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Meet the Squad
The Pad Squad started in 1995 as an ongoing feature in ballpark entertainment. Over the years it has evolved into one of the most recognizable ambassador teams in Major League Baseball. Today, you can find the Pad Squad participating in hundreds of local community events along with leaving lasting impressions with Padres fans at Petco Park throughout the year.
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Brian's Story
Brian serves as Director of Technology for Altos, bringing his extensive background in system administration and almost 20 years of experience building custom web-based software solutions to the dev team.
His constant curiosity for staying on top of the latest development trends helps to ensure we're always using the best technology for the task at hand, and his strong problem solving skills help to keep projects running smoothly.
When he's not busy writing code or standing up a new server, Brian can usually be found relaxing at home with his wife, his daughter, and his cats, or playing music with his bandmates.
BS in Business Administration - University of New Hampshire, 1995
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Oh my GOODNESS, friend... if you've known me for long (online, or off!) then you'll already know I'm OBSESSED with quotes. It's amazing to me that a few words strung together can dramatically change your day, the way you view the world (or yourself!), and impact you forever. 😍
In fact, most of the artwork in our house has some kind quote or verse on it. 😆 Today I wanted to share a few of my favorite quotes... and why they're so important to me!
First up, is this quote. I think I found it on Instagram, or maybe Pinterest... but MAN, does it knock me over.
"What if your irrepressible desire for the sweet, wild, deep life is no error, but Holy?"
- Veit Lindau
Hanging above our bed are Alex and my favorite Bible verses... these were some of the first hand-lettering I ever did. ☺ My verse is "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."
This verse has helped me persevere through a LOT so far. ❤ Apparently, I learned this verse at age 3... and (of course) there's a story to go with it:
I was staying with my great-grandmother, Nana Anne for the day, and she was preparing dinner... an Eastern Shore tradition: Chicken an' Dumplin's. I wanted to drop the slick dumplings into the pot of boiling chicken broth, and she kept saying "Katie, you're TOO little!" I wouldn't give up... and neither would she... until I stuck my hands on my hips and said: "NANA! I can do ALL THINGS through Christ who strengthens me!"
I got to drop the dumplings into the pot. 😬
Speaking of cooking... here's one I heard while watching a foodie documentary on Netflix. I absolutely LOVED this quote and hung it in our kitchen.
Here's another one of our family favorites, which I've hung on the gallery wall by our front door:
➢ And, in case this isn't enough... check out my Pinterest board for TONS of inspirational quotes!
Friend, quotes, sayings, and verses are SO MUCH MORE than just words!
They are memories. Reminders of your past, your future. Reminders to stay present, love-letters to yourself, your family, your guests... and a beautiful way to decorate your home!
I would love to hear from you: Do you have a life verse or a favorite quote (or three? 😆) Please share yours with me! 😍


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Banjo fig
Fiddleleaf fig
This spreading, evergreen tree from tropical Africa can reach a
height of 100 ft (30 m). It features broad, violin-shaped leaves:
they are bright glossy green, heavily veined, and up to 15 in (38
cm) long. Insignificant cream flowers are followed by 1 in (25 mm)
green fruit. Ficus lyrata is often seen as a house plant.
Cultivation: Figs grow to great heights in gardens and most species
have vigorous, invasive root systems. Figs prefer full sun to
part-shade and humus-rich, moist but well-drained soil.
Water potted specimens sparingly.
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ASHEVILLE GREENWORKS – Love where you live – Events and Volunteer Opportunities
Asheville GreenWorks is a volunteer based 501(c)(3) working to enhance the environment and quality of life for the citizens of Asheville and Buncombe County through awareness building, community activities and partnership.
* Serving as liasion between citizens, city and county government * Over 12,000 dedicated Volunteers * Over 900 Contributing Members * Corporate, governmental and academic partnerships * Grassroots activities to increase public awareness and effect public policy
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Tags: asheville sustainability, asheville womens magazine, environment, recycle, roads, urban, volunteer, wnc events, wnc rivers
SheVille Team
We are a one-of-a-kind magazine that provides local, regional, national and international information about women's lives and education, performing and visual arts and writing, the environment, green living and sustainability and regional Western North Carolina business, people and events. "Villages preserve culture: dress, food and dance are a few examples. As villages grow in population and turn into towns, local cafes make way for large American chains. Handmade leather sandals are discarded for a pair of Western sneakers. Due to its small size, a village fosters a tight-knit sense of community. Justpeace.org explains the meaning of the African proverb, "It takes a village," by stating that a sense of community is critical to maintaining a healthy society. Village members hold a wealth of information regarding their heritage: they know about the ancient traditions, methods of production and the resources of the land. When villages become dispersed or exterminated in times of war, this anthropological knowledge disappears. Large cities are not as conducive to growing and producing foods such as fruits and vegetables. Villages, on the other hand, usually have ample amounts of land and other resources necessary for growing conditions." The Importance of Villages by Catherine Capozzi Our Mission SheVille.org provides readers with information important to women's lives and well-being. We focus primarily on the areas of education & health, business & finance, the arts & the environment. We are particularly interested in local & regional resources, organizations & events.


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How to Edit .MOD Files with MOD Editor?
Q: "I am using a JVC everio camera and it outputs .mod files. However I want to edit mod videos in final cut express or any editing software for that matter. I guess I need to convert them but all of the converters are absolutely terrible does anyone have any good video editor for me to trim and add some effect to my home videos from my jvc camcorder?" -- Question from Blundy Y.
If you want to edit .MOD video files on your hard disk, Wondershare Video Editor are recommended to help you customize your own MOD videos. Wondershare Video Editor is a quite powerful video editing software. It helps you create Hollywood-like home videos with little prior computer video experience. With the professional MOD Editor, you can easily edit mod files you want.
Note: If you are using Mac OS and want to edit mod files, you can refer to Video Editor for MAC here. Just download the MOD Editor below and follow the step-by-step tutorial to learn how to edit mod videos.
Step 1: Import MOD files to the MOD Video Editor
You can click "Import" and browse from your hard drive to select the MOD videos you want to edit or drag and drop MOD files to the resource pane directly to load them. For saving time, you can import videos in batch. Then drag videos to the video track to add videos for editing.
Step 2: Edit MOD files
With MOD Editor, you can edit MOD videos with video clip, video crop, video effect etc
Clip: Drag the video file to either Video A or Video B in the timeline, hit the video, click "Scissors" button to trim the video to whatever length you want.
Crop: Hit the video in the timeline, and then click Settings on the top of the panel to pop up an interface where you can crop you video files, you can crop off your video in the directions of left, right, top, bottom, and also, you want rotate the video in the same four directions
Effect: On Settings tab, you can tweak you video brightness, contrast, saturation and hue from Video sub-tab, add special effect to your video from Effect sub-tab (there are more than 50 special effect available from three main categories: Adjust, Distortion, Filter).
Step 3: Share edited MOD files
After finish editing, hit "Create" to save MOD files. Here you can change video and audio parameters such as Bit Rate, Encoder, Resolution and so on. When finish settings, click Next to save the video. and then you can share you videos in any way.
Extended Knowledge: What is a .mod files?
The .MOD file format is used by various digital camcorder models (I.E JVC Everio) to save their videos. These files are often accompanied by small .MOI files (See links below) which contain the videos' time-stamp information.
The .MOD format is simply a MPEG2 formatted video, and if you simply wish to view the files on your computer, it is reportedly safe to rename the extension from .mod to .mpg or .avi
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[Site News] 'Pro Wrestling on Netflix' Added to Site
No real news per say, but just a site update: I have created a "Pro Wrestling on Netflix" page on here, indexing all the pro wrestling-related content available on Netflix's "Watch Instantly" service (from actual wrestling stuff to movies that feature wrestlers). On that page is a Netflix link as well as an Amazon Instant Video link in case you don't subscribe to Netflix and want to still stream some pro wrestling (Amazon does charge a la carte however, just to warn you).
I know this isn't exactly anything new, but it's something I think is important and worth spending the time to curate. You can either click the page on the top right of this site or you can head over to the page by clicking this very phrase you are reading.
If I've missed anything, please email me at theprowrestlingnerd[at]live[dot]com or leave a comment below.
