangerous; he insisted that his wife travel to California to give birth to their son, Dan.
In the beginning, Ruby grew slowly due to its dangerous location and high cost of processing the ore, hampered by poor extraction methods and inadequate water. A dam was built to collect water runoff and several small operators worked the ore but it would be more than a decade before the rich minerals were worked in large quantities.
In 1915, the Montana Mine was leased by the Goldfield Consolidated Mines Company, which began the first large-scale operation. Soon the Montana Mine grew to be a leading producer of lead.
Though Ruby was growing, it was still a lawless place and finally, Philip Clarke became so concerned for his family's safety that he moved them away to nearby Oro Blanco. However, he continued to work at the Ruby Mercantile, as well as amassing large amounts of land and cattle up until 1920 when he sold the store to brothers, John and Alexander Fraser.
Clarke warned them of the Mexican bandits who were prone to terrorizing the area, telling them to be sure to always be well-armed. But, for the Fraser brothers, the warning was not enough. Less than two months later, on February 27, 1920, they were found shot in the store. Authorities were immediately called and when they arrived they found Alexander Frazer lying dead near the cash register, with a bullet in his back and another in his head. Amazingly, his brother John was still alive with a shot through his left eye. However, he would also die five hours later, without ever regaining consciousness.
The Nogales' Weekly Oasis stated in part,
…tragedy is nothing new over there. In the wild and rugged region south from the Atascosa Mountains and the Bear Valley region, there has been always a harbor for a bunch of desperate characters, whose depredations have been felt by American cattlemen and ranchers through many years."
Upon investigating, the authorities found that the telephone, the only one in Ruby, had been torn off the wall and its wires cut. The store and its post office had been robbed. Upon questioning neighbors it was found that two unknown Mexicans had been seen in the area and two sets footprints were found in the dust around the mercantile. That same night a prominent rancher in the area reported that two of his best saddle horses and eight head of cattle had been stolen. Believing that the two incidents might be connected, lawmen followed the cattle trail, searching in vain for the rustlers. In the months that followed a number of suspects were rounded up but no charges were made.
One investigator was told by an old-time local that there was a curse on the building. Explaining further, the local said: "Old Tio Pedro died years ago. He predicted evil for the occupants of the post office 'cause it was built over an old padre's grave." The investigator confirmed the superstition with the local peace officer, who informed the investigator that, yes; the legend was common among the Mexicans of the area.


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Went to the doctor today, when they took my oxygen stats they were low. Yay me! He has put me on a nebulizer for my asthma, one without steroids. I am so sensitive to steroids
that though they would do my lungs a world of good, my mental state and the mental state of those around me does not benefit from me on them.
Speaking of breathing in and breathing out. On the way to town, I practiced self soothing with my MP3 and circular breathing. Though I was probably better than I would have been without these techniques, I cried in anticipation of being in a crowded waiting room. My angel Mother went in to both offices for me and waited for them to call my name. She then would come and let me know so I could go to my room. I helped a lot.
This morning I before my appointments, I found something I wanted to share. I hope that it will help all of us with our anxiety. My therapist has helped me with mindfulness, when I found this, I was so excited. She was hoping to create a MP3 for me, this is so similar to the technique she uses.
We'll I hope you have a great night. I think I am going to throw the tower in early.


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See my full C.V. in PDF here
The New School, the New School for Social Research, New York
Ph.D. in Political Science, January 2010.
Area of specialization: Political Theory.
Dissertation: "Total Domination: Between Conception and Experience – Rethinking the Arendtian Account through Holocaust Testimonies."
Dissertation Committee: James Miller (chair), Agnes Heller (second reader), Richard J. Bernstein, and Andreas Kalyvas.
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
B.A. in International Relations, June 2000.


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Legend has it the first settlers to Fiji arrived on twin-hulled canoes after an epic voyage from southern Africa. Knox Mudunavere knows the story from his forefathers; he picks up the thread as we sit high on Malolo Island overlooking the very same sea route his ancestors sailed.
"Long time ago in this island chain," he begins, "when the first Fijians came from Tanganyika, they came through a passage nearby, and the sea was very choppy. Our ancestors had a blessing box with them – it was their treasure – and it fell off near Mana Island." He nods towards Qalito Island, visible on the northern horizon; Mana lies just behind. "They went to collect it and one of them said, 'No, just leave it there. People will come from all over to walk on this place because the blessing will be here.' So all these places around Malolo and the other Mamanuca Islands have something special."
