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At Friday evening’s 39th annual National Magazine Awards gala [read complete recap], Kim Pittaway received the Foundation Award for Outstanding Achievement, acknowledging her long and distinguished career as a writer, editor, teacher and mentor in Canadian magazine journalism. Read Kim’s complete NMA bio.
On stage at Friday’s gala, Kim inspired a standing ovation from the audience of over 400 guests in attendance, affirming not only the Foundation’s decision to present Kim with this award but also the inspiration that Kim has been to so many of us in Canadian magazines.
Below, with her permission, we present Kim’s acceptance speech from the 39th annual National Magazine Awards gala.
Kim Pittaway: Thank you Beth, Rona and my other colleagues who nominated me, the Board of the NMAF and the friends and colleagues who have congratulated me following the announcement of this honour. I feel obliged to note that Joyce Byrne, President of the Foundation, called me with the news on April 1—April Fool’s Day. I chose to ignore that.
This is indeed an honour, especially as I review the list of those who have preceded me to the podium for the Outstanding Achievement Award. I’d like to begin my remarks by quoting one of them.
“It’s simple: We need each other.”
That’s how the late Catherine Keachie, then-president of the Canadian Magazine Publishers Association, described what she called the magazine publishing ecosystem. It was the early 1990s, and I was a 20-something writer, hired to help write position papers on split-run publishing, GST on magazines, the environmental impact of magazine publishing and more. It was a crash course in how the industry worked and Catherine was my instructor. Our best lines were crafted in conversation as she held forth passionately on why magazines were central to our national culture.
Catherine knew that it was essential for the industry to work together. The major publishers needed the cultural legitimacy of the small and literary publishers. The smalls and literaries needed the financial and political heft of the bigs. Sales and circulation teams needed strong editorial content to sell. Editorial teams needed the business support of those sales and circ teams to find their audiences and get their stories into readers’ homes and hands.
Magazines brands—on the page, online and in whatever other formats they may appear—are the products of many hands, an exciting mix of journalism, storytelling, sales, promotion, marketing and analysis, all geared to telling stories that will engage, delight and—at its best—challenge our audiences. And while all of us in this industry have a role in enabling that storytelling, at its centre are the creators: the writers, photographers and artists whose words and pictures speak to us, touch us, transform us, who tell our Canadian stories, celebrate our Canadian heroes and illuminate our Canadian perspectives—stories that are critical to our uniquely Canadian culture.
I can think of no other organization that I would rather be honoured by than the National Magazine Awards Foundation precisely because of the NMAF’s long focus on creators. The work I am proudest of hinges on creation: my own work as a writer, and my efforts to facilitate the creative work of others as an educator and editor.
After the announcement about this award was made, I joked with a colleague that the key to being nominated was to move away from Toronto—after a few years away, people forget what it was about you that irritated them. What I’m about to say may serve as a reminder.
Publishers and brands will inevitably tally up “their” wins tonight—a logical impulse, given that they provide the pages and the infrastructure to enable the sharing of those stories. But let’s be absolutely clear about why we are here tonight. We are here to celebrate the creators. We may call these the Mag Awards, but they are in fact the creators’ awards. Without the words, without the pictures, without the writers, photographers and illustrators, we’re not in the magazine business—we’re just peddling flyers. And we all know that as an industry where fees to writers, photographers and artists have not shifted appreciably in decades, a night that celebrates those creators, that thanks them for their efforts is, frankly, the least that we as an industry can do.
It’s simple, as Catherine told me. We need each other. And as we contemplate the way forward for our industry—and for this awards program—we would do well to remember that.
39th National Magazine Awards
Complete Gala Recap
Read Kim’s complete NMA bio
Press release: English | Français
Complete list [pdf] of all winners
Twitter highlights: @MagAwards | #NMA16
La version française: magazine-prix.com
Photos by Steven Goetz.

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CaughtOffside takes a look at nine perfect potential partners for prospective new Manchester United signing Stefan de Vrij.
With reports emerging that Manchester United are set to secure their third major summer signing in the near future, that of Feyenoord and Holland centre back Stefan de Vrij, CaughtOffside decided to peruse the potential partners for the Netherlands international that Louis van Gaal could persue.
With Nemanja Vidic and Rio Ferdinand both having departed Old Trafford on free transfers this summer, United fans will be hoping that van Gaal has another central defender up his metaphorical sleeve, with neither Phil Jones nor Chris Smalling having truly convinced in that role.
If De Vrij is signed, sealed and delivered then it represents a useful continuation of van Gaal’s rebuilding job, alongside teenager Luke Shaw, but more is certainly going to be required.
Bruno Martins Indi (Feyenoord)
One logical signing for United would be de Vrij’s clubmate Bruno Martins Indi, with the two having formed a very useful partnership together for Feyenoord in the Eredivisie.
As another youthful centre back, Martins Indi would also give United the bonus of having two young defenders who can form an impressive long term partnership for both club and country.
The Red Devils have been linked with Martins Indi and, with Louis van Gaal trusting both to play in his three-man defence for the Oranje, it could well be a goer.