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design: Horst Lettenmayer
Premium crystal mirror with a ring of 56 light modules. Use: For bathrooms, face or Makeup-mirror, hotels and commercial buildings. A modern yet elegant design. The LED ring light illuminates your face in a clear albeit subtle fashion. A brilliant and subtle design, coupled with light regulation through its dimmer capability, allows delivery the perfect level of lighting. The ring concept removes light glare and excessive shadows, to provide the perfect facial illumination. A beautiful crystal mirror generates the faultless reflection you would expect from a product of this quality. The Make-up 10 provides reassurance of a perfect result every time. Package contents: Lamp complete with mirror, LED bulbs and power supply.


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Prof. Sarah Green (Social and Cultural Anthropology Department, University of Helsinki) in conversation with Joseph John Viscomi (Department of History, Classics and Archaeology, Birkbeck College)
This event is free to attend, register via Eventbrite here
The Mediterranean waxes and wanes as a region of scholarly investigation. In recent years it has resurfaced in public debates on popular uprisings that unsettled long-standing political regimes, economic crises that generated widespread precarity, nationalist movements that have reified some borders while condemning others, and climate change which continues to bring drastic changes to Mediterranean landscapes. The circulation and stagnation of people, animals, ideas, and objects provoked by these events draw attention to connections and separations that, in turn, challenge strict geopolitical boundaries (Europe, the Middle East and North Africa) and temporal periodisation (medieval, early modern, modern and contemporary). Sarah Green will discuss how her ongoing research projects, including her ERC advanced grant "Crosslocations: Rethinking relative location in the Mediterranean," attempt to reconceptualise empirical and theoretical scholarship in/of the Mediterranean.


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|Welcome to Caledonia Villas... Quality Build Zero Step Ranch Style Condominiums with fine detail finishes that you would find in a custom home... Nine Foot Ceilings, Custom Trim Work, Master Suite with Private Bath & Walk-in Closet, Custom Kitchen with Center Island, Main Floor Laundry. Four Season Sun Room & Private Courtyard. Maintenance free with everything conveniently located on over 1300sf of main floor living space. EST Completion date: MAY 2019. Pictures are of similar condominium. Shrubs/Hedges,Underground Sprinkler LL/LO Patio,Porch(es) Garbage Disposal Ceramic Floor,Garage Door Opener
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Area: Grand Rapids - G
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Year Built: 2019
House Style: Ranch
Parking: 2,Attached
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Taxes: $3,000.00
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Manager Paul Cox has named an unchanged team for tonight's Sky Bet League Two match against Bury at One Call Stadium (7.45pm).
Our team will be looking to record a third successive home victory this evening, which could lift us into the top half of the table for the first time since November.
We line up as follows: Marriott, Sutton, Dempster ©, Tafazolli, Westlake, Daniel, Howell, Clements, Stevenson, Rhead, Clucas. Subs: Dyer, Beevers, Hutchinson, Meikle, McGuire, Cain, Palmer.
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Health comes first for a fulfilling university life
The Medical Center provides professional health-related services to promote the health of university students, annex school students, faculty and staff members. It is located in Senriyama Campus and there are branches in Takatsuki Campus, Takatsuki Muse Campus and Sakai Campus. Please visit to inquire about health-related issues. A wide variety of medical and mental health services are offered to everyone in Kansai University.
Medical Clinic (Senriyama Campus)
Medical care is available at the Medical Clinic. You can consult with our physicians when you have ailments such as colds and stomachaches, and upon getting injured. Please bring your health insurance card as consultations are covered by the health insurance system.


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Welcome to Moarlhof farm in Kastelruth!
The new apartments of Moarlhof farm in the small locality Tagusens near Kastelruth are the ideal holiday home for nature lovers, families and active travellers. The dreamlike position with panoramic view of the South Tyrolean mountain world, the familiar atmosphere as well as tranquillity and relaxation in the middle of nature make you holidays on our farm an unforgettable experience. Awarded with the environmental badge "Klimahaus A Nature", we give high importance to eco-friendly living and natural materials.
For our guests, we offer five new organic apartments for 2-7 persons, which are equipped with any comfort and in the modern Alpine style. The light-flooded premises have been furnished with fragrant local wood and guarantee a regenerating sleep. Each apartments offers a fully equipped kitchenette with dishwasher, a large bathroom, one or two balconies, in part an infrared cabin and much more. Bed linen, bath towels and kitchen towels are available. On request and against payment, we serve a rich breakfast or prepare a breakfast basket in the morning.
Moreover, our guests are offered a parking space in our underground car park, a sunbathing lawn with sunbeds, the 100 m² large children's playground with "Fun4Four" game table as well as the charging station for electric vehicles. Farm holidays are a special experience at any season, as it brings guests into close contact with rural life in South Tyrol assisting in harvesting. For instance, you can taste our farm products as well.
Moarlhof farm near Kastelruth is located only 4.5 km from the village centre, three minutes form a bus stop as well as only 15 minutes from Seiser Alm cableway. Seiser Alm – the largest high-alpine pasture in Europe – in Schlern Rosengarten Nature Park is within your grasp and awaits activity lovers with wonderful hiking and bike tours in summer as well as with perfectly prepared ski and cross-country ski runs in winter.
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Andre Garcia, director of engineering at Xerox Audio Visual Systems, who installed the Iconyx systems at the plant, said there were several acoustical challenges presented by the space: "Because of the nature of the meetings occurring in this space, the speaker system had to be very clear, as far as voice goes, for intelligibility.
"However, the room, which is about 60 x 130 and 30 feet high, has hardware floors, which make it sound like a school gym. So the biggest complaint was that it was hard to understand voices."
Garcia and his team chose the Renkus- Heinz Iconyx because it employs steerable line-array speakers: "This way, you can steer the audio to any area you want, aiming it at the participants in the room, instead of just flooding the room with the audio and giving rise to all sorts of echo and reverberation and sound issues".
The Iconyx speakers also incorporate the RHAON audio operations network, which uses network connections for multichannel digital audio distribution, user-controlled DSP, user-selectable presets and remote system management and control, all over a Cat5 cable using standard ethernet hardware. In addition, the speakers feature multichannel Class-D digital amplifiers with integral DSP engines to control every single Iconyx array element.
The Iconyx speakers at the Mercedes-Benz plant have been painted the same colour as the wall, making it difficult for audience members to discern them.


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For business owners, the promise of getting working capital without taking on debt or giving up equity may sound too good to be true. But the promise is real, and it can be realized with the simplest of transactions.
Accounts receivable or invoice factoring isn't some new-fangled financing scheme. It is a sound and long-used practice that has fueled business growth around the world and across a spectrum of industries. In fact, a recent industry report cited the global invoice factoring market at $3 trillion. And use of the funding option is growing rapidly.
Here's why: It converts unpaid invoices into same day cash without hassles.
The process begins with an invoice – an unpaid bill for services or goods your company provided to a client. Factoring companies, such as TBS Capital Funding, buy your invoice and advance cash. When the invoice is due, the factoring company takes responsibility for collecting from the customer, according to your original terms.
For companies, big and small, factoring is an efficient way to maintain steady cash flow to pursue any number of tasks – hire more workers, buy more supplies, etc. – to grow their business. The only cost is the factoring fee, which is typically about the same or less than the processing fee on a customer credit card purchase.
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Festival of the Arts, Day 2: Rojo Art
Festival of the Arts, Day 2: Rojo Art visited the whole school, and led the students through 2 workshops
The Wardrobe
The students were introduced to 'the wardrobe'. Full of interesting items to find, touch and talk about, each class will be using the wardrobe as inspiration for story writing.
Art Installation
The whole school have started creating pieces of art which will be included in a large installation for the school hall.
For example, Year 4 have been printing using sliced up potatoes and paint! And then creating origami butterflies. And Year 6 have been creating their own intricate stamps, and then using rolled on ink to print their designs.
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The same as every year, Nordic Aluminium is closed for the summer period. On the one hand, this is great news for our Finnish friends, but it may affect the delivery time of your Nordic materials. We have the solution: the Nordic Global Trac summer sale!
Ample stock of Nordic Global Trac
We've recently purchased an extensive stock from Nordic. How does this benefit you? By ensuring that all your Nordic products are 'ready to go' throughout this summer: delivered from stock, with the rapid delivery time you've come to expect from us.
Nordic Global Trac summer sale!
Even more sunny news: You can now enjoy a 5% summer discount on all Nordic products! This discount is an extra discount on your regular net price. The Nordic summer sale runs from 1 June until 1 September 2018.
If you have any questions about our summer sale, give us a call on +31 (0) 513 41 70 90.
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Amazon will be deciding before Thanksgiving whether to move into the online selling and delivery of prescription drugs, and the news that the ecommerce giant could be entering the market sent shares of drug retailers Walgreens, CVS and Rite Aid tumbling on Friday.