Legend or not, that prophecy has come to pass. Paradise hunters from around the globe now fly and sail to the Mamanuca Islands in search of tropical island treasures. As the closest island chain to Nadi international airport, the Mamanucas are one of Fiji's more developed regions, and home to some of its oldest or most prized destination resorts – Castaway, Tokoriki, Likuliku Lagoon and Vomo among them.
The latest, and most newsworthy in some time, to join them is Six Senses, which made its debut last month beside the exceptionally pretty beach in the resort of Vunabaka on Malolo Island. The pitched and thatched roofs of the resort's 24 villas and 10 residences, reminiscent of the local bure huts, trim a horseshoe curve of creamy white sand, backed by emerald hillsides crowned in forests of she-oak. The placid lagoon, a pale candy-blue by the shore, deepens to cobalt beyond the house reef. Seen from the water, it almost resembles a model Fijian village, except perhaps for the two private marinas and the 35 swimming pools in various comely configurations. But it is still a model community of sorts: a combined hotel and residential colony with plans to eventually accommodate 60 private homes (some of which will be available to rent through the resort), it is powered entirely by solar panels and Tesla batteries. It supports a substantial farm of vegetable crops, fruits, herbs, chickens, bees and a pet pig named Sid – all managed by Mudunavere – which supply the two main restaurants. Neither resembles anything Fiji has offered before.
The Six Senses mandate for health and wellbeing, coupled with executive chef Ihaka Peri's flair for innovation, have resulted in a resort with its own gluten-free bakery (there's a wheat-friendly one, too) and a bottling plant for drinking water and probiotic sodas. All can be found at the café and bar above the marina, just by the ice creamery and gourmet deli, while at the retro grocery, pantry items are stored in glass jars and served in paper bags. In the beachfront Tovolea restaurant – a lofty longroom with chef's table and lounge bar that spill onto a sundeck and 25m horizon pool – executive sous chef Pranil Prasad delivers international plates of endemic ingredients, such as otta fern heads, ivy chestnuts and oyster-flavoured sea grapes plucked from the shore. At daily happy hour, bartenders and chefs pair hors d'oeuvres with "living" cocktails using fermented mixers and fruity vinegar shrubs. Such inspired ideas also define the four-roomed spa, where guests can mix their own body scrubs and poultices at an Alchemy Bar and submit to biometric testing to determine which of Six Senses' comprehensive sleep, diet or yoga programmes would bring most benefit.
The Vunabaka developers are a group of mostly New Zealander friends, drawn here by the beauty of the setting and a love of the ocean. Lead architect Richard Priest, also from New Zealand, is known for designing spare, elegant beach houses (baches). He drew inspiration for Vunabaka from Christian Liaigre's design of Motu Tane, the French Polynesian private island retreat of cosmetics titan François Nars. Hence the marriage of endemic architecture and neutral interiors – grass cloth wallpaper, mahogany floors and carved wood panels. Sandy paths and perfumed gardens link the bures, half of them assembled on the beach and half facing remnant rainforest inhabited by 17 critically endangered Fijian crested iguanas.
For Vunabaka director Andrew Griffiths, a former investment banker and co-founder of the development organisation SurfAid International, the vision was to create a community sustainable enough to leave Malolo in a better state than he found it. "It's about being a responsible citizen of the world," he says.
The other compelling drawcard of Malolo for wave chasers like Griffiths is its proximity to top-rated surf spots such as Cloudbreak, the left-breaking barrel eulogised by world champion Kelly Slater. Watersports of every complexion – including private speedboat excursions to Tom Hanks's Cast Away island Modriki – will be a defining feature of the activities roster.
Six Senses' debut coincides with a tourism boom in the Pacific nation that defies its intermittent political strife and devastating storms. The last coup d'état was in 2006; the last major cyclone was Winston, which entered the record books in February 2016 as the strongest storm to make landfall in the Southern Hemisphere. But tourism barely flinched; according to data from the Fiji Bureau of Statistics, earnings doubled between 2006 and 2016, from FJD822m to FJD$1.6bn (about £293m to £570m), and visitor arrivals hit a record high of over 800,000 in 2017. Such is the sense of optimism that the Fijian government has announced an ambitious plan to reap $2.2bn from tourism by the end of 2021.
In the relatively untouched Kadavu Islands, south of the capital Suva, workers have just put the finishing touches to Kokomo, the private island resort of Australian property magnate Lang Walker. Its 21 beachfront villas and five residences actually opened over a year ago, but Walker has only just finished realising his dream. "I thought maybe A$10m and 18 months to two years to get it up and running," says Walker. "It ended up taking five years and the budget went many, many times over." The fine-tuning operations included expanding the alfresco waterfront diner Walker d'Plank, building a new gym and teenagers' retreat, both of which opened last month, and adding the final foliage to a "spa journey" via moated gardens to nine treatment rooms and Fiji's first accredited hammam.