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Whether it’s for an anniversary, long holiday weekend, or just because, they can’t resist celebrating their love here. Atlanta has so many things going for it — from the restaurants and the entertainment to the weather and sports, not to mention the history.Atlanta’s more than 51 million annual visitors and 472,500 residents feel the same way, too.Roommates are a simple solution for combatting loneliness.Having a friend or two to live with will surely help maintain a better quality of life.Various studies have found that older adults are the fastest growing segment of online-dating services. So if you're looking for love, this can be an ideal option.Remember the days when you would spend hours talking to your roommate late at night or simply grab your roommate at a moment’s notice to run out for a quick bite to eat? Today, roommates for older adults are not so uncommon.Clearly, these roommates have it figured out: shared responsibility means less stress for all.
We had to ask family, friends, and coworkers for help, post public ads in newspapers, or have the courage to walk up to strangers while out and about.Across the nation, Baby Boomers are remembering the days of their youth and choosing to live them yet again, with a roommate by their side.These “Boommates” are not only saving money but also easing the burden of home maintenance – not to mention, forming lasting friendships along the way.Two women living in San Francisco, Gloria Flores and Linda Clark, have formed a strong relationship since they moved into an apartment together.Gloria is very fond of her roommate and does not worry as often since she always has a friend by her side.

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CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Groupon today unveiled the results of its sixth annual global employee volunteer-a-thon (https://community.groupon.com/groupon-employees-volunteered-a-record-setting-14000-hours-in-their-local-communities-last-month/), a company-wide initiative that encourages employees during the month of June to get involved in their local communities and connects them with the causes they care about the most. This year’s event resulted in more than 2,500 employees volunteering a record-setting 14,000 hours with more than 100 nonprofit partners, serving 90 communities around the world.
“Once again, we continue to be blown away by the bar-raising levels of volunteer engagement and leadership shown by Groupon employees in their local communities,” said Groupon’s President of North America and Groupon Volunteers executive sponsor Aaron Cooper. “Our annual employee volunteer-a-thon has grown into a true celebration of our year-long commitment to local communities.”
Highlights of the 2019 Groupon employee volunteer-a-thon’s nearly 200 events included:
- Greater Chicago Food Depository: A team of 100 Grouponers took over the warehouse at Greater Chicago Food Depository and sorted more than 11,000 pounds of sweet potatoes and rice to be distributed to local food banks across the Chicagoland area. The day prior, another 200 volunteers assembled 40,000 meals onsite at our headquarters office that were also donated to GCFD.
- Seattle Discovery Park: Seattle-based volunteers spent the day at the beautiful Discovery Park with Mountain to Sound Greenway participating in some natural habitat restoration. Volunteers moved 30 yards of mulch in under an hour, covering a large area in preparation for tree planting this fall.
- Students Visit Groupon Warsaw: Groupon’s Warsaw office welcomed children from Stowarzyszenie Serduszko dla Dzieci. Teens had a packed agenda attending panel discussions put on by Grouponers, an office tour, lunch and resume writing workshops.
- Dublin’s My Lovely Horse Rescue: Grouponers went in the fields outside of Dublin to support My Lovely Horse Rescue charity. My Lovely Horse gives abandoned horses a second home. Volunteers spent the day tidying up and cleaning the stables.
Throughout the month, Groupon teams competed to be the most involved in their local community, with the winners getting the opportunity to award $10,000 to the charity of their choice, as well as sport this one-of-kind Groupon Volunteer-a-thon jacket.
With more than 70 percent of team members participating in June alone, the 2019 volunteer-a-thon winner is the Groupon Asia Pacific Shared Service Centers in Bangalore and Chennai, India. Some of the volunteer projects completed by these teams included:
- Bangalore Seedball Creation: Groupon volunteers in Bangalore came together with SayTrees to create 100,000 seed balls (seeds native to the state) which will be spread throughout India to increase the green cover.
- Chennai Walk-a-thon to Save Water: Groupon’s Engineering team in Chennai participated in a walk-a-thon to create awareness around the current water shortage. During the event, volunteers spoke to the public about how locals can make a positive impact by saving water.
Since 2011, Groupon employees have volunteered more than 126,000 hours in their local communities. For more information about Groupon’s community involvement initiatives, please visit community.groupon.com.
Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) is building the daily habit in local commerce, offering a vast mobile and online marketplace where people discover and save on amazing things to do, see, eat and buy. By enabling real-time commerce across local businesses, travel destinations, consumer products and live events, shoppers can find the best a city has to offer.
Groupon is redefining how small businesses attract and retain customers by providing them with customizable and scalable marketing tools and services to profitably grow their businesses.
To download Groupon's top-rated mobile apps, visit www.groupon.com/mobile. To search for great deals or subscribe to Groupon emails, visit www.groupon.com. To learn more about the company’s merchant solutions and how to work with Groupon, visit www.groupon.com/merchant.