"We are convinced that AMZN will almost certainly enter the drug distribution value chain within 2 years, evolving into a more disruptive offering over time," brokerage firm Leerink analyst Ana Gupte wrote in a note to clients..
And according to CNBC, as well as a source familiar with the situation, when Amazon decides to make the move, it will expand its senior team with drug supply chain experts.
It isn't surprising that Amazon would consider making the move, as analysts have estimated the U.S. prescription drug market at $560 billion per year. Amazon is well aware of the complexities, and typically spends years researching opportunities before making final decisions.
Goldman Sachs has speculated that the eCommerce giant will ultimately work to improve price transparency for consumers and reduce out-of-pocket costs. And another news report last month revealed that Amazon was considering getting into the mail-order pharmacy market, potentially targeting people who are uninsured or have high deductibles and pay cash for prescription drugs. Pharmacy executives said it would take 18 to 24 months or even longer to get drug licenses in all 50 states.
Amazon already has a business selling medical supplies online, such as gauze and thermometers. In addition, it has a health team called 1492 that focuses on both hardware and software projects, such as developing health applications for the Echo and Dash Wand. And its cloud service, Amazon Web Services, dominates the health and life sciences market.
In the past year, Amazon has hired and consulted with dozens of people about a move into the pharmacy market. The consumables team, which includes groceries, started the research, led by the division's vice president, Eric French.
Amazon also brought on Mark Lyons from Premera Blue Cross to build an internal pharmacy benefits manager for its own employees, with sources saying that any decision potentially hinges on its success with this effort. And in May, the company began searching for a general manager to lead its pharmacy move, externally dubbed "healthcare."
The PYMNTS Cross-Border Merchant Friction Index analyzes the key friction points experienced by consumers browsing, shopping and paying for purchases on international eCommerce sites. PYMNTS examined the checkout processes of 266 B2B and B2C eCommerce sites across 12 industries and operating from locations across Europe and the United States to provide a comprehensive overview of their checkout offerings.


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Merchandising Program Manager
Tokyo, Tokyo-to, Japan
Sales and Business Development
The people here at Apple don't just build products — they craft the kind of wonder that has revolutionized entire industries. It's the diversity of those people and their ideas that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do, from amazing technology to industry-leading environmental efforts. Join Apple, and help us leave the world better than we found it. Apple's Sales organization generates the revenue needed to fuel our ongoing development of products and services. This in turn, enriches the lives of hundreds of millions of people around the world. Our sales team, in many ways, is the face of Apple to our largest customers. As the Merchandising Program Manager, you will be responsible for driving the development, leading planning and deployment of Apple channel programs in Japan across CES and Carriers. We seek to drive the best customer experience in the channel for Apple.
Key Qualifications
- You should have Channel development, in-store program development experience
- You are sensitive to and passionate about new technology, and in-store/Omni channel customer experience programs for end users
- You should possess amazing understanding of the industry, as well as negotiation and project management experience with channel partners, preferably CES or Carriers
- You should also have Retail Sales and Marketing experience in an indirect Channel/Partner environment
- You possess experience in Shop-in-Shop installation, merchandising vendor management as well as experience in complex retail 2D, 3D and asset management
- You have the extraordinary ability to balance short-term execution needs with long-term strategic goals
- You should be effective in both direct and virtual team situations, and leading through influence
- You possess the experience in collaborating with internal partners to achieve goals
- You enjoy rolling up the sleeves and get her/his hands dirty and drive projects with cross-functional teams and partners
- You can deal with ambiguity and flexibly adjust her/his time accordingly to focus on new priority nimbly
- You have a meticulous attention to detail and at the same time can see how a tactical detail fit into the broader channel and sales channel strategy
- Communication skills both in English and Japanese
・You will incorporate visual merchandizing, fixtures, marketing assets, staffing, training, demo units and content, in-store technology, demand generation, services and more. ・You will lead the overall plan for, execution of, and post-installation activities of these programs. ・You will have a focus on new program development, as well as driving existing CES and/or Carrier in-store programs working with our premier channel partners. ・This position requires collaboration with multiple teams across Apple not just within Japan but also with the worldwide teams
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Wednesday, 3 March 2010
Ladies versus Butlers! - Episode 9
Indeed, as this latest episode begins we learn that Tomomi actually saw the kiss in question, and as Sernia beats herself up over why she did that (as if we can't all guess already), so Saikyo decides to take action, inviting Hino out on a date with her the next time he has a day off.
This leaves us with a pretty predictable and clichéd scenario, with Tomomi and Hino spending a day doing all of the usual dating stuff, but with Flameheart in tow spying on them virtually the whole time. Somehow this episode still manages to squeeze plenty of panty shots, boobs and fan service in wherever it can (after what felt like a rather restrained past couple of episodes), but away from all of that the more important question is with regard to Saikyo's true intentions on this occasion, something which it's difficult to really have an accurate gauge of thanks to her near-perfect poker face. Is she taking Hino on a date because she genuinely likes him, or simply as part of her rivalry with Sernia in an attempt to one-up her? Most likely the truth is somewhere in-between, although her expression in this instalment's final scene is perhaps the most telling of all.
Although I've just slagged off this episode slightly for being clichéd, I have to confess that if you can get past the needless breasts and low camera angles coupled with short skirts then this was an undemanding but quite entertaining episode. Again, Hino's likeable nature helps markedly, but there's also something oddly fascinating about watching Tomomi go about her business, and the whole thing managed to at least get a few smiles and even light chuckles out of me in terms of its comedy. It's certainly not ground-breaking stuff, but then again if you're watching Ladies versus Butlers! while expecting ground to be broken then I guess you've been very poorly advised indeed.
3 comments:
- kadian1364 said...
That movie scene was absolutely traumatizing. It'll take years of therapy for me to be able to eat donuts or meatballs ever again.
- 4 March 2010 at 04:09
- Hanners said...
It's hot! ;p
- 4 March 2010 at 12:03
Ok. I REALLY hate to admit it, but I decided to watch the series. Just like you, the only thing that keeps me going is Hino.
The first ep caught me off guard with his EXTREMELY REASONABLE/LIKABLE personality. Usually animes like this lack ANY kind of voice of reason. Everyone is an idiot somehow or another. But the guy who is getting a harem in this series is very very likable. He is SO NORMAL. Any frame with him in it is a worthwhile moment. Unless it's a fanservice moment (which compared to other protagonists of similar anime, he handles exceptionally well). He's a smart talker, but not snobby or arrogant or a narcisist or a weirdo with weird habits and obsessions, and to be honest he doesn't look all that much like a delinquent either.
I usually avoid ecchi so I don't know if its normal, but I hate the whole "bigger boobs are better" motif. Which is directly expressed by Saikyo feeling inferior because of her smaller chest. who cares? people are born different. I know flat chests are a running gag in all slap-stick high school romance animes, but because it's the scheming, sly, super competitive Saikyo we're talking about, to me it felt like the anime was laying down a law.
- 13 March 2010 at 07:28


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Fabulous fresh music and 'matured' humour
What did the cheese maker do when he painted his wife? He double glossed her.
Greg Russell & Ciaran Algar
What did the cheese maker do when he painted his wife? He double glossed her.
Dreadful cheese jokes are not what you expect when visiting Downend Folk Club. Quality music is though. Happily two time BBC Folk Award winners Greg Russell and Ciaran Algar delivered both. As winners of the 2014 Horizon Award they were always going to be good. But who knew that they would be THIS good?
The purveyor of the cheesy puns is Ciaran Algar. Tall, affable, charming and a man who plays a fierce and firey fiddle with the passion and verve that would make the devil dance. Incredibly he is eighteen and was celebrating his recent A Level success. He is living proof that life is simply not fair.
Since 2011 Algar has been making simple, understated and affecting music with Greg Russell. A few years older, and Wise to Algar's Morecombe, Russell plays fluid acoustic guitar and sings with a maturity far beyond his years. His songs brim with love and loss, history and heroes, politics and family. On Friday night those songs held the audience entranced. Feet stomped in appreciation and massed singing of tricky choruses attempted. Traditional songs sat with contemporary tunes and a hint of Americana too.
The set was pulled from the two albums that the pair have recorded. "The Call" is the most recent and is a brilliant example of modern folk music. No hey-nonny-nonny or fingers in ears here. It fizzes and charms in equal measure. A perfect reflection of the two remarkable musicians. A highlight of the album is "Away from the Pits" and live it's even better. When Russell's strummed acoustic guitar and pure voice is joined by Algar's whirlwind fiddle the roof nearly comes off of the small hall in Frenchay.