As part of his research for Kokomo, Walker stayed at Laucala, the ultra-exclusive, $5,000-a-night Fijian resort owned by Red Bull co-owner Dietrich Mateschitz. The two are very different in style but there are affinities in the stone privacy walls and lavish landscaping, which at Kokomo is tended by a team of 27 gardeners. Australian-born executive chef Anthony Healy, also ex-Laucala, has created an extraordinary biosphere of plants and animals to provision his kitchens with everything from vanilla beans and honey to seafood, harvested by a team of six fishermen.
Unlike Laucala, Kokomo is very much a resort for families, and despite now having 60 bedrooms spread across villas and residences, it still feels intimate and fun. Accessible only by Kokomo's helicopter and seaplane (or by private yacht, by prior arrangement), the 21 beachfront villas capture sunrise or sunset views over raked ivory sands and translucent seas. The five residences enjoy panoramic outlooks to neighbouring islands over waters alive with turtles, manta rays and dolphins. The bures are handsome, expansive spaces of plantation timbers, woven pandanus ceilings and timber joints fastened with magimagi-patterned coir. Glass walls slide open to luminous beach scenes where sunloungers and hammocks wait and infinity pools seem to melt seamlessly into the lagoon.
Kokomo's most precious asset is the Great Astrolabe Reef; arriving guests witness it from the air as a halo of iridescent blue encircling the Kadavu group of islands. Staff have identified more than 40 dive sites, from caves to giant bommies – all virtually untouristed, given Kokomo is the province's only major resort. "Our dive sites are still very much undiscovered," says resort manager Nathan Vassallo. "A lot are island sites that we have rights to dive on." During a snorkel off Qasibale Island, near a slip of palm-fringed sand used by Kokomo for private picnics and barbecue dinners à deux, I discover pastel corals shaped like antlers, brassicas, brains and lily pads, all arranged into living sculpture walls, as if Patrick Blanc had been down there in a wetsuit.
In the aftermath of Cyclone Winston, many Fiji properties were forced to close for repairs or full makeovers, meaning that today even veteran resorts feel fresh. At tiny Dolphin Island, off the northern coast of Viti Levu, antipodean lodge queen Virginia Fisher's interiors look as crisp and cool as when she completed them eight years ago, following a recent refurbishment. There are just four suites in two pavilions, set like sun temples on stepped platforms facing the water. A third pavilion functions as a restaurant, bar and lounge. Over the hilltop on the windward slope, an open-sided hut with netted bed and filtered views to Vanua Levu stokes the fantasies of romantics or would-be Robinson Crusoes. Across the island the lawns are immaculate and the sands groomed; a swing dangles invitingly from the branch of a beach almond.
Best of all, Dolphin guests don't share the 14-hectare idyll with anyone they didn't invite. Whether a couple, or eight people or – in my case – just one, it's always exclusive use. My private paradise for the night. Would I like a snack? Champagne? How about some lobster for dinner? Actually, no, a whole coral trout just pulled from the sea will be perfect. Perhaps with some prawns to begin, and a chilled Hawkes Bay Chardonnay. (No set menus; simply request your culinary desire and it will be answered.)
Back atop the hill where we started, Mudunavere reveals he used to sneak across to what is now Vunabaka in his youth to buy black-market beer from an old German guy who lived in a hut roughly where the marina is now. That was 20 years ago. He didn't recognise Malolo when he first came to work here. "After Vunabaka developed it, it's different hey? It's heaven on earth."


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Named for the polo club that its founder, Paul Butler, had organized in 1922, Oak Brook is one of Chicago's youngest suburbs, although it doesn't fit most people's definition of a suburb. It does not have a downtown, Main Street or high school. It does have more than its share of hotels, highways and corporate campuses.
Still, the western suburb thrives on a sense of community.
Oak Brook residents say they see their neighbors at the village's tennis courts or swimming pools; at the mall that shares the village's name, or on the miles of walking trails that connect the open space that—despite its commercial growth—Oak Brook has preserved.
For Oak Brook's 9,000 residents, the upside of sharing their hometown with the 90,000 people who come here daily to work, plus the thousands who arrive to shop or dine, is lower tax bills. They pay no municipal taxes, so the real estate tax bill for a house that recently sold for $500,000, for example, is $5,600 a year.
Although Oak Brook residents live in a collection of disconnected subdivisions, that suits professionals who appreciate the privacy they afford.