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Some of the world prefers to know their destiny (if there is such a thing) from tea leaves. I, for one, prefer to drive mine using coffee beans and chaos (code and chocolate optional). Needless to say, I sat down at my box planning to write something totally random, pointless and useful only to my curiousity - as befitting the first of mad new year's. On a side note, did they call all of us Indians who celeberated new years last week fools ? Anyway, I wrote something that would read RPM .hdr files as dumped on my disk by yum. The docs were pretty useless and so was all the samples on my box - but I read through the pullheaders.py inside yum and discovered most of the secret calls used.
As it turns out, there is no function around which will accept a filename for a .hdr file. The closest I found was rpm.headerLoad which seemed to accept a string and then complain about a bad header. The code for rpmlib is pretty heavily documented though completely useless for my particular purpose. After I discovered the secret Gzip calls inside the old rpmutils, I began to suspect what headerLoad actually takes in might be a gzip decompressed buffer of data rather than just a filename. From that point onwards it was a peice of cake.
import rpm,gzip hdr = rpm.headerLoad(gzip.open(f).read()) name = hdr[rpm.RPMTAG_NAME] description = hdr[rpm.RPMTAG_DESCRIPTION] summary = hdr[rpm.RPMTAG_SUMMARY]
To test this code properly, I started pushing in all the headers in my dag repo mirror I have at home. I found quite a few interesting applications once I started reading the HTML output of this program. More on that later.--
Make sure every module hides something.
- The Elements of Programming Style (Kernighan & Plaugher)

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All Clients, Entrepreneurs / Creatives
What I Did:
Design, HTML/CSS, Perch CMS
Logo design: Sandra Mars
Content strategist and writer Lee Reilly needed a new site to showcase her work and abilities. I created a modern and minimal design, and used the Perch CMS to make it easy for her to maintain. Logo design by my good friend Sandra Mars.

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Is there a woman out there who hasn’t wished birth control could be just a bit easier? In a world where you can get just about everything delivered–from your groceries to your outfit for tomorrow–shouldn’t birth control be just as convenient?
We think so and that’s why we’re so excited that companies like Nurx exist. Never heard of them? Prepare to have your mind blown. Nurx is disrupting the traditional pharmacy experience by making things like birth control pills accessible to almost all women. Not only will they deliver your birth control prescription to your home, but it’s totally free if you have insurance and just $15 if you don’t. Game-changer, right?!
If you’re wondering if or how something like this could be legit, it’s actually pretty simple. Nurx has a network of doctors that review your health survey to match you with one birth control option that’s right for you. And get this: the Nurx docs have more than 50 generic and name brand birth control options to choose from–and pills aren’t your only option!
Curious to find out more or ready to save yourself the hassle of going to the pharmacy every time you need a refill? Head over to nurx.com to complete your health questionnaire and start having your birth control come to you.
SheFinds receives commissions for purchases made through the links in this post.
The editors at SheFinds wrote this post on behalf of Nurx and received compensation as part of our agreement.