Downend Folk Club is still just a few months old yet its reputation is already rock solid. How amazing is it to have one of the finest Folk Clubs in the country on our doorstep? It is easily as good as anything that you would find in any other city. Russell and Algar put a smile on every face and showed that folk music is something for everyone. From wild dance tunes to contemplative ballads, virtuoso playing to simple songs they were magnificent.
Next month India Electric Co step onto the Downend Folk Club stage. They are another young, gifted duo armed with fantastic songs and a twinkling sense of humour. They also do a superb cover of Springsteen's "I'm On Fire". Look it up and then go and see them. Cheese jokes not guaranteed.
Gavin McNamara
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Amazon Launches Their Annual Black Friday Countdown with Deals Available Now
We've covered Black Friday here at Brad's Deals for years, but one site that has always hosted the most confusing sale is Amazon. Per a press release from BusinessWire, Amazon has launched once again its Black Friday site, but the Black Friday deals start today.
"We're excited to officially kickoff another holiday season, bringing customers better deals than ever before on everything they'll need – from electronics and toys to clothing, home essentials and more," said Doug Herrington, Senior Vice President of North American Retail at Amazon.
Starting today, you'll be able to start saving up to 30% on toys like Tickle Me Elmo ($19.99), but we can't help but be unimpressed once again. The sale is random, with deals for everything from apple corers to webcams and iTunes gift cards.
Now, that's not to say that on actual Black Friday, Amazon won't have amazing deals. It will, as it does every year. Over here at Brad's Deals, we like to think we have a certain Spidey-sense for when a company is using a holiday to justify a less-than-stellar sale.
Now, the way that visitors may shop at Amazon is evolving from year's past. You'll see Alexa-exclusive deals (I nabbed a $25 credit for a $25 purchase earlier this year) where you order by voice. The Amazon App is able to scan barcodes in stores worldwide to watch for price alerts on Amazon, and can even scan barcodes on shipped packages to your home, so you don't have to open them for gift wrapping. And of course, it makes sense to have Amazon Prime to take advantage of the very best discounts.
Delivery is changing too, with what Amazon is calling "Amazon Key."
"Amazon Key gives customers peace of mind knowing their orders have been safely delivered to their homes and are waiting for them when they walk through their doors," said Peter Larsen, Vice President of Delivery Technology, Amazon. "Now, Prime members can select in-home delivery and conveniently see their packages being delivered right from their mobile phones."
Using a $249 kit, but free after that for Prime members, shoppers can have packages securely delivered inside their homes through this service. The system uses cameras and one-time entry access to ensure that package delivery doesn't compromise the security of your home. Other services like Rover and Merry Maids will begin using the service in the 37 launch cities on November 8th.
Overall, we recommend starting to track the items you'd like to purchase on actual Black Friday, and check back on our site to make sure you're always getting the best pricing (Amazon is not always the best option).


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The Week Ahead: Friday, January 12 through Thursday, January 18, 2018
January 12, 2018
Last week's insanely cold weather has finally – but not soon enough for some – mellowed. That said, with temps hovering in the 20s and 30s, it's decidedly still winter here on Martha's Vineyard, with indoor activities and community events dominating the Week Ahead. As happens every year, we are now down to two movie theaters, Entertainment Cinemas in Edgartown and the MV Film Center in Vineyard Haven. Lucky for us both theaters offer great films and comfy seats. This week The Film Center, in addition to its usual schedule, will be offering a documentary, The Opera House, on Sunday at 1 pm. Sounds like the perfect fare for a wintry Sunday afternoon! Plowing ahead into the long holiday weekend celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King's legacy, Island organizations keep us entertained with music, movies, workshops and more. Enjoy the Week Ahead!
Friday, January 12
A Service to Remember and Honor
A Service to Remember and Honor Dr. Martin Luther King and Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel. Rev. Mariama White Hammond speaks on Liberation of the Land at the MV Hebrew Center.
Rock Event
A Night of Rock-n-Roll, loud music, cool groovin' with Mike Kerr, Sean McMahon, Rick Padilla, John O'Toole at Pathways Gathering Space
Saturday, January 13
Winter Walks at Polly Hill Arboretum
Join Polly Hill Arboretum staff for a look at plants of interest in the winter landscape.
Sunday, January 14
Second Sunday Jazz Concert
You are invited to a live jazz concert with the Vineyard Jazz Trio! This concert features Eric Johnson on bass, Jeremy Berlin on piano, and Tauras Biskis on drums
Monday, January 15
Monday Night at the Movies
Martha's Vineyard Playhouse invites you to its screenings of vintage films. This week: Operation Pacific with Patricia Neal.
Tuesday, January 16
Film Screening at the VH Library
The extraordinary true story of Queen Victoria's unexpected friendship with a young clerk from India in the later years of her remarkable rule. Starring Judi Dench and Ali Fazal.
Wednesday, January 17
Kombucha Making Workshop
Come get something brewing at the Chilmark Library's Kombucha Workshop lead by Nina Gordon of Kulture Club MV.
Stargazing with Mark Lovewell
Take a closer look at the night sky through stargazing and story-telling. Mark Alan Lovewell will point out the cosmic happenings each month.
Thursday, January 18
Community Suppers at St. Augustine's Church
All are welcome to enjoy a Community Supper weekly at St. Augustine's Church.
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NEW YORK (Sputnik) – On Monday afternoon, Putin and Obama met on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, devoting about half of their 90-minute meeting to the Syrian issue, according to the official.
"I think the Russians certainly understood the importance of there being a political resolution in Syria and there being a process that pursues a political resolution."
Putin and Obama were not able to resolve their disagreements over the role of Syrian President Bashar Assad in Syrian conflict resolution, the official said, adding, however, that "there was a shared desire to figure out a way in which we can address the situation in Syria."
The United States does not think that Russia's military involvement in Syria would be necessarily destructive, according to the official, who said that Obama and Putin agreed on Monday that the Russian and US militaries should maintain constant contact in what concerns Syria in order to avoid any conflicts between them.


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Plot SummaryEdit
From Publishers Weekly
The year is 2058. Mood-altering drugs are legal, prostitution is licensed, virtual-reality games have replaced TV sets for entertainment and New York supercop Eve Dallas continues her sleuthing in Robb's fourth installment in the Death series (Naked in Death, Glory in Death, etc.). This time around, Eve has married her soul mate, Roarke, and is caught up in the puzzling suicide of a technician who's been working on Roarke's unfinished space resort. The young tech, Eve learns, had cheerfully hanged himself after a VR trip. Back on Earth, autopsies from two similar suicides reveal a pin-sized burn on the brains of the victims. All clues point to a deadly subliminal message in a VR toy--one that Roarke produces. This is sexy, gritty, richly imagined suspense. The fact that it is written by Nora Roberts under the pseudonym J.D. Robb is a tribute to her versatility.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Please reference the Rapture in Death Map for locations or approximate locations of sites listed here.
Approximate Story Start Date: August 1, 2058 (page 14)[1]
Day 1Edit
Chapter 1 Edit
- Eve is tracking a murderer in a dark alley when Roarke comes up behind her. He calls for end of program and they are in a hologram room at the Olympus Resort on their honeymoon.
- Roarke changes the holo-program to a tropical beach scene and seduces his new wife.
- After dinner in the Presidential Suite of the Olympus Grand Hotel, Roarke's plan is to get Eve drunk and continue their honeymoon when a doorbell sounds.
- Jack Carter, an assistant engineer, has arrived to inform Roarke and his cop wife that his roommate, Drew Mathias, is dead.
Chapter 2 Edit
- Eve does a preliminary survey of the scene, and deduces that - even though it makes no sense - there is no indication of homicide. Just a pair of VR goggles. She tells Roarke it would be easier to turn the case over to the proper authorities if she knew what had pushed him to commit suicide.
Day 2Edit
- As they return to earth, Roarke distracts Eve from her abject terror of space travel with sex and a treated petunia from her wedding bouquet.
Day 3Edit
Chapter 3 Edit
- Eve returns to Cop Central, after her three week honeymoon, to a message on her computer monitor that says, 'WELCOME BACK LIEUTENANT LOVEJOY Hubba-hubba'
- Eve gets permission from Commander Jack Whitney to make Delia Peabody her permanent aide.