"Professionals, including lots of physicians, who work downtown or in other suburbs," describes buyers of Oak Brook houses, says Bob Briant of Re/Max Elite in Hinsdale. "They can get on a highway in any direction and get to work quickly."
Buyers typically request one subdivision, Briant reports. "They want one of the gated ones, the one with a pool and tennis courts or the one with the biggest lots," he says. "Each has different characteristics."
Oak Brook is split between eight school districts. The neighborhoods that feed into Brook Forest Elementary School, where scores are so high and classes are so small that residents liken it to a private school, are in the greatest demand, Realtors report. Other elementary schoolchildren go to school in several neighboring towns. For high school, Oak Brook kids are split between Hinsdale Central High School, Downers Grove North High School, York Community High School and Willowbrook High School.
"We chose our neighborhood for its schools," says Maria Sclafani, mother of three young children. "And, because we can each get to work in less than a half hour." She and her husband, Michael, are building a 5,500-square-foot house in Trinity Lakes, which is one of the neighborhoods that attends the coveted Brook Forest. They have lived in Oak Brook since 1997, but this is their first new house.
Oak Brook is chummy within the subdivisions, Sclafani says. "Everyone knows everyone in the neighborhood and at the school."
Laura and Bob McKinney just bought their second house in Oak Brook, a 1978 ranch that they are gutting. "We're giving it a more open floor plan and taller ceilings," says Laura.
"We love it here. Each neighborhood is its own community with an active homeowners' association and lots of things to do," says Laura. "It's a town where people get involved in charity, sports and social groups. You see your neighbors at the library or at the health club.
"It's diverse racially—people would be surprised how much—has good schools, big lots and open land. When I run every morning, I see deer and other wildlife."
Without leaving town, Oak Brook residents can partake in sports at the village-owned Sports Core or park district facilities. The Core, as residents refer to it, includes tennis courts, a swimming pool, wading pool, golf course, driving range and the polo field that put Oak Brook on the map. The park district owns the Family Recreation Center, which includes an aquatic center, fitness club, basketball courts and indoor running track, plus the Racquet Club, which has tennis and handball courts, saunas and whirlpools.
History buffs frequent Mayslake Forest Preserve, which includes the 39-room mansion built by the Peabody family, and the 1852 Graue Mill and Museum, a National Historic Landmark and the only operating waterwheel gristmill in Illinois. In the 1800s, the mill's location on Salt Creek, a tributary of the Des Plaines River, helped make it an ideal "station" along the Underground Railroad.
While other suburbs head to Main Street for community festivals, Oak Brook residents look to the mall. Oakbrook Center hosts such events as the Invitational Fine Art Exhibition each Labor day weekend and the Invitational Fine Craft Exhibition each July. Last November, a Christkindlmarket was held.
Oak Brook celebrates Independence Day a day early at its polo field with fireworks and the Taste of Oak Brook. Other village-sponsored events include the Autumn Festival each September.
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Many Oak Brook residents have only minutes-long commutes to its larger employers, which include McDonald's Corp., Federal Signal Corp., Advocate Health Care, Ace Hardware, Blistex Inc. and Inland Real Estate Corp. Others head to the Loop, which takes a half hour by car or by train from Elmhurst or Hinsdale. Or, they head north, west or south on the highways that crisscross Oak Brook.
Because of its central location, many of Oak Brook's residents choose to stay here after they retire. That includes the village president, John Craig, and his wife, Connie, who have lived here since 1987. "You can get to O'Hare, Midway or downtown quickly," says Craig, a retired police officer and teacher. "We moved here for good schools for our daughter, but we're staying here even though she's grown up."
Oak Brook's long-term plans are to stay the course, for the most part. Its agenda focuses on redevelopment of areas that are starting to look their age, such as 22nd Street, where the Oak Brook Promenade offers a collection of new retailers.
Oak Brook is built out, so the only new houses here are on teardown sites (75 in the last five years) or the occasional dividing of a large estate. The latter includes a 31/2-acre parcel on 31st Street that has been divided into five lots by Naperville-based Frank Paul Development Corp. Their price tags range from $750,000 to $800,000.
"Paul Butler turned a vision into one of the most remarkable real estate developments this country has ever seen," gushes a 1961 brochure promoting Oak Brook. Since then, the highways have added lanes, the mall has added stores and the population has maxed out. But the essence of the Oak Brook that Butler planned hasn't changed. Oak Brook is still a town that's as bustling by day as it is peaceful by night.


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Storytelling is one of the marketing worlds new darlings. Its a marketing strategy that has made its way into everywhere fromboard rooms to mom and pop stores. Storytelling is even being hailed as the single most powerful business skill for the next decade.
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Good thing we have a week, then.