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This volume offers clear and forceful contemporary translations of the most important of Seneca's 'Moral Essays': On Anger, On Mercy, On the Private Life and the first four books of On Favours. They give an attractive, full picture of the social and moral outlook of an ancient Stoic thinker intimately involved in the governance of the Roman empire in the mid first century of the Christian era. A general introduction describes Seneca's life and career and explains the fundamental ideas underlying (...) the Stoic moral, social and political philosophy that informs the essays. Individual introductions, footnotes and biographical notes place the essays in their historical and philosophical contexts, and further assistance to students is provided by section headings in the translations which organize the principal transitions in the argument and the more unfamiliar aspects of Seneca's writing. (shrink)
Stoic philosopher and tutor to the young emperor Nero, Seneca wrote moral essays - exercises in practical philosophy - on how to live in a troubled world. Strikingly applicable today, his thoughts on happiness and other subjects are here combined in a clear, modern translation with an introduction on Seneca's life and philosophy.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BCE–65 CE) was a Roman Stoic philosopher, dramatist, statesman, and advisor to the emperor Nero, all during the Silver Age of Latin literature. The Complete Works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca is a fresh and compelling series of new English-language translations of his works in eight accessible volumes. Edited by world-renowned classicists Elizabeth Asmis, Shadi Bartsch, and Martha C. Nussbaum, this engaging collection helps restore Seneca—whose works have been highly praised by modern authors from Desiderius Erasmus to (...) Ralph Waldo Emerson—to his rightful place among the classical writers most widely studied in the humanities. Hardship and Happiness collects a range of essays intended to instruct, from consolations—works that offer comfort to someone who has suffered a personal loss—to pieces on how to achieve happiness or tranquility in the face of a difficult world. Expertly translated, the essays will be read and used by undergraduate philosophy students and experienced scholars alike. (shrink)

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After 15 years of fighting to pay the bills, Priscilla Clark, president of Tranquility Farm, is in the process of downsizing her model horse retirement operation and relocating to Northern California.
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Onwards, to 1989. (I hope you’re not expecting posts in this series to be in any kind of order. Or maybe they are, time being all timey-wimey and all that)
By the way, this has nothing to do with the Leeds/Reading Festival this weekend, although a quick hello to my Glasto-family who are at the Leeds site for the weekend, and have probably been there since about Wednesday.
And so, to Brassneck. Or rather to one of the tracks on the b-side (remember them…??) of the 12″ (remember them….???)
Now. I have a confession to make. When I bought this record, I had no idea this was a cover version. In fact, I remained oblivious to this fact until 1992. And then, in December, I ventured down to the metropolis from sunny Peterborough and went to my first ever gig at what used to be called (and still is by right-minded people) The Brixton Academy.
On the bill: headliners – Sonic Youth, promoting their “Dirty” album. Gig opened by Riot Grrrrl troupe – Huggy Bear. And sandwiched in the middle – Pavement, promoting their “Westing (by Musket and Sextent” album.
I knew nothing of Pavement at the time, at least so I thought. Then, as their set approached the end, they played a song that I realised I knew, and the penny dropped.
And that was it. A band nobody else (that I knew) knew, that Gedge had endorsed via a cover version on a b-side of a 12″ single. How could I resist..??


Spotify announced today it has signed up five million paid subscribers worldwide, including one million in the US. It also announced new features and Metallica's songs would be added to its service.
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Vivendi Universal Games today announced that it has signed an exclusive multi-year agreement with renowned rock band Metallica. The contract grants VU Games the worldwide rights to publish and distribute a multi-platform vehicle combat action...


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By Steve James EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey (Reuters) - The United States beat underdogs Panama 3-1 in a penalty shootout to win the CONCACAF Gold Cup final Sunday after what the U.S. coach described as a "sloppy" performance.
Word of the Day
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The word 'shotta' is an alteration of 'shooter'.


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VIDEO : Fireboy DML – Airplane Mode Mp4 Download
Adedamola Adefolahan, known professionally as Fireboy DML, is a Nigerian singer and songwriter. He is signed to YBNL Nation, a record label founded by Nigerian rapper Olamide. His debut studio album Laughter, Tears and Goosebumps was released in 2019.
Fireboy DML has dropped The Visual to “Airplane Mode” the song off his sophomore album “Apollo” which was released last year.
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by Various ArtistAlbum · 198 Plays · 6 Songs · 198 Plays · 19:42
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Feroz Khan, Harinder Hundal
Baghi is a Punjabi album released in 2020. There are a total of 6 songs in Baghi. The songs were composed by talented musicians such as Various Artist. Listen to all of Baghi online on JioSaavn.