- Eve comes up against defense lawyer S.T. Fitzhugh in the Vito Salvatori case. Fitzhugh tries to portray Eve as a cop who uses excessive force, he doesn't succeed.
- Eve and Peabody stop by the Down and Dirty Club to see Mavis Freestone who is performing there. Mavis tells Eve that she is recording a demo disc with Jess Barrow. Eve is concerned that her friend is being conned.
- On the way back to Central, Eve and Peabody encounter Clevis, a flasher who is wearing a trench coat and a bright blue bow tied around his withered privates. Eve decides she's happy to be back.
- Eve arrives home in time to see a beautiful redheaded woman kiss Roarke. He introduces his new wife to Dr. Reeanna Ott and William Shaffer who were part of the team who developed the amusement and medical centers on the Olympus Resort.
Day 4Edit
Chapter 4 Edit
- Eve is awoken by her link calling her to a suspicious death. She arrives to find that S.T. Fitzhugh has slit his wrists in his bathtub. His cohab, Arthur Foxx, is hysterical and not much help.
- When they reach the garage Nadine sits on their car and asks for information. Eves only response is "S. T. Fitzhugh is dead. Police are investigating" then drives off.
Chapter 5 Edit
- Eve investigates Fitzhugh and Foxx and tells Peabody that she doesn't buy suicide. "Vain, arrogant men don't choose to be found naked in the bathtub, swimming in their own blood."
- Eve questions Fitzhugh's law partner, Leanore Bastwick. Afterwards, she bumps Foxx up from witness to suspect.
- After buying a couple of soy dogs, Eve sees an altercation between two cabbies. She breaks it up, but her shoulder is hit with a baseball bat.
- Dr. Morris tells Eve he needs her to come to the morgue. He shows her a brain scan on Fitzhugh that shows a small burn in the brain that can't be explained.
- Eve Returns to Fitzhugh's appartement and on finding VR goggles she tries them on. There is nothing suspicious about them.
Chapter 6 Edit
- Eve and Peabody continue their investigation at Cop Central. As they are about to wrap up for the night, Mavis tags Eve and asks her to stop by Jess Barrow's studio. She invites Peabody along and adds that she has already tagged Roarke and that he is coming as well.
- Peabody and Eve are escorted by Big Mary up to where Mavis is recording. When Roarke arrives, Jess makes it clear that he would like him as an investor for his music console.
- Eve and Roarke are desperate for each other. Eve's uses her siren to drive home at high speeds. Roarke demands that she stop the car as soon as they clear the gates. They jump each other, tear off clothes and have mad sex on the front lawn. To get into the house, they have to get past Summerset with tattered clothes and grass stains. When he asks if they've had an accident, Roarke answers, "No. It was on purpose."
Day 5Edit
Chapter 7 Edit
- Captain Ryan Feeney tags Eve at her home office where she and Peabody are working. He tells her that he is in EDD working early because a hacker got into the Chief's mainframe and nearly fried the whole system. He also tells her about a senator from East Washington who committed suicide.
- Eve begins to wonder if there is a link between Mathias, Fitzhugh and the senator's suicide.
- On August 24, 2058 (page 96) Eve and Peabody re-interview both Foxx and Bastwick. Foxx admits to being jealous of the way Bastwick was coming onto Fitzhugh, and she admits that she made a play for him. Eve isn't able to determine a motive for murder.
- Eve meets Dr. Charlotte Mira at the Village Bistro for lunch and a consult. Mira can't give her much based on what she has and says that Eve's case and theories are veering out of her field.
Chapter 8 Edit
- Dr. Reeanna Ott sees them and comes over to the table where she joins them for coffee and dessert. Mira suggests that her expertise might be able to help Eve on the case. Eve can't say much as it is classified. After discussing a 'hypothetical' case, Reeanna suggests that Fitzhugh may have been genetically coded to commit suicide at that time. Her theory is 'branded at birth'. Eve doesn't like the theory for personal reasons, but she'll use it if it helps her investigation.
- Back at Central, the autopsy report for Drew Mathias comes in showing the same burn in the brain that was seen in Fitzhugh.
Chapter 9 Edit
- Eve takes her work to Roarke's private office to try to identify the brain burns.
- Eve is startled and guilty when Roarke walks in to find her using his unregistered computers.
- Roarke and Eve are getting ready for a premiere in California when Peabody calls on Eve's communicator. Eve answers with her dress only half on, but it's Roarke in a towel just out of the shower that has Peabody unable to focus on the reason for her call. She manages to let Eve know that they will need to go to East Washington to get more info on Senator Pearly.
Day 6Edit
- Roarke transports Eve and an awed Peabody in his luxurious private shuttle to East Washington.
- Eve uses a card recorder to secretly and illegally record the Senator's medical and autopsy records.
Chapter 10 Edit
- Eve pops in on Feeney who is busy working on the virus that someone managed to get into the chief's unit. He informs her that he has dosed it, but that the memory was boosted.
- Eve asks Feeney to clean up the image she recorded of Senator Pearly's brain after he committed suicide. She points out the burn on the brain that isn't supposed to be there and is just like Mathias and Fitzhugh.
Day 7Edit
- Eve arrives home and Summerset informs her that there are two men there to meet with her. Eve assumes she is about to be busted for the data she'd commandeered in East Washington. She walks in to find Jess Barrow and Leonardo.
- Leonardo and Jess ask Eve if she and Roarke will throw a party for Mavis to premier her new demo disc.
- Jess gives Eve a copy of the completed demo disc. He doesn't mention that it has been specially doctored - just for her. As he leaves, he wonders about the dreams it will trigger.
- Eve decides to take a bath and listen to the disc. It prompts her to have a nightmare that Roarke interrupts coming in from work at 2AM.
Day 8Edit
- At breakfast the next morning, Eve tells Roarke about the idea of him putting on a party for Mavis. Roarke agrees that it's a good idea and says he's happy to do it.
- Roarke agrees to the party idea so easily, Eve tells him about Part II; Roarke will sing a live duet with Mavis at the party. Roarke tries to remain cool as he attempts to get out of doing a live duet with Mavis in costumes designed by Leonardo.
- Eve lays it on a bit thick and Roarke realizes that she's having him on. She throws her arms around his back and hugs him saying, "Oh, I love you." Eve is stunned by his emotional reaction to her declaration.
Chapter 11 Edit
- On her way to Cop Central, Eve gets caught in a traffic jam caused by a Free-Agers' protest. She detours over to Seventh Avenue.
- A call comes through about a Self-termination threat at the Tattler building on Seventh Avenue. Eve responds to the call.
- When she arrives at the scene, she is told that Cerise Devane has stripped naked and gone out on the ledge of the roof threatening to jump.
- Eve goes over onto the ledge to try and talk Cerise back in. The media air vans are hovering, capturing and broadcasting it all.
- Cerise tells Eve, "Oh God, I'm so happy!" and then leans forward into space with her arms wide and plummets 70 stories to the concrete below.
- Eve grabs for her and nearly rolls off the ledge following her off. She manages to cling to the ledge and Peabody talks her back in and onto the roof. Eve tells Peabody that Cerise's eyes were wrong and that she's seen that smile "A couple of times now."
- While investigating Cerise's office, Eve and Peabody discover VR goggles. Eve tells Peabody she's going to test them. "You're my control, Peabody. If I look too happy to live shortly, zap me."
- Eve goes into a sexual fantasy VR scene of two young studs who are there solely for her pleasure. After she has an orgasm, she rips off the goggles and tells Peabody, "It wasn't a walk on the beach."
- Peabody begs to be allowed to try out the goggles for evidence control, but Eve tells her she couldn't take the risk. "I'm a cop sir, risk is my life."
Chapter 12 Edit
- Eve reports to Commander Whitney, sliding her illegally obtained data into her report. Whitney gives her a week to pursue the cases of what appear to be suicides, but Eve is convinced are homicides.
- After visiting the morgue to view the remains of Cerise Devane, Eve arrives home exhausted.
- Eve apologizes to Roarke for worrying him when she discovers that he watched her adventure on Channel 75.
- She then confesses her VR trip into sexual fantasy that has made her feel guilty all day. Roarke finds it funny and then makes love to her and tells her that fantasy is fine, but if she tries it in real life, he'll have to kill her. She decides that the same goes for him.
Chapter 13 Edit
A few days laterEdit
- Eve's bribe to Dickie Berenski doesn't net the results she needs, so she turns to threats to find out if the VR goggles are responsible for the Self-terminations. Her stomach clinches when he informs her that the unit is a Roarke product. He's found subliminal suggestions in the programming, but they are standard on this type of unit.