My brother and sister-in-law are planning on bringing their adorable kiddos over for a visit this coming weekend, and I couldn't be more thrilled. We live half across the country from each other and visits like these either at our house or theirs are treasured. This time, though, Daniel and I are working on child-proofing our place in time for the niece and nephew to tear through it on their toddler and baby missions. They will probably terrorize the dog, who will eat up the attention. Zoe loves kids.
Before we start putting up the breakable items and adding latches to the cabinets and drawers, though, we have some tidying to do. Life gets so busy and I get lazy. Even my love of organizing (and writing a blog about it!) isn't enough to beat my desire to sit down and enjoy a movie without cleaning after a long day at work. I have far to go. Fortunately, I've also already come a long way to get here, so the cleaning is limited to putting things back into their places and getting a head start on the dusting.
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- Find homes for the items displayed by recent sorting above the laundry areas.
- Clear out our landing area on the second floor, which has organically grown from the spot we held items in the process of being sorted into a permanent storage facility. That's gotta go.
- Vacuum, dust, and make sure all the last germs from the cold are banished from all surfaces of the house. I guess that means Lysol. Gross. I hate the smell of Lysol.
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Self-driving 18-wheelers will soon cruise next to you down Interstate 10 and other major Texas freeways.
TuSimple, a California-based autonomous truck start-up, has been mapping routes and plans to haul commercial loads from Arizona to San Antonio, Houston and other Texas cities. The company will likely make a major announcement next month, Chief Product Officer Chuck Price told me.
Safety drivers will initially sit behind the wheel, but Price hopes to take them out by the end of next year. The age of autonomy has arrived.
"We're probably going to spend $1 billion to make this happen, and we have investors that are committed to deliver the funds over time," he said before showing off his technology at the recent SXSW Interactive Conference in Austin.
Price's confidence comes in stark contrast to most of the news about self-driving technology over the past year. Uber, Waymo and independent analysts have adopted a more pessimistic tone about how soon autonomous passenger cars will hit the road.
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The trucking business, though, is different. Companies dispatch thousands of loads a day along the same fixed routes, from one distribution center to another. Big trucks spend most of their time on the highway, not negotiating tight urban intersections. That makes training the algorithms easier.
Most importantly, the trucking industry is motivated. The age of the average driver keeps rising and finding new ones willing to spend lonely nights on the road is difficult.
Price said autonomous trucks would also increase utilization by 50 percent because robot drivers are not required to take breaks.
"The business argument for cars, to me, has always been weak. The business argument for trucks has always been strong," Price said. "I find buyers right now who say that if you can make this happen, then I'm buying them by the gross."
Though a software company, TuSimple has moved beyond writing code to owning and developing hardware. It's autonomous trucks haul three loads a day for 12 major companies, though Price is not allowed to name them under a non-disclosure agreement. The company operates mostly in Arizona, with a safety driver and technician onboard.
The company plans to grow its fleet to 50 trucks by June to test its software.
"By the time we get to the end of 2020, we're going to have tens of millions of miles that are proving the system out on fixed runs from Arizona all the way down to Houston," Price said.
Last week, the company revealed a new proprietary camera capable of seeing 1,000 yards ahead of the truck, even at night. The camera, along with other sensors, allows the computer to plan lane changes and other maneuvers twice as far ahead as a human driver.
"We're doing the full 360 degrees, 20 times a second," he added. "We're replanning our movement based on that 20th of a second."
TuSimple just closed a Series D funding round, raising $95 million and giving the company a $1 billion valuation. Sina.com, the holding company for a major Chinese social media company, is the largest investor.
Once the equipment and software are proven, TuSimple's business plan is to provide a self-driving subscription service. The shipping company will buy specially-equipped trucks, and TuSimple will operate and support them from the point of origin to destination.
Price said a self-driving truck could cross the country in two days and save 15 percent in fuel costs because computers drive safer and more efficiently.
"Since autonomy does not have the get-home-itis that a human driver has, it's motivated in different ways," Price said.
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Most of us will have no idea the truck in the next lane does not have a driver, Price said. The sensors are not obvious, and the computer is programmed to be courteous.
"I don't think people will notice our vehicles very much," he said. "We put a tremendous amount of work into the social behavior of the truck."
Looking up at an empty driver's seat, though, will take some getting used to.
Texas and seven other states have cleared the way for testing driverless vehicles, but no agency has approved removing the safety driver from the vehicle yet.
The next few years will test our faith in machines and ourselves. The data so far shows us that self-driving vehicles are much, much safer than those operated by people. Our brain may understand that, but will we need to convince our gut when cruising at 75 miles per hour.
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