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In this week’s Safe and Sound, activist and three-time world champion unicyclist Christian Huriwai talks about his background, and passion for animals. As a child he saw decapitated roosters running around and this turned him vegetarian.
Later, after watching ‘Earthlings’ he became vegan. Chris discusses his public challenge to Fonterra over the Milk for Schools project, believes the time has come to sit down with farmers. Christian also talks about his future plans to help more Maori adopt a plant-based diet.
Should we allow industry into our schools?Is it ethical to give this product to our kids?Exploring the Fonterra Milk for Schools programme and why it's an absolute FAIL.More videos to come, I'm surprised we're still letting this industry peddle this phoney philanthropy narrative. Time to remind this industry that Aotearoa isn't blind to their slick marketing tactics.
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In the news this past week have been research updates on the deleterious effects of night shift work upon human cancer risk. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a part of the World Health Organization, conducts, coordinates, collects and disseminates information relating to carcinogenic substances, clinical causes of cancer and strategies for the control of this disease in humans throughout the world. It is the agency which publishes IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans.
A subsection of this series, “Overall Evaluations of Carcinogenicity to Humans: Group 2-A: Probably Carcinogenic to Humans“, was updated on Nov 29 2007. Read a press release from IARC announcing this update, which now lists Night-Shift Work as an environmental exposure assumed to be a “probable human carcinogen”. On the IARC website is also CancerMONDIAL which collects and publishes a periodical entitled “CI 5: Cancer Incidence on Five Continents”, free online at http://www-dep.iarc.fr/
The December 2007 issue of the journal Lancet Oncology (Volume 8, Issue 12) will feature an article detailing the latest research on circadian disruption, entitled “Carcinogenicity of Shift-Work, Painting and Fire-Fighting“.
London writer Maria Cheng wrote a news article entitled “Graveyard Shift Work Linked to Cancer” available on Wired.com (Nov 29 2007). However, the recent 2007 news reports are far from the first time the subject of circadian rhythm disruption, melatonin production, night-shift work and cancer risks have been reported by epidemiologists and cancer researchers.
As another brief example, following is a link to a 2001 news item from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reporting on two surveys of American nurses published in 2001. The researchers found that the more nights, and more years, nurses worked during graveyard shifts, the higher their likelihood of developing breast cancer. In one group studied, the risk was estimated to be elevated by 60%. Read the news article here.
Dr. Richard G. Stevens, professor of community medicine at UConn Health Center, has been studying the effects of electronic light sources on human health for more than twenty years. He wrote in 1987 an article entitled “Electric Power Use and Breast Cancer: A Hypothesis“, published in American Journal of Epidemiology, Vol. 125, Issue 4 (1987). Here is a screenshot of a few of his recent citations, found on PubMed:
Dr. Stevens was one of three epidemiologists who were recently interviewed on the National Public Radio series, Where We Live which was broadcast on WNPR (Connecticut National Public Radio station) on Nov 30 2007.
Other scientists featured on this program were IARC epidemiologist Dr. Vincent Cogliano (a co-author of the Lancet Oncology article cited above) and Dr. Mark Rea, Director of the Lighting Research Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Their interviews are available as a podcast (screenshot follows):
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Technically, the full title of this novel is My Dirty Detour: An Alpha Male Mafia Comedy Romance. Kind of a mouthful. I guess I’ve just never been a huge fan of titles with a colon.
What’s it About?
A dominant leader flees the mafia, looking for a fresh start in a small town. He put all his effort into starting a business and resigned himself to a life without love. A neurotic germaphobe lives vicariously through the books she reads, preferring to play it safe in real life and hide behind her sarcastic remarks. One fateful day, the simple act of taking a wrong turn leads Violet right into Rocky’s life and completely turns it upside down. Accustomed to his orders being obeyed immediately and without question, Rocky doesn’t appreciate Violet challenging his authority at every opportunity.
Violet charmed her way into his heart with her quick wit and stubbornness, causing Rocky to fail at his many attempts to resist her. Rocky tries to keep his violent past hidden from Violet, but it suddenly catches up to him and he can no longer deny who he really is. Will Rocky turn his back on the life he built or stay and fight for what’s his? When Violet is faced with situations that rival anything she’s merely read about, will she be able to face her fears and work together with Rocky or will the truth tear them apart? Follow the journey of Rocky and Violet as they take a dirty detour…
I must say I really did get a kick out of the first half of his novel. While driving around after running an errand, Violet stumbles upon a brewery with a rather intimidating proprietor. In spite of his rather off-putting demeanor, Violet agrees to work nights at his brewery in exchange for self-defense lessons. Sure, it’s a bit outlandish, but it still has its light-hearted and comedic moments that will bring a smile to your face. Not to mention a blossoming romance with a quintessential bad boy that will have you fanning your face. I loved the fact that Violet speaks her mind and has some interesting quirks on top of everything. When Rocky finally gives in to his feelings for her, Violet has to adjust to a new relationship unlike any she’s ever had before: one with a pure alpha male. Do you see why I enjoyed the first half so much?!
Unfortunately, the second half of the book wasn’t my fav, as it deviated from so much of what I liked about the first half. The light-hearted comedy is still there at times, but now it’s mixed with the drama of Rocky’s mafia past. What bothered me most about this part of the novel was that everything that Rocky and his friends once found endearing about Violet now appears to annoy them, from her sarcastic wit to her multitude of questions. It seemed like Rocky told her to be quiet more often than he said anything nice towards her. I felt like by constantly telling Violet to shush, he was acting just like her ex-husband by repressing what made her so unique and lovable.
They also sort of treated Violet like an idiot every time she expressed confusion over the delicate intricacies of mafia protocol and hierarchy. Seems a bit harsh! After all, Rocky and his friends had all kept the details of their mafia past hidden from Violet, and she was thrown into this world after knowing them for only a matter of weeks. How is she magically supposed to know how to act and, more importantly, what not to say in front of a mafia don? I personally don’t know if I could have put up with all that, even if Rocky was an apparent sex-god in the sack.
Putting Up with so Much
Violet is introduced to Rocky’s past mafia link when his crazy ex-girlfriend, Ursula, comes to town with her posse in tow. He hasn’t seen her in over two years, yet Ursula immediately throws down a challenge to fight Violet. I’m talkin’ hand-to-hand combat here. Which is kind of like…what?
Seeing as Rocky never actually provided Violet with those self-defense lessons she was working nights for, he decides to take her place and fight Ursula’s brother instead. Um, ok? I remember at one point towards the end of the novel Violet said that Rocky is really the only one who could get her out of this precarious situation alive. I couldn’t help but question if that was the main reason she put up with so much of the drama from Rocky’s turbulent lifestyle instead of just saying “See ya later buddy!”. Again, they’ve only known each other for 3 weeks. Might have a happily ever after, but I wonder if it will last forever.
*A copy of this book was provided for an honest review*
Series: Nope, stand-alone with no cliffhangers.
Should you read it? I was definitely more of a fan of the first half of the book, from the plot itself to the actions of the characters. That being said, it has its funny moments, mixed with a bit of drama, mafia connections, an ex-girlfriend you’ll wanna slap, and an alpha male you’ll wanna…well, use your imagination 😉
Smut Level: Thankfully, the nooky mainly takes place during the first half of the book, and it’s pretty saucy. He may be an alpha male, but Violet can also take the reins and play dominatrix when the situation calls for it.
Get it on Amazon: Click Here. $0.99 Kindle Price. Amazon Digital Services LLC. 323 Pages.