- As Eve's car is still in maintenance, she and Peabody walk the three blocks back to Central. As they're walking and talking, an alarm sounds.
- A CEC is being held up by a man with a homemade boomer. The droid tellers all automatically shut down, but the sole human teller, a woman, is being held hostage. Eve orders Peabody to clear the street and then cover the back exit while she goes in the front.
- Eve tries to talk the man down, but realizes that he isn't going to be reasoned with. He tosses the boomer high and right. Eve dives for it, but just misses it. It doesn't go off.
- The would-be thief charges and slams Eve into the counter. They grapple and Eve takes a lot of hits, but she manages to get her weapon pressed to his temple and his eyes roll up in his head as he passes out.
- Eve gets to her knees to find Peabody holding her weapon in one hand and the boomer in the other. She tells her to be still while she gets a safe box, but the boomer heats up and she orders Peabody to dump it.
- Eve drags the man behind the counter and the boomer goes off. Debris, smoke, and water is everywhere. She crawls out and finds Peabody, who is coherent, but who then passes out.
- Eve rushes home to get ready for Mavis' party, but Roarke gets a look at her and her multiple injuries. He applies first aide and forces a painkiller down her throat.
- Eve tells Roarke that she thinks the VR goggles are involved in the cases and that they are a new unit manufactured by Roarke Enterprises.
Chapter 14 Edit
- Mavis' party is in full swing. Mavis thanks Eve and then goes to throw up. Roarke dances with Eve so that she can lean her bruised and battered body on him.
- Peabody enters having checked herself out of the Health Center and Eve tells her, "no dancing and no alcohol". She then tells her, "I won't have to think twice about going through the door with you."
- Eve dances with Jess who brags to her about his blending of science and music and that one day there will be individualized programs designed for personal brain wave patterns. She wonders if it will be possible to add suggestive programs, linked with the user's brain.
- While Mavis and Jess perform live, Roarke becomes very turned on and pulls Eve into a closet, taking her brutally, with none of his usual finesse, overcome by his violent need for her.
- Eve realizes that Jess is using mind control and that he just used it to push Roarke into the sexual act that occurred in the closet.
- When they get back to the party, Jess' cocky smile tells her that she's right.
Chapter 15 Edit
- Eve interrogates Jess with Peabody in her home office. When he tells her that she should thank him for the sex she and Roarke had in the closet, she punches him in the face. Peabody covers for the record.
- Roarke then takes Jess into his office, grabs his penis and twists. "Hell isn't it, to be led around by the cock? Now, let's talk about private matters."
- Jess is taken to the Brightmore Health Center and then to Cop Central to be held until the interview can be continued the next morning.
Chapter 16 Edit
- Eve tags Feeney to help dismantle Jess' music console instead of going home with his 'interested' wife.
The day after the partyEdit
- Feeney and Roarke take apart the console until they find a scanner with stored brain wave patterns. Eve hopes to compare them to the four victims' brain wave patterns and prove that Jess had used suggestions linked to their individual patterns to cause them to Self-terminate.
Chapter 17 Edit
- Eve gets Jess back into interview (September 8, 2058) and hammers at him. He confesses that he has been influencing people and their actions, but he balks at the idea of having been involved in the Self-termination deaths Eve believes to be homicides.
- Feeney informs Eve that the brain wave patterns of the victims haven't been found, but they found Eve's, Mavis', Peabody's and Roarke's. She goes home to get some down time as she is running on chemicals alone.
- Unable to sleep, Eve goes for a swim and Reeanna Ott comes in. Seeing Eve's injuries, she insists on treating her.
Chapter 18 Edit
- Eve meets with Mira who tells her that Jess is 'a prick', but she can't label him a murderer. Eve tells Mira she is going to contact Dr. Reeanna Ott for a second opinion.
- Nadine Furst hits Eve up for details on what when on during Mavis' party. She smells a story.
- Eve tells her she doesn't have anything for her and is kicking her out of her office when Mavis comes in hysterical. Jess told her that Eve had arrested him because Roarke was pissed off that he'd flirted with Eve. Eve tells her the truth; that Jess was using her to get to Roarke.
- Eve meets with Peabody and Feeney and has them looking for connections between Jess and the victims. She contacts Nadine and offers her a pre-press conference interview if she gets all she can on Senator Pearly.
- Eve goes to Roarke's office and finds Reeanna and William there. She arranges to meet Reeanna in her office after she and William have dinner. She wants to consult Reeanna on the case. As Reeanna leaves, she reminds Roarke to try out the VR unit she gave him.
- Eve has the connection between the victims, they were all online gamers, except for Pearly, who was pushing legislation to set limits and controls on online gaming and gaming units.
- Eve asks Roarke to track the online names of the gamers related to Drew Mathias. He gets started and then turns the machine on auto while he eats dinner with his wife.
Chapter 19 Edit
- Eve gets to Reeanna's office before her. When Reeanna arrives, they talk and Eve uses her communicator to ask Whitney for authorization to get a second consult that will be contrary to Mira's. When she gets his okay, she looks up and sees on Reeanna's computer screen that she is monitoring Roarke's computer. Eve instantly knows that Reeanna is the one behind the Self-terminations.
- Eve switches her communicator to signal Peabody and Feeney to come to her location as backup. When she turns, Reeanna is holding a police issue stunner on her.
- Roarke considers using the VR unit when he is interrupted by Mavis. She is hysterical and he calms her down. She gives him a disc she copied from Jess that contains his plans to cause Eve nightmares and his plans to tap into Roarke's dark side.
- Eve gets Reeanna to tell her how and why she murdered the four victims, "Because I can."
Chapter 20 Edit
- Eve and Reeanna talk.
- Eve attempts to stall Reeanna, getting her to explain her plans in detail. She has been using William without his knowledge for some time now and it was he who planted the virus into the Chief's computer, giving Reeanna access to Eve's brain wave pattern. Eve tells her about the burn left on the brain and Reeanna decides that can be fixed.
- Reeanna outlines her plans for Eve. She intends to kill Roarke with the VR unit she modified for him and then run his empire through Eve who she will control with another unit made just for her.
- Eve panics at the thought of Roarke being coerced to kill himself. She calls for lights out, grabs for her stunner and takes a glancing sting of fire from Reeanna's stunner.
- William walks into Reeanna's office and she stuns him.
- Reeanna attacks Eve and they fight. Reeanna knows where all of Eve's injuries are and she aims for them, but Eve bests her. Eve has her stunner on Reeanna and says she'll put her out. "No you won't," Reeanna says with a brilliant smile, "I will." She forces Eve's weapon against her neck, "I hate cages." She fires and Self-terminates.
- Eve checks to see that William is still alive and then rushes toward Roarke's office. She meets Feeney and Peabody in the corridor and sends Feeney to deal with William while she has Peabody accompany her.
- Eve is frantic on her way to Roarke and finds him on his way to her. He has figured it out through his research. Reeanna was also an online gamer, with the screen name Mindoc for Mind doctor.
- Eve tells Peabody to stun Roarke if he acts strange, but he assures her that he is fine, he didn't use the unit.
- The case is wrapped and Eve wants Roarke to get checked out by MT's. He refuses, but insists on taking her to a Health Center. They argue about it as they head out to Cop Central so that Eve can file her report.
Memorable QuotesEdit
Character ListEdit
List of Main Characters Appearing in this BookEdit
List of Secondary Characters Appearing in this BookEdit
- Ryan Feeney
- Mavis Freestone
- Nadine Furst
- Charlotte Mira
- Delia Peabody
- Laurence Summerset
- Jack Whitney
List of Recurring Characters Appearing in this BookEdit
List of Minor Characters Appearing in this BookEdit
List of Peripheral Characters Appearing in this BookEdit
- Milicent Barrows
- Lisa Cardeaux
- Jack Carter
- Cassandra
- Clevis
- Detective Crouch
- Cerise Devane
- Chief Dudley
- S.T. Fitzhugh
- Sergeant Hobbs
- Karen
- Big Mary
- Drew Mathias
- George Pearly
- Frank Rabbit
- Mr. Ridgeway
- Vito Salvatori
- Sheila
- Dr. Wang
- Layla Monroe
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ToI published an article reporting the piecing-together and deciphering, by Univ. of Haifa Dr. Eshbal Ratson, of another DSS describing the Osin, 360-day, calendar (https://www.timesofisrael.com/2000-year-old-dead-sea-scroll-deciphered-revealing-2nd-temple-power-struggles/ (2018.12.23); 2018.12.25).