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There are reasons to believe that terrorists in Syria will be wiped out soon, Russian President Vladimir Putin told the final full-scale session of the international discussion club Valdai on Thursday, TASS reported.
"There are grounds to expect (I’d be cautious) that we will soon finish off the terrorists there (in Syria), but this is not the reason yet to be glad and think that they have been eliminated once and for all," he added.
He explained that terrorism as a phenomenon had deep roots. "It stems from the injustices of the modern world, many peoples and ethnic and religious groups suffering from deprivation, and the lack of systematic education." All this, he said, created a favorable environment for terrorism.


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Cazzette Is Hosting A Remix Contest For Their 'Sleepless' Single!
Cazzette's bouncy, deep house single "Sleepless" has been one of the most talked about singles of the year, and with so many remixes of the catchy original making their way to the spotlight, it only seemed right for the duo to host an official remix contest of their latest track. EDM.com would like to present PRMD and Indaba's Remix Contest for Cazzette's "Sleepless," and we could not have expected a better collection of prizes for the contest!
Seven different winners will be chosen for the remix competition in 3 different tiers - the Grand Prize winner, selected by Cazzette, PRMD, and Indaba, will receive a flyaway to meet the talented band, including an official release on PRMD, write-up on DJ Mag, and promotion on each judge's social media pages. 3 Runner-ups will also be chosen, as they will receive promotional support from Cazzette directly from their SoundCloud page. Lastly, 3 "Popular Vote" remixers will receive a Pro Status on SoundCloud via Indaba. All interested producers and remixers have the chance to enter their version of the groovy original by August 13, and judging takes place for the rest of August afterwords with the final winners to be announced on September 10!
Stems to 'Sleepless by Cazzette!
Further information including rules, restrictions, and the contest's FAQ can be found on Indaba Music's landing page here, so get your feet wet with this awesome opportunity to meet Cazzette and release your remix on PRMD!


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The recent vandalizing of a statue of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi in Leicester, although an isolated incident, may be seen as a reflection of the growing discontent amongst British Sikhs who have been pressing democratic governments for justice regarding the 1984 Sikh massacre for 30 years, only to discover that British military advice was given to India before the systematic Blue Star attack on Darbar Harmandir Sahib (the Golden Temple).
The statue was vandalized on the lead up to the annual London rally in commemoration of the 1984 massacre, marking the passing of 30 years since the systematic attack, and 30 years without justice for the killing and torture of thousands of innocent Sikhs.
While the Sikh community have openly condemned the act of vandalism and discouraged youth from expressing their discontent through such channels, some Indian sources have prioritized and inflated the story, inferring that Sikh sentiments are hurt over the vandalism of the statue of ‘Bapu’ (father) Mohandas Gandhi.
It must, therefore, be clarified that the sentiments of many mainstream Sikhs regarding Gandhi do not coincide with those of patriotic Indians who sentimentally consider Gandhi their ‘Bapu’.
Sikh discontent with the Indian government is not wholly separate from their discontent with Gandhi. Throughout his lifetime, Gandhi expressed an array of anti-Sikh views which deeply hurt Sikh sentiments. Attacking Sikh articles of faith and mocking those who wore them, he openly branded them unnecessary and implied that Sikhs should give up the Khalsa Panth. This, coupled with his encouragement of the abandonment of Gurmukhi and other parts of the Sikh religion, were seen as attempts to get Sikhs to ‘reabsorb’ themselves into Hinduism.
While Sikhs insisted that Sikhism is to be considered a distinct faith in its own right, it was clear that Gandhi saw Sikhs as Hindus, and he insisted that they be referred to as such. This failure to recognize Sikhs as a distinct people is also pertinent in India’s treatment of the religious minority and in the Indian constitution, and Singh’s (2005) ‘Hindu Bias in India’s ‘Secular’ Constitution: probing flaws in the instruments of governance‘ further elaborates on the failure of a ‘democratic’ country in recognizing the distinctive independence of non-Hindus.
One should also consider that the assassination of Mohandas Gandhi by a Hindu did not incur the vengeful wrath of fellow Hindus, and did not lead to a series of reprisal massacres against Hindus in India. On the other hand, the assassination of Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards following Blue Star saw mobs of Hindus adamant on killing Sikhs, prominent public figures declaring ‘blood for blood,’ governmental figures taking part in the atrocities and interventionist authorities remaining silent.
Understandably, then, Sikhs do not feel a sense of patriotism towards a country whose open persecution of religious minorities leads not to convictions but to impunity. The feeling of betrayal of the Sikhs is perhaps further deepened by memories of Gandhi’s unfulfilled promises, which were methods to appease the Sikhs and persuade them to join the side of Hindu India. Such promises included that of Khalistan, a promise quickly broken after independence. Further, Gandhi made a promise which was shattered by the barbarianism of the Indian government during and after the 1984 massacres,
I venture to suggest that the non-violence creed of the Congress is the surest guarantee of its good faith and our Sikhs friends have no reason to fear betrayal at its hands.
I don’t attempt to justify the vandalism of a statue, and Sikhs such as Lord Indarjit Singh have openly and firmly declared such vandalism as wrong. I do, however, hope to clarify Sikh views in relation to Gandhi and the Indian state; the two are, to an extent, interconnected.