First, this was a tedious work well done. Kol ha-kavod.
But this calendar scroll doesn't fit into the overall political power struggle of the Hellenized "Temple" as Dr. Ratson describes. The historical context dictates that this was NOT a case of a "tiny sect rebell[ing] against the religious authority wielded by Jerusalem's centralized calendar-controlling priestly class."
Rather, this was the part of the fall-out from the Hellenist take-over of the Tzedoqim Kohein ha-Gadol by the Hellenist Yehoshua Ben-Shimon from his brother, the sitting Tzedoqim Kohein ha-Gadol, Khonyo Ben-Shimon in BCE 165 (http://www.netzarim.co.il/Calendar/Khanukah.htm#Hellenism). This split created two "Tzedoqim" parties (that later culminated in the story of Khanukah):
1. The "Old School" (Torah-faithful) pre-Hellenization-of-the-priesthood and "Temple" party, who became the עושים (Osim; doers) — Aramaic עושין (Osin, corrupted to Essenes) — denoting their interpretations of Torah, which they called מעשה (Ma'aseh; doing; their counterpart of the Perushim Halakhah).
2. The new, pseudo-Tzedoqim Hellenist kohanim group that displaced the original עושין.
The original, 365 day, עושין calendar was, indeed, obsolete. But the calendar was a side-issue; certainly far removed from their expulsion from the temple by the Hellenist Tzedoqim. The struggle between these two kohanic Jewish Tzedoqim groups was over Hellenism versus Torah; between the ruling Hellenist new-Tzedoqim versus the expelled original Tzedoqim subsequently known as the עושין. See, inter alia, Qimron, 4Q MMT.
The third sect, the Perushim, were still different from either Tzedoqim sect; working to bring Torah directly to the Jew (how, sadly, different from Ultra-Orthodox rabbinics today!) at the local beit-k'nesset. However, the Perushim appears to have leaned much more toward sympathies with the Osin, absolutely loathing the Hellenist — Roman-occupier collaborating — new Tzedoqim.
The Perushim preference for the Osin was not returned. The Osin preferred the futile hope of bringing their Hellenist brothers and cousins back to teshuvah and Torah. Sadly, that never happened.


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Burnie is once again gearing up for the much anticipated month long festival of community events that is Burnie Shines! Burnie Shines will be officially launched on Tuesday 1 October at the Burnie Regional Art Gallery by Ruth Forrest MLC.
Burnie City Council Mayor Steve Kons said "The Burnie Shines festival celebrates 19 years this year and each year it seems that we have more to celebrate and be thankful for."
The annual Burnie Shines Festival is synonymous with a celebration of sunshine, the blossoming of spring flowers, new life and hope. Experiencing spring in North West Tasmania is one of the real joys of living here.
There's a buzz in the community and a sense of fun and optimism as we come out to play, at events, shows and functions throughout the month of October. Burnie Shines Festival is proudly presented by the Burnie City Council on behalf of the Burnie community and we are all invited to be part of it.
Our new look Burnie Shines brochure is packed full of opportunities to get out and about in the community. You'll be spoilt for choice.
Last year's popular Burnie Bite & Brew will be back again. In a new location, the Civic Plaza between the Burnie Regional Museum and the Arts & Function Centre, Bite & Brew promises to be a great evening where you can feast on prime local produce and sample superb brews – all whilst listening to some cool tunes from the Coachmen.
Once again, Burnie will offer great music in October. The Chapel, which proved to be an outstanding entertainment venue last year, will once again deliver an outstanding music program. With Yachties the place to be on Sunday afternoons for great entertainment.
There will be performances by the Burnie Concert Band and the tradition of Stringalong in the Atrium continues. Big Sing is back for 2019, and you'll have the opportunity to join in the free workshop and participate in a community concert.
Jazz is back at the Townhouse and Dark Horse performs at the Menai. Downtown – Songs of Petula Clark, is on at the Arts & Function Centre.
If dancing is your thing, there's Just Swing It or Your Move at the Burnie Arts & Function Centre and a Silent Disco at the Townhouse.
Burnie Shines is known for its exhibitions and this year is no exception! Burnie Coastal Art Group presents the 41st TasArt & Uptown Art Exhibition and The Makers' Space Gallery is host to Vanishing Point, an Art/Science Collaboration and Exhibition on the impact of micro plastics in our oceans. You can also join in one of the many workshops at the Burnie Regional Art Gallery.
Special thank you to our featured artists for 2019 - Graham Mace, Jeannine Binoth and Zoe Grey, all from Circular Head. Their work will be on display at the Burnie Regional Art Gallery from 27 September until 27th October.
Mayor Kons said "Council is excited as it enters into its third year with partner Caterpillar Underground Mining, the major sponsor for Burnie Shines. Caterpillar Underground Mining have been a very proud employer and supporter of the Burnie economy for more than 35 years. The partnership is a great fit for our creative festival.
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By Owei Lakemfa
Change is natural and normal. Life is not static; like the sea, it is in a continuous, sometimes, turbulent flow. Since change is inevitable, it can be amazing that there are people who fear it. Whatever the case, it is futile to stop an idea whose time has come.
Human beings, given objective conditions, can change their circumstance. The old must give way to the new; that is what change is. However, not all change is progressive. Therefore, as human beings we should strive for change that results in improvement.
The All Progressive Congress(APC) which becomes Nigeria's ruling party this week, chose change as its slogan. It will be the second time in our contemporary political history that the change slogan will be deployed to the electoral battle field. The first major use was in 1983 when the progressive alliance led by Alhaji Abubakar Rimi adopted Chanji as its slogan, especially in the Kano State gubernatorial elections. The progressives coalition lost the elections, but the victors also lost as within three months, the military led by General Muhammadu Buhari booted them out of power into prison.
Nigerians are simple; they are not a people who ask for the moon. Their desire is job in hand, food on the table, roof over the head and shirt on the back. It is in this sense, change will make a meaning; they will not live by slogans alone or be contented with a diet of promises.
The APC must move from sloganeering to meeting the aspirations and needs of the people. It must distinguish itself from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and bring true change; it has to implement the Fundamental Objectives and Directive Principles of State Policy as contained in Chapter II of the Constitution.
Part of that Chapter states that it is a basic duty of Government to ensure "that suitable and adequate shelter, suitable and adequate food, reasonable national minimum living wage, old age care and pensions, and unemployment, sick benefits and welfare of the disabled are
provided for all citizens."
The PDP has done well in establishing fourteen new universities to meet the growing demands of the people. In this case, change would be the adequate funding of education. Real change in education will mean the APC government implementing the constitutional provision making universal education free and compulsory, and making secondary school, university and adult education free.
Change will mean adding value to the crude oil we sell, and refining our petroleum product needs. This will be a positive change that will significantly boost our income and eliminate the need for subsidy. Change means supplying adequate electricity rather than deregulating darkness.
Change means being commonsensical enough to know that you cannot chase two rats at the same time, you end up losing both. You cannot doggedly pursue neo-liberal agenda or be a fanatical follower of the market forces religion and also hope to create mass sustainable jobs or implement Chapter II of the Constitution.
On the issue of jobs for instance, while the APC manifesto promises mass creation of jobs, its leading lights like Mallam El-Rufai are advocating mass lay-offs, the same treatment meted out to public servants in the twilight of the Obasanjo PDP-led administration. At that time, the Committee led by El-Rufai sacked tens of thousands of public servants who were promised immediate payment of severance benefits which, of course did not materialize.
This leads to the issue of change agents. Change is change, but whether change is positive or negative would depend on the change agents. Currently, many assume that since the APC advocates change, then its members are on the same page. Nothing can be further from the truth. Change fundamentally depends on who is carrying out the change, for what purpose, for whom and in whose benefit? Change is not free of interests and values.
That a politician moves from the PDP to the APC does not mean he has become a progressive, and if the reverse were the case, does not mean he has become a conservative. People cross-carpet for various reasons. So while the APC platform of change is attractive enough to secure votes, it might have few change agents.
Many are confident that President Muhammadu Buhari, said to be austere, honest and patriotic, will make the difference. This may turn out to be true, but like the trite goes, a tree does not make a forest; while a nation can find its voice in a man, that man cannot constitute the nation. No matter how strong, tactical and strategic a general is, he needs officers and men to win a battle or war. The challenge to change may not come from the opposition, but from within the APC itself; the insect that devours the vegetable usually resides inside the vegetable itself.