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UPDATE: According to the National Grid Power Outage Map, the widespread power outage in Madison, Oneida and Onondaga counties has been mostly restored.
The map shows that 110 customers are still without power in Madison County, but the numbers for Oneida and Onondaga counties are each fewer than five.
More than 12,000 National Grid customers are without power this afternoon in Madison, Oneida and Onondaga counties.
There are currently 8,696 customers without power in Madison County; 1,349 customers without power in Oneida County; and 2,304 customers without power in Onondaga County, according to the National Grid Power Outage Map. At one point, the number of customers without power in Madison County was more than 10,000.
People in the area say the outage is due to a tree that fell on power lines, but the exact location is unknown at this time. The power outage ranges from the city of Oneida, west to Chittenango, north to South Bay, and south to Canastota, according to the state Department of Transportation.
According to the map, the estimated restoration time is 5:30 p.m. for Madison County, 5:45 p.m. for Oneida County and 6 p.m. for Onondaga County.
Drivers throughout the region may experience traffic delays as there are currently many stop lights without power. According to the state DOT, these are just some of the intersections where temporary stop signs have been requested:
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Effective 7/1/2012, the Bay Restoration Fee will increase to $15.00 per quarter charge ($60 per year) on the sewer or water bills of property owners served by public utilities. The Bay Restoration Fee increases to $60 per year on property owners who have private septic systems and are not served by public water. Other information on the Bay Restoration Fee.
Section 9-1605.2 of the Environment Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland created the Bay Restoration Fund which was established by the State of Maryland and is dedicated to improving the water quality of the Chesapeake Bay. In order to provide funding for these water improvement projects, the State has assessed a "Bay Restoration Fee" to most property owners in Maryland. The County, Town or private utility provider is required to collect this fee on behalf of the State.
The first part of the program began January 1, 2005, with the assessment of a $7.50 per quarter charge ($30 per year) on the sewer or water bills of property owners served by public utilities. The second part of the program became effective October 1, 2005, and requires us to collect $30 per year from property owners who have private septic systems and are not served by public water. The County has determined that adding this annual charge to the property tax bill is the most cost effective way to accomplish this.
The fee that appears on the tax bill is only for those properties that are served by some type of private septic system; payment is not required on vacant land and properties served by public water and / or sewer will be billed via the utility bill. The list of County property owners who are served by private systems was compiled from many different sources. Please contact us immediately at 410-996-5385 or via email at email@example.com if you believe you were erroneously charged.
Bay Restoration Fee Financial Hardship Exemption - in order to qualify for an exemption to the Bay Restoration Fee, the property must be residential owner-occupied property, the property owner has applied for and received the Homeowners' Property Tax Credit for the same fiscal year, and the property owner must be receiving benefits from at least one (1) of the following programs:
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Meiji Tokyo Renka Episode 1 Review
I feel like we’ve seen this all before. Meet a girl in the modern world, contrive some reason, or no reason, and suddenly poof she’s in a historical setting with a vaguely supernatural twist. Okay, I’m getting a distinct Sengoku Night Blood kind of vibe from this one and that isn’t necessarily a favourable comparison.
However, rather than comparing it to another show that has a similar premise and is also based on a game, let’s look at the first episode of Meiji Tokyo Renka.
We meet Mei, our heroine, in the modern world and quickly establish she’s a loner because she can see ghosts and as a kid she didn’t realise other people couldn’t and she got a reputation as a weirdo. It is a generic enough back story but surprisingly quickly established and the heroine seems to actually have a reasonably positive outlook despite her loner status.
Soon she meets a magician who puts her in a box and poof she’s transported into the past. This is where the anime kind of lost me a bit (though I’ll admit I wasn’t really buying in even from the start). Straight away she meets two of the pretty boys from the opening and we establish that her memory is a little messed up. While she remembers things like her headphones and names of certain historical figures, she needed to be told her own name by what I assume was the fox spirit.
What little personality heroine may have had quickly evaporates into the usual look at everything a bit blankly and answer yes to a lot of stuff. Oh right, I forgot our heroine likes roast beef. Does that count as a personality trait?
I didn’t actually hate this one, but past experience with this set up has convinced me not to have particularly high hopes. I’ll keep watching because even when these sorts of stories play out exactly as expected they are watchable but again, I don’t have much in the way of an expectation that this will be anything more than brightly coloured filler.
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DANCE IN THE LIGHT (MEIJI TOKYO RENKA – YUMIHARI NO SERENADE THEME SONG)
- Episode 1: Alert! Time Travelling Heroine Surrounded by Pretty Boys!
- Episodes 1 – 4: Friendly Talks With Arthifis
- Episodes 5 – 9: Friendly Talks With Arthifis
- Episodes 10 – 12: Friendly Talks with Arthifis
- Meiji Tokyo Renka Series Review
- Images from: Meiji Tokyo Renka. Dir. A Daichi. TMS Entertainment. 2019.
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OK, but does it also have clans of werewolves and vampires?
Not yet. Just ghosts.
And let’s be honest, the vampires and werewolves didn’t end up doing anything of note in Sengoku Night Blood so I’m still wondering why they included them (other than they wanted to see what boys with wolf ears would look like).


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A moving fable of otherness . . . Fittingly, given its subject, The Dollmaker toys with us almost from the start. . . . Its imaginative energy unfolds unexpectedly from within, as if from a series of opulent music boxes . . . The stories are modern fairytales, in the macabre and claustrophobic tradition of Angela Carter, and richly veined with myth and folklore . . . It is a story about becoming unreal, about what we choose to see, even in dolls, when we ourselves have gone for too long unseen. Who will love us, after all, if not people just like us?
This is a most unusual novel, both weird and wonderful. I loved it.
From her literary toy box, Allan conjures the scary, the surreal and the ordinary in a work of dazzling originality.
This tale of mystery, literary allusion and authorial trickery is a thoroughly entertaining examination of the relationship between creativity, meaning and morality
Incredible storytelling and various styles of prose woven into the novel with spooky relevance. The short stories/fairytales within the book would make a great collection alone but within the rest of the narrative, make this a really memorable book. Highly recommend.


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