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Police are urgently seeking a 38-year-old man after weapons - some handed in for destruction - were stolen from the Palmerston North police station.
At least one of the 11 guns stolen from the station yesterday morning was a banned weapon.
Acting Central District Commander Inspector Sarah Stewart said police were embarrassed about the theft, and it shouldn't have happened.
She said the police would do everything they can to ensure it doesn't happen again.
Ms Stewart said people should still have faith in the ability of police to keep recently banned firearms safely secured during the gun amnesty period.
Acting Central District Commander Inspector Sarah Stewart told Checkpoint one of the 11 guns stolen was "unlawful".
The exhibit storage area they were held in was secured, she said, but declined to provide further details.
She she had no information at this time that ammunition was taken.
Police are looking for Alan James Harris in relation to the burglary. He was known to police through previous dealings with him, she said.
Police and Armed Offenders Squad staff have searched Palmerston North properties over the past 24 hours as part of the ongoing investigation.
The burglary occurred early on Thursday morning. Police say a member of staff disturbed a person in the yard area of the police station around 7.40am. They say he left the scene in a vehicle, which police have since recovered along with another vehicle linked to the same person.
Police said Mr Harris is still believed to be in the Central District area, and police are urging anyone who knows his whereabouts, or is in contact with him, to contact them immediately.
Earlier today, Ms Stewart said the burglary was being taken very seriously.
"Locating Harris is a high priority for Central District Police. I urge anyone with information about his whereabouts to come forward to police. A warrant for his arrest has been issued. He should not be approached.
"Eleven firearms which were in an exhibit storage area are currently unaccounted for. I should be clear that these were not police firearms, but were a range of weapons being held as exhibits or handed in for destruction.
"I am very concerned about what has occurred - it is absolutely unacceptable," she said.
Commissioner Mike Bush has directed an investigation be conducted into how an offender was able to gain access to the police station, as well as an immediate audit on security around firearms at all stations nationwide.
Burglary follows ban
The burglary comes after Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced a ban on all military-style semi-automatic weapons and all assault rifles in the aftermath of the Christchurch mosque attacks. Prior to the announcement, many gun owners voluntarily handed in their weapons to police, though the police cannot say how many they received.
On social media, some gun owners posted about taking their guns to the police to be destroyed - and the prime minister encouraged anyone who has contemplated following suit to do so.
The Arms (Prohibited Firearms, Magazines and Parts) Amendment Bill passed its final reading in Parliament earlier this month. The law change had near uanimous support, with ACT the only party to oppose it.
During a media conference earlier this month, deputy commissioner Mike Clement said police didn't have the ability to safely store all guns expected to be handed in after the law change.
"Police already undertakes the surrender of firearms routinely across the country with regard to existing law, so we'll be replicating those processes, acknowledging clearly that the volume will be far greater," Mr Clement said.
Asked if police could store firearms safely, Mr Clement said it was something the police were working on.
"We're quickly developing processes to make sure we can meet that expectation," he said.
"That's why I urge gun owners to register online, be patient, keep the firearms secured, so that by the time that New Zealand police is ready to receive those firearms, we can do so safely."
'Police were confident they could manage the collection'
Police Minister Stuart Nash said he had sought fresh assurances that firearms storage facilities at police stations are secure and fit-for-purpose.
Mr Nash said at the time the government announced the amnesty and buyback on banned weapons, he sought assurances that strong systems and processes were in place to handle surrendered firearms.
"Police told me they were confident they could manage the collection of these firearms.
"I have now sought fresh assurances from the Commissioner that all stations and firearms-handling processes are secure and fit for purpose, and that firearms are stored safely, whether they are crime scene exhibits or otherwise.
"I have also asked for more detail about additional security measures police will have in place to ensure they can manage this process", he said.
Mr Nash is calling on the offender to hand himself in. "I also urge his associates and family not to shelter him or assist him, but instead urge him to surrender to police".


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I'm always excited when people decide on their own to make a healthy change. Whether that is starting to get more exercise, watching what they eat, or making other healthy decision for their life. What I don't get excited about is when people talk about going on a diet. Because they usually don't work. And it's just one of those bandwagons you want to miss.
Weight loss is something that should be taken seriously, mostly because of the serious health benefits that come from losing just a little weight. Diabetes, cancer, GERD, sleep apnea, high cholesterol…they are all dangers of being over weight. But just because you take it seriously doesn't mean it has to be depriving.
So how do you makes some changes without feeling like the act of eating has lost all it's pleasure? Here are some tips:
- keep a food journal: know what you are eating and when, and how it makes you feel. this allows you to figure out when and how to make necessary changes
- eat breakfast: it helps you lose weight, if you eat the right things. But it is important that you do to jump start your metabolism!
- set short and long term goals: they can have rewards too, just not food related!
- sit down when you eat and write down what you eat
- get enough sleep
- allow a treat (in a small proportion) every once in a while. It is okay to accept some cravings, just don't let it take over and don't do it every day
- talk to someone that can help monitor your progress and create goals, whether that be a friend, family member, personal trainer, or other individual
Bettering your health is an exciting thing, and you should feel empowered as you learn more about your body and are able to make changes. That is cool! And it will always be worth it.
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**This last weekend I taught another conditioning class for athletes. We played a little game where I had a list of strength exercises on one paper and a list of cardio exercises on another. They would pick two numbers randomly, and then we would do those two exercises (one from each list) twice in a circuit. It was fun and kept them guessing!
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great post! well written. loved it.ReplyDelete
Some great basics to go by! I love the comment about allowing a (small) treat:). I think it's when we try to completely restrict ourselves that we can sometimes end up going overboard later.ReplyDelete
Thanks for these tips! I could really work on sitting down, eating and truly enjoying my food and getting more quality sleep wouldn't be a bad idea either! Hope you had a fabulous weekend!ReplyDelete
love these tips and with a new month approaching, its great to start with a clean slate!ReplyDelete
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The Indigo Girls have occasionally drifted into flights of fancy, making overly cerebral music that belies their humble folk roots. But this new album, their first in four years, is a fine return to form, Emily Saliers and Amy Ray trading lead vocals and reclaiming their pristine harmonies without much fanfare. New producer Jordan Brooke Hamlin generally frames the Indigos in spare, beautifully melodic settings. Predictably, Saliers sings the more delicate cuts, such as "Elizabeth" (a lament for a lost love) and "Southern California Is Your Girlfriend" (about another lover who got away); Ray adds the cathartic, bust-out feel of "Olympia Inn" and "Happy in the Sorrow Key," a rocking meditation inspired by her late father. The Indigos get political in the timely "The Rise of the Black Messiah," about a man unjustly accused of a crime. And, most impressively, they somehow retain their optimism. As Ray sings near the end of the album, "You still got to find some goodness somewhere, somehow." (Out Tuesday)
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Written on the 15 October 2017 by James CagneyI have been researching the northern suburbs of Melbourne so I can send you the last in the series on the Melbourne property market. This was an area I was not totally familiar with so I reached out to the Internet. What I found was a huge amount of articles published by Melbourne newspapers and on the internet on the huge potential of the area. Apparently this area is the best thing since sliced bread.
On closer examination I found that most of these articles were provided by property developers, builders and real estate agents in the area. These claims were so highly exaggerated and I could not understand why the media would publish the garbage these spruikers wrote.All was revealed at a seminar I attended conducted by researcher Terry Ryder. He explained that the newspapers have been under severe financial duress due to the lack of advertising funds and the event of on-line news and advertising through Google and other service providers. Most have laid off a large number of journalists so many of the editors in these newspapers' and other media rely on press releases sent to them by real estate agents, builders and property developers for their information.
These spruikers are getting away with conning property home buyers and investors into buying their properties and their promotion material is rarely based on sound research. Please learn from my experience and get reliable research before purchasing a property in any area and take what the media say with a pinch of salt. It is a case of the loadest gongs making all the noise.
The research you will find for Sydney, Melbourne and regional NSW and Victoria in the newsletter below is based on what reputable research companies are saying. I don't only take one research companies finding I cross reference with the other companies. Please scroll down down and click on the links of any area that interests you. There is a list of the research companies that I rely on at the bottom of this email for your reference.I pay for my research. Free information is worth what you paid for.....nothing.
The good news I am almost done with my research on the Northern Melbourne area to Craigieburn and I will publish this within the next two weeks.If you are looking to purchase a home or an investment property OR get sound advice based on fact not fiction call James Cagney on +61 416 137 645 0r click >>> HERE.
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